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Kaieteur News Printed and Published by National Media & Publishing Company Ltd. 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, Guyana. Publisher: GLENN LALL Editor: Adam Harris Tel: 225-8465, 225-8491. Fax: 225-8473, 226-8210
EDITORIAL
How much more can people take? The mayhem on our roads continues unabated and there seems to be no comprehensive strategy to combat it and ease the suffering. Hardly a day passes without heartbreaking messages being conveyed to families about the death of their loved ones. It may sound repetitive, but there are too many reckless drivers on our roads. The recent demise of a young man on Regent Street is one too many. He lost his life when the minibus in which he was a passenger toppled several times before smashing into a utility pole. Only a reckless individual could have been driving that vehicle. How much more can people take before a solution is found? How long before reckless and drunk drivers, who are responsible for most of the traffic fatalities, wake up to the reality that they are just as dangerous as the gun-toting, heartless criminals who are running rampant and murdering with impunity. Nothing seems to guarantee safety on the roads today. Very few drivers obey the rules and speed limits, and they seem not to care for their own lives, much less the lives of others. The question is: How many more will have to die before the slaughter on the roads ends and what more needs to be done? Just a few days ago, a woman was in a minibus on her way home from work. Her day began just like any other, but it ended in tragedy. Before she could reach her destination, her family was in mourning. According to the Police report, the bus she was in collided with a car and she became that day’s fatality. Her son, only 14 years old, was at home when she left for work, and like a dutiful child, he wished his mother a good day. When he arrived on the scene he immediately realized the gravity of his loss. Who could wish this on anyone? Imagine the grief; think of the pain and emptiness. Sadly, word from the police was that the driver did not have a licence. What kind of society have we become? We are well aware that the Police have their hands full in maintaining law and order. They cannot do much more because of scarce resources and shortage of manpower. It is bad enough for people to be dodging the bullets from criminals, now the roadways have multiple weapons of destruction. Answers are needed urgently. Drivers should be trained to accept the responsibility which comes with being behind the wheel of a vehicle. They need to know that the road system comprises three elements: (i) the roads (ii) vehicles and (iii) drivers and pedestrians. They interact with each other and sometimes with other external elements such as animals, therefore it is important for drivers to understand the nature of this interaction and the likelihood and severity of risks associated with them, if the rules are not followed. Some may argue that drivers are not the only ones to blame for the traffic fatalities. Unfortunately, many of our roads and highways suffer from poor pavement surface quality, narrow lane widths, poor signage and lane demarcation and illegal accesses. Law enforcement officials have apparently done all they can so far, but they have not been able to reduce the spate of accidents and fatalities on the roads. While those in authority talk about curbing traffic fatalities, lives are still being lost daily on our roads. Most drivers do not show even the slightest remorse for their roles in the mayhem. Vehicles have become killing machines. How many more lives can we afford to lose in this manner?
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Anil Nandlall’s arguments are flawed DEAR EDITOR; I was hesitant to reply to the Honourable Former Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Mr. Anil Nandlall’s article published in Sunday, August 26th, 2016 Kaieteur Newspaper entitled “SARA Bill is an exercise in futility in terms of past offenders”. But I usually pen these articles out of concern for the healthy thinking of ordinary members of society. I am urging individuals to scrutinize carefully what your politicians tend to mentally feed Guyanese. I hesitated to respond to the article because I am not convince the Former Minister holds an honest belief in what he wrote in that article. If he were to honestly hold such believes that will make a mockery of his teachings as a graduate of the honourable and decent legal profession. Furthermore, I doubt the Former Minister is saying that if there is sufficient and credible evidence to convict an offender of confiscating state assets that the state should have no remedy since there is no legislation covering such a specific act of theft. Mr. Former Minister, please be mindful of the law of misappropriation of assets, unjust enrichment and unconscionable conduct. The only difference in the application of these
principles of law as it relates to SARA’s Bill is that the prosecuting agency is an agency of the state. As legal minds we are more familiar with the application of these principles between litigating private citizens of the State where one citizen relies on these principles to recover the property which justly belongs to him from the defendant. Generally, the law of unjust enrichment applies where an individual is enriched at the expense of another in circumstances which the law deems unjust. With regards to unconscionable conduct, the conduct is that of the offending Ministers against the State which would have relied on the Ministers’ promise to uphold the moral spirit of the Oath of Office and as a manager of the state’s assets entrusted to him to not unjustly, illegally or unconscionably enrichment him/herself. In the application of these principles one should note that the Ministers of Government were entrusted with the managing of state’s resources which are the resources of all Guyanese and if the trustee (the Ministers) unjustly use those resources for their personal enrichment. That is an illegal, unconscionable and/or unjust act. Therefore, to put forward such apparent
legalistic arguments as retroactivity status is bizarre. The rule against retroactivity and retrospectivity seeks to protect “rights or obligations” of individuals that they enjoyed before the Act of Parliament came into effect. Unjustly enriching oneself with the assets of another entrusted in your care is neither a right nor an obligation enjoyed by individuals. Therefore, such actions are plainly illegal and in the absence of specific criminal law/legislation capturing such illegal acts of individuals the general body of the common law would seek to prohibit such actions. However, Parliament has taken the pre-emptive step to legislate for such illegal actions so that prosecution of offenders is made easier than it may have been if the common law was the only option for prosecuting offenders. If one were to objectively conclude that these rules have no application to SARA’s Bill, one should note that all laws have a moral underpinning and morality should be the foundation of our conduct. This will make embracing and following the law much easier. A. Giddings Amoura Giddings Chief Executive Director The Consultancy Firm (TCF)
The damaged psyche of the Guyanese population DEAR EDITOR, The approach to dealing with the electricity situation in Guyana is a reflection of everything that is happening in our country today! It speaks directly to what has happened to the psyche of our population over the decades since we became independent. Political interference and the serious e ff e c t s o f c o r r u p t i o n o n t h e dispassionate and objective operation of every sector of Guyanese life, from the Judiciary to the Public Service (including the Police Force) to the Private Sector, have combined to create a culture where decency, self-respect and integrity, are no longer the pillars that this developing society can rely on to move forward because they have all been trampled upon for so long. Guyana does not lack academically qualified people to occupy positions in government and I certainly do not question the academic achievements of those in today’s Government or those in previous governments, but there is a notable decline in culture that almost all of them seem to be unable to resist or overcome. I speak of those three pillars of society, decency, self-respect and integrity that give power to decisionmaking. I started with the electricity situation because I cannot understand why (despite the explanations that there are problems with under water cables) the GPL has to disconnect power on six or more occasions for relatively short periods of time almost on a daily basis. Electricity today is something that has to be delivered in unbroken supply. It is that simple. But it seems that, because
of where the psyche of the people responsible for that delivery has found itself, it will never be done. If it is your job to ensure that current is supplied in a reliable fashion and you can’t do that, then at some point disciplinary action has to be taken, like it should be taken in any other area of labour where there is incompetence or negligence or rule-breaking or whatever it is that prevents the best job from getting done. What could the GPL possibly do to fix a problem in six or more brief outages that it could not do if it took a whole day to rectify (with sufficient notice to its customers) and guarantee an unbroken supply afterwards? Nobody seems to understand or grasp this approach. I know supplying electricity is a hugely complicated and delicate proposition, and I concede that it takes enormous skill, dedication and hard work to accomplish, but I submit that it can be done with decency, selfrespect (and respect for the people being supplied) and integrity, and I also submit that if you look at everything else that is happening in our country today you will find that that same situation persists everywhere. Don’t you see the Traffic Police harassing the driving population by shamelessly and openly asking for and accepting bribes in the streets? Haven’t you had a situation (or known about one) where the Justice System has failed the average or poor Guyanese citizen because of corruption? Shouldn’t there have been some progress already made in disciplining the perpetrators in the State Assets
fiasco? Doesn’t anyone see the suffering of Guyanese workers who spend hours waiting on dangerous and unreliable mini buses to take them home after a full day’s work? Don’t we all know that Public Transportation is the responsibility of the Government? Is anyone talking about that as a priority? Pessimistic Guyanese
Incompetent contractors should be prosecuted DEAR EDITOR; Contractors that cut corners for profit should be criminally negligible for injuries and fatalities caused by substandard work. Moreover, those involve such as safety inspectors, bribery and responsible for criminal behavior should also be criminally prosecuted. It is unimaginable to think that kids would fall through concrete floors at a newly constructed school. Separately, every contractor should be bonded and insured. Moreover, the bank or government entity should engage a construction monitor to approve payments after achieving certain milestones. Lastly, a whistleblower protection law should be passed to reward and protect whistle-blowing. Such a law will allow for the sharing of fines resulting from convictions. Keith Bernard
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We must always keep in mind, the atrocities of the PPP DEAR EDITOR; It is said that we should not stare at a gnat and swallow a camel (Matt. 23: 24). Someone sent me a message recently that contained a multiplication table that was placed on the board by a teacher of which the first item was incorrect. The students were laughing her to scorn over the error. She told them it was deliberate, so that they would learn that life was not fair. People would look at the one error they committed and ignore all the other good things they were doing. In relation to Guyana, I can understand that we are
quite paranoid now, having endured tremendous abuse from the former administration which is now the Opposition. I can understand also that some of what the new administration does would not sit well with some of us, including me. However, I understand that there are competing issues that have to be addressed, so I try to be tolerant. What is most amazing to me though is the self-righteousness of the Opposition who committed so many sins while they were the government, and which today they side-step answering to, when questioned about some of the atrocities which are in fact a
cross being borne by the current administration. What is even more amazing is how our memories can be so easily tricked that we drink in and promote what they say. They seem to have become our mouthpiece, spreading their propaganda about things for which they were the architect! It seems to me that for our laziness in thinking for ourselves, we deserved them, and if we continue to not objectively play our part, we will have them back! It would serve us right! I can understand our paranoia, having endured in silence, the
corrupt practices for those twenty-three years. Some paranoia is good. We should check things, we should speak up and keep the new government on its toes, so that they do not become like the monstrous government that preceded them. However, like the abused citizens that we were, we need healing from that previous era, or we will become a hindrance rather than a help in righting the wrongs committed by the previous administration. We are the ones who kept silent for the twenty-three years. It doesn’t mean that we have to object all the time now or we will be aiding the
former administration, the Opposition in continuing to ensure that the environment facilitates the underhand activities that were a major and unhelpful portion of our development. It is not fair for us to take our twenty-three year suffering out on the new government. We may find ourselves back in that evil twenty-three year period if we do not try to be intelligent in our thinking. If we fail to take the time to assess things for ourselves, we will hinder our own development, and further promote the mental/psychological abuse which was fostered
during that era. Do not allow those who skewed our development to manipulate us now with their self-righteousness. Allow your minds to recall the horror of the twenty-three years, when they enriched their friends and families to the extent that there is a tremendous amount of mess that has to be cleaned first, before we can see the results we would like to have. It cannot happen overnight. Twenty-three years cannot be reversed overnight. Please don’t allow evil to continue to destroy us for their personal gain. Rosemarie Terborg Davis
Social Cohesion in Guyana is of profound necessity DEAR EDITOR; I have noted the concerns raised by Mr. G.H.K.Lall, in Stabroek News, pg7, August 29th, 2016. The writer urges the “disbanding of the Department of Social Cohesion” while describing it as a “game changing step.” The contradiction in terms is stark and incomprehensible. One cannot approbate and reprobate at the same time. In the local vernacular “you cannot whistle and drink soup at the same time.” I choose to believe that the thought expressed by Mr. Lall in advocating the disbandment of the Ministry is a lapsus calami (slip of the pen) and certainly was not intentional. It is now fifteen (15) months into the life of the new government and here it is an intelligent and patriotic Guyanese has advanced terminal language in respect of
a fledgling Ministry, which he has described as “game changing”. Since the motives behind the birth of this Ministry are agreeably lofty and its success would ensure alleviation of the ethnic, gender, racial and other forms of hostility based on our differences, which for too long has plagued this nation, we must be resolute with the mission of community and social cohesion. It has been working in the European nations and there is no reason why we cannot borrow from those good practices and attempt social cohesion in Guyana. The Ministry must remain steadfast in achieving its mandate and not be distracted by pessimists. Mr. Lall posits that “...this nation neither wants nor needs or has any use for social cohesion.” I wandered if he has a proposal for the promotion of
social interaction, harmony and integration of the people of Guyana, in the absence of an entity/Ministry, designed with such a mandate. Is he aware that there were efforts to foster social cohesion in Guyana after the stormy tensions at the end of the 1990s and the turn of 2000? Does he know that UNDP supported those initiatives and credits itself with a reduction of the racial and ethnic violence/tensions at elections because of their interventions? Guyana has enjoyed a reduction of major incidences of pre and post- election violence since 2006, and it’s the interventions at the community level, undertaken by UNDP to foster social cohesion that has resulted in this. Many of those initiatives were not sustained, and my understanding is that a Ministry of Social Cohesion would build
on those experiences. I know not if Mr. Lall is a recent remigrant but the sentiment that “this nation neither wants nor needs or has any use for social cohesion”, does not comport with the realities of the current social norms in Guyana. That there is much work to be done in this regard is beyond dispute. We as Guyanese do not venture forth because the task is easy. We venture forth because the task is hard. The allurement of the rewards of success is what sustains us. The true Guyanese spirit encourages each other in thought, word and deed. The true Guyanese spirit is not one that stands afar, peering through a periscope pointing out gaps. The true Guyanese girds his loins, stands in the gap and with courage, faces the new dawn. This bespeaks
Hamilton Green gets what he should not from City Hall DEAR EDITOR, The motion moved by Mayor Patricia Chase-Green and seconded by Councillor Heston Bostwick at the Georgetown City Council’s most recent statutory meeting to have the services of the City Constabulary Department extended to former Mayor Hamilton Green with the provision of security guards at his residence is deceptive, disingenuous and self-serving at best, but more importantly it contributes to a gross impropriety. This motion seeks to mislead persons into believing that this service will now be provided to this gentleman when in fact Mr. Green never stopped enjoying it after demitting office as Mayor five months ago. The benefits of round the clock City policemen posted at his residence
for static security, along with 24 hour body protection, a chauffeur, gardening staff etc. all paid for by the citizens of Georgetown never stopped after he left office. So why the motion now? Is someone becoming afraid that the cover will be blown on this transgression and it will become another big scandal of the Council? Why did the current Mayor decide to move this motion? Is she hoping in the next seven months when her term of Mayor comes to an end that she too will be provided with these benefits? And why did the motion not include the entire battery of staff that he is being provided by the Council? Are they afraid that the citizenry will cry out about this financial burden that has been foisted upon them?
