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Online readership yesterday, 69,560 Online: www.kaieteurnews.com September4,2022 Sunday Edition Price $150 AIETEUR NEWSK Guyana’s largest selling daily & New York’s most popular weekly balance overstated -RamChris Mixed views on PPP’s management of oil sector * stakeholders sing praises for NRF, Local Content Laws * others want more done to shield country from “most abusive deal ever inflicted on a sovereign people” - resumes manganesestoringaroundfarmer’shomefarmer’shome-resumesstoringmanganesearoundfarmer’shome Chinese Chinesedisregardscompany‘nodumping’signcompanydisregards‘nodumping’sign Granger Govt. in 2019 Chrissays...Ram ExxonM contract by tens of billions -neverhadCTscanner, X-raymachine works‘onandoff’ Linden Hospital sends its laundry to GPHC to dry and sanitise …public safety in Guyana worrying ‘Fear stalks the land’…billions spending on security sector with little results - Glenn Lall …bodyshouldhavebeeninplace“likeyesterday”-Jordan Petroleum Commission could help prevent ad hoc management of oil sector 61p. >>See story on page 71<< was renegotiated by Oil account

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EEPGL’s—ExxonMobil Guyana’s—Financial Statement of Profit and Loss and other Comprehensive Income for 2020 and 2021 clearly lists royalty as an expense

he lopsided oil contract, signed in 2016 by the former A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU +AFC) government is riddled with flaws, as is well known. AfterbindingGuyanatothis agreementwithExxonMobil and its partners, the David Granger-led administration began pinpointing some of its mistakes, one of which they even managed to modifyThis provision was in regard to the two percent royaltythecountrypresently receives Chartered AccountantandAttorney-atLaw, Christopher Ram in a recent talk show, aired this week said the former Government in 2019 had managed to “renegotiate” this provision with the oil company, and was in fact successful in stamping its authority - to ensure the monies paid were not being recovered by Exxon as an operationalexpense. During the public broadcast, Ram insisted, “I know for sure – I am saying thisandIwillstandbyit–I know for sure in 2019 there was an agreement, a variation of the contract, a renegotiation of a provision of the contract by the Granger administration. Let them say that Ram is not tellingthetruth.” Ram later told this newspaper that the specific modifications were made to the royalty provision, and this change would make it definitive that the two percentroyaltywouldnotbe recoveredbytheoperator It must be noted that in the 2016 contract, expenses are recovered by the company out of the 75 percent of oil produced that is set aside as ‘cost oil’ for which recoverable amounts aretobepaid.ThePSA,does notinanywayspelloutthat royalty is not recoverable, but based on the provisions of the contract, EEPGL recovers its expenses that include the royalty paid to Guyana.Exxon’ssubsidiary,Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), in one of its recent financial statement, had listed royalty as an expense for the company Moreover, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo whencorneredonthematter had the following explanation to give: “now I can answer definitively becauseIhavetalked,Ihave spoken (sic) to GRA on the tax side so because the royaltyisnotcostdeductible but it is GRA, based on our laws,areGRAtaxdeductible but they don’t come out of the cost bank so the contractorhastopayfromits share, the two percent royaltytothegovernment.” This,however,translates to a dilemma, since the first part of the Vice President’s answer that under the Laws of Guyana, the royalty is listed as tax deductible for tax purposes What this meansisthattheroyaltyisa tax-deductible expense for EEPGL. In other words the royalty is paid out of ExxonMobil Guyana’s expenses with one hand and scooped out back with the other as an expense for whichthecountrymustpay Aroyaltypaymentinthe oil or gas sector is a percentage of production paid to the owner of the resource, minus production costs.Royaltiesarefreefrom costs and charges. It is this observation that pushed the then Government to address the situation This newspaper understands that theCoalitionwassuccessful in its bid in 2019, with ExxonMobil in writing agreeing not to recover the royalty payments. While a modified PSA was never published, the two parties were clear as to their responsibilities to this end.

ExxonM contract was renegotiated by Granger Govt. in 2019

However, after the former Government left office in 2020, it is unclear what becameofthatagreement. It is understood that the document sought to ensure that the royalty, after being paid to Guyana by the oil companies, would not be reclaimed.“Thatischange,” onestakeholderhighlighted.

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“Where it was unclear whether the royalty could have been reclaimed, a document was provided assuring that it would not. Guyanawasthereforeableto not only get assurance, but toldtheoilcompanythrough that assurance, that it could nottakebacktheroyalty.” Additionally, with the change to the 2016 Exxon contract, some stakeholders are convinced that if one provision in the contract c o u l d h a v e b e e n renegotiated as recent as 2019,thenthedoorhasbeen opened to renegotiate other termsinthedocument. On the other hand, they pointedoutthatthedecision lies with the current Government and their willingness to pull Exxon back to the table as highlighted in their election campaignpromises. The issue of royalty recovery came to the fore and became a matter of concern when Kaieteur News reporters, during their coverageoftheTrinidadand Tobago Energy Conference inMay,foundoutthatfor60 years, the oil operator there was giving the twin nation royaltypaymentsonone Continuedonpage10

Accountant and Attorney-at-Law, Christopher

EDITORIAL

“We invest with a 20–30-year time horizon. It’s incredibly difficult to make any future decisions if you feel that the terms are constantly going to be changed,” Routledge said in the 26th episode of the Access ExxonMobil show. “So, it is fundamental to our industry, in particular, that has these long investment timelines, that we have stability in our contracts.”How about stability in insurance coverage, ring fencing, auditing of oil companies’ expense accounts, monitoring of production, environmental protection and end to flaring, elimination of “produced”

“‘We cannot eat oil and gas’…South Africa fishermen, environmentalist force Govt. engagement over oil and gas impacts” (KN August 30). The position of South Africans applies everywhere, for Guyanese also cannot consume fossil fuels in place of food. This is the challenge and puzzle, which drives some citizens to rise up against the other side of oil, the sector’s consequences on human activity, on life itself. The visible face of oil in nations is government, and leaders are the ones that concerned citizens press for answers, honest answers. We look at South Africa with symbolic protest unfolding, and see parallels in Guyana, as this country races ahead with oil and gas production. A small band of South Africans are publicly pressuring their Government to sit across the table and engage them with open talk, plain talk, and straight talk. It seems that we Guyanese have been clamouring for all of that right here, and all we have for our efforts are halftruths, short stories shortchanging locals, and what are nothing but rank deceptions. We are plastered daily with the glittering positives of our oil riches, which still leave the thoughtful inquiring, as to why we remain so trapped in poverty. Any country anywhere would desire to be in our position, even though many of our brothers and sisters are hungry and hurting, chronically short of money to the daily trials to make ends meet. Our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is among the grandest globally, our economy is growing at a greater rate than the beanstalk (in the Jack and the Beanstalk fairytale) that reaches the heights in no time; and our oil production per Guyanese is forecast to be the best in the world. In every statistical calculation, Guyana comes out as the biggest, the fastest, the strongest, and the best, over and over, and hands down. No wonder we are the envy of our peers, and the rest of world, and this is from the numbers from calculators and spreadsheets alone. There are those numbers, and then there is reality. The former is magical, the latter representing local conditions is numbing, even frightening. The bottom line is as the South Africans say, and has been said here before: ‘we cannot eat oil and gas’ and ‘we can’t eat infrastructure. For one, our fishermen are not managing like before, and we should all know their alarming story of dwindling fish catch. It is alarming on several counts because the thinking of many citizens is that the Government of Guyana has not been clean in the narratives and postures that its principal spokespeople have shared. It is alarming because our fisherfolk are hurting, with scarcity following and fish prices skyrocketing. It is doubly alarming because the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is claimed to have reported no connection of fishing woes, while ExxonMobil itself, in its documents, points to a possible relationship between its offshore operations and the struggling fishing sector. What is still more alarming is that the Hon. Minister of Agriculture made a swift sweet speech about the absence of any relationship (per the FAO) between fish and fossil fuel operations. Yet he has conspicuously lacked the convictions to present the same supporting FAO to persuade Guyanese, particularly fisherfolk, that the issue is as he boldly asserts Guyanese don’t have as many fish to work with, to choose from, or to eat, but they still don’t know the full truth. Citizens don’t have access to daily consumption basics, but there is this oil miracle with projections to prove how prosperous we are, and will be. Locals don’t know how to afford, or cope with, soaring cost-of-living, but they observe the massive billions spent on infrastructure, which they can’t consume. South Africans call for “meaningful consultations” with Government, we haven’t had either meaningful or honest ones. South Africans press for constructive “co-existence” with upstream oil activities, Guyanese are still waiting on their Government. Engagement, consideration, recognition, and the human element are all spotlighted in South Africa. Honest Government, and caring leaders also, both of which Guyanese have never known, and even more today now that there is oil. People must always come before profits, as remote as that looks.

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Stability of Oil Companies’ profits should not mean instability of incomes for the people of Guyana water into the ocean, payment of all taxes and duties, stability in a depletion policy, etc. On all counts, Guyana is at a disadvantage because of poor governance of oil under both the PNC and now PPP. My response is that if we are going to have this contract in place for 20-30 years, we should not be getting robbed for 20-30 years. We need an income that can guarantee stability in our country too. One man’s stability of profits should not be a whole country’s instability. The majority of our people are poor and many are hungry, as the cost-of-living spirals out of control. We do not want a Sri Lankan-type situation to develop. While Exxon is concerned about the stability of its profits, the PPP Government must be concerned about the stability of its tenure and re-election in 2025, if it refuses to press for renegotiation.

Exxon/HESS and CNOOC do not vote in Guyana; it is the masses of Guyanese who elect and fire a Government. We are in the era of vote them in, vote them out, where one seat makes a big Thedifference.Exxon head was referring to Article 32 of the contract, which lists conditions for ‘Stability of the Agreement’ at 32.1 that “Except as may be expressly provided herein, the Government shall not amend, modify, rescind, terminate, declare invalid or unenforceable, require renegotiation of, compel replacement or substitution, or otherwise seek to avoid, alter, or limit this Agreement without the prior written consent of Contractor.” I call on our AG to give the nation an opinion whether this “Stability Clause” is in clear conflict with the powers of our Parliament and Constitution. When the PPP accused the PNC of signing a bad contract, which provisions did they have in mind? Now that they are in Government, the PPP seems quite comfortable with the contract and is vehemently defending it in court. They make it seem as if you call for renegotiation, you are antigovernment.Whatthe oil operators need to understand is that the oil is Guyana’s oil. The oil belongs to the people o f Guyana, and we the people should derive the largest benefit from oil, not the oil companies and their investors. Guyana and Guyanese first. We want the oil companies as investors to receive a fair income from their investments, but we don’t want to be gouged and bullied for 20-30 (Continued on page 6)

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DEAR EDITOR, In a recent article, the Exxon head was quoted as saying, “Investments with 20/ 30-year horizons require stable contracts –ExxonMobil Guyana President,” (ON, August 29, 2022).

DEAR EDITOR, The Great philosopher Socrates encourages his students to use three sieves, i.e. truth, goodness and usefulness to speak of others. As the Chinese Embassy has noted that some newspapers in Guyana covered OHCHR “assessment” on Xinjiang, we wish the readers to be aware of the following truth andFirst,facts.OHCHR drafted and released the so-called assessment without the mandate from the Human Rights Council or the consent of the Chinese Government, which is a serious violation of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and undermines the credibility and impartiality of the OHCHR. The so-called assessment is based on the presumption of guilt. It takes the words of a few anti-China separatists as the main source of information, while deliberately ignoring the authoritative information and objective materials provided by the Chinese Government, and therefore has no credibility. The so-called assessment distorts China’s laws and policies, smears China’s efforts against terrorism and extremism in Xinjiang, and diverges significantly from the statement issued by the High Commissioner for Human Rights after her visit to China. It has seriously tarnished the professionalism and integrity of human rights work, and inter-

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Many of us were concerned that the heat during the week and low water pressure could possibly destroy our efforts in the kitchen gardens in our urban and contiguous areas but, on the first day of September there were showers of rain and urban farmers were smiling.

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fered in and undermined the international human rights cooperation.Second,the so-called assessment is purely a farce plotted by some Western countries and anti-China forces. They have been consistently pressing the High Commissioner and the OHCHR, and demanding the release of a so-called “assessment” on Xinjiang, so as to bring ammunitions to their political manipulation of Xinjiang-related issues. It is completely a politicized document that disregards facts, and reveals explicitly the attempt of some Western countries and anti-China forces to use human rights as a political tool.Third, the so-called assessment is totally inconsistent with the actual situation in Xinjiang and finds no support. China pursues a peoplecentered approach and upholds that living a happy life is the primary human right, and has embarked on a human rights development path which conforms to the trend of the times and suits China’s national conditions. Xinjiang is a place once suffered hugely from terrorist attacks. Yet thanks to the efforts against terrorism and extremism in accordance with law, Xinjiang has not had any terrorist incident in the past five years, and the human rights of people of all ethnic groups have been well protected. The people in Xinjiang are in the best position to tell the world what the human rights conditions are like there. People who have been to Xinjiang all agree that Xinjiang is a wonderful land. Fair-minded people can tell right from wrong. In recent years, nearly 100 countries have spoken up at the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly, the Human Rights Council, etc. every year to support China’s legitimate position on Xinjiang-related issues. More than 60 countries have sent a co-signed letter to express their serious concerns over the so-called assessment. Nearly 1,000 non-governmental organizations from across the world have written to the High Commissioner to express their opposition. The attempt of some Western countries and anti-China forces to use UN bodies to tiveingaboutshouldthedoomedXinjiang-relatedmanipulateissuesistofail.Fourth,whatinternationalcommunityreallybeconcernedisthegenocide,includ-culturalgenocide,ofNa-Americans

DEAR EDITOR

If only our leaders can put aside pettiness… only feasible project to allow all Guyana to derive and enjoy the benefits of our resources.The looming tragedy is that many of our leaders and those led seem unaware that from the turn of this civilisation the Europeans in Africa, parts of Asia, Oceania and the Caribbean have mastered the technique of creating conditions which sharpen extant and traditional differences based on caste systems, tribal systems or religiousThebelief.deeper tragedy is that oft-times those in charge thanks to our adopted Westminster style of elections adopt with local flavouring the role, craftsmanship and arrogance of the pre-independence massa. In Guyana this is evident in a clearly polarised society where some groups have understandably attached the label of apartheid in Guyana. But when would we Aslearn?we bid farewell to Emancipation month and usher in Amerindian month we must be reminded how at one time our Amerindian brothers gave the runaway slaves a welcome in Guyana and neighbouring Suriname while some others were persuaded by the European plantocracy to do the Whenopposite.the most inhumane system of slavery was officially ended the manumitted Africans welcomed all the immigrants who were recruited by the plantocracy to replace the African labour on the plantations. Over time we have had the stress and strain as the result of racial suspicion and presumed domination. Today we must not succumb to the blandishments of sitting and dining by high government functionaries as we observe in certain communities. But someone drew to my attention that the acid test comes when one of the numbers identifies a member of the other racial group as a husband or a Finallywife.one cannot ignore the perception that in Guyana when it comes to the allocation of land and the award of big contracts 85-90% are going to one ethnic group and the 10% which may have African management are avowed supporters of the ruling Theseparty. matters require open and frank discussion if we are to achieve the dream of those who fought for independence of us becoming One People, One Nation with One Destiny. These conversations may cause discomfort, unease and perhaps embarrassment but are absolutely necessary if we are to advance to fulfill the dreams of our ancestors. I end with this closing gambit: those who presided over the splitting of British India and the dismantling of Africa into 50 odd states are still with us; those attitudes, those beliefs, those techniques have not died.As a favourite song says: “Brother Beware.” Hamilton Green Elder

I said to myself what a lucky people we are in Guyana.Athird of Pakistan is under water. No drinking water and millions face starvation, dislocation and water b orne diseases. In Europe excessive heat has destroyed olive groves. These two examples demonstrate the goodness of The Creator as we have never been affected by any serious natural disa Withsters.massive gold, diamond, timber, marine and now oil and gas the p opulation of less than a million souls, we should be the happiest and wealthiest people on earth.The scourge and the p roblem seem to be maninflicted where for several generations our leaders fail to recognise that the six races could easily enjoy this surfeit of The Creator’s bounty if our leaders only overcome the pettiness and sit down like sensible human beings to craft a p olicy that we can take to our erstwhile masters as united people. As a super optimist, in January, I wrote to his Excellency The President, The General Secretary of the PPP and Vice President, The then leader of the Opposition Joe Harmon and Kemraj Ramjattan.Inspite of probes to their advisors there has b een no response to the offer to find a mechanism for a coming together to face the common adversary when it comes to the harvesting and exploitation of our natural resources.When Aubrey Norton became leader of the opposition I sent him a copy of the identical letter I sent to the above mentioned personalities. He replied expressing an interest to be a part of the process to find a rapprochement to create unity. At the risk of being tedious and repetitive I do so because a genuine harmonious relationship among all of our political leaders is the

Dr.Sincerely,JerryJailall

Nation, it’s our country and our wealth. Any new contracts must avoid all the loopholes of the Stabroek Block, but going forward, the Stabroek Block must be renegotiated too. No free pass to leave it, as is. We must care, and we all must join the Renegotiation Movement for a better deal so we may have the good life now. Please donate to the Oil Contract Renegotiation Fighting Fund!

DEAR EDITOR, ‘Hats off’ to the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, as indeed it is commendable that “Govt. (is) taking (a) hands-on approach to rid city streets of vagrants …” Even as I perused the news on this, I took sharp offence as regards “… accusations made by Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine, (saying that) that too little is being done to address this protracted dilemma.” I therefore think that I need to voice a response.First,Mayor Narine is ‘way out of order’ in “Describing the vagrants as “social rejects.” Maybe, that is how loathsome they are to him, and others who use them for ‘cheap labour.’ What Guyanese need to know is that “Homelessness (according to the UN) is a profound assault on dignity, social inclusion and the right to life. It is a prima facie violation of the right to housing and violates a number of other human rights in addition to the right to life, including non-discrimination, health, water and sanitation, security of the person and freedom from cruel, degrading and inhuman treatment.” So, Narine’s deeming them as ‘rejects’ is the very defeat of anything he will ever want to do for them. In fact, he has already started playing politics with this issue. I say this because he has vehemently and publicly “… expressed his dissatisfaction at the manner in which the Government has been handling the current issue.” His claim is that “… the City Council has not been receiving any help from the Government to initiate a proper plan to remove homeless individuals from the streets of Georgetown.” However, I cannot give credence to Mayor Narine, and with good reason too. For example, as I go back to January of this year, I note that the press highlighted that “Town Clerk, Candace Nelson, chided (the) City Mayor Ubraj Narine for stat-

DEAR EDITOR, It has finally sunk in, despite my resistance. This country had to pay in some way for its superabundance of natural, physical riches. To compensate for all of our wealth, we got the dirty end of the stick in a band of bad politicians in general, and the worst of leaders in particular. I am struggling to figure out whether it is due to the immutable laws of physics alone, or some twisted combination of physics, chemistry, and biology. Then again, it could be the work of divine providence, or forces of nature, or the randomness of probability. Or even an extension of the great, feared resource curse. The bottom line is that Guyana always ends up with a cohort of political operators of the sleaziest variety, as if to make up for all the extravagant gifts of somewhere from somebody for some purpose. I watch as ordinary Guyanese, thinkers and patriots, raise reasonable questions on issues of significance to them, and the floodgates of cover-ups, deceptions, counter narratives explode. There are willing, wellcompensated cover-up artistes to run and plant flags objecting to whatever truths are put out. For every one ray of light lit, there are 10 seminars from PPP emergency responders in place for just such Fordevelopments.everysentence that is revealing, another 10 blankets emerge to overwhelm and smother in the fullness of the State in fullest battle gear and declaring war on truth. The unlearned don’t know better, they loyalists are dogged, the simple folks yearning for honest answers are caught in no man’s land. Who to believe? Who to From page 4 years. The Stabroek Block is the largest block with the most oil. The Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) signed in 2016 by the PNC in secrecy and without parliamentary discussion and approval, is rigged against the people of Guyana. It’s a steal not a It’sdeal.the worst oil contract in the history of oil. The “Global Witness” Report had outlined many questionable practices surrounding the signing of the agreement. The “Oil Rene-

A country crisscrossed with cunning, crippled by too much cleverness trust? They settle for the political conmen and women who they have known all their lives. They are their own liars, own thieves, own rascals. So Manywhat?elected, selected, resurrected into senior offices are pathological liars, previous ones and the professionals who propped them up are serial deceivers of the first order. How to build anything, much less a country, on such a decayed foundation? I look at leadership, then proceed to general governance strategy and accompanying tactics. One accurate news report on government failure, one contrary opinion on touchy issues (discrimination, corruption, criminalisation of the state), and the Colin Powell standard of overpowering force is applied at the point of initiation. The PPP employs an army of assistants (courtesy label) to mow down truth, deal with dissenters, and paint pictures that have minimal basis in truth, fact, reality; oftentimes none at all. But the objective always is not to let a single stray strand of thought that deviates from the government’s script be left unaddressed. The taxpa yers’ dollars are utilised to attack in the helpful State media, and state sponsored and subsidised media. Those are the spin mills occupied by men tilting at windmills that have no relationship to truth, principle, and personal honour. This is what passes for accountability. This is how cheap we have become, that for a dollar men will sell themselves into slavishness to come up with their own versions of Theretruth.canonly be one, be it about hospitals, or the crimes of leadership, or a murder on a main boulevard. In the transparency of their deceptions and concealments, truth is constantly sacrificed on the altar o f money, position, and leadershipAsfavour.partof their versions of shake and bake, leaders have switched roles, as if they are into verbal cross-dressing in that they pretend at what is not there. One could take a single swipe at a strand of hair, and come up with four particles of leadership standards; little is of the trustworthy, integrity, decency, and dignity that is inseparable from high office. Another has ceased cursing and abusing (handed those over to the new man), and is a fountain of falsehoods in what is omitted, what never sees the light of day. He has perfected the art of speaking forever, and never saying anything o f substance. Approach his vicinity and there is that suspicious, foul, odour of oil, and all that it greases. I highlight two other tried and true tactics deployed by the PPP Government here. Instead of investigating uncorroborated information, the informant is investigated, and invited to his own farewell party. While all the preceding simmer uneasily, everyone pulls back, confident in the knowledge that in this society everything blows over in a couple of weeks, sometimes days. These are the vices now made virtuous locally. We call it leadership, governance, democracy.Thelawman will also tell anyone who still listens to him that it is constitutional and, hence, perfectly legal. To that I say, right on bro.

gotiation Movement” is not asking for the oil agreement to be constantly changed. We want to “review and renegotiate” as the PPP Presidential Candidate and top leaders had promised during their campaign. Western governments including President Biden had said oil companies should pay more taxes since they “made more money than God” with recent windfall profits given the surge in oil prices. Guyana did not make such a call.

Stability of Oil Companies’ profits...

OHCHR’s so-called... year, the historical regression in women’s rights, the torture and ill-treatment in overseas detention facilities, the indiscriminate killings of civilians in overseas military operations, and other stains of the century in the human rights track records of some Western forces.OHCHR should earnestly listen to the cries for justice from developing countries, immediately investigate human rights violations of some Western forces, and issue a report thereon, so as to show accountability to the world and the vast number of victims.Spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Guyana

Yours truly, H. Singh

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Mayor Narine must accept responsibility - not get angry with Government ing that the Central government did not provide a subvention for last year, even as she provided details on how the allocated GY$30 million was spent.” This was necessary as Narine was claiming that President Irfaan Ali had ignored his request for the subvention, and Ms. Nelson had to dispatch a letter (of memory) to the Mayor to upend his false claim. At this juncture as well, more ‘credibility destruction’ for the Mayor was advanced by A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), as “… on the issue of the subvention and stopping short of calling him a liar, the statement released was that “When you stand to represent a position, your stand ought to be grounded in truth. Especially, if you’re seated in a seat of authority and example. I say this again and again, the problem with City’s Government isn’t the employees but rather the very governance.”Now,Ido agree with Mayor Narine that “… the Capital City Georgetown has been faced with them (homeless/vagrants) for many decades,” but a reminder is timely here. It is that Mayorship, 1996-2015, was under Hamilton Green. During 20152018, Patricia Chase-Greene held the post, and since 2018, Pandit Ubraj Narine himself took over. Yet nothing was achieved nor done in this regard. In fact, Mayorship of Georgetown and the City’s governance, even when the PPP/C was not in power, never manifested an acceptable level of performance. I recall September last year the shocking reality that “After taking office, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) Government had launched an audit into City Hall, targeting both the financial and operational makeup of the municipality.” Why? It was because, for the year before, there was no accountability for the $300 million Restoration Fund which was contributed to the Georgetown Mayor and City Council for the restoration of the dilapidated City Hall building.Isuggest that the Mayor and City Council, under the aegis of Ubraj Narine, do what the Minister of Human Services and Social Security suggests. This means that the “… Mayor too puts his hands to the wheel … do his part and get involved in this…(as) the Ministry is already doing its best to ensure that people are not on the streets.”After all, Minister Persaud and her Government are very much aware of the prevalent problem of homelessness in Georgetown. According to her, “The Ministry is very cognisant of this problem … and wants to ensure that people who are homeless have a safe space.” In this regard, I remind all that the public night shelter at East La Penitence, Georgetown, can now accommodate even more persons following the completion of significant infrastructural works on the facility-a new wing was added to the facility at a cost of over $5 million, while the interior and exterior of the existing building were significantly enhanced.Editor, let’s bear in mind that “ … the homeless aren’t to be viewed as lesser individuals or nuisances.” Many of them are simply unfortunate victims and happen to find themselves without homes under circumstances that they cannot control. Let’s remember too that catering for the homeless is not tantamount to solving the problem, as no authority can force anyone to take advantage of provisions. As the Minister detailed, “It’s not prison, we can’t force people to stay there … the best efforts will be made to help persons in a situation of homelessness, no matter their age, ethnic background or gender.”

GHKSincerely,Lall

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PoliticiansinGuyanaare the authorities to fix those enjoy super-salaries. They experiencing a lower who is enjoying the greater very reluctant to accept problems and to begin to do come and do what they have standard of living than they benefit from this growth in responsibility when things so immediately You do not to do in the name of were before the pandemic. the oil sector Whose plate is go wrong or do not turn out need a US$60M or institutional and capacity AllisnotrosyinGuyanaand bigger? Is it the oil as they planned But US$160M to address issues buildingbutwhentheyleave our politicians must not companiesorthepeople? l to mildew It should have the system reverts back to wake up in their palatial The Government has to responsibility is a sign of been obvious by now that a neglect. What is needed is palaces and believe that the accept responsibility for the politicalintegrity 3-bed Intensive Care Unit for a permanent solution to average man is enjoying a state of the country and for in the world, when all the The ethnic cleansing in (ICU) is grossly inadequate the problems but this has to higherstandardofliving. the services which it people are experiencing are Wismar in May of 1964, led for a hospital which serves a begin with honesty through As has been rightly provides to the people increased prices, including thethenMinisterresponsible catchment of more than t h e e o f pointed out, the greatest Borrowing money is not rentals. for Internal Security, Janet 100,000 persons. This is responsibility proportion of national GDP goingtofixasystemthathas (The views expressed in Jagan,toresignherpost.She something which should InGuyana,thepeopleare growth is taking place in the not worked and will not this article are those of the was lly have been obvious and being sold a pottage of non oil sector. A more work. Nor will telling the a u t h o r a n d d o n o t responsible for what took represents a serious promises, false hopes and realistic assessment would people that they now live in necessarily reflect the place.Infact,shewasmisled indictment of those unrealistic expectations betoletthepeopleknowjust thefastestgrowingeconomy opinions of this newspaper.) by the security forces. But responsible for this state of They are being told, for she accepted political affairs. example, by Senior responsibility and resigned The first thing that the Government Officials that herposition. new Government should Guyana has the fastest At present, there is a have done upon assuming growing economy in the serious crisis in the health office should have been an world. That may well be so sector A draft report by the assessmentofthestateofthe but what does not mean in I n t e r A m e r i c a n country’s hospitals and then terms of bread and butter for Development Bank has taken steps to fix those theaverageman. highlighted the atrocious problems. How has this fastest state and services at three of But fixing the system is growing economy in the thecountry’smainhospitals. one thing. Who is going to world been making a Yet, instead of accepting accept responsibility for the difference in the lives of that there is a problem, we state of affairs? Instead of citizens? How much has it firstsawanattempttodeflect holding persons responsible, changed anything in this blame to the APNU+AFC. the people of Guyana are country? The small man is But when one of Kaieteur now being asked to shoulder presently under severe strain News’ reporters insisted to a the debt which will have to because of the cost of living. S en t beincurredtosupposedlyfix B u t o u r g o v e r n i n g Operative that the report what should have been Politicians would have you concerned the present state identified and remedied a believe that things are not of the hospital and when the longtimeago. that bad because our reporter pointed to meetings Borrowing money is not economy is the fastest which were held by the going to solve those growingintheworld. consultants and the date of problems Much of the Well, it is not about how those meetings, it was international loans go fasttheeconomyisgrowing, conceded eventually that the towards hiring consultants itisabouthowthereturnson findings of the report related and specialist, some of that growth are improving tothepresentstateofaffairs. whom are favoured friends the lives of citizens. And at It is the responsibility of of the political elite and who present, people are pottage of false hopes

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My post-2020 self: A soulful journey

Frompage3 handandrecoveringitonthe other This unfortunate situation, it was explained, befell the CARICOM state after it failed to detail explicitly what costs are recoverable by the oil company in the sharing agreement.Research on Exxon's treatment of nations where finances are concerned deeply underscores the need for authorities here to be extremely cautious. In 2010, the Oil & Gas Journal said that ExxonMobil Corp. had agreed to pay a US$32.2 millionfederalfinetoresolve a whistleblower's claim that its affiliates knowingly underpaid natural gas royalties on federal and American Indian leases. The USDepartmentofJusticehad said the claim arose from allegations that Mobil Natural Gas Inc , Mobil Exploration&ProducingUS Inc , and their affiliates systematically underreported the value of gas taken from the leases from March 1, 1998,toNovember30,1999, andconsequentlypaidlessin royalties to the federal government and various Indiantribes.Atthemoment, Guyana is conducting audits of Exxon's post 2017 bills which total US$9B The consortium,whichismadeup of local and foreign auditors, is reportedly expected to completesamesometimethis month.Itisexpectedthatthe auditteamshouldkeepaneye out to determine whether the royaltywasinfact,notbeing recoveredorbeingunderpaid byExxonandpartners.

