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New UN report warns against gas-to-energy type projects

- says expansionofrenewableenergybestoption

new United reveals the consequences of T h e I r f a a n A l i Nations Report the increase in the Government has been has warned exploitation of natural gas in pilloried for moving ahead

A agains t the the LAC region. Kaieteur with the gas to energy consequences of the News understands that the project despite no new exploitation of natural, but Report finds that an feasibility study This rather urged countries to expansion of renewable newspaper reported last invest in renewable energy energy sources instead of week OppositionMP,David options. continuing a fossil fuel path, Patterson lamenting that

The Report comes at a even with what has been critical issues are yet to be time when Guyana is promoted as ‘clean’ natural addressed for the US$2 pursuing a very ambitious gas, would be by far the best billion gas-to-energy (GTE) and costly gas to energy choicefortheregioninterms project being developed by project. The United Nations of costs, jobs, and Government and its partner, Environment Programme greenhouse gas emission US oil major, ExxonMobil. (UNEP)willvirtuallylaunch reductions, and therefore to Back in 2018, the Inter the Report, ‘Is natural gas a meet the goals of the ‘Paris American Development good investment for Latin Agreement on Climate Bank (IDB) had partnered America and the Caribbean Change.’ with the State to conduct a (LAC)’onTuesday “The report finds that feasibility study of the

The UNEPis the world’s investing in renewable planned natural gas pipeline. leading environmental energy largely outweighs The primary objective of the authority It provides economic,socialandclimate study, which was executed

leadership and encourages benefits of natural gas for by Energy Narrative for joint work in caring for the energy generation. The U S $ 7 0 , 0 0 0 a n environment, inspiring, findings give reason to international entity that informing and empowering r e c o n s i d e r t h e provides strategic market nations and peoples to argumentation some sectors analyses and advice was to improve their quality of life have expressed in favor of determine the overall without compromising that natural gas as a transition feasibility of transporting offuturegenerations. technology” the UNEP natural gas from offshore

A c c o r d i n g t o stated. Guyana, building a Natural information from the Moreover, there will be a Gas Liquids (NGL) organisation, in the context panel discussion where separationplantanda of some LAC countries energy specialists, private (Continued on page 10) investing heavily in natural sector representatives, and gas, the UNEP’s report data Government officials will suggeststhatanexpansionof participate. renewable energy in the The discussion is aimed power sector would be a far at contributing to the better choice in terms of regionaldebateandprovides economic savings, job critical information to creation,andgreenhousegas decision-makers, amid the emissionreductions. economic, climate and debt

The new Report also crisesintheregion.

Pensioner found dead on his bed

The decomposing body of a pensioner was on Saturday morning found in his Glasgow Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbicehome.

Dead is Henry Lewis, 75. Reports are that neighbours after not seeing Lewis around as usual and smelling a foul scentemanatingfromhishouse,haddecidedtosummonthe policeonSaturday.

When police arrived and checked the house, Lewis’ body was found on his bed in an advanced state of decomposition.ThebodyispresentlyattheBailey’sFuneral ParlourawaitingaPostMortemExamination.

Several experts have warned Guyana against developing a gas-to-energy project

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EDITORIAL

If in America why not in Guyana?

Some stark truths must be faced because the record is there, and sometimes it can be ugly America’s oil supergiant, ExxonMobil, is not a clean operator, a presence thatmeasuresupwell,whenthethinkingisaboutleadership honour Intheshortest,bluntestdescription,ExxonMobilis not, and can never, be, considered to be a trusted partner Look at what it has tried ever, so often in America, its domesticoperatinggrounds,whereitsownisinvolved,and harmfollowinginsomewayortheother Ifthissuperrich, superstar of anAmerican oil superpower can even think of, and then actually put inaction, what is wrong and consequential in America itself, then what would ExxonMobil not dream up, cook-up, and dig up to put into motion that messes up an unknowing, unexposed, and unseeingcountrylikeGuyana?

Guyana is neither New Jersey nor Rhode Island nor Massachusetts nor California. Each of those States in AmericaisfarmoreequippedtodealwithExxonMobil. In thispoor,backward,andignorantland,wearenot,andbya long mile. In all those four American States, from little RhodeIslandtosprawlingCalifornia,ExxonMobilhasbeen aconstantinwhatisnegativeanddestructive. Therecordis of necessary company information concealed or corrupted, andwithgreatfinancialdamageresultingfromthecosttofix thingsleftbehindbyExxonMobil.

The company has been a denier for the longest while aboutwhatdevastatestheworld,andstillplaysclevergames withwhatitacknowledges,whereitrefusestogo,andhowit putsupawallagainstactinginthebestbalanceofpeopleand profits The mindset of the corporate captains at ExxonMobil has always paid lip service to what benefits people, while it did everything possible, including the underhanded,tomakeitsnumbersflourish. Profitsarewhat ExxonMobil is all about, and by means. New Jersey is the latestinalineofAmericanStatesthatcametotherealization ofthecorporatesnakeinitsbosom.

ExxonMobilducksitrecords,andwhenitdoesn’tdothat, itdumpsphonydetailsonthetemporaryunwary InGuyana, leading Politicians are so much in bed with ExxonMobil’s locallybasedrip-offartists,thattheignoranceofthiscountry aboutwhatthecompanyreallydoesispermanent. Whenthe PPPCGovernmentandothermajordomesticpoliticalforces should be in the forefront of the fight to put a stop to the financial and environmental injuries that ExxonMobil delivers on this country, they shrink from doing their patriotic duty, and leave that dirty and heavy job to private citizens.

Gas flared into the atmosphere-do we really know how much? Sewage dumped into our waters-it would be revealing to gain clear insights on what the records of ExxonMobilhavetosay Therealbookswiththerealstory andnumbers,thatis. ExxonMobilhasitspowerfulinfluence peddlers and defenders in American, yet the lawsuits keep piling up, and even some of its staunchest allies are having second thoughts. In Guyana, ExxonMobil doesn’t have a worry in the world, for it has the PPPC Government and Bharat Jagdeo to jump to its bidding, with many Guyanese wondering if the same cannot be said of the major APNU+AFCOppositionalso. Becauseasmuchasithasthe powerofalltheinfluencepeddlersanddefendersinAmerica, there are none the equal of Vice President Bharat Jagdeo, none that is so completely obedient to its commands, if not thecompany’smerestwish.

America can lookout for itself and correct its missteps. Guyananeedsasmanyeyesandearsandmindslookingout for it. But even with those, this country is still impotent before the might of ExxonMobil, because there is still so little political will, such an absence of leadership drive, to correctthenumerouswrongsthatExxonMobilhasinflicted on the citizens of this country America can manage and overcome ExxonMobil. The same cannot be said for Guyana.NotwiththePPPCGovernment,notwithaLeader possessingthefeeblespiritofBharatJagdeo.And,notwitha politicalOppositionthatisnearlysimilartotheGovernment andtheVicePresident.

Could there be more to the Harbour Bridge accidents that meet the eye

DEAREDITOR, boats. There will be some theydid,thissoundslikethe Nicegoing,folks!

I am thinking far and huge claims, and somebody MonReposMarketmayhem I acknowledge that there hard, which leads to has got to step up, which again. are others dotting the worrying places in Guyana. means that the GNSC, a Now,somethingelsehas shoreline,buttheyareallpro It concerns the Harbor state-owned body will come been gnawing, and then a and then more pro. That is, Bridge. There were those under some pressure. Good flash of memory came Pro-Government and Protwoaccidents,aGY$1Bbill luckintryingtogetanything painfully: there was that Business, which means Pro(and counting), some public out of Panama Also, mysterious bond fire that Oil. Nobodyisinterestedin principals plus those insurance only covers so consumed the Laparkan selling, but everybody is unnamed, unknown, and much, and already with that Trading area. And guess drooling over leasing in behind the scenes, and so preliminarypricetagof$1B, which entity Laparkan was Yankee dollars Enter many more dots to connect. mattersarebeginningtotake leasingspacefrom? Correct Woods and Routledge, and I don’t like where they lead. on indigestible proportions first time: from the GNSC. Johnnie who likes to boast. NoSir!NoMadam! forGNSC. Here is crux and key to the It is why I have always

Thetwovesselaccidents This is secluding mystery,asIambeginningto wondered who really owns cametoocloseforcomfort.It thoughts of opportunity for see matters: somebody that fish space in Meadow islikelyifIwasn’taroundto insurance scams, with wantsthatspacereallybadly Bank,andifitissomegroup experience firsthand the Politicians, professionals, Somebody wants GNSC out of fishermen, then it is over ensuing fallouts, I may have and practitioners of dark oftheway,orcrippledtothe beforeitstarted(presidential letthingslie. financialartsallcominginto point of being a lame duck, visitandall).

But two accidents their own. My concern is so that it is much easier to I think it could be some (supposedly) following not that the GNSC could be in hold it upside down and of the big names already too far apart set-off a tiny for a time of torrid financial drown it. In this way, there capitalizing on downstream tinkle upstairs. When that turbulences. are no impediments to any oil and washing in its startstohappenandpersists, Should the PPP bigvisions. slipstream. And now it is rattling occurs. There were Government decide to get Editor, the space that making the sense why the no unfavorable or still more calculating, the GNSC is in the highest billion-dollar Bishop was so unforeseen elements at GNSC could find itself demand, and for the simple energetic about his PPP work, yet two debilitating abandoned. reason that it is on the Government’s massive boat accidents occurred, As usual, money is the waterfront. I think some transportation corridor, with major impacts to the key Ithinkthatbankruptcy people should see the road I through a depressed area of Harbor Bridge, and severe or some form of forced am taking, and like Brando, all places. Connecting dots disruptions to citizens. So actioncouldbehungoverthe it is a hard one. It is not a in the grand leadership far, I haven’t heard of GNSC’s head. Believe it or stretchintheleast. schemes. equipment failure or Exxon not, this is the potential Not when I remind one Some may say that I am Valdez like personnel downside, the thread of and all what happened to a overthinking, others that I manningthetowers. Itcould connectivity, involving two former top banana named amtakingthingstoofar Itis beallinnocentorrandom,or boats banging into a well- BK. Sure, that piece of my belief that I am on to amatteroferrororaccident. traveled bridge. I have prime land is all the way in something. So what? But if not, then already put on the table Kingston, but the longer the To understand rogues whatelseisatwork? randomandtherest,whichI stretch from north to south, and highway robbers, think

A little listening, then amstartingtoruleout. the merrier the men of like a rascal. My caution: some digging delivered Now if somebody thinks Nottingham. justdon’tbecomeone. some insights. The Guyana Iamgoingtoofar,thenthey Tobeveryspecific,Robb Or enamored of them. National Shipping shouldcheckwhatismaking Street (Freedom House) and Remember:Iusedtobenear Corporation (GNSC), I therounds. ItisthatthePNC Irving, Texas (Exxon) tothemoverthere. understand, functions as the sabotaged the Bridge Dredge the river and setup Sincerely, agents for those crashing Nobody askedmeyet,butif shop right down the line. GHKLall

