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EDITORIAL
The electronic REVOLUTION Guyana experienced unprecedented spending in a number of areas, not least on public security. The government spent billions of dollars on information technology and on the back of that expenditure it unveiled its laptop programme. Computers came to Guyana in the mid-1980s; twentyfive years later the computer was still not a household tool. In many developed countries the computer is an integral part of a schoolchild’s kit. They are such that they have replaced many of the bulky textbooks. Indeed, the computer is good for storing information, for research because one no longer needs to purchase encyclopedia, and for easy dissemination and sharing of material and resources. The government decided that it was going to distribute 90,000 laptops over a three-year period by way of a programme called the One Laptop per Family programme. This is a laudable programme except that by the time the last laptop is distributed most would have gone to the wall having been in circulation for more than a year. But the advantage is that by then the user would have been so familiar with the laptop that the poorest family would hasten to buy a replacement. And as if to support this drive to computerize the country private individuals joined in setting up computer laboratories across the country. The advent of the communication cable would have opened up new doors in the area of communication. And this was going on even as the telephone revolution is gaining momentum. Gone are the days when the telephone was merely an instrument to make and to receive calls. These days the telephone is a computer with all the features of a computer that has ready access to social media. Guyana also invested in security by installing security cameras at every main location in the city. The outlay was great and initially one felt that the cameras were a waste of time, especially since they failed to record the killing of a policeman and the shooting of his colleagues in the heart of the city. The government has spent even more money to expand the reach of these cameras. No longer are they merely to capture images which must then be collected at a later date. The images are presented to the law enforcement authorities in real time and this may be responsible for the marked decrease in the number of street crimes. When these cameras were installed the then Head of State said that the authorities would be able to dent the spate of kidnappings and carjackings because they would know where the vehicles would be headed. This has not been the case, exactly. More cameras are to be installed and supported by mobile patrols one could see how the law enforcement officers would be in a position to nail criminals in a hurry. But there is more to the rapid move to the world of information technology. There is the need for a revamp of the educational system at a time when the country says that it is training more teachers but it is not seeing a corresponding rise in the academic results. The government is spending millions of dollars to transmit its Learning Channel programmes to hinterland communities but the programme is not being accessed in many communities because of the absence of electricity. Really, this was not a case of putting the cart before the horse since it was felt that the government compounds would have access to ready electricity. Because of the fuel situation the power situation is dire, to say the least. The distribution of solar panels and the expansion of
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Time for a Game Change/ Correctional Preening & Screening DEAR EDITOR, I read with some degree of awe the recent saga surrounding ex-prison officer Akeem Vyphuis, who was convicted for trafficking drugs inside the Georgetown Prison. In truth and reality what truly peaked my interest was the dichotomy between his age and years of employment in the correctional services. Seemingly he started his career at the age of nineteen years. Need I delve further into his academic background, except to state that in this part of the diaspora, in addition to academic qualification, all correctional service entrants should possess postsecondary education in police studies, criminology or correctional services? What then are the requirements of the correctional services in my Guyana Eldorado? Especially given the fact of exposing a nineteen-year-old to the ilk, genre and calibre of the occupants of the already overcrowded Georgetown Prison. Was any attention or even a
passing glance paid to the psychosocial development of those who were in close and daily in contact with the most brutal, heinous and savage of our species, clinging limply to the title homo sapiens. . Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development, as articulated by Erik Erikson, explain eight stages through which a healthily developing human should pass from infancy to late adulthood. In each stage, the person confronts, and hopefully masters, new challenges. Each stage builds upon the successful completion of earlier stages. The challenges of stages not successfully completed may be expected to reappear as problems in the future. According to Erickson’s stages of development, Akeem was in late adolescence , a state which is fraught with its own issues. In adolescence, many people find that the tension between the internal forces of the self and the external forces of society is particularly high. Erikson’s belief is that throughout
each person’s lifetime, they experience different crises/conflicts. Each of the conflicts arise at a certain point in life and must be successfully resolved for progression to the next of the eight stages. The particular stage relevant to identity formation takes place during adolescence (ages 12-20), this stage is called “Identity versus Role Confusion”. Better put, someone left the fox to guard the hen house after the fox declared he had become a vegan and was no longer interested in meat of any sort. Akeem Vyphuis has been sentenced to 56 months, but this sentence should be accompanied by loud public calls for game change, employment revision, and better preening and screening of those who are hired to protect and serve. There should be continuous cries until the prisons rise for all to see, a place of incarceration for the misfits of society. Even the fact that the drug got inside the institution is a smack in the face of authorities. Aleuta-The struggle continues. Yvonne Sam
Blatant disrespect shown to law enforcement officers by truckers traversing the Berbice Bridge DEAR EDITOR, I am disgusted by the blatant disrespect shown to law enforcement officers by truckers traversing the Berbice Bridge. Almost daily, truck drivers can be heard arguing with and cursing ferociously at police officers stationed at the Berbice Bridge toll plaza, who are merely trying to maintain order. E v e r y d a y, t r u c k s crossing the bridge are required to be weighed to ensure the safety of the bridge and to determine the amount that the driver is required to pay to cross. In the US, bridge and highway tolls for trucks are determined by the number of axles a truck has. In Guyana, the gross weight of a vehicle is critical to the integrity of the structure. It is therefore imperative that the gross weight of trucks crossing the bridge be regulated to guard against overweight. As such, all trucks crossing the bridge are required to first drive on a scale to be weighed. The
weight is also used to determine the toll for that vehicle. But although a system seems to be in place to allow trucks to stop and wait their turn before proceeding onto the scale, all too often an impatient, arrogant truck driver gets on to the scale without being called up, only to find another one approaching from the opposite direction. Because both drivers believe they were first in turn, two trucks often end up on the scale at the same time, each determined to be weighed before the other. When the bridge security tries to adjudicate, all hell breaks loose. Truck drivers and their helpers are often heard cursing and arrogantly defying a direct order to back off the scale, from police officers at the bridge. This lawlessness and bold aggression shown to law enforcement at the Berbice Bridge must not be tolerated. These police officers, mostly women,
Because we care
DEAR EDITOR, When the Government of Guyana ‘Because We Care’ “strategy” enables teachers, nurses, police and other public servants to earn a living wage, I will be well pleased. Janice M. Jackson the hinterland electrification programme would lead to a boost in the information technology programme. It took foreigners to open the Rupununi to the world of communication. It will take more to make the hinterland one network zone. The government cable project has the potential to make this possible.
must be protected by strengthening the laws of Guyana, to allow police officers to arrest and prosecute anyone who defies a direct order from law enforcement. This disrespect for police officers in the line of duty is not tolerated in other countries, it must not be practiced here, despite one’s personal opinion of the Guyana Police Force. At the end of the day,
police officers too have families to go home to. They protect us from the scum of society and remain vigilant when most of us sleep soundly at night. And although there are those unscrupulous ones who tarnish the image of the Guyana Police Force, most take pride in the pledge they take to protect and to serve. They deserve our respect! Harry Gill
Malala Yousafzai and Nathalie Caseley-Two Heroines DEAR EDITOR, The world is celebrating and lauding the distinguished achievement of Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani child education activist, for sharing this Year’s Nobel Peace Prize with Indian child rights campaigner, Kailash Satyarthi. The road to this outstanding acclamation at just age seventeen, the youngest recipient of the Prize, has been well documented for Malala. She came to prominence in October 2012 after surviving an attack by the Taliban in 2012 in her home state in Pakistan for championing education for girls. One of her defining moments was her address to the United Nations in 2013. Malala can only serve as an inspiration to girls and
women the world over and I add my share of wishes for her continued successes and well being. Equally alongside Malala Yousafzai is another Malala, in the person of Nathalie Caseley, who has been waging a relentless battle with authorities since the death of her son, Jaden Mars, last December. Ms. Caseley must be commended for her resoluteness and fortitude as she fights for justice for her son. Two women from different corners of the world fighting for different causes, but held by the common string of belief in what they are doing not just for themselves, but the greater good. Malala is a heroine but Nathalie is my heroine too. ‘Jlu’
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A new Guyana beckons Book on folklorist Wordsworth DEAR EDITOR, October 5 marked twenty-two years since the PPP/C administration came to power. An entire new cohort of Guyanese voters has since emerged who never experienced the pangs of authoritarian rule. The days of PNC rule (or rather misrule) for all practical purposes have for them only historical value. Yet it is important that we learn from history. As someone once wrote, those who ignore the past are condemned to repeat it. To say that we have come a long way since, during those twenty-two years, is an understatement. The reality is that we now live in a new Guyana. A Guyana that is democratic and free, one in which there is respect for the rule of law and where every Guyanese regardless of the colour of their skin, religious or political affiliation, has an opportunity to pursue their dreams and develop to the full limit of their potential. Why are these values so important? Because they speak to the very heart and soul of our nation. Where freedoms are curtailed, and even worse denied as happened under the PNC regime, life becomes poor and miserable, and the true essence of the human spirit is stultified and broken. This is exactly what happened for nearly three decades of unbroken PNC rule. The Guyanese society was in a state of induced coma, a paralysis of mind and spirit, and despair and hopelessness stalked the land. The country was reduced to a pariah state and
its citizens reduced to second class citizens even by regional standards. The instinct to survive forced a countless number of Guyanese to go underground in order to survive and the underground economy took precedence over the formal economy. Guyanese traveling to neighbouring countries such as Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Suriname were placed under heightened surveillance at Caribbean airports, just to ensure that they did not abscond or depart from scheduled destinations. I write from experience when I recalled the humiliation I was exposed to during a return flight to Guyana which required an in-transit stop at Piarco Airport in Trinidad and Tobago during the early 1980s. All passengers were allowed free access to the airport lounge except for Guyanese passengers, who were literally quarantined in a section of the airport. The fear was that Guyanese would escape from immigration authorities and seek refuge in the country. It was a pathetic sight to see Guyanese with bulging suitcases full of food items which were either banned or unavailable on the shelves of Guyana or, if available, were sold at exorbitant prices way above the reach of the average Guyanese. Many of the things now taken for granted on the shelves were banned from entering the country. These included wheaten flour, peas, cheese, sardines, potatoes, apples, grapes, to name but a few. That in turn led to a
thriving underground economy which at one time was believed to be bigger than the formal economy. Guyana has today shed that image of a broken and failed state. We are now a respected member of the international community. We are no longer looked down upon by our sister CARICOM states and Guyanese can now travel hassle-free to and from any member states. At a more fundamental level, our freedoms which were taken away from us have now been restored. We can now freely elect our national leaders in free, fair and transparent elections. This for me is one of the most basic of rights. There is today complete freedom of speech and freedom of expression. There is no longer the fear of “big brother” watching over one’s shoulders as happened when the PNC was in power. Those were the times when institutionalized fear permeated the society, forcing many professionals to leave the jurisdiction and seek employment elsewhere. A few were even killed under mysterious ci r c u ms t a n ce s , as t h e Rodney Commission of Inquiry is now exposing. We live in a new Guyana, thanks to October 5, which ushered in a new beginning some twenty-two years ago. But even as we celebrate this ground-breaking event, we must not forget the indefatigable role played by t h e P P P, a n d m o r e particularly the late Dr. Cheddi Jagan, who dedicated his entire life to the cause of a free, (Continued on page 23)
Why discriminate against ‘private’ schools? DEAR EDITOR, As reported in the media, it appears that the sharing of the Government of Guyana “Because We Care $10,000 Cash grant” is restricted to “parents of children on the registers of public schools”. This begs the question as to why the parents of children who attend ‘private’ schools are not entitled to the said grant. When he announced the cash grant initiative during the 2014 national budget presentation, the Minister of Finance explained that the program was meant to increase the disposable income of parents with
school age children…..as far as can be recalled it was not intended to discriminate against parents with children who attend ‘private schools’. In any event, one must wonder why there is any differentiation. Don’t the parents of children who attend ‘private’ schools need to increase their disposable income? There might be a perception that these parents are richer, but I have no doubt that we are all familiar with very rich parents whose children attend public schools and conversely, relatively poor parents who ‘tighten their belts’ to send
their children to private schools because it is believed that the latter produce better students….at least based on the examination results. One can go on and on to describe the fallacies of unfounded perceptions and the attendant unjustified discrimination, but for now it is sufficient to call attention to what appears to be an unfortunately unnecessary discrimination against parents who strive hard for the best possible education for their children and who are as responsible taxpayers as anyone else. Nowrang Persaud
McAndrew published DEAR EDITOR, A book on Guyana’s leading folklorist, playwright, poet, Wordsworth ‘Mac’ McAndrew has been published. The author of the 243page work was his friend and also a folklorist Roy Brummell, who hails from Dartmouth on the Essequibo Coast, but currently resides at Flatbush in Brooklyn, New York. Roy summarized Mac’s hard work and described him as Guyana’s legendary “Mr. Folklore and imparting folk knowledge to Guyanese, through radio and other means”. Brummell went on to say that “certainly there were others before him (McAndrew) who played their part in preserving Guyana’s folklore, but no one raised folklore to national consciousness in Guyana as much as Mac did”. He described him as “My Buddybo who was to Guyana what Louise Bennett was to Jamaica.” The book refers to Mc Andrew as a reader of stories including the famous “De Grat Jackass race” The writer of the class poem “Ol Higue”, “Creole Meche Meche Folk”, “Focus on Folk” and “What Else” of GBS Radio fame. Mac rubbed shoulders with poetry stalwarts as Martin Carter, Ian Mc Donald, Ivan Van Sertima,
Alec Best and Henry Josiah, as well as cultural icon Celestine Dolphin Mac was a no-nonsense person and despite that it was the policy of President Burnham and the government, for government officers to be addressed as “Comrade”, he refused to be addressed as Comrade and defied his boss’ warnings not to wear rubber slippers and dashiki to work, which eventually was one of the main reasons why he was fired by Management of GBS Radio. In fact, Wordsworth wore dashiki long before anybody knew the name of the “strange” looking garment. Several of his friends and colleagues gave brief reminiscences in the book and his English wife, Rosie, referred to her wedding day when she was towed on his bicycle to and from church. The unusual “bicycle story” was widely publicized locally and was even syndicated on Reuters. Among some of his
colleagues and friends who added their bit to the publication were: Sir Ronald Sanders, Professor Frank Birbalsingh, Oscar Wailoo, Marc Matthews, Vic Hall, Ken Corsbie, Stanley Greaves, Lorenzo Blackmore, Dr. Judith Roback, Francis Quamina Farrier, Eusi Kwayana, Dr. John Rickford, and many others, including yours truly. The masterpiece was published by Caribbean Press. Brummell said that he has completed writing Volume II, which should be published soon, and thereafter he will arrange a launching in Georgetown. I had time and time again advocated for Mc Andrew who was born on November 22, 1936, to be given a national honour, even after his death on April 25, 2008, but so far the Honours Committee has not done so. In fact no one has been accorded a national honour for the past seven years. Oscar Ramjeet
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Benschop denies offering SOCU faces tedious 14-year back log of suspicious Welshman “hush money” financial reports - Granger - says he’s
Political and social activist Mark Benschop yesterday denied allegations that he ever offered any form of compensation to Johnny Welshman Jnr. Welshman 22, is the young man accusing the Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman of sexually molesting him as a child. Welshman made the allegations on Thursday that Benschop offered him $3M and it was carried as a news article in one of the daily newspapers yesterday. According to Benschop he is more than convinced that Welshman is being used as a “political tool” against persons who have been critical of the People’s Progressive Party Administration. According to Benschop, Welshman is hanging onto straws, and the fact that he has leveled the allegations against him suggests that the “political handlers and architects” behind this issue are desperate. Benschop said that he intends to confront the issue at the highest level and in manner which would expose them.
