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EDITORIAL
A country which has lost its way There is no indication that the volte-face by the government in terminating the Surendra specialty hospital contract will make any lasting impression on the administration. Coming as it were after months of contention about the qualifications of that company, observers are no doubt left wondering what next. Interestingly, Surendra’s contract - like the Amaila Falls contractor was defended tooth and nail by government officials who displayed total disregard for justifiable claims of technical incompetence. Also, like the Marriot situation, local contractors have been played like a game of musical chairs as part of a major scam. The scam involves giving a contract to an individual or firm with connections to the ruling party with no consideration whatsoever connected to their capacity and capability to get the contracted works done. The game plan is that after a period of activity that is more motion than movement, alarm bells are rung about performance, milestones etc. and a decision is taken to withdraw the contract and either re-tender or go right ahead and give to another favourite. These charades are only the tip of the graft and kickbacks iceberg and demand vigilance on the part of civil society, and the political opposition. These bodies have not shown any great propensity to really go after these scams probably because they lack the technical expertise to do so. The unfortunate thing for the sitting head of state is that he is saddled with the ill-conceived plans and plots of his predecessor. However, all is not lost because Donald Ramotar has to take a stand, draw a line in the sand and develop the testicular fortitude to reverse all those questionable deals which now face him. It will benefit no one, least of all himself if he continues to be seen as Jagdeo’s puppet lacking the gumption to cut himself loose from the sycophants and misdeeds surrounding the presidency. Almost all of the deals struck during the Bharrat Jagdeo administration are shrouded in secrecy with one thread running through them. That common feature is the vast amounts of monies that are involved and the incestuous role the ubiquitous National Investment Company Limited (NICIL) is playing in all of them. But more to the moment is the unfolding scenario of wrongdoing at lower levels of a barely manageable bureaucracy where the examples set in the upper brackets are followed with seeming impunity. What else could be responsible for a public servant buying a home worth in the tens of millions while earning a salary of under one tenth of a million dollars; or a public servant in an extremely sensitive position being in a position to construct homes for his three children all at the same time? It must be remembered that perceptions of wrongdoing very often mirror reality, and therefore it behooves any incumbent or aspirant to public office to behave in a manner consistent with due regard for universally accepted professional norms and values. To require subordinates to act in compliance with policies and procedures in their service to communities is to concurrently demand of senior functionaries the attitudes and conduct that inspire ethical behavior across the board. And therefore the point has to be made that the man in the street will always be on the lookout for words and actions to which s/he can selectively relate when it comes to identifying with public figures in positions of not insignificant influence. The appearance of vindictiveness in the decisions of politicians who are only the servants of the people, and senior public servants will not only tarnish the reputation of those unconscionable individuals (who seem not to care),
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Letters... Where your views make the news
This nation needs alliance for the rule of law
DEAR EDITOR, The Parliament is the nation’s supreme organ of democratic power in Guyana (Article 50 of the Guyana Constitution). The motion of no-confidence in the government, as brought to the National Assembly by MP Moses Nagamootoo, is grounded in Article 106 (6) of the Constitution. This article that deals with Cabinet’s handling of the nation’s affairs, of which the president is the head, reads, “The Cabinet including the President shall resign if the Government is defeated by the vote of a majority of all the elected members of the National Assembly on a vote of confidence.” A major concern of some parliamentarians and sections of society is the government’s continuous abuse and mismanagement of the people’s moneys and overall affairs. An Appropriation Bill prepared by the designated minister is brought to the National Assembly, debated and passed, then forwarded to the President for assent, thereby becoming an Appropriation Act (Budget). It is from this
Act the Cabinet is guided in its spending from the Consolidated Fund to run the nation’s affairs. Shadow Minister of Finance, Carl Greenidge, and other Members of Parliament have made a case that this administration, through the Minister of Finance, is in violation of Article 218 (3) of the Constitution. Article 218 (3) expressly states, “If in respect of any financial year it is found - (a) that the amount a p p ro p r i a t e d b y t h e Appropriation Act for any purpose for which no amount has been appropriated by that Act; or (b) that any moneys have been expended for any purpose in excess of the amount appropriated for that purpose by the Appropriation Act or for a purpose for which no amount has been appropriated by that Act, a supplementary estimate or, as the case may be, a statement of excess showing the sums required or spent shall be laid before the National Assembly by the Minister responsible for Finance or any other Minister designated by the President.” Guyana is a nation of
laws, with the Constitution being the supreme of them all. As citizens we have to be very careful that we are not cherry-picking laws and moreso the constitution. Persons cannot call for good governance and at the same time seek to undermine the very foundation necessary to achieve what is sought. Before this nation is a motion of no-confidence in the government. It is for the government to put its house in order from now to the reconvening of the National Assembly to avert passage of the motion. It is not for the efforts of some to have the constitution respected and e l e c t e d o ff i c i a l s h e l d accountable under this instrument to see such efforts torpedoed by using this opportunity to call for an interim government arrangement. Persons have to be careful not to undermine efforts at creating accountable government and respect for the constitution. The Constitution at Article 106 (7) says, “Notwithstanding the defeat, the Government shall remain in office and shall hold an election within three months,
or such longer period as the National Assembly shall by resolution supported by no less than two-thirds of the votes of all the elected members of the National Assembly determine, and shall resign after the President takes the oath of office following the election.” Any arrangement that would absolve the government from being held accountable by the people under the Laws of Guyana, which the motion seeks to do, would be a travesty to this nation. This nation does not need alliance for the rule of lawlessness; this nation needs alliance for the rule of law. The government has been found wanting under the constitution and the only two options available to it are- 1) they put their house in order before the motion is debated or 2) face the consequences. There continues to be concerns that some of our lawmakers and leaders are not serious about accountable government and respecting the constitution. This society must repel any act used to get executive power through unholy alliances. Lincoln Lewis
Salary relativities and the quality of our education system DEAR EDITOR, Reference is made to the comprehensive letter from my very special colleague, Mr E.B. John of 6th September titled: “Rewards for Success”, in which he compares the salary structures between the Public Service and the Teaching Service. Through the accompanying tables, Mr John rightly underscored the contrasting financial disadvantages portrayed for the teachers, which are exacerbated by the lack of any “official commendation” for the reported
“gloated achievements” in the recent examination results in public schools. And, as if to add insult to injury, “official commendation” was profusely showered on the “administrators of education”. I now wish to add that the situation described by Mr John is indeed more acute when one compares the current salary scales of teachers with the compensation (and benefits) of other categories of staff in the private sector for whom the required competencies, responsibilities, outputs, decision-
making, consequences of underperformance and other related compensable factors are significantly less than for counterparts in the teaching profession. When we add to this the anachronistic management style which the Chief Education Officer has promised to subject our hapless teachers (ref. my recent letter to the editor), then we cannot but feel very concerned about the quality of our education system and the future generation of Guyanese. Nowrang Persaud
Open letter to PAHO Director Dr. Carissa Etienne DEAR MS. ETIENNE, There is a serious health crisis unfolding in Guyana that has yet to be sufficiently addressed by the authorities responsible for maintaining and assuring the public safety and welfare. We urge you to leverage your good office to impress upon your hosts the absolute, necessary steps that should be taken to address the
debilitating Chikungunya viral threat that plagues a growing proportion of the nation’s population. Unofficial reports indicate the virus has reached grave proportions in Guyana, yet the Health Ministry is downplaying the crisis and doing little to address it. Unconfirmed yet credible reports on the ground significantly surpass
but also to bring into disrepute the quality of goods and service provided under the mission statement of the subject agency/ministry. The current perception is that of a country which has lost its way, and is extending its hand (panhandle fashion) for any form of cosmetic relief in the hope that they would prove a panacea for the man-made problems that are hampering national development. The powers that be are sending signals that Guyana is ripe for the taking and whosoever will may come, with little or no regard to delivering for the benefit of all Guyanese.
the documented 81 confirmed cases, as revealed by the PAHO Country Representative, Dr. William Adu-Krow. Entire families are experiencing symptoms that are consistent with this virus. Our young students are missing essential classroom time and studies in order to recover. Our private sector is losing its critical momentum for productivity as many employees must stay home to recover from the painful, dreadful effects and complications associated with Chikungunya. Our newspapers carry daily accounts of people who have been afflicted by the virus, yet nothing substantive is being done to mitigate these effects. We repeat our call for
the health authorities to investigate immediately this concern and to develop urgently a reporting system for health care institutions and the national health ministry to track confirmed cases of the virus. Also, health officials should be given the resources to conduct surveillance studies for tracing Chikungunya’s spreading pattern to determine how best to deploy targeted health and preventive interventions. We a l s o t a k e t h i s opportunity to call on your local office to assist with technical support and guidance for managing effectively the current situation. Clinton Urling Executive Chairman Blue CAPS
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Reading crisis: The continued I agree with Freddie failure by those in authority DEAR EDITOR, The recent KN article dated 9/9/2014 and captioned; “Only three out of 10 pupils can read properly Manickchand” must set off the alarm bells in our heads. I have written extensively on the apparent lack of focus, direction, relevance and purpose of the policies and programmes of the Ministry of Education. This situation, I believe, is compounded by an equal lack of commitment and effort by the Ministry and the government to do right by our children. The approach to education is void of the requisite level of sensitivity and respect that should be exhibited toward our children, their teachers and school administrators. The fact that almost 70% of our students cannot read at grade level, should not be merely highlighted on World’s Literacy Day, but rather it should cause us to urgently engage in a national conversation to address this grave situation. Those responsible for the education of our children must start this process by taking responsibility for failing our children. For more than two decades the PPP/C government has been responsible for the education of our children and it took them this long to recognize that it is failing our children by foisting an education programme on them that is working against the best interest of these very students. The lack of real urgency exposes the relevant authorities’ inability to understand the impact and severe long term consequences of the issue in discussion. When sixty-eight percent of children in the primary schools are unable to read at grade level, the entire country should be concerned and alarmed. This reality underscores the fact that there is a severe problem in the entire school system. It is clear that the
Ministry of Education has been exposing the children of this country to an education policy and curriculum that is retarding their academic growth and their total welfare. Research has shown that third grade is regarded as the most critical period in a child’s academic life. In fact, Donald J. Hernandez, a professor of sociology at the CUNYHunter College, refers to the third grade as the “pivot point”. Hernandez found, in a study he conducted, that third-graders who lack proficiency in reading are four times more likely to become high school dropouts. The Minister of Education ought to be aware of the many research findings out there which emphasize the severe challenges that will have to be overcome by students who are unable to read by the time they would have reached the third grade. Third grade is an important transition point in the life of a student. If by third grade a student is unable to read, the long term consequences are likely to be devastating. These consequences will not only impact on the child’s overall development but will also affect families and ultimately the entire nation. Sixty eight percent of non-grade level readers is a crisis. One study finds that when children fail to become proficient readers by the third grade there are a number of crises which arise these include; problem of closing the achievement gap, increase in the high school dropout rates, increase in youth delinquent activities and criminal acts, overcrowding of juvenile detention centres and prison systems and persistent problems which undermine efforts to end intergenerational poverty. According to the KN report, Minister Manickchand indicates that her ministry will be implementing a five-year
plan to ensure that every child is able to read at the fourth grade. Is the Minister serious? Clearly this plan, if implemented is likely to exacerbate the literacy problem further. If the critical grade for students to read at grade level is determined to be the third grade, why move the goalpost? While there are exploratory studies being done on the impact of not reading by the fourth grade level, there is no definitive research, at this stage, to suggest that the goalpost must be shifted from the third grade to the fourth grade. Why then is the Minister selling Guyanese children short? Recently, Guyana has been burdened with a new wave of criminals, which comprise vicious groups of teenagers. I wrote many letters on this issue and called on Ms. Manickchand to release the school dropout rate, as clearly these teen criminals are not attending school. To date that report has not been released. How then can we engage in any reasonable conversation to address this problem of literacy at its base? While it is true that the problem of literacy has spanned many countries, the situation in Guyana is different because, unlike Guyana, in many of those countries the leaders in education address the problem by first accepting responsibility, determine the root causes, and then create specific corrective actions to be taken to meaningfully address the problem. When a government is serious about engaging the public in a national conversation to deal with a lingering and dangerous issue, such as the one highlighted here, the people are given all the relevant and needed information. This information is important in order to make informed decisions and take appropriate, reasonable and (Continued on page 24)