Ralph Ramkarran shares some clarity on PPP-WPArelations

DEAREDITOR, quotes from Dr Roopnarine withtheissueofthePPPand political cooperation I refer to Mr Freddie who blamed Cheddi Jagan revolutioninGuyana. between the parties with Kissoon’sarticleinKNof22 fornotjoiningwiththeWPA For about a year during each rendering solidarity to October headed ‘New book to create revolution. Dr. the period 1978 1979 the other in events that had on Walter Rodney generates Mandle is reported to have Cheddi Jagan and Walter beenorganized. eerie curiosity about WPA.’ complained that Clement Rodney met once a week at This manifested itself In the article, Mr. Kissoon Rohee’s autobiography the GAWU’s Conference mainlyinsomejointpolitical wrote about a new book by mentions nothing about the Room in its office in Regent meetings and active Jay and Joan Mandle that is matter. Street. I and one other solidarity with industrial soontobepublished,entitled Mr Kissoon’s own available comrade, usually action organized or inspired ‘WalterRodney:Insearchof opinion on why the PPP did Harry Nokta, was present at by each. There were other revolution ’ Mr Kissoon notjointheWPAinplanning all of these meetings and joint activities such as in describes Professor Mandle and organizing what the Tacuma Ogunsaye and relation to Arnold as a “top class” scholar with WPA called a “revolution” sometimes one other WPA Rampersaud. aninterestinGuyana. was that the PPP saw it as comrade accompanied Dr The PPP’s views on

He goes on to say that “adventurism” by a “radical Rodney moves to remove the PNC “Perhaps the most b o u r g e o i s g r o u p The meetings were dictatorship at that time, if interesting dimension of the contemptuous of the time informal discussions of notexplicitlyexpressed,was Guyanasectionofthebookis consuming efforts it takes to current political issues well known by all the WPA’s criticism of the organizethemassesforanti- There was no agenda, no Revolutionary armed PPPfornotjoiningtheWPA dictatorshipstruggle.” notes, minutes or other struggle was off the table tofermenttherevolutionthat Mr Kissoon refers to an record of the meetings and because of the danger of a would have toppled article by Cheddi Jagan, bothleadersraisedissuesfor race war The international President Burnham ” Mr ‘Guyana: A New Stage’ discussion This period situationwasnot KissoonsaidthatDr Mandle published in 1971 dealing marked the height of

APNUsuddenlycryingfoul

DEAREDITOR, duplicitous’.

laying the foundation to

Suddenly, the PNC is The APNU is now create doubts, mischiefs, ‘rejecting’ the PPP’s calling for a ‘clean voters conflicts and controversies Electoral Reform process list’. In March 2015, the inthemindsofhissupporters andtruetoitsnatureiscrying then Opposition leader, should they lose the 2015 foul. David Granger claimed that Elections.

In a Press Statement the voters list is ‘dirty and Hehadvowedthenthatif released on 17thMay, 2022, bloated’ and urged his the Coalition was voted into the Party stated that the supporters to be vigilant on Office on May 11th 2015 it ‘nation’ has rejected the pollingday will overhaul the voters list. amendment to the

The then PPP’s General Unfortunately, by peddling Representation of the Secretary, Mr. Clement lies and making fake People’s Act and the public Rohee had asked Mr promises they won The consultations on electoral Granger ‘to come clean on Coalition went to Office but reform. It claimed that ‘it true intentions and desist wasthispromisekept? failstoaddresskeysystemic from making statement that The APNU in its Press and structural flaws and could do harm to the Statement on 17th May weaknesses in our electoral integrity of the elections’ stated that,’ results must system’. processes’ Mr Rohee accurately reflect the will of

TheAPNUcontendsthat further challenged that, those who voted, and every ‘it totally avoids any ‘Rather than hiding under step of the election process consideration of major the fig leaf of broad must win the trust and constitutional, statutory, statements and hasty confidence of the public, administrative, operational generalizations, Granger participating parties, and and technological reforms’. ought to come clean and be otherrelevant’. The ruling PPP has aptly specific as to exactly what Having tried for 5 long described the claims made his concerns are regarding months to rig the 2020 by the APNU as ‘wild, the authenticity of the list’. Electionsandthwartthe unsubstantiated and But Granger was cunningly (Continuedonpage6)

The traffic on the East Bank of Demerara is a nightmare

DEAREDITOR,

thousandsofcommuterswhohavetotolerate

The traffic from New Hope to Grove on this terrible inconvenience and enormous theEastBankofDemeraraisanightmare.It wasteoftimesixdaysoftheweek. hasbeensoformanyyears.Anditisgetting MinisterJuanEdghill,whileconsidering worseduetotheincreasinglevelofindustrial a long-term solution, you may wish to and other economic activities currently explore the possibility of upgrading one of takingplaceontheEastBankofDemerara. thestreetsinGrovewhichrunsparalleltothe

Commutershavetoendurelonghoursof main road, and the construction of bridges frustration every day to travel from New across the canals in the village, to HopetoGrove,ontheirwaytoGeorgetown. accommodate light vehicles (cars, vans, Sometimes the traffic even extends to minibuses). This would allow traffic to be Friendship, mid mornings and late diverted from the overcrowded Grove main afternoons. road,inordertoaccessthefour-laneroadat

Praythatnooneloseshissanityduetothe Diamond. mounting frustration he/she faces everyday Sixth Avenue in Diamond Housing on this piece of roadway Editor, can you Scheme may also be upgraded to facilitate imaginewhatcouldhappenifsomeonehasa further diversion of traffic to the new roads medicalemergencyduringthosetimes? running through the back of Providence and

Despite this, nothing which may be Eccles,toMandelaAvenue. deemed effective has been done by the Yourssincerely, authorities to bring about any relief to the W.Richards

RalphRamkarransharessome...

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cannot now recall why specific issue was an conducive because the PNC Rodney was there. I led for important assignment and was still strongly supported the PPP and Dr Clive Dr Thomas’s response was bytheWest.Aunited,multi- Thomas led for the WPA. discussed in the PPP ethnic, multi-class, organic, Before Jagan left to go leadershipanditdetermined struggle encompassing the abroad, he asked me to raise the PPPattitude to the “civil trade union movement, the issue of the upsurge of rebellion.” It was clear that business community, civil WPA’sactivitytogetasense the WPAwanted to own the society,religiousgroupsand of what was on the agenda. event and was not looking others had not yet matured Failure of the activity could for PPP support since we for a successful removal of invite repression not only were also supposed to be thePNC. against the WPA, but also ‘guessing’ at the WPA’s The unity of the PPP and against the PPP Those were objectives.

WPA offered the possibility dangeroustimes. The “civil rebellion” of triggering such unity but I do not recall what was failedasthePPPanticipated much more needed to be discussedatthemeetingbutI thatitwould. done The potential was dorecallthatanopeningdid I cannot now say if any clearly evidenced by the not arise for me to raise the effort was made to continue unityagainstthereferendum matter or resume the meetings but in1979.Thisthinkingofthe After the meeting we the WPA had thereafter PPP was well known and congregatedaroundour cars decided on a trajectory of made public on many to depart, and I invited Dr struggle that was different occasionsbyJagan. Thomasasideandaskedhim from the PPP However,

The final meeting about the issue He relations with the WPA in between the PPP and the responded that the whole different forms continued WPA was held at the objective of the movement until the 1992 elections, but beginningperiodofwhatthe was to keep everyone did not survive for much WPA called the “civil guessing. longer rebellion.”

IreportedthattothePPP I hope this brings some

The PPP noted the and thereafter the PPP did clarity to the events at that upsurge in activity not, and was not invited by timeandthePPP’sattitudeto sponsored by the WPA but theWPA,toparticipateinthe them. was concerned that its “civil rebellion.” Just as I Regards, objectives were not defined. have remembered little of RalphRamkarran The PPP felt that in the those discussions, I would HariN.Ramkarran absenceofplannedactivities not be surprised if Dr. SeniorPartner leadingtoadefinedpotential Thomas does not remember Cameron & Shepherd, outcome the movement theconversation.Forme,the Attorneys-at-Law couldinviterepression.

At the meeting neither Cheddi Jagan nor Walter Rodney was present. Jagan was abroad. I don’t know or

Learn from and respect the righteous elderly

DEAREDITOR, in this country should be humanbeingcaninflictupon

Growing up as a child, I asking anyone for another happening in was fortunate to know my assistance, not even from Guyanatoday two grandmothers and a theirownfamilies.

Many of you who have grandfather, unfortunate not They slaved and built things good today should to know and meet the other what is known as Guyana, thank the elders, as their one. they left a country with vast sacrificemadethatpossible.

Mygrandparentsseemed riches for the next Those that are struggling, to be the best people in the generations, only to see the remember the elders left a world, more than my wealth being squandered by country with vast riches and parents, they gave you the incompetent, shameless, youshouldnotbestruggling anything you asked for and sinful, and despicable for the basics of life, noting didn’t discipline me like my Politicians they sent to yourwealthwasgivenaway parents did, not knowing parliament. The PPP throw by evil and unconscionable better I loved them more pittanceattheseniorsjustto parliamentarians. than my parents and found look better than the PNC, As per the title of this myself more with them than since the PNC gave them letter of righteous elders, withmyparents. nothing, which is the reason there are also bad and evil

The admiration for my PNC should not be ruling ones, like those aligned to grandparents got to a new this country as they have undemocratic, oppressive level, when during research failed the litmus test on and corrupt governments, formystudies,Icameacross looking out for the interests and those who are now documentation on them and oftheseniors.

targeting children as sexual theirgenerationthatstunned Growing up with the predators, the law should me into awe, how hard and elders in my community come down on the latter so how long they worked daily which was poor, we went to hard, so as fast as they learn forlittle,withnotechnology, school, played and live the to target children, they must little food and limited livesofhappychildrenunder unlearnthatjustasfast. medical care and couldn’t the teaching and protection So today when you see get access to education, yet of the elders, regardless of elders, old and frail, some they never complained of their race, religion or withtheircanesandwalkers, their hardships, never asked politics, as they acted as in their wheelchairs and for anyone for anything, guardians for every child, those bedridden, remember never complained about even if not their family they were once young, their simple lives and they There was no kidnapping or toiling so you can be what were only known to give sexualassaultofnoneofthe you are, you can have what love, comfort and kindness, children in my community youhave. all they wanted is that their growing up, as there seems Theybuiltacountrywith sacrifice will give the next tobehappeningtoday riches and left it for you, so generations an easier and The senseless crime in today when you see an prosperouslife,theyputthis Guyana didn’t happen with elderlyperson,acknowledge taskinthehandsofGuyana’s my elders, like one man them with respect and assist political leaders who have killing another over the last them if you can as they are failedthembysellingoutthe shot in a rum bottle, man the reason you are here in patrimonyofthecountrythe burnt his wife over a bird this world with a country I previous generations left for cage, the police at an personally say thanks to the us. accident, instead of elders with a salute of Itwasappallingtoreadin collecting evidence, respect. KN seniors calling out for collected beef and so many Sincerelyyours assistancetolive. Nosenior outrageousactsofviolencea R.David.