been used as a political tool against the Opposition Benschop said that after he was contacted by the newspaper which is close to the Administration, he made it clear that he knew nothing of what Welshman was talking about. This has to be a “fragment” of his imagination Benschop said. “I would urge Welshman to bring whatever proof he has that I did this.” Benschop added that if he cannot do that he would take the matter to the court. The social activist also disclosed that he has visited Crime Chief Leslie James on his own in an effort to clarify the matter. Benschop said he met with James on Friday morning and told him of his intention of having a confrontation between Welshman and himself. He is adamant that this would show that Welshman is a compulsive liar who has personality problems. Benschop recalled that the allegation may have stemmed from an interview which he had done with Welshman. He said that Welshman visited his office a few weeks ago to be interviewed for his radio programme. Benschop told Kaieteur News that he recorded the
interview and everything that was said during the young man’s visit to his office. According to Benschop, it was clear that Welshman was an extortionist as he repeatedly said during his visit that he would end the entire Trotman issue once he is paid $5 M. Yesterday in the presence of other reporters Benschop played a recording of the interview with Welshman. Welshman could be heard declaring that he would stand next to the Speaker and declare his accusations as false if the Speaker were to “come good” and pay him $5 Million. According to Benschop, while he does not believe sex assault allegations should be taken lightly, if the police conduct an investigation and find the accusations to be false, they should make that known in a professional manner. Meanwhile Benschop said that he was contacted by two lawyers, one working from a building which is owned by the Attorney General Anil Nandlall and another who is based overseas. Benschop said that lawyer’s names were Onasis Granville and Selwyn Pieters. He said that both Pieters and Granville were offering advice to Welshman in the hope of becoming his lawyer. Benschop said that after both lawyers realized that Welshman was a “run away” train they said they were no longer accepting the case. Welshman has now retained the services of Attorney at Law Peter Hugh.
- DPP crucial to securing prosecutions By: Kiana Wilburg The newly established Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) was welcomed by the A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Leader, David Granger yesterday at his weekly press conference. He however, expressed concern about the massive backlog of money laundering reports that the entity will have to deal with. Granger reminded members of the media about the worrying fact that after 14 years of having the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act, there has not been a single prosecution. The Opposition Leader reminded too, that the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), which received 858 reports of suspicious financial activity from its reporting entities in 2011, only forwarded one report to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and nothing became of that case. With SOCU being assigned as the investigative arm of the FIU, Granger said that the entity would be faced with a 14-year backlog of suspicious financial reports. The Opposition Leader said that for the SOCU to be successful, the DPP would be crucial to ensuring prosecutions and said that all should be done to ensure that the entity is given the necessary resources so that it can carry out proper investigations. “I can only hope that there will be some prosecutions, but the DPP would definitely be integral to its success. The SOCU is a good move but until I see the terms of reference for the staff, I won’t be able to comment on how it is going to deal effectively with its work and I can only hope that
Opposition Leader, David Granger it is given the resources to deal with the backlog of suspicious transactions report over that 14-year period.” APNU’s Shadow Minister of Finance, Carl Greenidge had told this publication that for the SOCU to be a success, certain key agencies will have to improve their financial investigative capacity. The politician had said that the work assigned to this unit is not normal police work. He had explained that the fight against money laundering is simple in concept, and involves people who make money in a variety of ways, including the drug trade. Money launderers, he said, try to get “ill-gottenmoney” into the banking system as normal deposits so that they may spend when and where they like, without hindrance from the relevant authorities. Stopping them, Greenidge had asserted, involves policing which includes drug interdiction and detective work. The former Finance Minister had said that the fight against money launderers will require particularly, forensic accounting, auditing and legal analysis. He opined that very
little of the latter aspect is to be found among the professionals in the disciplined services. “This whole process is like a chain and each link depends on each other. The FIU depends on its reporting institutions to report all activities that are suspicious. The FIU, after receiving that report, will now send it off to the SOCU which will operate as the investigative arm. Now my point is simply that the strength of the information SOCU receives, depends on the capacity of the reporting agencies to even detect, investigate and analyze certain activities so that they send to the FIU a comprehensive report. To support this point, just consider the FIU where the one report that was actually forwarded to the DPP was incomplete. A chain is as strong as its weakest link and we need to address every weak area so that SOCU does not become another toothless poodle,” Greenidge had asserted. He added “The Head of the SOCU will require the types of capacities I have outlined above and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) as well as the Banks and the DPP, will need to deepen their capacities on the financial and investigative front in terms of financial and accounting analysis.” The mandate of both the FIU and SOCU is to investigate suspicious transactions based on reports it would receive from the relevant reporting entities. The SOCU was conceptualized by Cabinet last year and $63.1M was later approved for the construction of its headquarters. At the moment, the newly formed entity has no formal office to even start preliminary administrative work.
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Pakistani teen, Indian activist win Nobel Peace Prize (Reuters) - Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating girls’ right to education, and Indian campaigner against child trafficking and labor Kailash Satyarthi won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize yesterday. Yousafzai, aged 17, becomes the youngest Nobel Prize winner and 60-year-old Satyarthi the first Indian-born winner of the accolade. They were picked for their struggle against the oppression of children and young people, and for the right of all children to education, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. The sharing of the award between an Indian and a Pakistani came after a week of hostilities along the border of the disputed, mainly Muslim region of Kashmir - the worst fighting between the nucleararmed rivals in more than a decade. “The Nobel Committee regards it as an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for
education and against extremism,” said Thorbjoern Jagland, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Kristian Berg Harpviken, head of the Peace Research Institute in Oslo, described the joint award “an innovative prize that brings attention to the problems of the young”. Satyarthi said he hoped to work with Yousafzai for peace. “I will invite her to join hands to establish peace for our subcontinent, which is a must for children, which is a must for every Indian, for every Pakistani, for every citizen of the world,” he said at the New Delhi office of his organization, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save the Childhood Movement. Yousafzai later told reporters in the English city of Birmingham where she now lives that she had spoken by telephone with Satyarthi yesterday and they had agreed to invite the prime ministers of India and Pakistan to the ceremony in December. “The tension that
Malala Yousafzai, left, and Kailash Satyarthi won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. is going on is really disappointing and I’m really sad because I want both countries to have dialogue to have talks about peace,” she said. Yousafzai said she had found out about winning the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday from a teacher during a chemistry lesson, adding that the news had come as a big surprise. “This is not the end of this campaign which I have started. I think this is really the beginning. I want to see
Brazil announces its first suspected Ebola case
An ambulance moves the first suspected Ebola patient in Brazil to an airport to facilitate his travel to Rio de Janeiro for further treatment Fears are growing that the deadly Ebola virus has hit a new continent as a missionary in Brazil undergoes tests for the infection. If the Brazilian case is confirmed, it would mean the disease has spread to South America for the first time. The suspected patient is a 47-year-old man from Guinea, one of the African countries that has been ravaged by the disease. He has been described in local media as a missionary and he was taken in an air force plane from the southern state of Parana to the National Infectious Disease Institute in
Rio de Janeiro yesterday morning. It came after he arrived at a health centre in the town of Cascavel with a fever the previous afternoon. The health ministry said yesterday that the patient was ‘in good shape’ and his slight fever had now subsided. Minister Arthur Chioro noted that the patient had been in Brazil for the maximum incubation period for the Ebola virus of 21 days. The result of a test for the virus should be available by early today, he said. ‘We could not rule out (Ebola), even though it had been 20 days, given the fever
and the patient’s origin,’ Mr Chioro told journalists in Brasilia. The man, who has not been named, is thought to have arrived in Brazil from Africa on September 19 from the Guinean capital Conakry after flying to Argentina, with a layover in Morocco, then travelled overland to Brazil, seeking refugee status. The patients who were in the clinic with the man have also been isolated and the site disinfected, said radio network CBN. It is thought he is suffering from symptoms similar to those of Ebola and he has been moved to Rio de Janeiro for treatment.
every child going to school,” she said, adding she felt “really honored”. “A BREATH OF FRESH AIR”AMID VIOLENCE Yousafzai was attacked in 2012 on a school bus in the Swat Valley of northwest Pakistan by masked gunmen as a punishment for a blog that she wrote for the BBC’s Urdu service as an 11-yearold to campaign against the Taliban’s efforts to deny women an education. Unable to return to Pakistan after her recovery, Yousafzai moved to England,
setting up the Malala Fund and supporting local education advocacy groups with a focus on Pakistan, Nigeria, Jordan, Syria and Kenya. Her former teacher, Ahmed Shah, said the peace prize was wonderful news for Pakistan. “This is a breath of fresh air, a gift for Pakistan, at a time when we are embroiled in terrorism and violence and wars,” Shah told Reuters by telephone from the Swat Valley. “Those who oppose her, extremist elements or whoever else, they have been rendered irrelevant. They are a weak minority.” Yousafzai addressed the U.N. Youth Assembly last year at an event Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called “Malala Day”. This year she traveled to Nigeria to demand the release of 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamist group Boko Haram. “To the girls of Nigeria and across Africa, and all over the world, I want to say: don’t let anyone tell you that you are weaker than or less than anything,” she said in a
speech. “You are not less than a boy,” Yousafzai said. “You are not less than a child from a richer or more powerful country. You are the future of your country. You are going to build it strong. It is you who can lead the charge.” FIGHTING CHILD SLAVERY Satyarthi, who gave up a career as an electrical engineer in 1980 to campaign against child labor, has headed various forms of peaceful protests and demonstrations, focusing on the exploitation of children for financial gain. “It is a disgrace for every human being if any child is working as a child slave in any part of the world,” Satyarthi said. “I feel very proud to be an Indian that in India I was able to keep this fight on for the last 30 years or so. This is a great recognition and honor for all my fellow Indians.” In a recent editorial, Satyarthi said that data from non-government organizations indicated that child laborers could number 60 millio n i n I n d i a - 6 percent of the total
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Foreign minister says CARICOM treaty was breached in UN vote against terrorism KINGSTON, Jamaica — CARICOM countries breached their regional agreement (the Treaty of Chaguaramas) by not consulting on the recent United Nations resolution against terrorism. The resolution focused on the activities of the radical Islamic group referred to as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). This was confirmed by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator AJ Nicholson, in a statement to the Senate on Jamaica’s participation in the 69th UN assembly in September. “It would have been good for all CARICOM states to have acted in unison on this resolution, in keeping with the Treaty of Chaguaramas which calls on member states to establish
A.J. Nicholson mechanisms to co-ordinate foreign policy,” Nicholson said. “However, the reality on the ground at such conferences is that events are fast moving, fluid and dynamic and there is often the need for individual nations to make their own decisions
without the benefit of regional coordination,” he added. Nicholson said that this was the case with the resolution passed unanimously by the UN security council “on threats to international peace and security” by terrorists, including the ISIS. Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago were the only two Caribbean nations who supported the bill. Thursday, Opposition spokesman on foreign affairs and foreign trade Edmund Bartlett issued a statement on the issue, questioning why there was no consultation between CARICOM states on the resolution, and the government’s silence on the issue since the vote was taken by the security council on September 24 in New York.
Nicholson says issuing advisory against West Africa travels may be dangerous KINGSTON, Jamaica - Foreign Minister A.J. Nicholson yesterday said that the issuing of travel advisories against travel to West African countries hit by Ebola could be dangerous. Responding to questions from Opposition Senator, Marlene Malahoo Forte, as to whether Jamaica is considering the issuing of travel advisories, Nicholson said it would be sending a wrong message. He noted that reggae artiste, Luciano, has recently cancelled a trip to East Africa and stressed that the Ebola outbreak is limited to a few countries in West Africa.
Nearly 4,000 people have died from Ebola in Sierra Leone, Uganda and Liberia. At least one case has turned up in the United States and one in Spain. The disease has killed 50 per cent of its victims. “Everybody knows, don’t go there,” Nicholson said. Malahoo Forte, however, urged the minister to recognise the position. “We do not want to wait until it is on our doorstep given the limited resources that we have to work with,” Malahoo Forte said. Nicholson then said he would consider the issue of travel advisories.
Brazil’s Neves would improve ties with United States: adviser WA S H I N G TO N (Reuters) - Brazilian presidential challenger Aecio Neves would seek to repair ties with the United States and finalize a longdelayed free-trade agreement with the European Union if he is elected in an Oct. 26 runoff, his top economic adviser said yesterday. Neves, a centrist favored by the business community w h o has vowed to reinvigorate Brazil’s struggling economy, is running neck-and-neck with leftist Presiden t D i l m a Rousseff ahead of the vote, recent polls showed. “We are keen to move back to a broader, more open approach to foreign policy,” Arminio Fraga, a former Brazilian central bank chief, said in a teleconference with investors on the sidelines of the Internat i o n a l Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings Washington.
