AIETEUR NEWSK Guyana’s largest selling daily & New York’s most popular Guyana’sweeklylargest weekly Online: www.kaieteurnews.com September08,2022-Vol.15No.36 Online readership yesterday, 76,062 Thursday Edition Price $100 Oil lawsuitcompanies'pressureNigeria to extend contract terms Norton calls for updated $11.8B contract signed to build Schoonord to Crane four-lane road …says Guyana could be left with another Skeldon factory, Fiber-optic cable Boy, carlockeddeadfoundBoycarlockeddeadfound4,in,4,in Guyana's oil fund not insulated from theft, corruption Jordan bemoans information blackout in oil & gas sector …Opposition renews call for Jagdeo to stay away ...accuses Govt. of hiding key documents, failing to release contracts Dead: Kemal Ramsammy. (Photo credits: iNews Guyana) Pres. Ali to urge police to release RSS findings of 'Paper Bascom'sShorts',probes Car stolen atfoundParadiseinSophia feasibility study for gas-to-energy project 12p. p.15 >>See story on page 12<<
The report states that countries which are compliant also contribute to the problem of IUU fishing through their bilateral agreements with non-compliant countries.Threeofthecountriescovered by this report were considered noncompliant by NOAA within the past five years: Costa Rica, Guyana, and Ecuador The report saidthesenon-compliantcountries have many bilateral agreements with each other and with other countriesanalyzedinthisreport.It was stated for example that Costa Rica and Ecuador, both non compliant countries, in 2021 agreedtoabilateralmemorandum of understanding (MOU) to combatIUUfishing. Other examples are Chile, a compliantcountry,andEcuador,a non-compliant country, who have signedmultiplebilateralMOUson fishing cooperation over the past twentyAdditionallyyears.,manyofthenine countries covered by the report also have bilateral agreements with Mexico, a major regional non-compliant country. Mexico has numerous free trade agreements with the countries covered by this report, including CostaRica,Panama,andUruguay With regard to actors from outside the Latin American and Caribbean region, many of the countries analyzed in this report have bilateral agreements with Russia and China, who have become major players in regional fishing, even as NOAA has reportedthemtoCongressasnoncompliant with international IUU fishingChinalawthe report stated has the most fishing agreements with Latin American and Caribbean countries of any non-compliant understands that China began signing fishing agreements with South and Central American countriesaslongagoas1981.But, China remains very active in establishing such agreements, includingawaveofagreementsin the late 2010s with Guyana, Jamaica, Panama, Suriname, and UruguayThesefishingagreementswith China address a variety of technical and strategic efforts, from creating bilateral channels for information sharing and best practices to the training of technical officers and normalizationofportrelations. The report states that since 2012, Russia has established bilateral agreements with both Argentina and Ecuador on developing cooperation for the sustainable use of marine resources and combating IUU fishing.Finally, in 2020, the Russian Federation and Chile reached an agreement on scientific and technical cooperation to prevent illnesses in aquaculture. Other non compliant actors, such as Taiwan and South Korea, have a smaller number of bilateral agreements with the countries covered by this report. Costa Rica signedafreetradeagreementwith South Korea in 2018 and Panama has free trade agreements with both Taiwan (2004) and South Korea (2018). Chile signed a free tradeagreementwithSouthKorea in2003.
When it comes to compliance with Bilateral Fishing Agreements,Guyanafindsitselfin thebottompileoftheworstranked non compliant actors This is accordingtoanAugust2022report bytheAmericanUniversityCenter for Latin American & Latino Studies in collaboration with 'InSight Crime', a non profit investigative journalism organisation.Thereport states that there are three main barometers of compliance with Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU)fishing-relatedinternational a g r e e m e n t s Kaieteur News understands that the first on the list is the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) which compiles a biennial report to Congress that identifiesstateactorsitdeemstobe non-compliant with IUU fishing treaties. In the two most recent NOAA reports from 2019 and 2021, three of the nine countries covered by this report were reported to Congress. Costa Rica and Guyana were downgraded from compliant to non-compliant (from 2019 to 2021), while Ecuador was deemed non compliantin2019butcompliantin 2021.A second indicator is the European Union's (EU) carding system.InaccordancewithitsIUU Regulation of 2010, the report states that the EU will issue a yellowcardtocountriesitdeemsto be in non compliance with international rules, sparking a formal dialogue on IUU fishing between the EU and the carded country. If the country does not comeintocompliance,thecountry will be issued a red card, banning all fisheries products caught by fishingvesselsundertheflagofthe listed countries from being imported into the EU until the countryiscompliant.Ecuadorand Panama both have a history of being yellow carded. None of the nine countries covered by this reporthaseverbeenredcarded. The final indicator is the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime's IUU Fishing Index. The Index evaluates countries' vulnerability, exposure, and responses to IUU fishing in an effort to demonstrate to policymakers where policy interventions are most necessary The index incorporates various factors, each measured on a scale of1(thebest)to5(theworst),with each country being ranked on its average across all factors According to the index, Chile and Uruguay were ranked among the 25 best countries in the world in their efforts to counter IUU fishing. Guyana was the lowest rated of the nine countries evaluated, with Jamaica, Ecuador, and Argentina joining Guyana in the bottom third of the overall ranking. Costa Rica, Panama, and Suriname were each closer to the middleoftheIndex. By all three indicators, despite thechallengestheyface,Chileand Uruguay are regarded as regional leaders in combatting illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing.Itwasnotedthatatthenexttier, countries still face hurdles with meeting their numerous international obligations, or have yet to join important international agreements despite their progress in developing some effective strategies (like MPAs). It stated thattwosmallerCaribbeannations (Guyana and Jamaica) are still building capacity to join internationalfisheriesinstitutions. However, these compliance measures do not tell the full story
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Kaieteur News PAGE 03Thursday September 08, 2022 Th e m a i n Opposition (APNU + AFC) does not believe that the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) will be devoid from theft and corruption and is insistingthatanindependent investigation be conducted intothedamningallegations made against Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo in a Vice NewsThedocumentaryCoalition's call for an independent probe to done hinges on the fact that the Vice President has been managing the country's multibillion US dollar oil andgassector It was the Economicand Youth Policy Adviser at Office of the Leader of the Opposition, Elson Low who sharedthisviewonTuesday during a Press Conference. Lowreasoned,“Nowthatthe members of the committees of the Natural Resources Fund have been appointed, Guyanese must stand ready to face the challenges that a sovereign wealth fund can bring.Wehaveseencorruption and theft in Guyana before, butSovereignWealthFunds, by virtue of their sheer size, can result in monumental losses through both abuse andHcorruption.”eevenlisted two examples where countries lost billions of US-dollars due to corrupt Government officials that were left in charge To this end the Opposition said, “It is unfortunate that we will not avoidsuchatragedybecause managementoftheoilsector is in the control of [people] who have been accused of bribery and corruption ” Lowcontinued,“Clearly,the Government is complicit in the condoning of illegal activities and must be blamed for accommodating and encouraging corruption and bribery This situation will result in further hopelessness.”TheOpposition believes thatmembersoftherecently appointed NRF Board as well as the Public Accountability and Oversight Committee, and an Investment Committee must file asset declarations to the Integrity Commission and failure to comply with this requirement should result in that member being removedfromtherespective body Low explained, “even though we continue to protest the PPP's changes to the Natural Resources Fund Act, we want to ask the committeememberstoactin a faithful, patriotic, and professionalmanner We want to ask them to always put Guyana first, remaining eagle-eyed as the nation's savings pass under theirThegaze.”Government in its Mid-Year Report said in the firstsixmonthsoftheyear,a total of 34.6 million barrels of oil was produced, compared with 20.2 million barrels during the same periodlast Moreoveryear,itpointedout, “Giventheoutturninthefirst half of the year, total production is expected to reach93.6millionbarrelsby year-end, and with elevated prices supporting the sector, annual growth for 2022 is nowtargetedat113percent.” As at June 2022, the MinistryofFinancereported thattheoilandgassubsector expanded by 73.5 percent whencomparedwiththefirst halfof2021. This was due to the second Floating Production Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO) starting up operations at the Liza Two Field in the Stabroek Block inFebruaryInan earlier media engagement, Low argued that the Vice President shouldnotbeinvolvedinthe upcoming auction of the oil blocks.He said the serious allegations of bribery and corruption levelled against Jagdeo is a clear indication that the official must not be especially involved in the businessofoil. “His involvement sends the message that the Ali Government condones corruption and is complicit in the alleged illegal activitiesforwhichtheVPis accused.Only his removal from office and a credible international investigation will change that reality,” he contended.Backin June, a Vice News documentary was aired in which the Vice President's friend, Su Zhirong told the undercover reporters that he collects bribes in order to award major contracts. Jagdeo has denied the allegations and have slapped the Chinese businessmanwithalawsuit. However, while President IrfaanAlihassaidthatheis not opposed to an investigation, a probe is yet tobelaunchedinthisregard.
…Opposition renews call for Jagdeo to stay away Economic and Youth PolicyAdviser at Office of the Leader of the Opposition, Elson Low Vice BharratPresident,Jagdeo
Guyana's oil fund not insulated from theft, corruption
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We are glad that the Bank of Guyana (BoG) has revised its earlier inflation numbers (“Mid-year inflation rate surpasses what was predicted for the entire year” -KN September 6). Now the new estimated inflation number by the end of this year has gone from 4.1% to 5.8%, and it is a step that inches forward towards reflecting what Guyanese are living with somehow. It is one that narrows to a limited degree the gap between what is on paper and official record, and what are the realities of price pressures in the street and as felt in homes. Still, we take the position that the new 5.8% estimate falls short of what is real. We question and take issue with the earlier smaller inflation estimate for the end of 2022, as put out by BoG. Most Guyanese knew that 4.1% had no relationship with reality, and was hugely underestimated, since it just could not be. It could not be when citizens across the length and breadth of this country were living with prices that were not increasing by addition, but were racing away from them, like some out of control multiplication machine. It was that prices existed on steroids, and there was no stopping them, catching up with them, for they just kept increasing. What put the BoG first 2022 inflation estimate under pressure was that many prices were steeply up, but almost all prices relative to food items were going haywire. Guyanese just couldn’t keep up with the prices of local farm produce, be those greens or vegetables, and so forth. In some instances, the word from struggling and frustrated citizens was that it was more economical to buy foreign stuff that comes in cans and packages in local supermarkets, than what comes out of the ground right here. Local price conditions alone would ratchet up any reasonable inflation estimate, no matter how small the food presence in the basket of goods measured. When consideration is given to what is charged for livestock and other animal products, then there is increased pressure on any inflation projection. Further still, when the price of fish is included in the mix, then the inflation buildup intensifies some more. The BoG in its report recognises this in noting that the inflation increase is “underpinned by high food and energy prices, with the former increasing by 8.1% and contributing 3.6% to the inflation rate.” We hate to do this, and with respect to the experts at the BoG, something is not adding up with these numbers. We are aware that not every food item goes into the inflation basket of goods. But we know from actual experience to say that high food prices went up by a mere “8.1%” comes across as very much on the low side. The reality in every municipal market and local supermarket is that food prices have not increased by a few cents, but by many dollars. Greens, tomatoes, ground provisions, and so forth increase in double digit percentages, on occasion by hundreds of dollars at a pop from week to week. There are small price retreats and then there are renewed surges in prices, with almost no product left untouched. It is why we assert that, as a practical matter, one of scarce dollars and cents, the BoG’s 8.1% increase in food prices is too much on the downside. It would be helpful to know what is the weighing/contribution that the BoG gives to food in its inflation calculations. Furthermore, we have some problems with the revised inflation estimate for 2022. Again, it is our position that the new 5.8% figure is too conservative and does an injustice to what Guyanese lose ground to in their daily attempts at coping. It could be that the consideration given to food prices in the BoG inflation measurement is too much on the light side. We recognise that food prices are only one of several components (energy, transportation, durables, electronics and more) that go into any inflation calculation, but still have difficulty with the projections, as revised and released. When we consider scarcities leading to possibly more price pressures at yearend, the gap between BoG’s estimate and consumer reality could widen.
