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Diwali motorcade attracts thousands

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After a two-year hiatus due to programme featured local and theCovid-19pandemic,theannual international artistes who Diwali Motorcade returned entertained the large crowd with Sunday night with thousands of songanddance.

President Ali noted that the beautifully lit floats from motorcade is part of Guyana’s Georgetown to LBI, East Coast culture and has a rich history He Demerara. lauded former Minister, Pandit His Excellency President Reepu Daman Persaud for Irfaan Ali and thousands of founding the GHDS and his spectators were at the LBI ground daughter,Dr VindhyaPersaudand to witness the motorcade as it others for following in his reached its final destination and footsteps. The Head-of-State was also participate in a cultural joinedbyFirstLadyMrs.AryaAli, programme organized by the their son Master Zayd and several Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha Government officials, including (GHDS). the Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo

According to a Department of and the Minister of Human Public Information release, over Services and Social Security Dr 30 floats participated in the 2022 VindhyaPersaud.

Ex-SBM executives were jailed for bribing foreign public officials in exchange for lucrative oil-services contracts

n September 2018, sentenced to serve 30 reflecting payments to five SBM USA with winning the former Chief months in prison and a fine i n d i v i d u a l s H e

lucrative offshore oil Executive Officer ofUS$50,000forthecrime. acknowledged that even projects from Petrobras

I (CEO) and a former In November 2017, though he was aware there Zubiate also admitted sales and marketing Mace and Zubiate each was a high risk those engaging in a kickback executive of Dutch oil pleaded guilty to one count individuals were Equatorial scheme with the bribe services company SBM, a of conspiracy to violate the Guinean officials, he paying sales agent for SBM company that has already Foreign Corrupt Practices nevertheless authorized anditsSBMUSA. established its presence in Act (FCPA) in connection SBM to make over US$16 For his part, former Guyana, were both jailed for with a scheme to bribe million in payments to those Assistant Attorney General bribing foreign public foreign government officials individuals. Brian A. Benczkowski had officials in exchange for in Brazil, Angola and As it relates to the said, “Anthony Mace and lucrative oil services EquatorialGuinea. Brazilian government Robert Zubiate played key contracts.

According to admissions officials, Mace stated that he roles in a massive bribery SBM Offshore is the one made in connection with his further continued a practice scheme that involved the designing the floating, plea agreement, Mace that was instituted before he payment of millions of production, storage and acknowledged that prior to became CEO by splitting dollars to public officials in offloading (FPSO) vessels him becoming CEO, other payments to SBM’s exchange for lucrative oilfor American oil giant employees of SBM entered Brazilian intermediary that services contracts ”

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SBM, Anthony ‘Tony’ Mace

US$238 million three-year Liza Destiny, the Liza Unity, ExxonMobil’s projects in into an agreement to pay is, paying a portion of the According to Benczkowski, deferred prosecution Payara each costing Guyana. bribes to foreign officials intermediary’s commission the former SBM executives’ agreement with the United approximately US$1B, In the U.S, the former including at Brazil’s state- to an account in Brazil and actions rewarded corrupt States over its role in the US$1 2B, and US$1 6B SBM executives were jailed controlled oil company, another portion of the officials’greed and tilted the conspiracy, while its respectively for their involvement in Petróleo Brasileiro S A agent’s commission to playing field against honest, subsidiary, SBM USA, Kaieteur News recently bribing government officials (Petrobras); Angola’s state- accountsinSwitzerlandheld law-abidingcompanies. pleaded guilty to one count reported that SBM Offshore in countries like Brazil, owned oil company, in the name of shell The former U.S official of conspiracy to violate the is making moves to deepen Angola and Equatorial Sociedade Nacional de companies. had stated that Mace and FCPA. its Guyanese roots as it Guinea. Combustíveis de Angola, A g a i n , M a c e Zubiate’s sentencing should On the local front, SBM recently issued a Request for According to the U.S. E P (Sonangol); and deliberately avoided serve as a warning to Offshore has been the Information (RFI) from Department of Justice, Equatorial Guinea’s state- learning that the ultimate corporate executives preferred shipbuilder for qualified companies to Anthony “Tony” Mace, then owned oil company, recipients of the payments everywhere.

Guyana’s FPSO vessel since develop a gated community 66, of the United Kingdom, Petroléos de Guinea thatheauthorizedtotheshell Notably, in November 2015. To date, the company and recreational facility for the former CEO of SBM Ecuatorial(GEPetrol). companies were Petrobras 2017, SBM entered into a has built the FPSOs for the itsemployees. Offshore, and a former The former CEO officials,headmitted. Board Member of SBM’s admitted too that he joined According to admissions U.S.-based subsidiary, was t h e c o n s p i r a c y b y made in connection with sentenced to serve 36 authorizing payments in Zubiate’splea,frombetween months in prison and a fine furtherance of the bribery 1996 and 2012, Zubiate and of US$150,000 while scheme and deliberately others used a third party Robert Zubiate, then 66, of avoided learning that those sales agent to pay bribes to Agoura Hills, California, a paymentswerebribes. foreign officials at Petrobras former sales and marketing In particular, Mace in exchange for those executive at SBM USA, was maintained a spreadsheet officials’ assisting SBM and

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EDITORIAL

$2.2B to rebuild 13 bridges in the hinterland

Iwithonlyonesideoftheirbrainworking.

t is either that Guyanese have a one-eyed PPPC Government, or that local political leaders function

It is now beyond a doubt that the Government and its decision makers are shortsighted, one-sided, and not functioningwithafulldeck. Somethingiswrongwiththis Government, and we don’t think that it is what Western medicine or herbals could fix satisfactorily When developmentsinthiscountryareweighed,therecanbeonly oneconclusion:thePPPCGovernmentisthegangthatcan’t thinkstraight,can’twalkstraight,andcan’ttalkstraight.

Here is one case that speaks for itself. “Govt. say…13 hinterland bridges to now cost…$2.2B” -KN October 24). TheoriginalnumberscomingoutoftheMinistryofPublic Works was $1.7B for the 13 bridges. This means that the new number represents an increase of $500 million more (almost 29.5%) for the 13 bridges. We have to pinch ourselves and ask if this could be real, and what is really goingonhere,withthedevelopmentofthisnewhalfbillion moreforthesebridges.

Could it be that somebody was left out of the counting and the new $500 million added to keep powerful people happy? An increase of $500 million dollars for 13 bridges indicatesthatsomebodywassleepingonthejob,ordidnot know what they were doing or it could be very likely that they did things, ran the numbers, by the book, only to be called out for failing to consider the usual unspoken incentivesthatmakethesystemoftendersandcontracts,as theyrelatetoinfrastructureenhancementswork.Hence,this correctionmadeinrapidtime.

On the other hand, there is another reality at work here with these 13 bridges. Somebody in the Ministry of Public Worksbelatedlyunderstoodthatpricesaregallopingahead, andthatcatchingupisaloser Tryingtocometogripswitha 29% plus increase in the cost of anything is a tough proposition. Withgovernments,however,toomuchanxiety doesnotaccompanysuchpricedevelopments,sinceitisnot themoneyofleadersandministers,theoneswhoaredoing thespending.

Instead,itisthetaxpayers’moneyspentforthem,anda big fuss made over doing good for the people, while not sayingawordabouthowmuchissiphonedoff. Becausethis hasbeenthestoryofGuyanawheneverpublicworksarepart of the mix, the concern is whether some of this is not in motionwiththenew29%pluspricetagforthe13bridges. Will Guyanese get value for their money? The works are supposed to lift the structures to “international standards”, whichtimewilltellifitisanexaggerationorpartoftheold shellgamecarriedoutonnaïvecitizens.

Also,takingthePPPCGovernment’sincreasedpricefor these bridges, political leaders should get a better understanding of what ordinary Guyanese deal with whenevertheystoptobuyanything. Yesterday’spricesare history, and nothing goes down too much, and it does not staydownfortoolong. TheendresultisthatGuyaneseon thelowerrungsofthelabourladder,thosebattlingwithless thanlivingwages,havenowheretogoandnoonetoturnto, intheirdesperatestraits.

Theyneedahand,andthisiswheregovernmentisinthe best position to appreciate the plight of their people, and providemeaningfulrelief.

In many countries, circumstances leave with few options. In Guyana, with its huge oil discoveries and glittering economic numbers, there can be no justification fornothelpingallGuyaneseinneed.Notjustthefavoured few, as practised by this PPPC Government. But genuine assistanceforallGuyanesewhofeelthebitingdailypinches, and stare at less than full meals, or an ongoing state of starvation.Pricesaregoinguponeverything;Guyaneseare goingdownunderthecrushingburdensinflictedbyrunaway prices. Itistimethatgovernmentacts,asitsownincreased price tag for those 13 hinterland bridges makes clear Meaning that, it is purely price related, and has no relationshiptothetraditionalpoliticalskullduggery

Two electoral issues to fix

DEAREDITOR, increasing the number of In its present state, the ridourselvesofit.

In an earlier article, I judges in our local appellate decisionsaretoonarrowand Please note that certain have dealt with the illegal court. myopic, with decisions that vestiges of the rigging planbythePNCanditsallies As the saying goes, “In come from a political apparatus are still in place, inthelegalfraternity Theirs the multitude of counsel, standpoint, rather than those such as deliberately placing wastheplantogainanillegal there is wisdom.” In my basedonthesolidfoundation polling stations in PNC victory for their party view, and I am pretty sure, ofthelaw strongholds, knowing fully throughthebackdoor thisistheviewofothers,the My second point deals well that voters who are

Itwasasubtleandwell- composition of three judges with the aspect of having a perceivedtobesupportersof thought-out plan, but like I istoosmall,thustheglaring reformed voting system, the PPP/C Party would be said, it met its final end in flawsintheirjudgments. here we scrutinize the intimidated by their thugs that ruling of the CCJ. Now A composition of 5 machineryofGECOMitself. there. that the CCJ has ruled, we judgesmorefitsthatcourt,as We cannot go forward into ThiscausesPPP/Cvoters must navigate our way it would bring into being a another election with a to stay away from such forwardintothefuture. broader and more systemthatwassoflawedby polling places all for their

It is not an uncertain consultative approach when the illegal tampering of safety and wellbeing.As we future once we put certain dealingwithappeals. rigging stalwarts such as move into the future, every legalproceduresinplace. It would erode, if not Lowenfield and Mingo aspect of a clean, free and

In this regard, we must wipeout,decisionsbasedon T h e s e n o t o r i o u s fairsystemmustbesetupso pay careful attention to two emotion and political personalities by their thatthepurereflectionofthe pressing issues before us, as leanings. machinations have set up a people’swillcanbeseenand wellasfindwaystofixthem. Having a broader, wider voting process that is feltwhenwegotothepolls. Inthefirstplace,wemust courtgiveswillseerulingsof compromised and, as such, Respectfullysubmitted make a determined effort at agenuineandlastingnature. muchworkhastobedoneto NeilAdams