“I am sure we will be getting much closer to the U.S. and will try to wrap up negotiations with the European Union,” he added. The U.S.-educated fund manager is Neves’ pick to be the next finance minister if the Brazilian Social Democracy Party leader wins the presidency. Relations between the United States and Brazil were strained last year by revelations the U.S. National Security Agency spied on Rousseff with secret Internet surveillance programs made known in documents leaked by former NSA analyst Edward Snowden. Tensions between the Americas’ two largest economies started to ease recently after a series of diplomatic accords that included the settlement of a decade-old trade dispute over cotton subsidies. Meanwhile, Brazil and
its Mercosur trade partnersA rg e n t i n a , Uruguay and Paraguay are stuck in talks with the EU to ink a free-trade deal in the works for nearly two decades. Venezuela joined Mercosur in 2012, but it is not a party to the talks. The Brazilian economy tumbled into a recession this year and the inflation rate hit its highest level in n e a r l y t h r e e years in September, rising above the central bank’s official target of 4.5 percent, w i t h a tolerance range of 2 percentage points. Fraga said the central bank under a Neves presidency would lower inflation. “At this point I am looking at an economy that is really slow and a l m o s t melting,” Fraga said. “We need re-balancing ... I believe in inflationtargeting, and the central bank will do that job.”
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Honorary Consuls Are De Facto Diplomats We should not be splitting hairs about who is a diplomat. In terms of common usage, a diplomat is an official representative of a country in another country and who is so recognized and accredited by the receiving State. In this regard, an Honorary Consul can be considered a de facto diplomat. In fact, many of those persons who are appointed as Honorary Consuls consider themselves as Diplomats even though their functions are often limited to providing consular services and promoting business and investment contacts between nationals of the sending State and those of the receiving State. In strict diplomatic parlance, there are differences between a Diplomat and an Honorary Consul. The first of these is that there are different international conventions governing each, even though these
conventions have similarities. Diplomatic relations between countries are covered by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations while there is a separate Convention for Consul Relations. An Honorary Consul is different from a career consul in that he or she is not officially stationed at the resident embassy. Neither does he or she enjoy the full range of diplomatic privileges and immunities accorded to diplomatic staff. Indeed, whatever immunities honorary consuls enjoy are restricted to their functions as consul officers of the sending State. In this regard, they enjoy personal inviolability concerning their consul functions. They cannot be arrested or detained in relation to these functions. Unlike Diplomats, however, they can be arrested or detained for offences and acts unrelated
to their consul duties. They are also entitled to a certain degree of respect and privileges. For example the receiving State is obligated to provide full facilities to the Honorary Consul to perform his or her duties. This is not dissimilar to what is provided to bona fide diplomats. The receiving State is also obligated to allow where necessary for the consul to acquire property for his or her office or to assist in that person finding accommodation. Further, the receiving State is required to assure freedom of movement of the Consul. The Consul is equally entitled to freedom and protection for his official correspondence including the use of diplomatic bags and couriers and all the privileges associated with the use of such bags and couriers. If there is a case whereby a national of the sending state is imprisoned or detained, the consul has a right to visit that
Mob use butcher’s meat cleaver to castrate rapist attacking teenage girl in Indian city Daily Mail -An Indian man who was caught trying to rape a teenage girl is in a critical condition in hospital after locals chopped off his genitals with a meat cleaver. Suresh Kumar was set upon in Ganganagar, in India’s northwestern Rajasthan state, after locals heard the girl’s screams for help. After finding the 40-yearold pinning the girl against a wall, a lynch mob dragged him to a butcher shop where they beat him with sticks for an hour before castrating him. They then dumped the severed remains in the middle of a road and left a bloodied Kumar nearby. Aamir Dhawan, 30, said no one ‘went to help’ Kumar because they knew he had been punished for a ‘sex crime’. Mr. Dhawan said: ‘We have had a lot of intolerable offences against women in this country recently, with girls being raped, hung, and molested, and it’s time it stopped. ‘This sends out a very strong message to anyone like that - if you do it you will be punished.’ But the police have called for those responsible to come forward, saying people can’t take the law into their ‘own hands’. The spokesman said: ‘As deplorable as these crimes are, law and order has to be maintained, and not lynch justice. ‘We ask those men who carried out this attack to hand themselves in before we
Suresh Kumar is left bleeding and in shock after being beaten and castrated after locals in Ganganagar- in India's northwestern Rajasthan state- caught him trying to rape a teenage girl. (CENTRAL EUROPEAN NEWS). find them.’Kumar was eventually taken to hospital where doctors described his condition as critical. The girl involved was treated for shock, and given counseling. The castration follows a string of violent sex crimes in India that have prompted vigilante justice. In July, one man was killed and two others were badly hurt after being accused of raping and hanging a seven-year-old girl. The girl was discovered hanging from a tree near the
village of Kaliabazar, West Bengal, and angry villagers quickly rounded up a local ‘Tantrik’ holy man and his two friends. The trio was mercilessly beaten. One later died in hospital and the two others required extensive treatment. That incident was a grim reminder of an incident in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, some weeks before where two sisters were raped and then hanged from a tree outside their village.
individual in the prison or detention facility. In communicating with persons or authorities in the receiving State, the Honorary Consul is not constrained to channel the communication through the Foreign Ministry of the receiving State. He can communicate directly with persons or offices within the receiving State. Like his embassy colleagues, he is also entitled to collect fees for the consular services provided, and these fees shall be tax free. As can be seen, while an honorary consul does not enjoy the full range of privileges and immunities accorded to a Diplomat, the privileges, immunities he or she enjoys and the obligations to the Honorary Consul by the receiving State are still wide ranging and substantial. Indeed, because of this,
because the privileges and immunities of the Honorary Consul are governed by international conventions and because the Honorary Consul is an official representative of the sending State, it is incumbent that the Foreign Ministry assumes political responsibility for the actions of that individual. If that person should commit any private indiscretions, then obviously he or she is not protected by the convention governing relations between States in relation to consul officers. However the sending State has to be cognizant of the possible damage which any such indiscretion can inflict on a country’s reputation and indeed on relations with the receiving State. The indiscretion will affect the sending State. Its reputation and image are going to be sullied and this
can spill over to diplomatic relations. In this context, I trust that the Foreign Ministry would assume greater responsibility for exercising supervision and oversight over its many Honorary Consuls. If the situation warrants, the Foreign Ministry should where necessary, take action to prevent damage to the country’s image and reputation as a result of any indiscretion committed by any Honorary Consul. It is not merely a question of saying that Honorary Consuls are not Diplomats. It is question of protecting the country’s reputation.
Dem boys seh...
Don’t molest yuh daughter Going to school was fun some but problematic fuh others. Cee fuh Satar been in de last set. When de Rat give he de wuk he had to do a Maths test. The test involve a picture that had grass and two coconut tree. De Rat ask, “Wha you would do wid dem coconut tree?” Cee fuh Satar seh if me put a plus sign between dem, me gon get six. If me put a multiplication sign between dem, me gon get 9. De Rat seh “Boy you got de wuk.” Since he get de wuk he putting plus and multiplication sign between some people record. De Rat, he friends and family he does put minus sign. Fuh people like Uncle Adam and he daughter he does multiply then divide, and add.
Is de same thing wid Cee fuh Satar and de English language. Donald ask he fuh put up a report pun de emails that he want deny that he send. He jump up pun he desk, stamp up he foot and go fuh jump through de window. Cee fuh Ceelee had to hold he back and calm he down. That is how Donald get one line from he. He try fuh play Freddie pun Donald because he use Freddie programme fuh type de one line. Freddie programme is fuh use dem big words suh he gun look smart. De only thing is that he can’t spell and he nah know de meaning of dem same big word. Talk half and hope that is only Maths and English people does play round wid and not wid dem own gyal pickney.
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Electorate has turned its back on the PPP - Granger By: Kiana Wilburg Prior the November 2011 elections, it appeared that the electorate was losing enthusiasm and disconnecting itself from party politics. However, the political opposition believes that its performance and dedication towards shielding the citizens from abuses and executive lawlessness have renewed the collective hope of the people that a drastic, positive change will be realized. Judging from his recent local government outreaches across the nation, Leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), David Granger, has concluded that the combined cost of corruption, cronyism and the narco-driven crime wave have taken a toll on the quality of life in Guyana. He said that it is those reasons, and more, which have caused the electorate to “turn its back on the People’s Progressive Party (PPP).” The Opposition Leader
“Combined cost of corruption, cronyism and the narco-driven crime wave has taken a toll on the quality of life in Guyana.” made this remark during an interview with this publication yesterday after a press conference which was held at his Hadfield Street, Headquarters. At his press conference, Granger highlighted that the PPP observed the 22nd anniversary of the 1992 General and Regional elections on Sunday (October 5). The elections, he noted, resulted in the Party’s return to Office on October 9, 1992. While the anniversary was “quietly observed”, Granger believes that this was so because the PPP, is facing an inescapable reality-that it has failed the people. The politician said that the PPP’s return to Office led to the gradual “criminalization” of the State and precipitated several grave crises, more specifically in the post-2001 period. The first, he highlighted,
was the public security crisis. He explained that armed robberies, banditry in the hinterland regions, murderous maritime piracy along the coastland, suicides, fuel-smuggling, gun-running and contraband smuggling still prevail in Guyana. In this regard, Granger reiterated that the combined cost of corruption, cronyism, graft and the narco-driven crime wave has taken a toll on the quality of life in Guyana. Ranking number two on his list of governmental crises was the disaster taking place in the public service. The APNU Parliamentarian said that regulatory and lawenforcement agencies - most particularly the Customs AntiNarcotics Unit (CANU); the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) - have been starved of adequate assets, equipment,
financing and personnel to such an extent as to impair their ability to function effectively. He said too, that the Government Information Agency (GINA), the National Communication Network (NCN) and the Guyana National Newspapers Ltd (Guyana Chronicle) rigorously exclude Opposition political parties and the dissenting views of civil society. He added that the state media houses have increasingly become agencies of the ruling political party - the PPP. As it relates to the human development crisis, Granger said that public protests have become the most effective expressions of resistance against the PPP’s mismanagement of public health, public security, public works and the public education system. He said that Guyana, in the new millennium, has become more unsafe, unsanitary and more unstable than ever before, owing to the high rate of crime and the low quality of life.
Opposition Leader, David Granger In further support of Granger’s points, Shadow Minister for Local Government, Ronald Bulkan said that while he has not seen any celebrations from the PPP which is usually extravagant during this observance, he is not at all surprised since considering the Government’s track record, “there really is nothing to celebrate.” He said, “After the 2011 elections, the electorate showed that it rejects the Government’s winner-take-all approach and the message of
APNU’s Shadow Minister of Local Government, Ronald Bulkan the voters was clear. Their decision signaled the need for cooperation but the Government has chosen to reject that message. It has chosen to disregard the decisions of the National Assembly and brought three budgets without consultation with the political opposition. It is for these reasons, and so many more, that the Guyanese people have turned their backs on the PPP and in light of that; there really is nothing to celebrate.” Granger in one of his books, Public Policy-the crisis of government in Guyana, spoke about the concern for the breakdown of citizens’ interest in party politics. However, the politician said that based on his most recent conversations with citizens all across the nation, he believes that there is a strong sense of hope that is growing amongst the people, for they believe in the Opposition’s ability to offer them a better life. “There is no longer a feeling of apathy, for the people are more interested now because they feel there is a sure possibility for change with the political opposition,” Granger concluded.
