AIETEUR NEWSK Guyana’s largest selling daily & New York’s most popular Guyana’sweeklylargest weekly Online: www.kaieteurnews.com September12,2022-Vol.15 No.35 Online readership yesterday, 68,077 Monday Edition Price $100 while Guyana collected -Mid-YearReport Eight sectors in major decline since 2019 ...as questions being raised over credibility of the review ‘Publish the entire report of the RSS’- AFCurges - as seismic studies showed possible existence of significant hydrocarbon resources Barbados to put on auction 22 oil blocks …Opposition says as it flags sloth in budget spending ‘Brace for year-end spending spree by Govt.’ New periodicelectoralremovalofdeadnameshit-and-runPedestriankilledinaccidentatAnnandale reforms to cater forNandlallAGfrom voters list $753M at ExxonMobil,half-yearpartnerspocketedUS$2.7B, - Bank GuyanaofReport
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was never used by Caesar That evidence, according Bascom, was obtained with the use of technology He claimed that the technologyplacedRichmondatthe crime scene and showed that he was in contact with Mohamed during and after the time of the murderThe Guyana Police Force (GPF) had not only denied the claimsbuthadcalledBascomaliar and even investigated him for breaching its code of conduct. Nevertheless,Bascomstoodbyhis allegationsandpubliclyrelatedthat hehasevidencetobackthemupbut was fearful for his life and needed protection.Thedetective was fearful that theGPFwouldallowharmtocome hiswaybecause,accordingtohim, one of the suspects in the investigation had threatened him but the force had not even investigated the matter.TheCrime Chief, Wendell Blanhum, had confirmed that the CID was aware oftheallegedthreatbutdidnothing to help Bascom because “ranks there don’t investigate threats.” Thedetectivewasadvisedtolodge a report at the Brickdam Police Station but the ranks there too did notdealwiththematter
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Ali was at the time being interviewed on the sidelines of an event at the Arthur Chung ConferenceCentre(ACCC)whena reporter asked him if the investigation into Bascom’s allegations was completed and whetherornotthefindingswillbe made public. Ali in response said: “I have not received the information that the report is completed as yet but once that report is completed… then I will urgethepolicetosharethefindings oftheThereport”.HomeAffairsMinistrylast Fridayinafacebookstatementsaid thattheRSShasfoundnoevidence of a Police cover-up in the murder of Fagundes known as ‘Paper Shorts’. Instead, according to the Ministry accusations made by Bascom that there was a cover-up,
Detective Sergeant, Dion Bascom
wasonly Bascom“hearsay.”hadmade a Facebook live accusing his superiors at the Police Force’s Criminal InvestigationDepartment(CID)of acceptinga$30Mbribetocover-up ‘Paper Shorts’ murder Those superiors were identified by Bascom as Superintendent Mitchell Caesar and Inspector Nigel Stephen Bascom even implicated two suspects – Mark Richmond, a security guard employed at Mohamed’s Enterprise on Lombard Street and prominent businessman, Azruddin Mohamed–andhadstatedthatthe evidencelinkingthemtothecrime
‘Publish
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the detective protection, which he requested through his Attorney, Nigel Hughes, President Ali had calledfortheRSStoinvestigatehis allegations and review the ‘Paper Shorts’ murder probe. An official request for the RSS support was made by the Home Affairs Ministry, and the security body agreed.Inthestatementsentoutby the Ministry on Friday, a former Detective Inspector of the Metropolitan Police Service, Serious and Organised Crime Command (United Kingdom) was deployed to provide assistance. RSS’smainobjectivesintheprobe as stated in the release, were “to determine whether the GPF has effectively investigated the unlawful killing/homicide of Ricardo Fagundes, to determine whether there is any evidence to support any wrongdoing by Superintendent Mitchell Caesar andInspectorNigelStephensofthe GPF as alleged by Sergeant Dion Bascom and to review the investigation of the Fagundes case by the GPF and any actions taken bytheinvestigatingofficers.”
week.Lawyer for Bascom, Nigel Hughes,hasalsocalledforthefull release of the report. He also questioned the reliability of the report, noting that the RSS did not interviewBascomtogethissideof thematter PresidentAlilastweek Wednesday told reporters that he wouldbeurgingtheGuyanaPolice Force (GPF) to release the RSS findings once it has completed reviewingthemurdercase.
The Ministry of Home Affairs last week issued a statement quoting parts of the RSS report, whichreportedlyclearedtheForce of the allegations of collusion raisedbyDetectiveSergeant,Dion Bascom.“TheAFCwouldlikethepublic tohavethecompletereportdoneby the Caricom’s RSS in connection with the investigation of the Fagundes murder,” the AFC said lastFriday TheRSS,theAFCsaid was sought by President IrfaanAli to conduct a review of the investigations done on the murder of Fagundes as well as the accusations leveled against the Force by Bascom. “The report is in.Itisimportanttoknowwhether our Police handling of the matter thus far, was an exhibition of competence and professionalism, and whether any of the prime suspects were given immunity or were handled with silken gloves,” the AFC said in a statement last
Continued on page 16 questions being raised over credibility of the review theentirereportoftheRSS’- AFC urges
Amid complaints about the credibility of a report by the Regional Security System (RSS) on the allegations of cover-up by the Guyana Police regarding the murder of businessman, Ricardo Fagundes,theAllianceforChange (AFC) is calling for the release of thefulldocumentandnotsnippets.
According to the statement, Bascom’s allegations of a police “cover-up” in the ‘Paper Shorts’ homicideinvestigation“were
production during the first half of this year was equivalent to its output during the same period last year In the meantime, the other mining/quarrying sector saw an increase in output along with the petroleumsector
in 2020, 7.7% in 2021 and 7.5 percent at half year in 2022.The Ministry of Finance mid year report also explains that livestock in 2019 added 2.5% to the growth rate,1.6% in 2020 and 2022 but reduced to 1.3% this year In 2019, the forestry sector recorded a 0.9% production rate at half yearwhichdroppedto0.5% in2020,0.4%in2021anda further0.3%in2022.
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CONSISTENTDECLINES
An examination of the Government’s report indicates consecutive contractions for the sugar industry which in 2019 accounted for 0.4% of the country’s GDP at half-year, 0.3% in 2020, 0.2% in 2021 and 0.1% in 2022. Rice in 2019contributed5.3%tothe country’s GDP at mid-year, 3.7% in 2020, 5% in 2021 andonly2%thisyear
contributors to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) have declined between 2019 and 2022; these include sugar, rice, other crops, livestock, f o r e s t r y , g o l d , manufacturing and the services sector other economic activities such as
In 2019 during the first six months, other crops accounted for 14.5 percent of the country’s GDP, 9.5%
Eightsectorsinmajordeclinesince2019
DUTCH DISEASE?
The Ministry of Finance Mid-Year Report shows the various sectors’contribution to GDP
declined to 3.5% and this year it only accounted for 2.3% of the country’s total GDP In 2019, the Services sector accounted for 42.3% of the country’s GDP, in 2020 it reduced to 28% and by 2021 it again lowered to 26.7%.In2022,thissectorat half-yearonlyaccountedfor 19%ofGuyana’sGDP GROWTH
Meanwhile, consistent growth between 2019 and 2022 could only be spotted in the other mining/ quarrying sector and the blossoming petroleum industry In 2019, Government said petroleum andgasandsupportservices accountedforamere1.1%of GDP at half year In 2020, thisjumpedtoa35.4%anda further 40.8% in 2021. This year, the sector accounted forawhopping54.9%ofthe country’s total GDP The document goes on to highlight that in 2019 the other mining/ quarrying sector contributed 1.6% to the GDP This dropped to 0.5% in 2020 but in 2021 it moved up to 0.7%. In 2022, the sector contributed 0.9% totheoverallGDP
financial and insurance transactions have also been reduced as well as the real estate, wholesale, and retail tradeAccordingsectors. to the report, the fisheries sector this year performed better than last year during the mid-year study, while bauxite
An analysis of the document done by this newspaper shows that eight
Government’s mid-year economic report when examined over the past four years, has revealed frightening statistics- with eightofthiscountry’smajor sectors suffering rapid decline, which started in 2019 and has worsened to date.Justoveraweekago,the Ministry of Finance publishedthe2022half-year report, underlining the country’sperformanceinthe first six months of the year. Since then, the political Opposition and voices from theGovernmenthavebeenat oddsonwhetherthedreaded “Dutchdisease”haveindeed made its way into GuyanaThis phenomenon refers to therapiddevelopmentofone sector of the economy (particularly natural resources like oil) which leads to a decline in growth ofothersectors.
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The Government underlined key reasons for the noticeable decline in performance for the various industries Amongst its reasons were inclement w e a t h e r, r e d u c e d declarations, mechanical issues and even labour challenges. The Opposition however is adamant that the decline is a sign of the ‘Dutchdisease’.Following
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Gold mining back in 2019 was thriving, accounting for a whopping 10 5% of the country’s growth This reduced to 7.4%thefollowingyearand 5.1%in2021.Thisyear,gold mining only accounted for 3 8% of the total GDP Similarly,themanufacturing sector moved from 5.2% at half-year 2019 to 3.6 in 2020. In 2021, the sector
An extensive but pointless exercise designed to frustrate an investigation
Low hanging fruits
Itistheequivalentofgivingapartneraloadedguntopoint at the nation’s head, while not arming ourselves in a same mannerThis is exposing ourselves too much with this degree of dependency, and it is tempting partners to take advantage of us,byaskingfortroublelikethis.
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If the facts are that it is, indeed, only a single barrel of oil leaked, then we can exhale slowly, and thank our stars. Nevertheless, it is still 42 gallons of crude oil leaked into our waters,andweneedtogettothebottomofthis.
We must know the how, the why, and the who, and also what failed, and what is in place to prevent this from happening again. We have been assured before by ExxonMobil people, and our own people, including parliamentarians, about the remoteness and rarity of an oil spill.ExxonMobil has often spoken about how robust their systems are, but here it is that there is a one-barrel spill. It is one barrel too many, and opens the door to any kind of interpretation, or anxiety, about what ExxonMobil and its friendsaredoingoutthere.
It also appears that the On the other important highly improbable that the important parts of the report. RSSreportrepeatsthehighly issue of whether the GPF suspectswoulduseanumber Without access to the report questionable conclusions conducted an effective platethatcouldconnectthem in its entirety, there remains that the Crime Chief drew investigation, the state has to the murder This is an more questions than answers during the press conference chosen to side-step this by example of an extensive but and more evidence of the designed to challenge the speakingonlyof“extensive” pointless exercise designed continuationofacover-up. assertions of Bascom. Much workhavingbeendone. to frustrate an investigation, TheFagundesfamily
Firstly, let me remind the international best practices. Parliament. which Political Party is in general public that the Importantly, the Oversight IsatontheParliamentary power He was promptly APNU+AFC had a superior Committee had the mandate Committee of Appointments rejected by the PPP as formula with regards to the to provide independent during the selection of the Minister Kwame McKoy t r a n s p a r e n c y a n d assessments of the fund, Parliamentary nominee moved a motion for it to be accountability aspects of the withdrawals from it and to Minister Gail Teixeira who put to a vote knowing fully Natural Resource Fund. The f a c i l i t a t e p u b l i c chairedthecommitteesetthe that they had a majority The previous government consultations in the tone from the outset that the PPP moved to confirm both established a Public management and utilisation nominee must be someone of their own nominee for the A c c o u n t a b i l i t y a n d of the fund.And so while the with financial experience NRF and Oversight Oversight Committee that PPP government makes the knowing fully well that the Committee and the rest is comprised a wide array of feeble argument that NRF act did not dictate this but nowhistory professionals; many of them Act passed in 2019 did not ratherallowedthecommittee NowIcometothedetails from credible organisations createanNRFboardandthat to choose a nominee with of the Public Accountability that are known advocates of the fund was wholly either legal, financial, and Oversight Committee t r a n s p a r e n c y a n d managed by the Minister; business or administrative according to the new NRF accountability The theyfailtoacknowledgethat experience. The PPP knew ActpassedbythePPP
Infact,wedidn’tevenknowinourowntimesincewehad towaitforExxonMobiltoreporttouswhathappened,whenit did, where it did, and how many gallons of oil leaked. We don’t have to be veteran oil operators, or industry experts, to appreciatethatthiscountryisnotinagoodposition. Thereis simplytoomuchthatweareignorantof,andtoomuchthatwe havetowaitonforExxonMobiltodisclosetous.