APNUsuddenlycryingfoul

Frompage5 stakeholders but what did The Electoral reforms willofthepeopleofGuyana, they contribute towards seek to correct all the the PNC suddenly realized achievingthisgoal? ambiguitiesanddeficiencies that election results must They illegally appointed which the Coalition sought reflectthewillofthevoters. the Chairman of GECOM, to undermine the results of

What did the Returning blatantly flouted the an Election which was free Officer for Region 4 do? He Constitution, they ensured and fair, and consultations pulled numbers from a bag that GECOM were filled areunderway and gave the Coalition with their supporters to rig The Attorney General’s victory by 15,000 votes the process, they made a statement reflected what the How come the PNC’s mockery of the judicial electoral reforms will General Secretary signature system and our laws by address. appeared on the SoPs? making spurious claims and Hestatedthat,‘Whatever Thankfully, they are before embarked on a spending weaknesses were in the law, the Court facing charges of spreeoftaxpayers’dollarsin they were exploited to their electoral fraud Such an effort to remain illegally hilt. Wherever there was barefacedness! in office. One could recall discretion, it was abused.

The PNC wants the the numerous months of Wherevertherewaslatitude, election process to ‘win the litigationtoprovewhetheror interpretativelatitude,itwas trust and confidence’ of all not33isthemajorityof65. vulgarized. Wherever there was an opportunity to bend the law to the repulsive end, it was exploited’. Come on Mr Norton,Areyouafraidto facethepolls?

Government must monitor Parika-Hubu Road for quality construction

DEAREDITOR, trucks that take produce to number of problems – the

The Government is markets. workismovingslowly,prep bombarded everywhere they The foundation must be work is not followed by go about the state of well done, and the asphalt q u i c k p a v i n g a n d communityroads,drainsand shouldbeverythick,notone deteriorationstepsin,andno bridges. Poor, shoddy work inch. It was reported that it oneseemstocare.Whoisthe that requires constant ‘do will cost ‘$351 3 M to Engineer?Ihavetalkedwith overs’ have made us poor upgrade HubuAccess Road’ residents, and they said the overtheyears.So,Iamquite (KN, Jun 24, 2022). That’s contractor does not seem to disturbed at the recent news good money and we want to have adequate or proper that ‘Poor work being seegoodvaluefortaxpayers’ equipment,theydonotseem executedontheParika-Hubu money That Parika-Hubu to be in a hurry, nobody road’(SN, Oct. 21, 2022). I Road has been built several knows what’s going on, and have property in that area. times before but because of the Bill of Quantities/specs That Parika-Bendorf region shoddywork,itbreaksdown oftheworkarenotavailable is very productive and easily,andhastoberepaired for community monitoring. contributes substantially to afterayear Whenthatroadis Residents think the contract Guyana’s development bad, it is a poster child for a is for hodge-podge repair There are several sawmills ‘badroad.’ work, not construction of a there that support the Duringthe2020election robust road. Patching here Government’s aggressive campaign, a PM Candidate andthereusingcrusherrunis infrastructural and housing called it the ‘abortion road’ not acceptable. Unless the program. referringtothe‘juckkingup’ road is being built as a farm

It’salsoabreadbasketas you endure as you navigate to market road that can it produces an enormous potholes. This time around, withstand heavy traffic, we amount of provisions, fruits, the Ministry and residents are wasting our moneyandvegetables.Thatareaisa mustbevigilanttoensurethe $351.3 million - to build a ‘PPP votes farm ’ Many contractors are not cutting slipshodroad.Thisissimply people find employment in corners and doing shoddy unforgivable. We are glad thatarea. work. our PPP Government has

It is very important that T h a t i s s i m p l y givenprioritytothisproject, this road is built well to unacceptable, but quite butwewanttoendupwithan withstandtheheavytrafficof typicalacrossthecountry excellentroad,nota laden lumber and large A recent letter cited a (Continuedonpage22)

Why our MPs won’t stand up: Integrity and the ConstitutionAresponse to GHK Lall

DEAREDITOR, mentions the one sided election time.Article 156 of Reflecting on the fall of petroleum contract that the our Constitution gives the Liz Truss after six weeks as PPP denounced when in Party Leader (officially the UK PM, GHK Lall chides Oppositionbutembracenow ‘Representative of the List’) PPP MPs for lack of thattheyareinGovernment. thepowertohaveadissident integrity, honesty, honor, He is also concerned about partymemberexpelledfrom principleandpatriotism(see the multi-billion US Dollar Parliamentatanytimeandso OPINION: LizTruss:lookat gas-to-shore project which hehasallhismembersinhis who ousted her; where are the Government is charging grasp. the PPP equivalents? aheadwithinthefaceofcalls Thisdoesnotcompletely Demerara Waves, 21 formorethoroughfeasibility excuse the inability of MPs October 2022). He draws a analysis and due diligence. totakeanindependentstand contrast between the UK Guyanesepeoplehaveevery whenitiscalledfor,butitisa MPs of Truss’s own party right to be concerned given majorfactor.Itispossibleto thatoustedherandPPPMPs the size of the investment, organize and subvert the apparentinabilitytostandup givenourabysmalhistoryof Party Leadership as totheirPartyLeaders. failedlargeprojects. Charandass demonstrated

Where are the political GHK is right to be However, this party control rebels within the PPP with concerned about these system is undemocratic, thecojonestostanduptothe things. However, while he favors autocratic rule and leadership and demand highlightswhatheseesasthe absolutely must be changed detailed scrutiny and sound poor evidence of integrity as part of any serious justification for the gas-to- and character, he is constitutional and election shore project, for instance overlookingthemainculprit, reforminthiscountry (I’m paraphrasing)? I agree which are the provisions of Regards, with GHK that our our Constitution. The UK DesmondThomas legislators’ performances MPs, like Parliamentarians NB: I too would like to leavemuchtobedesired,but the world over are linked seePoliticianswhoshowthe I fear that his criticisms are primarily to their citizen guts and character to stand somewhatmisdirected.

supporters Our political on principle even if their

True,thereisnoshortage system,bycontrast,issetup position in Parliament is at of issues which show our toenforceloyaltytotheParty stake. However, the failure elected politicians in an Leader above all of our Politicians goes embarrassing light He Constituents only matter at beyondintegrity.

Yourssincerely, HaseefYusuf

Visa-freetraveltotheUK

Guyanese have their hands full with managing their oil wealth and their still uncertain destiny.

Most of the Guyanese who would desire to go to the UK are those seeking to do deals with more foreigners looking to get a slice of the oil action. More rotten, self-serving deals with foreigners that drain the nation’s promise, and diminish its riches.

Guyanese are better off staying right here, while searching for local partners to get as much of the downstream oil business as possible.

This wealth is our birthright, and all Guyanese have every right to get the first tastes of oil prosperity. Team up with locals, carveout our own broad spaces, and take our destiny into our hands.

Travel to the UK should be mainly for sports and entertainment.

Caribbean must redouble efforts to transform development models

- ECLAC urges region to put policies for productive transformation, diversification at the centre

(October 23, 2022) Latin Economic Commission for Latin production, inclusion and sustainable development given the structures have weakened and have America and the Caribbean needs America and the Caribbean sustainability’, in which the new international and regional fallen into situations that reinforce ambitious public policies to (ECLAC) will present to its 46 organization will provide countries outlook. the inertia of a weak economic overcomethedeepcrisisithasbeen Member States and 14 Associate with its proposal for recovery and

According to the document, in performance. living through in the last ten years. Members during its thirty-ninth sustainabledevelopmentinthenew 2022 the Region’s countries are In this regard, the publication The Region is mired in a session the United Nations globalandregionalcontext. facing the effects of a series of indicates that after the low rate of development crisis, amid a lost Regional Commission’s most In five chapters, the report cascading crises related to the 0.6% average annual economic decade and it cannot transform importantbiennialmeeting–which analyzes issues such as the present climate,health,employment,social growth recorded in the 2014-2019 development models by doing the will take place on October 24-26 in and future of globalization, the matters, education, food security, period, a historic contraction of same thing or doing what works on BuenosAires,Argentina. productive heterogeneity specific energyandthecostofliving–allof 6.9% in 2020 and a recovery of asmallscale. At the event – which will bring to the Region, and it discusses which have effects of varying 6.5% in 2021, ECLAC estimates

This is not a time for gradual or together senior authorities from the policies for sustainable productive i n t e n s i t y a n d d i v e r s e that the economies of Latin timid changes, but rather for region, along with researchers, development. It also addresses the characteristics on numerous America and the Caribbean will transformative and bold policies renowned scholars, representatives dynamics between employment countries, including all of those in grow by 3 2% in 2022 and that really make a difference on of civil society and international and social protection and the LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean. experience a sharp deceleration in development. That is why ECLAC officials – the Executive Secretary importance of sectoral drivers for In the Region, the combination 2023, with growth projected at proposes 10 priority policy areas of ECLAC, José Manuel Salazar reactivating economic growth. It ofexternalanddomesticfactorshas 1.4%. for transforming the region’s Xirinachs, will unveil the examines other topics as well, such reduced the capacity for economic

In addition, the lower growth in development model, and identifies institutional document entitled as the circular economy, the care growthandqualityjobcreationand economicactivityhasrecentlybeen possiblesectorstodrivesustainable ‘Towards transformation of the economy and the digital has hampered its fight against accompaniedbyasignificantrisein andinclusivegrowth. development model in Latin transformation,anditpresentsaset poverty and extreme poverty The theinflationrate.InJune2022,the This is the proposal that the America and the Caribbean: of policy recommendations for Region’s economic and social (Continued on page 22)

Why was there late service?

