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KAIETEUR NEWS Printed and Published by National Media & Publishing Company Ltd. 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, Guyana. Publisher: GLENN LALL Editor: ADAM HARRIS Tel: 225-8465, 225-8491 Fax: 225-8473, 226-8210

EDITORIAL

A war on racism “Wage war on racists” was the ringing call in the field of football, as uttered by the president of UEFA. That war demands many sacrifices—costly, lengthy, hostile and demands still more—decency, integrity and potency. Do we have what it takes here in Guyana; those inclinations and the resolve inside to care enough, to be disturbed enough to desire to fight? To take no prisoners in this war? To confront and conquer man’s most troubling frontier that daunts him? We have to in this society for sanity, for safety and for continuity. As an entity (not as a people or nation), we have had some continuity to the past; the near and distant memories of the past, of just yesterday, that plunges us always deeper. We never proceed by continuing beyond the past to the present (with its demands) and to the future (with its promises). It has always been looking back to the past to find the fuels for the future—volatile, raging fuels, they have been. They barbeque in brown and black, and with all those charred colours in the crust. Racism it is called. Except, it is called nothing here; nothing other than political democracy. Constitutional democracy, too. If that is democracy, then the result has been only the racial supremacies and psychic adversities that are this country’s lot. Every man, woman, and child has lived with those, whether winner or loser. Particularly the losers, for then the whip and wounds of racism run rampant. They may be subtle and offer grounds for rationalising. They may be blatant and indefensible, with not a leg on which to stand. Truth is told; the victims scream, the champions take up the cudgels and beat the drums. These are not soccer hooligans hiding behind the screens of crowded stadiums. These are not the uneducated riff-raff who curdle in mobs to taunt the ear and maim the mind. In Guyana, they are leaders in the shiny pageants of postures and rhetoric; of veiled messages; of saying one thing and meaning one thing only: they are against. They must not rule. They must not succeed. Minds and hearts are destroyed. Not those people. Not this time. Not them, Not again. Those are the icebergs that reveal merely tips, with the bulk of bodies-hidden, solid, impenetrable—immersed in the iciness of what has frozen this nation in the netherworld of its darkest of impulses. There is no melting, no moving, no massing of sentiment towards the warming and the fulfilling. Leaders, supporters, foot soldiers, bureaucratic saboteurs, media guerillas, students without minds of their own, teachers lacking devotion to the distinguishing. It is the same story of Guyana’s racist strains through and through. It is not a strain; it is the head and the hormones that electrify and agitate. These are the local hooligans in high and low spaces, in studied silhouettes of the severe, the sharp, and that which scorches—a vision, a strategy, a practice. Guyana’s racism and racists on the public and private stages, the unofficial and mercenary platforms; the stigmas of more marginalised, more animus and more conflicts embedded. This is what we must wage war against with all the power and principle at disposal. All-out war without hypocrisy or pathetic excusing or the ongoing cherry picking of time, people, place to prove points, which none listens to, possesses zero credibility, and only intensifies the injuries and passions that rage. The playing fields in Europe live with a problem—many words, fewer deeds, little progress beyond studied proclamations. Such, too, are the fields of coexistence in Guyana. Take a look, look at self, contributor or pretender? A helper and worker? There is the first test. If no recoiling, then the score is settled. Nothing needs to be done, other than to continue with what has served well. It has served leaders, too; those who depend on that kind of mentality and fervor. Who will wage war against what withers? Manchester United may institute a lifetime ban on a fan for racist abuse against a visiting Liverpool player. What will political Guyana do with its racists?

Free and quality education is a better option cation. Guyana’s system has that the idea of targeted transthan cash transfers fallen into disrepair. Now that fers is more likely to become DEAR EDITOR, Two favourite campaign promises are already being bandied about: free education and cash transfers. The former is borne of a desire to fundamentally change our society and future. The latter is an example of how to squander our oil wealth. This opinion is not influenced by any party affiliation – to me it seems pure and simple common sense. We all know that investing in our education system is an urgent and vital need. The IMF’s Article IV report found that while Guyanese children receive around 12 years of schooling, the education is only worth about 6 years compared to other countries with better education systems. That means that half of the time our children

spend getting an education is wasted. Perhaps it is better to call it daycare than school? Better teachers, facilities, resources and programmes will ensure that the quality of that primary education improves. This will equip our children with the solid foundation they need to pursue further education, rather than proceeding to university unequipped for the challenge. We must also invest at the university level as well. Improving UG’s faculty and programmes will prevent Guyanese from being forced to go elsewhere in order to obtain a degree. This must be done if we are to halt our devastating brain drain. To me, all of this seems to be common sense. One of the best things a country can provide its youth is a quality edu-

we have happened into oil wealth, we have an opportunity to fix this mistake. Compare that to the suggestion that Guyana should begin making cash transfers. A blanket payout to all citizens cannot possibly create the same merits and values that a quality education can. Rather, it rewards Guyanese for having the good fortune to be living in this moment. It also counts on the recipient to be responsible with how they use the funds. Of course, the idea of limited or targeted cash transfers has been suggested as an alternative. And in a perfect world, our government would impartially distribute cash to Guyanese most in need, bereft of any racial or political considerations. But we do not live in a perfect world. I fear

a mere euphemism for buying political support with oil money. It is the duty of all Guyanese to refrain from the near-sighted temptations that oil wealth will offer. Every international expert and every country that has already experienced oil wealth all urge us to look to the long-term and plan ahead. Our generation is lucky to have seen the discovery of oil, but our labour is just beginning if we are to translate that into lasting prosperity and stability. We have not earned the right to take an early retirement on an oil “pension.” We cannot be bribed away from our longterm goal. Let us exercise restraint and look towards policies, which create a lasting foundation. Donald Singh

CYRIL BELGRAVE, AN HONEST POLITICIAN DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me to briefly reflect on the life of a man I considered to be a decent and honest politician. A few days ago, when news of Former Member of Parliament, Cyril Belgrave reached me I was deeply saddened. Cousin Cyril, as I referred to him, was a unique politician who lived a very humble life. I recall that on my election to the Eight Parliament in 2001, Mr. Belgrave and Mr. Feroze Mohamed were the first set of people, on the other side, to personally welcome me to the National Assembly. Belgrave thought it was his duty to guide me. It appears that he had already alerted some members of his party that his “Cousin Lurlene” (the way he referred to me) was joining the National Assembly, as the question of our relationship was asked by some people. He did not hesitate to let me know how proud he was of me. As soon as he was done with his introductory comments, he jokingly remarked, “yuh does really carry it hard pon we when yuh deh pon dah TV”, he then started to laugh but went on to tell me that if I needed any guidance, I should feel free to ask him. For some reason, he believed that I was a young woman who should be protected from what, I believed, he thought was the ugliness of politics. However, he recognised that I was able to quickly manage. Cyril Belgrave was a serious member of the PPP, but he also had a highly humorous side. I was intrigued by his humour. In the parliament, he helped to ease tensions, with his unexpectedly lighthearted comments. He made many of us smile, in the midst of serious debates. I recall him

jokingly saying to me that I should sit on his side because he didn’t want anyone on my side of the isle to corrupt me. These are some of the moments in the parliament that made me felt human. Belgrave had a unique ability to inject humour into a highly contentious debate. He traded many jabs with the late Deborah Backer MP. They both were quick on their feet to respond to jabs. Cyril Belgrave will be remembered as that politician who served his party faithfully, in season and out of season. As an individual, he believed in the working class, the ordinary man. He once pointed out to me that he was such a person. He lived a life without the glamour of the political office or association.

He seemed not to care to share in the perceived spoils that the office may attract. Belgrave served for a long time in the National Assembly, he is the embodiment of what an honest politician looks like. He did not believe in ill-gotten gains nor did he solicit questionable favours. A brief perusal of his life works will prove this. He spent almost his entire life in politics but seem not to have been faintly influenced by his connections or position. While serving as a Member of Parliament he continued to work his regular job, in order to provide for his family. He was an example to young politicians, like me. His humility and honesty cannot be understated. I appreciated Cousin Cyril. He has left a long-lasting impression on

me. We were two people with different political affiliations but were connected in other ways. His political life, itself is a sufficient contribution to national politics. The Peoples’ Progressive Party has lost a faithful comrade. These are the comrades, whose hard work and contributions should not be tossed into the dustbin of history, but rather their sacrifice and work must reflect in strategic places to remind the young people of their selfless work. Their honesty and integrity must mean something to the country they serve. Sincere condolences to his wife, Cousin Pansy, his children, grand children and other family members. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Sincerely, Lurlene Nestor

Fair, balanced, media coverage to all parties DEAR EDITOR, Messrs Sherwood Lowe and Earl Hamilton, supporters of the coalition government, in another newspaper, are advocating for equal access to the political parties in the private media. That is ironic because they make no similar demands on the state media. My analysis of space access in the private media is that coverage has been largely balanced. All political forces have fair space coverage in the private media.Both writers call on another paper to discontinue the columns of Messrs Ralph Ramkarran and Henry Jeffrey because of their affiliation with the opposition ANUG party that is challenging the coalition in March’s elections. Ramkarran is Presidential candidate while Jeffrey reportedly holds an executive post. Neither one uses their columns to

advocate for or champion their party. Lowe and Hamilton, champions of the coalition government, feel that the columnists should resign, and if not, the paper should suspend their columns until after the elections. Or if not, then the other Presidential candidates and or their parties should be given equal space at SN. It is noted that the political parties or candidates themselves have not complained about or sought equal space in the paper or asked for the removal of Ramkarran and or Jeffrey. These parties or candidates must have recognized the unreasonableness of the request. Ramkarran and Jeffrey are respected long standing columnists; readers look forward for their columns. In addition to the two, and David

Hinds, Lincoln Lewis, Dem Boys Seh, Peeping Tom, and Ravi Dev are perhaps the most read columnists. Ramkarran and Jeffrey never took a “political” position and never attacked any party though they analysed government and official opposition party’s positions and or their policies. Ramkarran and or Jeffrey did not use their columns for political purposes (campaigning or for advertorial remarks) to sell their party and condemn others. Their columns are largely party neutral, and they have maintained their professionalism and decorum as objective and balanced columnists. Contrast them with other some columnists in the private media and government officials and their abuse of the media. Lowe and Hamilton should (Continued on page 5 )

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BRIGADIER PHILLIPS HAS MAINTAINED AN UNTAINTED CHARACTER DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me a few column inches in your newspaper to respond to unsubstantiated and fallacious claims by PNC/R executive Rear Admiral Gary Best, who, out of sheer desperation, attempted to discredit the credentials of an outstanding patriot, Brigadier (Ret’d), Mark Phillips. Rear Admiral Best, a former army chief himself, at one of the PNC/R’s Friday rants sought to make the case that Brigadier Phillips is no match for his Party’s leader, Brigadier (ret’d) David Granger- a most outlandish statement from a man who we once entrusted protection of our borders. I wish to remind Rear Admiral Best of a few facts. Firstly, Brigadier Phillips led the Guyana Defence Force with distinction and has maintained an untainted character post-military. Brigadier Phillips is also highly qualified, both as a military officer and an academic. He is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, in the United Kingdom. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Management from the University of Guyana and a Master’s Degree in Public Sector Management from La Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic. Brigadier Phillips has held several appointments, including Colonel (Administration and Quartering), and Colonel (General Staff) in the GDF’s Defence Headquarters, during his 30 years of military service. He was also Guyana’s Head of Delegation to the Inter-American Defence Board from 2008 to 2009, and was up to 2011 Guyana’s non-resident Military Attaché

to Venezuela. Over the years, brigadier Phillips has demonstrated his ability to manage. Brigadier Phillips is an outstanding orator with hands-on knowledge of our national security architecture. He has never violated our constitution and has always demonstrated respect for the rule of law. Having listened to Brigadier Phillips’s presentation on a recent televised interview relating to national security, one can easily conclude that he is au fait with the current state of our national security and has a vision of how to correct this mess created by the Granger led APNU/AFC. Having outlined the impeccable record of Brigadier Phillips, let us now examine Brigadier Granger’s record, both as a military officer and President of Guyana. Granger was never seen as fit and proper to lead the Guyana Defence Force and was never appointed to such a post due to his poor management skills or lack thereof. As a matter of fact, both President Burnham and President Hoyte bypassed him appointed others. His failed government is testimony he is unfit and improper to lead or manage anything. Despite his promise, Granger failed to devise a national security plan for Guyana, even though he is

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surrounded by the likes of Best and others who claimed to have all the answers to issues of national security. Granger has violated and continues to violate the constitution which he swore to uphold, both as an officer of the GDF and President of Guyana. Further, he has very poor knowledge of national security and continues to bungle on this issue every time he attempts to speak to this matter, making him a mismatch for Brigadier Phillips. Editor, I would also like to highlight that Rear Admiral Best has no moral authority to question the intelligence and integrity of anyone. He publicly supports a coalition whose tenure in office is wreaked in corruption, cronyism, nepotism, incompetence and disregard for the constitution and the rule of law. Brigadier Phillips on the other hand is not a member of any political party and has never supported a government that has violated our constitution. Rear Admiral Best speaks of integrity, but lives on a plot of land at Pradoville 11 where Best constructed a sprawling mansion for which Former Housing Minister, Irfaan Ali, is facing politically-concocted charges. Yours respectfully, Edward Layne

Evidence and facts are the preferred choices of the electorate DEAR EDITOR, The revelation by former Army Chief-of-Staff Gary Best that there was only anecdotal evidence of Roger Khan’s involvement in criminal activity is a shocker. The PNC, of which Mr. Best is an executive member, has been selling this ‘bogey man’ to the pub-

lic along with the story of ‘400 black youth killed’ as gospel for many years now. Even when faced with the factual analysis of the ‘list’, people have persisted with belief in this myth. The PNC was elected on a platform of anecdotal stories of crime, corruption, and economic misman-

