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Monday October 03, 2016

The people of Linden struggled for what they have Dear Editor; Once again Linden is under fire from Peeping Tom. The peeper has yet again taken issue with what he sees as favourable living condition in the Town/ Region. Like he said before some years ago, that he “feels abused that Lindeners are enjoying such humongous subsidy on electricity …” so he repeats once more in the August 29th edition of Kaieteur News: “The best place to live in Guyana”. Like he questioned then, he does now – same put differently: “Why should the people of Linden enjoy such concessions that are not enjoyed by the rest of the country?” For one thing he is consistent. The peeper is aggrieved with things he identified and described as special privileges for Linden folks as against discriminate actions by the Government against folks living in other parts of Guyana. As I have observed, the peeper has long since taken a special interest in the affairs of Linden/Region 10, keeping track of every movement and input he views as beneficial to the community. The electricity rates which Lindeners pay rest heaviest on his mind. Thus the peeper thunders hysterically: “Residents of Linden are the most subsidised in the whole of Guyana…on a per capita basis the subsidy enjoyed by electricity consumers in Linden is higher than that enjoyed by any other part of Guyana … it is the most pampered place in all of Guyana”. But like I once pointed out had this red brown mineral been mined in any other region, then it stands to reason that the folks of that region would have been the beneficiary of the conditions of all that developed out of and from it – as it is today with Town/Region. Oh! Please don't forget that the profits from bauxite were not spent on Linden alone. And let me make haste to remind those with similar agenda like the peeper that the electricity

rates which Lindeners pay, the envy of so many, remains the only saving grace from all other benefits that bauxite workers fought so courageously for, nothing else is left in tack from the glory days of bauxite from all those battles won with the sweat, blood and sinews of bauxite workers. All other benefits and schemes that were bargain for and won have been wrested from them one way or another by subtle, devious and even brazen ways. And may I further remind some that some benefits were in part concession and inducement for attracting workers into some intolerable and hazardous conditions. I suspect also that from the play of things, the present special rate enjoyed by pensioners is in danger, may be phased out. I recall a well-known trade unionist who was not in support of the electricity increase said a most ridiculous thing to make Lindeners look most irresponsible and foolish: He said he knew of people who were installing electricity to their homes without switches, since there was no need to switch off their lights. Can anyone believe such balderdash? And the peeper came almost close to saying the very same thing. Now on the issue of having passport offices in all regions I agree: Indeed the backward, stressful and irritating long lines outside the passport office in Georgetown is ridiculous, should have been decentralized ages ago – placed at vantage points. It is one reason why I have never quite been a part of these lines – too primitive and insulting. And so I agree with the Peeper that Essequibo, Berbice, should be treated as priority. But why should the peeper take jabs because one was established in Linden? Beats me. Yes, we are about two hours from Georgetown but what about: Kwakwani; Ituni, Rockstone; Hururu, Great falls, 47 and 58 Miles, Muritaro, Mabura,

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Anarika, etc – these are all remote areas in Region 10, miles away. Wouldn't Linden be a most appropriate and central point. I argued before and maintained that the Town of Linden should have more autonomy. Why should folks in this time and age be going to Georgetown for simple things- birth certificate, hire car license, passport, gun license, etc. without “good money” and a place to stay – it's a real tall order, very stressful. The peeper lets nothing slips by with respect to Linden. He cites the tax exemption for overtime work by bauxite workers as a gross violation of the tax laws. Again, about these tax matters I am not that knowledgeable as the peeper seems to be, I know that was how it used to be – nontaxable, negotiated for, was it all those years in violation of our tax laws. Those trade unionists that negotiated should let their voices be heard. Anyway Peeping Tom should peep some more and he will see that that once large number of employees who worked with the bauxite company is no more – has diminished, from thousands to now just a hand full between two and three hundred. Any shopping mall in Town can put this industry to shame, thus the tax free overtime doesn't add up to much or as a burden on the national treasury but instead a most welcome, needed few dollars more to float around the “most pampered place in Guyana”. If you asked me I think that workers anywhere should not have their overtime earnings taxed. Finally, I say that every Town, Region, Village whatever should take a page from Linden folks and stand-up tall against any form of unconscionable rule/ decision being implemented. Frank Fyffe

President Granger must fire Dr. George Norton Dear Editor; These are my comments on the 'bond gate' scandal that involves Dr. George Norton and his cohorts. Undoubtedly, this bond was a gift to Mr. Larry Singh plus a rental fee of $12.5 million dollars per month for three (3) years ($450M) for the intellectual authors of this fraudulent scheme. Thanks to the opposition Members of Parliament for exposing this scam. Dr. Norton's assertion to the Chairman and Board of Directors of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) re: the reinstatement of the CEO, Mr. Michael Khan were as follows; "There are persons who are not familiar with their roles and have been doing what they are not suppose (sic) to be doing and we will straighten that out." Dr. Norton has now done what he (Norton) was not supposed to have done and he must be straightened out. Dr. Norton must tender his resignation of Minister of Public Health or be sacked; should he (Norton) do the former he will display integrity and set a standard for defaulting ministers to follow. It must be noted that Dr. Norton apologized to the nation for lying to the National Assembly re:"bond gate" and immediately after informed the media that he sent a written apology to the Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Barton Scotland for misleading the National Assembly on bond gate. Grilled by the media, Norton insisted that he sent that written apology, but when asked to produce a copy of the apology Norton said he did not send it. George Norton lied again. Dr. Norton

has now confirmed himself as a liar. With respect to Minister Ramjattan's defense of Dr. Norton, Angels are tossed out of the heavenly kingdom when they cross the line, as for dropping catches in cricket, Sir Vivian Richards during his tenure as captain of the West Indies team sent a player off the field for dropping a catch. It is said that our Guyanese spin bowler Lance Gibbs made sure a Guyanese wicket keeper never represented Guyana again as a wicket keeper for failing to stump a batsman who was out of his batting crease. President Granger defending Norton's 'bond gate' scandal has unknowingly open Dr. Norton to being sanctioned by saying Norton's bond scheme is not criminal, either human error or administrative error.

Mr. President, Adam and Eve made a human error, that is disobedience and was harshly punished, thrown out the Garden of Eden condemned to hard work until death and Eve to bring forth children in pain. Today Mr. President, we are all doomed by that curse through their (that is, Adam and Eve) human error. As for administrative error, look at our southern neighbor who made such an error and was relieved of the presidency of that country and is likely to face prosecution. President Granger you cannot defend your ministers when they have crossed the line. Do what you are expected to do? Norton now! Norton must go! He is a disgrace. As a senior citizen, I strongly suggest you reshuffle and cleanse your cabinet. Sidney King Seba, Mazaruni

Sadness at the passing of Dr. Doris Rogers Dear Editor; We read with great sadness of the passing of Professor Doris Rogers. I had the good fortune of many discussions with Professor Rogers on the importance of Art in our Cultural milieu. She was a great believer that had a great understanding of the value and utility of the fine Arts and who made a great contribution to making our society a nicer place where we express our deep feelings

through the fine Arts. I am fortunate that during my discussions at her visits to our home, she persuaded me to purchase the set of paintings she produced while in Nigeria including a fascinating painting with Kente cloth. Her several paintings have greatly enhanced my personal collection and will provide a fond memory of the giant of a Guyanese woman. Hamilton Green

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Minister Bulkan's letter displayed ministerial guidance Dear Editor; Minister Ronald Bulkan's letter to Georgetown Mayor Ms. Chase-Green, as it relates to the moving of vendors at the Bourda Market along Robb Street, is the required level of ministerial guidance needed in instances where time-honoured principles, rights, and the rule of law are threatened. The responses to the minister's letter by Mayor Chase-Green, former mayor Ranwell Jordan, and Town Clerk Royston King notably have lost sight of the intent and principles adumbrated. Since King took up the role as Town Clerk the city administration has adopted a posture of not seeking to bring on board the collective will of Georgetown citizens in managing the business of the city. This posture has deepened after the Local Government Elections and installation of a new Council. One reason why laws are made is to protect the weak and vulnerable from being exploited by the strong and mighty. The Town Clerk and Council are placed in privileged positions, not to trample on time-honoured principles, rights and laws but, to protect and advanced them. The culture of turning up, removing vendors, and then seeking a justification after must come to an end. It is

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expected that if the vendors are in violation of the city bylaws, the appropriate action of giving warning or notice to those who are in violation of the specific law, will be done. The Council's argument in justifying the reason for removing the vendors and accusing the entire group of being guilty-which is saying to consumers that no vendor can be trusted-has also not seen it presenting the appropriate advice from the departments responsible for public health, etc, to so act. There are serious implications for the Council's action, in this instance, that it does not want to take note of. This includes the absence of giving notice for whatever form of cleaning it had intended to carry out, which placed the vendors in difficult circumstances, put their perishables at risk, and resulted in loss of investment. This group of selfemployed workers is engaged in the most basic of subsistence business. They invest their little money in purchasing items, hoping to sell, and make profit on their investment. In instances some trust or credit their product to pay the supplier when the items are sold. Many are out there with other financial obligations to honour to family and self. Every day they

vend it is being done in a leap of faith that at the end of the day if they do not make a profit, they at least will be able to cover the cost of their investment. This is a vulnerable group in society and only an uncaring and ruthless administration will disregard these factors when making decisions. With limited employment and economic opportunities available in this society, when those who have independently gotten up and decided they are going to do something to improve their circumstance, such efforts are not to be crushed and destroyed. The Council is also losing sight that economic activities pursued by these persons not only provide services at competitive rates but also help government not to have to confront social ills such as petty crimes, street begging, prostitution, garrison communities, and school dropout. Such scenarios affect all and have implications for the development of society. All efforts must be made to move away from tyrannical and gut-feeling management. No council can succeed in developing the city if it does not factor in the needs and rights of all. No council can succeed when development is seen through narrow prism and with little or no regard for the human element as established in time- honoured principles, rights and the rule of law. Lincoln Lewis