The Right to Justice forAll

DEAREDITOR, asoneregardlessofwhothe Andthesearejustthestories paid if we are working on Red Thread writes to perpetrator is. The law is we read about in the media. particular projects. We are voice our concern with theretoprotectcitizensfrom The Red Thread Centre has committed to what we do regard to reports in the harm,togettothebottomof alwaysbeenopentosupport because we care and hold newspapers of the recent the matter, to operate with anyone as best we can, who ourselves accountable to the alleged assault on Ms. due process for all parties isexperiencinggenderbased peopleweorganisewithand Kamla BharratbyMr Ossie andtodispensejusticefairly, violence. for, and because many of us Rodgers that was captured not to protect alleged wrong We can be reached at 72 are ourselves survivors of on CCTV cameras doers in high places or with PrincesandAdelaideStreets, violence We call on According to a report in the “connections” by ensuring Charlestown, our telephone everyone, organisations Stabroek News, the police an investigation does not number is 223-6254 and our (government or non are saying that the even get off the ground. We e m a i l a d d r e s s i s government)andindividuals investigation is open and call on the Guyana police to redthreadguyana@gmail co to take the responsibility to active, but what does that actinthenameofthelawand m. We are not running a stand up against gender mean, when no statement let justice prevail Ms government institution and based violence and for was taken from the alleged Kamla Bharrat’s right to wedonothavetheresources justice. assaulter who has already have her allegations of to deal with every situation. Each of us has a voice leftthecountry? assault dealt with fairly Nooneshouldexpectthatof andinthenameofjustice,let We are tired of working shouldNOTbedenied. us. We do what we can with usallsoundourvoices. classpeoplebeingtreatedas It seems like every day whatwehave. Sincerely, though we don’t exist. We we are waking up to stories We are a grassroots SusanCollymore arecitizenstooandformthe of violence against women organisation,independentof HalimaKhan majorityofthepopulation. and children, so much that government and all political JoyMarcus Assault is a criminal one does not even know parties.Ourmembersarefull VanessaRoss offenceandshouldbetreated where to begin to respond. timevolunteerswhoonlyget WintressWhite

Indeed leaders are the masters, but still…

DEAREDITOR, fromleadershipsleazes. The unchallenging action capable of: so what? Aline I thank Dr Desmond unflinching outlook must be Against one or the other hastobedrawnsomewhere, Thomas for his writing on thatwhenItakeastand,and u p s t a r t , t h e n o w and somebody has to stand whatIsharedretheLizTruss no one else follows, I just uncontrolled rebellious; the forsomething,atsometime, development (“Why our keepgoing;andwhenothers Listisoneless. Thenwhat? forsomereason,mostlikely MPS won’t stand up: lack the courage or integrity Mypositionismorefinal:so the unacceptable that can’t i n t e g r i t y a n d t h e to step forward, then there what? betakenanymore. Constitution. muststillbemovingforward Take away the MP gift, Editor,pardonplease,for

AresponsetoGHKLall” alone, as necessary It calls with the perks, prestige, I have one more for my - KN October 24). Indeed, I forpersonalintegrity duty free, and medieval fellow Guyanese (fellow am totally with Dr Thomas I think that by now Dr mandarin’s power over the Americans, too) As that there is that Thomas could visualize vast national estate, when conscientious citizen, Constitution, and all that it where I am headed. So, the takentotheextreme.

conscious and outspoken vestsinoneman,andallthat man, the leader, and that M y q u e s t i o n , a one, and this monstrosity, that has come to mean in perverse but auspicious, challenge, remains this utter revulsion of a parliament, in public life, in intriguing but mesmerizing, u n r e l e n t i n g a n d human being, whoever so life itself in this country. construct called the

unapologetic: so what? listed, makes his move and BecauseofwhattheGuyana Representative of the List Likewise,Iamaseniorcivil acts.

Constitution hangs over the looks at his inner human servant (or lowly clerk); Because the citizen, head,asitwas/isengineered, circle of comrades, and pushedfromjob,cutofffrom whethermeoranyoneelseis then I think that the suddenly feels hemmed in, monthlymoney,thetaxman anaysayer,atroublemaker,a substance of man and duetothealiensounds(their cometh, and door slammed condemner, talker, writer woman, civil servant and menacing), the agitated to block from entering any that registers at the heights citizen, must adapt to meet u n e a s i n e s s ( t h e i r otherplace,publicorprivate, and with the people troubledleaders. misgivings), or the first to make a living, then I rise Becausewhatisdonecanbe

That is, if we are ever frosts (their distancing), and again and say with the acauseformore going to extricate ourselves takes decisive, final, and profoundest stillness I am

Acitizen’s complaint against the NIS and employers

DEAREDITOR, serve as a deterrent to other request you do the

I am writing about the employers who are in application all over again. National Insurance Scheme, default.

On presentation of claims, Guyana(NIS). NISinspectorstoomust the receiving officer usually

The coach is usually the first to go, with enough blame for all

DEAREDITOR,

performance of the team oneofthosetruthsthatmust

The NIS is not ensure they play a more request a contact number, functioningintheinterestof effective role in order to this is given and if there are theinsurers,thereasonbeing follow-uponnonpayment. queries a simple telephone asfollows:-

2. The NIS, on the other call to the claimant will

1. Some employers are hand, has done injustices to assist. taking NIS deductions from insurers’ medical claims, Butinmanycases,thisis insured employees pay and refunds and other medical not done and as a result, the are using the money in their claims, medical claim pending file gets bigger and business. benefitstakelongerthanthe bigger

They must be made to normal three weeks without The NIS is no longer a understand that the NIS any explanations for or the customer-friendlyoperation. deductionmoneyisnottheir d e l a y s , g e n u i n e

Overtheyears,theserviceto money, and such NIS overpayments of NIS the insured has not been deductions must be paid to contributionstakemorethan improveddespitelotsoftalk theNISonorbeforethe14th ayeartoberefunded,despite by those who ‘the powers oftheensuingmonth. a c c u r a t e “ r e f u n d thatbe.’

Thelawpertainingtothis application” made. The Idohopethatwithsome p o i n t m u s t b e receiving officer would of the shortcomings amended/revised to say that check your application and highlighted above, the NIS employers who fail to pay say follow up within 6 willimproveitsimagetothe employees NIS deductions weeks. Afteryoufollow-up insuredmembers. on time must be prosecuted insomecases,theycan’tfind Respectivelysubmitted, and sent to prison, this will the refund application and D.Sawh

Lessons of Diwali

DEAREDITOR, teaches that, not just one physical, psychological or Happy Diwali Oh group but a collective effort platonic, and that is, by Guyana Head of HSS fromallGuyaneseisneeded providinglight. Guyana, Ravi Dev, a to bring “goodness” in President Dr Irfaan Ali prominent and powerful society so that Guyana can ablyremindedus,“Whenwe proclaimer and protector of reach its full potential ” speakaboutlifeovercoming Dharma universally, Today, Guyana and the rest darkness,itislightcreatinga proclaims, “one of the most of the world welcomes the waythroughdarknessthatis important lessons that thirdofthefivedaysfestive differentfromwhatdarkness Dharma, which is the season of lights, Diwali or offers. religious and moral law Deepavali.

Itisnotjustphysicallife; governing individual Thereisonlyonewayto it is removing what light conduct in Hinduism, remove darkness, whether offersagainstwhatdarkness offers.”

Indeedleadersarethemasters...

Frompage4 crossed, when the doubters, and more objectionable, the inhuman, disbelievers. Thus, leader andtheunjustaretheorderof and Palace Guard try their the day all over I give that hardest to take away dignity superiorconstitution:theone by freeing their official and drawn from harsh parliamentary goons to experience, crafted by assault using technology, or toughercharacter,andwhich they send or inhibit the knows no deference, and is Guyana Police Force from all undistilled insolence going full out to wherever whensuchmustbe. andwhomeverthingsleador I n c l o s i n g , they limit what are the unchallengeable leaders can inalienable rights, and will do their damnedest, constitutionalrights,ofeach their worst, their incredibly citizen to speak freely, to be repulsive. This is when they contrary,thentherestillmust must be challenged. This is be that same unswerving, where not just PPP MPs unmoving, and unshrinking shouldbe,butalsoPNCand place: so what? Nothing AFC ones must be also; and should matter so much. so, too, every single civil Because whatever the servant and citizen still with weapon,theyhavetheirown some thread of light, the people who flinch from tiniest speck of truth left in them,andsuchleaders. him or her. Who knows

I couldn’t agree with Dr where the example of one Thomas more about man, one woman, may lead Constitution. But I share or who else and how many thatmenmakeconstitutions; will sit-up and say that what not constitutions men wasdonewaswrong. Idon’t Constitutions may try to know, and don’t care about mold and manage men, but anyone else. For me, this is onlytoapoint. whereIstand.

And then again, only Sincerely, certain men when lines are GHKLall

Thestatementputoutby cannotbelaidononesection, be faced and, whenever a the CWI President after the but must be seen as a debacle of this magnitude early booting ofWest Indies collective indictment of the occurs,itisalwaystheCoach from the ongoing ICC T20 team, management, coach who feels the brunt first. It World Cup, seems to lay the and especially the board of was reported in a section of blame of the debacle on the CWI where the buck stops. the media the Head Coach batters and untimely shot When it mattered most the wasstrugglingtoexplainthe selection. teamjustcouldnotdeliver shock exit of his side (SN

As usual, after every Hard truths will have to October22). debacle a post-mortem will befacedgoingforward.

Regards, be done The poor Achange of the guard is ShamshunMohamed

The law-abiding must be first

DEAREDITOR, andillegalactivitywillresult population.

It is interesting what the in an increase in those Our nation cannot be Government has been doing breakingthelaw.““Itisgood successfully administered if forthosebreakingthelaw to help, but it must also be the laws of the land are not

Beyond the lights, laughter, leisure, food, fun, frolic, fashion, features, gifts, grace, gratitude, rituals, religious rights, reverence, ceremonies, cleaning and cultural consequences,Diwaliisalso atimetoreflectonlife

(Continuedonpage6)

Ajobforsomeoneinjail made clear that there are upheld. CRG looks forward given by the National consequences for breaking toseeingthisseriousflawin Security Advisor and thelaw the current Government housing allocations for Deterring such law correctedassoonaspossible. squatters on Independence breaking is necessary, and Withconcern, Boulevard Unfortunately, unfortunately this is a major Mr Jamil Changlee what the government is gap in the Government’s Chairman The Cooperative overlooking are the current message to the RepublicansofGuyana thousands of law abiding citizens who are also pursuing jobs and housing. Those in jail and illegally squatting should not be placedatthefrontoftheline and be given priority over our law abiding citizens Peoplewillstarttothinkthat the Government prefers thosewhobreakthelaw,and that the PPPC is more sympathetic to criminals than they are to law abiding citizens The outcry of corruptionwithinthecurrent Government doesn’t help thisdevelopingimage.

T h e c u r r e n t administration needs to ensure that the laws of the landareupheldandthatthere is accountability from the highest office in the land all the way down to the beggar inthestreet.

