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Those poorly executed contracts For the second time in the space of three years the government has had to terminate the contract for a major project. And the targets of these terminations were the subjects of serious objects even before they signed the contracts. And both contractors failed to secure a performance bond in the event of the government having to recover monies paid ahead of the project. The first of these was Synergy Holdings headed by Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall. He was contracted to build the road to the Amaila hydroelectric falls to facilitate the construction of the dam site and the hydro station. When the contract was announced there were numerous questions, among them the ability of the contractor to finish the project in the stipulated time and for the cost of US$18.4 million. This was the road that had to be designed and built by the contractor. Winston Brassington, head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited-NICIL-, called a press conference to proclaim the skills and virtue of Synergy Holdings. This was an entity that had never built a roadway in any part of the world. But such was the determination on the part of the government to award the contract to Motilall that logical arguments were ignored. For example, when reporters pressed Brassington to identify roads built by Synergy Holdings, all he would say was that these were constructed in the United States—in Florida. But the Florida Department of Transportation had no record of Synergy Holdings or Makeshwar Motilall ever constructing a road anywhere in the state or in the country. There was no due diligence by the government. Instead, Brassington said that any due diligence had to be conducted by the entity that was giving the performance bond. Strange as this may seem, the performance bond expired and the company, Hand in Hand Insurance Company declined to renew the bond. Guyana seems to be in the mould of poor countries, accepting whatever is pushed at it without proper inspection. And this is not due to complacency; it may be due to the fact that Guyana wants these projects badly and is prepared to bend the rules. Reporters were accused of seeking to destroy a legitimate contractor when they criticised Synergy Holdings and Makeshwar Motilall. Immediately the government offered Motilall maximum protection. Even when he imported his road-building equipment the government did its all to keep the pieces of equipment away from the prying eyes of the media. But there was no escaping the fact that the equipment was used. Motilall began the work and as expected, he did not make the kind of headway demanded by the contract, even when the government modified the contract in the face of inclement weather and the like. There was a question of the performance bond which the government never opted to check. The government did not even undertake a due diligence. In the end President Donald Ramotar pulled the contract and sent Motilall packing. This week, a similar situation arose and once more the government was forced to pull the contract. This time the contractor was the Indian company, Surendra Engineering Company Limited. As was the case of Motilall, the performance bond was non-existent. Motilall’s was not renewed while the one Surendra offered was forged. The parliamentary opposition was not enamoured with the concept of a specialty hospital. The parliamentarians were quick to recognize that although the Guyanese taxpayers were contributing to the construction of the hospital, many of them would not have been able to afford the service. Guyana should have known better to award a contract to Surendra. More than two years ago the company won a contract to provide some irrigation pumps. A cloud still hangs over the supply of the pumps although hard earned money was paid to the Indian company. Attorney General Anil Nandlall has said that the government may have to review the other contracts it may have with Surendra Engineering. This is rather surprising given that the very government says that it is contemplating blacklisting Surendra Engineering.
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Moses Nagamootoo and Nigel Hughes ARE THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR GUYANA Dear Editor, In Guyana, racial voting cannot be assessed in a vacuum or cannot be declared to be good for the country. In this context, racial voting is the worst thing for our society. Given the country’s political history, racial voting is certainly intended to be a dagger in the heart of any hope of a better political future for Guyana. Guyanese must understand clearly what their political culture is and be very candid about it. Almost from the very beginning of the country’s history as an independent nation, politics took an exceedingly unfortunate turn for the worst and both the PPP and the PNC are responsible for the divisive APAN JHAAT politics
being practiced in Guyana today. Political and electoral contestation came to rest on a foundation of ethnic polarization and racial division. From this fact emerged an entrenched “twoparty” system in which both parties mobilized their support on the basis of ethnic and racial affiliation. We could explore what factors and circumstances gave rise to such a development, but for present purposes it is not necessary. What is very important to note is that as a result of such racial polarization in Guyana’s politics, it has been exceedingly difficult and may be in fact impossible for the country to build structures of good governance, be accountable and transparent or to
achieve good government. The reasons for this are not difficult to determine. In the first place since the PPP and the PNC solicit their political support on the basis of ethnic or racial solidarity, and the fact that they are successful, they have little incentive to be accountable to the people or to deliver good performance when they are in power. For the past 22 years, the PPP has won elections based mainly upon the support of one race or one ethnic group, as opposed to the other race or ethnic group, therefore the PPP has no incentive or interest in making government policies which would assist the other race or group. Further, they (Continued on page 6)
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Prof. Ramraj sustained Dave Martins should remove one of a passion for literature his columns from Stabroek’s archives DEAR EDITOR, The Arts Journal is deeply saddened at news of the passing of Professor Victor Ramraj on 25th August, 2014 in Canada. Victor Ramraj was a dear friend and a muchadmired colleague. Born on 24th October 1941 in then British Guiana, on the evergreen rice producing island of Wakenaam, Ramraj received his secondary education at St. Stanislaus College before proceeding to the University College of the West Indies (London) – now UWI Mona, Jamaica – where he gained a BA degree in English literature and won the heart of his life’s companion, Ruby. Ramraj gained a doctorate in Canadian Literature from the University of New Brunswick before joining the University of Calgary as a Professor. During his 44 years in Canada, Ramraj never lost the common touch, returning often to his homeland to fraternize with family and friends as well as to make valuable contributions in the literary arena. Ramraj possessed a highly sustained passion for literature and an astute critical mind. As a scholar in the literatures of emerging nations – Commonwealth Literature, Third-World Literature, International English Literature, Postcolonialism – he ensured that formerly marginalised voices were heard, understood, and given their place in the world as evidenced in his Anthology
titled Concert of Voices: An Anthology of World Writing in English (1995; reprinted four times). Also to his credit is Mordecai Richler (Twayne Publishers, 1983). An active member of the international literary community, Ramraj served in a number of capacities: as a s c h o l a r, p r o f e s s o r, playwright, anthologist, e d i t o r, c r i t i c , j u d g e , organizer and more. He has been chief judge of the Guyana Prize for Literature on at least two occasions; he was editor of the academic Journal, Ariel: A Review of International English Literature (based at the University of Calgary); he sat on the Editorial Board of The Arts Journal and edited Volume 2 Number 1 (2005); he was also preparing to coedit Volume 10 Numbers 1 and 2 (2014) of The Arts Journal which he had already subtitled Encore! In recognition of the 10th anniversary of this Journal. We feel his loss keenly. Ramraj’s work appears in countless literary Journals while he has delivered numerous addresses and lectures including his 2009 Annual Lecture to the Ghandi Society at Calgary, Canada. Many of us will not easily forget his illuminating lecture in Georgetown on the subject of Post-Modernism many years ago; and on 25 June 2014, at the Canadian High Commission in Guyana, he delighted his audience on the work of
2013 Nobel prize-winning Canadian author Alice Munro who he described as a “Fantastic Portrayer of Human Beings”. It was to be his last lecture. Ramraj always attended the ACLALS and CACLALS Conferences, always accompanied by his charming wife, Ruby, a brilliant literary scholar in her own right. They both possessed an abiding love for the arts and culture and recognized literature as a reservoir of society’s values and beliefs, thus they contributed to the humanizing of society through their work. Literary scholarship has suffered a telling blow with the passing of Victor Ramraj. It has lost not only a scholar of the highest repute, but also a fine human being. He evidenced the best that a person and a scholar can be. He was dedicated to his work, possessed a wry sense of humour, was supportive of scholars he met, amiable and generous as a person and graceful in his conduct. He will be greatly missed by all whose lives he touched. The Arts Journal notes R a m r a j ’s o u t s t a n d i n g contribution to the common pursuit. We e x t e n d s i n c e r e condolences to his wife, his children, his grandchildren, and other sorrowing relatives. May his Soul Rest in Peace. Ameena Gafoor Editor, The Arts Journal
DEAR EDITOR, I have noted the response of Mr. Dave Martins (“My response to Freddie Kissoon,” KN, September 12, 2014). I hope Mr. Martins did not take personal objections to what I have written or think that I am personal in my writings. I have never spoken to or met with Mr. Martins. I acknowledge his contributions to Guyana’s culture, though I must confess I have never been a fan of the type of music he composed. I read Mr. Martins’ columns, find them interesting and will continue to do so. But Mr. Martins must know that as a prominent Guyanese, what he writes will have an influence on the minds of others. Columnists then are bound to respond to opinions from influential citizens that they feel may be bad, terrible, harmful, excessive, unbecoming, distasteful etc. I myself have been on the receiving end of accusations with these adjectives in front of them. I have not been deterred and will never be afraid I found two columns of M r. M a r t i n s t o b e sociologically dangerous. And I use the word dangerous deliberately. Guyana has been a tragic
case in the non-appearance of democracy within a historical context. Colonial rule was essential an authoritarian system and post colonial Guyana since 1966 (right up to the present moment) has expanded the cruelties and bestialities in ways and directions that even the White colonial oligarch would find horrible. In terms of the possession and practice of moral values, post-colonial leaders in Guyana, right up to the moment, are inferior in comparison to the White colonials. You may hate the White colonial, but the nonwhite, post colonial leader has turned out to be far less civilized. One is entitled to fool oneself in thinking that the Africans, Indians, Arabs, Mandarins, Persians, Jews are better than the Western white man. Post-colonial reality is another matter altogether. It is against this background that people like Mr. Martins should be more cognizant of Guyana’s tragedy when he writes. In M r. Martin’s sociological analyses there are no contexts. His essential and maybe unforgivable fault is that he compares
countries across space and time that cannot be compared and he needs to be more careful abut that impossible methodology For example, in his February 23, 2014 column, he wrote; “the irony is that when one considers how the rest of the world is dealing with its ethnic/racial/ religious divisions, our situation is more benign than most.” With due respect to Mr. Martins, no trained Guyanese sociologist would say that. You cannot make that general statement in scholarly research. You have to factor into your research, age of the country, its population, economy, political system etc. Mr. Martins lived in many countries and with his age should come the experience that there are many mechanisms and nationalist leaders in racially torn societies that work to prevent the journey to the precipice. In the US, many powerful nationalist politicians in both major parties would not allow the US to disintegrate into racial madness. In Guyana, some leaders want that so they can survive politically. In that (Continued on page 6)
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Develop a 15-year plan for Education in Guyana Belated Thanks DEAR EDITOR, The Minister of Education recently tacitly admitted, while confirming our worst fears, that the state of education in Guyana is way beyond critical or being in desperate straits. We thank and commend her for this candid disclosure. Perhaps it is time for all political parties to agree that there are certain aspects of our national development
which are too critical to Guyana’s future to have them subject to political competition. Education is one of them as are health and security. My humble proposal is that education be left to a team of experts in the field to develop a fifteen year plan for Education in Guyana. This panel of only experts ( no politicians) will be given a specified time
within which to develop the plan with agreed long term goals in education. These goals must be beyond mere literacy but should envision a new Guyana, bi lingual and technologically competitive. The plan will be endorsed by all the parliamentary parties who will sign a public declaration that they will not make education the subject of political competition or
election campaigns. The political parties should further agree that whoever occupies the seat of Minister of Education in any Government, should always be an appropriately qualified technocrat. The recommendations and modifications to the plan can be submitted to the panel from time to time for review and modification. C.A. Nigel Hughes.
Moses Nagamootoo and Nigel Hughes... From page 4 have torn down or abandoned structures built by the PNC and have discarded some good policies adopted by the B u r n h a m / H o y t e government. For example, the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal have refused to finance or maintain the President’s College and Critchlow Labor College, to name a few. In any case, the PPP regime cannot be effective if it is mistrusted by almost half of the population that it has marginalized. It is this type of racial politics and mistrust that have kept Guyana from developing and have led to rampant corruption, raping of the treasury and utter impotence on the part of the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal. Guyana has a DONOTHING President and a Minister of Home Affairs who is highly incompetent
and totally ineffective to end crime, corruption and improve the lives of the poor and the working class. It is beyond the PPP regime to rise above the vulgarity of racial, spiteful and petty politics. They do not seem to understand that Guyana cannot move forward as long as they continue to practice race-bait politics at their bottom house meetings in the East Indian villages. The politics of racial polarization practiced by the PPP has dominated Guyana’s political system for the past 22 years and has resulted in a determined effort of the marginalized ethnic group either by hook or by crook to find or to craft a way out to survive, hence the rise in crime and gang warfare. The birth of the AFC more than eight years ago a n d t h e r e c e n t announcement by Khemraj Ramjattan that Moses Nagamootoo and Nigel Hughes will carry the torch for the AFC in the next election is to find a new way forward to transcend the
racial divide. They are the right torch for Guyana. And with each attempt they seek to do so, the AFC popularity grew. But while the leaders of the AFC were making these attempts to forge a new and better way for the people, they understood clearly that they had to live with the two old race-based parties which did not allow them a free rein. But this changed in 2011 when the AFC led by Khemraj Ramjattan, Raphael Trotman and Moses Nagamootoo gained seven parliamentary seats and thus reduced the PPP to minority status. So, ever since 2011, without legislation or constitutional amendment, the AFC has imposed its own terms on the PPP government. And all the while, they have striven mightily and relentlessly to build a new brand of inclusive politics that is so badly needed in Guyana. As a multi-racial party, their efforts to end racial voting in Guyana is slowing but surely becoming a success. AS the AFC grew in popularity it has become very clear that neither of the two old race-based parties could ever win a majority again in Guyana’s electoral politics. The PNC has never done it fairly and the PPP will not do it again. As the
main opposition party, APNU has and continues to benefit from the support of the AFC and vice versa. The A F C ’s p r o p o s e d n o confidence motion has not only silenced and the confused the Freedom House gang but it has led to a series of silly statements by Mr. Rohee, the General Secretary of the PPP. The AFC no confidence motion has stunned the PPP and has put them on notice that their days in office are numbered. With support from APNU, the writing is on the wall for the DO-NOTHING Ramotar government. They are very worried because it is very clear that they no longer have the support of the masses. They are doing everything to maintain their hold on power by attempting to kill off the growing power of the AFC before it becomes too dominant; but they will not succeed because the people no longer believe in their propaganda, distortions and untruths. The people want change and the no confidence motion will bring about that change. Kudos to the AFC for making the right turn. Moses Nagamootoo and Nigel Hughes will bring new hopes for the people. Asquith Rose and Harish Singh.
to the Wai Wai’s
DEAR EDITOR, I was indeed saddened by the destruction of the Umana Yana by fire, not only because of the National and Historic significance of that once magnificent structure, but also because I was one of the pilots who flew a group of the Wai Wai Amerindians from the deep South of Guyana to the Coastland for the construction of that edifice. I checked my Log Book for 1972 and it is recorded that on the 25th May, I was assigned to be the Co-Pilot of the late Captain Guy Norman Spence (God Rest His Soul) for that mission to Konashen. The village of Konashen is located 315 nautical miles South of the CJIA. It is also 105 nautical miles South/South-East of Lethem and just 90 nautical North of the Equator. Konashen was the furthest airstrip to the South ,in Guyana Airways domestic route structure. It was the midst of the rainy Season and I vividly recall that the weather that day, for most of the route was most challenging. Furthermore , there was no chance of receiving signals from any navigational facilities when flying South of the Kanuku Mountains.
(GPS in those days was unheard of) Captain Spence piloted and navigated the De-Havilland Caribou aircraft, 8R-GDO, with meticulous accuracy and got us overhead Konasen in Two hours and Twenty minutes. We then landed on the short ,wet grass runway in conditions of light continuous rain. After offloading the supplies we took in, about twenty passengers boarded the aircraft for the Northbound trip, which took Two Hours and Twenty-Five minutes. As our passengers disembarked at the Timehri International Airport, they aroused considerable interest and curiosity from the spectators. The WaiWai Amerindians had travelled to the coastland clad in their traditional village attire and speaking their own dialect. On behalf of all Guyanese, I express belated thanks to the members of the WaiWai Amerindians who participated in the construction of that imposing structure which was unique in the Capital City. I also recognize and thank the other members of the Wai Wai , who were assigned to the restoration work in 2010. Lloyd H Marshall
Dave Martins should...
From page 5 same column Mr. Martins keeps making comparisons with other countries and Guyana in terms of the race divide and the comparisons are unworkable because you are talking about states that have almost nothing in common. In an equally egregious column way back in 2012, which carried an obnoxious title “mental myopia,” he wrote that he saw corruption in many other countries. So what was his point? He explained it and his explanation was equally egregious. He couldn’t understand why we are so concerned about corruption
in Guyana when he sees corruption among serving politicians in the US. Mr. Martins was accusing us in Guyana of being mentally myopic for lamenting corruption in our country. I could be discourteous and suggest Mr. Martins stick to writing and singing calypsos. But I will be circumspect and say to him that he should really write a column or a letter to the media and officially withdraw that column and ask Stabroek News to remove it from it archives Frederick Kissoon (Editor’s note: This discussion is closed)
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Former Jamaica information minister to stand trial KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Former Information and Telecommunications minister Daryl Vaz is due to go on trial early next year on corruption related charges. Vaz, who will now appear in court on February 16, had been charged in April 2012, following allegations that he conspired with former Senior Superintendent James Forbes and businessman Bruce Bicknell, to quash a bribery charge against Bicknell. Prosecutors alleged, that Vaz approached the arresting officer, Sergeant Jubert
Llewellyn, and promised him “gold bars”…a code word for a promotion, if he withdrew the charge against Bicknell. In July, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn, withdrew the bribery charge against Bicknell. She then argued that it would have been difficult to mount a successful case against him. However, Forbes was convicted and fined J$800,000 (One Jamaica dollar =US$0.004 cents) for his role in the conspiracy. Vaz, who is the opposition
Daryl Vaz Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament for the constituency of West Portland, appeared in court on Thursday when the trial date was set.