DEAR EDITOR, In his column of September 12, Freddie Kissoon stated Ravi Dev, Vishnu Bisram, and Annan Boodram are not psychiatrists to pronounce on his mental state of mind. I agree with Freddie. Although I took psychology courses and studied the mind and also did political psychology as part of my doctoral studies, I am not a trained a trained psychiatrist or psycho therapist, and as such, may not be the right person to pronounce on whether Freddie is insane. But as Freddie himself penned, Marissa Lowden is a trained psychiatrist and she has pronounced “Freddie is mentally insane”. Enough said on that subject. But let me point out Freddie’s routine comments on Guyana’s bridges, roads, lighting, seawall, housing, culture, etc. Is he an “engineer “when he questions bridges and roads and conservancies? He is no
engineer. Freddie said he studied Guyana’s history – By his own logic, then he should stick to that subject and not comment about anything else. I also agree with Freddie (letter Sep 12) that the dailies need a lot of proofreading for all kinds of mistakes. But Freddie focused only on correcting “grammatical mis tak es ”. How about content analysis for erroneous statements, incorrect dates, misinterpretation of theories, inaccuracies, and statements that are not facts? Freddie is guilty of all of these errors. Every written piece of Freddie has several pieces of erroneous information. Why is he blaming Adam and Nigel for these errors? Should the editor of KN be b l a m e d f o r F r e d d i e ’s blunders? Adam and Nigel are doing good jobs and they trust Freddie would be honest in his comments. I applaud them for their commitment and dedication to their job; from my
experience, it is not easy being an editor and publisher as I was in that shoe for many years. Shouldn’t the writer (columnist) be held accountable for misleading readers with inaccuracies? And shouldn’t he be chastised for his errors? Freddie suggests that the proofreaders and editors be fired? Shouldn’t the columnist be fired for misleading readers with erroneous statements and unsupported claims? Just last week (in KN) I had reason to chastise Freddie for making incorrect statements. And in his Sept. 12 column he makes yet more errors. He claims Ravi Dev, Annan and myself commented about his “mental state of mind in Chronicle (not KN)”. Ravi’s comment did not appear in the Chronicle; it was in KN. Also, several of my comments about Freddie’s mental condition appeared in KN. Ditto Annan Boodram! Vishnu Bisram
Govt. should desist using Dr. Rodney’s of Inquiry into the demise for political gain assassination of Dr. Walter DEAR EDITOR, I knew from the beginning that the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (COI) would have been used for political gain and was possibly designed to whip up bitterness against t h e P e o p l e ’s N a t i o n a l Congress (PNC). It now appears to be the worst form of electioneering by the PPP administration. T h e P P P / C ’s p r e s s briefing on Friday September 5, 2014 at Freedom House, confirmed
the fact that the COI is more about politics than bringing a public closure to the circumstances surrounding the demise of Dr. Rodney I noted with deep concern a particular statement. “If anybody is behaving like a ‘cornered rat’ it is David Granger who it was revealed by the Commission
Rodney was the Commander of the Army when the high powered weapons which later coincidentally or deliberately found their way into the hands of criminals in 2005.” That was the assertion of the General Secretary of the PPP, Mr. Clement Rohee, in (Continued on page 24)
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Student nurse chops mother, daughter An almost three-year feud between two neighbouring families from Martin Luther Housing Scheme, New Amsterdam escalated on Friday when a student nurse from one of the warring households chopped a mother and daughter. Bernadette Burnham 59, was chopped on the fingers, wrist and thigh, while 31year-old Ronetta, who went to her mother’s assistance, was chopped on one of her arms, shoulder and wrist. Their alleged attacker is seconded at the same hospital where the victims were treated. The ensuing dispute had caused both families to be brought before the courts and a probation officer. In November, 2013, Ronetta Burnham and their alleged attacker, who is a student nurse, were placed on a one year bond. Mrs. Burnham said that she was cleaning her yard yesterday morning when the student nurse began to verbally abuse her. Burnham said that she ignored the younger woman at first, but when the abuse continued, she retorted: “I am a big woman and I have my work do. You are happy and do not have anything to do”. According to the injured woman, the student nurse continued to hurl abuse at
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Police was not privy to DPP’s advice on the matter before charging accused - court hears
WOUNDED: Bernadette Burnham and her daughter, Ronetta her, then attacked her with a chopper. Mrs. Burnham said that she tried to defend herself with her broomstick but was chopped on her hands. Ronetta Burnham, a third year Business Management Student at the University Of Guyana , said that after hearing her mother scream
she ran to her assistance but was chopped on one of her hands, shoulder and wrist. Fortunately, a neighbour managed to disarm the attacker, while the injured women were taken to the New Amsterdam Hospital. The alleged attacker is expected to be charged soon.
Taxi driver, miner, remanded for robbing woman A taxi driver and a miner were remanded to prison yesterday after they were charged with cornering a woman in Campbellville, Georgetown, and relieving her of over $100,000 worth of items at gunpoint. Nicholas Brazil of Lot 99 Laing Avenue, West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, and Terry Cromwell of King Edward Street, Albouystown, Georgetown, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. It is alleged that on September 9, last, at Campbellville, they were armed with a gun when they robbed Ashanti Lawrence of her handbag which contained her cellular phone, clothing and $12,000 cash. The items listed in the charge amounted to $105,500. The duo pleaded not guilty. The case was prosecuted by Police Inspector, Michael Grant who explained that about 11:30 hours the victim was walking along
Enachu Street when she was cornered by the two men. They placed a gun to her head and demanded she hand over her bag. A frightened Lawrence surrendered her bag and the two men ran away. The woman reported the matter and the duo were later captured. The suspects were later placed on an identification parade during which the victim fingered them as the men who robbed her at gun-point. Further investigations led to the duo being charged with robbery under arms. The prosecution stated that the articles were not recovered. Grant objected to bail citing the nature, gravity and prevalence of the offence. He emphasised that a firearm was used to commit the offence. Cromwell stated that he was previously convicted on a narcotics charge. The duo was remanded to prison and the case is set to be called again on September 30.
A police witness testifying in the matter, in which Police Constable Quancy John is indicted for killing Patentia schoolboy Kelvin Fraser, admitted that he was not privy to the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) before charging the accused with murder. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Linden Lord told the court that he had assisted with the investigation relative to a report of an alleged murder which was committed by the policeman at Patentia, West Bank Demerara. John, of Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway, is alleged to have shot and killed the 15-year-old schoolboy in the vicinity of the Patentia Secondary School, West Bank Demerara on June 7, 2010. The policeman was interdicted and charged with murder after the incident sparked widespread protests locally and abroad, from members of the public who called for justice for the slain schoolboy. John is currently on trial before Justice Franklyn Holder and a mixed 12-member jury at the Georgetown Supreme Court. Deputy Superintendent Lord, who was stationed at the Criminal Investigations Department Headquarters at Eve Leary, in June of 2010, told the court yesterday that Constable John was charged two weeks after the incident had occurred. He was called to the stand by State Prosecutor, Diana Kaulesar. The policeman said that the accused was formally charged with murder on June 25, 2010. Lord stated that based on advice from the DPP, he cautioned and read the charge to Constable John in the presence of his attorney. The policeman said that the accused, whom he identified as the prisoner sitting in the dock, had remained silent after the charge was laid. However, under crossexamination by Defence
Dead schoolboy, Kelvin Fraser Counsel, Glen Hanoman, the Deputy Superintendent told the court that he had not obtained any evidence to support a murder charge. Lord said that the file relating to the investigations had been sent to the DPP office for legal advice and further explained that the charge was based on the DPP’s instructions. Hanoman then suggested to the police witness that in his evidence at the Magistrates’ Court, he said that he had not seen the DPP’s advice before laying the charge. The witness denied this and maintained that he had seen the advice. Lord was subsequently permitted to read an excerpt of his original deposition, after which he admitted that he had not seen the advice of the DPP before charging John. According to reports, Constable John who was attached to the Wales Police Station, West Bank Demerara was on patrol with a group of other policemen when they responded to a report that a
Accused: Quacy John group of schoolboys were smoking what was suspected to be marijuana in the vicinity of the school. The students, who were dressed in casual clothing, reportedly ran helter-skelter upon seeing the ranks. The policeman, who was armed with a shotgun, is said to have fatally shot one of the schoolboys in a bid to capture him. On Thursday, Police Detective Elson Baird told the court that the officer had claimed that the youth was shot during a struggle over the shotgun. Several other witnesses are scheduled to testify when the matter resumes on Monday.
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Teen father remanded for snatching gold chains A 19-year-old father of one was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged for snatching $200,000 in jewellery from a woman around the Stabroek Market area. Ricky Lakeram, a porter of Lot 40 Seaforth Street, Campbellville, Georgetown, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya SewnarineBeharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to respond to a Larceny from the Person charge. It is alleged that on August 24, last at Croal Street, Georgetown, Lakeram stole two gold chains valued at $200,000 from Vanessa Pierre. He pleaded not guilty to the charge. The court heard that around 17:45 hours that day,
Pierre, who was wearing the gold chains, was walking along Croal Street when Lakeram walked up to her and snatched the items before running away. Pierre raised an alarm and the police chased after Lakeram. He was apprehended and the articles were found on him. Police Prosecutor, Inspector Michael Grant opposed bail citing the nature and gravity of the offence. He added that on Monday the defendant was charged with Break and Enter and Larceny as well as Larceny from the Person. He said in both instances Lakeram was positively identified by the victims. Meanwhile, the father of one, who had no lawyer, begged the Magistrate for reasonable bail stating that his common law wife will give birth in three months. He was remanded and the case is set to be called on September 15.
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Kerry opposes Iran role in anti-Islamic State coalition (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday it was “not appropriate” for Iran to join talks on confronting Islamic State militants, as he appeared to play down how fast countries can commit to force or other steps in an emerging coalition. Kerry met Turkish leaders to try to secure backing for U.S.-led action against Islamic State militants, but Ankara’s reluctance to play a frontline role highlighted the difficulty of building a willing coalition for a complex military campaign in the heart of the Middle East. As he tours the region to gather support for President Barack Obama’s plan to strike both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi frontier to defeat Islamic State Sunni fighters, Kerry said Shi’ite Iran should have no role in talks on how to go about it. Accusing Iran of being “a state sponsor of
terror” and backing Syria’s brutal regime, Kerry said it would be inappropriate for Iranian officials to join an Iraq conference in Paris on Monday to discuss how to curb a jihadist movement that has seized a third of both Iraq and Syria. Tehran has described the coalition as “shrouded in serious ambiguities”. “Under the circumstances, at this moment in time, it would not be right for any number of reasons. It would not be appropriate given the many other issues that are on the table in Syria and elsewhere,” he told a news conference in the Turkish capital Ankara. Faced with disparate interests and goals among the region’s often squabbling nations, Kerry said it was too early to say publicly what individual countries were prepared to do in a broad front to cut off funds to the militants, encourage local
opposition and provide humanitarian aid. Kerry won backing on Thursday for a “coordinated military campaign” against Islamic State from 10 Arab countries - Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and six Gulf states including rich rivals Saudi Arabia and Qatar. But it remains far from clear what role individual nations will play. While he confirmed France’s commitment to use military force in Iraq, he declined to say whether France would join strikes in Syria. That follows conflicting reports in key ally Britain over its potential role, with Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday saying he has not ruled out military action in Syria after his foreign secretary said Britain would not take part in any air strikes there. “It is entirely premature and frankly inappropriate at
this point in time to start laying out one country by one country what individual nations are going to do,” said Kerry, who travels to Cairo on Saturday, adding that building a coalition would take time. “I’m comfortable that this will be a broad-based coalition with Arab nations, European nations, the United States, others,” he said. “At the appropriate time, every role will be laid out in detail.” Turkey, which has the second-largest armed forces in the NATO military alliance after the United States and hosts a major U.S. Air Force base at Incirlik in its south, has so far conspicuously avoided committing to any military campaign. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who did not join the news conference with Kerry, said in a live interview on Turkish television hours after their meeting that U.S. action in Iraq would not be enough on its own to bring political stability. “It is necessary, but it is not enough to establish order,” he told the Kanal 24 TV station.
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GUYANA DOES NOT HAVE AN UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM Does Guyana have an unemployment problem? The answer is no. If there is high unemployment, then how does one explain the fact that the cost of labour is so prohibitive? Even your ordinary handyman is now costly. Simply sweeping the yard now costs $1000 per hour. Labour is no longer cheap. It is expensive and scarce. Ask employers whether they believe that workers are being overpaid and they will answer yes. They will point to the lack of productively of labour. With an unemployment problem, labour should have been cheaper and more productive. If there were armies of unemployed, this would have spurred competition for jobs, driving the wage rate down. This is not happening. This suggests strongly that we do not have an unemployment problem in Guyana. What we have are labour-related problems. What are some of these problems? Firstly, too many persons want to do office jobs and to be paid well for these jobs. With technology and the growth of the service industry, there are now many
of these jobs available, Unfortunately they are grabbed up by the superperformers in our school system that are scouting the job market. These days unless you have top grades it is hard to nail down jobs in the major corporations that traditionally employ entrylevel clerks. This is the first problem. However, it is not that this is leading to unemployment. Companies such as Qualfon are employing thousands of young qualified Guyanese. In fact some kids are eager to leave school just to join this company. The pay is decent and the work is interesting. So there are office jobs available but not sufficient for the many that are seeking to escape working in stores, petrol stations and factories or doing manual labour. The second problem is matching jobs to those that need them. The Ministry of Labour has fortunately recognized this problem. Manzoor Nadir had initiated a programme that allows the unemployed to register with the Ministry which then matches them with available jobs. Each year thousands of persons find jobs this way. But not everyone does.
