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Fire destroys another Linden home p. 11

Esme Johnson and her granddaughter Onica

Panday testifies Texila American Agricola residents University clears against in-laws the air on student picket police headquarters in robbery trial deportation p.

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Thursday September 20, 2012

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Agricola residents picket police headquarters One day after the burial of 17-year-old Shaquille Grant, the lad killed by police officers last Tuesday, family, friends and residents of the Agricola community picketed police headquarters at Eve Leary. This time the angry picketers are asking Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell, “Why is it taking so long to charge the ranks involved in the raid that left young Grant dead.”

Lining the sidewalk opposite the police headquarters, protestors raised placards and chanted to have the policemen involved in last week Tuesday's shooting charged and brought before the court. The crowd was mainly concerned that Commissioner Brumell had not fulfilled his promise made to the family of Shaquille

Some of those picketing police headquarters, Eve Leary Grant that there would be a speedy investigation into the matter.

It is now nine days since the shooting and no charges have been brought against the

ranks that stormed the community and shot two of its young residents.

Shonette Grant told Kaieteur News that she wanted the Police

Commissioner to say what he meant by Shaquille Grant being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The woman said that it is the duty of the police to execute their duties

professionally while preserving the lives of others around.

The dead teen's mother said that her son had no criminal record and was not wanted by the police, likewise none of the other detained youths. She thus asked, “With all this evidence what is the Police Commissioner waiting on?”

Grant said that the manner in which her son was killed clearly showed that he was executed, and she needs Commissioner Brumell to have the ranks charged for her son's death.

Shonette Grant said that there is no excuse why the officers are not charged since the rank who did the actual shooting was identified at Eve Leary two days ago.

“The actual killer was pinpointed at Eve Leary… the Commissioner and the entire force know those officers who went into Agricola and the entire nation knows that it was murder; it is clear, it is a disrespect coming from the Commissioner to the people. There is no excuse; there is nothing to justify the officers not being charged.

The Commissioner has no

reason to wait on the DPP when murder is clear.”

Social activist Mark Benschop said that Shaquille Grant's family wants justice.

He said, “It would seem as if the police are protecting the criminals, the rogue cops in the force. The family is seeking justice. I'm making another call for the opposition parties to come together to confront the ill in society.”

Benschop explained that it is obvious that the Crime Chief is protecting criminals within the police force. He said the act by the police officers was cold-blooded murder and the policemen who murdered Grant and injured Romel Bollers will have to face the courts.

Benschop said that if it is a must, Agricola will picket the offices of the Alliance for Change, A Partnership for National Unity, Government and the police headquarters until justice is served.

Following yesterday's picketing exercise outside Eve Leary, the Agricola residents protested outside State House, Samuel Hinds's residence, Freedom House and then the Brickdam Police Station.

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CXC calls for graduates’ contribution to Region’s development There is a dire need for the Region to start moving like ‘(Usain) Bolt’ in the STEM areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, said Senior Assistant Registrar of the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC), Dr Gordon Harewood, as he addressed a CXC forum in Guyana recently.

He was at the time speaking on the importance of fostering regional growth through collaboration between graduates who have migrated and their colleagues who have remained in the Region.

Dr Harewood, in his presentation, revealed that there currently exist even greater scopes for collaboration with the expansion of the range of subject areas being offered by CXC. Among the new subjects that CXC is poised to introduce are Digital Media and Entrepreneurship.

These subjects, he said, can ideally complement the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) Management of Business (MOB) even as he expressed his desire to “see CAPE MOB really starting to take off even more now.”

He pointed out that having passed Entrepreneurship students can combine this with the skills they obtain from MOB. “Just imagine a Sixth Form student or the student out there in the private sphere having CAPE Caribbean Studies, Communication Studies, MOB, Entrepreneurship and Digital Media. Imagine a student with Grade Ones or Grade Twos in those subjects...that student will not be going to anybody looking for a job.”

That student has carved out a path for his or her future already there. If they are going to look for a job, unfortunately for the Region, they are going to look for one in California, Hollywood, or at Google for that matter or somewhere like that,” Dr Harewood speculated.

He is however hopeful that even after migrating graduates of the Region would remember that they are “Caribbean People and that the Region needs their contribution.

“We want to see students with MOB background embracing our Entrepreneurship and Digital Media when we launch those syllabi so that they can really become the Caribbean people

CXC’s Dr Gordon Harewood of the future that fit in with that Caribbean 21st century vision...”

Dr Harewood said that while the Regional results for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examination in both Mathematics and English this year have been described as dismal in many sections, the former mentioned subject area did see a few candidates scoring full marks on each paper.

He lamented, though, that the disturbing fact is that the results show that some concepts which should have really been mastered at the lower secondary level are challenging to candidates.

He made reference to very simple algebra and perimeter questions which according to (continued on page 6)

Mahaica woman wins mini cooper car Sunita Bissoon poses in her new car Sunita Bissoon, a Mahaica, East Coast Demerara resident, is now the owner of a brand new mini cooper car, compliments of Pepsi.

She was all smiles after being presented the keys to her brand new, very much in style mini cooper car.

The woman told Kaieteur

News that she was planning to learn how to drive, so that she can buy herself a car.

However, thanks to Pepsi, she only needs the driving lessons and her licence.

In the mean time, her nephew will be driving the vehicle.

Apart from Bissoon and her grand prize, several other

persons were able to win for themselves a number of catchy items, including one stylish apple I-PAD.

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AFC calls for probe into textbooks orders The fallout from Government’s admission that it authorized hundreds of millions of dollars in purchases of photocopied textbooks is continuing.

Yesterday, Alliance For Change (AFC) Parliamentarian and Executive Member, Moses Nagamootoo, called for a probe. He said that it is a clear case of Government openly encouraging Guyanese to steal.

In recent days, the debate over the photocopied textbooks has been raging.

On one hand are the official distributors of textbooks who hold the local rights. On the other side is the government which says it cannot afford to buy the original text books. Instead it has been asking local businesses to supply good copies of the original texts.

Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent annually for these purchases.

Last week, following protests by local authorized book stores and at least one Trinidad-based publisher over the pre-selection and tendering of bids for photocopied books, an international publishing association described Guyana’s stance as illegal.

During the AFC’s weekly press briefing yesterday, Nagamootoo found it strange that government was finding money to build a Marriott Hotel and casino, yet had little or none for the purchase of textbooks.

“The pirated books are stolen intellectual property and we don’t seem to have a nature of decency anymore that the Cabinet to Guyana could in fact collectively, including the Attorney General, agree to “thief” other people’s work.”

The AFC official said that it is time for revised copyright laws to be passed.

“We must take note that other Caribbean countries like Trinidad, Jamaica and Barbados are protecting their intellectual properties. They

….Govt.’s stance tantamount to telling Guyanese to steal are protecting their patents, their designs. Guyana has draft copyright laws since 1999 and nobody thought it wise to bring them forward.”

According to Nagamootoo, the reasons for the delay are clear.

“Why? Because some have benefitted from the violations and undermining of the copyright legislations.”

Nagamootoo, a lawyer by profession, made reference to the discovery of serious problems in the 2010 ordering of textbooks.

Almost $110M, according to the Auditor General’s report of 2010, was granted in contracts for the supply of books. A significant part was found not to have been delivered and cheques were even found to be written months before the contracts were even granted.

“The Minister (Education), Shaik Baksh, said that he did not sign the contract and he did not make the payment.”

That scandal, Nagamootoo said, was never investigated.

“That scandal cries out to be investigated. Now you have Cabinet saying it authorized a contract for people to do photocopies and for them to sell it to the Ministry. In other words, they are saying that there were no irregularities in 2010. We believe that this is an attempt by the Cabinet to whitewash corruption. It is an attempt to evade an investigation into the $110M in 2010 and what went wrong.”

The Parliamentarian stressed that what made it worse is that Government

Moses Nagamootoo stipulated in bid documents that the books should as much as possible, resemble the original.

“We would become the laughingstock of the world.

Jamaica has reggae and they are eager to enforce their patents and registrations rights. Our nation is telling the world we have nothing intellectual to protect and we could open the floodgates to piracy even while, ironically, we are prosecuting those who invade other people’s boats and steal their catches… and we put them before the criminal courts.”

The official argued that the ordering of pirated text books is tantamount to encouraging people to steal other people’s property.

“What is the difference between the pirates in the high seas and the pirates in Vlissengen Road (Office of the President)? This is very serious issue.”

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Thursday September 20, 2012

Letters... Where your views make the news

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EDITORIAL

The changing face of the Guyana Police Force Within recent times the police have been in the forefront of the news. There was the shooting death of a detective who was said to have been involved in the narcotics section of the Guyana Police Force. He was stationed at Moleson Creek.

Then there was the shooting to death of a seventeenyear-old boy in Caesar Street, Agricola. This lad happened to be sitting with four others under a shed. The police swooped down ostensibly on a report that the five were planning a robbery. Subsequent events seem to indicate that the police were acting on other motives because none of the men has been charged with anything nearly connected with a robbery.

In fact, none has been charged. Further, the gun that the men were said to have in their possession has not even been mentioned and the police have made no attempt to link the weapon to the men. We find this strange and we must now ask whether the men had any gun at all.

That shooting death is reportedly being investigated.

Statements have been taken and lawyers representing the interest of the slain youth are leaving no stone unturned to see that the trigger happy ranks are made to face criminal prosecution.

The rush by the police does not end there. We then hear of a police rank entering a home and attempting to arrest a twelve-year-old for an unstated crime. Suffice it to say, despite the reports of this incident in the media the public relations department of the Guyana Police Force has not issued a peep. Meanwhile, the police rank with the support of his superior, continues to terrorise the community of Bagotville.

This is a most remarkable change from the time when the police were reported for their fight against criminals.

And there have been good reports. They were credited with curtailing the activities of some of the most wanted criminals.

Generally, the police are the buffer between a good and lawful society and anarchy. They are the ones expected to not only protect a society but also to lead by example. The fact that something has gone horribly wrong to the point where the police are becoming public enemies warrants serious investigation.

Not so long ago the police were on the receiving end of criminal attacks. Such was the situation that uniformed ranks were afraid to wear their uniforms to and from work. Many did not want to be known as policemen and more than a few were gunned down, among a traffic rank who was dressed in bullet proof paraphernalia.

The criminals would contend that they were targeting the police because the very police had become judge, jury and executioner. The state would always win and the tide turned. The police were ordered to adopt a policy of restraint. They were known to shoot out of hand anyone on the basis of a suspicion.

One must now wonder at the resurgence of hostile action on the part of the police. It could be that the quality of people joining the police force is at a level that is unprecedented. It could be that most of them are semiliterate so that the language most familiar to them in any situation is violence.

They fail to understand that by their actions they fashion the society. Great Britain is not without crime but the police do not bear arms. The result is that the level of violent crime is far lower than in Guyana. What is more, the police command the respect of the entire country. Two of them, both women, were shot dead by a notorious criminal just a few days ago. However, the authorities still do not see the need to arm the police. They simply want the presence of the police to be the deterrent rather than the arms they bear.

Guyana may wish to rethink its position on arming just about every rank to hit the streets. This seems to have created a trigger happy policeman, the likes of which killed three protesters in Linden and the youth in Agricola. It may also be responsible for the very confrontational nature of the police and the hostility they attract.

We must provide for our presidents, but not on this ridiculous scale DEAR EDITOR, Romel Roopnarine is distraught I am comparing Jagdeo’s pension earnings to those of American presidents like Barack Obama.

Well, we have to compare in order to make the Guyanese people understand the magnitude of this heinous sense of entitlement and the venal usurpation at work here.

Obama will collect roughly US $127,000 after taxes on his pension. Roopnarine states Jagdeo will collect about US $72,000 in tax-free pension.

Obama is president of a country with a GDP per capita of $49,000. Bharrat Jagdeo was the president of a dirt poor, corrupt, mismanaged, shell-shocked nation firmly in the grips of poverty and beggarliness that became even more corrupt, criminalized and beggarly under his watch.

Jagdeo’s Guyana has a GDP per capita of US$2,869.

Obama will earn just 2.59 times the GDP per capita of the USA while Jagdeo will earn 25 times the GDP per capita of Guyana. It does not matter how much the GDP per capita

has grown under Jagdeo, that does not allow him this absurd entitlement on the backs of taxpayers.

The GDP per capita improved under Cheddi Jagan, Janet Jagan and Desmond Hoyte, too, but the Jagans and Hoyte did not compensate themselves with a pension 25 times the GDP per capita of their countrymen. This is what sickens the Guyanese people to their very soul.

Roopnarine must know Guyanese have a right to compare what Jagdeo is receiving compared to the lowest paid workers or pensioners in Guyana. Jagdeo will get US$72,000 per year in pension. Pensioners in Guyana will collect US$600 per year. Barack Obama will earn US$127,000 after taxes per year in pension.

The lowest paid Social Security pensioner in the USA will earn US$16,404 per year, which is 7.7 times below that of the US president. The highest paid pensioner will earn 5.7 times below the US president.

In Guyana, Jagdeo will earn 120 times the yearly

earnings of a Guyanese pensioner. This is barefaced egregiousness. The Attorney General and Chancellor getting the same salary as the President is not a defence to the President’s usurpation.

A handful of officers being compensated at ludicrous levels compared to the staggering poverty of the nation, is no excuse or justification, neither is outrageously fattening the Opposition Leader to earn complicity to the president’s barefaced bleeding of taxpayers with his prodigal pension package.

After all, this is a country with a GDP per capita of US$2,869. By no measure, the Chancellor, Attorney General and President should be earning US$82,285 per year, which is about 29 times the GDP per capita.

No amount of jumbiejackknifing of the truth could ever justify the Opposition Leader earning the salary of a Cabinet Minister who earns at least $500,000 per month or at least $6 million per year (US $30,000) and then getting benefits like a research assistant, an executive

assistant/secretary, a clerical/ office assistant, a chauffeur, a personal security officer, in addition to GPF security, a gardener and two domestic servants on top of that rip-off.

The fact that the PPP passed this legislation clearly signals it intended to appease the PNC Leader to sit quietly while the President pillaged this country even further with his pension package.

This kind of avarice and this level of vile collusion between these two parties (PPP and PNC) is downright sickening. The AFC has to take off those blinders and stop playing the fool and blast not just Jagdeo’s pension package, but also the baneful salaries and benefits granted to the Opposition Leader, Chancellor, Attorney General and Ministers.

These offices are not entitled to this kind of freeloading, not when this country is a verifiable cesspool. This back patting and scandalous cabalistic enrichment of each other on the backs of taxpayers does not occur in the USA, Canada, France, UK and Germany.