Caribbean finance delegates attend event examining doing business with China WASHINGTON D.C., United States - CMC – Representatives from Caribbean financial institutions are attending the first China Insights Programme focusing on the economic, financial and cultural reality of China. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) said that the Caribbean delegates are among 11 senior representatives of trade finance and international commerce departments of financial institutions from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) attending the event. The IDB, which is organizing the programme, said it is to help banks from Latin America and the
Caribbean improve the commercial and financial ties between their client firms and companies from China. The China Insights Programme will cover key aspects of the Chinese financial and commercial regulation, including current important trends such as the internationalization of the Renminbi. “We know that the potential of the Chinese market is huge and yet, still quite unknown to the financial intermediaries of Latin America and the Caribbean,” said Gema Sacristan, Chief of the IDB’s Financial Markets Division. “For that reason, a deeper knowledge of the Chinese
financial system will help reinforce the commercial relations between both sides of the Pacific.” The programme includes expert panels, networking events for the LAC bankers and their Asian counterparts and visits to the financial authorities, the People’s Bank of China and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. “China is the first stop of the Insights Programme, expected to be replicated in other countries in order to help other banks from the region in their support of the internationalization of companies from Latin America and the Caribbean,” the IDB added.
Kingston could earn $150M from ‘Million Man March’ Jamaica Observer - Projections are that millions of dollars will be filtered into Kingston’s economy from the ‘Million Man March’, to be held on October 19, according to chairman of the Kingston Metropolitan Region Resort Board James Samuels. “In raw economic terms, we expect that our country will earn in excess of $150 million on being host to this particular celebration [which is] a particularly significant sum, I am sure you will agree. Most importantly, it will afford us the opportunity of showing off to the world the extraordinary capacity of our city to host events of this magnitude,” Samuels told a press conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston Wednesday to announce plans for the launch. The Million Man March, according to the organisers, should see some 2,000 overseas visitors converging on the Jamaican capital. Among them will be head of the Nation of Islam Louis Farrakhan, who expressed his desire for the march to be held in Jamaica on its 19th anniversary. It will end at the National
Arena. Head of the Kingston chapter of Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association Chris Jarrett said Kingston’s hotels will be booked out for the event. “Some $37 million will be spent on hotel rooms,” Jarrett said. It is projected that 2,600 hotel rooms will be booked in Kingston for the event. There will also be a cultural village set up to display all aspects of Jamaican culture. Farrakhan’s Jamaican father grew up at Laws Street in downtown Kingston. Farrakhan’s national assistant and son of the Nation of Islam’s Elijah Muhammad, Ishmael Mohammad, said Farrakhan loved Jamaica and the people of the region. “Minister Farrakhan feels he owes a debt to the Caribbean people who have helped to mould him and make him into what he has become,” Mohammad told the launch. Pix – Makes Caption – National Assistant to Louis Farrakhan, Ishmael Mohammad, makes a point during a press conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel to announce the Million Man March, to be held in Kingston on October 19.
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Luncheon distances OP from Ramroop’s iNet George Melville, the Chief Executive Officer of iNet Communications this past week boasted that the entire government runs on the infrastructure of that Internet Service Provider but this claim is being rebuffed. Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, this week denied knowledge of the existence of iNet Communications. He said that at least at Office of the President it is the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) that provides internet services for that entity. Dr Luncheon told this publication he can clearly testify to the fact that each month he would sign documentations for payments to be made to GT&T for the provision of internet service. When questioned about
iNet Communications CEO, George Melville
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Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon
iNet and Melville’s brag of supplying the entire government of internet services, Dr Luncheon appeared to be at a loss. He enquired who Melville was. Melville earlier this week
boasted of supplying every Government Ministry and department including the Ministry of Finance’s Budgeting and Planning section. Melville supplied a list of
customers which iNet Communications would service inclusive of Office of the President. According to Melville, the company’s clientele includes the Government of
Dem boys seh...
Cow Shit get arrest in Trinidad Is only one Jagdeo Guyana got and is only one it gun ever get. But some people think that dem is Jagdeo. This is de man who bring in some contractors fuh do dem big project and while nobody coulda accuse him of tekking bribe he had people around he who collect from dem contractor. This is de man who mek sure that he friends and family get de best. He is also de man who got more money that people who wuk four times as hard, who born wid gold spoon and who win de lotto about ten times. Dem boys seh that he is de
richest man in de region. This is a man who travel more often than some pilots and every time he fly is money use to fly out behind he. If when he meet wheh he going and he want cash he use to call home and tell de treasury to send money. De other day Cow Shit think he was another Jagdeo. He deh pun leave and he go to Trinidad to collect a visa to Spain. Nobody ain’t know why he going and de people in Trinidad don’t know he and dem don’t care to know he. When he meet de Spanish embassy was afternoon. Suh he couldn’t come home de
same day. He didn’t have money fu hotel suh he call he office and tell dem to send money. Somebody ask he if he name Jagdeo because dem don’t know who name Cow Shit. De people back home remind him that de treasury is not he purse, that when you want money you got to apply in advance. He do wha he does do all de time. He start cussing. People ask one another is which mad man come to Trinidad like if de country ain’t got enough. De police realize that he come from Guyana and dem arrest he just like how dem arrest Kadir and DeFreitas. He cry, then he beg and tell dem how he stressed out. De police sorry fuh he and
dem loose he. Dem boys want fuh know how come he didn’t leak this to de Chronicle like how he does leak everything else. Dem want to know if he lost de number. He cuss Jagdeo. He still cussing. And in he madness he call Chronicle and release some personal information about a big one in GRA who building three house fuh dem pickney. He mek dem boys remember de bat who believe that he can shit pun de Creatah by putting he bamsie in de air and he forget he lef he mouth open. Talk half and watch who got dem bamsie up in de air.
Guyana; Ministry of Finance; Parliament Building; Supreme Court; Director of Public Prosecutions; Guyana Defence Force; Guyana Police Force; Public Service Commission; Police Service Commission; Office of The President; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Deeds Registry; Georgetown Public Hospital; Office of The Ombudsman/ Appellate Court; Ministry of Human Services/Labour; Teaching Service Commission; Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport; Ministry of Agriculture; Ministry of Local Government; Ministry of Home Affairs; Guyana Elections Commission; Office of the Auditor General; Ministry of Education; Machinery Corporation; Demerara Mutual Life; Acnet Café; Laparkan; American Embassy; UNICEF; Citizens Bank; Banks DIH; Pegasus; Caricom; Guyana Forestry Commission; Millenium Café; Guyana National Industrial Company; Stabroek News; Bank of Guyana; GuySuCo; National Insurance Scheme; Project Dawn; Caribbean Containers Inc; Caribbean Airlines; Peace Corps; World Bank; Carter Centre; Correia’s Mining; MMC; Evergreen Adventures; Farfan and Mendez; Gerald Fusum; Japarts; Jen Mahadeo; Kenwin Charles; Odyssey Transportation; Oldendorff Carriers (Guyana) Inc; Pauline
Philips; Splashmins Fun Park; St Mary’s Quarry; Steven Faria; and Georgetown Public Hospital Centre. Global Technology acquired iNet Communications in January 2013 shortly after Dr. Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’ Ramroop would have become a director and shareholder in the company. It was incorporated in 2006 and struck off of the companies’ list on many occasions. Ramroop is the best friend of former President Bharrat Jagdeo and has been implicated in a number of questionable arrangements related to companies he owns or has controlling interest, including New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (New GPC) and the Guyana Times Inc., among others. At the time when Ramroop joined up with Global Technology, one of his close associates and partners, Roopnarine Ramcharitar, also joined up. In October 2013, Ramroop’s secretary, Valerie Khan, was appointed Company Secretary for Global Technology. Ramroop and Ramcharitar were appointed directors early last year January and a year later, iNet Communications which falls under the rubric of Global Technology, rolled out the nation’s fastest satellite service covering the entire landscape.
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Suriname strikes rice Couple cons businessman over $1.7 million deal with Venezuela Suriname has struck a deal with Venezuela to supply 32,000 metric tonnes of paddy and 80,000 tonnes white rice in the coming year. While Suriname’s proposed rates are accepted in principle, the two countries will still have to finalize some of the details. Suriname online news, www.starnieuws.com, reported its Foreign Affairs Ministry as saying that its President, Desi Bouterse, a n d M i n i s t e r Wi n s t o n Lackin travelled to that Spanish-speaking country a few days ago to discuss a rice deal. The deal would be similar to what Guyana has at the moment but raises some worry about the security of overseas markets for rice. Both Suriname and Venezuela are neighbours of Guyana. Venezuela is one of the biggest overseas markets for Guyana and has been for almost five years now. Under the deal, Guyana buys oil from Venezuela at concessionary rates and supplies rice and paddy in exchange.
Any other rice deal that Venezuela forges at the moment will be watched with interest by Guyana which has already started to look for other markets, including Africa and Panama. According to starnieuws.com yesterday, the Surinamese delegation met with President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rafael Ramirez. Like Guyana, the agreement is targeting the increase of rice production to help target non-traditional and existing markets. Minister Soeresh Algoe of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries is also looking to market fish in Venezuela. Suriname said it is looking for a long-term supply contract. The rice will be exported 4,000 tonnes fortnightly from Port Nickerie to Venezuela. Under the current rice agreement with Venezuela, Guyana has to export 150,000 tonnes of paddy and 50,000 tonnes of white rice valued US$114M to the Spanish speaking state this year.
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The Guyana Rice Development Board, which is overlooking the shipments, said that the agreement involves 25 shipments of paddy and nine shipments of white rice. Sixty percent of the rice was expected from the first crop while the remaining 40 percent would be shipped from the second crop. Rice has moved up in recent years to take second place, after gold, as the country’s big foreign currency earners. The rice initiative, finalised in 2009 with Venezuela’s late leader, Hugo Chavez, has been a major one for Guyana. The Venezuelan rice market has become a lucrative, secure one, at least for the time being after years of uncertainty for farmers. Last year, Guyana’s rice production broke the all time production record, reaching 535,000 tonnes. This year, the target is set for 540,000 tonnes but officials are looking at the 600,000-tonne mark. But there has been worry over the price of paddy which has been hovering just over $3,000 per bag. Farmers believe that they should be getting more.
Businessman, Clement Tamessar holding one of the bogus cheques
A Vergenogen, East Bank Essequibo businessman is now at his wits end as he pursues the possibility of reclaiming in excess of $1.7M that was conned from his business last weekend. During an interview with Kaieteur News yesterday, a stricken Clement Tamessar recounted the heartrending ordeal that has now left him and his business virtually penniless without a clear way forward. The 53-year-old businessman, who operates Clement Establishment and Aluminium Doors explained
that telephone orders for doors, windows and beds came from a couple Charmaine Barakat and Sunil Barakat - who asked him to deliver the items and promising cheque payments. He said that after sending the items last Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the drivers of the delivery canters had returned with seemingly authentic cheques. He had received three cheques – for $405,000, $590,000 and $716,000 – which totaled to $1,711,000. He said the bad news came on Monday when he
and his wife went to Demerara Bank Limited to cash the cheques but had instead learnt that the Barakats have no bank account there. “I never see this person; these people would always call and make t h e m o r d e r. We w o u l d normally send the stuff and the canter man would bring back the cheques,” the distressed man explained. “I feel terrible, I want back my money or my goods. This left me broke as ever. I deh running all over to get this thing in order,” Tamessar lamented. He said that the drop offs were made at the back of Stabroek Market. The businessman told Kaieteur News that when they visited the Lot 287 Albert Street, Queenstown, Georgetown address stated on the cheque, the neighbours told him that five other persons had come looking for these persons with similar complaints. He said that reports have been made at the Leonora Police Station and the Criminal Investigations Division (CID) Headquarters at Eve Leary, Georgetown. It is now his hope that society, after reading about the ordeal, will assist the police in capturing the pair.
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== THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN ==
The place where you meet extraordinarily nice Guyanese If any group of people on the globe disgusts you, it is in Guyana. Guyana is a place where people have lost all perspectives on what constitutes the essence of life. It is as if the people who populate this land are not really higher animals but some genetic, hybrid material that lacks all the essential values that a human should have. This is one hell-hole of a country, where the minimum that is expected of a human’s rationality does not exist. Start with social activist, Leonard Craig. Craig said to me; “I need a lawyer for a matter I will be taking Digicel before the Public Utilities Commission (PUC).” I suggested some names. We stuck on one particular lawyer. When the hearing began, Craig conducted his own defence. What did Craig achieve? When you call
another person with a Digicel number and the person does not answer, a message comes on that says; “Your party is not available, your call is forwarded to voice mail.” Craig contended Digicel charges each person for that message and the phone owner is not aware of it. He argues that the charges should be stopped. The PUC ruled in favour of Craig and awarded him $60,000 in cost, which he declined. My sources told me Digicel was collecting $5 million a day from that message, which it now has to do without. Since that judgement, not one, I repeat not one voice in any of the four daily newspapers wrote about the service Craig did for Guyana. I doubt people know what Craig achieved. By contrast, go on the seawall and clean up the mango skins, go to the
Botanical Gardens and chop down the overgrown eddo leaves, go to the trench on Regent Street and pick up a homeless cat, go to Bourda market and clear the piles of coconut trash, and you will be on all the newscasts with letters in the press praising you every day. This is the nature of the foolish beast in Guyana. It is not only rationality that the Guyanese people have lost, but their innate instinct to appreciate the difference in values that underpin civilization. Why this has happened I don’t know. But it is tragic and sad. Maybe the Guyanese people feel that when a company, an organization or person is so eminent or so well known or so rich then according to life, you don’t give them cause to be annoyed or to be vexed with
you; best to leave them alone. It is a sad day for a country when its people become so stupid and vapid. But this will go on in the cemetery named Guyana. No matter how objective and pure is your motive, Guyanese people will remain selfeffacing. Take two retail outlets that I patronize quite often - Giftland Office Max and Survival Supermarket on Sheriff Street. I go there so often that the former has awarded me a ten percent discount card and the latter a five percent discount card. I read that Giftland, in November, will be moving to Turkeyen, a minute walk from where I live. I saw a photograph were hundreds turned up to make applications. I go to Giftland twice a week. On each occasion I see about six employees with the tag on
their shirt that says, “trainee.” I go back the next month and they are all gone, a fresh batch is there and the cycle goes on. This has been so for years now. I figure that if all those applicants I see in the newspapers get the nod, then in two months’ time they are all gone. Don’t get me wrong. I like to shop at that place and will continue my patronage even more now that it is my neighbour. I am just doing what any columnist would do – write on something unusual. Now read this. I enter Survival Supermarket on Sheriff Street not twice a week but twice a day. Every day I am at Survival. And this is for years now. An amazing thing goes in there. I make friends with these wonderful employees then two months later they are gone. Ask my wife how many
Frederick Kissoon times I have complained to her about this mystery at Survival. You ask any staff of any of the leading supermarkets if they know me from frequent patronage and they will say yes. In the retail trade in Guyana, you meet extraordinarily nice Guyanese. They all know me at Marios, Nigel’s, Mattai’s, Budget Supermarket (where I won a 40-inch TV last December), Rossignol Butchery, and New Thriving, The employees I met at these places years ago are still there. I don’t have the answer for the mystery at Giftland and Survival. Do you?
