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EDITORIAL
PIPE-BOMBS-SCARY MOMENTS IN AMERICA The United States of America is considered one of the greatest countries in the world and the bastion of democracy, but it has been profoundly punctured by a deep division over political and social issues to the extent that the country is broken. Politically, Americans have moved further away from the moderate centre to the extreme ends of their respective ideologies. Extremism which is occurring on both sides of the political aisle is bleeding the nation. People are upset and emotional; their emotions have boiled over into taking the law into their own hands. Anger in America has reached a dangerous low and has led to incivility which has now escalated into the making of pipe-bombs to harm opponents. Over the past few days, fear gripped Americans as a number of crude but supposedly functional pipe bombs were mailed to high-profile politicians, mostly Democrats across the country. This sparked mass evacuations and put the nation’s security agencies on high alert. Police have since arrested 56-year-old Cesar Sayoc of Plantation, Florida. Every single recipient of the bomb packages has one thing in common. They have been a target of President Donald Trump’s vicious, offensive and often pointed comments at his raucous rallies. Although he did not personally send the bombs and has vehemently condemned such heinous acts, political scientists have asserted that his actions and speeches could have motivated Sayoc to take such action. In the same speech in which he called for unity, peace and understanding, President Trump blamed the negativity of the media and protesters for the anger and frustration in the country. Mr. Trump has repeatedly described sections of the American press as the enemy of the people and has focused his attacks on CNN. But for him to attack the media at a time when employees of CNN were being evacuated because of a pipe-bomb found in their basement in New York City is unbecoming of the president. It is beneath the office of the presidency to be flippant and accusatory with baseless claims at a time when America is enduring one of its worst frightening moments. President Trump has called for civility, but it is public knowledge that he has advocated violence against reporters, mocks and ridicules the mainstream media. He refers to democrats as angry, ruthless and unhinged mob. Therefore, it would be hard not to link these unnerving events to Trump’s behaviour and comments. It seems that President Trump does not understand that words matter especially in the age of social media. More importantly, President Trump’s words carry significant weight and without evidence to back up his claims, he is only stirring a pot. He must stop his fear-mongering and reckless rhetoric and make clear that political violence is intolerable. He needs to realize that he is president for all Americans, not just those who voted for him. What is more, it is critical that journalists be allowed to do their jobs, which means fact-checking and reporting. They should not be afraid to dig for the truth and they should always strive for accuracy in their reporting, which is a core pillar of democracy. However, while today’s news-media has become hyper-partisan in the U.S., the President must understand that in a democracy, it is still important for the media to hold governments accountable. Simply put, freedom of the press should not be stifled. As the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson said, “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.”
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The Granger Administration’s actions speak so loudly that I can hardly hear what he is saying DEAR EDITOR, Guyanese should avoid being irrationally optimistic about the future benefits of a soon to come into existence Oil Industry, lest they become disillusioned, disappointed and bitter. We Guyanese have a saying “Pot deh pon fire nah mean food deh pon plate.” In Shakespearean terms, “There’s many a slip betwixt cup and lip.” In other words, “The Menu is not the Meal.” “The Picture is not the Person.” “The Promise is not the Performance.” Experience tells us that there are many pitfalls between the Promise and the Performance. Guyanese should therefore be cautiously optimistic because of the predictable irrationality of the Granger Administration. Too often the APNUAFC coalition has used the con artist’s favourite ploy. The Bait and Switch: Politicians ‘bait’ Guyanese with the promise of the “Good Life” then ‘switch’ to the life of deception, denial and dependency. It is time to wake up. Some may argue that the shotgun, rocky marriage of convenience between APNU and the AFC, both of whom are bastard descendants of political geriatrics, has
contributed to the raft of poor decision making. Their marriage over the past three years has been barren of ideas, so much so that each one accuses the other of infidelities and now sleeps in separate political beds and is embarrassed to participate together in public functions like the Local Government Elections. A nation and its people progress, not solely on the basis of its natural endowments of abundant mineral resources, but on the decisions made related to the use of those resources. Recall the moral of the story of the Foolish Virgins! In our context, we are dealing with foolish and self-serving politicians. Decisions determine a nation’s destiny. Poor decisions lead to poor outcomes, hence my urging of my fellow Guyanese to curb their irrational exuberance when they hear or read about new discoveries or findings of billions of barrels of oil. Huge deposits of oil do not make a nation rich. Think of Venezuela, Nigeria and other oil-rich but still poor countries. Barrels of oil don’t make you rich. Brain-based, baloney-proof and bias-free decisions do. U n f o r t u n a t e l y, t h e Granger-led administration
is not known for its rational decision-making. There are many instances to support this view, but because of space constraints, I will restrain myself to mentioning a few. The first example of the G r a n g e r - l e d Administration’s irrational decision making is the case of the massive salary hike of the ministers. Soon after assuming office the Granger administration jacked up the salaries of its ministers by an astounding 50 percent. What is irrational about that is that normally massive salary increases only happen when there is a corresponding massive surge in productivity and/or profit that justifies that increase. The ministers did nothing to justify that increase. And more importantly, they had no proven track record of competence! To put things into proper perspective, if a CEO of any corporation or company in a developed country had increased the salary of its top executives without proper justification, he would be immediately fired on the grounds of financial mismanagement. To tell the nation at a recent press conference that the rationale for the salary increase of the ministers was the fact that a few civil
servants were earning more than the ministers and that the ministers didn’t feel comfortable with that and so that had to be corrected is rubbish. Can you imagine what the administration will do when they discover the salaries of the top executives of Exxon! That decision is a classic example of the standard decision making process of Poor Third World leaders. As one observer noted, Third Wo r l d L e a d e r s m a k e decisions the way pigs make bacon! Contrast that with the way Exxon executives make decisions. In announcing their support for the Amazon Warriors, the CEO pointed out that Exxon was pleased to support the Amazon Warriors, note this, because of the consistent high quality performance of the Warriors over the years of the tournament. Exxon’s support for the Warriors was based on rational decision making: a proven track record. Exxon rewards consistent high performance. Not disparities in paychecks! The decision to jack up salaries is even more mind boggling when you recall that it was the Minister of Finance himself who publicly asserted that “the cupboard was bare, there is (Continued on page 6)
Ramson’s claim on oil block is laughable DEAR EDITOR, Constructive criticism and sound commentary are necessary ingredients for a transparent and robust oil and gas sector. All hands must be on deck to ensure accountability on the part of government and companies operating in Guyana’s emerging petroleum industry. For persons to be taken seriously however, their commentary and position on matters of concern should be based on principle and fact, and not merely on the basis of opposing for the sake of doing so. Former PPP Member of Parliament, Charles Ramson Jr. has been relentlessly criticizing every aspect of oil exploration, development and imminent production with a zest usually reserved for politicians opposing the policies of their opponents. Ramson’s party while in
government negotiated the 1999 deal that led to the first major oil discovery in 2015 – the largest in the world at the time. Suddenly, now that his party is no longer in office, the very deal it negotiated is ‘bursting with flaws’, none of which Ramson highlighted prior to the May 2015 elections. The Stabroek Block was the same size in 1999 when the deal was signed as it is now. ExxonMobil and its partners were the same companies in control of the block then, as they are now. Ramson said in a recent letter in the press that “the block is too large, companies are often unable to penetrate all of the area of that block because the more you do, the more expensive it is and as a result, you are not getting the real value.” Unable to penetrate all of the area? Not getting value?
Let us examine these claims. First of all, licenses issued to companies operating offshore Guyana and most places in the world, come with an expiration date and a ‘use it or lose it’ clause. ExxonMobil or any other company simply cannot acquire a block, sit on it and do nothing. “Not penetrating” the area is not an option. S e c o n d l y, m u l t i p l e reports in the public domain indicate that following the f i r s t L i z a d i s c o v e r y, ExxonMobil deployed two seismic vessels to acquire data, covering an area over approximately 6,500 square miles, comparable to the land mass of the Hawaiian Islands. This was reportedly the largest seismic survey the company had ever conducted anywhere on the planet, up until that time. The company therefore has been
‘penetrating the area.’ Thirdly, on the issue of ‘getting value’, due to these very large-scale ‘penetrations of the area’ to use Ramson’s terminology, Exxon and its partners have made 9 discoveries in different and diverse sections of the Stabroek Block, amounting to more than 4 billion barrels of recoverable oil. This success rate is unprecedented. The volume of oil discovered so far will generate billions of dollars for both the company and its partners and shareholders, and most importantly, the people of Guyana. Ramson must put an end to what is becoming a shameless crusade; one that is based on a political agenda, riddled with halfbaked truths and outright misinformation. Sincerely, Clement Smith
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The ideology of students at UG or an ideology triggered by or initiated by a visionless administration? DEAR EDITOR, Allow me to ideologize at best, the way I think most of the students think, consciously or subconsciously at the University of Guyana, and why. The why part of the question comes into effect, as we all know, or should know, that we develop an ideology based on various reasons. Ideologies can be developed or forced upon us, based on the environment in which we are surrounded by, books we read, etc. Frederick Kissoon wrote a beautiful column about two months ago on the ideology of the Guyanese mind. In it, he vicariously charged the various political entities of the country for the state of affairs that existed in the local, and to an extent, foreign Guyanese mind. In a nutshell, what he concluded was that Guyanese basically do nothing to change their existing difficulties caused by the various political policies we have had over the years. He stated that at the individual level, we might more be inclined to fix the situation so that we can maneuver at best through the horrible conditions we are then subjected to, instead of trying to fight off some of these oppressive methods used by governments that might not only affect us but future generations. We can henceforth conclude that, a system of selfish individuals will arise. It is no different at the University level. Most of the persons I come into contact with, students to be precise, always say one thing “I just come here to get my degree and come out”. But what has fueled that ideology; that code that each of them consciously or subconsciously live by? Can the administration be blamed? Let me elaborate. Your first year at the University of Guyana will definitely be the toughest. Sad to say, this might not be because you’re having a hard time finding the rooms to which your class is keeping. It might not be because of the fact that the University is so big. This, however, might be, the madness in terms of operation that
you might encounter. You can be mind-blown by what you will come into contact with. It also, however, holds no merit in that it is your first year. Absolutely none whatsoever. To do research for a given subject, you will find yourself in most cases having to use books. These books, most times than not, are called reference books and can be found in libraries. The University of Guyana has a library, so this should be easy right? However, since most research books are called or referred to as ‘reference’ books, you are not and would not be allowed to use these books outside of the library, which means your research has to be done in the library. I am spelling it out for the readers so they can see the absurdity that will follow. In order to use a reference book, one must possess a library card - something that can only be obtained by possessing a University of Guyana Student Identification. Sometimes, eight weeks can elapse at the start of the semester and the University will not or would not issue you with a Student ID. A national identification card neither a passport cannot be used to obtain a library card, a University of Guyana badge can. Just imagine the madness you would have to go through if you are given research to do within the first eight weeks or beyond that, and you have to use reference books from the library and your badge is not yet printed. This has been the case now for years, according to this writer, but most students have shown no care for this aspect of the university life, because it affects them not because they do not use the library and even if they do have this problem, due to a lack of change or ability to change, students rather keep their cry inside and find the
next best alternative to have their work completed. We all have accepted these poor services offered at the University because we have seen the unwillingness of the administration to effectively change some of these baseless protocols as if the services provided were free. I started the University almost a year ago, appalled at the state of affairs that existed. I could not believe that this was the highest learning institution of the country. I could not believe that there was another institution on par with the likes of Guyana Power and Light (GPL), the Guyana Post Office (GPO, an editorial by this writer about that entity shall shortly be followed), Guyana Water Incorporated, etc. It was shocking! I wanted to know why no student there was as angry as I was. I wanted to know who represented the students’ best interest, I wanted to know who was head of the Student Society. There were so many unanswered questions. The only answers I got was “boy, it has been like this for ever so long, you best get what you come here for and get out”. Everybody uttered that sentence. Upon careful and thoughtful examination, what I found was that change was not something welcomed unless it was initiated by admin or thought best by admin. What that means is once admin doesn’t see it fit, it remains the same. Nobody seemed mentally strong enough to invoke change through whatever means available to them. Nobody seemed mentally strong enough to challenge the system that existed. Hence, a culture of ‘what happens, happens’ developed. The sad part about that was that most times, the person willing to challenge that system, might not be the Student Society President (no offence in-
tended) at the time. Imagine a University cannot fix its timetable for various faculties ahead of the start of the semester, even after given a three-month break (May, June, July, and most of August). Seven weeks in, the timetable is not fixed. You can well and show up for classes and be informed via the timetable that the subject has moved to another day or another time. Could you Imagine coming from Linden or Berbice to hear that? Persons working in the private sector and trying to acquire their respective qualifications would find this a
very dreadful task. Private employers do not give you the time off to attend the University (if classes fall within working hours) and if they do, it has to be something fixed. With how the timetable is set up, you can’t be sure of anything. I’ve had conversations with over twenty persons who have lost their job because they did not have a fixed timetable to show their bosses in order to have the time-off. This too has been the case for many years now and students have come to
accept this timetable madness. In UG’s eyes, it will be fixed when they decide to fix it. Persons now have accepted this to be the norm and they don’t really care for themselves nor the future generations who will grace the said entity with their presence. The administration has done a terrific job in not effectively enforcing change, and suppressing any thought thereof. Sadly, I have to stop here, but rest assured, a subsequent part to this ‘clipping’ will be posted over the upcoming days. Jafar Gibbons
Guyana’s take from oil is larger than many countries DEAR EDITOR, In a recent letter, Darshanand Khusial makes two points: Warren Buffet is a great investor and our oil contract is flawed. While he is right that Mr. Buffet is a great investor, his claims about our oil contract are inconsistent with the facts. Mr. Khusial’s demand that we renegotiate the contract makes it seem like we are receiving a paltry sum of the oil revenue, but this is just not true. As it stands, the oil industry will generate more money for Guyana than we have ever seen before. Exxon estimates that we have approximately 4 billion recoverable barrels of oil. Looking at different oil price scenarios, analysts estimate that our total government revenue over the next couple decades could range from US$51billion to US$160 billion.
As you can see, we are not just letting Exxon develop our oil in exchange for crumbs. This is an enormous amount of money that will be a catalyst for growth and prosperity in Guyana. Mr. Khusial also claims that we are receiving a much lower percentage than what many other nations have got in their oil contracts, but this statement is misleading if not looked at in context. According to Rystad Energy’s report, the Guyana government take is 59 percent of total profits. When you look at other countries with no previously known resources or oil and gas infrastructure, our government’s take is right in the middle of the pack internationally. It is also interesting to note that our average government take is higher even than countries like Australia, Canada, Israel, the United
Kingdom, and the United States. In fact, to initially attract an oil company like Exxon, we had to offer favourable economic terms. However, as the IMF report explains, because it is now established that Guyana is blessed with huge oil reserves, we are in a position to adjust our fiscal terms for future oil contracts. Contrary to what Mr. Khusial says, it would not be more prudent to renegotiate our oil contract with Exxon. Doing so would bring uncertainty and could delay development for a decade and even jeopardize the project entirely. What we should do, though, is start preparations for how we are going to infuse our newfound oil revenues back into Guyana and improve the lives of all Guyanese. Sincerely, Clement Smith
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Making a substantive difference at the LGE 2018 DEAR EDITOR, We recently had an experience with our Neighborhood Democratic Council Better Hope, as it relates to garbage collection. On Tuesday, October 9, 2018, we contacted our NDC for their scheduled disposal days, and were elated when we were informed that Wednesday is the weekly scheduled pickup day for our community. We were advised that since pickups are not timed, it would be best to leave the secured garbage bags on the parapet for removal. On Wednesday, no garbage was picked up.