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Kaieteur NewsPAGE 10 Monday May 02, 2022 THEFREDDIEKISSOONCOLUMN

FrederickKissoon R a l p h Ramkarran and I had our differences but I hold no special hard feeling against Ralphie I have no hard feelings against anyone. We mustlearntofighteachother in the political arena then sit down and acknowledge we arehumansthatmustbelieve in the humanity of all of us and preserve a cordial attitudetoeachother IfIseeMarkBenschop,I will certainly accept a coffee chatwithhim.Iwillcertainly have black pudding with David Hinds whenever he is ready Wehadblackpudding roundscountlesstimesinthe past.Iwillnotrefusetoshake the hand of Lincoln Lewis and Sherod Duncan. I will not refuse to sit at the same table with Khemraj Ramjattan and share jokes about politics. I am quite happytoeatatthesametable withKhemrajatanywedding orwakeorlimeweareat. AdamHarrisandIhadso many arguments in the past but Harris will willingly tell you we have a very pleasant relation.IinvitedAdamtobe our guest on the GildarieFreddie Kissoon Show. When we spoke, I told him viewers would be interested in hearing about our days at KaieteurNews I remain on good terms with Dr George Norton and Ronald Bulkan of the PNC. David Patterson and I have friendly and amusing chats when we meet. UK based PNCactivistNormanBrown is someone I consider a friend. I rang Ali Majeed of theWPAtoenquireaboutthe health of Tacuma Ogunseye after my wife and I met Ogunseye at the doctor's office.Ou t s i d e o f o u r humanness, we have our work to do and we must appreciate our patriotic obligation to history I believe David preaches raciallydrivensermonsandI will reject them with both political and intellectual vigour. I do not share Benschop'spolitics. HewasjailedbythePPP government and I guess that is the basis of his continuing anti PPP venom I was oppressedinmodesandways farmorelife-threateningthan whatBenschopendured.But I cannot and will not remain unmoved when I see elections being rigged that will certainly destroy the country and the future of countless young people who deserve to go out into the world and make something for themselves and for their parentsandsiblings. Iknowthatfeeling.Iwas theonlyoneofsevensiblings that went beyond primary school. I went hungry in Wortmanvile for years wearing clothes that even refugees would frownon.Iwasgiven anopportunitytoseea future and I saw one. I married a woman that safeguardedthatfuture forme.Iwant that same opportunity for our young people. I believe deep in my heart that there wasn't any journey waiting to be undertaken when Forbes Burnham ruled Guyana and permanent power ruined Guyana When men and women can rule a country forever, there is no hope, no optimism,nospiritwaitingto fly Today, look at how the Cubanpeoplearerunningall over the world looking for happiness.Iwas oppressed, repressed and brutalised in the past but I cannot let that destroy my psyche and my soul.One has to move on especiallyatmyage.Icannot see any reason why I should not give Dr Irfaan Ali a chance to prove his nationalistcommitment. I do believe in my heart that Anil Nandlall has good intentions about elevating disadvantaged people. I am notapologeticforsupporting the performance of Dr. Ali andMr.Nandlall.Unlessthe PPP goes in directions that are unbearable then I will supportthepresidencyofDr Ali.Others that I functioned with in past years see the government in a different light. They use reasons of class, race, culture and politicalattitudestojudgean electedgovernment.Icannot go that route I judge government by my ideological yardstick the emphasisonhelpingthepoor andWhenpowerless.theGovernmentof Guyana goes in directions that I disapprove, I will use my pen and voice For example, when the Ministry of Public Works announced t h a t h i n d r a n c e s , impediments and obstacles on the public pathways must be removed, I acted quickly toexpressmyfeelings. Please see my column of Monday, June 27, 2022, headlined, “I'm old now; don't want another confrontation with Minister Edghill.” I expressed my anxiety that poorer folks tryingtomakealivingwillbe removed while the rich and powerful that have hijacked public space for themselves willbeuntouched. In the end, March 2020, opened up my eyes in ways unimaginable. People I long foughtwithandIendangered my life for multiple times, putraceandclassbeforelove of country I supportAli and Nandlall.Whovex,vex! (The views expressed in this article are those of the a u t h o r a n d d o n o t necessarily reflect the opinionsofthisnewspaper.)

Sunday 04 September, 2022

ByKianaWilburg

Sunday September 04, 2022Kaieteur NewsPAGE 12 ollowing an assessment that wasFconducted on July 6, 2022, the Inter American Development Bank(IDB)saiditobservedthattheLinden Hospital Complex is plagued by several challenges regarding environmental managementandsafety,includinginfectious and liquid waste management. The health institutionisalsohamperedinthedeliveryof qualityservicesduetothelackofestablished safety procedures, systems and basic equipment.InitsAugust 2022 report, the IDB said the Linden Hospital, as a result of the foregoing challenges, is unable to properly deliver the full contingent of obstetric, neonatal and child health services while highlightingthatitdoesnotevenhaveaburn unittoattendtoaccidentpatients. Delving into the state of affairs at the institution, IDB officials said in its almost 200-pages report that the Linden Hospital Complexconsistsofoldandnewstructures. Thecomplexhousesanoldhospitalwhichis asingle-storeystructurebuiltin1925.Atthat time, it was designed to accommodate 75 beds, with X-Ray, laboratory, dispensary facilities,andanoperatingroom.Duetothe growth of the population and the increasing demand for the hospital's services, the new Linden Hospital was constructed in 2009, with financing from the bank and Government.Furthertothis,theIDBsaidthecomplex handlesreferralsfromallhealthcentresand hospitals from Regions 8, 9, and 10, which have a combined population of approximately 74,000 people.Additionally, the hospital has treated an average of 3,900 patients a year over the past five years, and anticipates a 125% increase in the average inpatientloadinthenextfiveto10years Such aforecasttherefore,underscorestheneed (Continuedonpage16) Linden Hospital sends its laundry to GPHC to dry and sanitise - never had CT scanner, X-ray machine works 'on and off' The Old LHC Building The New LHC Building

In case you haven’t heard, please be informed that as part of our continued effort to channel positive changes in our country, our publisher, Mr. Glenn Lall, has dedicated our Page Seven to be “BLUNT” about on-going indecency in our land that should matter, not only to us at this publication, but the entire nation.

For all those hundreds of millions ofAmerican dollars (not far from a billion) budgeted in the last three years, not a single Guyanese shouldbepushedtoaprivate pharmacy to get antibiotics orotheressentialmedicines. Plentyspentandplentyof pain still at the same high levels.Where are all these millionsWhogoing?isbenefiting when sick Guyanese have to be operated on in challenging environments, received by medical professionals in a stockroom at the New AmsterdamHospital?

5Corrupt people walk a thorny, treacherous road; whoever values life will avoidit. 7Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servanttothelender 8 Those who plant injusticewillharvestdisaster and their reign of terror will cometoanend. 22Don't rob the poor just because you can, or exploit 23the needy in court. For the Lord is their defender He will ruin anyone who ruins them.

MONDAY Real time costs monitoringVicePresident Bharrat Jagdeohastakenontoomuch with this oil and he is slipping. Specifically, he erred terribly in saying that there is no co-management arrangement to help Guyana track ExxonMobil's spending, and maintain checks on the authenticity of theoilcompany'sbills. Mr Jagdeoassertionthat welackthepowertodosois another failure on his part, and raises questions on how much he knows and how muchheisforGuyana,where ouroilwealthisconcerned. Section7.1ofthe2016oil contract vests the power to a u d i t a n d v e r i f y ExxonMobil's expenses incurred in the hands of the Minister of Natural Resources.Thecontract provisions must be employed to its maximum to ensure that ExxonMobil is not tricking us,cheatingus,orpullingthe wooloveroureyes. We must monitor expenses real time, and start doingsonow Allthepowersembedded in Section 7 1 must be utilizedforthefullestbenefit forGuyana.MrJagdeo and Mr Bharrat must show that they arebothonthejob,andupto the job. Enough with these costlyfailures! TUESDAY Value-for-moneyauditin healthConsideringsector the amount of money that this country hasspentonthehealthsector, not one Guyanese should be goingtoaprivatehospital.

SATURDAY PeoplePower! While some Guyanese are busy “su suing” about things that matters not in the grandschemeofthings,there are others who have been speaking out with a view of reversing the tide of indiscretion that threatens to harm this nation for generationstocome. Why grumble about thingsintheprivacyofgroup chats and behind closed doorswhenyoutoocanstand up and represent the land of yourWhybirth?mustafewbevocal in defense of the masses? EventheCreatorwon'tactif the people remain silent and refusetoflextheirmuscles. People power, it is the potential that ordinary citizens in a democracy have to change situations that they believe are unjust by demonstrating in non-violent ways. Timidity will get you

SUNDAY Signsofthetimes! Perhaps unable to bear themanyatrocitiesunfolding dailyinourworld,theearthis beginning to revolt against mankind.Aday does not go by without reports of natural disasters, and the way things are looking, these will only getworseastimeprogresses. These indeed are among thesignsofthetimes–signs that tell us that our days are numbered.TheCreator is certainly trying to grab our attention butarewetakingnotice? Itishightimethatwetake stock of our existence; humbleourselves,cryoutfor mercy, and turn from our wickedways. At least in this corner of the world, let's try to make things right before it's too late.

We must have a credible andreliablevalue-for-money audit.We should be firing and jailing the political and public service people responsible for what is nothing less than a national disgraceandtragedy WEDNESDAY Wisdom according to Proverbs22 1 C h o o s e a g o o d reputation over great riches; being held in high esteem is betterthansilverorgold. 4Truehumilityandfearof the Lord lead to riches, honour,andlonglife.

The Guyana Chronicle hasalwayshaditschallenges butthingshavegottenworse thereovertime. The paper is not even serving the PPP/C well When the Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo has to resort totheGuyaneseCritictogive exclusive interviews and announce major policy initiativesandplans,thenone can tell how bad things have gotten in the public informationsector

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THURSDAY Guyana GovernmentChroniccontinuesto use the Guyana Chronicle to deceive unsuspecting citizens and the Editor-inChief at that Lama Avenue, Bel Air entity seems all too willing to go along with tellingthe'biglie'. We have noticed that the state owned newspaper in recent times have been devoting a full page to publish the diatribe from the so called, Financial Analyst, Joel Bhagwandin on oil related matters and the government's stewardship of thesector.Ofc o u r s e , M r. Bhagwandin is towing the line of his masters, regurgitating the same foolishnesswehearfromour leaders and ExxonMobil Thank God, the more credible news entities do not publish Bhagwandin's letters.Additionally,wesaw,the said Chronicle doing the 'dirty' again, with another lengthy interview with AdvisoronHealth,Dr Leslie Ramsammy. Ramsammy wastryinghisbesttodefend the damning findings of an IDBreportonthestateofthe country's public health facilities.Tru e t o f o r m , Ramsammy, who was a former Minister of Health in the interview, blatantly misrepresented the facts of thereport.The IDB report was conducted in July 2022 and this newspaper provided documentedevidenceofthis, yet Ramsammy is in the 'Guyana Chronic' telling this nationthattheIDBstudywas done in 2020 under the CoalitionGovernment.

FRIDAY Guyana deserves to experiencecredibleelections Whenever election time comes around, Guyanese tenseItup.isoneofthetimesyou g ettoseepeople'struecolours as many lean on the side of the party that they believe represents their race. It is no secret that Guyana's election is based on race politics and raceButvoting.theonethingthatcan help to calm the situation is citizens believing that the election process is done in a freeandfairatmosphere. Truth be told, it is the usual argument of the losing sidetoclaimthattheelection wasriggedornotdonefairly, maybe to save face among supporters.Buteven as that is the behaviour of the Politicians, the Guyana Elections Commission which is tasked with holding elections must utiliseallavenuesallowedto it by the law to convince the public that it is doing everything in its power to holdcleanelections.Itisnot thePoliticiansthattheymust appease,butthepeople. Itsworkmustbeseparate and speak for itself that the body is affiliated with no political party on leaning on their side. As it stands, for GECOM to say it cannot remove the dead and disqualified, and thus produceacleanlistwithonly eligible voters cannot be accepted.GECOM has sole responsibilityforelections,it cannottherefore,putitselfin a position where the Politicians can use it to justifytheirdefeats.

BLUNTNESS ON INDECENCY!

Inacaseofwhatsomewould describe as 'sheer people power', South African v i l l a g e r s , f i s h e r m e n , environmentalists, and other concerned persons were last Thursdayabletogetacourttoissue anorderpreventingitsGovernment and oil giant, Shell, from conducting oil exploration activities along one of the nation's pristine coastline, insisting that theywerenotproperlyconsultedon thedevelopmentandimpactsofthe project.The win is being seen as a monumental one for stakeholders whocontinuedtoexpressconcerns abouttheimpactsofexplorationon marinelife.

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Local residents were therefore alarmed last year when Shell announced plans to conduct a seismicsurvey, using sound waves tosearchforthedepositsofoiland gas its geologists suspected lay hidden beneath the Indian Ocean seabed.Theygottogetherand,withthe aid of environmental lawyers and activists, filed suit, saying the Governmenthadnotproperlytaken into account the concerns of the community before granting the explorationrights. The judicial panel concurred, saying the process also failed to properly notify the people living along the coast. Communities said they first heard of Shell's plans 30 daysbeforetheseismicactivitywas settobegin.AnoticeinEnglishand Afrikaanslanguagenewspapersdid notreachremotevillages,wherein any case, isiXhosa is the main language.Thereportsaidthat,“Theheart ofthecasewasaboutwhetherthey havearighttobeconsultedornot,” said Johan Lorenzen, one of the attorneys who represented the community “It's not inherently an anti-oil and gas judgment.” Since the ruling applies only to the process followed by Shell, Lorenzen said, another energy company could purchase the exploration rights and begin prospecting,ifitweretofollowthe correctproceduresinconsultingthe community Importantly, “by positioning the communities as custodians of the environment, the ruling could set a precedent for objectionstothenearly150oiland gas surveys around Africa's Chinyavanhu, an activist with GreenpeaceAfrica.Afisherman,who joined the case as a plaintiff, Nontsindiso Nongcavu, also agreed that the judgment gives communities a needed weapon to fight for their land. “Our Government leaves us nowhere,” said the 42-year-old, who supports a multi-generational familytrappingrocklobster In December, Greenpeace was among several groups that tried to stoptheseismicsurveyonthebasis that it was a threat to marine and coastal life, but a judge ruled that Shell's mitigation measures would beenoughtominimisetheharm. South Africa is the largest consumer of oil and petroleum products inAfrica, but has limited oilreservesandishighlydependent onoilimports,particularlyfromthe Middle East. Nearly all of its provenreservesareoffshore. In the grip of an energy crisis, South Africa's Government has embraced fossil fuel development as a solution, despite its stated commitment to green energy The MinisterofMineralResourcesand Energy, Gwede Mantashe, a powerful voice in the governing African National Congress, has vociferously defended South Africa'sexplorationforfossilfuels. environmentalgroupsas“apartheid and colonialism of a special kind, masqueradingasagreatinterestfor environmentalprotection.”The (Continuedonpage15)

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The ruling nevertheless represented a rare victory for environmental interests in a countrythatimportsmostofitsoil andhaslongfavoureddevelopment over the environment, it was explained South Africa's Wild Coast is an unspoiled string of beaches, where forests roll down into the crystalline waters of the Indian Ocean. While fishing and farming villages dot the coastline, the area is also a popular tourist destination,aplacewherecowsare known to share the beaches with sunbathersandswimmers.

…say local communities weren't properly consulted Wild Coast residents demonstrate against Shell's seismic surveys plans (Rogan Ward/Reuters)

Environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion and other organisations protested outside a Shell garage in, Johannesburg, SouthAfrica, last year (Kim Ludbrook/EPA, via Shutterstock)

coastline, said Thandile

ANewYorkTimesreportofthe nation's largest city, Johannesburg, said that the case was one that “pitted rural South African communities against the energy giant Shell Global…” In revoking thecompany'srightstoexplorethe seabed of South Africa's Wild Coast, “a panel of three judges sided with rural communities, fishermen, traditional healers, and environmental activists against the company and South Africa's Government,”thereportsaid. TherulingwasinSouthAfrica's Eastern Cape Province and sets aside the exploration rights that South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy grantedtoShellandalocalpartner, Impact Africa, in 2014, as well as theGovernment'sdecisiontorenew those rights over the objections of peoplelivingonthecoastline. It was noted that while the recent ruling could be appealed, “…it is uncertain whether Shell or the Governm be enthusiasticaboutafight.Shellhas said it is reviewing the court decision, but in the past it has retreatedfromprojectswhenpublic opposition and regulatory hurdles made financial and political costs prohibitively high.” And even if Shell should walk away, analysts say, the court ruling does not preclude another company from gainingtheprospectingrights.

South Africans win court case against Govt., oil company...

Kaieteur NewsSunday September 04, 2022 PAGE 15

From page 14 came at a time when the company was report said that South Africa's Ministry of lookingtoexpandproduction. Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, has Since then, a decision by a Dutch court in historically played a much more muted role, May 2021 ordered the company to cut including a slow response to sanctioning the greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent by national power supplier, Eskom, for its 2030 compared to 2019 levels, and the pollutingcoal-firedpowerstations. companyhasfiledanappeal. It was said that the recent court decision Last week stakeholders also protested comes at a time when Shell is beginning a expressing concerns over the impact of the retreat from oil, as it attempts to pivot to sector after fishers and environmental cleaner energy It has set a goal of net-zero activists in Cape Town forced their emissions by 2050, and set a target of Governmenttomeetandprovideinformation reducing oil output by 2 percent a year by regarding the vulnerability of their 2030 through divestments and lower communitiesandthefishingindustry investments in exploration and production. They held protest banners saying “we When Shell originally received exploration cannot eat oil and gas” and “oil and water do rights to start seismic operations in 2014, it notmix.”

Chief Executive Officer In addition, there is need for 8. Expand the laboratory (CEO), Ms. Sharon Joseph, two private rooms which department.

Occupational Safety and currentlydonotexist. 9. Expand the outpatient Health Officer, Mr Enoch 2. Increase and expand dressingarea. Hooper, Maintenance the A&E department to 10. Expand the diabetic Superintendent, and Ms include a new emergency footcentre.

A s h l e y B a r a k a t , operating theatre and 11. Improve the waiting Environmental and Social dedicatedwaitingarea. areas. Specialist, Ministry of This is especially This publication was Health. important to cater for reliably informed on It also met with the accidents which may occur Saturday that the X ray GuyanaNursesAssociation- along the new Linden to machine at the hospital Linden Chapter which is in Maburaroadway works ‘on and off’. This, charge of the day care 3. Expand the radiology even as the institution is facility at the complex department, including currently in the process of Kaieteur News understands installation of full-service receiving its Health Facility that the stakeholders d i a g n o s t i c i m a g i n g License. expressed interest in the equipment such as CT scan, It has completed the facilities being upgraded ultrasound scan, X ray inspection phase and is through a US$160M line of machines, cardiographs, and currently in the process of credit from the bank echocardiograms, among receiving and reviewing the

Importantly, only US$48M others. inspection report, after ofthatsumwouldbeusedfor 4 Construct a new which it will move to the improvements to the Linden maternal and child nextphaseintheprocess.

From page 12 agency said this is time and as a result, all sharp for the hospital to undergo consuming and “is of waste is stored in barrels and majorupgrades. questionable hygienic transported to the GPHC for Toward this end, the IDB practice.” disposal twice a year The highlighted that one area It said, “This practice is IDB said this current whichneedstobefixedisthe notsustainableandtherefore arrangement is not effective laundry department at the there needs to be urgent and involves utilising hospital complex which has intervention to remedy this resourcesthatmayotherwise an industrial scale washer issue. The expansion of the be beneficial to other and dryer While the washer complex will see a higher departments. is in working condition, the turnover of patients and TheIDBalsohighlighted dryer has been out of therefore there will be need the absence of a Fire commission for a while. The for an onsite and working Prevention and Protection bank said the hospital laundryequipment.” Plan It said, “Fire therefore has to send its Further to this, the bank prevention and protection laundry to the GPHC to dry pointed out that Linden has been subsumed into the and sanitise using their Hospital’s incinerator hospital’s Occupational, industrial dryer The lending stopped working in 2020, Safety, and Health plan where training is executed in Hospital Complex along healthcare building which the first and third quarter with New Amsterdam includes a neonatal ward, yearly The hospital has Hospital and Georgetown maternity clinic, and visible fire prevention PublicHospitalCorporation. operating theatre This equipment and fire points The health officials also requires the demolition of throughout the hospital made key recommendations theoldhospitalbuilding. compound. While there is to the IDB about the 5. Expand the current training being conducted expansion and rehabilitative surgical suite to from one twiceayear,thereisneedfor workstheywouldwishtosee operating room to two, one a formal comprehensive fire take place. Below is their dedicated to laparoscopic prevention and protection proposed list as noted in the surgery, and procure plan to outline clear report. additional equipment to Standard Operating 1. Maximise maternity provide better healthcare Procedures in case of a fire.” and child healthcare. This This will absorb some of the This it said will contribute to will involve the construction patient load from GPHC and an all-inclusive approach to of a new building to house i n c r e a s e a c c e s s t o fire prevention and maternal and child health specialisedhealthcarewithin protection. services. theregion. During the site visit to This will increase the 6.ExpandtheICUfroma Linden Hospital Complex current 15 beds in the three-bedfacilitytoa10-bed and a subsequent virtual maternity ward, which facility meeting, the IDB said it met cannot meet the current 7. Expand the obstetrics with Mr Rudolph Small, demand, to at least 30 beds. department.

Linden Hospital sends its laundry to GPHC to dry...

Kaieteur NewsPAGE 16 Sunday September 04, 2022

9 new COVID-19 cases

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he Ministry of Health, Infectious Diseases Hospital at The dashboard data also v i a i t s l a t e s t Liliendaal,GreaterGeorgetown. shows that 10 persons are inTdashboard, revealed The new cases were detected institutional isolation, 203 are in that within the last assessed 24- in three Regions - Region Four - home isolation and three are hour it recorded nine new six,RegionNine-twoandRegion quarantinedinstitutionally. infectionsacrossthecountryeven Three - one – bringing the total To date, a total of 69,593 as one patient receives care number of confirmed cases in the persons have recovered from the intensive care treatment at the countryto71,085. virus.

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MixedviewsonPPP’smanagementofoilsector

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A review of the managementGovernment’sof the oil sector by some industry stakeholders has solicited a bag of mixed views.Someobserversarein high praise of the PPP/C Government’s stewardship of the industry, stating that the administration has moved faster than its predecessor to implement keyaspectsofthelegislative armory needed to regulate thesectorwhilemaximising gainsforcitizens.

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are not only exploitative but an environmental danger to the

S h e s a i d , “ T h e ExxonMobil deal gives the Guyanese people 12.5 barrels of oil out of every 100barrelsofoil,plusatiny 2% royalty. Exxon’s affiliate and Stabroek Block Operator, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) and partners get everything else. Theygetaroundseventimes whatGuyanagetsforitsoil. When people demand a better deal, the Government says Guyana should not get more money because the PPP/C cannot spend it fast enough. Buttheoilmoney, like the oil, belongs to the Guyanese people not the Government. People need money to put food on the table. They need money for their children’s health and education.”Takingthese and other factors into consideration, J operations country and the Caribbean. Shebelievesthe Continuedonpage63 stakeholders sing praises for NRF, Local Content Laws others want more done to shield country from abusive deal ever inflicted on a sovereign people”

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ByKianaWilburg

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They have also contended strongly that the Government has done an exceptionaljobinmanaging the economy in the face of external shocks stemming from the Russia Ukraine warOn the flipside, some stakeholders hold the view thattheGovernmenthasnot doneenough,specificallyas it pertains to closing critical loopholes for revenue leakage, corruption, and abuse in the 2016 Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement(PSA). International Lawyer, Melinda Janki, in an in e iew with this newspaper said the 2016 PSA represents “one of the worst, most abusive and exploitative oil deals ever inflicted on a sovereign people ” Janki said the PPP/C administration was very critical of the contract when it was in Opposition buthasdonelittletonothing toplugkeyloopholessuchas those pertaining to ring fencing (Ring fencing provisions allow for costs associated with one project, tonotbechargedagainstthe revenues made in another, thereby reducing the profit availabletobeshared.)

ByDavinaBagot heGovernoroftheTBank of Guyana (BoG),Dr Gobind GangahasreleasedGuyana’s totalstockofdebtowedtoits Chineseally,theChinaExim Bank. The figure, according to him, is US$220 million with the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion alone accounting forawhoppingUS$138M. In an exclusive interview with this newspaper on Saturday, the Chief of the country’s Central Bank shared the missing figures that were not included in an article that was published in this newspaper In that story, it was reported based on the BoG’s first quarter report of 2022, that the country’s external debt is overtaken by money it borrowed from China.Inthat document, it was noted the China Exim Bank accounts for 39.5 percent of the country’s total external debt. Additionally, debt repaymenttotheChinaExim Bank accounted for 82 percentofdebtrepaymentsto bilateralcreditors.Inthefirst three months of the year, US$10.6 million alone was paid to the Chinese lending institution,upby1.4percent. Theincrease,accordingtothe CentralBank, was as a result of higher principal repaymentsduringthereview period.Presently, Guyana’s total stock of public debt, which comprises both external and domestic debt stands at US$3.248billion.Duringthe interview, Dr Ganga providedabreakdownofthis figure.HesaidthatUS$1.371 billion was for external debt while the remaining US$1 877 billion was Guyana’sdomesticdebt. The Governor explained, “Domestic debt would be treasury bills- most of it was to finance Government. If you can recall there was an overdraft.Totaldomesticand public debt was at US$3.248BinMarchandthe external debt at the end of 2021 was US$1.371 billion. Nowifyoutakeoutfromthis here US$1.4B almost then it would be like US$1.8B wouldbethedomesticdebt.” Hewentontoexplainout of the total external debt US$910millionwas Continuedonpage71

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US$900M in bilateral debt Guyana owes China alone US$220M - BoG

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MonicaMeetJoseph, aRegionNinenative oftheMacushiclan. Monicaenjoysreading, socializing,andhelpingpeople. Herpassionistohelpyouthsto worktogethertopromoteand maintainthetraditionalpracticesin hercommunity.Monicawasrecently crownedMissRegionNine, AmerindianHeritageQueen2022. ShewillrepresentherRegionat the‘MissAmerindianHeritage’ PageantonSeptember17, 2022attheNational CultureCentre,in Georgetown.