These facilities that are being provided to a former Mayor are unprecedented and exceed those given to former Presidents of this country. How shameful. But what the Council needs to know is that passing a motion to commit an illegal act does not make it legal. This expenditure was not budgeted for, which makes it more illegitimate. The hypocrisy is that this Mayor told the Deputy Mayor that he is not entitled to any
such facilities, and then turns around and flippantly awards them to a former mayor. This is exactly the reason why persons are reluctant to pay their property rates, because they know that City Hall will unlawfully squander it. No former Mayor nor former Prime Minister is entitled nor benefited from such perks, but the Council could care less, it is just perks for their pals. The rape and pillage of the City continues. Sean Moniz
the true spirit of cohesion. Despair not. With you on board “as a vocal cheer leader for social cohesion” (your words sir) we are together galvanized to achieve our goal of one people, one nation, one destiny. Let us remember always that a cohesive whole is a sustained antidote to a fragmented people. I conclude by asking you Sir, is there harm in attempting to bring together the divided people of Guyana?
Tell us if there are disadvantages in working together to achieve national unity. Is there a reason why we should not try to eradicate (or at best alleviate) the existence of poverty and inequality. Regardless of how long it takes, investing in a Ministry of Social Cohesion, will yield positive results for all Guyana. I trust that you rethink your position. Cleaveland Hutson Social Cohesion Advocate
City Hall is swamped in corrupt practices DEAR EDITOR; With the veritable epidemic of corruption that has swept City Hall in Georgetown over the last year, does the Mayor Patricia Chase-Green really not know why the Town Clerk Royston King is not taking action against certain senior officers, and why he appears to be too lenient with them? Oh come on! The special relationships that exist between officers there would not allow for disciplinary action to be taken by one against the other. How does she think one
special contractor gets paid all the time in a timely manner whilst the other contractors are not paid for a year? How does she think the interest owed by some property is waived whilst others have to pay? Does she think friends and relatives of some senior officers and some Councillors are being employed a clear act of nepotism? And you know that senior officers of the Council have to be disciplined by the Local Government Commission which does not exist. Get real Madam Mayor! Mark Roopan
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Horrible experience Why was Nagamootoo fighting down at Georgetown President Jagdeo? Hospital mortuary DEAR EDITOR; On September 2, 2016 I had cause to visit the GPHC mortuary to identify the body of a relative whose life left his body earlier that morning. I was horrified at the morgue. No, it wasn’t the fear of dead bodies or jumbies. I was simply shocked by the chaos! I was in the company of two other relatives and we gave the attendant the name and description of the deceased upon his request. We stood at the entrance of the morgue as the attendant went through each refrigerator for about 15 minutes. He wore no gloves. Thank God Ebola never came to Guyana! The attendant eventually came to us and said he wasn’t finding the body. While in conversation another attendant came, along with a statelier dressed gentleman and the body search recommenced. The second attendant wore cloves. The dressed-up guy used a piece of paper as the shield
between his fingers and the refrigerator handles. They still could not find the body. I was becoming a bit agitated because we knew for a fact that the corpse was removed from the Male Medical Ward and sent to the mortuary. We also knew that the doctors had already pronounced our relative ‘dead’ so he couldn’t have gone for a stroll up New Market Street. The first attendant then went to a refrigerator, which we all thought we saw him checked before, and declared that he had found the body. We were allowed to enter the mortuary and confirmed that it was our relative’s body. This entire process to identify a corpse by one family took almost 30 minutes. What boggled my mind were the hygienic practice and the labeling arrangement, or lack of it. Why were all workers of the morgue not properly protecting themselves with the use of latex gloves? Why weren’t the refrigerators labeled accordingly, with the name and DOB of the deceased? Why were some occupied refrigerators labeled while others were left unmarked? Is this the reason why bodies were mistakenly processed by funeral homes in the past? I had the opportunity to visit two mortuaries overseas before. I will not make a comparison with the functional order of the one in the U.S.A, because everything is expected to be done properly in the U.S.A. There are standards that have to be complied with. But, right next door in neighbouring Suriname there is much more order. As a matter of fact, the morgue in Paramaribo is so clean, neatly furnished and organized that it compares to a supermarket. I hate to compare or be condescending towards the services in my native land, but it is what it is – CHAOS – and urgently needs fixing! Orette Cutting
DEAR EDITOR, The one main reason that Moses Nagamootoo gave for leaving the PPP is the unfettered corruption that was taking place under Jagdeo. He said that to him it had become unbearable and in private conversations with Jagdeo, the corruption was justified by Jagdeo and others. Now it seems like he has jumped out the proverbial frying pan and into the fire. It took Jagdeo about five years to begin to be accused of corruption. In just one year this new Coalition is drowning in screams of corruption. The President, David Granger, placed his Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo, on a committee to investigate the revelation of the Health Minister, Dr. George Norton, about the pharmaceutical bond. Mr. Nagamootoo is now saying that the investigators (not him; the ones he sent to investigate), lied to him about the capabilities of the East Bank warehouse. He said that they told him that it was unsatisfactory and strategically badly placed, but
he is now finding out that that is a lie. So he has told the press that even though he has already reported to President Granger that what Dr. Norton did was right, he will do his own investigation because he does not believe that what he was told was the truth. In other words, Mr. Nagamootoo is now finding that there is corruption within the camp of the once trumpeters of transparency and anticorruption. What is left to be seen is whether or not Mr. Nagamootoo was really interested in reducing corruption or if he was just fighting Mr. Jagdeo for political power. It would be a disgrace to his own name and that of his mentor and counselor Dr. Cheddi Jagan, for Mr. Nagamootoo to so weaken the PPP, sighting corruption, leaving the party and pulling their votes, only to now sit silently, in a cesspit of similar levels of corruption. After all, if as a Minister he could not stand corruption in the PPP, then certainly as the 1st Vice President and Prime Minister he cannot con-
done it in the PNC! But time will tell. However, the United Republican Party (URP) knows that Guyana, with its current crop of leaders, is a sinking ship. We stayed out of the APNU because we long envisioned this kind of behavior. The corruption horse is out of the stable. Corrupt pot is now telling corrupt kettle, he bottom black. When Juan Edgill can poke fun at the Granger administration, claiming that they tricked their supporters into believing that they were honest and transparent men and women, when Mr. Jagdeo could point fingers of accusation of corruption at the Coalition, and when Mr. Nandalall can show that the BK issue and the $1.1 billion was far from an honest settlement, the Guyanese people know that they have been taken for a ride. The only persons supporting this administration now are the soup-drinking PNC cronies and those who are afraid of the PPP’s skullduggeries and the backlash they will face if the PPP got back in power. The WPA is in shambles and the AFC is headless and beaten into sub-
jection. Neither of them appreciates what is unfolding in the country right now, but the force of Ministerial power is enough to tranquilize you and suck your tongue to the roof of your mouth, so much so that you become ethically and morally dumb. How Misters Nagamootoo and Ramjathan are accepting these unexplainable levels of blatant corruption, is still lost on the Guyanese people. Power is a corrupting force. Even the USA is coming out suggesting that there needs to be reforms that might ease these corrupt dealings. It is clear that when it comes to corruption within the PPP and the PNC no one can call the other’s kettle black. There was a simple motion tabled by the PPP calling for all the Ministers to show how they got wealthy. It was a commonsense motion. However, the corruption is so pervasive that the motion was struck down. By the time 2020 rolls around the wealth of Guyana will be in the pockets of the politicians and their friends and family. God help Guyana. Dr. Vishnu Bandhu Leader, URP
Minister Norton is in trouble because someone “peep” his cards DEAR EDITOR, Whenever I see the honorable Public Health Minister Dr. George Norton I plan to give him a big embrace and pat on the back. I think Dr. Norton recently demonstrated the level of sincerity and statesmanship that has been eluded by many elevated Officials for what seems like a lifetime. There’s an endemic trend in Guyanese socio-culture to find a plaster for every sore or dodge personal responsibility. Lies, denials, pretense, and deception are just a few of the snide, subtle vices that seem to be trending our social strata. You can catch a thief ‘red handed’ stealing mangoes from your tree and take a picture of him mounted on the
sixth branch with the bag-full in his hand but he will deny it was him. On the rebound, he might even accuse you of trying to rob him of the bag of mangoes he bought with his earnings although being obviously unemployed. This is the cunning nature of many these days. Not so with Dr. Norton. The honorable Minister found himself embroiled and cornered in a Pharmaceutical Storage Bond fiasco after someone ‘peeped the card’. The political opposition swung into attack mode, reminiscent of blood-thirsty savages and sought vehemently to deliver Norton like Jesus to the crucifix of the Parliamentary Privileges Committee. Dr. Norton claims he was misled, even being oblivious
of the inner deal surrounding the rental arrangement of the Storage Bond. In other words, Norton conveys the impression that he ‘sold it as he bought it’ in parliament from his sources. Well, that doesn’t really hold water when you are a Politically Exposed Person. I do not wish to comment on Dr. Norton’s culpability here. My interest lies in how the honorable Minister handled the challenge to his Office. His credibility and political future was under the microscope. The dear Minister lost no time in issuing a public apology. That was an act of humility and repentance virtually unknown in this country, especially from an erring person of promi-
nence, more so the Minister of an incumbent Government. It clearly demonstrates the positive evolving changes in our political culture. Dr. Norton quickly recognized what was at stake. His ship of accountability had sprung a leak. His exoneration was premised by that apology; his error, and solid commitment that there will be no recurrences of this nature at his hands. Indeed, the honorable Minister should be commended for his contrite resolve towards defusing this matter of national interest. Hopefully too, his approach can serve to guide other Officials who may encounter similar challenges or inadvertently stumble along the way. I wish Dr. Norton unhindered success for the rest of his tenure. Objective observer
This auto-dealership heartlessly conned me DEAR EDITOR; Please permit me space in your column to shed some light on persons interested in buying a vehicle. I would firstly like to say that I was inspired by Mr. Freddie Kissoon to finally break my silence on this incident, I have learnt from him that the poor does have a voice and the only way it can echo is if we open our mouths. About three (3) years ago I made a down payment on a
vehicle at a certain auto sales company (name supplied) of $700,000 and was told to provide a further $130,000 for a year full coverage insurance. Six months later I received a call from them stating I have to renew my insurance, when I really learnt what happened is that they took my $130 000 and gave a $5000 third party insurance, automatically gaining $125,000. I confronted them, asking if an accident had occurred what would have hap-
pened, I was told by an employee that I was covered by the company. Is this even legal? Are they trying to say that car dealer is an insurance company also? I was so naïve. Secondly, the quotation for the vehicle is in GYD but when I went to make payments, my money was converted into USD at their exchange rate e.g. I was paying $100,000 GYD monthly and their exchange is 212 to 1, my $100,000 became 94,339 giving them $5660
monthly on exchange alone. Going further, I would have accumulated $203,760 extra in exchange for the 3-year deal. I was so naive. Lastly, after 2 years and paying an accumulated 2.3 million GYD I ran into some financial problems and the car was re-possessed, I was told the only option I could’ve had was to acquire a loan to clear off all debts with them. I did the necessary and only needed an inspection of
the vehicle to complete the loan, when I lament this information to the dealer about 2 weeks after re-possession I was told they already sold the vehicle, yes, you heard me SOLD. I received no notice, no warning, no compensation, nothing. I think I was treated unfairly and don’t want this to happen to anyone else. Don’t be naïve and don’t let these auto dealers con you. M.Narine
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7000 jobs, US$25M in limbo as...