Fair, balanced, media ... From page 4 take their request or advice to its logical conclusions: 1. All parties and their Presidential candidates be given equal access to the state media. 2. Those affiliated with the government and seeking election or re-election should resign their positions to give a level playing field to all parties and Presidential candidates. Failing that, then all other parties and or candidates should be given equitable time to govern the country during the remaining election period. Don’t Lowe and Hamilton find it is fair for all parties and candidates be given equal access to the state media? Have they lost their voice on fairness? Shouldn’t the opposition parties and candidates also appoint officers or columnists for the state media as the coalition has done? Is it not fair and just for the opposition parties

and candidates to also control the state media over a period of time during the election campaign period? It is hypocritical to call on any private media to be balanced, neutral, and politically unaligned but stand silent when the state media is not. All media houses must operate professionally and give relatively fair coverage to all political forces and their candidates. Yours faithfully, Vishnu Bisram (PhD)

agement. In contrast, the PPP has been providing solid, actionable evidence to the public and the Guyana Police Force to support any claim made to date. The Granger administration has responded poorly to evidence of corrupt activities by its Ministers, silence for weeks and then poor excuses followed by re-assignment in the case of the minor leaguers and brazen ‘so-what’ from the major league figures. Winston Jordan does not care that he said there was no signing bonus from ExxonMobil, even as he worked to utilise the USD 18 Million as an ‘investment’ in Canada; David Patterson is yet to provide evidence of his transfer of the USD 9000 to MARAD, we are expected to accept his ‘anecdotal’ tale as fact. Reliance on anecdotes would seem to be the policy of APNU/AFC. Editor, I would (Continued on page 6)

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I AM ALSO GUYANESE DEAR EDITOR, There has been a minor exchange over the major issue of identity in another newspaper between Ms. Ryhann Shah and Mr. John Mair. Mr. Mair, as some Guyanese often do, sought to silence ethnic identity. Ms. Shah was moved to correctly assert her Indian identity as a legitimate part of her Guyanese identity. Then Mr. GHK Lall got into it (I am first and foremost Guyanese: in another newspaper on News October 22, 2019). Mr. Lall dragged me into the matter although I was happy to stay out of it. According to him, “The similarly singular Dr. David Hinds was identically proud to articulate his steadfast identification as an AfroGuyanese a little while back. “ So, here we go. On the matter of my identity, I am quite capable of speaking for myself; I don’t want Mr. Lall speaking for me. I am not confused about my identity— never was. As I have said on many occasions my identity is plural—Buxtonion, African Guyanese, Guyanese, Caribbean and Black. I love each aspect of that plural identity equally and wear and live them with utmost pride. Affirming one at any given time does not cancel out the others. Indeed, when I am in Guyana, nobody asks if I am Guyanese—I am Buxtonion. When I travel to the wider Caribbean, it is my Guyanese identity that rises to the fore. And when I land in New York, by God my ‘Caribbeanness’ is what identifies me. Just as when I suffer these days with

the boys and girls in maroon on that cricket field, it is my Caribbean identity that suffers most. Finally, when I land in Arizona where I work, all the other aspects of my identity give way to my Blackness. If I stress my African Guyanese identity from time to time in Guyana, it is because in our ethnic mess some people try to demean ethnoracial identities or silence them. And I will have none of that obscenity. When you try to demean my ethno-racial identity, you are affirming and reaffirming a historical assault on that aspect of my humanity that was once savagely brutalised to its very core— the scars of which are still fresh on the soul of the Black person. You are prolonging the myth that Black people are inferior. So long as Blackness is under assault, I shall answer it in the most forthright manner possible—it is my duty to those who died to make me free, to those who still live in bondage and the unborn who must face the whip when they arrive. As Bob Marley, the prophet of Black Freedom sang, “Every time I hear the crack of the whip/My blood runs cold/I remember the slave ship/How they brutalise our very soul.” When persons seek to use “Guyanese” to silence or erase African Guyanese, I will be in your face as an African Guyanese. I am letting nobody get away with masking my black face with their hypocritical “Guyanese” in order to wipe away the violence against Black humanity. Afri-

can Guyanese blood watered this land called Guyana long before it was known by that name. And, if I am the only African Guyanese standing, I am not going to let Guyana and the world forget that. I consider myself a multiracialist Guyanese in the tradition of Walter Rodney. Rodney made a distinction between the authentic multiracialism that arises out of respect for one’s own race in conjunction with respect for other races on the one hand and on the other hand, the multiracialism that seeks to deny racial diversity and embraces a linear identity or what he called the “myth” of multiracialism. Let Rodney speak for himself and many of us—”…the Black intellectual has to move beyond his own discipline to challenge the social myth which exists in the society as a whole.”In other words, this myth of the multiracial society. This is the sort of thing which we have a duty to perform to the Black people from whom we come” (Grounding with my Brothers, page 63). Rodney is saying that simplistic multiracialism is not the one he embraces. And I am respectfully saying to Mr. Mair and Mr. Lall and other of that sway, that simplistic ‘Guyaneseness’ may work for you. But don’t impose it on me—it’s not my thing. I am 100 percent African Guyanese and 100 percent Guyanese. To those who say they are first and foremost Guyanese or Guyanese only, I say I am also Guyanese. David Hinds African Guyanese and equally Guyanese

Please drive carefully DEAR EDITOR, The terrible road accident at Friendship, East Bank Demerara that claimed the precious lives of those five people on the 15th October, is indeed very sad. After viewing the surveillance camera footage, it is clear that the driver of the private car was not at fault. I was looking at the accident and thinking with a shudder that it could have easily been my family and me in that private car on that fateful day. This was something that was waiting to happen. I have heard countless experiences by drivers who encounter these blazing fast outriders since this administration took office. Here in Berbice, a close friend of mine and a popular businessman, was telling me some time back that when Mr. Granger visited Region - 6, Corentyne, how he was almost forced off of

the road in his attempt to avoid a collision with one of Mr. Granger’s outriders who was travelling at a dangerously high rate of speed with absolutely no concern for other road users. What is the reason for these officers and convoys to be driving at this high rate of speed? What is the urgency? Is someone usually on life support in the presidential convoys and need to get quickly to the hospital? It makes absolutely no sense at all. We the good citizens of Guyana have summed up - it is just for publicity, to give us all a sense that “he” is around. Well it would be better for them come silently in the middle of the night and leave just as silently. Take your time please and drive carefully. Sincerely Shane Lindie

Wednesday October 23, 2019

A TICKING TIME BOMB DEAR EDITOR, Guyana’s Forest is no doubt under serious threat of massive exploitation due to reported poor and compromising monitoring. Over the last few weeks, a number of stakeholders have voice their concerns (KN dated KN dated Sept 11th, 17th and Oct 4th and Oct 18th 2019) over the systematic and organise breach of the GFC monitoring system and the similar organise failure and/or collusion of the Board, Ministry and Commission to take corrective action. Lo’ and behold over the last weekend, the volcano has erupted again. IWOKRAMA the iconic global pride of Guyana’s Green Environment has voiced concerns over illegal forestry and other activities within its boundaries. No doubt the poor efforts of the State (GFC) overall national monitoring system have led to this catastrophic cry from Iwokrama. If the national monitoring system was effective, this occurrence was never possible. Historic records are always the proof to look at the future. Iwokrama has been in existence since 1990 and was a creature of this very Government President

Hoyte to be precise. I am sure President Hoyte, one of Guyana’s best and most esteem President, would have been appalled by the chaotic and calculated collusion nature of the monitoring system of the GFC. Is this the way to honour our past leaders? I am told however there are a few big weights in Iwokrama with close connections to the Government so why the cry now? The situation within the GFC monitoring unit is a ticking time bomb and the intentionally sweeping the matter under the rug by those entrusted to look at the stewardship (Board, Ministry and Commission) should be condemned in the strongest manner. International partners such as the EU and Norway should take a straight look at this.The second most disturbing issue facing the sector was the plea of assistance from the residents of Ituni. Again because of the favouritism practice employed by the GFC monitoring division whereby a few who are willing to work under the table get the benefit and the greater majority of persons in the community are

pushed off the lands or given very few tags to work with. I am told that the GFC officer allegedly needs $20,000.00 for a permit and $5,000.00 for one tag. Therefore, the big fish pays and the small man quota is reduced to fuel the uncanny operation. I am glad the people of Ituni are speaking up. In yet another trail of events, there is information that massive collusion and destruction is being done in Mahdia area near the old Omai area. Officers under the helm of the Head of Monitoring are allegedly allowing illegal operators to cut and remove produce in exchange for them to cut and remove and transport a similar load for them i.e. they ask the illegal operator to cut one load for them (GFC Officer) and the officer in turn allows them to cut and pass another load for them. This is said to be currently happening in the Mahdia area. Why are reports of these deliberate acts of intentional collusion and corruption going unchecked? After all the saying is that “Hand wash hand, make hand clean”. Sincerely, C. de Barros

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF GREED DEAR EDITOR, “Greed or avarice, cupidity or covetousness is the excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, not for the greater good, but one’s own selfish interest, and at the detriment and society at large”.In thinking about a story, I read in your absolutely fine daily K News about the break in at the Grill located on Thomas Lands, there is something about this story that would not let go of me. Break-ins and robberies occur almost on a daily basis in our beloved country, unfortunately, way too often. So reading about this has almost desensitized us to the point that in as much as most Guyanese abhor these nefarious activities they have become almost routine. I struggled with the topic sentence, should it be, ‘The Psychology of Greed’ or ‘The Thomas Lands YMCA burglaries are an inside job’? I suppose one of the questions that will never be answered by us flawed humans is, ‘How Much is Enough’? When is our greed satisfied to the point, we humans can speak to ourselves and answer that most profound question which can be applied to just about every situation in our lives. The CEO, the politician, the manager, employee, police officer, male or female involved in extra curricula activities even though married or ‘living home’ in Guyanese

parlance, the underlying motivation for crossing that line is our inability to remind ourselves that, sooner or later we will be caught or found out. Common sense then dictates that we should at least stop while we can, but it is said that, common sense is not common. In thinking about the Thomas Lands break-ins, there is no question, they are an inside job. These unfortunate incidences were all timed when the owner restocked the business and just as significant, the perpetrators knew where the alarm system is located and were able to dismantle same. Now no one was hurt physically or killed but what troubled me more than ever is the short sightedness of the inside person(s). The Psychology of Greed seems to prevent this person or persons to think beyond their greed. The following questions obviously did not play any part in their flawed deliberations. (1) If these robberies con-

tinue the owner may sooner or later have to close the business (2) This decision would not only impact the employment of the inside person(s) but co-workers as well, (3) the ill gotten proceeds from the sale of stolen products will not last forever, the employment more than likely will and (4) is this the way to repay the kindness of the owner in providing the opportunity be it government or private? (5) What about our vested interest in assisting that entity to succeed? None of these considerations seems to cross the mind or impact the thinking of the greedy individual. Guyana, like most of the world is unfortunately infected with this disease of greed. The answer lies in our individual decisions, do I or don’t I and what are the ramifications of the do or don’t.? This brings us right back to that age old question,’ How Much is Enough’? Respectfully, Claudeston G. Massiah

Evidence and facts are... From page 5 welcome feedback from the public to the question of if they would rather rely on ‘Nancy stories’ or legally actionable evidence upon which to make decisions come Election Day 2020. I will continue to work from the assumption that evidence and facts are the preferred choices of the electorate, but, should it be the former, let ‘Anecdote’ week begin forthwith! Did you hear the one about who killed the ballot box martyrs in 1973…anyone? Respectfully Robin Singh

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La Penitence Market shootout… I received no favours from Suspect charged with attempted murder, remanded

Renard Caesar A 23-year-old construction worker from South Amelias Ward Linden, was yesterday remanded to prison for allegedly attempting to murder a man as a result of an ongoing gang feud. Renard Caesar was hauled before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates Court where the charge was read to him. He was not required to plead to the offence as the charge was made indictable.

the AFC -Badal Robert Badal, co-founder of the emerging political party, Change Guyana, stated yesterday, that he has never received or requested any favours from the Alliance For Change (AFC). Badal also disclosed that he was never a member of AFC or any political party. He further stated, “The executive of the AFC would confirm this,” he said. The Change Guyana co-founder highlighted that his only association with the AFC was providing support during the run up to the 2015 elections. He explained, “...In the national interest, I considered necessary to break the cycle of the PPPs domination, intimidation, abuse, mismanagement and corruption which kept our country and people poor.” The Change Guyana will be launched on October 29, where the details of their plans and programmes will be unveiled. The presidential candidate, Robert Badal, is also businessman and the prime ministerial candidate is Nigel Hinds, a chartered accountant who

Robert Badal, presidential candidate of the Change Guyana Party heads Nigel Hinds Financial Services. Badal is the proprietor of the Pegasus Hotel and Guyana Stockfeeds Limited. AFC is the smaller faction of the Coalition Government.

An injured John Lewis on the day of the shooting The charge read that on October 5, 2019 at La Penitence, Georgetown, with intent to commit murder Caesar discharged a loaded firearm at Teon Alleyne, called Spoiled Child. Attorney for the defence claims that a wanted bulletin was issued for his client in relation to the murder and attempted murder committed on Ian Williams and Melita Antigua respectively on September 28, 2019 at Lovers

Lane, South Amelias Ward, Mackenzie; Linden. He further claimed that during the time his client was in custody, no allegation was put to him and based on a video that the police have, he was not in possession of a firearm nor the person in the video. Facts of the charge stated that there is an ongoing issue between the victim and the MOB family, (a gang (Continued on page 16)

Attempted murder charge upgraded to murder Woman set alight dies...