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jid and the Grace Baptist Church locatedonthewaterside,andasyou makeyourwaydowntothebackof that village, there is a sizeable parcelofunoccupiedland. During my visit I met a Jamaicanmanwhosaidthatheonly movedtothecommunityaboutfive weeks ago. He said, with a bright smile, he moved to Guyana to be closer to “my lady”. According to him, they met online and hit it off quiteThenicely.man, Garnett Williams, said that he was a tour guide while he lived in Jamaica. He said hat since his o v e t o Bloomfield,hehas been enjoying the “coolness and the quietness” but noted that it is not very different fromtheJamaicanculture. He mentioned that, prior to coming to Guyana, he enjoyed his workasatourguidewithapopular tour guide company He said, “whenevertouristscometo (Continuedonpage48)

ByMalisaPlayer-Harry

The Bloomfield Masjid

The Grace Baptist Church in Bloomfield Garnett Williams, t the Jamaican man who recently took up residence at Bloomfield The Thrill Beverage Company located on the public road The lone barber in the village

In the heart of Bloomfield

VILLAGE

iving among good people is one of the many things a person is likely to hope for when opting to takeupresidenceinanewarea. If for some reason they have a taste for the serene countryside, achievingtheirheart'sdesirecanbe within the peaceful confines of Bloomfield, a community situated at Corentyne, Berbice. With its friendly and hardworking inhabitants,recentlyimprovedroad andvastlandspace,itisoneofthe manyvillagesinRegionSixthatis consideredacutabovetherest. You can find Bloomfield just a street after the University of Guyana'sBerbicecampusifyouare travelling from the west, and from the east, a canal separates the villagefromLetterkenny Although itismostlyoccupiedbyEastIndian residents, there are a fewAfricans, AmerindiansandChinesetoo. During my visit there, I learnt that just recently several streets were upgraded in the area and works are expected to be done on the drainage systems and other remainingstreetsinthenearfuture. What is interesting to note, is that the Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, is a resident of the village Based on my conversationswithsomeresidents, heishighlyrespectedbythepeople ofthevillageandwithgoodreason too.They said that by virtue of his Governmentposition,theyareable to raise issues with him and see themaddressedefficiently Among the noticeable sites at Bloomfield is a Thrill Distribution Outlet (beverage company) which islocatedalongthepublicroad. If you are visiting the area, you will find the scheme is located on the south side and another section of Bloomfield is on the north side (calledthewaterside).Youcanfind

…a community of friendly, hardworking people

Aresident making her way out of Bloomfield (waterside)

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PresidentIrfaanAli’s‘One revolutionary policies Guyana Movement’is to be and constitutional

this sloganeering is d e t a c h e d f r o m f

Economist and Finance Specialist, Richard Rambarran Attorney-at-Law and PPPSanjeevParliamentarian,Datadin

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Stakeholders agree Youths, Opposition must be on the frontlines of achieving ‘One Guyana’

Columnist and Historian, Ronald Austin APNU+AFC Parliamentarian, Juretha V. Fernandes

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Owner of National Hardware Guyana Limited, Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer

successful in combating reforms that would result systems that promote racial inconcreteandmonumental resentmentandoppression,thenthe actions that would transform nation’syouthaswellasitspolitical thecountry Opposition must be at the forefront As a consequence, Austin said effort to practice inclusion,ofthisnoblefight. he has always held the view that Fernandes opined that any effortsThis was the consensus of grand constitutional reform is the afoot are designed to fail. Further,opinions proffered by several bestwaytoachieveracialharmony Fernandes said young peoplestakeholders who spoke with The The columnist said men and should not be used as a tokenWaterfalls over the past two weeks women cannot be compelled by symbol to present an illusion ofabout the need for social cohesion slogans to resist their animus, only inclusion, but rather be given realandhowitoughttobeachieved. laws can do that. “I speak not of power to influence change in aEconomist and Executive facetious constitutional generation that only they trulyDirector of the Georgetown amendments or two to three understand.Chamber of Commerce and changes. “It is important to note also thatIndustry (GCCI), Richard Any Head of State who is no amount of slogans will everRambarran,waskeentonotethatin serious about ending Guyana’s erase the fear and pain felt by anyhis view, President Ali’s ‘One racial division must think of one group. I am ready andGuyana’ initiative demonstrates a constitutional dismemberment and committed to working collectivelygenuine political will in fostering craft a new constitution based on towards achieving a more unifiedsocial cohesion. The Economist ending racial disharmony once and Guyana, for only then will we trulysaid the Head of State’s actions as for all. That draft constitution realiseourfullpotentialasapeople.well as the policy measures of the should be brought to the people for And only then will we be able toadministration, depict in a pellucid a referendum for one single vote,” shield this nation from those whomanner that Dr Ali is leading the theHistorianintimated. exploitthedivisioninourcountry,”charge at consolidating voices In this regard, Austin posited theyoungPoliticianexpressed.against all manifestations of racial that youths must advocate for the Owner of National Hardwarediscrimination and injustice and is ‘One Guyana’ movement to move Guyana Limited, Nicholasdetermined to ensure a safe from mere sloganeering to a point Deygoo-Boyer, was also one whoenvironment for those who speak whereithasconstitutionalteeth.He shared the view that the vision for aup. saiditmustbecometheethosofthe ‘One Guyana’ is critical toRambarran stressed however constitutionalrepublic. changing the future of politics. Hethat youths need to ensure that they Further to this, Austin urgedthe use of mottos and labels reasoned that the changingplayaroleinvoicingtheiropinions, youth leaders and youth groups tosuch as the 3 B’s (Boats, Bicycles, demographics of the economy andparticularly about the long-term emand changes such asand Buses) and other fanciful the populace mean that politicstrajectory of the country. ‘Affirmative action’ programmesphrases were even catchy, but based on racial identity cannot beRambarran said, “This is for ethnic groups that have facedultimatelymeaninglesslabels.” thefutureofGuyana.imperative as it is youths that are marginalisation in the country’sPresidentAli’s ‘One Guyana’is Boyer cited for example, thatthe long term beneficiaries of history while adding that this mustvery different says Datadin who the mixed-race population is thecurrent actions. Youths also should become part of a legal andnoted that it is a vision that all of fastest growing segment of theensurethatwherethereareareasfor structuredarrangement.Guyana must move forward. population Taking this intoimprovement, they act as the Additionally, he said youthAdmittedly, he said this will not be consideration,thedivisivenatureofsentinel for change, with groups must call for a ‘Truth andan easy task for the Head of State the political machinery needs toconstructivecriticism.” Reconciliation Commission’ thatgiven the country’s social and change.The Economist noted that the would ventilate all racialeconomic past Irrespective of Expounding further, Boyerpolitical Opposition in the nation’s grievances held by the variousthose historical fault lines and said, “I think the one thing thedemocracy has an important role to ethnic groups. All of these efforts,insecurities, the Politician charged President has to do is the one thingplay in dialogue and ensuring that he said must culminate into a grandthat the younger generation must that he is doing – ‘One Guyana’the dialectical process between reform of the constitutionfeelandthinkdifferently isn’t a slogan for him, it’s a way ofthemselves and government tosses Importantly, he said parties must“They must be fearless and governing. He has met with meantupnewideas. Datadin said this is dangerous and accept that political sloganeering isknowthatasaGuyanesecitizen,all cross sections of society and manyHe said this means engagement has no basis in reality He not the answer to Guyana’s racialthe opportunities and benefits to different communities and haswith the Government on a categorically stated that it also problem He said they mustevery citizen are available to them. dispensed with the hierarchicalconsistent and continuous basis, dishonours those who fought advocate for the issues highlightedOur present economic trajectory is nature of traditional politics. Oneparticularly in areas that are against apartheid. He said the new above.phenomenal by any standard and greatexamplewashimcookingouti m p o r t a n t f o r n a t i o n a l messaging by some Opposition Overall, the columnistevery citizen must benefit. The for members of the communitiesdevelopment.Rambarransaid,“We elements is therefore just another articulatedthatPresidentAli’s‘One‘One Guyana’ initiative is real. and listening to their concerns inareatajunctureinourdevelopment label, hollow and ultimately Guyana’ movement can onlyRoads are being built everywhere, thatsetting.”process where this is more without any substance as many of become successful if it moves fromhousing everywhere and to By and large, Boyer said heimportantthanever.” their labels when they were in political sloganeering to concreteeveryone, water to everyone believes the President can beAttorney at Law and PPP government. constitutional actions. “Then andDevelopment is being undertaken successful with this movementParliamentarian, Sanjeev Datadin, Columnist and Historian, onlythen,PresidentAlicanemergein every region and notably, the since the messaging of thealso acknowledged the need for all Ronald Austin, stressed that while asatransformativeleader.”hinterland is recognised and has a opposition on race matters is alsoGuyanese to lend support to PresidentAli’sinitiativeisnotnew, APNU+AFC Parliamentarian,seat at the table too,” shared the weakening In this view, aachieving a united nation while it needs to move beyond being a Juretha V Fernandes, also agreedParliamentarian. significant portion of the populaceresisting messages that there is an grandslogan. that there is a dire need for socialThe one ingredient he said is is more concerned about financialemerging apartheid State as being He told ‘The Waterfalls’ that cohesion in Guyana Shenecessary for President Ali to securityandhowtheyfitintotheoilnotedbytheOpposition. successive Governments in the emphatically stated however thatsucceedisforeachtoworktowards future. He said it is imperative thatThe lawyer recalled that under post-colonial period in Guyana the only way for this to happen is ifthecommongoalof‘OneGuyana’. the Opposition places its focus onthe previous dispensation, there have attempted to solve Guyana’s there is a structured approach in“We should never give up for no issues or risk losing touch withwas an attempt at social cohesion albatross, racial division. In pursuit which both Government andreason the stakes are too high youngervoters.that “had no meaning.” Datadin of that interest, Austin said they Opposition play an equal role inandfailureisnotanoption.” Inthemeantime,hebelievestheasserted, “… it was a label like have resorted to grand slogans: formulating and executing plans toAs for the present agenda of the President’s message is alreadymany others born out of the ‘Social Cohesion’, and ‘One achievesuch.Opposition to say there is an fallingonfertileground.mentality of dictators of yesteryear Guyana’. Invariably, Austin said Unlessthereissuchadeliberate“emerging apartheid state”, By Kiana Wilburg Edge==

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CHOCOLATE

Foods in your daily diet that may be restricting your weight loss goals

SUGARY BREAKFAST CEREALS

Today,I’llsharesomefoodsthatyoumaybeusingona daily basis that can be contributing to your delayed weight lossgoalsandexactlyhowtheydothistoyourbody SODA Research has shown that soda is high in calories and added sugar Not only that, but it lacks important nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, fibre and antioxidants, some researchershaveconcluded.

Itwasexplainedthatdrinkingsodamayalsobetiedtoa higherrisk of conditionsliketype 2 diabetes,heartdisease, and some types of cancer This does not mean that you shouldn’t consume an occasional glass, but it is suggested that you limit the amount as much as possible. A great alternativewouldbereachingforasugar-freeversionofyour favouritedrink.

Ifyou’reaworkingadult,orabusyparent,sometimesa quickandhassle-freeoptionmaybereachingfortheboxof cerealforbreakfastbeforerushingoutorstartingabusyday

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Thebottomlineisthatsubstitutingfruitjuiceinsteadof whole fruits is not a good idea. Not only do juices contain moresugar,butitalsolacksthefibreandothernutrientsyou cangetfromeatingfruits.

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Healthline said that drinking excessive amounts of fruit juice has been linked to an increased risk of obesity, especially in children. It is recommended that their daily intakebelimitedto4–6ounces(100–130mL)offruitjuice, thehealthsitenoted.Additionally,itisimportantthatyouuse watertoquenchyourthirstandenjoyyourfavouritefruitsby usingthemwhole.

Hardly ever do we really take a step back to introspect andconsiderthefoodswemaybetakinginonadailybasis that may not be helping on our journey to weight loss; or sometimeswearejusttoostubborntoacceptthefactthatour favouritesnackordrinkmaybethereasonforourdrag.

ByDavinaBagot V

The usually high sugar content in this beverage can contributetoweightgain.AccordingtoaHealthlinearticle, ‘researchshowsthatpeoplewhoregularlydrinksugarysoda are much more likely to gain weight than those who don’t. Onestudyfoundthatpeoplewhodranksodaalongsidetheir normaldietconsumed572morecaloriesperday Overtime, thiscouldeasilyleadtosignificantweightgain.’

However, many breakfast cereals contain a high sugar content and are loaded with calories - the same ones you struggletoburnoff. Healthline explains that many types of breakfast cereal varieties pack a whopping 13 grams of sugar per cup (36 grams). In other words, sugary cereal can consist of almost 40percentaddedsugar Additionally,theyarealsousuallyhighlyprocessedand refined, meaning that they’ve been stripped of much of the fibreandnutrientsfoundinwholegrains.Luckily,therearea lotofhealthy,lowsugar,andwholegraincerealsyoucanfind inlocalsupermarketsrighthereinGuyana.Inmynextarticle I’llbesharingwithyousomealternativesyoucanchoose.

FRUIT JUICE

In the meantime, science says eating whole grain or a high fibre breakfast cereal may be linked to a lower risk of weightgain,type2diabetesandevenheartdisease.

Inapreviousarticle,Ilookedatfruitjuicesandwhatthey candotoourbodies InthisarticleIagainstressthefactthat even though we may see this as a healthy drink, juices are actuallylacedwithsometimesmoresugarthanabottleofsoda

We all have a comfort food or a celebratory treat we choosetoenjoyperhapseverydayoreveryotherday Ifyou are a chocolate lover, you may need to work harder to find anothercomfortfood. Research shows that while dark chocolate is linked to numeroushealthbenefits,itcanstillbeveryhighinfatand calories. Similarly, milk and white chocolate are high in added sugar, meaning that regardless of the type if you consume large quantities of chocolate too often it can slow downyourweightlossprogress.

ery often we tend to look at what we can implementtoloseweight.Wetryexercisingand even following the recipes given by “mix specialists”inourbidtoshedsomepounds.

ENCOURAGINGEVENTS,DISTURBINGDEVELOPMENTS

Kaieteur News PAGE 29Sunday September 04, 2022 GHK Lall >>>

ByGHKLall Iwantagas-to-energy (GTE) project. One that is viable and beneficial Most importantly, any GTE projectmustbeonethatIcan reason through and agree with on my own terms, and not because some politician saysitisgoodforme. Thisis where I stand. Should the PPPGovernmentbeopenin presenting the studies and reports of this GTE project, sothatwecanallexamineits f o u n d a t i o n s , a n d acknowledge that it is good for Guyanese, then I am all for it. Nothing could be clearerthanthis. Now that we learn that the PPP Government is seeking advisory services for the GTE project, it is a good development. It is for guidance on legal, commercial,andnegotiation issues. Thoughallthreeare important, I focus on the commercial and negotiation servicessought. Thewishis thatthiswaspursuedbefore, and as usual with people of outstanding reputation, and no relation to ExxonMobil. It would have helped immensely to have what an earlier recruited advisory group offered for r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s Specificallyonthescenarios for cheap electricity and the marketing of excess gas. Because we possess laughable knowledge, standards, and wisdoms on oil and gas (inclusive of the Vice President), this is sensible. It could have helped to avoid some of the disagreements,quarrels,and bad blood that have visited this GTE project almost from the start. From all indications, this project is already done, and this is whether it delivers electricity at 5 cents or 15 centsor25cents(allUS)per kw Advisory services of this nature are crucial, and the timing even more acute. As to why the Hon. Vice President didn't line up this advisory duck earlier, only heknows. Ihopeitisnotto rubberstamp this GTE project to feed Guyanese anotherline,justlikethat4month audit of Exxon's expenses.Imove to Boards and committees receiving their commissionsandcharges. I don't know and I don't care whatthePresidenttellsthem beyond the cameras and microphones. I, though, havesomeclearandstraight advice to share with Income Tax, VAT, and Customs BoardsofReview,andtothe NRF Board and Public Accountability and Investment Committees Represent Guyanese Ensure that they get justice. It starts with all members of all boards and committees being patriots first, and partisans somewhere down theline,thefartherthebetter Be professionals and not prostitutes. Don't subvert conscience. Don't sellout the representation that the Guyanesepeoplearedue. It may be tempting to think of bargaining the right decision making for political staying power Pleasedon't. Let's put some more cards on the table. I don't know any of these people, otherthantheirnamesinthe media. Idon'twanttoknow them,don'tcarefortheirnod orhandshake. Justdoright. Though the reputations of someofthemhavepreceded them,andnotinaninspiring way,theycandorightbythe Guyanese people, and not what is pleasing to cheap politicaloperators. IappreciatethatthePPP Government and PPP leaders are only in the market for people, hacks, who are in sync with their way of thinking, no matter how crooked and criminalit is. The hope is that these men and women would understand the weighty duties placed in their hands, and be true to t h e i r consciences. I do them all a favour, and a l l o c a t e a conscience to eachIone.waittosee what Guyana gets.Last, that G Y $ 4 2 M

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LethemPassportofficeisthe latest in why politicians in thiscountryshouldbesentto the gallows. PPP, PNC, AFC,itdoesn'tmattertome: hang them high. Guyana needs laws and enforcers in thiscountryliketheyhavein Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Pakistan.Year after year, leaders andministersmakespeeches aboutspending,millionsare spentonthisandthatproject, andinover90percentofthe projects, citizens are just going along silently and grimly, while paying the punishments for all these politicalcrimes. Noservice, poor service, costly service. Andwealllivehappilyafter cursingeachother (The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinionsofthisnewspaper.)

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termtoo,theirachievement.Meanwhile,conditionsareworseningSo,aretheirlong-prospectsastheysuffer increasing damage and l o s s e s w i t h n o compensation, or even a readiness to discuss such compensationmeaningfully That is why small island states should now support twoinitiativesthathavebeen takenbytheirown. Thefirstisadecisionby Vanuatu to seek an advisory opinion by the International CourtofJusticeontherights of present and future generations to be protected from climate change Vanuatu needs at least 97 votes at the UN General Assembly, which begins laterthismonth,inorderfor the matter to be referred to theICJ.Every small state should be present and voting to show their solidarity and seriousness about resisting the climate change tide that is drowning them increasinglyThesecondinitiativethat should get the fullest participation of small states is the work of the CommissionofSmallIsland States on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS), which was launched at COP-26 by the Prime Ministers of Antigua and Barbuda and Tuvalu, to pursue climate justice for their countries and other smallislandstates,througha legal approach to the InternationalTribunalforthe LawoftheSea. This initiative has now attracted the backing of 14 legalexpertsininternational law who are actively workingonthe Meanwhile,project.serious note must be taken of the gravity ofthestatementmadebythe Chair of COP-26, who said that the position, taken by some countries in Bali on A u g u s t 3 1 , w a s unacceptable."Thebig emitters absolutelyneedtolookthese climate vulnerable countries in the eye and say they are doing absolutely everything they can to deliver on the commitments they have made".Ifthat does not happen, small states should collectively and visibly take actiontoseekclimatejustice outside the COP process. None should resign themselves to the c o n s e q u e n c e s o f abandonment. (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador to the United States of A m e r i c a a n d t h e Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the UniversityofToronto) Responses and previous c o m m e n t a r i e s : www.sirronaldsanders.com failing before it begins

COP-27

BySirRonaldSanders The most ominous sign of what the forthcoming COP-27 meeting on climate change portends for small states is that officials from a Group of 20 (G20) major economies, who met on August31,failedtoagreeto a joint statement at the conclusionofthemeeting. The meeting, held in Bali, started with a stark warning from the Indonesia Environment Minister, Siti Nurbaya Bakar, that the planet was being pushed to thepoint“wherenofutureis sustainable”.AttheCOP-26 meeting in Glasgow last year, world leaders acknowledged that their pledges to reduce carbon emissions have not met the previously agreed goal of keeping global temperatures“wellbelow”2 degreesTheyCelsius.vowedtodobetter It appears now, that they won't.In Bali, some countries objectedtolanguage,agreed at COP-26 in Glasgow on how they would contribute to limiting the global average temperature rise to 1.5degreesCelsius. Not for the first time, countries, which are among theworld'sbiggestpolluters, a r e r e n e g i n g o n commitments made as far backas2009. Pledges, which were announced with great fanfare and rousingly welcomedbythedesperately hopeful, are now being backpedalled.Thisbackpedalling has come in a year when the brutal effects of climate change have been painfully undeniable. Yet, these distressing conditions have not moved Governments, which place their short-term domestic political interests over the well-being of the planet and, specifically, the small countries, such as those in the Caribbean, that areworst Extremeaffected.weather events have also battered several parts of the world, not only small states which can least withstand or recover from them. Fires,floods,andheat waves have pummelled European countries, the United States, Africa, and Asia.In ecent weeks, unprecedented flooding killed at least 1,000 persons inPakistan.And,EastAfrica is now experiencing the driestconditionsithasfaced for 70 years. More than 20 million people are affected and suffering from food shortages.TheCaribbean is still amid the 2022 hurricane season,enduringheatwaves, unexpected high rainfall, andfloods,followedbylong periodsof Abovedrought.all,the islands areanxiousthatnohurricane befalls them, although the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA) has predicted a 65% chance of an abovenormal season, which does notenduntilNovember1. But, even in the face of evidence and authoritative warningsthathuman-caused climate change is increasing inseverityandfrequency,as theplanetispushedcloserto the perilous threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, the world's worst polluters refuse to budge.This caused Britain's climate delegate in Bali, Alok Sharma, who chaired the Glasgow COP 26 meeting,tolamentthat"Itis certainly the case that a number of countries are backsliding on the commitmentsthattheymade in Paris and in Glasgow". Hedescribedthesituationas “incrediblyworrying”. Andso,itis. The G20 countries account for 80% of global emissions. Ten of them are most responsible for the current CO2 emissions that causeclimatechange. They are China (28.6%), the U.S. (16%), and India (5 8%) Russia(5.4%),Japan(3.7%) Germany (2 4%), South Korea (1 7%), Canada (1.6%), Indonesia (1.41%) and Saudi Arabia (1.4%). The first five countries are responsible for 55.8%. It is they who must cut their emissions.Further, the rich nations, which expect other countries, including small island states, to cut their already minuscule CO2 emissions, must also satisfy their financing pledges Since2009,thepromisewas madetoprovide$100billion tohelpdevelopingcountries to meet their nationally determined contribution (NDC) to fight climate change.The figure has never beenCOP-27achieved.inEgypt should not be yet another handwringing exercise, followed by long and lofty declarations and worn-out promises, with no binding commitment to severely cut emissionsandtoprovidethe necessary funding to developingcountries. Small island states and countries with low lying coastlandsshouldnotsimply indulge in negotiations on documents replete with escape clauses and no genuinepathforward. At all the past conferences, small states have been fobbed off with promises.They have been persuaded to defend the indefensible and to describe the unacceptable as an

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immorality for that matter It boggles the mind that there ome among us are are some among us who aspiring to be, or are desire to remain resident onSalready in the ‘big this calamitous oblate league’ which, according to the spheroid for eternity? Surely Oxford dictionary, is “a very there must be something own? No one—for God himselfsuccessful and important group”. betterthanthehereandnow! has given us right standing withInourworld,thoseinsuchagroup Not that we should be himself 34Who then willhave immense influence at courting a hurried expiration condemnus?Noone…”variouslevelsofsociety date here, but it makes Given what I am privileged toBut gaining membership, I absolutely no sense to have because of Jesus, how can Iwas made to understand, is not embrace the temporal as if simplysitandbequietwhentherejust for anybody since you must our existence is dependent are many people in the worldhave some exceptional talent on that alone? According to thinking that there is absolutelyand/or dinero aplenty, or at the 2 Corinthians 4:18 in the no hope for them. Some arevery least, the right ‘looks’, bible,“Sowefixoureyesnot convinced that they are destinedproviding you have links to the on what is seen, but on what to live an unremarkable liferight people. While there are is unseen, since what is seen because they were born into theother factors, such as your is temporary, but what is ‘wrongfamily’,aredownontheirperceived dominant or unseeniseternal.” luck because of a bad financialsubmissive nature, that can grant The best thing about decision, or for whatever reason,you access, your pedigree can being inducted into the havesettledtobelife’spushovers.determine just how worthy you ‘Jesus League’ is that He “But thanks be to God, who givesareofbeingincluded. doesn’texpelyouevenifyou us the victory through our LordGiven the foregoing, the makeawrongmove,andthis majority of humanity (myself included)knowsthattheyhaveno chance of accessing this so-called out or even those who were having access to ‘big league’since they simply do deceived into thinking they have divine guidance, notqualifyintheleast. no place in this world, there is peaceofmind,restful But based on my simplistic hope for everyone of you to gain sleep, joy in your outsider view, the pleasure of access to a ‘better league’. The heart and a surreal being a desired member of this entry requirement is to simply level of contentment. group could be short-lived if one come as you are, “believe on the You will come to the wrongmoveismade. Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt realisation that each For those whose ultimate goal be saved and your household,” day He allows you to is to join this widely sought-after Acts16:31.Hallelujah! see, it is another ‘big league’, I ask the following Regardlessofhowyoulookat opportunitytodo His questions: Have you ever life, there are only two logical bidding to the hilt. wondered how the famous paths – good or evil – and these For the goal, when (perceived high and mighty) can forces are always vying for our thetimeisright,isfor become infamous (fall from attention. It is for this reason that Him to say the grace), sometimes overnight? I must do my part to bring to you famous words: Whymustapersonbecondemned good news – the good news that “ well done my is emphasised at Romans 8:1, Jesus Christ,” 1 Corinthiansto live in a bubble in which Jesus offers to all and sundry, an good and faithful servant!” “…there is no condemnation for 15:57.fighting (sometimes dirty) to stay open invitation to His ‘righteous Matthew25:21. those who belong to Christ While money and power in r e l e v a n t i s a p r i m a r y league’ through which you can While some might be Jesus.” this world can indeed do a greatrequirement? Where is the joy in have everlasting life with Him. skeptical, many have, at the very I am not sharing about Jesus deal, it pales in comparison toalways having to watch your He doesn’t hide that there will be least, an expectation that there is today to just evoke conversation what Jesus brings to the table. Itback, literally, or risk being somedifficultieswhileweremain more to this life than meets the but to remind you that time is of is not that He will make you aundermined in one way or here on this blighted earth but he naked eyes. Although we may be theessence. wealthy or acceptable person inanother? does promise that it gets better if able to control some outcomes, Choosing Jesus is in fact society (I’m not saying he can’t),If these questions bother your wekeepoureyesonHim. after centuries of mankind’s choosing a deal of a life-time, butthepeace,joyandlovethatHepsyche,doreadon. Highprofilecontactscanonly existence on this earth, many are something I am even now puts in your heart transforms youForthosewhomaybetrapped do so much for you but having a today well aware that no amount experiencingformyself,andwith into a person who understandsinthe‘bigleague’andneedaway ‘friend in Jesus’ translates to of wealth, can buy happiness, or His help (can you comprehend that in Jesus you are ‘safe and that He can literally help you in secure’evenontheworstofdays. every area of your life) I will While most would agree that endure as my aim is to “…press being wealthy and miserable toward the mark for the prize of might be better than living in the high calling of God in Christ squalor, there are some within the Jesus,”Philippians3:14. affluent class, whose sense of

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AsIhighlightedlastweek,He security becomes non-existence is continually rooting for us to by virtue of their status. As a choose the path of righteousness result, they are lured into a because He wants the best for us. deceptivemindsetthatthedesired Mankind will disappoint you but securitycanbebought. based on my experience He never But rich or poor, once you’ve does. chosen ‘His league’, Jesus will Even when things are not as take care of you. According to expected, He gives you grace to Psalms 34: “19 The righteous persevere. Even if people are person may have many troubles, against you (and some will be), but the LORD delivers him from He reminds at Romans 8, “31If them all,” and “…you will feel God is for us, who can ever be secure,becausethereishope;you against us? 33Who dares accuse will look around and take your us whom God has chosen for his restinsecurity,”Job11:18.

By Sharmain Grainger league with a difference

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Also available is a wide variety of mouth-watering cuisines such as roa s t e d w i l d m e a t with some farine,orifyoulikeyoucandipapieceofcassavabread ineithertumapotorpepperpot,orbothifyoulike.

Asyoulettheindigenousflavourandculturesoakin, sipsomePiwari, o r f l y a n d c h illtothematapee song.TheAmerindian HeritageVillage which got into full swing on Friday las t , i s s l a t e d t o end at midnight. An womanindigenousarranginghercraftsfordisplayAnindigenouswomanarranginghercraftsfordisplay fibres

of the nibi plant and normally used by theAmerindians to fetch produce from their farms merindian HeritageAPatrons checking out some arts and craft on display at the Sophia Heritage Village Cassareep for sale Piwari and Fly Village in 'full swing'

An exhibitor about to display some tibisiri skirts AnAmerindian girl displaying her handcrafted baskets and jewellery Earrings and necklaces for sale at the Sophia Heritage ononSculpturesdisplaySculpturesdisplaythetheMatapee,atoolusedinprocessofmakingcassavabreadMatapee,atoolusedinprocessofmakingcassavabread Arrow and bow alongside some sculpted staff Amusical instrument called, “Rain Stick” Asofa set made of wood and Nibi. Warashee, a backpack made from the

If you haven't visited the 2022 Amerindian Heritage VillagelocatedattheSophiaExhibitionCentre,today isyourfinalchance to do so On display are a wide variety ofAmerindian art and craft.Notonlyonecanadmirethebeautifuldisplaysbut you can certainly purchase whatever your heart desired Among items on display are sculptures which can add a touch of class to your home environs or maybe an indigenous outfit and jewellery to matchmightsuityoujustfine.

How can I tell whether I have rheumatoid arthritis or anothertypeofarthritis?

Isawtwopatientsthis weekwithahistoryof Rheumatoid arthritis and their condition has worsenedbecausetheychose tonotfollowupasrequired.I am seeing this condition more often than when I started to practice medicine, and I think the time is appropriatetoremindreaders ofthedebilitatingandpainful natureofthisdisease. The joint pains and stiffnessareoftenunbearable andlifelongandcasesareon theincrease.Overone percent of the worldpopulationsufferswith Rheumatoid arthritis with womentwotimesmorelikely to be affected than men. Today,Iwillshedsomelight onthisincurableconditionas treatment and awareness can prevent life threatening complications. Whatis arthritis?rheumatoid

ByDr.ZulfikarBux MedicineEmergencySpecialist

The results of certain bloodtests In general the treatment optionsinclude: ● Medicines called “nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs,” also knownasNSAIDs ● Medicines called steroids●Medicines called “disease modifying anti rheumaticdrugs”alsoknown as“DMARDs”Peoplewho have severe pain that does not get better with the medicines listed above sometimes get narcotic pain medicines Often, they have to be on treatmentfortherestoftheir life.IsthereanythingIcando onmyowntofeelbetter? Yes. It is very important thatyoustayactive. You might want to avoid beingactivebecauseyouare in pain but that can make thingsworse. Itwillmakeyourmuscles weak and your joints stiffer than they already are. A physical therapist can help you figure out which exercises will do the most good An occupational therapist can help you figure out how to keep doing the everyday tasks you need to do—evenwitharthritis. Anotherthingyoucando on your own is to eat a healthy diet. People with rheumatoid arthritis are at risk for heart disease, so avoid fatty and preserved foods. Instead, eat lots of fruits and vegetables and naturally occurring foods Studies have shown that a diet rich in Vitamin D and sunlight will help persons withRheumatoidarthritis. Early,effectivetreatment can help you live well with rheumatoid arthritis, although the severity of the disease and its response to therapy are highly variable. Eating healthy, regular checkups and using your medicationsasprescribedby your doctor are your best options with this debilitating illness.

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Even though it might start in the fingers and toes, rheumatoid arthritis can affect any of the joints Sometimes it damages the joints forever causing joint defects.Plus,rheumatoidarthritis can cause problems in other partsofthebody,suchasthe heart,lungs,oreyes.Doctors have no way of knowing which people will get which symptoms or how bad their symptomswillbe. Whatarethetreatments forrheumatoidarthritis? If your doctor tells you that you have rheumatoid arthritis,starttreatmentright awayDo not wait until your symptomsgetworse.Getting treatedearlycanhelpprevent a lot of the damage the diseasecandotoyourbody

There are d o z e n s o f medicines for rheumatoid arthritis The right one for youwilldepend on: ●How bad your symptoms are ●Howmanyof your joints are affected●How your disease has changedovertime ● What side effects you feel with the medicines you try ●WhatyourX-rayslook like●

Rheumatoid Arthritis

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There are some clues to lookfor;rheumatoidarthritis usuallystartsbyaffectingthe smalljointsinthefingers,the balls of the feet, and the wrists.Itusuallyaffectsboththe left and the right side at the sameOthertime.types of arthritis tend to first affect larger joints, like the knees or hips. And they might affect one side much more than the otherAre there symptoms to lookYfor?es.Symptomsinclude: ● Pain, swelling, limited motion, warmth and tightness around affected joints, which most commonlyincludethehands and wrists, feet and ankles, elbows, shoulders, neck, knees and hips, usually in a symmetrical pattern Overtime, joints may developdeformities. ● Fatigue, soreness, stiffness and aching, particularly in the morning and afternoon (described as morning stiffness and afternoonfatigue) ● Lumps or rheumatoid nodulesbelowtheskin ●Weightloss ● Low-grade fever and sweats●Troublesleeping ● Weakness and loss of mobility●Depression from unbearable pains and stiffness Whathappens as arthritisrheumatoidgetsworse?

Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease that causes pain, swelling, and stiffness in the joints. It is one of many different types of arthritis. Doctors do not know what causes it. But they do know that it happens when the body's infection fighting system, called the immune system,'attacks'thejoints. The immune system basically malfunctions and treats joints as foreign entities thereby attacking them causing inflammation andslowdestruction.

Thereisonlyonekindof empowerment, and that is self empowerment Unlike granting authority, empowerment comes from within By empowering yourself, you take the actions—and the risks—to achievearesultandgetwhat you want Rather than waiting for someone to declare you empowered or give you that one lucky break,youstepoutsideyour comfort zone, make things happen, and answer for the outcomes.