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Recently, the book was lightly revised, and imperfections – mainly typos – were corrected. A Kindle electronic version, based on the recent revision, is now available for $3 as an instant download on Amazon worldwide. Amazon does not ship to Guyana, so this is convenient for those who have a Kindle device or an iPad with the free Kindle app on Theit.print and Kindle editions are listed at Amazon’s minimum list price and they have links to videos and additionalWhiletext.the subject and focus of the book is my father and his life story, there are vignettes and photos of other personalities and commentaries by or about them; Prime Minister (later President) Forbes Burnham, Dr. Cheddi Jagan, Sir Shridath Ramphal, Sir Donald Jackson, Lord Denning, the late Rashleigh Jackson, Judge Vibert Lampkin, my mother Mrs. Sairah Shahabuddeen and her family the Mazaharally’s, my cousin Dr. Noorudeen Hassan, Wilson Harris, Dr. Harold Drayton, Mr. Ralph Ramkarran, poet and writer Cyril Dabydeen and current Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, among others.Ahighlight of the book is the inclusion of the opening address by Dr. Shahabuddeen (in August 1984 in Georgetown) at the International Round Table to mark the 150th Anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery in the English-speaking West Indies; a landmark event in Guyana and the Caribbean. The speech was printed in a booklet, entitled ‘Slavery and Historiographical Rectification’, which has been replicated in the book. There are chapters on the seven books Dr. Shahabuddeen wrote, a brief discussion of the 1980 Constitution, a look at his decision at the World Court in the case concerning the ‘Legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons’ and a list of the cases he adjudicated at the international courts. I have included some of my own writings at the back of the book; a research paper - spanning a century - on aspects of Indian immigrant life in British Guiana, and some of my letters. I give my views on the 2020 election and my opinion of President Irfaan Ally and his Government. Yours faithfully, Sieyf Shahabuddeen police, were called to the school on Lamaha Street after being alerted by students, parents and media operatives. She had refused to come downstairs to speak with the students and parents, who were determined to recuperate monies previously paid as instalments prior to the commencement of the courses some eight to ten months prior. Adding to this sickening miasma is the fact, that not only had she refused to come downstairs, but had also locked in two students, forcing the police to use a ladder to gain entry into the building. What charges, if any followed? Was she above the law, or the recipient of specialPursuantimmunity?to the lattermentioned saga, when contacted to ascertain whether or not the school was accredited, The Executive Director of the National Accre ditation Council (NAC) intoned, that the school was in the process of registering. However the process was not yet fully completed. The NAC Director further stated that the process was a lengthy one, and that the school should not have commenced its enrolment process.Itis apparent, (although no mention is made) that the staff were also as treacherous and guileful as the Administrator.While it may sound illogical at best, one cannot help but give credit to the ingenuity of this female who for over two decades ran amok causing havoc with the Guyana healthcare system. Dating back to 2001, Health Minister Ramsammy related that he was forced to close ‘Instant laboratory’ operated by a female representing herself to be Dr. Nikita Basdeo. It was later discovered that the said operator was never qualified as a Seeminglydoctor.there were no legal or disciplinary measures executed? According to the Minister, the woman had represented herself as one Dr. Nikita Basdeo, adding that it was eventually discovered that the woman was never qualified as a doctor. The Minister further stated that about two years later she returned bearing the name Donna Gomes this time claiming to be a Bio-Engineer. According to the Minister, the woman was successful in persuading a number of medical entities to retain her services to maintain laboratory equipment, and was able to have a number of the entities sign contracts with her allowing her to misrepresent herself for a period. Once her scam was detected by the Ministry of Health and again with no disclosed punishment, she once again disappeared, returning this time around with the nursing school delusion in 2009 and, according to reports, bearing the name, Dr. Nanda Kissoon. It is plain to see how the Guyanese Government fell prey to quackery, due to their indolence in exercising due diligence. They allowed a quack to run amok among its people, d estructing under the guise of instructing. Let’s set the record straight— N anda Kissoon may not be a graduate, but one thing we can all say, she certainly knows in which country with her tricks, she can play.
DEAR GuyanaEDITOR,nowcommands the pole positions of the CSEC and CAPE. It was not always this way. Since the inception of the CXC awards in 2008, Guyana has dominated the top CSEC award. But despite the outstanding performance of our students, the top regional CAPE Award remained elusive. The glass ceiling, however, was shattered in 2015 DEAR EDITOR, The recent warning issued by the Guyana Medical Council regarding the possibility of an impostor within the fraternity, may be too much and too late, thereby putting an ironic twist to the Hippocratic Oath— First charm, then sound the alarm.Needless to say the entire situation involving impostor Dr. Nanda Kissoon has exposed a chasm in the observation, evaluation and accreditation of aspirants and adherents of the medical profession. While Guyana may be regarded as a Third World country, its practices certainly do not need to occupy the same ranking. Where is the regulatory body tasked with ensuring that the necessary requirements are all fulfilled, especially in the case of these fly-by-night institutions. In 2016 while operating ‘The North Shore Medical Institute’, Nanda Kissoon, the Administrator, and allegedly known throughout the country as a “regular suspect” in medical school scams, the DEAR EDITOR, In May this year, my book “Judge Mohamed Shahabuddeen; A pictorial biography” was released on Amazon. It was published in both black and white and colour editions and is just shy of 400 pages. As “pictorial” suggests, it contains a lot of photographs but, if one counts the extracts from my father’s books as text and add that to my own writing, the greater part of the book is text. On August 12, at a ceremony at the University of Guyana, copies of the book were donated to UG’s Turkeyen and Tain campuses, and also to the National Library. My cousin Sharon Correia presented the books on my behalf and also spoke at the event. Here is a link to a NCN News 6YGquJoDlZgvideo:https://youtu.be/ Bhedesh Persaud of Queen’s College is more than deserving of the Dennis Irvine Award when Cecil Cox of Queen’s College became the first Guyanese to secure the coveted Dennis Irvine Award as top regional performer at the CAPE, and in the process became the first person in the Caribbean to win regional awards at both CSEC and CAPE.Since then, a procession of Guyanese students has won the Dennis Irvine Award: Aadilah Ali (2018), Michael Bhopaul (2019), Zane Ramotar (2020) and Samuel Haynes (2021). The phenomenal performance this year of Bhedesh Persaud of Queen’s College is more than deserving of the Dennis Irvine Award. He has passed a total of 24 CAPE units in his two years writing the CAPE examinations. His Grade 3 pass in Caribbean Studies presents some problems since a Grade 1 in this subject is mandatory for the Dennis Irvine Award. Bhedesh Persaud therefore should be advised to appeal his Grade 3 in Caribbean Studies. It would be unfortunate if this outstanding scholar is deprived of the podium position because of this specific criterion set by the CXC Concerned Guyanese
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DEAR EDITOR, Glowing tributes were paid to Rashleigh Jackson. One d oes not say bad things about the dead. But the country must not forget that Mr. Jackson condoned election rigging from 1968 thru 1992, and he served an illegal regime that was not democraticallyMr.elected.Jackson was also silent during the banning of basic foods, violation of human rights, and persecution of Guyane se on account of politics and race.Mr. Jackson served at Foreign Affairs from the 1960s thru 1990s. He was PS at Foreign Affairs Ministry and was head of various Guyanese overseas missions that were responsible for over seas rigging in 1968, 1973, 1978, 1980, andThe1985.Ministry and the missions gave the PNC almost all of the overseas votes including those of traditional PPP supporters who would have accounted for some 60% of Guyanese settled abroad. Mr. Jackson never apologised for the rigging May Jackson’s Soul Rest in Peace unlike his immed iate predecessor ,Fred Wills. Wills had a fall out with Burnham.Heserved as FM between 1975 and 1978 before he was sacked and replaced by Jackson.Idonotrecall if Wills was FM during the July 1978 referendum rigging. But in lectures in New York, when he was a visiting scholar at Rutgers University, Wills and I had several exchanges when he would come to City College for guest lectures organised by the Black Studies Department and co-sponsored by the Student Government where I was an elected leader. He publicly condemned Burnham and Hoyte’s elections rigging. He apologised for serving Burnham’s illegal government.For the 1992 election, he advised that Jagan’s PPP and other political parties should not participate unless the ballots were counted in the presence of observers at the places of voting. Unlike Wills, Jackson never dissociated himself from Burnhamism and never repudiated election rigging. In fact, he also did not chastise those who attempted to rig the March 2020 elections. May his soul rest in peace! Yours Vishnufaithfully,Bisram
Freddie is wrong and highlight the July 31 discussion, we will never know...”Sadly, there seems to be no end to Freddie’s falsehood on information of events that he knows absolutely nothing about, or he’s deliberately being misled by another mischievous spider, this time it’s ‘the Incy Wincy spider’ who has whispered the nursery rhyme to him: “The itsy-bitsy spider crawled up the waterspout.Down came the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain and the itsy-bitsy spider went up the spout again...”Hence, I now wish to publicly state without fear of contradiction that at no time did H.E President David Arthur Granger during his entire Presidency or after the elections had any conversation with Mike Pompeo. Indeed, two desperate attempts were made by Pompeo on July 15, 2020, to speak with the President during his 75th birth anniversary celebration, but on both occasions the phone calls were DECLINED. Shortly after those calls were declined, Pompeo got into a tantrum and began throwing missiles about visa revocation to Government officials, and in a not-so-subtle way threatened the independence of GECOM and members of judiciary.Unfortunately, the rest is history and Freddie’s newfound friends in the PPP were installed into Government under questionable circumstances.Mymessage to Freddie, be careful with these mischievous ‘Spider Notes’ because the rains of truth will eventually come and wash the lies and political mischief of the ‘Itz-Bitz spider’ out. MarkRegards,A. Benschop
DEAR EDITOR, There was a time when organisations invested faithfully in the concept and behaviour of “Communication”. One experience derives from perhaps the most multicultural organisation in Guyana, and possibly the Caribbean – our sugar industry – earlier managed by a combination of expatriate Bookers Sugar Estates and Demerara Company. The former owned the following estates: Skeldon, Albion/Port Mourant, Rose Hall, Blairmont located in Berbice; Enmore,LBI/Ogle, Wales, Uitvlugt located in Demerara, along with Diamond and Leonora Estates owned by Demerara Company. It was not as if these expatriate owners were known for any significant degree of empathy. Quite the opposite. Indeed it took the investigation of the Venn Commission and its consequential recommendations to learn, however painfully, to communicate (an unused and mis-understood process) with workers they could hardly have identified at the time.The Venn Commission was appointed by the Colonial Office in 1938 ‘to inquire into the conditions’ of sugar workers throughout the West Indies. Its recommendations could not be implemented however, until after the end of World War II (1939 – 1945); actually beginning in 1947. In British Guiana, they had to do primarily with the relocation of workers from estate ‘logies’ to housing in what were established as ‘Extra Nuclear Areas’, which were eventually absorbed – from 1969 –into the Local Government structure following the passage of the Municipal and District Councils Act of that year.One related development was the establishment of the Sugar Industry Labour Welfare Fund which contributed, via levy on sugar exported, to the construction of estate communities containing no less than 11,000 house lots eventually sold for to the employee owner at $1.00 each. (Employees in villages were excluded from any of these arrangements). Following this infrastructural development exercise, it became logical for thoughtful minds to create a more productive human policy of Community Development. Its actual implementation involved the construction of Community Centres for Males and Girls Clubs, managed by elected neighbours, who were guided by highly trained male and female Welfare Officers first sent to be