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Boat captain disappears in river after lightning strikes p. 3

Ruimveldt resident survives another execution attempt p.

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Reagan Rodrigues,

Rodrigues’s vehicle

34, called 'Grey Boy’

Ramotar visits Businesswoman lied about relatives of slain being a miner, failed to C’tyne detective identify ‘dirty’ staffers - GRA p.

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Tuesday September 18, 2012

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Residents save Golden Grove Secondary School from fire Quick and decisive action by residents of Golden Grove and Haslington, East Coast Demerara, saved the decades old Golden Secondary School from destruction by fire early yesterday morning.

Using buckets, several residents came out of their beds to save the two-storey concrete and wooden structure which many of them would have attended in their younger days.

By the time fire tenders from the city arrived, everything was virtually under control and the threat almost eliminated.

In the end, only a section of the school's laboratory on the bottom flat was partially

damaged, with most of the damage coming from water poured to extinguish the fire.

The cause of the fire is believed to be some age old chemicals that were stored in the laboratory. From time to time the cupboard which contained them had to be repeatedly soaked, as smoke kept emanating intermittently even though the actual fire was already put out.

Even up to when students turned up for classes, the stench from the chemicals coupled with sporadic bursts of smoke forced a halt to sessions and by 10:00 hours everyone had been sent home.

One resident told this

newspaper that he had observed smoke coming through the windows of the school around midnight on Sunday.

He went into the school compound to investigate and thankfully he was able to quickly identify the source, and they set upon it right away.

By this time an alarm was raised and several other villagers armed with buckets converged on the school compound.

First they had to break a door to get into the building and once this was done, they had to contend with the thick smoke in the building which was in complete darkness. “I go in and had to run out

Fire fighters arrived at the school after the fire was virtually under control.

back two times,� one of the residents told this newspaper.

Eventually visibility improved and fighting the fire got easier to the extent that the real firefighters had little to do when they eventually arrived on the scene.

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understands that classes were held in the laboratory earlier on Sunday, but there are no reports that the chemicals were used.

Investigators believe that the heat coupled with the fact that the chemicals were locked up for a considerably long period might have caused the fire.

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Boat captain disappears in Ballistic tests match bullet river after lightning strikes Shaquille Grant killing…

casing to policeman’s gun

The Force’s ballistic experts have matched a bullet casing to a weapon that was used by one of the police ranks who was involved in the confrontation in which 17-yearold Shaquille Grant was slain.

The teen would be buried today. The funeral would be preceded by a protest organized

by A Partnership for National Unity, at Vreed en Hoop.

Kaieteur News understands that the casing, which was retrieved from Agricola, is from a .223 cartridge.

This cartridge is used in the MP5 (machine pistols) carried by ranks attached to the Quick Reaction Group. Investigators will be able to identify the policeman who fired the weapon, since he would have had to sign for the firearm at the police armoury before uplifting it.

But the ballistic experts cannot ascertain whether the casing came from one of the bullets which struck Grant, since all the warheads that struck the teen exited his body.

The one that struck Grant in the forehead exited near his left ear, another exited through

his back and a third struck his left buttock and exited through the groin.

And due to the absence of visible gunpowder residue on the wounds, investigators were unable to ascertain whether the teen was shot at close range. However, an official said that Government pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh swabbed the wounds and the swabs will be examined by ballistics experts for traces of gunpowder.

There were also no burn marks on the wounds to suggest that any of the lawmen pressed their weapons to Grant’s body when shooting him.

Two MP5s, two Glock semi-automatic pistols and an unlicensed .38 revolver were handed over to the ballistics team for testing in connection with the investigation. The police ranks who shot Grant have alleged that they recovered the .38 from the slain youth and his associates.

The police in a press release had reported that they were investigating reports that a group of men were planning

a robbery when they were shot at. It is alleged that the ranks returned fire, killing Grant and wounding another youth.

However, residents, including some claiming to be eyewitnesses, alleged that Grant was slain after police had ordered the teen and his associates to lie on the ground.

Attorney at Law Nigel Hughes, who is representing Grant’s mother, has written to the Director of Public Prosecutions, informing her that he has obtained a statement from an eyewitness who has been expressing fear for her life.

Hughes told the DPP that he is prepared to cooperate directly with her on the acquisition and presentation of evidence uncovered in this homicide.

The incident has fueled protests staged predominantly by residents of Agricola.

However, Commissioner of Police, Leroy Brumell met with Grant’s relatives and has promised a detailed investigation into the matter. The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is also conducting a separate investigation into the killing.

Excellent turn out for new school year - Chief Education Officer The Education Ministry has consistently been encouraging parents to send their children to school from as early as the nursery level and given the enrollment numbers for this new school year, it is clear that that message is being heard.

Parents are recognising the importance of enrolling their children, Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam said.

He added that from all reports received, the turnout for the school year has been excellent and explained that the Ministry will continue to work with parents, particularly in the hinterland, to find ways and means of encouraging parents to send their children to school.

He added that the Ministry intends to do this more consistently since it is working well.

With regards to the completion of works at several

schools, everything is back in order. However, as far as the potential problem areas experienced initially, only the work on the Paramakatoi dormitory, Region Eight, is a bit delayed.

Sam explained that the Ministry is aware that the contractor faced some challenges with transporting the materials into the Region.

However, it is hoped that by this weekend the work would be completed, thereby allowing the dorm to be opened.

He added that the Mahdia dorm is in a much better state than the one in Paramakatoi.

He added that outside of that the Enmore/Hope school is the only school in Region Four that still has some work to be done, and this is expected to be done in another week.

Sam explained that construction works are not being done during class time

and in some cases the contractors work over the weekend so as not to disturb the classes.

“We have made a concerted effort to ensure all our schools are structured in a way that any work that needs to be done can go on without hampering the students’ instruction,” he said.

The provision for the enhancement of school buildings is a part of the many investments made towards ensuring the delivery of equitable and quality education throughout the country, the sole intention of which is to ensure Guyana’s children reach their full educational potential.

Daniel Colinet, a 46-yearold boat captain, of West Indian Housing Scheme, Bartica, is now missing after lightning struck him while he was piloting a Boat in the Kartabo Area, Lower Mazaruni River, yesterday around 15:45 hours.

Colinet was on one of his daily afternoon trips taking students back home to Kartabo from Bartica in his vessel “Miss Emma” when a squall developed. This was accompanied by lightning.

A bolt struck Colinet and hurled him overboard just after he had attempted to touch Mark Klass, a student who was sitting just in front of him.

Klass is now hospitalized in the Bartica Hospital complaining of not hearing any thing.

The other students, about 14, were momentarily unaware of what had transpired behind them, but another student, Ravi Creame, after becoming aware

Injured: Mark Klass of what was happening about them, then took control of the vessel and steered it safely ashore to the Kartabo Beach.

A search party was immediately dispatched from Bartica to the location where only Colinet’s partly seared life Jacket was found floating.

Mysteriously, the “Miss Emma” and outboard engine

were all found to be intact.

These were taken back to Bartica by another Boat Captain, Conrad Hicks, a/k “Speedy”.

Colinet and Hicks are employed with the Educational Department within the Region Seven Democratic Council.

(Edward A Persaud)

Ruimveldt resident survives another execution attempt A Riverview, Ruimveldt resident, survived a gun attack last night and is now nursing a gunshot wound to the upper thigh.

Reagan Rodrigues 34, called ‘Grey Boy’, told this newspaper he was driving along the Ruimveldt Public Road when a heavily tinted vehicle pulled up alongside him.

Rodrigues said that the men, whom he recognized, opened fire on him. He was struck in the leg and his car veered off the road to perch precariously above a trench in the vicinity.

Rodrigues was involved in another drive by shooting several months at a popular hangout spot in the Ruimveldt area. He escaped unhurt on that occasion. Last night Rodrigues told Kaieteur News that it was the same men who attempted to kill him

earlier in the year.

From all appearances, it was a miracle that Rodrigues escaped without life threatening injuries.

Rodrigues told this publication that the men stuck the barrel out of the window of their car. “They do it suh because they didn’t want no spent shells leave at the scene,” Rodrigues told this newspaper.

Several minutes after the incident, the police arrived at the scene, but the injured man was skeptical about leaving

with them. He was eventually taken to the hospital by a senior rank who arrived at the scene. The injured Rodrigues said he felt safe in that officer’s custody.

Rodrigues has been fingered in a number of armed robberies within the past 10 years. He was held for illegal possession of arms and ammunition and armed robberies, one of which cost him 10 years in prison.

He feels that he is being targeted like so many others in recent times.

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EDITORIAL

Garbage and attitude Everywhere one turns one hears the cry, Georgetown is stink; Georgetown is the garbage city in opposition to the Garden City. The media perpetually feature large garbage piles and harsh criticisms of the City Council for not removing these unsightly piles.

This situation did not develop overnight although habits cultivated over the years probably cultivated to the practice of creating garbage piles wherever necessary. For decades people have been discarding their waste through the windows of moving vehicles. Even the ambulatory would drop wrappers and even larger pieces of discarded material on the roads.

But for all the irresponsible disposal of personal waste, the city remained clean because people respected structures; they also took pride in their surroundings. And any waste generated by the households and the municipal markets was quickly disposed of.

The municipal system worked because there was enforcement. Members of the City Constabulary routinely prosecuted litterers. There was more to keeping the city clean. People duly paid their taxes and the fleet of vehicles for the garbage removal all worked.

Indeed the city has grown well beyond its borders as more people move in because of the pull. The major shopping centres are in the city and most of the jobs reside there. The unfortunate thing is that people come with their bad habits and with an absence of enforcement the situation has spread to the alarming proportions it has now reached.

To compound matters, the government through the Ministry of Local Government is simply not allowing the City Council to work independent of outside interference.

In most cities the Mayor is the powerhouse; he is beholden only to the people who elect him. In Georgetown, while the Mayor may be a king unto himself, he has no executive power. There are his professional staff who must report to the Ministry of Local Government.

For as long as one can remember, the City Council has been cash strapped but never as impecunious as it has been for the past two years. The council claims that it is not allowed to enhance its revenue earning capacity; the government says that the council is extremely inefficient to the point of allowing its rate payers to owe it so much money that it need not be cash strapped.

More recently, auditors have found that there was widespread corruption within the council. Staff members were enriching themselves at the expense of the council.

Here was the suspicion of padded pay sheets, overcharging for specific tasks—in short paying more than it should for jobs done—and actually using council assets for personal gain.

That may explain the sloth in having the garbage piles removed but it does not deal with the attitude that has led to the piles. What is strange is that the wider society sat and watched as their city became tainted.

Talks of Community Watch were nothing but idle chat.

There was no watch to prevent the discard of refuse anywhere in the city. In the end everyone took the opportunity to dump garbage anywhere and with impunity.

Signs prohibiting people from dumping garbage at certain locations were blatantly ignored.

So people brought their bad habits to the city but the very people become aculturalised when they go to the developed world where the penalty for littering is severe.

They simply do not litter; instead they admire the environmentally friendly conditions that exist.

The garbage situation is not unmanageable. What is needed are people bent on keeping the city clean. Too infrequently someone is arrested for littering and even then there are those who induce bribes to escape.

The state talks about close circuit television cameras.

These would have easily detected the people dumping garbage in some of the most prominent places. For example, someone has made the Supreme Courtyard a garbage dump.

There are security guards there but they have arrested no one. Why have the cameras not been used?

We are not surprised since the very guards failed to prevent the demolition of the fence which represented an architectural masterpiece that had stood for almost a century.

The Guyanese people must wake up before they are suffocated in their sleep DEAR EDITOR, The ironies of life in this country of thieves are just as compelling as the tragedies.

One of the PPP’s biggest critics, Freddie Kissoon, admitted to stealing books while a young man and the PPP has roasted him for it, and rightly so. Yet the PPP is going way beyond Kissoon’s misdemeanour to commit the kind of outright theft of intellectual property of hundreds of thousands of books that blows the mind.

The PPP presents a specious defence to this annexation by claiming it seeks value for money.

Beyond the illegal and criminal callousness of this decision, which by its scale, has to be one of the most malevolent usurpations of intellectual property rights in Guyana, there is the other danger in this entire skulduggery.

That danger is the mentality, groupthink, epistemology and meme of the PPP as shown by this depraved act.

This decision to steal the intellectual property of others on a prolific scale is confirmation of what the majority of Guyanese have felt for a long time about this cabal that has seized and hijacked the PPP; there is no moral line left they would not cross nor is there a dirty gutter this gang will not crawl into while bringing shame to its supporters who are decent people, and to the country at large.

The Guyanese people always had the distinct impression with the unchecked rise of criminality under the PPP where drug traffickers, money launderers, cocaine barons, gun runners and smugglers operate with impunity and are untouched and unchallenged, that the PPP either deliberately turns a blind eye to crime or is reluctant to counter crime because it gets to bask in the pretentious glory of criminal proceeds such as big buildings and new businesses built with blood money.

We know corruption is now a rampaging animal within the PPP and many PPP hands are in the filth. The basic conclusion the nation has arrived at in the past decade is that the PPP is now a party that sees nothing heinously wrong with illegality, criminality, breaking the laws, illegitimate conduct and reprehensible tactics.

That wrongdoing is condonable if it serves some so-called ‘higher purpose’.

That the hard work and livelihoods of publishers, writers, illustrators, editors

and others can be destroyed and discarded to provide copied textbooks to schoolchildren.

One has to wonder whether this thinking justifies what is happening in Guyana, where the lives of citizens can be destroyed, legitimate businesses wiped out, and inequality can become a monster just so that economic progress can be provided by a drug trafficking, gun smuggling and contraband sub-economy. This is a party that spends $528.2 million every single day in Guyana.

This is a government that delivered a budget of $192.8 billion, which was 25.1% higher than the last budget.

The GRA will collect $116.8 billion from taxpayers in 2012, an increase of 12% over last year.

Yet the PPP claims it has no money to rightfully pay those who produced the textbooks.

Those people have children, too, whom they have to send to school. Why must the people pay these incredible revenues to the PPP yet have their children accept pirated textbooks?

Should parents follow the PPP’s example and now steal to pay for books and school supplies on the basis of value for money?

The PPP has no justification for this insane and criminal illegality. We have white elephant projects erupting all over Guyana, yet no money will be taken from the Marriott Hotel to pay the right price for these textbooks. No, this cannot happen. Taxpayers’ money must be bled to go on with these projects to continue the benefits to the elites.