There is a false JusticeGeorge’sdecision. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and question as to the validity of whattheyhaveread. assumption which is being Justice George has Bharrat Jagdeo V Eslyn an election of a President Thereisnothingunusual madeinrespecttotherecent argued persuasively and David et al ofJuly8th2020, was before that court, that orinordinateaboutelections decision of the Caribbean cited sources in support of the CCJ had affirmed that it question did not depend petition being dismissed on Court of Justice (CCJ) as to her decision to dismiss the was the High Court which upon the qualification of any procedural grounds As whether Guyana’s Court of petition on the grounds of has exclusive jurisdiction person for election or upon Guyana’s Attorney General Appeal (COA) has late service. It is a stretch of over elections petition. The interpretation of the had explained in a comment someone not be heldjurisdiction to hear the logic for those who are now CJJ had held that the COA Constitution. In either case, tothemedia,“”Ifoneistogo accountable for thisappeal into the dismissed criticizingtheCCJ–without determines questions as to theCourtofAppealwouldbe back to the challenge to the mistake? Why blame theelectionspetition. providing grounds to the validity of an election in error in assuming 1968 election. That petition CCJandexcusethefailuretoTheassumptionwhichis assume that the COAwould only in respect to the jurisdiction to hear and was dismissed on technical effect proper service. Thebeingmadeisthattherecent have overruled Justice qualification of any person determinethatquestion.“ grounds. The 1973 election Government has launched adecision of the CJJ has George. The fundamental to be elected, or the There are only three was challenged by an Commission of Inquiry intodeprived the Opposition of affirmation made in the interpretation of the grounds upon which the election petition. That also the elections. Seeing that itsthe opportunity to present recentCCJcasewasthatthe Constitution.. COA could have claimed was dismissed on a election petition has nowthe evidence to prove HighCourthasaspecialand TheCJJinthatcasewent jurisdictiontohearanappeal procedural, preliminary beeneffectivelydismissed,itelection irregularities. This exclusive jurisdiction, to on to emphasize that “it of the dismissal of the ground. The 1985 elections now has the opportunity toisafalseassumptionbecause provided for in law, in wouldbeanentirelydifferent elections petition and none were challenged by an present the evidence at itseveniftheCCJhadruledthat respect to elections petition. matterifnoquestionastothe of these grounds could have election petition. That was disposal including itsthe COA had jurisdiction, But this affirmation should validity of an election of a been successfully advanced dismissed on the ground of, StatementsofPolls,whichitthis does not mean that the nothavecomeasasurprise. President was before the in the recent appeal before among other things, nonsaid showed that it had wonCOA would have overruled In the decision of Court of Appeal, or, if a the CCJ The CCJ has service.” theelections.Itnowalsohaspresented a well argued Instead out spouting the opportunity to presentdecision. It may not have about irregularities and the evidence of dead andbeen a unanimous decision attackingtheCCJ,thecritics migrant persons votingbut the decision strengthens should address their minds Strangely, the Opposition isour understanding of as to why timely service of not coming forth with suchGuyana elections laws thepetitionwasnotmadeon evidence. It appears as ifThosewhodonotagreewith DavidGranger Whywasthe wantsGECOMtoundertakethe recent CCJ decision are petition not served on the a fishing expedition toguilty, in the main, of not former President within the producetheevidence.Butisprovidinglegalargumentsas stipulatedperiodoffivedays itnotamaximinlawthatheto why they are disposed afterfiling,asisrequiredby whoassertsmustprove?towardsdisagreement. thelaws?

Guyana, Grenada talk enhanced partnership

Mr Robert M. Persaud, the Foreign Secretary of Guyana, met with Hon Joseph Andall, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Export Development of Grenada in St. George, to discuss enhanced bilateral cooperation between Guyana and Grenada in severalareas.

The Foreign Secretary laudedtheGuyana/Grenada relationsandhighlightedthe need for enhanced collaboration in regional integrationeffortswithinthe Caribbean Community During the discussion, he also addressed Grenada’s During his visit, the sectorsinthecountry Atthesupport for President Ali’s Foreign Secretary met with meeting Mr Persaud alsoregional food security the Guyanese diaspora, e m p h a s i z e d t h eagenda, which will see some of whom migrated opportunities andcountrieswithinCARICOM since the 1970s and 1980s developments currentlyimport bill reduced by 25% fromGuyana.Grenadahasa ongoing in Guyana and theby2025.

(The views expressed inIt is not even clear How is it that the other this article are those of thewhether some of them have parties to the petition author and do notread the full decision which received their petition on necessarily reflect theis over 80 pages long, or timebutDavidGrangerwas opinionsofthisnewspaper.)whether they understood not properly served? Should

small Guyanese population benefits and importance of

The issues faced by who have been contributing the collective diasporaGuyanese living in Grenada to the service and education (DPI)werealsodiscussed.

Dem boys seh...

School sports does attract nuff hawks

Depolicegattostartgoingbydeschool childrentodeschoolsports. sports.And nat only fuh deter dem urchins Deh gat some big boys who leff school wah want tek way dem lil children cell lang now, who does be like chicken hawk phones. waiting to prey on de ilil school girls.And

Demboyspassbyoneofdemsecondary datissoshockingandshameful. school sports.And dem boys notice a lot of De police need to go by dem school young men, driving cars and motorbikes, sports and be on de lookout fuh all de hanging outside de school sports. But dem predators wah does deh liming by de gate wasnotonlyhangingout,demwasthrowing and trying fuh form small talk with dem lil nicewordstodemyoungschoolgirlswhen girls. De police should ask dem what dem dem passing. Dem boys had to hooller pun doingdereandwahydemoutsidedeschool oneofdemandlikehedidwantsquareupto sportsratherthaninside. fight. We gat to protect we lil children from

Butheknowdathewasnotsupposedto desepredatorsinsociety Otherwiseissheer be out there. He out there with leering eyes stressandproblemsgancomeweway! fuh dem young school girls and dat is why Schools sports does attract nuff hawks. Dem boys continue to insist dat no matter Anddemostdangerousaredeonesonland. whatisdeageofyuhchild,accompanyyuh Talkhalf.Leffhalf.

Robert Persaud, Foreign Secretary of Guyana and Joseph Andall, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Export Development of Grenada

oday is Diwali. In each icon

you could ever find in politics – ComradeCheddi,demoneyblow year it brings back Each time I meet, Mitra, she EMG Wilson (Willo) and Pariag way.” memories of my never missed the opportunity to Sukhai.Theywerebothtopnames The other force mentioned

T mother My parents repeat in a drooling voice, “you inthePPPandbothmenweredear above was the years I spent with a were Hindus. Only the three boys strayed from the PPPbut I always toCheddiJagan.

Swami on Craig Street, Not even one bag was left forwere given English names. The consideryouaPPP. Istrayedsofar Each year, Pariag and I would Campbellville.Withfoodshortage me. I never knew if they diedfourgirlsweregivenHindunames. from everything when I entered traveltotheDiwaliFairoutsideof inthehome,theSwamiwasalifebecause goats aren’t supposed toIalsogavemyonlychild aHindu UGasastudentin1974thattodayI Georgetown and set up a booth in saver. eatthattypeoffood.name. I married a Muslim woman don’tknowwhoorwhatIam. thefairgroundandsellamagazine Two of us lived at the ashram, Diwali brings back memoriesso our daughter has a Muslim Growing up in a non-Indian named GDR review (GDR meant theotherwasanAfricanyouthwho ofHinduactor,RajeshKhannaandmiddlename. ward in Georgetown had to have German Democratic Republic). remainsmyfrienduptothisday.If Hindi singer, Kishore Kumar MyIgrewupinaconstrictedhouse transforming effect on Indians but One year at the Diwali fair at hehadstayedintheHindureligion motherlovedtheHindiscreenandIonDurbanStreet,Wortmanvillein not my mother My father was the Zeeburg or Met-en-Meerzorg (I he would have been the only followedherinthatrespect.TothisSouth Georgetown. Though the chief groundsman for St can’t remember which), I sold all certified Hindu pandit of African day,RajeshKhannaremainsonthehouse was small, my mother Stanislaus Sport Ground and the themagazineswecarriedup. origin topfiveofactorsthatIadmire.maintainedatinyaltarinourhome GCCsoitwasnaturalforhimtobe Ileftthemoneyintheboothand Diwali has memories so

My second favourite singerwithimagesofthedifferentHindu surroundedbyChristiansandnon- went to frolic in the fairground. permanent for me, they have been after Johnny Mathis is Kishoredeities. Above the altar was a Hindupeople.Ithaditseffect. When we were packing up, the cementedonmymind.Iwasabout Kumar His saccharine voice isphotographofCheddiJagan. HegaveChristiannamestohis moneywasgone.IcriedbecauseI 14 when my mom took me to the matchless among singers of anyI grew up with two things – a boychildrensotheycouldsurvive was afraid the PPP leaders would DiwaliserviceattheVedicMandir culture. His hit, ‘Oh mere dil kapenetrating Hindu presence and inGuyana. thinkIstoleit.EMGtoldmenotto at the corner of Durban Street and chain’ remains my second beststrong PPP presence. Strangely Mysiblingsstrayedawayfrom worry because the incident never VlissengenRoad.Icollectedabout song of all time. I hate it whenenough, I met a young lady, Mitra HinduculturebutIstuckwithit. happened; he would replace the ten bags of parsad before the Diwali comes around because IDeviAli, who grew up in the PPP, Thereweretwoforcesthatkept money service was over and hid it under wished my devoted Hindu mothermarried a PPP youth named Fazil meintotheHinduworldapartfrom I was 19 at the time and would thebottomhouseofthemandir had lived long enough to see meKhan,wholaterbecametheheadof my mother One was the Guyana- neverforgetthelookonthefaceof After the service was over and worktogiveherafewpennies.the Rice Producers Association. EastGermanyFriendshipSociety Pariah Sukhai. When we were my mother was leaving, I went to

(The views expressed in thisMitra is one of the longest serving I became a young executive talking about the money, Pariag, collectmylootandthereinfrontof article are those of the writer andPPP members and second tier memberinthatorganizationwhere without an expression of his face, my eyes, a herd of goats were notthisnewspaper)leadersthatsheisconsideredaPPP I met two of the nicest politicians justnonchalantlysaid,“Wewilltell feastingontheparsad.

So much permanent memories of my Diwali years Workerscartoff$10M

NewUNreportwarnsagainstgas...

Frompage3 Wales, West Bank Liquefied Petroleum Gas Demeraraintheabsenceof (LPG) production plant to any new study According markettheliquidsfromthe tohim, “theyreleasedfive natural gas stream, as well of the studies which I as building a new myself commissioned as electricity generation Minister of Public stationtousetheremaining Infrastructure when the drynaturalgas. energy sector was under Notably, a table was myremitandallwedidwas usedinthatreportthatwas pre-feasibility studies to sourced from ExxonMobil seeifit’spossible.” in which the oil company In the absence of new said the pipeline would studies for the massive costUS$478million. undertaking, Patterson

ne day after a son to the Doctor’s office at Detectives interrogated marked areas, they found businessman Vreed en Hoop. She them and they allegedly nothing. Nevertheless,

Ogave his two returned around 09:00hrs admitted to the crime. The police were able to recover workers a contract to weed andfoundthetophalfofher men took police to their some $3.1M dollars from hisyardtheyallegedlybroke back door wrenched off. homes at Coldingen where him.Bothmenwerearrested into his home and carted off Police reported that the thejewelleryand$7Mofthe by police as well. Kaieteur $10M in cash and another womanmadefurtherchecks stolen cash were recovered. Newslearntthatthesuspects $3 4M worth of gold and discovered that her According to police, the and the Businessman jewellery bedroomwasransackedand Barber had buried the became acquainted with

Theyhadbrokenintothe the cash and jewels missing jewellery and some $2.6M eachothersometwomonths man’shomeatCoglanDam, from her bag in her cash in his yard. Another ago. West bank Demerara wardrobe. $1.2M was given to his They would frequent his (WBD) between 08:00 and The matter was reported mother home to do odd jobs around 09:00hrsonThursdaylast.It to police and the detectives, She was contacted and thehouse. appears as if the workers with the help of technology had no choice but to hand He had given them a w a i t e d u n t i l t h e and vital information were over the cash to police and contracttoweedhisyardone businessman’s wife left the abletotrackdowntwomain turn herself in for day before the break and house to make their move. suspects- the businessman’s questioning. enter T h e w o m a n t o l d workers They were

The Farmer told police They had visited to investigators that she had identified as a Barber and thatheburiedpartofhis‘cut’ survey his yard in order to secured the house and left Farmer of Coldingen, East in his farm but when getanideaofthescopeofthe around 08:00hrs to take her Coast Demerara (ECD) detectives dug up the workneededtobedone.