After numerous calls and a visit, the garbage was finally collected on Friday, October 12, 2018. Sadly, and in most communities, it is a norm that if the scheduled garbage disposal day passes, it is expected for residents to wait for the next scheduled pick up day the following week. This is unacceptable. This is a regular garbage disposal issue with many NDCs. Too often, the excuses are not practical. With Local Government Elections (LGE) scheduled for November 12, 2018, I plead with our local representatives to address this issue, as it is
one of many critical subjects, and the only acceptable solution lies in electing policy makers, who are responsible and share the view of serving and protecting the public interest. Further, making tough public policy decisions and holding the Council responsible for their mandate. This poses a serious health concern and it affects all of us. Let’s all act affirmatively and make the necessary choices that will lead to a timely resolution of this problem. Yours sincerely, D. Jodhan
An Open Letter to All Journalists By Arlene J. Schar and Dr. David R. Leffler Terrorism has taken a disturbing turn with the horrific murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Apparently the intent of this murder was to send a message to all journalists dedicated to thoughtful criticism of government. Therefore, what would be the most appropriate journalistic response to such blatant censorship? Is it to continue to report in good conscience, and risk brutal death? Or is it to step away from any controversial reporting and deny the truth to those who need to hear it? There is yet a third response, one which carries no risk to those reporting it. That
The Granger Administration’s actions speak... From page 4 nothing there!”Another example of irrational decision making by the Granger Administration is the case of the pardoning of a number of juvenile prisoners, despite advice and exhortations not to do so. The decision is irrational because it violates the well-known and established psychological principle: rewarding bad behaviour enables that behaviour. You don’t have to be a graduate of the University of Guyana to know that. Any parent of a child knows that instinctively and intuitively. Have you ever heard of a case where a parent took a child to a lavish dinner in celebration of a poor end of term school report? Unsurprisingly, soon after the young prisoners were released, a number of them were re-arrested for committing other offences. When you reward bad behaviour you are reinforcing that behaviour. When the Granger Administration rewards non-performance it is enabling non-performance of the ministers. Yet another instance of irrational decision making by the Granger Administration is the appointment of stunningly underqualified individuals to senior positions in government or-
ganizations. According to recent reports in the press, the Minister of Finance bemoaned the fact that most of the corporations were running at a loss and that none of the ministries has the requisite capacity to perform. The appointment of a person qualified in one area, say an environmental specialist, to manage an Oil Industry, is like choosing the best dental surgeon in the country to perform openheart surgery on a heart patient. It is not the Ph. D behind the name that counts; it is the skills set, the core competencies or as Warren Buffet says, their ‘circle of competence’. What is required is a person with at least a minimum of 5 years’ experience at the executive level to run the Oil Industry Department. Editor, would you use the most up to date Google cartographic map of Guyana to navigate your way in Trinidad? No! Why not? Because the map is not the territory it depicts. In Guyana, there are many instances where you have the unqualified interviewing the qualified and finding the qualified unqualified for the job! The predictable irrationality of the Granger Administration! It reminds one of the famous Roman Emperor Caligula who so loved one of his horses, he appointed the horse as a consul!
It is well established in business circles that the human resource is the most valuable resource of a business or a country. What lessons can the recently concluded FIFA World Cup Final teach the Granger Administration? Take the case of France. Some journalists jokingly referred to France as being the 8th African country participating in the World Cup because of the high number of African players on the team. France is not known for its loving regard for black people. Yet, France was able to win the World Cup because of the sheer power, speed and sublimely skilled African players. Skills and competence trumped ethnic considerations. Burnham was a political genius if only because he harnessed the knowledge, skills and competence of persons from all ethnic groups. The Granger Administration should take a page out of Burnham’s Playbook in this regard. A final example of irrational decision making is the case of not hosting regular press conferences ostensibly because of pressing and onerous international obligations. The excuse used is an explanatory fiction. Any first year student of international relations will tell you that the leaders of Poor Third World Countries are ‘takers of decisions not makers of decisions’ at international meetings. They are not
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unlike the poor cousin who is invited to the party of a rich uncle. He or she goes to the party (in Guyanese parlance) to ‘tek in all dey gat’! Third World leaders at meetings abroad are politely listened to but studiously ignored. They go there either to beg, borrow or brag about meeting President So-and-So from such and such country. Check the ‘photoops’ that are splashed all over government-owned media outlets on the return of the leader. What does a poor nation state bring to the table of the rich and powerful? For Guyanese to benefit from an Oil Industry, the Granger Administration needs to adopt policies of prudent financial and human resource management. To do so, the administration needs to appoint competent people, not hand-picked cronies, party loyalists and the unconscious incompetent. Merely telling Guyanese that the oil money would not be squandered is not good enough, when we all know that over 1.4 billion dollars was spent on a flag raising ceremony! And over 150 million dollars is still unaccounted for! The Granger Administration’s actions speak so loudly that I can hardly hear what he is saying. Yours Truly Concerned Citizen
response would be to publicize a little known means of ending all war and terrorism once and for all: Invincible Defense Technology (IDT). Throughout time, militaries have sought to achieve invincibility by applying ever-advancing technologies. History shows they have so far been unsuccessful. Adversaries inevitably devise methods to counter any system of offense or defense. However, there is a scientific, military field-tested solution which has arisen from the latest discoveries in the Unified Field theories of physics, neuroscience, and the social sciences—not from approaches utilizing weaponry, and not from the field of politics. INVINCIBLE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY:ANONRELIGIOUS, HUMANE AND BENEFICIAL APPROACH The practical components of IDT are the non-religious Transcendental Meditation (TM) and the more advanced TM-Sidhi programs. When large groups of experts practice these programs together, a powerful field effect of coherence and peace is generated that spills over into the surrounding population. This effect has been shown in extensive scientific research that has repeatedly confirmed measurable decreases in war deaths, terrorism, and crime. Studies have also shown, for example, reductions in verbal hostilities and hostile acts, increased number of cooperative events, and other improvements in quality of life such as reduced accidents, hospital admissions, and infant mortality. These are all tangible signs of reduction of societal stress. Due to this research the non-profit organization Global Union of Scientists for Peace (GUSP) advocates this simple and costeffective approach for reducing social stress (see: https:// www.gusp.org/global-peacesummit). In highly stressed areas of the globe, establishment of large groups of experts practicing IDT has led to increased prosperity and economic growth, including a decrease in the “misery index,” an indicator of socioeconomic stress, and a significant increase in competitive growth. These positive changes in social trends have occurred concomitant with implementation of IDT approaches. This coherence-creating effect was documented on a
global scale in a study published in the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. When large assemblies of civilian IDT experts gathered during the years 1983-1985, terrorism-related casualties decreased 72%, international conflict decreased 32%, and overall violence was reduced in nations without intrusion by other governments (summaries of this research are available at: https:// d a v i d l e f f l e r. c o m / 2 0 11 / sapratableii). Due to these positive changes, militaries in South America and Africa are now actively field-testing this approach. They have already established IDT Prevention Wings of the Military to reduce crime, quell violence, create prosperity, prevent the rise of enemies, and create the conditions for lasting peace. INVINCIBLE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY IS COST-EFFECTIVE For about the cost of a few modern fighter jets, any military could establish a group of 15,000 warriors trained in this advanced IDT approach. This Prevention Wing of the Military would practice IDT programs twice a day in large groups, which would defuse social tensions not only in their country but also globally. Studies indicate that, once such a program becomes operational, societal conditions in their country and other countries worldwide will immediately improve. The collective consciousness of all populations will rise through the influence of greater harmony and peace. Better solutions will occur to the people and their leaders for improving their own living conditions. Those who have engaged in violence will no longer do so. Studies have shown repeatedly that this method works—and will continue to work as long as the peace-creating group is maintained. IMPLEMENTATION The quickest and most effective way to implement this alternative would be for heads of states to issue an order to their militaries to deploy this new method. Once successfully implemented, a social phase transition would immediately begin in which the high societal stress which globally fuels crime, poverty, terrorism, and war would be alleviated. By greatly dissipating these formerly intractable problems nationally and globally, these heads of states would thereby be celebrated as great humanitarians and examples of global leadership. NOTHING ELSE HAS WORKED Given the many approaches (Continued on page 24)
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Guyana aims to reduce carbon footprint for local airline operators Guyana, through the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) will participate in the Pilot Phase of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) commencing in 2021. On this occasion Guyana will proactively participate in the groundbreaking initiative launched by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). This intention was communicated to the Secretary General of the ICAO when the Director General Lt. Col. (Ret’d) Egbert Field presented the GCAA’s Letter of Participation during the 13th Air Navigation Conference in Montreal, Canada on October 16, 2018. CORSIA is a marketbased measure (MBM) adopted by ICAO as part of a broad set of measures to help ICAO achieve its aspirational goals to decrease the carbon footprint of international civil aviation. A market-based measure (MBM) is a policy tool that is designed to achieve environmental goals at a lower cost and in a more flexible manner than traditional regulatory measures. Examples of
Director General Lt. Col. (Ret’d) Egbert Field presenting Guyana’s Letter of Participation in the CORSIA programme to ICAO Secretary General, Dr. Fang Liu MBMs include levies, emissions trading systems, and carbon offsetting – CORSIA will take the form of carbon offsetting. CORSIA will have three implementation phases: the Pilot Phase from 2021-2023, the First Phase from 20242026, and the Second Phase
from 2027-2035. ICAO’s goals involve realizing carbon neutral growth from the year 2020 onwards, by keeping the net CO2 emissions from 2020 at the same level. A baseline level of emissions will be calculated from the years 2019 and 2020. The total emissions from
international aviation operations on routes that are covered under the scheme will be measured from 2021 onwards and will be compared to the baseline. Should the level of emissions found to be above this baseline, the emissions will have to be offset. Offsetting is done through acquir-
Man joins friend in jail after smuggling ganja in food A man will now join his friend in prison after he was yesterday charged and remanded to prison. He was caught attempting to smuggle marijuana to a prisoner at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts Lock-ups. Twenty-nine-year-old Earl Morian is accused of attempting to traffic a quantity of narcotics to murder accused, Kerwin Dos Santos, who is currently on remand. Morian denied the allegation which stated that on October 25, last, at the Georgetown
Magistrates’ Courts Lock-ups, he unlawfully introduce a quantity of cannabis into the Court lock-ups. He appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. P o l i c e P r o s e c u t o r, Dinero Jones, made serious objections to bail being granted to Morian citing the prevalence of the offence and the penalty the charge attracts. Facts presented by the Prosecutor stated that on the day in question, Morian took a
box containing food for the murder accused. An officer on examining the food observed several t r a n s p a r e n t Ziploc bags containing a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems. Morian was then a r r e s t e d , t ak e n i n t o custody, and charged for the offence. The P r o s e c u t o r ’s o b j e c t i o n was upheld by the Magistrate and Morian was remanded to prison. The unrepresented man was instructed to make his next court appearance on November 23.
Remanded to prison Earl Morian
ing and subsequently cancelling out emissions units acquired in the carbon market. Benefits for Guyana Participating in CORSIA’s Pilot Phase will catapult Guyana’s aviation industry directly to the forefront of the fight against climate change. The inclusion of Guyana will bring the country closer to meeting the aspirational goal of carbon neutral growth. Director General of the GCAA, Lt. Col. (Ret’d) Egbert Field noted that while Guyana is not a high emitter owing to the relatively small scale of its international aviation industry, when compared to major States such as those that reside in Central and North America, “our industry will inevitably grow, and we must be forward-thinking and address that growth in a sustainable manner”. The initiative will be aligned with the
Government’s Green State Development Strategy, thereby contributing to Guyana’s national goals and ICAO’s goals simultaneously. States that voluntarily participate in the Pilot Phase will benefit from inclusion in ICAO’s capacity building initiatives and assistance programmes. Under the spirit of the ‘No Country Left Behind’ initiative, ICAO has committed to providing skilled technical resources and training to voluntary States. As a voluntary State, Guyana will also have the opportunity to share the experiences of developing States in implementing CORSIA. The Director General said “it is imperative that we are able to have our perspectives and capabilities as a Small State taken into consideration in the wider global conversation”. Requirements for Operators In the years 2019 and 2020, Guyana will implement a Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system to monitor the level of CO2 emissions from our international aviation operations and report these emissions to ICAO to create the baseline. Local Aircraft and Airline Operators will develop and furnish an Emissions Monitoring Plan to the State for approval. After approval, the operator will be required to monitor their emissions throughout the year in accordance with the Plan. Their subsequent report to the State will be in the form of an Annual Emissions Report. Guyana will be required to provide a summarized State Report on total emissions to ICAO.
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Hotel Tower owner, “Big Head” arrested in Jamaica - CANU vows to bring down more key figures in local drug trade The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit has vowed to bring down the major players in the local drug trade, thereby dispelling the impression that only the low level dealers are being interdicted. The promise was made by a senior CANU official, in the wake of the arrest in Jamaica of local businessman, Shervingto n L o v e l l a k a “Big Head” for suspected drug trafficking. “At the end of the day we will get the large scale dealers. It’s just a matter of time; that’s what we are trying to achieve,” the official told Kaieteur News. The source confirmed that CANU played a role in the joint operation, involving “regional and international agencies,” which led to the arrest of popular local businessman and hotelier Shervington ‘Big Head’ Lovell. A Surinamese and a Venezuelan, who were in Lovell’s company were also arrested. The source indicated that Lovell is likely to be extradited soon to the US. Kaieteur
Shervington Lovell aka “Big Head News was told that the US has been pushing for narcotics charges against Lovell for some time. He has reportedly been under surveillance for several months, and according to the official, “He has always been a target for CANU.” However, the source declined to go into details about the drug operations that led to the arrests. Asked whether Lovell’s
large assets here will be targeted, the official said that will be a matter for agencies which deal with money laundering. I am sure that those agencies are looking at that.” Lovell is the owner of the Tower Suites hotel on Main Street as well as the $400M ‘Leisure Inn Hotel’ and Multi Purpose facility, which Lovell and his wife opened last July in New Amsterdam. That gala opening was attended and lauded by key New Amsterdam officials, as well as officials from the Berbice Chamber of Commerce. He was among several persons who were questioned following a spate of execution-style killings some eight years ago. However, he was never charged. Few of the suspected major drug dealers have been convicted here. Guyanese drug dealer Shaheed ‘Roger” Khan was convicted in the United States in October 2009, after being arrested in Suriname. Khan had entered a plea bargain deal with US prosecutors on March 16 of that year.
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In the absence of financial statements…
Auditor General unable to verify Govt’s use of Lotto Funds for 2015 to 2017 In the absence of the relevant financial statements, Auditor General, Deodat Sharma, noted in his latest report that he was unable to verify Government’s use of millions of dollars from the Lotto Fund. In his report, Sharma said that for the years 2015 to 2017, it was not possible to verify the completeness, accuracy and validity of the revenue and expenditure for the Guyana Lottery Commission for those years. The Auditor General also pointed out that the last set of audited accounts was for the year 2013 and at the time of his report, the Audit Office was awaiting the signed financial statement for the year 2014 to finalize the audit. According to the Receipts and Disbursements Statement of the Ministry of Finance, for 2017, Sharma said that the Ministry budgeted $500M for Lottery Receipts under the category of Miscellaneous Revenue and amounts totalling $334M were transferred from the 3119 bank account to the Consolidated Fund. Similarly, for 2016 amounts totalling $200M were budgeted while amounts totalling $600M were transferred to the Consolidated Fund. It was noted by Sharma
Auditor General, Deodat Sharma that while the Ministry of Finance has been budgeting for Lottery Receipts, the net receipts are received at the end of the year. According to the cash book, Sharma said that amounts totalling $145.578M and $234.787M were expended for 2017 and 2016 respectively. In response to the issues highlighted, the Finance Ministry said that the Finance Secretary will write the current Chairman of the Lotteries Commission requesting the signing of the financial statement. The Auditor General sub-
sequently recommended the Finance Secretary follow-up with the Guyana Lottery Commission to have the signed financial statements for the year 2014 submitted in order to finalize the 2014 audit and financial statements for the years 2015 2017 be submitted to the Audit Office for audit. The Guyana Lotteries Commission was established in August 1996 by a Cabinet Decision. It manages the Licence fees receivable and ensures that amounts expended are within the National Sector and in accordance with the guidelines for access to the lottery funding. Under the agreement Government has with the Canadian Bank Note Ltd (CBN), the latter is to pay licence fees equivalent to 24 percent of gross revenue.