The Cold War is long dead; who cares about it now? Dear Editor; Anna Correia in her Stabroek News' letter of Sept. 30th titled: “The US barely tolerated Jagan's visit in 1961”, writes; "The late [president] Kennedy might be a hero in his country but for this Guyanese woman he was an instigator of dictatorial oppression and ethnic cleavages in [Guyana]". This was quite an interesting letter. My take is that Ms. Correia does not understand the context in which the U.S. intervention in Guyana took place. She is asking for more declassified documents from the1960's. Enough documents have already been released. The whole story is already out. The two super powers that decided everything that happened in the world were caught up in the Cold War to decide whose system will prevail (capitalism or Communism). The war ran its course and ended in 1989 with the death of communism. Today, free market capitalism rules in China and Russia (former bastions of Communism) and indeed in most of the world with the rare exception of Cuba and North Korea. Had one of the leaders in Guyana not been a selfproclaimed communist, there would have been no U.S.

intervention there. (There were no such interventions in Barbados, Trinidad, Jamaica – simply because there were no communist leaders in those countries)."Dictatorial oppression and ethnic cleavages" were the legacies of the intervention. We should not carp over these things and continue to be embittered with what the United States did. Just accept it as realpolitik and move forward. Ask the United States to help us deal with the fallout from that mess. The United States has the power and influence to help us solve the problems of ethnic cleavages. Today Guyana is an extremely poor, undeveloped country. An economy based on five things - sugar, rice, bauxite, gold, lumber. When two or three of these things underperform, the economy halts and the people become unemployed and impoverished. We need a more diversified economy. Let us spend our energy fixing the economy - rather than to ask United States for more declassified documents from the 1960's. How would those documents help us solve our problems of today? And, Ms. Anna Correia, I put forward a different point of view. We need billions of dollars of finance capital,

machinery and technology to manufacture products using resources available in Guyana. We need markets for our goods - sugar, rice, bauxite, gold. We need people with entrepreneurial and technological skills, managerial talent and experience to return to Guyana. All of these things would help develop Guyana and provide a higher standard of living for the 700,000 Guyanese who live there. How do we achieve these things? Half-a-million Guyanese live in the United States, most of them have settled there for more than 35years. So I propose that Guyana consider and debate the idea of becoming an overseas State of the United States - one that shall have full State's rights, just as all of the other 50-states currently enjoy. One of the benefits, if this idea were to become reality, is that Guyana would have no shortage of investment capital and it would also enjoy a ready market for all its products. With development there would be other benefits. Every able-bodied adult would have one-and-a-half jobs and the “ethnic cleavage” problem would disappear, as it did in Singapore. Let's debate this idea - and stop moping about Guyana being one of the many victims of the Cold War. Mike Persaud

Dear Editor; The Regional Democratic Council, Region #9 is presently dissatisfied with the recent, awarding of a contract for the construction of a bridge over the Tabatinga creek, which links Lethem and Tabatinga .The awarded cost

is approximately 60 million dollars. The RDC is of the view that there isn't any dire need for the bridge at this point in time but however there is an immediate need for the maintenance of roads within the Tabatinga housing scheme. The roads in

Tabatinga are in a disgraceful and deplorable state and most times can be a traffic hazard to road users. The mayor of the Municipality of Lethem only recently said in his justification for constructing the bridge is that this would ease with the congestion of traffic at the main Tabatinga Bridge. However, the general public knows that in the Municipality of Lethem there isn't any congestion of traffic at present. No consultations with the residents of Lethem were done before the construction of this bridge. If consultations were done residents would have objected to this initiative and recommended the upgrading of the road. Residents are of the opinion that the said amount of money could have provided a proper road for their community instead of the bridge that will be of no use to them at present. Only recently at a meeting held with the Minister of Public Infrastructure in Lethem this issue was also raised. Peter Persaud

Region 9 Mayor is not consulting stakeholders

Monday October 03, 2016

Govt. looks to rebuild depressed logging industry “in the right way” By Abena RockcliffeCampbell

- Trotman

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman has recognised that the logging industry is “a bit depressed.” However, the Minister said that he is not worried as he sees this as an opportunity to build the industry “in the right way.” Trotman told Kaieteur News that the depression of the logging industry is due to many eventualities. “There are several reasons, the main one being that the market in Asia slowed down a bit” . The Minister said that the slowdown of the Asian economy has really impacted the industry mainly because most logs that were exported from Guyana were being shipped to Asia. “The logs were actually feeding into value added production in China and India,” said Trotman. Secondly, Trotman said that the restriction placed on the exportation of certain logs has also caused a dent in the industry. However, he said that this restriction was

“Then there is the weather and the hinterland roads but Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson is helping in that regard,” said Trotman. The Minister noted that the industry “is not in a crisis, it is doing relatively well but the industry was like a commodity export industry.” “We are using the opportunity now to actually review log export policy.” Trotman said that there is a draft log policy which the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has developed and “we are trying to start consultation.” “So we are using this opportunity to do an assessment on what we have. The industry is going to pick up again and when it does we do not want to see logs alone going out. There may be a log here and there but at the end of the day we want to see furniture, we want to see things being made with our wood for which we earn more money,” said Trotman.

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman necessary. “I felt as if we were just exporting logs and not getting the value for our logs, this needed to stop.” The third reason, Trotman says that contributed to the slowdown within the logging industry, is the fact that one major logging company— BaiShanLin Forest Development Inc.—has dropped out the system. The controversial company was the largest exporter of logs from Guyana.

Sixty-eight complaints against cops for neglect of duty - PCA Chairman The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) has recorded 68 complaints against police ranks for allegedly neglecting their duties for the year 2016. This information was provided to Kaieteur News by PCA Chairman Justice Cecil Kennard. According to the information provided by Justice Kennard, the PCA received between January 1, 2016 and September 30, 2016, a total of 145 complaints. Of this number, 135 have been closed, thus leaving 10 pending. Other complaints that were investigated by PCA included: three corrupt transactions, nine Unlawful arrests, two Unlawful Seizure of property, nine Acting in a manner likely to bring discredit on the reputation of the Force, four Assault, two Demanding money to prevent prosecution, two Conduct himself in an important manner, six Wanting in civility to members of the public, eight Police misconduct, 10 Abuse of power, two Threats, 10 Police harassment, one Conduct himself in an oppressive manner, one Use of more force than necessary, and one of Abuse. Out of the total sum of

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complaints, the 68 that dealt with police ranks neglecting their duties represented the majority of complaints reported to the PCA. In an interview with Kaieteur News, Justice Kennard stated that the PCA had received a total of 399 files from the Office of Professional Response (OPR). He disclosed that the PCA offered advice on these cases and returned them to OPR. There are however some cases that are yet to be closed, Justice Kennard noted. He went on to say that the PCA has a team of four investigators consisting of a retired Senior Inspector, a Chief Inspector, an Inspector and a former Captain of the Guyana Defence Force. These individuals were assigned to the PCA on the April 1, 2015, and “they were doing an excellent job” according to Justice Kennard. Justice Kennard stated that in order for an investigation to be conducted, a complaint must first be lodged at the PCA. Following this, a statement is taken from the complainant and according to Justice Kennard the police of whom the complaint was made against, is contacted and asked to give an

PCA Chairman Justice Cecil Kennard explanation on the said matter by way of statement. Both the complainant and the accused are entitled to produce a witness or multiple witnesses, Justice Kennard said. When the investigation is completed recommendations are made and given to the Police Service Commission for the necessary action to be taken. He went on to say that in cases whereby the ranks are from Constable to Sergeant, disciplinary hearings are conducted through the Office of the Commissioner of Police and if the ranks are above that of an Inspector and Assistant Commissioner, disciplinary measures will be conducted by the Police Service Commission.

Is missing Prospect woman being held against her will? In a somewhat strange turn of events, relatives of Shawnette Savory, who disappeared without a trace from her Prospect, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home more than a month ago, are being told that she is being held against her will in Belle West, West Bank Demerara (WBD). They received this information via an anonymous call last Saturday. Relatives immediately went to the area to look for a ‘zinc house’ where they were told the woman was being kept. After hours of searching, they spotted a house which fit the description given to them by the anonymous caller. It was a shack hidden away in an isolated area with a padlock on the door. But the relatives claimed that when they informed the police, the ranks said that they could not enter the house without the proper authorisation. Neighbours in the area were reportedly scared to talk since they claimed that the property is owned by dangerous persons. However, they did inform Savory’s family members that they noticed a female matching the missing woman’s appearance at the house in the company of a few men. They claimed that she was moved from the location three days ago. What is puzzling to the woman’s relatives is that if indeed the neighbours claimed it is Savory then what is she doing with those “dangerous persons.” Shawnette Savory reportedly left her home on August 30, shortly after paying a GPL bill. She hasn’t

Missing: Shawnette Savory been seen since and all calls to her cell phone have gone unanswered. Shawnette appears to have only taken a small handbag with her. A relative said that all of her belongings are intact, and that even her phone charger was left behind. “Whenever she goes out she calls me,” her sister said. “She does not turn off her phone; I think something has happened to her.” A boyfriend of the missing woman said that he spoke to her by phone about “three, four weeks ago, and she seemed “normal and happy.” Since then, her phone has been turned off.

Her mother, Surujdai Ramcharran, said that relatives travelled to Wismar a week ago after receiving a call from someone who said that he had seen a person fitting Shawnette’s description crossing the Wismar Bridge. However, CCTV footage revealed that the individual was not Shawnette. Relatives reportedly last saw Shawnette at Eccles, East Bank Demerara on August 28, when they all attended an uncle’s birthday party. She reportedly then headed home. On August 30, she reportedly left her apartment, where she lives alone, to pay her electricity bill, following which she returned home, only to go out again. She never returned. However, her relatives only learnt about her disappearance after Shawnette’s land-lady called to report that she had not seen her tenant in days. Relatives said they filed a report at the Providence Police Station and at CID Headquarters, Eve Leary. Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Shawnette Savory can contact relatives on telephone numbers 689-0107, 654-1536, 233-3699, 696-1870, or the nearest police station.