The PPP has no genuine interest in transparency and accountability with respect to the spending of oil money
Now there is a report of an oil spill (KN September 11), which ExxonMobil claims to be all of one barrel. In the big picture of oil spills, one barrel doesn’t qualify to be a spill or leak, but something like sweating at the seals and gaskets. But whether it is one barrel or a hundred, we still don’t know withaccuracyandconfidencewhatwentonoutthere.
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We could care less about being labelled alarmists, but other countries were sailing quietly along, until the bottom gaveWwayepointtoPeruasthemostrecentexample,andhowthat country is struggling to make Repsol own up and deliver on its obligations. It is expected that oil companies will minimise failures and exposures, but what enrages is when local politicians join on the side of the foreign oil companies tomisleadtheircitizens.
We really haven’t the faintest idea as to how much oil ExxonMobil and partners are producing and shipping, and how much is being used back into the wells. Guyana is too dependent on information coming from what ExxonMobil saysitisdoingoutthere.
EDITORIAL
It is low hanging fruit, easily picked, and needed to get done,withthestrokeofapen.Wewouldbesimilarlypleased to commend this PPP/C Government and its leaders if and whentheytaketheproperactionsonotherthingsandinother areasrelatedtothisoilwealthofours.
Editor:SharmainGrainger
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One such area is an over-reliance on data provided by oil companies operating offshore Guyana. There must be the determination to know for ourselves, through independent and trusted means (non-company) all that is happening in oil operations. Sources cannot be that of ExxonMobil, Hess, CNOOC,oranyoftheothers.
Please afford me the monitoring and evaluating the NRF board is made up of The opposition then opportunity to expose the t h e c o m p l i a n c e o f three to five persons nominated Chartered PPP’s farcical Public Government with the appointedbythepresident.It Accountant Christopher A c c o u n t a b i l i t y a n d provisions in the Act, further stipulates that those Ram who also has over 30 Oversight Committee which monitoring and evaluating persons have experience and years of experience in the n o w o v e r l o o k s whether the funds have been ability in legal, financial, financial sector, is an Government’s spending of managed in accordance with business OR administrative attorney at law and a staunch our oil money, among other theprincipleoftransparency, matters. It dictates that one activist for transparency and issues. good governance and nominee comes from the accountability regardless of
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e congratulate the PPP/C Government for taking the bull by the horns and ordering oilWcompanies to pay Guyanese within 30 to 45 days(KNSeptember10).
DearEditor, 2019. Those included new NRF Act stipulates that field.
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We at this publication will go further It took too long for the citizens of this country to learn that an oil spill occurred offshore. As we understand it, this small spill happened on Friday,September9th. Guyaneseoughttobemadeawareof this immediately, regardless of how many barrels are involved. Once the Minister of Natural Resources and the man in charge of the nation’s oil, the Vice President, are informed, all Guyana has to be in the loop, and also within hours. Thereistoomuchatstakeforanyoilcompanyorany politicalleadertoplayaroundwiththis.
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APNU+AFC formula the Act created a proper that APNU+AFC initially The new Act does not brought together a 22 Public Accountability and nominated Dr Vincent spell out specific functions m e m b e r c o m m i t t e e Oversight Committee with a Adams who has over 30 and authority of the Public including representatives clear mandate to scrutinise years of experience in the oil A c c o u n t a b i l i t y a n d from the Guyana Press the spending of our oil and gas sector at the OversightCommitteeexcept Association, Civil Society, money and to make public international level along to say in General Terms that Transparency International, any act committed by the with Economist Elson Low the committee shall provide Institute of Chartered government that in who is an experienced non- government oversight Accountants, Reps from contravention of the law or economist who also worked of the fund. What does that eachofthetenRDCs,among outside of good governance with reputable international reallymean? m a n y o t h e r s T h i s practices. companies. So the actions of The second issue that I arrangement ensured that That act was repealed by Gail Teixeira were clearly in have is with the new Civil Society played a the PPP in December 2021 our opinion to disqualify the composition of its members. pivotal role and that there which created the ruckus in APNU+AFC nominees who The Oversight Committee is was proper oversight of the Parliament and saw a new were superior to all other nowmadeupofonenominee NaturalResourceFund. regimewhichallowedforthe nominees in terms of from Parliament, three from Further, specific creation of the NRF board knowledgeandexperiencein the religious community, functions and authority of along with new rules for the the oil and gas sector and two from the Private Sector, the Oversight Committee composition of the Public specifically with respect to two from “organised labour” werewelllaidoutintheNRF A c c o u n t a b i l i t y a n d t r a n s p a r e n c y a n d andonefromthe Act passed by Parliament in Oversight Committee. The accountabilitymattersinthat (Continued on page 6)
DearEditor, has been made of the One method of covering especiallyifitisknownfrom The RSS report the state connection of Bascom to a up a matter is to conduct experience that this type of has chosen to publish their certainbusinessmanasproof extensiveworkknowingthat foreign intervention can take interpretation of the report of a hidden agenda to falsely thereislittletonoprospectof manymonths. without sharing the actual accusetheprimesuspect. obtainingusefulevidence.In The press release report or all of its
By a parity of reasoning, this very matter, The Crime m e n t i o n s o n l y o n e recommendations. it is equally possible, and Chief has asked foreign r e c o m m e n d a t i o n : I f i n d e e d t h o s e more plausible, that the even agencies, among other collaboration between our interpretations are correct, stronger connection of a things, to enhance a blurred local forensic labs with a the RSS will find it senior police official to the image of the number plate of regional counterpart Was extremely difficult to justify defence lawyer of the prime the getaway car The there a recommendation to their conclusion that there suspect and the connection suspectsinthismattercutout arrest and/or question the was no corruption or cover of the prime suspect to a the chassis number, filed off suspectsinthematter?Ifnot, up without attempting to senior government official the engine number and then why not? The parts of the question Dion Bascom, the could point to a hidden burntthegetawaycar RSS report cherry-picked by source of the information, to agenda to cover up the With this amount of the state to be published findoutmore. matter effort and planning, it is could not be the most
Whenever someone of and personifies servility, experiential day to day swayed by sentimentality, renown, stature, or of denigration, exploitation…. activities,weredissonant.) and be enraptured with the exceptional personage As expected, the Queen Empire might have been excessive and partisan passes on, the world pay played her role, having good for the Europeans, but reportage. attention, pay homage, inherited the royal crown in certainly evil for the It is OK to be a majority eulogize and usually lament 1953. By her standard, she colonials, the exploited, the of one! We must be rational, and grieve. So it was/is with c o m p l i e d w i t h t h e ‘others’. be circumspect, and look at the recent passing of Queen formalities, the protocols, The monarch should the other side also. All was Elizabeth II. The media – her ‘charities’, tea parties, t h e r e f o r e h a v e not nice and dandy for the newspapers, TV and the waving, and the people acknowledged her role when colonials! internet – are inundated with benignly lined the streets, Her Majesty’s troops were Several Guyanese have coverage. And so it should with flags, and smiled. (I sent to British Guiana, when paid tributes to the Queen, be They are being recall the times when we had t h e B r i t i s h G u i a n a which is appropriate. I take complimentary, sympathetic to sing “God save our King” Constitution was suspended, thisopportunitytoespecially andrespectful. and God save our Queen”, and when leaders of the PPP commend (and recommend)
Thanks Freddie for reviewing MS Bio The passing of Queen Elizabeth II
DearEditor, allegations of fraud being petition and not by fresh sheandherPPPcounterparts Guyana is at a crossroad made, but evidence of elections? in the Commission know and some simple questions substantial and undeniable Why is the Chairman of what is right, the other must be asked and should be irregularities and electoral Gecom failing to do the right members are always wrong given answers, truthful breaches that have called the and sensible thing, to ensure on ever count. The latter answers. veracity of the 2020 that any elections thereafter, most certainly tells the story
There are others who see not really knowing what or were imprisoned The Ravi Dev and Ralph the Queen’s passing through whom we were adulating; photograph of Cheddi Jagan Ramkarran (SN September different lens. They look at andsangwedid,lustily,even and Martin Carter caged in a 2022) for their excellent historicity After all the the bad notes Similarly, vehicle still conjures up discourse which saw the Queen has been the head of learning pounds, shillings hauntingmemories. lightfromallangles. the anachronistic British and pence, and write exams
The Chairman of Gecom objections to the outcome of After presiding over one an election commission undoubtedly has the best anyelectionsinthefuture. ofthemostcontroversialand Chairman, who has admitted opportunity to help Guyana Why then is there a questionable elections result that grave irregularities were have a truly democratic strong hesitancy for the in the country’s history, not unearthed during an election society and a government i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f forgetting the diabolical act recount process that her that reflects the will of the biometrics for all eligible by Gocool Boodoo in the commission over looked, people But when one voters, for house-to-house 2011 elections. The calls for would then advised that ponders on the posture of the registration, for a new list, afreshvoterslistisajustcall those said anomalies has to Chairman on matters of forarigorouseducational andtheyarebasednotjuston be addressed by an election national importance, only (Continued on page 6)
DearEditor, colonialism;whichspeaksof tree… things out of our influenced, fixated and
Why the strong hesitancy for the implementation of biometrics for all eligible voters
It is therefore important Yourstruly, Empire; which implies about apple and sycamore that we should not be unduly GaryGirdhari
I therefore put the Regional and National will be done with a fresh ofthePPP’s“OneGuyana”. followingquestionswhichin electionsintoquestion. voters list, under an The Chairman has the my view is beyond party Where else in this world, upgraded and tighten freedom, independence and affiliation and partisan dead people were “allowed” system, to stop or prevent as resources at her disposal to politics, this is about the to vote in an election, where far as possible any such fix the ills of Gecom, by futureofthecountry in the world, people out of grave mishaps? Why aren’t putting the best systems in I ask, why is the the country’s jurisdiction at those efforts being made to place to ensure free and fair ChairmanofGecomafraidto the time of an election, were present results that are the elections becomes the order do that which is required, to “allowed” to vote and their reflection of the true will of of the day in Guyana. An ensurethebesteffortsareput votes were counted and the people, in a protected opportunity to make to provide for free and fair validatedasvalidvotes? democraticprocess? possible, far less room for electionsinGuyana? Where else in the world
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I thank Freddie for that n e i g h b o u r s w e r e briefreviewofthebiography embarrassed of MS of Mohamed Shahabuddeen association with Forbes written by his son Sieyf Burnham. Shahabuddeen. Freddie is MS was silent on honest and forthright in his political murders and commentary or review He persecution of Burnham’s posed some relevant opponents including Father questions. A family member Darke,FrMorrison,Rodney, may not write a critical Omowale, Dr Ramsammy, biography the way a neutral Apata, David Hinds, objectivewriterwould. Roopnarine, among others. There is no doubt that HewassilentwhenBurnham Guyanese considered MS to bannedbasicfoods. be an extremely brilliant After Burnham’s death, man. And Indian Guyanese MS could have condemned spoke proudly that one of Burnhamism. While on the their own served as an bench in The Hague, he international judge in The would not have wanted to Hague. I don’t think MS repudiate Burnhamism, but supported or endorsed or afterhistenureasajudge,he condoned Burnhamism. But could have dissociated the public, Indians in himself from or condemned p a r t i c u l a r , w e r e the wrongs of that regime he disappointed that MS s e r v e d A n d m o s t allowed himself to be used importantly, he could have and abused by Forbes apologised to the nation for Burnham to build a racist, the violations of human fascist, totalitarian state rights including freedom of T h e y s p o k e o f t h e the press and compromising d i s a p p o i n t m e n t i n thejudiciary conversationsinGuyanaand Yourstruly, the diaspora. Family VishnuBisram
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Let you actions and participate and penalties one One just had to use the judgement be on the side of canfaceforanyillegalacts. flood complementation the people, on the right side
Editor,Article 162 of the held with a bloated list but
Ofthethreerepsfromthe one rep came from GPSU (a asapuppetontheNRFboard religious community; one is breakaway faction of and to be a part of a system from the Dharmic Sabha GTUC) and the other being that is aimed at aiding a with close ties to a Minister the General Secretary of corruptgovernment. of Government That GAWU. A point to note is Regards, Minister leads the Dharmic that GAWU’s President is a ShurwayneHolder,MP Sabha.
