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Auditor General probing

“most controversial” projects Drug supply contracts, Amaila Falls road, Hope Canal on the radar Overpayment of contractors remains major problem p. 3

This truck being used in the construction of the East Canje public road went too close to the edge of this section being repaired on a bridge separating Betsy Ground from Goed Bananen, and got stuck, snarling traffic from both ends.

Former teacher p.7 Unit Commander tells Commission… Udho to replace p.

‘I did not have 2 dies after being set confidence p. Kellawan Lall as 6 alight by husband in my ranks’ Ambassador to Brazil

Mining camp manager

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hacked to death, gold missing

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Udho to replace Kellawan Lall as Ambassador to Brazil

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n e w ambassador to neighbouring Brazil is soon to take up that post, the Guyana Government announced yesterday.

Merlin Udho will replace c u r r e n t A m b a s s a d o r, Kellawan Lall, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. “The Ministry of Foreign A ff a i r s i s p l e a s e d t o announce that the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil has given its approval for Her Excellency Merlin Udho to be appointed as Ambassador of Guyana to Brazil.�

According to the Ministry, Udho served as Ambassador of Guyana to the Republic of Suriname from November 2009 to February 2012.

Previously she worked as a Consultant in the UN system serving in the Ukraine, Bangladesh and Eastern Europe and as the Coordinator of the National Competitiveness Programme.

She holds a Masters of

Outgoing envoy, Kellawan Lall

Incoming Ambassador to Brazil, Merlin Udho

Laws degree with specialty in International Law and a post graduate Diploma in Development Studies.

The Brazilian government, after weeks of delay, approved Lall as Guyana's ambassador.

T h e G u y a n a government had announced Lall's assignment as Ambassador at the end of March 2011, and it was in July of the same year that

Brazil had approved Lall, the Minister of Local Government under the Bharrat Jagdeo administration.

Lall once served as Political Advisor to the President and was asked to join the Cabinet as Local Government Minister after the People's Progressive Party (PPP) won the elections in 2006.

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Auditor General probing

“most controversial” projects Drug supply contracts, Amaila Falls road, Hope Canal on the radar Overpayment of contractors remains major problem Some of the most controversial government contracts are being investigated, Auditor General Deodat Sharma said yesterday as he presented his audited report on the Public Accounts of Guyana, including the accounts of Ministries, Departments and Regions for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2011, to Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman.

The Speaker stated that it was a “travesty” that no m e m b e r o f t h e Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee, which is tasked with reviewing the report, was present at the ceremony. The report will be tabled in the National Assembly when the House comes out of recess in midOctober.

While he could not give details about the report, Sharma said that an ongoing problem is overpayment to contractors.

But apart from the report, Sharma said that his office is looking into a number of projects. His department is currently finalizing a report on drug supply contracts, which have generated much debate. He said that report would be laid in the National Assembly soon.

Among the other projects he intends to probe are the Amaila Falls road project, which is costing taxpayers over US$15 million and the Hope Canal on the East Coast of Demerara.

Sharma said that he was not prompted by anyone to carry out investigations into these ventures, but was doing so because he is responsible for auditing all public projects.

In his 2010 report, Sharma had stated that a sum of $1.252 billion was paid to N e w G u y a n a Pharmaceutical Corporation

Limited on the basis of sole sourcing approved by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board and not by competitive bidding, as required under the Procurement Act (2003).

The transactions with the firm were for the procurement of drugs and medical supplies.

The Procurement Act No.8 of 2003 makes provision for the regulation of the procurement of goods, services and the execution of works, the promotion of competition among suppliers and contractors, and the promotion of fairness and transparency in the procurement process.

The government had initially handed the US$15.4 million contract to build roads to Amaila Falls to Synergy Holdings Inc., under Makeshwar 'Fip' Motilall. However, the government revoked the contract this year and awarded sections of the road to various contractors.

The Hope Canal, which is being dug to serve as the main drainage facility for the E a s t D e m e r a r a Wa t e r Conservancy, is 75 percent complete and some $2 billion has already been spent, the Government Information Agency stated last week.

The Auditor General's office has as one of its main goals the promotion of good governance including openness, transparency and improved public accountability.

Sharma said that with funding of US$325,000 from the Inter-American

Auditor General Deodat Sharma presents the 2011 audited Public Accounts of Guyana to Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman. Also in photo are Anand Harrilall of CIDA and Gino Persaud, President of the Transparency Institute of Guyana.

Development Bank (IDB), the Auditor General's Department is being improved.

The funding is being used to help carry out forensic audits and fraud investigations. Currently, the Auditor General is looking into possible fraud at the Deeds Registry and at the

Supreme Court. In addition, Sharma said that the Audit Office is working the Guyana Police Force to conclude the fraud probe at the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown.

Speaker Trotman commended Sharma for bringing audits of the country's public accounts up

to date, from a position where audits were not done, to the accounts lagging years behind, to the point where they are now being presented before the deadline of September 30.

Present at the handing over ceremony were Gino Persaud, President of the Transparent Institute of

Guyana and Anand Harrilall of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

With the public accounts now up to date, Sharma said that he would be able to concentrate on auditing accounts of Neighbourhood Democratic Councils and corporations.

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EDITORIAL

The importance of democratisation Democratisation is one of the most important concepts and trends in modern political science, one whose significance is just beginning to be understood by conflictresolution practitioners.

On one level, it is a relatively simple idea, since democratisation is simply the establishment of a democratic political regime. However, in practice, democratisation has been anything but easy to understand, let alone achieve as we in Guyana should appreciate.

Democracy, as we know it today, is a relatively recent phenomenon. While some of the ancient Greek city-states had democratic aspects, modern democracy only dates from the late 18th century. To be considered democratic, a country must choose its leaders through fair and competitive elections, ensure basic civil liberties, and respect the rule of law. Some observers also claim that a democracy has to have a capitalist economy and a strong civil-society and civic culture, although not all political scientists would include these two criteria.

Democratisation is the process whereby a country adopts such a regime. There is less agreement among political scientists about how that process occurs, including the criteria to use in determining if democratisation has, in fact, taken place. Many countries have adopted democratic regimes only to see them collapse in a military coup or other revolt that yields an authoritarian government instead.

Typically, we do not think that democracy has truly taken root until at least three national elections have been held. Another criterion raised by many experts is the peaceful transfer of power from one political party or coalition to the former opposition. Such a transition is critical because it indicates that the major political forces in a country are prepared to settle their disputes without violence and to accept that they will all spend periods of time out of office. Can we say we have achieved the latter condition in Guyana?

Less clear is how democratisation occurs. It took an extended period of time to develop in the industrialized countries of Western Europe and North America. In the United States and Great Britain, it took well over a century before all the institutions and practices mentioned above were firmly in place. France, Germany, and Italy saw their democratic regimes collapse and replaced by fascist ones.

It is undoubtedly true that democratisation can take place faster today. However, it certainly is not something that can be instituted overnight. Democratisation takes time, because it requires the development of new institutions and widespread trust in them, which almost never happens quickly.

As with the definition of the term, the importance of democratisation is easy to see at first glance, but is much more complicated in practice.

Between states, democratisation is important because of one of the most widely (but not universally) accepted trends in international relations, referred to as “the democratic peace”. Put simply, democracies do not have wars with other democracies: they have achieved what Kenneth Boulding called “stable peace”.

Whatever the exact set of factors that contribute to democratic peace within states, democratisation is particularly important in those countries that have gone through an extended period of intractable conflict. The institutions and value systems that make democracy possible are based on the development of the trust, tolerance, and capacity for cooperation that make stable peace and reconciliation possible outcomes of a conflictresolution process.

Unfortunately, the same reasons that make democratisation important make it difficult to achieve. The ethnic and other tensions that give rise to intractable

Saturday September 29, 2012

Letters... Where your views make the news

Tax holidays and government audits DEAR EDITOR, In the final NCN debate on Institutional Corruption broadcast recently, Senior Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, accused Mr. Moses Nagamootoo of the AFC of “pretense”, “misrepresentation”, “opportunism” and “making false charges of corruption” against the PPP/C. In an attempt to show how far the government has gone to remove the opportunities and possibilities for corruption, the Minister said on the programme that in the case of the tax laws, his government has “removed opportunities for discretion, imposed rigid rules-based system over all aspects of the corporations, rules have been framed for the granting of incentives …”.

The facts show otherwise.

What makes the Minister’s accusations so contrived is that he could not have forgotten the infamous case of the Ramroop group in which he and Jagdeo rushed to grant illegal tax concessions to the group.

And when confronted with the embarrassment of the illegality – which Dr. Singh missed not once but thrice – he spearheaded a change in the law to legalise the concessions to the Government’s friend. That cannot constitute a rulesbased system.

What was ironic about the accusation is that by his false boast of removal of discretions, the Minister committed the same error of which he seeks to accuse Nagamootoo.

A tax holiday under the Income Tax (In Aid of Industry) Act is easily the most valuable tax concession available: and its award is substantially discretionary. This is how the relevant section of the Act begins: “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Income Tax Act or the Corporation Tax Act, it is hereby provided that the Minister may grant an exemption from corporation tax …” (emphasis added).

Readers might be aware that by law once an entity is

exempt from Corporation Tax, it is also exempt from Property Tax (section 6) and Capital Gains Tax (section 5). These combined concessions can run to ten years and cost the country billions of dollars in lost revenues. Spin it how much one wants, the language and the power are clearly discretionary.

A less known but certainly not inexpensive concession is contained in the Value-Added Tax Act. By regulations made by the same Minister, any supply of goods and services under an investment agreement entered into on behalf of the government is zero-rated.

This means that while the entity does not have to charge VAT on its supplies of goods and services, it can recover any VAT it pays on its inputs.

The Minister responsible for that Act (Dr. Singh) has not indicated the criteria, if any, which a company must meet to qualify for an Investment Agreement or, that it is he who has the final say on whether or not a

person qualifies.

And to go back to the tax holidays, the Minister of Finance who confidently makes such statements that “it is a matter of public record” and that this or that person “ought to know”, must himself know that the Investment Act requires him to publish information regarding tax holidays incentives under the Income Tax (In Aid of Industry) Act. Would the Minister say how transparent and compliant the Government has been?

To c o m p o u n d t h e institutional silence and dereliction, the Act also requires the Audit Office to carry out annually a process audit of the concessions and to make a report to the National Assembly “within six months of the end of each of the financial year.”

June 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 have come and gone since the Investment Act became law.

Would the Minister say for which year any such a report was made to the National Assembly?

Christopher Ram

Questions over the City Hall probe DEAR EDITOR, We have complained many times and places about the government stultifying the Georgetown Municipality in a variety of ways.

Beyond the starving of funds and facilities, we have the stressful micromanagement by certain Ministers of Local Government - an obtuse and shameless administration that apparently embraces the old imperial master philosophy.

A small but most recent issue is this- the Council at its Statutory Meeting of September 10, 2012, expressed a concern with regard to the six officers sent on leave by the Minister and asked the Town Clerk to

express Council’s apprehension to the Ministry.

The response was contained in a letter dated September 21st, 2012, in which the Honourable Minister, Norman Whittaker, Minister within the Ministry of Local Government, wrote the Town Clerk informing her that investigations are yet to be concluded.

Two things about this correspondence: -the Minister did not even deem it necessary to copy his correspondence to the Mayor.

-whether it is a faux pas, or a lack of understanding of the rules of natural justice, the letter says the “investigations into the improprieties embodied in

conflict create so much mistrust and intolerance that cooperation is very difficult to achieve. Indeed, there are very few countries that have been able to move from intractable conflict to democracy quickly or easily. One exception is South Africa, where the black and white political elites summoned up unprecedented political will and commitment to the multi-racial democracy that came into effect in 1994.

What most citizens can do, however, is to engage in the political process of their home country to promote policies that help democratisation. For one, we can put pressure on our political elites to pursue the politics of accommodation as Mandela did in South Africa. Their Executive powersharing arrangement for one term did much to diffuse suspicions and create trust between the previously warring factions. We can also become involved in civil-society organisations that are working to build democracy itself.

the 2012 Burrowes Commission Report”, it doesn’t say ‘alleged’ and therefore, one may ask what purpose these investigations can serve. This apart, we must manage with a serious depletion of staff.

Let us all pray for sanity and a Government that respects the rule of law and which can develop a sensitivity to the way things are done in a democratic, civilized society.

Hamilton Green, J.P.

That dangerous intersection at the DHB DEAR EDITOR, It is with great concern that I write about the intersection at the Demerara Harbour Bridge and the East Bank Public Road. This area has been the scene of numerous accidents, some fatal. Speeding is an issue here as well. In the mornings, there is a traffic police who directs traffic for a period but there is the ensuing confusion, with commuters late for work, because of the sometimes bully-driving for the road. It because dangerous and frustrating if you try to get across from the Demerara Harbour Bridge to the East Bank Public Road or vice versa. One time a friend, once told me in colloquial terms “you have to get belly to cross over.”

On March 30, 2011, an horrific accident occurred at

the junction of the Demerara Harbour Bridge and the East Bank Public Road and this one claimed the life of 23year-old Vishram Lall of 217 Herstelling, East Bank Demerara and resulted in injuries to three other passengers.

This has been a calamity area for years and years and I really can’t see why it’s not looked into.

It is a fact that traffic lights control the flow of the traffic making it easier for drivers and safer for pedestrians (especially those using the pedestrian crossing at the East Bank Public Road). They reduce the risk of accidents and they lower the chances of traffic jams, etc.

The vehicles which form lines to the bridge can use the western side of the road to park at Peters Hall.

Nathan Sukhdeo

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A National Award for Yog Mahadeo DEAR EDITOR, As we in Guyana are in the process of observing Child Protection Week, we must reflect on what happened in the past few years, where our children (youths) were given several opportunities to showcase their talents and what they have to offer to this land and internationally.

We are indeed deemed as a poor nation and there are hardly opportunities that exist for our young people today.

Many leave secondary schools with several subjects but cannot find a job. Many are hired and being underpaid. Many are frustrated and don’t know what to do. Many cannot afford to have a decent meal when the day comes and many have talents but have not had any opportunity to showcase them.