Twenty-five-year-old Wazim Perreira of North Sophia, Greater Georgetown, was left baffled yesterday, after his attempted murder charge was upgraded to a murder charge. The victim has succumbed to her injuries. The victim died last week and the court was advised by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) that the attempted murder charge against the defendant, Wazim Perreira, should be upgraded to a murder

charge. Olivia De Freitas was receiving treatment for second degree burns to her face, chest, abdomen and back, the victim of a deliberate act to set her alight. Gasolene was poured on her and amatch struck. Guided by the instruction given to the court yesterday when Perreira made another court appearance, yesterday, a new charge (Continued on page 29)

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Security guard jailed for illegal gun Linden Bourne, a security guard attached to Eureka Labs was yesterday placed behind bars after he was found with an illegal firearm and ammunition. He claimed that the weapon was not for any criminal activities. The defendant, who hails from 2442 North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, pleaded guilty to the three charges that were made out against him, hence he was sentenced. It was alleged that on October 17, 2019 at Princes Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown, Bourne had in his possession one .380 pistol when he was not the holder of a firearm licence enforced at that time. The last two charges alleged the defendant had in his possession four 9mm ammunition and two rounds .380 ammunition when he was not the holder of a firearm licence enforced at that time. The charges were read to the 28-year-old by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates Court. Police prosecutor Neville Jeffers indicated that on the day in question, the defendant was in motorcar PVV 3123 with three other individuals proceeding west on Princes Street. The vehicle was intercepted by police on mobile patrol and at the time Bourne was the driver. At that point he immediately exited the vehicle holding a pouch in his hands. The pouch was searched and the ammunition was found in it. Further checks were done,

Jailed: Linden Bourne this time in the vehicle. The search revealed the firearm under some food boxes in the back seat of the car. The offence was put to the defendant who said that he found them in an alleyway in North Ruimveldt. He was arrested, taken into custody and later charged. In addressing the court Bourne said, “I found the gun but I didnt have no criminal intentions. I have never been involved in any criminal activities and I have been truthful to the police since I was arrested.” Magistrate McLennan then sentenced the defendant to two years in prison along with $50,000 fine for each charge. The sentences will run concurrently.

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Missing son turns up in court charged with murder In September a woman told Kaieteur News that her 20-year-old son, Ijhfar John, of Lot 109 A Field Sophia, Georgetown, was missing since August 6, 2019, after he left home and never returned. She said that she was concerned about her sons whereabouts. Yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates Courts, 24-year-old Ashaka John, a block maker of Lot 109 A Field Sophia, Georgetown, was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan after being charged for murder. John was not required to plead to the charge which was made indictable. The charge alleged that on October 12, 2019, at Church Street, Queenstown, Georgetown, he murdered Jason Bowen, 32, a Store Manager. The court was informed by Attorney-at-law George

Remanded: Ashaka John Thomas, who is representing the defendant, that his client is mentally unstable and he was appointed to a doctor at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (G.P.H.C). Police prosecutor Neville

Jeffers then added that the order was made by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) while John was in custody. His next appointment is on October 25, 2019. According to information received, the now dead Bowen was chased by John who was trying to rob him. Bowen then ran on the bridge of the Office of the Leader of the Opposition on Church Street, Queenstown. The suspect and Bowen got into a scuffle, resulting in Bowen being severely beaten and strangled. The suspect after committing the crime attempted to escape. However, he, John, was apprehended by public-spirited citizens and handed over to the police, placed into custody and later charged for the offence. Chief Magistrate McLennan remanded the defendant to prison and the matter was adjourned to November 7, 2019.

Man who battered mother charged with attempted murder The Adelphi resident who is accused of badly beating his elderly mother and rendering her unconscious has been charged with attempted murder. Totoram Lalta, called “Elmo”, 35, of 15 First Street, Adelphi Village, East Canje, Berbice is accused of attempting to kill his 75-year-old mother, Gagnarinee Lalta, on Monday October 14 at their Canje home. He appeared before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court and was

remanded to jail. The case for the prosecution as presented by Corporal Winston Poliah is that the elderly woman lives with her son, who is said to be a drug addict. Around 06:30 hrs on the day the question, the man and his elderly mother got involved in another misunderstanding and he reportedly began assaulting her. He held onto her hair, rocked her head and slapped her across her face. The blow caused the woman to fall and strike her head on the concrete floor.

The woman was picked up and rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital where she was treated and transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital where she remains warded in the Intensive Care Unit in a critical condition. The matter was reported and the police responded promptly. The culprit tried to escape, but the police, with the help of residents, were able to apprehend him. Lalta admitted to beating the woman, but told investigators that he did not know why he did it. He was remanded to jail until November 27. The matter has been transferred to the Reliance Magistrate’s Court for continuation.

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ILLEGAL GOVERNMENT This is a country of political continuous drama. And citizens can expect a lot more in the weeks and months ahead.Most persons are of the mistaken view that the date of elections has been settled. But this is far from so. It is quite possible that another constitutional crisis, one that is greater than the one which now exists, can emerge by the end of the year. Arguments are expected to begin in December on the appeal filed against the High Court decision relating to house-to-house registration. If that decision is overturned – and anything is possible in Guyana’s Courts – then this changes a lot of things in the electoral process. The Court of Appeal decision in that case is not likely until February, one month before the elections. And if the Court of Appeal overturns Justice George’s decision then the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will have less than a month to

decide what to do with the preliminary list of electors which is now subject of a Claims and Objections period. There is a real possibility that regardless of how the Court rules, this matter will end up in front of the CCJ since both sides are not seeing eye-to-eye on the issue of what to do with the data from the house-to-house registration. If the matter goes all the way to the CCJ, it will be impossible to hold elections before May at the earliest. A constitutional crisis already exists. The government at present is illegal. Its life expired on September 18. An extension could only have been had from the National Assembly. And this did not occur. There is no obligation for the Opposition to give legal cover to the government by returning to the National Assembly to extend the life of the government until March next year, as some misguided persons have been arguing. The government

therefore is operating without a legal cover and its actions can eventually be challenged as being unlawful. The doctrine of necessity which allows for otherwise unlawful actions to be given legitimacy does not appear to be applicable in this case because the situation in which the country now finds itself was not unavoidable. Even if some constitutional doctrine is found to legitimise the rule of the government between now and March 2, 2020, there remains the possibility of elections not being held by the original constitutional deadline next year. This will create a further crisis.The government is not worried. It is operating under the false pretext that because it is allowed to remain in government until elections are held that it can do so indefinitely. This is a misguided position because the Constitution envisages the holding of elections within three months of the passage of a

DEM BOYS SEH

Is time to think different from Massa People starting to see how de colonial bosses use to shape dem mind. All de schoolbooks dem use to teach dem to be obedient and to think about de foreign country as home.All de books teach people to do wha de colonial master does do and not to think about doing anything in a different way. Even when dem write exams, to get de best grade, dem got to repeat wha de masters teach dem. De one who repeat things de best is de champion.Dem same masters teach us to copy and not to do nutten new. Fat is why local people never design anything good. De Amerindian think out de cassava situation and design de matapee. He tek de same cassava and mek nuff things like starch and cassareep and cassava bread. Fat was because de colonial master didn’t have cassava. But dem boys notice fat everybody else doing exactly wha de master do or teach dem to do. Oil come and people talking how de government didn’t sign a good contract. Oil new to Guyana and massa did know everything. He know bout de drilling and de marketing

and things like fat . Local people don’t know nutten except fuh wuk wid wha massa give dem.Dem boys seh is time things change. Local people got to design things and mek Massa copy from dem. Fat is de best way to mek money from oil. Dem remember how dem use to ship out rice, sugar and bauxite. Them massa use to send back icing sugar, aluminium and Rice Crispies and things like fat . All de things fat massa send back worth more than de things local people ship out. Same way how massa tek de same oil and mek plastic and gasoline and aviation fuel, local people got to think about dem odda things dem can mek and sell to Massa. Trinidad design a way to drill down and then turn sideways. Guyana got to design a way fat gun suit de country best. De gas can help Guyana mek nuff things fat too expensive at de moment. Is time Guyana throw away de textbooks and mek dem own fat people how to mek dem own waves rather than to follow massa. Talk half and start thinking outside de box.

no-confidence motion or until such period as may be decided by two-thirds of the National Assembly. This three-month period was paused as a result of the approaches to the Court but the countdown commenced following the delivery of the consequential orders of the CCJ. In other words, the three-month deadline expired on September 18, 2019, unless this period was extended by the National Assembly. The National Assembly has not extended the period and therefore the government is illegal. Can the actions of an illegal government be legal? Desmond Hoyte had taken an intractable position following the 1997 elections that the Janet Jagan government was illegal. Yet he later crawled back into the National Assembly on the basis of a distinction between a de facto government and a de jure government.The CCJ did not name a date for elections because this is not its purview. That is the responsibility of the constitutional stakehold-

ers. And it could not name a ‘drop dead’ date in light of the constitutional provision which allows for the National Assembly to extend the life of the government.But the CCJ, in its decision, left no doubt as to when elections should have been held in the absence of such an extension. It spoke to the clear language of the Constitution, which requires no gloss to make it intelligible. And it spoke about the pause in the three month deadline during the period when the legal cases were being heard. The government’s position is that it has to remain until elections are held. And

it knows that elections are due every five years which means that it should be held before June next year. But even that is now in doubt given the impending appeal of the High Court decision dealing with house-to-house registration. (The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of this newspaper)

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THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN

‘Surely, small parties cannot be that stupid The Chronicle had the sickening nastiness on Monday to run a front page story berating the birth of small parties that intend to contest the 2020 poll. APNU’s biology is fraudulent. Only the PNC has physical structure and electoral physiology in APNU. From its birth until it virtually fizzled out, the WPA never held a congress to which its leadership was subjected to the vote of members. For 25 years, Rupert Roopnaraine and Clive Thomas were coleaders by virtue of the fact that that was a permanent

fact. In APNU, there is the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) headed by Keith Scott. Scott was and is the only member of the NDA. The two other organisms in APNU are CN Sharma’s outfit, Justice For All Party, and the Guyana Action Party. Who in Guyana believe and accept that any of the tiny branches of APNU could on their own win a hundred votes much less five thousand for a parliamentary seat? If these infinitesimal units combine without the PNC, they still will not gather 500

votes, much less 5000. For all intent and purpose, APNU is the PNC. Why then should the controllers of the Chronicle ridicule the formation of small parties? In fact, some of the names in those new entities are not overnight carpetbaggers. In many of those organisations are names Guyanese should not dismiss lightly. We have the five serious contending parties so far. I have included Shuman’s party since there is no official statement that he has joined the APNU+AFC bandwagon. Here is what I believe. If they pull 3000 votes each, that is

15,000 votes wasted because none of them will secure on their own a seat in parliament. I honestly think if Shuman goes alone, he could make one or two parliamentary seats. ANUG is likely to pick up votes from those who are too decent to have resting on their conscience the consciousness that they gave the PNC and the PPP their votes. ANUG could make a seat or two. I think Ruel Johnson will tap into the youth vote with a good showing. Robert Badal and Nigel Hinds could secure enough votes to take a seat. The two famous lawyers in Berbice that formed the Federal United Party may have a problem because unlike the other newcomers and unlike Shuman’s outfit, only Berbicians will vote for them and those voters could easily be persuaded by the PPP not to split the ballot. If the small parties come together as soon as possible, put egos aside, put Guyana first, then I think Guyana will see a new third force that will rise from the ashes of the AFC. There is the possibility, in my opinion, that a united third force can secure more than three seats. You need just one seat to create a minority government. Three seats are going to the united

small parties will allow for a serious redistribution of power and immediate constitutional reform. Going it alone will definitely make Guyanese dismiss these third parties. People will see them as opportunists, just wanting to reach parliament and will frown on them on the day of marking the X. All the people who make up the leadership of these parties have to know that the moment of truth has arrived. If the PNC (forget about the AFC; it died since 2016) gets back in office, it will be the same old story – hogging of power, ethnic patronage, lip service to inclusion, lip service to democracy, wild, incestuous spending of state funds among other depravities. If the PPP wins, the identical canvas will be painted. Here is my inflexible opinion. If the election is not tampered with and if the small parties with those big names they have unite, there is going to be a minority government of either the PPP or PNC. Both Leviathans are going to be short by about three seats. Here is where Guyana will leave its sordid past behind. The first demand of the third

Frederick Kissoon force should be sweeping constitutional changes that extirpate the winner-takes-all system that we have lived with since the British allowed for national elections in 1957 after the suspension of the constitution in 1953. The more I write about the winner-takes-all culture of Guyana, the 2015 election results keep tormenting my mind. One contender won the general election by point 3 percent and administers Guyana by itself. How can that be morally encouraging to any society? The Guyanese people have come to realise that seven thousand sugar workers were removed from their employment by a policy of a government that the sugar workers did not vote for and that barely won the election. (The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of this newspaper)

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$1.7B solar farm projects for Regions 7, 8, 9

Suggested solar farm projects.

Residents of Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni/ Mazaruni), Mahdia in Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) and Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takatu/Upper Essequibo) will soon benefit from an all inclusive 3.15-megawatt solar-powered mini-grids system totaling $1.7B (US$8.6 Million). The project which is being funded by Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) will include a 1.5Megawatts solar photovoltaic power plant at Bartica will benefit 15,000 residents, while a onemegawatt project at Lethem solar will benefit an estimated 5,000 people. According to reports, tendering for the construction of the Bartica and Lethem solar farms is slated for a November 26 opening, while a separate tender for the project in Madhia will be conducted separately. The projects come under

Government’s Renewable Energy Solution for the Hinterland initiative, and are aligned with Guyana’s Green State Development Strategy (GSDS) initiative to achieve the transition to 100 percent renewable energy in the power sector. While Bartica presently has an installed capacity of 4.4-megawatts, Madhia has 1.2-megawatts, with Lethem having some 3.06megawatts. Lands, 7.5 acres in Bartica, and 5.2 acres in Lethem, have been reportedly identified for the projects. A pre-bidding forum for the Lethem and Bartica projects was recently held at the Cara Lodge Hotel, which attracted local and international contractors who were allowed to interact and discuss job execution possibilities. In presenting on the projects GEA’s Project Coordinator, Mfon Akpan, projects execution works to

include engineering, procurement, construction and installation, as well as commissioning and ‘turnkey delivery’ of the solar plants. The projects in Bartica and Lethem include battery Energy Storage Systems as well. As stated by Akpan, the construction of the two projects will commence in the first quarter of 2020. Both are expected to be commissioned by the first quarter of 2021. It was also outlined that failure to complete works in the stipulated—330 days- will see contractors charged 0.05% of the total contract amount for every day spent behind deadline. They were also advised to be fully in compliance and all necessary documents ready before submitting bids (include business and VAT registration, NIS and GRA compliance and financial and technical capacity).

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Accused in KN grenade attack...