Why does Jagdeo need all (Continue don page 5)

All legitimate efforts must be made to safeguard and advance intellectual production DEAR EDITOR, The government’s argument that its decision to source pirated textbooks is driven by economics conscious that it is violating time-honoured principles, laws and rules of engagement among its CARICOM partners - is to concede a behaviour that is not dissimilar to the pirates who prey on our fishermen.

The cabinet has within its midst attorneys-at-law in the Minister of Legal Affairs and Minister of Education, and it is reasonable to expect that they would have guided their colleagues on the importance of the law. The fact that this evaded cabinet’s decisionmaking is indicative of the pervasive executive lawlessness engulfing this nation.

One of the major thrusts of CARICOM is harnessing the region’s cultural resources to benefit the people within the framework of respecting property rights.

Thus the blatant act by the Government in seeking to contract an agency to duplicate textbooks produced in a sister state is wrong. Even more disturbing is that the Trinidad and Tobago-based Royards Publishing Company bid for its own work and is among the lowest bidders, which

sheds another bad spotlight on this nation.

Notwithstanding our archaic copyright law - which is no excuse for lawlessness with Guyana’s ascension on October 25, 1994 to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and January 1, 1995 to the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), it is expected to comply with the principles outlined therein.

Further, efforts must be made by our lawmakers to update our Copyright Act. However poor a nation, its government does not have to violate conventions/ agreements/laws to meet the people’s needs. It can still provide goods and services to the people through ethical trade practices and, in this instance, engage in negotiation with the publishers to ensure intellectual property rights

(IPR) are upheld. To this end, brand/product/service can be provided to meet the affordability of society’s various economic strata.

Citizens are reminded when Jamaica chose to import rice from the USA instead of Guyana, this country took the case to CARICOM and invoked the CSME’s rules, primarily to get Jamaica to purchase from us. This decision was taken in full (Continued on page 5)

The emptying bottle…

DEAR EDITOR, As I wake up to start my day, I can’t help but feel an eerie sadness for the state our country is currently in. This sadness affects all sections of our society and its decline and demise seems imminent.

Life today seems so radical that it is difficult to put a logical spin on what is occurring. There is hopelessness, sin, moral decay, corruption and fear at every turn. Am I better off today that what I was 25-plus years ago?

It’s hard to put into words the suffocating feelings that our existence today generates and permeates. It’s hard to turn a blind eye at the many poor and impoverished, the loss and lack of opportunities, the willingness to end it all. There exists such an imbalance today that the forces of right and wrong, good and evil, are haggling at each other in an effort to exterminate one or the other - the positive being the weaker.

Evil is rampant and there is little hope for reform, for criminals enter jail with certificates and leave with Master’s degrees. There is such a moral and religious decline that people

have little or no compulsive forces left in them to stay the course for a good, clean life. We are bombarded with inequities that shape us towards negative practices and cause the decline in society. We were not all meant to be prosperous or equal in this world, life challenges us to strive to stay on course to gain an ultimate, unknown success which different religions describe. Am I preaching or being practical?

Once upon a time, we could say once upon a time with great expectations… it usually referenced something good. Today that is no more. The bottle is emptying gradually and nothing is left to refill it. The anger and hate among our people is building.

The radicals are out and about; causing no peace of mind and spirit. What do we do?

Just watch? Just wait? Try harder? Fight fate?

It all seems inevitable.

I ask anyone reading this to at least try harder to be the positive change you would like to see in your society and teach those closest to you, for if we cannot refill the bottle, we can at least stop emptying it.

S. Ali

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Letters... Where your views make the news Letters... Where your views make the news

Pensions and the question of affordability

DEAR EDITOR, Shortly after the debate on the National Communications Network (N.C.N.) about the President of Guyana’s pension package and all other benefits that go with same, I caused a letter to appear in the letter column of our two major daily newspapers, the Stabroek News and the Kaieteur News, in which I mentioned that it would be very very interesting to have N.C.N, with the same moderator and the same panelists, our Attorney General and Minster of Legal Affairs, Mr. Anil Nandlall, our Minister of Labour, Mr. Nanda Gopaul and Mr. Carvil Duncan, one of our Senior Trade Unionists, debating the National Insurance Scheme and old age pension paid to our senior citizens.

I would like to add to the panel our Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh and our Human Services and Social Security Minister Ms. Jennifer Webster.

I am convinced that all Guyanese would like to have a public debate on the topic with the aforementioned persons participating. I am also certain that the Alliance for Change and the main opposition alliance, APNU, would relish the opportunity of having a representative taking part.

The labourer having worked with the Government or Private Sector or being self-

employed and having attained the age of sixty would get about $17,000 (seventeen thousand dollars) monthly as an NIS Pensioner The old age pensioner having completed his 65 years receives $10,000 (ten thousand dollars) monthly.

Assuming the old age pensioner was self employed for all of his or her working life and could not have afforded to contribute to the N.I.S - for example a rice farmer who toiled untiringly for four or five, and for many even be six decades going back to the days of the bull and plough and the grass knife. Those persons have to live on their old age pension. Our politicians, members of the business community, civil society and leaders of the church must say if what they receive is adequate or how grossly inadequate this is.

If I was in the category of that very important large group of persons, who we must recognize have made a sterling contribution to the country’s development and are still doing so.This is how I would have budgeted for each month; or like to have money to purchase or spend on (see table below).

It may be impossible to live a more conservative life.

The question that would be asked or the argument made is if Guyana can currently afford to pay more than what is paid currently to our pensioners. The same question must be asked and the same argument advanced as it relates to the president’s pension package and for me, it is not the president pension’s package, but all others that are receiving same or similar.

Archie Cordis.

NIS Pensioner

DEAR EDITOR, The Police and the Ministry of Home Affairs should urgently clarify the role of police traffic officers as it relates to ensuring the smooth flow of traffic and the prevention of chaos on our roads.

Traffic cops are usually out in their numbers during rush-hour periods at mornings and evenings but instead of ensuring the smooth flow of traffic, I believe these cops see these periods as an opportunity to make money.

How can pulling private citizens over for routine checks and to check for documents help in alleviating traffic congestion and chaos experienced on the roads at these critical times?

Instead of enforcing order on our roads, traffic cops are more interested in checking documents. It seems like routine checks for documents is an obsession of the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

Anyone who has travelled to more developed countries, as well as other lesser developed countries such as Guyana will quickly realize that this a phenomenon reserved for third world countries.

Checking for documents during rush-hour traffic only causes further congestion

and chaos on our roads and fuels the frustration experienced by our citizens who at these times are either trying to get to work and be productive or trying to get home, and there is so much more to be done when we get home!

Somehow you can sense that when there is confusion ahead, a traffic cop is responsible. Traffic cops should only intervene when someone obviously breaks the law or endangers others.

It seems pellucid that both the GPF and the Ministry of Home Affairs’ focus is on traffic rather than the prevention, detection and solving of violent crimes.

It appears that more resources go into traffic than crime units. You can pass as many as six traffic police between Lusignan and Georgetown on any given morning - except when it’s raining of course as these traffic cops are also dry weather cops.

Every recruit wants to be placed within the traffic department, as this is where the fast money can be made.

Traffic ranks should only be given motor bikes, as this is sufficient for their purposes and allows them to navigate traffic better, all other vehicles should be made available to

the crime units. How many times have we heard the excuse that the Police do not have vehicles to respond to armed robberies? Where are all those shiny SUVs that are handed over by the government and taxpayers?

Lastly, do the Police use a scientific approach to making streets ‘one-ways’ and the placement of no parking/ stopping signs? Are there consultations with the Ministry of Public Works?

Are any studies done that look at the impact and implications of these decisions or are they just ad hoc? Look at the congestion that is being caused in the vicinity of Marian Academy due to no parking/ stopping signs and confusion due to one-ways created in Alberttown.

Why can’t private citizens park along the stretch of road between South Car Park and Plaisance Car Park?

Could the Police say where private citizens should park/ stop? There are lots of businesses and citizens that are disrupted daily.

I hope the relevant authorities take the foregoing into consideration; I don’t expect to get a response from either the Police or the Ministry of Home Affairs.

R. Singh

We must provide for our...

All legitimate efforts must...

From page 4 awareness that had Jamaica taken its business out of the region, when said item could be purchased in the region, it would have been a violation of the rules and moreso, impacted negatively on the economic wellbeing of the industry, those earning a living from it (directly and indirectly), and the GDP. Similar respect must be returned to Trinidad and other sister states.

Additionally, the implication for the government’s lawlessness cannot be overlooked, since it threatens the livelihood of those in the art and literary industries at home, and may make it difficult for said

What is really the role of police traffic officers?

workers to effectively prosecute any violation of their rights, because our Government is culpable of violating the IPR of others within the CARICOM family.

It is a government’s responsibility to protect the rights of its citizens and respect those it does business with.

To do otherwise is to deny workers the right to earn.

As a member of the regional/international family, Guyana’s image and relations with others is hurt, even moreso when the Government leads the way in flouting international standards and robbing workers the just reward for their labour. For the government to be consciously aware that its action is wrong,

but deliberately sets out to implement the wrong, sends an ominous signal to CARICOM, and wider afield, that the country is not prepared to respect conventions, agreements and laws, and this can open the gate for retaliation.

The administration ought to be reminded that apart from creating jobs and receiving revenue from traditional products, the region had made significant inroads in intellectual production and all legitimate efforts must be made to safeguard and advance it.

Lincoln Lewis General Secretary, Guyana Trades Union Congress

From page 4 these personnel - he will not be running the country in retirement or is he? Despite all these resources, the Opposition Leader has been lazy. APNU tabled a bill to amend Jagdeo’s benefits, but it impudently refuses to touch the travesty that is the Opposition Leader’s pension package.

If Roopnarine is going to quote published documents, he needs to shed his deceptive skin, because I always go to the source and read it myself. He mentions Bill Clinton’s entitlements amounting to US $1.162 million for 2008, but neglects to mention Jimmy Carter’s entitlements which are just above US $518,000. He fails to mention the US Former Presidents Act (FPA)

amounts were budgeted amounts which may not have been used. He fails to mention these former presidents do exceptional work in a country that is 45 times the size of Guyana and also perform incredible work overseas, like Jimmy Carter who brought democracy back to Guyana.

Roopnarine fails to mention that Secret Service protection only lasts for 10 years for presidents after Clinton. Jagdeo will get security for life. Nor does he mention that presidential libraries are not funded by taxpayers but from funds raised by the Presidents. The debauchery here is not just the inflated pension to Jagdeo. It is the astounding unlimited benefits.

We have seen Jagdeo’s new palace at Pradoville II.

That Taj Mahal will need a lot of electricity, staff, guards, gardeners and personnel.

This pension package could get uglier for the Guyanese people as it could end up being another scheme of unchecked excess where an unending supply of workers and expenses cripple this country while Jagdeo in the prime of his life earns a good living.

There are no limits in the wording of the legislation and that is dangerous in a country run by a government with no limits. Jagdeo’s entire pension and benefits package should cost Guyanese taxpayers at least US$250,000 per year. We must provide for our presidents and Jagdeo is certainly entitled but, by God, not on this ridiculous scale.

M. Maxwell

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Thursday September 20, 2012

DTL workers strike against GPHC doctors benefit from “nine hours a day” electricity renal failure consultancy About 80 of the 120 workers attached to the Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) - Mabura Hill location, yesterday downed tools and mounted protest to register their demands for the restoration of 24 hour electricity supply.

This newspaper understands that the protest was staged at the operation’s premises, which also house the majority of the employees.

Kaieteur News has learnt that there is currently a schedule for electricity on the premises; two hours early in the morning- 6:00hrs-8:00hrs, then 10:00hrs-12:00hrs and 17:00hrs- 22:00hrs which amounts to a total of nine hours of electricity a day.

Workers say that they have voiced dissatisfaction over the situation and were met with an explanation that there is a fuel shortage.

According to an employee, initially, the company had informed that the nine-hour a day of electricity would have only

been a temporary situation.

Management had attributed that to the fact that the Linden crisis was ongoing and fuel was not being efficiently accessed by the company.

However, the employee said that workers are no longer accepting that excuse since the “Linden situation” has long been sorted out, yet 24hour electricity has not been restored.

According to President of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), Komal Chand, this has been the situation for quite some time “a few weeks well”.

Chand informed that with the absence of the company’s Managing Director, Anthony Young, no negotiations could have been possible. However, he noted that Young is expected to return to work today and “I hope that this issue could be resolved”.

This newspaper understands that GAWU has been advised that the old power generation plant is

consuming an excessive amount of diesel and a new one is needed.

Workers say the insufficient electricity supply has also resulted in vaccines and other medicines being destroyed because they are not being refrigerated continuously.

Union officials say that electricity supply and housing are part of the package being offered to employees involved in treefelling and sawmilling.

Kaieteur News learnt that since the end of the “Linden crisis”, the company has been exporting raw logs rather than sawn lumber which requires 24-hour electricity. Workers said it appears as if the company will not, any time soon, hurry to resume sawmilling operations.

Workers say that they will continue strike today with optimism that the company will restore round-the-clock electricity; however, no management official conducted any talks with them.

CXC calls for graduates’ contribution ...

From page 3 him saw too many candidates becoming lost in their responses.

“We (CXC) do common entrance examinations for two countries and we also do the Caribbean Primary-Exit Assessment (CPA). We ask those kinds of questions and students don’t howl and scream and say it is too difficult, but when we present similar questions to CSEC candidates they are not doing well as they should,” Dr Harewood disclosed.

Despite the evident decline in Mathematics and English this year, the Senior Assistant Registrar said that there were commendable performances in the new subject area of

Additional Mathematics which was introduced this year.

Although entries were small, he revealed that approximately 58 per cent of the candidates obtained Grade One through Three in this subject area.

He said that CXC will be seeking to encourage candidates who intend to go on to do Pure Maths at CAPE to take up Additional Maths.

He revealed that for many years the Pure Maths Awards Committee has been complaining that students have been embarking on the Pure Maths Programme with gaps, having done only CSEC Maths.

“There are still gaps which they need to remedy

before they can deal well with the Pure Maths programme.

This syllabus was constructed specifically with that in mind and it does provide a great platform for success at CAPE Pure Maths and especially for those students who may do (CSEC) Maths in Third or Fourth Forms and spend a year in Fifth Form without doing Maths again until Sixth Form.”

According to Dr Harewood, it would be best for students to do it early then go on to do the Additional Maths in Fifth Form and be quite ready for the Pure Maths in Sixth Form, Dr Harewood explained.

According to him, CXC has built Additional Maths into its criteria for the Regional Top Awards starting this year thus candidates would not have been penalised if they had opted to do Additional Maths instead of CSEC Maths.