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GETTING STARTED: Tellthetruth.Everybody messesupsometimes.Lying about it or trying to cover it up always makes it worse—no exceptions. (Just ask former President Bill Clinton, who paid a steep price, impeachment, for lying to a grand jury.) Save yourself some time: Don’t tell untruths Nobody believes them anyway, not evenPoliceyou. yourself.Are you accountableforyouractions even if nobody holds you accountable, or nobody catches you? You bet you are So be your own ‘accountability cop’ and ‘police’ yourself. On the long and winding road of life,chooseaccountabilityat everyLookturn.at yourself first. When trouble arises, look first to yourself. Ask four specific questions: “What is theproblem?”“WhatamIdoing,ornot doing, to contribute to the problem?” “What will I do differently to help solve the problem?” and “How will I be accountable for the r e s u l t ? ” P e r s o n a l accountability is sorely lacking, and urgently needed, in business and across society as a whole. Waitnolonger—doitnow!

Accountability is not just a mindset — it’s also a skillset

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GETTING STARTED: Be responsible “either way.” It’s easy to claim responsibility when things go well, but it’s hard when they don’t A truly responsible person, h o w e v e r, a c c e p t s responsibilityeitherway So next time you take on a project be 100 percent responsiblefortheoutcome. Not a little. Not somewhat. Notprettymuch.Ownit100 percent—goodorbad—with nowiggleRecogniseroom.your power You already have the ability to be 100 percent responsible; everybody does. Yet most of us don’t realiseoratleastdon’tadmit thatwealonehavethepower to manage our lives and careers. Sure, you can give thatpoweraway,butthatisa conscious choice; it doesn’t happen without your permission.Dealwithwhatis.Think about it: when was the last timeyouwereabletochange the past? It doesn’t matter whatshouldhavehappened, itmatterswhatis.Thatsaves you the trouble of figuring out who’s to blame or worrying about how things “coulda woulda shoulda” been if only something had gone differently It didn’t, andthatmakesyourchoicea cinch: “How do I want to reacttothesituationthatis?”

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’m using the words responsibility and accountability interchangeably given that they provide the same outcome when applied to situations The topic currently being addressed within the Coven is taking responsibility This is responsibility for one’s self and how that contributes to theirsuccess.Wehadlooked at accountability and responsibility in terms of managingone’slifeandasa means of achieving one’s dreams.Inthatvein,wearegoing to look at another successrelateddiscussion thatagain puts responsibility centre stage. The ‘balance careers’ websiteshowedanumberof areas to consider when taking responsibility for yourself in achieving your dreams The American Management Association, a non profit educational membershiporganisationfor t h e p r o m o t i o n o f management, is also highlighting the need for persons to be responsible as means of them achieving success. An article by the body brought further clarifications and has put forward questions that will certainly make any individual reevaluate their posture in terms of how much they are doing toward theirownsuccess. In fact, the association says “No Excuses: Being Accountable for Your Own Success” The article by personal responsibility expert, Linda Galindo asks key questions and provides insight. How much of your success would you say is up to you—your choices, your a c t i o n s , y o u r behaviours—versus outside conditions? If your mindset is that you’re at least 85 percent responsible for your success—and that just 15 percent depends on the way the wind blows you’ll likely be successful. If you blame your problems and failures big or small, p e r s o n a l o r professional on other people, circumstances beyond your control, or just plain bad luck, you may be doomed to fail. The good news, accountability is not just a mindset—it’s also a skillset that everyone can learn.Accountability may not be as easy as one-two-three, butitisathree-stepprocess: RESPONSIBILITY Responsibility is not something you do—it’s a way of thinking and being. When you’re truly responsible,youbelievethat success or failure is up to you,evenifyouworkwithin a team or are blind-sided by unforeseen circumstances You own your commitment to a result before the fact, beforeyoueventakeaction.

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GETTING STARTED: Manage expectations Themostdirectroutetoselfempowerment is to be clear about expectations, not only what you expect, but also what’s expected of you. To do that, you need to ask questions,makeagreements, and clarify everything in writing.Otherwise, you risk suffering the source of all upset:missedexpectations. Take back your time. “No” is an empowering word. So every time you utter, “I can’t say no,” ask yourself if you can’t or if you’re unwilling to. Take backyourtimeinotherways too:getridofyourto-dolist, track projects and deadlines on a calendar instead; resist over-scheduling (you can’t cram 12 hours of work into eight hours, so stop trying); and estimate times realistically; let’s face it, most tasks take longer than wethinktheywill. Sing your own praises. It’s an all too common workplacemantra:“Oneday they’llnoticehowmuchIdo aroundhereandgivemethe recognition I deserve ” NOT! Take stock of your personal talents and triumphs and let the higher ups know who you are and howyoucontribute.

Unlike responsibility (the “before”) and self empowerment (the “during”), personal accountability is the “after”. It’s a willingness to answer for the outcomes of your choices, actions, and behaviours When you’re personally accountable, you stop assigning blame, “should-ing” on people, and making excuses Instead, you take the fall when your choicescauseproblems.

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itamin A is usually considered a singular nutrient but is actually a group of fat-soluble compounds which include retinol, retinal, and retinylesters. It is an essential nutrient humans. Being fat-soluble that it is absorbed with the fats yourdietandstoredinthefatty tissuesofthebody A c c o r d i n g t o informationobtainedfrom the DeSinco Limited Health and Wellness Division, Vitamin A is essential for fetal development and growth, and immune functions, and is knownforeyesandskinhealth. As such, the data pointed out that some observational studies namely (a) Carotenoid intake and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a systematic review and dose response meta analysis of observational studies show a decreased risk of certain types of cancers by consuming higher amountsofVitaminAintheformof beta-carotene.VitaminA plays a role in the production and function of white blood cells by helping to capture and clear bacteria and pathogens fromyourbloodstream. Itisnecessaryforcolourvision and low light vision and helps to protectandmaintainthecornea(the outermostlayeroftheeye),andthe conjunctiva (a thin membrane that coversthesurfaceoftheeyeinside ofyourDeficiencyeyelids).in Vitamin A can lead to “night s s meaning” that there is significantlyreducedvisionindark orlowlightenvironments. Other conditions caused by a Vitamin A deficiency include possible infertility in men and women, skin disorders such as eczema,acneanddryskin,stunted growth in children, increased risk of chest and throat infections, and poorwoundhealing. VitaminAis naturally found in milk,cheese,eggs,butter,fortified margarine, meat, liver, oily saltwater fish, grains, oils, carrots, dark green and yellow vegetables, andfruitssuchasmangoes,banana, pineapples, cantaloupes or apricots.Before using Vitamin A supplements, persons should consulttheirhealthcareprovideras VitaminAtoxicitycanresultneing ons and the risk of toxicity can be increased when using certainothermedications. should not use Vitamin A supplements without consultingtheirphysician. Although it is important for fetal development, it can cause serious birth defects when taken in large 700mcgdailyTdoses.herecommendedallowance(RDA)is(micrograms)or

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2 3 3 0 I U wunits)(internationalforadultomenan d 900mcg or 3000IU for adultmenoncedaily I n s u m m a r y, Vitamin A is an essential nutrient for the normal functionality of key bodily functions but must be used with cautiontoavoidtoxicity Vitamin is essentialA for eye and skin health

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Kaieteur News PAGE 37Sunday September 04, 2022 To m o r r o w , M o n d a y , September 05, the doorsofnursery,primaryand secondary schools across Guyana will be opened, as teachers commence another year of moulding the minds ofournation'schildren. As is customary, the new school year begins in September, which is designatedEducationMonth, and the Guyana National BureauofStandards(GNBS) isextremelyheartenedbythe efforts and strategies being implemented to ensure that the local education system is responsive to the prevailing needsofourcountry Thethemechosenforthis year, “Transforming Education”,isindeedwhatis required to maintain the congruence between the education provided, the expectations of learners, and the expertise required for proficiencyintheworkplace. This transformation, which also must consider the mode ofeducationdeliveryandthe prevailing challenges in our society, should enable our future leaders to function effectively to foster our nationaldevelopment. In addition to the formal education provided in schools (nursery to tertiary), the development of our country demands the awarenessandunderstanding of the principles of Standardisation for the effective implementation of basic requirements and best practices within the various sectors.TheGNBShasbeenvery supportiveoftheMinistryof Education,andthepublicand private sectors in providing standardsrelatededucation. Atthe primary level,the Bureau has been hosting the biannual Standards in Academia Quiz Competition collaboratively with the Ministry of Education (MOE)forschoolsacrossthe administrative regions of Guyana.The competition provides pupils at the primarylevel(aswellastheir teachers) the opportunity to become educated on the concepts of standards and quality, and how they are appliedtoourdailylives. This year's competition involved 20 schools and concludedin Meanwhile,June.schools and other learning institutions at the secondary and tertiary levels continue to benefit from lectures facilitated by theBureau.These lectures are primarily held for secondary students in grades 10 and 11 and for those in technical institutes.During these sessions, students are educated on standards; how they are applied; and how standards arebeneficialinstreamlining organisations and businesses to produce and provide qualitygoodsandservicesto consumers locally and for export.Additionally,studentsare educated on measurement standards, measurement verificationincommerceand the calibration of measuring instruments for industry Further, information is s h a r e d o n c a r e e r o p p o r t u n i t i e s i n standardisation,theuseofthe international system of units (metric units) and aspects of consumerism including their rights and responsibilities as consumers.Byengagingouryounger population in schools who are our future businessmen and women, active consumers, and leaders in society on Standardisation, the GNBS is actively providing knowledge to support their future career endeavours.Theseengagements will continue during the new schoolyearandbeyond. Finally, the provision of formal and informal education develops knowledge and critical thinking, which are also v i t a l f o r l o g i c a l decision making in business organisations. Outside of the formal school system, the GNBS, through its cadre of professional, conducts training on an array of national a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l s t a n d a r d s f o r i n d i v i d u a l s a n d companies to aid their certification and to demonstrate conformance torequirements.Forfurtherinformation, please contact the GNBS on telephone numbers: 219 0069,219-0065,219-0062or visit the GNBS Website: www gnbsgy.org.

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wandering spiders, also called armed spiders or bananaspiders,belongtothe genus , whichPhoneutria means"murderess"inGreek. And it's no wonder why — it'soneofthemostvenomous spiders on Earth. Its bite can be deadly to humans, especially children, although anti venin makes death unlikelyThe Guinness Book of World Records has named the Brazilian wandering spider the world's most venomous spider in multiple years, though, as Jo-Anne N i n a S e w l a l , a n arachnologist at the UniversityoftheWestIndies in Trinidad, pointed out, "Classifying an animal as deadly is controversial," as the amount of damage depends on the amount of venom injected Also, a "well publicized study highlights that an intravenous injection of 0.006 mg of venom from thesespiderscauseddeathin mice could be regarded of little concern to humans, since we are many times larger than a mouse," she said.Thereareeightspeciesof Brazilian wandering spider, all of which can be found in Brazil. Some of the species alsocanbefoundthroughout Latin America, from Costa Rica toArgentina, according to an article in the journal American Entomologist.

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Author Richard S. Vetter, a Research Associate in the Department of Entomology at the University of California, Riverside, wrote that specimens of these powerful arachnids have been exported to North America and Europe in banana shipments. However, Vetternoted,inmanycasesof cargo infestation, the spider in question is a harmless Cupiennius species that is misidentifiedasaPhoneutria species. The two types of spiderslooksimilar Size&characteristics Brazilian wandering spidersarelarge,withbodies reaching up to two inches (five centimeters) and leg spans reaching about six inches (15 cm), according to the Conservation Institute. The species vary in colour, though all are hairy, mostly brown and may have a black spotontheir ABehaviourbellies.ccordingto Sewlal, these arachnids "are called wandering spiders because they do not build webs but wander on the forest floor at night,activelyhuntingprey." Theykillbybothambushand directTheyattack.spend most of their day hiding under logs or in crevices, and come out to hunt at night They eat insects, other spiders and s o m e t i m e s , s m a l l amphibians, reptiles and mice.Becauseofthetoxicityof their bite and their alarminglooking posture, these spiders have a reputation for being aggressive. But these behaviours are actually defence"Whenmechanisms.threatened, they willraisetheirfirsttwopairs of legs," said Sewlal. This dramatic and intimidating posture exposes the scarlet hairsurroundingthefangson some species Their threatened stance serves as a warning, indicating to predators that the poisonous spiderisreadytoattack. "Their bites are a means ofself-defenceandonlydone if they are provoked intentionallyorbyaccident," SewlalIMatingsaid.nalmost all spider species, the female is larger than the male This dimorphismisnodifferentin the Brazilian wandering spider Males approach females cautiously when attempting to mate, according to the Biology DepartmentattheUniversity of Wisconsin La Crosse Malesperformadancetoget females'attention,andmales often fight each other over thefemale.Thefemalecanbe picky, and she often turns down many males before choosing the one she will mate with. Once she does pick one, the male needs to watch out as females often attack the males once copulationisfinished. Thefemalethencanstore the sperm in a separate chamber from the eggs until sheisreadytofertilizethem. Shewilllayupto1,000eggs, whicharekeptsafeinaspunsilkeggsac. Brazilian wandering spiders typically live for one ortwoBBiteyears.razilian wandering spiders' venom is a complex cocktail of toxins, proteins and peptides, according to the Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe, Germany The venom affects ion channels and chemical receptors in victims' neuromuscular systems.Afterahumanisbittenby oneofthesespiders,heorshe may experience initial symptoms such as severe burningpainatthesiteofthe bite, sweating and goose bumps, Sewlal said. Within 30 minutes, symptoms becomesystemicandinclude high or low blood pressure, fast or a slow heartbeat, nausea,abdominalcramping, hypothermia, vertigo, blurred vision, convulsions and excessive sweating associated with shock People who are bitten by a Brazilian wandering spider should seek medical attentionimmediately Inadditiontointensepain and possible medical complications, the bite of a Brazilian wandering spider can deliver a long, painful erectiontohumanmales.The venom boosts nitric oxide, a chemicalthatincreasesblood flow Several studies have looked at incorporating the venomintodrugsforerectile dysfunction.However, these bites are rare, and envenomations are usually mild, Vetter said. He cited a Brazilian study, published in the Journal, 'Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo' in 2008, that revealed that only 2.3 percent of bites were treated with antivenin. (The other bites did not contain enough venom to require it.) The study also pointed out that, as of that year,only10deathshadever beenattributedtothespider's bite in Brazil. According to the study, "cases of serious envenomation are rare (0.5 percent).""Itis unlikely that the spider would inject all of its venom into you, as this venomisnotonlyneededasa means of defense but to immobilize prey," Sewlal agreed."Soifitdidinjectall ofitsvenom,it[would]have to wait until its body manufactured more before it couldhunt." That would leave the spider vulnerable to being attackedbypredators. Furthermore, Sewlal pointed out that venom productionrequiresalotofa spider's resources and time. "So if the spider were to attack frequently and use up allofitsvenom,it[would]be safe to assume that it has a ready food supply to replace the energy and resources used. This situation does not existinthewild.”

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It has been said that artists, individually, have their own style, their own niche for expressing themselves and sharing their creativity with the world.This can easily be said of this week’s ‘Special Person’, Mr Winston AlexanderJr The uniquely talented Guyanese ‘speed painter’of indigenous heritage holds the title of the country’s only artist known for ‘speed painting’, a skill he picked up just about seven yearsWago.hat is even more fascinating aboutAlexander’s craft is that he is completely self taught He learned to speed paint by watching YouTube videos of globally recognised performance painter, David Garibaldi, whom he regards as his mentorHowever,itmustbenoted the artist’s love for painting dates back quite a few years. During an interview with this publication, he candidly sharedhowheuseshisskillsto transform naked, rugged canvases into spectacular masterpieces in just 360 seconds- roughly six minutes, eachleavinghisaudienceboth fascinated and mystified yet wantingmore. The painter who is of Arawak (Lokono) descent, told ‘The Waterfalls’that his indigenous heritage influences his work He said being indigenous only inspired his creativity and his desire to work with his hands. The artist constantly draws inspiration from nature and the said things around him.Hesaid“Ilovetopaint.Istartedout doing many nature pieces but now I mostly focus on people mostly portraits of popular people and public figures.”Whileheadmitsthatheisyet to reach his ultimate goal as a ‘performance artist,’ Alexander saidthatheisblessedtobeable to use his skill to consistently enthrall sold-out audiences for publicorprivateevents. Whether he is representing Guyana on the international stageorperformingforintimate events such as birthdays or weddings, the artist is sure to bringhis‘A’game.

The 33-year-old who hails f r o m H a u r a r u n i a , Soesdyke/Linden Highway, started out by doing simple artworkandpainting. Givenhis love for the arts,Alexander said aclosefriendencouragedhimto enroll at the E.R Burrowes SchoolofArtafewyearsafterhe completed his formal education at the Haurarunia Primary and Dora Secondary SchoolsintheLinden/SoesdykeHighway Heexplained:“Ihavealwaysbeeninvolvedin art but never took it seriously until I was encouragedtoattendtheE.R.BurrowesSchoolof ArtsafterHighSchool.” At the art school, Alexander majored in painting and minored in graphics, graduating fromtheinstitutionin2009. Giving insight into how his upbringing impacts his work, the artist told this newspaper that he comes from a traditional but God-fearing household.“Icome from a family of eight, our parents Winston(Sr.)andMariaAlexander,andmy Continued on page 59 his unique talent with the world…his unique talent with the world… is a ‘Special Person’

The artist stands alongside one of his portraits Creating one of masterpieceshis The artist showcases his skill during a showcase for Guyana in Dubai

Winston Alexander Jr. Self-taught Guyanese ‘speed painter’ of indigenous heritage, Guyanese ‘Speed Painter’, WinstonAlexander

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E-Networks which is regarded as a home to HBO! Movies, Series, Awards, etc has disclosed that September is packed with exhilarating content! Below is a list of the shows to look out for. Do enjoy with family and friends.House of the Dragon The story of the Targaryen civil war that took place some 200 years before the events portrayed in “Game of Thrones”. The war pitted all of Westeros against itself, with other houses such

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E-Networks list top three shows to watch this month as the Starks and the Lannisters joining both sides. Many of the mighty dragons of House Targaryen perished and would soon after become extinct... until Daenerys Targaryen hatched three eggs hundreds of years later. Spiderman No Way Home For the first time in the cinematic history of SpiderMan, our friendly neighborhood hero’s identity is revealed, bringing his Super Hero responsibilities into conflict with his normal life and putting those he cares about most at risk. When he enlists Doctor Strange’s help to restore his secret, the spell tears a hole in their world, releasing the most powerful villains who’ve ever fought a Spider-Man in any universe. Now, Peter will have to overcome his greatest challenge yet, which will not only forever alter his own future but the future of the Multiverse.

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By Latoya Zephyr Eyelashes are an essential beauty staple for many people. There’s something universally flattering about a set of eye-defining lashes, from the most natural to the most dramatic pair. Tiktok users are now taking inspiration from Japan’s manga comic books and graphic novels for their latest trend: Manga lashes.Amassing over 31.4 million views, the hashtag #mangalashes comes from the aforementioned Japanese comic books and animations, where the female characters have jagged, pointed lashes all grouped in one. If done well, the style can change the entire shape of your eyes for a sultry yet sweet look. Since manga lashes involve using extensions longer than your natural ones, the lash pieces are to be applied with glue at different points. The trend focuses on creating a long, wispy lash that is fluttering into longer spikes separated by shorter clusters between them (both dramatic and subtle) for an effect that resembles some of the internet’s most-loved animeThischaracters.beautytrend is inspired by anime aesthetics. Girls dream of having the same magical look as manga heroines. And it is absolutely real!TikTok picked up a trend from the world of manga and anime. Usually the characters in these movies have very expressive eyes. And most importantly – eyelashes. First of all, anime fans decided to upload videos with elongated and false eyelashes, like manga girls. However, very quickly these videos started gaining millions of likes – and here we go! Now, manga eyelashes are the most popular type of extension in 2022. And the result is always wonderful. So when inquiring….be sure to ask for the manga lash style….we got you.

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Introduction: Easily available, bright and delicious, a carrot is a seasonal root. It is an inexpensive vegetable loaded with nutrients. It contains a good amount of beta-carotene (vitamin A). Beetroot, on the other hand, is a red-bulb root and densely packed with antioxidants.1Blending both these ingredients can make a truly nutrient-rich juice to sip on don’t you think? Carrot and beetroot juice can be a healthier, refreshing drink than many other juices, and one that will surely refresh and rejuvenate you. Carrot beetroot juice contains a high amount of essential bioactive compounds, making it an excellent morning drink to kick start your day. It has beneficial properties necessary for our daily functioning.1Let’slearn to make carrot beetroot juice at home. You can use locally available carrots and beetroots. Wash them thoroughly to remove the germs, peel, cut and blend them into a juicer. Filter the red juice obtained using a muslin cloth. Voila, your fresh carrot beetroot juice is ready to be served; enjoy this delicious drink in the morning to have a super healthy start to the day.1

Effects of Carrot Beetroot Juice: There are no relevant data suggesting that drinking carrot beetroot juice has any side/effects. Therefore, more research is needed to determine the harmful/effects of carrot beetroot juice on health. The Ayurvedic doctor who recommended carrot beetroot juice to you should be contacted right away if any side effects are experienced after having it. They will treat you shouldbody.harmfulacceptablecreaserotbilityneedamountBeetrootseekingmended,medicationdevelopnityelderlyjuicewhilethemedicalfore,breastfeedingjuicesafefactsneedsafe.juiceCarrotPrecautionsappropriately.toTakewithBeetrootJuice:DrinkingcarrotbeetrootinmoderationmaybeHowever,precautionstobefollowed.·Therearenotsufficientavailabletosuggesttheuseofcarrotbeetrootforpregnantandwomen.There-itisessentialtotakeadvicebeforeusingjuiceasaherb.·Peoplemustbecautiousgivingcarrotbeetroottosmallchildrenandthebecausetheirimmu-islessactiveandmightreactions.·Theuseofherbsforself-isnotrecom-especiallywithoutadoctor’sadvice.juicecontainsahighofnitrates.So,peopletoconsiderthepossi-thatdrinkingexcesscar-beetrootjuicemightin-nitratelevelsabovethelimit,producingcompoundsintheTherefore,peopletakeprecautionsand limit the usage of carrot beetroot juice.6 However, a doctor’s advice is always a preferable option to being on the safer side.

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Interactions with Other Drugs: The combination of carrot beetroot juice and other drugs is not well understood scientifically. Therefore, the assumption that there are no interactions at all is unwise. Therefore, it is best to follow an Ayurvedic physician’s advice, who will suggest how to consume the juice as a herb in the optimal Frequentlymethod.Asked Questions:What vitamins are present in carrot beetroot juice? Carrot beetroot juice is densely packed with vitamins which are natural antioxidants. Vitamins such as vitamin A and vitamin C are present in carrot beetroot juice.1,2What are the benefits of carrot beetroot juice for hair? Beetroot and carrot juice benefits for skin may be contributed by their vital vitamins. In addition, it may help fight hair problems. It may also provide thicker, healthier and shinier hair.5 However, these studies are insufficient to prove the beneficial effect of carrot beetroot juice on humans. Can carrot beetroot juice provide sun protection? Carrot beetroot juice contains beta-carotene, which is a skin-friendly nutrient. It is a good source of vitamin A that might be helpful in repairing the skin tissues and harmful effects of sun rays. Drinking carrot beetroot juice in summers might act as a natural sun blocker.5 However, this information is insufficient to back up this claim. It is better to consult a doctor before having carrot beetroot juice. What are the benefits o f carrot beetroot juice in pregnancy? No scientific evidence is reported to confirm the safety of carrot beetroot juice in pregnancy. Hence, more studies are required to identify the benefits of carrot beetroot juice during pregnancy, or you can ask for a doctor’s advice. Are there any side effects of drinking carrot beetroot juice? Drinking carrot beetroot juice in a small dosage is fine. There is no report of any side effects registered till now. However, one should not assume that are no side effects at all. Furthermore, studies will be required to suggest the side effects of carrot beetroot juice on human health. Therefore, if you notice any side effects, call your doctor right away.

Carrot beetroot juice contains an excellent source of antioxidants.1 It may have the following properties: · It may have antioxidant potential.1·Itmay have anti-carcinogenic action (may have a negative effect on cancer cell development).1·Itmayhave anti-inflammatory action.1 · It may stimulate an immune response (may be helpful in cancer).1 · It may have a blood sugar loweringPotentialeffect.3Uses of Carrot Beetroot Juice: The health benefits of beetroot and carrot juice may be because of the phytonutrients that both these roots are high on, such as vitamins and minerals. Some of the potential uses of carrot beetroot juice are discussed as follows: 1. Potential uses of Carrot Beetroot Juice for leukaemia (bloodThecancer)healthbenefits of carrot beetroot juice may eztend to helping in (leukaemia) blood cancer. A case report by Marie Christine et al. (2015) demonstrated that drinking beet carrot juice might be beneficial for overcoming the problems related to leukaemia. They showed that it might benefit lack of appetite and a sense of general wellbeing and increase daily activities. The carrot beetroot juice may also be used with anti-cancer drugs. Hence, this study suggested that carrot beetroot juice may have some beneficial effects on leukaemia and may be useful for patients battling blood cancer. 4 However, further study is required to demonstrate the benefit of carrot beetroot juice/in managing leukaemia-related problems in humans, as these results are insufficient. Therefore, it is essential to see a doctor before relying only on carrot beetroot juice for leukaemia. 2. Potential uses of Carrot Beetroot Juice for inflammation Carrot beetroot juice may have a beneficial anti-inflammatory effect. A high amount of antioxidant carotenoids such as freshcanways:maynutrient-denseBeetrootpeople.juice’s/healthfulltionTherefore,thenumbercarrotstratingefittingusefultainsingmightcarrotbeneficialmincontainsskinmayoffultoxichaveels.3,5maintaininghavephytochemicalscontainsCarrothumans.totialessentialcienteringTheyrolejuicederivatesvonoidseffectserty.utefoundpolyphenolsbeta-carotene,andvitaminsincarrotsmaycontrib-tothisbiologicalprop-Itmayhelpneutralisetheoffreeradicals.Fla-andphenolicincarrotbeetrootmightplayanimportantsimilartoantioxidants.maybehelpfulinlow-inflammation.5Thesestudiesareinsuffi-andfurtherstudiesaretoprovethepoten-useofcarrotbeetrootjuiceovercomeinflammationin3.OtherPotentialUsesofBeetrootJuice:·Carrotbeetrootjuiceantioxidantsandthatmightabeneficialeffectonbloodsugarlev-·Carrotbeetrootjuicemayanti-cancerandcyto-action.Itmightbehelp-indecreasingthechancescancercelldevelopment.3·Beetrootandcarrotjuicehelpwithkeepingthehealthyandvibrant.Ittheantioxidantvita-Cwhichisknowntobeforskinhealth.5·Thebenefitsofdrinkingbeetrootjuicedailybebeneficialincombat-issueswithhair.Itcon-vitalvitaminswhichareforhairgrowth;ben-hairhealth.5Despiteresearchdemon-theadvantagesofbeetrootjuice/foraofhealthconditions,findingsareinsufficient.furtherinvestiga-isrequiredtoclarifythescopeofcarrotbeetrootadvantagesforHowtoUseCarrotJuice:Carrotbeetrootjuiceisabeverage.Itbeusedinthefollowing·Carrotbeetrootjuicebepreparedbyblendingcarrotsandbeetroot·Itcanbeusedasare-

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PAGE 48 Sunday September 04, 2022Kaieteur News Frompage23 Jamaica, we take themfromtheairport andtourthemallover the country to view and get back safely.” Hesaidhedidthatfor five years and before that, he worked as a securityofficerfor25 years.Williams said he has made a lot of Guyanese friends through the job that hedidasatourguide and stated that “they are my good friends andiftheyknowthat I am here it will be veryHeexciting…”ishappy to be a resident of Bloomfield since he is treated like royalty the minute folks get wind of his nationality “Oh gad man, everybody gathers around me to hear Jamaican language, they want me to speak Jamaican language andbringJamaicanfood.” Andofcoursehemadeit clear that he can “throw it downinthekitchen”whenit comes to whipping up a delectableJamaicanmealfor hisladyandherdaughter Hesaid,“ThismorningI dotheboiledbananawiththe boiled dumpling, boiled potato with the saltfish separate,” even as he expressed disappointment thatImissedoutonthefeast. He observed too that the cooking in Guyana is quite different compared to the way Jamaicans do it Williams said, “You people mostlydolikecook-upallin one,butwedon'tdothat,we separate our meat and all of that…”Berbicians may soon get a chance to taste Williams' cooking as he is actively pursuing the idea of getting his food handler's certificate to'cookup'someofhisjuicy and spicy jerk chicken, Jamaicanstyle! My next encounter was with the owner of the only barber shop in the village, 25-year-old Karran Outar He said that he has been a barber for 11 years. Outar, who described the village as “calm with good people”, notedthatheusuallygetsan average of 20 customers a dayandfromthishemakesa decentAccordingincome.to Outar, he lives a comfortable life, but he is quite disgusted about the current process to renew a passport. He said that he was told that he has to wait months for its renewal, a decision he said is affecting him since he usually travels toconductbusiness. “We went and renew the passport over a month now and they said they out of book and a whole heap of issues.Thisishamperingme because we have to travel anditshouldbefixed,”Outar said.One of his regular customers, Rajin Vishnu Narain, who drove all the way from Bushlot, several villages away, just to get his haircutatOutar,saidthathe is one of the best barbers around.Further down in the village, on the waterside of Bloomfield, 'Shannon' was relaxing in his hammock on the front porch of his house when I showed up. He said he has been living there for nearlyfiveyearsbutfromhis experience, the community isquietwithfriendlypeople. 'Shannon' says he does cash cropfarmingforalivingand would usually sell his producetobusvendors,who drive around the villages to sell.Hementionedthathehad suffered losses during last year'smajorfloodandwhile he did receive a cash grant fromtheGovernment,itwas not enough. He is however thankful and is now taking advantage of the sunny weather to get back into plantingagain. VILLAGE Bloomfield, Corentyne

Sprawling unoccupied land at Bloomfield (waterside)

Asnackette in the village

Former Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who played an integral role in preparing Guyanaforitsoilbounty,told the Kaieteur News thatwhen it comes to the Petroleum Commission, the body is so important, “it should have been implemented like yesterday.” The Economist and former Government official is among the numerous stakeholders that have expressed concern over the continued failure of this Government to establish and make functional, the agency t h a t w i l l o p e r a t e independently in ensuring Guyana does what it must to garner the most finances from its oil wealth, using it for the development of all Guyanese,whileensuringthe protection of the nation's environment.Jordanreminded of an Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee that dealt with three important oil related bills namely the 'Local Content bill', 'the Sovereign Wealth Fund' and 'the PetroleumCommission'.