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Govt. yet to show readiness to fight corruption without fear or favour Is the APNU+AFC administration making dedicated and meaningful efforts to remedy the problems hindering the restoration of good governance, transparency and accountability? The answer seems to be a resounding ‘no,’ according to some anti-corruption advocates. Specifically, former Auditor General, Anand Goolsarran, expressed that he has “mixed feelings” when it comes to government’s performance in this area. “I cannot honestly tell myself that this Government is fulfilling its promise when it comes to fighting corruption without fear or favour. I am not happy or comfortable with their efforts thus far. It is not enough. The promise of greater governance and accountability is yet to be realised by them. “We voted for change and took them at their word. They made a number of promises on the campaign trail about what they would and wouldn’t do in 100 days. It is now 17 months and we are yet to make significant moves in the direction of accountability.” Though he holds these views, the Chartered Accountant said that it is important to bear in mind that he did say that he has “mixed feelings.” That said, he continues to maintain as he has said in previous interviews that there are a few good things which the government has done. In this

WPA Executive Member, Dr. David Hinds regard, he cited the establishment of the Bid Protest Committee and the refinement of the nation’s antimoney laundering laws. “But even in those areas, there are issues which could affect Government’s efforts thus far at accountability. There are members of the Bid Protest Committee who have no background in procurement. This is important because when they make a decision, it cannot be challenged…,” expressed a concerned Goolsarran. Goolsarran said that democracy and accountability are the twin sides of the same coin. He said that democracy leads to accountability which in turn leads to development. He stressed that the lack of democracy leads to a lack of accountability which in turn leads to a lack of development. “The history of Guyana during the period 1968 to 1981

attests to these assertions. The Hoyte Administration tried to retrieve the situation in terms of governance, transparency and accountability but its efforts were short-lived as a result of a change in Government,” said the anti -corruption advocate. “The late Cheddi Jagan continued from where Hoyte left off until 1997 when he died. Since then, we began to lose ground, so much so that for the last 10 years we scored the lowest in the Caribbean, except for Haiti, on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), hovering between 25 to 30 out of 100. It is highly unlikely that we will fare better when the CPI results are announced for 2016.” Goolsarran commented that the present Administration won the May 2015 elections by a very slim margin with the promise of doing better on the governance, transparency and accountability front. He said that after 17 months in office, there are mixed reactions from all sections of society as to whether it is fulfilling its promise of “a good life for all”. The Chartered Accountant also pointed to the fact that despite its many promises of better access to information, this promise is yet to be realised by the administration. He emphasised that this is key to ensuring that the government of the day is held accountable. Executive Member of the Working People’s Alliance

- Goolsarran (WPA), Dr. David Hinds said that a lack of transparency on the part of any government is unacceptable, especially for a government that rose to power on a pro-transparency platform. He said the problem is that Guyana experienced 50 years of unaccountable government. In this regard, he commented that there are some things like unaccountability that outlive change of governments. “It is a culture which is not going to change overnight. The government always has an eye on whether strict accountability would hurt it politically, largely because cronyism and favoritism are so much the norm in government behavior. Having said that, this government, coming as it has on the heels of the most unaccountable government in

Former Auditor General, Anand Goolsarran the country’s history is being pressured to be seen to be accountable.” The political activist said that the margin for error is not very wide. He said that the Government has to do better in this regard. “That is why dismantling the web of official corruption at all levels is important. A government that is less prone

to corruption has much more incentive to be open and accountable. The government also has to disentangle itself from corporate clientelism, whereby it finds itself wittingly and unwittingly in bed with these big money interests who are not shy to ‘pay for play.’ Once the government gets into that game, the space for accountability shrinks,” the political activist said. The WPA Executive member said that there has to be clear guidelines on how the government engages with foreign and local capital. He believes that if those guidelines are consistent and in the interest of the country, then there is less possibility for sweetheart deals, and concessions are not likely to exceed acceptable norms. All of this, he said, would eventually mean that transparency becomes less of a problem.

Opportunities exist for retired military veterans in Natural Resources Sector Aside from lands for housment. He proposed for consideration that a percentage of ing, mining, farming or forTrotman estry Minister of Natural Reroyalties earned from the secsource, Raphael Trotman, said there are employment opportunities for retired military veterans in the Natural Resources Sector. This statement was made last Thursday during his appearance before the Commission of Inquiry into the con-

ditions and circumstances facing veterans of the Guyana Defence Force, Guyana People’s Militia, and the Guyana National Service. The Minister shared some possible perspectives on how the Ministry of Natural Resources could support Guyanese veterans. “The protectors and defenders of the national patrimony must be given an inheritance or parts of that patrimony. It may be land that is either in housing, mining, farming or forestry.” For those who are fit to work after retirement, the Minister said the Natural Resources Sector has specialised opportunities for wardens and compliance officers. These officers, he said, could address illegal mining and environmental degradation; interdiction and prevention of smuggling of gold, diamonds, wildlife and plants, and enforcement of laws and regulations. It was noted that 20 per cent of royalties collected from mining within Amerindian titled villages is set aside for indigenous peoples develop-

tor be transferred to the Treasury for addition to Veterans’ pensions. The Minister highlighted the group in Trinidad and Tobago known as the ‘Merikins’. Noting that as a means of both ensuring access to resources for veterans and to ensure beneficial occupation of territory, persons may be assigned lands for settlements based on Company or Corps structure. Trotman said it is his view that service to one’s country is the highest and most important form of service. When that service involves protecting and advancing the values, ideals, symbols and patrimony of the state and people then it is to be treasured and set apart for the highest commendation. The idea for this Commission took root on November 21, 2013 when a Motion calling for the establishment of a Commission to inquire into the conditions and circumstances facing Veterans, was approved by the National Assembly. The Motion was not acted upon by the then Government, Trotman said.

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UG’S MEDICAL SCHOOL Cuba is exporting medical personnel to other countries. Cuba has more than eleven thousand medical personnel, according to a report in Forbes magazine, working in Brazil alone. It has thousands of doctors working in other countries with which Cuba has close relations. Cuba has doctors and medical personnel working in Guyana. They have been doing so for over thirty years. Cuba has trained hundreds of Guyanese. They have hundreds of eye operations on Guyanese, paid for by the Venezuelan government, under an arrangement entered into by the previous government. Cuba once, when Hamilton Green was the Minister of Health, provided support to the then fledging medical school at the University of Guyana. Despite there

being a local medical school, Cuba recognised the need for more doctors to be trained and the limited places available to train Guyanese students in Guyana and they therefore agreed to provide training for hundreds of Guyanese medical students. Many of the persons in Guyana’s hospitals and health clinics are Cubantrained. Many of them would not have become doctors had it not been for Cuba. Many of them would not have been able to gain admission to the University of Guyana’s medical school because that school has a limited number of places. It can only accommodate a certain number of students and therefore many of those who went to Cuba were afforded an opportunity which they otherwise would not have had in their own country.

In Cuba, if you want to become a doctor and you are qualified, there are few impediments to you becoming a doctor. They have the facilities to train thousands of doctors simultaneously. The country has for some years been undergoing hard times and so they have cut the number of scholarships they offer. There has also been some resistance in Guyana to sending Guyanese students to study in Cuba. There is a fear that if we have too many doctors, then doctors would not be able to earn as much. There are many students in Guyana who want to become doctors but do not have the opportunities. The scholarships to Cuba are drying up and the medical school at the University of Guyana can only take in so many students. Students in Guyana that

Dem boys seh...

Like de analyst want smoke People now asking how come de government analyst use to approve drink fuh dem school children without even knowing wha de people who mekking de drink was giving dem children to drink. Is now de story coming out because DDL object to de government giving de drink contract to a Suriname company. Is strange how things does happen. Dem local quarry people lose de stone contract because dem price too dear. DDL submit a low price fuh de drink and de contract gone to a Suriname company that submit not even de second lowest bid. Dem boys want to know if is something happening between de tender people, de Chinee people and de Suriname people. Is now de analyst gun announce that it can’t test to see how much fruit does deh in de drink. Is not because de drink sweet or taste like fruit that it got plenty fruit. Some of dem

company does put starch and other thing to mek de drink look thick. Dem local company don’t know bout dem things. Dem accustom to mekking local drink suh whatever dem drink is sheer drink. Dem boys find out that de TOPCO drink that DDL tek over from a man name Reds Murray was from fruit that dem local farmers produce. De story is that dem same local farmer use to plant ganja and a man mek dem switch from ganja to other things beneficial and things that de police wouldn’t have to destroy. When dem farmers ask how dem gun live de man tell dem that fruit trees can give dem plenty money. That is how TOPCO start. Now when de analyst

can’t test and know how much fruit in de drink and giving de contract to other people wha it doing is encouraging dem local farmers to plant ganja. Dem boys seh that if de analyst want smoke all he got to do is go and ask weh selling weed. Fuh sure Guyana don’t have a weed shortage. Anyhow, it look like if de government gun pull back de contract because if that ain’t happen is back to weed fuh dem farmers and is full de jail gun full up. Talk half and find out of de analyst want smoke.

meet the academic requirements for admission to UG’s medical school, find that they are unable to gain admission to the medical programme because it is oversubscribed. But why should that be? Why should Guyana not be like Cuba and be able to train as many students as it can? Guyana should be expanding its medical programme at the University of Guyana. It should be building laboratories and investing in more training of medical personnel. Instead, many students who apply are unable to gain admission and to fulfill their dream of becoming doctors. Guyana should be like Cuba. We should be

exporting doctors. Eight per cent of our university graduates eventually migrate. So there is nothing wrong with training doctors for exports. When our workers go overseas to work, they send back money home. They return with money to purchase or build their own homes. They bring back money to invest in businesses. Exporting skills is not a loss to the economy. It is a gain. The University of Guyana should not be increasing tuition fees by $8,000. If the University of Guyana wants to increase fees it should be doing so in increments of $100,000. It should be expanding the medical school so that

more doctors can be trained locally. Even if jobs are not there for them in Guyana, they can find jobs elsewhere as Cuba is doing with its medical personnel working in over 77 countries in the world.