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Rohee warns about “fifth columnists” in APNU’s camp
Surveillance DVRs should be hidden
- Says Greenidge seems “very indisciplined”
- D Division Commander
By Abena Rockcliffe Recently, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Clement Rohee has been paying a special interest in the affairs of the two parliamentary opposition parties to the extent that it seems as if he is watching their proverbial ‘backs’. The politician had predicted a “major political fallout” between the Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) over the NoConfidence Motion which the AFC tabled against the government. The General Secretary had warned the AFC to be on the watch for this fallout which he said would have come when APNU opts not to vote in favour of the Motion. However, that prediction has, so far, proven to be somewhat inaccurate as the two political bodies recently concretized the decision to stand as one against the government for the successful passage of the historical Motion. But now Rohee has switched from warning the AFC to warning the APNU. The politician now warns APNU Leader, David Granger, to be on the lookout for “fifth columnists” in his camp. (A fifth columnist is generally referred to as a member of an organisation who tries to help an enemy invade or generally acts in opposition to the best interest of the organization.) The General Secretary said he came to this conclusion after he read about the views expressed by APNU Shadow Minster of Finance, Carl Greenidge on Granger’s choice to meet with President Donald Ramotar to discuss issues surrounding the stall in the holding of Local Government Elections. Granger had told Kaieteur News that despite a date not being set, he is still open to talks with the President over Local Government Elections. However, this position of Granger’s is apparently not in harmony with Greenidge’s views on the matter. Greenidge is contending that when one considers the
A DVR with surveillance cameras
APNU Shadow Minister of Finance, Carl Greenidge
PPP General Secretary, Clement Rohee
promises made and broken by the government when it comes to elections, there is nothing left to discuss. Greenidge told Kaieteur News that nothing at all associated with the call for Local Government Elections needs to be discussed between APNU and the PPP. He said, “Any discussion needs to be undertaken with the Opposition as a whole and should be on the implementation of the changes in general electoral arrangements recommended by the Electoral Reform Commission.” Granger had written to President Donald Ramotar giving an ultimatum to set a date for Local Government Elections but this was not met. Several protests around the country were subsequently held by APNU. While the Opposition Leader is still committed to meeting with the President, Greenidge disclosed that the Shadow Cabinet has not discussed or agreed to this or any new approach to the PPP regarding elections. Greenidge had expressed that Granger’s letter was intended not so much to tell the President what he is obliged to do but to notify him that the Opposition will exercise its right to pressure the government to carry out its obligations under the Constitution. “When we last discussed the matter of talks with Granger, all speakers were at
pains to remind him of the untrustworthiness of the PPP and also of the fact that none of the previous agreements with his predecessors were honoured,” said Greenidge. He lamented that promises dated way back in 2011 are still unfulfilled and said that based on such a track record, more talks would just be a waste of time. The APNU Parliamentarian said that nothing at all associated with the call Local Government Election needs to be discussed between APNU and PPP judging from the games played by government with regard to the legislation so far. But Rohee is quite taken back by these comments. He said that Greenidge’s utterance were totally out of place. The General Secretary said he found it to be very indiscipline of Greenidge to even think about challenging the position taken by the Leader of his party “and this is what he did when he said there is nothing to discuss with the government.” Rohee said that Greenidge seems to have jumped on a limb on his own in making those comments. “So that is why I was making the point that Granger seems to have people in his ranks who have different views and have no difficulty in publicly saying the differences in views, so I believe that Granger has to be very careful,” added Rohee
MURDERED: Pavita Singh also known as Sirmattie Ramnaress By: Romila Boodram A number of entrepreneurs from Vreed-enHoop, West Coast Demerara (WCD) were educated by the police on the importance of protecting their businesses from criminal activities. During a tour by Commander of ‘D’ Division, Ian Amsterdam and his administrative team last week through the busy shopping areas, the level of personal security exercised by businesses were examined. Businessmen who had already installed CCTV (Closed-circuit television) cameras to protect their entities, were advised to hide their DVRs since, according to Amsterdam, bandits are taking the storage device with them after committing robberies. The CCTV cameras can produce images or recordings
Commander Amsterdam with a businessman while the DVR is the device that stores the images or the recordings for surveillance purposes. This newspaper was told that there are some DVRs which can record remotely and therefore can be kept at another location rather than leaving it at the business place. “Some businessmen leave their DVRs in the open where people can see as soon as they enter the store and that is not advisable,” the Commander said. He recalled one instance where a businesswoman, Pavita Singh also known as Sirmattie Ramnaress, was murdered and her attackers attempted to set her two storey house on fire at Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) in September 2013. According to Amsterdam, investigators discovered that the surveillance footage which would have recorded when Singh’s attacker entered and exited the building, had disappeared. The 48-year-old businesswoman’s body was found lying face down in her garage with two stab wounds; one to the neck and
another to the hip. So far, investigators have been unable to identify a suspect, although they have interviewed several persons, including Ramnaress’ reputed husband who is a police sergeant. Detectives had also taken DNA samples from the dead woman’s husband and her close associates, in the hope of finding the perpetrators behind what they believe was a well-planned murder. Had it not been for the disappearance of the DVR, the perpetrator(s) would have already been brought to justice. Kaieteur News understands that the Commander and his team visited all the business places in Vreed-en-Hoop including lumber yards, boutiques, restaurants and stores. The Commander said that the decision was made to visit Vreed-en-Hoop because that community is considered a “hot spot” where most persons conduct their daily and weekly transactions. He divulged that he and his team are planning a visit to Parika, East Bank Essequibo, to check out the security level of the businesses there. Kaieteur News understands that ‘D’ Division has thus far recorded a five percent decrease in crime countrywide for this year.
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US drug trafficker of Guyanese- Mason, labourer charged origin leads cops to backyard body with $4.4M break-in on Brooklyn, US (gothamist.com) - Cops found the remains of a human body buried in the backyard of a Crown Heights home on Thursday, after receiving a tip from a source. Police were directed to a duplex at 657 St. John’s Place, located near Franklin Avenue. There, they excavated the yard and found bones and other remains of a man’s body wrapped in plastic. The victim’s identity and cause of death are still unknown, though CBS 2 reports that sources believe his death was a homicide, and the remains are currently at the Medical Examiner’s office. NBC reports that the body may belong to a man believed to have been killed 10 years ago. The duplex has reportedly not been lived in for about a
Chinese company
Investigators on the scene.
year, but a neighbor told 1010 WINS it’s a drug den. “I’m really surprised that it’s happening right now, but I’m not surprised,” she told the station. “What used to go on in there. It used to be a crack
house. Wherever crack is involved, any and everything goes.” Though the Times says an anonymous caller directed cops to the house, sources told the Post that police were
tipped off by Oswald Lewis, an alleged cocaine trafficker of Guyanese origin who was arrested in August after engaging in a shootout with cops and U.S. Marshals at his home in Queens.
Orphanage, children’s playground benefit from overseas donations Mother Teresa, a great humanitarian, once said “It’s not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.” Guyanese abroad love the children in Guyana as demonstrated by the $1million donated towards building and installing playground equipment for the Guyana Relief Council in Georgetown, Guyana and Bless the Children Home on the East Coast Demerara, Guyana. Attorney Gail Seeram, founder of the GAIL Foundation, will host a ribbon cutting ceremony and blessing of the three-seated swing, slide and newly furnished playroom at the Guyana Relief Council Shelter on Friday, October 17, at 3:00 p.m. Mrs. Yvonne Hinds, wife of Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, will join Ms. Seeram during the ribbon cutting ceremony. Bless the Children Home, an orphanage in Industry, also received from the GAIL Foundation a three-seated swing, two seesaws and a slide. The children currently at this home now have an outdoor play area where they can forget about their individual situation and just play like children. Ms. Seeram will host a ribbon cutting ceremony and blessing on October 18, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. The director of Bless the Children Home, Pastor Surujpaul, will preside over the blessing ceremony. The Guyana Relief Council Shelter (GRC) provides temporary housing for families that lose their homes due to flood, fire and high winds. With the donation of the playground
equipment by the GAIL Foundation, children who are housed at the GRC will have a play area inside with books and educational toys and will have equipment outside to run, jump and laugh. The success of these small projects is a reminder that collectively, Guyanese can come together and achieve good for humanity. The common goal here was to provide playground equipment to displaced children who deserve the “gift of play”. Ms. Seeram and the GAIL Foundation Inc., strive to reach out to the Guyanese Diaspora and provide opportunities for them to invest in the lives of children in Guyana. The monetary value of donations equaled nearly $1M and were given by
Attorney Gail Seeram, Ivy Swammy Moonasar from Orlando’s Caribbean SuperCenter, Vani & John Lowton, Ralph Seeram, Shameer & Sandy Hassan from Golden KrustKissimmee, Vejay Bhoopsingh, Creig Camacho, Powerline Sounds HD, & Sabrina Ramjit, P.S. Freight/ SeaFreight - Anita & Paul Singh, Liquor MasterApopka, FL, RaliJungleVibes.tv, Ian & Desiree Ally, Lamont Chichester, Shree R. Persaud, Laura Cosgrove, Timehri Restaurant-Orlando, FL,
Patricia Soman Turner, Deoanand Shivbaran, Lynn Ramdin, George & Oswena Lyking, and Rebecca Black. Local Guyanese such as Mr. Kris Shiwram from C&V Caribbean Shipping, Mr. Gregory Rambarran from DTV Channel 8 and Mr. Surendra Rookman donated their time and skills in assisting to complete these projects.
Two men accused of breaking into the Chinese company, Jiangxi Thermal Power Construction Corporation and carting off over $4.4M in items, were remanded to prison when they appeared in court yesterday. Rawle Hinds, 31, of Lot 94 North Sophia, Greater Georgetown and Collin Kendall, 26, of Pike Street, Sophia, appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court where they pleaded not guilty to the charges leveled against them. The two men were jointly charged with one count of Break and Enter and Larceny, which allegedly occurred in Georgetown between October 3 and October 4, last. It is alleged that the duo stole articles which amounted to $4,427,000. These include a welding machine, three refrigerators and a jack hammer. The unrepresented men pleaded not guilty to the charge. Police Prosecutor, Corporal Simone Payne indicated that the police file on the matter is incomplete. As such, she did not reveal the details of the crime. Payne opposed bail on the grounds of the seriousness and prevalence of the offence. She informed the court that Hinds was recently released from prison,
ACCUSED: Rawle Hinds
ACCUSED: Collin Kendall and some of the articles mentioned in the charge were recovered. The Magistrate granted the Prosecution’s request and the duo was remanded to prison. The case is adjourned to October 31 for statements.
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Furnished apartment to rent, perfect for students, single or working couple @ Industry E.C.D – Tel: 222-6001; 6192388; 684-7853
15 Ton dump Truck very good working condition, price very attractive – Call: 681-5988, 675-5448 1 Toyota Landcruiser Prado PMM Series Call: 219-5354 Monday- Friday 8:15-4:15Pm & Saturday 8:15-1:15PM One Unregistered Noah Call:652-0709; 276-0556 One pit bull 19 Seater BNN, Excellent Condition- Call: 652-0709, 276-0556
LEARN TO DRIVE Soman Son & Outar Driving School at Maraj BuildingTel: 644-5166; 622-2872; 6150964; 689-5997
Diesel Mechanics to work in the interior (Perkins engine) Contact: 226-9768 Experienced drivers with minibus and hire cars license, also contract vehicles – Call: 645-0025 Lorry drivers to work Labour lorry @ Enmore Estate, Handyboys to work; meals & live in accommodation. Tel: 228-5655, 628-1756 Live in maid to work in town Call: 669-6030 We buy land in Parfaite Harmonie, Schoon’Ord, Eccles, Providence, Herstelling and all low income areas – Tel: 675-7292 One cook to cook in kitchen in the interior – Call:681-6044
Two bedrooms apartment for 7 Durban Street Lodge –Call: 687-5324
One male Clerk, marketing for music studio, carpenter, labourer – Call: 265-3586 One Canter Truck Driver from E.C.D –Call: 622-1782 Handyman, Yardmancontact 223-5273/4
EDUCATION CXC Adults/Students Day & Evening Classes, all Business and Science Subjects, 3 Street Alberttown Call: 231-5678, 690-5008 Afternoon lessons available for Grade 1-5 – Call: 683-4722 Classes in Mathematic s, Physics, Chemistry & Biology for High School to University Students –Call: 642-3300
One supervisor/manger for 704, must have catering and event planning experience contact 223-5273/4 Workers for land dredge Call: 694-2310 Over edge and straight stitch operator to work at Garment Factory Call:222-2541 (Monday – Friday) Live out domestic, Live in / live out babysitter- Call: 2195354, Monday – Friday between 8:15-4:15PM.
American pool table – 2770578
Unregistered Premio with Rims - $2.250 – Call: 657-1796
One American Slate Pool table – Call:679-8534
FOR SALE/FOR RENT
VACANCY Secretary: 20-30 years, literate in word (internet/ spreadsheet, leadership skills, ability to complete task efficiently) Office in Sheriff Street. Tel: 219-0468 LORRY DRIVER, Clean Driving Record, Residing on East Bank Demerara. Tel 266 4427 ACCOUNTS CLERK, very familiar with DACEASY POS and Accounting, Part Time, Flexible Hours, resident of E.B.D. Tel 623 9889 One experienced Hauler driver, Apply Alabama Trading, Georgetown Ferry Stelling, Stabroek. Pump Attendant @ Shell Service Station Providence EBD. Must be able to work shift (5am-3pm & 3pm12pm) – Tel: 265-7305 Cashiers @ Shell Service Station Providence EBD. Must be able to work shift (5am-3pm & 3pm-12pm) – Tel: 265-7305 Earn $5,000-$20,000 – Daily, working from home (free training) jobfairworld wide.com or Tel: 233-6517/ 622-1957 One Experienced hair dresser/nail technician to work in a reputable salon – Call: 225-6492, 623-7953 One domestic helper, ages 30-40, Monday – Saturday 8am-4pm, wages $14,000 – Call: 227-7355; 615-2483
One part time or full time gardener/ handyman – Call Between Monday – Saturday: 219-5354 Experienced Drivers, cashier, counter staff, roti cook, pastry maker @ Hacks Halaal, Commerce Street.
One pit bull minibus immaculate condition, never worked hire, going cheap – Call: 629-3663, 654-7032
Salon Stations @ 51 Robb & Albert Streets to rent, must have clients – Call:2314010, 627-8277, 669-6110
Contract cars & experienced dispatcher @ West Site Taxi Service - Tel:600-0680 or 613-0419
Building for rent by flats Lot 93 Hadfeild Street, Werk En Rust – Tel Winston: 660-6446
Special Sale: New Model Spacio with front & back camera, TV/DVD/CD, body kit, unregistered -$2.1M – Call: 617-2891 Toyota Vios for sale PPP Series, $1.6M negotiable Call: 661-0217, 685-5011 Toyota Premio $2.3M, Toyota Voxy - $1.8M, Vehicles fully loaded, never registered – Call: 617-2891
Cashiers, salesgirl, porters and a domestic maid, Apply to 1E Dennis & Middleton Streets Campbellville
Cleaners and counter staff living in and around the Industry Area – Call: 2262829 Live in Domestic, must know to cook, salary $60,000 monthly – Call: 610-5043
One 212 Carina Car PJJ Series – Contact: 609-8484
HEALTH Hazel’s Herbal Store, 244 D’ Andrade St Newtown, for herbal supplements, iridology Service available Monday October 13th, 2014 Call: 226-9136
VEHICLE FOR SALE
Toyota RAV4, Fun Cargo, Raum, AT212, AT192, AT170, EP71 Starlet, Tacoma, Vigo, Nissan Titan – Call: 644-5096, 697-1453 CAR RENTAL
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Drivers - $30,000 per week, Porters $21,000 per week, to work on W.C.D – Call: 6848231, 629-4236 Two wash bay attendant to work in Georgetown – Contact: 227-5169
WANTED FAST GROWING FOOD COMPANY IS SEEKINGA CANTER DRIVER, FOR MORE INFORMATION & INTERVIEW – CALL: 2318344; 223-1034; 223-1035 One maid to work whole day preferably from East Bank Area – Call: 614-4358 (Continued page 23)
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Rotary Club donates computers to prison …In an effort to improve literacy
Imates using the computers
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PROPERTY FOR SALE
Presdient Gilliam Mohhabir and the Officer in Charge Gladwin Smauels
Inmates at the Camp Street prison now have access to computer systems as part of an educational initiative, started by the Rotary Club of Guyana. The three computers which were donated to the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) two Fridays ago, was done as
part of the Club’s education programme drive. The initiative was done under the GPS’s Literacy Programme, which started in 2005 by the Club’s past President and also former Director of Prisons, Dale Erskine, as a way to lend a
Suspected rapist charged with drug possession Terrence Welch, the Dartmouth youth, who was severely beaten by angry Devonshire-Castle residents on Sunday, made an appearance in court on Thursday. Welch was charged for having in his possession a quantity of cannabis seeds, leaves and stems. He appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce limping and was remanded. Police alleged that Welch was discovered in the lands aback of Devonshire Castle with a bag containing
marijuana. He was subsequently handed over to the police at Anna Regina after he was beaten by some Devonshire-Castle residents, who mistook him for a suspected rapist. Welch was hospitalized under police guard at the Suddie Public Hospital. Meanwhile, several persons who were eventually apprehended for beating Welch will make an appearance at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s court on Tuesday.