The minority of persons that do not find jobs can be very vocal. Their plight is often used to depict the country as being short of jobs. I have always said before that if you are good enough at what you do, you will find a job. If you are qualified enough you will also be called for job interviews. Those who are not being called need to identify why it is they are having this problem. The third problem is also about matching the selfemployed to jobs. A great many of us have had the experience of wanting someone to do a particular job but not knowing how to find that person. I will give an example. Once, I needed someone to repair my piano. This was not one of those electronic pianos. It was the traditional wooden, manual piano. I could not find anyone to repair it. And even when it was working, I could not have found anyone to tune it. Perhaps my circle was limited. But I did ask around. Nobody knew anyone for the job. Then one day I needed someone to do some upholstery work. I was told of someone who lived miles away from my home. Unknown to me was the fact
that less than two blocks away there was someone who could do the job competently. When I did find him, he complained that he was not obtaining much work. Yet in my area there were many persons who needed to have their furniture upholstered. What this shows is that the self-employed also need to be matched with jobs. The problem is that most often those with the jobs do not know where to look. And when they do find someone, that person believes that the skill he or she has is in demand and so they overprice their jobs. If however, I could find ten persons nearby to do the job, not only would there be competition for the job but this competition would raise standards and decrease the
cost of the job. The Ministry of Labour should therefore consider developing an on-line data base list of all those self employed artisans, craftsmen and manual labourers. So that if someone needs for example to have the trees in their yard trimmed, they can look up the database and see how many persons nearby to where they live do this type of job. If they have a microwave that needs repairing, they can tap into the database and get the names of all those who offer this service. Then they can shop around to see who
is offering the best work for the lowest price. Such a database benefits everyone. For the craftsmen and artisans, it allows them more business. For the consumer, it means having greater choices and with more choice comes competition, better quality and more affordable prices.
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Entities being granted concessions regardless of performance is a national disgrace By: Kiana Wilburg When it comes to the operations of foreign companies in Guyana, particularly those from China, A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Shadow Minister of Finance, Carl Greenidge is adamant that Guyana’s policy makers should ensure that all of the country’s trading partners and collaborators respect its laws. The politician’s position comes in light of several international reports on some Chinese firms whose behaviour in the forestry sector has been described as “barbaric and abusive.” The reports warned tropical countries to be wary of China but officials of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) have firmly stated that it is highly unlikely that Guyana will end its relationship with the economic superpower of the west. The Opposition has been highly critical of the operations of Chinese firm, Bai Shan Lin which they deemed to be abusive as well. Greenidge, in justifying this stance said that the aim of the Opposition’s criticism as it relates to the operations of the Chinese firms in Guyana, is not to end the relationship with China but to ensure that the affiliation takes place within a consistent policy
- Greenidge framework that is transparent, legal and mutually beneficial. With this in mind, he said that entities, whether Chinese or Indian, that are given certain concessions which are not hinged on performance, is a “national disgrace.” Officials at the Guyana Forestry Commission had stated that it is very improbable that Guyana will sever ties with China based on international reports of its “seemingly abusive” behaviour in the forestry sectors of other countries. Commissioner of Forest James Singh had said, “We continue to ensure that all companies respect the laws. I am not worried because the Chinese companies have obeyed our laws.” But Greenidge said that Singh and his staff are not Guyana’s policy makers and “I am not aware that he can give any assurances regarding what is a political decision. He cannot bind any future Government on political relationships with China or anywhere else. In other words, whilst he is probably right, it is not within his competence to give such an undertaking.” On Friday last, the Ministry
of Natural Resources and the Environment in collaboration with the Forest Products Development and Marketing Council, held a seminar which focused on the incentives and investment opportunities for value added processing within the forestry sector. Greenidge said that although the aim of the seminar is appreciated, having rules and still being unable to explain or justify how some entities enjoy privileges that are not specified in those laws and regulations, is an unacceptable situation. He said that only President Ramotar, Singh and his officials believe that they have provided satisfactory explanations of the application of the Forestry Laws of 2009 and 1959. The APNU member emphasized that the current situation where entities are given conditional fiscal concessions and then enjoy benefits that are not time bound and are unrelated to performance is a disgrace. The Parliamentarian said that concessions should not be based solely on the promise of processing or bringing value added activities. He said they should be monitored to ensure that the pledges are delivered. Greenidge said that it does not make sense to permit a firm of whatever nationality, to bring in 1000 trucks, apparently to log as part of a harvesting and processing operation and then have such incompetent monitoring that 10 years after the trucks
are brought in, the company has not processed anything as promised. Instead, “it has received duty-free concessions, sold services and even the trucks, paid no income taxes, cut down trees that will not be replanted and have left the country with fewer assets than when they started,” the politician asserted. He made the point that while this is being allowed to go unchecked, local and regional operators have had to pay both import and corporation taxes on similar operations. The former finance minister said that in the case of the Chinese firms, they seem to place a high priority on employing as many Chinese as they can in preference to locals. He said that Guyana’s policy is supposed to be different but considering the case of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and the Marriot Hotel, “the Government is so incompetent that agreements in direct conflict with national policy have been signed.” Apart from the level of incompetence in contract preparation, negotiation and enforcement, Greenidge said that other issues that need to be addressed relates to our own Government’s policy when interfacing with “friendly” Governments. He said, “The Government should not be breaking its own laws to facilitate a Government because it wants favours from the foreign firm, or because the firm does
Carl Greenidge , APNU Financial Spokesman
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favours for the PPP or because of personal links between the firm and persons in the Administration.’ “Unfortunately, all these factors seem to influence from time to time the granting of concessions and that is probably why our officials heading institutions responsible for managing the forestry and mining sectors are unable to give any coherent or credible explanations as to why Chinese and Indian firms in particular, seem to be the beneficiaries of concessions inconsistent with common sense, not to mention the regulations.” Expressing those agreements, including Memorandums of Understanding are so secret,
Greenidge said, that it is often not possible to quickly confirm claims made by either the officials or the foreign firms. However, the politician summed up that the issue is not to ban enterprises of states, based on ethnicity for their favourite patterns of behavior, but to prepare rules and regulations and enforce them fairly, to study all the enterprises and to study the experience elsewhere so that Guyana can anticipate problems and handle them properly. In the end, Greenidge said that the question is, “whether the PPP Government is willing to put the nation’s interests ahead of those of the Party and the political leaders and their associates.”
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National Wellness Warriors Club officially launched
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he Ministry of H e a l t h ’ s W e l l n e s s Warriors Club was yesterday officially launched by President Donald Ramotar in the presence of Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, visiting Director of the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health O r g a n i s a t i o n (PAHO/WHO), Dr. Carissa Etienne and other local and regional health sector officials. This Club was launched along with the National Commission for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Guyana at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC). The launching ceremony is part of the activities being spearheaded by the Health Ministry in observance of Caribbean Wellness Day (CWD) on September 13. While malaria and other vector-borne diseases, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis still present formidable challenges to small developing and first-world countries alike, NCDs, also known as chronic diseases, have emerged as the leading causes of death in all regions except Africa. However, current projections indicate that by 2020 the largest increases in NCD deaths will occur in Africa. Data from the Ministry of Health revealed that in 2 0 11 t o 2 0 1 2 , N C D s accounted for over 60 percent of deaths among males and 70 percent among females. NCDs are interconnected and not only share many of the same risk factors, but also act as risk factors for each other. For example, being overweight or obese increases the risk for cardiovascular diseases, cancers and diabetes; while diabetes increases the risk for cardiovascular diseases. The main modifiable behaviours that lead to NCDs are poor diet, physical inactivity, and alcohol and tobacco use. While Guyana’s Health Ministry has been continuously promoting initiatives to raise awareness and education on NCDs, there is need to develop and utilise information, communication materials and strategies that are gender appropriate and which target specific groups within the population. It is against this background that the Wellness Warrior Club was conceptualised. This national club consists of 10
wellness warriors’ chapters for each of the 10 administrative regions in Guyana. Its membership comprises mainly in and out of school youths, and young adults. Each of the 10 regional chapters will be headed by a coordinator and supported by a secretary. A national coordinating committee will be established comprising the coordinators of the regional chapters and officials from the Ministry of Health. These individuals will undergo structured training administered by professional health care providers from the Health Ministry in basic non-invasive testing techniques such as blood pressure and blood sugar testing. The Ministry hopes to promote healthy, active lifestyles and health literacy nationwide using the energies of these trained teenagers and young adults. The main function of the Wellness Warriors Club is to increase and raise health awareness and educate communities on the benefits of healthy, active lifestyles, provide education and information on risk factors
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds flanked by Mrs. Yvonne Hinds and Dr. Carissa Etienne and Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran (second from right-front row) and other regional health sector officials and members of the Wellness Warriors Club that predisposes ill-health. They will conduct peerhelping programmes and activities that will create an environment that will encourage individuals, families and communities to become more conscious of their health and well-being and take action to prevent illnesses by adopting healthy lifestyles. The Wellness Warriors will also support medical
outreaches and screenings by the Ministry of Health and its strategic partners; sponsor health literacy activities among large body of young people such as schools and youth groups; engage in environmental health activities such as clean up campaigns and conduct drives and awareness sessions public activities such as fairs and other gatherings. A quantity
of equipment and basic testing apparatus were handed over to members of the Wellness Warriors Club by Dr. Etienne at yesterday’s launching ceremony. The four main types of NCDs are cardiovascular diseases (heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructed pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes. Wellness Day was first observed in 2008 as a result of one of the decisions taken by CARICOM Heads of Government. This year’s activities are being held under the theme, “Promoting healthy lifestyles for national and regional development”.
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Clinical Chikungunya Virus on the increase - Senior Health Visitor - at least 60 persons seen daily with symptoms at C/Ville Health Centre alone There can be no denying, even at the level of the Ministry of Health that there has been a massive surge in the infection rate of the Chikungunya virus. Based on reports reaching this publication, the health sector is currently relying on clinical diagnosis to ascertain the presence of the disease in patients. This therefore translates to health workers being able to detect the virus based on the signs and symptoms manifested. Although the virus is one that manifests similar to that of dengue fever, there are however some distinct characterises of the Chikungunya virus. These include rashes, joint and
muscle pains, coupled with high fever, nausea and headache. And a number of persons exhibiting these symptoms have been flooding health facilities across the country on a daily basis, a state of affairs that is no less evident at the Campbellville Health Centre. The Health Centre, which falls under the purview of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), is fast becoming as popular as the tertiary institution in terms of the number of patients accessing it. And according to Senior Health Visitor at the Health Centre, Nurse Nalini Dass, the health facility has been
seeing as much as 60 patients with symptoms of the Chikungunya virus on a daily basis. “It is on the increase...we have so many people coming down with the symptoms – the joint pains, the fever and diarrhoea and with the nauseated feeling and so,” said Nurse Dass as she observed that this state of affairs has in fact resulted in an increase in the clientele seen at the health facility. Nurse Dass has also attributed the increase in patients to the fact that, more persons seem to have a preference to be treated at the Campbellville Health Centre rather than at facilities closer to their
The Aedes Aegypti mosquito known to transmit the Chikungunya virus
Senior Health Visitor, Nurse Nalini Dass residence. “People are actually leaving their catchment areas and are coming to us to be treated even though they can access care at other centres,” said the Senior Health Visitor during an interview with this publication. She pointed out that while there isn’t a specific vaccine for the virus, symptomatic treatment is readily offered. Treatment for the virus include: the administering of panadol for fever and a voltaren injection for the joint pains. And according to Nurse Dass all medications
are sourced from the GPHC and are readily accessible if the health centre’s stock becomes depleted. However, she noted that “it is very rare that we find that we are out of a drug in general but if we are we can get more from the GPHC.” Persons opting to utilise the service of the Campbellville Health Centre can easily do so between the hours of 08:00 – 16:00 hours each week day unlike other health centres which are managed directly by the Ministry of Health and wrap-up their operations by noon. It is
perhaps for this very reason Nurse Dass noted, that the centre has been seeing more patients with the symptoms of the Chikungunya virus in recent weeks. Although the Health Ministry from all indications does not regard the Chikungunya virus outbreak as a daunting situation, there are however, several persons in various factions of the society that have been expressing much concern about the outbreak. Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, since the virus was first confirmed here in May, said that the Ministry was quietly tackling the public health threat so as not to create alarm or scare off tourists and investors. Among the Ministry’s efforts have been fogging and residual spraying in Regions and raising awareness among the population to remove as far as possible breeding sites. The Health Ministry although unable to test for the virus was able to confirm through the support of the Caribbean Public Health Agency in Trinidad a total of 81 cases. However, there are many who are of the belief that the numbers far exceed the Ministry’s confirmed cases as there are hundreds of persons who have been exhibiting signs and symptoms of the virus. Although the virus is not usually life threatening, reports out of CARPHA suggest that at least 37 persons have died in the Caribbean alone since the infiltration of the virus in December of last year. Local reports suggest that, at least two persons have died of Chikungunya related complications. The virus is spread to humans through the bites of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito which is commonly found around homes throughout Guyana. It easily thrives in relatively clean but stagnant water.