This excuse of value for

money has to be one of the most bizarre attempts at selfrighteousness by the PPP. Where was the value for money with ‘Fip’ Motilall and the road to Amaila that is not yet built, while ‘Fip’ has left with millions of US dollars?

Where is the value for money with those high-priced pharmaceuticals being paid for by taxpayers? If the PPP knew it could not afford the copyrighted textbooks, why not borrow the money? It borrowed US$506 million for a bedevilled Amaila Falls hydro project.

It secretly borrowed US millions for the airport expansion and the Marriott.

The PPP has no problems paying penalties under various white elephant projects.

It is paying through the nose for the Skeldon sugar factory and the Enmore packaging plant which lie idle.

But it refuses to pay for copyrighted education materials for the children of this country.

If the PPP knew the textbooks were going to be costly, why in heaven’s name did it not undertake a project to write its own textbooks to save money rather than taking the criminal route by trying to rip-off people who worked hard to make these textbooks?

Is this the mindset of the PPP to do the wrong thing rather than the right thing?

Why must the law be broken to protect the PPP’s incompetence, slackness, laziness and mismanagement on this matter? Why is it that the stealing for value is convenient and applied to only some decisions but not others?

The PPP fought tooth and nail to give to NCN and GINA

to spew swill at will, and to OP ‘fat cats’, but it cannot find funds to buy proper textbooks for the nation’s children. Is this what the PPP wanted the budget cuts restored for - to steal someone else’s intellectual property and provide pirated textbooks rather than pay for the books?

The OP ‘fat cats’ are still getting their salaries, but the children of Guyana must use pirated textbooks. Guyana is at a dangerous fork in the road. Despite the people of this country shouting loudly at the PPP on November 28, 2011, to take a bath to cleanse itself, it remains a stinking den of destructive policies.

It is not the act of intellectual piracy alone here that shames Guyana, it is the mindset and intellectual chicanery that is behind it which poses a bleak future for this country.

Some contractors will benefit from this heist and some kickbacks may be paid to a lucky few, but the very shame and insidiousness behind this act will be the future direction of this country under this gang that has hijacked the PPP. Imagine a government taking about 40% of poor people’s money in all manner of taxes and when the money somehow disappears it then turns around and pirates textbooks to give to the children of those very people who, despite crushing poverty, refuse to break the law and engage in wrongdoing while paying their taxes from their sweat, blood and tears. The Guyanese people must wake up before they are suffocated in their sleep.

M. Maxwell

The Henry Greene I knew - our fortuitous last encounter DEAR EDITOR, I was deeply saddened by the recent untimely death by a tragic accident of my High School colleague, former Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene. This has since given me cause for deep personal reflection, on the vicissitudes of life and of the finiteness of mortality for each and every one of us .

Henry and I were at Queen’s College in the mid to late 1960s. I was ahead of him by three classes, his having entered in 1965 and I in 1962. We were historically fortunate to be part of a first generation of Independence students, Guyana having attained nationhood in 1966.

We were blessed from a young impressionable age, with truly profound groundings in the subtleties of neonationalism and the intriguing politics at its core. We were ever close witnesses to strong values of public service and duty. We were equally guided by some fine role models. One such, highly regarded by most of us, was the late Pryor Jonas, who consistently tried to

instill in us, especially those inclined to sports, the highest tenets of true sportsmanship and fair play. Largely on that basis we were, in essence, being prepared to be early leaders in Independent Guyana. Henry was no exception, and went on to hold among the highest offices and ranks of political and public service in Guyana.

During the 1960s, in those formative years, I recall quite well a Henry Greene universally known as a most pleasant, affable and gentle young man, with a ready smile. “Bantu’’ (a nickname now more appropriately, even though then derisively, given to him because of his rich African physical features), was a devoted practising Christian, active in our School’s Christian Fellowship Society. I recall clearly his coming around on Thursday afternoons to galvanise his more senior colleagues such as I ,while we were on the table tennis table - Bible in hand, pleading for us to spend a hour in fellowship.

He himself was a very gifted table tennis (Continued on page 5)

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From page 4 player from young (He was Junior Champion in 1967).

Being the School’s table tennis captain in the Sixth Form, by which time Henry was only in Third, I came to know him relatively closely.

Both as a student then and alumnus after, he was fiercely loyal to his Alma Mater. I still remember his enormous contributions to our 1994 and 2009 Alumni Reunions in Guyana, without which overall on-ground support, our events would have been so much the poorer.

My being based abroad, Henry and I had not been in close contact for some two to three decades, apart for brief sightings when I was occasionally on visit to Guyana. But during that time, and especially in recent years, even as he commendably surged up his known professional ladder, I could never really understand the apparently tectonic personality shifts that were reputedly emerging in him. I became over time most curious, perplexed and concerned.

So it was during my recent trip to Guyana - a mere seven weeks ago - that I unequivocally endeavoured for a frank, one and one talk with Henry. I got my desire a mere two to three days after my arrival, when I ran into a mutual High School colleague of ours, one of Henry’s closest buddies till his death, who resided at the same hotel as I in Kingston.

He arranged for me to meet with Henry two nights later.

We three had dinner together.

During dinner, Henry and I enjoyed about four hours of purposeful but gentle conversation.

I quickly explained that I was not there to judge him on any of his past alleged or real indiscretions, but came

merely as an old friend to try to understand directly from him why and how aspects of his life had allegedly changed so perceptibly, and whether I could I help in anyway. I urged him to let the events of recent months in particular be perhaps a defining moment, if not a turning point in his life for the positive, especially as regards his interface with the women of Guyana. I encouraged him to keep his chin up and take a positive view of life ahead of him.

Henry listened very carefully and engaged in a serene and relaxed manner, and with his trademark smile throughout. He clearly acknowledged that he had a unique opportunity to reclaim some higher ground ahead in society. He shared that he was in the process of setting up an office to practice law, as he had earlier earned an LLB degree. Towards midnight, we walked together down to the lobby of the hotel.

I recall vividly that his phone rang as we were about to say goodbye. As it turned out, that phone call was from the late Laurie Lewis, whom I understand was one of Henry’s closest professional mentors. I left them that evening in deep animated conversation. Six weeks later they were both dead.

Sobering. Chilling.

Henry Greene’s passing in such a sudden and seemingly untimely way has left me with many questions …and equally very few answers.

As did our former High School teacher, Dr Clarence Perry, in a moving piece on Henry last week, I too am searching for credible clues as to what could induce striking intertemporal variability in aspects of the human personality, especially given the groundings Henry and countless young Guyanese of his ‘’kraal’’

would have had?

Is it rooted in excessive and unchecked power, as Clarence conjectured? Is it environmental? Do the apparently growing gaps in social and other forms of inclusion in our society tap into the dark recesses of our minds, making the best of us potentially susceptible to the worst in ourselves?

Are our leaders in national life and service, assuming such lofty positions prematurely, without being appositely grounded emotionally or culturally to fortify ourselves against the myriad pressures potentially infesting and infecting our positions of authority and influence?

Who are our national mentors and role models these days?

And, importantly, is each of us doing enough as possible “keepers” of our brothers and sisters, to provide timely advice, friendly words of encouragement or caution, where such is evidently lacking and warranted? Put another way, are we citizens of our nation stopping often enough to read the tea leaves and smell the roses?

These are admittedly

complex and complicated questions for which I personally have few answers.

But of one thing I am now very certain.

It is the overarching reality that Henry Greene’s sudden passing may have denied him of a deeper opportunity himself to think through solutions to many of these questions.

Indeed, my clear sense from our dinner conversation that evening was that he was already contemplating quietly and shifting emotionally to regain a much more acceptable face and place in our society, through his planned new professional sojourn.

But that was not to be - a huge lesson and substantial food for thought for all of us still fortunate and able to work towards building more positive and inclusive social capital in our still young nation.

Henry Greene, once a mortal as we all are, has gone on, I suspect, to higher levels of accountability and hopefully noble service elsewhere. May he find eternal peace and rest.

Laurence Clarke World Bank, Africa

The Linden electricity episode must be handled very delicately DEAR EDITOR, The Government representatives, officials, bigbusiness miners, the Private Sector Commission etc., in condemning the Linden electrical tariff increase protest, spouted all sorts of things. Some called it sinister and spiteful, disrupting the lives of other communities/ regions. One was even amazed at some of the vacuous statements, the most ridiculous coming from a trade union executive who on national television said that houses in an entire community were wired without switches, and when “we” intervened and rewired the houses, attaching switches along with a charge of $30 per kwh “the people applauded”…such tomfoolery.

Can you imagine people having electrical appliances in their homes and having no on/off switch?” But those were among the ridiculous things said to make us look

unconscionable, simpletons.

What this gentleman failed to mention was that there was a time when the company used to encourage residents to keep their lights burning during the day since it made the generating system they had then function much more efficiently.

There were other such naïve and puerile comments, some you couldn’t help detecting naked grudge and envy, while others were totally lost and couldn’t see beyond the “freeness and cheapness” chorus, ignorant of the status of affairs and couldn’t fathom why the increase was such a contentious issue.

Thus they couldn’t appreciate a community battling to preserve itself from being further reduce to a state of mendicancy, and in so doing, glossed over the real issues affecting Lindeners, and were merely concerned with their own interests than (Continued on page 7)

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Local drug agents get DEA training, equipment boost As Guyana’s fight against the trafficking of illicit drugs intensifies, the United States of America is once again showing its commitment to assist the small countries to battle the transnational scourge that is threatening to destabilize the region.

This commitment was manifested in the collaboration between the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Guyana Police Force to hold a drug investigators’ course for local anti-narcotics agents.

The course is being held at the Police Officers’ Mess and will benefit drug agents from the Guyana Police Force and the Customs AntiNarcotics Unit (CANU). It is intended to enhance their knowledge and techniques of drug enforcement and to make them aware of the current trends in drug trafficking.

US Ambassador Brendt Hardt, in his remarks at the opening ceremony yesterday, expressed the hope that the course will lead to further training in other counternarcotics specialties such as digital forensics, case development, and court and legal skills.

The programme is a component of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative

(CBSI) which was established in 2010 with the joint pledge to create a strong partnership among the United States and the Caribbean Community.

“We’re bound together in this effort by our common geography, our close economic links, and the close ties and travel among our citizens. That is why we need to work together to achieve greater stability, security, and social justice for all of our citizens,” Ambassador Hardt said.

He noted that the CBSI is built on three core objectives: to reduce illicit trafficking of counter-narcotics and illegal weapons, to advance public security and safety, and to promote social justice.

These objectives, he explained, were developed and agreed on jointly by the United States and CARICOM members as the key threats that are facing the Caribbean region.

“We recognised that the drug trade destabilises economic progress, threatens public safety, and makes it more likely that vulnerable populations may be lured into recruitment by criminal organizations.”

But the US Ambassador made it clear that the CBSI is not just about drug interdictions. It is a regional initiative working to forge a

range of long-term partnerships to achieve shared security and social objectives in the region.

According to Mr. Hardt, the initiative is to have the citizens of Guyana see the benefits of improved security and social justice in a personal way.

He said that transnational trafficking, including drug trafficking, is a major threat to governance and security throughout the Caribbean.

The trafficking of drugs, arms, people and counterfeit medicine provides large profits to criminal networks and these profits distort economies and undermine the rule of law, making it harder for countries to reach their broader social and economic goals.

Ambassador Hardt said that to prevent these distortions, the United States is committing funding through the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative and the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement to deepen its partnership with the Government of Guyana, by providing training, equipment, and other resources to help combat these key threats.

“This week’s training programme marks the beginning of a new U.S. fiscal

CANU head, James Singh (left), Crime Chief Seelall Persaud and Programme Coordinator Heather Brooks, with some of the equipment handed over yesterday to assist in the fight against illicit drug trafficking. year during which we will be working hand-in-hand with Guyana’s security forces, judicial system, corrections institutions, and banking industry through an array of CBSI initiatives.

This programme, conducted by our dedicated colleagues from the Drug Enforcement Administration, will continue DEA’s ongoing joint efforts to combat the illegal drug trade by working with the men and women of the Guyana Police Force and Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit to enhance investigation and ensure successful prosecutions,” he stated.

The current training is designed to complement and support the August 20 launch

of the U.S-funded Container Control Programme being implemented by United Nations Office of Drug and Crime.

Guyana is one of the first countries in the Caribbean to participate in this Container Control Programme, which will enhance the ability of Guyana’s law enforcement authorities to intercept potential terrorist activities, combat the smuggling of narcotics and weapons, prevent the evasion of taxes, and address the smuggling of chemical precursors for narcotic production and illicit drugs.

In addition to the launching of the training programme, the United States Embassy also donated a set of equipment that will further enhance the drug fighting capabilities of the local drug agencies.

“The United States Embassy and the Drug Enforcement Administration are determined to ensure that our Guyanese partners have the necessary tools to do their jobs effectively. The handover of equipment we are

providing today brings the total value of equipment offered this fiscal year to US$44,560 or $9M, equipment that Guyanese and American law enforcement authorities have identified as critical to their ability to conduct counter-narcotics investigations,” the Ambassador said.

“We recognize that the training being launched today and the equipment provided is only part of a broader and more comprehensive partnership, and we remain committed to working with you to deepen and expand this partnership to the benefit of all of our citizens.

To ensure a safer and more prosperous environment for our citizens, we need to continue to work with all stakeholders to build your capacity to meet this challenge,” Ambassador Hardt told the gathering, which included Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud, CANU Head James Singh, and Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee.

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The Linden electricity episode...

From page 5 their hypocritical “concern for the people of the regions affected”.

A very unfortunate scenario was that some of the misleading information managed to convince poor folks out of Linden that we Lindeners should pay the exploiting and oppressive rates just like them, as if the mere satisfaction of seeing that happen would lessen their burden and make life better for them.

But what can we say about the callous and insincere remarks by Govt. officials, top functionaries and the special/lucky ones receiving super salaries making a mockery of the plight of the ordinary working man, by their brazen and repugnant comparison in terms of earnings: “We too have our bills to pay, that’s the responsibility of an adult.”

Good God, are such people for real? Could such people ever be friends of the working class? Many working folks don’t even smell the minimum wage; people still work for $100 per hour, some $5000 per week.