Doctors at Guyana’s premiere medical institution, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), have been benefiting from crucial consultancy in the area of renal failure.

This move comes ahead of plans to re-introduce kidney transplant operations at the facility.

Visiting Nephrologist, Dr Azim Gangji, of the McMaster Medical Centre in Canada just last week met some of the GPHC physicians during which time he was able to share his expert knowledge on addressing renal failure.

“We went over a number of difficult cases that they had and we were doing this mainly because there is no kidney doctor there right now.

So it was kind of nice to act the part of consultant to them,” Dr Gangji said during an interview.

He said, too, that while physicians have been the main target for his consultancy efforts, nurses, pharmacists and other health workers must also be included in the edification process as they all are required to address patients’ concerns at some point.

With health officials

Dr Azim Gangji furnished with the relevant information to deal with the various dimensions of renal failure, Dr Gangji explained that the next step is to introduce a patient education programme.

Such a move has already been introduced at the Annandale, East Coast Demerara, Doobay Renal Centre to which Dr Gangji is affiliated.

He added that plans to introduce such a programme are already being discussed at the GPHC. According to him, “patient education is a big thing. They can learn about diabetes and blood pressure management, as

well as the importance of exercise and diet.”

Of recent, officials of GPHC and the Doobay Renal Centre have been intently engaged in discussions to streamline kidney transplant operations that are slated to commence next year.

In addition to providing training for officials of the public hospital, nephrologists attached to the McMaster Medical Centre will also bring to Guyana technology to aid the proposed operations.

However, the GPHC, according to Dr Gangji, will be providing additional equipment to furnish a recently installed dialysis unit. The Unit has already received some level of support from the Doobay Centre in the form of dialysis machines, the requisite water system; several nurses have also been trained in the area of transplant operation through this alliance.

The actual operations will, however, be undertaken by a seasoned team of medical officials inclusive of nephrologists from the McMaster Medical Centre, who will also offer some financial assistance to the programme as well. Dr Gangji (continued on page 18)

Guyana, T&T and Suriname record spike in drug smuggling (Jamaican Observer) JAMAICA'S Customs Department is reporting a spike in the number of persons attempting to smuggle cocaine in the island.

The disclosure was made yesterday by Commissioner of Customs Major Richard Reese, who said the smugglers are mainly from Suriname, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago.

“We are seeing an increase in the number of persons (inbound passengers) who ingest drugs, or have drugs in their luggage from these areas,” Major Reese said while addressing a luncheon of the Kiwanis Club of

Kingston at the Wyndham Kingston hotel.

He said, since January, the Customs Department has seized just over 159 kilogrammes (kgs) of cocaine, worth an estimated $360 million, and more than one million kilogram of marijuana, valued at nearly $482 million.

Major Reese said that under-invoicing and false declaration continues to be major challenges for the department.

He said the practice of under-invoicing was particularly prevalent among importers of motor vehicles.

He said the department, during re-evaluations between April and August of this

year, collected over $172 million that was lost to under-invoicing — $104 million of which was from vehicle importers.

“The problem of under-invoicing and false declaration threatens legitimate trade.

Therefore, the Department must monitor and protect industrial and commercial activities,” Commissioner Reese declared.

He also said persons were still trying to smuggle guns and ammunition through the ports. He said the department has seized 10 firearms and 6,577 rounds of ammunition this year.

Additionally, the department seized 260 debit/credit cards used by criminals in the lottery scam, 64 cheques and money orders believed to be for use in the illegal scheme, as well as US$392,390 that was being smuggled into the island.

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EU, China leaders meet China implicates amid growing trade disputes Bo Xilai in criminal case

BRUSSELS (Reuters) European Union and Chinese leaders will try to bridge growing differences over trade and find common ground on tackling Europe’s debt crisis at a summit in Brussels today.

Overseas trade is one of few bright spots in Europe and a critical source of growth for the region’s economy, which has slumped under the weight of the debt and banking crises, with EU gross domestic product falling and unemployment steadily rising.

Trade between China and the EU, the world’s biggest trading bloc with a market of 500 million people, rose to 428 billion euros in 2011, having doubled in size since 2003.

Chinese companies are increasingly investing in Europe, while the Chinese government is an important buyer of the debt of euro zone governments. China’s foreign exchange reserves are the

world’s largest at $3.24 trillion, and economists say roughly a quarter of that consists of euro-denominated assets.

At the same time, trade disputes are intensifying. In the latest spat, the European Commission accused China of selling solar panels below cost on the EU market, angering Beijing and threatening wider business ties.

Beijing has not linked purchases of EU government bonds to trade disputes, said Zhang Yongjun, an economist at the China Centre for

International Economic Exchanges, a Beijing government think-tank.

“But the two issues concern the bilateral relations and cannot be separated.”

An EU official played down the problems ahead of today’s summit, which he said would not be a summit for big decisions but rather a meeting focused on “consolidation”.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will meet European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council, which represents national governments. They will also discuss human rights and sustainable development.

Briefing journalists, the EU official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, described the trade disputes as “relatively routine” and said they were being worked at on a technical level at the Commission and World Trade Organization.

MOSCOW (Reuters) Moscow accused the United States yesterday of using its aid mission in Russia to meddle in politics and influence elections, a charge likely to push relations between the former Cold War foes to a new low after Vladimir Putin’s return to the Kremlin. The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a blunt statement explaining Moscow’s decision, announced by Washington on Tuesday, to give the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) until

October 1 to cease operations in Russia.

Kremlin critics said the move was intended to cut funding to organizations Putin sees as a threat following his return as president in May after four years as prime minister, and called it part of a crackdown on dissent.

“It’s about attempts to influence political processes, including elections of various types, and institutions of civil society though the distribution of grants,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said

in statement.

He said Moscow had also been worried about USAID’s work in regions including the North Caucasus, where Russia faces an Islamist insurgency that activists say is stoked by rights abuses and tough police tactics.

USAID has worked for two decades in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union, spending more than $2.6 billion on program intended to combat disease, protect the environment, strengthen civil society and modernize the economy.

Jose Manuel Barroso

BEIJING (Reuters) - China for the first time yesterday implicated former senior politician Bo Xilai in a criminal act while avoiding naming him directly in a published account by state media of the trial of his onetime police chief.

The Bo scandal has rocked Beijing, exposing rifts within the ruling Communist Party - elements of which are strong supporters of Bo’s populist, left-leaning policies - at a time when China is preparing for a once-in-a-decade leadership change.

Wang Lijun, ex-police chief of southwestern Chongqing city, tried to tell “the Chongqing party committee’s main responsible person at the time” - in other words, then-Chongqing Communist Party boss Bo - that Bo’s wife, Gu Kailai, was suspected of murdering a British businessman.

But Wang was “angrily rebuked and had his ears boxed”, according to Xinhua news agency’s official account of Wang’s trial this week in Chengdu city, near Chongqing.

The virtually unmistakable reference to Bo increases the chances of him facing criminal charges, possibly for covering up a crime or

Bo Xilai corruption. So far, Bo has only been accused of breaching internal party discipline. He has not responded publicly to the allegations against him.

Wang, 52, lifted the lid on the murder and cover-up of British businessman Neil Heywood in February when he went to the U.S. consulate in Chengdu and, according to sources, told envoys there about the murder that would later bring down Bo. Within two months of Wang’s 24-hour visit to the consulate, Bo was sacked as party boss and from the Communist Party’s Politburo and Bo’s wife Gu was accused of poisoning the businessman.

A court has since given Gu a suspended death sentence for the killing in late 2011.

Russia says U.S. aid mission UN chief says anti-Islam filmmaker abused freedom of expression sought to sway elections UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon said yesterday the maker of an anti-Islam film that triggered violent protests across the Muslim world abused his right to freedom of expression by making the movie, which he called a “disgraceful and shameful act.”

The film, posted on the Internet under several titles including “Innocence of Muslims,” mocked the Prophet Mohammad and portrayed him as a womanizer and a fool. It sparked days of

deadly anti-American violence in many Muslim countries, including an assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in Libya in which the U.S. ambassador died.

“Freedoms of expression should be and must be guaranteed and protected, when they are used for common justice, common purpose,” Ban told a news conference.

“When some people use this freedom of expression to provoke or humiliate some others’ values and beliefs, then this cannot be protected

in such a way.”

“My position is that freedom of expression, while it is a fundamental right and privilege, should not be abused by such people, by such a disgraceful and shameful act,” he said.

A California man convicted of bank fraud was taken in for questioning on Saturday by U.S. authorities investigating possible probation violations stemming from the making of the video. He has denied involvement in the film and has now gone into hiding.

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Bankers call on ‘It’s the beginning CARICOM to fight FATCA of the end for Govt.’

Jamaica Observer - Local financial stakeholders lobbying for the Government to take on a US tax compliance rule, which require them to release client information to American authorities, have gone regional.

But firms are still not clear how they will comply with the extra-territorial law and not break local privacy laws, while the state doesn’t yet know how it can intervene.

The Caribbean Association of Banks (CAB) took a position paper to the CARICOM back in June, when the group agreed to establish a task force to figure out how to take on Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).

The task force would comprise nine individuals including the Jamaican ambassador to Washington and another representative of the Government, due to Jamaica being the member state most advanced in addressing the FATCA issue.

But CAB representatives are hoping that its conference to be held in Jamaica in November, which they expect will see the largest meeting of regional bank heads, will result in regional stance.

“The conference offers an opportunity for the first time for regional banks and financial institutions to come together on this issue, so that we may now know where we are in terms of FATCA,” said Tasha Manley, chief compliance officer at Jamaica National Building Society (JN). “We hope to have this issue addressed and discussed by all, in terms

Tasha Manley

of coming to a united stance on where we go.” Back in April, a group of financial sector players brought the matter to the attention of the public and, in particular, the Jamaican government.

They wanted the state to intervene in a similar way to countries, such as the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, which initiated discussions with the US, towards establishing reciprocal bilateral arrangements with respect to the FATCA reporting regime.In June, Finance Minister Peter Phillips said that the Government would put several measures in place to help institutions prepare for the new tax law’s implementation in 2013, including a risk assessment by the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ).

Trinidad Express Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley Tuesday led a march to President’s House as he hand-delivered a petition, with more than 25,000 signatures, calling for President George Maxwell Richards to demand a written explanation from Prime Minister Kamla PersadBissessar as to why the controversial Section 34 was prematurely selected to become law.

Persad-Bissessar remained silent during the emergency Parliament session last week to repeal the controversial section and, to date, has not spoken on the issue. The petition listed a timeline beginning with November 8, 2011, when Justice Ronnie Boodoosingh quashed an attempt by the Attorney General to extradite “two self-confessed financiers of the United National Congress”.

Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Dr Keith Rowley After the nine-point timeline the petition called for it “now to be resolved”, “that His Excellency the President raise as a matter of urgency with the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago as part of his constitutionally required consultations with the Prime Minister the outrage of the national community in this matter”...

“That his Excellency demand an explanation from the Hon

Prime Minister as to the reason/s for the decision of the Cabinet which acted in breach of the trust of the Parliament”.

The petition also calls for the immediate revocation of the appointment of Anand Ramlogan as Attorney General and Herbert Volney as Justice Minister “so as to avoid further national distress and international opprobrium in this matter”.

Rowley called on the President to address the nation after he completed the paper trail. He said Tuesday’s march was not the end, but only the beginning of the end for the Government.

Dominican elected PAHO director Dominica News Online Dominican Dr. Carissa Etienne will be the new Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

She was elected yesterday by PAHO Member States during the 28th Pan American Sanitary Conference.

Dr. Etienne will begin her five-year term on 1 February 2013, replacing Dr. Mirta Roses Periago of Argentina, who has been PAHO Director since 2003.

Dr. Etienne is currently Assistant Director General, Health Systems and Services, of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva. From 2003 to 2008 she served as Assistant Director of PAHO, WHO’s Regional Office for the Americas.

She holds degrees in medicine and surgery from the

Dr. Carissa Etienne University of the West Indies as well as a master ’s in community health and an honorary diploma in public health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

In Dominica, she has served as Chief Medical Officer (in 2000-2002 and 1995-1996), Director of Primary Health Care Services,

Disaster Coordinator, and National Epidemiologist in the Ministry of Health.

She also served as Coordinator of the National AIDS Programme and as Chairman of the National AIDS Committee. She served twice as Medical Director of the Princess Margaret Hospital and was an Associate Professor at the Ross University School of Medicine.

At WHO, Dr. Etienne led efforts to renew primary health care (PHC) at the global level and to strengthen health systems based on PHC, promoting integration and improved functioning of health systems.

PAHO celebrates its 110th anniversary this year and is the world’s oldest international public health organization.

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ILLEGAL ALIENS IN GUYANA A few months ago, a Venezuelan woman who said that she came to Guyana looking for her man was deported for overstaying in the country.

Recently, another foreign national who was here, reportedly for studies, told the media that he was being ordered to return to his home country.

Other nationals, including Brazilians, have in the past been charged and placed before the Courts, fined and ordered deported.

The Courts have to dispense justice in accordance with the law and if persons are brought before the Courts, then those persons would have to face the consequences of any action of theirs that was unlawful.

The problem is not with the Courts but with the decision of the authorities to charge persons with not being legal in the country.

Guyana should not be hauling persons before the courts for being illegal aliens without first asking those persons to voluntarily leave the country.

A better way has to be found to deal with the problem of illegal aliens in Guyana without hauling them before the courts. This should not be happening, at least not in Guyana whose nationals are known to be illegal all over the world.

There are thousands of Guyanese who are illegal aliens in Venezuela. The same situation exists in Brazil.

Guyanese could have for many years actually taken a

speed boat and travel to Suriname via a route which is known as the “backtrack route” without any documentation.

There are tens of thousands of Guyanese living in Suriname and there is no mass deportation.

However, if those persons misbehave and run foul of the laws of their host countries, they can be charged for whatever criminal activity they are engaged in and deported.

The Guyana Government has been highly critical of the way Guyanese are treated at some regional airports. For years, there were criticisms over the manner in which immigration authorities in Barbados treated Guyanese.

Recently, there was criticism of the treatment of Guyanese by the authorities in Trinidad.

And whenever Guyanese have been rounded up and

deported, there have been vociferous concerns expressed locally.

Given the experience that Guyanese have had in other countries, the humiliation that they face and the fact that in almost every country in the region there may be illegal Guyanese, it is disconcerting to read that the authorities in Guyana are hauling persons before the courts for being in the country illegally, including for overstaying their time.

Yes, Guyana where each year thousands of persons apply for visas to go to countries for a “holistay”.