Fouryearslater,Exxon believes the project would estimates that the structure merely serve as a “ponzi could cost Guyana US$1.3 scheme”. billion. Ontheotherhand, He argued that the Vice President Bharrat Government is yet to Jagdeo explained that the explain how the electricity Government is currently from the power plant doing estimates for the would be transmitted to Natural Gas Liquids Region Four – the energy (NGL)Plantandthepower capital. He pointed out, planttogeneratesome300 “Thelasttimethattheydid megawattsofelectricityfor a submarine cable you the country These two know what happened-but facilities, he said, can cost there’s no comment and Guyana an additional there’snothingatallonthat US$700million.Giventhis - so it’s just a “ponzi heftyincreaseintheproject scheme”asIalwayssayto cost, stakeholders have enrich people because beencallingforanupdated there are so many other feasibility study to prove components of it yet to be the project’s viability discussed ” To join the However, Patterson, the virtual launch of the former Minister of Public UNEP’s report on natural Infrastructure explained gas investment in Latin that when the People’s AmericaandtheCaribbean Progressive Party (PPP) and for the panel Government took office in discussion see link: August 2020, it began https://www.youtube.com/ streamliningtheprojectfor watch?v=JColWd1rCqw

FrederickKissoon

Knowledge-based approach necessary to combat climate change

- Minister Mustapha tells IICA Dialogue

limate Change shocks. In the 2022 budget, some continues to pose “Climate Change is very $28.7 billion was allocated

Can ever-growing real for us Last year, towards the advancement of threat to food security and Guyana suffered one of the the agriculture sector Since sustainability in Guyana and most devastating floods in then, the sector has seen as such, transformational h i s t o r y, ” he relayed tremendousdevelopment. measures prove crucial in “Guyana’s economy has In fact, the mid year ensuring productivity and grown incredibly thanks to report discloses that ‘the buoyancy oil and gas, but it is essential agriculture, forestry and

This was affirmed by that we diversify Today, we fishing sector is estimated to Minister of Agriculture, produce 60% of the food we have expanded by 10.9 per Zulfikar Mustapha, at the consume, but we are not cent in the first half of the Borlaug International satisfied,” he said. year.’ Dialogue in Des Moines, The Minister also This year’s dialogue is Iowa, USA Minister of emphasised the need for a themed ‘Feeding a fragile Agriculture, Zulfikar collaborative effort to world’ on account of the Mustapha, attended the facilitate a transformation in c o n c u r r e n t a n d Borlaug International the global agri-food process. i n t e r c o n n e c t e d Dialogue in Des Moines, He pointed out that it is repercussions of climate Iowa,USA.Thissessionwas necessary to promote change, the COVID 19 titled, ‘Food Governance in indemnity for farmers who pandemic, and the war in anUnprecedentedEra.’ have suffered losses from Eastern Europe on the TheMinisteremphasised naturaldisasters. agriculturesector t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f

Guyana’s agriculture This session was investments and a calculated sector accounts for organised by the Inter approach to combat the approximately one-third of American Institute for global food crisis He the country’s gross domestic Cooperation (IICA) in lamented that Guyana has product (GDP) and has seen collaboration with the World suffered greatly at the hands steady improvements to Food Price Foundation of Climate Change, and that facilitate sustainability and a (WFP) Carlos Salcedo dependency on food imports b o o s t i n d o m e s t i c Z a l d i v a r, M i n i s t e r has had dire consequences production Additionally, Counselor for Agricultural onthecountry’seconomy investors, both foreign and Affairs of Panama, Karen However, Minister from the Guyanese diaspora, Ross, Secretary of the Mustapha noted that the have shown significant California Department of Government has made and interest in the country’s Food and Agriculture continues to make strides to recent advancements in the (CDFA), and Shahryar Ali reduce the country’s US$6 agriculture sector and as Khan,MinisterofStateatthe billionfoodimportbillby25 such have made notable Federal Government of per cent by 2025, and to contributions to facilitate the Pakistan also participated in reduce exposure to climate continuationofthisprogress. thedialogue.

Ann’s Grove woman dies one month after set ablaze by husband

haron Scott, 53, an life. Kaieteur News had Ann’s Grove East reported that the tragedy Coast Demerara brought to an end, a sad

Dead: Sharon Scott

S (ECD) woman, chapter of years of abuse who was set alight one meted out to the woman by month ago by her husband, herkillerhusband. shereturnedtothehouse.hasdied. Police had revealed that She was rescued by herKaieteur News has onthemorningofSeptember daughter and rushed toconfirmed that the mother of 21, Scott and her husband GPHC and police werethreepassedawayonSunday had gotten into an argument. alerted.Scottwaschoppedtowhile still receiving The neighbours were not the neck and had sustainedtreatment at Georgetown bothered because it was a first degree burns. WhenPublic Hospital Corporation normal thing for that family investigators arrived at her(GPHC). Scott and her son, and they knew that couple’s home that day, they found21-year-old Seon Bobb, are son Seon would always her son dead with a hugethe victims of a tragedy that intervene to make peace chop wound to his neck too.has now left an entire family betweenthem.

The killer, Leon, was founddead. It had occurred around The neighbours would stillaliveinanotherroombut02:30hrs on Wednesday, later realise that Seon never bleeding from a large gashSeptember21last. got a chance to make peace wound to his abdomen. BothScott’s husband Leon thatmorningafterabloodied of them were taken theBobb had sent shockwaves Scott ran out of her house hospital.in the community of Ann’s shouting “Leon chopped

Seon was officiallyGrove after he brutally Seon”. pronounced dead and Leonmurdered his son, and used Her husband was seen later died while receivinggasoline to set his wife on running behind her with a treatment.fire and then ended his own cutlass and demanding that

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, in attendance at the Borlaug International Dialogue in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. This session was titled ‘Food Governance in an Unprecedented Era’.

Huge turnout for Cancer Awareness Walk

Itwasa‘pink-spectacle’onSundayashundredsturnedout to raise awareness of breast cancer Among the participants were several survivors, cancer advocates, senior government officialsandmembersoftheDiplomaticCommunity

The event was hosted by the Guyana Cancer Foundation. The walk began at the Seawall Band Stand where the participants strode to Main Street, up to Bank of Guyana and backtotheSeawallBandStand.

The walk concluded with Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, promising improved care for cancer patients countrywide. October is ‘Breast Cancer Awareness Month’. Governments and civil society groups and Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) use this annual observance to raise awareness about the disease and garner fundsthatwillgotowardsresearchfortreatmentandacure.

Scenes from the Breast Cancer Awareness walk

Omai new gold find two times

Guyana’s US$3.2B debt

- Govt. still to keep promise of releasing mining contracts

By Shervin Belgrave

anadianGoldCompany, Omai, most recent gold

CfindinGuyana,isworth two times this country’s US$3.2B nationaldebt.

The company according to a statement released on Thursday last, informed their shareholders thatwithinninemonths,ithasbeen abletoincreaseitsmineralresource in Guyana from 1.6 million ounces

Gold Mines Corp will continue toofgoldtosome3.69millionounces explore for more gold on itsof gold (total includes both Guyana concession which spansindicatedandinferredestimates). 4,590 acres land in the

Omai’s President and Chief Cuyuni/Mazaruni district, RegionExecutive Officer, Elaine Seven.Ellingham said, “We are extremely

This is not first time thepleasedwiththeresultsofthis2022 company has been mining Guyana.updated Mineral Resource It had mined some 3.7 millionEstimate(MRE)”. ounces of gold between 1993 andThe company has all the 2005 and had reportedly haltreasons to be ‘extremely pleased’ operationsbecausethepriceofgoldbecauseatthecurrentworldmarket had dropped to less than US$400price for gold, 3.69 million ounces peranounce.is worth more than US$6.2B and if

Though its return to Guyanathepricecontinuestorise,thevalue was met with high praise by someincreases. with the prospect of hugeThis massive increase stated investments and job creation forOmai, was achieved by being able Guyanese, Omai over two decadesto exceed its exploration goal had been accused of exploitingbefore the end of 2022 by Guyana’s resources and causingexpanding its Wenot Gold Deposit considerable damage to theand bringing in its new Gilt Creek environment.Depositintothecompany’sMRE.

On August 19, 1995 a man-Kaieteur News had reported in made environmental disasterJanuary2022thatthecompanyhad occurred in the Omai Minesstruck the jackpot only in itsWenot resulting in the wall of an earthenGolddeposit. tailings pond which was

It had found the 1.6 million constructed to contain cyanideouncesgoldsome400metressouth utilizedinthegoldminingindustry,oftheFennellopenpit-apitthathas being breached.produced some 2.4 million ounces

As a result more than 400of gold for Omai in the past and it million gallons of cyanide-lacedwas located at a depth suitable for material had spilled into the Omaiopenpitmining. River and subsequently into theNine months later, Omai was Essequibo River, the country’sable to increase its gold resource in largestriverthe Wenot Deposit from the 1.6

The spill resulted in severemillion ounces to 1.86 million environmental, ecological, social,ounces-a16percentincrease. e c o n o m i c a n d p o l i t i c a l

However, the biggest increase consequences.that more than doubled its gold

In 1993 the company hadresource in Guyana came from its commenced actual extraction ofnew jackpot find in the Gilt Creek Commission (GGMC) and theMeanwhile, as Omai is Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo at gold,andduringits24-yearrun,theDeposit.According to Omai, it has Ministry of Natural of Resources‘extremely pleased’ with its more his Press Conferences to have all company extracted some 3 7discovered some 1 82 million forthecontracts.thanUS$6.2BgoldfindinGuyana, miningcontractsreleased.

million ounces of gold but onlyounces of gold on the new Gilt

Lall, however, had expressedthe country’s debt (Public and Jagdeo had promised that he paidfivepercentofthatinroyaltiesCreekDeposit. that he had asked the Authorities,External) as of July, 2022 stands at will ensure that the contracts be toGuyana.This find along with the 16 via messages and letters forUS$3.2B(likelytoincreasebyyear released since he had said it’s his