Lucky ones get $10,000 - not to mention those who do piecemeal jobs and those without jobs.

The increase, no matter how the government wrapped and presented it, had to be rejected; it was and still remains a burden beyond what Linden/Region 10 folks could bear.

The Government, it appears, was to some extent prepared for the five days shutdown: “allow dem, leh deh bubble and blow off deh steam”. They reasoned that when it was over, like it or not, we would have no other choice except to abide with its imposition.

But that was not to be; the killing of the three protestors on the 18th July the first day of the protest changed the course of things to unexpected levels, strengthening the determination of the people: from then onward it was a horse of a different colour.

Oh! And by the way, I need to mention that so eager was the Govt. to impose this increase that even its own activists in Linden were upset and complained that they weren’t accorded even the minimum of respect by informing them of their intentions/decisions.

Now a few things concerning the actions of the protestors: When Lindeners embarked on the protest they craved support from all and sundry, though resolute in their objective. It was never their intention to spite any region or create enemies - that certainly wouldn’t have been

the smart thing to win solidarity. The regions/areas affected happened automatically as a natural consequence of actions taken to be recognized and be taken seriously. No community/ region was singled out period; the “lock-down” didn’t discriminate.

There is an African saying: “No matter how hot the water from your well it cannot cook your rice.” The protest was not a dolly house party or a comedy show; like protests in any part of the world it was done to create an impact, and it sure did!

It started at one level indicating our concerns, gradually rising to another and finally hitting a high point with the shooting and killing of protestors as mentioned above, and which rearranged the scene completely.

When those mentioned above who were critical of the protest said “you can protest how much you like, but do so in peace, do not disrupt other people/regions, allow them to get on with their lives ..... “ they were being both disingenuous and childish to think that a sustained protest of such magnitude would stand and remain independent and isolated by itself without making ripples beyond the boundaries of the community. Were they that simple?

Then why a protest at all, what sense would it have made with everyone else going about their lives business as usual, and we being a laughing stock.

Before the protest, we were it seemed, invisible, dismissed, no one paid us any mind, until it brought us into full focus, and got the undivided attention of all every man jack.

Let the envious critics say what they like, with a clear conscience, I want to repeat for the umpteenth time that electricity is the only surviving commodity left standing in the community/ region from all the battles, struggles and negotiations fought for and won by bauxite workers from since the inception of bauxite mining.

Every other gain/benefit has long since gone out of existence. And for as long as there remain bauxite industry/ operations, the question of electricity supply to the community must be part and parcel of the deal, changing the frame with a new label ought to have no bearing whatever. That has long been a signed, sealed and done deal.

Why can’t some people

get it into their heads that this Linden electricity episode is indeed special and separate from all else and must be handled very delicately, and not in the abrupt, mechanical and callous manner which was applied - like the opening and closing of a prison gate.

This issue seemed in a way to be a blessing in disguise, in that it has opened up a whole range of enlightening and interesting topics, debates, discussions and revelations on the state of affairs of many things and a multiplicity of other issues like “Pandora’s box”.

As was expected there were a number of unfortunate incidents that took place.

Understand that there is no selection process for people joining the ranks of a demonstration, but such is the dynamic of protests.

Then again - sad but true - people with little or nothing, no source of income, socially isolated, almost hopeless and living from day to day, without a sense of belonging, pay scant respect to order.

Generally, people’s behaviour and adherence to laws are influenced to a great degree by their income.

One sour note: though the increase was a community/regional issue beyond partisan interest that brought people of various political persuasions together, there was at times a lack of maturity, where there were a few here and there indentifying and targeting other of a different alliance, frightening them away from participating in a course for their own sake.

In passing: while the affairs of the PPP/C are none of my business, I just want to make an observation. The PPP/C certainly has more than its fair share of fakes, misfits, frauds and grabbers masquerading about whom you can’t help noticing.

Their representatives/ activists, without one iota of concern for anything except their own self interest, are favoured ones who get the resources and means, but do nothing beneficial to the community; outright hustlers, loud-mouthed and boastful.

But the PPP officials who run in and out of Linden have so much faith in them, but what do the officials care, it’s all self-serving.

Notwithstanding what was mentioned earlier, may I remind the critics that this matter remains very volatile like a volcano simmering below.

No retreat, no surrender.

Frank Fyffe

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North Georgetown Secondary secures overwhelming CXC passes Put aside the top achievers at Queen’s College, Bishops’ High, Saint Stanislaus College and focus on what some say are the low performing High Schools in Guyana. That notion changed this year after the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations results were released. The top student of North Georgetown Secondary was 17-yearold David Prince. Prince secured eight grade one passes with five distinctions and three grade twos.

The North Georgetown Secondary School has emerged as one of the most improved schools in Georgetown after students secured an overwhelming percent of grades one to three passes. The success that the school has seen this year can be attributed to tremendous team work among students and teachers. However, the pilot project which the Ministry of Education implemented a few months before the examinations is also partly responsible. The Education Ministry has, over the years, implemented methods aimed at improving student performance in Mathematics and English. A five-month pilot project was launched last December.

The project targets fifth form students from secondary schools in Regions Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Nine and Ten. It provides students and teachers with teaching and learning resources, inclusive of calculators, text books, solutions for Mathematics and English, learning DVDs, and teaching guides.

Some of the schools identified to be in the pilot project included Abram Zuil – which produced the top CSEC performer– and Aurora, in Region Two; Stewartville, Leonora, and Zeeburg, in Region Three; Annandale, Covent Garden, and Bladen Hall, in Region Four; East Ruimveldt, North Georgetown, Brickdam, and (Continued on page 8)

David Prince

Felicia Jodhan

Govin Singh

Hera Mohabeer

Pavindralall Persaud

Shaka Braithwaite

Tashana Lowe

Yearaaj Lall

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Tuesday September 18, 2012

Cattle rustlers wreak havoc Visual Arts exhibition to encourage better CSEC performance on East Coast Berbice …one caught, escapes from New Amsterdam Hospital Suspected cattle rustlers continue to wreak havoc in the Number 19 area with cattle farmers losing cows and other animals on a regular basis. The farmers are at their wits end and are calling on the authorities for help as cattle rustlers continue their rampage.

The latest attack on cattle occurred some time between September 11 and Wednesday September 12, last on the cattle farm of Leslie Budhoo, called Milkman and Breds of No 19 village. Two of his cows were stolen and slaughtered.

The man stated that three were initially stolen, but one managed to escape. This is the third major loss for Budhoo. There were earlier attacks just before and after Easter. Three cows were stolen on Good Friday.

Relating a similar story, his brother-in-law, Manoj, said that the man as usual penned up his cattle around 17:00 hrs on Tuesday evening at Suzannah and left for his home. On Wednesday morning he went on his usual

rounds to check on his animals and to do some milking. To his shock three of his cows were missing.

One was found in the bushes not too far away while the other two could not be found. Manoj stated that his brother-in- law contacted him and together with others they decided to launch a search, but nothing was found. In the meanwhile other farmers were also crying out for losses.

Their breakthrough came on Saturday evening when they received word that some dead cows were found in the cane fields at Borlam Turn.

They immediately hurried to the area where they made the gruesome discovery. Four body parts of cows at different stages of decay were found.

Two cow heads, guts and skin were found, some were in a trench.

One of the cows was heavy with calf. Also found were bloodstained clothes (two shirts, one pair of trunks, one hat) apparently belonging to the thieves.

The men said that they

decided to stake out the area and see if anyone will return to uplift the clothes. On Sunday morning the men on lookout saw a strange man emerging from the bushes and heading to cane fields. When he was challenged the man made a dash for it and eventually hid in the bushes.

The alarm was raised and it took the villagers of about 20 men with two vehicles about three hours to locate the man about three miles away.

He was apprehended and beaten and handed over to the police. According to the residents the suspected rustler was taken to the New Amsterdam hospital where he was left unattended.

The man known as, King, eventually got away from the medical institution.

Budhoo said that the cows gave at least two gallons of milks daily. One farmer stated that he lost a serving Bull. The men depend on the animals for their living and are calling on the relevant authorities to do something urgently. The residents have placed their loss at millions of dollars.

They said that they have lost goats, sheep, and poultry and are appealing for help.

One resident stated that all the Home Affairs and Agriculture Ministers are doing is just talking.

They are not assisting at all. They have threatened to take matters into their own hands.

With a less than 50 per cent pass rate for the past three years, there is room for major improvements in Visuals Arts at the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate Examination (CSEC).

This state of affairs exists despite the availability of some 43 school centres that offer Visual and Theatre Arts, according to Superintendent of Examinations within the Ministry of Education, Ms Saudia Kadir.

She said that since last year, the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) introduced the Reflective Journal which every student that is offered the Visual Arts must complete. The Journal is a reflection of the candidate’s exposure to theory, process and the practice of the Visual Arts.

Kadir ’s remarks were forthcoming yesterday as she addressed a gathering at the opening of the Ministry’s Schools Visual Arts Exhibition at Castellani House, situated at the junction of Vlissengen Road and Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown.

The Arts, according Kadir, allows persons to go beyond the ordinary to create and define their perception of the world. In fact, she noted that “a student’s level of self

esteem, creativity, cognitive skills, organisation, problem solving and even risk taking is brought to a new high with the study of the arts.”

She added that studying the Arts such as music, visual arts and theatre can help to improve a student’s ability both academically and nonacademically.

“It is important to understand that the traditional stereotypical concept that students who are poor in Mathematics and English must do the Arts is long out the window,” said the Superintendent of Examinations in her brief but precise annotations.

She insisted further that the Arts, like any other subject, is not mastered through occasional and random exposure but rather a great deal of work, time and competency building is required.

Regarding yesterday’s exhibition as a special event, Visual Arts Coordinator, Mr. Rawle Franklin, said that not only was it designed to coincide with the activities for Education Month but also to serve as a showcase mainly for students’ Visual Arts Student Based Assessments (SBAs) at the CXC level.

He said, too, that it was intended to provide a forum

North Georgetown...

From page 7 Richard Ishmael in Georgetown; Bush Lot, Bygeval, and Woodley Park primary-top, in Region Five; Tagore, New Amsterdam Multilateral, and Skeldon Line Path, in Region Six; Three Miles in Region Seven7; St. Ignatius, in Region Nine; and Mackenzie High, Silver City, and Christianburg, in Region Ten. Head mistress for the North Georgetown School, Mrs. Debroah GreenidgeHinds, told Kaieteur News that she was extremely pleased with this year ’s performance.

The head teacher said that she has always instilled in her students the desire to always be exceptional.

The top performers are: David Prince - eight grade ones, three grade twos; Shaka

Braithwaite - seven grade ones, two grades two; Govind Singh - six grade ones, four grade twos; and Felicia Jodhan and Yearaaj Lall who secured eight subject passes with grade ones and twos.

Tashanna Lowe, Pravindra Lall, Hera Mohabeer also placed in the top ten for the school, securing grade one to three passes.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand yesterday told Kaieteur News that although the project has seen successful, she intends to expand it further in the same targeted schools instead of pushing into other schools.

The Minister said that the Ministry is looking into further measures to ensure that the project is a continued success.

to build an interest to improve CSEC students’ performance and encourage creativity among learners.

Speaking to the many intriguing art works on display, Franklin said that it was with skill, talent, inspiration, enthusiasm, patience and good tuition by Visual Arts teachers that the various pieces were produced.

According to him, “Visual Arts is the vehicle to assist students to improve in their focus, concentration and reading ability as they will learn to better understand life and their environment and to interact socially.”

He, as a result, urged officials of the Education Ministry to continue to ensure that Visual Arts is given its rightful place as an enrichment subject. He also appealed to teachers and students in attendance to strive for better CXC grades even as he appealed for the exhibition to become an annual activity.

Highlighting the fact that the exhibition comes on the heels of the resuscitation of the National Arts Competition, Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam, stressed that it clearly sends the message that “if we are going to do well in the Arts at the other levels it starts right here...This is where we can hone in, groom and create young budding artists that can develop the art form at other levels.”

It is imperative, he said that students are given a platform upon which they can demonstrate their talents and at the same time give other young people an opportunity to see what is possible.

“This can open their minds to the endless possibilities that exist not just in this area but generally as it relates to their talents and interests growing up. I hope that each child who walks into these rooms will leave here inspired at some level.”

The opening of the exhibition saw the attendance of a number of city school students who were given the opportunity to appreciate the pieces that will remain on display until Friday.

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TABLETS RATHER THAN TEXTS Technology now makes it easier for copyright violations. Reproductions of documents via photocopying is now cheaper, takes far less time and can be of the same quality as the original.

In fact, you can photocopy a book within half an hour, at a fraction of the cost of an original and hardly tell the difference between the two. Not only are textbooks being mass produced through photocopying but in some Caribbean countries, exam results are also being counterfeited on a large scale.

This obviously presents a problem for copyright protection. However, just as how technology has made it easier for intellectual property rights to be violated, technology can also become the means by which it can be better protected.

The Government of Guyana faces a moral dilemma. On the one hand it wants to make critical text books available to all students. On the other hand, buying these books in their original format would be prohibitive because of the huge costs that they attract.

However, pirated versions are far cheaper and will allow for the government to purchase far more copies than if they had to buy originals from local distributors. The problem is that the government is under a moral obligation to avoid being complicit in violating copyright laws. So what does the government do?

The solution can be found through technology.

The government should

cease buying pirated books.

Instead it should negotiate with the publishers to purchase licenses for rights to specified quantities of electronic versions of the text books that are needed in the school system. It is possible today for these electronic books to be loaded virtually onto an electronic hand held tablet.

Suppose, for example, the government finds that it needs 50,000 copies of an English text book. It should arrange for the publishers of this text book to make 50,000 electronic versions of this particular textbook available at a severely discounted price to the Ministry of Education.

The books should be in a format that does not allow them to be printed on paper, saved onto another medium or copied. The technology to ensure this is already on the market and is cheap.

The Ministry of Education would then hold exclusive rights to use these electronic books within the school system. The Ministry will download these books onto electronic tablets which will be kept by each child.

These tablets are cheap and can be available for under US$100 per child.

At the beginning of each school year, each child instead of being given a pile of books which they have to fetch to school in trolley book bags would instead be given a hand held electronic tablet with all the prescribed texts for their grade loaded onto the tablet.