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Book Review…
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Art Imitates Life in Caribbean Drama
Book: 90 Days of Violence by Lyndon Baptiste Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby Lyndon Baptiste’s 90 Day of Violence takes readers down a path of human depravity. Violence erupts with dizzying sadism that fulfills the stark promise of the title. Sadly, violence comes with colour – a West Indian element, a guilty perversion that proves hypnotic. The seven deadly sins are played out, for sure. But virtues and the fight for redemption are ever present. Baptiste’s work portrays Caribbean life gone horribly wrong. The azure waters, bowing trees and laissez-faire culture recede, to be overwhelmed by an insatiable lust for power and wealth. Everyone is caught up in this tragedy, even those we
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are empowered to protect and serve. Everyone is an equal opportunity criminal – be they black, Indian, or Syrian, hence Baptiste’s disclaimer: “Coming from a cosmopolitan background, I would have despised myself had the material been intended as racist.’ Scenes of murder are lifted out of the history’s bloodiest pages, captured with graphic clarity. Misogynists (‘putting licks on disobedient women’), bribes, kidnapping, duplicity, and treachery are rife. Trinidad is under the gun! This is the power of drugs – its ability to reach into the darkest recesses of the mind. And so, too, is the thirst for
alcohol. But somehow, Baptiste’s timing and tone capture a Caribbean essence that is ruefully compelling. And this is where the author is best, proving his salt as one of the finest writers, creating gripping climate in describing a near drug bust at high sea “Paul was peering into the gaping hole. It’s the bloody Coast Guard, he said, his voice a dry whisper. Droplets of sweat fell from his face landing with a ‘plop’ on the package Chip held pressed against his chest. A long silence Chip strained his ear…..He stood frozen, fearful that if he moved he would alert some faceless personnel – good or bad – who might be trigger happy.” But, still, 90 Days of Violence lacks the literary style that has made Baptiste a veritable force in West Indian literature. Spurts of genius are stifled by a lack of fluidity, and at times stunted prose. Maybe the linear revulsion of the players involved allows little maneuverability for character
development. May be that is Baptiste’s intention from the opening salvo. Lo, somewhere in the abyss are calls for reason, for hope. Yet, the struggle to do good, to stabilize a society – to battle crime – is on the brink – in jeopardy, as law enforcement mulls fighting fire with fire – a dangerous development that will only precipitate the nation’s demise. However, the Prime Minister cautions against abrogating the constitution, as a professional crime unit, mirroring the CIA, is formed. In the end, the adage: “Crime does not pay” holds true, as the criminals get their comeuppance. Fortuitously, the potential for good is never dismissed, and the courage to do right emerges, rightly embodied in the chief executive, Prime Minister Ambrose Taylor. His fighting words echo: “We are the sculptors of the future. In us is a fire, that Trinbagonian fire which distinguishes us from the world, a light for us to follow, a beacon to those in darkness. Brothers and Sisters we are soldiers of peace, justice and the ideal of democracy.” That a showcase of an island paradise nearly destroyed by mayhem is
never in doubt. But more significant is the inexorable will of the human spirit to be victorious in an existential battle with the powers of evil. Follow me on Twitter@glenvilleashby Email:glenvilleashby
@gmail.com Become a member:www. caribbeanbookreview.com 90 Days of Violence by Lyndon Baptiste A Potbake Productions Book Available: www.potbake.com Ratings: Recommended
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MY COLUMN
Trying to change history to suit the time There are many things that bother me at just about every level of my life. One of them has been talked about for a while. It has to do with the number of very young gunmen who roam the streets. I have my take on this. I have concluded that the absence of a male presence in the school system has removed the role model for young men, who then meander through the education system with the barest minimum of academic skills. Another thing is the way we take care of our health. Many of us get niggles and we ignore them, as I suppose, most people would do. But we do not usually take routine medical checks. The result is that an alarming number of us are affected with stroke. I have not seen so many stroke victims in this country for as long as I have been alive. I suppose it has to do with our diet and our desire to live like the North Americans, except that we do not have the medical attention deserving of people in a developing country. Three days ago I went to work and by noon I could hardly walk. My body ached and I felt that I had been hit
by a truck. It turned out that I got hit by something almost as devastating. I tried to resist and I must say that within forty-eight hours I was up and about, doing what I do bestwork. People said that I had been hit by Chikungunya, but I merely got hit by a flu bug that is not as devastating. A bit of rest put paid to whatever plans the flu had for me, but while it raged, it did bother me. Yet these things pale into insignificance when I am forced to read or to edit a piece that suggests that the English and Mathematics results were the best ever and that these results began to emerge in the post-1992 era. I was overseas when the external examinations results came and as is now customary, the Education Minister, Priya Manickchand, did her analysis of the results. For years she had been reporting that one in five people who wrote Mathematics at the external examinations passed. The results for English were said to be slightly better, with one in three passing the subject. I decided to raise this issue with a number of people in the Diaspora, and on every
occasion they laughed. I did not come from a family of academically skilled people, but I can safely say that those of my siblings who were academically inclined passed Mathematics and English at the General Certificate of Examination. My friends who are top flight managers in the Diaspora all passed their Mathematics and English. Our many teachers who left these shores all passed these two troublesome subjects. They all said to me that passing Maths and English was routine. Everyone with a modicum of academic skill passed Maths and English. Even the Education Minister who started school in the pre-1992 era did not find it hard to pass Maths and English. In fact, I am sure that most of her schoolmates did the same, because it was routine. Those of us who grew up in the days when the television was unheard of, found books to be our
constant companion. Our vocabulary grew by leaps and bounds and so did our speech. When I was at Mona in Jamaica, just about every lecturer would say that Guyanese always do well. Rex Nettleford and Roy Augier were always quick to point this out. These people could not have come to that conclusion if indeed they were meeting people who were so poor at English that they could not write what was then the Queen’s English. And I must ask how is it that the results are improving beyond recognition when the people who are teaching the subjects came out of the pre1992 era? I have noticed a worrying trend which has people trying to date Guyana’s history to 1992. Nothing happened before that, and I get the impression that if left unchecked someone would come up with the idea that Guyana became independent in 1992.
As a schoolboy, indeed there were people who had no academic pretentions and would therefore struggle. Those with some potential were taken in hand. We wrote what was then Common Entrance and had to do English and Mathematics. Unlike today, the examination was not a must, so nobody could tell me that one in five of those passed Maths and one in three passed English. I am afraid of people who try to rewrite history. Of course our colonial masters did just that when they said that Columbus discovered the so-called New World. He came and met people, yet they would say that he found the West Indies. The Americans sought to hide the achievements of the Black pilots who became known as the Tuskegee Airmen. To their credit, they eventually corrected the storyline and gave the few remaining men their due recognition.
Adam Harris I was in the Falklands or the Malvinas, and there is a lot to do with the history. The Argentines insist that they were there first and were evicted by the British. The British say that they were there first. Each country has its history of the islands, but there could only be one history. Beware of trying to change Guyana’s history; of saying that we were a nation of idiots until 1992. People who never went to secondary school were very proficient in English; talk to them.
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Violating the FMA Act is a criminal offence The Guyana Police Force has issued a statement that it found the complaint filed by Leader of the Alliance For Change Khemraj Ramjattan against Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh not to be a criminal offence. In this week’s column, we provide an excerpt from the complaint pointing to the clear violation of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 2003. Section 16 of the FMA Act 2003 is a core provision which wholly endorses article 217 of the Constitution. It provides thus: “There shall be no expenditure of public monies except in accordance with article 217 of the Constitution.” Its marginal note is most instructive -”No expenditure without appropriation.” There is thus this almost absolute rule which governs Guyana’s public finances. It is that there must be no spending without appropriation, or in other words, no spending without legislative authorisation. For every item of spending, there must have been some Parliamentary approved appropriation or
authorisation. This rule is very strict in the sphere of public finances in all Westminster-type democracies. But it is subject to a constitutionally provided exception namely, that there can be spending without prior appropriation if there is an emergency situation, say for example the 2005 Great Flood. However, once moneys are so drawn out of the Contingency Fund, which is a sub-fund of the Consolidated Fund, the Executive through the Minister of Finance must come to the National Assembly at the next following sitting and report how much he spent, to whom it was paid, and its purpose. A Supplementary Appropriation Act covering these advances which were paid out will have to be approved by the National Assembly. So here there is a post facto legislative authorisation which must legitimise and regularise such spending. This happens when the situation is urgent, unavoidable and unforeseen. But this kind of urgent, unavoidable and unforeseen circumstance must only see
such expenditure totaling no more than 2% of the previous year’s Annual Budget. This very limited quantum of prior expenditure without prior appropriation emphasises the paramount principle of “appropriation before expenditure.” This contingency exception is provided for in article 220 of the Constitution and Section 41 of the FMA Act 2003. To make it all the more emphatic and unequivocal, the existence of this rule of “appropriation before expenditure”, is the reason why sections 48 and 85 were provided for in the FMA Act 2003. Section 48: “A Minister or official shall not in any manner misuse, misapply, or improperly dispose of public monies.” Section 85: “An official who knowingly permits any other person to contravene any provision of this Act is guilty of an indictable offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000,000.00 and imprisonment for 3 years.” Criminal liability can befall the Minister of Finance or any of his underlings at the Ministry of Finance by a conjoint operation of sections 48 and 85 of the FMA Act 2003 if there was any spending of public monies without appropriation first had; or, spending not legislatively authorised post facto in the exceptional case of the “urgent, unavoidable and unforeseen” category of a contingency spending. This was exactly what the framers
AFC LEADER Khemraj Ramjattan of the FMA Act 2003 wanted to criminalise. This was the context that informed the text of Sections 46 and 85. THEANNUAL APPROPRIATION ACT 2014 AND FINANCIAL PAPER NO. 1 OF 2014. In the deliberation during the course of the Committee of Supply stage in the National Assembly, in the Annual Estimates of 2014, there were proposals for appropriations from the Consolidated Fund, among a huge number of others, for the following: · Current Estimates for Office of the President Administration Services $1.335 B, · Capitol Estimates for Office of the President Administration Services $3.846 B · Ministry of Finance Policy and Administration Capital Estimates - $22.284 B
· Ministry of Amerindian Affairs - Amerindian Development Capital estimates - $1.14B · Ministry of Public Works - Transport - Capital Estimates - $6.785 B · Ministry of Health Regional - (Specialty Hospital) - $1.352 B These specific programmes made up of a number of line items were voted down, meaning that they were not legislatively authorised. So no expenditures could have been forthcoming from the Consolidated Fund to provide public monies for them. They totaled a sum of approximately $37B for the period ending December 31st, 2014. Notwithstanding there being no appropriation for these programmes, which meant a total prohibition of spending thereon in accordance with the Constitution (Article 217) and the FMA Act 2003 (Section 16), the Minister of Finance went ahead and spent monies on these programmes which were by a majority vote in the National Assembly not voted for. The Appropriation Act of 2014 will reflect that there was no appropriation for these programmes. The Appropriation Bill of 2014, however, reflects these sums proposed. Hence, there ought not to be any spending of monies towards these items under these heads and sub-heads. Such spending would mean a total disrespect and disregard of the
Constitution and the FMA Act 2003; and, a frontal violation of section 46 and section 85 of the latter. But such spending, though expressly prohibited by the National Assembly on these programmes and line items, is exactly what the Minister of Finance proceeded with. Notwithstanding no appropriation for these heads, as they are called, the Minster spent monies on them for the period ending June 16th, 2014 totaling an amount of $4.533B as is confessed to by Minister Ashni Singh, (without any circumstances of oppression as to make it an involuntary confession), in the Financial Paper No. 1 of 2014. He obviously did so by authorising drawing rights through other senior officials of his Ministry. He has spent monies without having obtained legislative authorisation therefor. He and these other officials in the relevant Ministries have expended $4.533B up to June 16th, 2014 without any appropriation therefor. This constitutes a misusing, a misapplication, or an improper disposal of public monies totaling $4.533B for a period up to 16th June, 2014. Such a violation contravenes Section 46 and Section 85 by virtue of knowingly permitting other persons to contravene the provisions of the said Act. From every indication this criminal violation will continue up to 31st December 2014.
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Constitution.” Ramjattan said that what the PNCR government, led by Burnham, did was wrong and “it is now staring them in the face. They are regretting it. It is haunting them and they have learned.” Ramjattan, who was a long standing Member of the PPP, said he thinks the ruling Party would not support constitutional reform mainly because the Party’s current members do not believe in the separation of powers. The politician told Kaieteur News, “They are power drunk and can’t think of operating without the amount of power they have now…they are enjoying the power and simply (are) not willing to give it up.”
The main runway at CJIA, Timehri.
The airport in St Maarten has a runway that is a mere 100 feet longer that Timehri, yet it is landing the big planes that Guyana says it cannot. Sunday Special CJIA US$150M EXPANSION… PROJECT UNNECESSARY WHEN COMPARED TO SIMILAR AIRPORTS Guyana is steaming ahead with a major expansion of the runway at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, despite the many questions. The reason for the US$150M spending as argued by the previous administration, and backed by the present one, is that the current terminal facility is too cramped and the runway too short to accommodate the larger, more modern, wide body planes. Under the expansion project, the main runway at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) is to be extended by another 3,500 feet or 1,066 metres. But the reasons given for the runway extension, which will cost Guyana in excess of US$58M for the runway and taxiway expansion, may have not been so solid after-all. The Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) in St. Maarten, a Dutch island in the Eastern Caribbean area, has its current main runway at 7,546 feet. CJIA’s runway is 7,447, or about 99 feet shorter than that of St. Maarten. The problem with the justification used by Government of Guyana is that the larger, wide-body 747-400 planes that have been landing comfortably in St. Maarten at that airport with no major incidents reported for decades, cannot land easily at CJIA.
As a matter of fact, the airport in that Dutch island has made it in the ‘Ripley’s Believe It Or Not’ for the planes’ spectacular landing. One end of the runway is almost in the ocean while planes taking off have to take into account a number of hills in their path. St. Maarten is a major hub in the Eastern Caribbean area with planes coming from the many islands around it, from Europe and North America. The island has spent millions to upgrade its terminal. Monday Edition POWER DRUNK PPP IS THE ONLY OBSTACLE IN THE WAY OF CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM – RAMJATTAN - SAYS PNCR REALIZED THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST AND IS READY FOR CHANGE Many have recognized the need for constitutional reform in Guyana but so far it seems like an unattainable ideal. Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan on Sunday told Kaieteur News that while it is no longer possible to secure constitutional reform before the upcoming elections, Guyanese can rest assured that an AFC government would make it a reality. The attorney-at-law expressed confidence in the young coalition—A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)—that it would also seek to induce constitutional change if it wins the upcoming election. He said however, that the only way
under the sun that the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) would support constitutional change, is if the party loses. The current Constitution of Guyana is the highest governing document. It officially came into effect on October 6, 1980. It was however not Guyana’s first constitution; previous to this one, Guyana had a different constitution that was enacted in 1966, upon the country attaining independent status. Many are convinced that the existing constitution places an unhealthy amount of power into the hands of the President and is commonly referred to as the “Burnham
Tuesday Edition MARRIOTT CONTRACTOR UNDER FIRE IN T&T OVER SHODDY WORKS The National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago has been shut down over shoddy works under taken by Shanghai Construction Group, the same company working currently on the Marriott Hotel in Kingston, Guyana. This has led to stakeholders questioning the quality of work being done by the Chinese contractor as it relates to the Marriott Hotel. This call is said to be even more pertinent in face of the news coming out of the neighbouring twin-island republic coupled with the opaqueness of the project locally. While the Chinese contractor is claiming that a lack of maintenance led to the closure of the multi-milliondollar facility, the government is saying otherwise.