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DearEditor, APNU+AFC, of the names exposureofthefollowing. GECOM lists of hundreds of Registrar of births and on documentation that The Attorney-General’s of the persons purportedly 1. During the recount of names of persons who it deaths, by GECOM, for G E C O M h a s i n i t s recent request to have impersonatedhasopenedthe the results of the 2020 alleged were out of the verification. possession. However, this GECOMavailtohimthelist, pandoraboxthatprovidesan elections results, the country or dead for whom 3 Those officers information was never submitted to GECOM by the opportunity for the public
Organisation but happens to was virtually selected by the “professions” Those be the Chief Commercial PPP through their one-seat representatives have since Officer of a major Internet majority That PPP nominee been appointed. I have no Service Provider The CEO has been appointed by the issue with any of them of that company happens to Presidenttochairthiscrucial personally; neither do I be the son of a former PPP Public Accountability and question their competence Minister and brother of a Oversight Committee. So it within their various fields of sittingminister. is quite clear that the PPP work. What I do question is The third rep from the government has no genuine their obvious connection religious community has interest in transparency and with the PPPand hence their knownlinkstoGINAandthe accountability with respect ability to effectively Ministry of Health. If fact he tothespendingofoilmoney scrutinisethePPP’shandling was a known critic of former What it is interested in and of the oil fund. Seven of the Prime Minister Moses hassinceaccomplishedisthe nine persons appointed are Nagamootoo and wrote appointment of its friends known publicly to have deep articlestothateffect. and cronies to allow for total affiliation with the PPP The The PPPcoined the NRF domination and control of two reps from the Private bill without specificity to the NRF board and more Sector are a sitting Vice allow them to largely importantly the Public President and a former Vice determine the nominees A c c o u n t a b i l i t y a n d President of the Private from the Labour Unions. OversightCommittee. Sector Commission. We all Instead of allowing the two In this regard, I applaud know where the Private major unions - GTUC and UK Parliamentarian David SectorCommissionleans. FITUGtoprovidenominees, Lammy for his refusal to sit
From page 5 her office door again? We her court or allegedly in or campaign from Gecom to be need to know exactly why court? done months before an she continues to vote down The time to act is now election to inform and all transformative proposals Judge, for you will be educate all who are to be made to improvement the judged, one way or the other. involved, of the process to flawedsystem.
Editor, why is the exercise general directions time is now, for the Chairman afraid to use her and supervision over the Chairman of Gecom, to pack power to better serve the registrationofelectors. her bags and go, she has commission and more The question again is, failed the people and importantly the people of why is the Chairman failing continuestosodo. thiscountry? in her duty to act in the best Yoursrespectfully, Is the chairman afraid of interest of the people and H o n J e r m a i n e the PPP thugs kicking down country when the ball is in FigueiraMP
Why the strong hesitancy for the...
The Chairman and her exerciseinregions6,5and2, ofhistory Thisshouldnotbe PPP counterparts in the when supposed recipients about what the government Commission have done turned up with multiple orapartywants,thisisabout nothing to engender national identification cards Guyana. Madam Chairman confidence in the public that (issuedsince2009)tocollect You need to fix the broken can be tangibly identified as theirchequesbutusedwhich Gecom, that you admitted is animprovementinGuyana’s ever one correlated with the flawed. electoral architecture from ministry of Agriculture’s Guyana and its people, the 2020 experience. In fact, data This is what the deserve a clean voters list the chairman and the PPP Chairmanisprotectingwhen and every effort to ensure have voted against all she votes against house-to- that the true will of people is proposed measures to house registration, when she the end result of a process improve the system, be it a does nothing to improve the thatisfree,fairandjust.Why new list, a competent CEO electoral system of the would the Chairman and the review of the 2020 country condone an election to be irregularities.
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2 Such lists were persons listed were indeed team which then wrote into forwarded to the Chief deadoroverseas. itsreport:“muchwasmade Immigration Officer and the All of the above is based (Continued on page 9)
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Guyanaismissingouton large amounts of cash given the surplus of revenue oil operators are enjoying, with the Government refusing to impose a windfall tax on firms.The surplus that oil companies is making as a resultofthesupply–demand imbalance stemming for the post –COVID commodity shortage, and subsequent invasion of Russia on Ukraine,haveforcedUnited Nations officials to call out the oil companies for not increasing production while adding significant financial
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Guyana losing big by not imposing windfall tax on oil companies - IMF
pressureoncountriesinneed of energy related goods and othercommodities.
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moreonrent-targetingfiscal instruments, fiscal revenue maybemorevolatile,which in turn requires a macrofiscalframeworkforrevenue management that saves a higher share of windfall revenue gains to promote intergenerational equity fromanexhaustibleandnonrenewableresource.
Inaddition,tocounteract the negative impact on investor uncertainty, there may be pressure to include generous investment incentives in temporary windfall taxes, for example, the UK energy profit levy with an 80 percent investmentallowance.Such
It said, “Faced with a surge in commodity prices, perhaps expected to be transient rather than permanent, policymakers understandably may consider introducing an exceptional temporary tax measure. But a temporary tax measure can be distortionary and increase investor uncertainty, especially if the tax is not welltargetedatrentsorifthe timing of its introduction or removalisill-judged.”
It was highlighted however, that “it is best practice to include a fiscal instrument targeting economic rents in the fiscal regime for natural resource upstreamextraction.”“This, the Bank said will complement other fiscal instruments that provide relatively more certain and stablerevenue forexample, royalties and corporate income tax and will, in principle, take effect only when a project realizes economicrents.”
profitableprojectspay more tax. On the hand, ordinary corporate income taxes apply to both rents and the normalreturnoninvestment, so that can reduce investment/supplybutnotas muchastaxesonproduction, for example, royalties, which do not consider a firm’scosts.
The unexpectedallowawherecountriespublishedMonetarydiresituationproducingaholdbreaksurnotimplementpGuterres,Secretary-General,Organisation’sAntoniostronglyurgedoilroducingnationstowindfalltaxestoonlybenefitfromthegeinincome,buttoalsotheenergysector’soncommoditypricesinbidtoforcethemintomore.Withtheappearingtobeaone,theInternationalFund(IMF)hasafreeadvisoryfortolookatareastheycanimplementdditionalmechanismstoforbenefitsfromthecash.
In countries that rely
The Bank related however, that many fossilfuel producing countries already have a progressive instrument that captures a portion of the economic rents generated by a commodity price surge. For these countries, especially those with relatively high effective tax rates, it makes littlesensetointroducefiscal regime changes in response to a short term price surge. The trickier question, they submitted, is how countries without a rent targeting mechanism should respond
to an event that leads to windfallprofits.
Under ‘Tax Policy Advice’ it was first noted that natural resource tax policy design should generally consider efficiency, ease of collection, equity, and revenue raising ability It statedthereforethattaxeson economic rents (a surplus over and above the market price of a factor of production) are efficient because they do not reduce investment since that tax applies only to revenue above what is required to invest, and can raise substantial revenue in sectorswithpersistentrents. Taxes on economic rent can alsofosterasenseoffairness by ensuring that more
request, but which he of the so called migrant I reiterate, the AG only insinuates has been proven voters (out of jurisdiction) requested the information to be false, are prima facie and “phantom voters” but no submitted by Harmon with evidence of the of electoral proof was offered as to the threats of reprisal for those mal-practices. eligibilityofthepersonswho who may have assisted in T h i s i s u s e f u l voted”. sourcingtheinformation.He information for the
million persons, more than 8 Governments are buildingyou can determine its No one is doing anything franchising for rich agents
Central Housing and
But the lack of discipline These vendors are not how illegal squatters obtain is not only confined to the poor people. It cost millions thesesameservices. road users. It is evident also of dollars for one of these Investors are spending in illegal vending and mobile caravans. It cost millions of dollars to build squatting, all of which have millions for a canter Yet, hotelsandnosoonertheyare nowbecomesymptomaticof these millionaires are finished the outside of their the deep malaise which is allowed to vend on the buildings are going to be afflictingthecountry verges without paying swarmed by illegal vendors.
There is a business on commercial rates The How can this amount to
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A few months ago, the the Cubans, the Venezuelans make a very over the pavement You have in stock contradict the President of Guyana and the Brazilians in our
(The views expressed inare at today because they are which food vending takes overrun with small kiosks. circumspect of immigrants, We want development this article are those of thedisciplinedsocieties. place are popping up all You can bet that despite the despite the fact that but many of our people do a u t h o r a n d d o n o t
Guyaneseimmigrantscanbe not want to work. We want necessarily reflect theprospects are not good. We At another section of the Planning Authority not found in almost every Guyana to become the next opinions of this newspaper.)have some of the most city, a man drives up each indicatingwhethertheyhave country, including Iceland. Dubai, but we will not undisciplined drivers on our morning with a canter filled given permission for such roadways. Our pedestrians, with millions of dollars in land use, that those drivers and cyclists are snacks. He parks it and has a structures are going to among the most reckless in stand next to it from which eventually be equipped with theworld. hesells. water and electricity just as
Guyana has been touted million of whom are four-lane highways whichprospectsbythismetric. aboutit. who supply them with the as a future Dubai. However, immigrants. are used not only byDiscipline is the key to AtthecornerofKingand accessories which they Dubai does not have the Guyana does not have motorised vehicles but bydevelopment. Just look at Regent Streets, coconut peddle. degree of illegal vending the workforce to develop the pedestrians and cyclistssome of the more ordered vendors are creeping closer On the Merriman’s Mall whichexistsinGuyana. country to that standard of many of whom areand developed countries to the edge of the roadway at the Georgetown City
De people see de light!
Development is doomed because of the lack of discipline
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In this regard, Guyana’s acrossthecity
A review of GECOM’s c o n t e n d s t h a t t h e electoratetohave. operations would have information has been proven Yourstruly, unearthed and exposed this to be false. The official VincentAlexander possible cover up. No documents which he has GECOM wonderthereviewwasvoted studiously avoided in his Commissioner
Development is doomedGuyana 50 years ago. They junctions. And all across the the few remaining green Guyana can never become But do we want immigrants inGuyana.are at the stage where they city, mobile caravans from spaces in the city to become like Dubai. Our people are inthiscountry?
fewnightsago,I King Street, in the heart of amount of coconuts which development? We bemoan the presence of heard someone thecity,whichhasnowtaken some pavement vendors
Dem Boys Seh…
But there is another Dubai. It means that Guyana indiscipline.which were poorer than one of the country’s busiest Council has allowed one of fundamental reason why has to import immigrants.