They leave on a holiday but they stay and do not return to Guyana.

The immigration laws of any country must be complied with. But it is also the duty of the authorities to

ensure that there is even compliance with the laws.

Certain persons cannot be allowed to be illegal in Guyana while the unfortunate are picked up, thrown in dirty lock-ups and later hauled before the courts where they are fined and ordered deported.

When foreign nationals suffer these humiliations, they would not have pleasant memories of Guyana. They may probably never want to see these shores again, especially if they feel that there are other aliens in Guyana who are not being picked up. And they will discourage their friends from coming here. This represents a negative image for the country.

Instead of hauling undocumented and illegal aliens before our courts, they

should be asked to leave voluntarily. If Guyana adopts a more humanistic approach to illegal aliens, then we will not have a bad name. In fact, the many persons who come here will want to ensure that their documentation is in order and will try to ensure this because they were shown understanding.

If Guyana continues, however, to pick up illegal aliens, throw them in the lockups and then haul them before the courts, then other countries may wish to do the same for our nationals. The result will be mass deportations of Guyanese.

This will present a major social problem in Guyana because the social services will not be able to cope with the influx; there will be no jobs for the tens of thousands that will be sent back; many of

them will have no place to go since they may have been overseas for a long time and have no ties here.

It is therefore not in Guyana’s interest to be hauling persons before the courts for being illegal in Guyana. It is also not good for the image of the country.

A more considerate attitude should be shown whereby persons who are illegal can be asked to apply for the necessary documentation, including permits to extend their stay, or be given a period of two weeks to leave voluntarily.

Panday testifies against in-laws in robbery trial

By Rehanna Ramsay Malcolm Panday was called to the stand by the prosecution yesterday to give evidence in the case of his wife’s relatives and four other persons who allegedly robbed him of $7 million. One of those relatives is Chandrada Rampersaud, Panday’s mother-in-law, who is accused of masterminding the robbery.

In his sworn testimony, Panday told the court that he remembered the day when he was robbed. Panday said that he was standing in the living room peering out his front

Dem boys seh ...

De problem is Shite Global De whole government happy over de signing fuh de Amaila Falls deal because is money galore fuh nuff of dem.

De country gun get nuff lights too although de falls can’t supply de whole of Guyana.

When dem boys talk bout de money people claim how dem is anti-government and accuse dem of stalling progress.

Dem boys stay quiet till now. Dem decide fuh spill de beans because dem know that if dem don’t talk now dem might never talk again because sympathy does tek over.

When Brazil tell Guyana, through Bharrat, that dem gun build de road all de way through to Linden, Bharrat reject de offer. People didn’t understand why till a man tell dem that Bharrat got nuff friends and all of dem got to get a piece of de road. Bee Kay got to get a section; Naught got to get a section; and Brazzy got to get he advisor fee. Don’t talk wha other people gun get.

Is de same wid de hydro project. When Bharrat announce it he seh that de project gun cost US$550 million. That was a reasonable price till Shite Global announce that it had de contract. Right away de cost go up. It now cost US$840 million.

When dem boys ask Bharrat why, he seh that was risk insurance that push up de cost. Dem boys seh that de Chinee people didn’t think that Guyanese woulda bun down de falls; dem didn’t believe that de Guyanese people woulda hijack de workers. Wha dem was telling people was that dem didn’t trust Shite Global. That is de risk and fuh that Guyana got to pay a further US$200 million.

What is de risk? Dem Chinee people don’t want to tek chance that Shite Global gun run away wid dem money. Of course if Shite Global run away wid de money don’t ask who gun get de lion share.

Talk half and think bout paying back fuh dem big projects.

Panday’s mother-in-law Chandrada Rampersaud, who is accused of masterminding the robbery yard when he noticed two strange men opening his gate.

“I kept staring at them trying to recognize if I knew them and as I was doing this they entered the yard and walked towards me.”

Panday said that as the men were walking down his driveway, one of his staff exited the front door and walked toward them. All the while he kept focused on the two persons, trying to figure

out if he knew who they were.

He subsequently turned to his wife who was sitting nearby and questioned why his staff had gone outside since these strange men may as well be bandits.

Panday stated that while he focused on the strangers in his yard through transparent windows his vision was never obscured by anything.

He was responding to question posed by AttorneyAt- Law Glenn Hanoman who is prosecuting the case.

It was then, the witness said, that he noticed that his staff was trying to speak to the men. Panday described the men whom he saw come into his yard on the day when he was robbed. He said that one of them was a short Indian guy and the other a tall Negro fellow who was wearing a red hat. He pointed out Jermaine Mitchell as the “tall Negro man” who entered his home that day.

Panday said that he took a closer look at the men and had an odd feeling that they were indeed bandits. As he kept staring at the taller “Negro stranger” Panday

said that his suspicions increased because it was very unusual for him to get an unannounced visit from a young Negro man.

“Just then I sensed trouble. I immediately said to one of my staff to close the front door, is bandits, and instantaneously ran out the back door and jumped over the fence into my neighbour’s yard.”

Panday recalled that this was his reaction after he noticed simultaneously an aggressive forward movement of the unannounced Negro visitor and the response of his staff.

The businessman burst into tears as he told the court of the horrific ordeal that his wife and two young children went through that day.

After he went into his neighbour’s yard to get help, the man said that his neighbour, who is the owner

of Cops Security Service, telephoned the police and also requested armed security guards from the Service.

Panday said that an armed security officer who arrived a few minutes later accompanied him over to his residence where he found his wife, his four-year-old son and his two-year-old son Christopher looking terrified.

At this time, Panday once again became tearful in the witness box saying that he did not wish to remember the horrendous occurrence as his young son still has nightmares about the incident.

After a moment the witnessed dried his tears and continued his record of the July 2011 robbery.

The man said that he then embraced his family and inquired if the bandits got all the money in the house. His (continued on page 16)

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THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN

“Ring Bang” rang in my ears last Saturday International star, Eddy Grant has a hotel named Blue Wave on North Road. In 2000, controversy arose about the parapet on the northern part of the road outside the hotel. The owner decided to clear the parapet, concrete it and put up two “Ring Bang” pillars on the site.

City Hall contended that when the job was complete the land would virtually be exclusive. In other words, only the hotel ownership would control that part of the parapet. The other thinking

that went into the row was that when private companies and individuals spruce up the parapets in front of their houses, and prevent access to the public then the land virtually becomes their property.

As it turned out, the “Ring Bang” pillars were allowed and the parapet was neatly fitted out with a concrete ground. I seriously doubt that drivers not connected to Blue Wave would park there. You just know that that it is for people going to the hotel and you accept that you should not park there. Twist it anyway you want to, the “Ring Bang” parapet lies beyond the reach of Guyanese drivers.

The concept of the parapet in Guyana is not an easy one to grasp and the

arising controversy is not an easy one to settle. The consensus among homeowners going back to time immemorial is that the parapet in front of your home actually is for you to use even though in law it does not belong to you.

But how legal and morally right is that? Even if it is not legally yours, by virtue of your rejection of the public access to it, it becomes exclusively yours.

Now, one would have a hard time convincing homeowners that people should be allowed to park on the parapet outside their home. This practice of exclusive use is very widespread all over Guyana.

A new development has taken place. Homeowners are actually putting huge boulders on the parapets in front of their houses.

In the gated community where I live at Turkeyen, former GT&T CEO, Yog Mahadeo has planted palm

trees all around his parapet.

One of my neighbours has actually fenced in his parapet.

Yet another resident where I live has tiled the entire grassy land outside his home.

The Georgetown Club on Camp Street is a large place so they have a large parapet on which they put some gigantic bricks and painted them in white.

This means that drivers cannot use that part of the parapet that belongs to Guyana.

I had a big fight with Henry Green when he was Commissioner of Police about the edict from the Beharry family about UG taxies parking on the parapet outside the family mansion.

This is a large edifice that is situated at the highway and UG Access Road. It takes in almost a quarter of a mile of parapet on the UG Access Road.

The Beharry family objected to the taxis on the parapet, the police agreed and the matter went to court. The UG taxi owners lost because the Ministry of Works who

was the defence did not turn up in court.

Last Saturday, I got into a quarrel with the ownership of Steve’s Jewellery on Church Street. I arrived early to shop at the Bourda Green. There was no parking at all in the area. This establishment takes in about seven parking lots of the parapet. Security came out and instructed me not to park. I refused. I got encouragement from market vendors and passing citizens.

The company said the lots are for customers.

I said the lots are totally empty and I am not blocking any entrance. They persisted.

I rang the higher authorities of the police force and they sent a traffic rank.

The owner came out and explained to the police that he spent money to spruce up the parapet. My argument was that such expenditure did not give him the right to exclude members of the public from parking. The police told him that it is unreasonable to

Frederick Kissoon prevent a citizen from parking if the lots are empty.

The security said what happens if customers arrive.

It is hardly likely that it is empty then all of a sudden seven drivers turn up. How can you prevent parking on the assumption that customers are coming?

Suppose they don’t come?

Then a public parapet cannot be used.

I agree that employees have a right to park on the parapet of their work place and non-employees must accept that and move on but this customer parking thing is a tricky business. What do you think?

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Fire destroys another Linden home and so.”

Esme Johnson's daughter-in-law, Soyinka Johnson, who lived downstairs with her husband, Leonard, and two children, said that she was at work, when she got the call about the fire, and immediately rushed home.

She too, could not estimate her losses.

Her husband was in

Sonyinka Johnson (sitting) is consoled by neighbours.

A wooden and concrete two-storied house at 184 Wisroc Housing scheme, was yesterday afternoon destroyed by fire, leaving a family of seven homeless and with losses they could not readily estimate.

Homeless are Esme Johnson, her two granddaughters Onica Johnson and Shari Waithe, her son Leonard and his wife Soyinka Johnson, and their

two children, Jevon. 17. and Jeremiah Johnson, nine years old.

Esme Johnson who was in her shop, in front of the house when the fire started, said she could not say what caused the conflagration.

The woman who seemed in shock also could not estimate her losses, claiming that it was way too much.

“I was in the shop when the fire started. Is a

neighbour shout out, “look Leonard house on fire'”.

A neighbour by the name of Claudine said that after a neighbour called out that Leonard's house was on fire, she looked out, and there was thick, thick black smoke.

“So everybody run over and see what they could take out of the house. We manage to take out some chairs, a stove, flat screen television, microwave, a table, carpet

Georgetown, while their two children were at school.

When this newspaper arrived on the scene, Soyinka was being consoled by neighbours. Nothing was salvaged from her apartment.

Neighbours however managed to save a few items from the upper flat which was occupied by her motherin-Law.

The Linden Fire Service which reportedly arrived on the scene more than half an hour after the fire started, came in for strong criticism from residents, who had tried valiantly to extinguish the fire with buckets of water.

Even after the fire tender left, persons were still dousing what was left of the fire with their buckets.

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Lindener celebrates National cyclist in hospital st 101 birth anniversary after Sheriff Street accident

- relatives find Police inaction frustrating

Charlotte Agatha Campbell

Linden's Charlotte Agatha Campbell, of Stewart Path, Christianburg, yesterday celebrated her 101st birth anniversary at her residence with a simple thanksgiving service at her home.

Aunt Gathie, as she is popularly known, was in a very exuberant mood, clapping and laughing and giving praises to God. “I'm so happy to see this day, and I feel so blessed. God has indeed been good to me,” she enthused.

Displaying an energetic spirit that belies her age, Aunt Gathie boasted that she still tends to her garden everyday, pulling weeds and transplanting flowers. She also still takes care of her personal hygiene.

Her 72-year-old son, Lincoln, has been living with her for many years, ever since his father died in 1969.

He sometimes answers questions on his mother's behalf. The woman's only complaints seem to be a little hearing problem and the occasional arthritic pains.

Lincoln said that his mother credits her good health and longevity to eating lots of 'bush fish' and deer. Her father and brother were good hunters.

Aunt Gathie lived at Dalgin with her family before relocating to Wismar in the early seventies.

She has lived at her present residence ever since, except for her 18-year sojourn in Canada.

The future of 29-yearold Continental Cycling Club rider, Lear Nunes, is in limbo following a horrific accident on Saturday last on Sheriff Street.

According to reports, on Saturday the driver of a vehicle PJJ5053 made a uturn on Sheriff Street in the vicinity of Subryanville and struck Nunes who was riding a motorcycle. The incident occurred at about 16:00 hours. To date there has been no proper police action and all efforts to contact the other party involved have proven futile.

Up to press time yesterday Nunes was still a p a t i e n t a t Wo o d l a n d s Hospital nursing broken bones in one of his legs.

From his hospital bed yesterday Nunes said that on the day in question he and a friend were riding along Sheriff Street towards the seawall when a vehicle which was being driven by a female made a sudden uturn.

“I tried to avoid the accident because it was sudden and I slammed into the back of the vehicle; the driver stopped briefly and I began to slip in and out of consciousness,” Nunes related while grimacing in immense pain.

Nunes displays his injury at the hospital yesterday.

S i n c e h i s hospitalization, Nunes said, he has undergone two surgeries, but there is no guarantee that he will ever be able to ride again. To add to his grief Nunes said there h a s b e e n n o acknowledgement on the part of the person responsible for the accident.

Nunes's wife, Jacqueline Henry, told this publication that on the night of the accident Troy Cadogan visited the hospital and began making inquires.

“He came and started to

enquire about the hospital bill but when the doctor started telling him what needs to be done because of the extent of the injury, he reportedly said that he will be in contact but that was the last (time we saw him),” Henry said.

She added that ever since, their calls to Mr. Cadogan have gone on unanswered. Now the woman said she is left with a hospital bill which is in excess of $800,000. “We are not looking for anything from these people; all we are

asking is that we meet and come to some agreement, even if we don't agree on how the accident happened.

The least that can be done is that they show some consideration. It's an accident; it could have happened to anyone,” Henry said.

The woman added that her husband was the one taking care of their two children at home and did other work in an interior location but now with his injury he has no means of income.

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Thursday September 20, 2012

WANTED 1 Part time cook, for variety of dishes; restaurant experience an asset. Call: 225-1787 for interview One live in Domestic, Call: 658-9495 Small family live/in, husband handy man duties, wife domestic. Call 227-1830 Experienced driver, counter servers, roti & puri makers.

Apply Hack’s Halaal with written application, 5 Commerce Street.