Housing Ministry and City Council clash over power to approve 7-storey Camp Street plan Millions of United States (US) dollars are now in limbo as two agencies – the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) – are at odds over the decision to give a popular local businessman permission to construct an additional floor on his Camp Street, Georgetown building. The Businessman, Rizwan Khan, the Managing Director of RNK Investment Limited, was slapped with an injunction from the CH&PA restraining him (the defendant) from carrying out works on the seventh floor. Khan told Kaieteur News that over three years ago, RNK had applied for the building plan for the sixth storey and when fire struck the building last year July, the plan was at CH&PA awaiting approval. “We went to CH&PA and said that we wanted the plan changed from 6 to 7 storeys and the CH&PA told us that we cannot take the plan out of the system and we have to do an amendment for the additional floor which we did in September last year. The plan has been there over ten months, so it’s not like we wake up the next morning and said that we wanted an additional floor.” LETTER OF REFUSAL Prior to the injunction, CH&PA sent a “Letter of Refusal” dated July 19, 2016 to RNK Investments outlining several reasons for refusal. One of these is that the additional floor will lead to deformation of the existing building skyline, thus rendering the development incompatible. Khan said that he submitted a letter to CH&PA making references to several buildings in Georgetown that are as high as, or higher than the buildings located around them. He listed the Marriott Hotel, Pegasus Hotel, Bank of Guyana, St. George’s Cathedral, City Hall and Gravity Lounge amongst others. Another reason for not granting approval was due to the absence of verifiable con-
The building located on Robb and Camp Streets, Georgetown. (FILE PHOTO)
Businessman, Rizwan Khan struction details and that the structural integrity of the building would be compromised beyond six storeys, the report stated. Khan explained that though the initial plan catered for six storeys, the foundation was done to cater for more to accommodate the seventh floor because of the request he had submitted three years ago. He further stated that a structural analysis of the building was done by Pitt Incorporated and a Structural and Geo-technical Assessment, by the Caribbean Engineering and Management Consultants (CEMCO). Both reports showed that the building can accommodate the additional floor. After CH&PA issued the refusal letter, a letter in response to the refusal points was, along with copies of the structural Analysis of the building, sent to the CH&PA, Town Clerk, Mayor of Georgetown and the City Engineer for a review of the disapproved plan for the seventh floor, at the end of July 2016, Khan stated. CH&PA never responded to the request for review despite the fact that several attempts were made to have dialogue with the authority, Khan said. On August 24, 2016, Khan received a letter from the
Town Clerk, Royston King, which stated that the M&CC during a Statutory Meeting which was held on August 22, 2016, considered the works that were ongoing at the structure – located at Robb and Camp Streets - and gave its no objection to the addition. King in his letter stated that the matter was reviewed by the ‘relevant agencies’ who possess the statutory responsibility for such works and related activities as stipulated in the Georgetown Building By-Laws, and section 301 (22) of the Municipal and Districts Council Act Chapter 28:01. As if to sum it up, Khan said that the M&CC gave its no objection and claims to be the entity with the power to grant the approval whilst the CH&PA has filed an injunction barring the construction of the additional floor declaring it illegal; citing that the defendant is in contravention of the Town and Country Planning Act, Chapter 20:01 of the Laws of Guyana. BETWEENAROCK AND A HARD PLACE Because of this predicament, Khan has found himself
between a rock and a hard place, since commitments were already made to a for-
eign investor who has already expressed interest to rent the third, fourth, fifth, six and the
proposed seventh floor for the purpose of establishing a (Continued on page 21)
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NICIL breaks its silence… GPSU officially rejects Passes blame on status of Govt.’s ‘final offer’ GTT shares to SARU - says will return to bargaining table The Guyana Public Service Union after its General Council meeting yesterday at the Union’s headquarters, indicated that it has officially rejected the ‘final offer’ proposed by the Government of Guyana’s negotiating team headed by Reginald Brotherson, Permanent Secretary Department of Public Service. Following discussions at the meeting, the General Council mandated the Executive Council and the GPSU’s negotiating team to reject the offer. Additionally, the Executive Council and the Union’s negotiating Team have been instructed by the General Council to observe the rules of the legally binding agreement between the Government and the Union for the Avoidance and Settlement of Disputes and return to the bargaining table. The government had made a 10% to 1% differentiated salary increase which it described as its final offer. The Union made public the details of the proposed offer calling it an absurdity. According to the government, the differentiated approach sought to provide the greatest relief to public servants within the lower salary
bands of the Public Service Wages and Salaries Structure. The Union, however, had proposed for salary increases spread across a three-year period. It was proposed that for Year one (January to December 2016) a flat increase of $7500 per month would be added to the salary of public servants at December 31, 2015, as well as the amount payable at the minimum and maximum of each of bands one to 14 of the schedule of salaries in the Public Service. This was to be accompanied by a 25% increase across-the-board for each public servant, as well as to the amount payable at the minimum and maximum bands. A $7,000 per month January to December 2017 was proposed to be added to the salary at December 31, 2016, and to minimum and maximum bands. In addition, a 20% increase across-the-board to the salary as at December 2016 to the amount payable at the minimum and maximum bands. For year three, January to December 2018 it was proposed that there should be a flat increase of $9,000 per month added to the salary at December 31, 2017. Also, a 20% increase across-the-board to the salary as at December 2017, of each person employed in the public sector. The Union also took into consideration inflation and
therefore proposed that for the three years there shall be an additional increase as determined by the Bureau of Statistics. A response to the Government’s offer will be forthcoming after a meeting of its General Council. An added reason for the resolution yesterday to return to the bargaining table was made since negotiations remain incomplete for other public sector agencies, which include the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Guyana Revenue Authority, Guyana Geology & Mines Commission, Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, Guyana Power & Light Inc., Bureau of Statistics, Bureau of Standards, National Agricultural Research & Extension Institute, Guyana Lands & Surveys Commission, Guyana Energy Agency, Dependents Pension Fund, Guyana Post Office Corporation, Central Housing and Planning Authority, Kuru Kuru Coop College and the Guyana Livestock Development Authority. The Union further believes that the government can afford the increase since the Ministry of Finance has confirmed that less than half of the allocations in the 2016 budget have been utilized. This is coupled with the revelations in the Mid-Year Report of 2016 where it was stated at Appendix E4, 6141 that other Employment Costs totalled $6,855,043,000 and not a single dollar was spent.
After weeks of being silent and evading pressing questions from the media, the Chairman of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Dr. Maurice Odle has finally come forward with a statement on the state of affairs of the entity. His statement comes in wake of a Kaieteur News article which stated that even under new direction, the controversial company was still shrouded in secrecy. Among other issues, Odle sought to explain the status of the outstanding moneys to be received on the GTT shares. He recalled that NICIL sold the Government’s investment in GT&T in 2012 for US$30M of which the sum of US$25M was received. Odle noted that the balance of US$5M was to be paid within a period of two years. To date, Government does not know what really happened with that money. It has only received different versions of what had occurred before it assumed office. At one point, the nation was told that Guyana’s former Ambassador to China, David Dabydeen, facilitated a debt write- off to Hong Kong Golden Telecom Company (HKGT), the company that bought Government’s shares in GTT. HKGT is a subsidiary of Datang Telecom International Technology (Hong Kong) Company Limited. Kaieteur News understands that the purchase agreement between the Chinese company and Guyana was framed in such a manner
NICIL DIRECTOR, Maurice Odle that in the event of any legal issue, Guyana or HKGT would have to petition the United Kingdom courts. NICIL had said that in an attempt to avoid costly and lengthy adjudication of the matter in the English Courts, it called on the Government to encourage HKGT through diplomatic channels, to honour its contractual obligations. NICIL said that what was alleged by HKGT was that following a series of communications with the former Guyana Ambassador to China, HKGT was assured that it was not required to pay the balance of US$5M. This was because HKGT had not been granted the same minority protection rights enjoyed by NICIL—that is two representatives, instead of one, on the GT&T Board of Directors. HKGT alleged that it was initially promised two seats by the then government of Guyana. NICIL said that HKGT also alleged that the decision
to waive the US$5M was contained in a side agreement. NICIL noted that it has not been able to verify the veracity of HKGT’s claim of waiver and has requested the assistance of the Government of Guyana to verify the validity of HKGT’s assertion and the documents they produced to support same. The second version of what happened to the GTT shares further complicates the controversy. In this age of technology, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon in the company of a NICIL officer went all the way to China to ascertain if Guyana was actually paid the money by the entity which initially bought the GTT shares. Harmon subsequently returned to his homeland with some documents on the GTT shares saga that the nation is yet to see. Nevertheless, Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman had told the media that Harmon had retrieved documents from his trip to China which indicate that the money had been paid before last year’s general elections. Up to yesterday, NICIL said that it is still trying to ascertain the veracity of the documents which state that the outstanding balance was written off. Dr. Odle said that the State Asset Recovery Unit (SARU) was conducting its own investigations in this regard. The NICIL Chairman said that SARU is yet to formally advise the NICIL Board on its progress.
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Increase the pay of the police and teachers first The government had adopted a progressive position in relation to the public service condition of work and benefits. The government now seems to have developed amnesia in relation to this policy, and instead, seems to want to behave just like the PPPC did towards public servants. This has to be the greatest disappointment of the new government so far. It did promise significant increases in wages and salaries for public servants. Then it backpedaled from this promise. The government was excused for its failed promise to the workers of Guyana because it enjoyed considerable goodwill. That goodwill is now evaporating, because despite increased tax collection to the tune of billions of dollars, and despite the admission that only about 50% of the budgeted amounts for this year has been spent so far, the government is still tenaciously holding on to the contention that it can only afford increases of between one and 10% to workers. If VAT collections in the first half of the year are up by three billion dollars, and if gold revenues have gone
through the roof, then what is preventing the government from paying higher wages to public servants? The government has found itself in an unpopular position, because it has retreated from the progressive stance that it took in relation to the conditions of service and benefits for public servants. The government took the positive decision to establish a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the conditions of service and benefits of public servants. The report of this COI should have formed the basis of simultaneous or joint negotiations with the various unions representing public servants and teachers. The government, however, seems to have forgotten that it has a report. The government is doing exactly what the PPPC did. It is saying this is all we can afford and it is now saying, if reports in the media are accurate, that it will pay the proposed sums even if the unions refuse. It cannot take the latter stance, since this would be in violation of proper industrial relations conduct. It is hoped that any report of the government planning to impose
wage increases onto public servants without the consent of the union is false, because this would be a backward step on the part of the government. There is still the issue of negotiations with the Guyana Teachers’ Union. If the government is serious about education, as it says, then it has to do two things immediately. It has to weed out - far faster than the PPPC was doing - all untrained teachers from the system. Once teachers are not trained or graduates of a university, they should have no place in the teaching profession. Education standards are not going to improve by tolerating mediocrity. Untrained and non-graduate teachers have to be removed more
quickly from the system. To attract replacements of quality and to ensure that teachers have an incentive to stay in the profession, teachers’ salaries need to be increased immediately by around 50%, not one to 10%. The next category of workers whose salaries have to be addressed immediately is the police. It is being reported that there was an armed stickup at the Airstrip Bar in Ogle, traditionally one of safest bars in the country. Patrons were reportedly robbed. The effect of that robbery on one of the safest watering holes in Guyana will be chilling. Guyanese are going to stay at home and not go out to these drinking spots. This will dampen the en-
tertainment sector and kill social life in Guyana. You cannot expect police to arrest the crime situation when they have to worry about supplementary income. The police have not, at least not as yet, denied reports, that there is a racket in the force in which junior traffic ranks split their illegal takings with certain senior officials. If corruption is to be arrested and the police ranks are to smash gun crimes, there is a need for a 10% increase in salaries for junior ranks. This idea of paying the police and the teachers the same as public servants is not the way to go. It will ensure greater professionalism in police work and better results for students. A wages policy
must be premised on the priorities that the government has set itself. The two most important priorities are education and security. The government should stop saying that it does not have the money. The government has to pay teachers and police better, and it has to do it now. The army and the other public servants can wait, but they do deserve a better offer than the present one on the table.
Gunmen dressed as women rob Bourda market vendors
Dem boys seh...
GWI pumping Babbie When dem man showing magic dem does seh that de more you look is de less you see. De Jagdeo government was more than magic. People look and dem didn’t see nutten. Dem didn’t see when he give away land to he friends. De people didn’t even see when he tek land fuh heself and build he mansion. De magic didn’t end there. Jagdeo give he best friend, Babbie, nuff things including de Sanata complex. People start to watch but dem didn’t see when he give Babbie de well that been pun de complex site. De big joke was that even people in Jagdeo government didn’t see when that man give away de well. At a Cabinet meeting, Jagdeo tell dem that de more dem look is de less dem see. Even Donald Dumb didn’t see that giveaway. Now Babbie enjoying heself because he presenting heself as a man who saving de Ruimveldt and de Alexander Village people. But ee greatest enjoyment does come when de GWI people does service ee pump. Dem boys does watch ee face and all dem seeing is smile. Water flowing. He getting pump up and right away dem boys remember dem young days. Babbie living he boyhood days. De same Babbie didn’t kick up a fuss when de government set up it own learning channel. Jagdeo did buy all de equipment but he sit down on it because Babbie was enjoying all de benefits. Babbie didn’t kick up a fuss because he had de well that worth more than de Learning Channel. And dem boys find out that Babbie is now officially an Indian. India does mek anybody who invest in de country a citizen. Babbie invest in a pharmaceutical company there. Jagdeo is already a citizen of India because he find he family there and all of dem want to come to Guyana to be Guyanese. Jagdeo was thinking about it before de elections because he seh he can use de numbers. This time he got to deal wid Felix who still feeling ee way. Talk half and check how often Babbie got to get he pump service.