A new Guyana... From page 5 independent and democratic Guyana. Indeed, it was poetic justice for Dr. Jagan to be sworn in on October 9, 1992, as the country’s first democratically elected President, which coincidentally was the same day in which the PPP was thrown out from office, some sixtyone years ago, when the Constitution was suspended by the British Government. The first task undertaken by the new PPP/C administra-
tion was to rebuild the country from past ruin. It was a daunting task, but the new government led by Dr. Jagan proved equal to the task and within a relatively short period the country was back on track. The PPP and the PPP/C administration must be commended for the role it has played in the struggle for democracy and for rebuilding the country from the ashes of the past. Hydar Ally
hand in the educational enhancement of those under the supervision of the GPS. This donation continues the club’s commitment over the years as a supporter of the GPS Literacy Programme and has previously provided the prison agency with resource personnel which have improved literacy, and were able to contribute to the educational environment of the prison. The Rotary Club has also donated other resource materials to further this endeavour, including
computers. As an extension of Rotary International, the local club regularly contributes to the educational sector as part of the global organisation’s dedication to developing “Basic Education and Literacy.” Through the programme, inmates have the opportunity to increase their capacity for technological proficiency. The regional branch of the club regularly collaborates with Corporate Sponsors – Digicel, Guyana and Dapper Technology, which have also assisted the organization in generous service to the GPS.
LAND FOR SALE Prime Land @ Corriverton, 1.3 Acres, roadside land suitable for gas station/ hotel/ shopping mall, etcCall: 626-6245 Parfaite Harmonie (100X50FT), $2.6M (Dairy), Eccles - $4.5M, Providence $4M, Herstelling -$4M, Schoon’Ord - $3.5M - Tel: 675-7292
One two storey 3 bedrooms concrete house in Parfaite Harmony, size 25X57, Price $14.5M -Call: 622-1782, 6585803 Transported Property @ Grove/Diamond, 3 bedrooms, 1 self-contained, concrete fence, grilled store room & Shed, (45X26) - Call: 660-1353, 216-4338 House and land for sale in D’Aguiar’s Park for details – Call: 686-1368 1 - 2storey wooden & Concrete house with 5 bedrooms upper flat & lower flat 4 apartments located@ Shell Road, kitty - $30M - Tel: 642-7898 Albouystown: Corner Spot Business and residence, 3 bedrooms upstairs, parking - $11M negotiable – Contact:227-0583 House & Land for sale by owner at Cemetery Road Helena No1 Mahaica E.C.D, for details call: 689-0820, 674-3962
TO LET Rooms to rent- Call: 2253234 Alberttown (apartment $60,000) Contact Diana: 227-2256, 626-9382 Alberttown (new) - $90,000, Bel Air – US700, Camp Street- US1300 –Contact Diana: 227-2256, 626-9382 1-1 Bedroom apartment at Uitvlugt Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara – Tel: 680-4990 One two bedroom apartment for rent in Diamond New Scheme – Price$45,000, preferable no children – Call: 216-2339, 689-4003
LAND FOR SALE Diamond/Grove New Scheme, First Bridge, Corner lot with foundation and post - $7M - Tel:603-9700 One land Located at Cornelia Ida W.C.D, Phone, water & light – Contact: 6520709; 276-0556
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107 murders in nine months …armed robberies up by 11 percent One hundred and seven people have been murdered within the first nine months of this year. For the same period last year there were 100 murders, seven percent fewer than this year. A child lost his life as a result of a fatal accident during this month. There has been an eleven percent increase in reported armed robberies but the police say that “total serious crimes” have decreased during this period. Figures released by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) have in fact revealed that of the 107 killings at September, 51 were domestic and disorderly murders. The Guyana Police Force reported an 11 percent drop in serious crimes for the period January 1 to September 30, this year, compared with the corresponding period in 2013. Among the serious crimes reported are murder, robbery
under arms, robbery with violence, robbery with aggravation, larceny from the person, break and enter and larceny, burglary, rape, and kidnapping. “The causes of domestic and disorderly murders, which together total 51 of the 107 murders recorded (48 percent), are mainly social in nature and are difficult for the police alone to deal with. However, the Police Force is working with other stakeholders to address the situation,” the police said in a release yesterday. At the end of September, robbery under arms had increased by 11 percent. Recent police reports have showed a disturbing rise in the use of firearms during robberies. “The police statistics indicate an increase of 15 percent in the number of armed robberies involving the use of firearms; and a two
percent increase in armed robberies where instruments other than firearms were used by the perpetrators,” the police said. Police also reported an increase in road fatalities during the past nine months, with 100 road deaths from 92 accidents, as against 75 fatalities from 72 accidents for the same period in 2013. Pedestrians have been the main road users affected with 42 losing their lives at the end of September. In addition, 19 motor cyclists, 15 pedal cyclists, nine drivers, 14 persons travelling in motor vehicles and one person being towed on a bicycle also lost their lives. Speeding, the force emphasised, continues to be a major contributing factor to fatal accidents and was the cause of 57 of the 92 fatal accidents recorded at the end of September 2014. Traffic enforcement by the police has resulted in a total of 55,591 cases being made against errant motorists by the end of September. Of this total, 15,350 cases were for speeding. The police said that the statistics indicate that the strategies employed by the Force in dealing with crime, inclusive of social intervention programmes with a focus on youths alongside intelligence led enforcement operations, have impacted positively during the third quarter of the year when compared to the situation at the end of the second quarter. According to the GPF, at
Ashmini Hariram, murdered in July the end of June this year a seven percent decrease in total serious crimes was recorded; this has moved to an 11 percent decrease at the end of September. Robbery
Joyce Lewis, murdered in March
Shellyann Persaud, murdered in June
under arms which showed an overall increase of 22 percent at the end of June is down at the end of September. There was an increase of 33 percent in the number of armed robberies involving the use of firearms at the end of June this year, while at the end of September the increase is
15 percent. At the same time, the police have recovered 60 illegal firearms. At the end of June 2014, there was an increase of four percent in armed robberies where instruments other than firearms were used; it was two percent at the end of September.
Former senior health official peeved at non-support from NIS A former senior Government functionary is finding it a difficult task to access support from the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) to fund high-cost dialysis care which he needs. Although known for his medical skills offered through the Ministry of Health for many years, Dr. Gladstone Mitchell today is concerned that his dedicated work is going unrewarded. The 76-year-old medical practitioner recalled that during the course of his practice he served across Guyana including the North West District, Essequibo and Berbice. He retired in 1993 as Medical Superintendent of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) before moving on to function as Medical Advisor to the very NIS which is refusing to render support to him. And according to Dr. Mitchell there is no question as to whether his contributions were deducted. “It is automatic (the deductions). You don’t have to go and pay it...but now they have refused to give me any aid for dialysis,” said the ailing Dr. Mitchell who however said, that he understands that it is Management’s right to give him that support or not. The doctor said that in seeking the support he inked and delivered himself a letter to NIS. “Unfortunately, I got no response to my letter; no acknowledgment and no official response to the request.” According to Dr. Mitchell the only feedback he was able to secure was from individuals with whom he had personal relationships with during his tenure there. According to the Doctor,
although his work over the years saw him worthy to be afforded a National Award ( Golden Arrow of Achievement), and a gold medal from the Ministry of Health, since he retired he has been the recipient of the minimum possible pension. This, he said, has been linked to claims that the Ministry of Health had failed to pay all of his contributions. “That’s what they are claiming but that isn’t my business, because if I didn’t pay all my contributions for all my employees they are supposed to put me in jail...But I have to suffer the consequences of the Ministry of Health not paying all my contributions.” He said that his concerns were even brought to the attention of President Donald Ramotar, the Cabinet Secretary and Chairman of NIS, Dr. Roger Luncheon, via correspondence. He has thus far got no response. No response has also been forthcoming from “a Ms. Nelson who is a prominent elder in the Anglican Church...” who is responsible for managing the affairs of NIS. It was for this reason, Dr. Mitchell said, that he was prompted to take his concerns to the media. “I don’t expect redress, but I don’t want other professionals and other workers to suffer the same consequences. Don’t expect that you will work your butt off and get anything...when you are finished working and you bend down a little bit, all you get is a kick...” theorised Dr. Mitchell. Dr. Mitchell commenced dialysis less than a month ago at a cost of $36,000 per session at the 5G Dialysis
Centre in South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. He is required to undergo sessions three times weekly which will translate to $108,000 per week and some $6 million per year. However, since the owner of the dialysis centre is a colleague he is enjoying a 25 per cent discount. According to Dr. Mitchell he was able to gain one week of free dialysis at the GPHC because of his daughter’s influence as Chairman of the Medical Council. This was however, not continued since dialysis is not an outpatient service offered by the facility. And since there has been no forthcoming support to sustain his dialysis need, Dr. Mitchell confided that “I am now forced to sell my family home to meet my medical expenses.” “Fortunately my daughter is living in Trinidad and the house that she left I am going to move into that,” he intimated. NIS Public Relations Officer, Dianne Lewis-Baxter, said that Dr. Mitchell became ineligible because the condition, for which he is seeking NIS support, was not presented before he was 60. The scheme does not support medical conditions that were not suffered by the contributor prior to him or her being 60 years of age. And commenting on the minimum pension Dr. Mitchell receives, Mrs. Baxter said that the small dollar figure people were paid does not translate into the kind of pensions that are appropriate today. The formula takes into account the salaries earned at the time of retirement. It does not cater for the inflation that has pushed up the dollar figure that passes for salaries. Ms Baxter said that the formula needs to be changed.
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Ebola fears prompt Trinidad Carnival U.N. says thousands likely to be commission to contemplate massacred if jihadists take Kobani postponing 2015 celebrations P O R T- O F - S PA I N , Trinidad - CMC – The National Carnival Commission (NCC) is contemplating postponing Carnival celebrations in 2015 due to fears associated with the Ebola virus that has claimed the lives of thousands of people mainly in West Africa. NCC chairman Alison Demas said the threat of an Ebola outbreak is becoming more real, daily, and that it may be that the Carnival, scheduled for February 16-17, and which attracts thousands of foreigners, would have to be postponed. “We are reminded of what happened years ago with the polio epidemic when Carnival had to be postponed. It is a bit premature to say but clearly this is something that maybe necessary because of course we would not want Carnival to be an avenue for our population and our visitors being affected by the deadly Ebola epidemic”. Demas said the NCC was now undertaking research to
Alison Demas determine how best to respond to the virus following deaths in the United States. “NCC is concerned about the spread of Ebola and its implications with respect to Carnival 2015. What we have done is that we have started researching how other festivals and events are planning to cope and manage Ebola”. She told radio listeners that it is also clear the NCC “has to engage in serious
discussions with the Ministry of Health in relation to this very important topic,” since postponing the Carnival would have to be a decision taken by the government. Health Minister Fuad Khan was scheduled to hold a news conference yesterday, but has already indicated there is no need to postpone the Carnival celebrations that brings in millions of dollars in revenue. But Dr. Khan does not rule out the possibility that this could change if the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) declare otherwise. The government has already established a national Ebola response unit and a four-bed isolation unit at the Caura Hospital have been set up here. Dr. Khan said a National Health Committee to work with authorities to ensure that precautions are taken when dealing with passengers when entering Trinidad and Tobago.
Govt. to acquire Ebola detection equipment for ports of entry
Minister of Health Molwyn Joseph (centre) said the country is looking to implement laser testing at ports in light of the Ebola threat. (Photo by Tameika Malone/OBSERVER media) ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The Minister of Health, Molwyn Joseph, said the government will acquire a laser thermometer to screen the temperature of passengers arriving in the country. The minister ’s comment came Thursday at a press conference to address Antigua & Barbuda’s preparedness for Ebola. “We will be purchasing the equipment. We have made the decision that it will be done. The fact of the matter
is this is an evolving development. I think three weeks ago, you would not find in the United States anybody would be thinking of screening because it was not yet in the US. Since then the security measures have evolved,” Joseph said. He said Prime Minister Gaston Browne has advised him that the need for the technology should be made a priority and efforts are now being made to secure the machine. “It is an equipment
that is not invasive but it could detect the temperature of an individual; you walk by and it is like a laser light that will go on the individual … the person will not even know. They may take a glance and see the equipment but they might not necessarily know their temperature is being taken,” Joseph said. The minister assures the public that the government has undertaken intensive preparation to respond to the Ebola threat.
(Reuters) - Thousands of people most likely will be massacred if Kobani falls to Islamic State fighters, a U.N. envoy said yesterday, as militants fought deeper into the besieged Syrian Kurdish town in full view of Turkish tanks that have done nothing to intervene. U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura said Kobani could suffer the same fate as the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, where 8,000 Muslims were murdered by Serbs in 1995, Europe’s worst atrocity since World War Two, while U.N. peacekeepers failed to protect them. “If this falls, the 700, plus perhaps the 12,000 people, apart from the fighters, will be most likely massacred,” de Mistura said. The United Nations believes 700 mainly elderly civilians are trapped in the town itself and 12,000 have left the center but not made it across the border into Turkey. “Do you remember Srebrenica? We do. We never forgot and probably we never
forgave ourselves,” said de Mistura, the U.N. peace envoy for Syria. “When there is an imminent threat to civilians, we cannot, we should not, be silent.” The plight of mainly Kurdish Kobani has unleashed the worst street violence in years in Turkey, which has 15 million Kurds of its own. Turkish Kurds have risen up since Tuesday
against President Tayyip Erdogan’s government, which they accuse of allowing their kin to be slaughtered. At least 33 people have been killed in three days of riots across the mainly Kurdish southeast, including two police officers shot dead in an apparent attempt to assassinate a police chief. The police chief was wounded.