Slapped with gun, ammo and drug charges Alfie Garraway, an accused in the Kaieteur News 2016 attempted grenade attack is now facing three new charges after his Lodge home was searched and an illegal firearm, ammunition and a quantity of cannabis was found in the home. His charges came almost two weeks after his mother, Roseann Garraway, was also slapped with similar charges. Alfie Garraway pleaded not guilty to all three of his charges after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. It was alleged that on October 5, last, at 71 Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown, he had in his possession 13 grams of cannabis. The final two charges alleged that on the same date and at the same location, he had in his possession eight .40 Smith and Wesson rounds of ammunition and one .40 Smith and Wesson firearm while he was not the holder of a firearm licence enforced at the time. He is charged, along with his girlfriend Sheleza Ellis, who was not present in court to answer to her charges. According to the Investigating Rank (IR) in the matter, he was told that Ellis is hospitalised awaiting an appendix surgery. It was noted that she was released on $100,000 station bail and warned to be present for court yesterday. Nevertheless, Magistrate McLennan issued an arrest warrant for Ellis as no document was presented to the court in relation to her surgery and the investigating rank reported on the information based on what someone told him. Garraway was represented by attorneys Stanley Moore and Damion Da Silva. Attorney Moore indicated that his client is 39 years old and hails from 71 Norton Street Lodge. The attorney said that on the day in question, the defendant was not at home, as he was working on the construction of a road in the interior. He added that at the location mentioned in the charge, multiple persons live there. It was after a wanted bulletin issued by the police was released, that Garraway turned himself in with his lawyer, Siand Dhurjon. According to Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield who related the facts of the charges, a party of police from the Major Crime Unit and the Brickdam Police Station, went to the location mentioned in the charge where they met Ellis. A search was conducted

Roseann Garraway is being represented by Attorney-atlaw, Siand Durjon, who made a successful bail application

CHARGED: Alfie Garraway in the apartment and this was done in the presence of Ellis. During the search, the items were allegedly found and the allegation of the offences was put to her. She was arrested and taken to the Brickdam Police Station along with the items found. The prosecutor added that after Garraway turned himself in, the allegation was put to him and he denied it. However, based on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), he was charged for the offences. Garraway was released on bail in the sum of $120,000 for the firearm and ammunitions. Moreover, he was released on self-bail for the cannabis. The conditions of the bail are for him to report to the Major Crime Unit every Friday until the completion of this matter. He is to also lodge his passport with the court. The matter was then adjourned to November 13, next, for both defendants. Alfie Garraway is to stand trial in the High Court for the attempted grenade attack at Kaieteur News. According to previous reports, Garraway is one of three men accused of lobbing a grenade at a vehicle belonging to Publisher of Kaieteur News, Glenn Lall. They were all charged and Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan had ruled that a Prima facie Case was established. This means that the men involved in the grenade attack will have to stand trial at the High Court. Garraway was released on bail $300,000 bail. His mother, 55-year-old Roseann Garraway, a cook and a mother of six, of Lot 71 Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown, was arraigned before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where she pleaded not guilty to a possession of narcotics charge. It is alleged that on October 5, 2019, at Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown she had in her possession 39 grams of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.

for his client. According to information, the police went to the defendant’s home,

identified themselves and asked to conduct a search in and around the house. During the search, the defendant was

asked to open her bedroom door which was secured with a padlock. Continued on page 29

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Deadline for completion of ECD roads extended to Old Year’s Day Citizens on the East Coast of Demerara will be driving in style on New Year’s Day 2020 with the completion of the East Coast Demerara Road Wi d e n i n g Project, according to officials of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure. Yesterday, officials noted that the project is 80% completed and will be ready for opening by December 31, 2019. The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has informed that the actual upgrades to the road commenced in 2017 and were scheduled to be completed at the end of last month. However, owing to traffic management issues, coupled with the extended rainy season, the project has been given a new date for completion. Contractors have

indicated that they were unable to work at a desired pace because it caused a backup in traffic along the site. More so, it was indicated that rehabilitation works required destruction of the old structure before reconstruction could be affected. According to Ministry officials, contractors had also informed that suppliers not delivering materials on time, contributing to works being executed at a slower pace. The removal and relocation of utilities within the project area were also said to be factors that hindered the desired progress. According to Infrastructure Ministry, contractors have since informed that they have the required manpower and equipment they need to complete the projected within the new deadline.

Works’ continue on the East Coast Demerara roads.

The project will ensure that’s some 7.4 kilometers of road from Better Hope to

Annandale being upgraded to a four-lane structure and 9.5 kilometers of the two-lane road from Buxton to Belfield being rehabilitated as well. The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has indicated that three bridges within the project site are to be built,

as well as streetlights and traffic signals installed. While it was said that some 70 street lights are already installed, 100 more remained to be made operational on the four-lane road, while some 205 lights will be placed along the two-

lane route. Works are being executed by the China Railway First Group Co. Ltd. In 2016, the government and the People’s Republic of China signed a $9.6B (US$45.5M) concessional loan for the project which is being executed.

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Suspect charged with attempted... From page 7 comprising persons from Linden and French Guiana) of which the accused is a part of. On the day in question of the attempted murder, Alleyne was purchasing vegetables from La Penitence Market when a black motorcar drove next to the victim and persons from within were pointing at him. Shortly after, three persons exited, one of them being the defendant. All were armed with firearms and they discharged several rounds in the direction of the victim who managed to run away and seek refuge. Subsequently, the ac-

cused and others also ran away. The matter was reported to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters Eve Leary. Checks were made at the home of defendant; however, police were unable to locate him. A wanted bulletin was issued for him and he later turned himself in at the Mackenzie Police Station. Investigations were carried out and he was charged for the offence. Police Prosecutor Neville Jeffers objected to bail based on nature of the allegation and the fact that a firearm was used in the commission of the act.Magistrate McLennan

then upheld the submission of the prosecutor and remanded Caesar to prison until October 31. Kaieteur News had reported that Alleyne had moved to Georgetown to seek refuge from the MOB, but apparently he was followed by his assailants. During the shootout a John Lewis, 22, of East Ruimveldt, one of the alleged shooters was shot on the left hand and abdomen, resulting in him being hospitalised under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital. The injured man was abandoned at the scene by his colleagues who escaped into the Albouystown area.

Wednesday October 23, 2019

MoIPA plugs $1.2M for Rupununi Expo 2019 The 2019 Rupununi Expo on Monday received a major boost when Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock, plugged $1.2M towards the successful hosting of this two-day event. The event which is hosted annually by the Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry opens on Saturday November 23 next, in St. Ignatius Village, Lethem, Region Nine. The two-day event seeks to identify and promote the economic potential of the Rupununi Region as well as highlight the unique talent

Michelle Skeete receiving a cheque from Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock and cultures of the indigenous peoples. During a simple handing over ceremony at the Ministry’s Head Office located at Thomas and Quamina Streets, Minister Allicock said, “We are very pleased to be supporting the Rupununi Expo 2019. We have a donation in the form of support of one point two million and we hope that it works for your organisation and the peoples of the Region Nine and by extension the entire country.” “Member of the Chamber Michelle Skeete after accepting the cheque expressed appreciation to the Ministry noting that, “we appreciate you continuing to support us.”More than 30 villages are expected to participate and will be showcasing products in the Agriculture sector, products from local craftsmen and women groups from across the Region. According to organisers, participants will continue to benefit from training

programmes associated with production and marketing of produce to meet international standards, which will open doors of opportunities for local businesses. Prizes will be awarded for outstanding products in the areas of Craft, Processed Foods, Agro Produce, Tourism, Local Juices and Innovative initiatives. There will also be activities for the sporting fraternity where teams from the respective villages will compete in football, cricket, volleyball, archery, a road race (5K), cycling and horse racing.The two-day event will also have a mixture of indigenous talent through dance, songs, skits and the popular Miss Rupununi Pageant.Booths and stalls (presentation) of the winner and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd runners-up of the Miss Rupununi Pageant, male and female winners in Football, Volleyball, Cycling, Archery and the Road Race will all receive awards and prizes.The Expo opens at 10:00hrs.

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CHARGED: Yadesh Rooplall The car that was believed to have been involved in the accident. A hire car driver was yesterday slapped with three charges and bailed by Magistrate Alex Moore at the Springlands Magistrate Court for the death of pedestrian, Parmanand Harripaul. The victim died following an accident along the Number 76 Public Road, Upper Corentyne, Berbice. Yadesh Rooplall, driver of hire car HC 9684, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving, failing to stop after an accident and failing to render assistance to an injured person . He was subsequently granted bail in the sum of $200,000 bail for the causing death by dangerous driving charge and $50,000 each on the other two charges. The case was postponed to December 19, for report. Meanwhile a post mortem examination conducted on the body of Harripaul at the Fort Wellington Mortuary revealed that he died from multiple injuries about the body. The autopsy was executed by Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh. According to initial

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reports, the police acted on information given by an anonymous caller that a body of a male was on the parapet of the Number 76 Public Road. Upon the ranks’ arrival, blood was seen on the victim’s neck and torso along with a gash on his neck. Small fragments of glass were also noticed about three feet away from the body. Subsequently, contact was made with Leelawattie Hemraj, who identified the body to be that of her son. The body was transported to Skeldon Public Hospital where Harripaul was

DEAD: Parmanand Harripaul pronounced dead on arrival. Rooplall was arrested Sunday morning at Line Path, Upper Corentyne while his damaged car was found at a bodywork and spray shop in Crabwood Creek.

Fisherman’s suspected killer caught The suspected killer of Noel Singh, who was fatally stabbed on Sunday, was apprehended earlier yesterday by police ranks. According to the ‘D’ Division Commander, Linden Lord, 20-year-old Ramesh Ramdeen called Braffy, who is also a fisherman of 87 Meten-Meer-Zorg West Coast Demerara (WCD) was arrested at Parika East Bank Essequibo (EBE). The Commander told this publication that they had apprehended Ramdeen’s father for questioning in order to obtain vital information about the suspect. With the information received, they learnt that the suspect’s mother was living in Bartica, Region Seven, Cuyuni Mazaruni. Acting with this information along with tip-offs from individuals who knew Ramdeen well, police ranks further learnt that he had planned to head to Bartica. The ranks then began to trail the suspect and had sources on the look-out for Ramdeen’s every move. Earlier yesterday, ranks received information from one of their sources that the alleged killer was on board a boat at the Parika Stelling leaving for Bartica. Lord said that upon receiving this information, ranks responded quickly and arrived at the Stelling with

Dead Fisherman: Noel Singh Ramdeen’s father. The suspect’s father then identified him, and he was arrested and taken into police custody to assist with investigations. Kaieteur News had reported that Noel Singh, a well-known fisherman of Meten-Meer-Zorg, was out taking a few drinks with his friends on Sunday Night. It was then suggested by reports that when he returned home and was about to enter his yard, he was attacked by the 20-year-old man, and stabbed several times about his body. The assailant then fled the scene and Singh was rushed to the Leonora Cottage Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. It was also learnt that Singh and his assailant had an argument six days prior to Sunday night’s incident.

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2013 Lethem Post Office robbery/murder trial…

Accused booked hotel rooms for himself, 4 others Calvin King, one of the two men on trial for the murder of security guard, John Friday, who was killed during a robbery at the Lethem Post Office in 2013, had visited a hotel in the area where he booked two rooms for himself and four other persons— three men and a woman. This was repeated by the hotel former Manager. The former manager, Eulene Smith, was called to testify yesterday by State Prosecutor Abigail Gibbs when the trial of King and his co-accused, Alvin Kissoon, continued at the High Court in Demerara. Prosecutor Abigail Gibbs is contending that the two murder accused left Georgetown for Lethem where they robbed the post office, killing Friday in the process on January 18, 2013. King and Kissoon are being represented by lawyers Adrian Thompson and Lyndon Amsterdam. The former hotel manager

The others, she said, gave their names as Kissoon and Jason. The witness, however, could not remember the name of the woman whom she

MURDER ACCUSED: Alvin Kissoon and Calvin King recalled that during January 2013, she was in charge of her mother’s hotel which was situated at Lot 71 Windmill Road, Tabatinga, Lethem. The witness told the court that on January 16, 2013, about 10:00hrs four men and a woman arrived at the hotel

in a car; they were carrying a large silver box that resembled a crate. Asked by Prosecutor Gibbs whether the hotel guest give their names, the witness replied in the affirmative. She recalled that one of them identified himself as Alvin King.

described as “Rasta.” She then pointed out King who was seated in the prisoner’s dock. According to the witness, Kissoon and

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QC alumna to host two-part Conversation with Guyana The Women of Queens College of Guyana and Friends, will host A Conversation with Guyana, a twopart panel discussion on Monday, October 28 and Tuesday, October 29, 2019. The event will be held at the Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown from 5:30 to 7:30 pm on October 28 and from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on October 29. The purpose of A Conversation with Guyana is to further ongoing solutions-ori-

ented conversations among all Guyanese of varying locations, experiences and expertise, and to speak honestly about what is required to build on our strengths, address our challenges and move forward together. Part One - “Living in Guyana! A Multi-varied Vision and Experience of Home” - invites Guyanese locals, repatriates and bicoastals to share their perspectives and personal experiences that

have helped them to live successful lives in Guyana, with the goal of harnessing these varied experiences into a cohesive strategy for all to be successful at home. Part Two builds on these perspectives and suggestions, and focuses on economic development, education, governance, health, employment, race relations and the environment, in a manner that helps us continue our evolution to a more just and