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The City’s governance structure is outdated The Georgetown City Council was designed to manage a much smaller city, with fewer businesses, buses, hire cars and market vendors. The city has expanded beyond its traditional boundaries; markets are now larger; the number of vendors and motor vehicles has multiplied tens of times; zoning is being flagrantly ignored and the Council is no longer able to provide basic sanitation services and the upkeep of cemeteries. No amount of commissions of inquiry, new municipal elections, new mayors and new sources of revenue will change the fortunes of the Council. The problems at City Hall are structural in nature only
to be addressed through a change in those arrangements. No number of recommendations are going to alter the manner in which Council operates. The PNCR has historically dominated the management of the Council. The PNCR has seen the city as a turf to be protected. The priority has always been to keep the PPPC at bay. After the last local government elections, when the PPPC could only muster 2 seats on the 30 member Council, the PNCR saw the Council as its trophy, to do with as it pleases. New local government elections, even with the AFC contesting indepen-
dent of the APNU, is not going to shift the balance of power within the Council. The PNCR will continue to have a free rein and without any checks on its power within the Council, it will continue to run roughshod over the affairs of the City, like it did in the manner in which it handled the parking meter contract. Local government leadership is poor. It is difficult to attract quality personnel to run for municipal office. After you fill the position in ministries and in regional administrations, not much talent is left within the political parties. Those outside of the party politics and who can substitute do
Dem boys seh ...
Uncle Cecil gun tame de Town Clown When some people believe dem is boss fuh dem home dem does try that same attitude anywhere dem go. Bossing and talking down to people does become a habit and it does tek anodda bully to cut dem down. De Town Clown is a big thing inside City Hall. When de workers see she coming dem does run and hide because she is de boss; she can decide if dem got a wuk. When de lady go in de supermarket she got more bodyguards that Soulja Bai. De odda day, Uncle Cecil, ask de question about who want to do de Town Clown anything. She had to hear because yesterday she end up in front of Uncle Cecil at de Commission of Inquiry. That commission is like a
court; people can go to jail but de Town Clown believe she bigger than anybody there. Perhaps is because she hear that de Commission is about de City Council and she is de head of de council that she walk in wid all she bodyguards. De fun start when she start to defend de Clown Clerk. Dem councilors did move a motion of no confidence and de Town Clown duck it. That is wha Uncle Cecil decide to talk about. De Town Clown talk and when things get tight she lawyer talk. Uncle Cecil and de lawyer had it out ding dong and that is when de Town Clown push in she mouth. Right away Uncle Cecil tell she fuh shut up and when she stretch she mouth and keep talking he tell she to keep she
attitude fuh council meetings. Dem boys know de woman and dem did expect she fuh raise she voice pun Uncle Cecil. She don’t know de man. He send nuff people to de gallows And he nearly send a woman. Wha save that woman is that she get pregnant in jail. De Town Clown woulda get a taste if she did push she luck. But she vex and by she red everybody coulda see it. Uncle Cecil tell she to come back Monday; she seh she can’t mek it. Uncle Cecil watch she. Then he tell she better mek it. Dem boys waiting to see de outcome. Talk half and watch out fuh round two between Uncle Cecil and de Town Clown.
wish to become entangled in our nasty and vindictive political culture. Georgetown is the heartland of the PNCR’s support. The only way to be assured of a seat is to join the PNCR ticket. The number of pavement and roadside vendors, the number of hire cars and minibuses and the growth of the business community in the city is all too overwhelming for the Council. They simply cannot manage. The City’s boundaries need to be re-drawn to what they were before Independence and a separate body needs to be established for the new wards and areas which were created over the past fifty years. Illegal vending needs to be completely outlawed and those involved in illegal vending need to be removed. Vending is encouraging too much corruption at City Hall. The Council is illequipped to approve build-
ing construction. This function should be removed from the Council and handed to a government agency but not the Central Housing and Planning Authority which is a bureaucratic albatross which needs to be dismantled. The markets should be formed into corporations and be restored as places where business is brisk. The Council should give up some of the other services which it undertakes such as day care centers so that frees itself from services which do not make a profit. The cemetery should be closed. It should be condemned. The minibuses and parks should be privatized at premium leases. And so too should be selling spots on the pavements. It was quite a laughable matter to read, the other day, that the Council was renting spots, to displaced vendors, at one of the busiest locations in the city, for a mere $7,000 per month. That should have been $7,000
per day not per month. The Council is shortchanging itself. But that is what you will get in an unmanageable situation. The present governance arrangements, do not allow for effective governance of the City. New elections and a new council will not change anything at City Hall. Democracy means little when one party is so dominant at City Hall. The people of Georgetown should vote with their feet on November 12, They should stay home as a protest and as wake-up call to those who will manage City Hall. The British knew what they were doing when they kept the City small and properly zoned. We need to return to that system. Imperfect as it was, the city was better managed back then.
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=== The Freddie Kissoon column ===
Khashoggi and a foreign policy for the Third World After Independence, the former colonies of European empires and through the post war power of the US had their foreign policies shaped by Cold War configurations. The exception was India and no doubt its largeness of size, population and economy insulated it from big power dictates. Realizing that it needed breathing space to define its own destiny, the Third World (TW) adumbrated a third pathway concretized in the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). What NAM did was
to allow the TW to pursue a foreign policy based on economic development ignoring the tentacles of geopolitics. In simple terms the TW states said to the USSR, Europe and the US, we are not interested in making enemies of any big power; we want to be friends with all countries that can assist in development because economic projects are our priorities. The rise of globalization and the fall of international communism extirpated the NAM. Globalization literally wrecked the economies of
TW states. Perhaps the best example of this any scholar can use to reinforce the point of changing international relations from the nineties onward, is Guyana. Built on guaranteed markets, its sugar industry continued to be the main fulcrum on which rested the economy. Then the EU told Guyana that based on WTO rules there can no longer be guaranteed prices for its sugar. Secretly of course, the EU, Canada and the US were violating WTO rules through subsidization of many farming industries. The demise of international communism did not kill off the formidable role of geopolitics in global affairs. It simply took on new faces. The rise of China, Iran, Chavez in Venezuela and a resurgent Putin put back politics onto the global agenda. TW nations dependent on EU and American aid had to shape their foreign policies to coincide with both the economic and geopolitical interests in the 21st century just as they did during the Cold War. The West was not particularly impressed with small countries having relation-
ships with Iran, Chavez, China etc. It didn’t matter if Iran or Chavez or China offered valuable economic assistance. What was sickening about this type of bullying tactics in international relations is that the West maintained intimate relationships with countries whose brutal human rights record of violations made Cuba, Iran and Venezuela look like angels. One such state is Saudia Arabia. The murder of Jamal Khashoggi has exposed the double standards of western international relations. American Senator, Paul Rand, on Wednesday, brought out some horrible statistics about Saudia Arabia. He said they have about three thousand political prisoners in jail and many critics have been killed. Historian Hugh Eakin, writing in the October 18, 2018 issue of the New York Review of Books, noted that in the spring of 2012 he went to Saudia Arabia. Eakin listed the top names he met with, including Khashoggi. They included progressive clerics, academics, civil society figures, critical professionals. Eakin wrote that since that year, they all have either been
jailed, or killed including Khashoggi. This is a vivid description of one of the most cruel and despotic regimes in the 21st century. But it is one of the countries western democracies have strategic, economic and diplomatic connections with of the closest kind. In the meantime, the bad guys are Iran, Russia, Cuba, North Korea, Burma, Venezuela. Toby Blair does consultancy work for one of the oil dictatorships that were once part of the USSR Kazakhstan. The same Blair would frown on such a job in Cuba. We may not like Trump but he was honest and candid when he said that the Saudis have enormous orders in the US that amount to more than a hundred billion dollars and the US should not jeopardize that. Point taken! Trump is right. China and Russia couldn’t be bothered with how many people the Saudi monarchy kill. They would with those lucrative orders. But China and Russia would not deter TW countries from taking developmental assistance from Iran and Venezuela. The US would. China and Russia wouldn’t
Frederick Kissoon care; they would see it as none of their business. But the US would be happy to cozy up with a dictatorship that is important to the US economy. American and European attitude on the Khashoggi assassination should send a clear signal to TW countries – foreign policy is based on the maximization of national interests. TW countries should quickly internalize the meaning of the Khashoggi incident in international relations. TW states are comparatively poor and they should pay no attention to geopolitical priorities of the big powers but concentrate on securing aid and trade from all countries that are willing to work with them.
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MOE recognizes St. John’s College in Safety School initiative
Students and teachers of Saint John’s College
Conflict of interest...
Minister Hughes to withdraw from Cabinet discussions on oil and gas Minister of Public Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s , Catherine Hughes,‘ said she will not participate in discussions on oil and gas at the Cabinet level following conflict of interest concerns based on her business interest with companies involved in the sector. “If there were a discussion that had anything to do with oil and gas I will recuse myself,” Hughes told reporters yesterday. She stated that she has sought legal advice from two independent lawyers to determine what else is recommended under the circumstances. “I have done all that was legally required of me,” Hughes noted. Hughes and her husband, Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes have rubbished speculation that there is conflict of interest in relation to Nigel Hughes’s involvement in the oil and gas industry while his wife sits as a Minister of Government and is a member of Cabinet. Reports have highlighted Transparency Institute of Guyana Incorporated (TIGI)’s concern about a possible conflict of interest with the Hugheses. TIGI called for more than oral assurances from government that it will avert all matters of conflict of interest. The body said too that the Integrity Commission
Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes should lead the way in having sound policies to address the issue. However, Hughes said she has taken all the legal steps required. “ L e g a l l y, y o u a r e required to respond and report to the Integrity Commission. Although many people, including the Opposition Leader says he ain’t report. Cathy Hughes reported long before this incident so they require me to report; they require me to inform Cabinet; I have done those.” T h e M i n i s t e r a dded, “Nobody said to me go and get independent advice, but I said in this situation let’s do that. There is precedence all
over the world. This is not a new situation. As soon as we get the guidance I will be more than happy to.” TIGI’s call comes against the backdrop of the Hughes, Fields & Stoby law firm establishing an office in Houston, Texas, to attract oil industry clients. Principal of the firm, attorney Nigel Hughes is the husband of Minister of Public Telecommunications Cathy Hughes. Hughes disclosed in a previous statement that following her submission to the Integrity Commission on October 9, 2018 she repeated her disclosure to the Cabinet about her husband’s position as Managing Partner of Hughes, Fields and Stoby as well as the firm’s intention to establish an office in Houston. Hughes, Fields and Stoby also issued a statement. The company said, “We are not unaware that the Minister has sought independent legal advice on this matter.” Mr. Hughes’s company went on to state, “We are unaware of any recent instance where a cabinet decision went straight from cabinet into law without any prior announcement or consultation. The oil and gas industry is in its nascent stages and evidently many laws, regulations and policies will ensue over the coming years.”
The Ministry of Education (MOE) in its Model Safety School Programme (MSSP) has recognized Saint John’s College as the best in safety in this initiative. The programme, geared to provide safe, protected and environmentally sound atmospheres within schools, from the primary to the tertiary levels, in both public and private, saw Saint John’s College as the winner. Participating schools included Saint John’s College, Dolphin Secondary and Richard Ishmael. Earl Morris, Saint John’s safety specialist delivered the feature address for the award ceremony on Friday. Morris explained that the competition assessed a mélange of aspects, with the physical structure of the building being one. Each school was assessed based on the level of safety, emergency planning, disaster planning, hazardous chemical plan-
ning, safety administration and medical emergency. Morris highlighted the need for schools to be prepared and equipped to deal with unexpected events. He reiterated that as the population of schools is large, stringent disaster plans should be in place for unplanned events. The Ministry’s initiative to prevent disasters within schools is a joint effort with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDMA), United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the Civil Defense Commission. It was reported that the competition, created a sense of cooperation within each school. Morris explained that the students and teachers of Saint John’s through collectively channeled efforts, worked to attain their position as best safety school. The initiative led to the formation of environmental clubs and safety clubs
within the schools; facility ground management and food and nutrition services among other things were assessed. Participating schools were judged by a percentage system. Dolphin Secondary attained 66 percent, Richard Ishmael- 69 percent and Saint John’s 79 p e r c e n t . T h e s c h o o l ’s safety specialist explained that with the initiative, the school has improved a great deal. St John’s has immediate access to a health care provider in the event of a medical emergency; nine fire extinguishers as well as sand buckets at strategic locations within the school. Special thanks were given to Fiona Bhujadhat and Netesha Miggins- teachers of Saint John’s College.
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Draft Bill proposes $10M fine for sea defense obstruction The current draft legislation on sea and river defence proposes $10M as the maximum “general penalty” for corporate bodies whose actions obstruct the efforts of the National Sea and River Defence Board (SRDB) to implement flood defense mechanisms. Similarly, the proposed maximum “general penalty” for individuals is $1M. Though these are the proposed costs, stakeholders at yesterday’s consultation on this draft bill have opined that these fines are not substantial enough to suggest that offenses to Guyana’s flood defense efforts are serious. The stakeholder consulta-
tion was held at the Pegasus Hotel, Kingston, and the review of the draft Bill was facilitated by legislative drafting expert, Chris Headley. The revision of these rates, with intention to increase, was suggested because Guyana has historically had poor infrastructural mechanisms to comprehensively manage the country’s flooding issues, and because the situation of much of the population on the Low Coastal Plain makes the issue of flooding and climate change particularly damning for the country’s wellbeing. The Bill further suggests an alternative method of prosecution referred to as the Administrative Penalty. It allows the
SRDB to investigate an alleged offense and offer an administrative penalty where it appears an offense has been committed, subject to certain criteria. The administrative penalty would be fixed at 10% of the maximum penalty, with discretion to lower. The bill provides procedures to serve such notices, respond to notices, and to refuse administrative penalties. In the case of such refusal, the alleged offending party could challenge the matter in court. The Bill also includes provisions requiring compensation to be made to the government for loss and damage caused as a result of offending activity, likely to deter large companies. Asked whether the draft leg-
islation makes considerations for persons involved in the business of birding, fishing and farming, in the context of the enforcement of regulations, Headley said that the Bill has no current framework to consider the aforementioned. Details are also set out for the designation of officers who will be given certain powers, including power of entry, and the right to execute such powers, albeit on private premises.
The Sea and River Defense legislation, Headley said, is being drafted, not to “reinvent the wheel”, but to standardize definitions, avoid conflicts and to develop uniform approaches to tackling issues in the sector. It would also designate flood protection areas and provisions for the enforcement of such areas. Headley explained that the bill will overrule previous legislation, and has included transitionary measures for the admittance of the
new bill to law. Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson, said, “The drafting of the updated Sea Defence Bill will address legal interpretations pertaining to the management of sea and river defenses, the establishment of entities, institutional arrangements, responsibilities, powers and limitations, regulations, funding mechanisms, penalties and reporting among other critical issues.”