At the end of the school year, the students surrender the tablet and this is passed

Dem boys seh ...

Some people really get cuss Who de man above bless no man curse. And He always bless poor people wid nuff children. But dem boys want to know how come people does call that blessing when is more hardship fuh feed all dem children.

Is then somebody point out that dem have a thing call old age and how dem same children does mek you life pleasant.

All dem people who get bless wid children smiling.

When people ain’t got children is a curse and dem got a few who ain’t got children and people cussing dem every day.

De Big Bee ain’t got none and is not fuh de want of trying.

Irfaat ain’t got none and is not because he don’t trouble anything wid a skirt and even when it wearing pants.

De two of dem is only de tip of de iceberg and is now dem realize that de Man above ain’t bless dem. But dem shoulda realize that something was wrong when dem was tekking wha belong to de people of this country.

And de thing is that de crookishness still continuing.

Dem boys want to know if these people don’t realise that dem gun get beaten wid many stripes. Retribution always coming fast. Already some of dem sick and dem can’t enjoy de money dem tek.

And dem should tek a page from wha happen in Bartica.

Again, dem boys always hear that de Man above does protect children, drunk man and mad people.

Lightning strike a boat carrying some children and a big man. De big man wasn’t drunk or anything but is only he de lightning strike. He missing because he fall overboard.

He family crying fuh him but when de Big Man call you got to answer. He getting ready fuh call all who tek advantage pun this country.

Of course he gun lef some fuh punish.

Talk half and prepare fuh de bitterness.

on to another student. In this way, the Ministry does not have to store, distribute or ensure that all the text books distributed during the school year are collected from each student.

They merely have to collect their tablets from the student.

Each book will have an electronic expiry date of five years which means that when this time is up, the book eviscerates itself off the tablet.

This is a “win-win” situation for the Ministry, for the students and for the publishers.

The Ministry will acquire the books at a discounted cost which should be cheaper than what they will have to pay for pirated books. They

will not have to worry about the storage, distribution and collection of books. They will not have to worry about replacing books which were either not collected or damaged.

Their only worry will be about ensuring that the tablets are returned but the Ministry can always ensure that if this is not done that the student will have to pay a replacement cost. If the tablet is lost, damaged, or stolen, it can be electronically deactivated permanently just as happens with stolen Blackberry phones.

For the students it means that they now have all their books on one small tablet.

They do not have to worry

about fetching around all those heavy book bags each day to school. It will save them back injury and ensure that all they need to take to school are their exercise books, pens, pencils and rulers.

For the publishers, it means that the competition from pirated texts is eradicated. They now will earn more money from the sale of these electronic books since there will be no need for pirated books anymore.

Electronic books are part of the new technological wave. In ten years time, all books in the school system will be electronic books. No one will have hard copies of

books. The days of hard copies of books are fast coming to an end.

Instead of waiting ten years and having to worry about being accused of copyright protection, Guyana should now move in the direction of electronic books.

In so doing it can help to reduce the problem of piracy of books which is so rampant in Guyana. The moral dilemma will be solved.

Executed Berbice narco cop was shot twice to head As investigations continue into the execution style killing of Berbice Police detective, Jirbahan Dianand, more persons are being brought in for questioning.

Six persons, including two women, have been released. Two were also police officers under close arrest. The two police officers were released pending investigations while the six other persons have been placed on $100,000 bail each.

Sources disclosed that among the persons that were in custody for questioning were friends of the detective and some who he was prosecuting on drug-related charges in court. His Blackberry phone and his wallet were missing.

One of the men who had been in custody was seen in the detective’s car earlier in the day. With them was the man’s paramour who is also in custody.

President Donald R a m o t a r and Commissioner of Police, Leroy Brumell, visited the home of the slain detective to sympathise with the grieving family. Detective Dianand will be laid to rest on Thursday.

The 23-year-old detective’s body was discovered Friday morning with gunshot wounds to his head. A post mortem concluded that he died from gunshot injuries. There were two bullet holes in his head

mortem was done yesterday which revealed that the detective was shot twice, once to his temple and once not far aback of his ears.

This led investigators to believe that he was indeed shot at close range but not in his motor car. The investigating team is of the view that the detective was shot elsewhere and was already dead when he was taken and placed in his car.

His hands were placed on the

Dead: Jirbahan Dianand and two bullets were recovered.

Investigating detectives believed that he was shot at close range and that he knew his killers. His blood-soaked body was in his motor car, PHH 6528, at Jackson Creek Road, Corentyne, and was discovered by a mobile patrol officer who thought that the detective had pulled over his car to take a nap.

After the patrol officer noticed the detective was not waking up, he went closer and noticed that the officer was slumped in his car behind the steering wheel.

The policeman immediately alerted other ranks who raced to the scene and cordoned off the area.

Detective Dianand’s body was taken to the Skeldon Hospital where he was pronounced dead. A post

steering wheel to indicate that he was driving.

Detective Dianand was the second of two sons born to Dutchie and Drupatie Dianand of Lot 70 No. 64 Village Corentyne. He was known to his family as Bachand and Justin.

His mother described him as the best son any mother could ask for, expressing how jovial he was.

Mrs. Dianand said she last (continued on page 18)

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THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN

The Attorney-General (AG) went through a list of APNU lawyers and then exclaimed that despite all the claims APNU has made of governmental corruption, these lawyers have not filed one, not one writ in court. Of course, either the AG cannot count or he doesn’t know his politics well.

He arrived at three lawyers. If he could have counted or if he knew Guyana’s political actors well, he would have got his numbers right. APNU has many more than three lawyers in its membership Here is a brief list— Robert Corbin, Joe Harmon,

Deborah Backer, Basil Williams, James Bond, Clarrisa Rhiel and Michael Somersall.

There are many more attorneys close to APNU and mention should be made that before his death, Gregory Gaskin was with APNU and Winston Felix is nearing his law studies.

Against this list, one should try to ascertain how many writs on behalf of human rights victims or how many constitution matters have been brought before the courts by this battery of lawyers. The answer is hardly any.

Compare the court resorts

on behalf of victims by this APNU legal team with just one man – Nigel Hughes. Hughes is virtually the equivalent of all the APNU lawyers put together. So where are these APNU lawyers? The AG has the answer.

Why do you think he made that statement? It is worth repeating. He said that for all the claims APNU makes against the Government all the time, he hasn’t seen these opposition lawyers filing writs in court.

It was a private citizen, Ramon Gaskin, who went to court to challenge the legality of the Amaila Falls project.

Michael Carrington told me that he is looking for a lawyer to file a constitutional motion against the Government. If you take a number 63 bus from any part of Demerara, it will take you

to the end of Berbice. It crosses the Berbice bridge and ends its journey at Springlands.

If you take a number 50 bus to go to New Amsterdam, you have to disembark at Rosignol. Number 50 buses are not allowed to cross the bridge to go into New Amsterdam. You have to catch transport from Rosignol to New Amsterdam.

Looked at from any angle, this is open, blatant discrimination and the entire country must be eager to know what is the answer. A Number 63 bus can take you across the bridge into the heart of Region Six but a number 50 bus has to stop at Rosignol.

Carrington is citing discrimination and wants to test the issue in court. Then there is another type of constitutional violation. In

Demerara, there is a speedboat s e r v i c e f r o m Georgetown (behind Stabroek Market) to Vreeden-Hoop thus bypassing the use of the Demerara Harbour Bridge.

In Berbice, speedboat service from Rosignol to New Amsterdam is prevented.

Again, the nation must be fascinated to know why you can sail on the Demerara River in a commercial speedboat but not allowed to so do on the Berbice River.

One explanation, I was told, was that the company that owns the Berbice Bridge discovered that Jaws is living in the waters and once you put a speed boat on to the water, he will eat the passengers. Jaws, then, is the answer. Isn’t that funny?

The AG wasn’t being stupid or cynical. In a Freudian mistake, he blurted out what the nation knows – APNU is not doing its work for the Guyanese people.

One A P N U l a w y e r, James Bond, hasn’t done any work for the school of human rights victims but he has taken a job with Gerry Gouveia to probe why a Gouveia employee was allegedly caught with cocaine at the airport. I can tell Bond why. Please call me 007.

Frederick Kissoon The PPP Government through its Ambassador, Bayney Karran, submitted a report on the Linden crisis to the OAS and inserted a mountain of fictional materials.

But can you blame the PPP? It is fighting a political battle. It is doing what it considers is in its power interests. It is the other side that is yet to take to the political arena.

So the opposition has a glorious opportunity to talk to the OAS. Tell the OAS about the one radio station.

Show the OAS the different reports on local government reform and who is the main culprit that doesn’t want local democracy.

The PPP is fighting an opposition that won a majority at the 2011 general elections. It has gone to the courts over and over again. It is time th e o p p o s i t i o n , particularly APNU, does what the PPP is doing. Go to the courts over constitutional violations.

Fight the Government! It is your duty!

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Land Registrar justifies decision to withhold transports Four days after the law office of Poonai and Poonai made allegations that the Land Registrar, Juliet

Sattaur, had refused to sign off on “Land Transfers”, the woman has come forward stating that comments from

the lawyer is unfortunate.

Mrs. Sattaur yesterday told Kaieteur News that she has always performed her

duties in the most professional way. The woman made it categorically clear that she has never refused to sign off on transfers of lands.

She explained that she can only make transfers of lands when the requisite documents are p r o d u c e d b e f o r e h e r, something that has not been done by Poonai.

Sattaur explained that for three of the matters, the rates and taxes were not submitted, for two of them the titles weren't submitted, two were already passed, for another the property taxes were submitted and for yet another one there was a court order attached to the property.

The woman further told Kaieteur News that in some instances there were no powers of attorneys attached to the transfers.

The registrar said that Poonai went to the court and got a court order which compels her to pass the matters. However the date which was given by Poonai is incorrect, she said. The woman produced documents showing that the order was granted on August 23, instead of May 11, 2012 as is being claimed by Poonai.

Poonai sought a High Court motion of contempt against Sattaur. According to a partner at the law firm, several complaints have

Land Registrar, Juliet Sattaur been made against the Registrar pertaining to her alleged slothfulness in the transfer of lands.

The lawyer claimed that in some cases, years pass by; some persons die and the Registrar would still not make the title transfers despite the mandatory requirements of compliances, rates and taxes and power of attorney being provided.

Sohan Poonai alleged that instead, the Registrar would formulate several excuses in defence of her not making the land transfers. “…some matters, for as long as three years, she (Registrar) would take to effect a transfer.

Fifteen applications for land were filed; some since 2009 for her to transfer title to the applicants… Poonai told Kaieteur News that on May 11 this year, Justice Diana

Insanally granted several orders compelling the Registrar to transfer land titles. He alleged that when the matter was called in court, the Registrar never made an appearance to justify why she was allegedly failing to grant the land applications.

The Attorney said that it was Justice Ian Chang who made an order compelling the Registrar to pass all the titles over to the respective applicants. He however claimed that Sattaur was still refusing to comply with the ruling, thus defying the order of the Chief Justice.

However, according to Ms Sattaur she is within her rights and she is prepared to have her day in court. On that occasion she said that she would highlight the shortcomings that hinder the release of the relevant deeds.

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Apartment 50,000; East Coast 80,000- 120,000; East Bank, 4 bedrooms - 120,000; Subryanville - US$1500.

Diana 227-2256, 626-9382

Land and building for rent 13,000 ft at Peter’s Hall Public Road Call: 233-6161, 651-8870

Fully furnished short term apartments, Eccles Call: 6797139

One COWMINDER , Age 40 and over to work around Clonbrook/Unity ECD area.

Call 623-3231

Aptsfurnished & unfurnished; healthy & safe environment. WCD. Call 698-6496

One shop attendant, one Baire for interior location.

Call 642-0176

Better values Realty: to let short & long term rentals and property sales. Tel 225-8101, 225-8103

Responsible hire car drivers Call: 226-0765 One kitchen assistant. $9,000 weekly. Call 225-3700 3 wash bay attendants for immediate employment.

Must be living in Georgetown. Call 227-5169

Apartment furnished/ unfurnished in healthy & safe environment,WCD. Call 698-6496 Housing & apartments 2,3,5 bedrooms affordable price offer in GT comfortable Call: 691-6449

1 male shop assistant to work in general store. Valid driver’s licence will be an asset. Call 274-0424 Sales representative for website: computer literate, operate digital camera, Demerara, Berbice, Essequibo. Call 611-7771, 226-0011 One minibus driver. Call 6644945

1 furnished apartment, 266 Atlantic Gardens. Call 2203735 Durban Street 3 bedrooms, fully furnished $150,000, Section ‘K’semi furnished US$1,800 and US$2,000 Call: 687-2806 Paulines Hair Salon, 177 Charlotte Street, Hairdressers barbers chairs & nails tables to rent Call: 679-1579, 680-1969, 233-5495 Spaces for Business at Vreed-en-Hoop Junction, Top flat Call: 264-2515, 6897569, 684-5561 or 678-4892 2-bedroom apartment for overseas guests. Call 665-2548 18 Ton Grove Crane for rental or long term lease. Interested persons can make contact on 233-0609/ 641-2676 Business place to rent @ Wortmanville. Call 616 - 2445

Premio, Vitz; call: 679-7139 FABS RENTAL, cars & SUV rental, call: 600- 6890 or email fabsrental@yahoo.com

Porter $17,000, ½ day cleaner $12,000 weekly. Call 684-8231

Aidan’s car, pick up & canter rental Call: 698-7807

1 diesel mechanic, 2 handymen from Berbice or Georgetown for work in the interior. Call 226-3799

PROGRESSIVE AUTO RENTAL, cars from $4,000 per day Call: 643-5122, 6560087

EDUCATIONAL Princeton College, Forms 1-5, CXC adults classes for slow learners, reading classes for children Call: 6905008, 611-3793

Female to cook for family in the interior. Tel 688-0197 One maid to work from 8:30 hours to 16:00 hours. Wage $12,000 per week. Call 2267766

MASSAGE American style massage service Call: 609-4036

One truck driver - $3,500 per day. Call 622-7933

Need to relax? Looking for treatment massages such as hot & cold stone & aroma therapy? Call Nicole, 6127209

Driver. Car/van licence, 40 years plus. Young female to sell ice cream. Tel 227-1830

The gents spa: let our beautiful and exotic masseuses pamper you; ‘4 hands’ special. 657-5979

Skilled carpenters and mason. Call 615-7526

FOR SALE / RENT HEALTH

One hire car, work and keep (paying 20,000 weekly).