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Granger vows to kill “the mother of all crimes” for a better Guyana By Abena RockcliffeCampbell Describing it as “the mother of all crime,” President David Granger says that his Government is determined to end the scourge of narco-trafficking in Guyana. The President said that his government is looking at the prevalence of the narcotics trade locally with an aim to strategically bring an end to it. Granger aired these views as he appeared on the weekly televised show—The Public Interest. Granger told reporters that many serious crimes have their origin in the “dark oppressive period” when it was clear that drug lords were committing a range of serious offences in Guyana. “I regard narco-trafficking as the mother of all crimes,” said Granger. The President said that the huge sums of money generated from the narco trade can be used to order executions, to recruit rogues who could carry out other serious crimes, and to recruit “foot soldiers.” “They can also get young people to sell the drugs and they can bribe law enforcement officers.” The President said that it is imperative that Guyanese understand the role that narcotics trafficking has played “particularly between 2000 and 2015,” so it has secured a ‘comfortable place’ in society. “Early in September we discovered an aircraft in the Rupununi. It is clear it entered Guyana illegally and may be carrying contraband commodities; we do not know exactly what, but as long as drugs keep coming into this

- admits Govt still ill-equipped to fight narco-trade

President David Granger country it is going to be very difficult to control crime.” Granger has been President just about 16 months now. During this time, not one major drug network has been dismantled neither has any key figure been charged. Granger was asked why this is so, given the fact that he has recognised narco-trafficking as the mother of all crimes. The President responded, “You are talking about what we have done in 16 months but you cannot ignore the fact that this has been built up over the last 16 years. “So we have networks, we have evidence of aircraft coming into the country and we have created the National Anti Narcotic Agency. We established the National Security Committee which every week examines the conduct of the police anti-narcotics unit, the Guyana Revenue Authority anti-narcotics unit as well as the Customs Anti-Narcotics unit. We are using these engagements along with our international partners particularly the DEA of the US to interdict narco trafficking. So it is unfair to say that. As you

know, there was a huge bust in the United Kingdom, probably the biggest bust and the Guyana government cooperated in that matter, and in the Jamaica bust,” the President stated. “I think your statement is unfair because we have set up the institution and the national drug strategy master plan has been reissued. We are now conducting an investigation into an aircraft coming into our airspace and we are taking other measures to ensure that the narco-trade is brought to an end. The President said that he is personally involved in chairing the National Security Committee every week where key work is done. Granger said that his government is not going to take extreme measures like the Philippines government, “but we are definitely going to bring narco-trafficking to an end.” The President bemoaned the fact that Guyana is not yet equipped with some of the necessary resources needed to tackle such a crime. “We do not have the aircraft to patrol our borders, we do not have the ships to patrol our sea space, we do not have the vehicles to even control the land space but we are working on those things with our partners.” Granger said that aside from drug related murders, there are those that happen as a result of interpersonal violence, domestic cases and land issues. “Then we have other crimes where there might be small gangs, two or three boys come together and arm themselves with a gun. Again

Little ‘fighter’ needs help to deal with medical challenges Although five-year old Alijah LaRose faces enormous life-threatening medical challenges daily and the emotional trauma of learning that a wanted man killed his father, the West Coast Berbician child remains a “ fighter”. “Since as a baby he would have difficulties doing things and it is only recently when we had the latest MRI that we were told it’s a problem with his brain,” his mother Adecia Johnson explained. Alijah does not permit his brain-related ailment to come between his enormous quest for knowledge: ask him

to name Guyana’s President or Prime Minister and many of their Cabinet colleagues and he will shout the correct answer. Alijah cannot stand or walk and even though he has recently managed to colour, he still cannot write. He moves around by creeping, which makes it difficult for him to play with other children. He was once a pupil of the No. 5 Village Primary School which is just across the road from his home, but due to several difficulties there, his mother was forced to transfer him to Sapodilla School of Excellence, a private school at Hopetown a few villages

away. Johnson describes him as a type of Rock of Gibraltar to the family. She admits though that the stabbing death of his father, Leonard La Rose in May this year “was particularly hard on him”. Sergeant LaRose was killed attempting to arrest a wanted man in the North West District. Alijah’s maternal grandmother, Hannah Fraser, a professional nurse, said the family first realised something was wrong with Alijah when, at three months old, he could not balance his (Continued on page 12)

when we talk about gun running, or illegal firearms, we are talking about the impact that narco-trafficking has had on our society,” said Granger. “Once you have narcotrafficking you are going to have gun running, money laundering and execution murders. There is no one answer, but you can look at causes and that is what the administration is working on, looking at causation.” He said that government and law enforcement are carrying a deep awareness of the responsibility to ensure Guyana’s borders are more secure. Looking at crime at the community level, President Granger said that there needs to be strengthening of the police station and the ability of ranks to patrol the areas effectively. “The police need better all-terrain vehicles to go into the hinterland areas, they need better maritime and aviation capabilities.” Granger said that it is no

easy task as “Guyana is bigger than England and Scotland combined, it is not easy but at that level we have been responding to crime.” Granger said that there are no mounted police in the Rupununi, “but the Rupununi is bigger than Costa Rica. So we need to put many more horses in the hinterland to help patrol the backdams and the open areas. We are not relying purely on patrol cars and motor cycles, we are responding in various ways and appropriate ways to ensure that the police can get where the crimes occur.” Granger said that while the government and the police force are trying to do the necessaries, there are some crimes that are simply hard to prevent. “We have the problem of interpersonal violence, it is very difficult to prevent husband and wife from fighting and sometimes people have problems with their neighbors because their pigs are rooting up their crops, these things

occur.” Granger said that community policing is only part of the response. He reminded that in October, a team from the United Kingdom will be visiting Guyana to resume the work that they started since 1999 in the form of the Security Sector Reform Action Plan. “As you know the previous administration had rejected the plan even after the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, (Dr. Roger Luncheon) had already affixed his signature to it. Granger said that he has been in discussion with the United Kingdom for collaborations. “So we will be tackling crime at the various levels the international, national and community levels. When it comes down to the households, we are looking to ensure that women and children are particularly protected through a much more effective community policing mechanism. We are very worried when we get cases of incest which is statutory rape because it is not between consenting adults,” said Granger.

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Guyana Cancer Foundation launched Guyana Cancer Foundation (GCF) under the theme “In it to end it,” “Early detection helps save lives” was launched on Thursday last, at the Marriott Hotel, Guyana in commemoration of Breast Cancer awareness month observed in the month of October. The launch was hosted by the GCF President Bibi Hassan. “I always say that one day I want to do this. I want to reintegrate cancer survivors back into society. And for that reason I’ve teamed up with my friend’s daughter, who also is a cancer survivor, my mom who is an honorary member. She is an eight years cancer survivor…,” said Hassan. The GCF was registered on June 1, after several years of conducting cancer awareness programmes through the then Avon Community Help Fund by the management of Ms. Mignon Bowen-Phillips and Ms. Ann Singh of Beauty and Home

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Innovations Inc. It was through this type of work and the passion to help low income persons, that the initiative was birthed by Ms. Hassan, to carry on the work Avon was undertaking. The foundation’s vision is to be the beacon of stopping cancer before it starts through education and support. The organisation was established for the purpose of providing help and to inspire hope in those affected by cancer through early detection, education, awareness and free medical screening. It will also focus on the medically underserved (low-income and underinsured) population and to make a difference in their lives. Lastly, to reintegrate cancer survivors back into society, to enlarge the community’s support system and also make strides against, cancer for fighters and survivors. Over the years, Breast Cancer Awareness sessions

were conducted, particularly on how to perform selfexamination at home. Breast Cancer walks and the distribution of T-Shirts for the President’s Youth Award were some of the many activities. This is made possible through the community’s support system by way of generous stakeholders, organisations and businesses. With continued support GCF promises to provide free access to screening for high risk women. Some of the mentioned sponsors were N&S Mattai Supermarket, GBTI, King’s Jewellery World, Medicare Pharmacy, Shopper’s Pharmacy, Kissoon’s Ltd. and Golden Fleece Rice Ltd. N&S Mattai has commitment to continue working with the Guyana Cancer Foundation with the screening programme since last October. In recognition of Breast Cancer awareness month October 2016 the GCF has a calendar of activities on its programme. Including a Tree Wrapping (October 3) at Camp and Lamaha 17:00hrs, Church Service (October 9) at Brickdam Cathedral 17:00hrs, Wear Pink Friday (October 21), and a Cancer Fitness Walk (October 22) 6:00am.

Cops hunt gunman who shot teens

Police were yesterday still trying to locate the gunman who shot a 19-year-old and his 17-year-old girlfriend in Shirley Field Ridley Housing Scheme last Saturday night. Troyan Barton, 17, and Johnnick La Rose, 19, were attacked outside a shop in the Rasville area at around 22.30 hrs. La Rose was reportedly shot in the vicinity of the mouth while Barton was shot in the neck. They are hospitalised and are both stable. Police reportedly have surveillance footage of the attack. Detectives are said to be probing reports that the shooter may have known the male victim, whose motorcycle he reportedly escaped on. Barton told Kaieteur News that she was sitting on her boyfriend’s motorcycle outside a shop while La Rose was inside, when the attack occurred. “We went to the shop to get something to eat. We

Shot: Johnnick La Rose

Shot: Troyan Barton

parked on the road and while he (La Rose) was in there I was on the bike waiting.” She said she observed a ‘rasta man’, who seemed to be smoking walking behind her. She did not pay him any attention until he came up to her with a gun and ordered her to get off the motorcycle. At that point, her boyfriend came out of the shop and struck the man’s

firearm, but was shot in the face. After shooting La Rose, the gunman again ordered Barton to dismount from the motorcycle. As soon as she had dismounted, the gunman shot her in the neck. Although he was shot, La Rose said that he managed to lift his girlfriend and flee, even as the gunman fired another round at them. They were admitted to the GPHC.