Petroleum Commission could help prevent ad hoc management of oil sector

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Hesaidthatatthetimethe Governmentwastryingtodo asmuchasitcouldtoprepthe authorities, and that is why by 2016 “we were already working on the bill and we maintained that the (Petroleum) Commission should have been in place likeJordanyesterday.”saidthatwhenthe previousGovernmentwasin place, a Department of Energy (DoE) was established ahead of the required implementations And as such, “we were building capacity in there (DoE), with the necessary skillsets…thatwaswhollyin charge of monitoring the petroleum sector, as distinct from the Ministry of Natural Resourceswhichmanagethe otherareas.” It was agreed that the oil and gas sector is a very big one,andthus,anentireunitin the name of the DoE was set u p t o e n s u r e t h e comprehensive development of oil related authorities includingthe “HoweverCommission.,nothavingthe (Petroleum) Commission c o u l d p e r h a p s b e contributing to what you are seeing today,” Jordan said. He said he is unaware as to whether a DoE still exists within the current Government The Government had noted however that the DoE was consumed into the Office of the President with Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo overseeing the oil and gas industry as well as financial sectors.Where oil and gas is concerned, the Vice President had said that the relevant agencies will play their role, while policy will be dealt with under the PresidencyJordan in an invited comment had provided his thoughts on Government's current handling of the sectorAnd based on what he s a i d t h e p r e v i o u s administration was doing to protect Guyana, the current a d m i n i s t r a t i o n i s “backsliding” on its responsibilities. He said that theabsenceofthePetroleum Commission as wells as additional pieces of legislation and policy development continues to hinderGuyana'ssafeguard (Continuedonpage53)

ByZenaHenry …Jordan says body should have been in place “like yesterday”

Wh i l e t h e hasGovernmentstatedthat there was little to no movement in preparing Guyana for its extraordinary oil bounty when it took office, the former A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Government has refuted those claims. It has pointed to a number of areas where a number of inter agency partnerships were either in place or being set up, legislations were already drafted or in developmental stage, and among other things, there was cooperation with international agencies such as the World Bank, the IDB and other experts geared at empowering Guyana to manage and oversee its lucrativeoilresources. One such agency is the important Petroleum Commission,whichdespitea draft document being available and the current government's stated commitment to establish the regulatory and management entity,remainsunserved.

Arkansas Governor calls out the National Guard to prevent Black students from enrolling in High School

The Battle of Kowloon was fought between British and Chinese ships in Kowloon, China, on 4 September, 1839. It has been called “the first shot of the First Opium War”. The armed conflict of the First Opium War occurred when British boatsopenedfireonChinesewarjunksenforcingafoodsales embargoontheBritishcommunity Thebanwasorderedafter a Chinese man died in a drunken brawl with British sailors at Tsim Sha Tsui. The Chinese authorities did not consider the punishment to be sufficient as meted out by British officials, so they suspended food supplies in an attempt to force the British to turn over the culprit. Captain Charles Elliot was the ChiefSuperintendentofBritishtradeinChina,andhesailedto Kowloon in the cutter Louisa for food supplies during the embargo, accompanied by the schooner Pearl and a pinnace from HMS Volage. They encountered three Chinese junks, andElliotsentinterpreterKarlGutzlaffwithdemandstoallow thesupplyofprovisions. He finally delivered an ultimatum after several hours of correspondence: the junks would be sunk if supplies were not received.Thestatedtimeperiodexpiredwithnoresults,sothe British opened fire on the junks, which returned fire with support from the on-shore fort. The larger junks pursued the British boats which were sailing away after running low on ammunition, but the British re-engaged the ships after replenishing their ammunition, and the Chinese retreated to their former position, ending the clash in a stalemate. The OpiumWarortheAnglo-ChineseWarwasaseriesofmilitary engagements fought between Britain and the Qing dynasty between1839and1842.TheimmediateissuewastheChinese seizure of private opium stocks at Canton to stop the banned opium trade, and threatening the death penalty for future offenders. The British Government insisted on the principles of free trade and equal diplomatic recognition among nations, and backed the merchants’ demands. (Source: Military history)Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is anAmerican former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, all in world record time. This was an achievement that lasted for 36 years until it was surpassed by fellow American Michael Phelps, who won eight golds at the 2008 Summer OlympicsinBeijing.

The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine Black students who enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in LittleRock,Arkansas,inSeptember1957.Theirattendanceat the school was a test of Brown v Board of Education, a landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. On September 4, 1957, the first day of classes at Central High, Governor Orval Faubus called in theArkansas National Guard to block the Black students’ entry into the high school. Later that month,PresidentDwightD.Eisenhowersentinfederaltroops to escort the Little Rock Nine into the school. It drew national attentiontothecivilrightsmovement.(History.com)

Arkansas National Guard soldiers barred the Little Rock Nine from entering Central High School on September 4, 1957. (Image in NPGallery) (Continue on page 51)

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The Chinese fort in Kowloon, 1841 Apache leader and warriors surrender to European settlers in US

n September 4, 1886, Apache leader Geronimo surrendered to U.S. Government troops. For 30 years, the Native American warrior had battled toO protect his tribe’s homeland however, by 1886 the Apaches were exhausted and outnumbered. General Nelson Miles accepted Geronimo’s surrender, making him the last Native American warriortoformally give in to U S f o r c e s a n d signalling the end of the Indian Wars inthe withAtMexico.ApgrewbornGeronimoSouthwest.wasin1829andupinwhatisresentdayrizonaandHistribe,heChiricahuapaches,clashednon-Nativesettlers

Google’s founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin (Image: Aspartin)

nSeptember4,1951,PresidentHarryS.Truman’s opening speech before a conference in SanOFrancisco is broadcast across the nation, marking thefirsttimeatelevisionprogrammewasbroadcastfromcoast tocoast.Thespeech focused on Truman’s acceptance of a treaty that officially endedAmerica’s post-World War II occupation ofJapan.The broadcast, via then state of the art microwave technology, was picked up by 87 stations in 47 cities, accordingtoCBS.Inhisremarks,Trumanlaudedthetreatyas onethatwouldhelp“buildaworldinwhichthechildrenofall nations can live together in peace.” As communism was threatening to spread throughout Pacific Rim nations such as Korea and Vietnam, the U.S. recognised the need to create an allyinastrong,democraticJapan.(History.com)

Google is founded by Stanford University students

Compiled by Zena Henry British vessels open fire on Chinese war ships over opium

Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win 7 medals at a single Olympic Games

The first live transcontinental television broadcasted in San Francisco, California from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that focuses on search engine technology, online advertising; cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics. It has been referred to as the “most powerful company in the world” and one of the world’s most valuable brands due to its market dominance, data collection, and technologicaladvantagesintheareaofartificialintelligence.It is considered one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft.Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford UniversityinCalifornia.Togethertheyownabout14percentof its publicly listed shares and control 56 percent of the stockholdervotingpowerthroughsuper-votingstock.

Mark Andrew Spitz 1972 Olympics

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ApacheGeronimoleader

The first live transcontinental television is broadcasted

trying to take their land. In 1858, Geronimo’s family was murdered by Mexicans. Seeking revenge, he later led raids against Mexican and American settlers. In 1874, the U.S. Government moved Geronimo and his people from their land to a reservation in east-central Arizona. Conditions on the reservation were restrictive and harsh and Geronimo and some of his followers escaped. (Source:History)

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theBuckminsterfullerene,firstfullerenemoleculeofcarbonisdiscovered

Buckminsterfullerene is a type of fullerene with the formula C60. It has a cage-like fused-ring structure (truncated icosahedron) made of 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons, and resembles a soccer ball. Each of its 60 carbon atoms is bonded to its three neighbours. Buckminsterfullerene is a black solid that dissolves in hydrocarbon solvents to produce avioletsolution.Thecompoundwasdiscoveredin1985and has received intense study, although few real world applications have been found. Buckminsterfullerene was discovered by Sir Harry Kroto of the University of Sussex and Richard Smalley and Bob Curl of Rice University in 1985 during a jointresearchproject.TheirdiscoveryledtoaNobelPrizein1996.(Source:azonano.com) Buckminsterfullerene

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Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope

ope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, on 16April, 1927Pis a retired prelate of the Catholic Churchwhoservedastheheadofthechurch and the sovereign of the Vatican City state from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. Benedict’s election as Pope occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death ofPopeJohnPaulII. Benedict chose to be known by the title “Pope Emeritus” upon his resignation. On 4 September, 2020, Benedict became the longest-lived person to have held the office of pope, at 93 years, 4 months, 16 days, surpassingLeoXIII,whodiedin1903. Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican July 10, 2009

Further record checks were made, which revealed that only 233 truckloads of laterite were on the security's record, a difference of 64 less truckloads of laterite transported, which amounted to $1,152,000.Theaccused were then contacted, told of the allegation, and they admitted under caution, to inflating the number of truckloads of laterite transported. The accused further handed over $220,000, stating that was received from Baker as payment for reporting more truckloads of lateritethanweretransported. George and Barker were subsequently charged for the offence and placed before the court.Back in 2017, a man, who convertedmoneyentrustedtohim to purchase materials to build a housefoundation,waschargedfor fraudulentconversion. DustinJacksonhadadmittedto using the money for his own use when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates' Court beforeMagistrateLeronDaly ItwasallegedthatinFebruary 2017, at Croal Street, Georgetown, Jackson, being solely entrusted with the sum of $70,000 by Claire Taylor to purchase a quantity of cement, converted the money to his own useandbenefit. A similar charge read to him stated that in the same month, at Regent Street, Jackson, being solely entrusted with $94,500 by Taylor to purchase a quantity of steel and sand, fraudulently converted the money tohisownuseandbenefit. Accordingtotheprosecution's case, Taylor, who was constructing a home at Mocha, had contracted the accused to complete it and sent him the cash to purchase building materials.Theaccusedreceivedthesums of $70,000 and $94,500 through a money transfer service but related that he had spent the money on his family, since he was not working The matter was later reported to the police and Jackson was arrested the court for fraud

Contractors brought before

Jailed, Doorman Henry

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ByRenaySambach Recently, a contractor was sent to jail for misusing over $1 million of State funds that was allocated to purchase raw materialstobuildaschool. It was this development that promptedmetorehashafewcourt matters in which contractors were charged for allegedly misusing projectmoney Forty year old Doorman Henry, who had reported to the police that he was robbed of $1.7 million he had received for a school project, was on Monday sentenced to two years imprisonment after he pleaded guiltytogamblingthemoney OnMonday,August29,Henry appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates' Courts before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly who read thechargetohim. The charge stated that on August 17, 2022 at Main Street, Georgetown, while entrustedwith $1.7 million by the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs to purchase materials for a school project, he convertedsametohisownuseand benefit.Thecourtheardthatontheday inquestion,themoneywashanded over to Henry by the Toshao of Yarakita Village, Region One, to purchase building materials to construct a hall at the Yarakita PrimaryHoweverSchool.,after receiving the money, Henry went to a casino in Georgetown, where he lost the money through gambling over a three-dayperiod. Henry later went to the RuimveldtPoliceStationwherehe made a report that he was robbed by an armed bandit An investigation was launched into thematterbutHenrysubsequently admitted that he gambled and lost themoneyLastDecember,amanagerand a sub contractor attached to Adamantium Holdings Company were released on $150,000 bail each for fraudulently obtaining $1 152 million from the said company for the delivery of 64 truckloadsoflateritebutfailingto deliver same.Myrvin George, 44, of Victoria Avenue, Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD), and Daniel Baker, of Mahaica Park, East Coast Demerara (ECD) had appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates'Courts. They were not required to plead to the charge which stated thatbetweenOctober31,2021and December 10, 2021, at 16 Sublot 'A' Mudlot, Kingston, Georgetown, with the intent to defraud, they obtained the sum of $1,152,000 from Adamantium Holdings by falsely pretending they delivered 64 truckloads of laterite, knowing the same to be false.According to information presented in court, the company was awarded a contract by the Government of Guyana (GoG) to rehabilitateastretchofroadfrom6 miles,Bartica,PotaroRoad, to 19 miles,Bartica,PotaroRoad. However, it is alleged that the defendants worked with the c o m p a n y u n d e r t h e aforementioned transportation capacities and entered into agreements to provide trucking service for the said company transportinglateritefrom9Miles, Bartica Potaro Road to various parts of a stretch of road from 6 Miles,BarticaPotaro,to19Miles, Bartica Potaro, at a cost of $18,000 per truckload, which would be claimed for by subcontractorBaker

Myrvin George and Daniel Baker made their first court appearance.

Itwasreportedthatthereafter, George, who is the manager, would report the number of truckloads that were transported and the company would issue paymentsattheirofficeat16SubLot 'A', Mud Lot, Kingston, Georgetown.OnDecember 14, 2021, Adamantium Holdings issued payments totaling $5,346,000 for 297 truckloads of laterite, which were reported by George and claimedbyBaker

Court Journal RenaySambach

The company then received certain information and communicated same to its ranks andthisledtoaphysicalcheckof the worksite, by the ranks along with another manager who is responsible for the oversight of thesaidproject. Upon checking, it was discoveredthat87loadsoflaterite werealongthesaidstretchofroad. Thesamewasdouble-checkedby the manager's record, which revealed an incomplete and inaccurateaccount.

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Frompage49 abilities. While this Government has passed law drafted by the last Government, minus the Petroleum CommissionBill,Jordansaid“…therehasbeennotalk aboutwhenanyothersubstantivelegislation inthepetroleumsectorwillbebroughttothefore.” The former Minister insisted that a national approach that will transcend Government is what is neededtotacklethemammothsector He said that local consensus between all stakeholdersisimperativeforsuccessfuldevelopment andutilisationoftheoilresource.

The strongest one was transformed into a frog called pragko in Makushi; thetwomusicians,oneintoa tarantula and the other one intoacrab;anotheroneinto a rodent called red rump agouti known as curri in Makushi; and the last one into the grey winged trumpeter called the cammie.The frog was now fightingwitheveryone. W h i l e t r y i n g t o challenge him, the crab was thrownI nto the fire and roasted. Hewasluckilyrescuedlater thatThenight.next one facing the frogwasthecurriandhealso was easily thrown into the fireandhadhisrumpburnt. Despitehisfriendsbeing no match to the frog the cammie went in but likewise, he found himself landingintheashes. Realising that they were not strong enough to fight the frog individually, they decidedtofightittogether.

There's a neat little clock In the school-room stands, It points to the time With its two little hands, It is never late to do its work, And does it the whole day through, It tells us when to start And when to stop and go And may we, like the little clock, Keep a face clean and bright, With hands ever ready To show and do what is right.

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Kaieteur News PAGE 57Sunday September 04, 2022 Over the years s u c c e s s i v e Governments havespentbillionsofdollars in the security sector, but Guyanesearestillnotsafein their homes and on the streets, Kaieteur News Publisher and businessman, GlennLallhassaid. Lall over the past two w e e k s h a v e b e e n scrutinising public sector expenditures particularly in theareaofhealthcare.Thisis againstthebackgroundofan I n t e r A m e r i c a n Development Bank report that condemned the sorry state of public health facilities here. However, during his last Wednesday night's radio programme, Lall, zeroed in on the security sector here, noting that billions are being spent yearly, but there is little to show for it.“Crime has not decreased we are not sleeping better when the nightcomes,wearenotfree towalkthestreetsanywhere without watching over your backs,”Mr Lallnoted. In the 2022 national budget the Irfaan Ali Administrationallocatedthe sum of $47.9 billion to the securitysector,whichitsaid w o u l d e n s u r e t h e preservationoflawandorder at all levels in society This sum the Government had said would enable widespread connection of CCTV cameras and equipping of police ranks with satellite phones and body cameras. In 2021 the Government had allocated the sum of $22 billion of which $15.3 billion went to theGuyanaPoliceForce. In 2015, $21 billion was allocated, of that amount, a sum of $11.9 billion went to supporttheoperationsofthe Guyana Police Force, the Guyana Prison Service, Guyana Fire Service, Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU), while $9.1 billionhadbeenbudgetedfor theGuyanaDefenceForce. In 2016, a further $24.6 billion was allocated, which t h e A P N U + A F C Administration said at the t i m e w a s f o r t h e d e v e l o p m e n t a n d modernisation of the security sector In 2017 the allocation was $29.1B. In 2018 it moved to $30.7Billionand2019$35.6 billion.“Ifwe don't have a basic sense of security and safety concerningourlivesandthe little we have, then we are shadows of ourselves Without security we are like peoplelivingwithadreadedn ext, the next symptoms, and the next spell,” Lall told listeners to his radio progrmme 'The Glenn Lall Show.' Crimesituation According to the independent organisation, World Population Review, Guyana has the eighth highest crime rate worldwide of 68.74, and a murder rate of about four times higher than that of the United States The organisation says despite a rigorous licensing requirementtoownfirearms, the use of weapons by criminals is common. Domestic violence happens regularly in Guyana, as the enforcement of domestic violence laws is weak Armed robberies occur frequentlyaswell,especially i n G e o r g e t o w n Additionally, tourists are often the victims of hotel break ins, robberies, and assaults.“Without a sense of safetyandsecurity,youcan't evengotothebankanddoa simple transaction without fear,thenhowareweliving? Ifwecan'tcollectourweek's payormonth'spayandgoto the store without being anxious, then what kind of lifeisthat? Ifwecan'tgoto themarkettobuysomebora, pumpkin without having to keep looking over our shoulders, then how do we begin to talk about the qualityoflife?Thesearethe basic needs in life, like rice andflour,”Mr Lallstressed. Hesaidpublicsafetyisveryeve ry society, noting that Guyana is the biggest and brightest place in the world today with this oil find, “If we don't have security from bandits roaming the streets, stores, banks, and markets, then how are we going to deal with the thousands of foreign investors, business people, workers and their familiesthatarecominghere to make money? Are we goingtohaveaseparatearea forthoseforeigners?”

Mr Lall said that not a singlecitizeninanycountry should have to ask their Governmentforsecurityand protection. “That should be the foundation of all Governments and any Government who cannot deliver that to its citizens shouldnotbeinpower.Apart from selling out and giving away our rich resources and land for' next to nothing', these corrupt Politicians have been spending billions uponbillionsasyeargoyear come yet the suffering peoplehavetogothroughin this country, that you don't know of, because they don't tellyou–Iamfeduptalking aboutthepolicestations,fire stations, prisons and police outposts across this country.”Lall said like the Ministry of Health that is spendingbillionstorenovate and upgrade the hospitals that do not have the most basic modern-day machines to save lives and that cost littleornothing–“thePolice Force is the same thing. They are also ending billions to renovate and upgrade buildings, and themostimportantpiecesof equipment that are so badly needed today to help them tackle and solve the escalating crime situation that is happening in this country,theydon'thave.”

Gun robberies is all over, stick up, take away whatever,downtosnatching plasticbagswithbreadfrom yourhandsisnowanormin manypartsofthiscountry.” “Citizens you guys have to get accustomed to such activities because nothing will change come 2023 and billions more will disappear outofthecoffersagain.Then they (Government) will continue to sing the same song, how they investing billions to improve the fight againstthecrimesituationto give you peace and proper sleepatnights.”

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CarJackings Touchingonsomeofthe daily crimes being committed in the country, Lall referenced that last monththecriminalshijacked 25 vehicles. “That is what was reported we don't know what wasn't reported.

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Mr Lall alluded to the Ruimveldt Police Station, whichisbeingconstructedat the cost of $60M, Nandy Park Fire Station, which he described as a small flat building with a shed costing $37M. “Then they set aside $38Bthisyeartospendinthe security sector and the countryisyearafteryearstill lacking modern day technology to fight crime,” Lall lamented He also referenced another $2 1B earmarked to construct the Lusignan and Mazaruni Prisons, noting that the money could build two sixstoreyprisons“wherenoone can escape unless the prison warders deliberately open the gates and let them out. But come next year another $2.1Bwilldisappearagainin the same merry-go-round, singing the same song –r e n o v a t i o n s a n d remodelling Construction of anything building, renovating, remodelling in thepassageway,theopening, the gateway, the entry way forwholesalethieveryinthis countrybyGovernment…” Mr Lall said it is very difficult to accept, hard to swallowandeventalkabout the lack of basic technology that the world offers to eliminatecrimethatGuyana does not have. “I walked in the streets of Harare,Accra, Nairobi and Johannesburg withallmyjewelleryonand those are places where tourists are advised not to travel and to take extreme caution when moving around, in Guyana you can't evenwalkaroundwithafine chain looking like gold – it gone. This type of crime is happeninginthiscountry,in this21stcentury,withallthe billions we have been throwing away and don't havethelatestcrimefighting technology Phones, computers and cameras are part of today's technology that is being used across the world to solve criminal activitiesofallkinds,butnot here in Guyana – No, that's not important for these corrupt politicians to put in place. Because when their friends and comrades get caught they can't delete the records easily – is not paper and pencils that can rub out and change, the files can't just disappear out the systems, anybody who delete anything you can know But they don't want thingslikethat,becausethey themselves might end up going to prison,” Mr Lall toldhisaudience.

Security experts have argued that advancement in the field of Information C o m m u n i c a t i o n Technologies (ICTs) changesnotonlyoursociety but also crime. They said I C T o p e n s m o r e opportunities for crime and draws people into committingcrime,leadingto an unprecedented growth in the crime rate. However, it has also been applied to criminal justice, with crime fighters increasingly using theICTstocontrolcrimeand gain efficiency in their policingeffortstoservicethe community This has led to moreeffectivepolicework. Againstthisbackground, Mr Lall questioned the lack of adequate investments in this area of the Guyana securitysector “Canyou (Continuedonpage63)

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Kaieteur NewsPAGE 58 Sunday September 04, 2022 Foods in your daily diet that may be restricting your...

Frompage28 calories, fat, sodium, and added sugarFor this reason, many studies have reported that eating fast food morefrequentlycouldbetiedtoan increased risk of obesity, along with other health problems like heartdiseaseandtype2diabetes. Some high-calorie fast food items include burgers, tacos, burritos, pizza, fish and chips, french fries, donuts, fried rice and chicken nuggets Ideally, you should aim to cook most of your mealsathomeandrestrictyourfast food intake to no more than two timesperweek. Agreattipwouldbetolookfor restaurants with healthier takeout optionswheneverpossible,suchas soups, salads, sandwiches, wraps, or burrito bowls. Plus, aim to load up on the veggies, whole grains, andleanproteins,wheneveryoudo swingbythedrive-through.

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Frompage39 siblingsAndy,Dawn,Carlos,Ariana,and AdeolaareallChristiansandareapartof (Full Gospel) fellowship which my parents followedfromtheiroriginalhome-baseinRegion One,” he said adding that “generally, my upbringinghascausedmetobecomeaGod-fearing individualwiththedisciplineandpositivemindset that is always reaching for greatness This is evidentinmyartisticevolution.” With regard to his traditional upbringing, Alexander said, “We spent a lot of time outdoors: either helping our parents with the farm or spendingtimeatthecreekwithfriendsrelaxing.” Headded,“Sportswerealsoamajorpartofmy life at that time as it allowed me to represent Guyana in the Hampton Games held in Trinidad andTobago.”

Whileheadmitsworkingasanartistsofarhas beenarollercoaster,Alexanderhassetsomegoals for himself. He wants to travel the world as an art ambassadorforGuyana. However,theartistisnot blind to the fact there are challenges to achieving this goal, one of which is a lack of appreciation, particularlybylocalsfortheartform. He noted too that the lack of quality tools and materialswhichcannotbeeasilysourcedisalso anotherareainwhichhefindsdificultyasan artist.Alexander said that as an artist you must have an overseas link, to assist with the acquisition of the materials and equipment and the cost to transport the items. Added to this, since art is a seasonalvocation,theartistalsohasto do a regular job as a tradesman and carpentertohelppayhisbills. Yet in the face of the challenges, he said there are some highlights He reiterated that, performance art has afforded him the opportunity to travel aroundGuyanaaswellasoverseas. Heasserted,“Igettomakeadifferencein thelifeofothersandinspirethemtofollowtheir individual passions and as the only ‘speed painter’in Guyana I am able to bring something differenttothetableofartexpression.”

HIS NICHE After completing his art training at E R Burrowes, Alexander moved to Barbados, where he was living for a few years. He spent time exhibiting his work. But as time went by, he struggled to find his niche in the art world. He startedtofinddifficultyintheprocessofsittingand drawingorpaintingforhoursbeforehewasableto presentafinishedproduct.Itwasaroundthattime that speed painting videos online caught his attention.Theartistwassoimpressedwiththistypeofart that he would spend hours watching YouTube tutorialsuntilhedecidedtotryithimself. He admitted though that his first attempt left much to be desired. “It was basically a mess,” he saidwitha Nevertheless,smile.Alexander was determined to master the craft. Drawing inspiration from performance artists like David Garibaldi,heinvestedtimeandmoney to purchase the tools to sharpen his skills.Ashepracticed,Alexandersaidthe questionofwhether‘speedpainting’is forhim,begantoleavehismind.With research and constant practice, the artist started to see the results. As he perfected his work, new doors of opportunity opened for him to showcasehistalent. His breakout challenge was the E Networks Spotlight talent competition in 2016.Alexander said he became aware of the call for talented individuals to audition for thetelevisedcontestthroughadvertisement. The show, he said gave him the opportunity to showcase his ‘speed painting’skillsandenlargedhisscopetobe bookedforfutureevents.

Since that initial showcase, Alexander has performed at a number of other shows andevents. Hecontinuestowowaudiences acrossthecountry,andeveninternationally as his act has allowed him to represent GuyanaasfarasDubai,whichhesaysishis greatesthonour,sofar Asaresult,helargelyregardshimselfas a“performanceartist.” Hesaid“I’maperformanceartist,which means in addition to painting, movement and musiciscriticaltowork.ThismeansIhavetopaint on the beat, I have to use precision and rhythm to keep in time, the short time I have to make this portraitareality.” He continued “For example, if I’m speed paintingaportraitofBobMarley,Iwouldhaveone ofhisreggaesongsplayinginthebackgroundtoset the mood, I use bigcanvases to get the j o b d one I have to stay focused too because I must complete all my portraitsinjustaboutsixminutes.” Theartistexplainedthat‘speedpainting’is95 percentpreparationandfivepercentexecution. He said “I have to be both physically and mentallyreadytocreateartinfrontofanaudience. SoIwouldstillpracticeregularlyandinrelationto thementalpreparation,IlistentothesongsIplanto useandgatherinspiration.Allofthisisdonebefore Icreateanactualpieceandonthatspecialday,asI approach my canvas, I can sometimes see the art piece that wants to be displayed. Other days I simply help the art to emerge or be exposed from withinthe Throughcanvas.”hiswork,Alexanderhopes to change thewaypeopleseeartorartistsbecause“wework hard to produce.” He explained that “people tend not to see it as a career but it brings out inner emotions and the canvas gives you a chance to expressyourself.”

The artist is also a Youth Ambassador to the local non-profit ‘Empower Guyana’, where he is abletovolunteerhisefortsandshowcasehistalent forcharitableevents. Alongwithhisloveforart,Alexandersayshis family is a priority He shares children, Faith, Jasmin ,Alexander, andAiden Sampson, with his wife,DebbieSampson.

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Even before venture into speed painting, Alexanderwasalreadymakinganameforhimself. Hewasrecognisedanddulyawardedforhiseforts duringtheChildrenArtCompetitionforCarifesta, 2008,andnumerousdrawingcompetitionsheldby RepublicBank.

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Over the past year, CIC has catered for a number of high-profile entities including the Ministry Of Amerindian Affairs the Amerindian Cultural Extravaganza, 2021 and this year, the National Toshao Council 2022, the Ministry Of Health,West Demerara Regional Hospital, Region Three and Massy Stores. Notably, CIC will be catering for the ‘Stephen Campbell’ dinnerthatwillbeheldonSeptember7, o o n Marr iottTheHotel.success of t h e business Roberts said has been possible throughstrategicpartnership.Atthetime hewasmakingreferencetohisbusiness partner, Denzel St. Hill, who is CIC’s Marketing Specialist/Advisor, and Eion BeatonandGomatieDeodat,thechefs. Reflecting on his journey to truly embracing his Indigenous self, Roberts recalled that back in 2018 he was selectedtorepresentGuyanaatthe22nd NationalYouthAssembly in NewYork. “I embraced my culture, tradition and most importantly my identity as an Indigenous young man I use the opportunity to showcase my culture on the international stage by wearing my culturalattires,”hesaid.