Those are some of the reasons that cause our youths to abuse themselves in various forms – including criminal activities. In other words, because they are without any means of income.

Today, many of my young brothers and sisters are turning to drugs and alcohol.

It is also because of the lack of proper sports activities and facilities, peer pressure, and stress in all forms.

But a young man has climbed to heights and has taken many with him to realize their dreams; dreams that now for many have become their livelihood and careers.

Dreams that they would never have dreamt would come their way.

When this young man took the helm at a powerful company, he worked hard to make sure that young Guyanese had their talents showcased in every way and every part of this land. This man has helped many to become stars and today we need to commend and reward him. Not even the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport or the Government has done what he has.

Rewards should be given to those who deserve it and this gentleman deserves a National Award for what he has done for

the youths of this land. That man is Mr. Yog Mahadeo, the former CEO of GT&T. He took sports to another level in Guyana. For instance, when many only used to enjoy hardball cricket, he made softball cricket an everyday household name in Guyana with the countrywide 10\10 competition. When many were saying that Guyanese need a music academy to teach our youths to sing, he took the bold step and allowed our youths to realize their dreams by having a chance on the national and international stage by launching the GT&T Jingle and Song competition. He also took the Spelling Bee competition to a bigger and better level.

As we all know, music is the food of life, and his efforts made many dance to various tunes of their likes by having a national dancing competition.

He brought to the fore, Fastball, and many other sports that have allowed our youths to show what they have.

Today, because of Yog

Mahadeo, many young people have started to think positively and look towards having a brighter future. He has made many youths and Guyanese as a whole, show great emotion, because of what he has done for all of us, and today my call is for him to be awarded for his vision.

GT&T has lost a great, young leader who was taking the company to new heights that it never thought that it could have reached. He truly made it a household name.

Every young child, for example, was looking forward to being a ‘Guyana Star,’ but many realize that now it’s hard to be what they were projecting, without the astute leadership of Yog Mahadeo.

I ask all my brothers and sisters to support the call for this gentleman to be given a National Award by the Government of Guyana for his outstanding contributions to the young people over the past few years.

We must award those who have vision and put Guyana first.

Abel Seetaram

Is the private sector accompanying Ramotar to Peru?

DEAR EDITOR, The Third Summit of Arab and South American countries is a forum to expand economic and cultural ties between these two regions.

Ties between these two regions date back to the Iberian Peninsula when Al Andalusia was under Arab control.

Naturally, South America and the Arab world have linguistic, culinary and architectural similarities. But today, this forum seeks to advance trade and commerce between these two regions.

Thus, Guyana’s high level participation at the upcoming Arab South America Summit in Peru is very important.

According to the Peruvian News Agency, 200 one-on-one business meetings have so far been arranged for the Third Arab South American Summit in Lima, from October 1 to 2.

As well, more companies are expected to register for the business forum. Andina wrote, “Peru and other South American countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela will present their business opportunities.”

This brings me to Guyana.

Who from the Guyana’s

private sector are going to participate in this forum?

Who are the economists and business people accompanying Guyana’s President Ramotar to Peru? It would be wise to involve the private sector such as the chambers of commerce, and other relevant agencies and experts in trade and investments.

These sorts of stories are hardly covered by the Guyana media and that could be because of the lack of transparency at the Foreign Ministry.

Take for example, in the past few years, Foreign Minister Rodrigues-Birkett

travelled to Syria and Egypt.

However, the Guyana news agency, GINA, was silent.

Further, no newspapers in Guyana, if I recall well, reported these two events.

Already in Suriname, the media there, Suriname Times, De Ware Tijd and Star Niews have covered Suriname’s participation at the upcoming III Arab South America Summit to be held in Peru in a few days.

Ray Chickrie

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Unit Commander tells Commission…

‘I did not have confidence in my ranks’

By Latoya Giles Assistant Superintendent of Police, Patrick Todd has admitted that he made the decision to be the one firing “tear smoke” at protestors in Linden, because in his opinion the ranks that were under his command at the time were inexperienced, and he did not have confidence in them performing the said task and other related duties efficiently and effectively.

Todd, who was responding to several questions put to him by Commissioner KD Knights, also revealed that it was the first time that he was with the unit. The Unit Commander was then asked if he had trained the men, to which he responded in the affirmative.

According to Todd, although all of the ranks were competent of using the weapon to launch the 1.5 cartridge tear smoke canister, he chose to use it so as to prevent any mishap or unnecessary injury, as well as the fact that certain weather conditions had to be taken into consideration, particularly the direction of the wind.

Attorney-at-law James Bond continued his crossexamination of the witness yesterday. Todd was asked about who assigned his weaponry for the Linden assignment. According to the

officer, he was the person who was responsible for that, indicating that the arms he took to Linden were all part of the standard operating procedure.

Bond attempted to ask questions about the December 6 protest march during which he and several others were shot with rubber pellets, but was cautioned by the Chairman of the Commission, Kinsley Wolfe, not to go down that route.

Bond then asked the witness if any of his ranks or himself received any injuries, since there were claims that persons were throwing missiles at them. Todd replied that he and some of his unit members did receive injuries, but could not go to the hospital.

Canada-based Civil Rights lawyer, Selwyn Pieters was the next attorney to question the Unit Commander. He asked Todd about the number of years that he has been in the employ of the force and if he was aware that anyone discharged a firearm at the crowd. To the latter question Todd said that he did not know and would not have agreed to it.

Pieters then suggested to the witness that he “gave Officer English directions to use his weapon”. Todd said that he did not recall that. He was then asked if he knew that another rank, Constable Rodney, also fired a weapon.

Todd told the commission that he did not know about this.

That concluded the questioning by Pieters.

Attorney Nigel Hughes,

who is representing the families of the victims, was next to question the Assistant Superintendent. Hughes requested that the witness draw, on a white board, his location of the people and the ranks. Todd replied that he was not so artistic.

Hughes then sketched the scene of the shooting with the help of Todd. The witness was also shown a picture of officers who were in operation at Linden on July 18.

According to Todd, the photo was taken in the afternoon when the ranks were in a line formation. He was asked if his unit was attacked by the protestors when they were in that formation. He said they were not. The witness was asked to mark his direct location of his unit and the protestors.

After showing the location on the board, Todd was asked if the police knew by standing at that location on the bridge, the persons would have been rendered trapped, since they could have only gone in one direction. Todd said that he did not know this. He was asked if he thought that there would have been a stampede; he again answered in the negative.

Hughes then proceeded to ask the Unit Commander if he “…ever saw anyone who could throw bottles or bricks for over 150 meters by hand”.

Todd said that he had never seen that.

He was then asked if he had managed to review the tapes which the police took.

He said that he did not, since he was on leave, but he admitted to looking at some footage on the internet.

Hughes will continue his cross examination of the witness when the Commission of Inquiry resumes on Monday.

Saturday September 29, 2012

Bosai commissions long-awaited dust collector The Kiln 14 dust collector

Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Incorporated yesterday commissioned the Kiln 14 Dust Collector at the Company’s bauxite plant in Linden, amidst jeers and taunts, by protestors who directed their tirade at Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, who had travelled to the mining town for the occasion.

Also on hand for the commissioning ceremony of the $80million facility were Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud; Chinese Ambassador Yu Wenzhe; and representatives from the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), among other special invitees.

Prime Minister Hinds in his brief remarks, which were almost drowned out by the hecklers who followed the entourage to the Watooka Club where a reception was held immediately following the commissioning, said the occasion brought back nostalgia for him of efforts in the past to alleviate the dust nuisance in the Mining Town.

Hinds noted, “today we have been able to bring the dust nuisance to an end” and commended Bosai for doing a

job that the company had tried to do in the past but was unsuccessful.

Minister Persaud commended Bosai for working closely with the EPA, during the dust collector project, and also used the opportunity to express his optimism about the future of bauxite mining in Guyana.

Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon called the occasion a very important one, as he alluded to the number of respiratory ailments that affected residents in the past due to perpetual dust inhalation.

CJIAC carries out mandatory nighttime simulated aircraft crash exercise A Partial Emergency Exercise involving a simulated aircraft crash at nighttime was conducted last Wednesday at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

According to management of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC), the execution of emergency exercises is a requirement as set out by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in their standards and regulations. All airports are

required to regularly conduct exercises to test emergency plans, procedures, equipment, communications and the response of key personnel.

The exercise, which commenced at 19:25hrs and concluded at 20:15hrs, included approximately 100 persons from key agencies, including CJIA, Guyana Defence Force, Guyana Police Force, Airport Fire Service, Airport Security Unit, Guyana Civil Aviation Authority and Port Health.

Among the areas tested

were the transmission of the emergency message to responding agencies; the Aerodrome Fire Service’s response and capability in controlling the simulated burning aircraft wreckage; CJIAC personnel deploying portable emergency lighting around the simulated crash site; and deployment of security forces and establishment of casualty-processing facilities at the scene.

“The exercise was deemed successful by the CJIAC Emergency Committee, which met and reviewed the responses by the various stakeholders.

CJIAC is expected to carry out a full scale emergency exercise in 2013,” the statement said.

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Mining camp manager hacked to death, gold missing Police are hunting for a mining camp employee who is believed to have escaped with a large haul of raw gold after hacking the camp’s 53-year-old general manager to death at Tumatumari, Potaro.

The body of Ramprakash Deonarine, of Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, was found at around 06:00 hrs on Thursday in the mining camp. He is believed to have been slain some time Wednesday night.

Kaieteur News understands that an undisclosed quantity of gold that had recently been recovered from a dredge was missing.

Close associates of the slain miner believe that he was killed by a man whom he had recently employed and who gave his name as

‘Jack King’.

A source said that Deonarine had met the man in Georgetown some three weeks ago and took him to the interior. The employee has not been seen since Deonarine’s murder.

There are reports that Deonarine and the suspect were alone in a section of the camp watching over a large quantity of gold on Wednesday night when the manager was attacked and killed.

Kaieteur News was told that the suspect, believed to be in his thirties, has a fresh scar over one of his eyes.

Deonarine’s body is at the Mahdia Hospital mortuary awaiting a post mortem examination.

Protesters in Yemen demand return of stolen assets from president SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Thousands of protesters marched in the Yemeni capital yesterday, demanding the return of millions of dollars that were allegedly stolen by the country’s former authoritarian ruler, Ali Abdullah Saleh.

The protests in Sanaa come a week after several nations backing Yemen’s political transition pushed for sanctions against Saleh’s loyalists for undermining the country’s shift to democracy after a year of turmoil and bloodshed. The non-military sanctions could include freezing financial assets or travel bans.

Saleh had reportedly accumulated significant wealth during nearly 30 years in power in Yemen, which is the poorest country in the Middle East. He stepped down earlier this year after a popular uprising forced him into relinquishing power in return for immunity from

prosecution. Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi was elected president in February to replace Saleh.

Over the past months, tens of thousands of Yemenis held protests demanding Saleh and members of his family be tried in court on corruption charges and over killings of protesters during the revolt.

In a statement Friday, protesters called on Hadi and his western backers, to help trace and retrieve Saleh’s alleged stolen millions.

Hadi and Yemeni opposition groups claim that Saleh and his supporters are sabotaging the country’s transition process, which should lead to a new constitution within a year and general election by early 2014.

Last week, diplomats from several Western nations and Gulf states that brokered Yemen’s power transfer deal recommended international sanctions against Saleh’s

UN rights body extends Syria war crimes mission GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s top human rights body yesterday extended by six months the mission of its independent expert panel probing alleged war crimes in Syria’s 18-month conflict.

The body also named renowned former U.N. war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte to the panel, in a sign of steppedup efforts to gather evidence against members of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime.

loyalists, the country southern secessionists and members of the largest Islamist group for undermining the country’s path to democracy.

Former teacher dies after being set alight by husband A 24-year-old resident of Murray’s Point, Essequibo River, is dead almost two weeks after she was set alight in a shop in the hinterland.

Ruth Peters, a mother of one, is a former teacher of the Bartica Secondary School and resident of Murray’s Point, an area located opposite the Mazaruni Prisons.

The woman died around 01:00hr Thursday at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation while receiving medical treatment for severe burns to her body.

On September 16, last, Peters and her 29-year-old reputed husband reportedly had a heated quarrel at a shop that they operated in the Piari gold mining area, Puruni, Region Seven.

In a fit of rage, the man allegedly doused his wife

Obama, Netanyahu seek to reduce tensions over Iran WA S H I N G T O N (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought on Friday to ease tensions over how to deal with Iran’s nuclear program, presenting a show of solidarity on the ultimate goal of preventing Tehran from acquiring an atomic bomb. Obama, widely seen as having snubbed Netanyahu by not meeting face to face with him on his U.S. visit, spoke instead by phone to the Israeli leader amid signs of movement toward a truce in their war of words over how to confront Tehran.

Netanyahu used his U.N. speech a day earlier to keep pressure on Washington to set a “red line” for Tehran.

But in a softening of his approach, he signaled that no Israeli attack on Iran was

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imminent before the November 6 U.S. presidential election.

With an eye to the close U.S. presidential race, Netanyahu also fielded a call during his New York visit from Obama’s Republican rival, Mitt Romney, who has accused the president of being too hard on a close U.S. ally and not tough enough on Iran.

Obama’s aides believe, however, that he has played his cards right with Netanyahu, with whom the president has had a notoriously testy relationship.

Netanyahu’s strident complaints about U.S. policy on Iran in mid-September plunged U.S.-Israeli relations into crisis, but also spurred a backlash at home and in the U.S. media for seeming to meddle in American politics.

Dead: Ruth Peters

with gasoline and set her alight. He too was burnt after gasoline spilled onto his torso. Both were taken to the Bartica Public Hospital.

The badly injured woman was, however, later referred to the GPHC for further medical attention.

Her reputed husband is

still at the Bartica Hospital, under police guard, reportedly in a serious condition.

The couple has a twoyear-old daughter.