Little ‘fighter’ needs help to... (From page 11) head. He was able to do so until the eighth month. . “By eight months he couldn’t do many of the things we look for in children. He did them way after. So we knew something was wrong, but we were not sure what. Now he does things, but long after most children. He takes a while, but we have seen improvements. On Saturday for the first time he was able to stand by himself,” Fraser said. The child’s condition is a financial drain on the family, especially since his mom is now a single parent. She also has sole responsibility for taking care of the rest of the household. Deepening her financial troubles, Alijah must have constant changes of clothing for home and school because of his condition and this too is a steep mountain for his mother to climb. Then there are the monthly expenses for critical medical supplies Alijah needs.

Five-year-old Alijah LaRose According to information provided by the Government Information Agency, the Ministry of Social Protection has since provided Alijah with a wheelchair to make life a little easier for him. The child’s grandparents said that they are happy for the gesture

of the Ministry, as it would allow his family to take him around easier. Alijah was a premature baby so from birth he needed extra care. If you want to help you can contact the family on telephone number 675-3322.

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Caribbean braces for hit from fierce Hurricane Matthew

Jamaicans stock up with supplies at a supermarket ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Matthew. (Photo credit: BBC) PORT-AU-PRINCE/ KINGSTON (Reuters) - Haiti and Jamaica implored residents in vulnerable coastal areas to evacuate and Cuba suspended flights yesterday as Hurricane Matthew, the strongest storm to menace the Caribbean islands since 2007, spun slowly toward the region. Matthew is expected to scrape western Haiti today as a major storm bringing 145 mile per hour (230 kph) winds and life-threatening rain to the southern coast, while simultaneously lashing Jamaica. Eastern Cuba also will feel bands of fierce wind and rains today, the U.S. National Hurricane Centre said. The storm was advancing northwest at 5 miles per hour (7 km per hour), located about 295 miles (475 km) southeast of Kingston yesterday afternoon. The hurricane centre ranked it at Category 4 on the five-step SaffirSimpson scale of hurricane intensity. “Slow motion is almost

always a bad thing for any land area impacted,” said John Cangialosi, a hurricane specialist at the centre, noting that the storm’s devastating rains and winds will linger over the region. With tropical storm conditions expected to reach Haiti and Jamaica late yesterday, officials in both countries urged residents to prepare. In Haiti, the prime minister’s office issued a red alert warning for landslides, high waves and floods. Matthew is the most powerful hurricane to form over the Atlantic since Felix in 2007 and as many as 40 inches (101 cm) of rain could fall on parts of southern Haiti. That could trigger deadly flash floods and mud slides, the Miami-based hurricane centre said. Haiti started evacuating residents by boat from small, exposed sandy islands in the south on Saturday. Boats were prohibited from going to sea yesterday. In Jamaica, which could see up to 25 inches (64 cm) of

rain, the government of Prime Minister Andrew Holness was preparing buses to help evacuate villagers in Port Royal, at the vulnerable edge of Kingston Harbour. Outside his office, Holness told Reuters ahead of the first lashings of rain that his government was mobilized and about 80 percent of the 2.7 million Jamaicans were ready for the storm. “The damage will have an impact on our economic growth, which is already fragile,” he said, as the wind began to pick up. Agriculture, tourism and towns cut off by storm damage and landslides in particular will be hurt, Holness said. He said Jamaica had learned much about hurricane recovery since its last major storm, Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. Kingston residents stocked up on canned food, water and batteries, while banks and offices boarded their windows. Fishermen were told not to go to sea.

Brazil’s Workers Party faces major setback in local elections BRASILIA (Reuters) Brazilians began voting yesterday in the first elections since the impeachment of former president Dilma Rousseff - and her leftist Workers Party (PT) is expected to suffer a big setback. The nationwide election of mayors and city councils in 5,568 municipalities across Brazil will be a test of support for the country’s political parties in the midst of its worst corruption scandal and deepest recession since the 1930s. Centrist parties allied to Brazil’s President Michel Temer, who succeeded Rousseff in August, are expected to do well. Victory,

Michel Temer particularly in Brazil’s largest cities, would boost the parties as they prepare for the 2018

presidential race. “The Workers Party has no presidential alternatives and will suffer big losses,” said Claudio Couto, a political scientist at the FGV think tank in Sao Paulo. “The party made a lot of mistakes in recent years and never admitted it was wrong.” Temer’s Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) is expected to expand its number of mayors. The Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB), the other major centrist force, should win in Sao Paulo, which is a traditional launching pad for national office.

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Syria presses Aleppo advance, tells rebels to leave Reuters Syrian government and allied forces have advanced towards Aleppo, pursuing their weekold offensive to take the rebel-held part of the city after dozens of overnight air strikes. The Syrian army told the insurgents to leave their positions, offering safe passage and aid supplies. Syrian forces supported by Iranian-backed militias and Russian air power began their push to take the whole of the divided city after a ceasefire collapsed last month. An air campaign by the Syrian government and its allies has been reinforced by a ground offensive against the besieged eastern half of Aleppo, where insurgents have been holding out. Hospitals have been badly hit in the assault, medics say.

While Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke by phone to discuss normalisation of the situation, Britain said the bombing of hospitals by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al Assad made it impossible talk about peace. “It is the continuing savagery of the Assad regime against the people of Aleppo and the complicity of the Russians in committing what are patently war crimes bombing hospitals, when they know they are hospitals and nothing but hospitals that is making it impossible for peace negotiations to resume,” British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the

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A child reacts inside a field hospital after airstrikes in the rebel held Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh Syrian military said yesterday that the army and its allies had advanced south from the Handarat refugee camp north of the city, taking the Kindi hospital and parts of the Shuqaif industrial area. Zakaria Malahifji, of the Aleppo-based rebel group

Fastaqim, told Reuters there were clashes in this area yesterday. The Observatory said air strikes and shelling continued yesterday and there was fierce fighting all along the front line which cuts the city in two.

Trump’s tax writeoff shows his ‘genius’ at business, advisers say

Reuters - Donald Trump’s decision to take a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax return showed his business acumen and “genius” at figuring out how to minimize his tax bill, two of the Republican presidential candidate’s advisers said yesterday. “This is a perfectly legal application of the tax code. And he would have been fool not to take advantage of it,” said Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor who is one of Trump’s advisers. Speaking on the ABC programme “This Week,” Giuliani said that as a business owner, Trump has a “fiduciary duty” to the investors in his real estate company to maximize profits. Giuliani compared Trump’s ability to come back from the nearly $1-billion loss to turnarounds made by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Winston Churchill, the

Donald Trump former British prime minister who led the United Kingdom through World War Two. “It shows what a genius he is. It shows he was able to preserve his enterprise, and then he was able to build it,” Giuliani said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

The New York Times reported on Saturday that it had obtained Trump’s 1995 tax records and it quoted experts as saying that the $916 million loss he reported for that year may have allowed him to avoid paying federal income taxes for up to 18 years. Susanne Craig, one of the Times reporters who was bylined on the story about Trump’s tax records, said the tax documents arrived in a manila envelope in her mailbox at the Times with a return address of the Trump Organisation. She said a lawyer for Trump had threatened the newspaper with legal action if it decided to publish the documents. The tax benefits outlined in the documents stemmed from financial deals Trump made that went bad in the early 1990s. The Trump campaign, in a

statement on Saturday, said the tax document was obtained illegally and accused the New York Times of operating as an extension of the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, Trump’s rival in the Nov. 8 election. “I know our complex tax laws better than anyone who has ever run for president and am the only one who can fix them. #failing@nytimes,” Trump wrote on Twitter yesterday. Chris Christie, the New Jersey governor and head of Trump’s presidential transition team, said that Trump’s records showed that the U.S. tax code was an “absolute mess” and that Trump was the best person to fix it. “There’s no one who has shown more genius in their way to maneuver about the tax code as he rightfully used the laws to do that,” Christie said on “Fox News Sunday.”

Dozens killed in stampede in Ethiopia Reuters - More than 50 people were killed in a stampede in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region that was triggered when police used teargas and shot in the air yesterday to disperse antigovernment protesters at a religious festival. The state broadcaster put the death toll at 52, citing regional officials. The opposition also said at least 50 people were killed at the

annual festival where some people had chanted slogans against the government and waved a rebel group’s flag. Thousands of people had gathered for the annual Irreecha festival of thanksgiving in the town of Bishoftu, about 40 km (25 miles) south of the capital Addis Ababa. Crowds chanted “We need freedom” and “We need justice”, preventing community elders, deemed close to the government,

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from delivering their speeches. Some protesters waved the red, green and yellow flag of the Oromo Liberation Front, a rebel group branded a terrorist organisation by the government, witnesses said. When police fired teargas and guns into the air, crowds fled and created a stampede, some of them plunging into a deep ditch. The witnesses said they saw people dragging out a

dozen or more victims, showing no obvious sign of life. Half a dozen people, also motionless, were seen being taken by pick-up truck to a hospital, one witness said. Pix – Demonstrators Caption - Demonstrators chant slogans during Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Bishoftu town, Oromia region, Ethiopia yesterday. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

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Anthony Carmona $$ cut - $6.7 less in budget Trinidad Guardian - The budget allocation for the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has decreased by $6.7 million for fiscal year 2017, following steady increases over the past three years. The 2017 estimate of $17.5 million is the lowest since 2011 according to the Draft Estimates of Annual Expenditure. The allocation to the Office of the President in 2016 was $24,252,300. The reduce figure comes as Government tries to balance spending with revenue amidst low oil prices and a reduction in tax revenue. This decrease also follows two weeks of public scrutiny regarding expenditure relating to President Anthony Carmona’s Household. At a press conference on Wednesday at the Office of the President, Carmona responded to questions about alleged purchases of wine, jewelry, the Auditor General’s report, the meeting with National Security Minister Edmund Dillon and the allegation that a close relative had been hired as a staff for the Office of the President. He told reporters the purchase of wine with the President’s seal on the label resulted in savings for taxpayers and said Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley had

approved of his meeting with the minister. Rowley has since denied these claims. The draft estimates for 2017 also revealed a decrease in the allocation for Goods and Services in the Office of the President by $7.9 million, but showed an increase in the allocation for Major Equipment purchases by $1.1 million. Hosting conferences, Seminars and Other Functions also decreased by $1.2 million to $500,000. There was a $123,000 increase in the allocation under the heading Personnel Expenditure to $2,033,600. According to the draft estimates, the allocation for salaries and cost of living allowance increased by $25,000 to $810,000. The cuts in expenditure also apply to Official Entertainment and the Overseas Travel, both of which saw significant decreases and stand at $1 million for 2017. Official Entertainment 2016 estimate was $2.2 million, while the estimate for Overseas Travel was $1.7 million. Only last week, the President said over the past three years since he assumed office, millions of dollars from the allocation to the President’s house had been returned to the national Treasury as a result of “prudent spending.”