Had the terms of its contract forpercent increase in the Wenot contract on many occasions butend) and the Government is yet to personalview,thatsuchdocuments the lucrative gold mine entailedDeposit, has doubled the they have not released any Thedeliver on its promise of releasing shouldbepublic. more benefits for Guyana, thecompany’s gold resource by more Vice President promised again thatall mining contracts to the public. Months and weeks passed and country would have reaped billionsthana130percent. he would find what is going on,Iftheminingcontractsarereleased, during a recent Kaieteur Radio of US dollars. To make matters

The lucrative Gilt Creek gold because he believes the contractsincluding the one that Guyana has program hosted by Lall, Jagdeo worse,thecompanyalsobenefitteddeposit is located some 500 metres shouldbemadepublicandgetbackwith Omai, citizens will be able to was once reminded about the from a number of tax, fuel, andnorth of the Wenot deposit and toLall.know how much the country is promisehehadmade.

vehicular concessions totalingbelow the Fennell pit. In order to

His response was, “I am not millionsofGuyanesedollars.extract the millions of ounces gold theKaieteurNewsanditsPublishergoldfindsinGuyana. your post boy” and told the KN Guyaneseareyettoseethenewfrom the Gilt Creek Deposit, Omai are yet to receive a feedback fromKaieteur News (KN) Publisher Publisher that he must write the deal the country has with the goldstated that it will take an Jagdeoaboutthecontracts.Glenn Lall, and his Reporters, has relevant authorities such as the company since its return a fewunderground mining approach While the country waits, Omaibeen repeatedly bombarding the Guyana Geology and Mines yearsago.becauseofhowdeepitwasfound.

Amonthhaspassedalreadyandearning from all US billion dollar

A map showing the deposits where Omai found US$6.2B worth of gold.

Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo

President Mohamed Irfaan Ali

Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat

CEO of Omai, Elaine Ellingham

Fire destroys Corentyne houses as child plays with lighter

fire accidently started on inferno had quickly ravaged through Saturday by a six-year-old boy Johnson’s home and spread to the nearby

Ahas left two families homeless housewhereBeharazadeAminandhisfamily after their respective houses at Goor Persaud lived.Firefightersdidtheirbesttoextinguish Avenue , Number 79 Village Berbice, the flames but they could not save the two Corriverton , Upper Corentyne Berbice, houses.

Region Six were completely burnt to the A third house was also scorched on the ground. walls and the windows were damaged. Fire

Kaieteur News was informed that the fire officials in Berbice said that based on an started at the home of Stacy Johnson and her investigation, the six year old from the familyoffivearound13:40hrs. Johnson’s home was playing with a lighter

Firefighters stationed at Skeldon were and it caught onto combustible material, summoned but by time they arrived the resultinginthefire.

The two houses going up in flames

Scenes from

Bank

says...

13interiorbridgestonowcost$2.2Btorebuild

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill

The cost for the

Engineer’s estimate was to four is now $730 million Massara Junction, Point reconstruction of 13 $609 million, for the instead of the initial Ranch and Hunt Oil where hinterland bridges from rehabilitationofbridgesfive, estimated cost, which was thebridgeswillbebuilt. Mabura to Kurupukari has six, seven and eight (Mabura $609 million – for bridges This publication had also increasedto$2.2billion. to Kurupukari) the estimated five to eight the cost is now reported that the Ministry is Mabura and Kurupukari cost was $556 million and as $693.6 million instead of not fixing those bridges arevillageslocatedalongthe for the rehabilitation of $556 million and for bridges because they are in a poor Lethem – Linden trail. The bridges nine, 10, 11, 12 and nine to 13 the estimated cost state but rather to upgrade Government of Guyana 13 (Mabura to Kurupukari), is now $779 6 million them to ‘international (GoG) through the Ministry that was estimated at $591 insteadof$591million. standards.’ of Public Works had invited million.

Earlier this year, the It was stated that the bids for the total estimated However,theMinistryof Ministry of Public Works ‘International standards’, costof$1.7billion. Public Works later retracted had awarded approximately means reconstructing the Kaieteur News had the initial invitation for bids $3.19 billion in contracts to wooden structure bridges reported that for the and issued another one several contractors to with concrete Upon rehabilitationofbridgesone, According to the updated execute the upgrade of 32 completion, the bridges two, three and four (Mabura invitation for bids for the hinterland bridges would have the capability to to Kurupukari), the rehabilitation of bridges one stretching from Kurupukari accommodate heavier toLethem,RegionNine. vehicles which usually

InApril,theMinistryhad traverse the Kurupukari to signed off on 32 bridge Lethemtrail.

contracts for the upgrade of In this year’s budget, the 32 hinterland bridges to Government allocated the international standards sumof$4.1billionforthereKaieteur News had reported construction of several that the projects have been b r i d g e s a l o n g t h e divided into six lots and Kurupukari to Lethem would see places like corridor, noting that it will Iwokrama, Pirara, Surama, support the phased Camudi Bash, Annai, constructionoftheLindento Yararinta, Genip Landing, Lethemhighway

Red pins indicating Mabura to Kurupukari

DIWALI MESSAGES

APNU+AFC says remains committed to ensuring unity in diversity

GAWU: The lessons of Diwali remain relevant in our times

The APNU+AFC joins with all Hindus sweetmeat which is shared among our and Guyanese in celebrating Diwali, the people,letusalsolightthediyaoflovewithin Festival of Light. One of the most popular us for all of God’s creation.The light of our festivalsofHinduism,Diwalisymbolizesthe country must shine touching all corners of spiritual“victoryoflightoverdarkness,good ourbeautifulcountry overevil,andknowledgeoverignorance”.

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In one of the main stories in Hindu critical moment in the history of the nation mythology,DiwaliisthedayLordRama,his whenthereisadireneedformutualrespect, wife, Sita Devi, and brothe, Lakshmana socialcohesion,andgoodgovernance.Letus returned to their homeland after 14 years in together defeat the demons of malice, exile.Thevillagers lit a path for Rama, who immorality,bitterness,andlust.Letusstrive had defeated the demon king, Ravana. It’s a tofightforthejustandequitabledistribution five-daycelebrationthatincludesgoodfood, of our nation’s rich bounty Let us strive to fireworks, colored sand, and special candles restorehopeandthesmilesonthefacesofall andlamps.HindusinterprettheDiwalistory Guyanese. baseduponwheretheylive.

The Guyana Agricultural and General lessonsofDiwaliremainverymuchrelevant Workers Union (GAWU) is delighted to in our times.Today, we cannot fail to ignore extend best wishes and greetings to all those who seek to perpetuate divisiveness Guyanese, and particularly the Hindu amongstourpeoples. community,ontheoccasionoftheFestivalof It is, for the GAWU, a disturbing and Lights–Diwali.TheGAWUrecognizesthat worrying feature of our times.Advocates of the observances of Diwali have now grown such messages should be rounded up, intoanationalobservanceasallourpeoples, rejected, and condemned. We are, however, in one way or another, take part in the convinced that like the intrigues that observances. punctuatethestoryofDiwali,thosewhoseek

Our Union is heartened by such todivideus,willnotsucceedandtheforcesof developments as festivals like Diwali goodwillonceagaintriumph. undoubtedly help to bring our people closer AsGuyanesepreparetoobserveDiwaliin together in the spirit of attaining ‘One their own way, we urge that they do so in a Guyana’. respectfulandpeacefulmanner

As Guyanese celebrate Diwali,

Butthere’sonecommontheme-nomatter APNU+AFCremainscommittedtoensuring where people celebrate, the victory of good unityindiversitysothatourbelovedcountry overeviliseverpresent. canrealizeitsfullestpotential.

As we light our diyas and cook our ShubhDiwalitoallGuyanese!

GHDS: Deepavali is unifying in its message of triumph of righteousness over unrighteousness

ThesacredFestivalofDeepavalirevolves everynookandcrannyofourcountry around the concept of light. Maha Lakshmi Dr Persaud said she loves the sacred who is worshipped throughout the 5-day festival for its deep spiritual meaning which periodepitomizesthisinnerdivinelightthat encourages faith and devotion in God and devoteesseektokindle. emphasizes that as a people we must reject

The symbolic but important lighting of anything that spews discord, disharmony, diyasrepresentsthebattleagainstnegativity animosityandchaosandalso,thatGuyanais and as each one is lit, prayers are recited to uniqueinthesensethatpeoplefromallwalks MahaLakshmiforherblessingssothatevery of life embrace the beautiful and majestic iotaofdarknesscouldbedispelledinternally Motorcade making it synonymous with andexternally DiwalicelebrationsinGuyana.

ThisDiwali,theGuyanaHinduDharmic Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha extends Sabhaencouragesalltodivestthemselvesof DeepavaligreetingstoallGuyaneseandpray negative thoughts and energy and emerge that the infinite blessings of Maha Lakshmi renewed and invigorated to contribute in all be showered on all families and the entire spheres of their life positively while countrysothatweallmayliveinpeace,unity, maintaining a state of happiness, hope and harmony and love all our lives and that the resilience. countrymayenjoycontinuousprosperityand

President of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic success. Sabha , Dr. Vindhya Vasini Persaud The Festival of Lights, Deepavali is an encouraged all Guyanese to continue to opportune time for reflection and self participate in this unifying festival that has assessment and for families to be closer beenapartofthenationalGuyanesecalendar knitted and adhere to good values and fordecades. principles that will flow into the wider

She emphasized that we can all benefit communities auguring well for our future. from the internal transformation that this Diwali is observed on the darkest night or festival espouses which urges the dispelling amawasyaoftheHinduMonthofKartikand ofnegativeenergies,tendenciesandqualities we encourage all to light thousands of diyas from within. By lighting the diyas we are to challenge and remove darkness where it kindlingourdivinelightwhichwecanshare existsusheringLakshmiMaandthelightaur withallwhomwecomeintocontactwithand reperesents. also eradicate every trace of darkness from ShubhdeepavalifromGHDS

PPP: Let us all remain open to be inspired

the opportunity for all of our people to displaytotheworld,asonenation,thebeauty Diwali is universally recognised as the and uniqueness of our cultural, ethnic, and Festival of Light; the triumph of knowledge religious diversity and tolerance. Let us all overignoranceandthesubstitutionofallthat remain open to be inspired by its pertinent isnegativewiththatwhichispositive. messagesandtoworkforthebestinterestof

As we celebrate this most auspicious ourcountrysothatthelightofprosperitywill occasionoftheHinducalendar,wecallonall manifestitselfinourlives,buildingstronger Guyanese, in particular our Hindu brothers bonds of togetherness. The PPP wishes to andsisters,toreflectuponthesignificanceof extend warm Diwali greetings to every thisgreatfestivalandtoinculcateitsmessage Guyanese,especiallyourHindubrothersand intoourdailylives. sisters.