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Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism, Dr. Lincoln Douglas, said: “And the Chinese are saying the issues with NAPA and SAPA are maintenance? A lot of them have design flaws. They have poor workmanship. Why do you think NAPA is closed down? The stairs in the building are not even. Is that poor maintenance?” He is reported in the Trinidad Express as saying that even one of the catwalks in the building was built without rails. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Arts and Multi-culturalism, Maurice Suite, is reported as saying that the building is closed for a number of reasons. “It is a combination of different things. They had design flaws. We had some maintenance issues. And in some cases, we are dealing with how things were put together. We have an agreement to address some of the issues. “Some of the things may not have been constructed properly and they have agreed to address those issues. There were some things we were not satisfied with. We are working with Shanghai Construction to address those concerns.” Wednesday Edition US$18M SPECIALTY HOSPITAL SINKS IN DEEPER TROUBLE… GOVT. MOVES TO TERMINATE SURENDRA’S CONTRACT - CITES FRAUD, NONPERFORMANCE More than two years after controversially awarding a US$18.1M ($3.7B) contract to an Indian firm to build a specialty hospital at Turkeyen, Government on
Tuesday announced that it is moving to scrap the deal for fraud and non-performance. The announcement came days after reports that one senior official of Surendra Engineering Company Limited (SECL) had skipped the country following a court judgment in favour of a prominent contractor which did works on the East Coast Demerara project site, but was not paid. After building US$12.8M Enmore Packaging Plant, the former administration under President Bharrat Jagdeo then turned around and granted a US$4M contract to the Indian firm to supply 14 pumps to help reduce flooding on the coastland. Diligent checks found that the company had no history in pumps. That contract is still mired in problems as Government is unable to say where the pumps are and whether Surendra actually supplied all of them. The answers have been sketchy at best. Regarding the specialty hospital contract, which was award in August 2012, the Government of Guyana “Press Statement” said that SECL was Tuesday written to, expressing the country’s “deep concerns” about the execution of the project’s design and construction. Government admitted that all was not well with the performance targets it set for Surendra and monies it had advanced. COVER-UP OF DUTY FREE CONCESSIONS… GRA CONTINUES WITCH-HUNTAGAINST GLENN LALL Days after refusing to disclose the grounds under which it granted millions of (Continued on page 43)
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President Donald Ramotar’s moment of truth has come. He can no longer hide behind pretexts about the Guyana Elections Commission’s unpreparedness to conduct local government elections. He cannot squeeze more excuses out of the three PPPCnominated GECOM commissioners. They have already added their voices to the chorus to allow the administration to continue its campaign to deny people the right to vote after 17 years. The President cannot send out Priya Manickchand and Clement Rohee as emissaries to fend off foreign
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critics. He cannot credibly deny that he did promise to hold elections in 2012 and that date has long passed. Twenty years after local government elections were last held in Guyana, Ramotar must face the nation and tell the truth. He must realise by now that people are fed up with his lame excuses. He must understand that the People’s Progressive Party Civic administration does not have the prerogative to deny the people their constitutional right to local democracy. The Guyanese people have been denied their right to elect their own
local and municipal leaders for far too long. They have even been denied their right to be told when those elections will be held. Local Government elections, like general and regional elections, are a constitutional right. They are not a favour to be bestowed by the PPPC whenever it chooses. It is an obligation, not an option, for the President of the Republic to comply with the Constitution and to conform to the laws of the country. The President and his party - the PPPC - by deliberately delaying the holding of local
government elections, are in gross violation of the Constitution and the law. The President has violated the spirit of the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana which states: “Local government is a vital aspect of democracy and shall be organized so as to involve as many people as possible in the task of managing and developing the communities in which they live.” Local democracy is provided for and protected by the Constitution, specifically, Articles 71 to 78.B (‘Local Democracy’). Local government elections, last held in 1994, are a constitutional obligation and a democratic entitlement of the Guyanese people. It is mandatory for the executive branch of government to conduct the prescribed periodic elections. The President, in the face of a resolute commitment of the National Assembly, has appeared irresolute. The Local Government (Amendment) Bill; Local Government Commission Bill; Fiscal Transfers Bill and Municipal and District Councils Bill were all passed by a determined National Assembly on 7th August 2013, thereby paving the way for elections to be held under the new system. The President has not been strong. He has not yet assented to the first of those
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bills. This is mainly because the PPPC would like its Minister of Local Government and Regional Development to retain the authority to dissolve elected councils. The President did assent to the second bill but, more than one year later, the Minister has not issued the ‘Commencement Order’ that is required for the Commission to be operationalized is yet to be issued. The President, most pointedly, has prevented the holding of elections by withholding his assent to the Local Authorities (Elections) (Amendment) Bill. This bill, at its second reading on 10th February 2014, was debated and passed ‘as amended,’ directing that elections be held by 1st August 2014. There was a reasonable expectation at that time that, at last, local government elections would be held in 2014. The President, however, seems to have made it clear that he had no intention of either obeying the mandate of the National Assembly or complying with the precepts of the Constitution. The President, meanwhile, presides over a broken local government system. During his nearly three-year tenure of office, he has brought the municipal and neighbourhood councils to their knees. The Ramotar administration has systematically underfunded local democratic organs and
undermined democraticallyelected local councils, thereby inhibiting their development and impeding the provision of services to residents. The sixty-five neighbourhood democratic councils and six municipalities, as a result, have been made ineffectual and dysfunctional. The result has been a near-total breakdown in local governance leading to unsafe, unkempt and unsanitary communities. The masquerade is over. The President must desist from pretending to desire local elections while, in fact, he is actually preventing the holding of elections. The President must issue the ‘Commencement Order’ to operationalise the Local Government Commission; initiate a process by which the Local Government (Amendment) Bill could be returned for his assent and announce the date for local government elections to be held countrywide. The President must tell the people the truth about local government elections. Donald Ramotar’s response to David Granger’s demand to announce the date for local government elections will determine how he will be remembered. Will he be a democrat who abided by the Constitution or as a dodgy opportunist who does not speak the truth?
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From page 27 dollars in duty free concessions to a Chinese logging company, citing confidentiality, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is continuing its witch-hunt against Kaieteur News to silence the newspaper in its investigations. The tax agency, using the state-owned Guyana Chronicle, has again released information that its boss, Khurshid Sattaur, says is confidential. The latest salvo against Glenn Lall, publisher of Kaieteur News, was carried in Tuesday’s edition of the Guyana Chronicle. There was the bold, front page headline, “GRA investigates millions of $$$ in Customs duties evasion- Glenn Lall again implicated.” Citing an unnamed “tax analyst”, the story contended that Lall is now said to be at the “centre of an alleged evasion where his company has, for over a decade now, been “importing printing inks and passing them off as products of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM); therefore enjoying duty free concessions for those importations.” The “tax analyst” believes that several hundreds of millions of dollars were lost. UMANA YANA DESTROYED BY FIRE A significant part of the country’s history went up in flames on Tuesday after a fire, believed to be of electrical origin, completely destroyed the Umana Yana at Main Street, Kingston. Officer in Charge of Operations at the Guyana Fire Service, Compton Sparman, told media operatives that fire crews and four tenders got to the scene within minutes, but
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were unable to save the structure. “There is nothing else in there that could have started a fire, it can only be electrical, there was no cooking, no human activities going around to start a fire and fires don’t just happen, they are caused.” No one was in the building at the time of the blaze, but a security guard who was on duty was rushed to the hospital with minor injuries. Thursday Edition OP NOW PROBING SURENDRA OVER US$4M PUMPS - INJUNCTION BARS GUYANA FROM RELEASING OUTSTANDING MONIES Surendra Engineering Company Limited (SECL), the Indian firm that is accused of submitting a fake bank guarantee to Government for the Turkeyen specialty hospital, is headed for even more trouble. Not only has Government moved to terminate that US$18M contract, filing a court case and involving the police, but an active assessment is also being conducted into another controversial deal involving the supply of 14 drainage pumps to the tune of US$4M. That contract was awarded since 2011, shortly before former President Bharrat Jagdeo ended his second term. There have not been any straight answers from the Ministry of Agriculture, and by extension the administration, whether all the pumps are here. The eight fixed and six mobile pumps are crucial in fighting flooding in especially low-lying farming areas across the coastlands. Wednesday, Minister of Legal Affairs, Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, said that both the Ministry of
Agriculture and the Office of the President are reviewing the pump contract with Government not “oblivious” to the fact that there is another deal. However, the official declined to go into details, saying it was too early. The admission by Nandlall of another probe into Surendra’s dealings in Guyana would all but shut the door on that company regarding state contracts in Guyana. Friday Edition TROUBLED SPECIALTY HOSPITAL…SURENDRA DENIES SUBMITTING FAKE BANK GUARANTEE - SAYS GOVT. TO BE BLAMED FOR DELAYS Troubled Indian contractor, Surendra Engineering Corporation Limited (SECL), has denied tendering a fake bank guarantee for the Turkeyen Specialty Hospital. Managing Director, Brijen Parikh, in a statement issued Thursday said that, “all such allegations of fraud or financial irregularities are completely baseless and without any merit.” Two days prior, Government announced that it was moving to sack Surendra after it discovered that the company, back in March, submitted a fake bond security, a requirement for state contracts. The bond is needed in case something goes wrong and Government has to recoup monies from the contractor. Government also said it was also looking to recover any monies it may have overpaid the company. The matter will also be placed in the hands of the police. ‘ILLEGALLY’SPENT $4.5B BY FINANCE MINISTER “NOTA
POLICE MATTER” Almost two months after the Leader of the Alliance for Change, (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan, filed a complaint against the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, over alleged illegal expenditure in excess of $4.5B, the Guyana Police Force says that it did not find that the Minister committed a crime and legal advice is being sought. The Force, by way of a statement issued through its Press Officer, Ivelaw Whittaker, Thursday said it is obligated to investigate criminal breaches only and does not conduct investigations into civil breaches nor administrative breaches of the law, save and except those related to the
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Police (Discipline) Act Chapter 17:01 regarding the conduct of its ranks. According to Whittaker, the Guyana Police Force is of the opinion that the section of the Law that Ramjattan alleges was breached by Dr. Singh addresses administrative issues and “is therefore an administrative breach.” The Police Force subsequently amended its statement to say, “it is not saying that the Honourable Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh committed any administrative breach of the law…What the Police Force is saying is that any purported breach of that section of the law may amount to an administrative breach and not a criminal breach, hence its decision to seek legal advice.” In another clarification sent to the media, the Guyana Police Force stated that it “wishes to make clear that there is no violation of the criminal law…It appears to be an issue which is beyond the competence and jurisdiction of the Police Force to pronounce upon.” Meanwhile Ramjattan, who told this publication he was yet to be formally advised by the police, upon seeing the statement, asked “Where did Whittaker get his initial advice from?” Saturday Edition HEALTH MINISTRY DENIES KNOWLEDGE OF NEW GPC’S DRUG SUPPLY STATUS Despite the fact that Government’s Chief Spokesperson, Dr. Roger
Luncheon, almost two months ago publicly announced that the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (GPC) has been given the go-ahead as the nation’s sole prequalified drug supplier, the Ministry of Health claims that it still has not been informed. At least this is according to Leslie Cadogan, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, who surprisingly publicly stated on Friday that the Health Ministry has not been officially notified of any awards, as it relates to the procurement of drug and medical supplies. He was at the time responding to a media report in another section of the media which highlighted the fact that the Health Ministry is still to inform the bidders as to the outcome of the prequalification evaluation, as is required by law. According to Cadogan, “as soon as the Health Ministry is officially notified, both successful and unsuccessful bidder(s) will be informed.” It is unclear why the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board is yet to advise the Ministry of Health as to the results of its evaluation since the matter has been cleared by Cabinet, dominated the spotlight in the public recently and is also subject to litigation.
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How to Recognize Chikungunya Fever Symptoms Chikungunya fever is an arthropod-borne virus which is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. It is characterized by high fever and moderate to severe joint pain. Currently, there is no treatment for chikungunya fever and the only way to prevent it is to avoid mosquito bites. However, the virus is seldom serious and rarely fatal. To learn how to recognize the symptoms of chikungunya fever, start with Step 1 below. Look for a high fever. A high fever is one of the first symptoms of chikungunya, with body temperatures reaching as high as 104 degrees F (40 degrees C). The fever will usually last for about 2 days, before ending abruptly. Look for joint pain. The characteristic symptom of chikungunya fever is severe joint pain (or arthritis) in multiple joints, particularly in the extremities. In fact, the word chikungunya means “to be contorted” in the Kimakonde language, referencing the bent or hunched over appearance of victims suffering from joint pain. In most sufferers the joint pain will only last for a few days, however in older patients it may persist for longer. In some instances, the joint pain has been reported to last for several weeks, months or even years. Look for a rash. Sufferers of chikungunya fever will often develop a rash on their
body and limbs. This rash may look like purple or red spots, or small red bumps. Watch out for other nonspecific symptoms. Other
common symptoms in chikungunya sufferers include persistent headaches, nausea, muscle pain, fatigue, vomiting, photophobia and
partial loss of taste. Call your doctor if you think you may have Chikungunya fever. If you think you may have chikungunya fever, it’s important to call your doctor, especially if you have a fever. As chikungunya is difficult to diagnose (and is often misdiagnosed as dengue fever), your doctor will make a diagnosis based on your symptoms, the location of your travel and by taking a sample of your viral cultures. However, the only way to truly confirm the presence of chikungunya fever, is through laboratory testing of blood serum or cerebrospinal fluid. This is usually
unnecessary as chikungunya rarely has complications which warrant laboratory diagnosis. Treat the symptoms of the virus. There are no antiviral drugs designed to treat chikungunya fever itself, however your doctor may prescribe medication to alleviate the symptoms. For example, fever and joint aches can be lessened by medications such as ibuprofen, naproxen, acetaminophen, and paracetamol. However, medications containing aspirin should be avoided. Patients with chikungunya fever are also advised to get lots of bed rest and drink plenty of fluids. Prevent chikungunya fever by avoiding mosquito bites. Currently, there is no commercial vaccine for chikungunya fever. Therefore the only way to prevent the virus is to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes, especially when travelling in areas where the disease is prevalent, such as Africa, Asia and parts of the Indian subcontinent. To prevent mosquito bites: (1)Wear long sleeved shirts and and long pants when traveling in endemic areas. If possible, treat your clothes with permethrin (a type of insecticide) to repel mosquitoes. (2)Use mosquito repellent on exposed skin, preferably one containing DEET, IR3535, oil of lemon eucalyptus or icaridin, as these are the most effective and long lasting. (3)Make sure your living
accommodations have tightly-fitting insect screens on windows on doors. Sleep under an insecticide treated bed net at night, and use a net to protect young children and elderly people if they sleep during the day. (4)Infected persons should be protected from further mosquito exposure during the first few days of their illness. If they are bitten by a mosquito, the cycle will continue if/when the nowinfected mosquito then bites someone else. (5)Boost the immune system by intaking or drinking fluids rich in beta de glucan found in mushrooms one example is classique herbs double power beta d glucan. Drinking 3 pouches a day can cure the virus and boost the immune system. The incubation period for the virus can be 2-12 days, but is normally 3-7 days. The laboratory diagnosis of viruses transmitted by arthropods is usually done by testing of serum or cerebrospinal fluid to detect virus-specific neutralizing antibodies. Treatment is symptomatic, meaning the symptoms of the infection are treated, as the infection itself has no known cure. Be aware that some infected persons have reported disabling joint pain, or arthritis lasting for weeks or even months. There is no vaccine or preventive drug currently available for the chikungunya virus. The use of aspirin should be avoided if you have the infection.
At the time, the participants were completely motionless and unaware. SNOOZE BUTTON Sid Kouider, from the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, said: “We show that the sleeping brain can be far more ‘active’ in sleep than one would think. “This explains some everyday life experiences such as our sensitivity to our name in our sleep, or to the
specific sound of our alarm clock, compared to equally loud but less relevant sounds.” He added that it was possible for people to perform calculations on simple equations while falling asleep and then continue to identify those calculations as right or wrong during a snooze. Any task that could become automated could be maintained during sleep, he
said. But tasks that cannot be automated would stop as sleep took over. Their research could lead to further studies on the processing capacity of our sleeping brains, the study said. “Research focusing on how to take advantage of our sleeping time must consider what is the associated cost, if any, and whether it is worth it,” Mr Kouider said.
Brain ‘can classify words during sleep’ The brain is still active while we are asleep, say scientists, who found people were able to classify words during their slumber. Researchers from Cambridge and Paris introduced participants to a word test while awake and found they continued to
respond correctly while asleep. The sleeping brain can perform complex tasks, particularly if the task is automated, the study says. Further research will now focus on how to take advantage of our sleeping time. This explains some everyday life experiences such as our sensitivity to our name in our sleep, or to the specific sound of our alarm clock” Using an electroencephalogram (EEG), they recorded the brain activity of participants while they were asked to classify spoken words as either animals or objects by pressing a button. UNCONSCIOUS BEHAVIOUR Participants were asked to
press a button in their right hand for animals and in their left hand for objects. This allowed researchers to track the responses and map each word category to a specific movement in the brain. Then participants were asked to lie down in a darkened room with their eyes closed and continue the word classification task as they drifted off to sleep. Once asleep, a new list of words was tested on participants to ensure that the brain had to work out the meaning of the words before classifying them using the buttons. Their brain activity showed they continued to respond accurately, the researchers said, although it happened more slowly.