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ByShervinBelgrave Chinese o w n e d m a n g a n e s e company operating in Matthews Ridge, North West District, Region One hasreportedlydisregardeda ‘no dumping’ sign and has resumed dumping piles of manganese around a farmer’shomeatOronoque, PortKaituma. ight months ago residents of Port Kaituma had accused the company, Guyana Manganese Inc (GMI),a100percentowned Chinese company, of destroying their livelihood. Peter Daniels, a 52-year-old farmer of Oronoque, had related to this publication how he’d suffered as result ofthecompany’soperation. He had told this newspaperthathewasliving peacefully for four years with his five children and wifeathisfarminOronoque but this was disrupted on March 10, 2021 when the company started storing manganeseonhisproperty Within a matter of weeks, the man said that his farm house was surrounded by a high hill of manganese and it began affecting his family’s health and destroyedhisfarm. Daniels said that even aftercomplainingbitterlyhe received no help from the Local Government authorities in Port Kaituma. As a last resort, the man decided to record a video, which he posted to social media, explaining how the Chinese company was destroyinghisonlysourceof income.Seven days after Kaieteur News had reported his story, the company started removing the manganese from around his home.The man said he was happy that the mineral was beingremoved.Buthisbliss was short-lived because a few months later the company returned to its old ways, this time reportedly disregardinga‘nodumping’ sign that was erected by Oron memberssometimeback. In photographs seen by thispublication,the‘no Continuedonpage70

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This year, Amerindian Heritage Month is being observed under the theme: ‘Celebrating our traditional culturewhilebuildingOneGuyana’, and one person who has been ebrating and preserving her traditional culture for a very long timeisthetalentedSheenaScipio. Scipio, who hails from the beautiful village of Moco Moco which is located in Region Nine, is e owner of an all authentic digenous business that was launchedbackinAugust2020. ‘Kayawen Everything Indigenous’showcases and offers a wide variety of indigenous crafts andScipioproducts.inarecentinterviewwith this publication explained that the name‘Kayawen’whichisamacushi word,means‘skyvalley’anditwas thenameofhervillagebeforeitwas changedtoMocoMoco. The young woman said that she s inspired to introduce the siness venture because she wanted to keep her indigenous lture alive, a d d i n g love of our indigenous culture and simple beaut that doesn r e q u i r expensive g andKdiamonds.”eeping culture al Scipio said since bein business sh n o t i c e d haveindigenousnowbecomemoreconfidentnaturalbeautybeenflauntingit with p ride. Owing to this, she observed that hersupportbasehasbeennothingmore thanexcellentoverthepasttwoyears. Accordingtotheyounglady,during the initial phases of her business, some of the few challenges she had included getting the necessary funding and materials needed to get things up and running. Also not having the needed encouragement and motivation to keep goingwasanother challenge she entually, “ S o m e o e motivated me and helped me s t a r t m y business with a personal loan whichIinvestedintoproducts.Theloan has been repaid and I’m presently 100 percentonmyown.” Asregardstothe Continuedonpage70 entrepreneurs act as a source of inspiration and help with the high unemployment of our youth.” Indigenous’

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“I anticipate continued development with the acceleration of the gas to energyThisproject.project will ensure thatournaturalgasresources are utilised with their greatest economic value and inducing a strong multiplier effect throughout the economy,” the Economist expressed.Director of Energy Practice atAmericas Market Intelligence (AMI), Arthur Deakin, also praised the Governmentashenotedthat ithasdoneanexceptionaljob in creating an investor friendly environment for the oilsectorDeakin commented too that the pace of field development is quite impressive.“Ess e n t i a l l y , Government has laid the foundation for a prosperous business environment,” said theanalyst.Bethatasitmay,hesaid theGovernmentcanimprove onbeingmoretransparenton stating where the oil revenueswouldbespent. He also reiterated previous calls for the establishmentofaPetroleum Commission to ensure the independent management of thesector

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Frompage19 Government can, and should, do much more to protect the country from the flawed2016PSA. FormerFinanceMinister and Economist, Winston Jordan also shared similar views as he raised concerns about the pace at which Government is spending revenues from the NRF Jordan said he is of the impression that Government is running a sprint and not a marathon with the spending oftheoilmoney Given the abnormal circumstances which have gripped economies worldwide, Jordan said increased spending will no doubt lead to wastage. He said, “With two oil ships alone, oil will account for almost60percentofexports and that is the non oil nightmare that is bracing us. We need a national development plan for oil whichtakesintoaccountthat itisaveryfickleproduct.We need a plan that has seen widespread consultation The people must have a say in how their money must be spent.”Other stakeholders provided contradictory views, as they noted there is much to praise the governmentaboutasregards bringingasenseoforderand directiontotheindustry E c o n o m i s t a n d Executive Director at the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( G C C I ) , R i c h a r d Rambarran,waskeentonote that he believes the Government has given strong stewardship to the oil and gas sector as well as the macroeconomic conditions of Guyana. Rambarran who was recently appointed to serve on the NRF's Investment Committee said, “The Government has undertaken institutional and legislative steps which have served as steps in the right direction.Iamparticularly pleased about the Natural Resources Fund revision, the Local C o n t e n t A c t , t h e establishment of a functioning Local Content Secretariat, prudent management of our public debt and macroeconomic stability and acceleration on thegastoenergyproject.” Specifically, Rambarran said the revision of the NRF law with key areas being strengthened serves to mitigate the effects of the naturalresource'curse'while addingthatthepassageofthe Local Content Act and the establishment of the institutional mechanism of the secretariat will see benefits redound to Guyanese entrepreneurs fromallwalksoflife. A notable point he said has been the fact that the Government is avoiding the pre source curse through resisting the temptation to b o r r o w a g a i n s t expected/projected revenues from the sector Rambarran said these three policy measures having been accomplished in 24 months demonstrate the seriousness w i t h w h i c h t h e administration is taking the development of the petroleum sector and the fulfillmentoftheirpromises.

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Frompage57 believe Guyanese, that all this money, the billions being spent through the MinistryofHomeAffairsfor all these years under KhemrajRamjattanandnow Robeson Benn, the Guyana Police Force still does not have a proper computerised system that can identify, monitor, and track criminals inthiscountry? With less than the US$40M out of the US$140M in the 2022 budget, you can install a computerised system in almost every police station across this country that can monitor and track criminals acrossthisland. That system would be able to identify and tell you everything about an individual when they are arrested, whether they got a driver's license, a gun license, how many times theywerearrested,whatthey were arrested for, if they were charged, and what becomes of the case, if they everwenttoprisonandhow long they spend in prison, where they living and much more - that is the type of computerised system I am talking about that can be installed in this country in a jiffy with just a few computers in each police stationwiththesoftwareand internet service – Guyana doesn'tLallhave.”saidtoothatthereis anothersetofcomputersthat can track, tap and locate phonesthatarebeingusedall over to solve crimes and monitor criminals. “Roger Khan had one back in the days, but it was seized, I am toldtheGuyanaPoliceForce usingitonlywhentheywant certain crimes to be solved. And if they don't want to solve a crime because of the dollars behind it, then they don't have such a computer system in the force. But let me say this, five of those computers'costlessthanone of the fire station they said they building around the country Both computer systemsItalkedaboutforthe police stations and the one for phone tracking and tapping, would not cost Guyana US$20M,” Lall stated. CCTVCameras Lall also advocated for the installation of more Closed Circuit Television Systems (CCTV), saying this type of technology will help Guyanese sleep properly at nights, drive the roads and walk the streets without fear “Guyanese another US$20M can install themostmodernisedcamera system in all the cities this country has, that thief man will be afraid to even show their faces on the streets of our cities, much less snatch or hijack people's vehicles. Computers,phones,cameras - today's technology - that cost little or nothing, our leaders do not see it fit to purchase and set up in order to protect the Guyanese people.Instead, they went and borrowUS$190Mtobuilda bush road for snakes and animalstouse,butwouldnot borrow US$40M to secure everyoneofus. They would borrow US$160M and take US$48M to renovate and upgrade three hospitals, when that money can give you three brand new hospitals. They said part of theUS$160Mwillbeusedto put in a tracking system to monitor the drugs moving from the warehouses to the hospitals, but they can't use US$40Mtocomputeriseand putincamerasthatcantrack the criminals and eliminate crime.”Hepassionately added: “The US$600M of the oil money they took out from the overseas bank account and throw in this year's budget, US$40M out of that US$600M can put in cameras in all the cities, computers in all the police stationsandhelpyoubuythe software to track and keep recordsofthecriminalsand, if you take a little bit more from the US$600M you can hire a special team from the US to come, set up the systemandtrainourofficers howtouseitsothattheycan manage the crime situation which can disappear overnight,”Lallsaid. Lall predicts that the US$600M oil money will disappear in 2022 and the crimewillgetworsein2023.

Section 7.1 states: T he Minister has the option to review the Guyana Government to borrow the administration pursued a suite Contractor shall prepare with items previously subjected to audit US$160M, a portion of which will of corrective action. He said, “It MONDAY respect to each Calendar Quarter, inearlieryears. be used to modernise the three was20timesworsethanthat.When GRAalready doing real time or on a monthly basis if requested However, the contract hospitals. the Government assumed office, it monitoring of costs for by the Minister in writing, a stipulates that the review shall only Specifically, Component 1 of inherited a health sector that was thousands of imports by Exxon, Statement of Expenditure and be carried out in conjunction with the project called, “Supporting totally neglected…There were also subcontractors -Tax Chief Statia Receipts under the Agreement. The the annual audit for any given year hospital health services networks” many findings about the state that Statement will distinguish between The PSA also states that at the will absorb US$48 million. This we found New Amsterdam Commissioner General of the Exploration Costs, Development conclusion of each audit, component will finance inputs to Hospital in that was not even listed GuyanaRevenueAuthority(GRA), Costs and Operating Costs ExxonMobil and the Government allow the hospital network to in the IDB report.” The advisor Godfrey Statia has confirmed that consistent with the individual shall endeavour to settle function more efficiently by stressed that several initiatives real time monitoring of all imports categories specified in Sections 2 outstanding matters and a written expanding capacity at two strategic wereembarkeduponatthehospital and declared costs to support and 3 herein and will separately report will be issued to the level four hospitals, thereby which was based on a separate ExxonMobil’s operations is i d e n t i f y m a j o r i t e m s o f Contractor within 60 days of the relieving pressure on the main evaluation that was done by the alreadytakingplace. e x p e n d i t u re s w i t h i n t h e s e conclusionofsuchaudit. nationalreferencehospital(level5) Governmentwhenitgotintooffice. Statia said the country is categories. The statement will show to provide lower complexity The former Minister was also keen already using the Automated t h e f o l l o w i n g : ( a ) A c t u a l Value-for-money audit urgently services, while also increasing the to note that the upgrade of the System for Customs Data expenditures and receipts on a needed in health sector - Former ability of this facility to fulfill its hospitals is just part of a massive (ASYCUDA)systemtomonitorall monthly basis for the period in Finance Minister, Jordan mission in handling specialty overhaul that will be done on the ports and purported costs for q u e s t i o n ( b ) C u m u l a t i v e - Country spends US$108M referralcases. sector thousands of imports by the oil expenditure and receipts for the in 12 years on Region 6 The activities to be funded by Upon noting previous giant and its subcontractors, and it budget year in question (c) health services; now this component include: publications by Kaieteur News is based on declared costs that Cumulative expenditures and borrowing US$48M to infrastructure rehabilitation and which highlighted the IDB’s exemptions are calculated. He said receipts since the Effective Date. modernise three hospitals expansion at the New Amsterdam findings on the state of the New these costs may include (d) Latest forecast of cumulative - NewAmsterdam officials Hospital (level 4), Linden Hospital Amsterdam Hospital, former transactions between related expenditures to year end (e) outline a dozen areas Complex (level 4), and the Finance Minister, Winston Jordan parties, and when the cost audit is Variations between budget forecast for improvement; say Georgetown Public Hospital said a value for money audit most performed, competitive costs a n d l a t e s t f o re c a s t , w i t h mould on walls and ceiling Corporation (GPHC) (level 5), certainlyneedstobeconductedinto shouldbeutilized. explanations thereof Subject to 7.1, of the operating theatre considering energy and water thehealthsector The Commissioner General the Statement of Expenditure and not conducive for surgery efficiency and climate change risk The Economist said, “I have (CG) declared that he expects that Receipts shall be submitted to the reduction features, purchase of seen the findings of the IDB which the current cost audit now being Minister no later than thirty (30) A July 2022 assessment by the essential medical equipment and state that there was fungus and carried out will do just that, among days after the end of such Calendar Inter American Development furniture for these facilities, mildew on the interior and external otherthingsbasedontheCouncilof Quarter or Month as the case may Bank (IDB) which exposes the services for architectural and walls, that there are no proper Petroleum Accountants Societies be.” particularly deplorable state of the engineering design and toilets and the facilities just being rules. Under the arrangements of the New Amsterdam Hospital, and the construction supervision, and down right poor for patient care. TheTaxChieffurthernotedthat contract,theMinistershallhavethe inefficiencies at the Linden equipmentinventorying,corrective The money being borrowed begs while Guyana does not have the right to audit upon 90 days written HospitalComplexandGeorgetown and preventive maintenance of the question, where was all the ability to do real time auditing, he notice, at his sole cost and expense, Public Hospital Corporation infrastructure works and medical money from before really going? assured that the authorities of the accounts and records of the (GPHC) has left many citizens equipment and improvement of Thebiggerissueatplayiswhenwe dayaredoingeverythingintheir Contractor questioning the value of installedmaintenancecapacity spend money to build and (Continued on page 65)

Vice President, Dr Bharrat JagdeoatarecentPressConference said Guyana cannot engage in real time monitoring of costs since this is not catered for by the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement inked with ExxonMobil affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), and its partners – Hess Corporation and CNOOC Petroleum Group. In fact, Jagdeo specifically stated that the absence of a co management arrangement prevents the country from knowing what costs are being racked up by Exxon early on and to ascertain which amounts are The contract states that the expenditure in the health sector inflated.

Exxon agreement contradicts Jagdeo’s claim on no real time monitoring of costs - contract gives Guyana the power to demand monthly bills

FinanceFormerMinister,WinstonJordanVice BharratPresident,Jagdeo

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Minister may audit, examine and overtheyears. However, that 2016 deal verify, “at reasonable times during Independent examination and contradicts the VP’s claims normalbusinesshoursbutnotmore compilation of allocations from Section Seven of the deal which than once per Calendar Year, all 2010 to 2022 have shown for pertains to S t a t e m e n t o f charges and credits relating to the example that the country pumped Expenditure and Receipts says the Contractor’s activities under the US$108M into health services in country has the power to demand Agreement and all books of Region Six alone Today, the Exxon submits monthly or accounts, accounting entries, country is now approaching the quarterly, its expenses for offshore material records and inventories, IDB for a loan to address many of In an interview with Kaieteur modernise the facilities what operations. This would therefore vouchers, payrolls, invoices and the issues that ought to have been News on Friday, Advisor to happens after? The maintenance give the country a chance to verify a n y o t h e r d o c u m e n t s , fixed with the US$108M Government and former Health has clearly been lacking over the costsatanearlystageasopposedto correspondence and records investmentoftaxpayers’money Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy years. Simple things like toilets not waitinguntiltheendofthecalendar necessary to audit and verify the The assessment that was admitted that while the findings of functioning should not be an issue yeartoconductauditsinatwo-year chargesandcredits.” conducted by IDB officials and its the IDB are factual as it pertains to at a premier hospital serving the deadline. During the annual audit, the consultantsfollowedarequestfrom thestateoftherespectivehospitals, region.”

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Cumulative expenditures and prices in the ongoing readjustment While it is true that the Guyana Local Content Expert,

From page 64 (Continued on page 66) receipts since the Effective Date. Revenue Authority (GRA) is powertobuildin-countrycapacity (d) Latest forecast of cumulative empowered with the accounting Former Finance Minister and expenditures to year end (e) systems to do real-time tracking of Economist, Winston Jordan in a Variations between budget forecast thedeclaredcostsforallimportsby separateinterviewwaskeentonote and latest forecast, with ExxonMobil Corporation’s thattheGuyanaRevenueAuthority explanationsthereofSubjectto7.1, affiliated companies, its sub has the systems that are necessary the Statement of Expenditure and contractors and its joint venture to track costs for all imports by Receipts shall be submitted to the partners to support their ExxonMobil’s affiliate and Minister no later than thirty (30) multibillion-dollar operations here, Stabroek Block operator, Esso days after the end of such Calendar that is only one part of the equation Exploration and Production Quarter or Month as the case may ofmonitoringcosts. Guyana Limited (EEPGL), its be.” According to Chartered affiliated companies and Accountant, Christopher Ram, the subcontractors Jordan said the Oil companies set to receive Minister of Natural Resources, tracking of these imports is what largest returns in 15 years Vickram Bharrat has the authority allows the tax agency to know and …as cash flow in some and the opportunity to review costs declare the value of exemptions to companies jump from US$17B at several stages in the process theindustry to US$300B last year alone beginning with the detailedAnnual JordansaidtoothatGuyanacan Work Programme and Budget to be monitor costs from as early as the Oil and gas companies globally supplied to him no later than stagepertainingtothereviewofthe are positioning for record increases December1ofeachprecedingyear FieldDevelopmentPlans. in cash flow, while providing better Ram said the Minister has the Taking the foregoing into returns on investment, even as further power to set conditions in consideration,Jordansaidhewould risingcosts haveseverelyimpacted each licence he approves. And it is disagree with Vice President, commodity price and availability herethathecandealwiththematter Bharrat Jagdeo who said that the In fact, a BMO Capital Markets of ring-fencing as well. (Ringcountry cannot do real time report highlighted by Upstream fencing provisions ensure that the monitoring of bills being racked up Energystatedoilandgasproducers costs associated with one oil by Exxon since there is no co- are expected to book record cash project cannot be carried over or managementagreementinplace. flows while offering the best return deducted from the revenues of Jordansaid,“Nocontracthasto on capital employed (ROCE) in 15 another This is absent in Guyana’s allow or disallow real time years. 2016 Stabroek Block Production monitoring of costs The In June, BMO Capital Markets- Sharing Agreement).

MinisterFormerAccountantCharteredFinance&Economist,WinstonJordanandLawyer,ChristopherRamAnthony Paul

Government has to put in the the investment banking subsidiary Ramaddedthatthesearenotthe necessary infrastructure to ensure of Canadian Bank of Montreal- only such opportunities The that it can monitor those costs in provided an oil and gas report Minister receives detailed records real time instead of waiting until highlighting their view on the of property in use and of all assets you get all the bills in lump sum…I continued increase in prices, acquired and disposed during each cannot fathom that a company is “amidst global product shortages year Moreover, the Minister can takingloansonthecountry’soiland stemming from rising demand, sendarepresentativetoobservethe you are saying to me, you don’t refinery closures, and most annual and triennial inventories of need details of all this until the end significantly, the loss of Russia the moveable and immoveable of a year or until the auditing time. petroleumproductexports.” assets of the contracting So I am powerless? No, I don’t An analysis by BMO Capital companies. accept that Guyana is powerless in Markets of 120 oil and gas firms, Then, there is the monthly thatregard.” operating globally, found that ProductionStatement,thequarterly in the energy markets. CapitalThe Former Minister said if the stronger oil and gas prices will be commercialize essential low Production and Pricing Statement, discipline, it noted, resulted in thewill exists, Guyana can utilize the key driver of record cash flows carbontechnologies. the Quarterly - or monthly if oilandgasindustrybeing“inoneofmultiple mechanisms to track how intheindustry The report continued that a requested by the Minister itshealthiestperiodscurrently,withthe oil company spends and arm The bank noted that the oil series of disruptions amid ongoing statement of expenditure and its lowest ever leverage ratio of 20itselfwiththerightexpertswhocan companies generated a record underinvestment triggered the receipts and the Quarterly Cost percent and one of its highest everask the relevant questions that can US$300 billion of free cash flow readjustment in the energy market. RecoveryStatement. dividend yields of six percent,ensurecostsremaineconomical. last year, compared to just US$17 “Oilandgasproducerscouldreport According to Ram, these are comparedtoothersectors.In Sunday’s publication, this billion in 2020 and now, cash flows highest-ever free cash flows, as statementswhichtheoilcompanies Describing the good time fornewspaper also showed that the are set to increase further as energy much as $1.4 trillion, in 2022.” have to submit to the Minister, not theoilindustry,Deloittecoinedthiscountry is able to demand monthly commodity prices rally It was Additionally, “global upstream is to the Guyana Revenue Authority period “the third golden age,”and quarterly bills from Exxon. noted too that despite the rising set to generate up to $1.5 trillion in (GRA) or the Environmental saying that petroleum productThis is actually provided for in costs of production and inflated surpluscashby2030,possiblywith Protection Agency (EPA) or some prices are soaring “amidst theSection Seven of the 2016 costsalongthesupplychain,theoil 70percentofthissurplusgenerated other imaginary person. And for largest re alignment in energyProductionSharingAgreement. and gas sector offers compelling by 2024; this could be enough to good measure, there is the annual supply since the 1970s.”The reportSection 7 1 states: The value for a “select subset of fund and balance both low-carbon audit permitted under the noted that crack spreads forContractor shall prepare with producers” with vastly improving and core oil and gas priorities this Agreement. Ram said the only live gasoline and diesel have reachedrespecttoeachCalendarQuarter,or returns profiles. “We continue to decade.” Even amid this prevailing oversight which the GRAexercises all-time highs and believe theyon a monthly basis if requested by believe that global under situation,oilcompaniescontinueto isinrelationtoimportswhichcome could rise even higher as the yeartheMinisterinwriting,aStatement investment presents substantial beheavilycriticizedforbeingmore undertheCustomsAct. drawsdown.of Expenditure and Receipts under upside to fundamental support concerned with returning money to In an invited comment, Ram The Deloitte report intheAgreement. The Statement will levels through 2025,” BMO said in shareholdersthroughdividendsand said, “The function of the revenue highlighting striking the Balancedistinguish between Exploration the Upstream release. The report buybacks, than investing in the authority is to administer the tax market trends, said that recessionCosts, Development Costs and pointed out that the oil and gas industry to develop more resource laws of the country and that this in worries and energy policy shifts,OperatingCostsconsistentwiththe sector’s return on capital employed that would increase supply and no way relieves the Ministry of present downside risks to energyindividual categories specified in (ROCE) could hit next year the rescue consumers plagued by high Natural Resources from exercising markets. But disrupted trade flowsSections 2 and 3 herein and will highest level since the 2008 global prices. strict oversight of the activities of and ongoing financial discipline ofseparately identify major items of financial crisis, with ROCE the oil companies.There have been oil and gas companies, along withexpenditures within these possibly topping 25 percent by TUESDAY persistent calls for a Petroleum low inventories and spare capacitycategories.Thestatementwillshow 2023. Natural Resources Ministry Commission but the Government could limit significant downside,the following: (a) Actual In another report, Deloitte has authority to do real-time refuses to see this as a priority…I despitevolatilityinenergyprices.Itexpenditures and receipts on a Insights, said that oil and gas monitoring of costs thought this would have been so said that over the next decade, oilmonthly basis for the period in exploration and production (E&P) - several opportunities are critical if we were serious about andgascompaniescouldhaveakeyquestion (b) Cumulative firms globally could generate at its disposal – Chartered overseeing the management of the roleinstrikingthebalancebetweenexpenditure and receipts for the combined cash flows of a record Accountant, Chris Ram petroleum operations.” Be that as it energy security and energybudget year in question (c) $1.4trillionthisyear,thankstohigh may,theAttorney-at-Lawinsists transition, while helping

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‘Guyana’s Oil and You’, said, “I ABOUT THE LEGISLATION

trying to convince their

Paul was keen to note that submit their local content plans forPaul said, “Companies in the becomes hindered I would supported by Former Foreign Governments have the potential approval. “So you have the powerindustry operate major projects recommend that when exemptions Affairs Minister and Permanent and the power to implement to shape the engineeringwith massive investments and are made, they are declared Representative of Guyana to the regulations that enforce how philosophy and strategy and that ismany risks. Major projects are publicly so people know what UnitedNations,Carolyn legislationisfollowedthrough.“So how local content can get done ordesigned by engineers and their decisions were made and why,”

PaulfirmlyassertsthatGuyanacan that it can open the door for other Accountability and Oversight companies will have the upper If Guyana opts to stay with thetake steps to mitigate these issues kinds of behaviours and the Committee, and the Investment hand.Inspiteofwhattheysay,their regulator role alone, he saidwhile adding that the country, with exception may become the rule so Committee. interest is to protect their Government can say it wants toits significant oil wealth, can wehavetoensurethatthetransition On the NRF Board, Major shareholders but the country must make interventions along the way,influence the procurement from what we aspire to have, really General Joseph Singh, MSS will dothesameforitspeople.” specifically when companiesstrategiesofExxonandothers. want does not last too long or serve as Chairperson. He would be

undone,” Paul stated as he expressedtheTrinidadianexpert. that the government has the concluded, “The power to be Paul also reminded that there opportunity when it receives successful with local content is will be persons or companies who statements under the agreement to most certainly within the will try to frustrate the raise questions immediately “That Government’sgrasp.” Government’s effort to succeed is the real-time monitoring it can with achieving true local content do, but which it is either unwilling WEDNESDAY valuebyengaginginthepracticeof or unable to do. It has the authority Be wary of granting oil rentingorfrontingwithcitizens. to do real time monitoring, companies waivers on “The good thing about the meaning,aswegetit,wequeryit.It local content targets legislation is that it ring fences 40 has a duty to do this instead of -implement stiff penalties areas for Guyanese but each does waitinguntilitistheauditingtime.” against schemers - Expert not demand 100 percent

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Former Finance Minister and participation. It still makes leeway Economist, Winston Jordan has Trinidadian Expert and Energy for foreigners. But it is now on the also expressed the view that the Strategist,AnthonyPaulhaslauded Local Content Secretariat to audit country can do early tracking, the Guyana Government for its and ensure no one is trying to beat querying and even disclosure of strident efforts in protecting the the system. Importantly, robust costs being incurred by interests of its people with the penaltiesareneededtoensurethose ExxonMobil’s affiliate and creation and subsequent who are intent to not obey the spirit operator, Esso Exploration and implementation of the Local of the law are dealt with. And the Production Guyana Limited. He Content Legislation. He warned, s a n c t i o n s n e e d t o b e noted for example that the country however,thattheGovernmentmust proportionate,” the Energy could know early on, what are the be mindful of granting waivers to Strategiststated. costs for the exploration wells companies that fail to meet their In closing, Paul noted that before they are drilled. “This is approved targets for training locals Guyana is on the right track of something very basic that the as well as purchasing their goods finding the right balance in using country should know and be andservicesinaccordancewiththe what it has while adding value to it monitoring. It is also one of the law through alliances. He stressed that piecesofinformationthatshouldbe Paul during an appearance on vigilance will be key throughout part of regular reporting to the Kaieteur Radio’s Programme, theentireprocess. NationalAssembly.”

Trinidadian Energy Strategist, think Government did the right Guyana’s Local Content Act Anthony Paul who is also very thing in laying out the areas of provides for the implementation of familiar with Guyana’s oil priorityinthelawforlocalcontent. local content obligations on role is to reduce risks; bringing in a the Government says you mustdiscovery and production history Companies now know where the companies and persons engaged in newsupplierisariskandengineers procure certain services fromsince 2015, noted that the country country wants to focus and where petroleum operations or related tend to find ways to remove those Guyanese and that is one way theyhas the power to request co they need to help build capacity activitiesinthepetroleumsector hurdles.” Taking this point into influence the supply chain. Thenmanagementdocumentsamongthe Life is about learning and Guyana It also prioritises Guyanese consideration, Paul said project they can go further and say givenjoint venture partners. “The Joint has put down a market of 40 areas nationals and Guyanese companies engineers can structure contracts in the conditions that exist in Guyana,Operating Agreement indicates where it wants to see Guyanese in the procurement of goods and such a way that only the suppliers we require that all payments behow the parties make decisions, participate. It is testing that and servicesfortheenhancementofthe they know and trust would get made within x period. That is theauthorize projects, spending, already, the Guyana Government is valuechainofthesector through. Government’s power,” expressedbudgets, etc and keep and share readytoreviewthese.” The Act also serves to enable On the issue of late payments, theindustryexpert.ts Paul said he is hopeful that the local capacity development and Paul said it is sometimes used as a He said one of the strong pointstypically request and get access to data from the first testing phase of provide for the investigation, mechanism by some companies to about Guyana is that some oilthis. the law will help Guyana better supervision, co ordination, frustrate the local content process companieswillhaveadifficulttime refine what it wants. During this monitoring and evaluation of, and because they know small, start-upGovt. can influence process however, the Energy participation in, local content in companies run very thin capital shareholders that they should fightExxon, other oil companies’ Strategist warned that the country Guyana. bases, and therefore, depend on a law stating that locals should beprocurement strategy will be told of difficulties The Local Content Secretariat lending institutions. Additionally, paid fairly and timely In this way,- can easily address late companies face in implementing is mandated to ensure that the he said oil companies tend to issue he argued that Guyana canpayments, unbundling the law Paul said the authorities of provisions of the Act are stiff requirements for participation influence the conscience of foreignof contracts –T&T thedaymustbemindfulingranting implemented and functions as the which makes the pool of shareholders.Local Content Expert anywaivers. regulatory arm for the monitoring, people/companies who are Importantly, Paul shared that According to the Local Content evaluation, coordination and acceptabletodothejob,verysmall. GuyanacanconsiderhavingaStateWhile Guyana has armed itself Act, the Minister may waive the reporting of local content in the He said it therefore means local Company which partners with oilwith a robust Local Content requirement for meeting local petroleumoperationsofGuyana. companies have to compete with companies and is therefore able toLegislation, it is becoming quite content targets, following foreign entities on price. Paul said influence procurement philosophy.evident that authorities are consultation with the Secretariat if Pres.Ali appoints members the locals are then forced to push “Ifastatecompanyispresentintheexperiencing teething problems as it is found that the minimum level to NRF Board, Public their price down in order to mix of the operator and jointthey seek to implement the law cannot be achieved due to lack of Accountability & compete. In such a case, locals are venture partners then that Statewhich demands the prioritised use current Guyanese capacity, and if Investment Committees notabletogrowandinvestfromthe Company, aside from theof local goods and services by oil the previous Master Service - Opposition nominee moneytheymake. Government, will also have a rightcompanies. Agreement executed by the still outstanding The Energy Strategist said, “So to make inputs into the shaping ofTwoofthemainchallengesthus contractor, sub contractor, or the procurement strategy of a theprocurementstrategyatanearlyfar pertain to late payments for licensee which is still in force President IrfaanAli onTuesday company can really frustrate the stage.”small and medium sized before the law, prevents it from awarded Letters of Appointments local content process instead of He was keen to note thatcompanies and the bundling of complying with the minimum to several Guyanese who are maximizing it. Until Governments projects have a life cycle and tocontracts. On both matters, levels contained on the First expected to serve with distinction get involved in that and influence influence procurement philosophy,Trinidadian Local Content Expert Schedule. on the Natural Resource Fund procurement strategies, and there it cannot happen when tenders areand Energy Strategist, Anthony “The danger with waivers is (NRF) Board, the Public are ways to do that, then the oil beingdisseminated.Thatistoolate.