One of the grocery stalls that the perpetrators attacked Four men dressed as women robbed four vendors who work the night shift along Robb Street, Bourda, between Alexander and Bourda Streets. The incident occurred around 01:00hrs on Thursday. According to one of the vendors, the men were armed with handguns and began pillaging the unsuspecting grocery sellers. She said that they used a car to make good their escape. It is unclear what type
of vehicle was used or its registration number. The vendor told Kaieteur News that her son was selling at the time, and was relieved of his cellular phone but the bandits were unable to take any significant sum of money. Another stall owner said that she was the only person who went to the Brickdam Police Station to report the matter. She also said that it is not the first time the night vendors have been robbed. According to the woman,
ranks of the Guyana Police Force need to beef up their presence in the area so as to curb the upsurge of criminal activity. Male robbers disguising themselves in female attire seem to be the new mode of operation. Last Tuesday, one such individual along with an accomplice robbed a Kitty hotel. This publication was told that the ‘cross-dresser’ and another man approached a security guard, Mark Reid, who was working at the front
desk of Mikel’s Plaza under the pretence of wanting to rent a room. When Reid opened the door, three other men rushed in and held him up, robbing him of his cellular phone, wrist watch and a small amount of cash.
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=== The Freddie Kissoon column ===
SORRY TO DISAPPOINT POLICE COMMISSIONER RAMNARINE There are stories to tell in this country that when they are told, people instinctively will open their eyes then accuse you of little fictions and tiny amplifications. But the stories would be true. It is just that people will
be reluctant to believe you because the incidents appear unreal. It is for this reason I try as much as possible to be specific. That is a hard road to travel, as some folks will be in mortal fear of their names being published.
A few weeks back I wrote of a situation that was a hundred percent true. I intervened in a police exercise of random traffic stops on the Railway Embankment and while talking to the ranks about their impropriety, my cell phone
rang. The caller from Berbice was telling me he was seeing routine stops at Springlands. That description was believable, because in my column the next day, I mentioned the caller’s name and employment status since he gave me permission to so do. Here now is a similar situation, though not identical, that occurred on Thursday morning. The Acting Police Commissioner rang me twice on Wednesday, August 31, to ask me to come down to his office the next morning, Thursday, September 1, at eight-thirty. He wanted me to have an exchange with police ranks that I wrote about. They had stopped a motorist at random. David Ramnarine is a police officer I have known a long time now and someone I have a sizeable appreciation for. I was immediately reluctant to tell him yes, because I knew there would be no changes in the distant future in the police force. But I thought I should show Mr. Ramnarine the obligation. My intention was to go to Mr. Ramnarine after I finished my exercise in the National Park. Guyana’s nihilism got in
the way. That morning we found out that our two land lines were not working. When you pick them up, a voice comes on saying; “this number is temporarily disconnected.” My wife was livid. She asked if I had cleared our bills. I know I did. My wife was very upset because she always uses the land lines rather than her cell phone. She was expecting two important calls that morning. I decided I wouldn’t go to the National Park and then go on to meet with the Commissioner. Our phone lines were more important, since the internet is linked to the phone. I tried to reach the GTT office early so I could have a neat place in the line. I was not in the mood to see the Commissioner. When I reached home, there was blackout. Then my cell phone rang. The caller in a hurried tone said, “Mr. Kissoon, Mr. Kissoon do something now, the traffic police dem doing random stops at Schoonord.” I didn’t know who or what was Schoonord. I dialed the number that showed up on my cell. He answered and told me Schoonord is near to Pouderoyen. I got hold of Assistant Commissioner of Police, Leslie James, who is the commander of West Coast, and relayed to him what I was told. He was on his way to see the Commissioner of Police, so I asked him to convey my apologies to Mr. Ramnarine for failing to keep my appointment with him.
Frederick Kissoon Here I was; scheduled to be in a meeting with the Commissioner to discuss random stops and a caller informed me of random stops taking place. I confess, originally, I was in no mood to see the Commissioner. I am finished writing about these routine halts by the police. I will not pursue this thing anymore. I am done with that. Random stops will go on just as the grass will continue to grow on the parapets outside your gate. The police force is an unchanging institution in this country. I do not have the answer as to what could be done. I did write that Khemraj Ramjattan’s political career will face severe testing once he became the subject minister. The police force will damage the career of any minister that has jurisdiction over the force. Just pick up the newspaper for any day and you will see the non-stop complaints of citizens. Two days ago, it was attorney Gino Persaud who got caught in traffic for three hours because there were no ranks to regulate the traffic during road repairs on the East Bank. Then read yesterday’s edition of KN and what happened to a robbery victim at Providence station. Isn’t that a horror story?
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Albouystown man allegedly abducted at gunpoint Relatives of a 56-year-old Albouystown man are appealing for his safe release from a group of men that they say snatched him from his home at around 18.00 hrs on Wednesday last. Ryan Khan, a fisherman, of 147 Cooper Street Albouystown, was allegedly abducted by eight men, who arrived at his home in four white cars. The relatives told police that Khan, who was on his verandah at the time, was forced at gunpoint into a white, heavily-tinted Toyota Premio. Prior to this, the men allegedly took him into his house to retrieve some clothing. Kaieteur News was told that calls to Khan’s phone went unanswered until Thursday evening, when a man who answered said: “If I don’t get my diamonds, I’ll kill him.” That was the last time any contact was made to the
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Hire car operators protest change in water taxi schedule
The protesting hire car drivers.
A recent photo of Ryan Khan man’s phone.The relatives said that they heard Khan yelling in the background during the call. On the day he was kidnapped, he was wearing a yellow jersey, camouflage pants and hat and a pair of brown slippers. A report has been lodged at the Ruimveldt Police Station.
Hire car drivers operating from the New Amsterdam Ferry Stelling picketed the Transport and Harbours Department after that entity rescheduled the times that water taxis will be operating across the Berbice River. A notice was placed earlier in the week indicating that as from September 1, the speedboat service will operate from 06:00h until 09:00h and then again from 14:30 until 18:00h. Previously the service operated between 06:00h and 18:00h. Kirk Lagoudou, one of the drivers stated that the notice given was too short. ”They put up the notice Wednesday. They did not come and inform us in ad-
vance about the change or nothing. School near open and we have kids we have to send to school.”According to Lagoudou, pensioners will be adversely affected with the new hours of operation since they are given a free cross. He noted that the mini buses
charge a fee of $300 per trip while the water taxi fare is $120. Meanwhile, operating from the New Amsterdam Ferry Stelling is considered a profitable route for hire car drivers who charge $140 per trip around the town compared to a charge of $100 while
operating from other parts of the town. After the ferry service was scrapped, and the Berbice River Bridge was the only means of crossing the river, economic activity slowed down in the town, business in the vicinity of the stelling came to a standstill.
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Pensioner beaten, thrown Albion man accused of in trench during robbery strangling wife freed in
A 69-year-old man was beaten and thrown in a trench early Thursday morning when he refused to hand over his cash to a gunman at ‘C’ Field Sophia, Georgetown. The victim has been identified as Beubeien Harvey, a father of 15, of 731 South Turkeyen, ‘C’ Field Sophia. The incident occurred around 04:30 hrs on Thursday in the vicinity of the Sophia Nursery School. According to information received, Harvey was heading to the Meadow Bank wharf to purchase fish for resale when he was attacked by the lone gunman, who escaped with $30,000 in cash. The man’s daughter, Rackeul Harvey said that her
father, who sells fish in the village, usually leaves early in the morning to go to the wharf. “He would walk out and wait on the road for a bus. He said that he was standing talking to a man when this guy come up to him and tell him to pass the money,” the younger Harvey said. She said that when the bandit confronted her father, the man who was standing with him managed to slip away without the gunman noticing him. “My father said that he tell the gunman that he doesn’t have any money and the man hit him in his head with the gun and then the two of them fight a little and the
bandit pushed him into a trench,” the woman said. She added that while her father was in the trench, the gunman was continuously demanding that the pensioner handed over his money. “My father said that he ask him (gunman) if he robbing an old man and then the gunman start to shoot at him in the trench, but he didn’t get shoot,” Rackeul Harvey said. Kaieteur News was told that the gunman then jumped into the trench with his victim and continued to beat him. “After he beat him in the trench, he (bandit) come out and then he hold my father’s hand and pulled him out of the trench and collect his money and gone,” the woman related. A short while later the mini bus that usually picks up the pensioner pulled up and took him to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was treated and sent away. The younger Harvey said that her father has been buying and selling fish for years and has never been robbed before. No one has been arrested.
second trial The 34-year-old man who was on trial in the Berbice High Court for strangling his wife back in 2013, walked out of the court a free man. This was after the mixed jury returned a verdict of not guilty of murder and not guilty of manslaughter. Prabhudyal Tarchand called “Ramesh, of High Reef, Albion, Corentyne, was on trial before Justice JoAnn Barlow. He was accused of strangling his wife Geeta Devi ‘Diane’ Bissondyal, at their home on Sunday June 2nd 2013. Attorney at law Stacy Goodings presented the state’s case while attorneys at law Mursalene Bacchus and Perry Gossai represented the accused, who was facing his second high court trial after the first had to be aborted due to allegations of jury tampering. Justice Barlow had taken the entire morning session to sum up the evidence to the jury who subsequently retired to consider the verdict. It was just under two hours that the jury returned with their two unanimous verdicts - not guilty of murder and not guilty of manslaughter. After the verdict was announced Tarchand stood
I’M FREE! Prabhudyal Tarchand called “Ramesh” shortly after being freed yesterday. perplexed. “The jury has found you not guilty of murder and manslaughter. You are free to go, make use of the time to do the positive things in life that you intend to do,” the Judge told him. The baffled accused stood mystified as he was urged to leave the court by his attorney among others. Attorney Goodings had told the court that the couple had lived together for eight years before the incident and the union had borne three
children. She had told the court that on the day in question the couple got into a misunderstanding following a “third party relationship” (triangular love affair). It was alleged that during the misunderstanding Tarchand killed Bissondyal and attempted to take his own life, but because of medical intervention he was saved. The woman’s body was discovered on a bed. She was rushed to the Port Mourant hospital where she was pronounced dead. Tarachand was taken to the Port Mourant Hospital, before being taken to the Albion Police Station and subsequently to the New Amsterdam Hospital where he remained overnight. Dr. Vivikanand Brijmohan had testified to conducting a post mortem examination on the body and gave the cause of death as manual strangulation. Also testifying were the deceased woman’s sister Shakuntala Seecharran called “Vashti “, her father Indra Bissondyal and mother Khemranie Bissondyal; Detective Constable Emanuel Rajnauth who witnessed the post mortem examination; Constable Edmond Barlow who took the accused into custody; and Detective Corporal Primus Sam. Inspector Phillip Sheriff, Corporal Sherlock King and Corporal Ryan Cesar gave evidence during a voir dire. A preliminary Inquiry was held before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh in the Albion Magistrate’s court. During the first trial earlier in the year the matter was aborted by Justice Franklyn Holder after certain complaints were made of jury tampering. Some jurors had complained that others were urging them to free the accused.
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Police heads want more support New Brazil president woos business allies in China from army in crime fight Trinidad Guardian - As Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Opposition Leader Kamla PersadBissessar meet to discuss spiralling crime yesterday, divisional police commanders say they are unfazed by impending challenges but with no additional resources being allotted to the T&T Police Service, the commanders say other law enforcement agencies can be better utilised to assist them in the fight against crime. In an interview Thursday, head of the South Western Division, Inraj Balram, said his troops were very willing to make the best use of whatever resources were available to them. Asked whether a stoppage of additional resources would pose a setback to ongoing crime initiatives, Balram said: “Not necessarily. I intend to maximise whatever resources we have and focus on specific areas which pose a problem.” Asked to elaborate, Balram said he wanted to have 24/7 monitoring of coastal areas where drugs and guns were smuggled in. “We do not manufacture guns but the availability of weapons here is cause for concern. As a leader, I want to help the Coast Guard to monitor this but with limited resources only certain areas can be monitored at certain times. Based on the intelligence we gather, we will move accordingly,” he said. He said he would not necessarily need to call out officers from vacation to do
that. “We are going to restrategise and use our resources wisely,” he added. He agreed that the Coast Guard and Regiment could be used to boost patrols and assist in roadblocks, sting operations and community problems, adding: “All help is welcome but if we are to get the soldiers to have a permanent presence the minister will have to look at it.” He was hesitant, however, to say whether the private sector should be allowed to contribute to providing resources for the TTPS. “We have to do a study for this because we do not want to undermine the independence of the Police Service as we do our duties,” he added. Balram also said crime and the fear of crime were affecting the economy as it impacted negatively on investor confidence. Saying national security should always get the largest chunk of the fiscal pie, he said he would continue to ensure his divi-
Adeline St Louis-Pesnell sion maintained the best crime detection rate in the country. Head of the Southern Division, Adeline St LouisPesnell, said she too was undaunted by news that the TTPS would get no additional resources to fight crime. “I have always felt empowered as the commander but I am mandated to use whatever initiatives necessary to reduce the crime in my division. Despite what the Prime Minister said we will not refuse additional resources because we will be further empowered to implement more patrols, more exercises, more community projects, sting operations, community activities, community patrol officers and so on if we have additional resources,” she said. However, St Louis-Pesnell said she had been calling out staff on leave.