Peters, in 2008, was a firstyear student at the Cyril Potter College of Education.

(Edward A Persaud)

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MATT condemns “vicious UN reiterates commitment to CARICOM countries attacks” on journalists PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - CMC - The Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) yesterday condemned what it said were “vicious unwarranted attacks on working journalists” after National Security Minister Austin “Jack” Warner singled out an investigative reporter for criticism during a government sponsored television programme on Wednesday night.

MATT interim president Susan Sheppard said that the attacks “will not be tolerated” and “condemns the ongoing vicious smear campaigns being currently targeted at investigative journalists employed at the Trinidad Guardian and Express newspapers.

“We are making it clear that these journalists have been doing legitimate media investigations into certain matters and they now find themselves the target of several anonymous emails which have also been circulating on the Internet.

“As well they have been the focus of public attacks on television by senior politicians. MATT believes that these attacks in response to investigative reports reveal that these politicians have no valid basis to discredit the information that have so far unearthed by these

Austin “Jack” Warner

Susan Sheppard

journalists who are doing their jobs”.

On Wednesday night, Warner, along with other government ministers and the leader of the Tobago Organization of the People (TOP) party appeared on the television programme “Democracy is Alive” sponsored by the coalition People’s Partnership government of Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar.

The programme was aired to coincide with a public rally by the main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) for its call for the resignation of both Warner and Attorney general Anand Ramlogan from the government over various matters.

During the television programme, Warner held up a

copy of the Sunday Express newspaper and referred to two articles adding that “(Opposition leader Dr Keith) Rowley is being propped up by a section of a compliant media”.

Warner said the articles contained no fresh material and had been published “as though they happened last week”.

Asked who wrote the articles by the host, Warner responded that it was Asha Javeed, who left the Guardian and went to the Express “and you know her history…where she lives and so on…”

Ye s t e r d a y, the newspaper quoted Warner as warning “all media workers with “an axe to grind” against the Government should first be beyond reproach themselves.

Caribbean Airlines to be restructured PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — The Trinidad-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is being restructured taking into consideration its relationship with Air Jamaica, Trade Minister Vasant Bharath said this week.

“Caribbean Airlines is being restructured and re-looked at, its routes, its profitability as well as the entire integration process with Air Jamaica,” he said at the end of the weekly Cabinet meeting Thursday.

Bharath added that the issue of CAL planes using the Air Jamaica logo had been now solved. “We can now fly Caribbean

Airlines jets with Air Jamaica paraphernalia particularly to the Jamaican Diaspora provided we say that it is an Air Jamaica flight operated under licence by Caribbean Airlines,” he said.

Bharath also revealed that the newly introduced twice weekly CAL service to London using Gatwick airport was operating at between 75 per cent and 85 per cent and that an additional flight was being added because of the demand.

He said the additional flight would also take up the slack caused by the decision of British Airways to withdraw one of its flights to Trinidad and Tobago.

UN News Service Secretary-General Ban Kimoon reiterated the commitment of the United Nations to help Caribbean countries tackle some of the most pressing issues in the region, including climate change, organized crime and debt.

“I attach great importance to regional cooperation among States and between regional organizations and the United Nations,” Mr. Ban told the heads of Government of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

“CARICOM and the United Nations are good partners. I am committed to ensuring that our cooperation – both with the CARICOM Secretariat and with Member States – is more targeted and more responsive to the needs of the region.”

Mr. Ban said he would continue to call on members of the Group of Eight (G8) and the Group of 20 (G20) to fulfill their pledges to maintain international aid, to help Caribbean countries whose growth has been weakened by high levels of debt and barriers to trade.

The Secretary-General

Ban Ki-moon also underlined that climate change is an urgent challenge that is having a “disproportionate impact” on the Caribbean, and praised the region’s leadership during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in June.

“Your efforts helped to produce a far-reaching outcome document with concrete deliverables. I will look to you to continue that dynamic engagement as we move toward establishing a set of Sustainable Development Goals and outline a post-2015 development agenda,” he

said.

Transnational organized crime is also a growing threat with devastating impacts on women and youth and with the potential to undermine development and stability, Mr. Ban said. He underscored that the region must continue to work with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to implement a regional strategy, including the possibility of reestablishing a small permanent office in the Caribbean to address this problem.

Mr. Ban thanked CARICOM members for their support to Haiti, which is set to assume the chairmanship of the organization in January and encouraged them to maintain their commitment to the country’s recovery and well-being.

In a separate meeting with the leaders of CARICOM’s Member States, Mr. Ban discussed the global financial crisis, climate change, education, noncommunicable diseases and sustainable development.

CARICOM leaders also reiterated their interest in increased UN engagement in the region.

CARICOM members can join Myrie suit Barbados Nation - The Barbados Government has lost another round in the fight against the lawsuit filed by Jamaican Shanique Myrie.

Despite objections from Barbados, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has not only given the Jamaica government the go-ahead to join in Myrie’s suit, but has now opened the door for other CARICOM member states to get involved as well.

Both the grouping and individual member states will have until the end of next

month to indicate their interest.

The CCJ handed down its decision Thursday, a week after hearing an application from the government of Jamaica to become a party in the case in which Myrie claims that on March 14, 2012, she was indecently assaulted and verbally abused by Immigration officers at the Grantley Adams International Airport and wrongfully refused entry into Barbados.

Jamaica wanted to get involved on the grounds that

Shanique Myrie it had an interest in ensuring respect for the rights and benefits of its citizens and other CARICOM nationals under the Revised Treaty Of Chaguaramas.

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GuyExpo is a fairground If there are any doubts about the potential for success of the cinema industry and for a sprawling and spacious shopping mall in Guyana, then GuyExpo will remove such doubts.

If you have been to one GuyExpo you have been to all.

There is nothing much new to see. True, some products will change, different exhibitors would come on stream, but a soda that comes in different flavours is still a soda, and GuyExpo is simply a soda repackaged each year.

GuyExpo is one big fairground. Hundreds of thousands will pass through the gates by the time the exposition is finished.

The real attraction is not the private sector goods on display, but rather the opportunity that GuyExpo presents as an outdoor form of entertainment suited for the whole family - as a grand meeting place for thousands of Guyanese to simply go and hang out.

Throw in some popular musical bands and you will not have space for the thousands that will crowd the exhibition site. Make the event free and mayhem will break loose.

There simply would be no space left to hold the crowds

that would go.

Guyanese need entertainment and GuyExpo provides this. For this reason the return of the cinema to Guyana will be a big hit.

People will swarm the soonto-be-established movie houses, because Guyanese are starved of family-styled, wholesome entertainment.

GuyExpo also offers the opportunity for some politicians to impress themselves, because they surely are not impressing anyone else with their clichés and verbal histrionics.

The politicians will try as we would say in Guyana to “big up” the private sector.

But this private sector that we have in Guyana is only “big” because of the government.

Without the support of government, the private sector would crash on its face.

It would be an infant creeping on its knees.

In the difficult days of Guyana, the private sector chose to put its tail between its legs. It survived using all manner of disingenuous means. It engaged in massive capital flight to the extent that today many private sector business persons have significant assets overseas.

Private sector businesses

Dem boys seh ...

De Rat and de Bishop in de same church Do fuh do nah obeah. Old people always seh suh.

Sometimes people does guh wheh ain’t concern dem and when dem see things that don’t belong to dem trouble does start because dem does pick up and use like if is dem own without lease or licence.

De Rat don’t like go to church because one of he Minister seh that de best thing fuh do outside of being a President is to be a church leader. This man come from nowhere and tun Bishop and because of how he does tek de people money and put it to he own use, de Rat mek he a Minister.

Wid all de spare time pun he hand de Rat decide to visit de church to see if he can find out how de Bishop doing because when de same Bishop get de wuk in de Finance section he start fuh act li’l edgy till dem call he a name like Edge something.

De Rat see a room in he Bishop friend church and he go inside and pull de blind. From he small days he use to do confession but now that he get big, if he start de confession, de priest gun dead and bury before he de Rat done list he sins.

But he like de room. It had perks. It had Grey Goose, which he don’t drink, but it had some of de most expensive wine. It had Moulin Rouge, Sauvignon, and it had Moet Blanc and Moet Rouge, things that de ordinary man can’t even pronounce.

Is wine like that mek he get Brazzy to open a wine bar in de city. Is suh de Rat sit down and smiling and sipping de wine. When de Bishop walk in de Rat tell he how he got class and how he does treat all he sinners good. He want fuh know wha dem sinners does bring because he claim that when dem Bees and Irfaat sin he does mek dem give he a share of wha dem collect. He claim how he name spoil and it can’t spoil more than it spoil already.

De Bishop watch he and tell he that is only a fool ain’t gun mek heights when money deh round.

De Rat ask he wha de wine doing deh, and if de Bishop want run off Brazzy. That is when de Bishop tell he that just like how de Rat collect all de money even wha people ain’t give he, is suh he collect de wine and he put dem pun he side of de room.

Suh de Rat ask, “You mean I deh pun de wrang side?”

De Bishop tell he that he born pun de wrang side and now he sitting down pun de wrang side.

Talk half and don’t confess.

are being encouraged to invest in Guyana, but many of them have already sunk their investments in North America and Europe, and many are still shipping out their profits and purchasing villas and other real estate in foreign capitals.

There are some rich people in Guyana who can live here without experiencing what the average Guyanese experience.

They have their own water supply. Blackout, which admittedly is infrequent for many years now, is not going to be a problem for them because they have massive standby generators.

They also employ private security. Their food is either shipped in or flown in, and when they want entertainment, they simply fly out to New York, London or Bridgetown as if they were

taking a stroll around the block.

When it comes to strolling in Guyana, however, these super-rich persons are not going to be seen walking along one of our avenues.

Such is the life of the rich in Guyana that they can live an almost independent existence.

And please do not believe that they come only from the business class.

There are some politicians who also live the gilded life, basking by the poolside in their mansions or simply sailing on their boats to secluded resorts. The average man would never know that there are hundreds of Guyanese who live what the poor can only dream about.

If the poor man is going to have his day in the sun, it is not going to be as a result of the private sector. The private

sector may be the engine of growth, but not only is the government the lubricating oil for the engine, the government is often the one that is also helping to subsidize the fuel that drives the engine.

Take away the government from the economy of Guyana and it is going to collapse.

The government, itself, indirectly admits to this fact.

During the corruption debates, one of the government representatives in defending government’s participation in financing the proposed Marriott Hotel said that one of the reasons for government injecting equity into the project was because the local private sector was not capable of raising the financing for a project of this size.

Well if they cannot come up with US$60M for a hotel, then they would also not be

able to come up with US$200M for the Skeldon Sugar Factory. Based on these facts alone, the price tag of US$840M for the hydroelectric plant would be clearly outside of the reach of the local private sector.

So how then is this feeble private sector going to be become the engine of economic growth? What growth? Their own growth, perhaps, but certainly not that of the country!

Guyana, one of the smallest and more underdeveloped countries in South America is too big for the local private sector.

Suspected electricity thieves set GPL employee’s car on fire The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) has accused electricity thieves as being the main perpetrators behind a fire that badly damaged the car of one of its employees.

According to the company, early yesterday morning a car owned by a loss reduction supervisor in Berbice was set on fire.

“It is suspected that this heinous act was perpetrated by a person retaliating against an accusation of stealing electricity. The police are currently investigating.”

According to GPL, as the company continues its relentless loss reduction battle, perpetrators try to find ingenious ways of stealing and will do virtually anything to prevent prosecution.

“As in this case, perpetrators resort to violence.”

The company made mention of its former chief security officer, Clifford Peters, who was shot dead in 2009 whilst investigating alleged electricity theft in Lamaha Park, Georgetown.

“Many employees put themselves at risk every day to curb electricity losses. Yet there are others who are corrupt and collude with perpetrators.

The company dismisses these corrupt employees forthwith, and seeks criminal prosecution against them.

GPL will do everything in its power to bring perpetrators to justice, and will fully support its honest and hard-working employees.”

According to GPL, between 2007 and this year, almost 50,000 illegal connections were found and

removed. Of approximately 2,500 persons who were arrested and charged, over 500 were convicted. There are over 1,000 cases pending in the courts.

“GPL will not give up its fight against electricity thieves. The company has invested hundreds of millions of dollars, and will continue to invest significantly, in reducing losses. Amongst other initiatives, the company is moving to implement sophisticated technology that will easily identify customers who are stealing.”

GPL said the technology will provide on-line real time information twenty-four hours a day, which will enable GPL to respond instantly.

“In addition, the system will record vital statistics which will be presented as

evidence in court. This technology has had huge success in curbing electricity theft in many countries worldwide.

Electricity theft affects everyone: GPL suffers directly, as it is unable to recover revenues that are much-needed to improve its quality of service. Customers

suffer indirectly by having to pay a higher tariff.”

The company appealed for citizens to report electricity theft.

“All information will be treated in the strictest confidence.

As losses are reduced, everyone benefits. Customers will have an improved quality of service and potentially lower tariffs.”

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GuyExpo networking forum highlights areas of investment Not only is Guyana geographically well placed but it is also strategically positioned, thereby providing a critical link between South America and the Caribbean.

This observation was made by Minister with responsibility for Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Irfaan Ali during a GuyExpo Business forum at the Guyana International Conference Centre yesterday.

The new feature, which comes one day after the opening of the 2012 Guyana Exposition (GuyExpo), was designed to enable the country to network with visiting delegates from across the Caribbean as well as Suriname, Canada and the United States.

In his address to the gathering of mainly GuyExpo delegates, Minister Ali highlighted that the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) is key to Guyana’s development agenda.

According to him, this move is geared at ensuring that there is a hub to serve many

A section of the gathering yesterday unexplored markets.

“Once this is realised it will give us access to northern Brazil, which has a population of 4.9 million people”, Ali stressed, as he revealed that the CJIA is engaged in ongoing dialogue with British Airways, Jet Blue, Virgin Atlantic, West Jet, Fly Jamaica, Copa Airlines and Air Canada.