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committeesneedtohavecapability, Opposition to push for higher Rodrigues Birkett, Professor that is to say technical capability royalties in new PSA Compton Bourne, O E, former Most places I have worked around Parliamentarian, Mr Dunstan the world, their parliamentarians The Guyana basin has proven Barrow, and long standing member are supported by a robust technical its fortune with over 30 discoveries of the Private Sector Commission, team. In Nigeria for example, they already made in one location. This Mr RameshDookhoo. have these technical teams that are means that the Government should With respect to the Investment armed with economists, lawyers, be seeking double figure royalty Committee, Executive Director of engineers, etc. they are the people rates in any new Production the Georgetown Chamber of who carry the burden of the SharingAgreement(PSA). Commerce and Industry (GCCI), investigation and they support the This is according to Elson Low, Richard Rambarran, Attorney-at- policy leaders so they can have an Opposition spokesperson on oil Law, Michael Munroe, and really informed debates,” shared and gas matters In a recent Chartered Banker, MBA Ms theEnergyStrategist. interview with this newspaper, he Shaleeza Shaw, received their Overall, Paul said he believes explained, “We have to stop Letters of Appointment. Shaw will Parliamentcanbeapowerfultoolin thinking about Guyana when it serve as Chairperson. Mr Lauris examining the performance of comes to our resources from the Hukumchand, who is currently laws, of the regulators in place, and perspective of being a poor country overseas, will be appointed at a more importantly, a platform for ratherweareawealthycountry.” latertime. highlighting how Guyana can To this end, Low suggested that A s f o b l i c protectitself.“Itistheperfectplace Guyana should be pursuing similar Accountability and Oversight for Guyanese politicians to work terms included in more developed Committee (PAOC), the following together and say ‘yes, I know we countries’ PSAs regarding royalty persons were selected to serve, Mr will do well with oil, but how can Countries like Canada for example Clement Sealy (Chairperson), Mr wedobetter?” currently have royalty ratesa Public Accountability and AnthonyPaul. Abu Zaman, Mr Ryan Alexander, He said in many of the between five and 40 percent. It wasOversight Committee, the Audit In a recent appearance on Attorney-at-Law Teni Housty, Mr countries, which he has worked in, only in May this year that theOffice of Guyana, and Central Kaieteur Radio’s show, “Guyana’sDawn Gardener, Pastor Wendell there are cases where politicians Canadian government decided thatBank. Oil and You”,PaulsaidifthepolicyJeffery,andAslimSingh. workingoneithersideofthedivide the new rate will be in effect whileThe NRF Board is responsible leaders on both sides of the divide President Ali noted that Mr were able to join forces and protect companies pay off costs of newlyfor overall management of the are busy fighting each other then Desmond Sears and Ms. Savatri the interests of their country and drilled wells. Once that point hasFund, reviewing and approving the the real issues as regard gettingBalbahadur are currently not in the save millions of dollars in the been reached, the royalty rates willpolicies of the Fund, and preparing more value for the country and countrybutwouldbeappointedata processtoo. slide between five to 40 percent,theFund’sinvestmentmandate. protectingitfromabuses,arelefton later time. The Head of State also In the case of Ghana, Paul depending on the price of naturalThe law also allows for an thebackburner noted that the Government is still shared that the country faced steep gas. Meanwhile, in the UnitedInvestment Committee to provide Hesaidcompanieslovenothingawaiting the nominee from the opposition from companies during States for offshore leases, royaltyadvice to the Board on the Fund’s more than to see politicians more Political Opposition to be talks to craft and subsequently rates have ranged recently frominvestmentmandate. concerned with fighting amongstappointedtothePAOC. implement a Local Content 12.5 percent to 18.75 percent. ButTheBoardwouldbeassistedby themselves as opposed to workingDuringhisremarks,Dr Alisaid Legislation. the Biden administration hasa Senior Investment Advisor and asonetodefenditspeople.the appointees are no strangers to The oil companies he said ordered that these rates beAnalyst. Given the magnitude of serving Guyana while adding that resistedmanyoftheprovisionsthat increased.The Committee would also be Guyana’soilresources,Paulsaidhe theyrepresentapoolofoutstanding sought to put Ghanaians first in In the existing Stabroek Blockresponsible for advising the Board would advise Guyana’s younghuman resources. He expressed severalcategoriesofwork. agreement,Guyanareceivesamereof Directors while taking into politicians in particular, to make every confidence that the members They also resisted provisions two percent royalty on its rich oilaccount, the overall objectives of use of parliamentary oversightwill lend their knowledge and that called for joint venture r e s o T a k i n g t h ethe Fund, the current conditions, committees as much as possible to capabilities towards ensuring that partnerships to allow for the aforementioned into consideration,opportunities and constraints in demand more information from transparency, good governance and transfer of skills and technology Low reasoned, “Before we were arelevantfinancialmarkets,theneed ministers about their policies and accountability are the hallmarks of “Despite the resistance, the highly speculative environment,to ensure sufficient funds are measures of accountability that theNRF Government and Opposition held but now that we have so many oilavailable for withdrawals, would be in place for the spendingThe purpose of Guyana’s one head; they put Ghana first. finds and importantly a highinternational best practices in oftheoilrevenues. Natural Resource Fund is to ensure Today, they have a very successful success rate at discoveries, thatinvestment portfolio management, The Trinidadian expert said,there is prudent management of the Local Content Framework which means we must consider ourselvesthe principle of financial “Guyana has in its Constitution nation’s oil earnings for the present all the politicians try to guard and fromtheperspectiveofbeingadiversificationwiththeobjectiveof some really useful mechanisms forand future benefit of the people by implementasfiercelyaspossible.”maximising risk adjusted financial parliamentary committees to ensuring that volatility in natural returns, and taking into account the oversee the extractives sector and resource revenues does not lead to capacityoftheinstitutionsinvolved naturally,theoilandgassectorfalls volatilepublicspending. inthemanagementoftheFund. underoneormoreofthose.

To ensure that its purpose is each other- Expert urges Even former Minister of realised, the NRFAct 2021 focuses Natural Resources, Raphael on four key areas: Providing If Guyana is to truly maximise Trotman had appeared before the notification of all oil receipts to the value from the oil and gas sector committee where he was grilled on Guyana Parliament, ensure while ensuring proper oversight, the flawed 2016 Production withdrawals are governed by a then the government and the SharingAgreement. transparent process, Allowance for political opposition must aspire to “So entaryparliamentary oversight and putasidetheirdifferencesandwork committees have great power to approval of every cent to be used, together as much as possible in the oversee and ask questions and getand effective management and interest of the people, says evidence to interrogate. Now for oversight via a Board of Directors, Trinidadian Energy Strategist, that to happen, these parliamentary

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ExxonMobilGuyana. manage pressure and of course you itsoilwealth.Theyhaveexpressed,atimelineforreviewisveryshort,it In the World Bank governance

ensure the oil or gas development Guyana Geology and Mines wealthy country and therefore planisinkeepingwithinternational Commission, the Guyana Revenue assess our royalties from that best practices, and most Authority, Environmental standpoint.” importantly, are not overdesigned Protection Agency, Bank of TheOppositionmemberadded, toallowforinflatedcosts. Guyana (BG), Bureau of Statistics, “We must approach any new Taking this into consideration, Lands and Surveys Commission, royalty rate as a wealthy country Trinidadian Energy Strategist, Civil Defense Commission, would approach it. I think it is clear Anthony Paul, firmly asserts that it Maritime Administration and the that we should look at the royalties is ridiculous for any review of such GuyanaCivilAviationAuthority that wealthy countries receive and documents to only take one to two While this is a structure, the make an assessment of what are months. If this occurs, he said it is formeradministrationsoughtinthe someofthearrangementsandsome evident that the State is not being early management of the sector, of the returns that are more in line presented with all the data it needs, fast-forwarding to 2022, the core with Guyana’s changed and someone is not interested in management of the industry has circumstances.” doingaproperreview been brought under the control of Royalty is a percentage of total During an appearance on the President’s Office with Vice productiononanycommodity,paid Kaieteur Radio’s Programme, President Bharrat Jagdeo tasked to the owner of the resources and ‘Guyana’s Oil and You’, Paul with overseeing the oil and gas are free and clear from any costs explainedwhatafielddevelopment industry whatsoever planentails. The issue with the new The current PSAwas signed by He said, “Once you’ve mechanism however, is that a the former Coalition Government. discovered oil or gas in the ground number of areas within the sector This newspaper had reported that in commercial quantities you have remain unresolved with local and not only is Guyana receiving the togetitoutandthattypicallymeans international oil and gas lowestroyaltyrateintheworld,but drilling several wells. Those wells stakeholders continuously this meagre two percent is also have different functions such as highlighting risk areas that could being recovered by the contractor, waterinjection,gasinjectionwhich see Guyana becoming a victim ofThe expert further added that if benefitoftheGuyanesepopulace.

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Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo tasked with overseeing Oil & Gas, Financial Sectors.

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The question had previously have the wells to extract the among other things, concerns oversaysclearlythatalotofinformation review of O&G sector which was been posed to the Vice President oil…and then you have to find a the management and spending ofis not going to be presented and done inApril of 2017, the financial Bharrat Jagdeo by this publication way, once it comes from under the the oil funds, inadequate andproperly interrogated by institution concluded that the legal who explained, “now I can answer ground,tomakesureitentersasafe unsatisfactory insurance to protectevaluators. and regulatory frameworks in definitivelybecauseIhavetalked,I facility via various pipelines and againstoilspilldamage,inadequate“It tells me that evaluators will Guyana are underdeveloped and in havespoken(sic)toGRAonthetax subsea equipment …This facility measurestomonitoroilcompanies’be going on the interpretations some cases outdated, requiring side so because the royalty is not can be in the form of a Floating, spendingaswellasverificationandprovided to them rather than update in line with international costdeductiblebutitisGRA,based Production, Storage and auditing within a timely mannerevaluating raw data which take a good practice They also on our laws, are GRA tax Offloading(FPSO)vessel.” and co management of oillonger time and gives you a highlightedthattheawardoffuture deductible but they don’t come out Paul also noted that there are company spending since the oildifferent outcome,” the industry production sharing agreements and of the cost bank so the contractor otherfacetstobeunderstoodduring developer’s expenses are coveredspecialiststated. licenses requires updating in view has to pay from its share, the two the evaluation of the FDP He said byGuyana’soil.While he did not offer what a of the country’s exploratory p e r c e n t r o y a l t y t o t h e thefirstelementistoindependently Stakeholders have not beenright review timeframe should be, success, while also noting that the Government.” understand what is below the happy with GovernmentPaul said it is critical for Guyana to requisite human resource training This, however, translates to a ground,thetypesofrocks,andhow explanationsregardingmanyoftheget a robust process in place for and institutional capacity to dilemma, since the first part of the much oil and gas is trapped inside areas mentioned. For one thing,FDP reviews by State experts that oversee and manage the sector is Vice President’s answer that under of that. Much of this pertains to the they continue to questionare dedicated to that activity At the limited and that capacity to collect, the Laws of Guyana, the royalty is geosciences, geology, geophysics, Government’s spending of the oilend of the day, Paul said a watchful manage, and plan the use of the listed as a tax deductible for tax astrophysicsetc. fund as they have dedicated aon such a key component makes a O&G sector revenues needs to be purposes. What this means is that Once the specialists have significant amount of the moneyhuge difference in ensuring cost strengthened in addition to the royalty is a tax-deductible mapped out what is there, Paul said initially earned to the 2022 budgetsavingsaswellasdeterminingwhat increased coordination and expense for the Stabroek Block this fuels a discussion about where formainlycapitalspending,despitecomes out of the ground and what e n h a n c e d n e e d s a m o n g operator This means that the the wells will be drilled to get most callsformoremoneytobespentongoesintothenationalpurse. Governmententities. royalty is paid out of ExxonMobil of the resource out of the ground. humandevelopment,andforittobeIt noted that the Inter Guyana’s expenses—this much is Paul said if these wells are not spentequitably TheGovernmentisPPPditches inter-ministerial Ministerial Technical Committee corroborated in the oil company’s drilled in the right places or still in the process of making thecommittee on oil sector on Petroleum was formed by own financial statements which properly then some of the resource Natural Wealth Fund fullydevelopment and spending Ministry of Finance (MOF) in outline royalty being paid as an could be left behind. He said the functional.…shifts full responsibility to cooperation with the Ministry of expense. Government would need to have President’s Office Natural Resources (MNR). The Despite this and other major the capacity to evaluate those wells SATURDAYbank continued that in 2019, the shortcomings in the contract that sothatthebestplancouldbehad. Oil contractors canIn the 2017 assessment of MOF partnered with the benefits only the oil company, the After evaluating how the wells face jail time, $50M fineGuyana’s oil and gas capacity, the DepartmentofEnergy(DE)andthe Government and Opposition are would be developed, how it would for failing to meet minimumWorldBankfoundthattheprevious C o m m i t t e e r e t a i n e d i t s adamantthatthelopsideddealmust beextractedandwhatvesselwould local content targetsGovernment had put in a place a chairmanship format in being conot be renegotiated. Instead, they be used, the FPD also has to be mechanism that involved key chaired by one representative of have both agreed that the country vetted for project management. For those who are intent onGovernment Ministries and each institution as membership should seek better terms in new oil This aspect speaks to the disobeying Guyana’s Localagencies in an Inter-Ministerial consisted of representatives of key contracts. procurement, supply chain Content Legislation, policy leadersTechnical Committee on ministries and institutions management and use of local have ensured that there are at leastPetroleum, to ensure all input from primarily responsible for the FRIDAY content. six punishable offences whichrelevant agencies in relation to the oversight of the main aspects of the 30 to 60 day review of any Field “So it is a really complex carry a summary conviction and adevelopment, management of the sector Development Plan is “absolutely operation that is why when a fine.oil sector, and even spending of the The World Bank added that ridiculous” – T&T Expert company completes a review in 30 ThelawstatesthataContractor,revenuesgarnered. through various sub-committees days or 60 days, I find that to be Sub-Contractor or Licensee whoThis was reported in the such as ‘Legal’ and ‘Regulatory’, Field Development Plans absolutely ridiculous; what should submits, or causes to be submitted,US$20M loan document that was other stakeholder oversight bodies (FDPs) are one of the most detailed happen is that the regulator should anyrecordoranyotherinformationapprovedbythebankin2019,butis would also contribute towards the documents oil companies must be participating in the discussions knowing, or ought reasonably tostill to be utilised by the current overall developmental and submit to Governments when from day one in terms of the have known, that the submission isGovernment in 2022 The planning process. As such, key planning to extract oil or gas geological mapping etc. So that false or misleading, commits andocument sought to provide members of the Inter-Ministerial resourcesfromaparticularfield.To means it would take some time to offence and is liable on summaryimportant assistance to Guyana so Technical Committee consisted of ensure a proper interrogation of get that done…This is a complex convictiontoafineof$10million.that it could protect its the following agencies: Ministry of such a document, countries are processthatGuyanareallyoughtto It continues that a contractor,environment, its oil money from Finance (MOF), DE, Ministry of expected to hire experienced takeitstimeinunderstandingevery Sub-contractor,orLicenseewhounscrupulous oil companies, and Public Infrastructure (MPI), specialists in varying fields to aspect,”expressedPaul. utilize that money for the total MinistryofForeignAffairs(MFA),

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Finally, a Contractor, protect its environment, its update in line with and plan the use of the O&G Commission, Maritime spending, despite calls for Sub-Contractor or Licensee o i l m o n e y f r o m international good practice. sector revenues needs to be Administration and the more money to be spent on who fails to comply with a unscrupulous oil companies, They also highlighted that strengthened- in addition to Guyana Civil Aviation human development, and for request by the Minister or andutilizethatmoneyforthe the award of future increased coordination and Authority it to be spent equitably The Secretariat to review or total benefit of the Guyanese p r o d u c t i o n s h a r i n g enhanced needs among While this is a structure, Government is still in the provide information on, any populace. agreements and licenses Governmententities. the former administration process of making the return, report, record, or any In the World Bank requires updating in view of It noted that the Inter sought in the early Natural Wealth Fund fully other document pursuant to governance review of O&G the country’s exploratory Ministerial Technical management of the sector, functional. the provisions of the Act commits and offence and is liabletoafineof$1million.

Committee on Petroleum fast-forwarding to 2022, the carries out petroleum was formed by Ministry of core management of the operations without the F i n a n c e ( M O F ) i n industry has been brought minimum local content cooperation with the under the control of the requirements commits an Ministry of Natural President’s Office with Vice offence and is liable on Resources (MNR).The bank President Bharrat Jagdeo summaryconvictiontoafine continued that in 2019, the tasked with overseeing the of $50 million (this would MOF partnered with the oilandgasindustry also take into consideration Department of Energy (DE) The issue with the new thebundlingofcontracts). and the Committee retained mechanism however, is that F u r t h e r m o r e , a its chairmanship format in a number of areas within the Contractor, Sub-Contractor being co chaired by one sector remain unresolved or Licensee who fails to representative of each with local and international submit to the Secretariat, the institution as membership oil and gas stakeholders notification of intent to sole consisted of representatives continuously highlighting sourceacontractorpurchase of key ministries and risk areas that could see and in accordance with these institutions primarily Guyana becoming a victim Guidelines - commits an responsible for the oversight of its oil wealth. They have offence and is liable on of the main aspects of the expressed, among other summaryconvictiontoafine sector things, concerns over the of$5million.

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The law also states that a Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding many of the areas Contractor, Sub-Contractor (MFA), Guyana Geology mentioned. For one thing, or Licensee who fails to was approved by the bank in sector which was done in success, while also noting and Mines Commission, the they continue to question satisfytheprescribedcontent 2019,butisstilltobeutilised April of 2017, the financial that the requisite human Guyana Revenue Authority, Government’s spending of requirement of an approval by the current Government institutionconcludedthatthe resource training and Environmental Protection the oil fund as they have local content plan commits in2022. legal and regulatory institutional capacity to Agency, Bank of Guyana dedicated a significant an offence and is liable on The document sought to frameworks in Guyana are oversee and manage the (BG), Bureau of Statistics, amount of the money summaryconvictiontoafine provide important assistance underdeveloped and in some sector is limited and that Lands and Surveys initially earned to the 2022 of$10million. to Guyana so that it could cases outdated, requiring capacity to collect, manage, Commission, Civil Defense budget for mainly capital

Infrastructure (MPI), Government explanations

The World Bank added management and spending A d d i t i o n a l l y , a that through various sub- of the oil funds, inadequate Contractor, Sub-Contractor committees such as ‘Legal’ and unsatisfactory insurance or Licensee who fails to and ‘Regulatory’, other to protect against oil spill submit to the Secretariat, the stakeholder oversight bodies damage, inadequate notification of intent to would also contribute measures to monitor oil sourcethroughacompetitive towards the overall companies’spending as well bidding process, a contract developmental and planning as verification and auditing or Purchase order, which is process As such, key within a timely manner and in excess of the value members of the Inter co management of oil prescribed by the Minister Ministerial Technical company spending since the and in accordance with these Committee consisted of the oil developer’s expenses are Guidelines - commits an followingagencies:Ministry coveredbyGuyana’soil. offence and is liable on of Finance (MOF), DE, Stakeholders have not summaryconvictiontoafine M i n i s t r y o f P u b l i c b e e n h a p p y w i t h of$5million.

PPPditches inter ministerial committee on oil sector development and spending …shifts full responsibility to President’s Office Inthe2017assessmentof Guyana’s oil and gas capacity, the World Bank found that the previous Government had put in a place a mechanism that involved key Government Ministriesandagenciesinan Inter Ministerial Technical Committee on Petroleum, to ensure all input from relevant agencies in relation to the development, management of the oil sector, and even spending of therevenuesgarnered. This was reported in the US$20Mloandocumentthat The Liza (ExxonMobilDestinyphoto)

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By Kiana Wilburg Chartered Accountant and Attorney-at-Law, Christopher Ram is of the view that the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) which at the end of July 2022 held a balance of US$845,608,207.58, is inflated by a huge amount of taxes attributed to the oil companies operating in the Stabroek Block. These tax revenues he insists belong to the Consolidated Fund via the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA). Ram drew attention to the 2016 Petroleum Agreement which provides for ExxonMobil’s affiliate and Stabroek Block operator, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) and its partners - Hess Corporation and CNOOC Petroleum Limited - to be free of any burden of paying taxes. That task he noted is left to the Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, or rather, the taxpayers of Guyana. Ram explained that the agreement requires taxpayers to pay the taxes which would normally be paid by the oil companies. Such payments come from the country’s share of profit oil. The proceeds of profit oil and royalties have been deposited into the NRF as required by law, and it is out of that Fund that the Minister must pay the taxes of the oil companies. Ram said only after he has done so, can the GRA issue receipts and proper certificates in the names of the oil companies, “fictionally confirming that the oil companies have paid taxes in Guyana.” According to Ram, under Article 15.5 of the Agreement, the oil companies provide their tax returns to the Minister who then goes to GRA and say, “Here is a cheque for the taxes legally due by the oil companies. Please let me have receipts and tax certificates for the payments in their names.” Ram said the purpose of this shenanigan is to enable the oil companies to use the certificates in their home countries to claim credit for taxes they never paid. This, according to Ram, is as close to a tax fraud one can get. He added that a review of the Estimates and other public records, including the Natural Resource Fund statement, suggests that the Minister has not been complying with the law and, significantly, also raises the question why the GRA issues receipts for moneys it has not received.More egregiously, Ram pointed out, Article 15.4 of the Agreement does not limit the tax purported to be paid only to Corporation Tax only but also to other taxes set out under 15.4, so as to maximise the fake payment for which the oil companies can claim credit in their home countries. As a matter of transparency, Ram said both the GRA and the minister ought to disclose the full sum for which certificates and receipts have been issued. The lawyer added that the agreement does not suggest some paper shuffling or taking money out of one pocket and paying it into the other. Ram said taxes go into the Consolidated Fund while oil revenues go into the Natural Resource Fund. Ram explained that the two are subject to different laws and unlike the Consolidated Fund, the use of the NRF is strictly circumscribed.

Oil account balance overstated by tens

- Chris

Corporation tax totalling $3.1B. The total to be paid for the two companies out of the government’s portion of its revenue is $5.4B. It therefore means that Hess and CNOOC walked away with $16.2B in profits in 2020 tax free.The situation is more striking in 2021 when for Corporation Tax alone, the amount which should have been taken out of the NRF and paid to the GRA was computed by Ram at around $78 billion, representing a not so insignificant portion of the amount in the NRF at the end of 2021. While not the responsibility of the recently appointed Directors of the NRF, Ram said this is still a challenge which confronts them. To date, there has been no investment mandate for the Fund and all petroleum revenues are held as cash deposits in the Natural Resource Fund account. A revised Natural Resource Fund Act was passed in the National Assembly and assented to by the President on December 30, 2021. This revised Act assigns the responsibility for the preparation of the investment mandate to a Board of Directors.Since 2015, 34 discoveries have been made offshore Guyana. Thirty of those discoveries were made at the Stabroek Block, 2 at the Orinduik Block, 1 at the Kanuku Block, and 1 at the Corentyne Block. In the Stabroek Block, the Liza Phase 1 Development began production in late 2019 and reached its peak capacity of 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) in DecemberProduction2020.from Liza Phase 2 began in February 2022 and is expected to reach its capacity of 220,000 bpd later this year. On September 30, 2020, the Government of Guyana announced their approval of the Payara Offshore Development Project. With an estimated resource base of approximately 600 million oilequivalent barrels, production of up to 220,000 bpd is expected to begin in 2024. Plans are in order for ExxonMobil’s 4th project – the Yellowtail Development project – which is expected to start production of 250,000 bpd in 2025 taking Guyana to a production level of 810,000 bpd. It is projected that by 2027, 6 to 7 projects will be in operation and that by the end of the decade, Guyana’s oil production will increase to more than 1 million bpd. The Stabroek Block is estimated to contain resources of approximately 11 billion oil-equivalent barrels and is operated by ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited. It holds a 45% interest in the block, Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd. holds 30% interest while CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited holds the remaining 25%. As at June 30, 2022 Guyana received revenue for 12 lifts of 1-million-barrel (approximate) oil cargoes as its share of profit oil with two being received this quarter. It is expected that revenue from an additional 10 oil cargoes will be received in 2022.

Last year, Ram had highlighted that Minister Bharrat must find over $5B to pay the 2020 Income Tax for two Stabroek Block partners, Hess Guyana Exploration Limited and CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited

CNOOC,RevenuepaythatCNOOC/NEXEN).(formerlyHenotedforHess,Bharrathasto$2.3BtotheGuyanaAuthority.ForhemustpayGRA,

Guyana owes China alone US$220M...

Sunday September 04, 2022 Kaieteur News PAGE 71 From page 20 multi-lateral debt. This means debt owed to lending institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Caribbean D evelopment Bank (CDB). At the time, he was unable to share the specific amount that Guyana owes to each of those financial agencies. N onetheless, he said that the multi-lateral debt accounts for almost 67 percent of the external debt. “You will find that the Chinese debt is about US$220 million to the Exim Bank. So our external debt is largely multilateral debt, while the bilateral debt is j ust over US$400 million which is like one third. We also have a high debt with India and China so about half of our bilateral debt is owed to China,” Dr. Ganga noted.The Governor exp lained that the terms are very concessional in that Guyana does not borrow above two or three percent interest rates. “Like when we borrow from the multilateral it’s like one percent or less,” he Marginaladded.debt

Amid lessons learnt from other countries where China moved to take over various infrastructure for failure to repay same, the BoG Governor is certain that this will not be Guyana’s fate. In listing specific reasons, he assured, “No man that won’t happen in Guyana because our debt is very marginal and you also know our flows of foreign exchange that we have which is very high. We don’t have a balance of payment problem like elsewhere like for example in Sri Lanka or in the African countries and so we have a situation where our debt will always be paid because it’s at a sustainable level.” In addit ion, Dr. Ganga said Guyana pays back on the principal (amount borrowed) and interest at the same time.

In 2017, this newspaper reported that the Ministry of Finance contracted two loans for the Skeldon project. These were from the Export Import Bank of China, the repayment period for which ends in 2025 and the Caribbean Development Bank, the repayment period for which ends in 2033. On the two loans, the total amount that the Government is paying (principal and interest) is US$3.8 million per Anotheryear. project that was completed and funded by loans from China is the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri. The airport expansion contract was signed in 2011 under then President, Bharrat Jagdeo, and was passed through the truncated presidency of Donald Ramotar. However, when the David Granger administration took over in 2015, it said that the very defective plan needed adjustments and changes were made. The decade-old project was awarded to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for the sum of US$150 million: $138 million from the China Exim Bank and $12 million from the consolidated fund – taxpayers’ money. Even though the modernisation project has been completed according to the subject Minister Juan Edghill said works will continue at the airport. Guyana cautioned With myriad multi-million dollar projects slated to shortly come on stream, a former diplomat, Professor Dr. Shamir Ally has warned that Guyana’s failure to pay back on loans borrowed to facilitate these projects can land the country in a severe debt crisis, similar to the prevailing situation in Sri Lanka.Ina letter to this publication, Prof. Ally, who formerly served as Guyana’s second Ambassador to Kuwait and Guyana’s F irst Alternate Governor at the Islamic Development Bank, pointed out that while infrastructure development is key to a country’s progress, it is equally important for the country to manage its debts.More importantly, he pointed to the importance of feasibility studies being conducted to ensure the viability of huge planned Sritosencefromtionanalystseverbeenthoughoverergyaheadthequestionable.thoughcouldprojectseralBerbice“growthbestadiumJagdeoVicePresident,gionDr.arevettedverepayonlent,“Infrastructuresprojects.areexcel-buttooheavyemphasisinfrastructures,withpoorbackswillresultinase-debtcrisis.Thoroughfeasibilities’studiesneededforeachproject,”Allywrote.DuringanoutreachtoRe-Six,backinApril,theDr.IrfaanAli,andPresident,Dr.Bharratannouncedthataandanairportwillbuilttoserveasapole”forthearea.Ontheotherhand,sev-otherinfrastructuralarelinedupthatcostbillions,eventhereturnsremainForinstance,GovernmentisforgingwithitsGas-to-En-project,peggedatUS$1.3billion.EventheprojecthasdubbedthelargestattemptedbyGuyana,continuetoques-thepossiblereturnstheproject,intheab-ofafeasibilitystudy.Prof.Ally,inhislettertheeditor,relatedthatLankaisaperfectexample of Government taking on too many costly infrastructures, such as its international airport built by China with a loan from the country to finance the Anotherproject.example, he said, is the Hambantota Port deal with China, as Sri Lanka was unable to repay and China received a controlling stake of the port, which is in a very strategic area, with the political and economic interests, competing for power, via out.(IMF)ternationalSrisuchfuelanplinglionandsincedebtsjustsesofLankahecitizensnomicLankacrisis“Currentlylocation.apoliticalisongoinginSriduetosevereeco-conditionsforitsandtheirnation,”related.TheislandnationofSriisinthemidstofonetheworsteconomiccri-ithaseverseen.Ithasdefaultedonitsforeignforthefirsttimeitsindependence,thecountry’s22mil-peoplearefacingcrip-12-hourpowercutsandextremescarcityoffood,andotheressentialitems,asmedicines.Evenasthedebtpilesup,LankaislookingtotheIn-MonetaryFundforanimmediatebail of billions Ram

Chinese-funded projects in GuyanaChina Exim Bank was a major contributor to a loan Guyana had taken to modernise the Skeldon Sugar Factory. This plant was to boost the sugar production figures of the industry; to essentially rescue the sugar sector from its ailing state. Instead, it turned out to be a contributing factor to the poor health of the industry.

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housing areas estimated to cost $2.7B

Sunday September 04, 2022 Kaieteur News PAGE 73 Following the allocations of house lots ontheEastCoastofDemerara,theMinistry of Housing and Water, through the Central HousingandPlanningAuthority(CH&PA), is planning to spend some $2.7 billion on infrastructural development works in those newhousingareas. The projects were revealed during the openingoftendersonFridayattheNational Procurement and Tender Board (NPTAB) office, where works are slated for NonPareil and Enterprise on the East Coast. These works, according to the Ministry's engineer estimates, are slated to cost $2,752,050,422.Theinfrastructural works, Kaieteur News understandsincludetheinstallationof electricityandwaternetwork,drainageand roadsworksjusttonameafew It was reported that in July while at the 'BuildingExpo',some5000houselotswere allocated to persons in Regions Three and FourincludingareassuchasNon-Pareiland Enterprise through the CH&PA's 'Dream Realised'programme. Infrastructural works in East Coast

Belowarethecompaniesandtheir bids:MinistryofHousingandWaterCentralHousingandPlanningAuthority (CH&PA) InfrastructuralworksatBlock'NP'Pln. Non-PareilandBlock'EP'Pln.Enterprise

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CANCER (June 21–July 22) Discard those items from the past for which you really no longer have use. As much as you like to surround yourself with objects of sentimental value.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) The celestial energy signals a pleasant change for you today, Libra. Finally, the overpowering emotions that have been surging from your relationships will subside. You are now beginning a more contemplative phase.

CAPRI (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) Today's aspects might clear up some rather sketchy ideas about your professional future, Capricorn. If you long for a change, such as daring to undertake a more artistic pursuit.