trainedCreatedoverseas.was a comprehensive programme of organised sports, along with Communication - its trustworthiness the innovation of drama, which allowed Girls Clubs to participate in an exciting social experience coordinated by specially recruited social developers from the Caribbean. The emergence of athletics, cricket, football, table tennis and theatre champions, nationally and internationally, brought a new dimension to social cohesion, as well as self-respect, among the various levels of the industry. It was “Communication’ in action.The action escalated when Bookers Sugar Estates appointed a new Chairman, Edgar Readwin, who was already British Guiana’s Lawn Tennis Champion until overtaken by BSE’s Company Secretary, Ian McDonald. As a general sports enthusiast, Readwin soon insisted on encouraging the formation of Head Office Sports Teams in which he would participate, so as to visit estates on available weekends – from Skeldon right across the coast to Uitvlugt. Care was taken to include secretaries in the Head Office teams that would participate in the evening indoor games. The males would also exercise in the daytime cricket and football games. Complementarily estate senior staff were encouraged to engage one another similarly as proximity allowed. The outcome was a rewarding experience of personal and organisational contact. Not illogically, the extension of this process –intended to expose Bookers in a more positive light to a larger society - included the publication of a daily newspaper called the ‘Guyana Graphic’ headed by an experienced local editor. Internally also there was the fortnightly publication called ‘Booker News’ for circulation not only throughout the sugar industry, but critically in the other companies – Booker Stores, Shipping, Pharmaceuticals, Rum, Lithographic, BG Balata. Came 1976 and the nationalisation of the Booker Group of Companies. Each one pursued evermanagersmorethroughouttorycessdamentalconceptualised,linganorganisation.coursetheirtoatedcationees,tionthecommunicationindependentstrategies.InGuyanaSugarCorpora-ofsome28,000employ-apioneering‘Communi-Department’wascre-tocirculateinformationandfromemployeesaboutachievements,andofthoseoftheIntheprocessimpressivearrayoffledg-writerswasdiscovered.Thenby1981therewasamostfun-communicationpro-thatprovidedforstatu-levelsofcommunicationtheCorporation,specificallybetweenandmanagedonyestate–anarrangement
DEAR EDITOR, In response to Freddie Kissoon’s daily Anancy-like Storytelling (What did Pompeo Say to Granger — Sept. 7, 2022) referring to then controversial US Secretary of State, and the President of Guyana, David Arthur Granger. Mind you, the description of his daily storytelling to that of Anancy is merely to remind the readers that according to the Jamaican folk tradition, Anancy was a very ‘mischievous spider.’Freddie mischievously writes: “The first call did not succeed, and the US Embassy was instructed by Mr. Pompeo to facilitate the second call. Mr. Pompeo spoke to Mr. Granger on July 31 and the rest is history. What is not part of history and may never be part of history is what Pompeo conveyed to Granger. Unless Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Granger write their memoirs
distinct from the customary industrial relations encounters; but instead one which earned the decision – making authority of partners in agreement. It was called ‘Workers Participation’ whose Constitution included quite sophisticated electoral provisions. It proved to be a highly motivational experience, as managers and managed sat around discussion tables as equals, in deliberately arranged alternative seating, rather than as opposites. The Chairmanship was also rotated – respectively in Field, Factory and Administrative Departments, then climaxing to an Estate level interaction. Agreed recommendations, carefully recorded, were, more often than not, approved up to the level of the Corporate Board. Inherent was the critical ingredient of persons of various levels in the job hierarchy engaging one another respectfully as human beings. It is not known where existed a comparable communication component in other public or private sector organisations. So that it is possible that since then, those who have survived the positive experiences must pause to wonder about the status of relationships between manager and managed in current organisational structures – private and moreso public; for the playing field has changed dramatically over recent years, resulting in less human contact. The latter has become distanced by technology through which an unidentified manager can ‘zoom’ downwards to indifferent subordinates, not to mention ‘valued customers’ with but too little provision for equally indifferent feedback. In the Public Service, for example, the instructive environment which obtains leaves but little room for responsive engagement. There is the over-arching authority of the Department of Public Information, who also performs under directions.
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The ‘Staff Meeting’ seems a scarce, unheard format these days. One therefore searches to find what relevant organisational arrangements exist for ‘feedback’ – whether to agree or complain; left with the choice of the press as an indifferent commentator, (Continued on page 6)
Communication - its trustworthiness... sic, i.e. ‘as voters we are entitled to more accountability, and should not be made to feel discounted’.
At a recent international forum, the Minister of Education, the Hon. Priya Manickchand, stressed the importance of interventions meeting the most vulnerable in our society, emphasising that “any kind of input must reach every child, or we will be measuring for a long time to come, how that inequity and the continuing inequities affect us as a whole”.
DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana, National Commission for UNESCO, joins the Ministry of Education in observing International Literacy Day, under the theme, ‘Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces’. The critical role literacy plays in the quality of life of each citizen cannot be overstated. On a broader, national level, literacy pays significant dividends in relation to our sustainable development agenda. Although strides have been made globally over the last decade, it is still disturbing to note that recent UNESCO statistics indicate that over 700 million youth and adults lack basic literacy skills. The statistics further show that this has deeper socio-economic and, in many territories, gender implications. Even further, this stark reality has been exacerbated by the recent pandemic, adding greater urgency to the need for viable solutions. Although we lack the insights of a comprehensive, reliable measure of literacy rates in Guyana, it is clear, from preliminary studies and anecdotal evidence, that in this regard we also have a challenge to address in our DEAR EDITOR, As the front pages of the newspapers are filled with the top students of CSEC, I must congratulate them for excellent achievements and record-breaking performances, they put in the investment and sacrifice so they rightfully deserve their due, hope these students can go further and hopefully one day they can make v aluable contributions to the country and beyond. To those who did not pass don’t be discouraged, there are many second chances available to you to get an education if you so desire and willing to put in
One recalls Jim Collins’ bestseller ‘Good to Great’ resulting from research of hundreds of successful businessmen in the USA. What he observed is relevant to any type of leadership ‘at the top of the five level leadership hierarchy whose leaders embodied a paradoxical mix of personal humility and professional will’. The author went on to observe: ‘But leadership is equally about creating a climate where the truth is heard and the brutal facts confronted. There is a huge difference between the opportunity to ‘have your say’ and the opportunity ‘to be heard’. ‘Good to great leaders created a culture wherein people had tremendous opportunity to be heard and ultimately for truth to be told’. In this regard, one connects with the observation made by Stephen Covey in his bestseller ‘The Speed of Trust’ – ‘if developed and leveraged, one thing that has the potential to create unparalleled success and prosperity… yet is the least understood, most neglected and most underestimated… is trust’. But who was it that said ‘I cannot hear what you are saying for who you are, deafens me’. In the Public Service for instance there are five categories of employees established in 1992 and never since reviewed to ascertain how many categories of human beings they have now become. The above is put to the vote. E.B. John Conundrum or tangled web? has erred in law; she has misapplied the law; misdirected herself among other ‘mis’. So if the Honourable Madame CJ is mis-sing the law each time how come she is such a strong advocate and contender for the position by the same side which does not find favour with her rulings? Something of a conundrum or is it a tangled web? Shamshun Mohamed
LesRespectfully,Archer
UNESCO joins Education Ministry to observe International Literacy Day nation.Inher message marking this important day, the UNESCO Director-General issued a clarion call to “all actors in the field of education and beyond to re-think the role of literacy” and cited the renowned theorist Paulo Friere in noting that literacy should entail “the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world”.The Ministry of Education has long recognised the importance of this facet of education as noted in its stated mission: “Eliminating Illiteracy, Modernising Education, Strengthening Tolerance”. Its recent sector plan underscored the importance of continuing efforts aimed at “improving literacy and numeracy at the basic level to ensure a good foundation for learners”. To attain success, much of these efforts must fully address the equity issues still prevalent in our society.
One is left to monitor, review and evaluate whether the morality of ‘communication’ has at all been maintained, and to contemplate the extent to which technological change has been beneficial –taking into account the tremendous accommodation allowed for misinformation, facts/fake news and other miscreationspointequalissuesthoseplatformsenquiring(thoughaccustomed.listeners,sion-makers,currentdia’;acknowledgedeuphemisticallyas‘socialme-andtoallofwhichtheoperationsofdeci-theirviewers,readersaremostButold-timersdisregarded)keepabouttheavailableforlisteningtowhohavesubstantivetodiscuss,moresoonterms.Implicitlythetheymakeisquiteba-
at risk. These imposters must be held responsible for their ac Editor,tions.speaking of misdiagnosi ng, I wonder if reports relating to the drop in sugar (55.9%), rice (-22.4%), fishing (-19%), and gold (-1.5%) make for concern?Looking at these numbers, should we suspect forewarning of Dutch disease? Are the doctors of economics, finance, and planning misdiagnosing this impending disease, misidentifying possible treatment, and putting the life of all Guyanese people at risk? Editor, while I pray that the medical community has confidence that all the fake doctors have been identified, I hope that the real doctors focus on the possible Dutch disease, diagnose the symptoms, and put into effect all preventative measures. The last thing Guyana needs is another fake doctor. Will the real doctors please stand up?
DEAR EDITOR, No society should tolerate fake doctors. Guyana is no exception.Recentreports relating to the identification of medical imposters in Guyana create concerns among citizens. I am glad that your paper continues to identify those who masque rade as medical doctors.Notonly can these imposters misdiagnose a disease, but also, they can misidentify treatment and put the life of people DEAR EDITOR, It is something of a puzzle that the Opposition is in support of and a strong advocate for the acting CJ to be confirmed in the position, yet every ruling she makes on their matters before her is referred to the Appellate Court, as in their reasoning she has misconstrued the law; she has misconceived the law: she
If you didn’t pass the exams, don’t worry the hard work and sacrifice, after all, failure and disappointment is the best learn ing lessons there are. Also note the best source of knowledge comes from travelling and interaction with people, if you look around you most of the successful small business owners didn’t do well in school either, but they were willing to work hard to move up in life and so they did. Also note the following pe ople did excellent on their high school exams, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, Dr. Ashni Singh, Winston Jordan, and Rafael Tro tman to name a few, and the following people didn’t do well in high school exams, Bill Gates (Microsoft), Elon Musk (Tesla), Sam Walton (Walmart) and Richard Branson (Virgin Group of Companies), if you don’t know these people, Google them, they own about 50 percent of the world combined. So again, to the disappointed ones, shrug off the poor exams performance and remember, you can still win the world by pursuing the righteous and virtuous characteristics of a good productive human being or you can choose to be politician.
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Olato Sam Ph.D. Guyana, National Commission for UNESCO
Will the real doctors please stand up?
From page 5 if not a complainant. The distance between the decisionmaking messenger and the distanced receiver is palpable. For the message takes little or no account of varying levels of comprehension and indeed interpretation of the same words. There is left therefore but the instinctive, if not cultivated, reaction to the image of the messenger or the platform to which the latter is related.