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HERDMANDSON ANNEX Schools in Linden Closed being used as Marriott office for concert in honour of Monique Amsterdam
Part of the crowd attending the benefit concert. The Herdmandson Annex which is now been used by the Marriott Hotel
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he Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) building on Lamaha Street better known as the “Herdmandson Annex” is now being used by the Marriott Hotel as their “Pre-Opening Office”. A sign has been erected on the front of the building which was once home to the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud.
It is unclear whether a rent is being paid to GuySuco, by the hotel franchise. Up until November 2013, government was paying for four armed Security Guards for the Minister. That arrangement had been in place for several years ever since he was the Minister of Agriculture. Efforts to contact the Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, proved futile yesterday.
By Jacquey Bourne Despite the inclement weather schools were closed in Linden and parents, teachers and students braved the rain and attended the benefit concert for thirteen year old Monique Amsterdam as she prepares for her surgery in the United States. Even though the Mc
Kenzie Sports Club lost part of its roof in a recent storm in Linden, residents of Linden and Georgetown, converged there for a concert in honour of a High School student who is diagnosed with scoliosis. The concert is part of a fund raising effort to assist Monique to have her surgery in the US, which will be done
by Dr. Stephen Carryl also a Lindener. Not only Lindeners performed but students of South Ruimveldt Secondary school, Calvin Burnett, Kwesi Ice and GT&T Jingle and Song winner Malaika Boyd. Teachers of the National Dance School Shirley Inniss and La Vonne George were also present with students.
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Guyana Govt. miffed at Western diplomats Ukraine plea
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett
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ne day after the local American, British and Canadian envoys called on the Guyana Government to stand in solidarity with the international community against Russia regarding its invasion of Ukraine, the Guyana Government is miffed. As a matter of fact, Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Carolyn
Rodrigues-Birkett, is on record as saying that the line of action taken by the diplomats is unusual. According to RodriguesBirkett, “it is somewhat unusual for Ambassadors and High Commissioners that are based in Guyana to make a demarche (line of action) on the host Government through a media conference,
especially when there is easy access to the relevant authorities.” The Ambassadors during the joint press engagement with media operatives on Thursday last, did point out that there were engagements with the Guyana Government but those talks were confidential. Rodrigues-Birkett in responding to the western diplomats said “This approach is even more interesting since the countries concerned are already aware of the position of the Government of Guyana as adumbrated during several face to face interactions and also in a response carried by some sections of the media, following the vote on the United Nations Resolution concerning Crimea.” According to the Foreign
…says nation abstained from UN’s vote on Crimea situation Affairs Minister, “It will be recalled that Guyana and seven other CARICOM countries abstained and six UNASUR countries including Guyana also abstained while two voted against the resolution.” The Guyanese Foreign Affairs Minister said that “this speaks to the complexity of the matter which cannot be strictly compared and/or confused with the territorial situations of other countries, given the history and geopolitical tenets among other considerations.” Rodrigues-Birkett in response to the western diplomats said, “Let me reiterate certain relevant sections of what was already communicated in the media o n t h e G o v e r n m e n t ’s position on this matter…As a small state, Guyana is obliged to insist on respect by all states for the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law as a guarantor of international peace and security and as a bulwark against external threats. It is a matter of concern that the application of these principles by powerful actors in the international community is often marked by unevenness, inconsistency and double standards.” She was adamant that Guyana has long upheld the principle of respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity and the prohibition against the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, and against intervention in the domestic affairs of states. “We also respect the right of peoples to self-
determination and stress the need for a consistent and principled approach to its application.” According to the Foreign Affairs Minister, “Guyana calls on Russia and Ukraine to exercise restraint and responsibility, to desist from any act that can lead to a heightening of tensions, and to work to solve their differences through dialogue.” According to RodriguesBirkett, “I have noted that this call on the Government of Guyana regarding Ukraine comes after the world witnessed the disproportionate bombings by Israel which resulted in the deaths of more than 1,700 Palestinians with more than 70 per cent being civilians and the displacement of thousands of others.” She noted that some have described the situation as the greatest atrocity since World War II while others have opined that this could very well constitute a violation of the recently concluded Arms Trade Treaty which CARICOM spearheaded at the United Nations. This past week Dr. Nicole Giles, the Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana as well as her British and American Counterparts, called on the Guyana government to issue a statement in solidarity with the international community against Russia’s actions in Ukraine. According to Dr. Giles, “it matters to both Canada and Guyana whether international laws are being broken.” She said that for both countries, a cornerstone of international order is respect
for principle of the viability of international orders as well as peaceful means to resolve disputes. In relation to how Guyana can support its international partners in the struggle against Russia, Giles told media operatives that “every country in the international community has an ability to stand up and indicate their support for the international order, their support for international law, and we would be very pleased if Guyana were able to issue a statement that would indicate its support for these principles.” Meanwhile her British counterpart, High Commissioner Andrew Ayers, in his pitch to the Guyana Government, reminded that the two World Wars started in Europe and the Ukraine/Russian spat is currently at the top of his administration’s agenda. In seeking to draw a nexus as to why Guyana should be interested in the Crimea situation where Russian forces have invaded and are fighting against the Ukranian forces, Ayers drew reference to the fact that there are currently two countries claiming rights to sections of Guyana’s territory. “Therefore there is a parallel here,” said High Commissioner Ayers. Bryan Hunt, the US Charge d’ Affairs, also supported the calls of his Canadian and British counterparts. “ We b e l i e v e e v e r y country has a stake in what is happening in Ukraine,” Hunt stressed, as he too pointed out that the exercise is not one that is isolated to Guyana, but is being undertaken on a global scale wherever American missions are located. He said that all must be concerned with whether or not Russia abides with international law, and if it will cease and desist with its occupation of another sovereign country, and further, its attempt to annex a part of that country to Russia. “All of us have a stake in this whether we are American, British, Canadian or Guyanese,” said Hunt. According to the US Diplomat, for any country to occupy another sovereign nation would undermine hundreds of years of international law and precedent on which sovereign nations interact.
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DEAR EDITOR, This month, the month of September, coincided with two important observances which in a way are interlocking and mutually reinforcing from a national development perspective Education Month and Amerindian Heritage Month. Let me before proceeding any further express my feeling of loss over the burning down of the Umana Yana which has been a major landmark in our capital city, Georgetown. One hopes that it will be rebuilt sooner rather than later. There is a saying to the effect that one cannot be educated and poor at the same time. There is a whole lot of truth in this saying. Experience has shown that millions of people have been lifted out of the poverty threshold due to greater access to quality education defined here to mean one that provides opportunities for individuals to lead productive and constructive lives. In other words, education must be relevant to the needs of society and provide that
opportunity for individuals to realize their potential to the fullest extent possible. Consistent with this thinking, the current PPP/C administration has been putting much emphasis on education which has been declared a national priority. This emphasis on education is in line with the administration’s approach to development which sees development as essentially human development. This has found expression in the huge sums of money set aside in the national budget for education and health. Much emphasis is being put on hinterland education, aimed at bridging the achievement gap between hinterland and coastland students. It is no secret that under the colonial administration hinterland education was grossly neglected, a situation which persisted under the PNC administration. It was not until the PPP/C government was returned to office in October 1992 that efforts to improve
accessibility to quality education for hinterland students begun in earnest. The promise of a brighter day for our Amerindians, once a distant dream, has now become a living reality. Our Amerindian students are catching up nicely in terms of education achievement. Today Amerindian students can be found in increasing numbers at all leading educational institutions including the Cyril Potter College of Education, the University of Guyana and other training institutions including the Nursing Schools, the Guyana School of Agriculture and Government Technical Institute. To make their stay away from home as comfortable as possible, and to preserve their cultural norms and values, the Government has constructed a new dormitory facility for Amerindian children attending schools in Georgetown. The delivery of education in Guyana is today much more equitable and
Reading crisis:The continued... From page 5 success-oriented actions. The people must have sufficient information in order to make a complete analysis. So, for the minister to intimate that information can be misused because of, as she said, “we are in the silly season of politics” is selfish, puerile and reflective of a government and minister who fails to understand the importance of the issue or respect for the intelligence of the people. It was unfortunate Ms. Manickchand did not see it necessary to take the moral high ground on this very important issue, instead she decided to resort to her usual political rant about “politicians and wanna be politicians”, again attempting to
relegate our children’s education and future to a political football. Guyanese children deserve so much better. I am confident that not too far in the distant future they will get a minister and government that truly believe in them and work to ensure that they are given the requisite opportunities to achieve their full potential. I know that our children can and will do better, if only they are supported by a government and education officials who care for them and are interested in their total development. Our children must read at grade level! I urge all parents, family, relatives, friends, godfathers, godmothers, religious organizations, sports groups, and other support groups to work
to help our children learn to read. Their failure is not only our failure, it will also be our greatest nightmare. We have begun to see the spate of teen criminals and the vicious acts they can engage in. Let us reflect on the 14year-old shot dead in the home of a residence on the East Coast of Demerara. Did he know to read? Did he attend school? Did the school curriculum respond to his learning need? When did he drop out of school? Let us act now to stem the tide. Let us continue to believe in and pray for our children, in both the public and private schools system. Guyana’s children can rise and will rise to the occasion. Lurlene Nestor
Govt. should desist using Dr. Rodney’s... From page 5 response to the Opposition Leader, the Hon. Brigadier David Granger accusing the PPP administration of behaving like a ‘cornered rat’ as they could not provide proof to support their claim that
GECOM Preliminary List of Electors (PLE) is flawed. It is clear this Government is using the ongoing COI for political gain and to tarnish image of the PNC and people like Brigadier Granger, ahead of possible elections.
Actually, I could not understand why it is that the ruling party is accusing the PNC Government indirectly for the death of Dr Walter Rodney when there is no piece of evidence to link the party or any past or present members of that party to Dr. Rodney’s death. I am convinced, like many others in our society, that if the PNC had something to hide from the nation they would never have supported or even called for an internationally-supported probe into Rodney’s death or even take part in the COI. It is time that this disgraceful government desists from using it for political gain Rayvonne P. Bourne
corresponds with the declared policy of the present administration to empower the Amerindian people in order to mainstream them in the national development process. Amerindians are today taking charge of their own development by taking up important positions which in the past were held by coastlanders. These include head teachers, nurses, doctors, agriculture extension officers and engineers. Attempts at economic diversification have commenced with the cultivation of rice on a pilot basis in Region Nine. This, when fully operationalized, could have a transformative effect on the local economies in terms of job creation and allowing for greater cash flow into the economy. Much progress has been made by this administration in terms of linking the various hinterland regions by way of a road link. Thanks to the road link between regions Eight and Nine, it is now possible for farmers to bring out their produce to much larger markets in Lethem and even further afield in Linden and Georgetown. In this regard, the recent trail linking the North and South Pakaraimas is of particular significance. The democratization of education delivery in hinterland communities has put added pressure on the education system to, as it were, deliver the goods. There is hardly any justification for hinterland and rural schools to lag behind in terms of educational achievements, especially given the fact that there is a much more equitable distribution of educational resources, including learning resources and trained teaching personnel. Schools must be held accountable for their performance. The good news is that hinterland schools are doing much better today than in the past. The education deficit is gradually being eliminated and the performance gap between our hinterland and coastal schools is being progressively narrowed. This is indeed one of the best indicators of economic and social progress, which in essence will empower these communities to take development in their own hands. Most of the Amerindian and hinterland communities have moved away from a subsistence way of life to a cash economy, with the establishment of banking systems. Amerindian development has come a long way since the assumption to office of the PPP/C administration, even though much more remains to be done. Hydar Ally
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U.S. intensifies sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
(Reuters) - The United States hit Russia’s largest bank, a major arms maker and arctic, deepwater and shale exploration by its biggest oil companies with new sanctions yesterday to punish Moscow for its intervention in Ukraine. The sanctions, coordinated with similar European Union steps, were triggered by what the West sees as Moscow’s recent effort to destabilize eastern Ukraine by backing proRussian separatists with troops, heavy arms and cross-border shelling. They are the latest economic penalties imposed by the West since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March. The sanctions target companies including Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank by assets, and Rostec, a conglomerate that makes everything from Kalashnikovs to cars, by limiting their ability to access the U.S. debt markets. They also bar U.S. companies from selling goods or services to five Russian energy companies to conduct deepwater, Arctic
offshore and shale projects. The Russian firms affected are Gazprom, Gazprom Neft, Lukoil, Surgutneftegas and Rosneft. The United States stressed that the sanctions could be removed if Russia, which denies sending troops into eastern Ukraine and arming the separatists, took a series of steps including the withdrawal of all of its forces from its neighbor. However, a defiant Russian President Vladimir Putin called the new economic penalties “strange,” given his backing of peace efforts in eastern Ukraine, and Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it would respond quickly with retaliatory measures against what it criticized as another “hostile step.” SHUTTING DOWN SOME OIL EXPLORATION The energy sanctions, and similar EU steps, are not designed to curb Russia’s current, conventional oil production but to hit future production by depriving Russian firms of the expertise of companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp and BP Plc. Russia, along with Saudi
Arabia and the United States, is one of the world’s top oil producers and is the main energy supplier to Europe. Like other producers, it is keen to extract oil from the arctic, shale fields and deep sea deposits. The latest U.S. energy sanctions go further than steps Washington took in July, when the U.S. Commerce Department barred American companies from using certain technologies to exploit oil in shale, deep sea and arctic fields. “It is designed to effectively shut down this type of oil exploration and production activity by depriving these Russian companies of the goods, technology and services that they need to do this work,” a senior U.S. official who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity said of the U.S. and EU steps. Texas-based Exxon signed a $3.2 billion agreement in 2011 with Russian company Rosneft Oil Co to develop the Arctic, while BP owns 18.5 percent of Rosneft, the Russian state-controlled oil giant, according to Thomson Reuters data. Earlier this year BP signed
a deal to explore for oil with Rosneft in Russia’s VolgaUrals region primarily focusing on unconventional, or shale formations, in that region. Major oil companies, including Exxon, said they were assessing the sanctions and would comply with U.S. law. The new U.S. sanctions were timed to coincide with fresh European Union economic penalties that included restrictions on financing for some Russian state-owned companies and asset freezes on leading Russian politicians. The U.S. Treasury Department said the sanctions include a ban on U.S. individuals or companies dealing with Rostec, a major Russian technology and defense conglomerate, in debt transactions of more than 30 days maturity. Assets also were blocked for five state-owned defense technology firms, OAO Dolgoprudny Research Production Enterprise, M y t i s h c h i n s k i Mashinostroitelny Zavod OAO, Kalinin Machine Plant JSC, Almaz-Antey GSKB, and JSC NIIP. The new sanctions also
tighten the financial noose on six Russian banks, including Sberbank, by barring U.S. individuals and companies from dealing in any debt they issue of longer than 30 days maturity. The five banks previously covered had only faced a restriction on debt maturities of more than 90 days. Like those five, Sberbank now also faces a ban on U.S. equity financing. The Treasury Department also imposed sanctions prohibiting U.S. individuals
and companies from dealing in new debt of greater than 90 days maturity issued by Russian energy companies Gazprom Neft and Transneft. “These steps underscore the continued resolve of the international community against Russia’s aggression,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said in a statement. “Russia’s economic and diplomatic isolation will continue to grow as long as its actions do not live up to its words.”