1 Acounts Clerk. Must know to prepare monthly VAT, NIS and PAYE. TSI, Eccles. Call 614-4358 Drivers for contract with minibus licence. Call 6753093 One welder fabricator to work in interior. Call 2269768, 669-0855, 642-7963 Person to work in internet café, preferably female. Call Rushell - 227-2740, 614-0599

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WANTED Survival Shopping Complex, 173 Sheriff Street, needs bond attendants and bond supervisors. Call 227-5286-90 One live in maid to work $45,000 monthly, age 35-45 Call: 686-2201, 687-1414

One minibus driver. Call 6644945

Cook, waiter, bar attendant, kitchen assistant, handy man, Apply: 78 Hadfield Street behind Brickdam Station Call: 693-3946, 226-0036

Apartment furnished/ unfurnished in healthy & safe environment,WCD. Call 698-6496

Maid, handy man, receptionist, washer, Hilton Hotel, Henry Street Werk-enRust Call: 223-6284, 225-9211 Live in domestic Call: 6272733, 220-9660

One secretary for auto sale Call Imran 639-5635 One gardener/handy man between 58-68 yrs, preferably from the East Bank area Call: 644-8381 Experienced drivers and dispatchers for a reputable taxi service Call: 645-0025

One shop attendant, one Baire for interior location.

Call 642-0176 Experienced jetmen Call: 6813801

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

Be part of our world class customer care team . Phone: 220-0401-3 or email: recruitmentguyana@ qualfon.com

Heritage Day, Santa Mission 22nd September, $4,000 per person Call Joy 218-1285, 649-9059, 692-3114, Sean 657-0825

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

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

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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 6847957 Fluffy Pups. Tel: 642-6664.

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

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TOUR Suriname Tours & Vacation Trip, Shopping, Site-seeing, Malls, 6 to 9 October, 26 to 28 October. Call 639-2663, 644-0185, 665-5171, 227-8290

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

FOR SALE

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

Housing & apartments 2,3,5 bedrooms affordable price offer in GT comfortable Call: 691-6449

Porters and carpenters.

Apply at Alabama Trading, Georgetown Ferry Stelling, Stabroek.

New Classes in Cosmetology, nails & makeup Call Abby 216-1950, 6665241, 619-7603

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

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

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

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 10 KVA stabilizer, filing cabinet, office chair, 350 amp breaker, pumps. Call 6277835 Male enhancer Viagra $4,000, 4 in pack Call: 6381627

1994 Leyland Daf 145/150 with winch, perfect for backdam.

US$26,000 negotiable. Call 688-1202

Spares for washer, microwaves, fridges, stove timers, gear boxes, pumps etc Call: 225-9032, 647-2943

One 35 Tractor Engine (4 cylinder Perkins). Fully refurbished (Price - $450,000).

Call 624 9149 or 671 4707

Craftsman weeders with 4 stroke engine (new) $50,000, 1-4 HP Yamaha outboard engine (new) $280,000 Call: 678-0224, 258-0070

Daschund mix with Tibetian, 6 weeks old pups. Call 2704231, 602-7233, 660-9470. 304 Section B Non Pariel, ECD.

Welder/fabricator, age 25 to 35, internet café female, age 18 to 25 for interior location Call: 642-0176

Complete sound system, Hifi sound; 75 KVA Cummings generator. Call 610-1230, 6735828

CAR RENTAL Premio, Vitz; call: 679-7139

Seadoo Jetski 18ft fiberglass speed boat with 175 Hp Yamaha engine. Call 2336161, 651-8870

FABS RENTAL, cars & SUV rental, call: 600- 6890 or email fabsrental@yahoo.com

Stainless steel meat saw, meat grinder, electric wheel chair. Call 233-6161, 651-8870

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

1 620 Leyland Daf truck, 1 500 Bedford truck, lots of 620 parts Call: 654-3488, 642-5915

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FOR SALE / RENT American Pool Table Call: 277-0578 House & business place for rent or sale, suitable for restaurant/office/boutique, New Road W.C.D Call: 6823011

EP71

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Girls to work @ Courtney’s Boutique, Stall Á’ 37. Call 227-3407

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Female to cook for family in the interior. Tel 688-0197

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Sales girls to work at Indian Garment Store, good salary plus commission Call: 6042164

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

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676-6700

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Excavator operator & land dredge worker. Call 675-2253

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LEARN TO DRIVE Soman & Sons Driving School, First Federation Building. Call 225-4858, 6445166, 622-2872, 615-0964

Toyota Allion PNN Series, $2.4M. Contact: 600-6464 One DAF 45-flat bed with 26 ft tray, not registered. $3M. Call 609-7803 / 609-1887 (Continued on page 20)

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Texila American University clears the air on student deportation Texila American University (TAU) has said that it was justified in seeking to withdraw the visa of an Indian student and having him deported to India.

Ragavendra Balakrishnan recently claimed that he was given no explanation why he was picked up by Immigration authorities, since he was in Guyana on a valid student visa.

However, officials of the private university, located in Woolford Avenue, Georgetown, disputed his claim.

Texila University has been in Guyana for two years and currently has over 100 students of ten nationalities studying here.

Saju Bhaskar, the chief executive of Texila, said that the University sponsors visas for every international student, and it forms part of its obligation to keep Immigration Authorities informed when students are entering or leaving the university.

As a result, Bhaskar said when Balakrishnan gave up studies at the university; sponsorship of his visa was withdrawn by Texila.

The University officials claimed that Balakrishnan had put in writing that he was no longer a student of the university.

The university also claimed that the student packed his bags and left with the immigration authorities

and was not “taken.”

Bhaskar and other university officials claimed that Balakrishnan was insistent that his degree in homeopathy could be grounds under which he could skip the first two years of the medical programme and be fast-tracked for clinical rotation in the USA. However, the university said that it did not accede to the request, saying that a person has to be eligible before they could be posted for clinical rotation. The student must complete the first two years of the programme. Clinical rotation is for third and fourth year students.

The university said that Balakrishnan was failing his anatomy classes. He then complained that he was not aware of the passing grade.

His next step was to seek to have his failing grades adjusted, something the University said that it could not do.

The University said that all indications are that Balakrishnan was more interested in entering the United States and that the university was not into facilitating illegal activities.

The University claimed that the student was trying to practice homeopathy in Guyana, and was trying to use the university to get him that permission to work here.

Bhaskar said that the

university made a conscious decision to come to Guyana after looking at the fact that the rest of the Caribbean has over 38 private medical schools.

The University offers a 50 per cent scholarship to all Guyanese students.

Bhaskar acknowledged that the University has problems, but these are associated with the fact that it is a growing university with a diverse student population.

Bhaskar said that by October the University would have students from 15 different countries and that the student population could grow to 300 when facilities are expanded to a second campus at Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara.

According to Texila, some students have indeed left the University. Bhaskar said that these were mainly Indian students who did not realise the kind of country that Guyana is and expected to be in a country that was more developed.

He said that the university never sought the deportation of any. The only person whom the university caused to be deported was a dishonest lecturer.

In addition, the university said that the Medical Council in Indian has taken time to issue eligibility certificate and those students who left sought to defame Texila and pull students away.

Today, the United Nations Association of Guyana (UNAG) and its affiliate Community Peace Councils will observe Guyana’s 46th Anniversary of Guyana’s admission to the United Nations; and tomorrow, we will observe United Nations International Day of Peace.

UNAG has particularly chosen to observe the 46th Anniversary of Guyana’s admission to the United Nations in honour of the renowned Guyanese author E.R. Braithwaite, who was the first accredited Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Guyana to

the United Nations in 1966 and who recently visited here earlier this year.

On Friday, International Day of Peace will be observed by members of the United Nations Association of Guyana, the UN Staff members, the BramhaKumaris and Youth Groups, by assembling at the premises of the United Nations Development Programme, Brickdam, at 11.30 am when the message by the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, will be delivered after which a minute’s silence will be observed at 12.00 noon for Peace in Guyana and the rest of the

World.

In continuing observance of both of these important events, our Association will hold an International Tea Party at the premises of the Theatre Guild, Kingston, Georgetown, on September 22, 2012, commencing at 3.00 pm.

These events are being observed and held in cooperation with the UN System in Guyana and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Throughout the ensuing years the Association has launched several programmes for promoting Peace, Justice, Human rights and Democracy.

UN Assoc. observes 46th anniversary of Guyana’s admission to UN

Panday testifies against in-laws ...

From page 9 wife replied in the affirmative and he later verified that the money was indeed gone. He said that the money in US currency and local currency packaged in different envelopes amounted to at least $7 million.

Panday recalled that some smaller amounts were in little white envelopes. Those smaller amounts represented

payment for his staff. The witness was shown an exhibit of the envelopes and he said that he recognized them.

Panday explained that the large sum of money was being kept at his home for the reason that he owns a chain of stores and was due to travel overseas to make purchases for his trade.

Defense Counsel Michael Somersall and Randolph

Kirton both declined to cross examine the witness.

The matter which is being heard by the (AG) Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine – Beharry and being prosecuted by Attorney –AtLaw Glenn Hanoman in association with Senior Counsel Bernard De Santos at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court has been adjourned until September 26.

Thursday September 20, 2012

Stalled Bartica road works cause concern Residents of the Bartica/ Potaro Road from One to Five Miles are disheartened by the lackadaisical approach now being adopted by the assigned personnel who are effecting the necessary resurfacing works to the thoroughfare. They are lagging by schedule.

Since September 7 , last, after a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Region Seven Administration and the delegation of residents and commuters, only crusher run materials have been dumped at certain strategic areas on the thoroughfare.

A drain was also dug between the One to Five Miles area , but for the past week no more works have been done.

Bartica residents, including bus operators, had protested the state of the road, forcing the administration to address the matter with some urgency.

However, there appears to be a lull in activity much to the disappointment of the residents.

Spokesperson for the delegation of residents, Micah Williams, told this newspaper

The Bartica road remains untouched despite assurances of immediate repairs. that he is being bombarded by residents who are concerned that the works appear to be halted despite the commitment given by the regional administration.

Williams also said that, to date , no copy of the road resurfacing works contract has been given to the group , and despite an assurance, no machinery is on site to disperse the crusher run materials that was dumped on the thoroughfare some 10 days ago.

He added that if the situation continues, he would

be seeking to meet with the Region Seven officials to discuss ways of pushing ahead with the road works by Friday of this week.

If no deal is reached, there is the likelihood that the protest actions will resume.

Commuters and residents who are directly affected by the current state of the road are all anxiously awaiting the moment when they can enjoy full use of a commercially durable One to Five Miles Road. (Edward A. Persaud).

Youth Parliament a voice for youths The Guyana National Youth Parliament, organized, driven and managed by youths, yesterday celebrated its 12th year as an institution contributing to national development by promoting democracy.

Presidential Adviser on Good Governance, Gail Teixeira, who delivered the feature address at the organization’s moot Parliament, lauded its years in existence as an achievement. The event was held at the Princess International Hotel, Providence.

She said that over the years Youth Parliament, which is a Non-Governmental Organization, has made important contributions through the exposure of youths to parliamentary

- Teixeira

procedures.

She explained that Youth Parliament provides a testing ground for individuals for who are interested in becoming Members of Parliament.

According to Teixeira, participants were given the opportunity to voice their views on topical issues such as social networking; sports; and legalizing marijuana in Guyana. The main debate focused on social media, which is being discussed at international forums.

She stressed that social networking is an important topic because this is one of the main forms of communication for this generation. Previously,

communication was done primarily through face-to-face contact since landline telephones were not widely available, Teixeira said.

Highlighting the pros of this form of communication, Teixeira said that it helps to maintain linkages and could influence positive change.

Meanwhile, it could be harmful with the promotion of negative change and character assassination.

According to Teixeira, Youth Parliament is a great avenue to help build self confidence and gives voice in the national developmental agenda. She pointed out that skills acquired will help participants when they become politicians, members of political parties and civil society activists.

East Canje man found dead on road The police were called out around 13:00 hrs on Wednesday when the body of Sewdat Parvatan was found on the Cumberland East Canje, Berbice Public Road. The man apparently fell off his bicycle and died.

The body of Sewdat Parvatan, called ‘Jugul’ and ‘Bruckup’, 46, a fish vendor of New Street, Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice, was seen lying on the parapet of the Cumberland Public Road about 11:30 hrs.

His bicycle was nearby.

The father of three, who bought and sold fish in the East Canje area, was said to be an alcoholic and an

epileptic.

After he was seen lying on the side of the road not too far from a regular drinking spot, no one paid him any m i n d , b e c a use it was a regular sight after a round of drinking.

However when a few of his friends decided to check on him to move him out of the sun they realised that he was not moving.

They decided to inform his relatives and call the police.

According to one of his sons, he saw his father around 11:00 hrs when he went and check on him at his place of residence. He said that some time later he was informed by a friend that his father was lying at the

side of the road and that he appeared to be dead. He hurried to the scene and his worst fears were confirmed. His son said that his father lived alone because of his drinking habit.

The man leaves to mourn two daughters and one son, his brothers, sisters and other relatives, some of whom were seen crying openly on the side of the road.

The body was removed around 15:00 hrs by undertakers from the Arokium Funeral Parlour.

The police are investigating and a Post Mortem examination is expected to be performed on the body soon.

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UGBC reflects on life and memory of slain detective

New guest house for Kaieteur Falls visitors

....memorial scholarship on the way

- US$2M set aside to develop Kaieteur National Park

The young narcotic detective constable whose life was snuffed out last week at Moleson Creek, Corentyne, is being idolised by his classmates, lecturers, and staff of the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC).

Jirbahan ‘Justin’ Dianand, a graduate of the Felix Austin Police College, was described by the Director of the Berbice Campus, Professor Daizal R. Samad as one of the college’s better graduates of Course 23-B. The young man was a secondyear Public Management student at the Berbice campus.

“He was one of the most diligent, and conscientious police officers that we have”, stressed Samad.

“As a society, we are very quick to condemn the police for any rumour as it relates to corruption and blemish— Now I am not, for a single second, forgiving police officers who are not upholders of the law and of weak character— I am not forgiving that; I think the condemnation is right...but before we condemn, we should correct”.

He noted that officers like

Justin and other good cops oftentimes “fade into the background and the good work that they do are so easily forgotten and ignored”. Prof Samad noted that the nation ought to remember that these men are sons and husbands and fathers; “they are people and they are doing a job”.

Prof Samad noted that when the cops “miscue somebody can die— that is the nature of the profession and with Justin, he was excellent”. “I know he took the precautions but how do you protect yourself from elements that murdered him?

So in doing his job well, he put himself between us and disaster.”

The whole country, Prof Samad noted, should rise up and say “no more! — we will not lose our precious children to these people!”

To his parents, Professor Samad said, thanks for giving us a child that set an example for all of us.

“As a student here, his fellow students are heartbroken. They can’t focus on anything, they are tearful; grieving— this campus mourns that loss, very, very deeply but no loss

can be like the loss of a mother— a mother’s loss of a son...That is cutting people to the quick, that family, we can only imagine, but we feel it in our way very deep”.