SleepIn Hotel asks court to order Gaming Authority to process its Casino Licences SleepIn International Hotel and Casino is asking the High Court to order the Guyana Gaming Authority (GGA) to process, consider and determine its application made on April 5, 2017 for a Casino Premises and Casino Operators Licence with all convenient speed. The hotel through a Fixed Date Application (FDA) says that it is three-star hotel offering luxury accommodation with operations at Lot 288-289 Church Street, Georgetown. SleepIn International Hotel and Casino said that on February 4, 2015, it entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) whereby the Government overtook, subject to the approval of the President, to facilitate according to the laws of Guyana, a Casino Operators Licence and Casino Premises Licences to it, provided that it constructs a minimum of 155 rooms at its hotel. Pursuant to the arrangement, apart from constructing the rooms, the hotel stated that it also constructed two conference halls, a business centre, a pool, a gym, restaurants and a casino offering slot machines, live gaming machines and live entertainment at its hotel. On August 2, 2016, the hotel made an application to the GGA for its Casino Operators and Casino Premises Licenses, and also paid $9M as an application fee. The hotel stated that on November 3, 2016, it received a letter from the GGA informing that the companys application for the licences has been refused. It added that on or about April 5, 2017, it made new applications for the licenses and specifically addressed the alleged deficiencies that were identified by the GGA in its later dated November 3, 2016. According to the company, with its new application, it was required to pay another processing fee of $9,000,000 as required under the Gambling Prevention (Establishment of Gaming Authority) Regulations. GGA, the hotel

caring society for all Guyanese. Part Two is titled, “Toward a Just and Caring Society: Imagining Guyana in 2045. The diverse panelists of alumni from Queen’s College and other esteemed institutions include Dr. Clive Thomas, Dr. Paloma Mohamed Martin, Ralph Bazilio, Grace Ali, Lawrence Lachmansingh, Patricia Bacchus, Elson Low, Dr. Anna Perreira, Kesaundra Alves and Michella Abraham-Ali. The moderator for both evenings will be Enrico Woolford. Planned as part of the week-long celebration of the 175th anniversary of the founding of Queen’s College, the event got its start when two groups of Queen’s College women, independently, began thinking about contributing in a meaningful way to the festivities and to the Guyanese community at large. One group of women had previously hosted the first annual student conference at Queen’s College in 2014 and in celebration of 40 years of coeducation at the school. They wanted to return for the 175th anniversary observances with a program that celebrates the school’s tradition of public service and civic engagement. The second group of women was among the initial young girls sent over from Bishop’s High School to Queen’s College in 1975 as part of the country’s effort to integrate the single-gendered

schools. The friendship among these pioneering women and their love of Queen’s College and Guyana never waned. The two groups came together and what emerged almost immediately was their shared interest in opening a dialogue among caring Guyanese. Dr. Shondel Nero, the school’s first deputy head girl and now language education professor at New York University, said, “We want to explore ways in which we can all thrive while working together to create the future we want for our home.” And so, the idea of A Conversation with Guyana was born. Joining Dr. Nero are Grace Ali, curator and assistant professor at New York University; Sonia Bacchus, attorney in Washington, DC; Dr Jennifer Joe, accounting professor at the University of Delaware; Saran Nurse, entrepreneur and doctoral candidate in management and urban policy at the New School, NY; Ede Tyrell, lecturer at the University of Guyana; and Karen Wharton, engineer and grassroots organizer. Together, they represent women who attended the school for its first twenty years of coeducation. Sponsoring the event is Metallica Commodities Corp, a New York-based company with a subsidiary in Guyana. Queen’s College was established in 1844 as a Grammar School for boys. The school was founded by

Bishop William Austin who became the first Principal. The school began with a population of 15 students and two tutors. Over the years, Queen’s College has produced many successful Guyanese during its outstanding history. Among the activities being planned for the 175th anniversary celebrations are two cultural events. The first, scheduled for 6:00 pm on Wednesday, October 30, is a piano recital by the international acclaimed concert pianist Dr. Ray Luck at the National Cultural Center. The second, a Thank You, QC Concert and Cultural Evening, is scheduled for Friday, November 1 from 8:00 pm at the National Cultural Center. “Thank You, QC” is an original work—a musical— written and directed by Subraj Akash Singh. The production features the Reunion Band whose members include Derry Etkins, Hilton Hemerding, David McAlmont, Courtney Noel, Andy Ninvalle and Eton Wilson. These cultural events and “A Conversation with Guyana” are open to the public. For more information, interested persons can contact the Chairman of the Board of Governors of Queen’s College, Alfred Granger, at qchorse@gmail.com. To register for A Conversation with Guyana, they can visit https:/ /gyconvos.eventbrite.com. Seats will be issued on a firstcome, first-served basis.

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said, wrote to it on August 3, 2017 informing that the companys application were under “under active consideration” and requested that additional documents be submitted to aid in the process. Among other things, Attorney Anil Nandall, representing the hotel, argues that to date, despite the passage of over one and a half years since the submission of all of the requisite documents and materials, the hotel has not been granted a Casino Operators Licence or a Casino Premises Licence. In the consequence of the delay, Nandlall wrote to the GGAs Chairman Roysdale Forde, enquiring of the reason for the delay. The FDA pointed out that Forde informed the lawyer that the GGA is awaiting the completion of certain investigations being conducted by the Guyana Police Force in respect of the hotel and its principals. But Nandall highlighted that neither the hotel nor its principals has ever been contacted by the police in rela-

Proprietor of SleepIn International Hotel and Casino, Clifton Bacchus tion to any investigation being conducted on its operations. To clarify the issue, the hotel said that its lawyer wrote to the Commissioner of Police, Crime Chief, Commander of A Division, the Minister of the National Security and the Chief Executive Officer of the GGA inquiring about the (Continued on page 29)

From page 27 the one who paid for the rooms which were to be occupied for three days. She recalled that on January 18, 2013 around 13:00hrs King asked her to go the Lethem Post Office and collect some money for him because at time he did not walk with his identification card. She said she collected $20,000 on his behalf. She added that the last time she saw the five persons was on the said day around 17:00hrs; but upon checking around 19:00hrs, she realised that they had left the premises. On Monday, an employee of the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) told the court that during January 2013, she was stationed at the Lethem Police Station. She recounted that on January 19, 2013 around 06:55am, a staffer of the post office came at her home and told her something after which she immediately contacted 911. According to her, she then went down to the Lethem Police Station where she saw police ranks conducting investigations.Austin said that she entered her office with a staffer, after the police wrapped up their work and informed her that the post

office had been broken into. She said that upon entering her office, she discovered mail scattered all over the floor and that there were two safes which stored money and other valuables. She recounted that one of the safes contained $1,000 notes, while the other contained $500, $100 and $20 notes, stamps, a cellular phone and 41 $500 GTT landline phone cards. Austin added that when she left work for home on January 18, 2013, a total of $4.6M was in the two safes. The monies were missing when she returned the following day. Asked by Prosecutor Gibbs to explain how the safes are secured, Austin said that a master key, an iron bar and a padlock were used to lock both of the safes. She also recounted that prior to the robbery, Kissoon had visited the post office to uplift a money order for $20,000, but was unable to do so as he had no form of identification.Also testifying was Police Corporal Detective Delon Melville, the Subordinate Officer in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the Port Kaituma Police Station. In his evidence, Corporal Melville

told the court that during January 2013, he was stationed at the Lethem Police Station and attached to the General Duties Section. According to the police witness, on January 19, 2013 around 05:58am, a report was made to the station about an alleged robbery at the office of Lethem Regional Democratic Council (RDC) in which the post office was housed. As a result of the report, Corporal Melville said that he and a party of policemen went to the scene where they were instructed to take an injured man to the hospital.The police witness said that he went back to the scene after which he visited the home of a man and arrested him after receiving information that he was involved in a robbery. That man, Corporal Melville related, was never charged in relation to the robbery. John Friday’s sister also testified. The woman who has been an employee with the GPOC for 33 years recounted that on January 21, 2013, she witnessed a post mortem examination being conducted on the remains of her brother who was buried the next day.This trial is continuing before Justice Sandil Kissoon.

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Exxon, New York prosecutors face off in climate change fraud trial (Reuters) - A lawyer for New York’s attorney general on Tuesday told a state judge that Exxon Mobil Corp used two sets of books to hide the true cost of climate change regulations from investors, while an attorney for the oil major assailed the claims as politically motivated. The lawyers’ opening statements kicked off a longawaited trial in a civil lawsuit filed by the attorney general last year accusing Exxon of defrauding investors out of up to $1.6 billion. The trial, expected to last up to three weeks, will take place before Justice Barry Ostrager in Manhattan Supreme Court without a jury and could feature testimony from Rex Tillerson, who served as Exxon chief executive officer and U.S. Secretary of State.It is the first of several lawsuits currently pending against major oil companies related to climate change

to go to trial.The attorney general sued Exxon in October 2018 under the Martin Act, a New York state law that had been used primarily to go after financial fraud. The lawsuit claimed Exxon falsely told investors it had properly evaluated the impact of future climate regulations on its business using a “proxy cost” of up to $80 per ton of carbon emissions, but internally used figures as low as $40 per ton or none at all. “Exxon only ever told its investors about a single set

of assumptions,” Kevin Wallace, Acting Bureau Chief of the New York Attorney General’s Investor Protection Bureau, told Ostrager Tuesday.“What we are saying, and the law demands, is that Exxon not mislead its investors,” he said.Theodore Wells, a lawyer for Exxon, said that after Tillerson became chief executive in 2006, the company put in place a “robust system” to manage the risk of increasing climate change. He said the $80 per ton

SleepIn Hotel asks court to order Gaming ... From page 28 investigations. To date, there has been no response to the letter, the FDA points out. The hotel says that its agents have made numerous visits to GGA to inquire of the status of the application, but on each occasions staffers were unable to offer an explanation or a status report on the applications. Nandlall contends that the GGA has a duty to issue the licenses to

successful applicants in accordance with Section 29 of the Gambling Prevention Act, Chapter 9:02.In the circumstances, the lawyer maintains that the delay of more than one and a half years since the submission of all of the requisite documents and materials by the hotel to accompany its applications for a Casino Operators Licence and a Casino Premises Licence is unreasonable, as it

has satisfied all the legal requirements to be issued with same.Nandlall is therefore asking the court to issue an Order or Writ of Mandamus directing the GGA to process, consider and determine the hotels application for the aforesaid licences. This FDA comes up for hearing on Wednesday, November 13, before Justice Fidela Corbin-Lincoln at the High Court in Demerara.

Attempted murder charge upgraded ... From page 7 was read to him by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates Courts.Perreira was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge which stated that on October 10, 2019, at North Sophia, Georgetown he murdered Olivia DeFreitas. When the unrepresented man was informed that DeFreitas has passed away, he stood in the prisoners dock in disbelief. Police prosecutor Neville Jeffers told the court that the file is incompleted since some statements are outstanding. The defendant was

further remanded by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and the matter was adjourned to October 31, 2019.According to information, Perreira and his girlfriend, De Freitas, were at their home when they got into an argument. Perreira reportedly threw a mixture of gasoline and kerosene on his partner and then set her alight. Neighbours, alerted by the womans screams, allegedly apprehended her attacker until the police arrived. De Freitas was admitted to the GPHC and later succumbed to the injuries.

Accused in Kaieteur News grenade... From page 13 The court heard that when the door was opened and the police gained access to the bedroom, a parcel containing leaves, seeds and stems was found.The woman was then cautioned and when the allegation was put to her, she allegedly claimed ownership of the substance. She reportedly told the police that she usually boils it and uses it as medicine. The defendant was granted bail in the sum of $60,000, by Principal Magistrate McGusty and the matter was adjourned to November 6, 2019.Devon Williams, 32; and Roderick Thomas, 27 are currently in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Issacs-Marcus for the execution killing of taxi driver Kelvin Walters. Walters, a taxi driver, was the key witness in the Kaieteur News grenade attack case.Walters, 38, was gunned down by two men on a CG motorcycle around 19:30 hrs on January 22, 2019, while driving south along the eastern carriageway of the East Bank Demerara Public Road.Police said that he was in the vicinity of Two Brothers Service Station when two men on a motorcycle turned in front of his vehicle.The pillion rider then whipped

out a handgun and shot Walters in his face. Although wounded, Walters struck down the suspects who fled the scene on foot, leaving their motorcycle and a 9mm Taurus pistol, with 14 rounds, at the scene. “Both suffered injuries consistent with that of a motor vehicle accident,” police said. CCTV footage showed one of the gunmen hopping north along the East Bank Demerara Public Road.Walters was rushed to the GPHC where he was pronounced dead on arrival.Testifying in the October 2016 preliminary inquiry into the grenade throwing incident outside Kaieteur News, Walters had stated that he had seen the accused, Alfie Garraway; give a live grenade to Shemar Wilson, who is still wanted for the June 4, attack.Walters had testified that Garraway had stated that the explosive device was to be thrown at the publisher’s Lexus Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).Alfie Garraway, and Leroy Williams, 25, of 11 D’Urban Backlands, are accused of conspiring together with other persons to cause an explosion by way of grenade, likely to endanger lives and cause damage to property. Williams remains on remand.

proxy cost represented a “global,” “macro level” assessment of the cost, while lower figures, known as greenhouse gas or GHG costs, were used for particular capital projects. “There is no document that says...proxy costs and GHG costs were one and the same,” he said. Wells also accused former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of bringing the case for political reasons. “They didn’t stay in their lane of objectivity and fair-

ness,” he said.Massachusetts is separately investigating whether Exxon concealed its knowledge of the role fossil fuels play in climate change. Both Massachusetts and New York began investigating Exxon after news reports in 2015 saying company scientists had determined that fossil fuel combustion must be reduced to mitigate the impact of climate change. Those reports, by InsideClimate News and the

Los Angeles Times, were based on documents from the 1970s and 1980s. Exxon said the documents were not inconsistent with its public positions.Exxon and other oil companies including BP Plc, Chevron Corp and Royal Dutch Shell face lawsuits by cities and counties across the United States seeking funds to pay for seawalls and other infrastructure to guard against rising sea levels brought on by climate change.

House-to-House data to be published from tomorrow (From page 19) the attention of GECOM because they failed to uplift their ID cards. Corbin had told Kaieteur News that GECOM made at least two separate attempts at different times in different years to find these persons, but was unsuccessful. He had said that those efforts did not substantially reduce the number of persons on that list. This time around, the proposal is for the Commission to follow the specific procedures laid out in the National Registration Act pursuant to the cancellation of their registration.Commissioner Vincent Alexander told reporters after the meeting: “We are using the ID card issue to determine the presence of our voters, their presence, their existence. The issue is not the ID card; the issue is that these

persons, since 2008 and beyond, have not in any way presented themselves to be known, to be alive, to be existing, to be resident...”Kaieteur News understands that the Commission did not vote on these matters last week, due to the absence of Commissioner Sase Gunraj. This time around, a vote was prevented by the absence of Commissioner Vincent Alexander. The Commission hopes to meet again before the week is out, but it isn’t likely that all Commissioners will be present.This week, the Commissioners only repeated their views on these issues and there appears to be no consensus. They have until November 11, 2019 to conclude that process. Corbin said that the Chairman may have to weigh in with a definitive position before time runs out.