These discussions, he

said, are aimed at making sure that the right environment and investments are ready when the airport project is completed, thus creating the critical link between South America, Africa and Guyana.

Ali noted, too, that in addition to the Brazilian population, a further 10 million people could be reached on the western front of the United States, some of whom will

have to access Africa via lengthy flights, lasting in excess of 24 hours. However, once such flights are channelled through Guyana, Ali expressed confidence that the flight hours could be drastically reduced by half.

“Imagine what this means for Guyana and the aviation industry; imagine the potential that this opens up to us,” the Minister mused.

In his attempt to promote Guyana to the delegates, Ali told the gathering that Guyana is currently working towards creating niche markets and will seek the necessary assistance to direct customers to such markets.

He also spoke of the diversification of the agriculture sector, pointing out that Guyana currently has nine mega farms, with foreign

investors.

One of these farms (100,000 hectares of land) has already been signed over to a Malaysian Company for the production of agricultural produce to meet the regional food market, Ali said.

He disclosed that there are also nine such investment proposals that are currently under review and the specific targeted crops include spices, corns, soya beans and selected fruits and vegetables.

“This is not a short-lived growth path that we are on...but the mechanisms, the projects and the plans are there to ensure that this growth path continues long into the future,” the Minister added, as he made reference to the energy sector. He alluded to petroleum and gas, pointing out that Guyana’s oil

and gas deposit reserves are estimated at 2.2 billion in barrels or 28.3 metre cube (m ).

“Imagine us exploring and actually getting this natural asset...the transformation that would take place in this country...that is why your visit now is so critical.

The cost of investment today compared to the cost of investment in five years, when the economy would have advanced to another level, would be far more expensive than it is today,” the Minister stressed as he sold his point to the delegates.

“Yes you might say that you have low returns now, but think in the future when you have higher returns with a lower cost of investment at today’s price. But if you wait, then you will be locked into a very competitive environment in the future with less fiscal incentives,” Ali added.

His attempts to sell Guyana to the foreign delegates were equally mirrored by President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr Clinton Urling and President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association, Mr Mohindra Chand, both of whom sought to highlight attractive investment capabilities.

Yesterday’s forum also saw presentations by representatives from Suriname, St Lucia, Canada and the United States, all of whom seemed heartened by the local investment climate.

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GGMC making mining “more accessible” to Region 10 residents Region 10 residents interested in becoming small and medium scale miners now have the opportunity to join the mining sector, regardless of limited resources.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud said that for the first time Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) will be offering special provisions in its lottery in relation to geographical locations.

According to Persaud, new miners within Linden - the primary mining district of Region 10 - participating in the lottery are now exempted from the ownership of dredges and other equipment.

He noted that this is part of the Ministry’s deliberate

strategy of encouraging and supporting new entrants in the sector. This initiative will be taken across the country to ensure opportunities are made available to a wider cross-section of Guyanese.

“We want to remove this belief that the mining sector is something remote and only a few can appreciate that,” Persaud said.

He made those remarks yesterday at the Ministry’s “New Entrants Seminar” held under the theme ‘Investments for Sustainable Mine Management’. The venue was the Sleep Inn Hotel, Brickdam.

“We hope that through this type of seminar and awareness we can encourage support and many will look at

expanding opportunities for more Guyanese to be involved in the sector,” Persaud related.

Commenting on the upcoming October 3 lottery, the second for the year, Persaud said the Ministry is targeting small and medium scale miners. Preference will be given to persons who do not own land and mining properties.

Commending the initiative by the Ministry, President of the Guyana Women Miners’ Organization, Simona Broomes, emphasized that the new lottery system and special arrangements for Linden, will help more women get into the mining sector.

She noted that more than 30 women in Linden have already applied to participate

Attendees at the ‘New Entrants Seminar’ in the lottery. However, not many persons in the community were aware of the lottery. Nonetheless, persons are pleased that residents of Linden were given this opportunity in light of the price of gold.

According to Persaud, “We have shared with our stakeholders, concept papers to develop a policy in developing small miners, and I know the GGDMA (Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners

Association) is currently reviewing.”

While encouraging potential miners among attendees at the seminar to join the sector, Persaud was frank about the hurdles that are present in the interior.

He stressed that miners have to be willing to take risks, but the benefits are overwhelming.

An important aspect of the seminar was informing potential miners and miners of

their responsibilities towards the environment. Sustainable mining has always been high on the agenda of GGMC. It was stressed that the agency oftentimes encounters difficulties and strained relationships with some miners who are deviant.

Persaud emphasized that it is hoped that by provision of relevant information for new miners there will be conformity, thus enhancing the mining sector.

Education Ministry rewards students for prompt attendance Activities to mark Education Month continued last Thursday with a focus on the importance of school attendance and punctuality.

The event was the Ministry of Education’s Schools Welfare Services attendance and punctuality rally which, coupled with a Special Awards ceremony, was held at the National Cultural Centre.

Children from a total of 18 nursery, 20 primary and 17 secondary schools were rewarded for the highest attendance and punctuality during the past school year.

They were presented with certificates and plaques.

Although it is important to reward children for their interest in school, Chief Education Officer, Mr. Olato Sam said, it also imperative that parents are recognised for their input as well.

In fact, he noted that the Ministry cannot attain its broader objective without strong support from the domestic sphere. He alluded to the fundamental role of parents to ensure that their children are always on time, even as he pointed out that theirs is a very difficult task.

The Chief Education Officer added, too, that consistency in attendance has countless benefits and allows for teachers to place confidence in their pupils/ students. He further noted that such children are often

Chief Education Officer Olato Sam presents a certificate to a South Road Nursery pupil the ones who are the best performers.

Against this background, Sam said that the Ministry of Education has invested a great deal of effort and resources in ensuring that there is a cohort of well-trained and well-placed Welfare Officers.

As such, he applauded the effort of the Schools Welfare Department which, according to him, has been carrying out its mandate with much efficiency and effectiveness, resulting in an impressive

school attendance rate which was reflected Thursday.

District Education Officer, Ms Baramdai Seepersaud, in commending those selected for awards, revealed that research has shown that children who attend school regularly are more successful in school than those who do not.

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Infant fed kerosene by Guyana to gain developmental support father in stable condition from Canada - High Commissioner The 21-month-old infant who was fed a glass of kerosene by his now dead father, Mahendra Jaikarran, is said to be in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

The child’s mother, Vanessa Kewley is now pondering her next move to support herself, the baby and another son.

Last Monday, Jaikarran, a 41year-old fisherman forced his baby son, Jairaj Jaikarran, to ingest a potentially deadly dose of kerosene, before killing himself with another poisonous liquid.

The fisherman was pronounced dead on arrival at GPHC but his son was treated and is said to be in a stable condition at the hospital’s pediatric ward.

Yesterday, the fisherman’s wife told Kaieteur News that she lived with her husband for the past seven years and her relationship was “on the edge most of the time”.

The woman claimed that her husband was an alcoholic and constantly abused her, spending all his money on liquor. “Every time he come from sea, he does drink out he money and the li’l money that he give me he does tek it back and buy rum.”

The woman claimed that she moved out from her husband’s home on many occasions, but he would eventually arrive at the place where she would be staying

Jairaj Jaikarran resting comfortably

and beg her to return.

“He does come and beg and I does sorry for he… fuh dem children sake… and go home back,” Kewley said.

She recalled that last Sunday her husband was drunk and he started cursing her and tried to hit her, so she fled by her neighbour for shelter.

“After he want beat me I run out the house with the children and go by my neighbour and I spend the night there and the next day (Monday) he come drunk and beg me to come home back and I said no and he said he want the baby and he collect my other child and take him home.”

She recounted that minutes after her husband left with both her sons, her older child ran back to her and informed her that his father was feeding his brother kerosene. “After I run, I see meh baby fraffin’ up and when

I try fuh collect he, he father nah allow me so I tell he that ah going to the police station and I left and when I go back home I see he lay down and he say he drink poison so I collect meh baby and bring him here and I just lef he right deh.”

The mother of two said she believes that her husband committed suicide because she told him that she was going to the police station.

“He was scared of police, so like when he hear that I was going to the police station then he drink the poison.”

“Since when he was alive his parents does want put me out; now that he dead I have to move and look for work to look meh children.”

The 41-year-old fisherman will be laid to rest today, while his wife is trying to find a home and a job to take care of her two children.

(Romila Boodram)

Red Thread produces ‘household guide’ on Sexual Offences Act

By Abena Rockcliffe Red Thread at a press conference on Thursday disclosed that the organization has completed the “first draft” of its simplified version of the Sexual Offences Act. Members of the organization said that they found the need to simplify the Act, as they did to the Domestic Violence Act in 1996, so that “grassroots women can understand it and know their rights.” The initiative is being supported by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Joy Marcus, female rights activist and member of Red Thread, said that as a grassroots woman, she sees the initiative as very important.

Marcus said that it will give other women like her the opportunity to understand the law as pertinent to them. “It is good that we are making it accessible to them.”

Another member of the organization, Karen de Souza, said that ‘public education’ of the Act is imperative for all women”…so that whenever we go to the station to make a

report we know exactly what right has been infringed”.

She referred to the yearlong protest that was staged by her organization and others across Guyana pertaining to “this same act.”

According to de Souza, equal rights and justice in Guyana is a “thorny” issue, as only the rich are afforded that opportunity.

“If you can afford a good lawyer then you can enjoy the rights of justice as a citizen of this country; but if you are poor you are left to suffer; therefore we must know our rights so as to help protect ourselves,” de Souza stated.

She explained that they are referring to the current simplified document as the “first draft” because it is likely to see further changes if the act is amended “as we would want it to be.”

The Women’s Rights activist said that the organization has some qualms about the section of the Act which states that those who are mentally challenged should not have sex.

“They are people just like us; they breathe just like us, they have urges just like us, why should they not be

allowed to have sex?”

She pointed out that there are “a few issues that need to be addressed at the National Assembly “then we will make the adjustments and distribute.”

Marcus said that the simplified version of the Act is called a ‘household guide.’

At the press conference facilitated at Red Thread’s location in Adelaide Street, Charlestown, the audience was shown a dramatic conversation that gave examples of “how rape works.” The conversation brought out some factors that may influence rape like stereotyping “labeling a girl easy” and poverty “when a man tell heself he spend a lot on a woman.”

A part of the presentation specified that a woman’s mode of dress does not give permission for a man to take advantage, “… nobody asks to be raped.”

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Guyana is likely to soon receive help to develop a number of its sectors, primary among them being tourism. In fact, an earnest commitment was made by Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Mr David Devine, as he addressed a GuyExpo Business Forum yesterday at the International ConferenceCentre.

The commitment was made even as the envoy pointed out that the High Commission must be wary of where it injects its limited resources.

“We have a very small High Commission so we have to be able to be selective as to how we direct our limited resources to areas where there will be the most impact.”

In underscoring that Canada has a very extensive extractive sector in oil, gas and mining, the High Commissioner noted that efforts will be made to focus on a number of such areas as well as tourism and other investors’ sectors in Guyana.

He revealed that presently the Commission is in discussion with the Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister on developing several projects that would further advance and build on the strides, vision and hard work that have been

undertaken in the tourism sector to help promote Guyana.

He alluded to the increase in flights as a factor to help bolster investment, pointing out that EZjet Air Services, for instance, has been offering direct flights from Guyana to Canada. This, he noted, will serve to facilitate a direct flow of people, goods and services between the two countries.

“It has to be given support and I am in fact very pleased that they are looking at expanding from the current flights to possibly tripling the number of flights per week,” Devine added.

This comes at a time, the High Commissioner noted, when the investment climate in Guyana is very encouraging to foreign investors, with the recent growth projection for 2013 being some 3.8 per cent.

Devine related that even without this, Guyana is poised to become an even more attractive destination for foreign direct investments. He then highlighted some development affiliations Canada currently has with Guyana, making reference to the CGX oil exploration offshore, which he said is a very important signal to the international community that Guyana is indeed open for business and

is looking to attract even more investments.

“We are cognizant that this has to be done in an environmentally-friendly manner that fosters and promotes social responsibility both at home and abroad,” Devine added.

He noted that as Guyana continues its drive towards further development, the High Commission stands as a ready partner to help strengthen the critical sectors, even as he opined that sustainable partnership will require both countries being equally responsible.

According to Devine, Canada has over the years taken pride in placing significant emphasis on developing sustainable and viable partnerships. Against this background, he revealed that since taking up the mantle as High Commissioner, he made the ambitious decision to expand the commercial portfolio to bring synergies with a developmental thrust.

“We want to see the potential that exists in Guyana become a reality to the benefit of both our countries.”

Devine commended the move to introduce the business forum which, according to him, is very much needed and comes at an opportune time.

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WANTED Experienced drivers and dispatchers for a reputable taxi service Call: 645-0025 1 Acounts Clerk. Must know to prepare monthly VAT, NIS and PAYE. TSI, Eccles. Call 614-4358 Driver for car/van/canter 3 years experience Call: 2250188, 225-6070 Survival Shopping Complex, 173 Sheriff Street, needs bond attendants and bond supervisors. Call 227-5286-90 One customer service representative to work at Cyber Zone internet café, must be computer literate Call: 683-7400

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Residents benefit from free clinical Hebrew Family of Guyana services at Liliendaal facility ushers in holy month

Members of Deskan (standing) mingle with some of the patients accessing clinical services at the Project Dawn facility.

Patients cued up in their numbers Thursday at the Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, Project Dawn facility, in order to access free medical services provided by the Deskan Institute and Training Medical Mission, an overseas-based medical outreach team.

Although the team has been travelling to Guyana to render such services for the past 10 years, Thursday was the first time that its members touched down at the Liliendaal facility.

They will continue to serve that area today.

Though based primarily in the United States and Canada, the Mission, which includes a number of medical practitioners (some with Guyanese roots or affiliation) has been offering paediatrics, cardiology, ear, nose and throat care, among other services.

Residents at Leonora on the West Coast of Demerara were exposed to the medical expertise earlier this week and

similar services are being offered at the Fort Wellington Hospital which has over the years accommodated the visiting medical experts’ mission. They have also provided services to the Parika area.