Preferably corporate yellow.

Tel 655-7482

HIV/AIDS! Are you infected? Help is available, Results Guaranteed Call: 639-6054, 691-7070

2005 Tacoma 4-cylinder, Honda ATV. Call 233-6161, 651-8870

Roofing Shingles 15-15-15 Fertilizer Call: 266-2711, 6094594

Leading Technology, Toshiba Laptop-wholesale & retail Call: 648-6600

Lighting plant generator (5500W), (5000W), ($175,000), ($165,000), 2 Diesel tanks 275 gallons each, prices negotiable Call: 678-0224 258-0070

Ship 200 ft in length, selling as scrap, Ocean going Barge sold as is Call: 227-5500 1 diesel RZ. $1M negotiable.

Call 675-3093 Dell computers complete with 19 inch LCD from $69,000. Future Tech 2312206 20 acres farm with house, well and solar at Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke/ Linden. Call 684-7957

American Pool Table Call: 277-0578 LIBRARY Sale! Novels, Texts, UG, others from $100 to $3,000 Call: 223-8237

FOR SALE Complete sound system, Hifi sound; 75 KVA Cummings generator. Call 610-1230, 6735828 IBM Lenovo laptops, $60,000; Acer laptops, $100,000; Toshiba laptops, $120,000. Brand new Call 6812111 Seadoo Jetski 18ft fiberglass speed boat with 175 Hp Yamaha engine. Call 2336161, 651-8870 Stainless steel meat saw, meat grinder, electric wheel chair. Call 233-6161, 651-8870 One 290 Massey Ferguson tractor, 3 trailer & 1 dish plough. Working condition.

Contact SewhSankar Mangal /Vishnu, Lot 9 No 1 Canal, WBD.

Toyota Starlet Call:648-2075

EP71

At $6,500 per box black ants & shree overlord & hard ten days. Call Alex, 690-2646 Green coffee 800 and 1000; available wholesale & retail.

Call 277-3531

Fluffy Pups. Tel: 642-6664.

10 KVA stabilizer, filing cabinet, office chair, 350 amp breaker, pumps. Call 6277835

New Model CRV, very reasonable price Call: 6512318, 618-1368

Male enhancer Viagra $4,000, 4 in pack Call: 6381627

Large broilers (meat birds) Call: 266-2711, 609-4594

Land tillers Honda new $160,000, Shredding machine with 11 HP Honda battery start $400,000 Call: 678-0224, 258-0070

6 cars sold as a lot $600,000 Call: 677-0294 Massey tractors 390-185265-265 front end loader Call: 601-9030, 276-3288

Wedding Gowns from $40,000, Bride’s Maids & Flower girls $4,500, designed wedding cakes $25,000 Call: 684-8088 25’ TV and PSP. Call 2277175, 673-1980

One DAF 45-flat bed with 26 ft tray, not registered. $3M. Call 609-7803 / 609-1887

Driver/salesman for Canter.

676-6700

Females to work in furniture shop. Call 226-6297

Massey Ferguson Tractor 290. Full working condition.

Just overhauled & sprayed; tel # 618 – 7530.

FOR SALE 1 225 KVA Generator, 1 Hiace Canter, Premio, 3 light towers, car batteries Call:624-2000

Original Red Nose pitbull pups, 6 weeks old Call: 6381627

Security/watchman. Call 225-6070, 225-0188

One computer literate individual with knowledge of Accounts. Call 622-7933

FOR SALE

Four doors solid DAF, gasoline pickup $2.5M Call: 642-3185

CAR RENTAL

Excavator operator & land dredge worker. Call 675-2253

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Nintendo Wii with 2 controllers and one game only $35,000. Nintendo 64, $12,000. (Max) Call 609-8132 Bedford Model M, 4 Speed gearbox going cheap. Call 628-1756 / 228-5655 1994 Leyland Daf 145/150 with winch, perfect for backdam.

US$26,000 negotiable. Call 688-1202 One 35 Tractor Engine (4 cylinder Perkins). Fully refurbished (Price - $450,000).

Call 624 9149 or 671 4707 Daschund mix with Tibetian, 6 weeks old pups. Call 2704231, 602-7233, 660-9470. 304 Section B Non Pariel, ECD. One Toyota Corolla NZE in excellent condition with fully loaded chrome rims, music, alarm, etc. Call 264-2870

Spares for washer, microwaves, fridges, stove timers, gear boxes, pumps etc Call: 225-9032, 647-2943 Craftsman weeders with 4 stroke engine (new) $50,000, 1-4 HP Yamaha outboard engine (new) $280,000 Call: 678-0224, 258-0070 Massey Tractors- 265 $2,800,000, 275 $3,000,000, 285 $3,200,000, 298 $3,200,000, 399 $5,800,000, Welding generator $380,000 Call: 678-0224, 258-0070 Caterpillar backhoe low hour 426c Model, double jackhammer compressor, briggs, straighten roller compactor Call: 233-6161, 651-8870 Earth delivery at spot also bobcat & excavator rentals Call: 626-7127 Exotic Hibiscus, Roses, Mussaenda, B/Ville, Ficus, Marigold, Periwinkle, Petunia, Herbs, Vegetable seedlings, A.K Plant Shop.

Call: 260-0005 Sony Playstation: 2 systems, original games for PSI, PS2, PS3, PSP, Xbox & Xbox360.

(Max) 609-8132 Starlet Turbo (black). Call Ann, 648-1644 One mining block in Esanno Area. 1 4" complete dredge.

Call 667 – 8188 Toyota Allion PNN Series, $2.4M. Contact: 600-6464 (Continued on page 20)

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Tuesday September 18, 2012

Oil concessions Businesswoman lied about being a miner, shortage in Brazil - says Petroleum Institute failed to identify dirty staffers - GRA ATV bribery allegations…

The country’s tax collection agency, Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), has accused a Kuru Kururu businesswoman of lying and of making false claims while conducting Customs-related transactions.

Over the weekend, a lawyer for the woman, Manoj Narayan, said that he was preparing to file legal actions after GRA sent demand notices to his client on Friday asking her to pay in excess of $3M in duties and thousands of dollars in fines.

The woman had claimed that she was a target of staffers of the Enforcement unit of GRA after refusing to pay a bribe of $500,000 or two ounces of gold.

Narayan had said that his client claimed that she was promised that GRA was prepared to drop charges against her if she consented to testify against the staffers which included one Customs Officer.

The woman claimed that she accepted an illegal offer from GRA staffers to pay them

$400,000 for each duty free letter. She had imported five All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs).

She also claimed that she was being punished after refusing to pay a second bribe. The incidents are all said to have occurred this year.

However, in a statement yesterday, admitting that it was aware of the case, GRA claimed that the woman, Marsha Chase, made false statements of being a miner and fraudulently obtained letters from the recommending agencies.

These letters were used to obtain duty free exemption letters from the GRA. “Her fraudulent act was unearthed when a Canter carrying one of the ATVs was intercepted by the GRA’s Law Enforcement arm and investigations were carried out.

Ms. Chase claimed to be a miner, but when the GRA informed her that they will verify same with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission and the Guyana Gold Board, she recanted

stating that she was not a miner.” According to GRA, Chase said that she had mining operations during two different periods that were not legally registered.

“In breach of the conditions under which the exemptions were granted, she sold the ATVs. She was told to bring forward the legitimate miners in order to have the claims regularized and the exemption granted to them. To date, this has not been done. Ms. Chase has also breached several provisions of the tax laws for which there are severe penalties.”

GRA further stressed that the woman has not been able to identify one officer whom she alleged demanded bribe in spite of opportunities given to her to see several staff.

“Ms. Chase kept changing her allegations day after day, and has not provided any evidence to substantiate the allegations she has made.

How can the GRA chasten an official based on mere

allegation without evidence?

The GRA cannot operate on the whims and fancies of a corrupt individual. It is a criminal offence to offer, as well as to accept bribes; and the GRA will condone none.”

GRA insisted that it has measures in place to weed out corruption. The agency which has strongly defended its record of its fight against internal corruption was again critical of Kaieteur News.

“Such subjective reporting not only inflicts serious damage on the image of an organization that has sought to address issues of corruption, but it also besmirches the reputation of senior and other officials of the GRA…It is time the public take a stand against such cheap press.” It also criticized the lawyer.

“Further, Mr. Narayan ought to know better than to try persons in the press amidst allegations by a corrupt individual and without a shred of credible evidence.”

Senior municipal nurse amplifies importance of family planning The importance of family planning was recently emphasised by Chief Health Visitor attached to the Georgetown Municipality, Nurse Joan Stewart, as she attempted to amplify the role of the municipal health centres.

The municipal health centres, according to her, have been offering a variety of public health services to the citizenry. “The municipal service is very important because if we were to close our doors quite a number of people will be affected. They will be displaced and would have to find other clinics to attend...This could be quite a task.”

Nurse Stewart said that in excess of 5,000 persons

currently access the infant clinic; more than 1,000 seek the antenatal care service while in excess of 400 visit for care and treatment per annum.All services are offered free of cost.

Serving residents from Albouystown to Kingston, municipal health centres usually offer services such as maternal and child health, immunisation, pre and post natal care, Voluntary Counselling and Testing, Visual Inspection Acetic Acid tests (cervical cancer screening), and health education among others.

“Sometimes we see about 80 to 90 persons on consecutive days in infant clinic alone. We would have the antennal clinics in the afternoons and there would

Men on bail for stealing mercury Two men who were caught with a quantity of stolen mercury were yesterday released on $80,000 each bail, after they faced (Ag) Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on a charge of simple larceny.

Alwin Williams is accused of stealing $250,000 worth of mercury while Harry Persaud allegedly stole $125,000 worth of the substance from their former employer Geno De Sales. Both men pleaded not guilty to the charges and requested bail.

According to reports both defendants worked for the virtual complainant who is a Brazilian national. On Saturday last, the complainant received information which caused him to conduct a search on all his employees as they were leaving the premises. The stolen mercury was discovered on both defendants.

The prosecution did not oppose the bail request.

Williams and Persaud are scheduled to return to court on October 8.

Chief Health Visitor, Nurse Joan Stewart be quite a large number accessing that service too,” Nurse Stewart said.

The numbers are perhaps significant, she speculated, as some of the persons who attend the health centres do not live in but rather work in the city.

The municipality, according to her, has been faithfully offering service in family planning though the rate of adherence still leaves much to be desired. This may very well be linked to the fact that the municipality can illafford to provide certain methods of contraception such as the Intra-uterine Devices (IUD). This is a form of birth control in which a small ‘T’shaped device containing either copper or progesterone is inserted into the uterus.

However, constant effort is made

to refer patients to other institutions such as the Family Planning Association, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association, even as condoms and injections are promoted as alternative means of contraception, Nurse Stewart said.

According to the nurse of more than 30 years, the message of family planning cannot be understated since the ideal situation should see a couple deciding how they will procreate rather than leaving it to chance.

“Often we have women come to the clinic and when we ask if it was a planned pregnancy we hear that it wasn’t. It is not when a baby is born that you decide how you will take care of it. A baby doesn’t just come and go...it is for a lifetime so there should be some planning involved.”

She stressed, though, that while health officials are in a position to advise patients, there is no way that persons could be forced to adhere to mere suggestions, even as she revealed that “sometimes for consecutive years we keep seeing the same woman coming back to antenatal clinic.

This, however, doesn’t stop us from doing our duty because we just keep telling them about the importance of family planning because it really is important.”

Oil companies operating in Brazil are running out of areas to explore and a fresh auction of oil and natural-gas concessions is urgently needed, the president of the Brazilian Petroleum Institute, or IBP, said yesterday.

In a speech to open the Rio Oil and Gas 2012 conference, IBP President Joao Carlos De Luca said oil companies “have arrived at the limit of current concessions.”

Brazil hasn’t held a concession auction since 2008, and the 11th bid round that was originally expected last year has been delayed repeatedly. President Dilma Rousseff has declined to approve terms for the auction

IBP President Joao Carlos De Luca until lawmakers resolve a dispute over how to divide the country’s oil wealth.

Brazil needs to “urgently restart the auctions,” Mr. De Luca said.

Killer car driver dies in custody Mark Wynter, the drunk unlicensed deportee driver who struck down and killed eight-year-old Yoerindra Radhay, called, Rahul, student of No. 56 Primary School on Friday afternoon, succumbed at the Skeldon Hospital early Sunday morning.

A post mortem revealed that Wynter died of high blood pressure. Wynter’s car, PPP 6154, is still in police custody at the No. 51 Police Station compound.

While at the No. 51 Police Station lockups, Wynter complained of feeling unwell and was taken to the Skeldon Hospital where he

subsequently succumbed.

Wynter of No. 50 Village, Corentyne, knocked down the child who was sent on an errand to the shop. The child was walking on the right hand side of the road when he was hit by the speeding car, whose driver ran away from the scene.

An ice-cream van was on the road and the driver saw what transpired and gave chase.

Wynter was apprehended at his home.

The child’s grandfather said he learnt from close police source that the driver was drunk and unlicensed.

Eye witnesses say he was speeding at the time.

Rose Hall Town anniversary activities rescheduled The opening of the Rose Hall Town Anniversary and Development Organization (RHTADO) in collaboration with the Rose Hall Town Day committee’s 42nd Town Week celebrations which was scheduled to commence on Sunday will now begin on Thursday with a grand opening ceremony.

The almost two weeks of activities will be held under the theme ‘Unity for a better community’.

According to coordinator Andrew Griffith, a number of initiatives have been planned for the two weeks of activities.

A grand opening ceremony is planned while there will be a number of sporting events, which will include cycling and other outdoor events.

The activities will culminate will a grand Street Fair and Exhibition. Other activities on the programme include Spelling ‘B’ competition, senior citizens

and kids’ day. Another highlight will be a day with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) which will see the soldiers involved in a number of activities including paratrooping.

A number of organizations, including government ministries and corporate agencies have so far indicated their willingness to be a part of the activities planned by RHTADO, which Griffith formed in 2004 in an effort to do something tangible for the town.

The group has accomplished a number of things, including hosting the GDF paratroopers, organizing the Corentyne Main Lime, and organizing a Go Green Fair in recognition of the LCDS initiative, in addition to hosting the yearly Rose Hall Town Anniversary programme.