COI raises questions over quality of work at Kitty Market Kitty Market on commencement for work
Although over some $27M has been invested into the restoration of the Kitty Market, supervision of the project is still a major issue. Yesterday, at the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) in the affairs of City Hall, questions were raised about the quality of materials used in the restoration project. During the hearings, Attorney for the Commission, Sherwin Benjamin, inquired from City Engineer Colvern Venture, about his supervision of the restoration project. Benjamin noted that the issue came to the attention of the Commission via a complaint lodged by City Councillor, Bishram Kuppen. Benjamin said that based on the complaint “the quality
of the materials used for this project is next to nothing. The wood used is not of proper quality.” He further asked, “Did you personally go to the work site checking the quality of the materials and if such are you satisfied with it?” In response, Venture informed the Commission that he did not go in depth to check the quality of the materials provided for the restoration. “We would only requisition for materials needed for a project. It is the finance department that funds the project and they would cater for what quality of material is needed.” Benjamin pressed on the fact that given the investment into the project and the con-
cerns raised by the councillor, Venture should have seen it fit to check the quality so that there would have been no concerns in the first place. The Kitty Market restoration got underway about two years ago but to date has not been completed. The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) indicated that the major reason for this is the lack of funds. The Council has been receiving technical assistance from the Ministry of Communities to complete the project. However last March, an engineer from the Ministry was being blamed for the slow pace at which the restoration of Kitty Market is progressing.
Passenger vessel burst into flames at New Amsterdam wharf. A 25-seater passenger boat burst into flames Thursday afternoon mere minutes before passengers boarded it at the New Amsterdam Market Warf where it was docked. According to information received some time Thursday afternoon the captain and one of his crew men were on the vessel about to board passengers when the
captain turned the engine on. There was a spark that emanated from the battery area. It quickly ignited and caught fire to some gasoline that was splattered on the battery after fueling. The flames caused an explosion that sent the captain and his crewman plunging overboard to save themselves from the inferno that had al-
ready consumed the boat. Passengers who were nearby quickly slashed the docking rope for the boat to set it free to avoid the fire from spreading unto the wharf.Noone was injured and the captain and his crewman were rescued by the coast guards who responded promptly. The vessel was loading for a trip to Sand Hills.
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No confidence motion…
Mayor asked to ‘shut up’ at COI Mayor of Georgetown, Patricia Chase- Green faced the heat over the manner in which she dealt with the noconfidence motion brought against Town Clerk Royston King, as she appeared before the Commission of Inquiry into City Hall, yesterday. And during the heated exchange that followed she was asked to “shut up.” Earlier this year, the Mayor disallowed a no-confidence motion brought against Town Clerk, Royston King, by Alliance For Change (AFC) Councillor, Sherod Duncan. She adopted unsolicited legal advice provided by King’s lawyer, Maxwell Edwards, to influence her decision. After presenting the Commission with a detailed account of what transpired on the day the no-confidence motion was brought against the Town Clerk, ChaseGreene who was accompanied by lawyers, Lyndon Amsterdam, and Latoya Roberts, faced a series of questions about the motion. The Mayor had circulated the advice from Edwards, who is also the husband of a city councillor, Noelle ChowChee.
Mayor Patricia Chase Greene at the COI yesterday Among other things, Edwards advised that the motion is amended to remove the ‘no confidence’ clause. Duncan subsequently advised the Council that he will not change ‘a line’ or ‘a full stop’ in the motion. Edwards concluded that the motion in its original form is ultra vires; hence, is not a business required to be transacted at a meeting. He pointed out that the Mayor, presiding at a statutory meeting, has a duty to pre-
vent any business that is ultra vires the Municipal and District Councils Act (Chapter 28:01) from being transacted at such a meeting. According to Edwards’ advice, a vote of no confidence in King is in substance and intent, a disciplinary measure or action. The attorney stated that a Town Clerk cannot be disciplined by the City Council, only by the Local Government Commission (LGC), which became opera-
tional on October 23, 2017. However, Chairman for the Commission, retired Justice Cecil Kennard, was adamant that the Mayor should not have allowed the Town Clerk to seek and use legal opinion he had obtained from his personal A t t o r n e y, Maxwell Edwards, to stop the debate on a no-confidence motion. The Chairman insisted that the Town Clerk ought not to have played any part in a
…accepted unsolicited legal advice from Town Clerk matter involving allegations against him. “The Town Clerk should recuse himself from that…any participation or be seen at the meeting,” said Kennard. “These are serious accusations against the Town Clerk … He is the suspect so to speak, and you are going to act on this advice?” Justice Kennard noted, too, that King’s lawyer had sent a letter to Duncan threatening legal action. “You should have sought independent legal advice of another lawyer— council’s lawyer,” Justice Kennard stated. However, the Mayor insisted that she could not independently on her own seek legal advice from any lawyer without the Council. “The Council has its lawyers and the Town Clerk is responsible for that,” she added. In his representation of the City Mayor, Attorney Amsterdam added that he could not find anything in the Municipal and District Council’s Act 28:01 concerning the procedures the Mayor should follow when there is a no-confidence motion against the Town Clerk.
“This is not a matter of law but a matter of commonsense,” replied Justice Kennard. The lawyer and judge engaged in a heated debate over the issue at hand. Amsterdam noted that the issue is whether the Mayor dealt with the no-confidence motion. “And I am saying that she did,” said Amsterdam However Kennard noted that issue is rather whether the motion was dealt with “properly”. The Judge insisted that “Councillors would have voted on the basis of wrong legal advice, improper legal advice.” Amsterdam noted, though, that the Mayor could not overturn a collective decision of the Council. “Let us go to the law to show why the advice wasn’t proper. We should not deal with the messenger. We should deal with the message. What is the advice tendered to the Town Clerk and what the Act says that makes that advice improper?” asked Amsterdam. At one point of the hearing, the Mayor was upbraided by the Chairman who asked her to “shut up” and leave her attitude for City Hall.
Porter crushed to death after truck plows into Providence Stadium fence The scene as MACORP staff attempt to free the body of Peters from the truck.
The body of Kirk Peters being removed from the scene of the accident. An early Friday morning crash that saw a truck running off the East Bank Public Road and plowing into the fence of the National Stadium, Providence, left 45-year-old Kirk Peters of Sophia dead, while the driver received minor injuries. When Kaieteur News arrived on the scene, a green Model (M) Bedford truck, bearing registration plates GTT 2491 was, cabin first in the concrete drain just outside the Providence
Stadium. Peters, the porter for the truck, was pinned in the cabin. The driver was said to have been taken to the Diamond Regional Hospital for treatment of injuries received in the accident. Police had already diverted traffic from the eastern carriageway and MACORP, a company that operates just a corner away from where the accident occurred, had a front end loader and an excavator
trying to get the truck from the concrete drain where it was wedged. There was the attempt to free the lifeless body of Peters from the cab. After some efforts, the staff of MACORP were able to get the truck that was laden with drums of diesel fuel, from the drain, unto the road. The staffers then used the heavy machinery to prise open the cabin to facilitate the removal of the
body. Peters’s shirtless body lay motionless in a sitting position, with his seatbelt still in place. The scene was one that caused many persons who were in close proximity to the accident to express their pity. One witness told this publication that she was heading to Georgetown around 07:05 hours while the truck was heading up the East Bank in the direction of Timehri, when she
heard a loud sound after which the truck veered off the road crashing into the concrete drain and fence of the Stadium. The woman said a number of people ran to help, but there was little that could have been done for Peters who was calling out for help, but was pinned. Another first responder said he was telling the man to hold on, and got replies from Peters from time to time, but after about six
minutes, Peters stopped responding. The witness said he then assumed Peters was dead. Police in a statement said the 51-year-old driver of Albouys Street, Albouystown, was also the owner of the truck. He was given a breathalyzer test and was found to be negative for alcohol in his blood. He was then taken into custody where he is assisting police with their investigations.
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City Engineer’s Department could take two years to approve building plans – COI hears City Engineer, Colvern Venture has told the Commission of Inquiry, (COI) into the management of City Hall that it could take up to two years for a construction plan to be approved by his department. Venture was at the time being questioned in relation to the plans submitted by owner of Camex restaurants, Terence Campbell. Campbell is the holder of food franchise which is the licensed dealer for Church’s Chicken, Mario’s Pizza, Pollo Tropical, Quiznos and Dairy Queen in Guyana. He accused the City Engineer’s Department of deliberately hindering the expansion of his fast food franchise. Campbell detailed to the Commission what he claimed were hurdles he has encountered with officers of the Council, in his bid to expand his business. He claimed that the setbacks and difficulties have not only taken a toll on him mentally but financially. He blamed the M&CC particularly the City Engineer’s Department for hindering the expansion of his business. Yesterday, the City Engineer faced a series of questions relating to approving the building plans. Venture was asked specifically about two
plans, which were presented to his department by Mr. Campbell for approval. The City Engineer told the commission that the first plan was submitted in 2014 for a restaurant in South Ruimveldt and another was submitted in 2015 for the expansion of a restaurant on Camp Street. He noted that the first plan took a while to be approved since it had to be processed by other agencies including the Central Housing and Planning Aut h o r i t y, ( C H PA ) a n d Guyana Water Incorporated, (GWI) before permission is granted by the Engineer’s Department . According to Venture, the other agencies contribute to the stalling process. “Our department must wait until GWI or CH&PA gives the go ahead before, we approve it. “It has been four years. Do you think that the approval will come anytime soon? I understand that it has been approved,” Venture said in relation to one of the building plans So how will the applicant know that his plan has been approved? Asked Benjamin He has to keep checking with the Department. In regards to the second plan, the witness told the commission that the applica-
tion is still being processed. Asked about the length of time the engineer’s department takes to approve a plan, Venture noted that it could take from a few weeks or close to two years before the plan with minute problems could be approve. “It all depends on the problems we are looking at; the plan can take longer.” Venture told the Commission In his evidence before the Commission, the food franchise holder complained that his company invested over $30M in renovation and acquiring a building but was unable to occupy it after the City Engineer’s Department denied them permission. Mr. Campbell said that he is baffled at the reason that City Hall would delay and deny his company a permit. “It could be a combination of things. Business people have said to me, ‘come I will take you to so and so’, but taking me to those people, you would have to pay something under the table and as a matter of principle; I will not pay a bribe. I will not pay a traffic policeman a bribe; I will not pay a customs officer a bribe; I will not pay anyone from city council a bribe. I don’t pay bribes.” The businessman said what he finds strange, too, is that in the past even up until
Procuring agencies fail to report contracts awarded in excess of $1.5M to Tender Board –Sharma It is a requirement under the nation’s procurement laws that every procuring entity must provide a report to the Administration of all contracts awarded in excess of $1.5M. But Auditor General, Deodat Sharma,has found that procuring entities were not honouring this part of the regulations. Sharma also noted that this had had a domino effect, since National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) is legally required to publish a compilation of all those contracts in excess of $1.5M on its website. It is unable to do this if the relevant information is not made available to it. In response to this is-
sue of noncompliance, the Finance Ministry explained that NPTAB has issued a reminder circular and has proposed scheduled visits to Agencies with a view to ensuring that steps are taken to comply with the nation’s laws. The Ministry said that there has not been a marked increase in reporting to the NPTA of all contracts exceeding $1.5M, following the issuance of the reminder circular, but the National Procurement and Tender Administration continues to publish on its website, contracts exceeding $1.5M for which it has issued approval letters. To date, the Ministry said that the National Procurement and Tender Administration has posted information on
contracts, in excess of 1,200, on its website, as a result of this initiative. The Ministry said too that scheduled visits to procuring entities, aimed at, among other things, making them comply with the reporting requirements of the Procurement Act, commenced in January, 2018 and is expected to cover most procuring entities before the fourth quarter of this year. The Finance Ministry said that this approach is expected to yield greater results regarding the publication of contract award information on the NPTA’s website. In addition, the Ministry noted that the said website will be upgraded in 2018 and this will result in considerable improvement regarding the uploading of contract information, which has been affected by deficiencies in the current system. The Audit Office subsequently recommended that NPTAB continues its efforts to have all agencies adhere to the Procurement Act.
City Engineer Colvern Venture the Sooba administration, there were no difficulties. “It would take six months to a year but permissions would come. From the time the new administration, and being more specific, I don’t believe that we have had any application approved since Colvern Venture has become
City Engineer. “I believe the last one to be approved was an extension done to Church’s in Camp Street. “And I remember Mr. Venture coming to me and saying you don’t have permission but I said ‘no, that permission has been there over a year
ago.’ “I don’t believe we have had any permission granted for any work whatsoever since Mr. Venture took office.” Additionally, the businessman claimed that he knows no reason why he should be targeted. “It has to stop. I am Guyanese; I have to pay taxes, a lot of it, and it’s unfair to me that permission is not granted. And it’s not even a question of denying the plans. It’s actually disrespectful that you collect my money for an application and never respond to me,” Campbell said. He noted that given the setbacks, the Company is preparing to take the matter to Court. “It is important for us to take action. We do have other plans, for other development and those developments require building permission. I have sent the document to my lawyer and I believe he might be writing to them soon,” he added.
Op-Ed: Protecting Intellectual Property By United States Ambassador Perry L. Holloway Every year on April 26, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to learn about the role that patents, trademarks, and copyright play in promoting innovation, creativity, and progress. As we celebrate this year under the worldwide theme “Powering Change: Women in Innovation and Creativity,” we recognize the ingenuity of women around the world, who are bravely using their ideas, designs, and products to shape a brighter future for us all. Our recent event on the role of copyright protections in promoting local content and business development in Guyana reflected that theme, from an opening speech by Minister of Public Telecommunications Catherine Hughes to the inclusion of remarkable women artists that added a wealth of depth to our panel and audience. Through their voices and the insight of all our panelists, we come to one conclusion: To honor content creators around the world, we must consider how we can protect their work from theft. Only this will ensure they receive the credit and financial reward to enable them to keep using their creative talents to better themselves, to better their craft, to better Guyana, and ultimately to better the world. The protection of the creativity and hard work of writers, artists, musicians, and others makes prosperity and
progress possible. During my time as U.S. Ambassador to the Co-Operative Republic of Guyana, I have seen firsthand that Guyanese are hardworking, intelligent, and resourceful. The ingenuity and ability of Guyana’s artists and entrepreneurs is daily proof of it. I consider them and their creations as part of the social fabric and cultural patrimony of Guyana, highlighting the true extent of this country’s wealth beyond its already vast natural resources. As representatives of Guyana’s country brand domestically and overseas, writers, artists, filmmakers, fashion and textile designers, mobile and web application coders and creators, and inventors in all sectors send a strong signal to the rest of the world about Guyana’s values, traditions, and knowledge. Protecting their creations and their intellectual property rights (IPR), is the right thing to do. It’s not just individuals who benefit. Research shows robust legislation to protect IPR encourages the development of the arts and breeds innovation in science and technology. Many people assume protecting people’s IPR only helps high-income countries where companies spend large amounts on research and development (R&D). However, economists have learned that improving patent, trademark, and copyright protections help eco-
nomic development in countries at all economic levels. This is because a strong IPR framework aids open trade, which in turn creates greater trust between trading partners, helping increase economic prosperity. In fact, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s international index found a strong link between robust IPR protections and increased technology transfers and exchanges, access to foreign direct investment, and employment. Even countries without large – or even visible – R&D sectors benefit from a strong IPR regulatory framework because it gives them more access to new partnerships, technology, and knowledge. As the Government of Guyana prepares to take up the pen on copyright legislation, I commend the Ministers, advocates, and content creators that have been and will continue to champion an improved framework of IPR protections in country. They are the visionaries that see, today, how legislation, treaties, and outreach will ultimately benefit the people and the economy. Today, on World Intellectual Property Day, I salute them and encourage all of us to support local content creators – from artists to inventors to software engineers – by purchasing their work through legal means and applauding those advocating for change.
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GBTI contempt trial...