OccasionslikeDiwalicontinuetopresent

SHUBHDIWALI

The enduring message of Diwali speaks We are encouraged by the observances to the illumination of light in darkness. The thus far and we are certain that the lights of storyunderscorestheveryoftentesteddefeat thediyaswillonlyservenottoilluminateour ofevilbytheforcesofgood.Webelievethe physicalsurroundingsbutourmindsaswell.

ERC: Let’s embrace the positives portrayed by the festival of lights

The Ethnic Relations promote tolerance, tyranny thousands of years Commission, (ERC), understanding, education ago. Thesignificanceofthis extendswarmestgreetingsto and acceptance to achieve national observance is theHinducommunityandall national harmony, replete with messages of Guyanese in observing eventually removing the victory and emergence from Diwali 2022, signifying the destructive undercurrents of darkness and despair The triumphofgoodoverevil. division and disharmony Commission, therefore,

Therecurringstoryofthe The resurgence this year of urges Guyanese to annual festival provides thetraditionalwell-litDiwali endeavour and commit to inspiration and guidance to motorcades traversing the building upon the enduring citizens from all ethnic roadways, along with the festival of lights to sustain groups; light will replace walk-about by citizens to peaceandbrotherhood. darkness, positives will view the flickering Diyas Let’s embrace the bloom over negatives and country-wide, epitomize the positives portrayed by good will ultimately illuminating message of Diwali for the advancement overcome evil The Diwali. For Hindus, Diwali ofthemulti-ethnicGuyanese Commission is tasked with symbolises the lighted path nation celebrating many the multi-faceted objective prepared to herald the culturesinonecountry to promote harmony and homecoming of Lord Rama ShubhDiwalitoallfrom good relations through after 14 years of exile and the Ethnic Relations positivemeasures;actionsto defeating King Ravana’s Commission!

President Ali: Diwaliisatimefor friendsandfoestocometogether

ThejoyousfestivalofDiwaliisuponus disunity Diwali is a time for families, once again. The First Lady and I and our friends and foes to come together and familyextendgreetingstoallGuyanese,but celebratethesharedbondsofhumanity The especially to our Hindu community, on this noble ideals associated with this dazzling happyoccasion. and illuminative festival remind us that the

Diwali recalls the welcome return of greatest gifts, which life and divine Rama, Sita and Lakshman toAyodhya.The providence have bestowed upon us, are festival also reminds us of the blessings of meanttobesharedwithourfellowbrothers fortune bestowed by Lakshmi. Diwali is andsisters. observed through worship, the sharing of ThesacredtextsofHinduismdirectthat sweets and gifts and outpourings of allcreationisinfusedwithoneness. Adivine affection,kindnessandfriendlinesstowards spark exists in all of us. The unity of our others. The cleaning, decorating, and the nationisessentialtoourobjectiveofshared illumination of homes reflect the pride and prosperity reverenceattachedtotheobservanceofthis Under the ‘One Guyana’ banner, our festival. people are coming together, rejecting the

Thissacredfestivaleruptsinspectacular, forcesofdivisionandhatred,andunitingin bright, colourful and lively expressions, thepursuitofpeace,progressandprosperity symbolic of the drowning out of negativity May the spirit of Diwali, celebrated with and despondency and the banishing of ill- suchfervourinourcountry,helptofuseour will,maliceanddivision. peopleclosertogether,respectingourethnic

Diwaliforetellsoftheinevitabletriumph diversity, setting aside division and uniting of good over evil, the supersession of allinpursuitofthecommongood! knowledge and truth over ignorance and A happy and joyous Diwali to all of dishonesty, and the primacy of unity over Guyana!

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Russia’s defense chief warns of ‘dirty bomb’ provocation

KYIV, UKRAINE (AP)Russia’s defense chief alleged Sunday that Ukraine was preparing a “provocation” involving a radioactive device, a stark claim that was strongly rejected by U.S., British and Ukrainian officials amid soaring tensions as Moscow struggles to stem Ukrainian advances in the

south. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made the allegations in phone calls with his counterparts from the United States, Britain, France and Turkey. Russia’s defense ministry said Shoigu voiced concern about “possible Ukrainian provocations involving a ‘dirty bomb,’” a device that uses explosives to scatter radioactive waste. It doesn’t have the devastating effect of a nuclear explosion, but could expose broad areas to radioactive contamination.

Russian authorities repeatedly have made

allegations that Ukraine could detonate a dirty bomb in a false flag attack and blame it on Moscow. Ukrainian authorities, in turn, have accused the Kremlin of hatching such a plan. British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace strongly rejected Shoigu’s claim and warned Moscow against using it as a pretext for escalation. The British Ministry of Defense noted that Shoigu, in a call with Wallace, “alleged that Ukraine was planning actions facilitated by Western countries, including the UK,

to escalate the conflict in Ukraine.”

“The Defense Secretary refuted these claims and cautioned that such allegations should not be used as a pretext for greater escalation,” the ministry said. The U.S. also rejected Shoigu’s “transparently false allegations,” White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement. “The world would see through any attempt to use this allegation as a pretext for escalation.”

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From page 8 regional average was 8.4%, more than twice the average value seen between January 2005 and December 2019 (of 4.1%). Furthermore, the fiscal situation of the Region’s countries has deteriorated as a result of the significant fiscal efforts they made to combat the worst moments of the COVID-19 crisis and its social consequences.

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In line with all this, the social situation in the region has also deteriorated, with considerable increases in poverty levels reflecting the effects of the pandemic and of the accompanying economic recession. In 2020, ECLAC calculated that poverty and extreme poverty affected 33.0% and 13.1%, respectively, of the population. In 2021, the incipient economic recovery translated into a very modest decline in poverty, to 32.1%, and a small, but continuous, increase in extreme poverty, to 13.8%.

erational and policy capacities,” ECLAC’s document indicates. Throughout its history, the Commission has insisted that macroeconomic policies matter a great deal for the dynamics of structural change and productive development, but that microeconomic and sectoral policies are also key. In other words, both cross-cutting and sectoral policies for productive development are needed.

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“It is in this context that the Region’s countries must adopt policies that would allow them to invigorate sustainable growth, reduce inflationary pressures, create quality jobs, and mitigate the social costs while also reducing poverty and inequality. All of this poses serious challenges for political and governance systems and for public institutions’ technical, op-

Along this line of thinking, ECLAC has proposed to the Region a series of driving sectors that can energize the productive and structural transformation, as well as investment and job creation. These are: energy (energy transition), electromobility, the circular economy, the bioeconomy, the healthcare and manufacturing industry, the digital transformation, the care economy, sustainable tourism, and Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) and the social and solidarity economy.

In its proposals, the United Nations Regional Organization emphasizes the urgency of taking action to recover investment and growth, recognizes the central role of the State in designing and implementing policies for transforming the development model, and argues for the importance of working to

strengthen public and private partnerships. In order to coordinate such a plethora of problems and policy alternatives, ECLAC stresses the need to make progress on fiscal, productive, social and environmental compacts to surmount the problems of the current juncture and move in the long term towards societies that are sustainable, cohesive, and resilient – characteristics that entail advancing towards the realization of welfare states in the framework of a care society.

The document will be commented upon by a highlevel panel this Monday, October 24, starting at 9:50 a.m. local time in Argentina (GMT -3) as part of the Commission’s thirty-ninth session. The panel will be moderated by Argentina’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship, Santiago Cafiero, and will feature the participation of the Nobel Prize in Economics recipient, Joseph Stiglitz, the Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value of University College London, Mariana Mazzucato, the Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia, José Antonio Ocampo and the Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Rebeca Grynspan.

Government must monitor Parika...

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Somebody needs to light a fire under the contractors so things may move swiftly with excellent quality, and meeting construction timelines.

Patchwork is simply inadequate for a road that must carry heavily laden trucks on a daily basis.

Maybe there needs to be a progress audit to make sure contractors are doing what we have in the contracts.

We look forward to urgent intervention from the Government side.

Sincerely, Dr. Jerry Jailall

‘MULTI’ dominate Inter-Secondary; Regma wins Inter-Primary C/ship

Christianburg Wismar Secondary School, popularly known as ‘Multi’, finished with 871 points and retained their overall secondary schools’ title, avenging their 2019 loss to Mackenzie High School, when the track and field championships ended Friday at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground.

track and field and teachers’ events and third in the swimming competition.

Linden Foundation Secondary, who copped the swimming title, placed third in the teachers’ events and fourth in cycling and track and field.

Rholency Fredericks both from CWSS.

In the Under 20 category the top performer was Tyrese Simon of LTI and for girls Noriann King and Renace Newton both from CWSS.

National table tennis player, Ebo McNeil, after representing Guyana at the Caribbean Mini and Pre Cadet Table Tennis Championships, returned to Linden to represent McKenzie High School at the InterSecondary School’s Championship.

Also, at the MSC a day earlier, Regma Primary delinked itself from sharing the 2019 crown with Amelia’s Ward Primary to take the InterPrimary Schools’ section.

Back for the first time since the COVID-19 Pandemic, ‘Multi’, in amassing 867 points, took the track and field honours while second-placed MHS chalked up 811.

Next was New Silvercity Secondary, placing second in swimming, third in track and field, fourth in cycling and fifth in the teachers’ category.

Top performers in the Inter secondary championships were Shaqueena Giddings for girls and Beres Couchman for boys, Under 14 DeQuan Farrel of MHS for boys and Tyreslia Hughes of CWSS for girls.

Regma Primary, by winning the cycling, swimming and track and field, was named the overall champions among the primary schools, ahead of Watooka Day and Amelia’s Ward, St. Aidans, Bamia, Coomacka, One Mile, Wismar Hill and Kwakwani in that order.

Top performers were in the Under 8 category Malissa Christopher for boys and Jamila Alclyne of Ituni for girls.

Monday October 24, 2022

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Wisburg Secondary’s 515 points saw them finishing a distant third, while fourth place went to Linden Foundation (496), followed by New Silvercity (439) and Harmony Secondary (411).

To successfully defend their overall crown ‘Multi’ proved too strong for their opponents by also winning cycling and teachers’ events and placing fourth in the swimming.

Mackenzie High best performances were to be runners-up in the cycling,

Under 16 Boys’ top performer was Kaidon Persaud of LFS and Hannah Joseph of MHS for the girls.

The Under 18 champions were Omar Jacobs of MHS and for females it was Shaqueena Moore and

Under 10 champions Malachi Man Son Hung of Regma and Rockala Francis of Coomacka for girls.

Under 12 Kingston James of Ituni for boys and Tessianna Harris of Regma among the girls.