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Engineer Estimates GRA Warehouse at $379.1M The Guyana Revenue is scheduled to get a warehouse that will be constructed in three phases in the near future. The engineers estimate the project to cost $379,372,040. The project appears to indeed be a costly one as the bid prices ranged from $309M to $403M. In addition, the University of Guyana is to have Rehabilitation of Sewerage Treatment Plant, Pump Station and Distribution Network done. This is projected to cost $244,173,315. Other notable projects were the Ministry of Communities, Construction of Maternity Waiting Home at Moruca, Kumaka District Hospital Compound Barima Waini Region One and the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation, Procurement of CCTVIP Cameras amongst others. Guyana Revenue Authority Construction of Warehouse Building Phase 1-3

- UG Sewerage System Rehab to Cost $244.1M Guyana Energy Agency Supply, Installing, testing and Commissioning of 500k VA Transformer at Mabaruma Solar Farm

Ministry of Communities Construction of Anaraputa NDC Building, Anaraputa NDC Compound, Upper Takatu, Upper Essequibo Region

Ministry of Public Security Procurement of Uniform Materials Lots 1-4 Guyana Police Force Ministry of Education Rehabilitation of Sewerage Treatment Plant, Pump Station and Distribution Network at the University of Guyana

Ministry of Communities Construction of Maternity Waiting Home at Moruca, Kumaka District Hospital Compound Barima Waini Region 1 Procurement of Drugs and Medical Supplies Guyana Fire Service

Environmental Protection Agency Procurement of New Vehicles for the Environmental Protection Agency

Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation Procurement of CCTVIP Cameras

Ministry of Business Drainage Improvement Works Belvedere Industrial Estate Region 6

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Tennis: Fritz ousts Zverev in first round, Tsitsipas advances in Basel Reuters - American Taylor Fritz notched up his fourth top 10 win of the year when he upset German second seed Alexander Zverev 7-6(7) 6-4 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors championship in Basel, yesterday. Fritz fired 14 aces, won 85% of his first service points and needed to convert only one break point in the second set to dispatch the German in straight sets. “I played really solid, so it feels good to get that (win) instead of him getting me for the third time in a row,” Fritz said. “I got out there today and the sliders were working well.” Despite trailing 4-0 in the opening set tiebreak, Fritz

managed to fight back and the two traded set points before the unseeded American unleashed a forehand and an ace to take the set. Zverev failed to convert two break points and Fritz broke early in the second set at 1-1 before serving out the match, booking his place in the second round where he will face Australian wildcard Alex de Minaur. Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was made to toil hard, particularly in the second set, for his 6-3 7-6(6) victory over Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the first round. Break points were in short supply but the Greek 21year-old managed to break

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his opponent twice in the encounter while winning a commanding 89% of his first service points to advance.

Wednesday October 23, 2019 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) Success in a creative field and possible public acknowledgment could come your way. Close friends and romantic partners will be very happy for you and might even throw a little celebration of some kind.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) A group with which you've been involved could receive recognition for good work that you may have spearheaded. Or a friend could receive some sort of public acknowledgment that reflects on you.

TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20) Good news about career success may have your home in an uproar. Visitors, particularly men and young people, could be in and out all day, and warm and loving calls could come periodically.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) The current aspects indicate success. This might relate to your romantic life or to a creative project that you've been working on for a long time.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Celebrating coming milestones could have you running around paying visits, shopping, or consulting with others.

SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21) Today might mark a milestone for you in the form of public recognition. Your clear, quick thinking and powers of observation have impressed others, and you could reap the benefits of your hard work.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) You're swamped with paperwork regarding financial affairs. Bills need to be paid and checks deposited. There may also be a legal paper of some kind to deal with.

CAPRI(Dec.22–Jan.19) A letter or phone call concerning potential positive changes in your financial situation could have your mind buzzing over possibilities for the future.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) Have you been thinking about working toward a career as a writer or teacher? If so, this is the day to start. Perhaps you need to sit down and start writing, or you want to take some courses to improve your skills.

AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) Someone that you don't really know well may corner you at a social occasion and try to talk you into something. Get all the facts before you commit to anything. Your persuasive powers are high.

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Being around others should be especially gratifying for you today. Most people should be friendly, and you'll enjoy their company. The downside is that your psychic faculties are acute.

PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) Your writing and speaking abilities are operating at a high level today. If you've been thinking about pursuing either of these avenues, starting now gives you an advantage toward attaining success.

Ramos-Vinolas saved two match points in the second set tiebreak but Tsitsipas played a patient game to force the Spaniard into making an error before wrapping up the tie. “I knew it was going to be a difficult battle out there,” Tsitsipas said. “He fought hard and gave me a hard time. But I’m satisfied and happy that this match didn’t go longer or to three sets.” American Reilly Opelka won two tiebreaks to prevail in an intriguing battle with Chile’s Cristian Garin where neither player dropped serve, with both winning more than 90% of their first service points. Opelka, who won 51 of 52 first service points, fired 27 aces to eventually win 7-6(5) 7-6(10), setting up a clash with either Belgian sixth seed David Goffin or Croatia’s Marin Cilic.

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Mercedes play down chances as Hamilton seeks sixth title BBCsport - Mercedes say they are expecting a difficult time at this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton seeks to tie up the drivers’ title. Hamilton will secure a sixth world championship if he outscores team-mate Valtteri Bottas by at least 14 points. But that task will be made harder by the fact Mercedes do not expect the Mexico City track to suit their car. “The four remaining races are not going to be easy and we expect Mexico to be the most difficult,” said Toto Wolff. The Mercedes team boss added: “The high altitude of the track brings some fairly unusual challenges as the low air density affects the downforce of the car, the cooling and the engine performance. “It’s a combination that

Lewis Hamilton is looking to secure the world drivers’ title in Mexico for the third successive year. doesn’t particularly suit our car, but we will give it everything to try and limit the damage.” Mercedes sealed their sixth consecutive constructors’ championship at the last race in Japan and, because Hamilton can now be caught only by Bottas, they

Clippers vs. Lakers preview TalkBasket.Net - The Los Angeles Clippers are going for their ninth straight winning season, while the Los Angeles Lakers are looking to snap a six-year playoff drought when they open the season against one another. The Clippers and Lakers each have high expectations with their new star-studded duos of Kawhi Leonard/Paul George and LeBron James/ Anthony Davis respectively. This highly-anticipated matchup is the second most expensive game on the market this year with an average cost of $387 on Vivid Seats. The most expensive game this year is the Clippers and Lakers on Christmas day with an average price of $701 on Vivid Seats. The Christmas Day matchup is also the second most expensive game since 2013, only behind the Jazz at Lakers in 2016, Kobe Bryant’s final game ($952) as seen in the chart below. In the two teams’ 34 years together in L.A., neither team has ever been a top-four seed in the Western Conference in the same playoffs. They’ve also never played each other in a playoff series. Both teams are trying to change that narrative this season. Both teams are also missing key players for the

opening night showdown, as the Clippers are without George, while the Lakers are without Kyle Kuzma. George will miss at least the first 10 games of the season as he recovers from offseason shoulder surgery, according to head coach Doc Rivers. Kuzma will miss at least the season opener, as he recovers from a stress reaction in his left foot, according to head coach Frank Vogel. The Clippers have a reliable second unit around Leonard and George that features 3x NBA Sixth Man of the Year Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell. The Lakers also have some reliable players around James and Davis including three-and-d players Danny Green and Avery Bradley. Newly-acquired Dwight Howard will get the opportunity to play for a potential contender and the combination of him and Davis will provide plenty of highlights around the rim with James. The projected starting lineups: Clippers – Patrick Beverley, Landry Shamet, Kawhi Leonard, JaMychal Green, Ivica Zubac. Lakers – Avery Bradley, Danny Green, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, JaVale McGee.

set a record of six consecutive championship doubles. Hamilton has clinched his last two titles in Mexico but says he does not expect to be able to repeat the feat this year. He is expecting the weekend to be dominated by Ferrari, whose straight-line speed advantage allied to improvements to their car has meant they have set pole

position for the last five races, have won three of them and lost the other two only because of errors or bad luck. Hamilton said after the Japanese Grand Prix: “Mexico is generally our worst race of the year because of the way our car is set up and it’s going to be a tough one for us. The last few have been pretty shocking, even though we’ve won the title there. “I’m hoping for a better weekend but I think it’s going to be very hard to beat the Ferraris with those long straights. “We have no hope of getting by on those straights, that’s for sure, but even if you look at the others, the McLarens are picking up some serious speeds on the straights, so are the Red Bulls so I think it will be a tricky one. “I don’t anticipate it will be Mexico. I think we will be battling for a good few races.”

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto said: “After two races in which we could have done better, we arrive in Mexico determined to win. We will be aiming for our sixth consecutive pole, before looking to convert that into victory.” Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel, who took pole position in Japan before making a mistake at the start and losing the lead, said: “Racing at altitude has an impact on how the car feels. We are racing with maximum downforce level in terms of car set-up, but, since we are racing so high above sea level, the air is very thin and the cars actually produce very little downforce. “On the long straight, I think we see the fastest top speeds of the season, which makes it difficult to manage the corners, because we’ve got so little downforce physically on the car. “The car

is moving around a lot and it’s difficult to get the tyres to work, in fact it’s hard to get the whole car to work and to get the right feel from it. It’s a relatively short lap but not an easy one. “Over the past couple of years, we have been on an upward trend in Mexico, although Red Bull has been the team to beat. But I think the gaps between us are getting smaller, so let’s see how we get on this year.” How can Hamilton win the title in Mexico? If he wins with fastest lap and Bottas is lower than third; If he wins without fastest lap and Bottas is lower than fourth; If he is second with Bottas lower than seventh, regardless of whether either sets fastest lap; If he is third with fastest lap and Bottas is lower than eighth; If he is third without fastest lap and Bottas is lower than ninth.

Bangladesh Cricket Board calls players’ strike a ‘conspiracy’ BBCsport The Bangladesh Cricket Board has accused players of a “conspiracy” to destabilise cricket in the country by going on strike. Leading players, including Test captain Shakib Al Hasan, announced on Monday they will not take part in any cricket activity until 11 demands are met. They are calling for better pay, improved facilities and changes to domestic one-day tournaments. The BCB criticised the players after an emergency directors meeting yesterday. “If they don’t want to play, they won’t,” said BCB president Nazmul Hassan. “What will you gain if you don’t play? I don’t understand why you have to stop playing for the demands.” Bangladesh’s two-match Test tour of India in November is under threat if the dispute cannot be solved in time. The strike action also includes the ongoing National Cricket League firstclass tournament, with the next round of matches due to start tomorrow. “When the demands are met, normal service will resume,” said star all-rounder Shakib, who is also Bangladesh Twenty20 captain. “All of us want cricket to improve. Some of us will play for another 10 years, some for four-five years, but we want to create a good environment for the players who will come after us, so Bangladesh

Bangladesh Test and T20 captain Shakib Al Hasan (centre) announced the strike at a news conference on Monday. cricket can move forward.” Hassan said “the doors are open” for discussions between the players and the board but claimed that players were not responding. “This is shocking - I can’t even imagine that our players can do something like this,” added Hassan. “We’ll find who is behind this conspiracy.” The players are demanding the salaries in first-class cricket are raised to 100,000 Bangladeshi Taka (£912) per match - an increase of about 300%. They also want the BCB to increase the salaries of groundsmen, local coaches, umpires, physios and trainers as well as investing more money to improve grounds, indoor nets, gyms and equipment throughout the country. The demands include several proposed changes to domestic competitions, with

the players wanting the Twenty20 Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) to return to a franchise-based model and the 50-over Dhaka Premier League (DPL) to allow players to choose their team and negotiate salaries again. The group also want the leadership of the Cricketers’ Welfare Association to step down, with players permitted to vote to elect the next committee. The international players’ union Fica released a statement on Tuesday in support of the striking players. “Fica commends the players in Bangladesh for their unity and for taking a stand together in order to secure fair conditions applicable to them as professional cricketers,” said executive chairman Tony Irish. “This has happened

despite the challenging environment for players to collectivise in Bangladesh and it is a clear indication of the need for change in the way players are treated in what we regard as an important cricket country.” Shakib also raised the issue of corruption at lower levels of cricket in the country. The BPL was suspended in 2014 after an investigation into matchfixing in the tournament, which led to administrators and players, including former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful, being banned. “The players sometimes get to know about the result of the match even before stepping onto the field,” he said. “This is really disappointing and needs to be fixed because it concerns the career of a player.”

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India v South Africa FIFA Forward: New Technical Centre ready to allow more than 1000 Hosts wrap up series whitewash kids to enjoy football in Honduras with dominant third Test win The new FENAFUTH youth football stadium, financed by the FIFA Forward Development Programme.

The horizon looks bright for the future of football in Tegucigalpa, the mountainous Honduran capital of 1.2 million inhabitants, where players are now able to enjoy training at a brand new youth football stadium, financed by the FIFA Forward Development Programme. The new facility will allow them to enjoy football in the best conditions, bringing more quality of play in a country where football is more than just a game. Adjacent to the stadium of Birichiche in Tegucigalpa, the new facility will be managed by the National Autonomous Federation of Football in Honduras (FENAFUTH). The purpose behind the new infrastructure is to allow U-8, U-10 and U-12 leagues to play their championships on a regular basis at a sporting complex dedicated to youth football. The FENAFUTH aims to organise championships, events and tournaments to promote grassroots and youth football in the country.