The mission’s decision to branch out to Liliendaal represents an extension of the services the team usually offers to Guyana during their annual humanitarian trip. The team of about 28 professionals, led by Guyanese-born Dr Joan Liverpool, who specialises in Community Medicine, arrived in Guyana last Friday to commence the latest outreach.

She revealed that Deskan was established with the aim of providing social services, education, counselling and clinical services.

In recognition that several of its members have Guyanese connection, a decision was made to give back to Guyana by way of clinical services, Dr Liverpool said.

Through collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Faith Medical Ministries at Parika, the team has been able to render assistance to a number of persons. Dr Liverpool revealed that through fundraising activities, Deskan is also at times able to facilitate medical operations overseas for some patients who cannot be attended to in Guyana.

While there are plans to continue the outreach drive, Dr Liverpool revealed that there are ambitious plans for 2013. She disclosed that the Deskan team will seek to have consultations here, in hope of determining what other services it can offer.

It was pointed out that the need for dental and obstetric services is being amplified, and plans for expansion may very well require the need for a stable location from which the team can operate when it comes to Guyana - a facility that Dr Liverpool is hopeful will be donated.

The holy month of Ethaneem was on September 18 last ushered in by the Hebrew Family of Guyana under the leadership of Cohane Michael Levi. The significant observance was undertaken at the Hebrew Culture Centre situated at 3619 Christiani Street, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

It is said that the Hebrew Israelites, who are commonly referred to as the 12 tribes of Israel, were freed from bondage in Egypt by the God of Israel through His great servant Moses.

Following this, they welcomed their first holy day in the seventh month on the Hebrew calendar called Ethaneem. During the holy month of Ethaneem, Hebrew Israelites observe four holy days that were commanded by their God. A statement from the local religious group revealed that it was after sighting the crescent on September 18,

last, that the holy day of Memorial Blowing of Trumpets was observed. This holy day signaled a day of remembrance and the coming of the highest holy day on the Hebrew calendar.

The blasting of the trumpets could be heard on this day as the Priest blew the horn to inform the members and communities that the holy month had started.

This is done to indicate that it is time for members to prepare their minds and spirit to observe the holy season.

On the 10th day of the holy month the Hebrews observe the Day of Atonement – (27th September, 2012). This, according to the statement, is a scared assembly, a day of fasting and supplication to the God of Israel for forgiveness of sins.

This is done, the statement added, so that believers could be reconciled with God as commanded in the holy book.

The day is observed from the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening.

Beginning on the 15th Day of Ethaneem (2nd October, 2012), the local Hebrews will celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days. The first day is a sacred assembly and no servile work is usually done.

The feast would normally last for seven days, but secular activities and work can be done during these days. The final holy day for the month of Ethaneem is on the eighth day, a Solemn Assembly – (9th October, 2012).

All holy days are observed as a normal Sabbath day from sun-down to sunup; no servile work is done, such as cooking, daily chores, attending school among other routine activities as it is a holy day to the God of Israel.

The only holy day that cooking is permissible is on The Feast of Booths.

Red Thread produces ‘household ...

From page 21 invited the man.” Further, the video clip addressed the contemplation most women have when attempting to highlight the issue “just because they don’t want to be shamed.”

It was mentioned in the brief film that the law protects victims by forbidding publication of any identification. The conversation revealed research that proved most rape acts are committed by a person known to the victim.

In addition, the video informed that Section Five of the Sexual Offences Act states that “consent should not be assumed if the victim was aroused during the act or if the victim did not fight off.”

Marital rape was addressed and clarification was given that “a woman has a right to report her husband,”

as Section 37 of the Act says “marriage is no defence for a charge against rape”.

Marcus told the gathering that the video will be used for community discussions. She noted that Red Thread’s household version of the

Domestic Violence Act has been used by the Guyana Police Force to inform recruits and “we hope they will be able to use this one also.”

“But most importantly women will know their rights,” she concluded.

Education Ministry ...

From page 12 responsibility. This, she said, is an important lesson for a successful life, as attendance patterns are usually formed early in life. With such a background, she added, children will be able to develop such patterns throughout their careers.

The intent of Thursday’s ceremony was to not only reward those children who were prompt in their attendance, but also to encourage those who are

known to lag behind to endeavour to do better, according to Chairperson Collette Horatio.

Those who were rewarded would have attained a 98 per cent attendance rate.

“Apparently neither our girls or our boys or their parents thought that that mark was unattainable,” Horatio noted as she considered the number of children that were up for awards.

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Saturday September 29, 2012 ARIES (MAR 21 - APR 19): A change in career could be in the works for you, Aries.

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Hamilton leaves McLaren for Mercedes From page 28 Mercedes, the sport will have five world champions at different teams next season even without Schumacher.

Hamilton, who is fourth in the current championship and 52 points behind Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso with six races remaining, will partner

Nico Rosberg next year. The two were also team mates as teenagers in karting.

Mercedes have won one race since they took over the Brawn GP team in 2009 but principal Ross Brawn said Hamilton’s arrival meant they could now match any team on the grid.

Boyce lauds athletes...

From page 29 to attend such meetings because the longer we take to purchase tickets, the cost get above economical,” Boyce said, adding that he had yielded to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports’ request for the submission of a budget to cover such events.

He said the budget was submitted in a timely manner, but yet there was no response to suggest that the Ministry would have supported the athletes.

“For the Brazil trip, the first quotation was in the vicinity of US$1500. Then we were hoping to travel from Georgetown to Lethem through the border into Brazil, then fly from Boa Vista to Sao Paulo for a cost of US$900 per ticket. That price would have allowed for all five athletes and a coach to go.

But the funding was not coming so we lost that golden opportunity,” he said.

The AAG President said that he is hoping that the Ministry’s approach changes for the better in the future, in light of their ‘Road to Rio’ plan, which, in his view, must factor in Guyana’s brightest prospects. He said the AAG will complete its Action-Plan this week.

Boyce stressed that for the athletes to be properly acclimatised, they have to arrive in the country one week prior to the meets, which was in a direct response to the athletes’ claim that they were not able to breathe easily in the high altitudes of Brazil. He lauded the athletes for their efforts and returning with two medals despite the odds.

(Edison Jefford)

“The arrival of a driver of Lewis’s calibre is a testament to the standing of MercedesBenz in Formula One and I am proud that Lewis shares our vision and ambition for the success of the Silver Arrows,” he said. “I believe that the combination of Lewis and Nico will be the most dynamic and exciting pairing on the grid next year, and I am looking forward to what we can achieve together.”

Austrian Niki Lauda, a triple world champion who retired in 1985 and is close to Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone as well as commentating for German television, will join the Mercedes team as a nonexecutive chairman of the board.

McLaren, who made sure their announcement was ahead of Mercedes’s, also made positive noises about the 22-year-old Perez.

Team principal Martin Whitmarsh, who said Hamilton had informed him personally of his decision in a telephone call from Asia earlier in the week, said the Mexican would have equal status to 2009 champion Jenson Button in the team.

“We’re convinced that he’s not only talented and

quick, but also that he’s willing and eager to learn,” he said. “He’s perfectly poised to develop into a world championship challenger.”

The sudden breakthrough in the driver market will now put Ferrari into focus, with Brazilian Felipe Massa out of contract and his fate yet to be decided, as well as opening up a vacancy at Sauber.

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Pakistan edge out South Africa in...

From back page expected to chase down with ease following dominant batting displays in their two group games. But a gung-ho approach cost them dearly as they crumbled to 76-7 in the 15th over.

Gul, a number nine with a previous Twenty20 average of nine from 19 innings, started the rally by heaving Jacques Kallis high into the stands over deep square leg before launching the next ball over long-on for another six. The next over, delivered by Albie Morkel, cost 20 runs, as Umar Akmal smacked the first ball for four before Gul plundered 12 off the last three.

Dale Steyn gave South Africa hope with a tight penultimate over, conceding only six runs and having Gul caught on the rope off the last ball to leave Pakistan needing nine to win from the last over. But when Morne Morkel served up a leg stump full toss, Akmal took full advantage to clear the ropes with a hard, flat pull.

A single gave the strike to Ajmal, with two needed from three balls. He only needed one, though, as a thick edge raced away to the ropes.

“Umar Gul brought out something special for Pakistan,” said captain Mohammad Hafeez. “I knew he can hit the ball hard. He showed character today. “Even if it’s not with his bowling, he can still contributefor the team. It’s a very good sign for us.” Earlier, South Africa, comprehensive winners over Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka in the group stage, faltered from the start against Pakistan’s rich and varied attack. An out-ofsorts Hashim Amla had already been dropped twice and was almost stumped when he slapped Yasir Arafat straight to Shoaib Malik at cover point in the second over.

With Pakistan’s four spinners going through their repertoires on a receptive pitch, the Proteas struggled to find any fluency with the bat. Richard Levi and Kallis both fell cheaply - to Ajmal and Mohammad Hafeez respectively - during an opening 10 overs

which featured 31 dot balls and only 47 runs.

While JP Duminy battled hard to get South Africa back in the game, the decision to send Farhaarn Behardien in ahead of captain AB De Villiers backfired as he scratched around for 18 off 21 balls. After finally entering the fray in the 13th over, De Villiers added late impetus with 25 off 18 in a 44 partnership with Duminy which just about hauled South Africa to a competitive total.

Pakistan set about their task in aggressive mode with four boundaries in the first two overs, before coming unstuck with three soft dismissals in a row. Imran Nazir was caught behind, gloving a Dale Steyn bouncer down the leg side, before Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed were both stumped trying to smash Robin Peterson out of the ground.

The rot continued as Johan Botha pegged back Kamran Akmal’s off stump to leave Pakistan reeling on 37-4. Shoaib Malik and Umar Akmal endeavoured to repair the damage but it came at a cost as the scoring rate slowed dramatically. By the time Shoaib was caught on the boundary the required run rate had shot up to over nine per over and Shahid Afridi plunged them further into the mire by drilling his first ball to long-off.

At that point, Pakistan appeared to have engineered their own downfall, only for Gul and the cool-headed Akmal (43 not out) to conjure up a memorable finale. “I’m proud of the way the boys fought, said De Villiers. “We were pretty much out of the game in the first ten overs and it was very tough to fight back but we did. We competed playing at 80%.

South Africa play Australia next tomorrow.

“We certainly can win the next two,” added De Villiers. “We can only get better. If we get it right in the next game we will win both.”

Scores: Pakistan 136 for 8 (Umar Akmal 43*, Gul 32) beat South Africa 133 for 6 (Duminy 48, Hafeez 2-23) by two wickets.

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Stage set for first Flex Night Berbice event Today, Saturday September 29, will make sporting history in the Ancient County, since it will be the first time that a Flex Night regional Bodybuilding and Fitness event will be held – the Flex Night Berbice. The venue is the Berbice High School and the action starts at 7.00pm sharp. A planning team that comprises the Directors of Flex Night Inc. and the Coordinator for Berbice, Mr. Winston Clement, manager of Windero Gym in New Amsterdam, has been working feverishly to organize the first Flex Night event for 2012.

Flex Night Berbice will see the cream of male and female bodybuilding talent in Berbice competing for the honour of representing Guyana at the first Flex Night International and Health & Fitness Expo which comes off on Saturday December 8 at the National Cultural Centre.

In Berbice, as at the international event, male bodybuilders will vie in 4 weight categories: under 154 pounds, 155 to 165 pounds, over 165 to 176 pounds, over 176 pounds.

Ladies events comprise the Miss Flex Night Berbice and the Miss Flex Night Best Legs Berbice. In the Miss Flex Night Berbice competition the ladies will have the normal free posing and compulsory poses rounds. In the Miss Flex Night Best Legs Berbice the ladies will be using a compulsory leg posing round and a mini dress round to display the balanced development of their legs.

The action in Berbice will be judged by a team of competent Flex Night judges led by veteran GABBFF and CAC judge Mr. Frank Tucker.

Flex Night Inc. With its motto “Raising the bar” is aspiring towards a very professional level of competition organisation and is asking all spectators to arrive on time so as not to be caught by a prompt start at 7.00pm.

MYO/RAF’S 10/10 Inter- Jamaat Softball Cricket Competition continues The Muslim Youth Organization of Guyana in association with Raf’s Variety Store, 2nd Annual Hajjin Zeleena Rafeek Memorial countrywide Inter-Jamaat 10/10 knock out Softball cricket Tournament continued last Sunday at the MYO Ground, Woolford Avenue, Thomas Lands with a number of matches which resulted in four teams booking semifinal berths this weekend.

Results are as follows for the Quarterfinal Matches: Farm B vs Fyrish A Under brilliant sunshine Farm B won the toss and sent Fyrish A to bat. Fyrish A could only muster 91 for 7 in their ten overs at the crease as Farm B bowlers proved too difficult for the Fyrish A batsmen. Opener Imran Hussain made 38 (4x6, 2x4) and was supported by Feroz Hussain with 31 (1x6, 1x4).

Ravindra Saramjeet was the main destroyer with a hat trick in his last over taking 3 wickets for 20 runs, Imtiaz Mohamed and Ricky Sargeant each took 1 wicket a piece.

When Farm B took to the crease it only took them 4.3 overs to reach their target as they made 82 runs in boundaries. It was raining boundaries as Avinash Mohabir made 44 not out (6x6,1x4) and was well supported by Ricky Sargeant with 38 (4x6,3x4). Feroz Hussein took 1 for 30 in his two overs.

Scores- Fyrish A 91/7 and Farm B 92/1.

Adventure/Johanna Cecelia vs Fyrish Small Masjid Fyrish Small Masjid won the toss and sent the defending champions Adventure/Johanna Cecelia to take first strike. They compiled a massive 142/6 in their 10 overs as Andy Dass

made 42 (5x6,1x4) and was supported by Fazeer Khan with 26 (3x6,1x4). The sweep shot proved the most vital in the Adventure/Johanna Cecelia innings as most of the boundaries came off that shot.