Rewarding lawlessness

Article 13 calls for new look GECOM

- chairman, commissioners must be non-partisan

C i v i l s o c i e t y organization- Article 13 has called for a radical restructuring of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) saying any genuine electoral reforms must take into account that body

In a statement issued on Sunday, Article 13 commended the move by government to kick-start a commission of inquiry into the March 2020 elections as well as the move to hold consultations on electoral reform.

“However, the task of reshaping our electoral laws isnottobetakenlightlyand fundamental restructuring discarded in favour of a reason, pressure from theshould not be left solely at andreformofGECOMtoan commission which includes political parties only addedthe hands of the very independent body that will a majority of non-partisan, to the disorder. Guyanesepolitical parties whose serve the constitution of civil society members, havearighttoacommissioni n t r a n s i g e n c e i n Guyanaasitwasintendedto, accountable to the courts that is held to the highesti m p l e m e n t i n g representing all Guyanese, rather than political standards of independence,recommended reforms has while standing above the interests,”Article 13 said. It competenceandintegrity Asresulted in a GECOM that partisan, political fray and notedthatincarryingoutits such, we must ensure thatamplifies rather than independent of political duties, GECOM must be once members areameliorates the inherent influence. respected and must have a appointed, political partiespolarization of our political

“The current formula in reputationforfairnessunder have no power over theirsystem,”Article13saidinits which politicians from the pressure “At a time of continuing membership sostatement. It added that the two major parties fill the political instability on a that commissioners canabsolute starting-point for seats of the commission national scale when carryouttheirwork withoutgenuine election and excluding representation of GECOMshouldhavebeena fear or favour,” theconstitutional reform in minority parties, must be force for prudence and organisationsaid.Guyana must be the

Article 13 said to ensure a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , independent GECOM, it must be restructured to comprise a majority of nonpartisan commissioners and led by a non partisan chairman.Italsosaidthatthe commissioners must be appointed for a fixed period with no option for renewal. Commissioners must be electedbyafullytransparent selection process, the group emphasized.

According toArticle 13, to be fully effective, complementaryelectionand constitutional reforms must accompany these changes. “While we welcome the initiative to reform the Representation of the People’s Act (ROPA) and electoral laws, it is evident that increasing pecuniary and punitive measures is simply not sufficient to redress the systemic weaknesses of a partisan GECOM.

Thebasisuponwhichthe structure of the commission iscreatedmustbeaddressed. Article 13 welcomes the Government’s consultation with civil society and look forward to an active role in the development and evolution of the other electionlawsandtheROPA, however, we will maintain our call to action for the reform of GECOM as requisiteforfree,democratic andfairelections.”

Bandits in Diwali robbery spree

-capturedonsecuritycameras attackingvictimsinKitty,Albouystown

Screengrab from one of the robberies that took place on Diwali Eve

hile most of intheyardwhilethewomen thecitypolice were roughed up by the

Wranks were criminals Kaieteur News making sure that Sunday understands that the men evening’s Diwali motorcade snatched cell phones and was incident-free, bandits some other valuables from used the opportunity to the victims before escaping prowl the streets and ontheirbicycles. pounced on victims robbing In the second footage themoftheirvaluables. seen, a man was sitting in a

Two of the armed chair relaxing in front of his robberies carried out on home at Albouystown when Sunday night were however two motorbike bandits capturedon CCTVcameras. pulledup. One of them took place The pillion rider jumped around 22:30hrs at Thomas offandpulledoutagunfrom Street, Kitty while a family hiswaist. was returning home and the He was wearing a white second took place a little bit flophat,awhitejerseyanda earlierinAlbouystown. pair of long denim jeans.

Thecamerathatcaptured The bandit held the man at the robbery in Kitty showed gunpoint and began patting two bicycle bandits, dressed him down. The victim did in hoodies and short pants, not resist and stood up with prowling Thomas Street his hands in the air for the They were captured riding gunman to search his pass their victims’ house pockets. once before pouncing on Afterremovingwhatwas them - two women and a in the man’s pockets, the child The victims were gunman pulled a chain from carrying some plastic bags around his victim’s neck and as they were about to before escaping with his enter their yard, the bandits accomplice on the attacked from behind. The motorbike. child ran away as quickly as Police are currently shecouldandsecuredherself huntingthebandits.

LessonsofDiwali

Frompage5 learning, implementing and and make changes for the reminding:

upcoming year With that, 1)Giveandforgive. there are a number of 2) Rise and shine. 3) customs that followers of Uniteandunify Dharmaholddeareachyear 4)Prosperandprogress.

5) Illuminate your innerT h e r e a r e t h e self.philosophical concepts

6) From Darkness untoand principles that can be Light. ShubhDiwalitoyou,placed into perspective for your family, friends andconsideration and neighboursofallofGuyana.implementation. It is a ripe Yoursrespectfully,timeforpreaching,teaching, JaiLall

BLUNT

Please check out Chronicle

The PPP/C Government mouthpiece- Guyana Chronicle yesterday insulted Hindus.

The Chronicle’s headline on pg 21 was sad, pathetic and revealing.

The headline read “Diwali: the celebration of darkness over ignorance.” This is how taxpayers’money is being wasted.

This country is sick. The PPP/C Government is so sick with its lies and deviousness that both spread. Catch onto their own agents, humiliate their own.

One day Diwali’s light will touch them for the better.

312 Bare Root families to receive land titles

Some 312 families of lands. Surveys of the area Bare Root, an area located weredonein2004,2009and aback of Bachelor’s 2017 respectively, however Adventure, East Coast t h e r e w e r e s o m e Demerara (ECD), will discrepancies which were finally receive their rectified during the final Certificates of Title to their surveyinJune2022.During landsbytheendoftheyear her engagement with the Thisassurancewasgiven residents, Minister by Minister within the Rodrigues explained that HousingandWaterMinistry, while some persons would SusanRodrigueslastFriday, have received land titles who said that the ministry’s some years ago, it was done Central Housing and based on a plan which has a Planning Authority (CHPA) numberofinconsistencies. isworkingtoensuretheage- She said that a new plan public plea for us to work and every one of you will community.”

is set to be constructed inoldissueisresolved. was done that accurately together. I want all 312 to have an outstanding title to As part of the national Bachelor’s Adventure. TheFor decades, the reflects what was on the receive their titles… So, in receive, we have to work housing programme, water treatment plant willresidents of the village have groundandso,someofthose order for us to get to the end together,” sheimploredthe government will ensure serve communities frombeen without formal titles will have to be of this process, where each residents. residents in every Coldingen to Nabaclis, Eastproperty rights for their adjusted. “So, I’m making a

The minister reiterated community have access to Coast Demerara The the PPP/C Government’s basic necessities such a Ministersaidthattheproject commitment to not only roads and bridges, drainage, isalsoatthetenderingstage ensuring that every waterandelectricity,aswell and once completed, it will Guyanese of age, has access asrecreationalfacilities.Six see a significant increase toapieceofland,alongwith roadswillbeupgradedinthe water quality in the area. theaccompanyingtitles. community to the tune of During the meeting,

“And that is why we $407 million. Tenders are residents were also given to have committed to ensuring outfortheprojectandworks opportunity to raise other t h a t a l l o f t h o s e willcommencebyyear-end. concerns with the minister, communities that are Minister Rodrigues said the who committed to ensuring outstanding in terms of project is part of a joint all the issues are resolved regularisation, that we initiative between the within the shortest possible bring them to completion in Housing,LocalGovernment time. Representatives from the shortest possible time. andPublicWorksministries, the Guyana Lands and “Our development plan and where over 1,000 Surveys Commission were our vision is for a ‘one community roads will be also on the ground assisting Guyana’ and for bringing constructedorupgraded. with addressing some of the development to every single Further, a US$7 8 issues regarding the person in every single millionwatertreatmentplant regularisationprocess.(DPI)

Minister within the Housing and Water Ministry, Susan Rodrigues engaging one of the residents at Bare Root

before year-end

Is China making a pitch for our oil blocks?

They are not going to companies. There has been sprung a major surprise on Kaieteur Blocks The forfriendsofthePPPC?

The government has away of the Canje and deals or it is being set aside

jeopardize the investments speculation that the recent the nation. However, it is governmentavoidsthisissue The government should in Venezuela to come to decision of the UK better for it to be a surprise liketheplague.Thedeadline explain itself before it finds Guyana. Brazil is seeking government to offer visathanascam. for deciding whether to itselfbeingaccusedofbeing investorsforitsownoil.But free entry to Guyanese was

A l l a l o n g t h e auction the blocks has up to its old tricks. It should it may be willing to partner part of barter deal (visa-free government was claiming passed. It was eventually set the record straight as to with Guyana. No reports travel for oil blocks) thatbytheendofSeptember, hintedthattheblocksmaybe why it has opted to go this howeverhavesuggestedthat betweenthetwocountries.It it would decide whether it put up for auction but unheard of route. Setting Brazil is looking for is in order to either end or mayonedaybeinterestedin would auction available oil nothing definitive has been aside oil blocks for bilateral developing Guyana’s oil confirm such speculation entering into a deal over oil blocksorestablishanational forthcoming But it was pactsisnotwell-knowninoil blocks. The United Arab that the government of blocks?Strangerthingshave oil company No one ever indicated in one section of economics. The PPPC has Emirates, Mexico and Guyana should be more happened but it is not likely took the government the media that the outdone itself with this one. Angola, Ghana and forthcoming on just why it that the PPPC had such a seriously in relation to the government was setting Just which country does the Colombiaarenotalsolikely hasmadethissurprisingand premonition.Timewillinthe latter because the fiscal terms for future oil PPPC have in mind for to be interested in such seemingly novel decision to end reveal whether indeed government is struggling to deals and would soon bilateraloildeals? partnerships. set aside oil blocks for thePPPCisreservingtheoil find the human resources to commence auction for oil The oil business is Theoilcompaniesinthe bilateral pacts. Just which blocks for bilateral pacts or managetheoilandgassector blocks. dominated by private UKareprivatelyowned.But countrydoesithaveinmind? foritsfriends. effectively much less to Then there emerged the multinationals So which there has been a suggestion Surely,itcouldnotbethe (The views expressed in establish a national oil bombshell announcement countrydoesthePPPChave that the Guyana may be government woke up one this article are those of the company The government will be in mind to enter into an oil setting aside oil blocks for dayandhadabrainwavethat writer and not this Itwasgenerallyfeltthat settingasidesomeoilblocks deal: Saudi Arabia, Iran, one or more of Britain’s oil some foreign government newspaper.) the government would opt for government to ChinaorBrazil? forauctions.Butthisranthe government deals. The PPP Why would the Saudi’s risk of the government never fails to astonish and be interested in a having to give the available amaze this country with its government to government oil blocks to the highest or ingenuity Thisonetakesthe oil deal? They have no most competitive bidder cake. When everyone was reasontobeinterested.They Thatwasalwaysgoingtobe waiting expectantly for the are the second largest oil a difficult proposition for a auction of the oil blocks, producerintheworld.Saudi government which has been there comes this surprising Arabia produces more than mired in controversies announcement that the 10 million barrels of crude surroundingthehanding-out government is moving per day and has extensive of the Kaieteur and Canje towards reserving oil blocks reserves. They do not need blocks. for bilateral pacts. Is the Guyana’soil.