De Opposition gat a still marginalised and dem when de time come, de method to dem madness. It went in deh fuh five years? people see how dem big might appear like dem nah In two years people get ones give dem friends and know wat dem doing but marginalised? familywuk. demgatwanplan. But dat is how de Dem see who get land Dem using political Opposition hope fuh control and plenty land at dat. Dem psychology pon de people. de people. Dem playing de read about who get gift. Dem filling de people head victim card suh dat de Dem know about dem with stories about how de people gan stick with dem businessmen wah did latch Govament doing dis and de since dem gan be seen as de on pon dem leaders. De Govamentdoingdattodem. saviourofdepeople. peoplenahstupid. Dem want de people feel as When a man feel he is Dem nah falling fuh dah if dem is victim and blame victimheganholdontoyou. bait. Dem know unless dem de Govament fuh dem And dat is wat de get up and get, dem gan get plight. Oppositionwant. left behind Dem nah
A p r o f o u n d cannot use the pavement in claimthatpavementvending returned from Rwanda. He country, despite many of statement.Hehintedthatyou frontofthatbusiness. isforpoorpeople. must have seen the sort of these immigrants being can know about the society On Regent Street there is At many junctions, there progress which that country prepared to do work that in which you live by the way an early morning food are young men selling motor has made and cleanliness Guyanesedonotwanttodo. itscitizensusetheroads. vendor who erects a tent that vehicle accessories. Some of and orderliness of the Dubai is a city in the support the sort of large-It was a very insightful intrudes onto the cycling t h e m c h a n g e y o u r capital, Kigali. Without United Arab Emirates scale immigration which isstatement. Not only can you lane of the road, forcing windscreen wipers for you discipline and order, that (UAE). The UAE has a needed.judgeasocietybythewayits those who use this lane to without your request or developmentwouldnothave population of about 10
De Opposition talking But people memory nah interested in all dis victim about discrimination and short. Dem remember wah talksbecauseatdeendahde marginalisation But wat dem same Opposition did day, dem nat gan get better demdedowhendembeenin promise dem. Dem pickney withdeOpposition. office? How come people did get promise wuk. But Talk half, leff half.
In the meantime, ourpeople use the roadways but divert into vehicular traffic. permission They are takenplace.
IwillpicketUGagainstDr.AlissaTrotz
I saw a pamphlet circulating about a symposiumontheemerging apartheid state in Guyana and Professor Clive Thomas’sfaceisonitandhe is listed as one of the speakers. Can Prof.Thomas seriously argue a case for a nascent apartheid system in Guyana? Is he prepared to backuphispolemicalstance
I
named ‘Overseas Friends of the WPA’. This is a group dedicated to saving the defunct name of the WPA. Please note I did not say the WPA because there is no WPA.Isaid“name.”
with hard facts and an incisivestatisticaloutlay?
Idonotthink the applicant for theWalterRodney Chair should be judged on the basis of his/her politics It is academic work and research that are required. But because Rodneyusedhisscholarship for the liberation of the oppressed, it would be uplifting if the successful candidate has some background in social activism that incorporates elements of liberation politics.Inthis respect, I am afraid I am not a fan of Dr Trotz. I feel as a dyed-inwool WPA embracer, Ms. Trotz is not endowed with the qualities of liberation politics Others may disagree and if and when theydoIwouldliketoseea factualenumeration.
Dr Trotz is one of the leading figures in a group
name of Henry Kissinger and it is awarded to an anthropologist Kissinger wrote dozens of books analysing international affairs.Theoccupiermustbe able to teach students about global affairs and undertake research in international affairs.Iwould hate to see UG opentheYesuPersaudChair inbusinessmanagementand the title is awarded to a historian. I am saying with pellucid ferocity, the Walter Rodney Chair in History must be assigned, after examination of the applicants’academic record o f c o m p e t e n c e i n publications in history to a historian.Ms.Trotz’s main field is women studies and that is whereherpublicationslie.If UG cannot locate a wellestablished historian, then the nearest field of study wouldbepoliticalsociology or comparative political studies.My mind lights on Professor Percy Hintzen whom I believe remain the most competent sociologist Guyana has produced. If he
FREDDIE
(The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinionsofthisnewspaper.)
The WPA has destroyed its name in the Caribbean and beyond. No scholar that admires Walter Rodney can still have any appreciation forthosewhoarealivetoday that were once the revolutionary comrades of Rodney when one looks at what those people have transformthemselvesinto.
FromthattimetotheMarch 2020election,Ms.Trotzdid not devote one article in her weekly column titled “In The Diaspora”, to the NCM and the absurdity of 34 is a majorityof65.
historian.Nothing can be more vulgar to a have a chair in international relations in the
amgettingoninage but I have not hung up my picketing gloves I will ask pro democracyGuyanesetojoin me in the formation of a picketing group to demonstrate against Dr Alissa Trotz being awarded the Walter Rodney Chair at UG.It would be an embarrassment to the name of Walter Rodney and all those who have made the ultimatesacrificeforjustice, rights and liberties in Guyana the past 200 hundredyears.
Here is my reason. The chair is in the history department and its essential requirement is for scholarly accomplishmentsinthefield that Rodney excelled in –history It is a downgrading oftheprestigiouspositionto havesomeoneoccupyitwho is not a historian. The last personwhoheldtheposition was Professor Kimani Nehusi, a published
Here I am offering before hand, my rebuttal TherulingAPNU+AFClost a no confidence motion (NCM) in December 2018.
hasn’t applied, I would urge him to.
FrederickKissoon
She did not compose even one column during the five months of election riggingtoanexposureofthe attemptedfraud.Iamletting Dr Trotz know that I host a popular programme on social media titled: The Gildarie Freddie Kissoon Show If she is awarded the chair, I will constantly address the wrongness of thatdecisiononmyshow
THE KISSOONCOLUMN
I think Dr Trotz has a righttoapplyfortheRodney ChairatUG.Ihavearightto offer my opinion as to her suitability Each day in this country people offer their opinions on the eligibility and ineligibility of others to hold certain offices. I am saying boldly here, I don’t believeMs.Trotzqualifies.
My opinion is Dr Trotz has not used her academic pursuits and social activism to advance the cause of freedom in Guyana. On the contrary, she has not supported the pro democracy forces in this countrysinceMarch2020.
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Conference that the PPP’s inability to execute the budgetisevidentinthehalfyear report which clearly indicates poor economic planning.Economic and Youth PolicyAdvisertotheLeader of the Opposition, Elson Low explained, “We must note that what the Government did with this year’s budget is to vastly expand the national budget immediately They didn’t have a gradual expansion and as a result the economy
A n o t h e r m a j o r Government Ministry, Ministry of Home Affairs, was allocated $47.9 billion and only used $20.4 billion during the first six months. On the other hand, the Ministry of Education was allocated$74.4billioninthis year’s Budget and by halfyear it had already spent $32.2 billion. The Ministry of Housing and Water also managed to utilize $8 1 billionofthe$12.4billionit received. In the first half of 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture expended $15.8 billionofthe$32.6billionof itsbudget.
unable to use up half of the monies allocated in this year’s budget. For instance theMinistryofPublicWorks was allocated $49.2 billion for roads but only spent $12.3 billion. Similarly, the Ministry received $27 6 billion for bridges but only spent $1 8 billion Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health was given $73 2 billion but in the first six months it had only spent $26.5billion.
Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton
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Trans-shipment involves the direct transfer of fish from one vessel to another, regardless of its location, before the cargo is recorded at its final destination. It can take place in variouslocations,includingports,coastalwatersandthehigh
A key Inter-Governmental forum on fisheries and aquaculturehasendorsednewvoluntaryguidelinesgoverning thetransferoffishbetweenships,inamoveaimedatcurbing the illegal unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing that threatensthesustainabilityofglobalstocks.
FIRST-HALF SPENDING
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with this key ingredient being absent today, Norton said the product is an inability to implement the projects.Moreover, he pointed out, “One has to recognise that Government is very much focused on corruption and one of the things that will allow for corruption is these large budgetary allocations and once you don’t have the institutional capacity, coming down to the end of the year, you will just hear about projects and money being collected and money being spent And then, after that the money disappears, the projects aren’t either online or completedandsoonehasto seeitalsoasamechanismto create a slush fund for Governmentcorruption.”
on the issue said that while theGovernmentpridesitself in producing “the largest budget ever” each year, it does so while being fully awarethatthepublicservice lacks the institutional capacity to deliver on this programme.Herecalledthatwhenthe C o a l i t i o n w a s i n Government, former Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, instituted programmes to develop the efficiency and capability of thepublicservice.However,
The Ministry of Finance in its half year report confirmed that a number of the major Ministries were
New guidelines to regulate transfer of fish between ships
has not been given the opportunity to gradually expanditscapacity Sowhat happened is that all of a sudden you’ve got Government spending nearly 50 percent more than thepreviousyear Obviously that is going to present variousproblemsinorderfor youtoimplementallofyour spending programmes- that iswhatisplayingoutanditis something that I think is not surprising.”Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton weighing in
This year, the PPP Government tapped the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) for the first time, increasing the country’s annual Budget from $383.1 billion in 2021 to a whopping $552.9 billion in 2022.Theincreaserepresentsa total of $169.8 billion, a “vast increase” which the APNU + AFC Opposition believes Government is not equippedtomanage.Infact, the joint Opposition argued during its most recent Press
Tothisend,Nortonagain pointed to the need for an independent probe into the allegations of bribery and corruptionleveledagainstthe PPP General Secretary and Vice President of Guyana, BharratJagdeoAccording to Norton, “With the allegations against him, and no system of accountability then you understand that they would havecreatedtheconditionsto pillageGuyanaeconomyand Ithinkoneofthekeythingsin the large budget is creating theavenuesforcorruption”
…Opposition says as it flags sloth in budget spending
‘Braceforyear-endspendingspreebyGovt.’
TheVoluntaryGuidelinesforTrans-shipment,developed byMembersoftheFoodandAgricultureOrganizationofthe UnitedNations(FAO)andpresentedatthe35thSessionofthe FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI35), which closed last week,“aimtoregulate,monitorandcontroltrans-shipmentto supportsustainablefisheriesandfurthercloseloopholesthat enablefishderivedfromIUUfishingtoenterthemarket,”said Manuel Barange, Director of FAO’s Fisheries and AquacultureDivision.
— FAO says move aimed at closing loopholes against illegal, unregulated fishing
therewillbeacontractsigningfortwomore roadsinthecommunity
The first contract signed was for the reconstruction of the Barnwell Road, a 480 metrestretchforatotalof$46.2M.Pantium Construction Inc. was awarded the second contract to rebuild Cemetery Road for $49.1M. According to Indar, the new Cemetery Road will be a 650 metre rigid pavement(concreteroad)andwillserveasan extensionofBurnhamBoulevard.
He said that works will commence shortlyandpromisedthatanun-pricedbillof quantities will be provided to residents so thantheycankeepaneyeonthecontractors tofinishtheroadsinafour-monthtimeline. Mocha
State, he presented a cheque valued at $3m to theToshao of this year’s Heritage Village, Ms Yvonne Pearson, to be used for the construction of a water treatmentfacility
have arrived in the country andwillbeinstalledafterthe celebrations. “We have not onlyearmarkedthemoneyto develop your poultry sector, but we have started the construction of the facility, and we are buying the equipment.”President Ali stated that the Government has already
President Ali at Heritage Celebrations in Mainstay
The outreach was held by President Irfaan Ali after he commissioned the Burnham Boulevard, a newly built road within the Community At the end of the outreach, Minister within the Ministry of PublicWorks,DeodatIndar,announcedthat
He added that the communitiesinRegionTwo water
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$95.3Mincontractssignedfor1.1KmofroadsatMocha,EBD
During his speech, President Ali reiterated his commitment to developing all communities across the countryequally Hesaidthat “every single community must be part of the development story of our country”.This,heexplained, requires the Government to invest in the productive capacity of the country “No community is too small to participate in the productive capacity of our country So what we have been doing is that we have been working on a national development plan that looks at the a d v a n t a g e s a n d competitiveness of each of those communities and then work on creating the investment and the infrastructure to support the development of your comparativeadvantage.”
The signed contracts being handed over to contractors to build roads at
DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL FOR ALL COMMUNITIES
The Head of State said that with Anna Regina Multilateral School topping thecountryattheCaribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination, it proves that the Region has the capacity and capability for new innovative development “We don’t want to create a situation where talent must migrate to have the opportunity So, we are workingtonotonlyhavecall centres but the whole innovation industry We are workingonhavingthewhole innovation industry expanded to this Region so that we can create higher paying jobs and more
Ali made the statement during his feature address at the Amerindian Heritage Celebrations held in the Mainstay/Whyaka VillageSaturdayafternoon.