Housing Ministry and City... From page 7 call centre – which Khan touted, will afford over 7000 citizens the opportunity to be employed. Khan in a recent interview had pointed out that the opportunity to have such an investment which has the ability to create so many jobs, has been shot down at a time when the country is in dire need of foreign investment; as it struggles to wiggle itself out of the unemployment rut that it has been in for more than half a decade now. Further, Khan is irate, since the works have been stalled and he still has to pay millions of dollars in interest on the loan he took from the bank. Khan is worried that the investor might grow impatient and eventually “pull out” resulting in the building becoming a “white elephant.”
“On this project I spent more than a billion dollars. I’m supposed to hand over the floors to the foreign company which is opening a Call Centre to provide employment for 7000 persons – three shifts. The bank closed off the financing of the project until this matter is resolved. But I still have to pay $6M to $10M every month in interest on the money invested on the building. Also, the investor is going to spend US$20M to set up the Centre and they are also calling to get the matter sorted out.” Khan said. He added also that the investor is already in the process of shipping building materials to set up the Call Centre. “Twenty to 30 40-feet containers in the system on its way to Guyana...plus I am in-
vesting US$5M. The investor is going to bring in US$60M per year in salaries. P.A.Y.E (Pay as you earn) will gain, NIS (National Insurance Scheme) will gain, youths are going to be employed. Now this US$25M investment is stalled because it is unclear who has the power to approve what. I am calling on the relevant authorities to look into this matter as soon as possible because we were supposed to hand over the building at August month-end and we are running against time now.” Khan lamented. The businessman said that $30M has already been spent on the seventh floor which is 50% completed. In excess of $25M of building material - steel, wood, decking and other items - are being damaged in the rain.
New Brazilian President Michel Temer insisted yesterday his country has turned a page on years of crisis as he wooed businesses in China after replacing Dilma Rousseff in a bitter impeachment fight. “Even though we suffered from political and economic upheaval, as well as economic downturn, this page has been turned,” Temer said in a speech in the Chinese commercial hub Shanghai. “Brazil has put all the economic and political instability it suffered in the past few years behind us.” Temer, 75, was seeking to consolidate his position after senators in Brasilia voted Wednesday to convict Rousseff on charges of having illegally manipulated government accounts. She rejected the effort as a “coup.” Temer was promptly sworn in and came to China for the G20 summit which starts in nearby Hangzhou tomorrow. On his international presidential debut in Brazil’s biggest export market, he oversaw the signing of billions of dollars’ worth of contracts by Brazilian companies. His Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping called him an “old
Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with Brazil’s President Michel Temer in Hangzhou, China, yesterday. (AFP Photo/Iwasaki Minoru) friend” when they met on the shores of Shanghai’s landmark West Lake, adding: “China and Brazil make up together the East and West’s two biggest developing countries.” Temer said it was an “honour” that his first presidential trip was to China, adding: “I am even more honoured to hear you say that we are friends.” Earlier, with Shanghai mayor Yang Xiong, Temer witnessed the signing of nine agreements covering projects from infrastructure to agriculture and said that China was now “Brazil’s most-needed cooperative partner.” Brazilians “need China’s
support, we need China’s cooperation,” he added. Newspapers reported that Brazilian companies signed $4.6 billion worth of contracts with Chinese firms during Temer’s visit. Those included investments by Chinese companies such as CBSteel, China Communications Construction Company and agriculture firm Hunan Dakang, the Brazilian press reports said. Brazilian aircraft-maker Embraer said in a statement it signed a deal to sell up to five of its E190 passenger jets to Colorful Guizhou Airlines for $249 million. (AFP)
New buildings likely for... From page 20 facilities at the space-constrained location. Among the complaints were an improper staffroom for teachers, poor sanitary facilities for teachers and students and lack of recreational facility and canteen
for students. In June 2016, teachers staged a sit-in to protest the conditions under which they worked, while parents protested the conditions under which their children were forced to learn, and the appar-
ent sloth of administrators to address their complaints. Following a meeting with teachers, the then Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam announced that the school would be closed and students and teachers relocated.
Key witness in Freddie Kissoon... From page 18 remember what type of shirt you were wearing?” the Magistrate asked. Kissoon then sought to explain that it was an ordinary denim shirt. While under cross examination, the KN columnist later testified that following the attack, the assailant jumped into a vehicle which had an
unusual number plate. He added that he could not recall if the vehicle was tinted, but said he had a complete view of the car when it passed him. Kissoon stated that he could not identify any distinguishing marks on his attacker. “If my attacker was running on the road I would have
struck him down with my vehicle, but not to kill him,” the witness said. When further questioned, Kissoon told the court that police were very uncooperative with him during investigations. The trial will continue on September 9, when Kissoon will be further cross examined.
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Tiger Bay murder accused for High Court trial Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday ruled that a Prima Facie has been made out against 20-year-old murder accused, Christopher Stanley, and as a consequence, he was committed to stand trial at the next session of the Demerara Criminal Assizes, at the Georgetown Supreme Court. Stanley had been charged with the murder of Owen Brown also known as “Red Cap” or “Rastaman.’’ The incident is said to have occurred around 17:30 hours at 910 Rosemary Lane (Tiger Bay) Georgetown, on August 29, 2015. The victim reportedly died on the spot after receiving about 19 stab wounds to sev-
eral parts of his body. According to reports, the victim had moved to the area from Leopold Street, Georgetown, just six weeks prior to the incident. The 49-year-old man is said to have been a tout, who worked outside nightspots at Main Street, Georgetown. The accused (Stanley) who was 19 years old at the time, was arrested and charged for the murder. He had also sustained injuries during the incident. The accused initially appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan to answer to the murder charge. His Preliminary Inquiry, (PI) was conducted by Magistrate Judy Latchman. The
matter was presented by Police Prosecutor Vishnu Hunt. Yesterday, three final witnesses were called to the stand to give evidence in the matter - William Andrew Boyle, Chief Executive Officer,(CEO) of Eureka Medical Laboratory, Debbie Case and Nicola Clarke, who were neighbours of the accused at the time of the murder. Following the testimonies, Magistrate Latchman took a brief adjournment. After reviewing the evidence presented in the PI, she returned to the bench and ruled that “there is sufficient evidence against Christopher Stanley to commit him to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of Owen Brown,
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Murder Accused: Christopher Stanley called Rastaman.” At the time of the ruling, the accused had no legal representation. He silently stood in the prisoner’s dock.
Public Servants wage negotiations…
FITUG disgusted with Govt.’s ‘insulting’ final offer …calls for tax-free overtime in public, private sector The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) has registered its disgust with the final offer made by the APNUAFC coalition government to the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU). To express its support for the nation’s public servants, FITUG issued a statement to the media saying that “the government has betrayed its ‘rosy’ manifesto and has proposed an offer which comes at a time when the ‘good life for all’ seems to be now limited to the Ministers who benefited from the steep remuneration increases they received not too long ago”. FITUG said that it will continue to stand wholeheartedly in solidarity with the GPSU and the Guyana Teachers’ Union. The statement said that the government practised several delay tactics before dealing with the matter of increased wages head on. The wait for the Commission of Inquiry into the Public Service has been identified as one such tactic employed by the state. In relation to payments made to workers of this nation, the FITUG commended the government for announcing that tax-free overtime would be granted to bauxite workers. However, the Union wants the same to be granted to workers in the private and public sectors. According to the Union, a lot needs to be done to address the wages issue since
“poverty robs the worker and his or her family of their selfesteem”. “Our situation calls not for a nominal wage, but a ‘real wage’ which can adequately cover the mounting cost of living.” The Union said that the Coalition Government has a duty to implement a wage policy that would effectively address this reality in the interest of all its members. On the recent televised show “The Public Interest”, President David Granger said that the 10% increase is all the government can afford at the moment. He said, “It is not unjust. It is perhaps what can be afforded at the moment.” Granger said that the coalition government did not anticipate the volume of indebtedness of the Guyana Sugar Corporation and the fall in prices of other national commodities such as bauxite, gold and timber. He noted too that the social sector has taken quite a bit of the country’s revenue. The President said that his government remains open to hold a discourse with the GPSU in an effort to create a more efficient public service. “I am not saying that the Public servants do not deserve more. We did everything that is possible and en-
tered the negotiations in good faith. We have not discontinued negotiations, but that is the final offer for now. Because of the preparations for next year’s budget, we need to tidy up this business before the last quarter.” The GPSU had described the Government’s final offer as absurd, since the issues of de-bunching and allowances were not addressed. The government had pro-
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posed that persons earning below $100,000 would receive 5.5%; those earning $100,000 to $300,000 would receive 5%; persons earning $300,000 to $800,000 would receive 4.5%; those earning $800,000 to $1,000,000 would receive 2% and persons earning over a $1,000,000 would receive 1%. The below $100,000 percentage offer of 5.5% was later increased to 6%.
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EU ministers tone down rhetoric on Turkey but rights concerns persist Reuters - European Union foreign ministers toned down their sometimes harsh views on Turkey as they gathered in Slovakia yesterday, although concerns about a crackdown following a failed coup were still running high. Turkey has accused the EU of being slow and half-hearted in its condemnation of the attempted coup, while hurrying to criticise President Tayyip Erdogan for the ensuing purge of officials from the police and army to journalists and academics. The blo c w a n t s t o keep Turkish cooperation in cutting the influx of refugees from conflict zones such as Syria and the souring of relations has triggered worries that Ankara could walk away from the deal. Miroslav Lajcak, foreign minister of Slovakia, which holds the EU’s rotating presid e n c y, s a i d t h e b l o c must mend ties. T h e 28 EU foreign ministers will meet Turkish EU minister, Omer Celik, today. “It’s not normal that after the failed coup when we expressed the strong solidarity with t h e e l e c t e d l e a d e rs of Turkey, instead of getting closer to each other, there is mutual frustration,” Lajcak told reporters. “Turkey is an important partner ... I expect t h a t a f t e r t o m o r r o w ’s meeting we will help to improve, normalise the atmosphere between the EU and Turkey.” But Germany’s FrankWa l t e r St e i n m e i e r criticised Turkey’s direct military intervention in Syria and stressed the rights concerns.
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“I am certain that we will demand that Turkey respects the principles of the rule of law in coming to terms with the aftermath of the coup,” he told reporters, as, in Berlin, the German government stuck to a parliamentary resolution on the 1915 massacre of A r m e n i a ns, which has upset Ankara. Turkey blamed the U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen for the failed coup, in which more than 200 people were killed, and went on to detain or dismiss tens of thousands of peopl e that it accuses of sympathising with him. Some in the EU were sceptical and believed Ankara was using the f a i led coup as a pretext
to go after Erdogan critics. On the table also is visa liberalisation for Turkey, which has refused to change its counter-terrorism laws in a way that would assuage concern in the EU that Ankara is applying them too broadly in order to quash dissent. However, Hungary’s Foreign Min i s t e r P e t e r Szijjarto said a good relationship with Ankara was vital to preserve the agreement on halting the flow of migrants into Europe. “Whoever attacks the stability o f T u r k e y would attack the security of Europe because currently Turkey is the one to halt the migratory flow to Europe,” he said.
Obama to meet May during G20 in China – official Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will hold a formal meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May during the G20 summit in China tomorrow, a White House official said. The meeting is their first since May took office in July.
“The president and the prime minister will discuss a range of bilateral and global issues, and, as close friends and steadfast allies, the United States and United Kingdom continue to enjoy an enduring special relationship,” the official said.