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MCYS ‘Ride for Life’ five-stage... From page 33 Corriverton Police Station and proceed to Alexander Street, New Amsterdam-46.6 miles (75km) while the second leg will commence at 14:00 hrs from Rosignol and proceed to Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown- 60.4 miles (96km) on the same day. Stage three will be held on October 17, at 09:00 hrs from Wales Police Station to Bushy Park, East Bank Essequibo-35 miles (65km). The fourth stage will commence on October 18 at 07:30 hrs from Supenaam, proceed to Charity before returning to
Suddie 67.1 miles (107.05 km). The fifth stage will start at 08:30 hrs from Kara Kara and proceed to Homestretch Avenue- 64.5miles (103.3km) - a total distance of approximately 266 miles (430 km). Transportation for officials and cyclists will leave the MCYS compound, Main Street at 12:30hrs on October 15. Registration for cyclists closes on October 13. Director of Sport Neil Kumar informed that they are well prepared for the race adding that security measures and adequate accommodation are in place.
Among the local cyclists expected to take part are Geron Williams, Marlon Williams, Akeem Arthur, Raynauth Jeffery, Hamza Eastman, Robin Persaud, Michael Anthony, 2014 Jnr CARIFTA Games silver medalist Alanzo Ambrose, Paul De Nobrega and Robin Persaud. Raynauth Jeffery won the event last year in 10 hrs 05mins and 33 seconds, the junior category was taken Hamza Eastman in 10 hrs 09 mins and 56 seconds, while Raymond Newton carted off the veteran division in 10 hrs 09 mins 57 seconds.
Saturday October 11, 2014 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) Feel free to go shopping for yourself, Aries. While you're at it, you might as well pick up some things for others, too. You're apt to be in tune with the pleasant spirit of the people around you. TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20) You're likely to gravitate toward those who can put on a show and carry your imagination to a far-off land today, Taurus. Look for this quality in others instead of turning to the TV to satisfy this need. GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Connect with those who carry you upward and encourage your fantasies today instead of those who try to bring you down to reality, Gemini. There's a need for you to shine more brightly than usual, and there's no reason why this wish shouldn't be granted. CANCER (June 21–July 22) You're likely now on the brink of completing a major move of some sort. Your first reaction may be to sit in solitary deliberation as you wrestle with the pros and cons of each piece of the situation. LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) This is one of those days when you will be walking along and all of a sudden hear a street performer playing music. Suddenly your feet start to move and soon you're dancing. VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Don't take things that don't belong to you, Virgo. Your penetrating eyes are apt to spot things that are easily pocketed, even though you know deep down that those things aren't meant for you to keep.
LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) Try not to think too much about what is "supposed" to happen next, Libra. The truth of the matter is that things don't necessarily work out the way they're planned, so don't count on something that has no guarantee of coming to fruition. SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Water your plants today and make sure they're getting enough light, Scorpio. If you don't have any plants, take this opportunity to go to the nursery and pick up a couple for your home or office. SAGIT (Nov. 22–Dec. 21) You're on a roll today, Sagittarius. Don't let other people's insecurities or shallow understanding about an issue get in the way of your progress. There's a distinct advantage to the way you approach things. CAPRI (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) You may be wondering whose shoulder you should cry on, Capricorn. Usually yours is the shoulder that everyone else likes to use. The collar of your shirt is probably soaking wet by now, thanks to all the tears that have spilled on you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18) Your coals have been smoldering for a while, and there is a great deal of smoke pouring from your blackened embers, Aquarius. PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) Be wary of big promises today, Pisces. This could be one of those days when people are more likely to take a gamble because they're unrealistic about how things are going to work out. Don't be surprised if the stock market jumps as a result of the dollar signs that people imagine.
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Russian Grand Prix: Hamilton... after the best possible set-up and comparing the tyres and learning the new track; it keeps you occupied. “But on the other hand it’s only been a couple of days, so it’s quite fresh and difficult.” The single Marussia car of Max Chilton was 20th fastest, between the two cars of back-of-the-grid rivals Caterham, for whom Marcus Ericsson was 19th and Kamui Kobayashi 21st. Williams’s Valtteri Bottas was fifth, split from team-mate Felipe Massa in seventh by McLaren’s Jenson Button. At the front, Hamilton comes to Russia on the back of three straight wins, including in Japan last weekend, when he became the first Mercedes driver to make a pass stick on his rival in a wheel-to-wheel battle all season. Rosberg has offered no excuses for his performance, saying that Hamilton coped better with the loose rear end in difficult conditions in Japan. But he added: “I believe and know that if I do a good job here, I’ll win on Sunday. I’m not in the past. I’m here.” Rosberg appeared to have an edge on Hamilton initially in practice - he was quickest in the first session and was quicker by 0.242secs in the early part of the session, when the drivers were running on the harder ‘medium’ tyre. Then, Hamilton was struggling with his inside wheel locking as he braked into Turn 13, at the end of the long back straight. But Hamilton pulled off some stunning performances on the runs on the faster ‘soft’ tyre, putting in two laps more than 0.6secs quicker than Rosberg. Rosberg ran wide at one corner and was complaining
Hopkinson on target ... From page 33 his performance.Hopkinson said he now has his sights on the upcoming Level 111 match billed for November 7-9 in the neighbouring territory. Guyana is expected to be represented by a strong team at the competition which is to attract top hand gun shooters from around the world. Hopkinson expressed thanks to the Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud DSM, The Commissioner General of GRA Kurshid Sattaur, General Marine Company Limited and the Executive and members of GNRA for making the trip possible.
that he was not happy with the car. And on the longer runs at the end of the session, when the teams were simulating race performance, Hamilton appeared to be in a league of his own, an average of nearly half a second a lap quicker than of Rosberg. Bottas also looked impressively fast on the race runs. Behind Massa on h e a d l i n e t i m e s , To r o Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat was eighth ahead of the Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel and the Russian’s team-mate JeanEric Vergne was 10th. The second Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen was one second off Alonso, who unusually set his fastest time at the end of a multi-lap run on the soft tyre. Force India’s Nico
Hulkenberg was 12th, ahead of Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, who stopped with seven minutes of the session remaining with a power unit failure. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said the team were slower than they expected to be. The Sochi track carries a strong resemblance to the now defunct Valencia street circuit and Hamilton and Rosberg were among the many drivers who ran wide, exploring the limits at the plethora of right-handed corners. Turn 13 - into which drivers have to brake while going through a left-hand kink at the end of the long back straights - was proving particularly challenging, with a number of drivers running wide.
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Letter to the Sports Editor
Some questions for the GFF President DEAR EDITOR, Quite recently a number of persons have been writing lots of negative stuff with regards to football in Guyana. Prior to those letters Mr. Christopher Matthias you were very vocal and visible telling the public about the many changes that you are making in the Federation. You have been preaching continuously of the changes that you have implemented that will make the GFF a model Federation. You have been preaching of Accountability, Transparency and Integrity. You have been preaching of being Administratively Correct. You have been preaching being politically correct. You have been preaching of reforming football, changing the mindset and the thinking of Guyanese. You have chastised and castigated the past regime headed by Mr. Colin Klass and subsequently Mr. Franklin Wilson. But Mr. President, where is the evidence. I will attempt to ask a few questions which I expect you to answer honestly because from sources around football it was found out that you have been telling lots of untruths that will be made public eventually. 1. Can you tell the nation what is the true position with the Goal Project and why did
you depart from the land that is owned by the GFF? Remember the GFF spent thousands of dollars to acquire the land and it is a GFF asset, so why let it go to waste? 2. Can you tell the nation what has transpired with the forensic audit that you instructed to do after the 2012 finances were already audited by another reputable Auditing Firm? And can you tell us if the 2nd other Auditing Firm’s price was double or triple the amount of the 1st Firm? In other words 2 Firms were paid to do the same audit, is that so? 3. Can you please say why has FIFA not released much needed funds so that football can be organized and played properly? Is it that they are awaiting for the GFF to be properly constituted? Please let the public know? 4.How can you as a President run an organization and your staff, who you adore so much have not been paid since June and you are not telling them when they will be paid? These people have family, bills to pay and have a daily life to live; they all have no other form of income unlike you who has your own company? A caring President would have ensured that his staff received their salary; you have the
wherewithal to ensure that they are compensated, do something for them. 5. Can you say, what is the position with the money that Banks DIH owes the GFF for the long completed Premier League? You have been telling other businesses and debtors who you owe that Banks has money for you and you will pay them as soon as Banks pay you. 6. Can you explain to us why you did not bring back youngsters like Pernell Schultz and Trayon Bobb to represent the National Team, yet you brought back the older player like Walter Moore who is on the way out, saying that you are building for the future? Does that make sense? 7. Mr. President, can you say how you are starting another Premier League and to date you have not paid the winning teams their prizes, you have not paid the Referees and other officials, you have not paid the Bus services, you have not paid the ground rentals, tell us how is this proposed league going to be played? 8. How come you entered the Female U-17 team to play in a CFU Competition, yet there is no proper league for female football at any age group in Guyana? 9. Why are you entering teams to represent Guyana
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with little time for them to train, knowing very well that the players are not playing properly organized football in their respective locations? Please explain. 10. Why have the Referees who officiated in the Digicel and Amerindian Heritage Football Tournaments have not been paid although you have received the money? Digicel is in excess of $1million and the Amerindian Heritage is approximately $200,000? Where is the money? Yet we are hearing about accountability and transparency? 11. Why did you
withdraw the Beach Soccer Team from participating in the tournament, knowing very well that there was a possibility that Guyana would be fined? 12. Can you say why you are the only Executive left standing? The last executive member that supported you is not travelling from Berbice to help you anymore, I wonder why? 13. Can you say why since you came into office that so many people have resigned or left the GFF? The last count was nine persons, I wonder who is next? Is that the signs of a crumbling empire.
14. Why is it that news reporters who supported you are now turning against you? 15. Do FIFA knows that you have breached many Constitutional requirements of the GFF? Mr. President those are some of the questions that we as Guyanese want to know more. Your non action has made Mr. Klass and company look extremely good. Maybe all is not lost, answer the above questions truthfully and sincerely and maybe, I say maybe you can pull things back. Respectfully yours, Paul Jones Football Fan
GMR&SC Int’l Drag Race Meet
Daby siblings taking no prisoners Siblings Peter and Rondell Daby have both expressed confidence of dominating tomorrow’s Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club International Drag race Meet scheduled to be held, at the South Dakota Circuit. Peter, who spoke on behalf of the brothers, told this newspaper that they will be taking no prisoners tomorrow, and all opposition, should take note. Peter, who drives a powerpacked Mitsubishi Evolution 7, said the car is in excellent shape and he expects good results even with the presence of competitors from neighbouring Suriname. The slim-built racer even
reminded this newspaper of his brother’s ability which has allowed him to become a champion and according to him they are ready to defend the title. Rondell, according to him will be piloting two machines, one being a Toyota Supra and the other a Mitsubishi Evolution. Daby further disclosed that they are coming off a successful tour of Suriname last month and are brimming with confidence both in terms of their own form and the reliability of the cars. Commenting on the rising popularity of this segment of the sport, Peter said it is making a strong claim right now, enjoying better
organisation and competitors who’re willing to spend the cash to make their machines highly competitive. The Superbikers are also expected to add to the excitement and Stephen Vieira, Carlos Rodrigues, Carey Griffith will be looking to not only outdo each other as they battle for outright supremacy. Additionally, race fans will have the opportunity to witness the Porta Tree Timing System which is equipped with specialized starting lights that allow quarter mile speeds to be recorded. Races commence at 09:00 hrs and admission for adults is $1000, while children are $500 and vehicles free.
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Table toppers Hornets looking to extend lead
Lewis Hamilton was in superlative form in Russia. BBC Sport - Lewis Hamilton was in superlative form to set the pace in second practice at the Russian Grand Prix. Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg was fourth fastest, 0.912 seconds adrift. McLaren’s Kevin Magnussen was second fastest, 0.864secs off Hamilton, with Ferrari’s
Fernando Alonso third, a further 0.01secs adrift of the Dane. The weekend is taking place just days after the accident suffered by Marussia driver Jules Bianchi in Japan. The Frenchman’s team have decided to run only one car in honour of Bianchi, who is in hospital in Japan in a critical condition after
suffering severe head injuries in the crash on a very wet Suzuka track on Sunday. World champion Sebastian Vettel said: “Does getting back in the car help us after what’s happened? It does and it doesn’t. It helps to get your head elsewhere and focus on the day job looking (Continued on page 27)
Table toppers Pepsi Hornets with eight points would be looking to maintain their unbeaten run when the Golden Brook/Windjammer/ Toney Sevens League resumes today, at the National Park. In today’s action, GDF take on Caribs in the first game at 15:00 hrs and that will be
followed by the clash between Hornets and UG, while Police go up against Caribs; Hornets tackle GDF and UG engages Police. First round matches played last Saturday, Pepsi Hornets defeated Yamaha Caribs and Guyana Police Force 12-7, 22-0 respectively.