This newspaper has Guyana government setting IranandChinaaretiedto writtenextensivereportsand aside the oil blocks for Venezuela which has the commentaries on the give- government to government largestreservesintheworld.

Dem boys seh...

Since dat announcement of visa-free travel to UK

Since de UK announce visa-free travel fuh move out fuh change dem address forGuyanese,manyofdemoverseas-based becausedemknowdatnuffGuyanesewhen Guyanese who living in England start a demgooverseasdoesgolanghand. disappearing act. Dem disappear off of Some of dem wah invite themselves Facebook, dem disappear off Instagram, doesevenwantyoutopaydemticket. Yuh dem sending less email to dem family and doesgatfuhfeed,clothe,entertaindemplus dem mekking less Whatsapp call and give dem spending money and things fuh sendingfeweremails. bringbackfuhdemfamily

Just after de visa-free announcement, And if de weather cold, yuh gat to lend nufflocalGuyanesesuddenlyknowdatdem dem yuh winter jacket and scarf because gatfamilyindeUK. demdoestellyuhplainandstraighthowdem

Demstartfuhcalldemupandreachout typeofclothesnahsellinGuyana. tothem.Demtelldemfamilyhowdemmiss And boy oh boy! De amount to things dem so much and how dem would like to demdoeswantbringbacktoGuyana,itcan’t reconnect. In fact, dem tell dem how dem holdindemsuitcase. planning fuh come to de United Kingdom De family does gat to tek dem to a anddemhopingtobeaccommodated. shippingcompanyfuhsendderestofthings

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When you confront ignorance, other people learn

have always argued newspaper that I am a my disappointment that the inGuyanacompareshimself ask, nay, humbly on this page that psychologically disgruntled British and Canadian High to an artist and famous beg that you when ignorant human because I never Commissions do not offer novelists who do not use l o w e r y o u r

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Need for greater reform of criminal justice system - lawyers say removal of PIs only scratching the surface

By Rehanna Ramsay

examine at the level of the Magistrate Court should not

While steps have already be tampered with The b e e n t a k e n b y t h e lawyer agreed that a number Government in the direction ofadministrativeissuesmust of removing Preliminary be addressed in order to Inquiry (PIs) as part of efficiently address the efforts to speed up the deficiencies of Guyana’s judicialprocess,anumberof CriminalJusticeSystem. factors must be given Similarly, Attorney at consideration before the law, Siand Dhurjon said that d e c i s i o n i s f u l l y while he is fully supportive implemented. of any decision that will

Prominent attorney at speed up the process of law,NigelHughessharedhis criminaltrials,thefairnessof views on the impending the trial should not be

prospective consultants move by the administration compromised for the sake of should provide information intended to reduce the time expediting the process demonstratingthattheyhave that an accused person “There must be some basic the required qualificationsspends on remand awaiting principles left in place that and the relevant experiencetrial is only scratching the will allow an accused person say that there is indeed a handwrittennotesinatimely believe that gutting the to draft a bill to abolish surface towards reforming to at least cross-examine need to fast track the way manner…,” Hardy, a former judicial process of the PI preliminary inquiries in the the criminal justice system. their witnesses There trials are handled at the level StateCounselattachedtothe alone will help the cause… criminal proceeding in He told Kaieteur News that mustbealternativesthatlend of the magistrates’ court, I DPP’sChamberssaid. there are other issues to be Guyana and to review and while the efforts are to the fairness of the trial, don’t believe removing the She noted too that some dealtwith.” provide recommendations noteworthy, they must be once a PI is no longer PI alone will end the issue of cases end at the PI. “So I Additionally, he said on the Criminal Procedure approached with a view of relevant,”hesaid. lengthy prosecution. There think the accused person that, “For the abolition of (Plea Bargaining and Plea safeguarding the right of an Attorney-at-law, Tuanna are other issues to be shouldbegiventheoptionof preliminaryinquiriestohave AgreementAct) Cap10:09. a c c u s e d p e r s o n a s Hardy said while she is in addressed like the length of whether they want a PI or its desired effect on the In an invited comment, g u a r a n t e e d b y t h e agreement with the time the magistrate court not ” The lawyer opined backlog, there must be a Attorney General Anil constitution. administrative efforts to takes to produce a thereforethattheMinistryof holistic approach to the Nandlall SC explained that “It’s a good move once reduce the length of time it typewritten deposition and Legal Affairs and other criminal justice system. You thestepstakentoremovePIs the rights of an accused takes to conduct a trial for hand it over to the office of stakeholdersundertakingthe cannot do it piecemeal; from the process have so far, person as outlined in the capital offences such as rape the Director of Public process must take all these otherwise, you are just received the full support of constitution is not tampered and murder, abolishing the Prosecutions (DPP)…for a other administrative issues scratchingthesurface.” members of the bar and the with such as their right to a PI will not totally solve the matter to be considered for into consideration before The Ministry of Legal judiciary He said too that fair trial…” he said. He problem. “I have been on trial sometimes three years finalizingtheirdecision. Affairspublicisedanoticein removing PI will help to noted too that in the context both sides of the fence, because there aren’t enough Attorney at law, Eusi Guyana Chronicle on reduce the length of time of a fair hearing, an accused working as a prosecutor and court support officers to Anderson spoke of similar October 16 last, inviting some accused persons spendperson’s right to cross as a defence lawyer so I can transcribe the magistrate’s issues He said that in e l i g i b l e i n d i v i d u a l incarcerated hence lessening additiontothelengthoftime consultants to indicate their the overcrowding of the it takes for the court to interestinprovidingservices prisons. complete a PI, the court is to a justice reform project

At present, PIs can woefully understaffed. “The funded by the Inter stretch close to five years Magistrates have a heavy American Development leaving an accused person caseload and the courts are Bank (IDB). According to languishing in prison understaffed, so I don’t the advertisement, the awaitingtrial.

Attorney-at-law, Siand Dhurjon

Attorney at law, Nigel Hughes Attorney-at-law, Eusi Anderson

Attorney-at-law, Tuanna Hardy

Chinese company operating in Guyana to buy out Suriname gold mine

Z owns the Aurora Gold Mines in Guyana is currently making a deal with a Canadian company, Iamgold Corp. to buy out a gold mine in Suriname for someUS$360M.

ijin Mining Inc, a C h i n e s e company, that

News of the deal was disclosed by Iamgold Corp. during a recent statement it had released about its future plans. The mine to be sold is the Rosebel mines located in the Brokopondo district in NorthEasternSuriname.

According to Iamgold, theChinesecompanywillbe acquiring a 95% interest in the Suriname mines. The reason why the Canadian company has decided to sell outitsoperationisbecauseit needs cash to assist in develop its Côté Gold project in Canada. Iamgold wants to pump more capital America even as it continues “the combined output from meagre one when compared would only say that mine is the Canadian company had revenue into Côté because tooperateinGuyanaandhas the large operators declined to the over 400, 000 ounces still in construction phase signed with Guyana - one the project is expected to not been declaring much by 31.7 percent in 2021 to declared by small and andworkshadbeenhindered that allows the company the produce some 489,000 gold to the government 68,268 troy ounces.” Zijin mediumscaleminers. by floods and the Covid-19 luxury of duty free ounces of gold a year in its Guyana’s Finance Minister, Mining Inc. is one of foreign Kaieteur News had pandemic. concessions on fuel and firstfiveyears. Dr Ashni Singh during the companies currently reached out to the company Zijin had bought the equipment.

A photo of the Suriname Gold Mine, Rosebel that the Chinese company will buy.

The Canadian company 2022 budget speech he made conducting large scale to find out how much gold it Aurora Gold Mines (AGM) The contract also gives is hoping to close the deal in January had disclosed that mining in Guyana The has been producing from the in August 2020, from its Zijin the authority to with Zijin during the first small and medium scale minister did not reveal how Aurora concession that previous owners, Guyana determine how much quarter of next year miners had produced more much of the 68 thousand encompasses some 3000 Gold Fields, a Canadian royalties Guyana gets paid Meanwhile, Zijin is getting gold in 2021 than all of the ouncesofgoldwasproduced acres of land but instead of owned company, for for its gold and this is readytospendUS$360Mfor large-scaleoperators. and declared by the Chinese stating the quantity, C$323M. It also benefitted becauseithastheprivilegeto a new gold mine in South company but the amount is company representatives from the same contract that chooseabuyerforitsgold.His exact words was the

Mahipaul calls for audit of $685M Govt. controlled SLED programme

Under the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development from 2020 to 2022, a sum of $685M was approved for the Sustainable Livelihood and Entrepreneurial Development(SLED)Projectbutsince2020, this Ministry under the leadership of Nigel Dharamlallhasfailedtoprovidetothenation the total number of job opportunities and employmentcreated.

Theissuewasraisedduringarecentpress conferenceheldbytheOfficeoftheLeaderof the Opposition last Tuesday According to APNU+AFC shadow Minister of Local Government, Ganesh Mahipaul, Dharamlall has failed to show account for the disbursement of fund since there are also no records of the total number of training project.Thediscoveryofwhatappearedtobe programmes, enhanced skills and instances of ‘fraud’ and ‘criminality’ in the competency; and the social and cultural spendingofmillionsbyentitiesinRegion10, cohesionprogrammesthatwerebirthed. under the SLED programme was made by Dharamlall claimed that all the monies Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton shortly from this allotment were distributed to afterhetookofficein2020. friends and family members of the PPP Minister Hamilton said that particular without any accountability or transparent emphasis will be placed on Region Nine process. (UpperTakutu-UpperEssequibo),whichhad

As such, the APNU+AFC Member of received more than 60 percent of the $250 Parliament (MP) said that therefore taken to million which was allocated to the project in call on the Auditor General of Guyana to the 2019 national budget under the then conduct a forensic audit on the SLED APNU+AFCgovernment. programme allotment and to provide a report Outside of Region Nine, projects were on that expenditure soonest to the people of also funded in Regions Two, Three, Four, Guyana. Five, Six, Seven, and 10. Hamilton said he This is not the first time that fraud and will be doing a countrywide inspection of all dishonesty has been linked to the SLED 2019SLEDprojectsacrossthecountry

‘No urgency in appointing chancellor, chief justice’

- AG says mechanism for appointment to be examined during constitutional reform consultations

Attorney General (AG) p r o v i s i o n s i n t h e and Minister of Legal constitution.” Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC,

Nandlall said too that the said Guyana could examine process must be initiated by the mechanism used to the President for the appoint a Chancellor of the substantive Chancellor and Judiciary and Chief Justice ChiefJustice. i n t h e u p c o m i n g

“What is important is the countrywide consultation President who must initiate process for constitutional t h e p r o c e s s o f t h e reform. appointment and securing

Addressing a virtual the Opposition Leader’s panel on ‘Constitutional agreement. It’s not the other Reform and the Republic: way around. The Opposition The Judicial Selection Leader has made certain Process in the Context of statements which have led Administration of Justice me to conclude that he a n d D e m o c r a t i c believesthathecanconclude Strengthening’ on Sunday, the process,” he can initiategoing forward. “Hopefully the Attorney General said the process,” he said duringone of the provisions which Guyana has the extreme an virtual discussionwill be microscopically p o s i t i o n w h e r e t h e organised by the Universityexamined in this process is appointments of the of theWest Indies’Cave Hilltheveryarticlethatspeaksto chancellor and chief justice Campus.the appointment of a must be made by the head of Government is expectedChancellor and a Chief the executive and the leader to soon embark on aJustice [and] hopefully we of the opposition. However, widespread constitutionalwill get recommendations the system has not been reform process as it seeks toemanating out of the process working. upgrade archaic pieces ofwhich will find political

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC.