Each bowler used had a wicket but the most economical of all was Javid Mohamed with 1 for 16 in his two overs. When Fyrish Small Masjid took strike they lost too many wickets as they eventually made 109 for 6 when their overs expired.

Aishnarine Shrikissoon made 25 (2x6) and was supported

by Shazam Wajid with 25 (2x6). The wicket takers were Nazir Khan with 2 for 18 and Ehwaas Baksh, Leland Mc Donald and Munir Amin each took 1 wicket a piece.

Scores- Adventure/ Johanna Ceceila 142/6 and Fyrish Small Masjid 109/6.

MYO vs Enmore MYO batted first and made a huge score of 158/2 in their 10 overs. Zulfikar Ali give MYO a great start before he had to retired hurt as cramps did what the Enmore boys could not have done, making 49 runs decorated with (7*6, 1*4) after which Saheed Gittens made 54 (4*6, 3*4), Richard Latiff 43 (4*6, 2*4). Bowling for Enmore was David Mahase with 2 for 23 runs in his two overs. When Enmore turn came to bat chasing that massive score they were always never in the hunt as they lost wickets at regular intervals and eventually succumbed for 67 all out. Sheriff Hassan made 25 (3*6) and Nasib Mohamed 14 (1*4). Bowling for MYO was Imran Allu with 3 for 8 and was wells supported by Richard Latiff and Fazal Nazeem with 2 wickets each for 4 and 0 runs respectively.

Scores- MYO 158/2 and Enmore 67 all out.

Queenstown vs Success

Queenstown won the toss and took first strike and made 89 for 6in their ten overs. Fadil Ahamad made 24 (2x6), Riyaad Najab made 22 (1x6,1x4) and Majeed Khan 20 (3x6). Bowling for Success was Hafeez Samad and Bashir Saffie with two wickets each for 10 and 20 runs respectively. When Success took to the crease they were scoring very quickly but with the wickets of Zaheer Persaud and Hafeez Samad the game took a turn in Queenstown favour. But in the end Success came out victorious as they made their target in 9.3 overs. Azzar Haniff made 46 after being dropped in the second over and supported by Zaheer Persaud with 16. Bowling for Queenstown Imran with 1 for 5 and Majeed with 1 for 16 and Riyaad Najab with 1 for 20 were the successful bowlers.

Scores- Queenstown 89/ 6 and Success 90/3.

Semifinals, 3 rd Place playoff and Final are slated for Saturday under lights at the MYO Ground.

Saturday September 29, 2012

Cricket fans invited to see World T20 Games live at DCC The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) is celebrating its Centennial Anniversary throughout the year 2012 in which the Club will be hosting a number of fund raising events and activities aimed at achieving the objectives of fostering the development of the Club’s infrastructure and practice facilities, to benefit its cricketers development and the Community The club has decided to show all the World T20 games on wide screen television at the Club’s venue, Lance Gibbs Street, Queenstown, Georgetown live on ESPN. Our aim is to create a cricket village with a similar atmosphere to those in Sri Lanka where the games would be played. Hence, we believe that the public viewing would be undertaken in an engaging and cricket friendly ambience.

The fact that the public would be in an environment which has served the game for a hundred years and produced great cricketers such as Clive Lloyd, Lance Gibbs, the Harper brothers (Mark and Roger) and Roy Fredericks, promises to make the viewing of the games an electrifying experience.

Members of the public are invited to visit the Club to view all the games free of charge and support the Darren Sammy led West Indies Cricket team in their quest to attain the ICC World Twenty20 Championship. The full fixtures are attached.

R and D Engineering Service t\20 cricket - North E’bo...

Ramesh, Singh, Narine slam fifties as Walton Hall, Gunners, Devonshire Castle win Tameshwar Ramesh, Navin Singh and Ramesh Narine slammed half centuries as Walton Hall, Gunners and Devonshire Castle registered victories when play in the R and D Engineering Service twenty\20 cricket competition continued last Sunday in North Essequibo with a number of matches.

At Walton Hall (9 am), Gunners defeated Charity Knight Riders 101 runs.

Navin Singh stroked his way to a fine 52 and got valuable

support from Alex Collins who made 47 as Gunners managed 145-4 off 20 overs after batting first. Sanjeev Ramdeen picked up 2-18 for Charity who were bowled out for 44 in 12 overs in reply.

Pacer Greyson Paul with 3-12 and Henry Green 3-15 did the damage with the ball for Gunners.

At Walton Hall (1pm), the host got the better of Charity Knight Riders by 104 runs.

Walton Hall scored 230-4 off their allotted overs after taking first strike. Tameshwar

Ramesh led with 52 while Navin Bahadur and Suresh Persaud supported with 38 and 20 respectively. Ricardo Barakat claimed 3-27.

Charity in reply mustered 126-7 in 20 overs with Vishnu Murray 28, Noel Evans 27, and Roy Thomas 13 being their principal scorers.

Latchman Singh and Omkar Harilall captured two wickets each for the winners.

At Lima, Devonshire Castle triumphed over the host by 18 runs. The visitors took first turn at the crease

and scored 151-5 off their allotted overs. Ramesh Narine was their leading run scorer with 54 as Nimrun Bahadur and Rajeev Manichand grabbed two wickets each.

Lima in response ended on 133-9 when their overs expired. Basdeo Khemraj top scored with 33 while I. Lall chipped in with 27 and R. Ramnarine 18. Narine crowned a fine all round game by taking 3-27, while Manoj Lall had 2-24. The competition continues tomorrow.

(Zaheer Mohamed)

Saturday September 29, 2012

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Team effort steer Rose Hall Town Park Rangers on the rampage Gizmos & Gadgets into the Final as Danny Mohanram caps fine - Albion and Young Warriors advance to Semis Defending Champions Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets have become the first team to secure a place in the final of the 2012 Ramcharitar Construction Services First Division 50 Over Knock-out Cricket Competition in Berbice after inflicting a heavy defeat on Skeldon Community Centre in their second round encounter and then benefitting from a Bye. Spearheading them to victory were firstly West Indies batsman Assad Fudadin with 66 (7 fours), Khemraj Mahadeo 66 (6 fours and 2 sixes) former Guyana wicketkeeper batsman Delbert Hicks 52 (5 fours and 2 sixes) and Renwick Batson 50 ( 3 fours and 1 six) who all contributed in Rose Hall’s daunting 328 for 6 in 50Overs, the highest team score in the competition so far.

When Skeldon responded, they ran up against Guyana Under-19 right arm leggie Shawn Pereira who picked up 6 for 40 from 10 Overs to bowl them out for 141.

Former West Indies right arm legspinner Devendra Bishoo who slammed a century in Albion Community Centre’s first round match against Police on Saturday, was again in the runs for Albion Community Centre on

Sunday top scoring with 67 this time which together with 66 from Veerapen Permaul helped Albion post 218 for 6 against West Berbice.

West Berbice took up the challenge and seemed set on course for an upset win when they reached 178 for 3 with 7 Overs remaining. They slipped but still in with a good chance needing 18 runs from the last two overs with 3 wickets standing. They went into the last over needing 9 with the same three wickets but with former Berbice wicketkeeper batsman Quesi Mentore losing his head and getting run out for 0 and former Guyana 20/20 star Jonathan Foo picking up the last two wickets with his legspinners, West Berbice fell agonisingly short by 6 runs.

Led by 58 not out from former Guyana Under-19 batsman Seon Hetmyer, Young Warriors coasted to an easy 5-wicket win over Edinburgh.

In scores from the matches played: At Port Mourant, Rose Hall Town Gismos &Gadgets sent in to take first strike, made 328 for 6 in 50-Overs with Assad Fudadin 66, Khamraj Mahadeo 66, Delbert Hicks 52, Renwick Batson 50, Clinton Pestano 22m Victor Pedro 2 for 58 from 10 Overs.

Skeldon Community Centre 141 in 28 Overs with Clavern Beresford 36, Gajendra Nauth 30, Anthony Bramble 26, Shawn Pereira 6 for 49, Eon Hooper 2 for 19 from 6 Overs, Shailendra Shameer 2 for 31 from 6 overs.

At Albion, Albion Community Centre beat West Berbice by 6 runs. Albion Community Centre winning the toss and choosing to bat first made 218 for 6 in 50Overs Devendra Bishoo 67, Veerapen Permaul 66, Sharaz Ramcharran 23 N.O; Kandasammy Surujnarine 22, Keith Fraser 2 for 49.

West Berbice 212 all out in 49.4 Overs Romeash Boodram 47, Arthley Bailey 46, Raffiel Estriado 39, Krishnadat Ramoo 25, Jonathan Foo 3 for 31 from 7.4 Overs, Gudakesh Motie 2 for 36, Devendra Bishoo 2 for 37.

At Edinburgh, Young Warriors beat Edinburgh by 5 wickets. Edinburgh, choosing to take first strike 158 in 45.3 Overs with Shafiq Khan 41, Jamal Henry 21, Gajanand Singh 3 for 38 from 10 Overs, Richard Ramdeen 2 for 12 from 3 Overs, Kevin Ramdeen 2 for 23 from 10 Overs. Young Warriors 162 for 5 from 29 Overs with Seon Hetmyer 62 N.O; Waheid Edwards 20, Zaheer Hussain 3 for 52, Mark Sampson 2 for 36.

Corrie Sanders: Zimbabweans held over boxer’s murder

BBC - South African police have arrested three Zimbabweans in connection with the murder of former heavyweight world boxing champion Corrie Sanders.

The 46-year-old South African boxer was shot during an armed robbery while attending a family celebration over the weekend near the capital, Pretoria. Police said goods stolen during the robbery, including a mobile phone, hand bag and car key, were also found.

The boxer was nicknamed “The Sniper” because of his famous left-hand punch. He pulled off one of boxing’s major shocks when he beat Wladimir Klitschko to win the WBO heavyweight title in 2003. He retired in 2008, having won 42 of his 46 fights. The three Zimbabwean suspects were arrested in an informal settlement near Brits - about 45km (28 miles) north-west of Pretoria - after a tip-off, police spokesman Brigadier Thulani Ngubane

said, according to the South African Press Association.

The former champion was attending his nephew’s 21st birthday party when gunmen entered the restaurant in Brits.

He was shot in the arm and stomach and died of his wounds in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The Zimbabweans - one aged 19 and two aged 20 - are due to appear in court on Monday to be charged with murder and armed robbery, police said.

all round performance

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) Softball Tournament sponsored by Mike’s Pharmacy, Ariel Enterprise, Trophy Stall, Ramchand Auto Spared, Survival Motor Trend, and Petama Enterprise, continued last Sunday Sept. 23 with Park Rangers going on the rampage in their match and Danny Mohanram turning in a fine performance.

Results are as follows: Park Rangers def. Regal Masters by 37 runs. Park Rangers 207 for 6 off 25 overs.

Danny Mohanram 83. M. Arjune 2 for 47. Regal 170 all out. Raymond Harper 57. R. Singh 3 for 30. D. Mohanram 3 for 33.

Regal X1 def. Farm by 6 wickets. Farm 141 for 6 in 15 overs. A. Aziz 43. Patrick Khan 29. Troy Kippins 2 for 16. Timur Mohammed 2 for 21. Regal 142 for 4. Patrick Rooplall 62.

Shaeed Gittens 32. P. Khan 2 for 29.

Regal X1 def. Success Warriors by 9 wickets. Success 87 all out. N. Khan 23. M. Motilall & Troy Kippins 2 for 8 each. Regal 88 for 1. S. Gittens 59.

Rockaway def. Tornado by 10 wickets.

Tornado 64 all out. Rishie Samaroo and Richard Gomes 2 wickets each. Rockaway 65 without loss in 3.1 overs. Jagdesh Deosaran 46 not out. Rockaway def. Young Guns by 53 runs.

Rockaway 166 for 8 in 15 overs. Jagdesh Deosaran 55. Navin Persaud 25. Porter 6 for 25. Young Guns 113 all out in 13.2 overs. Amar Gaj 39. Zulfikar Alli 30. Rushi Samaroo 3 for 14.

Mahendra Ramlakan 2 for 3.

El Commandante def. Desperados by 41 runs. El Commandante 133 for 9 in 15 overs.

Mark Persaud 22. Sukhdeo Budhram 3 for 23.

Desperados 92 all out in 13.1 overs. S. Budhram 22. Vickey Jaikissoon 3 for 12. Emran Khan 3 for 22.

El Commandante def. Acomplishment by 74 runs. El Commandante 153 for 9 in 15 overs.

Roy Seebarran 41. Sanjay Mangal 3 for 14.

Acomplishment 79 all out in 12.3 overs. Roy Seebarran 5 for 8.

Desperados def. L.B.I. Top Gun by 9 wickets. L.B.I. Top Gun 93 all out in 14 overs.

Vinnie Rampersaud 29. Desperados 94 for 1 in 10.2 overs. Delford Parsram 44 not out. Sanjay Budhram 31.

L.B.I. Top Gun def. P. & P Vipers by 78 runs. L.B.I. Top Gun 157 all out in 14.2 overs.

Nizam Khan 38. Rajpaul 32. P & P Vipers 79.

Rajin Jaikarran 4 for 8.

Acomplishment def. Flashers by 4 wickets. Flashers 82 all out in 12.1 overs.

Tyrone Mohan 3 for 14. Acomplishment 83 for 6 in 12 overs. Rajendra Lochan 31.

Shortman def. Flashers by 5 wickets.

Flashers 116 all out in 13.2 overs. Dinesh John 35. Shaheed Abdul 3 for 15. Shortman 117 for 5 in 12.5 overs. Kevin Persaud 31.

P & P Vipers def. Lusignan Third Street by 8 wickets. Lusignan 82 all out in 12.4 overs.

Sean George 43. P & P Vipers 83 for 2 in 12 overs. Ryan Gopaul 31.

Lusignan Third Street def. Shortman by 3 wickets. Shortman 108 for 8 in 15 overs.

Karamchand Persaud 4 for 9. Lusignan 109 for 7 in 14.2 overs. Chetram Persaud 29. Mervin Persaud 3 for 29.