The ‘Drop Everything and Read initiative’ is an attempt to bring national awareness to this issue and to enlist the support of all citizens of Guyana in the attainment of this critical developmental objective.Inshort, a culture of literacy must be developed in our country and can only be realised with widespread stakeholder input. It is only upon the attainment of basic literacy skills nationally that we can even begin to engage in discussions regarding equipping citizens with other forms of literacy that are vital to their existence within the contemporary global structures, such as digital literacy. As such we encourage everyone to ‘Drop Everything and Read’ and find as many ways as possible to advance our efforts in attaining a more literate Guyana.
R. David
Civil society activists and even ordinary citizens continue to bemoan the dearth of information on almost everything in this 'Green land' of Guyana from the oil and gas sector to even the little pittance of a cash grant they give out. This behaviour, coming from a Government that likes to talk about transparency is nothing but a slap in the face of Guyanese. We are hastening on with a gas-to-energy project and basic information about the feasibility of this venture citizens are not privy to.
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President Irfaan Ali, time and time again has exclaimed that transparency exists and that his Government is transparent. When the leader pronounces sharply about transparency, it is clear that what he engages in is nothing but the self-satisfying via self-advertisement. To even an indifferent listener, he comes across as someone who lacks the required enlightenment as to the real meaning of what genuine transparency encircles at its depths. If the President were an Accountant, he would risk being banned for life- nothing adds up and his words fail to reconcile with reality.
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Jordan bemoans information blackout in & gas sector
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Vice BharratPresident,Jagdeo Former Finance Minister, Winston Jordan
...says Govt. hiding key documents, failing to release contracts
Former Finance Minister, Winston J o r d a n h a s bemoanedthelackofcritical information about the workings of the oil and gas sector here, criticizing the current Government for hiding key documents and contractsfromcitizens. Jordan is among the long list of stakeholders questioning President Irfaan A l i G o v e r n m e n t ' s commitment toward the education and genuine involvementofcitizensinthe oilsectorHesaid this is so, given the limited public engagementsandavailability of information necessary to wake up Guyanese to the lucrative energy sector Jordan told this publication that the last Government, before leaving office, had already gone the “distance” wh through the developmentalworkputout, “…we showed that in this sector we were prepared to make as much information available ” The former Minister said that when it cametotheoilandgassector, itwas widelyadmitted,even among the news agencies, “ that they had more information coming out of the Ministry of Finance and the Coalition Government duringthattime.” Tomakethepoint,Jordan highlighted that at the MinistryofFinanceunderhis stewardship “information flowed and information to the public was second to none.”“UndermystewardshipI told every agency that came undermyheadthattheymust hold at least one end of year PressConference,andforthe first time you saw Bank of Guyana,BureauofStatistics, Guyana Revenue Office and these places holding Press Conferences.”Jordancontinuedthatthe last Government provided “…monthlyreportsthatwere as comprehensive as can be despite the circumstances being faced in the new sector.”He said several open workshops were held at the Marriott Hotel and UniversityofGuyanaamong other locations, bringing information to citizens and further teaching them about the sector “So, without a doubt, cheese for chalk, we had no intension of hiding information,”Jordantoldthe publication.Hesaid that the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) Guyana has with American oil company Exxon Mobil remains today, the only contract that has been made available publicly in this sector“No other contract, no other contract under this Government has been made public,”Jordaninsisted. He questioned whether anyone has seen too, the contract between the Government and Exxon for the gas to energy pipeline project. “All we are hearing isthattheywillbetakingout the money from future sales, but have we seen any c o n t r a c t ? ” J o r d a n questioned.Outside of those, Jordan also questioned whether any citizen has the oil contracts relating to sale of oil, and other related data. Jordan reiterated that the necessary reports were made public underhisGovernment. More recently however, the current government started to provide the related d a t a a n d d i r e c t e d stakeholders to where the information could be found. But even this has its challengesbecausewhilethe information may be available, its content is not reader friendly, Jordan opined.The former Minister insisted that if persons want to be honest, they will stop playinggamesandadmitthat there were avenues to accommodatecitizens,while they had a wide access to individuals Jordan added that some are falsely claiming not to be providing the oil information because the last Government did the same.He reiterated however that “the PSA remains the only oil document that has beenmadepublictodateand that was under the coalition g o v e r n m e n t ” Notwithstanding all the current Government's talk about making the oil documents public while in opposition, “the PSA remainstheonlycontractthat isinthepublicdomain.” The Kaieteur News had engaged the former Minister Friday seeking answers to a number of allegations made against the current opposition by the Government. Among others, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo in particular, has accusedthelastGovernment of failing to prepare Guyana foritslargeoilbountybynot putting certain measures in place. Accused also came against the last Government for hiding oil and gas information from Guyaneseone of these includes a signing bonus and even the mentioned PSA. The conversation regarding oil and gas information and education for citizens continues to rage on. Civil society bodies, anti corruption and transparency advocates, among others have called on the Government to not only release more oil related informationtothepublic,but to ensure they are incorporated into the development of the oil and gassector
The Guyana Government has already made it clear that it is not going to renegotiate the existing Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) for the Stabroek Block. It says it will develop a new PSA for future agreements.However, Exxon and its partners do not need a new agreement. They can expand their operations through buy-ins under the existing agreement and thus avoid having to offer Guyana better terms in the future.Given this inflexible and unreasonable position which the Government of Guyana has adopted, the best which can be done in the circumstances is to try to ensure that the country is not shortchanged through a reduction in profits as a result of being saddled with padded, inflated and non-recover able expenses. The oil companies operating in Guyana can deduct as much as 75% of production as expenses each month as cost recovery. In Egypt there is a ceiling of between 25-40%. Indonesia has begun to move away from cost recovery ceilings. At one time, it had set these as low as 20%. With a staggering 75% cost recovery ceiling, Guyana has to pay greater attention to the expenses which the oil companies claim to be incurring. The greater the expenses, the less will be Guyana’s profits.
Dem boys seh...
Guyana planning fuh acquire 50 percent share in Exxon. De man with de vision seh dat is de only way we can get comanagement in de oil sector.De man looking fuh co-management because is only with co-management dat we can check dem bills in realAndtime.de man know about checking bills. De man dont miss a penny. De man use to check grocery bill when he bin small. Every cent gat to be accounted fuh. De man gan ensure dat we nah gat to check no Guyana want be part owner fuh Exxon
Jagdeo needs to either get his act together or go!
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Guyana does not need comanagement to more scrupulously monitor the expenses which the oil companies are throwing its way. If Guyana is to avoid having to paying padded, inflated and non-recoverable expenses, then it needs to establish a unit to monitor the monthly expenses of the oil companies.Theagreement which Guyana signed with the oil companies makes provision for the Minister responsible to demand monthly statements of expenditure. Instead therefore of Vice President Jagdeo worrying about the absence of co-management, he should recognise the urgent need to demand monthly statements of expenditure and to establish a unit to scrutinise such expenses. There is no need to wait on a quarterly or annual audit. Audits have a different purpose than expenditure management.Auditsare concerned with the representativeness of the financial statements and are an inadequate tool to scrutinise the expenses. The Vice President therefore needs to be explaining to the Guyana people if the Government has been demanding monthly statements of expenditure from the oil companies, and if not why not. He also needs to inform the nation as to whether there is an established unit, in his Ministry, devoted to monitoring the expenses.Thisis one of the many areas in which the country can claw back benefits from the oil companies. The country has been shafted in many aspects of the Production Sharing Agreement. It has been shortchanged in-
real time monitoring can only take place where there is comanagement. Not only is this position misinformed but it is detrimental to Guyana’s nationalJagdeointerest.has to get his act together. Either this or get out! (The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of this newspaper.)
One of the areas in which Guyana can ensure that its share of profits is not reduced is to ensure that expense submitted by the oil companies are not padded, inflated or non-recoverable.The quicker any illegitimate expenses are captured the better for the country and the greater will be its share of profits.
In this regard, Jagdeo’s arguments are mind-boggling. Guyana does not need co-management to go to real time monitoring. This can be achieved by regulations.Itisquite possible and even desirable for regulations to be passed which would allow for real time monitoring of both production and expenses.Real time monitoring does not prejudice the oil companies’ rights under the contract.As such, while the Stability Clause of the PSA protects the oil companies from actions which add to their economic burdens, the demand for real time monitoring of production and expenses do not add to these burdens. There is nothing therefore which can prevent Guyana from instituting regulations for real time monitoring of both production and expenses.But do tell this to Jagdeo. He is settled in his belief that
bills, we writing out de payment vouchers we self. Guyana become de purchasing clerk fuh dem oil companies. We buying fuh dem and we paying it with we ownDemoney.man know dat dem foreign firm trying to get around we local laws. And he seeing everything wah happening.Deman gat eagle eyes. Nuttin nah gan pass he. He done see how some ah dem companies trying fuh smart de system.Andhe determined fuh plug dem gaps like how dem road people does plug dem potholes.
De man nah interested in 2 percent royalties. De man determined dat everything gan be half and half.Just like power sharing. De oil companies gat to pay 50% royalties, 50% expenses, 50% profits and 50% de clean-up cost if dem gat oil spill. We gat to clap a man like dis. De man know wat he doing. De man nah interested in real time monitoring.Deman want real time co-management where Guyana own half and de oil company own half. Talk half, leff half.
cluding respect to the royalties, the concessions which it has to dole out to the oil companies, the lack of ring fencing and the dubious claim that royalties are tax recoverable.Guyana has reason to complain. Earlier this year, Somalia was embroiled in a dispute with a US oil exploration company.Theagreement signed provided for 5% royalties, a 50-50 profit split and 30% taxes. This is far superior agreement to what Guyana has and yet the Somalis want the contract invalidated.