South African cabinet urges inquiry on banks’ treatment of Zuma friends Reuters – South Africa’s presidency said yesterday that a minister not a cabinet team had asked for a judicial inquiry into why banks cut ties with a company belonging to the Gupta family, conflicting messages from a government which appears increasingly divided. On Thursday, Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Z w a n e h a d said the inter-ministerial team, set up by the cabinet in April and led by him, had cabinet backing for its proposal to set up such an inquiry to consider legal action against the banks. That could trigger further turmoil after markets were rocked by a police investigation of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. South Africa’s Treasury is also in public rows with state-owned companies over their dealings with firms linked to the Guptas, who have been accused of holding undue sway over the President Jacob Zuma. The statement from Z w a n e ’s t e a m s a i d t h e banks that had closed Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments’ accounts were influenced by “innuendo and potentially reckless media statements”. The prominent business
Jacob Zuma family is accused by the opposition of being behind Zuma’s abrupt sacking of former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene in December, a move that rattled investor confidence and triggered calls for Zuma’s resignation. The Guptas have denied using their friendship with Zuma to influence his decisions, including on cabinet appointments, or to advance their business interests. The president has acknowledged the Guptas are his friends but denies any improper behaviour based on that. Yesterday evening, presidency spokesman Bongani Ngqulunga said in a statement that the proposals by Zwane, which had drawn criticism from political com-
mentators, were not the views of the inter-ministerial team, nor the cabinet. Ngqulunga said the presidency regretted the confusion caused by Zwane’s statement, which “was issued in his personal capacity and not on behalf of the task team or Cabinet”. As part of its recommendations, Zwane said his team also urged Zuma to set up a state bank and called for new banking licences to be issued to end the “oligopoly” in the industry. He also said that although Gordhan was one of the cabinet team’s members, he did not take part in its meetings. Asset manager Futuregrowth said earlier this week it had decided to stop lending money to six stateowned companies because of the swirling political uncertainty. Gordhan said yesterday that Futuregrowth’s decision was a “very concerning development”. Speaking to the SABC news broadcaster in China, where he has accompanied Zuma for a G20 meeting, Gordhan said “we in the Treasury have been warning both political figures and people who run some of our institutions to be careful ... and make sure your governance is right”.
U.S., Russia said nearing deal on Aleppo truce, aid access Reuters - The United States and Russia are nearing a deal that would set a 48-hour ceasefire in Aleppo, allow U.N. humanitarian access and limit Syrian government aircraft flights, diplomatic sources said yesterday. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the deal is not set in stone, key elements are still being discussed
and critical stakeholders, including U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Syrian opposition groups, are likely to have doubts. If a deal were reached, it could lead to U.S. intelligence sharing with Russia that would allow Russian forces to target fighters of the group formerly known as Nusra Front, which the United States views as a terrorist group linked to al Qaeda. “It’s not done yet,” said one source, saying U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov could announce a deal, if one is reached, as early as tomorrow, though it appeared to be slipping to Monday or beyond. Among the elements of the deal under discussion are: - immediate humanitarian access to Aleppo via the Castello Road, which is currently controlled by Syrian government forces; - government checkpoints on the road would
only be allowed to verify that U.N. seals on humanitarian trucks were intact, but not to inspect the cargoes or to remove t h e i r contents; - Syrian government aircraft would be limited to “non-combat” flights in designated areas; - if the agreement were respected, the United States could share intelligence to allow Russian forces to target the group formerly known as a l N u s r a . T h e militant group, which i s s e e k i n g to topple Syrian President Bashar al Assad, in July said it had cut its ties to al Qaeda and changed its name to Jabhat Fatah alS h a m , b u t Washington still regards it as a terrorist group. It was not clear what, if anything, the deal might say about a nationwide cessation of hostilities, something the United States has been seeking to restore since it unravelled earlier this year.
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Clinton tells FBI she could not recall all briefings on preserving documents Reuters - Hillary Clinton, under questioning by federal investigators over whether she had been briefed on how to preserve government records as she was about to leave the State Department, said she had suffered a concussion, was working parttime and could not recall every briefing she received. Clinton, the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, raised the health scare during her 3-1/2-hour interview with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Justice Department prosecutors on July 2, according to an FBI summary released on Friday. Besides the 11-page interview summary, the FBI also released other details of its investigation into her use of an unauthorised private email system while running the State Department, in which it concluded she mishandled classified information but not in a way that warranted a criminal prosecution. Clinton told investigators she could not recall getting any briefings on how to handle classified information
Hillary Clinton or comply with laws governing the preservation of federal records, the summary of her interview shows. “However, in December of 2012, Clinton suffered a concussion and then around the New Year had a blood clot,” the FBI’s summary said. “Based on her doctor’s advice, she could only work at State for a few hours a day and could not recall every briefing she received.” A Clinton campaign aide said Clinton only referenced her concussion to explain she was not at work but for a few
hours a day at that time, not that she did not remember things from that period. The concussion was widely reported then, and Republicans have since used it to attack the 68-year-old candidate’s health in a way her staff have said is unfounded. The FBI report, which does not quote Clinton directly, is ambiguous about whether it was her concussion that affected her ability to recall briefings.
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Gayle and Bravo launch new condom line in India NEW DELHI, India, CMCTwo of the world’s leading cricketers, Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo, have become the new faces of an Indian condom brand named Skore. Their faces and signatures were displayed on large boxes of the Champion Skore condom series during the launch in India on Thursday. Gayle and Bravo, also two of the leading cricketers in the West Indies, are extremely popular in India where they ply their trade in the lucrative Indian Premier League as well as other T20 tournaments around the world. “I’m here looking at myself on a condom box. It’s just amazing. Chris Gayle on a condom box. Unbelievable eh!
Jesus! I love it, I’m getting goose bumps. Remember safe sex is important. Fellas, practice it,” said Gayle during the launch. “It’s a great concept for cricketers or superstars to raise awareness not only in India but around the world. We are going to push awareness not only in India but around the world, and score. Sometimes we score quickly but sometimes we have to take it down as well”. During the launch, Gayle and Bravo, answered questions on a stage, executed the champion dance and held up boxes of Champion condoms for an audience. The champion dance refers to particular moves originated by Bravo in support of his song, Champion, which
became a mega-hit after West Indies recaptured the ICC T20 World Cup earlier this year. The new Champion product range offers multi-textured as well as ultra-thin condoms. “I personally enjoy being the brand ambassador for Skore. It’s associated with fun, joy in life,” said Bravo. “Life is about having fun. Not too much fun, but (it’s) good to have that balance where it’s important (to) be responsible. Even though you’re having fun, still be smart and score off the field like a champion”. The new line of Champion condoms is being marketed using the tag line: Why be a player when you can be a Champion.
Saturday September 03, 2016 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) Satisfy your passionate mood. You'll find it easy to charm members of the opposite sex today. Camping, swimming, and biking expeditions should all be considered. TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20) You might just as well let others do their own thing. Inlaws may cause difficulties. Travel should be considered. Your personal life will be under the gun and you may want to avoid the questions your lover is going to want to ask you. GEMINI (May 21–June 20) You will find that joint ventures could easily turn out to be dead end projects. Don't jump too quickly if someone tries to make you join in on their crusade. CANCER (June 21–July 22) Try to address the real issues in order to turn things around. Develop some of your good ideas. Don't spend more than is necessary on travel or friends. LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) Don't go out of your way, and don't let these unexpected guests cost you money. Try not to take others for granted. Tempers could get out of hand today. Try to curb your habits, or you could find yourself in an awkward financial position. VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Do not force your opinions on others the connections will be short lived. You could expand your circle of friends if you get involved in unusual activities. Get involved in
groups that are creative in nature. LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) Opportunities for romance will develop through activities with large groups. Outbursts of passion may cause arguments with your mate. Be sure not to burn any bridges. SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Your health may have suffered due to neglect or abuse. You may find yourself in the midst of a pretty good deal. SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21) Don't exhaust yourself or minor health problems will set in. You will be able to contribute a great deal to organizations that you join. You can gain approval, get kudos, and ask for help if you put a little heart into your speech or request. CAPRI(Dec.22–Jan.19) Lovers will be less than accommodating, and decisions regarding personal direction a necessity. Involve yourself in group endeavors. AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) Rely on yourself and you will look good to superiors. Be prepared to meet new lovers through colleagues. Your ability to ferret out secret information will lead you to an inside scoop on an amazing financial deal. PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) You may have the day off but your thoughts will be on your work and your cash situation. Situations could easily get blown out of proportion if you have made unreasonable promises.
Bravo and Gayle, two of the world’s top T20 players.
Persaud, Chanderpaul, Shepherd... (From page 27) day fifty from 80 balls with five boundaries. Shepherd slammed Rutherford brutally past mid-on for four as he batted in one-day fashion in his 42-ball 36 decorated with five fours, before he tried to pull a short ball from Bishun that kept low and lobbed a catch to gully at 1616. Two runs later Persaud, controversially left out of the Guyana team for the Regional U-19 one-day final in St Vincent, was out to a soft dismissal; caught and bowled by Singh. Persaud who led a Guyana team which lacked unity in St Vincent, was well set for the tournament’s second ton when he departed for 53 from 96 minutes, 125 balls with five fours. Persaud seemed affected by not being able to score freely after Lunch. His last 40 balls produced just three runs and when he was seventh out, East Bank must have fancied their chances of restricting the Franchise from the West side to under 200. But that was not to be as Mahendra Dhanpaul and Kheshram Seyhodan took the bull by the horns and blasted a 56-run last wicket stand after joining forces when Bishun trapped Richie Looknauth (14) LBW at 1979. When Dhanpaul lofted Shun to cover he had hammered three fours and two sixes in a 50-ball 43 while Seyhodan was not out on 20. Jacobs, Bishun and Rutherford picked up two wickets each. Meanwhile, at Albion, Georgetown reached 212 all out with Christopher Barnwell (35), Robin Bacchus (32), Andrew Light Jr (27), Dexter Solomon 26 and Ovid Richardson 25 leading the fight with the bat. Veerasammy Permaul fol-
lowed up his 10-80 in the first round with 4-53. First round centurion Jonathan Foo supported with 3-11 for Lower Corentyne who reached 123/ 3 at the close with the in-form Foo unbeaten on 75. Kandasammy Surujnarine made 35. At Cumberland in Canjie, West Berbice fell for 171 with Raffael Estraido and Shimron
Hetmyer scoring 34. Anthony Adams took 5-60, while his younger brother Akenie Adams followed up his fivewicket haul at Tuschen with 2-18. Essequibo in reply are 111-8 despite Anthony Adams’ undefeated 30. Today is the second day and play is scheduled to commence at 09:30hrs in all of the games.
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Hamilton fastest in Monza practice M O N Z A , I TA LY (Reuters) Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton, his sights set on a 50th grand prix win, denied Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg the top spot in Italian Grand Prix practice on Friday. The Briton, also chasing a hat-trick of wins at the Monza circuit outside Milan, enjoyed a sunny afternoon with a fastest lap of one minute 22.801 seconds on the supersoft tires after being second to Rosberg in the morning. Rosberg’s quickest effort then was a 1:22.959, with the German lapping in 1:22.994 after lunch. “It is work in progress but going in the right direction and I think we will have a good battle tomorrow,” Hamilton told reporters, looking forward to another qualifying duel
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton of Britain during the second free practice for the Italian Grand Prix 2016 at Monza. (REUTERS/Max Rossi) between the dominant pair. Ferrari were best of the rest in both sessions at their home track with Finland’s Kimi Raikkonen third in the morning, but more than a second off Rosberg’s pace,
while team mate Sebastian Vettel was fourth. Li k e t h e M e r c e d e s pair, their positions were reversed in the afternoon with Vettel using the supersoft tires to post a lap
Golf resumes at the Lusignan Golf Club with Massy United Insurance Tournament today Massy United Insurance, of Lot 126F Carmichael Street, Georgetown, (tel:592-226-7444) will be sponsoring its fourth annual Golf Tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course today teeing-off at 1:00 p.m. This tournament was postponed for almost four months due to incessant rainfall which left the grounds and access road in poor shape. There has been remedial work on the club’s access road through collaboration b e t w e e n M a c o r p , M r. Mohan Jacob, Director for Design & Construction with American based construction company EMR I n c . a n d t h e c l u b ’s executives. The grounds are also improving. Branch Manager Lindel Harlequin
indicated that “Massy United Insurance is pleased to be involved in promoting Golfing in Guyana.” Massy United Insurance, (a Barbados based Company,) offers a wide range of general insurance products for businesses throughout 14 territories in the Caribbean. Their AExcellent A M Best rating gives clients the assurance that they are financially stable and well able to manage various risks and effectively settle claims when the need arises. Club President Oncar Ramroop, in expressing gratitude on behalf of the Club to Mr Harlequin, s a i d “ We a r e h i g h l y appreciative of the good faithful support that we have had from Massy
United Insurance in four years of sponsoring tournaments, and we are grateful that Mr Harlequin is also enthused at continuing this great support. We at Lusignan Golf Club are quite delighted that Massy not only provides such support but also offers great insurance coverage to the Club.” Today’s tournament will be played on the open medal play system. 1st to 4th best Net, Nearest The Pin, Best Gross and most honest Golfer prizes are up for grabs, keen rivalry is expected. The public is invited to spectate at this tournament free of charge. Tournaments tend to last about 4-5 hours. Tee-off is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
Has Nadal found another... (From page 30) said. “Against Istomin, it was the opposite. It’s almost a bit of a bluff and it’s working.” Standing so far to the left and then serving out wide leaves a bigger-than-usual gap for the returner to hit down the line. But Nick Bollettieri, the famed coach who helped players such as Andre Agassi and Monica Seles become world number one, said that finding that spot
was far from easy. “ H e ’s c h a n g e d h i s serving position to where (John) McEnroe used to be, which leaves the whole court open,” Bollettieri told Reuters. “But remember, if the slice serve takes you 10 feet out of court, you have got to be pretty damned good to hit the ball down the line.” Former world number one Mats Wilander, who is working at the U.S. Open for Eurosport, was not sold on
how effective Nadal’s service strategy would be against the very best players. “You find your range on the return at some point,” Swede Wilander t o l d R e u t e r s . “ I t ’s difficult in the beginning but over five sets, you’ll find the down-the-line (return) and the height you need to get back to the middle. “So I think it’s maybe just searching for something slightly different.”