More than 700 matches will be played in the Estadio Infantil FENAFUTH yearly and more than 1000 kids will profit from football and its benefits for their personal and sporting development. The Estadio Infantil FENAFUTH includes seats for 164 spectators who will be able to enjoy football in the best conditions – including at night or when it rains. A roof and accessibility ramps are also part of this technical centre that will allow clubs, supporters and players to live the football experience at its fullest: dressing rooms, floodlights, medical room, administrative offices, public toilets and parking slots are all part of this Estadio Infantil. Last week, the new 7-aside artificial pitch funded with the support of the FIFA Forward Programme, was officially inaugurated in the Honduran capital in the presence of FIFA’s Jair Bertoni, MA Director for the Americas and Jose Rodriguez, Development Manager along with representatives of the

FENAFUTH and the government. The leading project promoters, who were attending the ceremony, were all delighted to witness the conclusion of many years of commitment emerging from the ground. The inauguration of the facility crystallises the strong commitment of FIFA and FENAFUTH to provide stadiums and quality pitches in the Central American country. The new technical centre is also expected to bring more young players into the game, creating the perfect environment to identify the talents of tomorrow. Having not only a social purpose, the new installation is expected to bring more quality on the pitch by creating optimal and safer conditions for all players. This will undoubtedly boost children’s performances and guarantee ideal training settings, generating results and allowing the beneficiaries to keep enjoying their favourite sport.

Jordan: Curry not a Hall of Famer yet Reuters - Michael Jordan isn’t ready to put Steph Curry in the Hall of Fame. Curry, a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player and threetime NBA champion, has averaged 23.5 points, 6.6 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game with the Golden State Warriors. Jordan, a five-time MVP who won six titles with the Chicago Bulls, appeared on “Today” and refused to walk back comments in 2013 that he would be unbeatable in a pickup game and offered a list of players he felt would help him be impossible to beat.

Michael Jordan

Steph Curry

Jordan said Hakeem Olajuwon, Magic Johnson, Scottie Pippen and James Worthy were the only names on that list. “So, Steph Curry

shouldn’t be offended when he watches this,” Jordan was asked. “I hope not. He’s still a great player. Not a Hall of Famer yet though,” Jordan said. “He’s not.”

Shahbaz Nadeem celebrates a wicket BCCI BBCsport - India took the final two South Africa wickets in consecutive balls to win the third Test by an innings and 202 runs and secure a 3-0 series whitewash. The Proteas added only one run to their overnight total and survived just two overs on day four in Ranchi before falling to 133 all out. Debutant spinner Shahbaz Nadeem removed Theunis de Bruyn and Lungi Ngidi with the final two balls of his first over. India secured a record 11th straight home Test win in the second Test. World number one Test side India have also extended their lead at the top of the ICC World Test Championship, having won all five of their matches across two series to claim the maximum 240 points. New Zealand and Sri Lanka are next on 60 points.

“We believe we can win anywhere,” said India captain Virat Kohli, whose side’s last Test series defeat was in England last year. We’ve wanted to be the best team in Test cricket, and as long as we compete, things will work out well for us.” De Bruyn, playing as a concussion substitute for Dean Elgar who withdrew from the Test after being hit by a bouncer on day three, made 30 before he edged slow left-armer Nadeem behind to wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha. Ngidi then fell for a remarkable first-ball duck, his shot rebounding up off teammate Anrich Nortje at the nonstriker’s end to allow Nadeem to complete the caught and bowled chance. The visitors struggled with the bat throughout the series after making 431 in the first innings

of the first Test, with 133 their lowest score of the series. “Every Test, we made more mistakes,” said South Africa captain Faf du Plessis. But we have to give credit to the Indian team - they were ruthless and they were better than us in every department.” Rohit Sharma, in his first run as an opener in Tests, was named man of the series after scoring 529 runs at an average of 132.25, including a maiden Test double century in Ranchi. India are set to host Bangladesh in two Tests next month, while South Africa’s next Test series will be when they host England for four matches in December and January. India 497-9 dec (Rohit 212, Rahane 112), South Africa 162 (Hamza 62, Yadav 3-40) & 133 (Shami 3-10). India won by an innings and 202 runs.

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GCB donate gear to East Ruimveldt Community Enhancement Committee

GCB Assistant Administrator, Selena Bacchus (2nd left), presenting the cricket gear to representatives of the ERCEC. In efforts to promote and contribute to cricket development in Guyana, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) continued its collaborative growth initiative by donating cricket gear to the East Ruimveldt Community Enhancement Committee (ERCEC). ERCEC members expressed pleasure that the GCB saw it fit to donate the gear indicating that it will go a far way in helping to introduce and develop the skills of the players. A committee member stated that as it relates to cricket, the objectives of the

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East Ruimveldt Community Enhancement Committee were likely to be aligned with the GCB, since their committee possesses plans and designed programmes that once implemented effectively, will ensure that young children become involved in the sport; are kept motivated in the same, and are able to grasp crucial fundamentals relating to the game – basis laws, techniques, discipline and accountability, fair-play and unity. Selena Bacchus, Assistant Administrator of the GCB, commended the

ERCEC for taking steps to ensure that cricket is played in their community and at their ground. Bacchus posited that the nursery of cricket is created here, from the communities and from the schools. On this basis, the GCB is proud to make this timely contribution, which we believe will assist this committee in their endeavors, as you grow from strength to strength. The presentation was made on Saturday last and coincided with the committee’s Community Sports Day and Mini Expo.

National Schools’ C/Ship set for November 17-21

Defending champions, District 10 after winning the 17th Overall championship last year at the NTFC, Leonora. The Ministry of Education (MoE) in collaboration with the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) will host the 59th National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track & Field Championships from November 17-21 at various venues in Regions #3 and #4. The swimming championship will be held at the National Aquatic Center in Lilliendaal while the cycling championship will be at its usual venue; the National Park, with the anticipated Track & Field competition set for the National Track & Field Center (NTFC), Leonora, West Coast Demerara. District 10 (Upper

Sports Hall confirmed for Junior Indoor Hockey Tourney

Saints forward Charlia Webb should be one of the stars of the U-21 Division.

Young hockey players will now be able to erase any doubt in their minds as to where the 2019 edition of the Junior Indoor Hockey Championship will be contested after the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB), through its President, Philip Fernandes, confirmed to Kaieteur Sport that instead of the National Gymnasium on Mandela & Princes Street, this year’s competition will be contested at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) on Homestretch Avenue. The sixth annual edition of the competition will bully off on November 6 and conclude on Sunday November 10. Clubs will be competing in the Under-10 and Under-13 Mixed; Under-16 and Under-21 Boys’ & Girls’ Division with the participation of school teams as well.

Demerara/Kwakwani) are the four-time (consecutive) defending champions but with many of their champion athletes having finished school and their major rivals, District 11 (North Georgetown), which is the second most successful zone in the Championships, will be looking to regain the title they lost in 2014. South Georgetown will be a force to reckon with after tying overall with North Georgetown for second with 54 points, last year. Although District 10 finished with a

superior 66 points, they only won the popular Track & Field aspect of the championship but turned in reasonable performances in the other disciplines. North Georgetown took top honours in the swimming competition while Corentyne (District 6) triumphed in the cycling. South Georgetown had no match in the Teachers’ championship. District 10 is the most successful zone in the history of the National Schools’ championships with 17 overall titles out of the 58 editions of the competition.

New season serves up international NBA smorgasbord Reuters - For the sixth consecutive season opening night rosters will feature at least 100 international players including the likes of Greek MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and Australian Ben Simmons but Canada leads the way with 16, the NBA said yesterday. In total there will be 108 internationals from 38 countries and territories sprinkled across 30 teams when action tips off today. The Toronto Raptors open the defence of their title against the New Orleans Pelicans and there is a Los Angeles derby with the Lakers facing the Clippers. The 108 foreign players are down from the record of 113 from 42 countries set at the start of the 2016 and 2017 seasons but the 16 Canadians represent the most players from a non-U.S. country ever on openingnight rosters. Canada is followed by Australia with nine, France eight and Croatia seven. The Dallas Mavericks are the NBA’s most cosmopolitan team with

Giannis Antetokounmpo. Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports a league high seven international players, followed by the Phoenix Suns and Philadelphia 76ers with six. Opening nights could produce a couple of milestones with the Atlanta Hawks Bruno Fernando seeking to become the first player from Angola to play in an NBA game. Washington Wizards’ Rui Hachimura and Memphis Grizzlies’ Yuta Watanabe will look to become the first two Japanese players to play in the NBA during the same season.

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Carter to lead Pride, Mayers returns Bridgetown, Barbados, CMC – West Indies lefthander Jonathan Carter has been named to lead Barbados Pride in the upcoming Regional Super50, in a 14-man squad that sees the return of all-rounder Kyle Mayers for the first time in seven years. Mayers, 27, last turned out for his native Barbados seven years ago, having spent the last several seasons representing Windward Islands Volcanoes. A lively right-arm seamer and lefthanded batsman, Mayers

played a key role in Volcanoes’ championship success in early 2018 when he snatched 14 wickets and averaged 34 with the bat. However, he played just three matches in the last Super50 later that year when Volcanoes failed to reach the semi-finals. Carter, meanwhile, has taken over leadership of the unit in the absence of the West Indies senior players who are set to leave the Caribbean later this month for limited overs series against Afghanistan and India.

The 31-year-old lefthander is the most experienced player in an otherwise inexperienced squad, having played 117 List A matches and is just one three players to have represented West Indies. He was the leading rungetter in the last Super50 with 351 runs at an average of 50, even though Pride missed out on a place in the semi-finals. Carter will be joined by off-spinner Ashley Nurse and fast bowler Miguel Cummins, both of whom boast

international experience. Squad – Jonathan Carter (captain), Joshua Bishop, Leniko Boucher, Miguel Cummins, Chemar Holder, Nicholas Kirton, Kyle Mayers, Zachary McCaskie, Ashley Nurse, Kjorn Ottley, Roshon Primus, Javon Searles, Shamar Springer, Tevyn Walcott.

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BCB/New York Business Group U19 T20

Brilliant Anderson spearheads RHT Pepsi to championship trophy One day after surrendering their 50 overs title to Albion, the Rose Hall Town Pepsi Under-19 team bounced back to capture the T20 version of the BCB/New York U19 tournament.

Strengthened by the addition of Kevlon Anderson, Junior Sinclair, Mahendra Gopilall and Jonathan Rampersaud, Rose Hall Town Pepsi held their nerves to defeat Albion by 18 runs on the back of a

majestic 80 from West Indies U19 middle order batsman Kevlon Anderson despite a fighting 52 not out from Albion Captain, Reyad Karim. Albion’s team was also strengthened for the final

with the addition of GCB Franchise players Gourav Ramesh and Kevin Umroa. The final was played under lights and watched by a large and colourful crowd which included the sponsors, New York Business Group. Rose Hall Town Pepsi won the toss and elected to bat first. They suffered a big loss when national player Junior Sinclair was given out, stumped off Gourav Ramesh for 05 in the first over. Anderson batting at the crucial No. 3 position joined Mahendra Gopilall to add 30 for the 2nd wicket before Gopilall was caught off the bowling of Leon Cecil for 11. Anderson went on to strike seven sweetly timed boundaries in his 80 and received vital support from Kevin Sewraj (10), Tyrese Sealey (11) and Nicholas Lawson 09 not out. Beesham Surujnarine and Gourav Ramesh took 3 for 27 and 3 for 29 respectively for Albion as RHT Pepsi ended on 131 for 7. Anderson returned with the ball to

dismiss pinch hitter Kevin Umroa for naught off the second legal ball of the innings. Jetendra Outar and Reyad Karimtook took the score to 46 for 1 in the fourth over as Karim took 25 runs from an over from off-spinner Tyrese Sealey. Junior Sinclair then dismissed Outar for 09 and fellow off-spinner Jonathan Rampersaud then trapped national U17 batsman Sarwan Chaitnarine LBW for 07 as Albion slipped to 54 for 3. Karim struck six boundaries in his top score of 52 but apart from Antonio February’s 16 and Surendra Ramcharitar 18, none of the other batsmen reached double figures as they were bowled out for 113 off the final ball of the innings. Kevlon Anderson took 2 for 19 (4 overs), Left arm spinner Jeremy Sandia 3 for 3 (2 overs) and Junior Sinclair 3 for 12. Earlier in the day, Albion defeated Rose Hall Canje in the semifinals while Rose Hall Town Pepsi defeated Tucber Park by four wickets in the second

semifinal. Kevlon Anderson was named man-of-the-finals while RHT Pepsi carried home $75,000 and the winning trophy. Albion collected the runner-up prize and trophy. President of the Albion Cricket Club, Vemen Walters, whose club organised the sponsorship, hailed the tournament as a success and commended the outstanding leadership of BCB President Hilbert Foster. A representative of the New York Business Group, expressed satisfaction at the success of the tournament and stated that the group would sponsor both the T20 and 50 overs tournament in 2020 in a bigger way. Meanwhile, Albion on Saturday last had dethroned RHT Pepsi at the No. 69 Vikings Ground in the 50 overs version with a comfortable 120 run win. Antonio February had starred with the bat, hitting 74 while offspinner Beesham Surujnarine took four wickets.

Man-of-the-final Kevlon Anderson is rewarded.

Singh’s 59* boosts EBD; Ricardo ... From page 37 and two sixes; Essequibo piled up 283-6. Dambuka Nggando snared 3-54. Ricardo Adams trapped Robin Williams (14) and Premchand Sookdeo (01) both lbw to reduce East Coast Demerara to 17-2. Ricardo Adams then sent back Alphius Bookie (05) and R. Dowlatram (03) in quick succession to leave the home team on 27-4. He continued to pick up wickets at regular intervals and was well backed up by Anthony Adams as East Coast Demerara were skittled for 59 in 18.2 overs. Ricardo and Anthony shared all ten wickets between them and they were the only bowlers used by the Essequibians. Ricardo bagged 8-36 from 9.2 overs while Anthony had 2-18 from eight overs. At Young Warriors ground in Cumberland - West Demerara defeated Lower

Corentyne by six runs (Duckworth/Lewis/ Stern method) after bad light stopped play. Lower Corentyne took first strike and posted 250-8. Kevlon Anderson and Jonathan Foo stabilised the innings after they lost two early wickets. Anderson struck six fours and one six in scoring 94 off 130 balls while Foo made 84 off 79 balls with six fours and five sixes. Maxie De Jounge chipped in with 18 as Raymond Reifer captured 3-46 from 10 overs and Romario Shepherd 2-46 from 10. Led by a fine century from Tagenarine Chanderpaul, West Demerara were 234-8 in 47.2 overs when play was halted. Chanderpaul faced 123 balls and stroked six fours and four sixes before he departed for 105. Tevin Imlach made 34 while Malcolm Hubbard scored 25 and Reifer 20. Foo took 2-44 and Kelvin Umroa 2-45.