CASTRIES – (CMC) The St Lucia government says it is seeking assistance from regional and international organisations and governments for the agricultural sector that was battered by Tropical Storm Matthew last week. “We are going to put all our efforts into revitalising the agriculture sector as quickly as possible,” Prime Minister Allen Chastanet told reporters as he toured the

areas on Friday. Officials estimate that the damage to the sector caused by the storm, could be as high as 80 per cent and Chastanet said he has already held discussions with several agencies to aid in the recovery efforts. “The Minister of Agriculture and I have spoken at length about the way forward and this government has already had discussions with the

President Anthony Carmona He said in March 2013 the President’s budgetary allocation was $22,849,380 and of that amount, $2,350,769 was returned to the Treasury. In 2014 there was an allocation of $34,533,520 and of that amount, $9,540,566 was returned to the Treasury, while in 2015 the allocation to President’s Office was $37,676,070 of that $12,718,756 was returned to the treasury. The 98th Salary Review Commission Report made recommendations of a salary for the president of $64,270 per month and a Duty Allowance of $9,650 per month. The report also includes a fleet of official motor vehicles, fully maintained by the State and manned by a complement of chauffeurs.

St Lucia wants help for agriculture after Matthew

Caribbean Development Bank and some countries that have already been assisting us with agriculture. “We have made very good inroads with the United Kingdom market and the supermarket chains there. We will also be testing out the French market in January with 3,000 boxes a week,” he said, adding “obviously this event will affect that but we know that the demand is there and the market is there and we are working on making it happen.” Chastanet said it was imperative to get “production going as soon as possible. “We have reached out to donor countries, the Mexicans, the Moroccans and the Taiwanese,” he said, stressing the island needs to build a more resilient and sustainable agricultural sector and operate a surplus government so it can assist ourselves in such situations.

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Rowley to citizens: Wean yourself off the Govt. Trinidad Guardian - “You better begin to get weaned off the Government because the Government’s shoulder cannot carry the weight anymore.” This was the statement made by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley Saturday night as he said that citizens in this country have become too dependent on the State to supply their needs. “Every road to be built in this country must be built by the Government, every school, every health centre, every this, every that because in this country for the last generation or two we have grown up on the Government,” Rowley said. Stating that this attitude has to change, Rowley said this year’s national budget has allowed citizens the greatest level of participation in the country’s development ever. Rowley said this country’s problems will not be corrected simply with more money but must include a change in attitude. “What that budget yesterday represents against what we are doing here today in Laventille is the opportunity for participation for making the most of what we have available to us. It is an opportunity,” he said. Rowley made the statements as he delivered the feature address at the launch of the “School Improvement Project” held at the Success Laventille Secondary School.

Rowley signs Rowley said his Government will look at “special treatment” of teachers in the Laventille district because their “assignment is not the same.” “I hear you talking about

dresscode well I am not interested in the shirt and pants desscode, I am interested in something that would identify a teacher saying ‘I am a Laventille teacher’,” he said.

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Spurs end City’s unbeaten run, Arsenal snatch last-gasp win LONDON (Reuters) Something was always likely to give when the Premier League’s two unbeaten sides met at White Hart Lane yesterday where Tottenham Hotspur swept Manchester City aside 2-0 to inflict Pep Guardiola’s first defeat as the visitors’ manager. The victory switched the focus from City’s best opening to a top-flight campaign to what has become Spurs’ finest start to a season since 1961 when they won the league and FA Cup double. No wonder Tottenham’s Argentine manager Mauricio Pochettino described their performance as “nearly perfect”. Spurs are now one point behind City, who have 18 from seven games, and one ahead of third-placed Arsenal, who lived up to their ‘lucky’ tag with a bizarre added-time winner from Laurent Koscielny’s deflection at

unfortunate Burnley. Elsewhere, there were draws for Stoke City at Manchester United (1-1) and Southampton at champions Leicester City (0-0). Manchester City, who had not dropped a point in their first six games, went behind when Aleksandar Kolarov diverted a Danny Rose cross past his own keeper Claudio Bravo after nine minutes. Dele Alli added a second after good work from Son Heung-min and, with City failing to cope with Spurs’ pressing and pace, the hosts also had an Erik Lamela penalty saved by Bravo. No doubt regular taker Harry Kane would have done better from the spot, but in every other respect Spurs coped well without their injured England striker as South Korea’s Son produced another dazzling performance. By contrast, City struggled without their own

missing talisman, Belgium midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, who had inspired their scintillating start to the season. Guardiola was gracious in defeat, admitting Spurs had been the better side. “They are sharper for the second ball, in England you have to control that. We had problems to control the game,” he said. EXTRAORDINARY FINISH The day’s most extraordinary finish came at Turf Moor where Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was celebrating 20 years in charge of the Gunners and saw his team snatch a trademark lastgasp victory just when the hosts thought they had earned a draw. As the clock ticked down, Arsenal’s Alex OxladeChamberlain pounced on a knockdown by Theo Walcott and shot from close range

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Manchester City’s Jesus Navas in action with Tottenham’s Kyle Walker. (Reuters / Eddie Keogh) against the elbow of their French defender Koscielny, who was looking the other way when he deflected the ball into the net. Burnley boss Sean Dyche was unhappy with almost everything surrounding the goal. “You have to question the added time, the corner and whether it should have come in, the handball and question whether we should have dealt with it,” he said.

Manchester United also had a frustrating day as lowly Stoke registered their first point at Old Trafford since 1989 as Joe Allen popped up late to equalize for the visitors in a 1-1 draw after Anthony Martial had put United ahead in the 69th. Wales midfielder Allen’s second goal in consecutive games, after 82 minutes, moved Stoke off the bottom of the table, above

Sunderland, and eased some of the pressure on boss Mark Hughes. Once again United’s Jose Mourinho chose to start with Wayne Rooney on the bench, bringing him on in a double substitution with Martial. Within two minutes United were ahead, though it was the Frenchman, not England’s record scorer, who netted. Despite the result, which left United in sixth place three points worse off than at the same stage last season under Louis van Gaal and five points adrift of neighbors City, Mourinho said it was his side’s “best performance of the season”. “It was much better than against Leicester (when United won 4-1 last week). It could have been 3-0 or 4-0 at halftime, 6-0 at the end of the game, but the result was 1-1. That’s football,” said the Portuguese. Sunday results: Man Utd 1 – Stoke 1 Leicester 0 – Southampton 0 Tottenham 2 - Man City 0 Burnley 0 – Arsenal 1

Women Candidate Master, Sheriffa Ali, Never mind waiting for game, assumes lead in stiff battle for honours Bills and Patriots fight before

WCM Sheriffa Ali studies her next move in her winning attempt against Jaden Taylor Newly accredited Women Candidate Master (WCM), Sheriffa Ali enjoyed a good day, commencing her trek with a decisive victory over Jaden Taylor in the 2nd round during the morning session before replicating the feat over John Wong in the 3rd round to accrue 3 points and lead the standing when the Guyana Chess Federation National Junior Qualifiers Tournament continued at the National Resource Centre, Woolford Avenue, yesterday afternoon. . Roberto Neto continued his winning ways with a second round defeat over Joshua Gopaul but suffered a slight setback when his game against Saeed Ali ended in a draw; he is now on 2 ½ points the same as Ali who had

earlier defeated Ghasham Allijohn in the morning sessions. Several players are on 2 points including Jessica Callender who lost during yesterday morning’s sessions to John Wong but rebounded with a win over Nellisha Johnson, Joshua Gopaul, who lost to Neto in the morning sessions but went on to win from Aleem Baseer. Wong then faltered with a 3rd round loss to Sherriffa Ali. Akili Theophil won his game yesterday morning from Shivranie Persaud and replicated the feat against Aravinda Singh. The latter player had earlier won his first game to Asiyah Bacchus and remains on 1 point. The other players on 2

points are Ghasham Allijohn who lost his first game yesterday to Saeed Ali but rebounded with a victory over Asiyah Bacchus. Jaden Taylor then lost his second round game to Sheriffa Ali but compensated with a win over Waveney Johnson one round later. Aravinda Singh is on 1 point after winning his first game to Asiyah Bacchus and losing his second to Akili Theophil. The other players on one point are Kristoff Persaud, Aravinda Singh, Aleem Baseer, Waveney Johnson, Nellisha Johnson, Asiyah Bacchus and Anthony Johnson. Activities continue next week Saturday with two rounds while rounds six and seven will be played on Sunday.

Buffalo Bills defensive back Robert Blanton (26) and New England Patriots wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell (19) have a moment before the start of game at Gillette Stadium. (David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports) (The Sports Xchange) The Buffalo Bills and New England Patriots started their hostilities about 45 minutes before yesterday’s kickoff when a melee broke out between the two teams on the New England sideline. New England rookie quarterback Jacoby Brissett, who was set to make his second NFL start despite a right thumb injury, was jogging, just around midfield. He was confronted and shoved by Buffalo safety

Robert Blanton. Patriots rookie wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell stepped in, as did other Bills — as Brissett kept going. Blanton punched and head-butted Mitchell. New England coaches, including defensive line coach Brendan Daly, stepped in and at least two Bills, safety Aaron Williams and cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman, threw punches, inadvertently hitting the coaches — Williams shoving Daly more

than once. Williams was demonstrative as he walked away after the skirmish. Patriots president Jonathan Kraft, appearing on the team’s radio show before the home game, said the skirmish “goes back to Rex (Ryan),” referring to the Buffalo coach. “That’s why Rex is Rex and that’s why Bill (Belichick) is Bill,” he added, referring to New England coach Bill Belichick.