Guyana Defence Force were trashed by University of Guyana Wolves 5-31, Yamaha Caribs defeated University of Guyana Wolves 29- 7, while the battle of the forces saw Guyana Defence Force outplay a young Guyana Police Force 20-5. Points standing to date:
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Upbeat West Indies Could Tucville maintain hunt for consistency their impressive showing? Courts/Petra Organisation Schools Pee Wee Football Competition
After producing the best performance on opening day, many pundits are now asking who could stop the impressive Tucville from going all the way in this year’s Courts/Petra Organisation Schools Pee Wee Football Competition. The event which commenced last Saturday at the Thirst Park ground saw Tucville, a school with a proud tradition and record at the junior level, inflict a 6-0 drubbing over Thomas More in a one-sided affair and their overall superiority both in the tactical and technical departments have evoked widespread debate as to whether defending champions St. Pius could possibly retain their crown. The Marques siblings Kevon and Rayheem were simply unstoppable as they lashed in a treble apiece and their skill and cohesiveness
have caught the eyes of the sprinkling of scouts that were present. They come up against St. Gabriel’s who went down to St. Stephen’s by a 2-0 margin. Champs St. Pius who were held to a nil-all draw against J.E. Burnh a m f a c e s S t . Angela’s winners over F.E. Pollard making this encounter a must see since the reigning champions will have to show more fortitude if they are to get past a team brimming with confidence after securing maximum points in their previous encounter. Another team that impressed was Smith Memorial who eased past St. Margaret’s by a 3-1 margin and they play South Ruimveldt winners by a walkover from St. Ambrose last week. Gavin Allen, Tarel Elias and Kemyon John were the
players on target and they will once again be called upon to lead the charge for victory over the opposition. The day’s full fixtures are as follows: St. Margaret’s play St. Ambrose; South Ruimveldt go up against Smith Memorial; F.E. Pollard engages J.E. Burnham; St. Pius takes on St. Angela’s; Success tackles Ketley; East La Penitence square off against Enterprise; Marian Academy battles Winfer Gardens; North Georgetown meet Stella Maris; West Ruimveldt collide with Green Acres; Comenius and Redeemer square off; Tucville clashes with St. Gabriel’s and St. Stephen’s go up against Thomas More. Kick off time is 10:00 hrs and the Organisers are asking schools to observe the time they have to play and be punctual.
Andrew Forsythe T20 Round Robin cricket tournament underway The Andrew Forsythe T20 Round Robin cricket tournament kicked off last weekend with four games. In Group A at the Christianburg ground, Dora defeated Christianburg by 6 wickets. Batting first Christianburg were bowled for 93 in 14.3 overs. Ricardo Anderson top scored with 25 and Ronald Anderson 18, while Extras recorded 30. Bishal Mohamed’s hat-trick destroyed Christianburg hopes of winning when he took 5 for 15 from 4 overs. In reply, Dora made 94 for 4 in 12.3 overs. Lawrence Rampersaud top scored with 55 and Lloyd Roberts 27. G. Fiedtkou took 3 for 21 from 3 overs. Game two at the same venue saw Bosai losing to West Watooka by 4 wickets. Batting first Bosai were all out for 79 in 12 overs. Top scorer was Wayne Bethune with 13.
Wicket takers were Adrian Stewart, Michael Austin and Chris Spencer with two each. West Watooka replied with 80 for 6 in 12.4 overs. Clayton Van Hersel made 28 and Leon Prince 24. Marlon English was the wicket taker for Bosai with 3 for 10 in 3 overs. In Group B at the Moriah Elizabeth Ground, Young Achievers won the toss and chose to field. Muritaro Young Warriors scored 216 for 6 in the allotted 20 overs. Denzil Peters 70, Nick Estwick 45 and Anand Chattergoon 38 led their charge. Kishan Jones took 2 for 29 from 4 overs for Young Achievers who were all out for 112 in 17 overs. Delon Jones took 3 for 26 and Nick Estwick 3 for 30. Coomacka Exodus defeated Royal Champions by 82 runs. Coomacka Exodus made 133 all out in 14 overs. Andrew
Richmond 18, Joshua Ettienne, Keith Simmons and Kurston Thom added 11 apiece. Extras contributed 38. John DeGrella took 3 for 18 from 3 overs. Royal Champions in reply could only muster 51 all out in 12 overs. Other than the 16 extras no batsman scored double figures. Joshua Ettienne was also good with the ball as he took 4 for 11 from 3 overs. Ateba Edmondson took 3 for 10 from 3 overs and Kurston Thom 2 for 9 from 3 overs. The competition continues this weekend with 4 games. In Group A Bosai vs Dora and Uprising Young Stars vs Amelia’s Ward at the Christianburg Ground and in Group B Young Achievers vs Coomacka and Royal Champions vs Muritaro Young Warriors at the Moriah Elizabeth Ground. (Jacquey Bourne)
Richards lauds ‘perfect reply’... From page 31 get home.” Richards is also of the view that the WICB may have some “housekeeping” to do to ensure such disputes do not take place in the future. “Some players who come on tour, I am hearing that they get their contracts the day before they leave,” he said.”That to me needs some brushing up with the board. They need to get their act together, giving guys ample
time to let their legal advisors have a look at what’s happening so at least everything can be okay when on tour.” Richards believes that West Indies now have a side with the “potential to be winners again” if the off-field disputes are resolved amicably. “When you look at the allround ability of that team, if they play to their full potential, I believe they can be winners,” he said.
“With all this stuff that’s going on, with the guys deciding to play, it’s the sort of step we need to move forward with and hopefully when they do get home and meet with the players’ representatives, things can be ironed out in such a way that the guys can be focused. I believe this is one of the great opportunities for the West Indies to do well at the World Cup.”
Sulieman Benn bowled with good control. (BCCI) ESPNcricinfo - West Indies are an erratic one-day team. They can be prone to self-destruction. West Indies are an endearing one-day team. Their batting line-up boasts the kind of power that excites most followers of cricket, and they have a number of interesting characters in there. Addressing this splitpersonality issue would be high on the visitor’s agenda with the World Cup on the horizon, and they took a step towards that in Kochi despite being without a few firstchoice players. They bucked a perception of their batsmen being allergic to singles - there were 92 of them in a total of 321 - and their bowlers harnessed the advantage of a huge total well. Sustaining a performance like that has been a problem though as a record of 18 wins against 20 losses over the past two years suggests. India would want to orchestrate a recurrence of those problems. Their go-to method for that at home is to strangle the opposition by spin. But R Ashwin, who has bowled 85 overs with an economy rate of 5.34 in the last 12 months at home, has been rested for this series.
They do, however, have Ravindra Jadeja, who has gone for 5.23 an over in that period. That is why MS Dhoni said he was more concerned with zeroing in on his seam bowlers for the World Cup. Yet, as Marlon Samuels and Denesh Ramdin showed, if India’s spinners are attacked they can be coaxed into bowling flatter and quicker, and in essence limiting their chances of turning the ball. Another strength-turnedconcern for India is the form of their top order. Virat Kohli’s weakness outside off stump has followed him home from England. Ambati Rayudu contributed to his own dismissal when he ran down and swiped to mid-on. Shikhar Dhawan was not as fluent as he normally is but mustered the only notable contribution with 68. India would hope Kochi was just a blip on the radar. WATCH OUT FOR: Mohammed Shami is one of India’s bowlers who has been tasked with handling the death overs. He can dig those yorkers in at the batsmen’s boots, but when they go awry, they really go awry. A pin-point yorker uprooted Kieron Pollard’s leg stump, but another attempt at it offered Denesh Ramdin a
very high full toss that was dispatched over point for six. India would hope he cultivates better consistency before the World Cup. Sulieman Benn is the only specialist spinner West Indies have on this tour. His height has made him awkward to deal and he marries that with good accuracy. Subcontinent conditions will give him turn as well. He was needed for only five overs in Kochi and conceded only 16. He might expect to bowl a few more in Delhi. PITCHAND WEATHER The pitch at Feroz Shah Kotla has received some bad press in recent times. Delhi captain Gautam Gambhir wanted three of his home games in the last Ranji season shifted elsewhere in search of an outright result. The curator hopes to change that image and has said he was preparing a surface on which batsmen can trust the bounce and bowlers can enjoy good carry. On the eve of this match, the pitch was reported to be quite green, but that was expectedly only to hold it together and would be shaved off. The weather is expected to be sunny, but later on dew is expected to be a factor again.
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MS Dhoni joins fellow cricket Champions League: Domestic title winners to receive top-seed status stars on ISL bandwagon Cricket legend MS Dhoni has been named a co-owner of Indian Super League (ISL) franchise Chennaiyin FC ahead of this weekend’s big kick-off. Dhoni, the current Captain of India’s Test, OneDay and Twenty-20 sides, has taken part-ownership of the team alongside Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan. He becomes the latest Indian cricket star to take a stake in an ISL franchise, following the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, who has an interest in the Kerala Blasters, and Virat Kohli, who part-owns FC Goa. “I used to be a goalkeeper in school and always enjoy playing and watching the game,” Dhoni said in a statement. “I wanted to be associated with football so when the opportunity came to be a part of Chennaiyin FC, I was ecstatic as this gives me a chance to connect with the city of Chennai again.” Dhoni has strong links with sport in Chennai, having led the city’s Super Kings Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise to several honours, including the recent Champions League T20 title. “It is an absolute h o n our to have the
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legendary MS Dhoni as one of the co-owners of our franchise, Chennaiyin FC,” said Vita Dani, another coowner of the team. “Mahi has a strong association with the people of Chennai and so with him coming on board, we take another giant step towards achieving the goal of creating a world class football club in
Chennai.” Featuring a host of ageing soccer stars such as David James and Robert Pires, the ISL kicks off on Sunday in Kolkata, with the final set to be held on December 20. Chennaiyin FC’s opening match is an away tie against Kohli’s FC Goa on October 15. (SOCCEREX)
UEFA is set to give topseed status to winners of its highest-ranked leagues and the defending title holders in the Champions League from next season. Teams are currently seeded based on their performance in European competitions over the last five years, rather than domestic competitions. UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino said the group-stage change “will be
approved” at the start of next year. The aim is to give league winners “an a d d i t i o n a l award”, added Infantino. “People had difficulties in understanding how the champion of a country is in a lower pot than the thirdranked in that country,” he explained. “This will give another dynamic with the draw and in the way the groups are composed.”
Because of the current regulations, with seedings determined by a team’s UEFA coefficient, Premier League champions Manchester City were a second-seeded team this season. Arsenal, who finished fourth, were top seeds so avoided sides such as Barcelona and Real Madrid in the group-stage draw. (BBCsport)
Manchester City’s Toure named Nissan ambassador Japanese car giant Nissan has announced that Manchester City playmaker Yaya Toure will be an ambassador for its UEFA Champions League sponsorship. The Ivorian joins PSG and Brazil defender Thiago Silva and Barcelona’s Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta as a participant in the carmaker’s ‘Engineers of Excitement’ advertising
campaign. Nissan replaced Ford as the automotive partner of the UEFA Champions League in April, signing a four-year deal with European soccer’s governing body. Silva and Iniesta signed up to promote the association in August. Nissan’s corporate Vice President of Marketing, Communications and Brand strategy, Roel de Vries,
confirmed Toure’s signing on Wednesday at the Leaders Sport Business Summit in London. In addition to the UEFA Champions League, Nissan has also forged ties with Toure’s Manchester City this year, through a five-year global sponsorship arrangement with City Football Group (CFG). (SOCCEREX)
Ebola outbreak: Postpone Africa Cup of Nations, say hosts Morocco BBC Sport - The government of host country Morocco says the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations should be postponed because of the Ebola epidemic. The biennial competition is scheduled to be held between 17 January and 8 February 2015. The request to delay the event has been lodged with organisers Confederation of African Football (Caf). More than 4,000 people have died in the Ebola epidemic that broke out in west Africa at the start of the year. The Morocco health ministry made the plea in the wake of their decision “to avoid events which involve those countries affected by the Ebola virus.”
An Ebola hygienist at woks to contain the deadly virus. (Getty Images)
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GOA procures 29-seater WIPA President responds to Bravo Coaster to benefit affiliates West Indies Players A s s o c i a t i o n ( W I C PA ) President Wavell Hinds has responded to Captain of the West Indies Cricket team Darren Bravo on the several issues Bravo highlighted in an e-mail sent to the WIPA Head. Following is the text of Hind’s reply: Thank you for your email of October 7th and congratulations to you and the team on today’s victory. Before making any substantive response I am compelled to first refute in the strongest possible manner all of your previous assertions claiming ignorance on the part of the “senior players” regarding
President of the GOA K. Juman Yassin, Secretary General Hector Edwards and Guyana Rugby Football Union, President Peter Green pose next to the reconditioned 29-seater Coaster bus at Olympic House Thursday. National Associations affiliated to the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) will now have the benefit of a reconditioned 29seater Coaster Bus to transport its athletes. This is according to President of the GOA, K. Juman Yasin, who made the pronouncement during a press briefing held Thursday, at the entity’s Headquarters on High Street, Kingston.
Yasin disclosed that the reconditioned vehicle was bought for US$35,000, while expressing regret that the entity could not buy a new one. “We should have been able to buy a new vehicle, but due to several unsuccessful attempts over the past few years to get duty free concession we had to settle for a reconditioned one,” Yasin stated.
Richards lauds ‘perfect reply’ from West Indies ESPNcricinfo - Former West Indies captain Viv Richards is relieved that the threat of a players strike ahead of the first ODI against India did not materialise. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo from Hambantota where he is serving as technical director for the West Indies A team, Richards said the highlight of the entire situation for him was that in the end, “good sense did prevail.” “The first thought that came to mind was well here we go again,” he said. “I am proud of them (the team). When I say good sense, if for some reason things didn’t work out the way they would have liked with WIPA’s president Wavell Hinds, they have gone about it in the best way possible. With all this stuff going on, I think it was just a marvelous performance. That was the perfect way to reply, beating the defending champions on their home soil in such a convincing manner.” Matters came to head between the West Indies team and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) led by former opening batsman Wavell Hinds, in the
lead up to the opening game at Kochi. The captain Dwayne Bravo shot off an angry letter to Hinds, claiming he “hoodwinked” the players and did not take their inputs while signing a new memorandum of understanding with the WICB last month, under which the players would suffer a significant pay cut. Bravo went on to threaten that the players will not hesitate to take “appropriate action”; something that was widely feared would include a boycott of the series opener. Richards reckons the situation came to pass because “someone dropped the ball somewhere.” “You would expect the players association to be looking after the interests of the players and also for the development of young cricketers in the region. I think there was some argument in the players’ association about how things should be panned out in the future. I also believe it shouldn’t have gone this far, especially with the guys coming on tour knowing that at some point you had to sign a contract to do so. To play
out the way it did wasn’t in the best interests of the West Indies moving forward.” In his second letter to Hinds after deciding to play the game, Bravo made it clear that the players had lost confidence in Hinds and informed the WICB not to correspond with WIPA until an “interim measure” acceptable to all was put in place. Richards agreed that in the current circumstances, Hinds’ position as the head of WIPA was “untenable.” “How much did this individual (Hinds) know before they came on tour because that is the topic that is going to be of interest,” Richards said. “To be fair, some may say it sounds a little bit much for players to be getting such huge fees but at some point you need to have an understanding about what I am coming on tour for. It wasn’t in the best interests of the players that represent us for this to be played out in such a manner, especially in India where they are going to be playing against the defending champions in the 50-over format. Wavell Hinds may have some explaining to do when they (Continued on page 29)
the proposal to discontinue the payment of $35,000 per day of cricket for the benefit of members of the senior West Indies team, and the reallocation of these monies to help to fund retainer contracts for an additional ninety (90) members of WIPA. Please recall your attendance at WIPA’s AGM held in Trinidad on Saturday, February 1st 2014 at the Capital Plaza Hotel where you, other senior players including Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan, along with several other members in attendance, participated in a lively and lengthy discussion about this issue following a
presentation made by WIPA Director, Michael Hall. The minutes of that AGM record your comments expressing 100% support for this initiative and you will be provided with a copy of the resolution authorizing the WIPA Executive to pursue same, which was passed by majority vote of the members present on the floor. The minutes also reflect the only qualification to your support, which was to ask that the current WIPA executive make every effort to ensure that the shortfall in revenue accruing from the reallocation, be made up in other areas of player remuneration.