He is hopeful that the legislation embedded inconsensus because you ‘political directorate’ would Guyana’sConstitution,aknow,yourequiretwo-thirds find a consensus mechanism (Continued on page 16)majority to change these

APNU+AFC shadow Minister of Local Government, Ganesh Mahipaul.

GECOM needs to be freed from clutches of PPP and PNC

Guyana is currently Representation of the consultation “both because approved implementation of oppositionPNCleadership.” juggling a fossilized Peoples Act (RoPA) is not we believe that conflicts are a single-seat constituency The GHRA said the economy with Stone Age the agenda the country better addressed by The current allocation of 25 Carter Price formula politics and to addressing needs. responding thoughtfully to s e a t s t o t h e 1 0 whereby the Leader of the this situation, it requires “Amending RoPA c a u s e s r a t h e r t h a n Administrative Regions Opposition presents the fundamental electoral suggests that the chaos passionately to symptoms (known as the ’Reynolds President with a list of reforms, principally surrounding Guyana’s 2020 thatallownocompromises. reforms’) was intended to be candidates suited to be Chair liberating the Guyana election was something new, However, the test of the an interim, one-off step for of the GECOM has never Elections Commission rather than the norm. It also g o o d f a i t h o f t h e use in the 2001 elections been approached with the (GECOM) from PPP/PNC conveniently castsAPNU as Government with respect to with the full system, national interest in mind by bi partisan domination; the villain, drawing a veil electoral reform will be its implemented in time for the eitherparty creating a strong single seat overtheextenttowhichboth willingness to allow 2006 election, that is, 40 The GHRA said while the President, rather than theconstituency component and major parties are at one over implementation of approved individual seats and a neither party is free from current partisan scenariosecuring gender equality in resisting any change to their reforms to the electoral National List of 25 seats. In criticism, the antics This has never beentheallocationofseats. shared control of the system and the elimination addition to strengthening surroundingtheappointment attempted.This is according to the electoral system the of political parties from accountability to voters, ofthecurrentGECOMChair

Head of GHRA, Mike McComack

The decade of the 2000Guyana Human Rights cancerous heart of Guyana’s GECOM.” rather than the party in 2019 were the most saw intensive civic activityAssociation (GHRA). The electoral dysfunction. While According to the body, leadership, those reforms abusive manipulation of it. from all sectors in Guyana –rights body said while it the major parties skirmish both major political parties also weaken the power of While recognizing the professionals, faith based,commends the Minister of over the details of the RoPA, have successfully resisted party leaders to function like limitations of the Carter trade union, indigenous andGovernance, Gail Teixeira their track record is similar recommendations tribal leaders, selecting and P r i c e f o r m u l a , i t non governmental bodiesfor engaging civil society in unanimous in frustrating from a constellation of recalling Members of nevertheless allows for huge lobbyingforimplementationholding the current fundamental reforms,” domestic and international Parliamentatwill. improvement if political oftheapprovedreforms.consultation on electoral GHRAsaid. bodies for more than two However, nothing has will, imagination and the The Facing the Futurer e f o r m , a m e n d i n g

Body of Linden school girl recovered Kara Kara Creek

The GHRA said it has decades. “The constitutional been done by either party to national interest is available (FtF) campaign of 2012, astechnicalities in the accepted to attend the reform process of 2000 this day to complete as the motivating feature of one example, saw aelectoral reform, despite theexercise. conference of thirty suchintensepressure,particularly The Leader of the organizations elaboratebetween 2000 to 2006 Oppositioncouldoversighta around 100 specificincluding a Memorandum of professional transparent recommendations groupedUnderstanding signed selectionprocess,engaginga in10clusters.jointly by the ABCE wide cross section of Inadditiontodomesticcountries, the Presidential opinion, the results of which (Continued on page 16)Secretariat and the then could then be presented to

Fire destroys house, vehicle in Linden

The search for 14-year broke down in tears as they but ended-up having to let old Kenneitha Greaves watched her lifeless body her go because he would came to an end on Monday being removed from the have drowned too. Greaves morning after her body was creek. was well known in her recovered from the Kara Kaieteur News reported community and had dreams Kara Creek in Linden, on Sunday that the relatives of representing her country RegionTen. recalled that Greaves left as a national athlete. In fact, Greaves of Old Kara home early Saturday to visit o n F r i d a y G r e a v e s Kara had drowned on friends close by She represented her school by Saturdaywhilebathinginthe subsequently left with them competing in the inter creek with her friends. One to have a bath in the Kara secondary schools sports of them, an 11-year old boy Kara Creek located not too competition held at the had tried to save her but he far away A few hours later, Mackenzie Sports Club could not Neighbours, her family received a call Ground in Linden. She ran relatives and even some around 10:00hrs that would the 3000 meter race and members of the Linden Fire leave them devastated reportedly placed fourth Service had been combing Greaves had gone under Sadly, her dreams to the creek to find her since while bathing in the creek someday become a national Saturday Their search came andfailedtoresurface. athlete will never be a reality toanendaround09:00hrson The 11 year old boy because her life was snuffed Monday after her corpse recounted the tragedy and out the very next day while floated up. It was a sad told family members that he bathing in the Kara Kara moment as her relatives hadattemptedtosaveherlife Creek.

Aafter the interior of their house

family of five inAmelia’s Ward, withafriend,whentheblazestartedinoneof Linden is counting their losses thebedrooms.

Thefamilymembersaidthefirestartedin was completely gutted by fire Monday the ceiling and at the time, a fan and an air morning. condition unit were on. However, there were

One family member told Kaieteur News nopreviouselectricalissuesatthehouse. thatatthetimeoftheblaze,twopersonswere

Neighbours formed a bucket brigade and in the house. Neighbours, however, noticed swiftresponsefromthefireserviceprevented the blaze before them and raised an alarm. other nearby homes from being destroyed. TheownersofthehomeTerrenceandNadica Nothing,however,wassavedfrominsideand Mitchellarecurrentlyoverseaswiththeirtwo even the vehicle that was parked on the other children while their son Tyrese resides garage was destroyed. Investigations are therewhenheisinLinden. Tyresewashome ongoing.

A photo of Greaves wrapped body after it was retrieved from the creek

Dead, Kenneitha Greaves

-GHRAsaysfundamentalelectoral reformscrucial,notamendmentstoRoPA

The gutted Amelia’s Ward home.

‘Satan’ to know fate today

ANimrod Street, to the court before the jury afterfindinghimhidingina Ann’s Grove, East Coast deliberateforaverdict. barrelatarelative’shouse. Demerara,whoisaccusedof Kaieteur News had Reid was charged with killing a 14-year-old girl of reported that a mixed 12- murder but after conducting the same village, will know m e m b e r j u r y w a s a preliminary inquiry (PI) his fate today in relation to empanelled for the trial into into the matter, Magistrate the2016murder the murder of Hamilton, Peter Hugh ruled that there

lvin Reid called Ramlall will sum up the in the canal. Police later ‘ S a t a n ’ o f evidence that was presented arrestedReidafewdayslater

He had pleaded not whose body was found was insufficient evidence guilty to the indictment floating in the Hope Canal, against him and the matter which states that between East Coast Demerara, in wasdischarged. August 8, and August 9, August2016.

However,thepolicethen 2016, he murdered 14-year It was reported that the filed new evidence in the old Malika Hamilton. body of 14-year-old Malika caseandthatresultedinReid Thirty-seven-year-old Reid was fished out of the Hope being committed to stand faced a trial before Justice Canal,EastCoastDemerara, trialbeforeaJudgeandJury Simone Morris-Ramlall at onAugust9,2016. in the High Court. In 2019, the Demerara High Court. The teen had left her Reid was accidentally RepresentingtheStateinthis home on August 8, 2016 to released from prison matter are, Prosecutors go swimming at the Hope Former Director of Prisons, Muntaz Ali and Taneisha Canal with the accused and Gladwin Samuels, had Saygon. Representing Reid anothermale.However,after explained that Reid was on are, Attorneys at Law, shedidnotreturnhome,she remand for a lesser crime KonyoSandifordandIyanna was reported missing which he was freed of. But Butts. Malika’s body was later by the time the prison ranks

Last week, the judge discovered. realised that he was also on overruled a no case A p o s t m o r t e m remand for murder, he was submissionthatwasmadeto examination by State longgone. the court by the defence. Pathologist, Dr Nehaul It was only recently the This then led to closing Singh, had revealed that the police received information addresses in the matter teenwasclubbedtoherhead, on the whereabouts of Reid Today, Justice Morris strangled and dumped alive andhewasarrestedagain.

PAHOlaunchesfact-checking guideforjournalists

he Pan American role in transmitting health misinformation,presentsthe H e a l t h information in a clear, most common fake news Organisation truthful, responsible, and about COVID-19 vaccines

T (PAHO) has timely manner,” said the that has circulated in Latin launched a guide that offers c h i e f o f PA H O ’s America, and presents journalists tips for verifying Immunization unit, Daniel evidence to the contrary, as information about COVID- Salas, during a webinar that well as suggestions on how 19 vaccines. The guide can presentedtheguide. to address and debunk fake be applied to various health Dr.Salashighlightedthe news.Recommendationsfor topics. key role journalists play in verifying information about

Recommendations for countering misinformation COVID 19 vaccines; A verifying information about and disinformation and guideforjournalistsisbased COVID 19 vaccines: A reducing the spread of on the work of Chequeado guide for journalists offers rumors,aswellastheimpact and on materials from the tools for media workers to they can have on people’s Argentine Society of communicate responsibly healthdecisions. Va c c i n o l o g y a n d and provide evidence-based The guide offers E p i d e m i o l o g y , information during current valuable recommendations PAHO/WHO, and First and future health on how to combat Draft. emergencies,PAHOsaidina pressrelease.

T h e C O V I D 1 9 vaccination campaign has beenthebiggestcampaignin history but misinformation has undermined many people’s trust in vaccines and has affected their decisiontogetvaccinated.

InLatinAmericaandthe Caribbean, 70% of the population have completed theirCOVID-19vaccination schedule but over 210 million people have not yet receivedasingledose.

“Journalists are partners inimprovingpeople’shealth and they play an important

Alvin Reid called ‘Satan’

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Brazil politician throws grenades at police in Rio de Janeiro state

(BBC NEWS) A Brazilian politician is in custody after throwing grenades at police officers who came to his house in Rio de Janeiro state to arrest him.

Roberto Jefferson, an ally of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, wounded two officers before surrendering on Sunday.