Defence mounts challenge to SOCU affidavit Lawyers for top ranking officials at the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) who are charged with contempt over failing to hand over certain documents to the Special Organized Unit (SOCU), have mounted a challenge to the contents of affidavit that has already been admitted into evidence. The case involves Chairman, Robin Stoby S.C; and Directors, Edward A. Beharry, Suresh Beharry, Richard Isava, Carlton James and Basil Mahadeo, along with Chief Executive Officer (ag) Shaleeza Shaw and Kathryn Eytle-McLean. They all denied the charge, which alleged that on September 7, 2017 at Georgetown, they failed to comply with production order granted by Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George, for them to produce certain documents to head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Sydney James. The order was made on August 29, 2017. Lawyers for the banking officials requested of Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to conduct a Voir dire (trial within a trial) to determine the voluntariness of the affidavit which was made out by Ramesh Persaud, who is a Commissioner of Oath to Affidavit attached to the Law
Chamber of Senior Counsel Luckhoo. However, SOCU Prosecutor, Patrice Henry, objected to the court conducting such an inquiry. He added that there is a difference between a confession and admission and there is no need for a Voir Dire, since the document in question is not a statement that was taken after a caution, nor was it an allegation put to someone by police. He further stressed that the affidavit was taken freely and voluntarily without the use of any threats or violence. The court heard that in the affidavit the defendants made admissions of destruction,
loss and misplacement of documents. The Prosecutions objections were overruled by the Magistrate. As such, Persaud took to the witness box where he told the court that no complaints were made by the defendants. He added that if any complaints were made he would have referred the defendant (s) to the Senior Counsel. After Persaud’s testimony the Magistrate told the court that she will make a ruling on whether the court will rely on the contents of the affidavit on November 9. SOCU, as part of a probe into US$500M that the
T&T contractor, co-accused in GMC fraud gets January trial date Almost five months after Hanniel Madramootoo, the Director of Constantine Engineering and Construction Service Limited, Trinidad and Tobago, was arrested at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport over an alleged fraud at the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC), he is yet to go on trial. Charged along with him is Nizam Ramkissoon, who is also said to be a director at the firm. The charge against them alleges th a t b e t w e e n October 28, 2010 and April 25, 2012, they conspired with Phillip Madramootoo, the brother of Hanniel, to continuously approve payments to the contractor of the engineering firm for works that were incompetently and incorrectly done with inferior materials to rehabilitate the GMC building at Robb and Alexander Streets, Bourda, Georgetown; knowing that such works should not have been approved. Madramootoo, 35, who resides locally at Lot 224 Third Street, Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, and a former engineer attached to the
Ministry of Agriculture, is out on $500,000 bail. When the men returned before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore yesterday, she informed them that their trial will begin on January 8, 2019. The Magistrate cited her heavy case load for fixing the date in the New Year. The men, will however, return to court on November 9, to collect statements. They are being represented by Attorneysat-Law Glen Hanoman and Marcel Babb. The charges against them come more than a year after the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU), an arm of the Guyana Police Force, filed similar charges against Hanniel Madramootoo’s wife, Felecia De SouzaMadramootoo, and former General Manager at GMC, Nizam Hassan. However, last year, those charges were dismissed against the two by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan who cited that a majority of the prosecution’s witnesses were discredited and in some instances were found to be lying under oath. Charges were recommended
against them and several other persons after SOCU completed its report into the investigations of the multimillion-dollar construction of the GMC office building. A forensic audit report submitted in 2015 by auditor, Saykar Boodhoo, flagged the construction, citing several worrying things at GMC, an agency of the Ministry of Agriculture. The forensic audit report was sent to Cabinet where it was decided that the findings of the report were serious enough to warrant a deeper investigation into not only the construction of the building but also into the handling of hundreds of millions of dollars of fertilizers. According to Government sources, investigations found the principals of the contracting company are close relatives of the engineer. Investigators reportedly also found that one of the defendants, who was assigned to oversee the project, allegedly used a family member to conduct transactions at the Tender Board relating to the project.
From left: Suresh Beharry, Carlton James, Shaleeza Shaw, Robin Stoby and Basil Mahadeo Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) handled as far back as 2010, submitted files to Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) recommending contempt charges against GBTI’s eight directors. This was after the bank and SOCU were locked in a battle over information concerning the GRDB accounts. SOCU is contending that the bank failed or stalled handing over certain banking records concerning GRDB. SOCU, an arm of the Guyana Police Force, also said that the bank gave all kinds of ex-
cuses, and even destroyed pertinent records relating to G R D B . SOCU reportedly argued that other banks complied, but it was finding it hard with GBTI. SOCU received four court orders, including one from the high court, asking that GBTI hand over the information. Late August last year, the acting Chief Justice Roxane George granted production orders to SOCU, giving the bank a week to hand over certain information. That deadline expired in early September 2017 and the bank was
reportedly granted some extra time. However, the deadline elapsed and SOCU prepared files recommending the charges of contempt against the directors. Under tough anti-money laundering laws, once the court orders are granted, financial institutions are reportedly bound to provide inform a t i o n . In this case, the money is not from private accounts, but rather from the US-dollar and other accounts of GRDB, a state entity.
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Teenagers, among four remanded for murder of Mon Repos handyman
MURDER ACCUSED: Vikash Persaud and Osafo Douglas being led into the court compound by a police rank (centre) Four men, including two teenagers, were yesterday remanded to prison after they were charged with the murder of 30-year old handyman, Christopher Swamy. Swamy was shot dead when gunmen launched an attack at his Lot 161 Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara home. The men Jesse Knights,
32; Osafo Douglas, 19; Vikash Persaud, 23; and Fareed Haniff, 19; were not required to plead to the indictable charge which was read to them by Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Courts. It is alleged that on October 21, last, at Mon Repos,
East Coast Demerara, they murdered Swamy during the course of a robbery. Knights was charged separately from the others who, in caution statements, told detectives that it was him who shot and killed the handyman in full view of his wife. Knights, a fish vendor, of 154 Cooper Street,
Caption: Fareed Haniff Albouystown, Georgetown was represented by Attorneys-at- Law Gordon Gilhuys and Jochebed Pollard. The quartet will return to court on December 12. According to reports, Swamy was shot dead in front of his wife, Marcia Williams, during a brazen, early morning attack on a
small group of friends outside his home. Police in a statement said that Swamy, his wife and her sister, along with Rawle Williams, Swamy’s friend were imbibing in front of Swami’s home, when two masked men, one brandishing a handgun, attacked them. The robbers are said to
have relieved Marcia of her cell phone and a sum of cash. Swamy was shot in the left side of his chest, after which they fled the scene. Rawle was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, where he was admitted in a stable condition. Christopher Swamy was pronounced dead on arrival.
Cancer patients benefit from OSHAG’s Look Good, Feel Good Programme The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in collaboration with the Organization for Social and Health Advancement for Guyana (OSHAG) hosted its third ‘Look Good, Feel Good’ programme on Friday. The event saw a number of female cancer survivors and patients benefitting from a session of emotional exploration. Oncology doctors and nurses were present at the event, which saw many tearstained faces on both doctors and patients alike. Kadisha Daniels, the chairperson of the programme, sought to build confidence in the women present by having them share their stories with the opening sentence “I love me because…” The eventpurposed in allowing women to face cancer with confidence- renewed hope and meaning for many of the women present. Daniels explained that for female patients and survivors of cancer, life can be very different— the loss of hair, and the physical toll that the disease can take on their bodies can cause them to shy away from the term beautiful. However, OSHAG and GPHC have sought to
change that. They believe that with looking good comes feeling better, and with just that little reminder that they are beautiful or whatever they might want to love themselves for; their lives can be changed. Patients, survivors and doctors garbed in pink, lent support and shared personal experiences with cancer patients and survivors on Friday. While many shied away i n i t i a l l y, t h e s e w o m e n opened up and revealed their vulnerabilities and fears to each other. These women comforted each other as they revealed some of the most frightening experiences for them. Akin to this, activities were done to build selfconfidence. “I have faith; that is why I am here. I tell myself that I am beautiful every day. I do not shy away from the mirror anymore. I felt as though a part of me was missing, I felt as though a part of me was lost… I have realized that cancer is not me. “I am a survivor and I will keep surviving. My family is my support system. I thank God every day for bringing me through this. I love me because I
Patients and survivors garbed in pink at the event. have faith…” one woman said. Through this raw expression of emotions, many of the women were heartened to keep on going in their fight. The concept of the “Look Good, Feel Good” programme encompasses the fact that patients should love themselves regardless of the effects of cancer.
Ballots are under constant security-Top Cop Commissioner of Police, Leslie James during a conference with the media on Thursday last disclosed that the ballot paper and ballot boxes are secured for Local Government Elections (LGE) scheduled for November 12. According to the Commissioner, the ballots which reportedly entered the country a few days ago and were escorted from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Headquarters are under constant security. He also reminded the public that persons in the disciplined services will be voting on November 2, while the general public are scheduled to vote on November 12.
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Four CAPE/CSEC students gain... From centre ceremony is not just to celebrate achievements but to give due regard to values such as discipline and zeal for learning. In fact she highlighted that awards ceremony such as yesterday's “are a good day to encourage good behaviour and inculcate a healthy competitive spirit.” In his remarks too, Chief Education Officer, Marcel Hutson, said no one can challenge the fact that education is critical to the development of a nation. He went on to point out that many of the problems in society stem from the lack of education, such as poverty, racism and poor value systems. The CEO, moreover, noted that these problems are bound to be eliminated since education, “Creates within individuals the capacity to perform certain functions for themselves, that is, reading, writing, calculating and therefore makes one employable.” He also made it clear too that education lays the foundation for persons to think critically and
rationalise issues for themselves and at the same time equips them with knowledge to keep up with the pace of development and modernity. Education he posited can further help individuals to develop an appreciation for people and to love one another. Meanwhile, Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry, during her feature address said that it is only fair to highlight the exceptional academic and creative performances of young people and award them for their hard work. Even as she recognised those who gave support to the awardees along the way, the Minister urged the awardees to remember that the road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it is possible to achieve all dreams. The Award Ceremony, according to the Education Minister, started in October 1990 as a way of acknowledging students that have done exceptionally well in their academics and those who achieved certain scores in the different examinations.
She said that the exercise also serves the purpose of encouraging the students to strive for excellence. “When the ceremony first began in 1990, only students with outstanding performance at the GCE Examination and the CXC Examinations received awards. Today I am proud to announce that 13 awards have since been added. They range from the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) to the Cyril Potter College of Education Examinations,” the Minister shared.Currently awards are presented to top performers from the primary level all the way to tertiary, and, according to Minister Henry, “who knows maybe one day, even our nursery babies may be awarded.” Special awards are also presented to outstanding differently able CSEC students as well. The awards ceremony, which was laced with singing, dance and steel pan renditions, was held under the theme “Education for a good life through innovation and STEAMS”.
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‘Brant’ charged with rape Chow Pow’s Comedy Jam for Garage Bar & Grill tomorrow of passenger, 14 One month after Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan issued an arrest warrant for a bus driver in relation to rape of a 14-year-old girl, he was yesterday charged and remanded to prison for the offence. Sherwayne Brant, 41, also known as ‘Brave’, appeared before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore, in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. He is accused of having sex with a 14-year-old female passenger three years ago. Brant was not required to plead to the charge which stated that on October 7, 2015, at Plum Park, Sophia, he engaged in sexual penetration with a child under the age of 16. According to information, the teen is a frequent traveller
REMANDED to prison Sherwayne Brandt in the minibus on which the defendant operates. It was reported that on the
day in question, the teen was a passenger in the minibus when Brandt drove to an unknown area in Plum Park, Sophia where he along with his bus conductor allegedly raped the teen. After raping the teen, the men dropped her home. The teen then complained to her parents about what had transpired and the matter was reported. Last month, Ashel Williams, the conductor of Brant’s bus was also charged for the alleged rape of the child. He, was however, released on $300,000 bail. In Brant’s case, the prosecutor objected to bail being granted to him citing that he is a flight risk. He was instructed to make his next court appearance on November 16, 2018.
Guyana yet to set itself to become... From page 3 that we can know what type of SWF we should have and establish a fiscal rule is adjusted over time as you complete those priorities.” NO CLEAR FISCAL RULE Then, there is the absence of a clear fiscal rule that can actually smooth expenditure. Bauer thinks that Guyana's fiscal rule for the Sovereign Wealth Fund, as outlined in the Green Paper, is too complicated. Bauer is not alone in his views on this either. Ramson had spoken about this too. He called the rule, “messy, complicated and does not match its co-mingled funds framework.” Ramson said, “We see abbreviations like EFSA, ESA, BPR, FSA etc. being introduced and asking the public to grasp its complicated formula. The rule must be simple enough for the public to be
able to understand so they could hold the government accountable. This has been one of the success reasons for the Norwegian SWF. “A Norwegian taxi driver can tell you what their fiscal rule is.” He continued, “Second, the premise of the fiscal rule introduced in the Green Paper is based on oil production. In reality, it does not matter how much you produce – what matters is how much money you get – which is production times price. If you produce 100,000 barrels and the price per barrel is $100 and you produce 125,000 barrels but the price per barrel is $75 which one is higher? Finally, the NRF mentions placing revenue from other sources like mining and forestry into the NRF but no reference is made to either of the two sectors in the operation of the rule itself. “All we see is the produc-
tion of oil. In fact, forestry and mining is not mentioned anywhere else in the Green Paper. It is as if someone said this sounds like a good idea so let's just put it without examination of its practical application. It's window dressing.” TAXAVOIDANCE Bauer said that it is imperative that Guyana secures strict tax avoidance strategies so that it can get every cent owed to it by oil companies. He stressed that this measure is key and the revenue must first be secured before it can be used. However, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is now gearing to learn how to combat tax avoidance. Representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are currently here working with GRA Officers to get them familiar with tax avoidance strategies and teach them how to combat this for the good of the financial wellbeing of this country.
There are three forms of laughter; laugh so hard that the laughter becomes silent; laugh until you feel like a six pack is coming; and laugh until tears start running from your eyes. Then there is laughter until your tummy hurts. These and many more symptoms will be experienced at the Garage Bar & Grill tomorrow when Chow Pow’s Comedy Jam hits the stage at 8pm. The Jam has been the cornerstone of open-air comedy shows in Guyana. Since its inception, it has attracted a wide cross section of Guyanese who not only bask in the ambience of the Garage Bar & Grill, but also enjoy the opportunity to dress as they like, eat and drink of their favorite beverages and laugh out loud all at the same time. Coordinator Kirk ‘Chow Pow’ Jardine has once again been very selective in the acts chosen for this edition of the Comedy Jam. He said , “When we look at the comedy shows that are
staged across the country, one would believe that there are just a handful of good standup comedians in Guyana. The reason for that is producers have been using one set of comedic actors who have been repeating the same routine with the same faces and this is what we avoid…” On this occasion, the cast includes stand up comedians Jermaine Grimmond, Kwasi Ace, Uncensored King Michael “Credit” Ignatius and Chow Pow, Actors Sheron Cadogan-Taylor, Mark Luke Edwards and Abigale Brower, Junior calypso monarch Jovinski, senior calypso monarch Onicka Joseph, Reggae artiste Alabama, facebook personality Melly Mel and Mr Guyana Kerwin Clark. It is left for your imagination as to how Chow Pow will fit the pieces together. The material used will cater to all ages and the audience will
have a chance to enter into the joke fest and win prizes that include a rocking chair compliments of Creations Craft. The Garage will be in a theatre style setting with waiters, ushers, security personnel and parking attendants present. Tickets are $1000 in advance and are available at the Garage on Aubrey Barker Street. You can call Chow Pow on 629-0106 and get your tickets delivered around town. Ansa McAL through its brands Campari and Carib Beer, Creative Jewelry & Pawn Shop, Cevons Waste Management, Creations Craft, 100.1 VYBZ FM & 94.1 Boom Fm have all collaborated with the Garage to present this edition Chow Pow’s Comedy Jam. So go on out to the Comedy Jam this Saturday and laugh till yuh belly hut yuh, just make sure your false teeth fitted properly and your pampers are on standby.