0.453 slower than Hamilton. The Italian team have used the last of their season’s engine ‘tokens’ for a power boost after ceding second
place in the championship to Red Bull and Vettel said he was encouraged by the improvement. “It’s a new engine, it’s doing what it’s supposed to, so that is positive,” the German said. Hamilton leads Rosberg by nine points going into the last European race of the season but the triple world champion can hope to extend that on Sunday. The last driver to win the Italian Grand Prix three times in a row was the late Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio in the 1950s. Rosberg, winner in Belgium last weekend, set his best lap of the morning on the soft tires as did Hamilton, who was one of several drivers to have off-track excursions as they probed the limits.
McLaren’s Fernando Alonso provided the only real incident of the first session when he crawled back to the pits with a gearbox problem five minutes from the end. Dutch teenager Max Ve r s t a p p e n , w h o s e aggressive defending against Raikkonen at Spa last weekend is still the talk of the paddock, was eighth for Red Bull in the morning and fifth in the second session. “I think today showed that we are still a bit off the podium spot,” said his Australian team mate Daniel Ricciardo. “Ferrari has a good buffer on us...” Ve r s t a p p e n a n d McLaren’s Jenson Button started the day testing a version of the ‘halo’ head protection device attached to the cockpits of their cars.
Mathews to miss rest of tour due to calf tear ESPNcricinfo - Angelo Mathews’ calf tear has ruled him out of the remainder of Australia’s tour, while allrounder Thisara Perera and left-arm wrist spinner Lakshan Sandakan have been released from the Sri Lanka squad for the fifth ODI. In place of these three players, Sri Lanka have drafted in batsmen Upul Tharanga and Niroshan Dickwella, as well as seambowling allrounder Dasun Shanaka. Mathews has not undergone a CT scan for the injury he sustained during the fourth ODI, but the team management has already confirmed he will be unavailable for the remaining ODI and two T20Is. Mathews had hobbled off the field during his innings on Wednesday and, though he returned to bat towards the end of the innings, had been substantially hampered by the injury. Perera had played all four ODIs as the primary seamer but, although he claimed 3 for 33 in Sri Lanka’s sole win, at Khettarama, he has since been less effective. Perera had also been dropped for the England tour, following a long stretch of modest returns. He is effectively being replaced by
Sri Lanka’s physiotherapist checks on Angelo Mathews who was struck on his helmet, Sri Lanka v Australia, 4th ODI, Dambulla, August 31, 2016 ©AFP Shanaka, who had some success in that tour of England and Ireland - he claimed three wickets in the first innings of Test at Headingley, and also took a five-wicket haul in an ODI against Ireland, in Dublin. Tharanga had also been somewhat effective in England, making a 53 not out and 40 from the lower middle order. Following Dilshan’s retirement, the
selectors may wish to bat him at the top of the order again, though Dickwella is also a candidate for the opening spot. In his last three List A innings, against England Lions and Pakistan A, Dickwella hit 51, 44, and 60. Sri Lanka have already lost the ODI series. The final match is set to be played in Pallekele, on Sunday.
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Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club completes 19th Annual Teach Them Young Camp By Samuel Whyte The Annual Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club “ Te a c h t h e m Yo u n g ” football August holiday camp ended last on Friday with a presentation and prize giving ceremony at the Prison Officers Sports club Penitentiary Walk, New Amsterdam. The camp, which was in its 19th year, was held at the All Saints Scot Church Ground and the Prison Officers Sports club and the All Saints Primary School and lasted for a period of five weeks. The programme was held five days weekly, Monday-Friday from 09:00hrs -13:00 hrs. The camp which commenced on July 18th started with 48 participants and closed with over a 110 participating. Both males and females participated in the sessions with the age ranging from 3-18 years. During the camp the youths were taught the finer points of the game which
The youngsters in the Hearts Of Oak Camp involved in a classroom session by members of the Police Force.
included both theory and practical. At the practical sessions they were shown the various ways in receiving, passing, shooting, dribbling, and heading, overlapping, goal keeping and throwing, taking on the thigh and chest among other points. They were also schooled in defensive, attacking, overlapping and set playing
among other tactics. They also learnt the rules of the game, discipline, etiquette, good table manners, HIV and AIDS and general education with Physical Fitness and fair play being an integral part of the sessions. They were also encouraged to look at the good values in life and to stay away from the many social ills and illicit activities
that are plaguing the society at the moment. During the camp the youths were presented with trunks, football boots, hoses, goalkeeping gloves and Jerseys among other necessities. Among the resource personnel were for Chief E d u c a t i o n O ff i c e r E d Caesar, members of the Guyana Police Force the Prison Service among
others. Deputy Director of the Guyana Prison Service Gladwin Samuels addressed the closing ceremony. He congratulated the participants and encouraged them to practice what they have learnt. They were told to stay in school and take their education seriously as education is the key to success. He encouraged them to be good
ambassadors and to continue training and return to their respective teams and schools and share what they have learnt. They were reminded that football is a game that you must have discipline. A c c o r d i n g t o coordinators, former national players Neil Grizzly Humphrey and Kenrick Bowry, the main aim of the programme was to have the youths better able to appreciate the rules and regulation of the game. To i m p r o v e t h e i r knowledge of the game, improve their overall skills and understand sportsmanship and have a better human relationship with others. At the end of the camp the youths were presented with certificates while the more outstanding participants were presented with special gifts. Bowry also took the opportunity to thank a number of organisation and persons who assisted in making the camp a success.
GCB Jaguars 3-day Franchise
Persaud, Chanderpaul, Shepherd, Dhanpaul rally W/Dem to 253 By Sean Devers Pacer Romario Shepherd (2-12) picked up two late afternoon wickets as East Bank were 55-2 in reply to West Demerara’s 253, still 198 runs away from first innings honours, when day one of their second round GCB Jaguars three-day Franchise ended at Everest yesterday. Shepherd, in a lively spell after Tea, removed Ryan Shun (0) and Tevin Imlach (14) to catches to the Keeper to leave East Bank on 39-2 before Stephon Browne who played some lovely shots in his unbeaten 25 and West Indies ‘A’ team left-hander Vishaul Singh (5) took their side to the close without further loss. East Bank, led by National player Steven J a c o b s , i n v i t e d We s t Demerara to bat on a flat track on which the odd ball
kept low in sunny conditions and they lost four quick wickets. Sherfane Rutherford got rid of Renaldo Renee (0) and Akshaya Persaud (4) before Jacobs removed Kemol Savory (3) and Guyana Franchise player Raymon Reifer (8) and at 37-4 West Demerara, beaten in two days by East Coast in the first round, were again in early trouble. But 18-year-old Travis Persaud, arguable the most elegant batsman produced by West Demerara since Rabindranauth Seeram, j o i n e d Ta g e n a r i n e Chanderpaul and proved the perfect foil for each other as they gradually dug their team out of a hole. Persaud drove left-arm spinner Totaram Bishun majestically to the cover boundary while Chanderpaul, on 17 when the free flowing Persaud arrived
at the crease, continued to bat sensible as the partnership progressed on slowish outfield. Chanderpaul danced into Bishun and wacked him over mid-wicket for four, while Persaud played with consummate ease, stroking Bishun gloriously through cover for four. Chanderpaul caressed Sherfane Rutherford for an extra cover boundary and by Lunch West Demerara had reached 102-4 with Persaud, who was the dominant partner on 42 and Chanderpaul on 39. After the interval, the small crowd watched as Chanderpaul got going with a couple of whips off his legs for twos while Persaud played a flowing cover drive off Shun which rocketed the boundary like a bullet. Chanderpaul, who made 43 in his last innings at Lusignan, dumped pacer Colin Benn down the ground
E/Bank 55-2 at close of day one Tagenarine Chanderpaul drives pleasantly in his solid 47 at Everest yesterday before throwing his wicket away with a lose shot. (Sean Devers photo)
to go past Persaud but when well set for a fifty, played an uncharacteristic heave and skied the ball to cover and Benn celebrated breaking
the 77-run fifth wicket stand. Chanderpaul’s 47 lasted 106 balls, 156 minutes and included five fours. Shepherd announced his
presence with back-to-back boundaries off Jacobs before Persaud on-drove Benn for two to reach a debut three(Continued on page 25)
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Muirhead seeking to maintain ties with WICB after he demits office Michael Muirhead
ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC-The outgoing Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Michael Muirhead has suggested that he will still be involved in cricket at the level of the WICB when he steps down from his current position next month. A WICB statement released early Friday says Muirhead will not be renewing his contract and
will officially demit office on October 14 this year. The 59-year-old Jamaican, who has been in the role for the last four years, is stepping aside from a position that has changed hands several times over the past decade. “I am trying to have an association with the WICB,” M u i r h e a d t o l d CARIBUPDATE NEWS, but says that it will be too early to discuss his ideas at
this time. “I am working on that and rather say that towards the end of the month. I am working on something but don’t know how it will pan out yet”. Muirhead’s comments come just a few hours after the WICB statement announced that he had opted not to renew his contract. “ The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) would like to announce that Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Michael Muirhead will not be renewing his contract and will officially demit office on October 14 this year,” said the brief statement from WICB. The statement quoted Muirhead as describing his four year stint with WICB as “insightful, challenging, interesting and an eventful period”.
Resurgent Wozniacki downs Niculescu to reach last 16
Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark hits to Monica Niculescu of Romania of the USA on day five of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. (Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports) NEW YORK (Reuters) Former world number one C a r o l i n e Wo z n i a c k i
NPG Packaging & Plastic Inc 20/20 cricket bowls off tomorrow in Upper Corentyne The much anticipated T20 second division cricket competition for teams in the Upper Corentyne area is set to bowl off tomorrow. The competition, which is organised by the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) and sponsored by NPG Packaging & Plastic Inc of Wellington Park, Corentyne, Berbice, will feature 19 teams from Upper Corentyne and 2 from Black Bush Polder areas. It will get on the way with some 17 matches at the various venues in the Upper Corentyne and Black Bush areas. The teams are divided in four zones and will play on a round robin basis, home and away with the top two teams from each zone advancing to the knockout stages. This is the second T20 competition being organised by the UCCA and is touted as one of the biggest with 98 matches scheduled to be played. The defending champions are No. 69 Vikings with the runner up being No. 70 ‘A’. The semi finals and final are set for October 23 and November 13, 2016 respectively at a venue to be announced later. The President and Executives of the UCCA
FLASHBACK: Mr. Surendra Ganesh hands over the sponsorship cheque to Mr. Dennis De Andrade President of the UCCA at the launching done recently at the Hotel Riverton Suites. once again takes the opportunity to thank Mr. Surendra Ganesh, proprietor of NPG Packaging and Plastic Inc for sponsoring the 20/20 tournament in the Upper Corentyne area. Matches will be played on Sundays, with two matches scheduled to be played at some of the venues, which will see between 15-17 matches played on the days. Games scheduled for tomorrow at 10:00 hrs will see - Yakusari Horizon versus Yakusari Caribs at Yakusari; No. 43 Joppa Warriors playing No. 48
Challengers at No. 43; No. 70 MYO hosting Skeldon at No. 70; No. 69 Red Rose playing No. 68 Turn Team at No. 69; Crabwood Creek Sports Club being at home to No. 72 Cut And Load at C.W.C; No. 73 Young Warriors and No. 69 Vikings squaring off at No. 73; No. 72 All Star taking on Scottsburg United at No. 72, while No. 71 will play C.W.C All Family team at No. 71 ground. In 14:30hrs games; No. 72 All Star play C.W.C All Family at the No. 72 Ground; No. 71 versus Scottsburg United at No. 71;
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C.W.C Sports Club hosting 69 Vikings at C.W.C; No. 73 Young Warriors and No. 72 Cut and Load will match skills at the No. 73 venue; No. 70 M.Y.O will be at home to No. 68 Turn Team; No. 69 Red Rose will clash with Skeldon at No. 69; Yakusari Horizon challenge No. 48 Challengers at Yakusari; No. 43 Joppa Warriors and Yakusari Caribs square off at No. 43; No. 59 Sports Club host No. 43 Scorpion at No. 59. Corriverton No, 70 ‘A’ and Crabwood Creek Bomb Squad have drawn byes. (Samuel Whyte)
continued her resurgence at the U.S. Open with a commanding 6-3 6-1 win over Romania’s Monica Niculescu on Friday to reach the fourth round. The Dane, a U.S. Open finalist in 2009 and 2014 but unseeded this year after being sidelined for two months by an ankle injury, dominated from the start and wrapped up victory in just under an hour and a half. Niculescu, ranked 16 places above Wozniacki in the rankings at 58th, made life tough early on, particularly with her sliced forehand which is a rarity on the WTA Tour.
“I think it’s fun (to play her) but also a little frustrating because she makes you feel like you can’t play tennis,” Wozniacki said. “You have to be ready to grind and it’s not pretty but I got a good workout in there. She made me run a lot.” Wozniacki will face either eighth-seeded American Madison Keys or Japan’s Naomi Osaka in the last 16 and said she needed to continue to play aggressive tennis. “I just need to step in, hit the ball and just go for it,” she smiled. “Otherwise I have no chance.”