According to Griffith, this year the initiative plans to be bigger and better than before.

Rose Hall town was founded on September 20, 1970.

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Guyanese exposed to yet another university A tertiary education is becoming more and more of a necessity. For quite some time, Guyana had only one university—the University of Guyana. However, over the years, the country has been seeing the opening of numerous new universities.

One such is the recently launched Bakke Graduate University (BGU).

BGU was officially introduced to Guyana on Friday at a launching ceremony held at King’s Plaza on Main Street.

BGU is a United Statesbased university that has been fully accredited in that country.

Rev. Murtland Raphael Massiah blessed the proceedings and prayed that “men and women who attend this university will seek to transform themselves, their communities, city and nation.”

Chief academic dean of BGU- USA- Dr. Gwen Dewey, at the event, brought greetings from the mother campus and gave a brief history of the university.

Dewey informed that the

BGU, formerly Northwest Graduate School of Ministry (NWGS), was founded in 1990

by Overlake Christian Church in Seattle, Washington.

According to her, the need for the School grew out of the annual pastors’ conferences held at Overlake Christian Church in the 1980s and 1990s. Its primary emphasis during this first decade was serving Northwest US pastors.

NWGS received full US accreditation to the doctoral level in 1995.

She stated that a crisis in leadership at Overlake Christian Church in 1998 created the need for the school to have a new vision and ownership. The new Sr. Pastor, Rick Kingham, sought to find a group of owners for the school. These women were expected to expand the vision of the University to include greater student diversity and a broader mission.

The ownership of the School passed from Overlake Christian Church to an independent board organized through the cooperation of Northwest Leadership

Chief Academic Dean, Dr. Gwen Dewey Foundation, International Urban Associates, Serve Seattle and the Coalition for Community Development and Renewal.

Under this new leadership, NWGS retained its strong commitment to biblical truth and practical

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Scout Association gives Woolford Avenue facelift

A section of the audience

ministry, but expanded its emphasis toward urban challenges and a global constituency.

In April, 2005, the Board of Directors unanimously approved changing the name to Bakke Graduate University.

The name Bakke allowed this vision to be told through the story of the Bakke family that included three brothers who were leaders in global urban ministry, multi-national business and local church ministry, as well as a sister who exemplified women’s Christian leadership.

Today, Bakke Graduate University is a cutting-edge leader in developing a new model for educating leaders in business, urban studies and Christian theology.

WHAT’S DIFFERENT?

Dr. Dewey said that BGU is unique in that it has a combination of faith and works as the university is grounded in Christianity.

Nevertheless, she indicated that the university is open to students from all spiritual backgrounds.

“At BGU the world is your classroom.” Dr. Dewey stated that the university created city immersion experiences designed to expand student’s worldwide view as they learn, as the university is attended by students from 40 nations and six continents.

“All our lectures are qualified with doctorates,” boosted Dewey.

She further stated that the professors are not only theorist but practitioners and “most often develop lifelong

relationships with students.

BGU has two schools— a school of theology and a school of business.

According to Dr Dewey, graduates from the university have become; head of Non Governmental Organizations, professors, bank managers and entrepreneurs.

“We encourage our students to reach up to the powerful and down and work with the powerless. Also, we ask them not to do projects that can’t be beneficial to society in some way or the other.”

Overseas-based Guyanese Dr. Dale A. Dan said that she is pleased to be a part of a transformational venture for her home country and opined that “education means nothing unless it is transformational.”

E-learning to add to ‘talk and chalk’ in classroom Scouts cleaning up the parapet of Woolford Avenue Under the theme for this year, “Our Place...Our Planet...Our Responsibility” Members of the Scout Association of Guyana took to the streets on Saturday last to participate in the annual Clean Up the World environmental campaign.

They cleaned the parapets and roadway along Woolford Avenue, between Camp and Albert Streets, Georgetown.

Groups in Berbice, Linden and West Demerara also carried out similar activities in their respective communities.

District Commissioner of the Association, Dominique Van Sluytman, said this is the fourth year the scouts have participated in this event,

which is part of a global movement that aims to inspire and empower communities around the world to clean up, fix up and conserve the environment.

“As the largest and oldest youth organisation in Guyana, we are very proud to be a part of this global movement and hope that our participation serves to encourage communities across the country to be conscious and protective of the environment,” she said.

Van Sluytman pointed out that while the major clean-up takes place globally in September of each year, the objective is to encourage the public to adhere to environmentally-friendly practices throughout the year.

Clean Up the World is one of the largest environmental campaigns in the world mobilizing an estimated 35 million volunteers from 130 countries.

Clean Up the World is currently in its 20th year and is held in conjunction with the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).

The Association has also undertaken various activities in recognition of this campaign which have gone beyond cleaning up the environment.

“Previously this has taken the form of Coastal Clean Ups, Tree Planting Exercises, and Environmental Workshops for all section,” Van Sluytman said

Creation of a computerized Mathematics programme to engage secondary school students from Forms One to Five is in the pipeline. This is part of the Ministry’s programme to expand e-learning in the education system.

Education Minister, Priya Manickchand at a recent press conference said that the Ministry is having discussions with overseas partners to create a secondary school’s Mathematics programme similar to the Success Maker programme being used by at least 80 percent of primary schools locally.

“We have something called the Success Maker, which is a computer programme that teaches. You ask questions and you have multiple choices. It teaches you the way to go through for example a long division and then it asks you questions and if

- Manickchand you can’t pass a certain level you can’t go on to the next level,” Manickchand said.

She explained that by utilizing the programme, students will be tasked with completing exercises on the computer thus adding to the ‘talk and chalk’, which is probably becoming a little mundane in today’s world where everything is digitalized.

Another avenue being examined to capture students’ interests in Mathematics and Science through technology is the introduction of elearning via cellular phones.

Manickchand emphasized that recently Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam, and Guyana’s Honorary Consul to South Africa, Kojo Parris, were on television discussing the introduction of teaching Mathematics and Science using questions and games

via cellular phones.

According to Sam, other efforts such as placing computers in secondary schools and training teachers in Information Communications and Technology (ICT) are being utilized by the Ministry.

He noted that the Ministry’s programme of equipping secondary schools with computer laboratories is in its final phase. Training teachers in ICT complements this computerization initiative.

“Our ITC project started with the training of teachers in the basic ICT skills with a plan of action that is part of a broader UNESCO project to move them right through the knowledge deepening stage where they can create online courses for students. That is where we plan to take all of our teachers within the system over the next few years,” Sam said.

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Police almost complete investigations, to be sent to DPP Agricola shooting…

An investigation into the police shooting that caused the death of 17-year-old Shaquille Grant during a raid in the Agricola Community last Tuesday is almost complete. This is according to Commissioner of Police (ag) Leroy Brumell who told Kaieteur News via telephone yesterday that the case file will soon be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.

According to the senior police rank, “Within 24 hours the DPP should be in receipt of the case file.” He said that the probe into the police actions is coming to a close since the police are in receipt of statements both from the police ranks and eyewitnesses.

Brumell added that more persons have proclaimed their willingness to provide further statements pertaining to the shooting. “More people are willing to come forward with evidence; the file is almost complete but more people want to come in,” the Commissioner said.

Brumell extended an invitation to those persons to come forward with any information they might have about the incident.

The Commissioner informed that the ranks who were involved in the shooting

17-year-old Shaquille Grant have since been taken off the road and are no longer performing patrol or active crime fighting; instead the men have been assigned desk duties.

The Top Cop also told Kaieteur News that before the case file is sent to the DPP, the chairman of the Police Complaints Authority will be taking a look at the docket.

This is to be determined by the police if there was any wrongdoing on the officers’ part.

Last Tuesday, Brumell had a 45-minute meeting with the family of the slain Agricola youth at his Eve Leary office.

He assured them that the right moves would be made to get

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From page 9 saw her son when he left home for work on Thursday around 07:30 hrs. She explained that sometimes he would return home to prepare for his University of Guyana classes but that day he did not.

His father had made contact with him on his cellular phone around 20:00 hours and he assured his father that he would be home

in a while. He never did. His mother said she learnt of his death when police attached to the Springlands Police Station visited her home Friday morning around 07:30 hours to inform her.

Detective Dianand is survived by his only brother, Kishan Dianand, and his parents, who said he was preparing for his birthday next month.

to the bottom of the incident which saw conflicting reports between the Agricola residents and the police ranks.

Commissioner Brumell had also assured a thorough investigation into the shooting. The day after the shooting, he told Kaieteur News that the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) had been activated. He said that former Crime Chief Heeralall Mackanlall was heading the investigations into the complainants of brutality and harassment made against the police.

Brumell had explained that upon completion of the OPR’s investigation, the case file would be sent to the Director of Public Prosecution for advice.

Shaquille Grant was shot dead by police ranks after they stormed a premises at Caesar Street, Agricola. They claimed that they received information about a robbery plot. According to reports, the police surrounded a yard where five persons were seated under a shed and opened fire.

Two persons were shot.

Romel Bollers was shot behind the head. The bullet that struck Bollers reportedly went through him and struck the now deceased Grant in the ribs. Residents said that the policeman then executed Grant by shooting him in the forehead.

A post mortem revealed that Grant was shot thrice, once in the chest, stomach and head. He succumbed to his injuries while at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The teen was scheduled to celebrate his eighteenth birthday the day after his death.

He will be buried today. A viewing of his body will be at the Agricola play field from 12 noon.

Tuesday September 18, 2012

Guyanese man with drugs in crotch attributed bulge to ‘manhood’ St. John’s, Antigua – A 54year-old man was pulled from his flight and thrown in the slammer after the unusually large bulge in his groin area turned out to be over a pound of cocaine.

The contraband carries an estimated $20,000 street value.

Eustace Bamfield, a Guyanese-born US naturalised citizen, was set to depart Antigua for the United States over the weekend. As he was walking through the security section at the VC Bird International Airport, he was subjected to a full body search.

While Bamfield reportedly

boasted his bulge was “all manhood” authorities didn’t buy it and he was immediately handed over to the cops stationed at the airport.

Sources said the suspect was taken to a private room where he was reportedly stripped and the cocaine found strapped under his genitals.

OBSERVER Media understands the man arrived in Antigua a week ago and was leaving via an American Airlines afternoon flight on Saturday.

Up to press time, Bamfield was in custody at St John’s Police Station as Coolidge

police continue the probe.

Bamfield is to be charged with drug trafficking, attempting to export and possession of the class A contraband.

Four months ago a 48year-old Italian man was busted at the airport with 97 grams of cocaine police found stashed in his crotch.

Marcello Puggioni was charged with possession of cocaine, possession with intent to transfer, attempting to export and drug trafficking.

Police said the drug carried a street value of just over $3,400.

(Antigua Observer)

Reunion Gold completes diamond drilling course at Matthews Ridge

A location where multiple holes were dug previously in Matthews Ridge Reunion Gold Corporation says it has concluded its planned drilling programme of bedrock mineralization at its Matthews Ridge manganese project.

This completes a total of 47,570 meters of diamond drilling in 735 holes plus 17,361 meters of reverse circulation drilling in 283 holes.

Manganese is the fourth largest metal consumed in the world, behind iron, aluminum and copper. It is a key component in steel and iron production with no viable substitute.

The Company also has the right to acquire a 100 per cent interest in a gold exploration project located in the Lely Mountain area in Eastern Suriname.

In a press release, yesterday, the company said, “Reunion has to date received complete assay results from 685 drill holes, of which 571 were previously released.

New results from 54 diamond drill holes and 60 reverse circulation drill holes done in 2012 are reported in this press release. Reunion expects to receive the balance of the assay results by the

end of October 2012.”

An independent consultant is currently doing the geological modeling of manganese mineralization for the western half of the Project, covering Hills five to nine, while the database of the eastern half (Hills four to one) is being readied, with the objectives of completing an initial resource estimate and a technical report compliant with Canadian National Instrument 43101 in the second half of 2012, the company said.

Reunion has also launched comprehensive programmes to sample both the mineralized tailings of the previous operation and the accumulation cover of bedrock mineralization already drilled.

The tailings sampling is being done using a manual Banka drill suitable for the wet conditions of the valley where the tailings are deposited.

The accumulated material is being sampled by mechanized and manual pits.

One hundred pits have been already dug on the western half of the Project, from Hills five to nine, and the average thickness of this material is approximately 1.5 m.

“Drilling results continue to indicate an excellent correlation with trench intersections, confirming that mineralization persists regularly throughout the saprolite zone and continues as proto-ore in the fresh rock.

“Maps showing the various target hills and location of mineralized zones in relation to the drill holes are provided in Appendixes 2 and 3. Drilling has been done to the saprolite-fresh rock interface.

The Company intends to define resources in the saprolitic, detrital and tailings materials, which are amenable to simple earth-moving extraction,” Reunion said.

Reunion Gold Corporation is a mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties in the Guyana Shield of South America.

The Company through its 100% indirectly owned subsidiary Reunion Manganese Inc., has assembled a large, strategic land position to conduct exploration and development activities for manganese in the North West District of Guyana.

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NBS\GCA second division 40 over cricket...

UG upset DCC, TSC beat Police in latest action University of Guyana and Transport Sports Club recorded victories as play in the New Building Society, Georgetown Cricket

Association second division 40 over competition continued last Sunday with two matches. At GYO ground, UG upset DCC by 41 runs. UG

won the toss and elected to take first strike and scored 1629 after the game was reduced to 20 overs due to rain.

Kenroy Joseph top scored

Pit-bulls, Nets... Stakeholders...

From back page Chronics, but dropped a game against Above the Rim after Collis ‘40’ Pluck buried the tiebreaker after a 9-9 regulation end. The trajectory of the night was headed for a three-way tie, which soon became a reality.

Nets, Above the Rim and Pit-bulls all ended on three points each; Shane Blair scored for the Nets and Stephney nailed the free-throw for Pit-bulls. Fraser missed the attempt for Above the Rim. It ended their sojourn in the tournament that continues today. The Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball tournament heads to Burnham Court today with Colts, Made Men, Slash and Teachers’ All-Stars, among other teams competing for their place in the next round of the competition.

Before the commencement of the competition, Ansa McAl’s Public Relations Officer, Darshanie Yussuf welcomed the teams to the event and wished them a successful sojourn in the tournament that started last year. She described the event as a “phenomenal” occasion.