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An Open Letter to... From page 6 previously tried by world leaders that have not worked, including many inhumane actions, it is certainly worth giving this benevolent approach a try. It is simple, inexpensive, and has a track record of high success. Any country large or small could become the global leader of this cutting-edge brain-based technology. With IDT, their country would become invincible, they would be creating lasting peace worldwide, and their military would be globally respected and admired. IT’S TIME FOR JOURNALISTS TO ADVOCATE SOMETHING NEW AND PROVEN Journalists have a responsibility to bring truth to the people; in their unique position they also have the capability to enlist the media in creating a better world for all. Here is an opportunity to ensure that Jamal Khashoggi and all others who have stood up for the truth have not died in vain. About the Authors: Arlene J. Schar is the Executive Assistant at the Center for Advanced Military Science (CAMS). Her husband Dr. David Leffler served as an Associate of the Proteus Management Group at the Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College. Currently, he serves as the Executive Director at CAMS (http://www.StrongMilitary.org).
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Success makes a happy dressing... From page 30 Manager and Assistant Coach of the Jaguars Rayon Griffith says his charges intends to go all the way this time. “Our approach in the final is not going to change from how we have played throughout this tournament. The players will be willing to go out there and play confident, positive and enjoyable cricket. History might be against us but we see it as just another game and we will be ready for a fight and bring home our first title in a long time,” promised the 39-yearold Griffith. Griffith, who played his last 50-over in the game that gave Guyana its last title 13years ago at Bourda, disclosed that the mood in the Jaguars camp is a happy one. “It has been that way since the beginning of the tournament and we want to
continue that happy dressing room and make everybody comfortable to be bold and brave and express themselves. That the players are getting in good performances makes it easier for us to enjoy each other’s success,” explained Griffith who played 22 in this format. Since 2005, Guyana has reached the semis 11 times but has only won those encounters twice. When asked how he felt to qualify on this occasion, Griffith said he was very happy. “I am very happy! We reached the semi-final in the last tournament but we didn’t pass that hurdle but this time we done have so. So it’s only one more step to the title and we want to finish well,” added Griffith. Johnson was run out for 99 in the last tournament earlier this year, in this tournament was dismissed three times in
the 30s before finally reaching his maiden century at this level. “Leon’s hundred was a magnificent one I think he is a very good captain and very good leader and he led from the front so it’s good when your captain can do well, it boosts the confidence of the other players,” Griffith said. “We have been playing good cricket throughout this tournament. Even in the first game when we went down to the Red Force we did not bat well in that game but came back to score 200 even thought we did not bat as we should have. But in the other games we showed that we did not depend on one or two or three batsmen to do the scoring. We had five batsmen making runs at different times so that’s a good thing in any team,” the confident Jaguars Manager disclosed.
Saturday October 27, 2018 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) Too many people could be vying for your attention today, Aries. All of them want advice or help. This could be flattering, and you'll probably want to help them, but it can also be unsettling TAURUS(Apr.20–May20) Too many people could be vying for your attention today, Aries. All of them want advice or help. This could be flattering, and you'll probably want to help them, but it can also be unsettling GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Squabbles may come up between you and a sibling or neighbor, Gemini. Your ability to compromise is definitely called for here CANCER (June 21–July 22) Money matters might cause you a few headaches, Cancer. You could be torn between the desire to put money aside for the future and the impulse to buy something that you badly wanted
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LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) A conference of some kind could touch upon some pretty volatile issues, Libra. People could disagree to the point that the meeting turns into a shouting match. SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Is your significant other caught up in family problems and unable to spend time with you? Don't let your insecurity get the best of you. SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21) Matters involving communication seem to be fouled up . Messages may not get delivered, emails may not go through, and people might misinterpret your words. CAPRI (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) Your values could oppose those of a business or romantic partner today, Capricorn. One of you may be overly pragmatic and the other too idealistic.
LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) Too much rigorous exercise over the past few days might have you feeling a little sore and tired, Leo.
AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) If you've been having trouble reaching a romantic partner, Aquarius, it might be a good idea to stop trying. Your friend is having a rough day and might not make the best company.
VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Spiritual breakthroughs may have you feeling a little disconcerted, Virgo. Clearing away deadwood, such as past traumas, might tell you a few things about yourself you'd rather not face.
PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) You may feel a bit restless and unsettled without really knowing why, Pisces. Stresses on the job could churn up repressed resentment from the past that you need to release.
Ariel Speedboat, Regal All... From page 29 Unnis Yusuf and Clive Canterbury had two each. Floodlights responded with 123-1 in nine overs. Yusuf made 57. Ontario Masters posted 194-6, batting first. S. Seeram made 58; A. Nirmal 35 and Jaimini Singh 23. I. Hussain had 3-36. Albion Masters made 163 all out in 18.1 overs in reply. V. Moonsammy got 53 and Jaga Bojh 50 as Jaimini Singh bagged 5-17. In the over 50 division at Transport SC, Orlando Softball Cricket League batted first and posted 159-6 with R. Ramdeo scoring 46 and W. Lane 43. Floodlight Legends replied with 161-3 in 17.1 overs. Hakim Majeed cracked 55 and Samaroo Budhu 37. New York President’s XI took first strike and managed 160-6 with Dennis Mangru scoring 84 and Peter Persaud 24. Royal Canadian Masters were restricted to 109-4 in reply. Imam Gafoor made 32 not out and Imran Solomon 24. At YMCA, NY President’s XI got 172-4. Rudy Rodrigues and Vinoo Lall got 52 each. NY Softball Cricket League made 140-7 in reply. Seeram Hemraj scored 44 and George Gravesande 32; Peter Persaud snared 3-14. OSCL beat Floodlight and Florida overcame NYSCL. In the Open segment at Ogle, Orlando SCL were bowled out for 58 in 9.3 overs, taking first knock. G. Arjune grabbed 6-17 and Roy
Hamilton Green... From page 26 on offer for the top performers with AH&L Kissoon, China Trading, Techno Mills and Ricks and Sari among the donors. Lennox Cush will provide four lighting towers compliments of sponsorship from Minister Joe Harmon to aid the tournament and Coordinator Lennox Arthur has expressed gratitude to all those who have assisted with sponsorship. Fixtures for tomorrow will see Newtown Kitty vs Zeelugt, Kuru Kururu vs Alexander Village, Soesdyke vs Sophia, Agricola vs Tucville, Bagotsville vs Plaisance, Sara Lodge vs Jetty, Wales vs Vergenoegen, Goed Fortuin vs De Kinderen, Den Amstel Back Street vs Sparta Family and Crane vs Kitty. Two of the exciting players carrying their teams’ charge tomorrow are Anthony Sancho of New Town Kitty and Cordel Johnson of Kuru Kururu as a number of exciting talent will be on show.
Jafferally 2-0. SVC Spartans responded with 59 without loss in 4.5 overs. Yetesh Dhanpaul made 29. SVC Spartans made 115, taking first knock. Kishore Smith claimed 4-16. Ariel Speedboat responded with 107 all out in 19.4 overs. B. Mangra got 21 as A. Narine had 3-16. Ariel Speedboat posted 206-3, taking first turn in the middle. Anand Bharat struck 49, Shazim Hussain 48 and Lennox Marks 40. Cotton Field Wild Oats replied with 157 all out in 19.1 overs. Ganesh Mangal made 31 and Latchman Rohit 22; Greg Singh, Wazeer Hussain, Smith and B. Mangar had two wickets each. Cotton Field Wild Oats scored 200 all out in 19.4 overs, taking first knock. S. Alexander stroked 80; G. Babulall claimed 3-27. Orlando SCL responded with 139 all out in 17.4 overs. Bhaskar Yadram made 21; Latchman Rohit claimed 4-20,
S. Alli 3-22 and G. Taylor 2-1. At Enmore, Farm batted first and managed 175-9. Zaheer Hanif slammed 69 while Rawle Reid made 21; S. Shamsudeen took 3-30. Softball Cricket Canada responded with 176-6 in 19.3 overs. J. Jairam made 45 and A. Rochram 44. Regal All stars posted 176-8, batting first. Patrick Rooplall made 44 and Keon Sinclair 36 not out. Malcolm Hubbard and Quazim Yusuf had two wickets each. Farm were bowled out for 124 in 18.4 overs in reply. J. Adams got 33; Sewchand Budhu had 3-19, Ricky Sargeant 2-14 and Eon Hooper 2-21. Regal All stars managed 161-7, taking first strike. Rooplall led with 45; S. Khayume and Safraz Esau had two wickets each. SVC were sent packing for 132 in 19.2 overs in response. Richard Latif made 18; Sinclair captured 3-12 and Sachin Singh 3-28. SVC beat Canada in their encounter.
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FIFA approves prize money increase Hetmyer staying focussed for 2019 Women’s World Cup despite IPL rumblings
KIGALI (Reuters) - FIFA will raise the prize money for the Women’s World Cup from $15 million to $30 million starting with next year’s edition in France, president Gianni Infantino announced yesterday, though critics immediately said the increase was not enough. Following a FIFA council meeting in Rwanda, the Swiss-Italian also said that $20 million would be made available for pre-tournament preparations, meaning that $50 million in total would be allocated across the 24 participating nations. The prize money is double the amount awarded in the 2015 World Cup in Canada and for the first time clubs will be rewarded for their players taking part in the tournament, as is the case in the men’s edition. “It’s a very important message for women’s football. It will certainly boost this World Cup even more,” Infantino told a news conference. However, global footballers’ union FIFpro said the changes were not enough to redress the inequality between men’s and women’s football worldwide. “FIFPro notes the willingness of FIFA to increase prize money for the Women’s World Cup and make structural improvements to supp o r t w o m e n ’s f o o t b a l l . However, despite these changes football remains even further from the goal of equality for all World Cup players regardless of gender,” a FIFpro statement said. “In reality, the changes actually signify an increase in the gap between men’s and women’s prize money. This regressive trend appears to
FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends a news conference at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia July 13, 2018. (REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo) contravene FIFA’s statutory commitment to gender equality. “We strongly support our members, women’s nationalteam players in multiple countries, who have written to FIFA in recent days expressing their dismay about the distribution of prize money.” Players’ unions in Australia, Norway, Sweden and New Zealand had written to world soccer’s governing body to protest that even with women’s prize money being doubled, the rewards in the men’s game still dwarf the new amounts. The total prize money for this year’s men’s World Cup in Russia was $400m, with champions France receiving $38m. The letter from Australia’s PFA argued: “For the group stage alone, Socceroos players have shared $2.4 million for the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018, while the Matildas will only share $0.225 million, less than 10 percent.
“If the Matildas are to become World Champions, they will only receive 50 percent of what the Socceroos received for qualifying for Russia.” Infantino said that FIFA was committed to consistently increasing investment and cited the launch of a new strategy for women’s football earlier this month which included plans to strengthen the game in all 211 member associations. “Clearly... we want to invest more and earmark more for women’s football and not only for the best 24 teams in the world who play the World Cup, for which we have increased significantly the allocations and prize monies, but we have a duty to do so all over the world,” he said. “Also in these regulations there are specific requirements for all associations in the world that in order to receive the necessary grants they have to organize women’s competitions, otherwise they don’t receive these grants.”
Hamilton Green Cup continues tomorrow at Den Amstel Play in the Hamilton Green Cup 9-a-side Inter Ward/Village KO football tournament continues tomorrow at the Den Amstel ground from 4:00pm with ten scheduled matches. Teams are hunting the $400,000 first prize and the Ministry of Citizenry trophy, along with the other lucrative offerings in the second prize of $200,000 and John Fernandes trophy, $60,000 and the Courtney Benn trophy is the third prize and fourth will collect the Techno Mills trophy and $40,000. Individual prizes are also (Continued on page 25)
Anthony Sancho
Cordel Johnson
West Indies left-hander Shimron Hetmyer goes on the attack against India. PUNE, India, CMC – Lefthander Shimron Hetmyer has already been tipped by India spin legend Harbhajan Singh to be the next million-dollar buy in the Indian Premier League but the batting star says even though playing in the IPL was in his future plans, representing West Indies was his only focus at the moment. The 21-year-old smashed a 78-ball 106 in the opening One-Day International in Guwahati last Sunday, prompting Harbhajan to label him the “next million dollar baby in the IPL” on Twitter. “It’s a good feeling to know that one of the great spinners from India has rated me that high,” Hetmyer said. ”It is a dream of mine but
right now I am taking one step at a time, so I would see what awaits. But right now, I am focused on representing West Indies.” He added: “I think everyone aspires to play in the IPL but first you want to represent West Indies. That is possibly the biggest thing you could possibly do as a cricketer and then you would take it from there.” Hetmyer endeared himself to the Indian fans with his scintillating strokeplay, lashing half-dozen fours and sixes to mark his third career ODI hundred and third this year alone.He followed up in the second ODI in Visakhapatnam with a high quality 94 off just 64 balls with four fours and seven huge sixes, once again
reiterating his form in the shorter format. Hetmyer struggled in the preceding two-Test series with 50 runs from four innings and said he had put that experience behind him. “I had a bad Test series. It was not one of the best ways to start a series in India but from there on I tried to forget about that as much as possible and the senior guys helped,” he explained. “They said ‘don’t worry’ and look forward to the next game.” Hetmyer has played just 14 ODIs after making his debut last December on the tour of New Zealand but amazingly has been selected for just two Twenty20 Internationals.
11th team for next month’s ICC Women’s World T20 revealed The International Cricket Council has announced its 14-person match officials team, which will officiate in next month’s ICC Women’s World T20 2018. The 10-team tournament will run from 9 to 24 November in Antigua, Guyana and St Lucia, with hosts the Windies defending the title they had won in Kolkata two years ago. The list includes Richie Richardson of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees and Graeme La Brooy of the Emirates ICC International Panel of Match Referees as the match referees, eight umpires from the Emirates ICC International Panel of Umpires and four from the ICC Development Panel of Umpires. Among them are four
female umpires - Kim Cotton, Sue Redfern, Claire Polosak and Jacqueline Williams – and eight men’s umpires, namely Ahsan Raza, Gregory Brathwaite, Shaun George, Wayne Knights, Nitin Menon, Sam Nogajski, Langton Rusere and Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid. Richardson will lead the playing control team in Guyana, which will also include Brathwaite,George, Knights, Polosak, Redfern and Rusere, while the St Lucia team will include Raza, Cotton, Menon, Nogajski and Sharfuddoula with La Brooy as the match referee. Umpire Williams will officiate at both the venues. The tournament opener between New Zealand and India in Guyana will be umpired by Brathwaite and
Polosak, with George as third umpire and Redfern as the fourth official. The on-field responsibilities for the second match of the opening day between Australia and Pakistan will be shared between George and Williams, with Knights as the third umpire and Brathwaite as fourth official. The West Indies versus Bangladesh match, which will be the last match of the opening day, will be umpired by Rusere and Redfern, with Polosak as the third umpire and Knights as the fourth official. Cotton, a Canterburybased lawyer who made her international debut last season as on-field umpire during the Windies women’s tour of New Zealand, had more recently umpired in the
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GOA holds Olympic Solidarity Sports Administration course in Berbice The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) in collaboration with Olympic Solidarity continues to increase the number of local Sports Administrators, the main aim being, towards the improvement of Sports in Guyana. Against this backdrop, the GOA conducted its 19th Sports Administrators Course, over the period 18th – 21st October, 2018. The venue for this year’s course was the Guyana Teachers’ Union Conference Center in New Amsterdam. This was the fourth occasion that this course was held outside of Georgetown and the second time at this particular venue as the first such course held outside of
Georgetown was conducted there in 2007. The welcoming of the participants at the Opening Ceremony was done by Mr. Garfield Wiltshire, Course Director, while the Overview of the Course and Opening Remarks were given by Course Director, Mr. Claude Blackmore. This year’s course had twenty–five participants drawn mainly from the county of Berbice. The Course had several of the “Presenters” outside of the list of Certified Course Directors, of the Guyana Olympic Association. The Programme saw the return from Overseas Studies of Nutritionist within the Ministry of Public
Health, Ms. Abigale Caleb who Lectured on the topic: “Importance of Sports Nutrition” while a new comer to the programme and from the same Ministry, was Psychologist, Ms. Mosa Hutson, who dealt with the topic: “Mental Health in Sports”, a topic continued among the participants even after the Lecturer, had departed. Similar participants’ reactions were given to a number of other Presentations, the most pronounced seems to have been, one given by Mr. Theodore Henry whose topic: Strength and Conditioning in Sports saw parts of it where participants had to come off their seats to do Practical Demonstrations. A jovial part of the Course was the “bantering” among the Participants as to who
could have been arrested as against those who would have been charged by the Police as Attorney at Law, Ms. Emily Dodson went through with her topic: Sport and the Law. Participants also took part in a panel discussion “The important role Sports play in the development of Individuals”. The resource personnel and topics covered were: Mr. Noel Adonis: Combining Education and Sports and Governance of a Sports Organisation. Ms. Wanda Richmond: Women in Sport. Ms. Tricia Fiedtkou: Sports for All. Ms. Mayfield TaylorTrim: Conducting Meetings / Effective Communication. Mr. Donald Sinclair: Values and Ethics in Sports.