“We can only pray that his soul would be in peace and he would not be forgotten”.

Prof Samad revealed, too, that already there has been an offer from overseas to sponsor what would be the Justin Dianand Memorial Scholarship “and this will start as soon as possible, so his name would not be forgotten”.

The university campus does not believe that the cop’s death was in vain. “I think we are all safer...and this is a front line job, so we can’t allow that memory to fade— As a nation, university, Guyana Police Force, as a people, we cannot do that, so his name must live on and his parents must know that we will carry that flag in all kinds of ways. We are all proud and we all grieve”.

The University flag at the campus has been flying at half staff since the death.

Detective Dianand will be given a military funeral on Thursday.

Government continues to underfund UG - Cathy Hughes Alliance for Change Member of Parliament, Cathy Hughes, has stated that the emasculation of the University of Guyana by the government continues, notwithstanding pleas from staff and students for urgent attention and transformation.

Hughes made that statement yesterday during the party’s weekly press briefing.

According to Hughes, the university has had an annual deficit of between $200 and $250 million over the past five years.

The commencement of the 20122013 academic year was delayed for two weeks in part because of the financial crisis that grips the institution.

She explained that the delay in commencement was also in part due to poor oversight of the institution by the Minister of Education.

Hughes told the media that staff and students had petitioned the Minister of Education Priya Manickchand and the National Assembly for a new Council since in April.

Hughes further stated that the life of the previous Council ended on June 30. However, a new Council was only appointed by the Minister and met for the first time on September 12, last. She said it must be noted that the new

Council contains several of the politically partisan, ineffective members of the previous Council.

Since the academic appointments cannot be made without the input of the University Council, numerous appointments are still to be made and many classes have not yet started, she added.

She further noted that UG does not currently have a Chancellor or a Vice-Chancellor.

The Deputy Vice Chancellor will proceed on end of contract leave shortly.

Hughes said that in seeking to control all high level appointments at the University, critical posts remain unfilled for lengthy periods to try to facilitate the appointment of PPP sympathisers. This, she said, negatively affects the day to day administration and the overall governance of the University.

“The World Bank loan, which would go into default in one month, has still not been signed, notwithstanding assurances by the Minister of Education that it would have been signed by the end of May 2012. It is clear that the government sees no urgent need to sign the World Bank loan and arrest the deterioration of the

University of Guyana,” Hughes posited.

Hughes said that the deliberate efforts to stifle the University have undoubtedly had an enormous impact on Guyana’s development.

Knowledge has become more important in the global economy and the need for quality higher education to generate, impart and utilize knowledge in the wider economy is critical to a nation’s competitiveness.

She said that Government continually argues that tertiary education cannot be prioritized as the emphasis must remain on the nursery, primary and secondary levels.

Hughes said that the argument reflects a mistaken perception that investment in the University will not yield appreciable returns and has led to chronic under financing of UG. Hughes said that the university is now almost crippled with unmotivated staff whose remuneration is insufficient to attract and retain highly qualified faculty; underdeveloped curricula, decrepit infrastructure and illequipped students. In such circumstances, the potential of tertiary education to promote development in Guyana cannot be realized.

Germany’s Honorary Consul to Guyana, Ben ter Welle, says that US$2M has been set aside to develop Kaieteur National Park. The first project would be replacing a 50-year-old guest house in Tukeit, Region Eight.

At the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Ministry of Finance, Main Street, yesterday, four bids were submitted under the Environmental Protection Agency for the construction of Tukeit Guest House and wardens/caretakers building, Kaieteur Park, Region Eight.

With an engineer’s estimate of $29,269,903 the bids submitted were:

Germany’s Honorary Consul to Guyana said that previously a contractor was not thorough and the project was cancelled. However, Germany and the Guyana Government later agreed to resuscitate the project and develop their area.

The consul noted that the building will have a veranda for hammocks and several bedrooms and bath.

Staff not involved in police vehicles auction racket - Home Affairs workers Colleagues of a Ministry of Home Affairs employee, who is at the centre of investigations into an alleged racket involving the auction of police vehicles, believe that he is being unfairly targeted.

The employee was barred from proceeding on leave when news of the alleged racket broke and although it has been two months since an investigation was ordered by the Ministry, this newspaper was informed that no particular evidence has been unearthed to implicate him.

In fact, colleagues who spoke to this newspaper yesterday are convinced that the person making the allegation is the one who should be investigated since it was he who admitted to blowing the whistle on the alleged corrupt practices when he was not favoured for the purchase of one of the vehicles.

The staff members of the Ministry claimed that the Ministry of Home Affairs employee was merely the auctioneer and as such he was not in a position to receive any monies or write receipts for any purchase of vehicles.

This newspaper had reported on a ‘businessman’ claiming that there was a big racket involving millions of dollars at the auction sale of a number of serviceable and unserviceable police vehicles.

The racket, he claimed, involves the misrepresentation of amounts paid for the vehicles, with some of them eventually being sold for far less than the minimum bidding price.

The businessman also claimed that the racket has been going on for a while and

apart from the Ministry official, the probe is also looking into the involvement of a Police rank and an Auditor from the Audit Office.

The employees explained that as usual, for 21 days in March, the Ministry of Home Affairs had advertised the sale of police vehicles as advised by the Guyana Police Force.

After inspection of the vehicles in the police compounds where the vehicles were, persons were invited to an auction held at the Guyana Police Force’s Quartermaster Stores compound.

They claimed that the whistleblower is one of many persons who would make bids on behalf of businessmen interested in purchasing the

vehicles.

According to one of the employees, at the March 23 auction, the whistleblower approached the Ministry of Home Affairs auctioneer and made an improper proposal for one of the vehicles on auction.

“The guy dismissed him, telling him that he would not jeopardize his job. His response was ‘If I can’t mek money, I gon screw up and done and de whole baby party gon done,” the Ministry employee told this newspaper.

The auction went on as planned and, according to the employees, every bidder got what each bid for.

They claimed that the whistleblower was never a (continued on page 18)

Searchers find body of lightning strike victim The body of 46-year-old school boat captain, Daniel Colinet, who disappeared last Monday after he was struck by lightning at Kartabu , Mazaruni River, was recovered by a search party early yesterday morning.

It had drifted some two miles east to an area near Kaow Island , which is one mile due north from the Bartica Community in the Essequibo River .

Members of the search party claimed that as part of their plans for yesterday they had decided to carefully follow the currents of the river in the Bartica area.

The corpse was bloated and showed the scars from the electricity strike on the right hip, the rib area and arm. It was taken by the

search party to the Bartica Pubic Hospital for procedural reports , but owning to the decomposing state of the corpse, a decision was then made to bury the corpse yesterday after consultation with family members and Region Seven Administrative Officials .

They buried the body shortly after 14:00 hours at Sorrow Hill.

The Region Seven Administrative officials assisted Colinet’s family members with burial preparations, Just before the funeral the local Education Department gathered at the R.D.C. Office Compound , First Avenue ,Bartica, for a period of reflection on the life of the late Daniel Colinet. ( Edward A Persaud )

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Man falls off truck, dies weeks later Police have detained the owner of the pickup from which 24-year-old Balkarran Kissoon fell while the vehicle was travelling on the Essequibo Coast Public Road. Kissoon died on Monday.

The driver was said to be a goldsmith whose name was given as Jabbar Khan.

Reports have revealed that Khan never reported the incident to the police and had taken it upon himself to foot the cost of transporting Kissoon to the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Khan was apprehended by police on Monday and is being held at the Anna Regina Police station.

According to reports,

Kissoon and two other young men were the passengers of the pick-up.

Kissoon was said to be intoxicated when he fell on the Jibb Public Road on August 22, last.

Khan upon learning about the incident immediately chartered a flight which transported Kissoon to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he remained unconscious nearly four weeks after the incident.

Kissoon’s relatives were not forthcoming with information.

One relative said that Kissoon, a carpenter by trade was attempting to open his eyes a few days before he died on Monday.

Cops on the lookout for synthetic drugs Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee, has made a call for law enforcement agencies, more so those involved in combating the drug trade, to be on the alert for synthetic drugs.

This call was made on Monday when he addressed the opening of a Drug Enforcement Agency training session.

“Bec a u s e of globalization, the possibility of synthetic drugs and heroin finding their way to our country in larger quantities cannot be discounted,” the Minister lamented.

As a consequence, the Minister reiterated his call for the Law Enforcement Agencies to be on the alert for other types of illegal drugs arriving on the shores and to be prepared to take preventative action to restrict their entry into the country.

“With our expanding import and export trade,

more emphasis has to be placed on the movement of shipping containers to prevent their use for illegal purposes,” Rohee stated.

“I therefore welcome the recent initiative where the Container Control Programme was launched in Guyana by the UNODC and the World Customs Organization with financial support from the Government of the United States of America.”

He said that the success of this programme in Guyana will depend to some extent on the reinforcement of the concept of Inter-Ag e n c y Cooperation and the dedication of the persons who will be trained to operate it.

For years local drug enforcement agencies have been grappling with the drug trade while there continues to be several seizures there has been very little success stories of prosecution.

Youth unemployment getting worse - ILO Jobless rates among young people will get even worse, globally, as the spillover of the Euro crisis spreads from advanced to emerging economies, according to an ILO paper titled “Global Employment Outlook: Bleak Labour Market Prospects for Youth”.

Youth unemployment rates are forecast to rise from 9.5 per cent this year to 10.4 per cent in 2017 in the Caribbean and East Asia, with little change projected in Latin America and the in SubSaharan Africa.

Ekkehard Ernst, lead author of the paper and chief of the ILO’s Employment Trends Unit noted “Ironically,

GPHC doctors benefit from ...

From page 6 said too that a number of Canadian pharmaceutical companies will help sponsor the cost of the operations.

“This isacompletelyvoluntary service and there are actually several physicians who will be coming across here. We are quite keen to do this but we also want to advance the care of kidney patients and we think this is a great contribution and a great way to do things too...this is why we are in the profession in the first place,” he added.

He also disclosed plans to train local doctors to eventually spearhead kidney transplant operations, essentially making the GPHC independent in this regard.

Describing the collaborative move as a very feasible venture, Dr Gangji also amplified that its publicprivate partnership nature will see the Guyanese public benefiting from free kidney transplant operations. At the moment kidney transplant operations, spearheaded by Kidney Surgeon, Dr Rahul Jindal, of the Walter Reed Medical Centre, are available at a cost at the privately-run Balwant Singh Hospital.

Staff not involved in police ...

From page 17 part of that bidding process.

“He never bid on any vehicle; he never had any money in the first place,” another employee stated.

But things got ugly when the whistleblower, in a rage that his proposal was turned down, went to the Ministry of Home Affairs where he reported that a racket was taking place.

When the Ministry did not immediately respond with an investigation, he proceeded to the Office of the President.

It’s been two months now and there is no word of any disciplinary action taken against the auctioneer.

It was explained by a

source close to the investigation that nothing incriminating was found against the staffer.

“As the auctioneer, the man at the Ministry does not handle any money neither does he identify the vehicles to be sold.

The police do this on the day of the auction and all monies are paid directly to the police and only the police issue the receipt.

We at the Ministry are not involved in any of the financial processes,” one employee explained.

The file on the matter is said to be with the office of the Director of Public Prosecution but it is not yet clear what

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recommendations have been made.

Indications are that the matter will end with another slap on the wrist, as was the case with the botched purchase of the police $18M patrol boat.

The Minister of Home Affairs had announced that police officers involved in the purchase were ordered to repay the kickbacks they received from the supplier of the vessel which had severe mechanical problems since its arrival in Guyana.

The vessel, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs, will be put on auction but so far this has not been advertised.

only in developed economies are youth unemployment rates expected to fall in the coming years, but this follows the largest increase in youth unemployment among all regions since the start of the crisis,” said Ekkehard Ernst, lead author of the paper and chief of the ILO’s Employment Trends Unit.

The new forecasts show the youth unemployment rate in developed economies dropping gradually, from 17.5 per cent this year to 15.6 per cent in 2017. This is still far higher than the rate of 12.5 per cent registered in 2007, before the crisis struck.

Much of this decline in the jobless rate is not due to improvements in the labour market, but rather to large numbers of young people

dropping out of the labour force altogether due to discouragement.

These discouraged youth are not counted among the unemployed.

The projected decline in youth unemployment in the developed economies region is not expected to be enough to pull the global rate downwards.

The paper says that the global youth unemployment rate will reach 12.9 per cent by 2017 – up 0.2 percentage points from forecasts for 2012.

The impact of the Euro crisis is expected to expand well beyond Europe, affecting economies in East Asia and Latin America as exports to advanced economies have faltered.

In North Africa and the Middle East, youth unemployment rates are projected to remain above 25

per cent over the next years and might even rise higher in parts of these regions.

Even in countries with early signs of a job recovery and where new vacancies are opening up, many unemployed youth still find it difficult to land a job. For example, a construction worker whose job fell victim to the housing bust might not have the skills needed in sectors that are hiring.

“This leads to discouragement and rising NEET rates (“neither in employment, education or training”) among young people,” said Ernst.

“Schemes using employment guarantees and an emphasis on training could help get jobseekers off the street and into useful activities, providing a safeguard against further economic stress,” he added.

According to the paper, such youth guarantees can come at very limited cost, less than half a per cent of GDP among European countries.

“In times of constrained public finances, this may seem like a large additional burden, but it will be less than the additional costs that come from young unemployed people permanently losing touch with the labour market,” the update said.

McCoy says victim refuses to pursue criminal charge Making his second appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer another criminal charge of assault, Information and Press Liaison to the President, Kwame McCoy, presented a letter to the court reportedly sent to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) by the victim; Natalie Ross, stating that the woman no longer wished to pursue the assault allegations made against him.

The case which was scheduled to commence against McCoy yesterday was cut short just before police witness, Denise Griffith, attempted to take the witness stand. McCoy told the court that he was in receipt of a letter sent to the DPP by Natalie Ross, proving that the woman is refraining from pursuing him.

The letter’s authenticity could not be confirmed since checks to the DPP’s office provided little information.

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry asked the prosecution to make contact with staffers there to get confirmation on whether the DPP had any knowledge of the letter McCoy had presented.

Staffers at the office however said that the DPP was on leave and they could not say whether the letter was real or not.

As a precaution, and with

... Court order summons for victim

Kwame McCoy McCoy’s lawyer, Bernard De Santos’ (SC) advice, the matter was adjourned until next Monday when the prosecution is supposed to have Ross present to confirm whether she had written the letter to the DPP. A court summons for the woman was granted.