Emrit - Sarwan could be missing link Trinidad Express - Port of Spain, Trinidad - Trinidad and Tobago all-rounder Rayad Emrit welcomed the addition of Guyanese batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan to the Red Force side saying the accomplished batsman could give the T&T side the experience and balance it needs to help them end their trophy drought. Emrit joined the T&T training camp on Monday after returning from India where he led the Barbados Tridents in the Champions League T20 when they crashed out at the group stage having lost three matches before winning their final group game. The T&T all-rounder is expected to captain the national team in the absence of regular skipper Denesh Ramdin and he is happy with the composition of the squad and their preparations so far. “Obviously we have Sars (Sarwan) who has been included in the team and with the tremendous experience he has, it is good to that he will be part of our squad,” said Emrit. The 34-year-old Sarwan has played 87 Tests for the West Indies, the last of which was in 2012. He has scored 5,842 Test runs with 15 centuries and 31 half centuries and Emrit says the Guyanese right-hander will be more than just another player batsman in the T&T camp. “It was amazing to see a player like that in the draft but one man’s loss in another man’s gain, so hopefully he can bring that wealth of experience to the team,” Emrit said.
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“We have a lot of young guys in the team who can l e a r n f r o m S a r w a n ’s experience. He is in because our batting has struggled throughout the years and he can come in with the middle order and give us the experience and balance that we need,” added Emrit. He noted that T&T narrowly missed clinching the trophy in the previous season and said while they are aiming to go a step further this season, it will not be an easy task. Each team will play 10 matches in the new WICB Pro League season—five h o m e a n d f i v e away—starting next month and finishing next March. Emrit believes that schedule will be testing. “We have been playing good cricket in T&T so we will try to get as much points as possible at home. It is going to be a tough long season and the guys will need to be a lot fitter. I have joined the team in training now and I can see they have been putting in a lot of work and I find myself
a little behind the work they have put in. Everything looks good so far and hopefully we can get better as the weeks go long. “I think there is always room for improvement ...and hopefully with this new structure of franchise cricket, we can get it right this year,” Emrit added. Speaking about the CLT20, Emrit said it he relished the opportunity to l e a d Tr i d e n t s i n t h e tournament. “It was a huge challenge but it was a tremendous experience and I enjoyed it a lot,” he said. “Although we lost three games on the trot, we had chances to win those games. It was disappointing that we made some simple mistakes which really cost us,” he said. Now Emrit will be aiming to get back into the four-day frame of mind when the Red Force plays a two-day practice match at the National Cricket Centre in Balmain Couva which started yesterday.
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Providence grab Strikers SC dominoes title Providence dominoes team gave their supporters much to cheer about when they withstood stiff challenges from their rivals to win the Strikers SC dominoes tournament when the final was contested on Thursday night last in Meadowbrook. Providence posted 83 games to win ahead of TNT with 79 and F and H on 78. Sean Davis led the scoring for the winners with 17 games, Junior Smith made 15 and Deon Telford 12. Ryan Boodhoo marked 16 for TNT, while Shawn Morgan and Trevor Smith assisted 15 each. Orin Boston top scored with F and H with 17; Hazim Hakh registered 15, Charles Dapon 14 and Wayne Austin 13 for F and H. Providence claimed a trophy and $145,000, TNT took home a trophy and $75,000 and F and H a trophy and $50,000. The competition was organized as part of Richie Richardson, a long standing member of Strikers Dominoes Club, birth anniversary and was sponsored by Big Boss Trucking Service, Dynasty Sports Club, Demerara Ice
Company Ltd, South View Ta v e r n , F a y e J o s e p h , Patterson and Patterson Associates and Strikers SC. Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Richardson congratulated the winning team and thanked the members of Strikers SC. Meanwhile, the Faye Joseph and S. Collymore tournament commenced last night at Gaulding Place and will conclude tonight at the said venue. In an invited comment, Joseph, the president of the Georgetown Dominoes Association (GDA) expressed gratitude to Providence, TNT and F and H on their performances and said she was impressed with the high level of discipline shown. She pointed out that dominoes is on the rise adding that another tournament is in the pipeline before the million dollar competition in November. Guyana won the men’s team title at the World Dominoes Council championship recently in Barbados, while the female team placed second. The President also thanked the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony and Director of Sport Neil
Members of the victorious Providence team with representatives of the sponsor and GDA. Kumar for their input in making the trip to Barbados
possible and looked to their continued support. She
congratulated the players for keeping the Golden Arrow
Head flying high. (Zaheer Mohamed)
Banks DIH, DDL and Ansa McAl among sponsors for Kennard, PPP/C meet tomorrow A number of sponsors are on board for the Kennard Memorial Turf Club/ PPP C feature meet slated for tomorrow, at the track at Bush Lot Farm Corentyne Berbice. Most of the major players and sponsors in the horseracing fraternity, including the three big beverage companies, have already inked their names to be a part of the day’s activity which is expected to see pulsating action. Among the slew of major sponsors on board so far are Beverage Giants Banks DIH Limited, Demerara Distillers Limited, Ansa McAl Guyana Limited, Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and Racing Stables, Mohammed ‘Nankoo’ Shariff Business entity and Racing Stables, B K International, Berbice Bridge Company, Limacol Brand, Peter Lewis Construction, Fazal
Habibulla and Dennis DeRoop among others. On Thursday the principals of the Shariff racing stable presented a sponsorship package to the organisers of the meet at their racing stable No 6 West Coast Berbice. When entries closed on Tuesday 7th more that 75 horses had entered for the 10 race meet with close to $8M in cash, incentives and other prizes up for the grabs, including the President’s Cup and the General Secretary trophy. The A class event will see the country’s top runners in renewed battle for the top prize with Score’s Even once again heading the list. However it is expected to be tested by the two horses that have beaten it this year in California Strike and Treacle where they will race for a sumptuous $1.5 M winner’s pocket from a total package
of $2.9M over 1600M. Those entered for the mouth watering event are Score’s Even, California Strike, Treacle, Run Nana Run, Princess She is Not, Grande De Roja, Church House, Dark and Lovely and Monsoon. The other event on the day’s card are the D3 event for non-winner in 2014 and E & Lower for a winning take of $600,000 and trophy over 1400M. The G1 and lower 1400M event has $400,000 available for the winner’s along with a trophy. The two year old West Indies Bred 1000M event for a w i n n e r ’s m o n e y o f $300,000 and trophy. There is also a race for G3 non-winners in 2014 over 1400M for a $300,000 purse and trophy. There is also a race for Guyana Bred two years old animals which has a first prize of $200,000 and trophy
also over 1000M. The horses slated to compete in the ‘I’ and lower event will race for a winning take of $220,000 and trophy over 1400M. The J1 and lower animals will race for a winning money of $200,000 and trophy over 1000M. The event for J3 and lower horses has a top prize of $180,000 and trophy also over 1000M. The final event which is also a 1000M event is for horses classified K and L and lower for a winning take of $140,000 and trophy. To p i n d i v i d u a l performers will be presented with accolades compliments of Ramesh Sunich of Trophy Stall, Bourda Market and the organizers. Late minute queries can be made by contacting Mr Roopnarine Matadial 325 3192, Ms Nikita Ross 662 4668, Dennis DeRoop 609 9143 and Fazal Habibulla 657 7010. (Samuel Whyte)
Trainer of the Shariff racing stables of No 4 and No 6 villages West Coast Berbice (right) hand s over the sponsorship package to former jockey Daniel Flores of the organising committee.
Kaieteur News
Saturday October 11, 2014
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France (5-32) and Heeralall (50*) Shemaine Campbell receives help D’Edward Hand-in-Hand title bat and gloves from teammate
BCB Assistant Treasurer Shabeer Baksh, hands over winning trophy and cash to Jaipaul Heeralall, Captain of winning team in the presence of Anil Beharry, 1st Vice President, BCB. D’Edward Sports Club of West Bank Berbice are the 2014 Hand-in -Hand Insurance Second Division 40-Over Cricket Champions of West Berbice after beating Hopetown at the United Cotton Tree Die Hard ground in the third annual F i n a l l a s t M o n d a y, a National holiday. Led by a devastating spell of medium pace bowling from left-armer Christian France, who took 5-32 from 8 overs and a commanding undefeated 50 with nine fours and a six from skipper Jaipaul Heeralall, D’Edward easily conquered Hopetown United in the final played last Monday. Hopetown slumped to 70-7 in the 16th over and never recovered, falling for 92 off 18.4 overs before D’Edward responded with 93-3 to win by seven wickets. Hopetown United won the toss and took first strike and were soon 30-2 in six
overs. France then got into the act picking up five consecutive wickets that saw Hopetown United suffering a middle order slump before being bundled out in 19th over with France receiving good support from medium pacer Devendra Singh, who captured 2-10 from 1.4 overs. D’Edward began shakily with pacer Derrick Cadogan picking up two early wickets as they slipped to 17-3 before the hard-hitting Heeralall arrived at the crease to launched a brutal assault on the Hopetown attack and featured in an unbroken fourth wicket stand of 76 with Mahadeo Persaud (16) to take his team to victory. Derrick Cadogan took 2-42 from 6 overs. France was adjudged man of the match. At the presentation ceremony Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Executives, Anil Beharry, Hubern Evans and Shabeer Baksh thanked
Shemaine Campbell receives the bat and gloves from 4R Lioness teammate Marlin Goodluck (left) in the presence of Jagrattee Ramjattan (centre) and Calvin Lyght . 4R Lioness, Guyana and West Indies cricketer, Shemaine Campbell received a bat and gloves from her 4R Lioness teammate Marlin Goodluck. The presentation was done in the presence of Manager Jagrattee Ramjattan and team mentor Calvin Lyght. On Monday, Campbelle leaves for Australia where she will represent the West
Christian France the sponsors for their continued investment in West Berbice Cricket. Cash incentives and trophies valued over $100,000 were up for grabs. Beharry said the BCB will continue to promote cricket. He added that the Insurance Company has played an important role in lives people in the area and commended them for their continued support of cricket.
Hopkinson on target with gold for Guyana Ve t e r a n m a r k s m a n , H a r o l d “ To p g u n ” Hopkinson captured a gold medal for Guyana at the just concluded International Practical Shooting F e d e r a t i o n L e v e l 11 competition held last Sunday at the MTC Shooting Range in Suriname. It was Guyana’s only gold medal at the international meet in the neighbouring Dutch republic as Hopkinson rolled back the years to win Stage Two named “Precious Cargo” with a 100 percent score beating his much
Harold Hopkinson younger competitors. The former national handgun champion recorded
37 points with accuracy and a blistering time of 13.50 seconds in the stage where competitors had to use their weak hand to hold a Case while shooting Four Paper targets and one popper with the unsupported strong hand. The seasoned campaigner said he used an out of the box un-tuned Walther P99AS, with a fourinch barrel. He placed sixth overall with 62.50 percent in the production class. A c c o r d i n g t o Hopkinson, he made Guyana and the Guyana National Rifle Association proud with (Continued on page 27)
Indies. She said that her only regret is she will not be able to represent 4R Lioness in the female exhibition games in the upcoming “Guyana Softball Cup 4” slated for October 31st, Nov 1st and 2nd. Nevertheless, her manager and all her 4R Lioness teammates wished her well, and hope that she excel in Australia.
MCYS ‘Ride for Life’ five-stage cycle race October 16
Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony makes a point during the press conference alongside director of sport Neil Kumar (left) and GCF President Cheryl Thompson. By Zaheer Mohamed The eight edition of the ‘Ride for Life’ five-stage cycle race is set to commence on October 16 and conclude on October 19. The event is being organized by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF). Speaking at the press conference held at the MCYS yesterday, Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony said they are pleased to be part of the event which has become the premier cycle race in Guyana. He stated that the cyclists are looking
forward to the event and they expect a large number of overseas participants which will improve the quality of the race. The minister added that they want the race to be listed on the international cycling calendar and they are working feverishly to achieve this feat by 2016 when Guyana celebrates its 50th Independence Anniversary. Anthony lauded the Ministry of Health for their input adding that they were able to educate the youths on HIV/AIDS during this event. He pointed out that the ministry provided training for cyclists in this field and they are looking forward to
maintain this partnership. Anthony indicated that they want to target other diseasestheir causes and symptoms stating that he is satisfied with the work done so far. President of the GCF Cheryl Thompson said they are grateful to the MCYS and informed that 15 cyclists including five from Suriname, four from French Guiana and one from the Netherlands have already confirmed their participation and she expects more entries shortly. Thompson said she is looking forward to a competitive event. The first stage will pedal off at 07:30 hrs from (Continued on page 27)
t r o Sp Courts/Petra Organisation Schools Pee Wee Football Competition
Could Tucville maintain their impressive showing?
Part of the action on opening day in this year’s Courts Pee Wee Schools Football Competition.
GMR&SC Int’l Drag Race Meet
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The Mitsubishi Evolution of Peter Daby.
Upbeat West Indies hunt for consistency
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