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Pistorius found guilty of culpable homicide (Reuters) - Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide yesterday, escaping the more serious charge of murder for the killing of his girlfriend, and will now battle to avoid going to prison. The 27-year-old double amputee, who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, stood impassively in the dock, his hands folded in front of him, as Judge Thokozile Masipa delivered her verdict. Pistorius was also
convicted of firing a pistol under the table of a packed Johannesburg restaurant but cleared of two other firearms charges - illegal possession of ammunition and firing a pistol out of the sun-roof of a car. Masipa based her decision of culpable homicide on the reasoning that Pistorius had acted negligently when he fired four shots from a 9mm pistol into a toilet door in his luxury Pretoria home, killing Steenkamp, who was behind it, almost instantly.
He said it was a tragic error, and that he had believed he was shooting at an intruder. Steenkamp’s mother June was unconvinced, saying: “Justice was not served.” “I just don’t feel this is the right sentence,” she told the U.S. network NBC. “I won’t believe his story and that’s the difference.” Culpable homicide - South Africa’s equivalent of manslaughter - carries up to 15 years in prison but, given Pistorius’s lack of previous convictions, legal experts said
Saturday September 13, 2014 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) Friendship could turn into romance if you aren't careful, Aries. A platonic relationship could turn passionate, and no one would be more surprised than you. Think carefully about where you'd like this to go. TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20) Today you wake up feeling reinvigorated and renewed, Taurus. You feel as though you can accomplish anything. And very likely, today you can. Anything you set your mind and attention to works out beautifully. GEMINI (May 21–June 20) People often see you as shy and reserved, Gemini, but of course you know that you're really very friendly once you relax. Today you find it unusually easy to interact with others.
LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) You're likely aware of your writing abilities, Libra, but you may not realize the extent of your talent. It would be worthwhile to devote more time to your craft. You can't improve much if writing time is interrupted by other obligations. SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Tact isn't necessarily your strong suit, Scorpio. No one would accuse you of being overly sensitive to other people's emotions, but today you turn over a new leaf. SAGIT (Nov. 22–Dec. 21) If you aren't getting on a plane today, Sagittarius, expect to in the near future. Your wanderlust is back and you're bound for the wild blue yonder yet again, most likely to someplace exotic.
CANCER (June 21–July 22) All things domestic are highlighted, Cancer. It could be that you've finally called the plumber or set out to do those household repairs yourself. New people are likely to come into your life.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Your ship could come in today, Virgo. It will happen unexpectedly, and it may take you some time to adjust to this sudden financial windfall.
PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) Today you feel in control and on top of the world. You can do anything, Pisces. This would be an auspicious time to begin a new project or creative endeavor.
Pistorius leaves the court in Pretoria after being cleared of the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. (AP) he could avoid a custodial sentence altogether. “It could range from a suspended sentence to a stiff jail sentence. It could even be the imposition of a fine or community service, or it could be ... house arrest,” said Stephen Tuson, law professor at Johannesburg’s University of Witwatersrand. “The court will take into account the degree of negligence or recklessness.” Criminal law expert Martin Hood expected a noncustodial sentence, telling ENCA television: “He’s almost certainly, in my opinion, not going to be going to jail.” SENTENCING Masipa set sentencing for Oct. 13 and granted a bail extension. Flanked by police and bodyguards, a stonefaced Pistorius made his way out of the court through a scrum of reporters, television cameras and onlookers. “We never had any doubt about Oscar’s version of events,” his uncle Arnold Pistorius told reporters. “It won’t bring Reeva back, but our hearts go out to her family
Courts 10k Road Race... indicated that the Courts 10km Road Race has been growing and the company is hoping that the 2014 Edition will be the biggest and the best. “We are looking forward to seeing Guyana’s best athletes perform, it’s about keeping Guyana fit as this month is our anniversary month,” Cummings noted. Courts is celebrating 21 years of existence in Guyana. There will be a 3km fitness race for Courts’ staff while members of the corporate community are also invited to participate. The race will start and end in front of Courts Main Street, with registration closing on September 26. All athletes can register at the Guyana Olympic Association Headquarters, High Street, Kingston.
and friends.” Before the shooting, Pistorius was a symbol of triumph over adversity, recovering from having both his legs amputated as a baby to win six gold medals at three Paralympics running on carbon-fibre prosthetics, earning the nickname ‘Blade Runner’. He was also responsible for taking athletes with disabilities into the mainstream, competing against able-bodied runners at the London 2012 Olympics. South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority said it was “disappointed” not to have secured a premeditated
murder conviction, but would not make any decision about an appeal until after sentencing. Masipa’s decision also sparked anger outside the court, particularly among groups campaigning for women’s rights in a country with high levels of violent crime against women and children. The verdict has also forced democratic South Africa to ask itself some uncomfortable questions about race and inequality, in a country where whites and blacks still inhabit largely different worlds, two decades after the end of apartheid. “If it were me, I would be going to jail,” said Thabang Modise, a black 37-year-old fast food store manager. There were many, however, who were more willing to put their trust in the judgment of Masipa, the 66year-old former Soweto crime reporter and social worker who rose to be only the second black female High Court judge in South Africa. “Being a feminist, this judgment is hard to take in, I must say.
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Cash-rich IAAF Continental Cup a lure for J’can athletes Jamaica Observer - AT least five Jamaicans will be in action on the first day of the two-day IAAF Continental Cup, which gets underway early this morning Jamaican time in Marrakesh, Morocco. Nine Jamaicans accepted invitations to the event that will see a number of the top athletes in the world competing for continental teams for points towards the championships. The teams are the Americas, Europe, African and Asia-Pacific with two athletes per team taking part in each event, but no two athletes from the same country will be able to compete in the same event. There are also attractive cash prizes on offer with winners taking US$30,000, second place U S $ 1 5 , 0 0 0 , third place US$10,000, and everyone down to eighth place getting paid. Members of relay teams will also get cash prizes, while individuals setting World
Records will get the IAAF bonus of US$50,000. On the first day which starts just after midnight (this morning Jamaican time), Commonwealth Games champions Kaliese Spencer, Kimberly Williams and O’Dayne Richards, as well as Diamond League champions Veronica Campbell Brown and Novlene Williams-Mills, will represent the Americas teams in individual events. Discus thrower Jason Morgan and 200m runner Rasheed Dwyer will compete on Sunday’s second day, while Stephenie McPherson, Nesta Carter and Christine Day will also compete in relay events. After dominating the 2014 season and losing just once all year, in her first Diamond League race in Doha, Spencer will start the red-hot favourite to win the women’s 400m hurdles. The Continental Cup gold medal would complete a nice trifecta of titles for Spencer, the Commonwealth Games
and Diamond Race champion, who has the toptwo fastest times in the world this year and seven of the top nine. Campbell Brown, who was named female captain of the Americas team, has run sparingly this season and will team with Trinidad’s Michelle-Lee Ahye in what should be a wide-open race with the absence of Commonwealth Games double-sprint champion Blessing Okagbare. Wi l l i a m s c o u l d b e forced to settle for the runners-up spot in the triple jump given the form of her Americas teammate Caterine Ibarguen, who has dominated the event all year and has four of the top five performances done this season. Wi l l i a m s - M i l l s a nd Americas teammate American World Leader Francena McCorory are expected to finish first and second in the women’s 400m, scoring big points for the Americas team.
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Security concerns over Windies-India ODI clash
DHARMASALA, India (CMC) — Security cover has been requested for the fifth One-Day International (ODI) between the West Indies and India scheduled for the hillside town of Dharmasala October 20. The match is due to be played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket (HPCA) Association Stadium, but officials are taking no chances because of a conflict between HPCA and the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh. HPCA has written to the district police and civil authorities requesting security cover and
administrative support during the match, the second international fixture at the venue. “We have written to the district police and the district administration requesting security cover and support during the upcoming ODI match between India and West Indies,” said HPCA spokesperson Sanjay Sharma. “We hope for cooperation and support from both the district police and the civil administration to make the event successful”. The Congress government in Himachal Pradesh and HPCA are locked
in a fierce battle over alleged irregularities in the functioning of HPCA. The tussle between the Congress-led state government and the HPCA had forced officials to cancel Indian Premier League (IPL) matches this season at the HPCA stadium which hosted nine IPL matches in the last four seasons. Dharamsala last hosted an international event when the India- England ODI was played here in January 2013. West Indies upcoming tour of India includes five ODIs, a lone T20 and three Test matches.
Ajmal’s flex more than twice legal limit - ICC report ESPNcricinfo - Saeed Ajmal’s average elbow extension is more than twice the permissible limit of 15 degrees, according to an ICC report available with ESPNcricinfo following biomechanical testing of his bowling action. Ajmal, who was banned on September 9 after tests at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane, was found to flex his elbow up to an average of 42 degrees while bowling, the report said. Ajmal was assessed bowling offspin from over and around the wicket, the doosra and quicker balls, and none of the deliveries were close to the permissible limit, the report said. As per ICC rules, a bowler can have maximum elbow extension or flex - the amount he bends and straightens his elbow while delivering the ball - of 15 degrees; anything more, and the action is deemed to be illegal. As per the report, during the tests Ajmal’s average elbow extension stood at 37 to 39 degrees for offspin delivered over the wicket, 41 to 42 degrees for offspin bowled around the wicket, 40 degrees for the doosra, 38 degrees for quicker ones around the wicket and 42 degrees for quicker balls over the wicket. Following news of the report leaking, PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan admitted that the tests found Ajmal’s elbow extension to be well over the legal limit. “Some of the deliveries had very high elbow extension, over 40 degrees,” Khan told AFP. “The mean of Ajmal’s deliveries was 37 degrees which again is high and now we have a challenge to do the remedial work.”
Saeed Ajmal bowls. (AFP) Ajmal is set to undergo remedial work on his action from September 15. He can apply for reassessment of his action once he has undergone remedial work, and if it is cleared then, his suspension will be lifted. This was the second instance of Ajmal being reported for a suspect action. In April 2009, he had been reported for his doosra, and was cleared the following month. The ICC rules allow the PCB 14 days from the receipt of the report on Ajmal’s action to file an appeal, though the Pakistan board has seemingly been veering away from taking this course of action. Ajmal, though, had said after being banned that such an appeal could work in his favour since he had a medical condition that contributed to his problem. “They are yet to consider my medical reports and once they do it, I am sure there
shouldn’t be any problem,” Ajmal had said. “If one has a medical problem then what can he do? So I am 100% positive and hoping for the best.” It is understood that the PCB had maintained Ajmal had a medical condition following an accident which affected the movement of his elbow when he was previously reported, and that had been accepted by the ICC when his action was cleared then. The ICC’s report this time around, under its injury history and anatomical abnormalities section, said he “reports a previous injury [of the elbow], a fracture in 2004”, but did not elaborate on how that would affect his action. Separately, the report did note that “the player was not generally hypermobile”, hypermobility being a condition in which the body’s joints easily move beyond the normal range.