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‘Men, Women & Children’ portrays Pharrell in element in Britain, INTERNET’S ‘IDIOT GENERATION’
Adults who should know better engage in plenty of cringeworthy behavior over the Internet in the new film “Men, Women & Children,” but director Jason Reitman says don’t judge them too harshly. There’s the husband and wife having affairs, one through an escort site and the other through a hookup site, the mother who puts sexualized photos on a website to promote her teen daughter and another mother who strangles her daughter’s life with zealous control of her social media. “We are lost when it comes to this and 100 years from now we will look back and see this moment between 1995 and 2015 when we were just idiots when it came to computers,” Reitman told Reuters before premiering the movie at the Toronto International Film Festival. “We get to be that idiot generation, I guess.” Reitman, a four-time Oscar nominee for “Juno” and “Up in the Air,” wanted to explore love, relationships, parenting, what keeps people apart, why they aren’t more honest and what happens to their sex lives, rather than the issue of how we deal with the Internet and digital technology. “The Internet is simply a location,”
Reitman said, one that people know very well and “that will actually become a seamless entry point to talk about the normal stuff.” ‘A LITTLE TOO FAR’ The film, based on the novel of the same name from Chad Kultgen, chronicles the struggles of a group of high school teenagers and their parents. Most of the problems are nothing new (bullying, anorexia, teenage pregnancy and promiscuity, withdrawal) but now much of the angst is played out on digital screens, shown by the quick-fire text messages popping up on the film screen. Jennifer Garner is a mother who obsessively sets parental controls on her daughter’s phones and computer, monitoring all interactions and encouraging other parents to do the same. Reitman said that many people who see the film consider Garner’s character to be “the sane, reasonable one.” “This movie gives you a whole buffet of reasons why you should protect your kids from the Internet,” said Garner. “I can see why she started down that road. She just goes a little too far.” Adam Sandler and Rosemarie Dewitt are a sexually frustrated couple who prefer to seek pleasure elsewhere with the help of technology. Meanwhile, their popular son is addicted to online pornography and cannot initiate real sexual relationships. So far, the movie has received mixed reviews. “Relatability often being a more reliable conversation-starter than quality, the film’s universally applicable message, savvy packaging and excellent cast could inspire audiences to log on to the Oct. 17 Paramount release,” said Variety film critic Justin Chang. Reitman said people seem a little reticent to reach for their phone after seeing the film because it shows how much time individuals spend staring a devices rather than the world around them. “People seem to come out of the movie in a bit of a daze, which I like,” he said.
where ‘Happy’ is top download
R&B singer and producer Pharrell Williams was in his element at the iTunes Festival in London this week, and thanked his fans for making his song “Happy” from the movie “Despicable Me 2” the most downloaded tune in Great Britain. Williams is a multiple Grammy award winner as a producer and songwriter, but 2013 was the year that thrust him into the limelight as a solo artist. In addition to “Happy”, he co-wrote and featured on international smash hits “Get Lucky” with Daft Punk and “Blurred Lines” with Robin Thicke. “Happy” was confirmed on Thursday by
Maroon 5 score second chart-topping Billboard 200 album with ‘V’ Pop-rock group Maroon 5 outpaced rapper Jeezy to debut their album “V” at the top of the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday. Maroon 5’s fifth studio album sold 164,000 copies in its first week according to sales figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. It is the Los Angeles band’s second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, after its 2007 record “It Won’t Be Soon Before Long” debuted at No. 1, albeit with significantly higher sales figures of 429,000 copies. Maroon 5, fronted by lead singer Adam Levine, has enjoyed a popularity surge in mainstream pop music after Levine became a judge on NBC’s TV singing talent competition “The Voice.” The band has often collaborated with other judges, such as Christina Aguilera on “Moves Like Jagger,” which became a hit song. “V” includes another collaboration with new “Voice” judge Gwen Stefani on the single “My Heart is Open.” Rapper Jeezy’s fifth studio album “Seen it All” entered the chart at No. 2 with sales of 121,000 copies. Last week’s chart-topper, Ariana Grande’s “My Everything,” dropped to No. 4. Alt-rock band Counting Crows was the only other new album in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart this week, as its latest record “Somewhere Under Wonderland” clocked in
at No. 6. For the week ending Sept. 7, total album sales measured at 4.13 million units, down 18 percent from the comparable week in 2013, while year-to-date album sales are at 162.79 million units, down 15 percent from the same point last year, Billboard said. On the Digital Songs chart, which
measures downloaded sales of singles, newcomer Meghan Trainor reclaimed the top spot after ousting pop star Taylor Swift with her catchy hit “All About That Bass,” selling 312,000 copies in its 10th week on the chart. Swift’s “Shake It Off” dropped to No. 2, with 281,000 downloads.
the Official Charts Company as Britain’s most downloaded track of all time, and has sold over 1.6 million copies since it was released in June last year. “I think all of the appreciation should go toward the people who bought, like they did it - I didn’t do anything,” Williams told Reuters at the Roundhouse on Wednesday, where he performed to rapturous fans at the eighth annual iTunes Festival. Asked if he felt under pressure to keep performing at the same high level, Williams said: “I don’t understand pressure. Not because of anything else other than the fact that I’ve never seen pressure work out for anyone.” “If anything, I just love what I do every day,” he added. Williams also said he doesn’t have a hit-making formula. “I want something to pique my curiosity so that’s the only thing that works for me, but that doesn’t work all the time, you know? I’ve used pots and pans and spoons and buckets and beads and all kinds of things to mix it up a little bit. And sometimes those things work out wonderfully, you know…and then sometimes you just do some weird crazy stuff and everyone’s like, ‘what are you doing?’” He said that creating good music and songs that last is like being in a good relationships. “Most people stay with people because they realize what’s on the inside is so much brighter and so much more beautiful than what’s on the outside, and they feel like they have a gift and it makes you want to date. “Music’s no different. It might sound weird, but you’ll get tired of those sounds if they have nothing in it, for real. There needs to be some substance, there needs to be drive and purpose.” For future projects, William confirmed he has been working with Alicia Keys, Kendrick Lamar, Tyler the Creator, T.I, Gwen Stefani and Snoop Dogg. About the Snoop Dogg album, he said, “He’s doing what you want him to do but you’d never expect him to do - that’s all I can say about it. “And the title of it is crazy, and the music sound is crazy, like, it’s amazing.”
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Another road accident
Police are investigating an accident which occurred at the corners of North Road and Oronoque Street, yesterday. Kaieteur News was told that an X-trail vehicle belonging to Afeez Khan, who is the marketing manager of NAMILCO was parked in front of a building when, a burgundy car which was proceeding west along North
Road slammed into it. This publication was told that the driver somehow claimed that he was clipped from behind (left side) by a vehicle proceeding north along Oronoque Street. That vehicle according to the police fled the scene. He was detained later in the day.
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Bartica IMC commences massive cleanup campaign - Litter wardens appointed
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In an attempt to tackle a prevailing litter problem, the Bartica Interim Management Committee (IMC) recently commenced a massive cleanup campaign. And according to Public Relations and Media Officer attached to the IMC, Sherwyn Downer, the
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strategic move is one that will be sustained throughout the year. Although the IMC falls under the purview of the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Downer said, recently, that the initiative is one being completely funded by the IMC. He explained that residents of Bartica have been forthcoming with their rates and taxes and therefore are benefiting simply because they have been honouring their obligations. “The residents in Bartica can be sure that they will receive value for money...this is a partnership and our aim is to ensure that we work with the people to make Bartica a better place,” said Downer in an invited comment to this publication.
He disclosed that the IMC regularly conducts cleanup work but noted that this time around the efforts are much bigger with a view of helping to encourage a culture change. The Bartica area has for some time been plagued with a daunting litter problem and, according to Downer, the IMC has plans to do everything within its power to curb this situation. The ongoing works include desilting drains, maintaining outfalls and kokers and cleaning the various avenues. The works will cater to Central Bartica and will span First Avenue to Seventh Avenue and from First Street to Ninth Street. It is expected that the litter free ritual will be sustained, Downer said, with the aid of two litter wardens who will be
dispatched by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment. It is expected that the wardens will commence their operations with the IMC from tomorrow to lend their much needed support in helping to halt the litter problem.
APNU stands alone on Local... (From page 11) Parliament comes out of recess and, once passed, will result in the resignation of President Donald Ramotar and his entire Cabinet within a specified period. Ramotar will also have to call General Elections within three months or (90) days. Since the AFC tabled its Motion in August, there was much talk about the “upcoming” elections. However, the only party that has actually launched its campaign for General Elections is the AFC. APNU had pledged its full support to the Motion so AFC’s plans seem to be on track. However, on Tuesday last, Granger sent a letter to President Ramotar calling on him to, by tomorrow, set a date for Local Government Elections to be held countrywide. The political leader said that in accordance with the Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, “Local Government is a vital aspect of democracy.” He told Ramotar, “Local Government Elections, last held in 1994, are a constitutional obligation and a democratic entitlement of the Guyanese people. It is not an option of the executive branch of government.” In his bid to give the President further reasons to con-
form with the Constitution, Granger reminded, “You had promised in the People’s Progressive Party Civic Manifesto ¯ Working Together for a Better Tomorrow – to ensure that within one year of the 2011 General Elections, Local Government Elections (LGE) are held.” The Opposition Leader told the President that he has until or before tomorrow, to announce the date for LGE to be held countrywide; to issue the ‘Commencement Order’ to operationalize the Local Government Commission and to initiate a process by which the Local Government (Amendment) Bill could be returned for his assent. He advised that, failure to answer such calls would result with the APNU taking “any lawful action to mobilize national and international support in defence of local democracy, the Constitution and the rights of the Guyanese people.” Ramotar has since responded asking Granger to clarify his coalition’s position. In giving clarity to the media on Friday, Granger said that his coalition’s priority is to see Local Government Elections. He said that “APNU wants one election at a time and at this time it’s Local Government.” Yesterday, in an invited
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comment, Ramjattan said, “What we are seeing here is APNU having a separate strategy, one that is distinct and apart from that of the AFC.” Ramjattan told Kaieteur News that the AFC, as an independent opposition party serving the people of Guyana, has noted the violations of the government and has decided that no longer should it be allowed. “We noted that the government was up to no good, and decided to do something about it,” said Ramjattan. He said that when the AFC decided to go full speed ahead with the No Confidence Motion, “we indicated our intentions to APNU and we were given full support…we never got a sense that the priority of APNU was to see Local Government Elections at this time. Ramjattan made it a point to note that APNU can make demands as that party sees fit because after all “just like the AFC is independent, so is APNU.” The politician however sought to make it clear that he was never spoken to about a change of plan nor was it indicated that Local Government Election is more important at this time. He said that the AFC maintains its position that the No Confidence Motion is what is best at such a time. The Member of Parliament said that he hopes that the Motion can still garner support from the majority of opposition Members of Parliament because “we need to get this government out… that is all I would like to comment on this issue at this time.”
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PNM leader, Kamla in dispute over Tobago $$ Trinidad Express - Prime Minister Kamla PersadBissessar Friday objected to Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley’s accusation that her Finance Minister was “blatantly attempting to hoodwink” the people of Tobago and the general population. The Prime Minister interrupted Rowley’s reply to the budget to raise a point of order. At the time Rowley was criticising Finance Minister Larry Howai’s “blatant attempts...to hoodwink Tobagonians and the population at large”. The Prime Minister rose and drew reference to Standing Order 48 (6) and 48 (8), which deals with imputing improper motives. The Speaker then sought to warn Rowley about “getting close” to violating the Standing Order. Rowley said the minister sought to give the impression that Tobago had received a generous allocation in the 2015 budget. Rowley said, however, under the Dispute Resolution Agreement, the Tobago House of Assembly was supposed to get an allocation of between 4.0 per cent and 6.9 per cent of the total budget. “That has nothing to do with whatever else is spent by other ministries for the benefit of Tobago. This minister and others have been consistently giving the impression for praise that Tobago has got this generous allocation by adding what they have allocated for the THA to what they have spent in other ministries. And that aggregated sum is presented as the allocation to the THA. That is hoodwinking in any dictionary,” he thundered. Rowley said when one
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Dr Keith Rowley
looked at what the THA requested and what it got, one would see that it was not treated fairly. “For enterprise development, the THA asked for $40 million. They got $1 million. They asked for $65 million for their business programme, they got $2 million; $429 million for housing, they got $28 million. “You know what goads me. While I am being interrupted by the head of the Government, the member for Siparia...listen to the allocation of the Attorney General,” Rowley said. He said the Attorney General in 2010 got an allocation for fees for attorneys in the AG’s office of $36 million and it rose to $39 million because of the Uff Enquiry. In 2011 it rose to $108 million; 2012—$94 million; 2013—$103 million; 2014— $111 million. “And in this budget where Tobago can’t get $5 million, $130 million for lawyers for a total of $600 million for fees for lawyers,” he said. Rowley added that the $600 million was “only a piece
of the wedge” and had nothing to do with instructions to State enterprises to hire more lawyers. “Some of those same lawyers are hired by State enterprises under specific instructions to do specific cases,” he said. The Opposition Leader said if the true story is known it would probably be over $1 billion in legal fees. “When I talk about greed and rape of the Treasury, that is it,” he said. Rowley said the Attorney General was receiving $54 million for forensic investigation while the Integrity Commission was receiving a total allocation of $28 million. “Their (the Commission) investigation is limited to (an allocation of) $3 million in fees. He (the Attorney General) has made multi-millionaires of favoured lawyers in this country and every time I mention it, the AG sues me. He sue me yesterday”. “And yuh lost,” Roodal Moonilal chimed in. “I loss? The people of this country have lost,” Rowley replied.
Antigua government extends tax amnesty to businesses ST. JOHN’S, Antigua CMC – Tax officials say they are extending an amnesty under which businesses here were allowed to clear the arrears owed under the Antigua and Barbuda Sales
Tax (ABST) without penalty. Commissioner of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), Ralph Warner, said the programme which began in July, would be extended until December. “Some of the feedback we got especially from the medium and large tax payers was that they needed more time to come up with the funds to take advantage of the initiative. So we decided we will extend it until December 31,” he said. He said at least 60 businesses took advantage of the initiative in the first instance and believes
more will do so given the extended period. “It looks as if persons that are owing large amounts will take part in the initiative and we hope they do because this is basically to help the tax payer regularise their status with the department. “The feedback I have been getting back is that persons are willing and will be taking part in the initiative once we decided to extend the time frame,” he said on Observer Radio. The “Fresh Start “initiative is part of the new government’s campaign programme to help delinquent tax payers to regularise their status. Antigua and Barbudans pay a 15 per cent sales tax.
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EU seeks billions of euros to revive economy (Reuters) - The European Union sought ways yesterday to marshal billions of euros into its sluggish economy without getting deeper into debt, considering options from a pan-European capital market to a huge investment fund. With Europe’s economy struggling to recover from the worst financial crisis in a generation, EU finance ministers tasked the European Commission, the EU executive, and the European Investment Bank (EIB) to draw up a list of projects that would create growth and decide how to finance them. “We have given a mandate to the Commission and the EIB to swiftly present an initial report on practical measures that can be taken, on profitable investment projects that are justifiable,” Italy’s economy minister, Pier Carlo Padoan, told a news conference. Ministers are expected to discuss the projects and investment tools at their next meeting in Luxembourg in October. There were no details of what those projects might be. To finance them, the ministers discussed four ideas: an Italian paper on new financing tools for companies, a Franco-German proposal on how to boost private investments, a Polish proposal on creating a joint EU fund worth 700 billion euros (557.91 billion pound) and a call from incoming European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker for a 300-billion euro investment programme to revive the European economy. The European Central Bank’s plan to resurrect a market for asset-backed securities would be another financing tool. “We don’t have a magic wand but we need growth, we need to stimulate demand without taking on debt,” France’s finance minister, Michel Sapin, told reporters after the gathering in Milan. “We need the right mix of public and private money.” The European Union’s economy, which generates about a quarter of global output, grew by just 0.1 percent last year and its jobless rate is almost double that of the United States, with around 25 million people unemployed. Investment is the new buzz word among ministers, overriding the German mantra of budget cuts. Germany is under pressure from France and Italy to loosen the fiscal reins and use its overflowing government coffers to ramp up public investment. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble strongly supports the search for investment, but this week rebuffed calls for
Berlin to spend more to boost the euro zone economy, which showed no growth in the April-to-June period. The euro zone will grow again in the third quarter but full-year growth will be below 1 percent, ECB Vice President Vitor Constancio said after the meeting. [ID:nB5N0LC021] In a speech to the EU finance ministers in Milan on Thursday, ECB President Mario Draghi described business investment as “one of the great casualties” of the financial crisis, saying it has fallen 20 percent since 2008. “We will not see a sustainable recovery unless this changes,” he said. ‘MINIBONDS’ FOR ORGANIC JAM Unlike in the United States, European companies rely on banks to provide 80 percent of loans, but banks are reluctant to lend following the worst crisis in a generation. In Italy, Europe’s fourth-largest economy, credit to companies has shrunk by more than 70 billion euros since mid-2011 and is still contracting, central bank data shows. That problem is mirrored across Europe, holding back the recovery because smaller companies provide two out of every three private-sector jobs in the European Union. Indebted countries like Italy and France have little public money for businesses. Another hangover of the crisis is the differing cost of financing across the euro zone in a currency area that aimed to create the same financing conditions for all. Spain’s Economy Minister Luis De Guindos cautioned against expecting a big spending spree, saying investments must go hand in hand with reforms, such as tackling labour rules that make it hard for young people to get into the workplace. “The package on investment is not only a figure of how much you’re going to invest, it’s something that goes beyond that,” he told reporters. “We have to identify and complete investments that foster also productivity and competitiveness,” he said. Poland wants a ‘European Fund for Investments’ that would be able to finance, through leveraging its own capital, 700 billion euros worth of investment. The fund could be a special-purpose vehicle under the umbrella of the European Investment Bank, the EU bank owned by European governments. Italy’s proposal is a pan-European market, where smaller companies can raise capital, building on its “minibond” legislation in 2012 that allows unlisted companies to issue.
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Roving gang terrorises Corentyne cattle, rice farmers Horses shot dead, poisoned, cattle stolen and killed Distraught owner of Stormy Flame, Vishal Koorchand points to his race horse which was poisoned by rustlers last week.