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There are no other words in the English language todescribethepsychologyof the Guyanese nationality than funny and stupid. The Ministry of Education produced earlier this year, a number of literacy booklets forschoolchildrenage6and upwards titled 'the Atlantic Readers'.Theinstructions used local settings to guide the children.Afloodofcriticism emerged about the images used in the texts including a pictureofthecityofLondon, strawberries,etc. I did not pen even one column on what these critics wrote because I was cynical of these observers and knowinghowIfeelaboutthe Guyanese psychology, I abstained from reflecting on the pitfalls inside 'the AtlanticReaders'. Sowiththeemergenceof the Readers, some “astute” Guyanese began to ask why the Readers had an image of the Tower of London or strawberriesandaplethoraof things foreign. The writers came in for severe chastisement including a scathingeditorialfromoneof thefourdailies. I kept away from publishing any word of a critical pen on 'the Atlantic Readers' because I felt the people who lambasted the writers for a foreign mentality possessed the identicalpsychictrait. What did these judges of the writers of the Readers expectinasocietywherethe Caucasian image is ubiquitous in most advertisements and foreign vegetables and fruits are frenetically devoured up by Guyanese supermarket shoppers?Where were the critics that pounced last January on the writers of the Readers? WeretheylivinginTimbuktu or were they so hateful of Freddie Kissoon that their ugly and jaded minds preventedthemfromlending support to my severe condemnations five years ago right on this page about Caucasianimagesinmostof the advertisements in Guyana?Inmy columns of the subjects,Ireferredtospecific companies and specific products I pointed to billboards that carried the same cultural insults. There were no denouncing editorials. There were no letter-writers in the four dailies.Then in January 2022, someabsenteeswhoreturned from Timbuktu to Guyana shoutedeureka,eurekawhen 'the Atlantic Readers' were published.Why?Youseeyou have to understand the psychology of the Guyanese people who crave the limelight because there are psychological voids in their lives.Publicitysoothestheego. If they criticize a local company for the use of Caucasian images, they will not get the attention they desire. But if you attack the Ministry of Education then you are immediately catapultedintothelimelight. Fromthetime I wrote those c o l u m n s o f Caucasian faces in all sorts of commercials in the newspapers and in television more than fiveyearsago,notone damn thing has changed.Whether is it cabbage, soap powder, baby milk formula, tennis-rolls, guava cheese, sugar cake, cane juice, ladies wear, men's apparel, umbrella, shaving cream, pharmaceuticals, you name it, the face in the advertisementisaWhiteone withstraighthair. Black images are locked outfromcommercialsinthis countrybutthePNC,ACDA, Cuffy 250, the TUC, IDPADA G and other African dominated organizations have never possessedevenamodicumof obligation to African people in the world to say: “Hey, wait a minute, Guyana's population has the African raceaspartofit.” But Indian organizations have been silent too.Almost all, and I emphasize, the two words “almost all” the faces in Guyanese advertisements have light complexioned visages.YoudonotseedarkskinnedIndiansandAfricans incommercialsinGuyana. I was driving my daughter yesterday to the optometrist and I usually discuss philosophy with her all the time. I told her what I said more than ten years ago in an interview on an early morning show on channel 9. T hree things will be with civilization until civilization crashesoutofexistence-the belief in God; men's infidelity in marriage; and the human preference for lightskincomplexion. So we come now to the headline in this column Yesterday, the Stabroek News printed an image of a Caucasian policeman with his traffic hat on informing persons like me who live on the Railway Embankment that from the Sheriff Street roundabouttoOgle,trafficin the morning from 7 to 9 will not be allowed to go eastward.Why the image of a Whiteman? The answer is simple. It is the identical situation with the writers of 'theAtlanticReaders'.People in Guyana compose a drawing based on what they see in their country If the artist frequents the supermarkets and he sees Guyanese buying foreign fruits, then if the Health Ministryrequestshimtodoa healthy eating commercial, h e i s g o i n g d r a w strawberries. (The views expressed in this article are those of the a u t h o r a n d d o n o t necessarily reflect the opinionsofthisnewspaper.)
A White policeman informed me of traffic changes With no patient admitted into the COVID 19 Intensive CareUnit,theMinistry of Health via its dashboard revealed on Wednesday that within the last 24-hour period a total of 19 new cases were recorded in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 71,133.The dashboard shows that eight persons are in institutional isolation, 174 are in home isolation, three are q u a r a n t i n e d institutionally, and to date a total of 69,672 personshaverecovered fromthevirus.
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Inordertoputanendtoa US multi- billion lawsuit with accrued interests, broughtagainstthembyfour major oil companies, Nigeria's state owned oil company was forced to sign a contract extending the Production Sharing Agreements (PSA) for the firmstopumpmoreoil. Earlier this year, American oil giant, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell Plc , Chevron Corporation, and Equinor, had approached a United States court seeking to enforce two separate multibillion dollars arbitration awards against Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC). Exxon and Shell had been seeking to enforce a US$1.8 billion arbitration award against NNPC from 2011, while Chevron and Equinor sought to enforce a US$995 million award from 2015. However, the awards havegrowninsizeandwere recentlyworthclosetoUS$4 billion.The lawsuits stemmed from accusations that the Nigerian state owned Oil Companydrewmoreoilthan permitted under the PSA from1993.Thecontractwas signedfortheoilcompanies toinvestbillionsofdollarsto develop five deep water blocks, and share profits withNNPC.
The Government doesn't have total authority over whatThappens.heGovernment is elected by the people to manage the state which belongs to the people and therefore the Government should be accountable to the people and I see no reason why they should not make it public so that we can claim some form of good governance.”Moreover, he explained that the PPP Government holds a very “unpleasant” history where project management is concerned. He reminded, “The Bharrat Jagdeo Government went into a Skeldon factory (project) there was no proper feasibility study and you know the outcome Millions of US dollars were wasted. Now do we want to continuewastingmoneyina way that it could be prevented?Ifthereareproper feasibility studies we will know whether the project is feasibleornotandwhetherit can achieve its objectives. If thereisn'taproperfeasibility study we will end up in the same position we ended up with the fiber-optic cable, in the same position with the Enmorepackagingfactory,in the same position with the Skeldon factory, and in the same position with Amaila Falls.” The Opposition Leader argued that the incumbent administration has an “arbitrary” attitude when it comes to projects howeverintheabsenceofthe requisite studies Guyanese would be left without any safeguards to protect their resources.Tothis end, he shared, “I think any reasonable Guyanese and most Guyaneseare-willagreethat there is need for a feasibility study and there is need for exposure to ensure t r a n s p a r e n c y a n d accountability.” FeasibilityofGTEproject Weighing in on the subject matter also was Economist Elson Low, who is a member of the Opposition's Oil and Gas Committee.Lowpointedout that an initial study which was used to calculate the feasibility of the Gas to Energy project had a specific price tag which has to date increased by hundreds of millions of US-dollars.Descr i b i n g t h e significant jump in the price of the project as “wholly absurd” the Economist went on to explain, “The point being-andthisissomethingI think all Guyanese would agree with- there is no way that you should be spending hundreds of millions of US dollars without the appropriate feasibility studies and without an updatedanalysisbasedonthe changesthathaveoccurred.” Headded,“Ifthisproject is going to cost nearly twice asmuch,Ibelieveitispretty clearthatweneedtohavethe appropriate studies to justify thespending.” Hundredsof millionsmore? Back in 2018, the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) had partnered with the State to conduct a feasibility study of the plannednaturalgaspipeline. The primary objective of the study,whichwasexecutedby Energy Narrative for U S $ 7 0 , 0 0 0 a n international entity that provides strategic market analyses and advice was to determine the overall feasibility of transporting natural gas from offshore Guyana, building an Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) separation plant and a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) production plant to market the liquids from the naturalgasstream,aswellas building a new electricity generation station to use the remaining dry natural gas. (See link for report: https://nre gov gy/wp
continuingoInvestmentnyearsubmittedtImpactUS$1.3structurenUS$478tinsourcediGas-Pipeline.pdfGacontent/uploads/2021/04/FesibilityStudyforuyanasOffshoreNatural)Notably,atablewasusednthatreportthatwasfromExxonMobil,whichtheoilcompanysaidhepipelinewouldcostmillion.Fouryearslater,ExxonowestimatesthatthecouldcostGuyanabillion.InitsEnvironmentalAssessment(EIA)forheprojectwhichwasinAprilofthis,ExxonexplainedithasotyetmadeaFinalDecision(FID)ntheproject,andistoevaluatecost
Shell's Chief Executive Officer, Ben van Beurden Exxon's Chief Executive Officer, Darren Woods
Norton calls for updated feasibility study for gas-to-energy project
Kaieteur NewsPAGE 12 Thursday September 08, 2022 Leader of the O p p o s i t i o n (LOO), Aubrey Norton has warned that the People's Progressive Party (PPP)mustnotbeallowedto enter into an agreement with oil giant ExxonMobil for the Gas-to-Energy(GTE)project withoutthenationfirstseeing an updated feasibility study and the deal to which the countrywillbeaccepting. He made his position clearduringhisweeklyPress Conference on Tuesday in response to a question from thisnewspaperTheLOObelievesthatif the administration is true to its mantra of “transparency and accountability” then it would ensure that the relevantdocumentsaremade public Norton reasoned, “Remember the Government is managing the resources of the people. The Government doesn't own any resource.
Oil companies' lawsuit pressure Nigeria to extend contract terms
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“There is no way that you should be spending hundreds of millions of US-dollars without the appropriate feasibility studies and without an updated analysis based on the changes that have occurred. If this project is going to cost nearly twice as much, I believe it is pretty clear that we need to have the appropriate studies to justify the spending”- Economist, Elson Low
…says Guyana could be left with another Skeldon factory, Fiber-optic cable
K a i e t e u r N e w s understands that the PSA was for the development of five deep water blocks, whichNigerianofficialssaid couldproduceasmanyas10 billion barrels of oil over 20 years.According to reports out of Nigeria, the extraction from the deep water blocks, began in 2006, but disagreements arose after ExxonandShellsaidthatby late 2007 NNPC was at the Government's behest “lifting” more oil than the contract allowed, depriving them [the oil companies] of billions of dollars. Notably, theNigerianStateownedOil Company was responsible for extracting its own oil from the five deep water blocks. Toputanendtothe disputeandtosecureanoutof court, the oil giants agreed to put an end to their lawsuitsafterreachinganew deep water oil production sharing agreements with Nigeria, which will allow themtopumpmoreoil. OnAugust22,2022,two US federal judges granted the request by the oil companies to put a hold on thecourtcasewiththeaimof terminating it after a new agreement takes effect. The hold on the court litigation came days after NNPC renewed its agreement with theoilmajors.
Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo
Heexplainedtoothatduetothe distance to get to the city for the rulingofthematter,hehadarrived in Georgetown a few days prior, completelyunawarethattheruling wasnothappeningyetagain.
Amap showing the outline of the new four-lane road that will be built from Schoonord to Crane in Region Three. (front centre) Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, alongside the eight contractors and officials of the Ministry
TheIndigenousPeopleof the Upper Mazaruni District Council (UMDC) are currently celebrating HeritageMonthwithaheavyheart, as a long awaited ruling by the High Court on their land rights, which was set forAugust 31, last, wasnothandeddown.
TheCEOinhisclosingremarks congratulated the contractors and informedthemthatateamfromthe CH&PA's Project Department will be monitoring the project closely and“weexpectyoutoputyourbest footMeanwhile,forward.”MinisterCroaltold the gathering that the construction of the highway will energise the economic activity within the region.These activities he said, “will no doubt result in significant improvements in job opportunities and when you have new road networking, opening of new lands willmeanalso,notjustforhousing butopportunitiesforexpansionfor agriculture and agro processing industry, processing facilities in manufacturingandtheconstruction ofindustrialcomplexes.”
TheMinisterfurtherstatedthat the four lane highway will complimentotherongoingprojects they have within the region. For example, he noted they have activities such as the preparation works in clearing of lands for new housingareas. With that being said, Croal disclosed that in two years they have allocated in Region Three over 3200 house lots and this year sofartheyhaveallocatedover1400 lots, and also the region saw the construction of core homes at ParfaiteWhileHarmonie.notingtheprojectwould create a hub for residential and commercial development, the Housing Minister told the contractors that, “it is extremely important as contractors you commit fully to the task that is before you, signing the contract today is just a start of this massive projectyoumustbereadytobegin actualworkonthegroundandyou must focus your energy on delivering a high standard of construction.”Hetasked the contractors to ensure that works are completed within the required timeline and that monitoring mechanisms are in place to ensure that they deliver as committed.
'Slow justice for Upper Mazaruni residents'
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According to Hastings, if the court continues to push back the ruling and continues to handle the matterinsuchanuncaringmanner, the UMDC will have to protest in some form for its right to justice.