Teams collide tomorrow in Mayor’s Cup semis at Victoria Winners Connection, Western Tigers, Police and Ann’s Grove in action
Keon Sears The semifinal of the Mayor ’s Cup football championship for the Mayor’s Cup and Aruwai first prize of $700,000 will be played tomorrow at the Victoria Ground on the East Coast of Demerara. Action commences from 6:30pm with Police coming up against Federal Winners Connection of Linden in the curtain raiser, while in the nightcap at 8:30pm, Ann’s Grove battle Western Tigers. Two entertaining matches are promised. The Linden fans and teams have been demanding that games in this tournament be played in Linden after they would have observed matches being played at several venues but none in Linden. Well organizer Lennox Arthur has indicated that if the Linden team involved in tomorrow’s semifinal clash advances to the final, they will take the final to the
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Marmaleque Davidson (l) & Rawle Gittens Mining Town. This has made the Linden side indicate they will be going all out for a win and come with all guns firing, so the Police had better watch out. Young star of the Digicel School’s football tournament Marmaleque Davidson, Keon Sears and Rawle Gittens will spearhead their challenge. Several players will get the chance of going after the leading goal scorer prize, among them are Dwayne McClennon with 5, his Western Tigers teammates Randolph Wagner (3) and Dellon Kelly (2), while Nickosi Denny of Ann’s Grove, Keron Boston and Quincy Holder both of Police have 2 apiece and can up their tally. At stake in the championship is the top prize of $700,000 and a trophy donated by Aruwai Resort. The second place team pockets $300,000 and
the Ansa McAl trophy, while the third place team carts off $200,000 and the John Fernandes trophy. The fourth place finishers will receive $100,000 and the Ministry of State trophy. Ricks and Sari has also donated hampers which will go to the winning team, while tournament’s top goal scorer will get a three piece suite compliments of AH&L Kissoon Furniture Store. Top Brandz of Broad and High Streets, distributors of Interstate vehicle batteries, is among the key sponsors on board assisting the tournament. Aruwai Resort of the Essequibo River is also another main supporter of this year’s event. Apart from Aruwai Resort and Top Brandz, others on board include: Ansa McAl, Minister of State Joe Harmon and his ministry, John Fernandes, Ricks and Sari and AH&L Kissoon.
GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League
Paradise Invaders trounce Lichfield Nuggets in 7 goal slugfest Doubles off the boots of Nial Reynolds and Terrique Benn laid the platform for a resounding 5-2 win in favour of Paradise Invaders over Lichfield Nuggets on Thursday afternoon last when the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National Under-17 Intra Association league continued at the Mahaicony ground. Godwin Humphrey it was who notched Paradise’s opening goal from the penalty spot with 10 minutes on the game clock but with the exact amount of time elapsing, Lichfield pulled one back to even the score though Kahdon Archibald’s goal. As the exchanges continued back and forth, Paradise restored their one goal advantage when Reynolds fired in the first of his brace in the 70-minute clash. Reynolds breached the Lichfield defence and goalkeeper in the 27th minute. And one minute to the half time whistle, Benn touched in his first goal (34th) to see his side go to the break with a comfortable 2-goal cushion, 3-1. But on resumption, Lichfield were on target again, this time it was Tyrone Pompey
who blasted the nets to reduce the lead by one goal in the 45th minute. Paradise would then put the game beyond the reach of their opponents who were getting a bit too close. Benn netted their fourth goal in the 54th minute, a sweetly timed header from just within the six yards box and Reynolds sealed the deal on 60 minutes with goal number five for Paradise and his second of the match. Paradise walked away 5-2 winners.
Usain Bolt & Mo Farah: More than 1m applications for London Worlds tickets
Usain Bolt (right) and Mo Farah. (The Independent) BBC Sport - More than a million applications have been made for the 700,000 tickets available to see the championships at which Usain Bolt and Mo Farah will make their final track appearances. Both will retire after next y e a r ’ s W o r l d Championships in London. It will be the final competition for Jamaica’s nine-time Olympic champion sprinter Bolt, 30.
British Olympic and world 5,000m and 10,000m champion Farah plans to focus on marathon running after London 2017. Organisers said 1,047,000 tickets have been applied for and five of 14 s e s s i o n s a r e oversubscribed. They include the 100m final, which would be Bolt’s swansong and which more than 200,000 want to see. The capacity for the
championships at the London Stadium in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park which is also now home to Premier League side West Ham United - will be around 50,000 per session. Performances by British athletes at last month’s Olympic Games in Rio, where Team GB won more medals than they did at the London 2012 Games, have also boosted interest.
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Lucozade Indoor Hockey Tournament BFA to host benefit event tomorrow for injured Referee GCC Spartans, and Teacher, Colin Bowry The Executive and Members of the Berbice Football Association (BFA) will tomorrow be hosting of a benefit event - three football matches – tomorrow from at 15:00hrs at the All Saints Church Ground (Scotts School Ground), Princess Elizabeth Road, New Amsterdam. It will take the form a fund raiser for the family of Mr. Colin ‘Ash’ Bowry, a young Football Referee and Teacher of Smythfield, New Amsterdam, Berbice. Bowry was involved in a near fatal vehicular accident on Monday 25th July, 2016 at Lovely Lass Village, West Coast Berbice. As a result of the accident, he was unconscious for about two (2) weeks and is still incapacitated, currently in a semi-conscious state. Sir Ash as Bowry is popularly known has been involved in football all his life, first as a player who achieved national status and
Colin Bowry pictured two days before the accident in Bartica. now a dedicated and prospective FIFA Referee. He is also a husband, father, and a Teacher by profession at the New Amsterdam Multilateral School. All proceeds derived from this benefit event will be handed over to Bowry’s family in an effort to assist
with medical expenses and any other necessary needs. The day’s activities will commence from 15:00hrs with an Under-17 match, which would be followed by a Masters encounter featuring East and West Berbice. The feature game of the triple header showdown brings together respective senior teams from East and West Berbice. The BFA has indicated that beverage giants Banks DIH has been approached for support. A stocked food bar will also be available to satisfy the appetite of the many fans and supporters who are expected to flock the ground to support a worthy cause. Tickets for the day’s events are available at the cost of $500 from members of the BFA including Ceon Bristol 673 9183; Randy Sears 663 5997 or BFA Secretary Joseph Simon 682 8797.
Vintage in winners’ row
Marzana Fiedtkou Kevin Spencer GCC Spartans and GCC Vintage were in winners’ row when the Lucozade Indoor Hockey Tournament continued on Thursday evening at the National Gymnasium. In the opening fixture,GCC Spartans led by a hat-trick from Marzana Fiedtkou and a solitary strike from Shebeki Baptiste defeated Old Fort 4-0, while
Has Nadal found another secret weapon in title bid? NEW YORK (Reuters) In 2010, Rafa Nadal tweaked his service action to give him more power and it helped him to U.S. Open glory later that year. Six years on and despite the effects of a wrist injury, it looks as though he may have found another secret weapon as he bids to win a third U.S. Open crown. While in 2010 it was an adjustment to his grip that enabled him to hit 130mph serves, this time the Spaniard has shifted his serving position on the adcourt, standing far wider than usual. “We had to change something,” Toni Nadal, the 14-times grand slam champion’s coach and uncle, told Reuters. “We needed to make something different with the serve (so) we open a little more for doing the slice and angle.” When serving in the adcourt – the side where the majority of key points are played – Nadal is now standing about halfway across to the tramlines,
Rafael Nadal of Spain hits to Andreas Seppi of Italy. (Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports) rather than in the more traditional position next to the center line. That gives him a bigger angle to hit to the righth a n d e r ’s b a c k h a n d , increasing his chances of starting the point with his favored forehand. Crucially, because he is standing further to the left, this means the Spaniard can better protect himself against the flat backhand crosscourt return, which Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have used to such devastating effect against
him. “Yes, yes (that is true) a little, but at the moment it’s not against Djokovic or Murray,” Toni Nadal said. “It’s against his next opponent (Nadal faces Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia later on Friday).” Nadal introduced the serving position change in Barcelona this April but his lingering wrist injury meant he was unable to use it at the French Open, or at Wimbledon. HUGELY EFFECTIVE Craig O’Shannessy, a
strategy expert for Wimbledon, the Australian Open, New York Times and the ATP Tour who runs a strategy website called braingametennis.com, said the switch was already proving hugely effective. “It stops the crosscourt return,” he told Reuters. “I don’t mind saying it was in the game plan when I was with Dustin (Brown) at Wimbledon (when he beat Nadal in 2015) to do it and to do it early. “That’s a really big benefit (for Nadal). He’s also still able to run around everything ... the percentages are so much better for him.” O’Shannessy examined data from Nadal’s opening two matches, against Denis Istomin and Andreas Seppi, and found that the Spaniard was also showing more variety. “On first serve, against Seppi, he actually served more into the body and forehand than out wide to the backhand,” he (Continued on page 26)
i n a n e x c i t i n g m e n ’s encounter, GCC Vintage held off a spirited challenge from counterparts Bounty
GCC in a penalty shootout af t e r r e g u l a t i o n t i m e neded in a 4-4 s talemate.
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ECD take upper hand as 16 wkts tumble on day one
Members of the Upper Corentyne team celebrate following the dismissal of Kamesh Yadram. (Zaheer Mohamed photo) By Zaheer Mohamed East Coast Demerara were 20 runs adrift of Upper Corentyne first innings score of 149 when stumps were drawn on the first day of their
second round game in the Guyana Cricket Board Jaguars three-day league which commenced yesterday. Upper Corentyne were sent packing for 149 in the
Kamesh Yadram gathers runs on the off-side. (Zaheer Mohamed photo) second session after they were inserted on an Enterprise pitch which kept low at times. Pacer Paul Wintz bowled an impressive spell early on to help reduce the visitors to 29-4 after the
Colours Boutique presents Ninvalle with TT shoes
Dexter Garnett (right) presents the table tennis shoes to Caribbean U-11 Champ, Kayson Ninvalle yesterday at Colours Boutique in the presence of GTTA President, Godfrey Munroe. Kayson Ninvalle yesterday received another gift for his gold medal performance in the Boys’ U11 Category at the Caribbean Pre-Cadet Table Tennis
Championship at the National Indoor Sports Centre (NISC) in Jamaica. Dexter Garnett presented Ninvalle with a table tennis shoes yesterday at Colours
Boutique for his exploits at t h e C a r i b b e a n Championships. Ninvalle secured Guyana’s only gold medal at the Championships.
start of play was delayed by half hour due to rain. Assad Fudadin and Jason Sinclair added 29 for the first wicket before Wintz removed Sinclair for 10. Off-spinner Vivan Albert then had Fudadin caught for 18 and sent back Joshua Ramsammy without scoring, while Wintz accounted for Troy Gonsalves (00) to leave Upper Corentyne in trouble. Anthony Bramble and Arif Chan featured in a fifthwicket stand of 43, but left arm seamer Gavin Moriah ended their resistance when he had Bramble, who struck two fours and two sixes, caught for 30. Leg spinner Amir Khan then removed
Chan for 19 before Clinton Pestano was run out for 23 (3x4, 1x6). However, Keon Sinclair saved his team further blushes as he clobbered four fours and two sixes in an unbeaten 36; Wintz had 2-20, Khan 2-21 and Albert 2-33. In reply East Coast lost Gavin Boodwah (00) and Chanderpaul Hemraj (04) to be at 19-2 before Kamesh Ya d r a m a n d B h a s k a r Ya d r a m s t e a d i e d t h e innings fairly, taking the score to 73. The siblings looked almost untroubled as they rotated the strike nicely before Bhaskar, who hit a six over mid-wicket, was lbw to
Eon Hooper to a ball that kept low for 26. Kamesh Yadram played fluently, but just as he appeared set for a half century he too was lbw to Hooper for 44 with six boundaries. Ramnarine Chatura (00) was caught at short mid-wicket off Shawn Pereira who also trapped Albert (00), leaving the score at 102-6 as 16 wickets tumble on day one. But Rajendra Chandrika and Khan saw their team to the close without further hiccups as they ended on 129. Chandrika, who struck three fours, is on 31, while Khan is on 14. Hooper has 3-21 and Pereira 2-15. Play starts at 09:30 hrs today
t r o Sp Golf resumes at the Lusignan Golf Club with Massy United Insurance Tournament today
Branch Manager Lindel Harlequin gives the sponsorship cheque to Golf Club President Oncar Ramroop. Looking on are (at left) Massy United Claims Officer Vibert Austin, and (at right) Golf Club PRO, Guy Griffith.
GCB Jaguars 3-day Franchise
Persaud, Chanderpaul, Shepherd, Dhanpaul rally W/Dem to 253 E/Bank 55-2 at close of day one
Travis Persaud sweeps Steven Jacobs during his elegant half century at Everest yesterday. (Sean Devers photo)
Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club completes 19th Annual Teach Them Young Camp
Some of the youngsters involved in the camp take time out for a photo.
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