A Supreme Court judge

earlier ordered his detention for insulting Chief Justice Cármen Lucía. He was already under house arrest for threatening her. Mr Bolsonaro reacted by saying those who fired at police should be arrested.

The two officers were wounded by shrapnel from a grenade during the attack in Comendador Levy Gasparian, north of the state capital Rio

de Janeiro. They were taken to hospital and later discharged. Mr Jefferson, the 69-year-old former leader of the PTB political party, also fired a number of shots from a rifle, shattering the windshield of a police car.

Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes had ordered the politician to be detained on the grounds that he violated the conditions of

house arrest. Political tensions are high in Brazil ahead of Sunday’s presidential election run-off between Mr Bolsonaro and left-winger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Lula - who is still seen as the front-runner - fell short of the 50% of valid votes needed to prevent a run-off in the first round earlier this month.

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One of the issues the government is hoping to remedy is the longstanding deadlock between any one sitting government and the opposition over the appointments of a chancellor and a chief justice.

Guyana has been without a substantive chief justice and chancellor for over two decades. Before her ascension to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in 2005, Justice Desiree Bernard was the last confirmed Chancellor of

the Judiciary, and Justice Carl Singh the last Chief Justice.

“Unfortunately, the reality has been that we have never been able to appoint a chancellor or a chief justice substantively to those offices because we have never been able to secure an agreement between the president and the leader of the opposition,” the Attorney General relayed.

Justices Yonette Cummings-Edwards and Roxane George were appointed in 2017 to act in the capacity of chancellor and chief justice respectively by

former President, David Granger. In the meantime, the Government of Guyana has promised to move forward with constitutional reform. In August, the government presented the Constitutional Reform Commission Bill 2022 to the National Assembly, an Act seeking to establish a Constitutional Reform Commission. The commission will be responsible for the revision of the constitution to provide for the current and future rights, duties, liabilities, and obligations of Guyanese.

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From page 14 activism, GHRA said CARICOM can chart a long history of interventions to rescue Guyana from its electoral dysfunctionality. Since the 1970s, bi-lateral and multilatera l interventions by CARICOM leaders have occurred seeking to influence every Prime Minister or President of Guyana from Forbes Burnham onwards.

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This constant national humiliation is a further consequence of Stone Age politics that needs to be addressed as a far more urgent priority than the technical details of the RoPA. A good place to start an electoral reform process in Guyana would be with the same CARICOM countries, all with Elections Commissions and election rules akin to ours. Yet we seem incapable of learning lessons.

Moreover, none of them appear to spend the indefensible amount of money on elections, or unreported money on electioneering as we do in Guyana.

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This consultation is an integral element of the Government of Guyana’s commitment to implement a consultative, inclusive and participatory process regarding electoral reform, the ministry said in a statement.

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In addition to these initiatives, finalizing the 2020 elections required unprecedented Caribbean interventions from the Caribbean Court of Justice, the CARICOM re-count Team as well as the personal influence of former, Bruce Golding of Jamaica and former and current Prime Ministers of Barbados - Owen Arthur and Mia Mottley.

This is to say nothing of the interventions by resident

Tolerance for civil society and civic space is shrinking in Guyana, encouraged by Government Ministers taking freely to social media trolling organizations and individuals.

Electoral discussion needs rescuing from such bipartisan social media bullying.

However, the GHRA remains hopeful that the professional, faith-based, trade union, indigenous and NGOs which engaged in lively debate about electoral reform in the past will re-discover that vigour. Consultations

According to the ministry, the stakeholder consultation forms part of a continuous consultative process which began on November 6, 2021 when the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance published the draft Representation of the People’s (Amendment) (ROPA) Bill and the draft Regulations made under the Representati on of the People Act on its social media pages. The public was invited to peruse the draft documents and submit feedback to the Ministry within six weeks; however, after requests for extensions, the Ministry accommodated submissions of feedback well into 2022.

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Last week the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance announced that it will be convening a national stakeholders’ consultation on the draft amendments to Guyana’s electoral laws on Tuesday October 25, 2022,

Recommendations were received from a variety of stakeholders including civil society actors, the Guyana Elections Commission, some political parties, and other interested individuals and organisations.

These recommendations were consolidated and provided to the Attorney General, who in May 2022, facilitated in-person meetings with the respondents.

Upgrade to Parika Market now pegged at $230 million

Some sections of the Parika Market.

orks on phase two of the P a r i k a

W M a r k e t upgrade project is now estimated to cost Guyana some$230million.

Tenders for this Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development project, which had opened back in July at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board office was estimated to cost $178,830,575,butduringthe latest opening of tenders, the project is now pegged at $230,136,170.

The project which attracted just only two million At that contract completed, vendors would the operations of some will rebuild the market and area and announced plans oncontractors saw both firms signing, it was noted that the be able to operate under businesses. Salim said in his bring back some order in the improving the market forbiddingabovetheengineer’s project would see the better and improved letter, “The market has been operations of the market. “It proper vending. One of theestimate The contractors constructionof1000sq.ft.of conditions Though it is inadeplorablestateforsome is now some ten months improvements he hadwho submitted bids are: roof with translucent sheets unclear, the percentage of years now and several since they started the works announced was to repurposeRanko Steel Fabrication and that would allow natural works completed at the persons who own stalls were to fix the market and to date one of two ball-fields in theConstruction who bid light to illuminate the market, a stall holder forced to close their onlysomepostsandframeof area for the creation of a$270,017,821 and Vals market; a 300-foot concrete previously wrote a letter in businesses. The authorities the roof have been massive market tarmacConstruction who bid and steel fencing would be this publication calling for are allowing persons to ply constructed,” he mentioned. Works on the tarmac has$346,389,230. constructed, and the the President to intervene in their trade on the road to the The man described that since started sometime

The rehabilitation establishment of a four- addressing the present state detrimentofthepersonswho currently,theroofsofseveral around August and thisproject of the market began chamber sanitary facility ofthefacility operate inside the market. stalls are leaking and the project is to ease congestionlastyearwhenacontractwas Major works were also According to the stall This has resulted in several market is “like a ghost town andimprovethefacilitiesforsigned between the Ministry slated to be done on the holder,RobinSalimwhohas persons going out of as shoppers are not coming vendors and citizens usingand Val’s Construction to electrical distribution a gold business there for a businessovertheyears.” in due to persons occupying the market area. Thecomplete phase one of the system. number of years, the market He had noted that the theroadways.” construction of the tarmacproject. The contract which

Itwasreportedthatwhen is currently in a deplorable many visits authorities made InApril, President Irfaan was estimated to cost somewas signed in mid-July last the works on the market are condition which is affecting they have promised that they Ali had visited the market $139million.year was worth $29 2

EBFA updates on Garnett injury

The East Bank Football Association wishes to inform its members and the public that during the first semi-final of its ongoing Senior Men’s League between Grove Hi Tech and Soesdyke Falcons at the GFF National Training Centre, Grove Hi Tech player, Domini Garnett received an injury during a challenge for the ball involving an opposing player in the 85th minute of that match, a release from the EBFA informed.

Medical treatment was rendered to Mr. Garnett immediately after the Medical Team was summoned onto the pitch by the standing Referee.

An assessment was made of the injury, and it was advised that the player be taken to the Hospital for further assessment. He was taken to the Diamond Diagnostic Hospital where he underwent further checks and examinations including an ultrasound.

After spending a few hours at the

Diamond Hospital and feeling a bit more relieved, Mr. Garnett was discharged. However, it was reported that Mr. Garnett continued to experience severe abdominal pains a few hours after being discharged and a decision was then taken to take him back to the Hospital.

Further medical examinations revealed that Mr. Garnett was suffering from an internal injury that warranted immediate surgery which was subsequently undertaken, successfully. Mr. Garnett is now recovering comfortably.”

“The Executive of the E.B.F.A wishes to assure the family, relatives, and friends of Mr. Garnett that we are and will be with them throughout the coming days and weeks as we all pray for a full recovery of Domini.

The E.B.F.A has also briefed the Guyana Football Federation on the incident and is receiving the Federation’s full support,” the release concluded.

Curry and Warriors offense make...

From page 21

The Warriors shot at 51.7 per cent from the field, along with 42.4 per cent from beyond the arc, making 14-of33 attempts.

Late Lakers woes prove costly

The Los Angeles Lakers slumped to a 0-3 record after poor late execution saw them lose 106-104 to the Portland Trail Blazers, with fourtime MVP LeBron James missing a two-point shot on the buzzer.

The Lakers missed four of their final five shots of the game, after Damian Lillard’s triple put the Blazers ahead after trailing by seven points with 1:56 remaining. Lillard finished with a game-high 41 points.

late execution and three-point shooting cost them, going at 18.2 per cent from beyond the arc as a team.

Russell Westbrook contributed 10 points on four-of15 shooting with six rebounds and six assists but was benched with 12 seconds remaining with the game up for grabs.

CP3 joins elite assists club

Chris Paul became the third player in NBA history to reach 11,000 assists, providing 11 in the Phoenix Suns’ 112-95 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.

Devin Booker top scored with 35 points with 13-of-21 shooting from the field and five-of-nine from beyond the arc as the Suns led from wire to wire.

Paul brought up his 11,000th assist with his second of the game, an alleyoop pass for Deandre Ayton, joining John Stockton and Jason Kidd in the elite club.

Kawhi Leonard started on the bench again for the Clippers, playing 21 minutes for 11 points with six rebounds and two assists.

Tuesday October 25, 2022

ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19)

Today your job or another activity could require your artistic skills for a particular project. You may not be used to this, so it could throw you into a bit of a panic.

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A subject of interest that you've been pursuing could bring up some deeply buried emotions today, Taurus. You might want to retreat into your mind and try to make sense of it, although analyzing it intellectually may not be the answer.

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This could be a confusing day for you, Gemini. Financial issues might be complicated by computer glitches or failures in communication.

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Your imagination is working overtime today, and you might spend hours at a computer writing or piano creating your own brand of painting. This drive to create comes from the heart and shouldn't be ignored despite what other issues come up.

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You tend to be pretty selfassured, but self-esteem issues dating from long ago could surface today. You might feel like a schoolchild called on to recite.

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James finished with 31 points, eight r ebounds and eight assists, while Anthony Davis added 22 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks, but the Lakers’

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Port Mourant Training Centre hammer Eagles to win title Road to Recovery Volleyball tournament…

Action between eventual winners, Port Mourant Training Centre and Eagles Volleyball Club in the finals of the Road to Recovery Volleyball tournament at the National Gymnasium. (Rawle Toney photo)

By Rawle Toney dominated the host, Eagles 3 – 0 to In the Dream Team named (MVP).

participation from Livo and Yelico take the bulk of the total $400,000 following the finals, Ian Bagot and Tournament organiser and Volleyball Clubs of Suriname, It was a fitting return of cashprizesupforgrabs. Stephon Norah were named the Eagles player, Kristoff Shepperd, facing Port Mourant Training Volleyball when the Eagles In the opening game, Port BestOutsides,whileBestOpposite described the tournament as “well CentreandEaglesVolleyballClub. Volleyball Club hosted the Road to Mourant Training Centre won 25- HitterwenttoAdrielMoore. executed,” adding, “I am grateful “Sunday was a great day for Recovery tournament on Sunday 17, while Eagles made the second The best Middle Hitters were for the support we got from the volleyballasitsawthegamebeing evening at the National matchcloseandstillwentdown25- Trevon McRae and Ronaldo Bobb crowd Port Mourant Training played at the highest level in this Gymnasium. 23. and the Best Setter was Levi Nedd Centre brought their A game and country and we hope that the Buoyed by the good crowd Thefinalgamewassettingupto Jr; Akeem Bowlin was the Best theyreapedthefirstofvictory.” general public can come out and support at the one-day tournament, be in favour of Eagles, but the Libero.