Govt. makes more promises to create lucrative jobs for Region Two residents
The President also explained that the Government is working on making agriculture more attractive to young people usingresearch,development tools and techniques and science. He added that the two marine cages for the Mainstay/Whyaka Village
President Irfaan Ali on Saturday said that his Government is working on creating more lucrative and technical jobs for residents in Region Two (PomeroonSupenaam) through the expansion of the innovation industryPresident
set aside resources and machinery for the Region to expand its pineapple production, which he calls the “best in the world”. In addition, to the initiatives announced by the Head of
Continuedonpage16 - as President Ali hands over $3M for Mainstay
The Government on Sunday signed two contracts worth some $93.5M to build two stretches of roads within Mocha Arcadia, EastBankDemerara(EBD).
Thetotallengthofthetworoadsisalittle over 1.1km. Signing the contracts on behalf of the Government during a community outreachheldatMochaduringtheafternoon hours was the Permanent Secretary of the MinistryofPublicWorks,VladminPersaud.
treatment facility
technicaljobs.”
OversightCommitteeisnow made up of one nominee from Parliament, three from the religious community, two from the Private Sector, twofrom“organisedlabour” and one from the
“Importantly, the Oversight Committee had the mandate to provide independent assessments of the fund, withdrawals from it and to f a c i l i t a t e p u b l i c consultations in the management and utilisation oftheHefund.”addedthattheformer Act created a proper Public Accountability and OversightCommitteewitha clear mandate to scrutinise the spending of our oil money and to make public any act committed by the government that in contravention of the law or outside of good governance practices.Hepointed out too that allthepersonsnominatedby the Opposition were turned down by the Government. They included Petroleum Engineer Dr Vincent Adams, Economist Elson Low, andAttorney -at- Law and Charter Accountant, ChristopherRam.
Opposition Member of Parliamentand Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC), Shurwayne Holder has expressed his party’s uneasiness with the recent appointment of members of the Natural Resource Fund ( N R F ) P u b l i c
OilfundoversightcommitteestackedwithPPPcronies
Accountability and OversightCommittee,justto saythatitshallprovidenonGovernmentoversightofthe fund, with no detailed information on scrutinising Governmentspendingofthe oil money He said that the
he Parliamentary Nominee,Holdercontinued, wasvirtuallyselectedbythe PPP through their one seat majority and has been appointedbythePresidentto chairtheCommittee.Holder saiditis“quiteclearthatthe PPP Government has no genuine interest in t r a n s p a r e n c y a n d accountability with respect tothespendingofoilmoney What it is interested in and hassincebeenaccomplished
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Hesaidthatsevenofthe nine persons appointed, are knownpubliclytohavedeep affiliation with the PPP, w h i l e t h e t w o representatives from the Private Sector are a sitting Vice President and a former VicePresidentofthePrivate SectorCommission.“Weall know where the Private Sector Commission leans,” Holderhinted.Hecontinued
President, Dr. Irfaan Ali (centre) and Prime Minister Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips (fourth right) and some of the members of the NRF Public Accountability and Oversight Committee (Adrian Narine photo)
T h e p r e v i o u s Government established a Public Accountability and Oversight Committee that comprised a wide array of professionals with many of
Government.”Holdersaid that under the previous Government, the matter of transparency was addressed “ the APNU+AFC had a superior formula with regards to the t r a n s p a r e n c y a n d accountabilityaspectsofthe NaturalResourceFund.
“professions” Holder pointed out that he has no personal issue with the appointees or their competence, but questions “…theirobviousconnection withthePPPandhencetheir ability to effectively scrutinisethePPP’shandling oftheoilfund.”
them from credible organisationsthatareknown advocates of transparency and accountability ” He explained that the APNU+AFC formula brought together a twentytwo member committee including representatives from the Guyana Press Association, Civil Society, Transparency International, Institute of Chartered Accountants, Reps from eachofthetenRDCsamong many others This arrangement ensured that Civil Society played a pivotal role and that there was proper oversight of the NaturalResourceFund.
The functions of the NRF,hecontinued,included monitoring and evaluating the compliance of Government with the provisions in the Act, monitoring and evaluating whetherthefundshavebeen managedinaccordancewith t h e p r i n c i p l e o f transparency, good g o v e r n a n c e a n d international best practices.
--PNCRChairmanPNCRChairman
Accountability and Oversight Committee stating that several of appointees currently have strong links with the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP)HolderGovernment.inapublic letter said that the new NRF Act does not spell out the specific functions and the authority of the Public
ontoaccusetheGovernment of coining the NRF bill to allow them to largely determine the nominees from the Labour Unions. “Insteadofallowingthetwo major unions - GTUC and FITUGtoprovidenominees, one representative came from GPSU (a breakaway faction of GTUC) and the other being the General SecretaryofGAWU”,whose President is a PPP MP, he said.T
is the appointment of its friends and cronies to allow for total domination and controloftheNRFboardand more importantly the Public Accountability and Oversight Committee.” “In thisregard,IapplaudUnited Kingdom Parliamentarian DavidLammyforhisrefusal tositasapuppetontheNRF board and to be a part of a system that is aimed at a i d i n g a c o r r u p t
t h a t o f t h e t h r e e representatives from the religious community, one is from the Dharmic Sabha which has close ties to a Minister of Government, in that she leads the Dharmic Sabha.“T h e s e c o n d representative I assume comes from a Muslim Organisation but happens to be the Chief Commercial Officer of a major Internet Service Provider The Chief Executive Officer of that company happens to be the sonofaformerPPPMinister and brother of a sitting Minister, Holder continued. “The third representative from the religious communityhas known links toGINAandtheMinistryof Health. In fact he was a knowncriticofformerPrime M i n i s t e r M o s e s Nagamootoo and wrote articlestothateffect.”
Opposition Member of Parliament and Chairman of the PNCR, Shurwayne Holder
TheOppositionMPwent
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acquisition of over 132,000 COVID-19vaccinestodate, including 52,000 paediatric doses, demonstrates it is pertinent to the efforts to furthercurbthespreadofthe coronavirus.“Asof half-year, the totalpercentageofGuyana’s adult population who has received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine is 86.5 percent compared to 29 percentatthesameperiodin
Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony
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The Government has expended$26.5billionofits $73.2 billion health sector budgetfor2022tohelpinthe fight against the contagious COVID-19virus.
This is reflected in the mid-year report released by the Ministry of Finance. According to the report, while the virus continues to a f f e c t G u y a n a , hospitalisations due to COVID -19 have decreased when compared to the same periodlastyear,fallingfrom 1,007in2021to892in2022, there were also over 10,000 additionaltestsin2022over the 63,073 for the corresponding period in 2021,reportedbythetesting unit.Thedocumentnotedthat the hospitalisations and deaths from COVID-19 in the first half of 2022 were concentrated in the months of January and February, post the 2021 infectious season The Ministry of Finance said that the
Assuch,thereportnoted that the Government’s efforts will continue in the second half of 2022 to vaccinate more persons, with an estimated 40,000 booster shots for adults, 25,000 doses for the adolescent age group, and 50,000 doses for children between the ages of 5 to 11
e a n w h i l e , t h e document explained that over the review period, $3.5 billion was spent by midyeartoequiphealthfacilities
FightagainstCOVID-19takeslargechunk of$26.5Bhealthsectormid-yearspending
2021 The percentage of adults who received their second dose of vaccination also increased significantly, rising to 67 percent of the adult population compared to15percentinthefirsthalf of last year. With respect to the12to17agegroup,4,635 adolescents have received their first dose of the vaccine, of which 3,894 received their second dose,” thereportadded.
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The RSS, based on the Ministry’s statement, also found that Bascom’s claims cannot be trusted because he has been “living rent-free in a furnished property at Essequibo owned by an Essequibo gold trader.” The RSS sought to discredit Bascom by relating that he has breached the Police Act by working for the same gold trader without permission from the Commissioner of Police.Bascom was also accused of leaking information to the media.
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CCTV also show that his description of the movement of the vehicle, whilst in the area, was also inaccurate and he neglected to tell officers about the third person who arrived at the club with them in the vehicle,” the RSS stated.Another claim by the force that the RSS upheld is that the GPF is not in possession of any technology, device, or equipment, like Bascom had claimed, that can triangulate phoneAftercalls.upholding all of the GPF’s claims about the ‘Paper Shorts’ murder investigation and against Bascom, the RSS “recommended support for the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory from a Regional laboratory to assist in analysing some samples of interest (evidence) related to the Thecase.”Ministry ended the statement by revealing that “Investigations, both nationally and internationally, are actively ongoing to bring this matter (Paper Short’s murder) to finality.”
report is disappointing, noting that there might be some parts missing. “All we read in the statement is basically a repeat of what the police had said and its looks more like an attack on Bascom, an Essequibo businessman, and ‘Paper Short’s friend, there’s nothing there relating to the investigation of the murder,” a relative told this publication.“There are no recommendations on what the force can do to bring his killers to justice and solve the case quickly, no update on the progress of the investigation.Iwanttoknow how they were able to find footage to show that the friend lie to them but yet them can’t find footage to show who the killers are or where they went or where them come from but they could find footage to prove people lying and not find any to solve the case,” the individual continued. Fagundes was shot more than 20 times in March 2021 by two men moments after stepping out of the Palm Court night club on Main Street, Georgetown.Themen had emerged from the back seat of a waiting white Toyota Fielder car which was heavily tinted. Police had later found a burnt-out car at a location along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.
As it relates to the murder investigation, the RSS upheld all of the force’s claims and stated that it has done extensive work in probing ‘Paper Short’s unlawfulSomekilling.oftheGFS’s claims that the RSS upheld include that it has sought international help in the matter, and that initial information received from the victim’s close associate, who was with him on the night he was killed, about suspects in the matter, were inaccurate.“Theclose associate said that Fagundes was driving
the vehicle (the vehicle took the victim to a bar on Main Street, Georgetown before he was killed) on arrival at the location of the incident. However, CCTV records show that the said associate was the one driving.
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than anticipated at the time of the inv estment decision comes down partly to luck. In practice, there is no easy way to distinguish between windfall profits arising from commodity price surges and underlying economic rents, the Bank“However,said. a tax system designed to capture a portion of economic rents effectively taxes windfall profits as well.”
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From page 8 policies could promote short-term investment in the fossil fuel sector since the tax benefit of investment in extractives is relatively high.The Bank advised that windfall profits in the case natural resources can be inseparable from the cyclical component of economic rents.It is intuitive that windfall profits arise from an unanticipated event unaffected by the actions or decisions of an investor.
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Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said that given the fiscal regime governing the contract the country has with Exxon and partners, Guyana is unable to seek more money from the companies despite the increase in crude prices and the large profits currently being made by oil companies.
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An obvious example is a surge in commodity prices benefiting a project after an investment decision has beenThemade.fact that realized profits turn out to be higher
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“There is obviously a that there have been recent periodwithinwhichtheycan Energy Policy was passed in Barbados has embarked on a feeling, therefore, that there significant gas finds – about do area-specific, purpose- Parliament, I believe in fresh initiative to lure the i s s o m e u n t a p p e d three to five trillion cubic oriented and more detailed 2019, and speaks to the safe world’s leading energy firms hydrocarbon resource feet of gas by Woodside analysis that would give and the efficient and the to explore its waters for oil potential and that is what led Energy in Trinidad and Government a better environmentally conscious and gas, after the latest to the launch of this Tobago’s adjacent deep opportunity to determine the recovery of these resources seismic study showed the competitive licensing round water blocks With the nature and quality of the and with the production of possible existence of for the offshore acreage.” launch of the licensing work being done and its hydrocarbons being significant hydrocarbon TheEnergyMinistersaidthe round, investors can now potential effect on the exported in an effort to r e s o u r c e s r e c e n t l y c o n c l u d e d compete for the opportunity environment. generate revenue that can be Minister of Energy, Kerrie ‘International Meeting for to explore oil and gas “Of course, we have reinvested in the S y m m o n d s s a i d o n Applied Geoscience and potential in the island’s introducedchangeofcontrol renewable energy section,” Wednesday that the bidding Energy (IMAGE)’ was one waters. “There is, therefore, provisions which give us Symmondssaid.