Mr. Hector Edwards: Planning, Decision Making and Evaluation/ Preparing a budget for a Sports Delegation. Mr. Claude Blackmore: Challengers facing Sports in developing Countries / Volunteerism/ Government and Sports. Mr. Garfield Wiltshire: The Olympic Movement, Olympic Solidarity and its Programmes/ National Team Selection/ Budget and Money Management. Participants had a session where they dealt with Group Work topics which were immediately followed by a “Review of their Group Work Topics” after which they wrote an Examination. An Evaluation / Wrap-up followed to conclude the course. The top three graduating students were:
Ms. Lakeisha Pearson – Guyana Football Federation Ms. Robin Leach Wilkinson – All Saints Primary School Mr. Dinesh Roopnarine – New Amsterdam Technical Institute The Closing Ceremony was chaired by Ms Mayfield Taylor - Trim, a Course Director, with Mr. Claude Blackmore presenting a “Review of the Course” and Mr. Charles Corbin undertaking the duties of Introducing the G u e s t S p e a k e r, M s . Winifred Heywood, Mayor of New Amsterdam, who delivered the charge to the participants. Mr. Osafa Dos Santos, a Participant of the Course, gave the Vote of Thanks on behalf of the 2018 Class.
Wiltshire & Shemar’s Trucking host GFF -Always National Women’s Development League kicks off tomorrow ‘Champion of Champions’ Domino – Gaico Construction committed to the development of women’s football
Managing Director of Shemar’s Trucking Service, Duean Boston (right) hands over the cheque to Mark Wiltshire yesterday. Gaico’s Managing Director Komal Singh presents sponsorship cheque to national player Lakeisha Pearson in the presence of GFF’s Third Vice President Thandi McAllister. The GFF-Always National Women’s Development League (WDL) will kick off tomorrow in Georgetown as women across the country get ready for consistent and competitive football. The matches, scheduled for the Tucville Ground, will see Fruta Conquerors “B” team face off against Foxy Ladies at 14:00hrs, while Buxton Youth Developers will play Fruta Conquerors “A” team at 16:00hrs. GFF’s President Wayne Forde will be present at the Tucville Ground to open the proceedings.
Meanwhile, Gaico Construction on October 23, made a sponsorship commitment to the WDL to facilitate the smooth execution of the tournament. Following the presentation of the cheque, Managing Director Komal Singh said Gaico was pleased to partner with the GFF on this initiative: “Gaico Construction is pleased to be a part of this initiative to help promote women empowerment locally so our women folk can become more confident, move forward and begin embracing more leadership roles in our society.” Receiving the cheque on
behalf of the GFF were female national player Lakeisha Pearson and Third Vice President of the GFF, Thandi Mc Allister. The WDL seeks to, among others, significantly increase the player population across Guyana, act as a base of the Talent ID recruitment pathway and produce players for the GFF national teams.It will be played in 11 regions including Upper Demerara, Essequibo, Madhia, Berbice, Bartica and Moruca. Matches in the other regions are scheduled to begin on November 3
Organising Secretary of the Georgetown Domino Association (GDA) Mark ‘Jumbie’ Wiltshire has teamed up with Shemar Trucking Service to host the Champion of Champions Part 2 Domino Competition tomorrow, at the Green City Restaurant & Bar on Durban Street & Vlissingen Road. During a simple ceremony that was conducted recently at the Company’s location on Durban Street, Lodge, Managing Director Duean Boston handed over a cheque for an undisclosed sum to Wiltshire. According to a release from the Organisers, most of the country’s top teams have been invited to participate in the competition
which carries total prize monies in excess of $200,000 along with trophies. Wiltshire, who has been one of the stalwarts of the game and someone who has been among the persons responsible for the meteoric rise in popularity of the sport, said that a number of teams have been given automatic qualification including All Seasons, C7, C6, Gold For Money, All Players, Phantom, Turning Point, Gangsta, Mix-up, Spartans, Provid e n c e , T h u n d e r, L i o n s , OPKO, Transport and Angels among others. Among those invited are: Bank of Guyana, GGMC, Sunflower, Top Gun, Orange
Walk, Strikers, Masters, Rockets, Linden and Bartica. The release added that the winning team will receive $175,000 and a trophy, while 2nd and 3rd place finishers will take home $75,000 and $35,000 respectively. The Most Valuable Player of the Final will be awarded $5,000. Among the other sponsors on board are: All Seasons Racing Service, Big Boss Trucking Service and Boston Pawn Shop. All GNDA rules will be in effect, while Bar-B-Cue and drinks will be sold throughout the day Double-six time is 13:00hrs Interested teams can contact Wiltshire on tele#6655855.
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BCB/Mogu Mogu Inter-Secondary School Under-19 Tournament
Lower Corentyne Secondary and New Amsterdam Technical Institute reach Region 6 Final
Simon Naidu
Garfield Benjamin
The Berbice Cricket Board organised Sueria Manufacturing Ltd sponsored Mogu Mogu Inter-Secondary School 30 Overs Tournament has been creating waves in Region Six. The Tournament started with nineteen teams and has reached the final stage with Lower Corentyne Secondary and the New Amsterdam Technical Institute booking their places in the Tournament Final. Nineteen Schools in Region 6 are in one Championship, while nine schools in Region 5 are in the second Championship. The two top schools in Region 5 and Region 6 Championship would then clash in the third Championship for the right to be crowned the overall Berbice Secondary School Cham-
pion. The nineteen Region 6 Secondary Schools that participated in the Tournament are Skeldon High, Line Path Secondary, Tagore Memorial, Upper Corentyne Technical Institute, Black Bush Secondary, Central Corentyne Secondary, Manchester High, Winifred Gaskin Secondary, Corentyne Comprehensive, Lower Corentyne, Port Mourant, J.C. Chandisingh Secondary, Canje Secondary, Berbice High School, Vryman’s Erven Secondary, New Amsterdam Technical Institute, New Amsterdam Secondary School, Berbice Educational Institute and Tutorial Academy. New Amsterdam Technical Institute defeated J. C. Chandisingh Secondary in
The NATI Team one of the Semifinals, while Lower Corentyne Secondary easily got pass the Upper Corentyne Technical Institute in the other semifinals. New Amsterdam Te c h n i c a l Institute amassed 183 all out in 28.3 Overs with skipper Garfield Benjamin topscoring with an impressive 83, while National Under-15 left arm spinner Jeremy Sandia took 4 for 26 in an impressive spell, J. C Chandisingh Secondary in response were bundled out for 93 in 18 Overs with only Guyana
Charles ‘Puggy’ Joseph to be buried today in B’ce Former Pele FC and National mid-fielder Charles ‘Puggy’ Joseph, who died on October 18, aged 59, will buried today in Manchester Village Corentyne Berbice. The Ex Footballer lived in Princess Street and Captained Pele at the U-16 level and under Coach Lennox Arthur, led Pele FC to youth titles from 1974-1976 before playing in Pele’s division one team in late 70’s Puggy Charles left to play for the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) before migrating to Berbice. Arthur yesterday extended condolences to the wife and children of Charles, on behalf of the Pele club, which was formed on July 18, 1971, its President Alistair Parris, Members and former players who played with the late Footballer in 1970s and early 80s. Arthur said Charles was a decent and honest man. “When I first started the Mayor’s Football tournament I would go to Berbice to get the flyers done. Puggy was one of the best graphic artists which he did with his hands,” said Coach Arthur. (Sean Devers)
Charles ‘Puggy’ Joseph
Under-15 batsman Jonathan Rampersaud offered any resistance with 30 as Berbice Under-19 left arm spinner Keith Simpson claimed 5 for 14. Simon Naidu claimed 2. At the Port Mourant Cricket Club Ground, Lower Corentyne defeated the Upper Corentyne Technical Institute by eight wickets. Upper Corentyne Technical Institute was bowed out for 126 in 22.5 Overs with Afsear Hussain 27 and Arvin Lall 22 topscoring. Leon Cecil 3 for 26 and Jeremiah Felix 3 for9 bowled well for Lower Corentyne Secondary, who in reply reached 128 for 2 in 19.5 Overs. Leon Cecil 42, Tameshwar Mahadeo 30, Damien Cecil 23 not out and Vijay Gopilall 15 not out were the outstanding batters for Lower Corentyne Secondary. Some scores from earlier matches are: 1) Lower Corentyne Secondary defeated Central Corentyne by 59 runs. Lower Corentyne Secondary 124 all out in 25.2 Overs. T. Mahadeo 30, Damien Cecil 36. K. Iverson 6 for 14. Corentyne Comprehensive 65 all out in10.2 Overs. Leon Cecil 6 for 10. 2) At Area ‘H’ Ground: J. C. Chandisingh Secondary defeated Port Mourant Secondary by one wicket. Port Mourant Secondary 130 all out in 30 Overs. R. Ramnauth 22, K. Williams 23. Jeremy Sandia 2 for 27, P. Ganesh 2 for 32. J. C. Chandisingh Second-
ary 131 for 9 in 26.1 Overs. Jonathan Rampersaud 28, Surendra Ramcharitar 15, J. Tika 4 for 24, T. Budhoo 3 for 42. 3) At Rose Hall Canje Ground: New Amsterdam Technical Institute got passed Ganje Secondary by 203 runs. New Amsterdam Technical Institute 267 all out in 30 Overs. Garfield Benjamin 124, Keith Simpson 55. C. Gilegous 4 for 30, J. Persaud 2 for 47. Canje Secondary 64 all out. Simon Naidu 3 for 19, B. Stewart 4 for 23, S. Kamaludin 2 for 10. 4) Upper Corentyne Technical Institute defeated Line Path Secondary School by 26 runs. Upper Corentyne Technical Institute 92 all out in 15.3 Overs. S. Nora 36. V. Lachman 4 for 15. Line Path Secondary 55 all out. V/ Latchman 36 not out. Rudy Persaud 5 for 10 and S. Nora 4 for 12. 5) At No. 73 Ground: Upper Corentyne Technical Institute defeated Skeldon High by 143 runs. Upper Corentyne Technical Institute 213 for 6 in 30 Overs. S. Nora 75, A. Rohoman 35, A. Hussain 30, R. Jalamodeen 28. M. Matthew 2 for 35. Skeldon High 70 all out in 16. Overs. M. Singh 20, R. Jalamodeen 3 for 12, A. Rohoman 2 for 18. 6) At BHS Ground: Berbice High School got pass Vruman’s Erven Secondary by nine wickets. Vryman’s Erven 89 all out in 16 Overs. Jameel Durant 24,
Samuel Gidens 13, Abdul Ramsanny 4 for 10. Berbice High School 92 for 1 in 8 Overs. Daniel Narsajah 40 Not out, Abdul Ramsammy 35 not out. 7) J. C. Chandisingh defeated Corentyne Comprehensive High by six wickets. Corentyne Comprehensive High 112 all out in 23.2 Overs. Tyrese Sealey 23, Darren Brijadder 13. Tagwah Ross 4 for 33, Jeremy Sandia 2 for 28 and Jonathan Rampersaud 2 for 24. J. C. Chandisingh Secondary 113 for 4 in 24.2 Overs. Jonathan Rampersaud 34 not out, Lucas Arthur 27, Mahendra Gopilall 2 for 21. 8) At BHS Ground: New Amsterdam Technical Institute defeated Berbice High School by 59 runs. New Amsterdam Technical Institute 193 all out in 27 Overs. K. Ramkishun 88, Brandon Stewart 60, Simon Naidu 21. Andul Ramsammy 5 for 25, J. Reeshand 2 for 40, A. Beharry 2 for 35. Berbice High School 134 all out in 24.2 Overs. Z. Ramsammy 60, D. Narsiah 20, Simon Naidu 3 for 12, G. Benjamin 3 for 30. 9) At Port Mourant Cricket Ground: Corentyne Comprehensive High School defeated Manchester High by nine wickets. Manchester High 41 all out in 11 Overs. Osfo George 12, Tyrese Sealey 5 for 18, Govrav Ramesh 5 for 5. Corentyne Comprehensive 47 for 1 in 4.1 Overs. Tyrese Sealey 22 not out.