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Government Reneges on MoA as Alness Turf Club Horserace meet pushed back to Sunday 28 at Alness President Ramotar assents to cricket bill Over 55 horses entered
The horserace meet organized by the Alness Turf Club has been pushed back by one week and is now set for Sunday September 28th at the club’s racetrack at Alness Village, Corentyne Berbice. According to organiser Marcel Crawford Junior, the main reason is to give the horses and horse owners adequate time to have their animals fit and ready for racing following an hectic two months of racing. According to Crawford he wants all to be on board as they strive diligently to get the sport back to where it once was. He is encouraging all in the fraternity to shake off all their differences and put horseracing first. He wants to achieve what his late father, Senior Council Marcel Crawford, tried all is life to accomplish. He assured that the facility, which was once classified as among the best in the country, will be up and ready for the occasion. So far a number sponsors are on board led by Beverage Giants Banks DIH, Guyana Tourism Authority, Nand Persaud and Sons Group of Companies, Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and Stables,
Mohammed ‘Nanko’ Shariff and Attorney at Law Ryan Crawford among others. Close to $4.5M are up for grabs and a total of seven races are billed for the day’s card with attractive cash incentives and trophies at stake. With this being the second meet billed for the entity in more than two years, horseracing fans are expected to come out in their numbers. So far over 55 of the country’s top horses have taken entry for the day’s meet. The feature ‘A’ class and lower 1600M event for a first prize of $1M with a total purse of over $2M and trophy compliments of Banks DIH Limited in the main attraction. Guyana Top ‘A’ class horse Score’s Even is expected to be back on the track and will face up against the likes of Church House, Set For Fame, Dark and Lovely, Run Nana Run, California Strike, Bridal Stone Corner and Young Elite among others. The other events on board are the -F and lower race which will see the
horses galloping over 1200M for a winner’s pocket of $350,000and trophy. The G and lower event over 1400M with a first prize of $275,000 and trophy. The ‘I and lower1200M even will see the animals racing for a first prize money of $200.000 and trophy. The animals in the ‘J1’ class event will be competing for $170,000 winners money and trophy over 1000M. The race for animals classified J3 and lower will be for a winners money of $140,000 and trophy over 1100M. The K and lower event will fetch a winning prize of $90,000 and trophy over 1000M. Outstanding individual performers including top Jockey, trainer and stable will be presented with accolades compliments of the Trophy Stall, Bourda Market and the organizers. Interested persons can make contact with Marcel Crawford Jr on Telephone number 678-5342, Nikita Ross 662-4668, Campton Sancho 690-0569 or R Matadial 325-3192. (Samuel Whyte)
Messi & Neymar to link up for Barca BBC Sport - Lionel Messi and Neymar are set to start together for the first time this season as Barcelona look to maintain a winning La Liga start at home to Athletic Bilbao. Brazil’s Neymar has been struggling with an ankle problem while Messi missed Argentina’s win over Germany due to a groin strain. “Messi is ready, he has trained with the group,” said boss Luis Enrique. “Neymar is a special player. He is in the right condition to play.” Enrique added: “He (Neymar) has already been subjected to incredible pressure in his country and in his club career and I hope that from that base he can become one of the best players in the world.” Barca are the only team in the Spanish top flight to have won their opening two games as they seek to improve on last season’s second-placed finish to Atletico Madrid.
Lionel Messi and Neymar. (AP) Messi has started the season in form, helping Barca to back-to-back victories over Elche and Villarreal. Neymar, who broke a bone in his back during a World Cup quarter-final against Colombia, returned from captaining Brazil for the first time in victories over Colombia and Ecuador without a recurrence of his injury problems. “Pressure and strategy are two of Bilbao’s great weapons,” Enrique added. “We will try to counteract that and the
players have been warned. “They don’t hesitate. They go on the attack and dominate many aspects of the game.” Bilbao finished fourth last season and are one of four Spanish teams competing in the the Champions League group stages, starting at home to Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday. Barcelona are in Champions League action on the same night, at home Cyprus’s Apoel Nicosia.
State run Guyana Chronicle yesterday reported, quoting Attorney General Anil Nandlall that President Donald Ramotar signed the controversial Cricket Bill last Wednesday, even though the Guyana Times newspaper reported the previous day, reliable sources informed, that the President said the Bill is yet to reach his desk. The Cricket Bill continues to confuse everyone as, yet again; even its drafters seem at a loss to properly divulge information on its true status. It is obvious that the Attorney General, and not the Minister of Sports, issued the statement carried by the Guyana Chronicle. According to a reliably source, the previous day the president did not know where the bill was and on that very day, according to the AG the Bill was signed into law. A usually reliable source at the WICB informed Kaieteur Sport that the Government of Guyana reneged on all its commitments negotiated and stated in a tripartite MOA between the Government of Guyana, West Indies Cricket Board and the Guyana Cricket Board. The source further stated that the agreement had two other parties namely APNU and AFC. At the GOG request these other political parties were removed as signatories to the MOA. A few months ago negotiations between the GOG, WICB and GCB provided an ideal platform for a solution to this ongoing crisis but it is now revealed that the Government has back peddled on those promises. When contacted for a comment Secretary of the GCB Anand Sanasie stated that he read the Article in the Chronicle and cannot say what was the status of the
Anand Sanasie
President Donald Ramotar
Cricket bill? He said “to the best of my knowledge the Government did not sign the MOA and if the Bill is indeed law then it is time for the Lawyers of the GCB/WICB to deal with the situation.” Sanasie further stated, “I am not at all surprised as that is the nature of the Beast.” The WICB had expressed concerns about the cricket bill and outlined to Guyana’s parliament, and all the political parties, the basis of those concerns and likely consequences. Should those concerns not be addressed Guyana is likely to suffer severely as no international cricket would be played in Guyana. Mr. Anil Nandlall, who represented one of the cricket factions when he was in private practice and Minister of Sports Frank Anthony, may very well oversee the demise of our cricket as the WICB would surely act condignly. These two gentlemen continue to mislead the public by stating that the Cricket Bill is similar to that of Trinidad and Barbados, nothing is further from the truth, as those bills are about one page long and simply give corporate status to existing entities at the request of those entities. The Government of Guyana is attempting to hijack cricket in Guyana with their version of a bill that is about Thirty (30) pages and imposes constitutions on the GCB
and DCB, not approved by its membership it was revealed. The government is also misleading when they state that their IMC drafted a constitution for the GCB. It is understood that Mr. Nandlall hired Attorney Stephen Fraser and paid him Millions of taxpayers’ Dollars to draft a constitution, a cricket bill and persecute the GCB. The GCB Constitution appended to the bill was found to be in contravention of those of the Membership of the GCB, WICB and ICC, which is likely to create more chaos. One legal source opined that this is the worst piece of legislation he has ever set his eyes upon and the GCB/WICB will easily win if this matter is brought before a judge, if not in Guyana, surely at the CCJ. Kaieteur Sport understands that the new WICB franchise structure, School Cricket, Grassroot Programs, Kiddies Cricket, etc. are all in danger of being stopped as the GCB, once again, would be unable to function properly. Our Cricketers, Coaches, Commentators and others who depend on cricket for a living will suffer. Our young cricketers just performed exceptionally well yet we will lose another generation to the powers of the land that endeavor to take control of everything in sight.
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2nd Dhaka Test
Windies aim to finish series with clinical win in their 500th Test today By Sean Devers in St Lucia In Association with Mike’s Pharmacy, Raj Singh Insurance, Universal Sports Store Carib Beer & Rex Resorts St Lucia How things have changed in the space of five years. The 2009 tour by Bangladesh now seem light years away as tourist returned to their favorite cricketing destination with high hopes of at least drawing the two-Test Dhaka Bank series in St Vincent and St Lucia. Despite an unbeaten 48 in the first innings followed by his third Test hundred from Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim and a 314 score in the second innings to avoid an innings defeat, Bangladesh lost by 10-wickets in the first Test in St Vincent. Today, at the Beausejour Stadium on the 238 square mile Island of St Lucia, a venue where Bangladesh had never lost a Test match, We s t I n d i e s s t a r t a s overwhelming favorites to close off this series 2-nil as they start their 500th Test since their first against England in 1928. If Bangladesh’s four Tests wins came against Zimbabwe and a third string West Indies side in 2009, the last time they played at this ground in 2004, Bangladesh earned their first draw overseas when Khaled Mashud (103*), Habibul Bashar (113) & Mohammad R a f i q u e ( 111 ) s c o r e d centuries in the same match.
This was against a full strength West Indies and the visitors would consider a draw here a victory. Bangladesh sits at the bottom of the ICC Test Rankings, while the West Indies are two places higher at number eight. A 1-nil series win by the hosts will see Bangladesh moving up 13 rating points and the West Indies going backwards on the Rankings. In St Vincent, Bangladesh pushed the West Indies much harder and prolonged the game much longer than the home team and their fans anticipated and with tours to India and South Africa before they face Ireland in their World Cup opener on February 16 next year, there is a lot of work to be done if the Caribbean side hope to compete with the ‘big boys’ in International cricket. The win in St Vincent was far from clinical with Skipper Denesh Ramdin admitting that the catching is a major cause for concern. The dropped catches by Kirk Edwards and Jerome Taylor were elementary blunders and would have been held by most of those in the Scotia Bank Kiddies cricket programme held during the lunch breaks of each day’s play. Kemar Roach had four wickets in the second innings in the first Test, while Shannon Gabriel’s lack of more wickets was not a true reflection of how well and fast he bowled. If this track is greener than the one in St Vincent,
Denesh Ramdin gets some catching practice during a training session. (WICB Randy Brooks) the powerfully built Trinidadian could prove too hostile for the visitors. Taylor bowled well in spurts, while left-arm spinner Suleiman Benn picked up seven wickets in the match but bowled much too quickly. While the poor catching added the visitor’s cause so did Ramdin’s defensive captaincy which allowed the lower order, as New Zealand did in Trinidad when West Indies won by 10-wickets, to string together frustrating lower order partnerships as the hosts lacked the knock-out punch. This is the middle of the Hurricane season in the Eastern Caribbean and had there been more rain and the match was drawn the West Indies would have had only themselves to blame for batting too slowly on the second day when they had
over 300 runs with only three wickets down. Ve t e r a n S h i v Chanderpaul took over five hours to make an unbeaten 85 before he ran out of time to make his 30th Test ton when the declaration came. But he seemed satisfied with another not out which took his Test average to 52.26 With Gayle out for personal reasons, Kraigg Braithwaite, who played beautifully against an innocuous attack, will want to step up a gear here as he prepares for much tougher opposition in India and on the bouncy pitches in South Africa, while Darren Bravo has all the talent to be ‘great’ if he works on his impetuous shot-selections. Ramdin has been having a good run with the bat and could be used as make-shift opener (a job he has done before at this level)
allowing space in the middle order to accommodate both Jermaine Blackwood (who can bowl part time spin) and Leon Johnson, who should be given his debut against a weak bowling attack since he should be on the plane to India. Johnson has a realistic chance of becoming the R e g i o n ’s 3 0 0 t h Te s t cricketer since Kirk Edwards’ performance in the last Test should see him losing his place in the side. Already with the loss of Shakib Al Hasan and Sohag Gazi, Bangladesh batsman Imrul Kayes, who scored 9 & 25 in St Vincent has been ruled out of this game with a skin infection. Bangladesh manager Habibul Bashar, who scored a century here a decade ago, said that Kayes has not practiced with the team and been confined to the Hotel
since the team arrived here on Wednesday. Anamul Haque should replace Kayes in the final X1 and the batting will again revolve around Rahim. He will hope for support from Mahmudullah, Shamsur Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Shuvagata Hom and Tamin Iqbal, who scored 128 on Bangladesh’s last tour here. Left-arm spinner Taijul, who got a five-wicket haul on his Test debut at Arnos Va l e , H o m a n d Mahmudullah, will be expected to provide the spin. Pacers Rubel, the most experienced but one of the most expensive bowlers in Test cricket and Al Amin, who has 21 days to have his action tested after being reported in the first Test, will aim to be more penetrative on a track which Ramdin says he wants to see with some grass. Teams: West Indies: Denesh Ramdin (captain/wicket-keeper), Shiv Chanderpaul, Leon Johnson, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Kraigg Braithwaite, Jermaine Blackwood, Kirk Edwards, Jerome Taylor, Kemar R o a c h , J a s o n H o l d e r, Shannon Gabriel, Shane Shillingford, Sulieman Benn. Bangladesh: Mushfiqur Rahim (captain/wicketk e e p e r ) Ta m i m I q b a l , Anamul Haque, Mominul Haque, Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Shamsur Rahman, Robiul Islam, Shafiul Islam, Taijul Islam, Shuvagata Hom, Al Amin, Elias Sunny.