The police on the Upper Corentyne are being kept busy as they move to curb the actions of cattle rustlers, bandits and thieves who are on a rampage in the area. While a number of them have been arrested and some animals recovered, cattle and rice farmers on the Upper Corentyne are at their wits end as they move to counter the activities of the rogue elements in their area. During the past two weeks a number of cows have been stolen and two race horses died allegedly at the hands of the rustlers. An American Bred race horse, Stormy Flame, which was bought for over $2M less than a year ago, was allegedly poisoned while another pregnant horse which is a foal of popular A class horse, Vera Cruz, was shot in the head. Distressed owner of Stormy Flame, Vishal Koorchand of No. 66 Village, fought to save his horse but to no avail. The animal was seen rolling and tossing. It was later confirmed that the animal was poisoned. The other horse was discovered dead one day earlier in the Budhan Sports Complex at No.66 with a bullet to the head. It was owned by K Seepersaud Bhola. The horse was about eight months pregnant. Both horse owners are
convinced that their animals died at the hands of the cattle rustlers, three of whom were eventually arrested and are in custody at the No 51 Police Station. They believe that they were targeted because they helped their employer, Neville Budhan, recover four of his 15 calves which were stolen by the bandits over the last week. The rustlers who are well known were seen and pointed out. As such the owners believe that the killing of their animals is a reprisal by the bandits. The farmers are very upset and feel that not much is being done to help them. They stated that cattle rustling has been going on unchecked for the past decade. They say that the Government, Ministry of Agriculture, and the Regional
Administration have all failed them. If nothing is done soon cattle rearing will die in that part of the country, they said. The legal system also came in for a flack by the farmers who lamented the length of time it takes for one case to be completed. Some cases have been before the court for over four years. The farmers are appealing for help as the rustlers seem to have no recognition and respect for law and order as they continue to plunder the industry. The farmers noted that the thieves find ready market in neighbouring Suriname and butchers who are willing to buy cheap. They are calling on the authorities to set up a special court to deal with matter of such nature in a timely manner.
10,000 marijuana plants destroyed in highway raid Police yesterday destroyed two acres of marijuana during a raid in the Soesdyke/Linden Highway area. According to the police, the raid took place at Kairuni, an area along the highway. A field of about two acres in size was found with approximately 10,000 cannabis sativa (marijuana) plants. The plants were about one foot in height. Ranks also found a nursery with seedlings and an abandoned camp. They were all destroyed. Two men were arrested and are in police custody assisting with the investigations.
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ISIS executes British aid worker David Haines; Cameron expresses outrage British aid worker David Haines has been executed by ISIS militants, according to a video posted Saturday to a website associated with the group, making him the third Western captive to be killed by the Islamist extremist group in recent weeks. The ISIS video post showing Haines’ beheading called his execution “a message to the allies of America.” It is produced very similarly to the videos that showed the executions of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, the last of which included Haines and the threat that he’d be killed next. The new video pictures a masked ISIS militant placing his hand on another captive, whom he identified as Alan Henning, a British citizen. In a tweet, British Prime Minister David Cameron called “the murder of David Haines” an “act of pure evil.” Cameron added, “We will do everything in our power to hunt down these murderers and ensure they face justice, however long it takes.” Retired Lt. Col. Rick Francona — an Air Force veteran and CNN military analyst — surmised that if ISIS planned to dissuade Britain for teaming up with the United States, the group will be disappointed. “ISIS has just guaranteed British cooperation with the American on all phases of what we’re going to be doing,” Francona said. “... I think this is now a Western fight; it’s not just a U.S. fight.” News of the gruesome killing came the same day that Haines’ family released a brief message to his captors through the British Foreign Office. In it, the family says, “We have sent messages to you to which we have not received a reply. We are asking those holding David to make contact with us.” A logistics and security manager for the Paris-based Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, a nongovernmental humanitarian agency, the 44-
Alan Henning with an ISIS member in a frame taken from a video released by ISIS.
year-old Haines was abducted in March 2013 near a refugee camp in Atmeh, Syria. At that time, Haines was working to arrange for the delivery of humanitarian aid to people staying at the camp. He had previously worked on aid operations for victims of conflict in the Balkans, African and other parts of the Middle East, according to an ACTED spokesman. British hostage of ISIS was helping displaced Syrians, aid group says Haines’ face became known to the world in the ISIS video, released September 2, in which he looks forward and kneels as a masked ISIS militant stands behind him. The militant says in that video, “We take this opportunity to warn those governments who’ve entered this evil alliance of America against the Islamic State to back off and leave our people
alone.” British officials said after the video’s release that they had sent troops to try to rescue an unidentified British citizen “some time ago,” but failed. They released no other details. ISIS, which also calls itself the Islamic State, has killed thousands in Syria and Iraq as it presses a military campaign to establish itself as an Islamic caliphate. Witnesses report mass killings, beheadings and crucifixions. The United States has been using airstrikes to support Iraqi and Kurdish forces battling ISIS, and is working to build a coalition to broaden the effort against ISIS. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Egypt Saturday seeking that country’s help in the fight. John Kerry seeks Egypt’s support for mission to build coalition against ISIS
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“500 Tests for West Indies!”
For such an auspicious occasion, 500th Test, West Indies would probably have preferred to have been playing against South Africa, England, Australia, even India or Pakistan. Had WI not played many unscheduled or rescheduled Tests, they could have done that. But Bangladesh, rated No. 10 to West Indies No. 8, is it! Only the third team to this 500 Test landmark – England (952); Australia (767) – says volumes to continuity of WI cricket since its first Test, v England, 23 June 1928, at Lords Cricket Ground, London, West Indies losing by an innings and fifty eight runs! With assistance from statistician Craig Cozier, some
astounding WI historical stats are presented here! The first West Indies captain, v England, 1928, was Jamaican wicket-keeper Robert Carl Nunes. Jamaican Frank Martin was also included, as were George Challenor, George Francis and Herman Griffith from Barbados; Maurice Fernandes and Snuffy Browne from Guyana (British Guiana); Wilton St. Hill, Clifford Roach, (Sir) Learie Constantine and Joe Small of Trinidad & Tobago. Overall, WI has played 148 Tests v England; 111 v Australia; 90 v India; 46 v Pakistan; 45 v New Zealand; 25 v South Africa; 15 v Sri Lanka; 8 v Zimbabwe; and 12, including this 500th, v
Bangladesh. WI first Test win was over England, at Bourda Oval, Georgetown, Guyana; 1930; by 289 runs. WI won its 100th Test too, v Australia, 1965, at Sabina Park, Jamaica, by 179 runs. I actually played in WI’s Test No. 200, a rain-affected draw v England, at Leeds, Yorkshire, 1980. Match analysis: 31 overs, 5 maidens, 100 runs, 4 wickets! WI’s Test No. 300, v Sri Lanka, 1993, at Moratuwa, and Test No. 400, v Zimbabwe, at Harare, 2003, were also drawn. With a full five days available,
No. 500 should produce a WI win v Bangladesh in 2014! From 499 Tests, WI have won 81 of 227 played in the Caribbean; 80 of 272 played
Sunday September 14, 2014 ARIES (March 21 - April 19): Any work today could require a higher level of concentration than you can muster, Aries. You might lapse into daydreams, think about personal matters, and feel guilty because you aren't doing what you're supposed to be doing. ******************* TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): Today your creative impulses could seem blocked, Taurus. You might be trying to reach your own or someone else's deadline. ****************** GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): A friend who planned to come over tonight might not show up, Gemini. You may worry, since this person isn't one to blow you off. ******************** CANCER (June 21 - July 22): Travel of any kind might be virtually impossible today, Cancer. Airports could be jammed, flights delayed, and planes plagued with mechanical problems. ********************* LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22): This isn't a good day to invest in anything. Don't spend much time working on speculative projects, Leo, and don't put your money into anything but gold, land, or blue-chip stocks and bonds. ******************* VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22): A love partner could be gloomy today, Virgo. This might be the kind of day when no matter how many times you draw your mate's attention to the doughnut, he or she still sees only the hole. The glass is always half empty, never half full.
LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22): You tend to be curious, Libra, and you're always trying to learn more about your many interests. But today you could be eager to research a subject but be unable to find any information about it no matter how many libraries or databases you explore. ********************* SCORPIO (Oct. 23 Nov. 21): The need to attend to business or networking obligations disguised as parties could get to you today, Scorpio. You may have been forced to attend too many of these recently, and now there are even more coming up. ******************** SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21): Your home could be empty today, Sagittarius. Other household members may be away and you could find it depressing. .********************* CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 Jan. 19): Someone close to you might be uncharacteristically silent today, Capricorn. Something is bothering them terribly, and they don't seem to want to talk about it. ******************** AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 Feb. 18): Financial worries might come up today, Aquarius. You may check your bank balance and find that you have little money. ********************* PISCES (Feb. 19 March 20): Today you might be so gloomy that you don't even want to get up. It might not be a good idea to stay home, however. Try to find some tasks to distract you.
Colin E. H. Croft says:
Leon Johnson (left) recieves his test cap from Clive Lloyd (WICB) overseas; winning 161, losing 168, drawing 168, with one very famous tied Test, first ever, v Australia, 1960/61. Denesh Ramdin, T&T and WI wicketkeeper, is WI’s 35th Test captain! Only 299 cricketers have played Tests for West Indies. Guyanese Leon Johnson, who, when at the crease looks more like Brian Lara than anyone else, got his first cap, after Chris Gayle became unavailable and Kirk Edwards not on form, became No. 300! What a great honour! T&T’s Clifford Roach, opener, made 122 v England, WI’s 1st Test century ever; Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados, 1930. He also had WI’s 1st double century, 209; Bourda Oval; in that same series. WI’s first triple century, 365 not out, was by Barbadian (Sir) Gary Sobers v Pakistan, at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, 1958, while most remember T&T’s Brian Lara’s 400 not out, at Antigua’s Recreation Ground, v England, 2004, thus reclaiming the crown for Test cricket’s highest single individual innings. Lara is also, now, but not for much longer if Shiv Chanderpaul has anything to do with it, highest run scorer in WI Tests – 11,912 runs from 130 Tests. Chanderpaul has 11,499 runs from 157 Tests. WI’s first five-wicket haul was by T&T’s fast bowler who played for Barbados, Herman Griffith, 6-103 v England, in that
same first 1928 Test series, achieved at (now) Kennington Oval, London. WI’s best single innings bowling was by T&T’s offspinner Jack Noriega, 9-95 v India, 1971, at Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad & Tobago, while the best match analysis, by Jamaican speedster Michael Holding, 14-149, at Kennington Oval, London, 1976, v England, will take great efforts to be surpassed! The highest wicket-taker for WI in Tests is another Jamaican, Courtney Walsh, with 519 wickets! Personally, I had some proud Test land-marks and inputs too! The first Test I listened to, via short-wave radio from Australia, aged seven, was WI’s # 88, v Australia, the 1st Tied Test, Brisbane 1960. The first Test that I actually attended was WI’s # 102, v Australia; Bourda, Georgetown, 1965! Being selected to play for WI
was a dream come true. Aged 23, I was WI Test Cricketer No. 159, making my debut v Pakistan; 1976/7, Kensington Oval; WI’s Test No. 176, Test No. 797 overall. (Sir) Andy Roberts, WI Test cricketer No. 149 and I, last pair, managed to draw that game that Pakistan should have won. I
even played out the last maiden over, bowled by Javed Miandad! WI’s Test No. 177, No. 799 overall, 1977, only my 2nd Test, I managed an unbelievable 18.5 overs 7 maidens 29 runs 8 wickets, which still stands at the best single innings returns from a WI fast bowler; a good day’s work! I got 100th Test wickets in 21 Tests, WI’s Test No. 210, Test No. 896 overall, v England at QPO in 1981, eventually ending my Test career in WI’s Test No. 216, Test No. 919 overall; 125 wickets from 27 Tests; in 1982. For two of five years that I played for WI, I was also No. 1 bowler, period, in the world! I played when WI dominated fully and we all contributed to the 500 Tests! Enjoy!
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Letter to the Sports Editor
Hutson ducking Development Committee’s Master Plan DEAR EDITOR, It is time for the Executive body of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) re-evaluate the management approach of Mr. Aubrey Hutson relative to the affairs of the AAG. The Development Committee of the AAG has been tasked more than a year ago to prepare a Master Plan for the AAG. This very Committee, of which I am Chairman, has worked tirelessly to complete about 92 percent of a draft document that only lacks the estimated costs to rehabilitate identified existing facilities and/or construct a High Performance Centre in Linden. Estimated costs for site rehabilitation were not done, since it was the opinion of the Committee that it was better for the Executive of the AAG to be familiar with the contents of the proposed Master Plan before proceeding further. In other words, feedback from the AAG Executive was necessary at that juncture of the Master Plan preparation. The said Master Plan was submitted to Hutson since April 9, 2013. A subsequent correspondence naming this document was forwarded to
Hutson on March 12, 2014. Hutson and I met in April 2014 and during that meeting, he indicated that he would distribute the said document to other members of the Executive for their review and recommendations, but todate, he has not done so, and that is of major concern. I am forced to conclude that by his inaction it appears as though the President has no intention of apprising the other Executive members of the AAG as regards the work completed by the Development Committee. Given articles in Sunday April 27, 2014 Stabroek News and most recent photo opportunity with the Sports Minister as if to say athletics is going places, that is further from the truth, it is not progressing. In addition, this level of his neglect has left me aggrieved and has completely shattered my confidence and trust in his leadership to implement sound structures with systematic and measurable scientific interventions to improve the quality and performance of our many gifted athletes locally. I was also speechless to read that Hutson had the
gumption to say in another article in the Kaieteur News on April 28, 2014, that a “genuine and comprehensive approach needed for real development”, given he already has a copy of the proposed Master Plan prepared by the Development Committee of the AAG. It confirmed that he has no respect for the document the Committee worked tirelessly to prepare. Hutson’s competence is brought into question with the handling of this situation, which is aimed at the development of track and field in Guyana. He has failed to effectively utilise the existing technical personnel with the AAG. This could further mean that he does not even have a basic understanding of what it takes to develop a sustained programme, high performance initiatives and sports medicine. Teachers’ Union. Respectfully, Wayne Walcott Chairman, Development Committee Athletics Association of Guyana Cc: Director of Sport, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Minister of Education, Guyana
Hawks general manager takes leave of absence after making racial comments (Reuters) - Atlanta Hawks General Manager Danny Ferry, under fire for making racially charged remarks, has taken an indefinite leave of absence, the NBA team said on Friday. Ferry’s move follows an announcement on Sunday by majority owner Bruce Levenson that he would sell his controlling interest because he had sent a racially insensitive email. The incidents have raised concerns about racial attitudes in the franchise’s front office. Ferry’s leave takes effect immediately, Hawks Chief Executive Steve Koonin said. “It is my hope that this time away from the Hawks organization allows him the privacy he needs to listen to the c o m m u n i t y, t o l e a r n about his mistakes, and to begin the long process of personal healing,” Koonin said in a statement. Head Coach Mike Budenholzer will take
Shaquille O’Neal (R) jokes with former Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry during a news conference at the Cavaliers’ practice facility in Independence, Ohio in this July 2, 2009, file photo.REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk/Files c h a r g e o f t h e t e a m ’s basketball operations, he said. In a statement, Ferry apologized for his remarks about National Basketball Association player Luol Deng, who was born in what is now South Sudan. He said he would use his leave to
educate himself and others about race, diversity and inclusion. Ferry, a former NBA player who became the Hawks’ general manager since 2012, has come under criticism for a June conference call in which he said Deng, then a free agent, “has a little African in him.”
Did you know? Charwayne Walker continues his ‘Did you know’ series on past footballers in regional tournaments. Today we go way back to 1978. Did you know that five Guyanese represented the Caribbean Union Team against Kwang Tung Province in November 1978? Did you know that Guyanese Earl O’Neal, Clyde Watson, Keith Niles, Maurice Enmore and Clive Nedd proudly represented the Caribbean Union Team against the touring Chinese Province Kwang Tung November 1978 at the world famous GCC Bourda. Kwang Tung Province won that historic clash, 1-nil, through a fourth minute strike by the elusive Lu-ChiYuan. This was the tourist
third victory after defeating Barbados, 2-nil, in Bridgetown and thrashing the Guyana National Team, 4-nil, at the Mackenzie Sports Club. Kwang Tung Province also drew Nil all with Barbados. The 1978 Caribbean Union Team: Leroy Spann- Trinidad Steve Pierre- Trinidad Bert Neptune- Trinidad Earl Carter- Trinidad Roy Belfor- Suriname Siegfried RustenburgSuriname Franklyn BorgiaSuriname Frederick JardenSuriname Renaldo EntinghSuriname Roy George- Suriname Mervin Richards- Antigua
Clyde Watson- Guyana Maurice Enmore- Guyana Earl O’Neal- Guyana Clive Nedd (deceased) Guyana Keith Niles- Guyana Kwang Tung Province: Tu Ching- En Yeh Hui- Chuan Wei- Chung- Chin Lui Chuan Chen His- Jung We- Chin- Yin Hsien Chin Kuang Yung Fu- Sheng Kuan Chin Jui Chia Yueh- Hua Chen Wei- Hao Ho- Chib- Chin Ku-Kuang-Ming Yang-Tsien-Chung Hsu-Yao-Lin Ho-Chin-Lun Tseng-Kuo-Chiang Lui-Chi-Yuan
Man City deny Arsenal in thrilling draw
Sergio Aguero started on his own up front for Manchester City. (Getty Images) BBC Sport - Arsenal were denied victory by Martin Demichelis’s late equaliser as they fought out an entertaining draw with Manchester City at Emirates Stadium. England striker Danny Welbeck made his Arsenal debut after his £16m move from Manchester United - and should have celebrated with a goal only to strike a post when clean through early on. Sergio Aguero made Arsenal pay for that miss by putting City ahead before half-time but goals from Jack Wilshire and Alexis Sanchez saw the Gunners in sight of a memorable victory. Their hopes were dashed when poor marking at a corner allowed Argentine defender Demichelis to beat Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczesny to earn a point seven minutes from time. In a frantic finish, Aleksandar Kolarov hit the post for Manchester City and Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny cleared against his
own post as the Premier League champions threatened to snatch the three points, which would have been very cruel on Arsene Wenger’s side. Wenger will be frustrated at Arsenal’s failure to close out the win but he will have been delighted by the spirit and quality shown by his side. Frank Lampard, who is on a six-month loan from New York City, made his Manchester City debut and played the first 45 minutes before being replaced by Samir Nasri at half-time. Jack Wilshe r e w a s a driving force in midfield while Welbeck, despite missing his best opportunity, was energetic and mobile enough in attack to suggest he will offer Arsenal a focal point and something different as the season progresses. As for City and manager Manuel Pellegrini, there will be concern that the control they had after taking the lead was allowed to slip away in
the face of Arsenal’s excellence, although they ended the game as likely winners. And in a season where every point is precious, Pellegrini will be unhappy at two more lost following the surprise home defeat to Stoke City. Welbeck was utilised in his favoured central role with Mesut Ozil deployed to his left and Sanchez on the right - a fluidity Arsenal exploited in an impressive opening spell. It was during this period of dominance that Welbeck had his chance after 11 minutes when David Silva’s backpass only offered up a perfect through ball. The striker took his time and measured a chipped finish over Joe Hart, only to strike the post. While some would regard this as an example of Welbeck’s lack of ruthlessness in front of goal, Aguero demonstrated how it was done as City took a lead that was hardly deserved.