Prior to McCoy’s letter in court, Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield said that he had two witnesses present to commence McCoy’s trial. De Santos however said that what the prosecution had was a “fluff” since the main witness, Ross was not present in court.

He later attributed the woman’s absence in court to

the alleged letter she wrote to the DPP. Prior to the 2011 elections last year, McCoy was alleged to have used his Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) to assault Ross.

McCoy while on Camp Street, during an exercise to erect photos of his presidential candidate, reportedly engaged in an argument between himself and Ross.

The result of that argument was, McCoy reportedly going into his vehicle and hitting Ross while he drove his car. The woman had to be taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where she remained overnight due to injuries she allegedly sustained.

In early August of this year, McCoy was found guilty of assaulting another person and was fined $70,000.

McCoy was fined $20,000 for using threatening language towards Clifton Stewart and $50,000 for assaulting him.

Reports stated that the two men got into an argument over the erection of presidential photos. McCoy threatened Stewart contending that he was a marked man. He later used a gun to strike Stewart across the head.

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India overcome battling Afghanistan From back page Stadium, India lost both openers cheaply in an exhilarating opening burst from the tall leftarm paceman Shapoor Zadran as Gautam Gambhir was bowled off an inside edge and Virender Sehwag was caught behind off a ball angled across him.

Yuvraj, returning to the side after almost a year undergoing treatment for a rare form of lung cancer, was the first to benefit from some generous fielding as Mohammad Nabi put down a sharp chance off his own bowling. He went on to crack 18 off 20 balls before he sliced a cut to short third man.

With India three down and still not flowing with the bat, Afghanistan sensed their chance, only to be badly let down by some elementary errors as three more catches were put down in the space of four overs. Nabi spilled a caught and bowled chance above his head, Karim Sadiq suffered the ignominy of dropping a Kohli drive over the rope for six, and Sami Shenwari grassed the easiest of the lot after Raina had spooned to point.

When Dawlat Zadran finally clung on to a catch to remove man-of-the-match Kohli, he and Raina had added 56 runs for the fourth wicket and India were on the charge. Raina advanced to 38 off 33 before he was bowled

by Nabi in the final over, his dismissal merely clearing the stage for captain Mahendra Dhoni to belt 10 runs off the last two balls of the innings.

Afghan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Shahzad made a startling recovery after coming off injured midway through

the India innings after being struck on the knee by the ball.

Coming out to open the bat, he lived up to his billing as an entertainer and found the boundary with his trademark “helicopter shot” - a wristy whip through the leg side with very little backlift and a check finish.

Sadly, the fireworks were short-lived as a mistimed pull off Lakshmipathy Balaji was caught by Yuvraj, who then trapped the dangerous Nawroz Mangal lbw for 22 with his first delivery.

Sadiq and Ashgar Stanikzai kept Afghanistan in the hunt, but with the run rate creeping up beyond nine Sadiq took one risk too many.

A big heave into the leg side was caught

by Gambhir at deep midwicket, and Yuvraj struck again with the very next ball to have Ashgar Stanikzai caught behind. When Ravichandran Ashwin removed Samiullah Shenwari for one, India looked certain to wrap up a comprehensive win, but a blistering 31 off 17 balls from Nabi revived hopes of a shock. He blasted two sixes and two fours but came unstuck when he was induced into a false shot by a cleverly delayed delivery from Ashwin and was pouched at mid-off.

With Nabi back in the hutch, Afghanistan’s last chance had effectively gone and India swiftly wrapped up the tail to put themselves on the brink of the Super Eights.

Scores: India 159 for 5 (Kohli 50, Raina 38, Shapoor 2-33) beat Afghanistan 136 (Nabi 31, Balaji 3-19, Yuvraj 3-24, Ashwin 2-20) by 23 runs.

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Leal relegated after placing 2nd at...

From page 23 line in the juvenile road race which covered a distance of 50km was 15-year-old Michael Anthony who completed the course in a time of One Hour 26 Minutes 56 Seconds. Leal had finished second to Anthony but was moved down to fourth place and replaced

by Pedro Rosa Nunez of Puerto Rico (1:30.55) with T&T’s Akil Campbell taking the bronze.

The junior race, covering a distance of 80km was won (gold) by local boy Paul DeNobrega in record time; Two Hours 04 Minutes 01 Second. The grueling event saw more than half of the starters failing to finish and Yoan Ludovic Kabel of Guadeloupe taking the silver with another Guyanese Raynauth Jeffrey copping the bronze medal.

Kaieteur Sport understands that the reason put forward for the relegation of Leal is not solid. It is being claimed that Leal’s cycle was not correctly configured. If that was indeed the reason for the decision of the organizers, why did they allow Leal to compete with the same not properly configured cycle?

It is standard procedure for cycles to be inspected prior to a race if there are doubts in the minds of the race officials and once that is done, a decision would have had to be made regarding the rider (s) adjusting to suit the rules or being left out of the race totally.

From all appearances, the organizers erred in this regard which makes their decision an unfair one for the young rider to have competed and then to be told that the position he worked for would not be his legally.

Naturally, young Leal was very disappointed and upset with the decision of the officials at the conclusion of the event. It was reported that Manager/Coach Wayne DeAbreu lodged a verbal complaint with the organizers; the GCF has followed up in writing.

GCF boss Thompson noted that the fact Leal was allowed to ride the entire race

and then be relegated was a breach of his constitutional rights.

Meanwhile, Manager of sponsor Team Coco’s Ian ‘QB’ Davis has complimented the riders for creating cycling history by winning both marquee events, and in the case of Paul DeNobrega, his winning time being a record.

It is also the first time that a country would have swept both events, accomplishments that the Guyana Cycling Federation is proud of.

Davis indicated that he was well aware of the talent of the quartet and the need for them to be encouraged by competing at a higher level regularly in order to develop.

These are reasons for him {Davis}deciding to sponsor them to compete at the Bigi Bergi 4-stage race that was

held in Suriname a few weeks ago.

Thompson also complimented Mr. Davis for the vision and confidence his club has been showing in the development of cyclists in Guyana noting that apart from making it possible for the riders to compete, Team Coco’s has also been donating racing cycles to riders in Guyana to the value of thousands of US dollars.

“The GCF would like to salute Team Coco’s and Mr. Davis for partnering with us to support these young riders and cyclists on the whole.

They must be complimented for the vision and the level of no-nonsense support they have been giving to local cyclists. What the four riders have accomplished for our nation can only be bettered but not erased.”

Australia beat Ireland in...

From back page innings, did little to inconvenience Australia’s pursuit.

Assisted by one over from Boyd Rankin featuring four leg-side wides, Watson and David Warner shared an opening stand of 60 in seven overs. Warner, who became only the third batsman to score 1,000 runs in Twenty20 internationals, was untroubled until he whipped George Dockrell to deep midwicket to perish for 26.

Watson - dropped by Stirling in his follow-through - responded by heaving the

off-spinner and then Dockrell for six, the second of which took him to a 28-ball half-century.

Although Watson was beaten by Trent Johnston’s direct hit from short third man and Kevin O’Brien won an lbw verdict against Hussey in the following over, Cameron White and skiper George Bailey eased any nerves that may have existed in the Australia dressing room.

Scores: Australia 125 for 3 (Watson 51) beat Ireland 123 for 7 (Kevin O’Brien 35, Watson 3-26, Starc 2-20) by seven wickets.

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At the presentation ceremony, the BVA took the opportunity to present two volleyballs to former Under19 national Volleyball Player, Adityanand Singh for him to assist in the resuscitation of the sport in Blairmont, a community that was once a powerhouse in Volleyball and hosted international matches on several occasions.

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From page 22 are on a month-long trip to Bangladesh and will face the Bangladesh A-Team in another four-day match, starting on Sunday at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in the country’s capital of Dhaka.

They will also play another four-day match before facing these opponents in three Oneday and two Twenty20 matches.

Scores: SAGICOR HIGH PERFORMANCE CENTRE 534 for nine declared (Kyle Hope 217, Andre Fletcher 105, Keddy Lesporis 97,

Veerasammy Permaul 42, Marlon Barclay 31; Shaker Ahmed 27-3-115-5, Nazmul Islam 2-127) BANGLADESH CRICKET BOARD ACADEMY 199 (Mahmadul Hasan 46, Mominul Haque 32, Anamul Haque 26, Soumya Sarkar 22, Shaker Ahmed 21; Yannic Cariah 336, Veerasammy Permaul 371, Carlos Brathwaite 2-22) and 217 for nine (Soumya Sarkar 118, Anamul Haque 48; Yannic Cariah 31-8-79-5, Veerasammy Permaul 3-55)

Thursday September 20, 2012

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Female footballers receive gears as preparations for GFF Women League continue

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Colts romp to Group Two Georgetown sweep -Tournament continues in Albouystown tonight

Mr. Wilson (extreme right) joins Mr. Baker (extreme left) and Lawrence Griffith (4th left standing) with the team shortly before the practice game on Tuesday afternoon last.

Female football recently received a boost when the executives of the Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL) and those of the Bank of Nova Scotia teamed up to render corporate support to a team of lasses undergoing rigid training sessions in preparation for the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Women League which is scheduled to commence soon.

Tuesday afternoon, the local team engaged in training at the Georgetown Football Club against a GCC boys’ team under the watchful eyes of their coach, Joseph Wilson and Directors of the Guyana Sports Development Foundation, John C. Yates, and Colin Baker. The latter

Director explained that local football authorities are paying strict attention to the development of young girls by way of a school based programme. He called for the broader intervention of the corporate community while emphasizing that the aim is to support a massive and structured school programme that will foster the development of the sport.

“We wish to encourage the corporate community to see football not merely as a game but as a structure towards the development of young people,” said Mr. Baker.

Meanwhile, DDL and Scotia Bank teamed up and donated several pieces of gear to the team. Mr. Baker

handed over the gears on behalf of the sponsors and extended best wishes to the team. The young ladies received a set of uniforms, consisting of tops, trunks and socks moment before they engaged a Boys U-11/13 squad from the GFC in a practice match. The team will also travel over to the West Coast Demerara for another practice match against a female team from that area in another friendly game at the Den Amstel Community Centre Ground this Saturday starting at 16:00hrs.

The team is currently being coached by Joseph Wilson, ably assisted by Andrea Fredericks.

The women have been engaged in rigid training since July on Wednesdays and Saturdays at the GFC ground.

Dynamic Dwayne Bravo bringing his best for World T20 Colombo, Sri Lanka – Dwayne Bravo is confident he can rediscover the form which saw him produce one of the best allround displays in the short history of the ICC World T20 tournament. Back in 2009, Bravo took four wickets and made a match-winning half-century as the Windies outplayed India at Lord’s.

In that match Bravo had two career-best performances. He bowled first change and took 4-38 – the wickets of Gautam Gambhir, MS Dhoni, and brothers Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan. He returned with the bat to scorch a magical 66 not out off 36 balls, including three sixes which sailed into the crowd. That year the West Indies reached the semi-finals, their best showing in the ICC World T20.

“I would rate that performance as my best in Twenty20 cricket at the international level and it is something that I will remember for some time. I played really well on that day under pressure and set up a good win. I believe I am at that level in my game. I know I have a big part to play in the team during this tournament and I will look to contribute in all departments,” Bravo said.

The West Indies have been drawn in Group B alongside Australia and Ireland and both first round matches will be at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

Their opening match will be against the Aussies on Saturday, at 7:30 pm (10:00am Eastern Caribbean Time/9 am Jamaica Time).

The second match will be against the Irish on Monday, also under lights at 7:30 pm.

“It’s good to come into the tournament and have people show us the kind of respect and admiration to rate us among the top teams.

We have come here as a confident team and we believe we can do very well for the people back home,” the experienced 28-year-old said.

“The momentum can change very quickly in this format of the game – one good ball, one good catch, one good shot can bring a complete change in the match. We believe we have a good team with allround balance. We will look to do well in the first round and qualify for the Super Eights and then take it from there.”

Bravo is rated as one of the most dynamic players in world cricket. The latest Twenty20 rankings released by the ICC saw him listed at Number 5 in the Allrounders ladder. The Windies Number 47 made his international debut back in 2004 and has been an integral part of the team since then.

Looking at the conditions, Bravo noted: “The pitches look like they will suit our style of play. We will have to make sure that on game day we are ready for what any team throws at us. The two teams in our group are different in their styles and in the make-up of their teams.

“Ireland have upset a number of teams before and we won’t take them lightly at all.

The Australians are well organised and well drilled so we have a good sense of what we have to do to win and advance.”

Colts sent a strong message that they will be one of the teams to reckon with in the Georgetown zone of the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball Championships when they swept Group Two when the tournament continued Tuesday night on the Burnham Court.

Colts, a composition that includes Tyrone Hamid, Shelroy Thomas, Stephon Henry and Dane Kendal opened their showing in the tournament with an easy 21-11 points win against Made Men; they then set up one of the deciding games of the night against Slash in their second game after Slash had beaten Teachers All-Stars 16-10 in the Group’s opening game.

The Colts versus Slash game ignited patrons at the Burnham Court with guard, Trevor Smith in a heated contest against Thomas and Kendal in the paint against Horace Hodges. The battle was evenly matched and intense from the first whistle.

Smith and Thomas traded perimeter shots while Kendal and Hodges bodily tried for

advantages in the post. In the end, it was Colts that held on for a 15-14 win. The victory was Colts second of the night and put them on course to top their group.

They then faced Teachers’ All-Stars in a lopsided contest that ended 21-5 in their favour, giving them the number one seed in the second Georgetown group. Slash and Made Men faced off in a final battle of the night to decide the second qualifier.

Made Men had earlier beaten Teachers’ All-Stars 19-6 to also post a 2-1 record.

However, Slash dismissed any thought of a challenge from Made Men with 21-11 points win that gave them their place in the next round of the nationwide competition.

The Mackeson 3-on-3 Basketball competition continues tonight at the Independence Boulevard Basketball Court in Albouystown with Warriors, Albouystown Ballers, South All-Stars and East Bank Bullies aiming to secure their place in the next round.

(Edison Jefford)

Banks DIH Limited Inter Department sports to climax Saturday Banks DIH Limited 2012 Inter-Department cricket and dominoes competitions will climax on Saturday at Banks DIH Sports Club, Thirst Park.

Defending cricket champions Soft Drink Plant will clash with Berbice in the first semi-final of the 12-over aside game at 08:00 hours to be followed by Essequibo Branch taking on Brewery in the other semi-final encounter.

Nine teams will contest the Inter-Department Dominoes playoff with defending champions Vehicle Workshop ‘A’ among the contestants.