From page 23 signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Education and Guyana Teachers’ Union for the Championships. This year will mark the second year of the MoU taking effect.

In addition, GiftLand OfficeMax Marketing Manager, Compton Babb was present to announce a ground-breaking relationship with sport apparel manufacturers ‘asics’ for the Championships. He said that the modalities are still being worked out, but it will be a historical deal.

Demerara Distillers’ Limited (DDL) Sales Manager, Alexis Langhorn, announced that their relationship with the event will also be long-term under their Gatorade brand. She said that they believe in growing events and that is one of the primary reasons they have attached one of the world’s renowned sports drinks to the Championships.

Other sponsors aboard the 2012 event include Banks DIH Limited and Courts.

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with 39 as Dexter George took 3-17, Dennis Squires 2-20, and Omesh Dhanram 2-32.

Set a revised target of 183 to win due to several interruptions, DCC were skittled out for 142 in 19.2 overs. Coen Ismond 28 and Kemol Savory 21 were their principal scorers as left arm spinner Damien Vantull snared 3-16, off spinner Royston Alkins 2-9, and N. Caryl 2-22 for the victors.

At YMCA, Transport SC overcame Police by 5 runs.

Transport batted first and managed 170 all out off 20 overs. Stephen Sampson scored 49 and Azim Azeez supported with 45 as Jermin Reynolds claimed 3-24 and Vishal Jaigobin 3-20.

Police in reply made 165 before they were bowled out in 19.3 overs. Reynolds top scored with 45, while Troy Benn and Munilall Persaud assisted with 25 each as Clyde Hoyte, Shawn Massiah and Azeez picked up two wickets apiece for Transport. The game was reduced to 20 overs due to rain.

Meanwhile on Saturday, Malteenoes defeated Transport Sports Club by 3 wickets, Police beat Demerara Cricket Club by 85 runs, Muslim Youth Organisation got the better of University of Guyana by 48 runs and Guyana National Industrial Corporation overcame Vikings by 7 runs.

Scores: At GYO, TSC 154 all out in 27.1 overs. (Jonathan Alphonso 41, Clyde Hoyte 54, Shawn Massiah 26, Vishal Narayan 3-50, Shaquille Williams 2-19 ,Cordel Mars 225). MSC 158 in 31.2 overs.(Nickosie Barker 45, Keifer Naughton 42, Alphonso 3-19, Azim Azeez 2-34).

At GNIC, Police 364-8 in 40 overs.(Ryan Rajmangal 131,21x4,1x6, Steven Black 60,9x4,1x6, Jermin Reynolds 47,Kabel Reece 3-52, Orlando Sturge 2-70).DCC 279 all out in 35.2 overs (Dexter George 88,11x4,1x6,Dennis Squires 52, Kemol Savory 36, Ryan

Rajmangal 5-47, Troy Benn 246). At MYO, MYO 278-9 in 40 overs (Mohamed Wazidally 71,10x4,1x6, Chien Gittens 41, Ibrahim Wazidally 31, Royston Alkins 3-36, Dennis Heywood 3-52). UG 230 allout in 34.3 overs. (Melroy Stephenson 57,R. Alkins 39 D. Heywood 28,Imtiaz Pooran 4 wkts).

At YMCA, GNIC 204 all

out in 32.5 overs Keniemo Alphonso 61,7x4,5x6, Jermin Grovensor 32, Earl Brown 27, Devon Fraser 24, Blair Haynes 2-52, Yusuf Ali 2-37).

Vikings 197 all out in 22 overs (B. Haynes 40, Sheldon Alexander 30 , Latchman Bissesar 4-48, Jason George 2-28, J. Grovensor 2-37, Lloyd George 2-46).

(Zaheer Mohamed)

RHT Bakewell cruise...

From page 21 the players to remain focus and disciplined.

Regional Manager of the NBS Berbice Branches, Anil Beharry who is also the BCB Treasurer, spoke on the importance of sports as a safe alternative for youths from a life on the road and also as an avenue to better understanding in communities. NBS, Beharry noted would continue to

invest in youth and sports development. Rose Hall Town Bakewell received $60,000 and the NBS trophy; Albion collected $30,000 while the man-of-the-final Jason Sinclair received $5,000 and a trophy.

Each of the Inter Zone winners received $5,000 while several prizes were shared out for individual performances at the Inter Zone levels.

Gayle, bowlers give...

From back page couple of sixes towards the end took them to 122, pegging the required run rate at just a little more than six runs per over - that wasn’t enough.

West Indies bowled well collectively: none of the bowlers went for more than 6.50 runs per overs, with four of them being among the wickets, Fidel Edwards taking 3-24.

Afghanistan face India in their first World Twenty game on September 19 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, and West Indies face Australia at the same venue three days later.

Scores: West Indies 125 for 2 (Gayle 65*, Samuels 15*) beat Afghanistan 122 for 7 (Stanikzai 53, Edwards 3 -24) by eight wickets.

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Miller/Ramdyhan capture Mixed Doubles title - Wesenhagens capture Novice Doubles

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Jeremy Miller/Shelly Daly Ramdyhan Top seeds in the Mixed Doubles category Jeremy Miller/Shelly Daly Ramdyhan had to battle hard to pull off a come from behind to register a 4-6, 6-1, 10-5 in the super tie break victory over veteran Godfrey Lowden and top ranked singles ladies player Shawna Gentle in the final of this year ’s Trophy Stall Doubles Competition which ended on Sunday, at the Pegasus Hotel Hardcourts.

Lowden/Gentle started off well in the first set when they secured a service break on Ramdyhan’s serve at 1-1 and maintained that lead up to 5-4 where Lowden held at love to complete the set 6-4. In the second set Miller/Ramdyhan rebounded well and raced off to a 3-0 lead before Lowden held serve. Miller then held on his service game as he sent down some heavy spin serves. Gentle’s serve was then broken for a 5-1 lead before the set ended 6-1.

In the super tie-break decider, the teams were evenly poised for the first couple of points before Miller/Ramdyhan applied the pressure and build a lead which they never

relinquished to complete the comeback win 10-5.

In the earlier match, luck finally ran out for Irzad Zamal and Sunesh Maikoo who breezed through to the finals when they ran into Dick and Joyce Wesenhagen in the Novice Doubles finals. Zamal and Maikoo started off well and had their opponents on the defensive as Zamal put in some good serves. The Wesenhagens fought back and went ahead 5-3 with a chance to serve out the match.

This was not to be as their opponents secured a service break and then tied the game up at 5-5. After some closely contested points, the Wesenhagens pulled off the win 7-5 to secure the title.

In the other match played on the night, Godfrey Lowden/Sandeep Chand booked their places in the finals against Jeremy Miller/ Jason Andrews when they won a closely contested match against Daniel Lopes/ Nicholas Glasgow 6-4,6-3 .

The match featured many good rallies and in the end it was the more experienced team which pulled it on.

Joyce and Dick Wesenghen

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Sri Lanka aim to ditch choker tag in World Twenty20 RHT Bakewell cruise past Albion to clinch title NBS/BCB 2nd div. 40 overs final...

The winning Rose Hall Town Bakewell team posed with representatives of New Building Society and Berbice Cricket Board The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club domination of cricket in the Ancient County continued on Saturday last when they defeated arch rivals Albion by 45 runs to clinch the New Building Society/Berbice Cricket Board 40 overs 2nd division cricket title. Playing in front of fair size crowd at the Area “H” Ground, the home team was led to victory by an attractive innings of 48 by the experienced Jason Sinclair and a fine bowling spell by off spinner Eon Hooper.

Batting first after winning the toss, Rose Hall Town Bakewell was given a opening partnership of 39 in ten overs by veteran Michael Hicks and Berbice Under-17 player Devin Baldeo before Baldeo was trapped LBW by off spinner Sharaz Ramcharran for 5; Hicks was then caught off Veerapen Permaul for 31 to leave Rose Hall Town Bakewell at 39 for 2 in the 11 overs.

No. 3 batsman Jason Sinclair and national youth player Arif Chan teamed up but not for long as Chan was caught at mid on off left arm spinner L. Bishram for 7.

Sinclair contributed an attractive 48 (3x4 2x6), Nicholas Cameron hit 26 (2x4) and Jamal Jarvis 28 (2x4 2x6) their contributions guiding the home team to 180 for 9 off their allotted 40 overs.

Bowling for Albion off spinner Sharaz Ramcharran claimed 3 for 27 runs off 8 overs, David Latchaya 2 for 29 from 7 while skipper Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai bowled well to end with figures of 1 for 28 from 8.

Albion, needing to score 181 in 40 overs to win the tournament lost national Under-19 opener Kandasammy Surujnarine LBW to Eon Hooper off the first ball of the second over for 2 to be 2 for 1. Opener Balchan Baldeo and Veerapen Permaul then struggled to add

twelve runs in seven overs as Hooper and medium pacer Jamal Jarvis bowled well.

A frustrated Baldeo was then brilliantly stumped by Jason Sinclair off Hooper for a patient 3 at 14 for 2 in the eight over. Excellent support bowling by Ingram Dey, Ravi Narine, Arif Chan and Shailendra Shameer in the middle overs resulted in Albion falling far below the run rate and despite the effort of Sharaz Ramcharran 36, Veerapen Permaul 21, Latchman Bishram 24* and Satesh Dwarka 15, the visitors were limited to 135 for 8 off their allotted 40 overs.

Hooper ended with the remarkable bowling figures of 8-3-13-3 and was backed up well by skipper Ravi Narine 7-2-31-2 while Shameer and Chan took a wicket a piece.

Wicket keeper Sinclair had a satisfying day featuring in two stumpings and one run out.

At the presentation ceremony Public Relations Officer of the Berbice Cricket Board Hilbert Foster noted that the tournament was highly successful proudly

stating that it was the biggest organised tournament in the West Indies with over 110 teams taking part.

Foster described the Berbice season as the busiest in the Caribbean with cricket being played at the Under-13, 15, 17, 19, 21, Second Division, Intermediate, Female, School and First Division levels along with Inter Zones tournaments.

Foster, who also cheers the BCB’s Special Events Committee expressed gratitude to the management and staff of the New Building Society Limited informing that the Board was grateful for the Bank’s investment in the development of the game in Berbice.

Manager of the NBS Rose Hall Town Branch Rana Persaud congratulated the BCB on organising an excellent tournament and pledged the Banks continued assistance.

Persaud expressed his satisfaction on the standard of play in the final and the entire tournament while calling on (Continued on page 19)

Captain of Rose Hall Town Bakewell received trohpy and cash prize from Rana Persaud, NBS Rose Hall Town Branch Manager

(Reuters) - Sri Lanka, beaten in three ICC limited overs finals since triumphing in the 1996 World Cup and 2002 Champions Trophy they hosted, hope being back on home soil will help them avoid the chokers tag in the World Twenty20 starting on Tuesday.

Mahela Jayawardene’s side play the opening match of the tournament against Zimbabwe in Hambantota aiming to go one better than in the 2009 edition and the last two 50-over World Cups.

“The people will back us and I’ve told the boys to try and enjoy the occasion. It’s great to have a World Cup playing in your home territory,” Jayawardene told reporters. “If we enjoy the atmosphere we’ll express ourselves much better out there.”

The hosts are among a raft of teams who could easily win the tournament, which concludes on October7 in Colombo.

Holders England beat Australia by nine runs in a warmup on Monday while South Africa defeated New Zealand by the same score and Pakistan hammered India by five wickets.

Sri Lanka’s buildup has been mixed, beating West Indies but losing to India.

“A lot of people have asked us why we have choked in the finals (in recent years),” added Jayawardene.

“I’d rather be in that situation than get knocked out in the first or second round. It means we are doing something pretty good in big tournaments and we are handling pressure pretty well and getting to those situations where we can win tournaments.”

The captain dispelled any fears about an uneven wicket for the Group C opener against minnows Zimbabwe. “The wicket looks really good and fresh and I am pretty confident it...should have enough runs on it,” he said.

Farfan & Mendes First Division Men’s Hockey League...

Hikers crush Old Fort 7-1 The Farfan and Mendes First Division Men’s Hockey League resumed last Friday with Hikers inflicting a crushing 7-1 win over Old Fort in what was described as a masterful display of hockey by the former.

After a long postponement due to the rainy season, the second match of the competition followed a 1-1 draw between Hikers and GCC earlier in the year.

In their usual determined fashion and skill, Hikers opened the scoring against Old Fort in the 4th minute when Aroydy Branford found the back of the net, easily beating debutant goalkeeper David Williams. Hikers increased their lead in the 17th minute when Robert France blazed past the Old Fort defence and skillfully finished the play with a wellplaced shot. Old Fort, however, were determined to find their footing and left the scrambling Hikers defence no choice but to foul striker Jason DeSantos on his way to goal to concede a penalty stroke. DeSantos converted to pull his team back within one of Hikers, who still held a 2-1 lead.

The Hikers, however, seemed to possess an abundance of energy as Old Fort faded as the match progressed.

Mistakes led to goals and the Hikers grew in confidence as they slammed home five more unanswered goals in the 28th, 50th, 53rd, 61st and 65th minutes of the game. Jamarj Assanah scored a hat-trick, while Travon Young and Shane Samuels netted one each.

The Farfan and Mendes League continue at Bourda this Sunday with GCC facing Old Fort at 16:00hrs.

The John Fernandes

Shane Samuels Insurance Services Ltd Second Division competition also resumed this past weekend at the Saint Stanislaus College Ground with GCC facing off against Old Fort in the first of three scheduled matches. GCC squeezed out the victory over Old Fort and led from the front with an opener by Keon McKenzie and a second by Peter DeGroot in the first half.

O l d F o r t ’s D a v i d Williams managed to score one for Old Fort in the dying minutes to see the game out at 2-1 for GCC.

The veteran All Greys with a match scheduled for both Saturday and Sunday finished the competition on a high note with a 1-0 victory over newcomers Saints and a surprise 5-2 win over GCC. Azad DeAbreu was the lone scorer in the All Greys victory over Saints and would be on target twice more on the following day to lead the scorer’s table in their victory over GCC. All Greys teammates Sheldon Corlette, Alan Fernandes and Chris Low-Koan took the teams tally to 5 for the match. GCC could only muster a 2- goal response through young Daniel Hooper and Keon McKenzie.