Mario Hastings, Toshao of the Upper Mazaruni District Council
$11.8B contract signed to build Schoonord to Crane four-lane road
Designed to reduce traffic congestion along the West Bank andWestCoastDemeraracorridor, contracts for a new four-lane highway from Schoonord to Crane was on Wednesday signed by the Ministry of Housing and Water, Central Housing and Planning Authority(CH&PA). At the Arthur Chung ConferenceCentreyesterdayatotal of $11.8 billion in contracts were signed by eight contractors in the presenceoftheMinisterofHousing andWater,CollinCroal,Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Andre Ally, Chief Executive Officer of Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves and DirectorofProjects,OmarNarine. The new four lane project according to Mr Greaves has been divided into eight lots and will measure some 4 1km of dual carriageway reinforced concrete road.Some of the features of the highway he highlighted include an emergency lane, medians, the rehabilitation of 2 4km of roadways, two roundabouts, 11 reinforced concrete box culverts, 36 pre stressed bridges, road signageandmarkings.Theduration for this project is 15 months and workswillbeginshortly This new highway is expected to be completed ahead of the new Demerara River Bridge.Works for that project will start later in the year,theGovernmenthassaid. Meanwhile, the contractors who were awarded the four-lane roadcontractare,VRConstruction who was awarded Lot 1to the tune of $849,095,205, Avinash Contracting & Scrap Metal Inc. whowasawardedLot2tothetune of $992,329,170, L'heureus Construction & Services Inc. who was awarded Lot 3 to the tune of $2,146,128,836, Guyamerica Construction Inc who was awarded Lot 4 to the tune of $2,651,774,881; AJM Enterprises whowasawardedLot5tothetune of $1,834,765,958; Vals Construction who was awarded to do Lot 6 to the tune of $1,335,058,200 while Puran Brothers Disposal Inc was awarded Lot 7 to the tune of $1,073,817,633 and lastly, Lot 8 was awarded to JS Guyana Inc. to thetuneof$927,751,073.
UMDC Toshao, Mario Hastingsstatedduringaninterview on Wednesday with this publication that he and his people are growing frustrated over the matter In fact, he is worried that thematteristurningintoa“never ending” one.The man said that he feels as though the court does not want to give the UMDC its much neededjustice.“Wehavewaitedso long to get a decision on the case, andwearealsoawarethatthecourt is supposed to make an announcement for any case within acertaintime,andweknowthatit isoverdue,”hestated. According to Hastings, he is notawarethattheHighCourteven profferedareasonfornotadhering to the ruling date. He, however, said,thatheandhispeoplearestill hopeful that the court would soon rule on the matter – either this month or at least sometime this year.Hastings said that based on information he has received, the average time period taken for the court to come to a decision is six months. It has been five years already since the UMDC, through its lawyer, submitted their final submission to the court. As such, H a s t i n g s e x p r e s s e d disappointment in the court system. He said that the UMDC wasnotconsultednorgivennotice that the matter would have been further delayed. “I think the court should have a proper system in place to notify people on court rulings,”hesaid.
“We will all try our best to ensure thatwegetourjustice,”heinsisted. For the past 24 years, the UMDC and the residents of Region Seven have been trying to reclaim the rights to their lands that are currently being used without the permission of the council for mining.
…as High Court ruling on land rights case further delayed
He imparted his understanding of workers' reservations in complaining about their employers but urged nonetheless that workers' complaint to the Ministryistheagency'sfirst step towards addressing the situation.Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton also raised concern over workers not makingreportstothestateso thatitcouldberespondedto appropriatelyHetoldthe newspaper that he was not aware of many oil and gas work relatedcomplaintsbuturged workerstovisittheagency He suggested too that evenhewouldinterveneina matter by taking details and following up with his officers.“We need to have some kind of details, something thatIcanrefertowhenIam speakingtomyofficers.Ican frame it where I'm sending both (occupational and healthsafetyofficer(OHSO) and labour officers to the development and deal with theotherissues. But we have to get some background,” Minister Hamilton clarified At a workshop Tuesday, Hamilton called on subcontracts and other support base companies to stop the unethical behaviour againstGuyanese. He said his ministry will do everything it could to protect everyone working in Guyana.
Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton
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Former Guyanese broadcaster Prince Maison dies
The late former GuyanesePrincebroadcaster,Maison The Ministry of Labour is urging local oil and gas workers to report their employment concerns to the agency so that it can adequately address irregularities taking place withthesector. There have been numerous reports regarding unethical practices in securing Guyanese services for the development of the oilsector,butauthoritiessay that not enough of those are being officially reported to allow the Government to properlyMinistryintervene.officialswereat thetimeansweringquestions regarding employment issues at the Trinidad Offshore Fabricators Unlimited (TOFCO) and GuyanaOilandGasSupport Services (GOGSSI) joint venture, where among other t h i n g s , G u y a n e s e complained about poor treatmentattheSaipemYard where they work, not being paid overtime or as the foreign employees despite acquiringtherequisiteskills, wanton dismissal and the abrupt decisions to send home locals instead of foreignerswhenworkislow All of this, they implied is affordedundercontractsthat wouldhavebeenputinplace after workers complained bitterly about being sent homeformonthsbecauseof nowork.Workers continued to complain about being fired or disciplined for highlighting or reporting mattersthataffectthem.
...as Ministry of Labour promises to address problems
“If we don't have a complaint, we won't know the issue,” Deonarine told thenewspaper“Iftheywrite me, and I have been doing this and onceIgetanythingIcanact on, I can call them (employer) in.” The Chief Labour Officer said that it would be even better if the workerscouldcomeintothe Ministry and speak directly withanofficer. The more urgent the matter, the sooner action couldbetaken,heindicated. Deonarine explained however that when a complaint is made by a worker against their employer, a confrontation mustbeheld. Workers insist that after making complaints about their employers, they are victimized; disciplined or fired.The labour officer noted thatoncetheemployeehasa grievance with an employer but is not part of a labour union, “then the ministry mustputtheallegationtothe employerTheprocessisthis,ifyou come and make a complaint against your employer, first thingwewilldoiswriteyour employer and invite your employer to a meeting with you. Our process involves engaging the employer and the employee together,” Deonarineclarified. He continued that on the other hand, when the report is made, then the Ministry knows exactly what needs addressing.Hesaid when the Ministry intervenes in such labour matters, it looks for wage records and leave records, among others, to address these types of renumeration matters which affecttheworkers. But unless there is a complaint, then the agency may not know what is happening, Deonarine reiterated He said that sometimes the agency may see something in the news and if it is enough to go on, “thenwemayevenintervene and bring persons in as that hasbeendonebefore.” As it relates to the joint venture, the Chief Labour Officer remembered interveninginanothermatter earlier this year where the workers were sent home because there was no work available. In that case, some joint venture workers had gone to the Ministry, complained, and the agency wasabletoresolvetheissue.
Deonarine said he intervened directly where thatissuewasconcerned.
Chief Labour Officer, DhaneshwarDeonarine,told the Kaieteur News that he has heard some of the complaints coming from the local oil and gas workers before, but insisted that affected employees must make a report to allow the Ministry the facts so that it could address the situation.
Guyanese urged to report labour violations in oil and gas sector
- PAHO Director says
Kaieteur News PAGE 15Thursday September 08, 2022 Wi t h t h e Americas n o w accounting for highest numbers of monkeypox cases in the world, and COVID 19 remaining a 'significant threat' to the region, prevention is key to avoiding infection and protecting peoples' health, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr Carissa F EtienneDespitesaid.a decrease in C O V I D 1 9 c a s e s , hospitalizations and deaths in the Americas, “hundreds of people are still dying every day from COVID-19 across our region,” Dr Etienne said during a media briefingonWednesday “Yet countries have scaled back their public health measures while millions remain unvaccinated.”Whilemost vaccines deliveredintheAmericasare for boosters, 10 countries and territories have yet to fully vaccinate even 40% of their populations and some people have yet to receive a singlevaccinedose. “We must not and cannot be complacent, because this virus is still circulating, still evolving, and new variants can still emerge,” Dr Etienne said, calling on countries to prioritize those who remain unprotected, including children who return to schoolthismonth. Tu r n i n g t o t h e theegAthebcasesdhoutbreak,monkeypoxthePAHODirectorighlightethatover30,000haveeenreportedinregion–makingthmericasthlobapicenterofpandemic.Mostcasesare
Dead: Kemal Ramsammy. (Photo credits: iNews Guyana) 4, found dead in locked car
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concentrated in the United States, Brazil, Peru and Canada, and primarily among men who havesexwithmen,although at least 145 cases have been reported in women and 54 among people under the age of 18. Following a request from Member States during a special session of the PAHO Directing Council in August, PAHO secured a deal with the manufacturer ofthemonkeypoxvaccineto make this available to countries in the region However, with vaccines in shortsupplyandnoeffective treatment for monkeypox, Dr Etienne urged countries to “intensify efforts to prevent the spread of the virus.”This includes effective communication campaigns, using pragmatic, honest, targeted messages “so that everyone knows how monkeypoxisspread,howto identify specific symptoms and when to seek medical attention.”ThePAHO Director also called for increasing and decentralizing testing capacity, particularly for high-risk populations, and ensuring that healthcare workers are trained to identify symptoms and provide high quality, respectful care. The PAHO Director also called on countries to address stigma surrounding the disease as this prevents those at risk from accessing information, getting tested, or seeking medical attention. “Stigma has no place in public health,” she said. “If we aren't proactive in overcoming these barriers, monkeypox will spread in silence.”PAHO is currently working with countries to prioritize limited vaccine doses for high-risk groups and to strengthen testing. It hasalsodevelopedguidance andworkshopstosupport
Director of Pan American Health Organisation, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne (Continued on page 16)
'Prevention key to tackling Monkeypox, COVID-19'
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The letter of intent will formalise the Bank’s relationship with the UN and focus on key areas for development. Priority sub-sectors highlighted under the new agreement are digitization, the blue economy, regional trade and support for MSMEs, innovative and financing, aligning the financial flows to the region with the 2030 agenda, building resilience and addressing vulnerabilities, and data and knowledge generation. Both CDB and the UN are leading institutions supporting the achievement of the SDGs. The UN and CDB are currently seeking to increase finance to fund the region’s development through novel solutions and new partnerships to close the existing gaps to the SDGs and further accelerate sustainable development./
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'Prevention key to tackling Monkeypox... stopping a virus,” Dr. Etienne said. “An effective public health response requires us to be decisive, to act fast and prioritize support for the most v ulnerable in our region.”
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The United Nations (UN) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Wednesday signed an agreement to further strengthen ties and deepen the partnership between the two institutions. The agreement outlines cooperation in four critical areas for the region, namely economic diversification, innovative finance, resilience and vulnerability and data and knowledge management, the CDB said in a Press Release. CDB President, Dr Hyginus “Gene” Leon, who spoke on the occasion expressed a need for stronger collaboration among development agencies. “The rationale for partnerships is not that we need to collaborate, the rationale is simply that none of us on our own can overcome the task ahead and if we are committed to making change there is no other choice but to partner.” he stated.Also speaking at the event was/UN Resident Coordinator for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Mr Didier Trebucq, who was pleased that both agencies were now formalising a commitment to partner more closely to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adding that/”With only eight years to achieve the SDGs, in the context of multiple layers of crisis, we know that it will be challenging and more will be required of us, as development partners it is clear that we can only make progress by working strengthen partnership with new agreement
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release RSS findings of 'Paper Shorts', Bascom's probes
President Mohamed Irfaan Ali being interviewed on Wednesday by Reporters at ACCC.