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Umpire Pritipaul George passes on

Players and officials observing a minute silence for the late Pritipaul George prior to the start of the second day’s play between West Demerara and lower Corentyne. Former president of the West Demerara Cricket Umpires Association Pritipaul George had died at the age of 54 following a brief illness Saturday. George officiated in Regional age group and senior inter county tournaments, and only recently he was officiating in local club cricket competitions. The Guyana Cricket

Umpires’ Council has expressed sympathy to his relatives and friends. “George’s services will surely be missed since he was one of the most experienced umpires still officiating in local tournaments. He was always willing to share his knowledge and assist younger umpires when called upon”, a release from the GCUC stated.

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Persaud, Menezes magnificent Fresh off a superb performance in Suriname recently, Sean Persaud driving a powerful Toyota Caldina produced another fascinating display to be crowned champion of the eight seconds category as the curtains came down on the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) Drag season yesterday, at the South Dakota Circuit. Persaud swept aside challenge after challenge and they came from all quarters including nine seconds champion Peter Daby in his Mazda RX 7, while Superbike racer Mark Menezes astride a 600cc CBR, also proved no match for the Toyota Caldina. Daby and Menezes, however, were in a class of their own in their respective categories and they too swept aside all that came before them. O’Neal Higgins captured the ten seconds category in a Toyota, while Vivek Joshi piloting a Mazda RX 7 dominated the eleven

- Ramchand, Daby, Higgins, Joshi also in winners’ row

Champion rider Mark Menezes poses on his CBR 600cc yesterday.

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Perriera spins U/C’tyne to 210-wicket win By Sean Devers On a day blessed with glorious sunshine and on an easy paced track and heavy outfield, Upper Corentyne demolished East Bank by 210 runs with two sessions to spare at Everest yesterday on the final day of the sixth and penultimate round of the GCB Jaguars three-day Franchise League. Scores: U/C’tyne (222 & 286-7 declared), E/Bank 979 declared & 202). Set an improbable 412 to win, East Bank resumed on their overnight 25-2 and former Guyana U-19 leg-spinner Shawn Perriera produced a mesmerizing spell to capture that the last six wickets to fall as East Bank were bowled out for 202. A belligerent 61 from Steven Jacobs which lasted 97 minutes, 82 balls with 10 fours and a six failed to prevent his team from crashing to an emphatic defeat, 10 minutes before the extended Lunch break. The 28-year-old Jacobs shared in an 82-run fifth wicket stand with the talented Mark Rhobe (29) before a rapid 54-run last wicket stand between Ershad Ali, who hammered four fours and two sixes in 33 and Stephon Harris, whose unbeaten 25 included three sixes and a four, prolonged the inevitable. Seeking to bat out the day to save the game since the 387 more runs were required to win with

- Jacobs’ 61 fail to save E/Bank from defeat with two sessions to spare

Steven Jacobs Square drives two wickets already down, the East Bank batsmen, although talented, demonstrate little tactical savvy and commonsense from the first over, bowled by the tournament’s leading wicket taker, Eon Hooper. National U-19 all-rounder Stephon Rutherford’s natural game is to go after the bowlers but yesterday he needed to temper that aggression if East Bank hoped to take the game deep into the final day. Rutherford clobbered the offspinner for six to get off the mark

but then charged down the track in the same over and was easily stumped by National Keeper Anthony Bramble to set the tone for what turned to be the ‘Shawn Perriera show’ as the batmen all played in t20 mode. Rhobe and Jacobs played some attractive strokes in sweltering heat with Jacobs being the more aggressive of the two. Jacobs, dropped off the bowling of Hopper, raced to his first fifty in the League from 67 balls aided by eight

fours and a six but just when he seemed set for a match saving innings he pushed forward to Perriera and seemed a little unlucky to be given caught at bat/pad with the score on 129-6. By this time Perriera was well into his grove and got rid of the next three batsmen for just 19 runs before a frustrating stand by the last pair stalled Upper Corentyne’s march to victory. Ali and Harris enjoyed their batting; swinging their bats with abandon and connecting more times than not, but just when the pair seemed set to return after the interval Perriera dismissed Ali. Hooper took two of eight wickets to fall yesterday. He supported Perriera with 3-74 to move to 34 wickets after being the only bowler with four five-wicket hauls in the League. Upper Corentyne took 15.4 points from the game to move to 50.2 points, while East Bank only got 3.4 points from this game to advance to 28.5. Upper Corentyne oppose Georgetown in their final game at Bourda, while East Bank face-off with East Coast at Enterprise. The final round runs from October 7-9.

Champion driver in the eight seconds category Sean Persaud stands next to his lightning fast Toyota Caldina that obliterated every challenge yesterday. seconds division, while Anand Ramchand’s Toyota Levin proved too fast for the opposition in the twelve seconds category. In the thirteen seconds division, Imran Khan in a Toyota Carina dominated the Class, while Davindra Roopnarine was equally impressive in winning the fourteen seconds division, while Deon Bissessar won the fifteen seconds category driving a Honda Fit. Speaking at the conclusion of the event,

President of the GMR&SC Raj Boodhoo was elated with the success of the day and applauded all the competitors for displaying their skills to a large crowd that was very appreciative of their efforts. He also praised the work of the staff that kept the day’s proceedings safe and trouble free. Boodhoo said all eyes are now focused on the final leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship set for November 13 right here in Guyana.

New type of horse racing ... From page 27 moment. One pound (lb) weight allowance will be allowed for every class. There will be a sex weight allowance of one lb. Handicap weight will be five lbs, while the maximum weight allowance will be 121 lbs. There will be no sub-class weight allowance. Horses will only be allowed to run a maximum of two (2) races for the day. Horses will not be promoted or demoted at this race meet. Saddle cloths with sky plus Inc logo will be provided

with their respective numbers and all horses must be properly saddled. Owners are to provide jockeys with their respective racing colours and Jockeys must be weighed before the start of and immediately after each race. Jockeys will be penalized for any riding breaches according to the racing rules. Jockey will earn points if their horse place in the race. The champion Jockey will be awarded trophy compliments of Trophy Stall of Georgetown.

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New type of horse racing hits Guyana compliments Racing under lights of Nand Pesaud and Company Ltd Sprint set for Sunday October 9 By Samuel Whyte

After spending millions on constructing a horserace track along with a play field and soon to be completed family fun park on their 36 Village Macedonia Estate, the Nand Persaud Group of Companies through is recently created group Sky Plus Incorporated is ready to bring a new type of horseracing to Guyana. Known for their pace setting ability with many new products in Guyana including the popular Karibee Rice Brand, the company is set to introduce another first in a big way called ”Sprint Racing” set for Sunday October 9th. This is where the horses will be required to run in a straight line from start to finish. The event will be held at the company’s spanking new facilities at No 36 village Corentyne Berbice beginning at 14:00 hrs and will be run under lights.

The track has been completed and instead of the traditional oval, circular or rectangular race tracks, the Nand Persaud Karibee Rice facility is different with one straight alone measuring one mile. The longest event will be 880 yards, while the shortest will be 440yards. As a first time event there are seven races carded for the day’s programme with cash, trophies and other incentives totaling close to $3M on offer. The main event will be an open affair with all horses allowed to participate over 880 yards for a winning purse of $350,000 and trophy. The G class horses will be galloping over 660yard for a winning take of $250,000 and trophy. There is an event for horses classified H and lower also over 660 yards with the winners set to receive $200,000 and trophy. The two year old animals will be racing over 440 yards for a $100,000

The straight racetrack at the Nanad Persaud No 36 facility at West Coast Berbice and trophy. Animals classified J and lower will also be catered for as they will be running over 660yards for a winner’s take of $120,000 and trophy. There are two L class events over 440 yards with

similar winnings of $100,000 and trophies up for the taking. A number of sponsors are on board including Trophy Stall, Republic Bank, Exotic Style Trucking Service, Balram Shane General Store,

Alvin Rupert of Black Bush, D. Sawh Mechanical Work Shop and S. Hardeen. The event will be run under the rules of the Sky Plus Incorporated. According to a released from the organisers, the rules as set out

will only be applicable for this race meet. All the races will be classified as classic and horses will be classified in accordance with the present classification available at the

Raymond Reifer

Devon Clements

Royston Crandon

Hinds without scoring, but Clements who batted with maturity soon brought up his fifty, and along with Khan added a further 36 to prop up their total in favourable sunshine before Khan was lbw to Dhanpaul for two. Clements who scored a century in the first innings mixed aggression with defence as he drove Dhanpaul for four before hitting Richie for another as he continued to carefully gather his runs. He and Niall Smith shared in an eight-wicket stand of 64 to frustrate their opponents fairly. Their partnership was vital in helping their team salvage a draw even though Clements was removed byAkshaya Persaud for

77 which contained 10 fours and three sixes. Persaud removed Raun Johnson (00) leaving Smith, who defended well, unbeaten on nine as Lower Corentyne were bowled out for 221. Reifer claimed 4-71, Dhanpaul 2-26 and Shepherd 2-46. Chasing 218 for victory off 45 overs, in the final session, Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Chabiraj Ramcharran added 71 for the opening stand. Chanderpaul struck Johnson for consecutive boundaries in the first over to get his innings going, while Ramcharran, who was troubled by Johnson and Smith early on, pulled Smith over the mid-wicket boundary and cut him through point.

However, Crandon removed Ramcharran for 34 before trapping Safraz Esau lbw for six, leaving the score at 79-2. The steady Crandon then accounted for Akshaya Persaud (00) before Chanderpaul and Reifer consolidated to add 54 for the fourth-wicket. Chanderpaul who stroked five fours was removed by Crandon for 52 before Reifer and Kemol Savory who finished unbeaten on 12 added a further 30. Following the departure of Reifer who hit six fours and one six in scoring 52, both captains decided put an end to the proceedings as West Demerara ended on 163-5. Crandon finished with 5-44.