Courts 10k Road Race launched Courts Guyana Inc. will host the Fourth Edition of its 10km Road Race on September 28, following the launch of the even yesterday at the furniture and appliance giant’s Main Street store. It was disclosed that Courts will be spending over $1.7M to ensure the success of the event with $1.2M up for grabs in prizes. The race, as usual, is set to attract a number of top athletes with Cleveland Forde set to defend the male title. In addition, Ainlim 10k
female winner, Euleen Josiah-Tanner, is also expected to return from the United States for the race. President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Aubrey Hutson said that they have written to the Guyana Police Force to ensure that the race route is protected and the race is safe. “What we have also done is to ensure some of our marshals come out with red flags to alert the motorists on the road of the race, so we
can almost guarantee full safety,” Hutson said. “Courts has done it again, sticking to their motto, ‘Bringing Value Home’; we have been attracting persons outside of Guyana to be a part of this race and it’s nice to see Courts continuing with their effort in sport, as we have (this race) as an annual event o n o u r c a l e n d a r, ” h e continued. Courts’ Marketing Manager, Pernell Cummings (Continued on page 27)
Pernell Cummings (second right) hands over the symbolic sponsorship cheque to AAG President Aubrey Hutson in the presence of Courts marketing staff.
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Ramchand/Rohan Auto Spares Softball BCB congratulates Clive Lloyd on his appointment as WICB Chief Selector tournament continues tomorrow THE President and Executives of the Berbice Cricket Board has extended congratulations to Clive Hubert Lloyd on his recent appointment as the chief selector of The West Indies Cricket Board. In an invited comment, Anil Beharry, First Vice President, said that the BCB is confident
that Lloyd will play a significant role in returning the team to its former glory, the same he did when he molded the team into an unbeatable unit during his stint as the captain. Beharry continued by saying that the BCB has tremendous respect for Mr Lloyd first as a cricketer and an
administrator and his statistics has vindicated that, with 110 test matches scoring 7515 runs at an average of just under 50 including 19 centuries and 39 fifties stretching over two decades. Congrats once more to Mr Clive Hubert Lloyd, a true son of Guyana and The West Indies.
GUYTRAC 20/20 knockout semis fixed for tomorrow at Crabwood Creek SC The GUYTRAC 20/20 knockout cricket competition in the Upper Corentyne has reached the semifinal stages, with No. 69 Red Rose Cricket Club being the last team to qualify. In the lone quarterfinal match played last Sunday, No 69 Red Rose defeated No 70 cricket club by 11 runs in the match that was reduced to a 17 overs affair. No. 69 Red Rose batted first and scored 141 for 4 off their 17 overs with Tariq Chaitram slamming a belligerent 96 which included (5x4 and 4x6). Bowling for No. 70 C.C Naeem Yacoob Chris Bollers took one wicket each. In reply No. 70 C.C made a gallant effort, but were bowled out for 130 off
Tariq Chaitram 16.3 overs with Latchman Roopchand top scoring with 64. Bowling for No. 69 Red Rose, O. Seeram led the way with 3 wickets, while C. Nourang and I. Khan picked up two each. The semifinals are slated for tomorrow at the Crabwood Creek Sports Complex ground where
both games are expected to be played. The matches are expected to be highly competitive and exciting affairs as all four teams are showing good form. The CWC ground is on the smaller side when compared to other grounds in the Upper Corentyne and with a plateau of big hitters in all of the teams the matches are expected to be high scoring encounters. In the first semifinal, No. 48 Challengers will take on No. 69 Red Rose starting at 10:00hrs, whilst in semifinal 2, No. 64 Fighting Marines will come up against Springlands at 14:00hrs. Skeldon CC have already advanced to an eliminator match which will be played against one of the semifinal winners. (Samuel Whyte)
The Ramchand & Rohan Auto Spares Softball cricket tournament continues tomorrow with several matches. The tournament is s p o n s o r e d b y M i k e ’s Pharmacy, Trophy Stall, Romeo Oil Seal, Motor Trend, Bel Air Rubis, Ariel Enterprise, and Nauth Motor Spares. In the scheduled fixtures: Enterprise ground: Pitch 1: 9:30am-Floodlight vs Industry Super Kings. 12:30pmEnterprise Legends vs Frontliners. Pitch 2: 9:30amFarm vs Princess Hotel. 12:30pm-Wellman vs Bel Air Rubis. Pitch 3: 9:30amU p r i s e r s v s B r i c k e r y. 12:30pm-Country Side vs Trophy Stall. Pitch 4: 9:30amBlue Divas vs Sleepin. 11:00am-Karibbe Strikers vs Tr o p h y S tall A n g els . 12:30pm-Wellwoman vs 4R Lioness. 2:00pm-Karibbe Strikers vs Blue Divas. G.N.I.C ground: 9:30amRegal Masters vs Fishermen Masters. 12:30pm-Regal vs Warriors X1. Parika ground: 9:30am-Speedboat vs Challengers. 12:30pm-Slingers vs Parika Defenders. Meanwhile, in results from matches played last Sunday: Regal Masters defeated Industry Super Kings by 3 wickets. Industry 129 for 7 off 20 overs - Ishwar Persaud 36, Mukesh Persaud 21 not out; Troy Kippins 2 for 15 and Clyde Butts 2 for 34.
John Sumir Regal 132 for 8 off 18.3 overs - Jaga Bhoj 51 not out, Linden Lyght 21; Jagdesh Persaud 2 for 21, Ishwar Persaud 2 for 25 and Rahaman Khan 2 for 26. Floodlights defeat Frontliners by 3 runs. Floodlights 224 for 8 off 20 overs - John Sumir 134 not out and Richard Persaud 23; Gary Mickey 4 for 36. Frontliners 221 all out in 19.5 overs Mahendra Dhanpersaud 85 not out, Lionell Persaud 49 and Linden McCoy 42; Raghunandan Narine 4 for 27. Wellwoman def. Blue Divas by 71 runs. Wellwoman 134 for 3 off 10 overs - Latoya Smith 81 not out and Amanda Bob-Semple 35. Blue Divas 63 for 7 off 10 overs - Sangeeta Sawh 26; Roneka Isaacs 4 for 7 and Zole Telford 2 for 17. Trophy Stall Angels def.
Latoya Smith 4R Lioness by 24 runs. Trophy Stall 103 for 5 off 10 overs Heema Singh 28; Ruth George 3 for 17. 4R Lioness 69 all out Ruth George 18. Slingers def. Wellman by 48 runs. Slingers 192 for 9 off 20 overs - Rudy Rodrigues 57, Danny Mohanram 26, Dennis Mangra 23; H. Hermand 3 for 18. Wellman 144 all out in 18.1 overs - Grieg DeFranco 31; Hafeez Samad 4 for 7, Mohamed Rafeek 2 for 8. Regal def. Wolf Warriors by 19 runs. Regal 199 for 7 off 20 overs - Martin Dutchin 51, Patrick Rooplall 29, Quacy Joseph 26; Mark Harold 2 for 23. Wolf Warriors 180 for 8 off 20 overs, Ricardo Adams 38, Lincoln Leander 21; P. Motilall 3 for 28 and S. Boodhoo 2 for 22.
Berbice and Demerara clash in GCB Inter County 50-over final today at Albion By Zaheer Mohamed What will it take to separate the teams, a special performance from either Captain Narsingh Deonarine or Christopher Barnwell, a spectacular catch, a brilliant innings or an impressive bowling performance? Last year they were declared joint winners after the scores were tied and fans are eagerly waiting to see who will be crowned champions when Berbice tackle arch rivals Demerara in the final of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior Inter County 50 –over tournament today at Albion. Berbice will have home advantage but Demerara have outplayed every team in the preliminary rounds to remain the only side so far and will be hard pressed to overcome. The fact that this is another
chance for the players to stake a claim for a national team pick makes the contest even more exciting. Deonarine’s men would want to give their supporters much to cheer about, while on the other hand, the Christopher Barnwell led unit will look to maintain their unbeaten streak. Both teams are well balanced, but credit must be given to Demerara who have displayed good all round skills. Demerara openers Trevon Griffith and Andrew Lyght Jnr have provided bright starts and will look to impress the selectors once again. The middle order is strong with the likes of Rajendra Chandrika, Barnwell, Robin Bacchus, Chanderpaul Hemraj, Steven Jacobs and Shemroy Barrington, while the bowling attack is a decent
one which includes Jacobs, Paul Wintz, Seon Daniels, Zaheer Mohamed and Amir Khan. It will be interesting to see who will partner Kandsammy Surujnarine at the top of the order for the home team. Nevertheless Deonarine, Jonathan Foo, Devon Clements, Rajiv Ivan and Seon Hetmyer will look for a bright start to build on. Veerasammy Permaul, Keon Joseph, Raun Johnson, Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai and Clements will take care of the bowling department. A keen contest is anticipated when the action gets under way at 09:00 hrs. Teams: Berbice- Narsingh Deonarine (capt.), Kandasammy Surujnarine, Devon Clements, Seon Hetmyer, Jonathan Foo, Anthony Bramble, Rajiv Ivan, Veerasammy Permaul,
Narsingh Deonarine
Gudakesh Moti-Kanhai, Keon Joseph, Raun Johnson. Demerara- Christopher Barnwell (capt.), Trevon Griffith, Andrew Lyght Jnr, Robin Bacchus, Shemroy
Barrington, Steven Jacobs, Rajendra Chandrika, Yatesh Dhanpaul, Zaheer Mohamed, Amir Khan, Chanderpaul Hemraj, Seon Daniels and Paul Wintz.
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GBBC Night of Contenders Boxing Card
Punches in bunches as Derick Richmond seeks revenge for countrymen He has defeated Wi n s t o n P o m p e y i n Jamaica, June 2011, before travelling to Guyana in April last year to take care of Howard ‘The Battersea Bomber’ Eastman at the Princess Hotel Providence. N o w, b r i s t l i n g w i t h confidence, Jamaican Welterweight ‘Contender’ boxing champion, Sakima Mullings, returns to Guyana to continue his winning streak as he steps into the ring to battle Derick Richmond. The latter boxer is not oblivious to Mullings victories over his countrymen and is aching to avenge those verdicts when they face off in the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) 34 rounds of fistic fury at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) tonight. In all, barring knockouts, boxing buffs would be treated to 32 potentially fiery rounds of fistic fury including the 6 rounds middleweight scrap between Mullings’ countryman, Russell ‘The Muscle’ Kamal and local pugilist, Winston Pompey. Then there is the highly anticipated duel between local lightweight champion, Dexter Gonsalves and Mark Austin over 8 rounds that promises to be a scorcher. As if those bouts are not enough, GBBC organizers have matched Leon Moore against Mark Murray and the two will duke it out in a 6 rounds jnr/welterweight encounter while the curtain raiser pits the skill of Richard Williamson against Quincy Gomes in a 6 rounds bantamweight encounter. The team of Jamaican pugilists touched down at the Cheddie Jagan International Airport, Thursday evening last and yesterday afternoon congregated at the Banks DIH Sports Club for the press conference and usual disclosure of fight strategies. At first, Richmond chose to be cagey and simply urged the fans to visit the fight venue to see what he has in store for them. Mullings was less reticent and spelled out in no uncertain terms what he had planned for Richmond. “I don’t normally make predictions but one thing is for certain and two things
for sure, when the smoke is cleared tonight Sakima Mullings would have his hands raised in victory,” he stated. Apparently, the remark touched deep and forced Richmond to reply, ‘So you honestly think you’re going to hit me and not get hit in return?” was his rhetorical response. Mullings averted the cold accompanying stare and explained that he had studied his man and has already devised a strategy to take the fight. “I’ve studied Richmond’s style and I’m not here to test his strength or to play tough; I am here to win by all means.” Richmond, apparently in no mood for idle talk, simply fixed his man with a venomous stare while warning him to come prepared for a tough fistic encounter. Indeed, Mullings, by dint of his vast experience, may start out as the favourite but he should be warned to look out for Richmond’s devastating left hook that left CABOFE middleweight champion, Edmond Declou, nursing a broken jaw. That venomous left hook also dumped James Walcott to the canvass where he chose to remain instead of risking a similar injury as Declou. Interestingly, Mullings’ dominance in the just concluded ‘Contender Series’ was in the welterweight division, one weight shy of his present division and Richmond views this as an advantage. The Jamaican pugilist quickly dispelled any thought of an advantage nurtured by his Guyanese counterpart, “I have battled in several categories before including welterweight, jnr/middleweight and middleweight and am quite capable of making the requisite adjustments as you will find out tonight,” he warned. The last time Kamal was in Guyana, he had muscled Romeo Norville into oblivion, earning a convincing TKO decision. He is now back and has rightfully claimed the sobriquet ‘Muscle.’ Pompey is hardly bothered by such vain boasts and said that his opponent needs more than muscles to get past him. The Guyanese pugilist is confident that his stint in Suriname, where he
several months honing his skills,will stand him in good stead. Both boxers are powerfully built and one thing is certain, regardless of who comes out on top, a brutal fight is on the cards. Austin is a replacement for Iwan Azore, who incurred an injury during training sessions, and he faces local lightweight champion, Dexter Gonsalves. The latter boxer is brutal and adopts a no nonsense approach to his bouts as witnessed in his title fight with Revlon Lake.if Gonsalves returns tonight in that mood, Austin will need more than two hands to ward off those combinations. Nevertheless, Austin has proven that he is no slouch and has engaged in several wars including a drawn decision against world rater, Clive Atwell. Noted for his determined streak, Austin could spring some surprises tonight and undoubtedly disturb any plans that Gonsalves might have. Gonsalves will be required to reorganize his psyche for a boxer/fighter in Austin as against the brawler in Azore. This is a bout of contrasts and should be interesting to watch. The bout between CABOFE bantamweight champion, Dexter Marques and Richard Williamson has been changed after the latter pugilist was unable to keep his ring date. Williamson now faces Quincy Gomes over 6 rounds while Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore resumes his career against Mark Murray in a 6 rounds catchweight affair. Weeks of planning would have been wasted were it not for the sponsors and the organizers are very grateful to Digicel, Diamond Paints of Jamaica, Fly Jamaica Airline, Courts, and Castrol, all corporate supporters of the card Well, the weeks have boiled down to days, to hours, to minutes and finally the boxers will have to put up or shut up. Irrespective of which way the decisions go, local boxing pundits could be assured of a night of fistic fury. Bell time is 20:0hrs and price of admission for stands is $1000 while ringside seats are going at $2000.