SAGIT (Nov.22–Dec.21) A new phase in your life is beginning, Sagittarius. The previous phase could be interpreted as having taught you to be serious and devoted to responsibilities.professional

Joseph takes Royals to Matthews on 20, it seemed the Royals were racing at 59/ 2 from nine overs. Making up for her mistake Taylor then caught Matthews who had only added two and a flurry of wickets meant the finish would be tight. Runs began to dry up but batting power and bravery from Qiana Joseph, who scored 30 off 19 and sealed it with a six, meant the Royals took the two points for the win and qualify for the final. The Royals must now go and recover, refuel and prepare to return to competition in the final of the inaugural Massy WCPL today.

PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) Today's planetary energy should compel you to commit certain acts of self-affirmation that are needed to define your territory and protect your rights.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23–Se pt. 22) Feeling unusually adventurous, Virgo? You're often motivated by your idealistic expectations, and the planetary configurations today .

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) This is a good day to devote time and thought to spiritual pursuits, Scorpio. Do something inspirational that instills a sense of wonder deep in your soul.

From page 76 will be permitted to serve beer in part of the main FIFA fan zone in central Doha from 6:30pm to 1:00am every day of the 29-day tournament, which kicks off on Nov. 20, the source said. At previous World Cup tournaments, beer was served in fan zones all day long.The decision about where and when beer will b e sold to fans is now finalised, but the price fans will be charged for a beer is still under discussion, the source said. “We are working closely with FIFA, which is managing the relationship with the Qatari authorities, to ensure our activations for the tournament are executed respectfully and in

Exclusive - Qatar to allow beer sales at World compliance with local rules and regulations,” a spokesperson for Budweiser brewer AB InBev said in an emailed statement.Qatar’s World Cup organisers, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, did not respond to requests for comment about the World Cup controls on alcohol. Qatar’s government media office directed requests to the Supreme Committee.Thereare four matches scheduled on most days of the tournament’s group stage, with the earliest match kicking off at 1 p.m. It was not immediately clear how Qatar will handle beer sales ahead of the 1 p.m. Wales and Iran game on Friday Nov. 25, when most Muslims in Qatar will be gathering at mosques for the weekly congregational prayer.Qatar currently requires most shops and restaurants in the country to close during Friday Questionsprayers.have swirled around the role alcohol would play at this year’s World Cup since Qatar won hosting rights in 2010. While not a “dry” state like neighbouring Saudi Arabia, consuming alcohol in public places is illegal in Qatar.Visitors cannot bring alcohol into Qatar, even from airport duty free, and they cannot buy alcohol at the country’s only liquor store, on the outskirts of Doha.Only foreign residents with permits can shop there for home Visitorsconsumption.candrinkat a few dozen licensed hotels and clubs, where a pint of beer can costBudweiser$18. will sell its non-alcoholic beer, Budweiser Zero, in stadium concourses and stands during ga mes and at other fan sites, the source said.“We always respect the local customs and culture in the markets in which we operate or host events,” a spokesperson for AB InBev told Reuters in an emailed statement.“Ourpromotion and activation of Bud weiser Zero during the FIFA World Cup in Qatar will target the international guests coming to enjoy and celebrate football at the fan sites.”

ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) Today your brain is supercharged, Aries. If you've been thinking about doing some writing or have put off analyzing a particularly tricky problem, this would be the perfect day to get started.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) Intimacy will be in the air over the next few days. Loved ones suddenly want to spend more time with you, and you'll want to invite friends over every night! By all means, do.

AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) You have acquired some sound confidence in yourself, Aquarius. Now it is time for you to show everyone else by actually putting it to use in your life.

From page 81 after 17. Another stunning catch from Alleyne saw the back of Nation and then two run outs in the final over meant the Warriors somewhat limped to 100/7 from their 20. Beginning the chase, the Warriors’ openers Matthews and Alleyne looked keen to get the chase done quickly and were 22/0 after five overs before Gajnabi trapped Alleyne lbw with the first ball of her spell and made it twoin-two as Cooper edged behind off the next ball. Chloe Tryon and Matthews had a grip on the rebuild and when Stafanie Taylor dropped

TAURUS(Apr.20–May20) With today's planetary energy, you'll find yourself a little more extraverted than usual, Taurus. You'll finally be able to say what you really think about things.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Today you're unstoppable! You're a very hard worker by nature, and with the current planetary alignment you'll be able to accomplish even more than usual.

Champions City held to draw by Gerrard’s Villa

firedErlingLAstonwereChampions(EIRMINGHAM,ngland,Reuters)ManchesterCityheldtoa1-1drawatVillainthePremiereagueyesterdayafterHaalandgrabbedhis10thgoalinsixgames.JamaicanLeonBaileyinafineequaliserfor

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City are always going to havemomentsandwehadto rideourluck,thisiswhatwe wanted out of the game and thisisthegameplanwegave them,”he Guardiolaadded.said City had paid the price for not being sharpenoughclosetogoal. “Good game We conceded just one goal from one shot on target in 90 minutes.Wewere not precise in our final third touches and oursimplethings,especially inthefirsthalf. Wehadchancestoscore asecondwhenthegamewas in our hands but we didn’t,” saidtheSpaniard.

Manchester City’s Erling Braut Haaland scores their first goal. (Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers)

Villainthe74thminuteafter excellent work from Jacob Ramsey who provided a crisp, low cross which the winger curled into the top corner with a first-time leftfootHfinish.aaland had put Pep Guardiola’s side in front, five minutes into the second half,afterconnectingwithan excellentdeepcrossfromthe right flank by Kevin De Bruyne.TheNorwegian,whohad struck hat-tricks in the last two games, pulled away behind the back post and leapt to steer the ball home withaprecisevolley De Bruyne then hit the bar with a dipping free kick but Villa defended well against a wave of City attacksbeforeBaileystruck. Gerrard, who has admitted to feeling under pressure due to Villa’s poor start to the season, threw on Philippe Coutinho and the Brazilian had the ball in the netonlytoseetheflagraised foroffside.NoVAR review was possible for that effort, but replays suggested Coutinho may have been in an onside position and Gerrard said it hadbeena“legitimategoal”. The result leaves City in second place on 14 points, one behind leaders Arsenal whofaceManchesterUnited atOldTraffordonSunday Villaarein17thandhave four points from their opening six games but Gerrard suggested he had been rewarded for a more pragmatic“Sometimesapproach.you’ve got toputmorelegsintheteam, sacrifice certain technical levels,youhavetotakesome spaceawayandpeopleinthe team who can gain the ball and move forward with speed,” said the former Liverpoolmidfielder “Veryproud-theplayers have come together today They put an incredible amount of effort into the game,followedinstructions.

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DOHA(Reuters) - Qatar will permit ticketed fans to buy alcoholic beer at World Cup soccer matches starting three hours before kickoff and for one hour after the final whistle, but not during the match, a source with knowledge of plans for the tournamentsaid. Budweiser, a major World Cup sponsor with exclusive rights to sell beer atthetournament,willserve beer within the ticketed perimeter surrounding each stadium, but not in the stadiumstandsorconcourse, thesourcesaid. Thisyear’sWorldCupis the first to be held in a Muslim country with strict ntrols on alcohol, presentinguniquechallenges for organisers of an event sponsored by a major beer brand and often associated withbeer-drinkingfans.

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Exclusive-QatartoallowbeersalesatWorld Cupgames3hoursbeforekickoff–source

“Beer will be available when gates open, which is three hours before kick off. Whoever wants to have a beerwillbeableto.Andthen whentheyleavethestadium aswellforonehourafterthe final whistle,” the source said.Additionally,Budweiser (Continuedonpage75)

General view inside the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar, ahead of the World Cup. (REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous)

Verstappen delights home crowd with pulsating Dutch GP pole Max Verstappen claimed a pulsating late pole position with a dramatic final lap at his home Dutch Grand Prix.

Perez’s ‘off’brought out yellow flags which affected all following cars, including bothMercedesdrivers. Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff said Hamilton was “a tenth up” on both Verstappen and Leclerc before the yellows were waved.

AFP - Max Verstappen praisedtheeffortsofhisRed Bull team yesterday after he claimedapulsatinglatepole positionwithadramaticfinal lapathishomeDutchGrand Prix, outpacing Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by just twohundredthsofasecond. To the delight of a raucous mass of home supportersinapackedcrowd at the Zandvoort seaside circuit, the 24 year old Dutchman pulled out a fastestlapof1:10.342totop the times and secure his second successive pole on homesoil. It came 24 hours after a difficult opening day for the world champion who was haltedbyagearboxfailurein thefirstpracticesession. “Unbelievable,” said Verstappen, who also criticised elements of his ‘orange army’ of fans who had brought flares into the circuit “Especially after yesterday!Wehadadifficult day, but we worked really well“Theovernight.whole team turned itaroundandtodaywehada quick race car again, but it was very close and the pole lapwasinsane. “Wechangedthingsalot. Yesterdaywasabitrushedin FP2 to get the car together, but today the car was enjoyabletodrive.” It brought a fourth pole this season and 17th of his career for Red Bull’s runaway series leader. He was also quickest in qualifying in Belgium last weekend, but he was unable to take pole due to a grid penaltyLeclerc was second in 1:10.363aheadofhisFerrari team mate Carlos Sainz, seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes and Sergio Perez, who crashed onhisfinallapinthesecond Red“ItBull.wasvery,veryclose,” said Leclerc. “Max did a great lap in the end. Our car was getting better and better through qualifying. In the beginning, I was pretty scared because Max was much,muchquickeronused tyres.“ButinQ3,thecarcame a bit more together and I managedtodothatlapwhich was close enough for P2. Tomorrowistherace—and wewillgiveitourall. “I think we are much stronger here compared to last weekend, so that’s good to see and for tomorrow, I think our race pace looks strong and hopefully it will be close with the Red Bull. We just need to do a great start.”-‘Onthelimit’ Sainz said: “It was a clean lap with no mistakes, just missing that last half a tenth to beat Charles and Max who were on the limit out there. I think in the end wedidadecentjob. “Itisverytoughoutthere especially with the heavier cars, the track is especially demanding on the tyres, we havealotofoverheatingand degradation.“Ithink tomorrow is going to be an interesting day,thereisgoingtobealot going on even if it’s a difficult track to overtake, there will still many options withAstrategies.”skedabout the behaviour of some fans, amongthemanyorange-clad spectators, who lit flares, which are forbidden, and threw them on the track, Verstappen said: “It’s a very silly thing to do, it’s stupid, so just don’t do that, — you get thrown out, it ruins the race.”George Russell, who reported not only flares, but several pigeons being a nuisance on the track, was sixthinthesecondMercedes ahead of Lando Norris of McLaren, Haas’s Mick Schumacher, Alpha Tauri’s Yuki Tsunoda and Lance Stroll of Aston Martin, who was unable to run in Q3 due tomechanicalproblems.

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Moyes furious at VAR as Hammers beaten by Chelsea KaiHavertzcombinedwithfellowsusbtitute BenChilwelltowinitforChelsea. (Reuters)

BC SportBSubstitute Kai Havertz scored a late winner as Chelsea recovered to record a dramatic victory over West Ham, though David Moyes was left furious by a “scandalous”decisiontorule out a 90th-minute Hammers equaliser Maxwel Cornet pounced after Edouard Mendy parried the ball into hispath,butrefereeAndrew Madley was told to consult the pitchside monitor and thenruledJarrodBowenhad fouled the Chelsea goalkeeperinthebuild-up. The Hammers frustrated Chelsea in a first half that saw plenty of home possession but no shots on target for either side, and lookedtohaveexecutedtheir gameplantoperfectionwhen MichailAntonioscoredafter 62minutes,bundlinginfrom close range after Mendy failedtodealwithacorner Chelsea,onthebackofa record summer of spending and with £70m arrival Wesley Fofana making his debut, brought on Ben Chilwell and he snuck in to levelfromatightangle. Itsparkedafranticfinish, with Cornet almost winning itlateonforthevisitors,only to see his header come back off the post and the Blues immediately score themselvesthroughaclinical Havertz finish from Chilwell’scross. There was still time for more drama and Cornet thoughthehadlevelledwith a strike that was then disallowed.“Itis a scandalous decision,”MoyestoldMatch ofthe“IDayalways thought he wouldsayitisagoaloncehe went to the screen - I have seen it from all angles and find it incredibly difficult to seehowthatischalkedoff.

Mustak Mohamed accepts the winning trophy from Tanuja Persaud.

Wakenaam Masters overcome Royal Strikers

Wakenaam Masters defeated Royal Strikers by 53 runs in a T20 fixture played on Tuesday at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground, Good Success.Batting first, Wakenaam Masters managed 128 9 GuessplayerRicardoAdams struck three fours and two sixes in a top score of 34 while Imran khan made 22 with three sixes and NavishaulPooran20. Devon Ramrattan claimed3-19andGolcharran Chulai2-11. RoyalStrikersmade75-6 inreplyRamrattan made 22 with one six while Ravy Nandalall got 11 and GladewinHenry10. Adamstook2-10. Thegamewassponsored byMustakMohamed.

Charlestownteams Marchintofinals

Thewasnoteamthathad more to celebrate than Charlestowninthesemifinal round of the ExxonMobil U14 Football Tournament since both Girls and Boys teams secured their spot in the finale on Saturday at the Ministry of Education (MoE)Ground. There was more celebrationcomingfromthe East Ruimveldt Girls and Ann’s Grove Boys who also secured their spot in the finals with impressive performances.IntheGirlsDivision,the match that preceded the semifinal matches saw, TucvilledefeatAnn’sGrove 2–0toclaimthefifthplace in the tournament The victorious side’s two goals were scored by Shania Waldron (4’) and Allegra Williams(30’). After that, East RuimveldtGirlspulledouta commanding 4 – 0 results against New Campbellville Secondarytomakeitintothe final round. Azaria Wilson (7’,21’&30’)propelledher side with a hat-trick while Antwana Williams supported with a 39th minuteThegoal.other semi between Charlestown and New Central High was more closely contested with the victor producing only one goal to make it to the Championship match Advancingtothatroundwas compliments of Aquenna Griffith, whose 48th-minute goalwasthedecider This means East Ruimveldt and Charlestown will battle for top honours, whileNewCentralHighand New Campbellville Secondary will contest the thirdplaceshowdown.

- East Ruimveldt Girls, Ann’s Grove Boys also finalists

Sports Secretariat won the final of the 5-a-side softball competition at the Commissioner of Police CliftonHickendayofsports lastweekendatEveLeary Sports Secretariat defeated Presidential Guard by 52 runs in the final. Batting first, Sports Secretariat made 87-2 from their allotted five overs Kemol Savory made 25, Kevon Boodie 20 and Quentin Sampson 12 Presidential Guard responded with 36 7 Sampson picked up 3-4 and SavorySports2-5.Secretariat beat Hicken XI in the semi final. Sports Secretariat took first strike and managed 96 withoutSavoryloss. struck 52 and Sampson 40. Hicken’s XI managed 52 for 8 in reply Presidential Guard drew the byetothefinal. TSU beat Sports Secretariat B 1-0 to win the male football final, while Tiger Bay overcame Sports Secretariat A 1-0 to win the femaleAkeemfinal.Stewart of the Guyana Defence Force won the male 80m ahead of Emmanuel Archibald of the Guyana Police Force and NoelexHolderoftheGPFin thatCassieorder.Smalltookthetop podium spot in the female 800 meter, while Analissa Redmondplacedsecondand TiffanySpringerwasthird. RoystonFordyceofGPF took gold in the male 800m while Cleveland Thomas of GPF placed second and Ronnel Newton of Upper Demerara Schools occupied thirdThespot.4x400mmixedrelay was taken by PoliceAwhile Police B was second and NewAmsterdamTrackClub third.(ZaheerMohamed)

Junior boxer Keyon Britton of the Vergenoegen Boxing Gym found himself animmediatesponsorfollowinghisboutat the recently concluded Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys and JuniorsAlthoughtournament.losing to compatriot Ezekiel Bancroft, Britton ring craft caught the eye of USA-based Guyanese Samuel ‘Stanley’ Gittens. So impressed was Gittens that he immediately provided a cash incentive for Britton and has pledged to continue sponsoringthedapperyoungfighter Samuel ‘Stanley’ Gittens (right) and Junior boxer Keyon Britton of the Vergenoegen Boxing Gym at the recently held Schoolboys tournament.

East Ruimveldt Girls were very dominant in their match against New Campbellville.

Semifinal action between Charlestown and West Ruimveldt at the Ministry of Education Ground.

Sports Secretariat claim 5-a-side softball title; Stewart, Small triumph at athletics

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The victorious Sports Secretariatteam with their hardware.(photo courtesy of Siddiq Mohamed)

Junior boxer Keyon Keyon Britton gets noticed for his impressive performanceforBrittonJuniorperformanceperformanceimpressiveboxerKeyongetsnoticedhisimpressive

Boys’Division…Onthelastdayof this tournament, Charlestown and Ann’s Grove will face each other for bragging rights, while Cummings Lodge and West Ruimveldt willhavetosettlewho’sbest inthethirdplacematch. Yesterday, Ann’s Grove got the best of Cummings Lodge,3–2,eventhoughthe latter staged a fighting recoveryinthelatestagesof the encounter Ann’s Grove plastered three goals on the board thanks to Shaquan David (2’), Antwan Payne (14’) and Selwyn Fraser (37’).In reply, Cummings Lodge found some hope when Nicholas Watts (40’) and Keshawn Daniels (45’) made it a single-possession gamebuttheireffortsproved futileintheend. The other semi saw Charlestown win 4 2 against West Ruimveldt Like the other semi, Charlestown stormed out of the gates and posted four unanswered goals on the board Colwin Kissoon (10’), Malcolm Hendricks (14’, 38’) and Jeremiah David (40’) accounted for Charlestown’s goal, while Donavan Welcome (43’, 46’) scored two consolation goalstoruintheopposition’s chancesofacleansheet.

Meanwhile, Dolphin Secondary blasted away North Ruimveldt 7 – 1 to take the fifth place ahead of the losing side Copping seventh place was the East Ruimveldt unit that won 3 –2againstNewCentralHigh.

ExxonMobil U14 Tournament…

As the Lucozade Indoor Hockey Tournament continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Friday night, GCC The Sequel, GCC Spartans, YMCA Old Fort Igniters, Hikers Cadets, Pepsi Hikers and Saints HC Conquerors all recorded wins for the night.In the U20 Girls ‘A’ group, Saints HC Aces and GBTI GCCTorna-does play to a draw, while in the ‘B’ g r o u p , S a i n t s H C Conquerors beat their opponent GCC Hurricanes 2-0.Liketheirteammates,the U20 Boys ‘A’ group GCC Pitbulls vs Saints HC S7N also played to a draw, with thegameending1-1. YMCAOldFortbrushed aside Saints HC Superstars 4-0.GBTI GCC Spartans continued their dominance by beating GCC Tigers 6-2. Sharpshooters Sarah

propel Slingerz

Ricardo Halley’s late-game heroics FC to

Several teams taste sweet victory snippet of the action in the Men’s Division on Friday evening.

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Hikers Cadets and Pepsi Hikersgotthebetteroftheir opponents as they competed in groups ‘A’ and ‘B’, respectively Pepsi hikers and Bounty GCC Pitbulls playthegameasifitwerethe finals Both teams possessing national men showed skill, coordination andHdetermination.owever,the well composed Jamarj Assanah openedthescoringforPepsi hikers in the 8th minute and followed suit with two more goals The flamboyant Aroudy Brandford and energetic captain Robert France also netted 3 and 2 goals, respectively Kevin Spencer of GCC Pitbulls found the net of their competitor twice, one on a penalty stroke and the other onacorner Thegameended infavourofPepsiHikers9-3. Inthegroup‘A’category, Hikers Cadets made light workofSaintsHCSplinters, beatingthem8-1. The war horse Devin Munroe registered his name fourtimesonthescoresheet, givingvictorytohisside. Action continues today startingfrom1pm. ByRawleToney It was the perfect ending to the West Demerara Football Association’s (WDFA) 2022 League final, as Slingerz FC narrowly overcamerivals DenAmstel 1 - 0 in extra time on SaturdayRicardoevening.Halley was the hitman for Slingerz FC, as the former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League champions clinched their first title since their returntotheWDFA. The win also saw Slingerz FC winning their thirdWDFALeague, having wonthetrophyback-to-back in2014and2015. Watchedbythecapacityfilled National Track and Field Centre at Leonora, the two sides, after exchanging handshakes and other pleasantries,wentontogive football fans exactly what theycametosee-abattle! Though Slingerz FC controlled the tempo of the game, they failed to make goodoftheirchances. DelonLanfermanandthe tournament’s leading goalscorer, Deon Alfred, were the most guilty of the club’s attackers as it relates tothegoalssquandered. Quincy Adams was impenetrable in the defence, while Akel Clarke was a ‘sure gloves’ between the uprightfortheeventual2022 WDFALeaguewinners. Den Amstel, forced to defend for the most part of the game, had their shining moments, especially in the second stanza, but Clarke, the country’s starting National team keeper, was toogoodtogetpast. The see saw battle continued into full time, forcing referee Shevin Greenetosignalfortheextra 15 minutes to decide a winnerHowever, just as fans were bracing themselves for apenaltyshootout,Halleylet looseapowerfulright-footed volleythatrockedthenetand sent the Slingerz FC supportersintofrenzy Slingerz FC coach, O’NeilHeywood,saidwhile he wasn’t too pleased with the team’s performance, he washappyforthewin.

Klautky and Alysa Xavier nettedtwogoalseach,while MakedaHardingandAshley DeGroot rounded off the score. In another women’s matchup, YMCA Old Fort Igniters scored all three penaltycorners,givingthem the win over Saints HC 3-2. ClazyaBobbofSaintsnetted bothgoalsforherteam. In the men’s division Bounty GCC The Sequel outscored the vibrant and energeticYMCAOldFort21.TheskilfulOldFortteam, made up of primarily national men, failed to convert many opportunities stating clearing it wasn’t their night. Just before the buzzer Captain Dominic AlleyneofOldFortmanaged tofindthenet,buthisefforts weretoolateastimeranout.

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WDFA League title

Slingerz FC scored 45 goals (conceded four) in their eight-match unbeaten run, including a 3 - 1 win overTDenAmstel.revorWilliams, president of the WDFA, called the overwhelming crowdsupport“aspectacle,” adding,“Thefansaregreat.I think we have never before seensomanywomen,young women too, at football matches.Thefolkshaveshownus that once we have the producttheywillbethere. I think their consistent attendance represents a shift s o m e w h a t i n t h e demographics Something that can be emulated throughout.”According to Williams, “Thefinalwasashowofgrit and determination and football needs such rivalry, everyone becomes better It also shows that clubs still have their communities behind them and that’s a big factorforlongevity A good showing of young players putting their hands up and going toe-totoe.”The Slingerz FC presidentandfounder,Javed Ali, upon announcing the club’s return to local football, said he sees the “Need for competition and the development of Guyana’sNational(football) team, as it allows for professional players that are always ready for an international“Guyana’game.”sfootballneeds to reduce the dependents on the two professional teams, which are the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Guyana Police Force (GPF), to ensure that more players receive a monthly income, to dedicate their day to day activities to football,”Alisaid. He added that “This will increase the pool of fit and ready players for the National Team, and reduce theriskofanoverrelianceon international players and part-timeplayers.”

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Tallawahs muscle their way to victory over Amazon Warriors

“The University of the West Indies is a very importantinstitutiontousas a Caribbean people and it’s ranked as one of the best universities in the region so for them to see the need to bestow such an honour on me, then I am deeply touched, honoured and I am very grateful,” Richardson told the Good Morning Jojo RadioShow “I was surprised to be honestbecauseIneverreally expected it but when I realised that it was going to happen I was very excited anddeeplyhonoured.

ThisAmazon Warrior added some more Guyanese flavor to the showdown (Getty Images)

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Wayne Forde has met Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson Jr to present the federation’s2021 audited financesandtothankhimfor providing financial support for the recently-concluded annualFIFArefereetraining course.The government ministry partnered with the GFF and offered financial supporttooffsetthecostsfor this annual FIFA capacity building course, which was held at the GFF National Training Centre in August, aswellastheGFF’songoing referee development work andrecruitmentdrive. “The Government of Guyana is committed to continuousinvestmentinthe futureofallsports,including football, and that must includethecapacitybuilding and up-skilling of match officials, who play a vital role on the field of play,” MinisterRamsonsaid. At the same meeting between the GFF and the Ministry last week, PresidentFordehandedover the GFF’s audited finances for 2021 to Minister Ramson.Theaudited finances are available for public viewing https://wwwguyanafootball .org/financial-statements/“TheGFFcontinues to set a leading example in good governance in sports, by having its finances audited by an independent auditor and then publishing the results for all to see,” Ramson said “The Government of Guyana wants to see greater responsibility and accountability from national sports organisations, both in termsofpublishingfinancial documents, but also in the sensible and transparent use offunding.”Fordesaid the GFF was required to publish independently audited finances as part of its compliance obligations under FIFA funding regulations.“Weareobliged toshareourauditedfinances publicly, so that all our stakeholderscanseehowwe manage and invest our funding,”Fordesaid. “Our commitment to laying a sturdy foundation for a culture of good governance is underpinned by openness, transparency and accountability, and goes well beyond the compliance requirementofFIFA. A n e x a m p l e w e encourage all our fellow sportsdisciplinestofollow.”

Richardson surprised but touched to be in line for honorary UWI doctorate Sir RichardsonRichie

GFF thanks GOG for referee support, presents audited finances

SportsMax Former West Indies captain Sir RichieRichardsonadmitshe was surprised but honoured to receive recognition from the University of the West, which is poised to issue the retired cricketer with an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) award for his contribution to the sport of cricket.Richardson, a former opening batsman, led the WestIndiesfrom1991-1996 and scored 5,949 runs in 86 Tests and scored 6,248 runs in224OneDayInternational (ODI) matches. One of a handful of West Indies players that have been knighted, Richardson remains involved with the sport as he is now also an ICCmatchreferee.

The Jamaica T a l l a w a h s continued their unbeaten start to the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League(CPL)withavictory over Guyana Amazon Warriorsbyfourwickets. The Jamaica Tallawahs won the toss and chose to field, putting in a dominant bowling performance led by MohammadAmirtolimitthe Amazon Warriors to 142/6, with captain Shimron Hetmyer leading the runscoring with an innings of 39. Despitelosingwicketsat regular intervals, the Tallawahsmanagedtochase down the target with four ballstosparethankstosome big hitting from captain Rovman Powell and Chris Greenlowerdowntheorder.

Guyana Amazon Warriors lost both of their openers, Paul Stirling and Chandrapaul Hemraj, to Amir in the PowerPlay before Shai Hope and Hetmyer patiently began to rebuildthe Australianinnings.spinnerGreen bowled four overs and conceded a paltry 5 runs as the Tallawahs frustrated the Guyana Amazon Warrior batters with some disciplined bowling Romario Shepherd accelerated the innings with somebighitting,strikingsix boundariesinthe17ballshe faced, helping his side to 142/6.Jamaica Tallawahs got off to a brisk start in their chase, but the Amazon Warriorsutilisedthespintrio of Gudakesh Motie, Imran Tahir and Tabraiz Shamsi to restrictrunsandputpressure on the batters, with Tahir claiming the key wicket of BrandonKingintheseventh overHowever, the Tallawahs would eventually manage to chase their total as Powell andGreencombinedtoscore 23 runs from the 18th over before reaching the target in thefinalover The win means Jamaica Tallawahs maintain their 100%starttothetournament and will now be looking to continuetheirgoodforminto theirnext Matchgame.details: Jamaica Tallawahs143/6(Powell44, KingMotie32; 2/10,Tahir 1/22,) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors142/6(Hetmyer39, Shepherd 36; Amir 3/22, Pretorius2/35)by4wickets.

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GFF President Wayne Forde (right) presents audited finances to Hon. Minister Charles Ramson Jr.

Chris Green and Rovman Powell powered the Tallawahs over the line (Getty Images)

Joseph takes Royals to WCPL final

Kaieteur News PAGE 81Sunday September 04, 2022 CPL - Batting heroics from Qiana Joseph help BarbadosRoyalsbookaspot in the Massy Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) final against TrinbagoKnightRidersafter beatingtheGuyanaAmazon Warriors by 4 wickets in a thrilling winner take all game. The Royals won the tossandputtheWarriorsinto bat and their decision was vindicated when they kept them to 100 from their 20 overs thanks to economical wicket-taking bowling from Shakera Selman who finishedwithfiguresof2/16. Despite Warriors’ o p e n e r s C h a m a r i Athapaththu and Rashada Williams racing to 21 from four overs, an all round performance with the ball including some stunning catches meant the Royals went into the innings break on top and feeling it was scorethattheycouldchase. In response, Hayley Matthews and Aaliyah Alleynelookedtomakelight work but a rush of wickets and some tight bowling meantitcamedowntosome big hitting from Qiana Joseph to see them over the lineandintothefinal. They will now take on the Trinbago Knight Riders, whomtheyrecentlydefeated inthefinaloftheSKYEXCH 6IXTY last week After being put into bat, the Guyana Amazon Warriors started quickly before the dangerous Athapaththu was dismissed by young Fatima Sana for 19 leaving the Warriors34/1. As if often the case, one wicket brings another and with just seven more added to the score Williams was bowledbySelman,meaning Stafanie Taylor and Shermaine Campbelle were in need of putting together a rebuild.Thepairlookedtobe findingtheirrhythmbeforea stunning catch from Britney CoopersentCampbelleback to the dugout and the Warriorsflounderingon83/3 (Continuedonpage73)

PrintedandpublishedbyNationalMedia&PublishingCompanyLtd.,24SaffonStreet,Charlestown,Georgetown.Tel:225-8458,225-8465,225-8491orFax:225-8473/226-8210. Sports Shimron Hetmyer gets innovative during his innings of 39. (Getty Images) Ricardo Halley’s late-game heroics propel Slingerz FC to WDFA League title Tallawahs muscle their way to victory over Amazon Warriors Joseph takes Royals to WCPL final Qiana Joseph celebrates after Barbados Royals booked a spot in the Massy QianaCaribbeanWomen’sPremierLeague(WCPL)finalagainstTrinbagoKnightRiders.JosephcelebratesafterBarbadosRoyalsbookedaspotintheMassyWomen’sCaribbeanPremierLeague(WCPL)finalagainstTrinbagoKnightRiders. The victorious Slingerz FC P. 77 P. 79