The John Fernandes Insurance Services Ltd competition was expected to be completed after its final game scheduled for Bourda yesterday with a clash between the Airbenders and Hikers.

The Hikers have already secured enough points to claim the competition and will be presented the trophy immediately following the match.

Ferrier slams century as MSC take first innings...

From page 22 played to a draw with the former taking first innings points.

GNIC took first turn at the crease and piled up 305 before they were all out in 54 overs.

Elton Baker led with a fine 164, while Dexter Solomon hit a robust 65. Pacer Leon Scott picked up 3-34, Pavindralall Persaud 2-35 and Brian Sattaur 2-38.

GYO in reply made 177 all out in 70 overs. Tagenarine Chanderpaul was their

leading run scorer with 32 and Kamesh Yadram supported with 28 as Collins Butts bagged 6-43 and Premchand Sookdeo 3-22.

GNIC with a lead of 128, declared at 24-6 off 9 overs in their second turn at the crease with Scott taking 4-12 and Abhilash Deokie 2-2. At stumps on the second and final day, GYO who required 153 to win the game ended on 76-1 off 10 overs. Brian Sattaur top scored with 44.

(Zaheer Mohamed)

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Hand in Hand Insurance supports Alisha Hope plunders Fortune’s bid for CAC bodybuilding honours double before rain

Several local bodybuilders will soon wing out for San Juan, Puerto Rico to contest in the Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships (CACBBFC) slated for that country from September 20 – 22 next and Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire & Life Insurance Company has once again extended a corporate hand in alleviating the expenses associated with the team’s participation.

Yesterday afternoon, that Company’s Marketing Coordinator, Mrs. Andrea Jodhan-Khan handed over a cheque of an undisclosed sum to four times fitness champion, Alisha Fortune when the latter individual paid a visit to the Hand in Hand Insurance, Avenue of the Republic office.

Ms Fortune was accompanied by General Secretary of Guyana Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation (GABBFF), Videsh Sookram.

“Hand-in-Hand Insurance Company is extremely delighted to be of assistance,” said Ms

Ms. Fortune ( C) flexes her muscles in appreciation after receiving the sponsorship cheque from Mrs. Jodhan-Khan ( R ) and General Secretary of local body building federation, Videsh Sookram.

Jodhan as she handed over the gift. She also said that she is confident that Fortune’s determination, hard work and dedication would serve as an inspiration to all the youths and women striving to be better individuals. “The Hand-in-Hand Insurance Company wishes Ms Fortune all the best at the imminent

competition,” exhorted Ms Jodhan.

Ms. Fortune is three times Ms. Fitness Champion in the Hugh Ross Classic as well as four times Ms. Fitness Champion at the Seniors Guyana Bodybuilding Championships. She also placed 5th at the 2009 CAC bodybuilding championships

among other distinguished accomplishments. She has also won numerous accolades in sprinting and rugby. The versatile sportswoman expressed gratitude to officials of the Insurance Company and promised to turn in a top performance as compensation for such corporate chivalry.

Flying Ace Cycle Club to host 50-mile road race this weekend

Cyclist, Neil Reece (c) accepts the sponsorship cheque from Mr. Kellawan (l) in the presence of Mr. Roberts The tireless efforts of coach of the Berbice based Flying Ace Cycle Club has seen the development of the sport in that region and those

cyclists have benefitted immensely. Once again the cyclists will be in action when that club stages a 50 mile road race, Sunday September 23

next. The riders will pedal off from Main and Alexander Streets, New Amsterdam and journey to Nand Persaud Rice Mill, Number 36 Village Corentyne.

Mr. Roberts said that most of the top riders out of the Ancient County will participate in the race. He said that the event will be viewed as preparation for the imminent annual 5 stage event slated for October 11.

The coach further explained that while the event is confined to cyclists from his club, some juveniles out of Georgetown clubs have been invited to participate in that segment of the race.

Meanwhile, Mr. Roberts and top cyclist, Neil Reece, journeyed to the Brickdam offices of Ezee Jet yesterday afternoon where accountant

Motilall, Drayton lead points standing in keenly contested Junior Chess C/ships Ron Motilall and Anthony Drayton amassed 3 points apiece and led the points standing when activities on the inaugural day of the Junior Chess Qualifier Tournament concluded at the Kei-shar’s Sports Club, Hadfield Street Georgetown Sunday afternoon last. Motilall and Drayton’s feats are evidence of a keenly contested tournament, further endorsed by the other points standing.

Saeed Ali and Trenton Bennett are stalemated at 21/2 points in the second place

slot while Carlos Petterson, Cheng Shin Chu, Othneil Lewis and Roberto Neto have all accrued 2 each. Six other players are on 11/2 points each while the other eight players have only been able to accrue one point or less.

The players convene at the same venue this Sunday, September 23, to contest the four remaining rounds.

Subsequently, the top seven players will contest for reigning champion, Haifeng Su’s title sometime next month.

of that firm, Ram Kellawan handed over the sponsorship package to the latter individual.

Mr. Kellawan said that his firm was delighted to support the event in keeping with its mandate to support developmental activities involving young people.

He complimented the organizers and assured them that his firm is always available to support similar ventures.

Mr. Roberts conveyed his deep gratitude and assured Mr. Kellawan that the gift would go a far way in accomplishing the organizers’ goal.

Kyle Hope celebrates his double hundred (Windies cricket) KHULNA, Bangladesh – Kyle Hope made hay before the rain came, plundering an impressive double hundred, as the Sagicor High Performance Centre continued their run feast against the Bangladesh Cricket Board Academy on Monday here.

The 23-year-old Hope was undefeated on 214, leading the Sagicor HPC on 521 for eight in their first innings on the second day of their fourday, tour match at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium before rain that started during lunch prompted an early close.

Hope reached his milestone from 244 balls with the last of his two sixes off Nazmul Islam and has also struck 19 fours and two sixes from 254 balls in 397 minutes.

He was the glue that kept the Sagicor HPC batting together in the face of workmanlike spells from the BCB Academy bowlers of whom Shaker Ahmed was the most successful with 4-113 from 25 overs and Nazmul 2-127 from 34 overs.

Veerasammy Permaul, a graduate from the first squad of the Sagicor HPC, made 42 and put on 93 for the eighth

wicket with Hope to further dampen the spirits of the BCB Academy.

Apart from the stability of Hope and Permaul, the Sagicor HPC stumbled through the morning period, after they resumed from their overnight total of 394 for five.

Their captain Carlos Brathwaite was dismissed in the fourth over of the day for eight, falling to Shaker, who also pouched wicketkeeper Jahmar Hamilton six overs later for five, leaving the Sagicor HPC 421 for seven.

Permaul, the current West Indies A-Team captain, again gave solid proof of his ability with bat, gathering two fours and two sixes from 50 balls in 80 minutes.

He ushered Hope to his double hundred before Kamrul Islam Rabbi bowled him in the penultimate over before the interval.

The Sagicor HPC team is on a month-long trip to Bangladesh. They will also play a four-day match against the Bangladesh A-Team before facing these opponents in three One-day and two Twenty20 matches.

Carib Beer & Friends of cricket Heroes Cup GCA first division 2 day tourney

Ferrier slams century as MSC take first innings points in rain affected encounter An attacking century by Dion Ferrier guided Malteenoes Sports Club to first innings points over Transport Sports Club as the Carib Beer and Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup\ Georgetown Cricket Association first division two day tournament continued last weekend with two matches.

On Saturday at Malteenoes, the home team won the toss and asked

Transport to bat first who scored 133 all out in 44.1 overs. Quinn Proctor made an even half century (7x4, 2x6), while Shane Chase supported with 26. Sunil Singh 25 and Carl Rambharose 14 were the other batsmen that reached double figures as Steven Sankar grabbed 3-39 and Danny Narayan 2-9.

Malteenoes in response were bowled out for 211 with Ferrier stroking his way to 105 not out. Kwame Crosse

chipped in with 38, while Kevin Rose captured 5-41 for the visitors.

Trailing by78 runs, Transport in their second turn at the crease reached 15-3 before rain put an end to the contest just before the first hour of play on Sunday, the second and final day.

At Demerara Cricket Club ground, Guyana National Industrial Corporation and Gandhi Youth Organization (Continued on page 21)

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Stakeholders launch National Schools’ Championships

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inister of Education, P r i y a Manickchand, yesterday reinforced how important sports is in the development of students when she joined with other stakeholders from the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Digicel among other sponsors in ushering in the 2012 National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships.

The National Schools Championships will be held at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, November 19-23 with the swimming being held at the National Aquatics Centre.

“We are happy to be launching the School Championships 2012. We recognise sports to be very useful in the lives of young people in promoting discipline and self confidence,” Manickchand said, adding that athletics and academics must co-exist in the schools’ system.

The minister believes that finding the right balance

- stress importance of event in sport development

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand (fourth, left) addresses the media in the presence of GTU President, Colin Bynoe (fourth, left), GTU General Secretary, Coretta McDonald, DDL’s, Alexis Langhorn, Digicel’s, Shonett Moore, GiftLand’s, Compton Babb, Nationals’ Marketing and Public Relations Officer, Edison Jefford and Ministry’s, Nicholas Fraser. between academics and athletics within the system so that “one does not overtake the other” is crucial to the ministry.

Manickchand stated that the advancement of schools’ sports will require more effort.

“We have seen how much talent reside in the Caribbean at the just-

concluded Olympics. We must tap into and promote these talents here in Guyana, but it is not just on the Government, it will require the support from all stakeholders,” she indicated.

Manickchand said she was “happy to have sponsors come on board” to create the support that she had earlier referenced. She encouraged

more sponsors to invest in the event and committed to those already on board that “their investment will not be wasted”.

GTU President, Colin Bynoe thanked Digicel for their continued support, stating that ‘Nationals’ should be the foundation for the development of athletes.

He said that it is the ideal

place to start to develop athletes for the future based on its magnitude.

“The National Schools’ Championships in Guyana is the training ground where we produce all these athletes,” he said, adding that he hopes the Ministry of Sports’ ‘Road to Puerto Rico’ will factor in the talents coming out of the

Championships.

Bynoe told the media and other stakeholders that Coaches ought to be instituted in the schools to spot talent to ensure that there is proper transition from the school to the international levels of competition.

“I do hope that we will seek to enhance a programme with corporate community on board so that we can have 10 athletes from these Championships at the Olympics,” he said, thanking sponsors for expressing an interest in the l a rg e s t s c h o o l s ’ s p o r t competition.

D i g i c e l ’s P u b l i c Relations Manager, Shonett Moore, informed that the telecommunications giant is pleased to be onboard the event for the third year. “We share the same belief with the Minister that sports play an important role in developing young people,” she stated, adding that Digicel is looking forward to an improved Championships this year.

Digicel, last year, had (Continued on page 19)

t r o Sp Gayle, bowlers Pit-bulls, Nets first to advance in $1M challenge give Windies win

By Edison Jefford Pit-bulls, a composition that was born out of the Ravens Basketball Club and Nets were the two teams that advanced out of the first Georgetown Group of the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3on-3 Basketball Challenge that got underway Sunday night.

Throngs of curious onlookers lined the Independence Boulevard Basketball Court, Albouystown to get a glimpse of some of the best ‘ballers’ in the country take their ‘game’ to the streets to start the march toward the $1M winner-take-all first prize up for grabs.

The Albouystown-based Above the Rim team, which was one of the favourites to advance from the group, crashed out after missing a crucial tie-breaking freethrow after they were locked with similar points with Nets and Pit-bulls after the group ended.

Above the Rim and Chronics got things off to a competitive start with Chronics’, Ryan Melville taking the game to the Albouystown unit.

However, Above the Rim’s,

- Rivalry continues on Burnham Court today

Above the Rim’s Nicko Fraser (partly hidden with ball) goes up for a righthanded floater, but Pit-bulls’ Akeem ‘The Dream’ Kanhai would have none of it, as he steps up for a huge block in the paint Sunday night in Albouystown.

Nicko Fraser was clearly at home, manoeuvring inside to finish a lay-up then nailing a big three-pointer, which counts for two points in 3-on-3 basketball, to put his team ahead early.

Fraser continued his fine shooting in the second half to lead Above the Rim to a 10-8 win against Chronics.

The win placed the entire community behind their t e a m ; h o w e v e r, N e t s sneaked a 10-9 win against them in their next game that affected their momentum.

Then the Nets were exposed to the savage shooting of the Pit-bulls, who has as part of its line-up, Ryan Gullen, Ryan Stephney

and Akeem ‘The Dream’ Kanhai. Pit-bulls was the first, and only, team to reach the cut-off score of 21 points, beating Nets 21-8 with the combination of forwards making it rain from downtown.

Pitbulls also won against (Continued on page 19)

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SPNcricinfo We s t I n d i e s opener Chris Gayle scored an unbeaten 65 to take his side to a comfortable eight-wicket win against Afghanistan in Colombo. Gayle, who averages 64.30 in all international matches this year, and 70 in the three T20Is, took his time to get going, but accelerated later as West Indies reached the modest target of 123 with more than five overs to spare.

Gayle and Dwayne Smith put on 29 runs in the first five overs for the first wicket, before Smith was dismissed. Gayle started to hit a few boundaries, and with Johnson Charles added 59 runs in the next six overs, which diminished Afghanistan’s hopes of an upset. Offspinner Karim Sadiq, who gave away eight runs in his three overs, and seamer Shapoor Zadran were economical, but the West Indies batsmen scored off other bowlers to secure their chase.

Unlike West Indies, Afghanistan couldn’t accelerate their scoring when required. Asghar Stanikzai scored his second halfcentury in two matches,

Chris Gayle

Fidel Edwards guiding the innings for the most part. But before he could boost Afghanistan’s scoring at the death, he departed in the 18th over to leave them at 100 for six. A (Continued on page 19)

Sri Lanka aim to ditch choker tag in World Twenty20 See story on page 21

Sri Lanka’s captain Mahela Jayawardene (2nd L) throws a ball during a practice session ahead of their first ICC World Twenty20 match against Zimbabwe in Hambantota Sept. 17, 2012. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte Printed and published by National Media & Publishing Company Limited, 24 Saffon St.Charlestown, Georgetown.Tel: 225-8465, 225-8491 or Fax: 225-8473/ 226-8210