The other competing teams are Stores “A” and “B”, Maintenance Workshop, Security, Vehicle Workshop “B”,

Linden, Berbice and Essequibo.

Twelve male players will contest the King Dominoes competition. The players are Terrence George and Michael Isaacs of Linden Branch, Dhanesh Seeram and Muniram Singh (Essequibo Branch), Ryan Faria and Garfield Southwell (Berbice Branch), Delon Ridley and Dexter Mayers (Distribution Warehouse), Colin Burnette, Quincy Bailey and Dave Singh (Soft Drink Plant) and Orin Sandy (Vehicle Workshop).

The Queen dominoes participants are Sharon Douglas (Electrical Workshop), Gillian Gravesande, Mary Andries and Rita Marcus (Security), Coleen Ferguson (Sanitation),

Sherry Martins (Krystal Dry Cleaners), Michelle Peterkin and Renisha Gilford (Berbice Branch), Shondell Easton and Shauna Jones (Linden Branch).

Meanwhile, seven teams are competing in the nine-aside football tournament which opened Wednesday with two matches at Thirst Park ground.

Defending champions Stores were scheduled to play Warehouse/Soft Drink Plant combined while Sales were to compete against Trisco.

The other teams listed to take part are Special Events/ Demico House combined, Central Services and Rum Factory/Tropical Mist Plant combined.

Berbice High School win again in Wilbur Hope Memorial Schools’ football tourney Berbice High School (BHS) continue their winning ways to book a place in the semifinals when they defeated Tutorial Academy Secondary 1-0 as play in the Inaugural Wilbur Hope Memorial Inter Secondary School football tournament continued in Berbice with another double header at the All Saints Scot Church ground.

After inflicting a 3-0 drubbing on Canje Secondary school (CSS) in the opening game, the BHS lads returned on Tuesday and held off a strong TASS team by the lone goal of the match with Mark Wrong being the man on target with a 20th minute strike.

The game was evenly contested after that with both

teams trying desperately to push on. However the score line remained the same until the final whistle.

In the second game Berbice Educational Institute (BEI) scored twice in the first half to earn a 2-1 win over New Amsterdam Multilateral School (NAMS).

Jason Drakes netted first in the 23rd minute, while Melroy Henry doubled the score in the 29th minute.

NAMS’ never gave up and Akeem Bowlers pulled one back with eight minutes to go in the 60 minutes game.

The competition, which is being sponsored by US Army soldier and former New Amsterdam resident Kevin Henry, is being played in

memory of the multitalented Wilbur Hope a former national footballer and athlete and accomplished cricketer.

Hope’s relatives last year handed over a Pavilion which was constructed in the Tucber Park ball field in honour and memory of his 10th death anniversary to the people of the Tucber Park Community.

The respective schools were presented with Jerseys, Trunks and two footballs each.

The tournament was expected to continue yesterday with TASS taking on CSS and VESS coming up against NAMS. The semifinals are expected to be played today and the final tomorrow. (Samuel Whyte)

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Thursday September 20, 2012

John Fernandes Insurance Services Cariah, Permaul effort fails Ltd Second division Hockey League... to take Sagicor HPC to win Western Union Hikers declared champions

Sagicor HPC players shake hands with the BCB Academy last wicket pair of Nazmul Islam and Kamrul Islam Rabbi. © WICB Media KHULNA, Bangladesh – Spinners Yannic Cariah and Veerasammy Permaul shared eight wickets, but the Sagicor High Performance Centre had to settle for a tense draw with the Bangladesh Cricket Board Academy in their tour match on Wednesday, following a brave hundred from opener Soumya Sarkar.

Leg-spinner Cariah was the most impressive Sagicor HPC bowler, grabbing 5-79 from 31 overs, and left-arm spinner Permaul snared 3-55 from 28 overs, as the BCB Academy, forced to follow on, finished on 217 for nine in their second innings – led by 118 from Sarkar – on the final day of the four-day match at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium.

The visitors’ were denied victory, when the last wicket pair of Nazmul Islam and Kamrul Islam Rabbi defied them for the last 19 balls of the match.

They had faced similar defiance earlier, when Sarkar and wicketkeeper/batsman Anamul Haque shared 103 for

the second wicket either side of lunch.

But Cariah removed Anamul for 48 in the first hour after the interval, triggering an inexplicable BCB Academy batting collapse, with only Sarkar to lead the resistance, reaching his hundred from 167 balls, before Permaul claimed him after tea, as the Sagicor HPC made the final push for victory.

The Caribbean side had needed 12.5 overs in close to an hour to dislodge the home team’s last three first innings wickets, as the BCB Academy were bowled out for 199, conceding a lead of 335.

Cariah ended with 3-36 from 11.5 overs and Permaul finished with 3-71 from 24 overs.

The Sagicor HPC enforced the follow-on and started well, when Permaul, sharing the new ball with captain Carlos Brathwaite, bowled Mizanur Rahman for seven with the batsman playing defensively forward.

Brathwaite and his side were however, put on the back-foot, when Anamul,

Munroe selected interim President of GTTA - AGM set for October 20 Long-standing General Secretary of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Godfrey Munroe was selected interim President Tuesday night with the Executive and Council Members of the Guyana Table Tennis Association unanimously making the selection.

The Meeting was convened to discuss the presentation and tabling of the Audited Financial Statements of the GTTA; select an Interim President and setting dates for holding an election.

The meeting was held based on the expiration of the

Godfrey Munroe tenure of the Executive and to fill the vacant position of President that remained following the death of former President, Henry Greene.

whose knock included seven fours from 88 balls, linked up with Sarkar, carrying the BCB Academy to 66 for one at lunch and spending close to two hours together at the crease.

Cariah had Anamul caught close to the wicket however, and none of the remaining batsmen, apart from Sarkar, showed any serious defiance.

Six of the remaining batsmen were either bowled or lbw, testimony to the low nature of the pitch, and the home team never recovered after they reached 146 for four at tea, following the departure of two of their best batsmen – Mominul Haque for three and their captain Mahmudul Hasan for one – both to Cariah.

The Sagicor HPC team (Continued on page 20)

Kerensa Fernandes of John Fernandes Insurance Services Ltd presents the winners shield to Western Union Hikers Captain Shaquille Assanah in the presence of teammates and GHB Treasurer, Devin Hooper (right).

The Western Union Hikers completed the John Fernandes Insurance Services Ltd Second Division Competition in fine style with a 3-0 defeat of the Airbenders to solidify their position as 2012 Champions in the competition.

The match began at a frantic pace, with the Airbenders pressing the Hikers in the early minutes and both sides creating chances, but failing to find the back of the net.

The Airbenders deliberate and patient build-ups contrasted in style to the swift counter-attacking style of the

Hikers as both teams seemed determined to come out on top. While the first half remaining goalless, the Hikers were quickest off the mark just 4 minutes into the second half.

A surprise run by crafty Jamarj Assanah created an opening for him to guide his shot past the near post of Airbenders substitute goalkeeper Jonelle Garnett.

The Hikers pace began to take a toll on the Airbenders as their defence found itself exposed on several of the Hikers goal raids.

Tournament joint top scorer, Aroydy Branford, did not

disappoint his fans as he added a second goal for the Hikers in the 46th minute with a blistering shot.

While the Airbenders continued to fight, the Hikers defensive wall matched every effort and in the final minute of the game, Randy Hope outraced the Airbenders defence to add to his team’s tally giving the Western Union Hikers the 30 victory.

After the culmination of a superb second division tournament a presentation of the shield and medals were made to the Champions the Western Union Hikers.

GOA signs $47M contract to commence work on Headquarters

By Edison Jefford The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) yesterday signed a $47M contract for the first phase of construction of its Headquarters that will be built on an acre of land at Liliendaal with Chandralall Deokie of C. Deokie and Sons Contracting Services being awarded the contract.

GOA President, K. A. Juman Yassin announced yesterday that 15% of the amount will be made available immediately to initiate the works. He disclosed that works from that initial allotment of 15% of the funds should take 14 weeks.

Yassin informed that the state-of-the-art Headquarters will house several offices, boardrooms, a hall that can occupy around 350 persons at once among several other key important components necessary for such a facility.

He said that the total cost of the GOA Headquarters would be around US$1M and

GOA President, Juman Yassin signs the contract to initiate construction of its Headquarters with Contractor, Chandralall Deokie (left) of C. Deokie & Sons Contracting Services and John Lewis of the Guyana Rugby Football Union called on the Government for assistance. “We will be writing the Government asking them for VAT and Tax waivers. I have no doubt that Minister (Frank) Anthony will recommend this,” Yassin told the media yesterday at Olympic House.

Currently the GOA pays a hefty rent for its temporary Kingston Headquarters and is seeking to have its own facility that Yassin says has

gotten the approval of all the affiliated associations. He believes that they are moving in the right direction.

“We could have used 1520 million and put down a building to satisfy some people, but we look and we felt that we needed to put down a building that all of Guyana can be proud of,” he noted, adding that the building will serve a variety

of functions.

In addition to those earlier listed, Yassin indicated that the building will house Guyana’s sports medicine complex. The construction of GOA Headquarters has been on the cards for some time now. Yassin said that it is important that a modern facility be constructed since they will be the neighbours of CARICOM in Liliendaal.

Thursday September 20, 2012

Kaieteur News

Courts Golf Tourney Tee-off on Saturday

T

he best golfers in Guyana will converge on the Lusignan Golf Course on Saturday to compete in the annual mega Courts Golf Tournament that Tee-off at 12:30 noon.

Courts officially handed over the sponsorship cheque yesterday at its Main Street Branch as part of its 19th anniversary celebrations with Managing Director, Clyde DeHaas, stating that they are proud to be associated with the sport.

Secretary of the

- part of 19th Anniversary Celebrations Lusignan Golf Course, David Mohamed told Kaieteur Sport that all the leading golfers will compete in the tournament since it is one of the calendar golf competitions that they look forward to every year.

“Courts is doing a good job with this tournament.

Their plans are good. Last year the tournament was big and this year it promises to be even bigger.

We have all of the top

Leal relegated after placing 2nd at JCCC in Dom. Rep. GFC appealing decision to CCU & UCI; applaud riders for brilliant performances

Raul Leal

Ian Davis

By Franklin Wilson G u y a n a ’s h i s t o r i c performance at the just concluded Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships (JCCC) held in the Dominican on September 15 – 16 was overshadowed by the relegation of 14-year-old Raul Leal who had placed second overall to countryman Michael Anthony but was relegated to 4th place based on grounds not too clear to the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF).

It was the first time that Guyana would have done so well at this level; it was also the first time that any country would have won both the junior and juvenile road races.

P a u l D e N o b r e g a ’s winning time in the junior event is also a record.

GCF President Cheryl Thompson has indicated that the governing body for the sport in Guyana has lodged an appeal with the Caribbean Cycling Union and the International Cycling

Cheryl Thompson Federation as they pursue the matter vigorously.

The GCF through its leading administrator has said that they salute the young riders and Manager/Coach Wayne DeAbreu for a fantastic job coming up against 18 other countries and 100 cyclists in each race - junior and juvenile. Team Guyana was fully sponsored by Manager of Team Coco’s, Miami b a s e d C y c l i n g Te a m , Guyanese Ian ‘QB’ Davis.

Leading all to the finish (Continued on page 19)

golfers competing for the coveted champion trophy,” Mohamed said.

Among those competing this weekend is Kishan Bacchus, Alfred Mentore, Rawle Moore, Troy Cadogan, Munaf Arjune, M. Dinanath among some others.

Joaan Deo and Christine Sookram will be competing among the women.

Courts Managing Director, Clyde DeHaas (right) hands over one of the top prizes up for grabs at Courts Golf Tournament on Saturday to Secretary of the Lusignan Golf Club, David Mohamed yesterday at the company’s Main Street Branch.

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t r o Sp Australia Colts romp to Group beat Ireland in Two Georgetown sweep Group B opener P. 21

-Tournament continues in Albouystown tonight

Colts’ Dane Kendal releases a floater in the lane Tuesday night on Burnham Court against Slash Horace Hodges in the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball competition.

India overcome B battling Afghanistan

Shane Watson pulls behind square (AFP).

BC Sport Despite winning the Shane Watson toss, Ireland struggled to s t a r r e d a s score freely on a two-paced Australia beat Ireland by surface that offered only seven wickets in the opening minimal turn. Their total World Twenty20 match in albeit modest - represented Group B. something of a recovery The all-rounder claimed after they slipped to 33-4, a 3-26 to help limit Ireland to collapse initiated when 123-7 at the R Premadasa Porterfield hooked his first Stadium in Colombo. delivery to Mitchell Starc at He dismissed Ireland fine-leg.

Paul Stirling captain William Porterfield slashed Starc to a running with the first ball of the Watson at third man, Ed game and removed brothers Joyce drove tamely to midVirat Kohli was Niall and Kevin O’Brien in off and Gary Wilson was among the runs the 15th over. lbw to 41-year-old Brad again (AFP).

Dropped on 29, Watson Hogg as he aimed to leg. hit 51 off 30 balls, with three Ireland were therefore sixes, as Australia eased indebted to the O’Briens, home with 4.5 overs to who added 52 in seven overs Shapoor Zadran spare. for the fifth wicket. dismissed India's A minor wobble aside Kevin was the chief openers (AFP).

Watson and Mike Hussey aggressor, taking successive fell in the same over with off-side fours off Hogg, but victory a near certainty - it the momentum built up represented an impressive during an over from Starc start to the tournament for that cost 12 was punctured 2 0 1 0 b e a t e n f i n a l i s t s when both brothers fell in Australia. the following over.

Victory over West Indies Niall, sweeping, was BC Sport - India had to two balls and, although Afghanistan determination to become a fixture in the in their final group match at bowled for 20, and Kevin draw on all their experience still had hope into the latter stages, they biggest events. this venue on Saturday will was caught behind off an to overcome a spirited were eventually dismissed for 136.

If they have a flaw, it is their secure their place in the attempted uppercut after Afghanistan side by 23 runs in their India survived four dropped catches to fielding, and were it not for the spilling S u p e r E i g h t s , w h i l e making 35 off 29 balls. opening match at the World Twenty20. post 159-5, with Virat Kohli making 50. of four routine catches, India could Ireland’s hopes of avoiding Alex Cusack and Nigel When Afghanistan were 75-2 after Afghanistan, who face England on easily have been pegged back to a total an early exit depend on how Jones’s late rally, which 11 overs, chasing 160 to win, a famous Friday, are appearing in only their that was well within reach. they fare against the featured the only six of the upset looked on the cards in Colombo. second global tournament, but on this Put into bat at the R Premadasa Windies on Monday.

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