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as seismic studies showed possible existence of significant hydrocarbon resources
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Theresearchfoundthata “These guidelines are a 5 Establish reporting lack of regulation, powerful tool with the procedures to collect and monitoring and control potential to make a cross-reference information increases the risk of fish meaningful contribution to onthequantityoffishlanded caught through IUU fishing combating IUU fishing,” by species, product form, entering the seafood supply saidBarange. area, and country of origin chain, jeopardizing the Under the Guidelines, it forprocessedfish. sustainable management of is recommended that States The guidelines will also fisheries. Aim is to provide andRFMOsshould: support the FAO Agreement standards.
The objective of the involved in trans-shipments (PSMA), the first binding Voluntary Guidelines for are authorized by the international agreement Transshipment is to assist relevant flag, coastal or port intended to deter and States, regional fisheries State and that vessels notify eliminate IUU fishing, management organizations the relevant authorities which entered into force in (RFMOs), and other inter before conducting any type 2016, and the updated governmental organizations oftransshipment. Global Record of Fishing by providing standards for 2 Adopt transparent Vessels, Refrigerated developingtheirpoliciesand reporting procedures to Transport Vessels and regulations that govern facilitate the verification of SupplyVessels.
From page 12 trans-shipment, with a view a u t h o r i z a t i o n s a n d seas. While trans-shipment to integrating these in transshipmentdata,allowing can be essential to reduce regulatory frameworks for for effective monitoring, operating costs and sustainable fisheries control and surveillance maximize sustainable m a n a g e m e n t T h e actions. fishing opportunities, if not Guidelines can support 3. Ensure that all vessels properly regulated it can be fishers, fish processors and involved in trans-shipments used to disguise illegally- others in the sector who act provide a declaration caught fish, undermining r e s p o n s i b l y a n d i n containing specific data national, regional and global accordancewiththeirfishing about the quantities of fish, effortstocurbIUUfishing. authorizations, while thespeciesandanyby-catch.
Minister of Energy, Kerrie Symmonds
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Barbados to put on auction 22 oil blocks
He recently returned to conferences held in recent w h o s p e c i a l i s e i n takeovers which are very replete with technologies wanted to make very clear the island from an times,anditwasdeliberately exploration to take an prolific in this gas and oil that are not only new but because the ambition is to international promotional chosentolaunchtheoffshore interest in, and to nominate sector,” he added. Minister exceptionally costly, he put us in a position where, roadshowinHouston,Texas, licensing round. He said that acreage from 22 available Symmonds contended that added: “If you [look at], for obviously, the potential for where he went public with in trying to whip up interest blocks in Barbados for Barbados’ efforts to extract example,theneedforbattery natural gas can be explored the planned auction among the world’s leading inclusion in the bidding its hydrocarbon resources storage and the cost of tothemaximumandtomake “Woodside Energy, which energy professionals, major process, which will be can go hand in hand with its batteries at utility-scale to us as attractive and strategic was formerly BHP, has now oil and gas companies, followed obviously by a clean energy policy “We run an island, then you a partner as possible for successfully completed a 2 global energy leaders and prequalification stage and recognise that the country would understand what I am those entities which are 600 square kilometre 3D geoscientists there, then the formal bidding obviously has significant talking about. That is long interested as well in building seismic survey offshore Barbadianofficialsinformed awards,”Symmondssaid. hydrocarbon resources deep before we get to the need to a resilient energy future,” he Barbados in the Carlisle Bay them of the strides made in “ I t p r o v i d e s a n in our sea bed. The National replace all the ground declared. and the Bimshire Blocks. t h e l o c a l o f f s h o r e opportunity for them to The final returns on that exploration sector, including participate in the island’s surveyshouldbewithusina the unitisation agreement deep water potential, but to few months, but on the basis between this country and do so under a competitive ofprevioussurveysandwhat Trinidadtofacilitatethejoint legal fiscal and regulatory other information we have developmentofhydrocarbon framework ” Symmonds been able to pick up, we felt resources that straddle their also said that with fairlyconfidentthatnowwas shared maritime boundary, amendments to the offshore the right time to announce as well as the successful legislation, the environment the offshore licensing completion of the seismic impact assessment period round,” Symmonds told survey has been extended so that BarbadosTODAY The Minister pointed out companies have a longer
COFI had tasked the helping authorities to 4. Share trans-shipment FAO Secretariat with monitor and rebuild stocks, data such as vessel lists, undertaking global studies c o n s e r v e m a r i n e notifications, authorizations on trans-shipment to support biodiversity and build and declarations, observer the development of these sustainability in the long- and inspections reports, VoluntaryGuidelines. term. infractionsandsanctions.
Assuch,hereiteratedthat “….Withinthetimespecified in theamendments,theremust be collaborationbetweenthe General Registrar’s Office that is the person who keeps all the death records.There must be collaboration between that Office and GECOM for the purpose of comparing records.”
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TheEconomistnotedthatthedecline declining due to what he believes is a vast wealth that we were promised will in performance of Guyana’s major clear case of economic mismanagement never arrive We are seeing the traditional sectors is alarming and Jordan reasoned that there is only so environmental harm, Liz (the requires attention Even before the PPP much blame that the Government can moderator) referred to the loss of released its mid year performance, throw at the feet of the COVID 19 livelihoodsforthefishermen,thecostof formerFinanceMinisterWinstonJordan pandemic and the Russia Ukraine war livinghasgoneupbutnotwagesandwe hadalreadysuspectedthepresenceofthe “Yes, those things do contribute to the are now probably in the midst of the oil ‘Dutch disease’ in Guyana. To arrive at economic strain but they cannot be curse. A tiny elite is getting richer but thisposition,Jordanusedoneofthelatest blamedentirely,”Jordanstated themajorityofpeoplelooktobegetting reports of the Inter American Further, in June this year poorer The Government is over Development Bank (IDB) which International Lawyer, Melinda Janki, spending, borrowing money (and) projectedthatfor2022,Guyana’soiland while appearing as a panelist on a burdening future generations with gas resources will account for almost 60 ‘Moray House’ discussion on a review debt…”
This is according to solvestheproblem.Wecan’t and reports were crafted by definitions of ‘economic, Minister of Human Services keep throwing people away Consultants Rawle Small emotionalandpsychological and Social Security, Dr and placing them behind and Attorney at Law, violence’ and updating the Vindhya Persaud. Minister bars-sometimespeopleneed Rosemary Benjamin-Noble. penalties for breach of Persaud during a recent help and they lash out due to Mr Small’s report proposed protection orders, and interview with this something beyond their the need to expand the inclusion of ‘batterer publication explained that a control,sowearegoingtobe current Domestic Violence intervention programmes’ complete overhaul of the rolling out initiatives that Act to include family and counselling as remedies legislation is underway The will cater to everyone, Violence in recognition of underthelaw Minister noted that family especially men who have the existing gaps relating to Minister Persaud also violence was included in anger management issues newer forms of violence and made several important recognition of the existing and who are prone to temper the need to increase the s u g g e s t i o n s i n t h e gaps relating to newer forms outbursts that lead to category of persons eligible discussionsontheproposed of violence. She said: “We violence,” Dr. Persaud to apply for protection (Continued on page 21) willnotfocusspecificallyon added. men but on the family She said these initiatives because what we did was will be rolled out in tandem looked at the situation and with the new ‘Domestic how it is dealt with in other Violence Act’ which is countries so we can find currently in its draft stage better ways to address the awaiting the conclusion of needs of everyone in that public consultation In situation. With a focus on January, Dr Persaud family violence, we would received reports of
This will ensure that establishing new, modern addictionandrehabilitation.
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hit-and-runPedestriankilledinaccidentatAnnandale
From page 15 planstoshortentheperiodof critical medical equipment is specialty facilities at Anna with adequate drugs and training for Pharmacy operational, with reduced Regina, Tuschen, Diamond, medical supplies, and Assistants to approximately downtime and a longer Enmore, Bath and No. 75 personnel.Theamounttaken nine months and deliver it in lifespan To continue the Village, Corentyne, and from $17 9 billion is a decentralised manner fightagainstchronicdiseases, ensuring that the essential allocated in the national withintheregions,inorderto the construction of a diabetic healthcare needs of all budget to go towards address the existing clinicatLusignanisexpected citizens are met- including procuring much needed shortage. The Government, to be completed within the the design and construction drugsforthehealthsector through the National third quarter, and operational of a state of the art
The Government had previously expressed that it wants the law to be very explicit in stating that the Chief Elections Officer (CEO) must secure from the General Registration Officealistofalldeadpersonstothenremovethosepersons from the voters list. “GECOM has the right now to remove peoplefromthelistbasedonmaybeadeathcertificate,sowe want to make the process transparent so GECOM should do that on a large scale,” Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo said back in May He added thatit mustbe stated in law that they must share the list of dead persons gathered for every year to the political parties and publicise the list in the newspapers “We want to put that into the law, so every time they remove deadpeople,theymustsharethiswithallthepartiesinGuyana and publish it in the newspapers, not just do it in GECOM on theirown,”Jagdeohadsaid
Government is preparing be able to capture, I hope, recommendations to update orders. to overhaul the ‘Domestic everyoneaffected…” the ‘Domestic Violence Act’ Noble – Benjamin on the Violence Act’ of 1996, with As it relates to men, Dr andnewandemergingforms other hand presented over s o m e 4 0 p r o p o s e d Persaud noted that the new of violence -family violence forty (40) proposed amendments, which the ‘Domestic Violence Act’ following a legislative amendments to the current Ministry of Human Services will cater to some of their analysis of the 1996Act and ‘Domestic Violence Act’ and Social Protection said specific needs as well. “We research under the EU-UN including expansion of the will address family, havefoundthatwhilewecan that is spearheaded by the definitions of ‘domestic emotionalandotherformsof incarcerate the perpetrators MinistryofHumanServices. violence’ with inclusion of violence. of such crimes, it seldom The recommendations more comprehensive
Police are investigating a fromthescene. report of a hit-and-run fatal The pedestrian was accident which occurred subsequently picked up in a earlySundaymorningonthe motionless condition and Annandale Public Road, placed into a Guyana Police EastCoastDemerara. Forcevehicleandescortedto The victim (pedestrian) Georgetown Public Hospital is a male of East Indian where he was seen and ancestry His age, name and examined by a Doctor on address are so far unknown, duty who pronounced him Police said in a release. deadonarrival.
Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, SC has said that the proposedamendmentstoelectorallawswillseetheremoval of dead persons from the ‘voters’ list taking place periodicallyDuringhis live streamed Facebook show, ‘Issues in the News’,NandlalladdressedaccusationbytheOpposition ledA Partnership For National Unity +Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) that the Government does not want the names of dead persons removed from the list He said, the ruling People Progressive Party /Civic (PPP/C) is always in support of a ‘clean voters’ list “Let me reject that contention unreservedly, the PPP has always said that the persons who areonthatlistmustberemovedbaseduponprovisionsinthe lawthatrelatetoremovalofpersonsfromthelist,”hesaid.