Up next Shepperd said, support Spikedown 2022 as our Port Mourant Training Centre Corentyne based Port Mourant Port MourantTraining Centre’s ‘Spikedown 2022’ which will be local teams go up against these (PMTC) were in an open-throttle Training Centre stormed back to Devendra Latchman was the organized along with Andre Surinamese giants,” Shepperd mode in the final, where they win25-20. tournament’s MostValuable Player Jagnandan, and will see said

UCCA Vishnu Super store cricket Competition

competition switches

A promise delivered!

MinisterRamsonformally announceshomeforTableTennis andBadmintonatWoolfordAve

Some swashbuckling

and

Ends outstanding bowling performances were 103–DeoramPersaud

andRamdial21. highlights as the Vishnu Super Store cricket Bowling for No71 R. Roopnaresh 4 and competition organized by the Upper M.Alitook2wickets.Theyinreplygalloped Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA)) to 104-1 in 6.1 overs with Sudat Singh resumedrecently. clubbing75(8x6,4x4).

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport the Guyana Table Tennis Association Charles Ramson Jr flanked by members of (GTTA) and the Guyana Badminton the National Sports Commission (NSC) at Association (GBA) and is the evolution of a the National Racquet Centre, announced the structured approach to the development of GovernmentofGuyana’sintentiontobuilda sports following the implementation of the home forTableTennis and Badminton at the Government’s Nursery academy WoodfordAvenuefacility programme.

The facility, which already houses lawn It was also announced that full-time tennis and the country’s lone public squash coaches will be available at the completed courts, is expected to be completed within Tennis/Badmintonfacility sixmonthsandwillcostanestimated$49M.

In another game, No70 Young Blood

Results of some matches show - No68 In their game, No70 MYO whipped Line Turn Team trashing Crabwood Creek All Path by 9 wickets after bowling them out for Family by 234 runs after hammering 249 in 35 with Arif Khan taking 5-6 and Mohamed 20 overs. Anthony Dourjondan made 76 3-12. (9x6, 3x4),Turan Persaud 51, Karan Persaud InreplyMYOstrolledto36-1. 40andDGhani32.

Bowling for CWCAll Family L. Sukhwa were too hot for No52 Cricket Club, took 3 wickets as they in reply were shot out defeating them by 77 runs. Young Blood for 15. Bowling for No68 Turn Team T batted first and blasted 189-15 overs with PersaudandJ.Hoisietook3wicketseach. Mohammed Azarudeen slamming 86(8x4, In their game, No64 Fighting Marine 5x6),Abass Khan 37, FiasAlly 29 and extras edged out No69 Turn Team by 2 runs in a 29. closeencounter FightingMarinescored109- Bowling for No52 S. Narine took 2 5 with Looknauth Durbhaji 48 wwith Steven wickets. They in reply were dismissed for Embrack 27. Bowling for Red Rose T 112-15 overs with M. Kendall 30, Daren 25 Chetram took 2 wickets as they replied with andD.Persaud23. 107withK.Chaitram46.

Bowling for Young Blood there were 3

Bowling for Fighting MarinesA. Sukhan wicketsforAlly,whileKhanpickedup2. had3andStevenEmbrack2wickets. The competition is continuing with some In another game, No71 Cricket Club 30teamsparticipating. (Samuel Whyte)

Godfrey Munroe, the GTTA president, Minister Ramson and Director of Sport, thanked Minister Ramson for not only this Steve Ninvalle, and some members of the outcome but their continued partnership in NSC, met with executives and elite players facilitating several programmes within the from Table Tennis and Badminton when the lastyearandmostrecentlyGuyana’shosting announcement was named, much to the of the Caribbean Regional Table Tennis delight of the athletes, including the likes of Federation Mini and Pre Cadet Chelsea Edghill and the Ramdhani siblings, championship. PriyannaandNarayan.

Similarly, the current national coach of

The facility which will be erected at the the GBA, Emelia Ramdhani, expressed eastern end of the national racquet centre gratitude to the Government of Guyana for compound is scheduled to begin thismostwelcomednews. construction in a few days, in keeping with

Meanwhile, Minister Ramson also theGovernment’splantohavemultipurpose announcedthathehasreceivedasponsorfor indoorfacilitiesineveryregionofGuyana. table tennis to the tune of $5M to assist in

The construction of the facility became supplementing the establishment of more fruition based on ongoing consultation with domestictournaments.

Slingerz FC topple Eagles 3-1 in NAMILCO/WDFA U-17 League

-BelleWestmoveuptheladder;DenAmstel,Uitvlugtplaytodraw

Sources indicate West Indies head coach Phil Simmons to embarrassing T20 World Cup showing

has resigned in fallout

emulate their

Meanwhile, Belle West senior team’s scoredacomfortable6-1win

W s u c c e s s , overPouderoyenFCandwill Slingerz Football Club U17 move up the ladder though side, facing Eagles FC in the having seven points from NAMCILCO National U17 five matches; same as the League, West Demerara teamtheydefeated.

Football Association

Michael Singh (35’, 39’) (WDFA) leg, earned a and Ezra Clarke (49’, 55’) comfortable3–1win. both rocked the net twice for

Playing at the National Belle West. John Anthony Track and Field Centre (5’) and Christopher Singh Sunday,SlingerzFC,backed (47’) were the team’s other by several players on the scorers. Kyle Giddings (8’) roster with experience at the was the only player for international level with the Pouderoyen FC to make the country’s National team, scorers column on the match madethegameeasytochalk- sheet. up the first defeat for Eagles

P o u d e r o y e n F C , FCinthetournament. registering two wins, a draw National Youth player and two losses in their five Matrim Martin had a double scored the lone goal for the the tournament but will matches, slipped to third thon the day, scoring in the 17 league’s points leaders, who however see them remaining place. hand 34 minute, while will remain at the top of the in fourth place on six points

The other game on the Dominic Frank hit home the table after five games and (two wins, one defeat) from day, Den Amstel versus other for Slingerz FC in the fourconsecutivewins. three matches, taking into Uitvlugt, ended in a goalless th55 minute. The win against Eagles account the results from draw as the two sides

Shaquille King (32’) was Slingerz FC’s second in other the two games on the grabbedapointeach.

Curry and Warriors offense make history in win over Kings, Lakers slump to 0-3

SportsMax Stephen Chicago Bulls It was Curry led the way as the Golden State’s second most Golden State Warriors pointsinafirsthalf. scored a franchise-record 50 The second quarter was second quarter points in their seventh ever with 50Sunday’s 130-125 win over or more points, equaling the Sacramento Kings at their third most of any ChaseCenter period.

Stephen Curry led the way as the Golden State Warriors scored a franchise-record.

The reigning NBA Curry finished the game champions were dominant with 33 points, recording his offensively, with their third third straight 30 point most points in any half in performance, marking the franchise history as they second time in his career he opened up an 89-71 half- has done that to start a timelead,withCurryscoring season. The reigning NBA 28inthefirsthalf. Finals MVP made seven-ofThe Warriors fell just 12 from three-point range, short of their franchise with five of those coming in and cut the margin to four with Andrew Wiggins record of 92 for any half, thesecondquarter points with 1:04 remaining cappingitoffwith24points. from 2018 against the The Kings never gave up but Golden State closed it

on

SportsMax As the competition.

fallout begins regarding the The team is currently West Indies’ disastrous rankedeighthinTests,ninth performance at the 2022 in ODIs and seventh in ICC T20 World Cup in T20I.

Australia, Phil Simmons, At the 2021 ICC T20 head coach of the two-time World Cup in the United world champions, has Arab Emirates, the West reportedly tendered his Indies won one match resignation, Sportsmax.TV before bowing out of the sources have indicated. competition. Then just last Members of the CWI board week, at the 2022 are said to have convened competition, the West an emergency meeting over Indies put in an even more thematter disappointing performance, Simmons tendered his failingtogettotheSuper12 resignation on Saturday, round for the first time ever sources said, and is having lost their opening expected to take effect in match by 42 runs to January2023ashiscontract Scotland before being requires that he give his dumped out of the employers 12 weeks’ competition following a notice. humiliating nine wicket

The timing of the loss to Ireland in the resignation comes at an qualifyinground. inopportune time as the Following the nine WestIndiesarescheduledto wicket drubbing, the CWI Australia for two Tests in bosslaidtheblamesquarely lateNovember at the feet at the batsmen

The team begins with a while promising to conduct four-day pink-ball match a thorough investigation from November 23-26. The into the reasons behind the first Test bowls off on poorshowing.

November30.

“ U n t i m e l y s h o t Simmonswasappointed selectionsseemtobedeeply head coach in 2019 shortly embedded in the T20 after Ricky Skerritt and Dr batting culture of our senior Kishore Shallow came to team,” the CWI president power at Cricket West said.

Indies Annual General Australian captain and Meeting in Kingston. Since great Ricky Ponting called then,WestIndieshavefared t h e s h o w i n g poorly in international “embarrassing”.

Phil Simmons

Slingerz FC U17 squad following their 3 - 1 win over Eagle FC.

Slingerz FC goal scorers Matrim Martin and Dominic Frank.