Aliinresponsesaid:“Ihave notreceivedtheinformation that the report is completed as yet but once that report is completed…thenIwillurge the police to share the findingsofthereport”. TheGuyanaPoliceForce (GPF)wassilentformonths about progress in the investigationintothemurder of Fagundes until Bascom came forward with his allegations. Fagundes was gunned down in March 2021, just moments after stepping out of the Palm Court night club on Main Street, Georgetown The GPF,however,wasforcedto break its silence about the investigation after, Bascom, aDetectivewhoinitiallyhad been part of the probe, publicly accused his superiors at the force's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of taking abribetocover-upthecase. Bascomevennamedtwo individuals, Mark Richmond, a Security Officer with Mohamed's Enterprise on Lombard Street and prominent Businessman, Azruddin Mohamed,assuspectsinthe case. The GPF has since denied the allegations of a cover-upandhadorderedits Office of allegationsCaesarStheconduct.ResponsibilityProfessionaltoinvestigateBascomforallegedbreachoftheforce'scodesofThesuspectsandoneofofficersheaccusedoftakingthebribe,uperintendantMitchell,havealsodeniedthetwoandhave threatened to sue him millions for defamation of character. So far, only Mohamed has followed through with his threat by moving ahead to slap Bascom with a 200M dollar suit Bascom has said publiclythathewillstandby hisclaimsandsuggestedthat he has the evidence to back themupbutisfearfulforhis life. Via his attorney, Nigel Hughes, he requested state protection from President Ali, which has not been f o r t h c o m i n g Ali had said that he is not against granting Bascom protection but to date the Policeman has not received any The President had i n v i t e d t h e R S S headquartered in Barbados to investigate the accusations and review the investigations done so far in theFagundeskilling. to
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Pres. Ali to urge police
Pr e s i d e n t Mohamed Irfaan AlionWednesday toldReportersthathewould beurgingtheGuyanaPolice Force (GPF) to release the Regional Security System's (RSS) findings, once it has completed reviewing the murder case of Ricardo Fagundes better known as 'Paper Shorts', and probing allegations made of a cover up by Detective Sergeant DionAliBascom.wasatthetimebeing interviewed on the sidelines of an event at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) when a Reporter a s k e d h i m i f t h e investigation into Bascom's allegations was completed and whether or not the findingswillbemadepublic.
Car stolen
Police Detective Sergeant, Dion Bascom Ricardo Fagundes, better Known as ‘Paper Shorts’ at found in Sophia
The stolen car that was found with its battery missing at Sophia.
Paradise
The Toyota Carina 192 car that was stolen on Monday from in front of a houseatParadiseontheEast Coast of Demerara (ECD) hasbeenrecovered. The stolen car was reportedly found on Wednesday with only its battery missing and parked in a “fine cross street” locatedatthebackofCField Sophia, Georgetown Speaking with the Kaieteur News,Ownerofthevehicle, Everton Blackman, a securityofficersaid,“Police from the Turkeyen Police Station called me this morning (Wednesday) and tell me that dem find the car in Sophia and I went and collectBlackmanit”.relatedthathe is grateful his car was found intactandwithoutanyother parts missing beside the battery He remembered reading a media report of several car shells found “somewherebyLindenside” (in the backlands along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway) and was fearful that his car would have end up like that too.“Idon'tknowiftheyhad intentions of stripping it or theymighthaveusedittoor intendedtouseittocommita robberybutIhappythatIgot it back in working order”, Blackmansaid. As it relates to the carjackers, police are still clueless.Blackman'scarwas reportedly stolen sometime after midnight on Monday He recalled arriving home around 21:00hrs on Sunday and parking it in front his home His father stayed outside on the veranda until midnightandthecarwasstill therewhenheretiredtobed. The following day around 05:45hrs when Blackman woke up to feed his chickens, the car had vanished.“AllI see was the bare spot no car”, Blackman had toldKaieteurNews. Itwasjusttwoweeksago that police on the East Bank Demerara recovered seven stolen cars along the Linden/Highway and arrested five suspected carjackers.They have all been charged and remanded to prison. Among them are: Jason Harry, 36, and exmember of the Guyana Police Force (GPF and a resident of Kuru Kuru Linden/Soesdyke Highway, Jomaine Watson, 26, Toney Jerrick, 32, Stanford Ford, 25,andRandyFraser A c c o r d i n g t o information, through a well organised system, cars are being stolen from across the country – an operation that reportedly sees the involvement of workshops, dealers and businessmen Sources told Kaieteur News that carjackers in a named area would openly brag aboutthecrimebutresidents have been too fearful to revealwhotheyare.
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“As the new ownership group reaches 100 days since taking over the club, and as it continues its hard work to take the club forward, the new owners believe it is the right time to make this transition,” a club statement said. “On behalf of everyone at Chelsea FC, the club would like to place on record its gratitude to Thomas and his staff for all their efforts during their time with the club. Thomas will rightly have a place in Chelsea’s history after winning the Champions League, the Super Cup and Club World Cup in his time here.”
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Lewandowski completed his hat-trick after 67 minutes following an assist by former Manchester City forward Ferran Torres, who added the fifth.
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Lewandowski is the first player to score a Champions League hat-trick for three different teams - one for Borussia Dortmund, four for Bayern Munich, one for Barcelona. This result was the perfect start to Group C for Barcelona, who face Bayern next Tuesday (20:00 BST).
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Lewandowski joined Bayern on a free transfer in 2014 after his departure from Borussia Dortmund and scored 50 goals in 46 games last season as he helped Bayern win a 10th straight Bundesliga title. Liverpool thrashed… Liverpool were thrashed by Napoli in their first Champions League Group A game on a night to forget in Italy. Jurgen Klopp’s side were 3-0 down at half time but it could easily have been more as Alisson saved a penalty and Virgil van Dijk made a goalline block. Piotr Zielinski put Napoli ahead from the spot in the fifth minute after Victor Osimhen had hit the post. Andre-Frank Anguissa and Giovanni Simeone extended Napoli’s lead, before Zielinski scored again after the break. It was a terrible opening half from Liverpool as Joe Gomez struggled to deal with Osimhen and was relieved when the Napoli forward trudged off with an injury before half-time. His replacement, Simeone, needed just three minutes to score on his Champions League debut as Liverpool looked shellshocked by the home side’s relentless forward approach. There were chances for the visitors - Van Dijk had a header well saved, Mohamed Salah struck an effort at the goalkeeper and a teasing cross bounced dangerously off Harvey Elliott’s knee at the backButpost.Liverpool were sloppy in possession - even Salah mis-controlled a good pass from Trent AlexanderArnold when well-placed in the box - and their defensive mistakes were punished by an expressive Napoli side. Any hope of a second-half comeback were over when Zielinski chipped a finish over Alisson from close range to make it 4-0 and though Luis Diaz curled in for an immediate response and came close with a diving header, Liverpool were deservedly Deadline-daybeaten.sig ning Arthur Melo came on for his debut late in the second half and fellow midfielder Thiago returned from injury to make a brief cameo, but Liverpool will head home having now won just two of their last seven matches in all competitions.
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Lewandowski, who helped Bayern win the competition in 2019-20, marked his first Champions League appearance for Barca with a clinical finish which doubled the lead after Franck Kessie had headed the hosts ahead. He then made it 3-1 on the From page 22 outlay, the club’s form had been patchy and Tuchel was critical of his players on occasion, as well as being fined twice for his behaviour already this season.
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(BBC Sport) - Robert Lewandowski warmed up for next week’s meeting with former club Bayern Munich by scoring a magnificent hattrick in Barcelona’s crushing Champions League win over Viktoria Plzen. The 34-yearold Poland forward demonstrated his value by making it eight goals in five games since leaving Bayern in July.
BBC Sport also understands that Chelsea will now look for a long-term manager who shares their vision for a collaborative culture and focus on development of all players in the squad. New signings - including the deadline day deal for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Barcelona - were down to collaboration of the board and Tuchel, and it is said he became less involved as time went on. Tuchel was appointed on 26 January 2021, replacing Frank Lampard, and guided the club to their second Champions League title just four months later.He went on to add the Uefa Super Cup and Fifa Club World Cup later that year.
It is believed that Tuchel - who led Chelsea to the Champions League title in his first season - had lost the confidence of the squad and the board in recent times, and had become less communicative with both groups.
Munich (six) and Inter Milan (three) have been crowned champions of Europe nine times between them. (Getty Images)
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Today you might want to spend time visiting friends in your neighborhood, Taurus. Small purchases might be necessary, perhaps new clothes.
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Magnificent Miller guides Royals to victory -Amazon Warriors and Kings clash today
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The Barbados Royals secured their third successive victory of the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) seasonwitharesoundingwin overTrinbagoKnightRiders by80runs(DLS). The Trinbago Knight Riders won the toss and chose to field, but a brilliant opening stand of 85 runs between Kyle Mayers and Quinton De Kock built the platform for Barbados Royals to score an imposing 194/4 after their 20 overs, with captain David Miller playing an exceptional innings,scoring60runsfrom just36balls. In a chase that was affected by rain, Trinbago Knight Riders suffered a batting collapse, losing six wickets in the powerplay before rain brought a p r e m a t u r e e n d t o proceedingswiththescoreat 51-7after8overs,theRoyals winningonDLSby80runs. Barbados Royals got off toasensationalstart,making their highest powerplay score so far of the season with67runs,Mayersscoring 45 of those.After losing the wickets of both openers, Miller continued the momentum with some big shots, frustrating the Knight Rider’s bowling attack, before a late batting cameo from Jason Holder took the sideto194/4. Trinbago Knight Riders lost a flurry of wickets early in their chase, with Devon Thomas taking the big wickets of Tim Seifert and Knight Riders captain Kieron Pollard with his offspin. Obed McCoy took the wicket of Nicholas Pooran with the last ball of the powerplay before Andre Russelllosthiswicketinthe followingover With8overs bowled and the Knight Riders 51 7, heavy rain forced an early end to the match, with the Royals winningonDLSby80runs. ThewinmeansBarbados Royals maintain their 100% starttothetournamentwhile TrinbagoKnightRidershave suffered their first defeat of theseason.Meanwhile, the match that followed in the evening was between the Jamaica Tallawahs and St Lucia Kings.Today, the Guyana Amazon Warriors and defendingchampion,StKitts and Nevis Patriots, clash in the day’s first match from 10:00 hrs. Warriors are in search of their first win in three games while the Patriots, are also winless afterfourencounters. Thematchthatfollowsat 19:00 hrs will see the Kings take on tournament front runners,MatchRoyals.details: Barbados Royals 194/4 (Miller 60, Mayers 52; Narine 1/23, Russell 1/33) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 51/7 (Munro 12, Russell 9; Thomas 2/4, McCoy 2/11) by 80 runs (DLS).
Softball action set for Lusignan on Sunday
2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League…
he LusignanTC o m m u n i t y Development Council will be hosting a softball competition on Sunday at the Lusignan Community Center ground startingat09:30hrs. The competition will be playedintheOpenandOver 40 divisions with the Open being 7 a side and istsponsoredbyPankoS eelof Lusignan.Teams are asked to be present at the venue at 09:00hrs for registration Food and drinks will be on sale and all proceeds from the competition will be used forcommunityprojects. Atstakearetrophiesand teams can contact Jailall on 6514560forregistration.
SandyRamsundarofPankoSteelpresentsthetrophiestoCDC Chairman,KhemrajJailall,inthepresenceofTreasurer,TejwantPersaud.