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Formula E: Lucas Di Grassi wins first race as Nicolas Prost crashes Formula E teams are all given the same Spark-Renault SRT 01E car for the first season. (Getty Images)
Diego Costa scored his first Chelsea hat-trick as they came from behind to beat Swansea. (Getty Images) BBC Sport - Diego Costa scored his first Chelsea hat-trick as they came from behind to beat Swansea and maintain their 100% start to the Premier League season. Swansea took the lead as John Terry turned a low cross into his own net but Costa equalised just before half-time. Chelsea’s dominance was rewarded when Costa converted a Cesc Fabregas pass. The Spain striker guided a low Ramires shot past Lukasz Fabianski and Loic Remy scored his first Blues goal before Jonjo Shelvey’s late consolation. As Chelsea opened up a three-point gap at the top of the table, summer signings Costa and Fabregas offered further evidence of the extra edge they have added to a team that finished third last season. Costa, who passed a late fitness test on a hamstring injury suffered on international duty with Spain, departed to a standing ovation after scoring his seventh goal in four games for the Blues. Fabregas now has six assists, a tally only Eden Hazard exceeded in the whole of Chelsea’s 2013-14
campaign. Swansea had started the match as the only other team in the league with an unblemished record and for much of the first half they were the better side. They carved out an early o p e n i n g a s Wa y n e Routledge found space in the area but could not control his volley. The Welsh team took a surprise lead via a slick passing move. Ki SungYeung opened up the Chelsea defence with a sliderule pass and left-back Neil Taylor’s low cross was diverted by Terry into his own net. Far from awakening Chelsea, the goal only served to increase Swansea’s hunger. Bafetimbi Gomis, making his first start for the club in attack, twice blasted wide before Routledge curled a shot from the corner of the penalty area narrowly wide. Chelsea improved as the h a l f wore on and an equaliser arrived on the stroke of half-time when Costa fought off his marker to meet a Fabregas corner and power home his header. The Blues began the second period on the front foot and it was no surprise to
see their dominance rewarded with a second goal. Fabregas was again the provider, exchanging passes with Branislav Ivanovic on the left before cutting back for Costa to calmly slot in. Chelsea 4-2 Swansea: Garry Monk admits Chelsea were ‘dose of realism’ Swansea missed a clear chance to equalise when Gomis - clean through on goal - fluffed his attempted chip over Thibault Courtois. Grateful for the let-off, Chelsea soon made sure of the points. Costa showed his goalscoring instincts to pounce on Ramires’s scuffed effort, before his replacement Remy swept home a square pass from Oscar. Shelvey’s late strike from the edge of the area reduced the deficit, but by then the Swans were well beaten. In other results: Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Burnley Southampton 4 - 0 Newcastle Stoke 0 - 1 Leicester Sunderland 2 - 2 Tottenham West Brom 0 - 2 Everton Liverpool 0 - 1 Aston Villa
Smartt, Dottin give... From page 68 on 20 and Kycia Knight looked good for 21 off 44 balls before driving Guy to Bates at cover. Dottin and Taylor then took charge for West Indies in a partnership that put the them back on course for victory. The right-handed Dotting cracked seven fours and a six while Taylor counted three fours off 54 balls. Taylor eventually gave McGlashan a catch at cover off Guy but Dottin carried to put the Windies in sight of victory, before departing in the 38th over. Summary Scores:
New Zealand Women: 142 All Out (44.1 Overs). Katie Perkins 36, Sophie Devine 36, Amy Satterthwaite 33, Sam Curtis 12; Tremayne Smartt 10-3-24-5, Shanel Daley 10-0-32-2, Stafanie Taylor 6-2-15-1, Anisa Mohammed 8-2-21-1. West Indies Women: 145/5 (40.1 Overs). Deandra Dottin 60, Kycia Knight 21, Stafanie Taylor 21, Shemaine Campbelle 18; Georgia Guy 8.1-3-26-2, Suzie Bates 40-17-2, Hayley Jensen 6-0-22-1, Sophie Devine 9-1-24-0. Result: West Indies Women won by 5 wickets.
BBC Sport - Formula E made its debut in Beijing with a spectacular crash at the last corner which cost long-time leader Nicolas Prost the race. The Frenchman, son of Formula 1 legend Alain Prost, collided with Germany’s Nick Heidfeld, allowing Audi Sport’s Lucas Di Grassi to triumph. “I would not have expected for him to have attempted a suicide move at the end of the race,” Prost snr said. The new 10-race season concludes in London’s Battersea Park next June. The one-hour races in which drivers have to change cars halfway through, as a battery has not yet been developed to provide enough power for a full race - feature music during the races, as well as a “fanboost” where three drivers with the most social media votes have the power of their cars increased. W i t h P r o s t complaining that “my victory was stolen”, his
fellow Frenchman Frank Montagny was runner-up for the Andretti team, while Britain’s Sam Bird finished third for Virgin Racing. Theo Leggett takes a look at a Formula E car at Donington Park T h e r e w a s disappointment for Bruno Senna - nephew of the late Ayrton Senna, the great rival of Alain Prost who failed to record a lap time in qualification after having problems with his battery. Forced to start from near the back of the grid, he collided with another car during the opening lap. Another son of an F1 g r e a t , N e l s o n Piquet Junior, came eighth, as Di Grassi was left to reflect on his good fortune after triumphing on the circuit just outside the Bird’s Nest Stadium, site of the 2008 Olympics. “When I realised that they were off, yeah it was like a dream come true,” said Di Grassi. “I was alone and
have won the race, and I am really, really really happy to be in this position.” The 2014-15 race calendar 13 September Beijing, China Olympic Park 22 November Putrajaya, Malaysia Persiaran Perdana 13 December Punta del Este, Uruguay - Playa Brava Beach 10 January Buenos Aires, Argentina - Puerto Madero 14 February TBC - previously Rio 14 March Miami, USA - circuit to be confirmed 4 April Long Beach California, USA Long Beach 9 May Monte Carlo, Monaco - circuit to be confirmed 30 May Berlin, Germany - circuit to be confirmed 27 June London, UK - Battersea Park
Fifa investigates watch gifts at Brazil 2014 World Cup BBC Sport - Fifa is investigating if its code of ethics was broken when the Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) gave away commemorative watches at the World Cup. The independent ethics committee was informed of a potential breach in June. The watches were
distributed by one of the CBF’s own sponsors to various people, including members of Fifa’s executive committee. A Fifa spokesman said: “The independent ethics committee was informed in June 2014 and is dealing with the matter.” Fifa’s official timekeeper
Hublot formally provided watches as part of its sponsorship contract. However, ethics committee chairman Michael Garcia said it would not permit them to be given out under its compliance rules. None of those watches were given to any executive members.
Basketball World Cup: Serbia beat France to reach final BBC Sport - Serbia will play defending champions United States in today’s World Cup final after beating European champions France 90-85. France had been favourites heading into the game after overcoming hosts
Spain in the quarter-finals. But they were stunned by the impressive Serbians, who built up a 46-32 first-half lead. Milos Teodosic led the way for Serbia by scoring 24 points, with five others finishing with double
figures. “It was a great match and this victory means the world to us and our fans back home,” Serbia forward Nikola Kalinic said. “We will head into the final with our heads high and determined to play our best basketball.”
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Santos ‘A’ carts off Petra/Caribbean Wellness Day football tournament With the focus being that of raising awareness about healthy living and how persons can help in the fight t o r e d u c e n o n communicable disease, P e t r a O rg a n i s a t i o n i n collaboration with the Ministry of Health staged a one-day Football Tournament which was won by Santos ‘A’ after they defeated St Pius Primary 2 – 1 in the final yesterday. Played in sultry conditions, four units of football crazy young ball weavers converged at a venue which is located next to the Ministry of Health Headquarters on Brickdam and Vlissingen Streets to participate in the inaugural competition and after listening to short but encouraging remarks from Executive Director of The Caribbean Public Health A g e n c y D r. J a m e s Hospidales, play officially got underway. In the opening games, St Pius Primary, the team that sprung to prominence after playing undefeated in last year’s Courts Pee Wee F o o t b a l l To u r n a m e n t , defeated Santos ‘B’ on penalty kicks, while Santos ‘A’ edged Rasville 1 – 0 to set up a mouth watering clash between the two winners. In the final, the two teams treated the fans to an
exciting brand of football with the game going into extra time where the eventual winners through a Dellon Niles strike in the dying moments of extra time handed them victory. Bernard Nurse (Santos ‘A’) was adjudged the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP). O ff e r i n g c o m m e n t s about the day’s activity, Marlon Cole, Co-Director of the Petra Organisation, said that the event was very important in spreading the word about healthy living and pointed out that doing it through the youths is one way of not only safe guarding their future, but also saving the lives of our next generation of athletes. “Me being a functionary within the Ministry of Health, it’s important that I help in whatever way to help promote healthy living. It’s scary that eight out of every 10 people in a room have some form on noncommunicable disease and most of them are ignorant too about it as well, so spreading the word through our youths is important. Telling them from an early age what to do and how to eat will go a long way” Cole said. The CARICOM Heads of Summit on Chronic Diseases in Port of Spain,
Ministry of Health’s Tamika Noel hands over the winning trophy to Santos ‘A’ Captain after yesterday’s Petra/Caribbean Wellness Day football tournament. Also present is Petra Organisation representative Marlan Cole. Tr i n i d a d a n d To b a g o , September 2007, established Caribbean Wellness Day. Caribbean Wellness Day is observed every year on the second Saturday of September. Inaugurated in 2008, Caribbean Wellness Day (CWD) is an annual event which provides an
opportunity to increase the awareness of the noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) burden in the Caribbean; mobilise and strengthen public, private, and civil society partnerships for NCDs; promote multi-country, multi-sectoral activities in support of wellness; and
showcase national and community level activities to promote healthy living and encourage residents to develop good health practices. The first four years, 2008-2011, focused on raising awareness of Caribbean Wellness Day at the national, regional and
international levels. In 2012, a decision was taken to focus on preventing and controlling NCDs throughout the life course during 2012-2015. Caribbean Wellness Day observance was to be integrated into national NCDs Programmes to ensure sustainability.
Smartt, Dottin give Windies series lead BASSETERRE, St Kitts - CMC – Tremayne Smartt’s five-wicket haul and Deandra Dottin’s attacking half-century fired West Indies Women to a fivewicket victory and to a crucial 1-0 lead in the fourm a t c h O n e - D a y International series against New Zealand. Chasing a paltry 143 for victory, West Indies waltzed to their target off 40.1 overs at Warner Park, with Dottin hammering an attractive 60 off 77 deliveries. She shared two essential partnerships after West Indies slipped to 36 for two in the 12th over. She put on 58 for the third wicket with Stafanie Taylor who hit 21 before adding a further 36 for the fourth wicket with Shemaine Campbelle, who
Deandra Dottin scored 60 off 77 balls. (WICB) was not out on 18 at the end. Seamer Suzie Bates took two for 17 while 20-year-old off-spinner Georgia Guy picked up two for 17. Earlier, medium pacer Smartt snatched five for 24
to rock New Zealand after the visitors won the toss and opted to bat first. Sophie Devine and Katie Perkins top scored with 36 while Amy Satterthwaite got 33, as left-armer Shanel
Tremayne Smartt (centre) finished with figures of 10-3-24-5. (WICB) Daley picked two for 32. New Zealand had a nightmare start when captain
Bates was bowled by Smartt off the fourth ball of the day without scoring, playing
across a straight delivery and Smartt was on target in her next over when she trapped Sara McGlashan lbw for one, playing back and across. Struggling on two for two, New Zealand were then rescued by two partnerships. Firstly, Sam Curtis (12) and Satterthwaite put on 42 for the third wicket before Devine and Perkins added another 70 for the fifth wicket. Well placed to launch a late assault at 129 for four, New Zealand spectacularly lost their last six wickets for just 13 runs, as the innings plunged into terminal decline. West Indies lost Natasha McLean for five in the seventh over with the score (Continued on page 71)
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BCB donate schoolbags to less Berbice are GCB senior fortunate students of NA Primary Inter County 50-over champs
Some of the students show off their bags in the presence of BCB officials. The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) recently presented schoolbags to 30 less fortunate students of the New Amsterdam Primary School as part of the BCB Diamond Jubilee celebrations and organized by the entity’s Special Events Committee to coincide with their 75th Anniversary. Chairman of the Diamond Jubilee Anniversary, Hilbert Foster at the presentation said that the BCB strongly believes in the importance of education and since 2008 has placed great emphasis on promoting the “Say Yes to
Education” message noting that education was the foundation to success. Foster urged the students to make sure that the pursuit of an educational background remains their number one goal in life. An educated mind, Foster stated, opens doors that would remain shut and urged the students to use the schoolbags for the intended purpose. He expressed gratitude to Mr. Bobby Deonarine for his sponsorship of the schoolbags. BCB President Keith Foster noted that under his leadership the BCB has expanded its
mandate beyond cricket as it strives to make a positive difference in the lives of youths. First Vice President Anil Beharry disclosed that since 2008, the BCB has assisted hundreds of students to stay in school by contributing educational materials, while also promoting the “Say yes to Education” message during its cricket tournaments. Headmistress of the New Amsterdam Primary School, Sherry Ross thanked the BCB for the donation expressing delight for the outstanding work of the BCB.
West Indies’ India tour schedule revised BCCI Media Banglalore, India - The match-schedule of the series between India and the West Indies, to be played in October-November 2014, had to be revised due to operational reasons. Cuttack will now host the one-off T20 International, and Delhi will host the second ODI. Vi s h a k h a p a t n a m a n d Dharamshala will host the third and fourth ODIs
respectively. The final ODI will be played at Kolkata. The revised schedule is as follows: October 3: Practice match ~ Mumbai October 5: Practice match ~ Mumbai October 8: 1st ODI ~ Kochi October 11: 2nd ODI ~ Delhi October 14: 3rd ODI ~ Vishakhapatnam October 17: 4th ODI ~
Dharamshala October 20: 5th ODI ~ Kolkata October 22: T20 International ~ Cuttack October 25 – 27: West Indies v Board President’s XI ~ Kanpur October 30 – Nov 3: 1st Test ~ Hyderabad November 7 – 11: 2nd Test ~ Bengaluru November 15 – 19: 3rd Test ~ Ahmedabad
From page 75 Officer for the Port Mourant ground, Orwin Mangru and Godywn Allicock of PMCC also spoke at the ceremony. Mangru noted that his company was proud to be associated with the Diamond JubileeAnniversary. While noting that the PMCC is a shadow of its outstanding past, Mangru expressed confidence that the club that produced legends the likes of Kanhai, Butcher and Solomon would once again rise to the top.Allicock, Secretary of PMCC expressed gratitude to the BCB for honouring Kanhai
and disclosed that the PMCC was honoured that it had produced Berbice’s greatest cricket hero. Niece of Kanhai, Ms. Hanaria Sahadupal shared that her uncle was very proud to be honoured and praised the BCB for recognizing and honouring her uncle. Ms. Sahadupal and her husband Francis, later unveiled the portrait to great applause from those present. Kanhai played a total of 79 Tests matches for the West Indies after making his test debut against England in 1957. He scored 6227 Test runs at an average of 47.53 with 15
centuries and 28 fifties. His highest Test score was a brilliant 256 against India. Overall, Rohan Kanhai scored a total of 34,183 runs at the first class, List A and ODI levels with a combined 93 centuries and 158 fifties. He was appointed Captain of the West Indies for the 1972/73 tour of Australia to the Caribbean and retired from Test cricket after the Caribbean tour of England in 1974. He later played a major role in assisting the Clive Lloyd led West Indies team to lift the 1975 World Cup trophy by scoring a crucial 55 in the final.