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The mid year report Pharmacy Services, is also by the end of the year Paediatric and Maternal noted too that at least 25 examining accrediting Additionally, the report noted hospital. medical personnel were private Pharmacy Assistant that Government has The report also indicated deployed across eight of the Courses, through the screenedover22,000persons that the West Demerara and ten Regions to support Pharmacy Council of and will continue to ensure Bartica Regional Hospitals effective treatment and Guyana, to further increase earlydetectionandtreatment, will also be upgraded, and improved service delivery the availability of Pharmacy especially for diabetes and also mentioned that a large including Medical Officers, Assistants. On the matter of ailments of the heart, allocation was made for Obstetrics,andGynaecology medical equipment including hypertension The mental health care $39 Specialists, General maintenance, 41 Biomedical Government said too that it million will go towards the Surgeons, Paediatricians, Technicians have completed has set in motion key actions extension of the mental Anaesthesiologists, and online and hands-on training towards ensuring that our health ward at the GPHC, Neonatologists among courses in the repair and aspiration of a world class while $50 million will go others. maintenance of autoclave healthcare system can be towards training- especially
percent of Gross Domestic Product ofoil,gasandtheenvironmentalsosaid the publication of the report, the (GDP), clearly outstripping the that Guyana may already be in the Opposition’s spokesperson on contributions of the other traditional middle of an oil curse. She explained Economics, Elson Low said: “We need sectors such as rice, sugar, bauxite, during her presentation that four years as a nation to ensure that we have a timber and gold Taking this level of agowhenshepronouncedthatoilwould diversified economic base so that if, domination into account, along with the makeGuyanapoorer,ratherthanricher, heavenforbids,thereisanotheroilprice heightened cost of living pressures, the the population was opposed to her shock…we do not see (the) nation’s former Finance Minister, was certain the comments. However, Janki said today, revenue dry up and other industries phenomenonwasalreadyestablished In the reality could not be clearer as it is become neglected, we also don’t have an interview with this newspaper in quite evident that the promised wealth revenues from those industries to shore August, Jordan intimated that the from the oil and gas sector is yet to up the Government’s budget and the Government’s incessant ‘diversification arrive.Infact,shepointedout,“Guyana overall economic performance of the talk’ does not change the fact that the is racking up debts that have to be paid country.” contributions of other sectors are toExxonoutofGuyana’soilandsothis
New electoral reforms to cater for periodic removal of dead names from voters list-AGNandlall
New Domestic Violence Act to address emotional, family, other forms of abuse
TheAttorney General revealed that the amendment that the Government is proposing in the electoral reforms is to make it mandatory for dead persons to be removed from the list at periodic intervals. This, he said, means that persons must be removed from the list based upon the legal grounds for removing them. Death, he stressed is one of the legal groundstoremovepersonsfromthelist.
Additionally, the report machinesandoxygenplants. realised These include in specialty areas such as noted that the Government
Enquiries disclosed that the Checks were made in the pedestrian was crossing the area for CCTV footage and northern carriageway from samewereobservedandwill South to North when he was b e r e v i e w e d a s struck down by a speeding investigations continue, the motorcar, which drove away Policeassured.
capitalgainsoninvestments. In May 2022, the first withdrawal from the fund was made. The funds were transferred to the Government of Guyana’s Consolidated Fund account and amounted to G$41,700 million(US$200million).In 2022,G$126,694.31million (US$607.65 million) has been budgeted to be withdrawn. Bank of Guyana Report
Bank of Guyana
According to Bank of Guyana’s Half Year report, the Fund opened the year with G$126 69 billion (US$607.65 million). Over the first half of the year, the Fund received G$64 02 billion (US$307.03 million)
from three profit oil paymentsandG$7.75billion (US$37.15 million) from 2 royaltyDuringpayments.thefirst half of 2022, the Federal Reserve increaseditstargetrangefor the federal funds rate three times with the current range being 1.5% - 1.75%. As a result of these increases, along with higher account balances, the Fund was able
of the Fund over the next threeyears.TheBankbegan managing the Fund in the firstquarterof2020.
This is also in accordance with the Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) which allows the companies torecoverupto75percentof costs in a calendar year
to earn a higher amount of interest on overnight deposits.Forthefirsthalfof 2022, the interest earned amounted to G$297 60 million (US$1.43 million) taking the total amount earned since inception to G$325.09 million (US$1.56 million). Since inception, the sum of G$992.74 thousand (US$4.76 thousand) was received as
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According to Bank of Guyana’slatestreportonthe health of the economy, ExxonMobil Corporation’s affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) and its partners in the Stabroek B l o c k r e c o v e r e d US$2,709.2 million in oil cost recovery. This sum covers a portion of their investments made in the oil operationsoffshore.
US$2.7B, while Guyana collected $753M at half-year
During the same reporting period, it was noted that Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF) totalled G$157,053 56 million
(US$753.25 million). The NRF was formed by the enactment of the Natural Resource Fund Act 2019, which was subsequently replaced with a revised version last year The Act gives the Bank of Guyana the responsibility for the operational management of theFund.TheBank had signed an operational agreement with the Ministry of Finance on December 11, 2019, which detailstheobligationsofthe financial institution and outlines the management principles. The Bank also signedanagreementwiththe Reserve Advisory and Management Partnership (RAMP) of the World Bank on September 15, 2019 for RAMP to provide technical support to the management
AsatJune30,2022,there exists no investment mandatefortheFundandall petroleum revenues are held as cash deposits in the Natural Resource Fund account at the Federal Reserve Bank of NewYork. Furthermore, the revised Natural Resource Fund Act assignstheresponsibilityfor the preparation of the investment mandate to a Board of Directors
Verstappen wins at Monza after safety car finish
National U-17 spinner Golcharran Chulai bagged six wickets for 10 runs off five overs to lead Royal Strikers U-19 of Wakenaam to a 37run win over South Side U19 of East Bank Essequibo on Saturday.Batting first at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground, Royal Strikers U19 batted first and managed 94 all out in 24.2 overs. Trivel Evans made 16, Golcharran Chulai had 15 and Gladewin Henry made 12. Natron Gill claimed 3-15, T. Mohabir had 2-10 and A. Mohabir bagged 2-13.
“You deserve that victory. It’s a shame it didn’t get going at the end there but you were the fastest car all weekend,” Red Bull boss Christian Horner told Verstappen over the radio after the chequered flag.“Great job guys, we had a great race car,” he replied, before stepping out onto the
SAFETY CAR Verstappen started seventh on the grid but was third after the opening lap and 19.5 seconds clear of Leclerc with 20 laps remaining when the Ferrari pitted from the lead to go from medium tyres to softs.Leclerc had made his first stop at the end of lap 11 when the virtual safety car was triggered by Sebastian Vettel’s Aston Martin stopping on track, also handing the lead to
(Reuters) - Red Bull’s Max Verstappen dashed Ferrari’s home hopes and won the Italian Grand Prix behind the safety car on Sunday to move within reach of hissecond Formula One world championship.TheDutch 24-year-old’s victory at the “Temple of Speed”, in a race that ended disappointingly and to boos from the crowd, was Verstappen’s fifth in a row and 11th from 16 races this season. read Ferrari’smore Charles Leclerc, Verstappen’s closest rival and now 116 points adrift with six races remaining, took second after starting on pole
Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto explained they had to do something different to Red Bull because it was the only hope of winning.
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The safety car, deployed six laps from the end when last year’s winner Daniel Ricciardo stopped his McLaren on track with an engine failure, raised the home fans’ hopes.
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In the end it took too long to move the car for racing to resume.The race, at a super-fast circuit celebrating its 100th anniversary, finished with the safety car peeling off into the pits and no opportunity for the order to change in the short run to the flag.
“The end was frustrating, I wish we could have ended up racing,” said Leclerc. From page 18 recommendations and cited the analysis as a good foundation for having expanded discussions and advancing the process. The Minister also recognized that amending this law would impact other laws including the Evidence, Custody, Contact, Guardianship, and Maintenance Acts to give full effect to the proposed recommendations. She committed to engaging the Attorney General’s Chambers as the next step as the Government of Guyana is focused on tackling the scourge of Domestic Violence at all levels.
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From page 25 supported by some power hitting later on from Raymon Reifer and Fabian Allen. West Indies fast bowler Obed McCoy was the stand out bowler for the Royals, taking 3 wickets for 24 runs as the Tallawahs finished on 153/7.
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CAPRI (Dec. 22–Jan. 19)
Verstappen who pitted on lap 25.
Your telepathy and intuition are at an all-time high today. You should find it easier than usual to tune in to others' thoughts and feelings. It might be a good idea to control your reactions.
GEMINI (May 21–June 20)
Southside U-19 were bowled out for 57 in 13.3
VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22)
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Monza podium for the first time.The win was Verstappen’s 31st, lifting him level with Britain’s 1992 champion Nigel Mansell in the all-time list.
position but twice surrendering the lead in the pits.If Verstappen scores 22 points more than Leclerc in the next race under floodlights in Singapore on Oct. 2, the title battle will be over.Otherwise, it goes on to Japan a week later.
The(CPL).hugely experienced Afghan leg-spinner will be replacing Wanindu Hasaranga who is no longer available for this year’s 8McCoy156/81/26)BoschRoyalsnationalhaswillrunswhotheingAdamEnglishtournament.top-orderbatterHosewillalsobecom-totheHeroCPL,joiningSaintLuciaKings.Hose,hasscored2381T20atanaverageof32.17,replaceTimDavidwhobeencalledupforinter-dutywithAustralia.Matchdetails:Barbados157/2(deKock64*,56;Green1/24,AmirbeatJamaicaTallawahs(Powell52,Reifer41;3/24,Holder2/24)bywickets.
CANCER (June 21–July 22)
Emotional discussions with your partner could move you to tears, Cancer. You've overcome any difficulties and probably reached a new understanding.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) You usually place a lot of importance on selfcontrol. Today this skill will come in handy when you receive some wonderful news that might otherwise move you to tears.
Barbados Royals were in early trouble in their chase as opener Mayers was dismissed in the second over, but a magnificent partnership of 117 runs between de Kock and Bosch stifled the Tallawah bowlers. Once Bosch lost his wicket, Miller came in and scored 16 runs off 8 balls in a nervy finish to take his side across the line with just one ball to spare.
The win means Barbados Royals maintain their unbeaten start to the season and retain their spot at the top of the league table, while Jamaica Tallawahs remain second.Meanwhile, Rashid Khan will be joining the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots squad for the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League
AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18)
Chulai bowls Royal Strikers U-19 to 37-run win
An intense, emotional dream could move you so powerfully that you awaken with the odd sense that the dream was real. Write it down.
Golcharran Chulai overs in reply. Gill scored 10 and gained support from Mohandass Surujpaul with 314 and Evans, 1-10.
LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22)
TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20)
LEO (July 23–Aug. 22)
Ancient social traditions could be a powerful part of today . An emotional event concerning your family, perhaps planning a wedding or other milestone, could have you feeling especially moved.
PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20)
Expect some great news regarding money, possibly professional advancement. You may have to control the urge to break into tears of joy.
Today a deep concern for others' feelings could have you lending a sympathetic ear to those in need of some understanding. It's more important to listen, even though your practicality might want to express itself.
A long-awaited event, perhaps a wedding or christening, could have you moved to tears. As you're naturally a person who doesn't like to show your feelings, you might need to be by yourself until the urge to cry has passed.
Some intense communications with a close friend or lover could reveal wonderful things about your relationship. Perhaps you have more in common than you thought. Maybe your fears and insecurities prove groundless.
Monday September 12, 2022
Happy events involving a close female relative might have you feeling emotional, Capricorn. A marriage or birth could be involved. Your projects, particularly those with other people, could proceed well despite difficulties you've had to overcome.