Berdych battles past Clements, Reifer, Chanderpaul hit 50s, Crandon Gasquet to retain grabs 5 as West Dem, Lower Ctyne draw Shenzhen Open title Devon Clements, Tomas Berdych (Getty Images)

(Reuters) Tomas Berdych captured his first title of the season when he battled past Richard Gasquet 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 6-3 to clinch the Shenzhen Open for the second successive year on Sunday. The victory boosted hopes of a seventhconsecutive ATP World Tour final appearance for Berdych, who is currently ninth in the race, just outside the eight qualifying spots for London. The two players, tied at 7-7 in head-to-head meetings ahead of the final, exchanged breaks early on in the first set, before the bigserving Czech prevailed 7-5 in a tiebreak. The 31-year-old, who missed the U.S. Open after suffering from appendicitis,

continued to heap pressure on Gasquet by securing an early break in the second set, but the third-seeded Frenchman saved two match points to level the contest through another tiebreak. Playing in his 30th tour final, Berdych raced to a 5-3 lead without facing a break point in the deciding third set, and eventually held his nerve to secure the 13th ATP title of his career. “Five weeks ago I was in hospital, now I’m sitting here with the trophy. Things are changing very quickly,” Berdych said. “Luckily for me, everything is going well, I’m feeling good, sitting here as a winner. I’m just taking all this as a bonus, that I can play and win some matches.”

Raymond Reifer and Tagenarine Chanderpaul struck half centuries while Royston Crandon grabbed five wickets as West Demerara and Lower Corentyne played to a draw when the sixth-round Guyana Cricket Board Jaguars threeday league ended yesterday. Lower Corentyne began the final day at Tuschen trailing by four with all ten wickets intact and lost Sharaz Ramcharran who was bowled by Reifer for 11 with the score on 20. Romario Shepherd then sent back Kandasammy Surujnarine for seven before Reifer accounted for Gajanand Singh for four to leave Lower Corentyne 61-3. Jonathan Foo struck four fours before he was bowled by Mahindra Dhanpaul with one that kept low for 30 before Royston Crandon and Seon Hetmyer added 38 for the fifth-wicket. However, Crandon was taken off Shepherd after hitting four fours in scoring 33 as Lower Corentyne went to lunch at 121-5. Clements played his shots after the interval as he took boundaries off Reifer and offspinner Richie Looknauth before Hetmyer was caught at the wicket off Reifer for 19. Reifer then removed Hackeem

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44th annual CACBBFF ... By Franklin Wilson Two-time CAC bronze medalist and four-time Mr. Guyana, Kerwyn Clarke as promised was golden in his performance at the 44th Central American and Caribbean Body Building and Fitness Federation Championships which took place this past weekend at the Dominican Fiesta & Casino, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Clarke had indicated before travelling that he was in the best shape of his career

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and would have displayed the full package to the judges with the aim of gaining their nod and that he did in clinical fashion as he brushed aside 11 other athletes in the Light Middleweight division to win that elusive gold medal. In the process, the Space Gym member narrowly missed out on gaining a Pro Card which was awarded to the overall winner, Gomez Ramos of Honduras who had earlier won the middleweight category. USA based Guyanese Bruce Whatley was also golden in winning the

Masters Over-40 category which attracted 17 competitors including athletes that had competed in the heavyweight and super heavyweight categories, whilst also raking in the silver medal in the Middleweight division which had 16 competitors and was won by Ramos. Devon Davis took the bronze medal in the Bantamweight class, while Emmerson Campbell won the silver medal in the Mr. Physique Short Class. The other Guyanese athlete that

participated, Alisha Fortune, did not make it out of the preliminaries in the Miss Body Fitness competition. Commenting on his performance which is the best of his career to date, Clarke noted that the competition was very stiff, noting that it brought out the best in him and he was not intimidated at any point as he had prepared for the competition. “This was the biggest ever competition at this level and the most competitive. I am proud that I was able to represent my country well

Guyana Judo Association 2016 Summer Championships ...

Competitive matches witnessed as Judo practitioners show off skills

and win the gold medal as the reigning Mr. Guyana. I am also elated for my colleagues who I know would have all trained hard for this competition, the highest in the Caribbean.” Clarke also expressed gratitude to Director of Sport Christopher Jones, the National Sports Commission and all the other sponsors as well as individuals who would have contributed towards making his job of blowing away the opposition, easy. USA based Whatley informed that his performances were particularly satisfying given the fact that his best showing before at CAC before was 4th place which was attained in 2006 in Jamaica; he had also placed 6th two years prior when Guyana hosted CAC. Whatley would have won lightweight, welterweight and heavyweight categories competing in Guyana. “I feel great about this victory since I made a return to competition in 2014 at CAC in St Martin after a few years off. I prepared well and am grateful for the fact that I ended up winning a gold and silver medals.” Whatley, who was Clarke’s trainer leading up to him winning the Novice championships back in 2011, paid his own way to compete at this year’s CAC. He informed that since coming

back on stage he has been competing at a number of Natural Bodybuilding competitions in his adopted homeland, USA. “Last November I placed 1st in the 35-45 age group and also got 2nd in the open bodybuilding category, while this past June I was 2nd in another Natural Bodybuilding competition.” A total of 24 countries participated at this year’s competition, namely, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, Costa Rica, Curaçao, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadalupe, Guyana, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Martin / St. Maarten, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela and the United States Virgin Islands. Clarke is again expressing gratitude to the following sponsors for their partnership: NSC, Fitness Express, Global Health Care Supplies, ACS Auto Parts & Mining Supplies, Star Party Rentals, Danesh Persaud, Nigel’s Supermarket, Professional Key Shop, Mahabeer & Sons Cambio, Industrial Supplies, Indesco, Constantine & Sons, The Gift Center, ACS Auto Spares, Attorney-at-Law Sohail Poonai, BK International and Akbar Auto Sales.

Ricciardo joy follows ... Successful participants of the recently held Guyana Judo Association Championships take time out for a photo following the competition The nation’s top judo practitioners showed off their skills and several of them were winners in their respective categories when the Guyana Judo Association held its 2016 Summer Judo Championships on the tarmac of the North Ruimveldt Multilateral Secondary School, Mandela Avenue, on Sunday September 25. Thirty qualified judokas from four clubs around Georgetown and its environs vied for honours in a highly competitive contest; teams were drawn from Kitty, Albouystown, North Ruimveldt Multilateral Secondary School, and Bellwest. Apart from winning the prestigious titles, the practitioners will compete for places in the upcoming 16th Barbados International Judo Tournament slated for Barbados in November and

the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games to be held in Bahamas in July next year. The Judokas competed in six junior and five senior categories and Yusuf Britten fought off Ibrahim Edwards and Usayd Barlow in the 24kg category to claim gold. Zeblun Allicock dominated the 30kg category by defeating Sulaiman Alli in their gold medal match, while Huzaifah Barlow fought off six fierce competitors in the 42 kg category for the gold medal. The honours in the 55kg category went to Naeem Yaseen while the runner up position went to Seon Duggan, while Keron Bourne sealed off the podium spots. Shaquan Anderson competed in the 73kgs division, regarded as the most competitive category and copped gold while he was later adjudged the practitioner with the best technique. Anton

Stephens copped silver, Amir Eastman and Joshua Buchanan both won bronze. Terrence Williams won the 90kg category, Kabisa Rogers of Kitty Club won the 100kgs category. Huzaifah Barlow was adjudicated the best overall fighter of the tournament. Meanwhile, the selectors have shortlisted four athletes to represent Guyana at the upcoming 16th Barbados International Judo Tournament in November, while four others were shortlisted to represent this country in the 2017 Commonwealth Games in Bahamas. President of the Guyana Judo Association, Sensei Raoul Archer, said that he was extremely pleased with the level of the competition and expressed satisfaction in the general quality of the tournament. He feels that the

Judokas are poised to win gold medals in the upcoming International tournaments. He also noted that plans are in train to expand the sport across the various counties even as executives eye the 2020 Olympic Games. He made special mention of Ishmael Edwards, a four year old player, who competed in the -24kg category and placed second. “He is of good talent and is definitely someone to nurture for the future,” said Mr. Archer. The Judo boss subsequently congratulated the participants and those selected to represent Guyana in the upcoming tournaments. He also expressed gratitude to the sponsors, Bettencourt’s Home style Diner of Durban Street, and Eddie Edwards among others, for their kind corporate gesture.

From page 34 knows what those next engines that I have are going to do," the visibly disappointed Briton added. 'SHOEY' CELEBRATION Ricciardo, who lost a certain victory to his Mercedes rival at the Monaco Grand Prix in May due to a bungled pitstop, was more than happy to accept his good fortune in Malaysia. "It obviously went the other way at Monaco, so I'll take this today," Ricciardo said after marking his fourth career win by drinking champagne from his boot in his now famous 'shoey' celebration. "No hard feelings to Lewis but I'll definitely take the win," added t!he Australian, who last won at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix and had claimed four podiums in the last five races. There was no evidence of the misfortune that would befall Hamilton at the start when the Briton pulled clear from pole, keeping the lead off the line ahead of his team mate and through the first corner. Behind him, though, there was

a tremendous battle for position with Verstappen and Vettel fighting for the same piece of road only for the Ferrari to tag the back of Rosberg's Mercedes that pushed the championship leader into a spin. The damage from the collision broke Vettel's suspension, ending his race immediately, and prompting the first of several virtual safety car periods. From that point on the race was finely poised strategically with Verstappen initially gambling on a two-stop strategy as Hamilton and Ricciardo opted for one less tire change. The Red Bull pair engaged in a lively tussle of their own in the second half of the grand prix, racing side-by-side before Ricciardo gained an advantage, until they both pitted one last time after Hamilton's retirement. Raikkonen finished fourth for Ferrari after battling Rosberg for the final podium spot, the Finn unable to take advantage of the penalty handed to his rival after the German clattered into him while overtaking.