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GFSCA/Guyana Cup 8
Ariel Speedboat, Regal All stars and Masters, Floodlights, Wellman, Tropical Spring, NYSCL among victors
Baldeo Persaud
Richie Bishop
Latchman Yadram
By Zaheer Mohamed Ariel Speedboat, Regal All stars and Masters, Floodlights, Wellman Masters, Tropical Spring and New York SCL were among the victorious teams when the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA)/ Guyana Cup 8 commenced yesterday. In the Over 45 category at Malteenoes SC, Invaders Masters made 165-6, batting first against Wellman Masters. Tameshwar Sancharie got 45, Deopaul Drickpaul 44 and Latchmeikant Narine 39; Wayne Jones took 2-26. Wellman Masters responded with 166-5 in 18 overs. Lloyd Ruplall struck 96; Richie Bishop took 2-20. Parika Defenders and Royal Canadian Masters played to a tie. Parika Defenders took first strike and managed 161 all out in 20 overs. S. Mohamed scored 47 and Mohamed Safie 38; SSeecharran Persaud had 210, Naipaul Singh 2-12 and Atamdeo Persaud 2-15. Royal Canadian Masters responded with 161 all out in 20 overs. Imam Gafoor got 45, Lynden Lyght 28 and Seemangal Yadram 25. R. Rambarose and
A. Mohamed had two wickets each. Fishermen Masters piled up 224-7 taking first knock. Baldeo Persaud hammered 113 while Narendra Pooran contributed 45; Lester Thom claimed 3-20. Wellman Masters were limited to 179-9 in reply. Nandram Samlall made 51 and Wayne Jones 31. Lallbahadur Persaud snared 3-28 while Gopual Deen and Puran Singh had two each. Tropical Spring batted first and rattled up 226-9. Latchman Yadram struck 77 and Nadir Baksh 47; Richard Patterson took two wickets. Invaders Masters responded with 218-7. Richie Bishop slammed 57, Patterson 39, Tameshwar Shanchari 31 and Drick Paul 22. At DCC, Albion Masters scored 169-8, batting first. Imran Hussein made 29 and Jaga Bojh 26; Ramo Malone claimed 3-20 and Clive Canterbury 2-35. Floodlights got to 156-8 in response. Unnis Yusuf made 35; I. Harilall took 2-23. At GNIC, Regal Masters batted first and made 165-3. Mahase Chunilall led with 62 while Mahendra Hardyal got 37 and David Harper 32;
Prahalad Singh had 2-21. Tropical Spring scored 146-7 in reply. Anand Persaud and Prahalad Singh got 52 each; Troy Kippins took 2-28. At MYO, NY Hustlers managed 180-5, taking first strike. Troy Gobin stroked 72 and Ken Sanichar 70. Regal Masters responded with 1823 in 18.3 overs. Eon Abel struck 60, Mohendra Arjune 51, Troy Kippins 26 and Eric Thomas 20. At DCC, NY Hustlers scored 128-7, taking first knock with Sidney Jackman and Ken Sanichar scoring 38 and 28 respectively. G. Deen had 3-25 and Darmendra Mohabir 2-42. Fishermen Masters replied with 132-1 in 12.4 overs. Hemraj Pillay made 66, Mohabir 29 and Robert Mohan 25. Orlando Masters took first strike and posted 218-5. Shiv Seeram slammed 112 and M. Harihar 27; Roshan Illahi claimed 3-28. Narine Masters replied with 164-8. K. Persaud made 59; D. Patram grabbed 4-37 and T. Mathura 2-12. Narine Masters batted first and scored 121 all out in 16 overs. M. Basdeo made 49; Devanan Kanan took 3-6; (Continued on page 25)
Quarterfinal action kicks off today... From page 31 Shamar Murray and Justin Alcindor who both have netted nine goals each so far in the campaign. North Georgetown will be pitted against Mocha Arcadia Primary in the feature quarterfinal game today at 15:30hrs. Before the finals, the eighth to 16th plate finals will be competed. Please see full fixtures below. 12:30hrs - Colaaco v/s Maes 8 to 16 12:30hrs - Marian Academy v/s Soesdyke 8 to 16 13:30hrs - Plaisance Orph. v/s South 8 to 16 13:30hrs - Enterprise v/s Timehri 8 to 16 14:30hrs - St Agnes v/s Tucville Qtr Final 14:30hrs - Golden Grove v/s St Pius Qtr Final 15:30hrs - West Ruimveldt v/s St Ambrose Qtr Final 15:30hrs - North Georgetown v/s Mocha Qtr Final
More teams record victories as NBS Tournament continues in Berbice The countywide New Building Society 40-Overs Second Division Tournament continued last weekend with matches across the Ancient County of Berbice. Organised by the Berbice Cricket Board, the tournament involves over 80 teams divided into seventeen zones. One team from each zone would advance to the Playoff segment. Listed below are the latest scores for last weekend matches: 1. At Hampshire: Fyrish Road Cricket Club defeated Belvedere United by 3 runs. Fyrish Road 182, D. Persaud 80, I. Amin 20, P. Moses 3 for 30, H. Khemraj 3 for 23 and Sudesh Veerapen 3 for 26. Belvedere United 179 all out in 36 Overs. Michael Ishmael 55 not out. S. Tika 3 for 30. 2. At Bush Lot: Achievers Youth defeated Hopetown Spartans by 18 runs. Achievers Youth 234 for 7 from 40-Overs. S. Angel 79, Sherwin Mc Pherson 45, Quacy Mc Pherson 37. D. Mc Calmont 2 for 22 and C. Benjamin 2 for 30. Hopetown Spartans 216 all out in 32.3 Overs. Steffon Adams 62, Kareeme Mentore 25, Graseen Grant 50. D. Samuels 4 for 20 and R. Mitchell 4 for 19. 3. At Hopetown: Paradise Challengers Cricket Club lost to Hopetown Spartans by 14 runs. Hopetown 223 in 30
Overs. Derrick Mc Calmont 51, Kenje Sedoc 26, Oswald Cain 66. C. Saul 3 for 54, E. Carmichael 2 for 20, Q. Aulder 2 for 43. Paradise Challengers 209 all out in 31 Overs, E. Fordyce 53, L. Davidson 31 not out. R. Edwards 3 for 28, K. Sedoc 2 for 47 and E. Benjamin 2 for 23. 4. At Cotton Tree: Cotton Tree crushed No. 4 Cricket Club by a massive 319 runs. Cotton Tree 415 for 9 off 40-Overs. Mahendra Singh 100, Nick Ramsaroop 106 not out, Pooran Persaud 65, Wagar Hassan 33. D. Chattergoon 2 for 70 and T. Persaud 3 for 48. No. 4 Cricket Club 96 all out in 26 Overs. K. Persaud 24, A. Johnson 17, H. Singh 3 for 16, N. Gafoor 4 for 08. 5. At Bush Lot: Bush Lot United defeated Paradise by 21 runs. Bush Lot United 155 for 6 in 27 Overs. Rajban Hemraj 37, Azgar Motaberk 23. Enoch Carmichael 4 for 34. Paradise 154 for 9. Dishan Phillips 44, Jermain Davis 25, Christopher Bissoon 2 for 13, Joel Dilchand 2 for 18. 6. At Paradise Ground: Bush Lot Rising Star defeated Bath Community Centre by two wickets. Bath Community Centre 156 all out in 23-Overs. Ganesh Gossai 36, C. Amandaram 29. Remmant Gransond 3 for 22. Mahendra Mahadeo 2 for 32and C. Grant 2 for 13.
Bush Lot Rising Star Cricket Club 160 for 8 in 10Overs. Glenroy Fraser 54, R. Gransond 24, Y. Budhu 20, Devindra Bridgelall 3 for 21. 7. At Port Mourant: Rose Hall Town Bakewell defeated Port Mourant by 5 wickets. Port Mourant Cricket Club 143 all out in 36 Overs. Daniel Samaroo 52, Surendra Budhoo 30, Kevin Sinclair 3 for 30, Kevlon Anderson 2 for 20. Rose Hall Town Bakewell 144 for 5 in 27 Overs. Jonathan Rampersaud 55 not out. 8. At Crabwood Creek: Skeldon Titans won their match versus All Family by 418 runs. Skeldon 469 for 7 from 40-Overs. Errol Byass 193, Jermaine Reid 45. Gujendra Nauth 75 not out, Gajendra Ramnarine 86, Trevan Sukhu 3 for 71, Yusuf Ali 2 for 45. All Family Cricket Club 51 in 13-Overs. Trevon Sukhu 17, Errol Byass 5 for 5, Deon Esau 2 for 15. 9. At Tain: Tain Block 4 defeated Tamarind Root Cricket Club by 4 wickets. Tamarind Roots185 all out in 24 Overs. Michael Ramdihal 58, M. Hemraj 30. Mahendra Rabinranauth 5 for 33, Ruel Porgass 2 for 29, Govin Budhu 2 for 19. Tain Block 4 186 for 6. Mahendra Mangal 40, Zarudin Khan 56, Ruel Porgass 32. R. Deonarine 2 for 41 and R. Rangasammy 2 for 38.
Top drivers confirmed from Barbados’ CMRC final leg team Veteran racer and multitime group four champion Mark Maloney will spearhead the Barbadian team for the upcoming Ignite race meet of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club which also will serve as the final leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) on November 10th and 11th at the South Dakota Circuit. Maloney, who sits at the helm of the Group four championship with his Rock Hard Cement Mazda RX3, is expected to come all guns blazing in a bid to defend his 2wd title. Having secured one win
in Barbados, Maloney is eager to take the battle to the Guyanese Duo of Mark Vieira and Andrew King, both who secured wins in round three earlier this year. Fellow Barbadian, Mark Thompson, is no stranger to the CMRC top step having held the championship for two years at the group two level in his Honda Civic. H o w e v e r, a f t e r s t i ff competition in Barbados and Trinidad, he sits way back in third behind Tr i n i d a d ’s Justin Sanguinette and Marc Gill. The anticipated event will also see the culmination of the
2018 season of CMRC for the Groups 1-5 as well as the Superstocks and SR3 radicals; which is headed by Stuart Maloney, Mark’s brother, along with the local classes including the Superstock motorcycles. In addition to the Bajan competitors, the overseas competition will see drivers from Trinidad & Tobago (T&T), Jamaica and Canada as well as competitors out of Europe. Tickets for the packed 27race two-day meet are on sale at B.M. SOAT Auto Sales’ Croal Street office at the cost of $2500; children $1000.
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Buxton and Better Hope clash in Elizabeth Styles/East Coast Cricket Board tourney
WJ Enterprise onboard with Guyana Softball Cup 8
- $450,000 cash and trophies at stake… Buxton ‘Carl Hooper’ Sports Club and Better Hope Cricket Club stormed into the final of the Elizabeth Styles/ East Coast Cricket Board 40 overs tournament. Up for grabs are a 1st prize of $375,000 and the Elizabeth Styles trophy, the second place team will receive $75,000 and a trophy, while there will be a trophy for the player-of –the-final. The preliminary rounds consisted of nine matches for each participating team with Lusignan Sports Club and Clonbrook Cricket Club along with the finalists reaching the semi-finals. At the Friendship/Buxton Community Centre ground (Semi-final 1) last Sunday. Despite a cautious opening stand of 55 runs between Buxton ‘Carl Hooper’ Sports Club openers Mervin Cato (28) and Devon Benjamin (27) and a belligerent 41 from Anthony McFarlane. Buxton ‘Carl Hooper’ Sports Club was restricted to 184 all out from 28 of the allotted 35 overs by some fine bowling from Clonbrook Cricket Clubwho kept the free scoring Buxtonians at bay. They lost wickets at regular intervals as Andre McFarlane (21), Clive Andries (17) and Kwesi Douglas (16) chipped in with useful scores but failed to capitalize on an ideal cricket pitch that offered some assistance to the bowlers. Bowling for Clonbrook, Cricket Club leftarm pacer Travis Gilbert 336(7) and spinners Dion Ferrier 3-38(6) and R. Small 350(7) were the main wickettakers. Clonbrook Cricket Club in reply were dismissed for 166 off 32.5 overs, despite an attacking opening partnership of 63 runs in 7 overs between R. Phil (44) and M. Rajmangal (34). The only other resistance came in the form of former national t20 player Dion Ferrier (38) who threatened to take the game away from Buxton‘Carl Hooper’ Sports Club until he was cut short by a magnificent one handed
Clive Andries
Ravi Singh
WJ Enterprise rep Teresa Naraine presenting GFSCA officials with her company’s contribution.
Marvin-Cato
Clive Rampersaud
catch by Mervin Cato off the bowling of medium pacer Ryan McKay. None of the other Clonbrook Cricket Clubbatsmen managed to pass 10 runs as they were severely restricted in the latter stages of game by some tight bowling by Ryan McKay 313(3.5), Devon Benjamin 229(5) and Clive Andries 118(7). In the end Buxton ‘Carl Hooper’ Sports Club won by 18 runs and secured a spot in the final in front of a jubilant home crowd. At the Better Hope Community Centre Ground (Semi-final 2).The host team got the better of Lusignan Sports Club in what could have been deemed as a oneside affair. Lusignan Sports Clubasked to bat after Better Hope Cricket Club won the toss were bowled out for a meagre 118 all out in 30.3 of the allotted 40 overs. Lusignan‘s batting was led by Emran Khan (28) and Vishnu Ramjeet (15). None of the batsmen managed to get past 15 runs in the face of disciplined bowl-
ing by Better Hope B on their home soil and with their supporters rallying behind their team. The bowling for Better Hope B was led by off –spinner Jayaden Manna 4-21 (8), Left arm spinner Ravi Singh 3-8(5) and left arm medium pacer Bharrat Samaroo 211(3). In reply Better Hope B found smooth sailing as they were able to reach the required target for the loss of one wicket in 28.1 overs. In so doing Better Hope B would have secured both a nine wickets victory and a spot in the final. Better Hope B batting was led by a well compiled innings of 58 not out by opening batsman Ravi Singh and 47 not out by Rajendra Singh batting at number three. The lone wicket to fall was that of Roy Persaud (2) who was LBW off the bowling K. Bishundial 1-19 (5). A date and venue will be announced shortly after a meeting with the finalists and the Competitions Committee of the East Coast Cricket Board.
Organisers of the Guyana Softball Cup 8 have received corporate backing from Regent Street store, WJ Enterprise, to ensure the three-day tournament is a success. The company made its contribution during a simple handing over ceremony, with Representative Teresa Naraine expressing how delighted the establishment was in supporting the premier softball cricket event in Guyana. President of the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association, Ramchand
Ragbeer, said the organising body is extremely grateful for the support of companies like WJ Enterprise, noting that corporate support is crucial in helping to run off a tournament of the magnitude of the Guyana Softball Cup. Teams from Guyana, New York, Canada and Florida are currently in Guyana to compete for softball supremacy in the Americas. Once again, the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association is promising an action-packed and competitive tournament.
The category finals would be tomorrow (October 28) at the Demerara Cricket Club, starting at 10:00hrs and concluding with the Open final under floodlights. The tournament, which started on Friday, has received corporate support from Stag Beer, Rubis Guyana, Trophy Stall, Steve’s Jewellery, Clear Waters, Busta, Rohan Auto Spares, A&R Jewanram Printery, WJ Enterprise, Mike’s Pharmacy, Ramchand Auto Spares, Karibee Rice and Survival Group of Business.
Success makes a happy dressing - ‘We want to go all the way this time room By Sean Devers Guyana Jaguars, on Thursday night, led by brilliant 101 from Skipper Leon Johnson got past Jamaica in a thrilling one-wicket win with just a ball to spare to book a spot in their 17th Regional 50-over final since this format was introduced in 1976. The Jaguars will play CCC in tomorrow’s final after UWI team upset the starstudded Red Force; sending them crashing to their second lowest total yesterday at the Kensington Oval. But since 2005 when Guyana beat Barbados at Bourda they have not won a title and tomorrow will be their third appearance in a final since then. In the previous two occasions that they have reached the final they were beaten by Trinidad in Portof- Spain (2009 & 2015) but (Continued on page 25)
and we ready for a fight’says Griffith
Jaguars’ Manager Rayon Griffith was high in praise for Skipper Johnson.
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COURTS Peewee football 2018
Quarterfinal action kicks off today at MOE ground
Golden Grove’s Bryan Wharton.
West Ruimveldt’s Jonathan Andries.
Play between Golden Grove Primary (on the ball) and Marian Academy during the former’s 2-0 win in last week’s round-of-16 matchup.
St. Agnes’ leading goal scorers, Shawn Murray (left) and Justin Alcindor who both have nine goals each. Eight Primary School teams are still in with a chance to emerge as the Champions of the 2018 edition of the COURTS under-11 Peewee football tournament including defending champions West Ruimveldt who were boosted by a brace from Jonathan Andries during a 21 come from behind victory
against Plaisance Bosco last Saturday in their round-of16 match. West will match skills with St. Ambrose Primary in their quarterfinal game. Golden Grove pulled off a surprise victory after beating 2017 losing finalists and inaugural winners, Marian Academy via a 2-0 victory in their round-of-16
clash which saw both goals coming off the boot of star player Bryan Wharton. Grove’s quarterfinal with St. Pius will surely bring fireworks. St. Agnes are the most dangerously looking team in the quarterfinals and Tucville will be wary of the team’s two top forwards in (Continued on page 29)
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The machine of SR3 radicals’ championship leader, Stuart Maloney.
CMRC Group 4 2wd defending champion Mark Maloney in his RX3
Mark Thompson (right), doing battle during the at last year’s CMRC final leg at South Dakota Circuit.
GOA holds Olympic Solidarity Sports Administration course in Berbice
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