By Zaheer Mohamed Berbice defeated Demerara by 10 runs to capture the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior Inter County 50over title yesterday. Berbice posted 163 all out in 25.4 overs after they were inserted by Demerara at Albion in a match which was reduced to 26 overs due to overnight rain, forcing the ground authorities to shorten the boundary somewhat on the Western side of the ground. The visitors were restricted for 153-9 off their allocation of overs in reply. Berbice were put on the back foot early when pacer Paul Wintz had Kandasammy Surujnarine (00) caught in the slips in the first over without a run on the board before Anthony Bramble and Devon Clements added 35 for the second wicket, carefully rotating the strike on a heavy outfield. Clements cut Christopher Barnwell to the point boundary but was dropped the very next delivery by wicketkeeper Shemroy Barrington diving to his right before left arm spinner Raj Nanan trapped Bramble lbw for 12. Bramble who punched Barnwell through point for four added a further 34 with skipper Deonarine before he was well caught by Trevon Griffith running in at long-on for 30 in the 14th over. Deonarine settled in nicely picking up ones and twos before he deposited Nanan for a straight six. He continued to look positive, but soon lost Rajiv Ivan who attempted a wild swipe at Steven Jacobs and was caught by Nanan at short third man for 10 with the score at 94. Deonarine and fellow Albion club mate Jonathan Foo (12) came together and
featured in a fourth wicket stand of 26. Deonarine’s intention was clear, he drove Wintz powerfully to long-on and cut him majestically thought point for consecutive boundaries. However Wintz could have had him caught, but Bacchus’ late reaction caused the ball to drop just short on the cover boundary. Deonarine lofted Bacchus over his head and Trevon Griffith failed to hold on to a difficult chance, however the left hander’s pull shot found Steven Jacobs at mid –wicket the very next delivery. He departed for 44 (3x4,1x6) off 49 balls. Foo dispatched Barnwell through mid- wicket for a boundary, but was out obstructing the field in the most absurd fashion. His drive was fielded by Barnwell in his follow through who attempted to throw down the stumps, but Foo hit the ball on the off side as if it was a legal delivery much to the disappointment of the fair size crowd. Barnwell struck in the next over with the wicket of Seon Hetmyer (02) before Bacchus uprooted the stumps of Veerasammy Permaul (12). Wintz had Romario Shepherd DeJonge (05) caught and disturbed the stumps of Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai (12) to wrap up the innings. Wintz was the pick of the bowlers with 3-40, Bacchus claimed 2-24, Jacobs 2-31, there was a wicket each for and Barnwell and Nanan. Trevon Griffith and Andrew Lyght Jnr added 37 for the opening stand to set the visitors on course. Lyght took boundaries off DeJonge before he was bowled by the pacer for 17. Griffith then featured in a second wicket stand of 48 with Bacchus to
further frustrate the host. Griffith cut DeJonge for a boundary and caressed Clements for another through point, while Bacchus got off the mark with a four off Clements. Bacchus smashed Permaul for a six over long-on but was caught at mid-wicket off Deonarine for 25 (2x4,1x6) before Barnwell lost his stumps to Permaul attempting a wild swipe; the host fought back. Permaul then bowled Griffith for 44 (2x4) as Demerara slipped to 101-4. He faced 47 balls. Rajendra Chandrika smashed Motie-Kanhai over covers for four before he was lbw to a straight ball from Permaul for 11. Steady bowling by the host kept Demerara at bay as they continued to lose wickets at regular intervals. Shemroy Barrington (01) was lbw to Motie- Kanhai, while Permaul accounted for Zaheer Mohamed (13) leaving the score at 130-7. Chanderpaul Hemraj (10) drove Permaul through covers for a boundary before he was bowled by Keon Joseph attempting to go over the top. Steven Jacobs (01) then edged Joseph to wicketkeeper Bramble at 1369. The efforts of Nanan (14*) and Wintz (04*) were not enough to take the visitors home. Permaul snared 3-32, Deonarine 2-23, Joseph 2-28; while DeJonge and Kanhai had one each. Deonarine was named man of the match, best bowler (10 wickets) and most valuable player of the tournament; Barrington was given the best wicketkeeper prize, Griffith the most outstanding fielder and Essequibo’s Kevon Boodie (259) the best batsman.
BCB unveils portrait of... Neymar double earns Barcelona victory BBC Sport - Neymar came off the bench to score twice as Barcelona defeated a stubborn Athletic Bilbao to maintain their 100% start to the La Liga season. The Brazilian, making his second Barca appearance since injuring his back at the World Cup, came on in the 63rd minute for a struggling home side. He quickly made his presence felt with a neat finish following Lionel Messi’s pass to break Bilbao’s resistance. And he sealed the win with a closerange finish from another Messi assist. The goals were the 22-
year-old’s first since 26 March, when he scored twice in a 3-0 home win over Celta Vigo, and mean Barca have now won all three of their opening games this campaign. Neymar ’s input was sorely needed by his side, who had enjoyed plenty of possession and chances throughout the game but had failed to break down a welldrilled Bilbao backline before his introduction. Prior to the match a large banner was unfurled in honour of Catalan National Day, while on the pitch the home side wore their away
strip, which incorporates the red and yellow colours of Catalonia. However, Bilbao were in no mood to gift their hosts victory. Goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz produced a number of fine saves to keep Barca at bay, including parrying Ivan Rakitic’s fierce low drive and spreading himself to block from Munir at point-blank range. Barca academy product Munir thought he had broken the deadlock at the start of the second period as he swept home from close range, but was this time denied by the offside flag.
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2nd Dhaka Test
Windies celebrate 500th Test with solid 1st day showing Late decision to ask for ‘3rd eye’ denies Johnson possible debut ton By Sean Devers in St Lucia In Association with Mike’s Pharmacy, Raj Singh Insurance, Universal Sports Store Carib Beer and Rex Resorts St Lucia The Dhaka Bank second Test and 500th for the West Indies began yesterday in sunny conditions at the Beausejour Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia with Bangladesh winning the toss and inviting the hosts to bat first on a track with a tinge of grass in the fourth Test match at this venue. With 162 wins, 168 losses, 168 draws and the first ever Tie since their first Test against England in 1928, West Indies began a historic game hunting a 2-nil series win and 21-year-old Kraigg Braithwaite and 27 year-old debutant Leon Johnson added 143 for the first wicket before they both fell in the space of two runs. The openers set the stage for Darren Bravo (44) and 40-year-old veteran Shiv Chanderpaul (34) to put West Indies, who finished
the day on 246-3 from 90 overs, in strong position. Kirk Edwards (16) was the other batsman dismissed. Braithwaite (63) batted for 214 minutes, 150 balls and reached the ropes five times in his sixth halfcentury, while Johnson (66) batted for 227 minutes, 162 balls and struck five fours. A late decision by Johnson to call for the ‘third eye’ after he was given LBW to left-arm spinner Taijul (TV replays confirmed the ball was missing leg stump) denied the Guyanese as possible debut century and joining only 13 others to achieve to feat in the 86-year history of West Indies Test cricket after George Headley became the first and youngest to do so against England in Barbados in 1930. Braithwaite and Johnson, who replaced Chris Gayle in the squad, give the hosts a slow but solid start on a heavy outfield with Johnson scoring his first Test run after facing 14 balls and by Lunch the pair had taken the score to 61-0 from 26 overs.
Johnson, who has batted in the middle order for most of his 50 First-Class matches, was promoted to open although Kirk Edwards was retained in the side. Johnson pivoted and disdainfully pulled Rubel behind square to go past the subdued Braithwaite as the pair took the score to 35 in the first hour. Bajan Braithwaite and Johnson originally from Kumauni Creek in the Demerara River, launched into Shafiul and majestically drove him through extra cover for the first boundary off the bat in the innings. While Johnson grew in confidence as his innings progressed, Braithwaite did not look as fluent as he looked at Arnos Vale where he scored his maiden double century and took the Manof-the-Match award. The 50 was posted in 23rd over and Braithwaite celebrated the land mark with his best shot of the morning, a glorious offdrive for four off Shafiul before a flowing on-driven boundary off left-arm
spinner Taijul give the righthander his second four. After Lunch, the pair continued to play with level heads and picked the gaps nicely against an innocuous bowling attack to build a solid platform with sensible shots on a ground which made free scoring a tedious task. With colourful little houses dotted into the hills presenting a scenic backdrop, and cotton wool like clouds floating lazily over the Beausejour sward from blue skies, the small weekend crowd watched as the 100 came up in 39 overs with a colossal six by the left-handed Johnson, back over Taijul’s head. Johnson was the first to his half-century as he got on top of one from Rubiul and steered it past point before Braithwaite reached his sixth fifty with his favorite shot; a cut past gully for four. The Partnership flourished as Braithwaite danced into Taijul and clipped him elegantly through wide midon for another four. Johnson eased forward and sweetly caressed Taijul
for four as the West Indies scored slightly quicker in the second session on the large ground. Braithwaite rocked back and savagely pulled a long hop from Taijul, who had five wickets on debut in the first Test, for four. He then swept him behind square for four more as the body language of the visitors suggested they had run out of ideas to break the stand in sweltering heat. Just when it seemed Braithwaite was heading for his third Test century he cut Shafiul to Taijul at point to give his wicket away with his favorite shot. Johnson departed three runs later to leave the score on 145-2. Kirk Edwards got going with a square-driven boundary, while Darren Bravo smashed Taijul back past his ankles like a bullet to get off the mark in enterprising fashion much to the delight of gathering of fans. Edwards, playing with a loose technique, slashed Shafiul to point and was dropped on five with the score on 153-2 and at Tea
West Indies had reached 153-2 with Edwards on five and Bravo on four. After Tea Bravo chipped into Taijul and clobbered him for two straight sixes before spanking the spinner imperiously to the cover boundary to immediately stamp his authority. Edwards bent on one knee and hammered Rubel for a stunning boundary before he once again gifted his wicket to Mahmudullah, driving to cover at 185-3 after making 16. Chanderpaul, with most runs and most centuries against Bangladesh, joined Bravo in an unfinished 61run partnership to put the West Indies in control on a day in which memories of the glory days of West Indies cricket from 1980 to 1995 when they never lost a series and during 1984 when they recorded (a then record) 11 consecutive victories loomed large in the minds of those old enough to have experienced them. Scores: West Indies 246 for 3 (Johnson 66, Brathwaite 63) v Bangladesh.
Eastman cops 1st place ahead...
Wellness overall winner, Hamza Eastman eases to the line ahead of clubmate Raynauth Jeffrey (right) Junior Minister of Finance Juan Edghill with the recipients of prizes and officials following the presentation From page 75 sprint to the line ahead of Christopher Holder, Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams and Robin Persaud. The junior category was won by 2014 National
champion Stephan Husbands from Andre Green and Berbician Romello Crawford in that order. Emerging as the top veteran was National champion Junior Niles who
completed the distance (through Old Road, Mahaica, turning back by the Mahaica Police Station) in One Hour 41 Minutes 29.17 Seconds. Jaikarran Sukhai followed Niles to the line
with Mark Sonoram, third. Adrian Sharma was the top mountain biker winning from Charles Ketwaroo and Michael Holder. Sixty-eight year-old Monty Parris was the lone
Over-60 competitor as was Tashwanna Doris, the lone female. Yesterday’s race was held to observe Caribbean Wellness Day held under the theme, “Warriors on the Move”. Junior Minister of Finance Bishop Juan Edghill was on hand to send the riders on their way and also
officiated at the presentation. Edghill, a supporter of healthy lifestyles congratulated the 33-riders for coming out to make the event the success it was whilst making a call for all Guyana to adopt a healthy lifestyle and not just cyclists and sportsmen and women.
Sunday September 14, 2014
Kaieteur News
Simon Pures bare fists as GBA and DDL stage Gatorade/Pepsi U-16 championships Boxing fans that would have stayed up to view the Floyd Mayweather championship bout or those that may have opted for the Contender Boxing Card lasy night, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) would obviously be drained and tired, but may not want to pass up another opportunity to be entertained when the Guyana Boxing Association stages several potentially action packed
bouts at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Boxing Gym (ALBG) starting at 14:00hrs today. This is another edition of the Demerara Distillers Ltd U16 boxing cards and the Simon Pures out of several of the country’s gyms are expected to take part. These include the Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF), Harpy Eagles (HEBG), Young Achievers (YABG), Pocket Rocket
(PRBG), Rose Hall Jammers (RHJBG), Essequibo (EBG), Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Carryl Boxing Gym (CBG). The boxers will convene at the fight venue for weigh-in at 10:00hrs this morning, before officials conduct the draw and the card begins shortly afterwards. Officials have also indicated that they are eying a venue at Vergenoegen, WCD for a similar card in December.
MoH/Caribbean Wellness Day 60-mile Road Race
Eastman cops 1st place ahead of Jeffrey as the duo dominates
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Three-member team off to PanAm Badminton Festival in Mexico The three-member badminton team of manager/coach Gokarn Ramdhani and Guyana’s two top male players, Narayan Ramdhani and Nicholas Ali, departed Guyana to attend the Pan American Sports Festival Badminton Tournament in Queretaro, Mexico September 10-16, 2014. The players will compete in the Open Men Singles and Doubles against some of the top players in the Pan American region. “Although our players are still in the Junior Divisions, we know that this level of the tournament will help them to gain higher standards for their future events and they will play their best to gain as much points as possible,” a release from the Badminton Association stated. The first two days September 11-12,
Narayan Ramdhani & Nicholas Ali Gokarn Ramdhani will be attended the Coaches Conference, while the players will practice for the Tournament which began yesterday and will run until Monday 15 of September at
the General Jose Maria Arteaga Gimnasio Badminton Hall. The opening ceremony was held at the Holiday Inn Hotel where the games were officially opened.
Diamond Jubilee 1939 – 2014
BCB unveils portrait of Berbice’s Greatest Cricketer, Rohan Kanhai at PMCC
Adrian Sharma Mountain Bike winner
Monty Parris Over 60 winner Team Coco’s Hamza Eastman pedaled to victory ahead of teammate Raynauth Jeffrey in the Ministry of Health (MoH) Caribbean Wellness Day 60-mile cycle road race yesterday from C o n v e r s a t i o n Tr e e t o Halfway Tree Mahaicony and back to Ocean View International Hotel. On a sunny and windy afternoon, Eastman and Jeffrey virtually decided the race just minutes after the start as the two pulled away from the main pack and were never caught. Such was the dominance of the duo that they finished moiré than five minutes ahead of the others; Eastman crossed the line in Two Hours 11 minutes 37.38 Seconds. Jeffrey copped seven of the eight prime prizes with the other going to Eastman. The other top six finishers were Godfrey Pollydore who led a mini (Continued on page 74)
BCB Administrators and relatives of Kanhai unveil the Portrait.
Junior Niles Veteran winner
The Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) continued with the unveiling of a Portrait of Berbice’ greatest cricketer, Rohan ‘Bobolal’ Kanhai. The unveiling took place in the main hall of the historic Port Mourant Cricket Club (PMCC) pavilion and was witnessed by officials of the BCB, PMCC, GUYSUCO, relatives of Kanhai and students of the Corentyne Comprehensive Secondary School. BCB Diamond Jubilee Celebrations Committee Chairman, Hilbert Foster noted that Rohan Kanhai was not only Berbice’s greatest player but one of the best that
ever played at the international level. Foster disclosed that Kanhai was among the Test players honoured by the BCB at the Golden Jubilee Celebration launching August 31 and later this month, the PMCC pavilion would be renamed in his honour. Efforts are also being made by the BCB to have the Port Mourant Public Road renamed, Rohan Kanhai Drive. BCB President Keith Foster, urged the students who attended the ceremony, to be proud of the heroes of Berbice cricket as they were part of the proud tradition of the Ancient County. Kanhai, the elder Foster said, was and
still is a positive role model to all Berbicians. Kanhai along with John Trim, Basil Butcher, Joseph Solomon and Ivan Madray laid the foundation for other Berbicians to play at the highest level and were outstanding ambassadors for Berbice and Guyana. The BCB President stated that one of the major achievements of his administration was the honouring of most of Berbice cricket heroes on and off the field. He also praised the role Bookers and GUYSUCO have played in the development of the game in Berbice. G U Y S U C O ’ s Community Development (Continued on page 73)
t r o p S 2nd Dhaka Test
Windies celebrate 500th Test with solid 1st day showing Late decision to ask for ‘3rd eye’ denies Johnson possible debut ton Leon Johnson drives Shafiul Islam down the ground. (WICB)
Leon Johnson and Kraigg Brathwaite put on 143 for the first wicket. (WICB)
Berbice are GCB senior Inter County 50-over champs P.73
MoH/Caribbean Wellness Day 60-mile Road Race
Eastman cops 1st place ahead of Jeffrey as the P.75 duo dominates
Smartt, Dottin give Windies series lead P.72 Members of the victorious Berbice team display their awards.
Santos ‘A’ carts off P.72 Petra/Caribbean Wellness Day football tournament
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