Saturday September 13, 2014
Albion beat Rose Hall Town by 9 wickets to become Tenelec Inc 2013 U-17 champions
Members of the winning team Albion CC pose for the camera. Albion Community Centre are the 2013 Tenelec I n c U n d e r- 1 7 C r i c k e t Champion in Berbice after defeating defending champs Rose Hall Town Bakewell by 9 wickets in the two-day final played over last weekend at the Port Mourant Ground. In the match, Rose Hall Town Bakewell, winning the toss and batting first soon found themselves at 2 for 9 by the 3rd over, but Jason Anderson helped their revival by putting on 22 for the 3rd wicket with Brandon Prasad (16) and then another valuable 26 for the 4th wicket w i t h Ve r e n m o o t o o Seawasane (12). However, after that, left arm spinner Joshua Harrichand took four consecutive wickets very quickly, including Anderson for 23, to reduce Rose Hall from 57 for 3 to 72 for 7. Kevelon Anderson (35 not out) and Calvin Jeffrey (25) averted further disaster by putting on 63 between them for the 8th wicket that was largely responsible for Rose Hall making 138 all out. Harrichand ended with 5 for 22 from 23.3 overs and off spinner Asif Ally 2 for the 31 from 15 overs. When Albion began their 1st innings response, they lost Adrian Sukhwa (5) at 7 for 1 but Ritesh Umroa and Matthew Hardyal did well to put on 60 for the 2nd wicket before Umroa fell for 35. They lost two more wickets quickly after that, reducing them from 67 for 1 to 69 for four. Hardyal stood firm however and did well to put on 30 with Kevindra Persaud
Captain of Albion Under 17-Joshua Harrichand receives the winning trophy from Anil Beharry, First Vice President, BCB in the presence of other cricket administrators. (14) before both of them fell with the score on 99, Hardyal going for 41. From 99 for 6, Asif Ally (24) and Josiah Dhanai (34) eased Albion past the first innings target by putting on 49 for the 7 the wicket that helped them reach 163 all out. Bowling for Rose Hall Town, off spinner, Denzel Sinclair took 4 for 23 from 21 overs and off spinner Joshua Gobin 2 for 18 from 7.5 overs. Facing a first innings deficit of 25, Rose Hall Town began their second innings with a promising opening stand of 19 from Jason Anderson (6) and Kevlon Anderson (11) but then medium pacer Stephen Kamaludin and Asif Ally picked up 2 wickets each very quickly to see them reduce to 25 for 4. They never really recovered from that setback and were eventually bowled out for 66 this time. For Albion Asif Ally took 4 for 25 from 10 overs, Harrichand 2 for 11 from 4.2 overs and Stephen Kamaludin 2 for 13 from 6
overs. Albion Community Centre, needing a mere 42 for victory in their 2nd innings, reached the target with ease, just losing Ritesh Umroa for 8 with the score on 20. Adrian Sukhwa with 34 not out and Matthew Hardyal with 3 not out saw them to 45 for victory. Skipper Harrichand was named man of the match. Anil Beharry, first vice president of the Berbice Cricket Board thanked the sponsor, Mr Bobby Deonarine and Mr Tom Gruntzel of Tenelec Inc out of Washington, USA for their investment in Berbice cricket. He added that their intervention has helped produce more cricketers for Berbice, Guyana and West Indies. Names such as Narsingh Deonarine, Devindra Bishoo, Ve e r a s a m m y P e r m a u l , Sewnarine Chattergoon, Assad Fudadin, Royston Crandon, Gudakesh Motie and Shimron Hetmyer amongst many others are products of the sponsorship.
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GRFU 10s to conclude this weekend
Action in the clash between the University of Guyana and the Guyana Defence Force. The Guyana Rugby Football Union has planned two days of excitement and endurance to mark the end of its 10s Tournament which will conclude on Sunday, at the National Park. The tournament which is being played among the four clubs Pepsi Hornets, Caribs, University of Guyana and the Guyana Defence Force over two rounds will resume today with a double header and finish tomorrow with the final pair of matches to determine the winner of a competition that has been deemed exciting from the start. National captain Rayon Gonzales’ squad Pepsi Hornets would be going after their first title in 2014. Hornets have played unbeaten so far and are leading the points standing
on twelve points so far in the tournament. Hornets would scrum off on Saturday with the Guyana Defence Force who are currently in second place on eight points. Then on Sunday they play UG Wolves who are also on eight points. On the other hand Yamaha Caribs which is led by Theodore Henry would be gunning for their first win in the tournament when they face UG WOLVES on Saturday, then on Sunday they face GDF. Caribs would be hard pressed too since they have lost major players Grantley Adams and Ryan Lewis to the Police Rugby team.Caribs are currently at the bottom of the table with two points. Tomorrow’s round of matches could actually be a
three way race as GDF will not be playing on Sunday thereby giving Caribs a walk over and 4 points. The GRFU were written to and were advised that the GDF Rugby Club will be unable to take the field for the games scheduled for this weekend due to injuries, regimental duties and encampment for Joint Services Athletics. Meanwhile, reults of last Saturday’s matches saw Guyana Defence Force (GDF) being trounced by University of Guyana 48-0, while Pepsi Hornets and Yamaha Caribs played to an exciting draw 24- 24. Today’s fixtures are as follows: Hornets v GDF @ 15:00hrs and UG v Caribs, while tomorrow’s games should feature GDF vs Caribs and Hornets v UG.
Stag Beer EBFA Div. 1 League 2nd Rd. double header on tomorrow Play in the Stag Beer / East Bank Football Association division-one league will continue tomorrow at the Grove Playfield with a double header. Party crashers Herstelling, currently occupying the sixth place on the points table,
will test fourth placed, Timehri Panthers in the feature game from 15:30hrs. The opening game at 13:30hrs brings together Diamond United and Mocha Champs in a bottom of the table clash, the latter team bringing up the rear.
Special Olympics and NSC swim course underway Special Olympics Guyana in collaboration with the National Sports Commission will be hosting a swimming course at the Colgrain Swimming Pool for staff from Special Schools. The Swimming course started yesterday and will continue each Friday until October 31, 2014 (8weeks) from 13:00hrs. The objective of the swimming course is to produce swimmers proficient to conduct swimming sessions for their
respective institution. Currently, most institutions are faced with the challenge of funding for Swimming Instructors to conduct aquatic sessions. A total of twelve participants representing Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre, Special Needs School East Bank Demerara, St. Barnabas Special School and David Rose School for the Handicapped will be part of the programme.
Stephanie Fraser Ms Stephanie Fraser will be conducting the Swimming programme which is organized byMrWiltonSpencer.
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Elizabeth Styles U-19 50-Overs
Albion CC’s Baldeo’s 203 & Hardyal’s 105 highlight latest round When the Elizabeth Styles Under-19, 50-Overs cricket competition in Berbice continued recently, defending champions Albion Community Centre were propelled into the quarterfinals on the back of scintillating innings from Balchand Baldeo and Matthew Hardyal. Playing in their final Zone C match, Albion walloped Sand Reef by 279 runs to win the Zone. Guyana Under-19 all-rounder Balchand Baldeo slammed 203 (20x4 6x6), the competitions highest score to date. He and Berbice Under-19 batsman Matthew Hardyal who made 104 (8x4) featured in a second wicket partnership of 323 which was largely responsible for Albion’s daunting 358-4 in 50-Overs. The previously unbeaten Sand Reef were sent packing for 79 in reply; Berbice Under-19 off-spinner Daniel Lewis picked up 4-30. Legspinner Leonardo Seetayah grabbed 5-4 from 5 Overs to help Cotton Tree Die Hard restrict Blairmont Community Centre to 121. His effort went in vain however as Cotton Tree were bowled out for 112 in turn with left arm spinner Saheed Khan taking 4-17 and Berbice Under-15 pacer Rameshwar Somwaru 3-15. In another match
Leonardo Seetayah involving Blairmont, Somwaru took 4-22 and offspinner Mark Gowkarran 341 to help bowl out Achievers ’A’ for 135. When Blairmont replied, Achievers off-spinner Kareem Mentore grabbed 4-23 and Berbice Under-19 pacer Grisean Grant 3-29 but Blairmont managed to scrape home by one wicket. Summarized scores: At Albion - Albion Community Centre hammered Sand Reef by 279 runs. Albion Community Centre 358-4 in 50 Overs; Balchand Baldeo 203, Matthew Hardyal 104, Azim Panlall 2-63. Sand Reef 79 in 22.3 Overs; Farzad Azeez 20, Daniel Lewis 4-30, David Latchaya 2-18. At Cotton Tree Blairmont Community Centre beat Cotton Tree Die Hard by 9 runs. Blairmont Community Centre 121 in 18
Balchand Baldeo Overs; Nick Ramsaroop 48, Leonardo Seetayah 5-4, Adim Sheetahal 3-28. Cotton Tree Die Hard 112 in 40.1 Overs; Saheed Khan 4-17, Rameshwar Somwaru 3-15, Ramanand Ramdhan 2-37. At Bath, Blairmont Community Centre edged Achievers ‘A’ by one wicket. Achievers ‘A’ 135 in 19 Overs; Grisean Grant 35 n.o, Rennison Mitchell 27, Rameshwar Somwaru 4-22, Mark Gowkarran 3-41, Nick Ramsaroop 2-19, Avishkar Seekarran 2-26. Blairmont Community Centre 136-9 in 20 Overs; Avishkar Seekarran 39, Kareem Mentore 4-23, Grisean Grant 3-29, Lawrence Sears 2-20. Teams already into the quarter finals are No. 70 Young Star, No. 72 Cut and Load, Tucber Park and Police.
Three Guyanese on West Indies Blind team for World Cup in S/Africa By Sean Devers Guyanese trio Anthony Robinson, Kevin Douglas and Leroy Phillips were selected on West Indies Blind Cricket team for this year’s visually impaired forty overs cricket World Cup in South Africa from November 25 to December 9, after completion of the seventh Regional Blind Cricket tournament in Jamaica in July. Guyana Blind Cricket Association executive Theresa Pemberton explained that due to financial reasons Guyana was unable to send a full team to attend the Regional tournament but added that they was allowed to take just eight players to form a
combined team featuring two players from Trinidad and Tobago, one from St Lucia and the remaining two from the host country Jamaica to make up the 13member squad. T h i s G u y a n a dominated combined team, which was managed by Pemberton, finished third with their only win being over Barbados, who ended in the second spot. Jamaica, the first Caribbean Island to have competitive Blind cricket played there, not surprisingly once again emerged Regional Blind Cricket Champions for the seventh consecutive time. The West Indies side to South Africa also came from the Guyana
combined team in T&T’s B - 3 p l a y e r, R o d n e y Ramrattan. West Indies squad: (B1s) Anthony Cummings (Barbados), Jason Ricketts (Jamaica), Leroy Phillips (Guyana), Damion Rose (Jamaica), Anthony Robinson (Guyana), Marlon Cole (Jamaica), (B2), Kci Ward-Ryan (Barbados), Caneel Graham (Jamaica), Gregory Stewart (Jamaica), A l v i n J a m e s (Jamaica),Ricardo Manning (Barbados), (B3) Dennal Shim (Jamaica), Rodney Ramrattan (Trinidad and Tobago), Kevin Douglas (Guyana), Lo-Shane Myles (Jamaica), Haldeen Ford (Barbados), John Reeves (Barbados), Coach Glendon Coke (Jamaica).
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Kirk Edwards gets under a catch during a training session. (WICB)
Mushfiqur Rahim will look to lead his team again from the front. (WICB
GBBC Night of Contenders Boxing Card
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Mullings (L) is ready for war while Richmond’s cold stare sends a strong message of his intentions tonight
Both Pompey (R) and Russell sport chiseled physiques signaling the highly anticipated slugfest
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