What are Keevin Allicock and national athletes owed? Letter to the Sports Editor

DearSportsEditor, KeevinandtheentireGuyanese 30 years, I have been fearful of family, and the team had been has eventually been given some There is little more exhilarating delegation were at the mercy of speaking out about some of the through. It made no mention of support but I still believe that he for an athlete than to compete with kind individuals like the ways in which those bodies arranging for further medical ought not to have had to endure the name of your country Panamanian Chef-de-mission and responsible for national sport have checks to be carried out to ensure what he did, including the callous emblazoned on your clothing. It their doctor as we waited for the failedusallasnationalathletes. that he had suffered no lasting response of the GBA, before those can sometimes give you ambulance. Meanwhile, his I was recently invited to join a damage. Nor did it congratulate whoholdultimateresponsibilitysat extraordinary powers and will to condition worsened. Days before, NationalAthletes’Commission, an him on securing one of the three upandtooknotice. give more of yourself, so much so we all witnessed, with awe and association for athletes and a medals earned by Guyana in these Keevin,forwhatitisworth,you that throughout my professional admiration, what Keevin, Colin vehicle through which our Games. have done yourself and Guyana careerIprinted“Guyana”onallmy Lewis and Desmond Amsterdam viewpoints could be obtained and Instead, it rebuked him for proudthroughoutyourcareer competitive clothes, whether I was had to endure before even entering communicated to the relevant daring to make a complaint public Wenowliveinanageofscreens playing for my country or not. the boxing ring to make their sporting associations. One of the and, in fact, blamed him for what and sedentary lifestyles. An age There is also an unspoken weight categories. We brimmed things I committed myself to doing had happened, throwing in his where fewer and fewer children expectation that while representing withpridewhentheythenwentinto as a member of this group was to allegedly poor training record to venture out to the dwindling our country, we athletes must the ring and medalled for ensuring that I tried to hold our deflect blame from itself. What it playgrounds and dilapidated sports adhere to standards of behaviour themselves and, ultimately, for administrators accountable and did accomplish was to confirm that facilities in our communities. It is that will reflect pride in and respect Guyana. encouraged younger athletes to do GBA’s reputation, rather than the an age where those responsible for for our nation. If we fall short, We shared Colin’s and thesame. care and support of athletes who sport at a national level believe that which we will as we are in the end Desmond’s disappointment at their This is, I think, what Keevin give blood sweat and tears for their a photo-op with a politician, and a as mortal as everyone else, it is up losses, and we were heartbroken as Allicock was trying to do in the country, was its primary concern. I slap on the back, will be enough to to our relevant governing sporting we watched a devastated Keevin letter he shared publicly In his stand by Keevin and everything he keep us happy and to encourage bodiestoholdusaccountable. miss his chance to compete in the case, he believed, first, that serious hassaid. future sporting greatness. If this is

The question that is troubling semi-finals because he failed to damage to his health was the The response from the the strategy, we will soon have no me lately is this: Who holds the meethisweightrequirement. consequence of the failure to have President of the Guyana Olympic athletes Shouldn’t national individuals of our governing This disappointment was trained medical personnel on hand Association, Juman Yassin serves athletes expect something more? sportingbodiestoaccount? completely eclipsed by the anguish and, secondly, that the absence of a only to prove my point. To be the Shouldn’t we be less fearful about

Afrightening incident occurred wesawKeevininameredayortwo scale impeded his progress in the president of arguably Guyana’s askingforit? whilst a team of Guyanese athletes, later Keevin in fact recovered after competition. most important sports association As I have already said, I am at of which I was part, was being taken to a Paraguayan Regrettably, the response from for 26 years and still communicate the very end of my sporting career representingournationattheSouth hospital via ambulance where he Guyana Boxing Association such a lack of care and and the only thing I seek to achieve American Games. We had all spent was later diagnosed with (GBA) is probably the best understanding of what is required by writing this letter, by speaking the evening together and just after rhabdomyolysis. This could have indication of why athletes are so for athletic performance is utterly up and out, is to see national we had all retired to our rooms for been fatal and could certainly have fearful of speaking out. GBA’s heart-breakingtome. athletes valued, supported and the night there was a frantic hadseriouslastingconsequences. response might have been an Notably, although being in receiving the same dedication and knocking on our doors. We were We are all on our personal appropriateanswertoanenquiryas ParaguayduringtheGames,Juman care from our governing bodies as toldthatsomethingwaswrongwith journeys, whether it be in life or in to why a particular athlete did not YassindidnotcontactKeevinabout we athletes have consistently put oneoftheboxers,KeevinAllicock. sport. For national athletes, our meet the criteria for being part of a his welfare while in Paraguay or into our sports while wearing that Asthemajorityoftheathleteswere personal journeys become part of team. since returning home. I do not Guyanauniform.Inspiteofallthis, staying on the same floor, we were the nation’s story; a part of the However, it is not an adequate believethisreflectsthemanIknow national athletes continue to feel there to offer assistance in no time. national narrative. For the last 30 reply to someone who complained JumanYassin to be.We must all try the power and pride of the Guyana Unfortunately, the only assistance years, I have had the honour and offeelingletdowninthecontextof todobetter uniform. we could offer was to seek help pleasure of representing our a serious health scare while Since the exchange of

The question is, however, how from the hotel’s front desk. Keevin countryinsport. representing both GBA and correspondence on social media much longer will it be before the was clutching his chest, had Without a doubt, I am at the Guyana GBA’s letter read as between Keevin and the GBA, I disappointment at how we are difficulty breathing, and was veryendofmysportingcareer And insensitive and lacking in care. It understandthatthegovernmentdid treated,removesitsspecialappeal? sometimes unresponsive. We were this is why I feel an obligation to demonstrated little respect for arrange a medical investigation for Nicolette Fernandes paralyzedbyfearandhelplessness. speak up. For the majority of those Keevin or for the ordeal that he, his Keevin. I was glad to hear that he NationalAthlete

17-year-old Jadon Campbell benefits from Project “Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

YoungJadonCampbellis of one cricket bat. “I want to bats, fifteen pairs of batting of batting gloves In the latest junior cricketer in be the best of myself and gloves, nineteen thigh pads, addition, two clubs in the Guyana to benefit from this keep improving on my one pair of wicket keeping Pomeroon area benefited jointinitiativebyKishanDas game,” stated Jadon, who pad, two arm guards, six from two used bats of USA and Anil Beharry, alsokeepswicket,atasimple cricket bags and three Pomeroon, Leguan and Special Technocrat with ceremony, held recently at helmets. In addition to the Wa k e n a a m C r i c k e t r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r GCC ground, Bourda. In above, $600,000 worth in Committees and CottonTree Governance, Marketing and response, Beharry said that gear was donated by Sheik Die Hard also received one Finance, Guyana Cricket the initiative is more than Mohamed, former National box of red cricket balls each Board. happy to assist young and wicketkeeper/batsman. while RHCCCC received

Jadon is a product of the talented cricketers with the To date, forty one young two, fifteen white cricket Demerara Cricket Club and hope that the fortune ofWest players from all three shirts, one pair of junior represented Guyana at the Indies can turn around counties of Guyana have batting pads, one pair of under15 and under17 levels. quickly already benefited from three wicket keeping gloves and a The compact right-hander Total cricket related juniorgearbag,twotrophies, set of stumps and bails, The who looks more like former items collected so far: twoarmguards,sixteenbats, EssequiboCricketBoardand West Indies opener Stuart $270,000 in cash, two one box, three helmets, theTownofLethem. Williams when batting, trophies, twelve cricket twelvepairsofcricketshoes, Cricket related items, attended St Rose’s High boots, nineteen pairs of ten pairs of batting pads, one usedornew,isdistributed School. He was the recipient batting pads, twenty five bat rubber and twelve pairs (Continued on page 19)

Jadon Campbell on the left and Anil Beharry on the right.

West Indies Full Bore Shooting C/ships underway in Jamaica after two-year break

SportsMax Forty highest score in the shortshooters from across the range team match last time Caribbean are in Jamaica for out.However,headmittedto the 2022 West Indies Full Sportsmax TV that his Bore Shooting Council confidence is not where it Championships set to run should be going into from October 24 - 29 at the competition.

Twickenham Park range in “As a sportsman we try St Catherine following a our best to prepare ourselves two-year hiatus because of but there were two years of theCovid-19pandemic. not shooting and so the kind

The best shooters from of preparation that we would Antigua and Barbuda, have liked we have not been Barbados, Canada, Guyana abletoontheoutdoorsbuton and Trinidad & Tobago will the indoors, we would have be vying to claim the title done some of the exercises held byTrinidad andTobago that would keep the muscle when the tournament was memory,” he said, but in last held in 2019. However, terms of reading the weather there will likely be a new conditions and so on for two champion as the twin-island years we would have been republic has sent only one off. shooter to the tournament “I am not so confident this year Barbados, too, has because I would guess that sentasingleshooter all the other teams maybe

T h e s i x c o u n t r y going through similar or had championship will feature a better position in shooters aiming at targets preparing. In Guyana, we he plans to offer a stern He pointed out the not want to lose at home and individualtitle. from a minimum of 300 to a hadn’t had the use of the defenceofhistitle. shooters from Antigua and as such have fielded a strong The team also comprises maximumofa1000yards. ranges until about a month “I would want to defend the host country as those he team led by Phillip Scott and KarenAnderson, Denis John Guyanese Lennox ago, so we had some that position but at the same has to be wary of. “Nobody that includes national Nelson, David Rickman, Braithwaite, Wogarth Cup challengesthere.” time I have to realistic wants to lose at home,” he champion Dwayne Forde, Denis Lee, Claude Russell, champion, is back to defend Notwithstanding the because there are people saidlaughingly who has been deemed a Nicola Guy, Jose Nunez and his title having had the challenges, Brathwaite said whowanttowinalso.” Indeed, Jamaica would ‘definite contender’ for the CanuteCCColey

GCA/GTT T10 KO Open Cricket Festival

Nanan stars for DCC, Angel hits 60 for TSC

By Sean Devers

figures as left arm spinner Nanan crowned a fine all round

Raj Nandu’s fine all round performance with 2-7 from two performance and a blistering 60 overs.Transport beat GDF by 10 from Shamal Angel highlighted wickets when they replied with thelatestactionintheGCA/GTT 106withoutlosstoGDF’s103-8. T10 Open Cricket tournament

HakeemDavid,whohitthree forallteamsintheCity sixes in 21 from eight balls and In latest action, DCC made Zameer Nazzeer, who made 23 123-3 before restricting GCC to from 13 balls with two fours and 57 5 when their 10 overs two sixes give the Army a good expired,towinby66runs. start.

Left-handed Opener Nanan

But only Randy Lindore, hit six fours and three sixes in an who hit three sixes in a 12-ball unbeaten 52 from 26 balls, while 23, reached double figures as National Super50 batter Tevin Stephon Sankar and Myhiem Imlach finished unbeaten on 47 Khan captured three wickets from17ballsasthepairsharedin each for Transport who got to a n u n f i n i s h e d 6 7 r u n victorywithoneballtospare. stumps knocked out by Lovell topartnership.

Shamal Angel, with 60 from leave DCC on 66-3 in 6.1 overs

Joshua Persaud (3) was 27 balls decorated with four beforeNananandImlachcarriedremoved by Laurel Parks at 5-1 fours and five sixes and Shiloh their team to the highest total ofin first over before Nanan and Adams, who hit three sixes and thetournamentsofar.

Peter Perez (10) added 51, three fours in his 43, saw Lovell took 2-22 for GCCcarried the score to 56-2 in fifth

Transporttoa10-wicketwin. who were never in the chaseover before he fell to Thaddeus

The Competition continues despite 33 with a four and twoLovell. onFridaywiththeSemi-Finalsat sixes but only Parks of the other

Discarded National Batter DCC, with the Final being batters with 17, reached doubleChris Barnwell (15) had his playedatDCCunderlights.

Guyanese Lennox Braithwaite (left) and Mahendra Persaud during a previous shoot representing Guyana.

Shiloh Adams (left) and Shamal Angel shared in a century opening stand for Transport.

Raj Nanan

Port

Sports Port Mourant Training Centre players are

smiles after receiving their prizes for winning the Road to Recovery Volleyball tournament at the National Gymnasium.

Domini Garnett