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CGI’s SBF Petroleum Jaguars 50-over League

MoM Motie bowls West Berbice to thrilling last over win; Despite Barnwell’s fifty & Sankar’s 5-17 Story and photos by Sean Devers On a day when early morning rain delayed the start of play by 90 minutes at Everest, 24 year-old left arm spinner Gudakesh Motie captured 5-29 to help West Berbice to a thrilling last over one-wicket win over Georgetown yesterday in a sixth round CGI’s SBF Petroleum Jaguars 50-over League encounter, reduced to 46 overs. The Albion spinner who has taken eight wickets from seven 50-over games for Guyana, capitalised on a slow ‘turner’ and got support from Kevin Sinclair (2-12) and Nigel Deodat (2-40) as Georgetown, who opted to bat, were bowled in 44 overs for 158. The 32-year-old Chris Barnwell top-scored with a responsible 64 from 104 balls with four fours and two sixes but only Raymond Perez (32), Jerimiah Scott (22) and last man Qumar Torrington (13) got into double figures. West Berbice in reply made the task of chasing the small total as hard as a turtle climbing mount Roraima before reaching 159-9 with just one delivery left in the contest to send the City team

GT’s Chris Barnwell on drives during his 64 yesterday as wickets fell around him. crashing to their fifth defeat in six matches. Sinclair led the way with 43 at the top of the order while Javid Karim made 31 as nobody else reached 20. But Stephon Adams (5*) and Keon Joseph (1*) kept their nerves to see the Region-five

Franchise over the line in a game that went down to wire. After the delay, Motie removed both openers to leave GT on 22-2 without addition to the score, Jaguars Skipper Leon Johnson seemed a bit unfortunate to be adjudged LBW for a duck

as Motie struck a telling blow. Perez and Barnwell carried the score to 65 before Deodat removed Perez and it was left to Barnwell to steady to the innings and although Scott hit a four and a six off consecutive balls off Sinclair, he got one that ‘stopped’ on him from Deodat and pulled a catch to mid-on at 112-6. Barnwell, who had some tough decisions go against him in this tournament, hit Andrew Dutchin onto Carifesta Avenue to bring up his first fifty this season from 81 balls with three four and two sixes. But he was fast running out of partners as the GT batsmen played several impetuous shots. Motie struck twice in quick succession by trapping Adrian Hinds (1) and Sankar (0) to leave the score on 1238 and Sinclair had Barnwell LBW; a decision that could have gone either way, and the host were 138-9. But some lusty hitting by Torrington saw them past 150. Sinclair and Leon Andries (19) give the Berbicians a solid before Forrester removed Andries at 43-1 to the bring Shimron Hetmyer to the crease. The left-hander who has been going through a

rough time with the bat in recent times, was dropped first ball by Keeper Joshua Persaud when Forrester turned one across him. He seemed lucky to survive a raucous caught behind appeal off Torrington before pulling the pacer for four and gloriously punching him all along the ground to the extra-cover boundary. But with his score on 18 he was LBW to Forrester, operating with a less than clean action, to leave the score on 72-2 and when Sinclair fell to Sankar it was 108-3. Sankar got rid of Karim and when Barnwell removed Seon Glasgow for a fighting 17, the score was 157-9 in the final over before the last pair saw them home. The final round on tomorrow sees defending champions Essequibo, which won their match against East Coast with a bonus point facing East Bank at Everest, second placed Lower Corentyne battle Upper Corentyne at Port Mourant in games that could decide the champion. In tomorrow’s other games; Georgetown play East Coast at Lusignan and West Demerara take on West Berbice at Tuschen. All

Steven Sankar had 5-17 in a losing effort at Everest yesterday. matches are scheduled to start at 09:30hrs.

Singh’s 59* boosts EBD; Ricardo Adams 8-for hands E’bo massive win - Tagenarine Chanderpaul century lifts West Demerara

Kemol Savory

Kevon Boodie

Jonathan Foo

By Zaheer Mohamed East Bank Demerara, Essequibo and West Demerara recorded victories

when the Cricket Guyana Inc./SBF Petroleum 50-over Jaguar Franchise League continued yesterday. East

Bank Demerara (EBD) defeated Upper Corentyne by six wickets at Bourda. Upper Corentyne took first strike and managed 1726 after the game was reduced to 30 overs due to a late start. Openers Alex Algoo and Kandasammy Surujnarine put on 54 before Surujnarine was caught off Trevon Griffith for 17. The right-handed Algoo then added 52 with teenager Rampertab Ramnauth, but after hitting four fours and a similar number of sixes Algoo was stumped off Mavindra Dindyal for 67 off 56 balls. Ramnauth departed one

Kevlon Anderson

run later, stumped off Zachary Jodah for 15, however Clinton Pestano added 55 for the fourth wicket with Eon Hooper to steady the innings somewhat. Pestano slammed three fours and four sixes before he was bowled by Ronaldo Ali Mohamed for 41 while Hooper remained unbeaten on 14. Sherfane Rutherford sent back Trisan Ramsarran (05) and Demitri Cameron (00) to finish with 2-9 while there was one wicket each for Ali Mohamed, Griffith, Jodah and Dindyal. Trevon Griffith and Vishaul Singh added 72 for the first wicket to put their team on course before Griffith was run out for 37 with five fours and one six. Singh continued to time the ball well on both sides of the pitch and put on a further 52 with Dindyal. Singh used his feet nicely against the spinners as the pair rotated the strike well before Dindyal was bowled by Garav Ramesh for 27 which included one four and one six. Rutherford (07) and Ali Mohamed (05) fell cheaply, but Singh kept his

Vishaul Singh accepts his man-of-the-match award from Kavita Yadram. composure to see his team home as they finished on 1734 in 26.1 overs. Singh struck two fours and one six in his unbeaten 59 while Yeudistir Persaud made 12 not out. Hooper claimed 2-39 while Pestano and Ramesh had one each. At Lusignan - All-rounder Ricardo Adams bagged eight wickets to spearhead Essequibo to a 224-run victory over East Coast Demerara. Following the early dismissal of Keemo Paul (05), Kevon Boodie and Kemol Savory added 88 for

the second wicket to set the foundation for a challenging total. Boodie struck two fours and two sixes before he was taken off Amir Khan for 65 before Savory and Ricardo Adams added 65 for the third wicket to further frustrate their opponents. Savory hit one four and one six in a top score of 84 while Adams made 42 with four sixes. Quentin Sampson struck 56 which contained seven sixes while Anthony Adams scored 24 including two fours (Continued on page 36)

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GMR&SC Circuit of Champions

Eleven Radicals confirmed for November races An increase from 8 to 11 radicals will be on show at the South Dakota Circuit next month for the GMR&SC ‘Circuit of Champions’ International Meet. The Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) have confirmed that the usual November International race meet will be dubbed ‘Circuit of Champions’ this year and will feature a 23-race programme on November 16-17 at South Dakota Circuit, Timehri. Next month’s race meet

will serve as the final leg of the SR3 championship and a total of 11 radicals are confirmed to line up at the South Dakota track with eight of those cars from overseas. Four cars will be coming from the ‘Land of the Flying Fish’ Barbados that will ship out tomorrow, while three competitors will ship their vehicles from Trinidad & Tobago and the eighth competitor will come from Jamaica. The three local competitors confirmed for the

radicals showdown are Mark Vieira, Kristian Jeffrey and Calvin Ming who had reset the circuit record twice last year. In addition, a full field of machines is expected for the local Choke Starlet Cup, Miracle Optical Street and Prem’s Electrical Sports Tuner classes along with groups 2, 3 and 4. The championship winners of the Choke Starlet Cup, Miracle Optical Street Tuner and Prem’s Electrical Sports Tuner are set to pocket $500,000 each.

Regional Super50: Richardson prioritises winning in first season in charge St George’s, Grenada, CMC – New Windward Islands head coach, Andrew Richardson, hopes to mark his first season in charge with the capture of the Regional Super50 which bowls off next month. Speaking ahead of the November 6 start of the tournament, the Jamaican said winning was the most important thing, especially following last season’s debacle when Volcanoes finished one from bottom in their group and failed to qualify for the semi-finals. “Winning the tournament is the ultimate. We finished close to the bottom in our group last season. We do not expect to repeat that performance,” Richardson said. Success is really all about winning. If we do not win, it does not mean we have totally failed, but every team enters a tournament to win and we are coming with an eye to win.” Volcanoes will do battle in Group B alongside last year’s losing finalists, Guyana Jaguars, multiple-time champions Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, West Indies Emerging Players and United States. Group B is scheduled to be played at historic Queen’s Park Oval and Brian Lara Cricket Academy. And while Volcanoes will be hardpressed to make it out of the group with more favoured sides like Jaguars and Red Force expected to advance, Richardson backed his side to frustrate the pundits. “We are not going to focus on just one or two sides. There are other teams in the group other than the Jaguars and Red Force,” he pointed out. We have to play well

Veteran off-spinner Shane Shillingford (left) and captain Kirk Edwards. against all teams. We have to play the game our way and try to execute our plans well.” Volcanoes will be led by former West Indies vicecaptain Kirk Edwards and includes the likes of veteran batsman Devon Smith and former Test off-spinner Shane Shillingford. Two young, uncapped batsmen Desron Maloney and Dillon Douglas have been named in the squad, and Richardson believes selectors have struck the right balance. “We have a number of quality players. We have youth and experience, so we expect the senior players to play a major role in helping to shape the team,” he noted. We expect a good showing in the Super50. If we plan the way we ought to do and we execute properly in each game, we expect to be in a good position at the end of the tournament.” He added: “[The] strength is definitely in our

batting. We have a number of all-rounders which will allow us to bat down to numbers 10 and 11. Our bowling has been consistent over the last few years and we hope it remains the same.” Richardson said despite some interruptions from the weather, preparations had gone well, and both batsmen and bowlers had enjoyed success during the three practice matches possible. “We have been affected by the rain. This has not been a deterrent however, and the players are still upbeat. They have been putting in the work,” he explained. “A few of our batsmen got hundreds in our practice matches and our bowlers are looking exceptionally well, so it is about putting it all together and winning as many games as possible.” Volcanoes open their campaign on November 7 against Red Force at the Oval.

Wednesday October 23, 2019

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South Ruimveldt, North Georgetown, St. Pius and Ketley Primary victorious South Ruimveldt, North Georgetown, St. Pius and Ketley Primary Schools registered victories when play in the Georgetown Zone of the Guyana Cricket Board/Cricket West Indies Kiddy competition continued at Thirst Park, yesterday. South Ruimveldt defeated St. Thomas Moore Primary by 11 wickets. St. Thomas Moore took first strike and managed 64-9. Ezekiel Blair (11) and Alex Jones (10) were the only batters hwo reached double figures; Akeem Bernard took 2-1. South Ruimveldt lost the early wicket of Kenneth Lee (06) before Bernard and Frederick Jack took them within sights of victory. Jack was removed for 10 while Bernard remained unbeaten on 14 as South Ruimveldt ended on 55-2 in nine overs. Shawn Mc Pherson and Blair had one wicket each. North Georgetown defeated Marian Academy by nine wickets. Marian Academy batted first and found runs hard to come by as they lost three early wickets. However Jeremy Chung struck two fours in scoring 16 to add some

respectability to the total, but got little support from the other batters; Marian Academy managed 67-9. North Georgetown were given a decent start by Dellon Wray and Kareem Caesar; the duo put on 38 for the opening stand. Both batsmen made 20 each with Wray hitting two fours and one six and Caesar struck one four and two sixes. Following their dismissal, North Georgetown lost a few quick wickets, but finished on 68-4 in nine overs. Arshia Narine took 2-16. On Friday last, West Ruimveldt took first strike and posted 84-9. Isiah Levy top scored with 18 as Aaron Sergeant took 2-3. St. Pius scored 85-4, in reply. Opener Brian Browne made an unbeaten 35 with two fours and three sixes while Yusain Campbell made 15 and Kevon Jordon 11. Kevin Morrison, Althea Braithwaite, Tyrese Lawson and Kevin Jordon took one wicket each. St. Stephen’s Primary batted first and were limited to 55-8 with Joshua Phillips (08) being their leading run scorer. Kelvin Seymour picked up three wickets without conceding a run.

Dellon Wray (right) and Kareem Caesar

Aaron Sergeant (left) and Brian Browne

Ketley Primary responded with 56-2 in 4.5 overs. Seymour and Dudley Cooke added 21 for the opening stand before Seymour fell for six and Cooke for nine. Gavin To w l e r ( 1 0 * ) a n d Zaphernath Hutson (08*) saw their team home without further hiccups. Action continues today. (Zaheer Mohamed)

Akeem Bernard

Ezekiel Blair

Jeremy Chung

BCB/New York Business Group U19 T20

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Brilliant Anderson spearheads RHT Pepsito C/Ship trophy

The winning RHT Pepsi Under-19 team pictured with members of the New York Business Group.

CGI’s SBF Petroleum Jaguars 50-over League

MoM Motie bowls West Berbice to thrilling last Singh’s 59* boosts EBD; over win; Despite Barnwell’s fifty & Sankar’s 5-17 Ricardo Adams 8-for hands E’bo massive win Ricardo Adams displays his man-of-the -match prize.

Man-of-the-match Gudakesh Motie who had 5-29 yesterday traps Adrian Hinds LBW at Everest.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul century lifts West Demerara

National Schools’ South Ruimveldt, North Georgetown, St. Pius and C/Ship set for November 17-21 Ketley Primary victorious Printed and published by National Media & Publishing Company Ltd., 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown. Tel: 225-8458, 225-8465, 225-8491 or Fax: 225-8473/226-8210.