Rizwan displaces Babar as No. 1 T20I batter in ICC men’s rankings
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Mohammad Rizwan’s form in theAsia Cup has given Pakistan two wins in three matches (AFP/Getty Images)
Kaieteur News PAGE 21Thursday September 08, 2022 (Cricinfo) Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan is the newNo.1T20Ibatterinthe ICC rankings, ending captain Babar Azam’s reign at the top. Rizwan’s matchwinningknocksof78*off57 against Hong Kong in the group stage and 71 off 51 against India in Super 4s of the Asia Cup helped him reach his career-best 815 points.Rizwan has claimed the toppositionforthefirsttime and he is only the third Pakistan batter to top the T20I batting rankings after Babar, who has been at the topofthetablefor1155days in all, and Misbah-ul-Haq, who was at the top for 313 days,fromApril20,2008to February27,2009. Rizwan’s form also coincided with Babar’s slump, with the captain scoring just 33 runs in three matches at the Asia Cup. With192runssofar,Rizwan isalsotheleadingrun-getter in the competition as on Wednesday, when Pakistan takeRonAfghanistan.izwanhas been churning out consistent performances in the shortest format in recent times, scoring a total of 1541 runs in33matches,atanaverage of 73.38 and strike rate of 133.76, since the start of 2021. He is also the topscorerinT20Isintheperiod and averages the most among batters who have played at least 15 innings sinceJanuary2021. SriLankaopenerPathum Nissanka moved up by a placetoNo.8,onthebackof hisimpressiverunofformin the tournament. He scored 20,35and52inhislastthree matches, with the half century powering Sri Lanka to victory against India in a chaseof174onTuesdayand taking the team closer to the finalNspot.issanka’s opening partner Kusal Mendis also took giant steps, advancing 63 places to reach 41st spot after a solid 57 off 37 balls. Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka (up 11 places to 39th) and middle order batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa (up 31 places to 68th) have alsomadebigprogress.
India captain Rohit Sharma moved to 13th position, a jump of four places, after scoring 72 off 41 against Sri Lanka, while ViratKohliroseto29thplace after his 44-ball 60 against Pakistan.Afghanistan’s 20 year old batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who smashed a 45ball 84, albeit in a losing cause against Sri Lanka in the Super 4 clash, also gained 14 places to move to the15thposition. Theekshana gained five spotstobeNo.8andMujeeb UrRahmanrosethreeplaces to sixth. He is the joint highest wicket-taker in the Asia Cup along with Pakistan’s Mohammad Nawaz with seven scalps from three games, as on WednesdayIntheICC men’s ODI batting rankings,Australia’s David Warner moved from seventh to sixth position while the New Zealand captain Kane Williamson entered the top 10 with a jump of one spot after the first of the three ODIs between the two teams in CairnsonTuesday Australia fast bowler legspinner Adam Zampa moved to 12th and 18th places respectively among thebowlers.
Among bowlers, offspinner Maheesh
Having been curtailedfortwo years due to the global pandemic which rocked Guyana and the world, the annual Pele FC Alumni/Lions Club of Georgetown Durban Park Summer Camp made a welcomereturnlastmonth’s end The four day event attracted 44 children betweentheagesof6and13 and was conducted on August13th,20th,26th,and 27th at the Den of the Lions Club of Ruimveldt, located in Festival City Deemed a resounding success, the purpose of the Camp was to improve the Literacy levels of the participants through fun. This year there was an addition to the programme which saw Art and Craft being integrated into the Literacysessions.
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Chelsea sack manager following Champions League defeat
Tuchel (centre) was fined for an altercation with Tottenham manager Antonio Conte in August (Getty Images)
Providing expert guidance and support in Art and Craft sessions was the Director of Unique Touch along with the staff Additionally, trained teachers volunteered and assisted with the Literacy sessions at the Camp, while the Literacy Unit of the Ministry of Education provided some technical support in the form of a LiteracyClinic. On the final day of the camp, all the participants received backpacks and stationery donated by Pele FCAlumniinaddition,some of the male participants receivedItemspants.were donated to assist the kids for the new school term; assisting with the distribution were members of the Lions along withlocalPeleFootballClub President,DirkExeter and ExCo Member,PrinceJohnson. The Lions Club of Georgetown Durban Park and Pele FC Alumni wishes to express profound gratitude to all those companiesincludingFederal ManagementSystemsInc. and individuals who would have contributed to thereturnandsuccessofthe AugustCamp.
Pele FC Alumni/Lions Club of Georgetown hosts successful August Camp - 44 children attended the 4-day event Participants of the Pele FC Alumni/Lions Club of Georgetown Durban Park August Camp after receiving their back packs and school items.
C e r t i f i c a t e s o f Appreciationwerepresented to the Ministry of Education andUniqueTouch. (BBC Sport) - Chelsea have sacked manager Thomas Tuchel on the new owners’100th day in charge after their third defeat of the season.The former Borussia Dortmund and Paris St Germain boss exits after winning three trophies in 20 months.Owner Todd Boehly has placed Tuchel’s coaching staff in temporary charge untilareplacementisfound. Aclubstatementsaidthe owners believed it was “the righttime”tobringinanew headBBCcoach.Sport understands the decision would have been taken regardless of the 1 0 defeat in Chelsea’s ChampionsLeagueopenerat Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday night. It is also understood that Chelsea will make a swift appointment and among the bookmakers’ favourites to take over are Brighton manager Graham Potter, former Spurs and PSG boss Mauricio Pochettino, former Real Madrid manager Zinedine ZidaneandcurrentLeicester bossBrendanRodgers. Chelsea are sixth in the Premier League after three wins, one draw and two defeats.Their new ownership oversawa£255.3mspending spreeinthesummerwindow, thought to be a British record,bringingineightnew players.Butdespitethe (Continuedonpage19)
When the going gets tough, the tough gets going…
The talented and level headed teen was focused on whathewantedtoachieveas student athlete at Chase’s Academyandattained355at NGSAbeforepassingallten subjectsatCSEC. Jaleeiwasselectedinthe U-14 and U-15 programmes buthedidnotgoonthetours dueto Wheninjuries.hewasselectedfor the National U 20 side earlier this year he missed the Tournament due issues withhisdocuments.
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Jaleei (left) was one of the goal scorers for Fruta Conquerors FC during their recent Georgetown League match.
Jaleei Alcindor during training with the National Senior Squad at GFF Training Centre at Providence
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How Chase’s Academy changed the life of Jaleei changedAlcindothelife
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary and 18-year-old Chase’s Academy, Fruta ConquerorsandNationalU20 selectee, Jaleei Alcindo, has trod a rough road to success The versatile teenager remained focused on his goal while playing footballandstudyingdespite several difficult moments in his young life which began with no support from his parents for his Education or football.“Well...
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“MyTeachers,SirChase, myAuntandthefamilyIwas staying with during that period of time helped with my academics,” informed Jaleei, who sadly has no photosofhisfamilyandhim. “On the other hand, for football, due to being hyperactiveandlackingrest, along with taking on stress from my family, I suffered a couple of seizures which were life threatening to me. But eventually the doctor explained that nothing was wrong with my body, it was just my brain was over workedanditneededrest.” “Nevertheless,Ihadno financial support from my parentsduringCXCbutIhad that from the family I was staying with and my friend andSirChaseandhiswife.” “Lastly, if it wasn’t for my Aunt who paid for my CXC,Iprobablywon’thave evenwrittenitbecauseIhad no one else to pay for it,” lamented Jaleei who loves listeningtomusic.
“We played some practice matches in Guyana before we left and the day beforeweweretoleaveIdid notgettoleavewiththeteam because when we were checkingthedocuments,my document, was not right…I didnotdomymedical.” “Ihadtostayandwasleft in the hands of other Managers of the GFF but they didn’t take care of me. They were to take me to do the medical and send me to play the second match but I had school and stuff and did not follow it up,” revealed Jaleei.But like he has done when life knocked him down; he got up, dusted himself off and moved forward with determination and resilience, proving that when the going gets tough, thetoughgetsgoing.
The Tucville based Conquerors player was born onJuly27,2004inTigerBay to Sabrina Singh and John Alcindor before growing up inAlbouystown.Jaleei,who has four brothers and five sisters, attended the St. Winifred’s Secondary School before he moved to Chase’s Academy duetohisFootballability Itwastherethefifthform student wrote 10 subjects; Economics, Electronic Document Preparation and Management (EDPM), Office Administration, Principles of Accounts, Principals of Business, Human and Social Biology (HSB), Mathematics, English ‘A’, Physical Education and Social Studies.Jaleei now intends to attend the University of Guyanaafterhegraduatesto d o M a n a g e m e n t , Administration and Financingandisfullyaware oftheimportanceofasound Education.Healsodisclosed thathisfavouritesubjectsare Principles of Business and HumanandSocialBiology “It’s really important to me because I knew that educationandacademicsare themainkeysforgettingout of poverty and I wanted to makeachangeinmyfamily andenvironment.Thatmade me understand the value of it,”explainedthemidfielder He said that he became interested in Football from watching his older brother and his friends playing and also looking at professional footballersontelevision. “My goal is to become a professional footballer if possible, but mainly an Entrepreneur My favourite Footballers are Kevin De Bruyne and Bruno Fernandes Reason being, they are very smart and strong football players and theyarealwaysobservanton the pitch and make brilliant playsmostofthetime.” The teen whose life was turned around in a positive manner when he was given a scholarship at Chase’s Academy remembered his most memorable Football matches.“Thefirstonewasa match for Chase in the ExxonMobil tournament whereourteamwasdown31andwecamebacktowin43 with me scoring two goals and one assist. There was also a match for the U-20 National team against Milerock FC where I was promoted by the head coach of the Guyana nationalteam tobepartoftheseniorteam, because he was really impressed with my performance that game. He e v e n p e r s o n a l l y congratulatedmeandpicked meoutfromtheU-20squad. Iwastheonlyonehechose,” said the teen who stated it was a bit challenging, balancing studies and football “I was really disciplined when it came to my school work even if it meanttoeaseupthefootball for a day or two. But I also gave some time to football and eased up school work,” added the footballer who also participates in Cricket, Basketball, Swimming and TrackandField.
I had very little support from both of my parentsforsportsandformy school work nearly zero supportfrombothofthem… and that was really difficult onmedoingitall.Ihadreal difficulties during CXC pertainingtoschool,football andfamilyproblems.” “For school I had financial problems and I was compensated by Sir Chase andhiswifeandthefamilyI wasstayingby Ididn’thave any resources such as Internet, computer and text books… but eventually, by the grace of God, he providedeverywaypossible asIpushedthrough.”
PrintedandpublishedbyNationalMedia&PublishingCompanyLtd.,24SaffonStreet,Charlestown,Georgetown.Tel:225-8458,225-8465,225-8491orFax:225-8473/226-8210. Lewandowski hits hat-trick before Bayern return Sports RoyalsRoyalsMillerMagnificentguidestovictorytovictoryMagnificentMillerguidesRoyalstovictory - Amazon Warriors andW Kings clash today 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League… When the going gets tough, the tough gets going… JaleeitheAcademyChase’sHowchangedlifeofAlcindoHowChase’sAcademychangedthelifeofJaleeiAlcindo - Liverpool thrashed by Napoli Champions League: Shimron Hetmyer and his team will be looking to secure their first win against the winless Patriots (Getty Images) Oshane Thomas (left) is congratulated by Quinton de Kock after taking a wicket (Getty Images) Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their fourth goal to complete his hat-trick (Reuters/Pablo Morano) Jaleei attended Chase’s Academy Jaleei (left) was one the goal scorers for Fruta Conquerors FC during their recent Georgetown League match. P. 23 P.P19.20