Trophy Stall B def. Amiya’s Furniture Store by 20 runs. Trophy Stall B 127 all out in 15 overs. D. Deosaran 34. S. Ali 4 for 17.

Amiya’s Store 107 for 8 in 15 overs. R. Singh 42. P. Sukhai 3 for 8.

East Bankers def. Jaguars by 28 runs.

East Bankers X1 118 for 7 in 15 overs. S.

Ramdin 44. L. Singh 2 for 11. A. Bacchus 2 for 16. Jaguars 90 all out. Fizal Ally 3 for 12. C. Ramdin 3 for 28. One Love def. Princess Hotel All Stars by 4 wickets. Princess Hotel 141 all out. R. Singh 6 for 15. One Love 142 for 6. R. Singh 45 not out.

One Love def. Super Street by 9 wickets.

Super Street 70 all out. F. Khan, S. Singh, R. Persaud, 2 wickets each. One Love 71 for 1 in 5.4 overs. Wayne Narine 26.

Cena def. Country Road by 4 wickets.

Country Road 115 all out in 15 overs. H. Dilchand 27. B. Narine 24. Randy Vickram 5 for 20. Cena 116 for 6 in 14 overs. Rajesh Reddy 30. Fidel Singh 3 for 24.

Savage Masters def. Defenders by 111 runs. Savage 182 for 5 in 20 overs. Falim Mohamed 49 not out. Defenders 71 all out. R. Samaroo 5 for 26. A. Rambarran 3 for 17.

Trophy Stall Angels def. Enterprise Stars by 56 runs. Trophy Stall Angels 116 for 5.

Monica Seals 51 not out. June Ogle 34. Alicia Allen 21 not out. Enterprise 60 all out.

Regal Champs def. 4 R Lioness by 16 runs.

Regal 103 for 5 in 10 overs. Toya Elexey 32.

Sherry Ann 23. Temica Wilson 2 for 16. 4R Lioness 87 for 3 in 10 overs. T. Wilson 32.

Wellwoman def. Lady Jaguars by 73 runs.

Wellwoman 110 for 7 in 10 overs. Zola Telford 32. Akaze Thomson 25. L. Haywood 3 for 12.

Lady Jaguars 37 all out. Nicola Leacock 3 for 0. S. Chichester 3 for 04. A. Thomson 2 for 6.

Fazal Kayume Angels def. Mahaica Creek Princesses by 1 wicket. Mahaica 72 for 6 in 10 overs. Kermaine Persaud 2 for 10. Fazal Kayume 76 for 9 in 6.1 overs. Odessa Oniel 37.

Farm def. Renegade by 16 runs. Farm 110 for 5 in 15 overs. Budhan Baksh 33. Renegade 94 all out. Patrick Khan 2 for 7. Ameer Azeez 2 for 11.

Front Liners def. Super Stars 40 by 9 wickets. Super Star 40 130 all out in 24.2 overs.

Nandlall Premchand 34. Herman Persaud 29.

R. Narine 4 for 28. Linden McCoy 50 not out.

Mohamed Rafeek 28 not out.

Enterprise Legends def. Bedi Ramjewan Masters by 4 wickets. Bedi 122 all out in 24 overs. David Harper 39. Enterprise 123 for 7 in 23 overs. Vishwanauth Gobin 33. Rupert Basdeo 6 for 17.

Super Star X1 def. Vishnu Mandir by 258 runs. Super Star 291 for 7 in 15 overs. Rohit Dutchin 152 (19x6). Devendra Persaud 43.

Morvin Bob 32. Vishnu Mandir 33 all out in 7 overs. Delroy Perreira 4 for 12. Roydon Wilson 3 for 15.

Super Star X1 def. J & J Bengal Tigers by 8 wickets. Bengal Tigers 143 for 5 in 15 overs. Extras 74. K. Yadram 27. Marvin Bob 3 for 11. Super Star 144 for 2 in 9.4 overs. Atowin Bob 73 (8x6). Delroy Perreira 34.

Vishnu Mandir def. J & J Bengal Tigers by 4 wickets. Bengal Tigers 107 all out in 15 overs. K Yadram 21. S. Ramphal 2 for 16. Vishnu Mandir 108 for 6 in 11 overs. S. Persaud 2 for 9. Country Road def. Queens Park Rangers.

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Patrons attending GuyExpo will get opportunity Australia thrash to meet and greet drivers and riders India in Super Eights Shane Watson was in blistering form (AFP)

BBC Sport - Shane Watson and David Warner both blazed fifties as Australia thrashed India by nine wickets in the World Twenty20 Super Eights in Colombo.

The openers hit 10 sixes and put on 133 for the first wicket as they took apart the spin attack that destroyed England. Watson was out for 72 with eight balls left but Warner (63) saw them to their 141 target with 31 balls in hand.

Watson also took three wickets as Australia restricted India’s power-packed batting line-up to 140-7.

Australia are ranked seventh in the International Cricket Council’s standings and were expected to struggle at the tournament. But after overpowering Ireland and the West Indies in their group and humiliating India, they have established themselves firmly among the favourites.

Their opening partnership is the most destructive in the game, while Watson’s allround displays have earned him the man of the match award in three games. He has the most wickets in the tournament (eight), has hit more sixes (13) than any other player and is second only to New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum (180) in the runscoring charts.

His latest demolition job began in the fifth over of Australia’s run chase when he planted two Ravichandran Ashwin long hops into the stands. A different spinner brought an identical result with Piyush Chawla twice smashed over the ropes before Warner deposited successive balls from Harbhajan Singh for six in the following over.

These were the same spinners who had taken a combined 6-25 in eight overs against England on the same ground, but they were being

made to look like village cricketers by Australia’s opening pair.

Captain Mahendra Dhoni searched far and wide for inspiration, deploying eight different bowlers, but the scoring rate never slowed as Watson helped himself to 19 off an Irfan Pathan over and clobbered Virat Kohli’s medium pace for another maximum.

The finish line was in sight when Watson punched Yuvraj Singh to short extra cover to give India their only wicket. Australia chose to give 23-year-old all-rounder Glenn Maxwell the opportunity to boost his confidence by striking the winning runs and he duly obliged by driving Ashwin through the covers to round off the most comfortable of wins.

The margin of victory was all the more staggering given that India had earlier charged to 56-1 in seven overs after winning the toss. Virat Kohli skied Pat Cummins to mid-off to fall for 15, however, it sparked a collapse from which they never truly recovered.

Three wickets fell in eight balls - Yuvraj Singh topedging Watson to deep midwicket, Irfan Pathan flicking the same bowler to short midwicket and Rohit Sharma bowled by Mitchell Starc.

Dhoni, so often India’s saviour, took 21 balls to reach 15 before pushing straight to extra cover.

And it was left to Suresh Raina (26) and Ashwin to ensure India reached an adequate score, the latter hitting Starc for a huge six over midwicket on his way to 16 not out from 12.

Scores: Australia 141 for 1 (Watson 72, Warner 63*) beat India 140 for 7 (Pathan 31, Watson 3-34) by 9 wickets.

Motor racing fans and enthusiasts attending GuyExpo will have a great opportunity to listen to some of the stars of the sport talk about their experiences through an initiative of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) as part of its promotion of the final leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) which is slated to be staged on November 11, at the South Dakota Circuit.

The first part of the promotion will commence with a super-charged display of the cars, Super bikes and go-karts that will be participating at the upcoming Meet and patrons will be able to meet and greet the drivers and riders who will represent

Guyana against competitors from Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, the USA and Canada.

The club also plan to exhibit photographs depicting the history of the club and competitors and patrons will be afforded the opportunity to view them as well.

Tourism Minister Irfaan Ali has thrown his weight behind the initiative and has fully endorsed the efforts of the GMR&SC to maintain its proud reputation as being one of the best hosts of the CMRC with Meets also being held at Dover Raceway in Jamaica and Bushy Park in Barbados.

Traditionally, thousands of fans from all across the

world come down to the South Dakota Circuit every year to witness the event which is second to none in relation to its organization and hospitality and the early promotion seems to suggest that the Organisers are pulling out all the stops to make this year’s event even bigger than last year’s.

There will be the usual International VIP Lounge where fans will be afforded first-class service in a comfortable and exclusive atmosphere accompanied by musical entertainment in addition to having the best view of the track.

With the re-surfaced track, the rivalry among the best drivers, riders and karters in the region is anticipated to be

close and exciting and the early prediction is that most of the existing records will be shattered.

Guyana will be represented by the likes of the Vieira brothers (Mark and Paul), while the evergreen Andrew King, Viskok Persaud, Kevin Jeffrey, Keith Evelyn among others will look to thwart the ambitions of current leader in the Group 4 category Jamaican David Summerbell Jnr., fellow Jamaicans Doug ‘Hollywood’ Gore and Peter Rae and Barbadians Roger and Barry Mayers, Mark and Doug Maloney.

The major sponsors are: GT&T, Princess Hotel, Valvoline, Rent-a- Tent and Banks DIH.

Hamilton leaves McLaren for Mercedes (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton will leave McLaren and race for the Mercedes Formula One team next season after agreeing a threeyear deal in which the Briton replace seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher.

McLaren announced separately that Mexican Sergio Perez would partner 2009 champion Jenson Button in their line-up next season.

The announcements by Mercedes and McLaren on Friday ended a long-running tussle for one of the sport’s hottest properties as well as an almost umbilical link between Hamilton and Mercedespowered McLaren.

McLaren have backed the Briton since his early teens when he was making an impression in karting, after Hamilton had approached former McLaren principal Ron Dennis at a gala awards ceremony to tell him of his dream of driving one of his cars in Formula One. The first black F1 world

champion, whose humble background contrasts with the Monaco lifestyle he now enjoys as one of the highestpaid athletes in the world, has never driven for anyone else but said it was time for a fresh challenge.

“Mercedes-Benz has such an incredible heritage in motorsport, along with a passion for winning which I share,” said the 27-year-old Hamilton, the 2008 champion and winner of 20 grands prix including three so far this season. “Together, we can grow and rise to this new challenge. I believe that I can help steer the Silver Arrows to the top and achieve our joint ambitions of winning the world championships.”

British media reports suggested the deal was worth 60 million pounds ($97.15 million) with Hamilton in line for a basic annual salary of around 15 million.

The move to Mercedes came after the German manufacturer signed a new agreement with

Former national footballer Meadows succumbs after suffering heart attack Former Santos and national footballer Paul Meadows died last Sunday at his home in Brooklyn, New York after suffering from heart attack. He was 39.

Born on the 7th of January 1973, Meadows, who grew up in North East La Penitence, represented Guyana as a midfielder at the U-21 and U-23 levels before migrating to the USA in 2003. He started playing the game as a teenager for Santos FC and became one of their most prolific goal scorers helping them to many titles.

Former coach of Santos FC, Kavin Pearce, told Kaieteur Sport that he spoke with Meadows Saturday last and expressed shocked at his passing. He said that Meadows last words to him were “I am coming to Guyana soon and I will surprise you”. Meadows was married and had three daughters.

the sport’s commercial rights holders, guaranteeing their longterm commitment. They were the last of the major teams to do so.

There was no word on Schumacher’s future plans, with the 43-year-old former Ferrari ace widely expected to retire for the second time after making a comeback in 2010.

“I have had three nice years with the team which unfortunately did not go as well as we all would have wanted on the sporting side,” Schumacher, who could remain with Mercedes in an official capacity, said in a

statement.

“I wish Lewis well and for the team to achieve the success we worked so hard for in the build-up. I would like to thank the team for their trust and all the guys for their unconditional commitment. I will now concentrate on the next races.”

FIVE CHAMPIONS Schumacher has been on the podium just once since his comeback, in Valencia this year, and has finished only half of the races this season.

With Hamilton moving to (Continued on page 25)

ICC WORLD TWENTY20 2012...

Security tightened after hotel breach Security for players at the World Twenty20 has been tightened by tournament organisers after a man found a way into the Australia team’s quarters at their Colombo hotel and propositioned a player for sex.

The man entered the hotel on Monday and managed to get past security in the foyer of the Cinnamon Grand hotel, before also avoiding the detail assigned to the Australia team’s floor. Team security and management immediately informed the ICC of the security breach, while stern words are also understood to have been exchanged with hotel and security staff.

“The man had gone into a player’s room offering his services as a male escort,” a police officer told the AFP news agency. “The player refused and he barged into another room when the Australians alerted hotel

security.”

The incident has forced a beefing up of security around team hotels at the World T20, even if the man’s intentions did not appear violent, nor linked to any betting or match-fixing scams.

“It was a minor and isolated incident, involving an over-enthusiastic cricket fan, which was reported immediately by the Australia team management to the ICC and relevant authorities,” an ICC spokesman said. “The trespasser has been dealt with by the law and the security for the tournament has been briefed and tightened.”

A 21-year-old Sri Lankan man, reportedly a past employee of the hotel, was fined Sri Lankan Rupees 1,000 ($8) rupees and handed a one-month suspended jail term after he pleaded guilty on Thursday to a charge of breaking and entering.

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DeSinco contributes $$$ as construction of Queens College Sports Pavilion closer to reality

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t started out as a little idea supported by intense discussions, now the realization of a pavilion complete with washrooms is very much a reality, endorsed when members of the local chapter of the Queens College Old Students’ Association and the Board of Directors, performed the sod turning ceremony on the playfield aback the school’s Thomas Lands based location yesterday morning.

The project is divided into two phases and apart from the area to accommodate spectators, the facility, which will be tackled in two phases, will be complete with a washroom and a dorm to accommodate domestic teams traveling to the Capital City to engage in sports and other related activity.

Already, several groups have contributed unselfishly to the project, estimated to cost some fourteen million dollars and monies accrued so far totals some M$8.5.

This is the most recent figure, arrived at yesterday morning after DeSinco donated $M1.5 to the project. Ms Alicia DeAbreu, daughter of the proprietor of DeSinco and Member of the board of Governors, Frank DeAbreu, handed over the cheque to two students and a

Alicia DeAbreu (extreme right) smiles broadly as she hands over DeSinco’s contribution to two students and a teacher of Queen’s College Secondary School. Details pertaining to other contributors and the amount accrued thus far are displayed on the board. teacher of the Queen’s College Secondary School and wished the organizers well.