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uyanese Leroy Trotman added to Five lifters competed in the open 93kg Guyana’s tally at the FESUPO class, and Trotman came in as the underdog,
GSouthAmericanPowerliftingand butfollowinghis3rdattemptonthesquat,the Bench Press Championship in Santa fight was on for Gold. But it wasn’t meant to Catarina,Brazil. be as he secured Silver after his 2nd attempt
Trotman claims Gold and Silver for Guyana at FESUPO Championships
Diaz submits Ferguson to end UFC tenure with a win
Ferguson fought back, securethewin. scrambles that ended in his chopping at the lead leg of “I want to get out of the favour (Reuters)
Trotman had a best squat of squat 230kg, Trotman, a long standing member of benchpressed135kgandaturnedinadeadlift Team RipHIT strength and conditioning of285kg,allnewpersonalrecordsonhisway system, and coached by MartinWebster, also toSilveroverall. claimedgoldinthedeadlift.
ateDiazscoreda extraordinary week for the missed the welterweight faced off against Daniel Diaz to slow him down, but UFC for a minute and show fourth round UFC. limit for his proposed main Rodriguez, but the Diaz was still able to land these UFC fighters how to submission win A backstage brawl eventfightagainstDiaz. rescheduled main event did his combinations to force take over and own another
o v e r T o n y caused Thursday’s press That miss forced a notdisappoint. his opponent back and he sport I’m gonna go out Ferguson at UFC 279 on conference to be cut short, reshuffle that saw Ferguson The 37 year-old Diaz played with the crowd, there, take over another Saturday, winning the last and the card was thrown into step up to meet Diaz while pickedFergusonapartforthe strolling around the cage profession ... and then I’ll be fight of his UFC deal in a disarray on Friday morning Chimaev took on Kevin first three rounds before andleaningagainstittotake right back here to get a UFC wild bout that capped off an when Khamzat Chimaev Holland and Li Jingliang grabbing a guillotine choke abreak. title,” Diaz said in the in the fourth to end the fight Ferguson shot for a octagon. in front of a sold-out crowd takedowninthefourthround Chechen born Swede attheT-MobilArena. but Diaz, who submitted Chimaev was roundly booed
Competing in the 93kg Open Classic, deadliftof285kg.
The fan favourite from ConorMcGregortohandthe asheenteredtheoctagonbut Stockton, California opened Irishman his first loss in the once the fight was underway a cut above Ferguson’s right UFCin2016,circledhisarm he wasted no time, shooting eye in the second as his pin- around Ferguson’s neck and for a takedown and initiating pointboxingstartedtotell. draggedhimtothegroundto aseriousoffuriouswrestling
An entire calendar of smoother flow to and from Guinness, XM Rum, multicultural events have the event. The organization Smirnoff Vodka, Hop House been designed to showcase committee for the Jumbo Jet 13, Johnny Walker, AJM allthelocaltalentwhowillin Thoroughbred Racing Enterprise, Jumbo Jet Auto turn compliment the Committee (JJTRC) has met Sales and presented by the international acts to the likes with both fire and the JJTRC.
(BBC Sport) - Spanish US Open final to achieve champion since Rafael
Preparations for the first GuyanaCarnivalcalendarof to perform for the after party ever Cricket Carnival are events On Sunday, whichwillbehostedinasafe moving rapidly with a September 18, the attention andexcitingmanner c o m p e t e n t t e a m o f will be shifted from Join the road to the professionalsatthehelm.An Georgetown to The Rising biggest events in Guyana’s influx of foreigners is Sun Turf Club West Coast history which has over expected in Guyana creating Berbice. Over 60 horses will GYD$10 million in cash and an opportunity for local competeforthecovetedfirst, prizestobewon. h o t e l s , e a t i n g secondandthirdprizesatthe This event was made establishments, taxis and most prestigious Horse possible through the kind bars to generate added RacingeventinGuyana. sponsorship of our title revenue due to the Cricket An improved traffic plan sponsor Banks DIH and Carnival. was derived to ensure a supporting sponsors
Instead it is Alcaraz who ATP rankings, becoming the history futureGrandSlamchampion majorfinal.
Carlos Alcaraz is the first teenager to become the men’s world number one (Getty Images)
JJTRC confirms over 60 registered horses for President’s Cup
US Open: Carlos Alcaraz beats Casper Ruud in New York to win first major
but has now lost both of his replaces Russia’s Daniil first teenager to climb to the teenager Carlos Alcaraz both feats. Alcaraz won 6-3 Nadal won the French Open
twomajorfinals. Medvedev at the top of the summit in their 49 year fulfilled his potential as a 2-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 in his first in2005.
Ruud, 23, would have and world number one by The 19-year-old is the become the new world beating Casper Ruud in the youngest men’s Grand Slam number one if he had won,
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u y a n a h a s of Machel Montano, Beres Guyana Police to ensure secured the Harmmond, Skillibeng, stringent security measures
Gm u c h Patrice Roberts, Spice and are in place. The parking anticipated finals of the CPL muchmore. area has been modified to 2022 carded to commence B e c a u s e o f t h e accommodate over 1,000 from September 16th to overwhelming response vehicles internally to take October 2nd, 2022. Creating received from the horse theattentionoffofthepublic history with a mega racing fraternity and patrons roadway. As the final race presentation merging Sport, at the previously held concludes the attention will Culture and Carnival where Guyana Cup 2022, the befocusedonthecentrefield Guyana will be showcased President’s Cup was where a series of local ontheworldstage. officially inducted into the musical artistes are expected
At DCC, Everest beat Sachin Singh, who captured reached double figures while Diplomats in the morning twowicketseachforDCC. Ameer Mohamed took 4 - 5 game while DCC got the At the Malteenoes as Troy Benn and Kevin better of 4-R in the afternoon ground, Jerimiah Scott’s Christian bagged two match. elegant 52 with five fours wicketseach.
Asia Cup: Sri Lanka beat Pakistan in final to claim sixth title
“There was always superb, but it was a team reach the final following confidence that the team had effort.” defeats by Sri Lanka and talent, we just needed a Only India have won Pakistan in the Super Four method,”saidSilverwood. moreAsia Cup titles than Sri stage.(BBCSport)
Andrian Foster hit two of resistance with an Class reached 70-5 in 10 sixes and two fours in an undefeated 26, which overs with Sanjay Khan unbeaten27whilehissibling includedasixandafour making 17 and Ron Bailey Andre Foster hit one Once the 34-run opening gettingto14. b o u n d a r y t o f i n i s h partnership between Ovid MYO replied with75-3 undefeatedoneight. Richardson (12) and Javid with former Guyana U-19
Bhanuka Rajapaksa starred in Sri Lanka’s Asia Cup win with 71 not out from 45 balls after they were 58-5. (Reuters Ages)
smashing seven sixes and a carefullyconstructed22,was fourinablistering24-ball54 joinedbyShaquilleWilliams
Yesterday in overcast while Ronaldo Scouten hit who stroked an unbeaten 27 conditions in the City, the three fours and a six in his which included a couple of rain affected the third round scoreof19. sixes to the Thomas lands of matches in the inaugural However, Sanjay Algoo team to emphatic victory Atlantic Marine Supplies who hit a six in his 11 and with8.1overstospare Inc/Susuki Motor Cycles extras,whichcontributed14, In the afternoon match at SecondDivisionT20Cricket reacheddoublefigures. MSC, Police bowled out Tournament saw wins for Daniel Mootoo had 4-22 Sophia for 34in 11.2 overs Everest, DCC, Police, MSC and got support from Nkosi with only Ronald Hercules, andMYO. Beaton, Steven Sankar and whohitasixandafourin13,
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Anthony Sanchara Collin (13) was broken, o f f s p i n n e r S a g a r clobbered two fours and two wickets fell at regular Hertheramani top scoring sixes in his 17-ball 29 while intervals. with30. Mandrekar Bhola was not Marcus Watkins and In another showdown, outon12. Delon Dalrymple took two MSC beat GCC by five
In the first game, Everest and three sixes spearheaded TheCopsreached40-3in reached 53-2 from five overs the home team to an eight- 6 2 overs with Rayon inreplytoDiplomats’46-1in wicketwin. Venture making 14, which six overs, in a game reduced GNIC were restricted to includedasix. because of a late start due to 117-8 in 20 overs with only At GCC, in a game earlymorningrain. Jeffery Blair offering a token reduced to 10 overs Third
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Thiswasinreplyto4-R’s Scottdeparted. against GNIC with 44 while 111 in 18 1 overs that A f t e r S c o t t w a s Browne made 33 as Bernard featured West Indies Youth dismissed, Stephon Browne Bailey took 2-23 in a losing team pacer, Isai Thorne, who hit a single six in a cause.
ri Lanka beat Bhanuka Rajapaksa’s coached by former England together Pakistan by 23 unbeaten71from45balls. coach Chris Silverwood, They added 58 for the runs in the Asia Mohammad Rizwan after they lost their opening sixth wicket as Hasaranga
Sri Lanka’s bowlers took wicketsregularlythroughout Pakistan’s chase to restrict their scoring, despite Rizwan’s efforts at the top of theorderSeamer Madushan took three top order wickets quickly, while leg-spinner Hasaranga capped a fine all- “Weworkedhardandthe Lanka,withsevenvictories. round performance with results are showing. Our P r e t o u r n a m e n t figuresof3-27. young seam attack was favourites India failed to
In the second game at wickets each for MSC who wickets after dismissing the DCC, the hosts made 114-3 reached118-2in11.5overs. Bourda Boys for 116 despite in 8.3 overs with Joshua When MSC attempted a fighting 35 from Guyana Persaud hitting seven fours their chase, they quickly lost youth player Zachary Jodah andfivesixesinanexplosive Tuduell McAlister, bowled and 22 from West Indies 24-ball 66 while Shamar by Rashidi Benjamin for youth player Mavindra Yearwood reached the three in the third over, before Dindyal. boundary thrice and cleared ScottjoinedStephonBrowne MSC replied with Scott itonceinhis10-ball18. to take the score to 67 when following up his half century
Atlantic Marines Supplies Inc/Susuki Motor Cycles T20 Everest, DCC, Police, MSC, MYO in winner’s row
S Cup final to secure scored 55 in Pakistan’s reply gametoAfghanistan. scored 36 from 21 balls to an unexpected sixth title in but Pramod Madushan took Victory looked unlikely steer them to a challenging Dubai. 4-34toendtheirhopes. when Sri Lanka slipped to total.FastbowlerHarisRauf Sri Lanka scored 170-6 The win marks a big 58-5, before Rajapaksa and led Pakistan’s bowling off their 20 overs, set up by turnaround for Sri Lanka, Wanindu Hasaranga came attackwith3-29.
(CPL) - The Barbados However, once again it was Quinton de Kock, Corbin Royals secured their fifth captainRovmanPowellwho Bosch and captain David straight victory of the 2022 took charge for the Miller combining across the Hero Caribbean Premier Tallawahs, scoring his innings to guide the side to League (CPL) season with a second successive half v i c t o r y b y e i g h t win over Jamaica Tallawahs century to take his side to wickets.Jamaica Tallawahs byeightwickets. 153/7after20overs. lost King in the first over as
The Barbados Royals In their chase, Barbados Mayers demonstrated his won the toss and chose to Royals bounced back after ability with the ball. Amir field, getting off to a dream the early dismissal of Kyle Jangoo and Powell formed a start by removing opener Mayers with their South 57-runpartnershipthatwas Brandon King for a duck. African contingent of (Continued on page 21)
conditionsatKeelTopUCricket ground in Toronto, Canada, Melbourne Sports Club defeated Apollo Cricket Club in the finals of the Canadian Commonwealth Cricket Association (CCCA) of Toronto 40-oversTournament.
Former West Indies off spinning all-rounder Ryan Hurley made an unbeaten 66. The Bajan faced 36 balls with six fours and five sixes while Vinod Woodcock made10notout.(SeanDevers)
2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League…
We are the Champions! Melbourne SC of Toronto, Canada pose after their tournament triumph
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Melbourne sink Apollo to win CCCA of Toronto 40-over Title
On a good batting track, Apollo won the toss and elected to bat, but watched by a small crowd they managed just 88 runs in 23. 2 overs.No batter reached 20 in a disappointing performance as Kandasammy made 14, Imtiaz Hosein pitched in with 19 and Ian John crafted only 10. Powell Wayne had 2-33, Guyanese Raja Pooran claimed 4 29 while another Guyanese left arm spinner,EugeneLaFleur,had2-0 forMelbournewhoreached90-1.
Royals extend unbeaten start with another win
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Corbin Bosch and Quinton de Kock a 117-run second wicket stand. (Getty Images)
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