Kohli leads India to stunning T20 WCup win over Pakistan

M E L B O U R N E , unbeatenon82from53balls atmosphere. I honestly have run out in a contentious Australia (AP) Virat but was stuck at the non- nowords.Ihavenoideahow decision, Kohli and Pandya K o h l i p r o d u c e d a n striker’s end in a surreal thathappened,”Kohlisaid. set about resurrecting their astonishing performance to finishtothematch. After sending their rivals nation’shopes. leadIndiatoastunningfinal- When Mohammad in, India placed Pakistan

The pair, who combined ball triumph over arch-rival Nawaz removed Pandya for under significant pressure for a partnership of 113, Pakistan in a dramatic 40 off 37 balls with the first when removing star batter worked the ball around the Twenty20WorldCupopener ball of the final over, India Mohammad Rizwan and spacious MCG and brought yesterday still needed 16 runs for captain Babar Azam in the up India’s 100 with five

Arriving at the crease victory But the Pakistan firstfourovers. overs remaining. This left with India under pressure, spinnerthenlosthisnerve. Pakistan struggled to India requiring 60 from 30 Kohli delivered one of the Kohli struck a six from a find rhythm in overcast balls. finest innings played at the no-ball on the fourth ball of conditions until a surge India’s captain Rohit MCGtosteerIndiatoafour the over and Nawaz then from Iftikhar Ahmed Sharma said that after losing wicketvictoryintheGroup2 bowled a wide. He then midway through their early wickets, the key was Super12opener bowled Kohli, who had the innings helped them to a tryingtostayinthematchfor

The thriller played in benefit of a free hit courtesy competitivetally as long as possible. With front of 90,293 fans was ofthewide. Ahmed made 51 from 34 Kohli at the crease, he still starkincontrasttoaGroup1 Alert to the ball balls, at one stage striking hadbelief. match played earlier ricochetingfromthestumps, four sixes in six balls, with “From the situation we yesterday in Hobart where the Indian batters ran three three of them coming from were in, it has to be one of Sri Lanka coasted to a nine- byes to reduce the target to off-spinner Axar Patel. He India’s best knocks, not just wicketwinoverIreland. two runs off two balls. But was well supported by Shan hisbestknock,”hesaid. Kohlisetthetempoofhis thatleftKohlioffstrike. Masood, who finished His Pakistan counterpart innings perfectly, batting Nawaz had Dinesh unbeaten on 52 from 42 Azam was stunned after the conservatively early in Karthik stumped with the balls. lossbutpaidtributetoKohli, partnership with Hardik second last ball, but then India faltered early in themanofthematch. Pandya before stepping up bowled another wide, their chase courtesy of a Scores: India 160 for 6 late as India reeled in leaving Ravichandran combination of brilliant (Kohli 82*, Hardik 40) beat Pakistan’stallyof159-8. Ashwin needing only a bowling, poor shots and Pakistan 159 for 8 (Masood Describingitasthefinest single to secure victory for misjudgedrunning. 52*, Iftikhar 51, Arshdeep 3T20inningsofhiscareer,the India. After India fell to 31-4 32, Hardik 3-30) by four India legend finished “ I t ’ s a s u r r e a l whenAxar Patel was judged wickets.

Haynes fires 12 past Graham’s Hall COURTS Pee Wee Tournament…

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Night two results...

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Also, YMCA, with solid all-round team performance, got the better of Young Kings 3-2, compliments of KeyshawnDey,ShawnArthurandKevinPlowell.

Shaka Lewis and Isiah Adams were the scorers for the YoungKings.

When the tournament’s quarter-final action takes place on Friday, YMCA will face One Syde FC in the night’s openinggamefrom7:00pm.Thatmatchwillbefollowedby DCBallersandWestSideBallersat8:00pm.

At 9:00 pm,Team Unknown FC will meet Silver Bullets and the night’s final match will bring together Team R9 FC andWarriors.

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Host Everest beat GNIC sixes in a blistering Joshua Persaud (14) andby eight wickets in a match undefeated 72 from 33 balls, Sachin Singh (10) carriedreduced to five overs. GNIC while Brandon Jaikaran hit DCC, with inter countymade 42-2 with David Dick two sixes and a four in 33 as players Chris Barnwell,24 not out with three sixes DCC made 123-1 in 10 Tevin Imlach and Sankar,and four before Everest overs.Police,withfourInter reached36-2in2.4overs.replied with 47-2 with four County players, were At GDF, Third Classballs to spare as formerWest restricted to 81-8 in 10 overs reached 59-8 in 10 overs inIndies batsman Assad with Kelvin Leitch making reply to Transport’s 87-7 inFudadin hit two fours and a 18. Dexter George, Nkosi 10overstoloseby28runs.sixinanunbeaten27. BeatonandKareemWhitney Orlando GhisiamanIn a match reduced to six had two wickets each for making 26 and Lennyovers, Sophia beat DCC. Pancham 11, getting intoMalteenoes by five wickets.

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The 16 teams that will compete in the 2022 edition of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’East Coast Demerara Championship, have officially been confirmed following the conclusion of the registration and qualificationprocess.

According to an official release from the tournament coordinator, “The teams have been confirmed following the end of the registration period, and all systems and structuresarecurrentlybeingfinalisedforthe grand commencement of the competition followingatwoyearhiatus.”

The competing teams are defending champion, and two-time winner Melanie-B, Lilliendaal Hustlers, Belfield Warriors, Paradise-A, BV-A, Victoria Church Yard, be staged at the Haslington Tarmac, is Buxton Diamond, Uprising, Victoria Eagles, penciled to kick-off on October 28th with the Portmore, Old School, Non-Pariel, Team roundof16stage. Cruel, Vryheid’s Lust, Bareroot, and The competition, which will utilize an Haslington. elimination format, will last for the duration

The release further said, “The confirmed of three days. The other dates are October list of participants embodies a diverse and 29th and November 5th. The second night wide cross section of representation will consist of the quarterfinal round, while throughouttheEastCoastDemeraracorridor the final night will feature the semi-final We have teams that are traditional stage, third-place playoff, and championship heavyweights in the tournament amongst the encounterrespectively mix alongside emerging threats and Similarly, the losing round of 16 teams newcomers. We expect a wonderful and will compete in the Plate Championship. exciting tournament. Further details of the Presently, the Linden and Berbice legs have event will be disclosed shortly This will been hosted. Defending champion Swag include the official fixtures for the entirety of Entertainment successfully retained the thetournament.” Linden title, while Showtime captured their

The main section tournament, which will maidenBerbicechampionship.

BIG MAN CRICKET-GY invites teams to register for the BMC O40s tournament

Masters cricket has now been established 8th,2023,inLahorePakistan.Itisanticipated permanently into the cricket calendar and is that 14 countries will be participating with being administered in a very structured and West Indies already committed to fielding a organized manner through an international teamtothisO40sWorldCup. body, International Masters Cricket It is with this in mind that BMC-GY has Committee(IMCC)anditsaffiliates. decided to host a countrywide BMC O40s

This body oversees administering Over tournament to unearth local talent who can 40s, Over 50s and Over 60s cricket and their vieforspotsatthisexcitingWorldCupinless respective world cups. Cricket West Indies thanayear’stime. Masters Association (CWIMA) is directly BMC-GY is inviting teams from across affiliated with the IMCC which is a private the country to register for this tournament organization. BIG MAN CRICKET-GY is which will be commencing very shortly All directlyaffiliatedwithCWIMA. players must be at least 40 years of age on

The next masters’ world cup will take September 23rd, 2023. In other words, the place in Cape Town, South Africa during cutoff date for players registration is March 2023 for the Over 50s age group and September22nd,1983.

CWIMA is hosting a mini–World Cup in Interested teams can contact the BarbadosinNovemberafterwhichtheyhope following BMC-GYofficials to register their toselecttheirsquadforthisworldCup. team’s interest in being part of this exciting

The next world cup for 2023 will be the tournament on or before November 15th, inaugural World Cup for the Over 40s level 2022. Further details of the tournament shall during the period September 23rd to October bepublicizedlater:

Third Class’s Oswald Benn took 5-15 in the tournament Jonathan van Lange

Paton George edges Miguel Oviedo in C&V Caribbean Shipping LTD Golf Invitational

Golfers teed off on in the history of Guyana, Saturday in the penultimate AvinashPersaud. contest, C&V Caribbean AtthecloseofplayC&V Shipping LTD Golf Caribbean Shipping LTD Invitational, ahead of this company rep Natasha weekend’s GTT Guyana Gomes extended greetings Open Championship from the company and scheduled for Saturday and thanked all participants and Sunday October 29th and attendees. She reminded 30th. that this was the second year

Scoring conditions were of the company hosting the difficult as the Lusignan penultimate contest before Golf Club LGC ground staff the major and promised to prepared the track for this continuethistradition. weekend’s major. On this Attention and focus now challenging layout golfers turns to this weekend’s GTT neededtokeeptheirteeshots G u y a n a O p e n in the nicely mowed low cut Championship Players fairwaygrass. Asthemajors from several countries approach the grass off the including Suriname, fairway is grown higher Trinidad, Barbados, Canada, which makes missing the England, Colombia and the fairway very punitive, United States among other causing second shots to be nations will join the local very challenging as players golfers for a contest that is have to hit from thicker increasingly becoming a grass. Saturday’s conditions Marqueeevent. meantscoringlowwasgoing On the women’s side, to be challenging. Only one ShanellaLondon,withawin, golfer, Paton George, was wouldbeputtinghernamein able to produce a below par the hat for being one of the net score of 69. He was best ever female golfers followed one shot back by from Guyana. She will be one of the hottest and most defending her 2021 title but improved golfers of 2022, willhavetogetpasthermain MiguelOviedowithanetpar rival and former multi scoreof70. winner of the Guyana Open,

Full Winners: ChristineSookram. 1st. Paton George (15hc) Thecourseisbeingsetup –gross84,net69 for back to back major 2nd Miguel Oviedo events the next two (21hc)–gross91,net70 weekends as GTT hosts the 3rdAyubeSubhan(13hc) biggest tournament of the –gross84,net71 year, followed by the first LowGross,Closesttothe weekendinNovemberbythe FlagandLongestDrivewere McCorp Golf Classic. Both all won by current Guyana of the next two events are Open Champion Avinda must-play events for most Kishorewithagrossscoreof golfers. GTT Guyana Open 75. Avinda is the heavy crowns the champion favorite to repeat as the golfers, male and female, of Guyana Open men’s theyear Champion, but you could McCorp then hosts the never count out his brother following weekend’s who is the leading Guyana McCorp Classic in which Openchampintermsofwins some of the most attractive and arguably the best golfer prizeswouldbeupforgrabs.

Prizes winners with their accolades

Paton George accepts his winning prize from Natasha Gomes of C and V Shipping LTD.

India’s Virat Kohli, center, is escorted from the ground with teammates after winning their T20 World Cup cricket match against Pakistan in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/ Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)

Kohli

stunning T20 WCup win over Pakistan

Mishka Beharry leads the way as

National Junior tourney concludes