Chairman of the Queen’s College Academic Board (QCAB), Conrad Plummer, delivered brief remarks moments before the cheque was handed over and labeled the project as a phased approach to the reactivation of sports within the QC curriculum and by extension

the reactivation of sports at a country level. He said that the members of the QCAB are concerned with the all round development of the students be it sports or otherwise.

He subsequently appealed to members of the private and public sector to support the venture.

Director of Youth and Sports, Neil Kumar added his voice to the cause while

pointing out the QC has produced some of the best brains in the country. He said that the institution also possessed the ability to produce the best sportsmen and women.

The Director of Youth and Sports further bandied the idea of a Multi- purpose court to facilitate the all round development of students of the educational institution. He further congratulated the many sponsors that have contributed to the project even as he encouraged others to get on board.

The estimated cost of the entire project is $14M and already approximately $8.5M have been accrued.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports has contributed three million dollars while the Queen’s College Parent Teacher’s Association and the New York Chapter have donated one million dollars apiece.

The QC Worldwide group has also contributed two million dollars.

Mr. DeAbreu said that works would get underway just as soon as the balance is accrued. He also joined the many influential voices encouraging support from the private and public sector to a project he dubbed as beneficial to the development of the nation’s youths.

Boyce lauds athletes for beating - says Government did odds in Brazil not respond to budget

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resident of the A t h l e t i c s Association of Guyana (AAG), Colin Boyce yesterday celebrated the two bronze medals Guyana’s fourmember team won at the South American U-23 Championship in Brazil last weekend, bemoaning the lack of Government funding.

Boyce pointed out that the lack of enough funding prevented them from sending all five athletes to Brazil for the Games.

Initially, five athletes were named for the competition, but due to lack of funds, Jevina Straker was left behind.

Chavez Ageday and Stephan James secured bronze medals in the 100m

Guyana’s representative athletes at the South American U-23 Championships in Brazil, including the two bronze medallist Chavez Ageday (standing, left) and Stephan James (right), swarm AAG President, Colin Boyce, General Secretary, Claude Blackmore and Mark Scott. and 400m respectively.

Natrina Hooper and Cindy Fraser was Guyana’s other representatives. It was

Ageday first bronze medal and his fastest 100m electronic time (10.65s) and James bettered his personal

best with the 46.52 time.

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Stage set for Bush Lot United Turf Club Horserace programme

Starting gates in place and works that were underway recently are all expected to ensure an enjoyable day of racing tomorrow.

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he stage is set for an exciting programme when the grand horserace meet organised by the Bush Lot United Turf Club (BLUTC) Of Bush Lot Village, West Coast Berbice is staged tomorrow at the club’s track.

The organizers have upgraded the feature event from B to A and has added to two more events to the day’s proceedings to make it a 10 race programme and the overall prize package has been increased to over $7M. With the venue also sporting a number of new features including refurbish bandstand, running water, expanded parade ring, Jockey’s area and scale house, the entry column has

been filling up at a rapid pace with the entries swollen to over 75 racehorses.

The race added to the programme is for two year old horses born and bred Guyana.

The Full list of events are the feature A’ and lower event over 1500M for a whopping $1M first prize and trophy. The co-feature event for three Year old animals Bred and Born in Guyana and The West Indies over 1200M with a first prize of $500,000 and trophy.

The E and lower race with a first prize of $450,000 and trophy also over 1200M. The G class 1000M gallop for a winning purse of $300,000 and trophy.

The event for two year old Guyana and West Indies

Bred horses which will see the winner running away with $400,000 and trophy also over 1000M. The winner of the H and lower 1400M event will see the winner taking home $200,000 and trophy.

The pole position for the horses in the two year old Guyana bred event over 1000M will collect $200,000 and trophy. The I3 and lower event is another 1000M event for a winning purse of $150,000 and trophy.

There is the J class event 1400M event which will see the animals racing for a winning purse of $100,000 and trophy. The K and L class match up will see the winner pocketing $80,000 and trophy over 1200M.

Apart from Banks DIH among the other sponsors are Mohammed Shariff of the Shariff racing stable, Buddy Shivraj, Jumbo Jet, Rommel Jagroop, Trophy Stall of Bourda Market, Dr Bramdeo Singh, Inshan Bacchus, Lenny Singh, Chatterpaul “Chen Singh” Deo, Phagoo General Store, Guyana Tourism Authority, BM Soat.

The individual performers including top jockey, stable and trainer will be presented with trophies compliments of The

Tr o p h y S t a l l , B o u r d a Market.

A number of the leading racehorses are among those taking entry and fans can expect very competitive races. Among the horses to be on show are: The Bailiff, Got to Go, Marathon Man, Technology, Miss Regina, D ’ G i r l D e m S u g a r, Roxanna, Appealing Harvest, Settle in Seattle, Red Cloud, Princess Kiara, War Craft, Sleeping Thong, Ameera’s Joy, Score’s Ever and Donut Prince.

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coordinator Lakeram Sukhdeo turfites are encouraged to come out early as the day’s meet will be scintillating. He stated that those attending the race meet will be able to view the activity in comfort with the tremendous improvements undertaken.

Interested persons can make enquiries with President R. Jagit (tel 2320231), Secretary Arjune Singh on 688-4764, Treasurer Lakeram, B. Sukdeo on Number 2320558. Race time is 12:30hrs.

Pitbulls rip apart opposition in Albouystown SUBLIME! Pitbulls’ Ryan Gullen is sublime as he releases a floater in the lane against Albouystown Ballers Thursday night when the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball Contest continued in Albouystown.

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ne of the most impressive combinations in the 2012 Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Contest, Pitbulls, ripped apart their oppositions Thursday night when Guyana’s most lucrative basketball competition continued at the Independence Boulevard Court, Albouystown.

Pitbulls, a unit out of the Ravens Basketball Club, with Ryan Gullen, Ryan Stephney, Jermaine Slater and Akeem Kanhai imposed their superiority finishing 2-1 from their three games in what was a competitive group, and further advanced in the tournament.

They opened their bid for a maiden smooth moves title in their second night of competition with a 21-11 win against Eagles.

Pitbulls then stopped Albouystown, who had defeated Pacesetters in the first game, 18-16 to go comfortably ahead on the points table.

However, Pacesetters’ ‘B’ team sneaked a win, which was their only win of the night, against the Pitbulls in the last game that finished in a 14-14 deadlock. Sean Gillis buried his free-throws that handed Pacesetters the win after Pitbulls had a miserable time at the line.

The game was certainly the most entertaining of the night, which came down to a Pacesetters vs. Ravens rivalry. The Pacesetters unit of Clement Brusche, Alex Grey and Gillis played their best game of the night against Pitbulls after losing their previous two games.

Eagles were the other qualifying team from that group, also playing on their second night. Eagles beat Pacesetters 17-9 and Albouystown Ballers 21-17. Pitbulls win against them gave Pitbulls the top spot on the table, heading into the third week of competition. (Edison Jefford)

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West Indies women implode against Sri Lanka ESPNcricinfo - West Indies women imploded in spectacular fashion to lose to Sri Lanka by five runs in a rain-affected match in Galle.

Chasing a modest D/L target of 48 runs in eight overs, West Indies appeared well on their way with Tremayne Smartt getting a boundary off the first ball and nine runs in all in the opening over.

The first ball of the second over resulted in a run out, but with previous match’s topscorer Deandra Dottin opening her account with a boundary, the match was in West Indies’ control.

Though, Inoka Ranaweera’s double-wicket blow in the third over injected some life into the game, West Indies continued to attack, taking 10 runs of the fourth over.

Two overs and another run out later, West Indies needed 12 off 12 with six wickets in hand and were still ahead. However, the next six balls capsized the chase.

The first was a dot ball and Chamani Seneviratna had Juliana Nero stumped off the second. Third ball saw the third run out of the innings. A dot ball was then followed by a stumping, which was followed by another dot and the advantage was duly handed over to Sri Lanka. There were no more surprises in the last over, just a bonus run out.

West Indies had put Sri Lanka in to bat in a match reduced to 17-overs a side after wet outfield had delayed the start by an hour.

Sri Lanka made a good start with 21 off three overs, but the loss of their openers in consecutive overs slowed them down. The rains came again and Sri Lanka’s innings was halted at 50 for 3 after 10.3 overs, with West Indies getting a revised D/L target of 48.

West Indies’ loss meant that all four teams in the group are now tied on points.

Scores: Sri Lanka Women 50 for 3 in 10.3 overs (Siriwardene 18*, Taylor 1-4) beat West Indies Women 42 for 8 in 8 overs (Seneviratna 2-4) by five runs (D/L).

Meanwhile, Sophie Devine dazzled with bat and ball to help New Zealand overpower South Africa by 22 runs the first match of the day in Galle. Devine scored

a well-paced 59 off 46 balls and then picked up two wickets during South Africa’s faltering chase.

Teams have preferred to field first in the tournament so far and South Africa’s decision after winning the toss appeared correct as Susan Benade got rid of both New Zealand openers by the fourth over with only 24 runs on the board. Devine, along with Frances Mackay, played out the next few overs carefully as New Zealand made slow progress to reach 44 in nine overs.

The batsmen, however, changed gears in the tenth over with the introduction of offspinner Sunette Loubser.

Devine smashed the bowler for a six and a four off consecutive balls to take 13 runs off the over and hit two boundaries in the next.

Mackay, after playing second fiddle to Devine for a while, also joined in with three consecutive boundaries of Dane van Niekerk.

Devine brought up her first T20 fifty with a six off Loubser but was out in the same over, the 16th of the innings, after sharing a 94run stand with Mackay that came off 44 balls. Mackay continued to attack and her 49 helped New Zealand score 151 - the highest total in the tournament thus far.

Benade led a counter attack during the chase after South Africa lost the openers early to Erin Bermingham, but she became Nicola Browne’s first of three wickets in three overs, effectively ending the c o n t e s t . Va n N i e k e r k resisted with an unbeaten 34 but she ran out of partners as South Africa finished 22 runs short.

Devine, who was selected for the tournament after spending a year playing with New Zealand hockey team, was named the Player of the Match. “It has given me a lot of confidence now that I can perform again at the international stage. It has been a wee while. So it is really pleasing for me to get some runs and also a couple of wickets,” Devine said.

Scores: New Zealand Women 151 for 5 (Devine 59, Mackay 49, Benade 215) beat South Africa Women 129 for 9 (van Niekerk 34*, Browne 3-12) by 22 runs.

Sophie Devine (ICC Getty)

Dilani Manodara runs out Stafanie Taylor (ICC Getty).

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Spin-heavy teams meet with semi-final implications

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ricinfo - Sri Lanka and West Indies have hardly had highlight moments when playing each other. Their most talked-about match is actually one that didn’t happen, when West Indies refused to tour during the 1996 World Cup. There is Viv Richards’ 181 not out, there is Brian L a r a ’s 1 6 9 a n d h i s superlative Test tour of Sri Lanka in 2001, there are Muttiah Muralitharan’s exploits and Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s finish with four and six, but you really have to strain the memory to come up with those.

A glorious rivalry is not about to start today, but they play a crucial Super Eights game, one that could possibly assure one of them a semi-final place. It is a crucial game for the sides for different reasons. Sri Lanka don’t have a positive net runrate after their Super Over win, and West Indies will not be playing the last game of their group, so neither side will want to get into a net run-rate situation. The team

Ajantha Mendis (AFP)

Lasith Malinga (AFP)

Sunil Narine (Getty Images)

that loses, though, could find themselves in exactly that situation.

WATCH OUT FOR International cricket went about 36 years without finger-flickers after John Gleeson retired in the ’70s, but on Saturday we will have two of that variety pitting their wits against each other: Ajantha Mendis and Sunil Narine. Both of them had an ordinary outings on the flat

track in Pallekele. Mendis went for a career-worst 1 for 48, and Narine 0 for 33. They will both be itching to correct that record.

Lasith Malinga may not have taken a five-for or bowled wicket-maidens, but he made an impact at a time when most bowlers are looking for towels for their sweaty palms. His captain Mahela Jayawardene summed it up well after his

Super Over: “Another day he might go for runs but you always back your ace bowler. It is good to have somebody who has control mentally over that situation.

After that you try to execute your skills. It is important that you are tough in that situation and Mali is one of those guys.”

TEAM NEWS Ajantha Mendis is yet to fully recover from his side

strain. Sri Lanka could play the same XI. The legspinner Samuel Bardee slotted in nicely against England, and Andre Russell, who came into the XI in the match against Ireland, wasn’t even called upon to bowl. Choosing between Russell and Fidel Edwards might be West Indies’ only dilemma.

PITCH AND CONDITIONS

Pallekele has provided the truest pitches in the tournament and consistent high scores. It has two more days to go through, and with a largish square available it should hold up. The rain and its imminent arrival remain a mystery after a seven-month dry period. The locals are expecting rain any minute, but the organisers will be hoping that any minute doesn’t arrive until Monday.

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JP Duminy goes innovative (AFP)

Umar Gul slogged three sixes to bring Pakistan back intothe chase (AFP).

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BC Sport - Umar Gul blasted 32 off 17 balls as Pakistan fought back to sneak a two-wicket victory over South Africa in the Super Eights of the World Twenty20.

When he came to the wicket, Pakistan appeared doomed with 58 runs needed off 33 balls and three wickets in hand. But Gul’s

cameo catapulted them back into the game and although he was out with one over left, Saeed Ajmal hit the winning runs with two balls to spare.

Pakistan’s spinners had limited South Africa to 133-6 on a turning track.

It was a total which Pakistan would have (Continued on page 25)

Andrew King’s Mazda RX 7 which is expected to be on display at the GuyExpo where patrons could meet and greet drivers, riders and karters who will be competing at the November Meet.

Australia thrash India in Super Eights

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