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Chinese firms bidding for gas-to-energy project seek to distance selves from shady past of affiliated companies

C h i n a E n e r g y International Group Co. Ltd., and the other Chinese companiesthatsubmittedbids for the Guyana Integrated NaturalGasLiquidsPlantand 300MW Power Plant Project have sought to distance themselves from the shady pastoftheirsubsidiaries.

Theclarificationcomeson the heels of a report by Kaieteur News which stated tha

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that its subsidiary was blacklisted, the parent company was not. After the integrity and compliance managementsystemhasbeen established,thecompanysaid thebanhadbeenliftedonMay 10,2021.

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(a company that is 62 58% owned by China Energy Engineering Group Co., Ltd.) was blacklisted by the World BankonSeptember11,2019. The financial institution had imposed a 20 mon

h debarment of the Chinese state owned enterprise, known at the time as China Energy Engineering Group HunanElectricPowerDesign Institute Co., Ltd (CEECHEPDI).

TheWorldBankstatement said it had provided engineering and construction services, in connection with fraud as part of a Lusaka T r a n s m

Regarding allegations of payment of bribery for the UniversityofZambiaproject, the company clarified that it receivedrelevantreportsfrom CEEC-HEPDI towards such issue which declares CEECHEPDI had never conducted any bribery or fraudulent acts during the bidding and performingprocess.

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n a n d Distribution Rehabilitation Project in the Republic of Zambia.Thedebarmentmade CEEC-HEPDI ineligible to participate in World Bankfinanced projects. It was part of a settlement agreement under which the company acknowledged responsibility for underlying sanctionable practices and agreed to meet specified corporate compliance conditions as a condition for release from debarment.

The company in a statement was keen to note yesterday that while it is true

As for now, the company said there is no official announcement or binding judicial award that declares any illegal behaviours towards such issue. It also sought to declare that the parent and the subsidiary are two independent companies of two different legal persons under China Energy Engineering Corporation. It added, “The company's solemnlypromisestoyouthat the business activities carried outbythecompanyinGuyana will strictly abide by the laws of Guyana and the commercial regulations of international engineering projects.”

AlsorespondingtotheKN article was China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC). It sought to clarify thatitisnotthesameasChina

Machinery Industry Construction Group, Inc , which was blacklisted by the World Bank for fraudulent practices.Itsaidthesearetwo sepa

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companies Importantly, CHEC is the subsidiary of China Machinery Industry Construction Group, Inc (Sinomach).

Power China Int'l Group also issued a statement yesterdaysayingthatcontrary to what was stated in the article, it was not blacklisted bytheWorldBank.Italsosaid thatithasnolinkstoZhejiang

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Construction Group co., ltd. (1st Hydro) which was listed as being debarred by the financial institution. Kaieteur News also spoke with a representativeofthecompany who said management denies any links to the company mentionedinthearticle.

In face of bad oil deal, Guyana should at least protect its environment

…new legal challenge highlights citizens' growing concerns - IEEFA

With another court challenge filed, this time againsttherecentissuanceof theenvironmentalpermitfor the Liza One offshore oil project, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) believes that the action is a reflection of citizen's growing concern regarding the handling of the local oil sector

The International Agency which has been paying attention to the local oil industry and offering its advice, reminded that Guyana already has a bad dealthatcoverstheLizaOne project and offered therefore, that the country should have at least been a bitmoremindfulofnegative environmental impacts Frederick Collins and Godfrey Whyte, just weeks ago, filed court action against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to forcethemtoprovethatthey didnotapprovetheLizaOne environmental permit w ithout the legal requirement of full oil spill liabilitybeinginplace.

Andifthiswasdone,the litigants are also asking the court to have the EPA fully c o m p l y w i t h t h e requirements. In its latest writing, the IEEFA said however that based on the

plaintiffs'contention,whena permit expires, the law requires a new permit application and review, particularlywhenconditions havechanged.Itsaidthaton May 31, Guyana's Governmentsimplyissueda newpermitfortheLiza1oil field, without conducting a new review “The requirementforanewpermit processforLiza1isnotjust paperwork, ” IEEFA submitted. “It is essential to protectthepublic.Giventhat greenhouse gas emissions are at the center of the discussion of this project, it is also essential for addressingclimateimpacts,” the organisation continued. It highlighted that a major controversy that surrounded the Liza One project is its unplanned (non routine) flaring of gas to the atmosphere. In an original environmental impact assessment, ExxonMobil, the field operator, told Guyana it could guarantee zeronon-routinegasflaring.

“Faulty equipment, h o w e v e r , c a u s e d ExxonMobil to flare gas from almost the first day of production in 2019.” And amid public outcry, the Government imposed a fine on the company, but also changed the permit to allow some flaring a decision

that is the subject of another legal challenge brought earlierthisyear,andisstillto bedetermined.

IEEFA offered however, that “It would have been more prudent for Guyana to

the problem. Once again, though, the Government chose to cut corners,” the organisationlamented. It said that “the existing agreement that covers the Liza 1 project is already a

handed them a lucrative decommissioningdealthata March 2022 IEEFAanalysis found will allow the three companies to pocket a total of$3.2billion.”

c o n d u c t a n e w environmental impact analysis, through a permit reviewprocess.”Itsaidthat, “A review would have provided the public with an analysis of the failure to prevent non-routine flaring, ExxonMobil's equipment repairs, and a plan to solve

baddealforGuyana.Theoil companies receive an unfair revenuesplit.Guyanacannot close its budget deficits because it is receiving too little revenue from the Liza project. At the same time, Guyana has provided substantial tax giveaways to the oil companies and has

IEEFAsaidthatwhilethe recent case is a challenge to the Government of Guyana, “it is also an example of continued mismanagement by ExxonMobil.”It said too that “the Government's decision to ignore public concerns about the project and to push the new permit through without a proper review only makes matters worse for the people of Guyana ”The organisation saidthatGuyanaisinahurry to develop its oil and gas reserves as it faces an eventual major reduction in demand for oil and gas as a

result of global responses to climate change. “Its failure toconductaproperreviewof the new Liza 1 permit, however, leaves pollution and climate risks unaddressed.”

Guyana has already lost one lawsuit regarding the Liza One project which was originally granted a more than 20 year permit which would have cut corners on the review process. Citizens however challenged that permit and won; meaning that Guyana must now reviewtheconditionsofLiza 1 permit every five years. IEEFA says that failure to conduct a proper review of the project before the latest permitwasissuedfliesinthe face of the court's earlier directive.

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EDITORIAL

Please stay away from our cricket

CricketinGuyanaandthewiderCaribbeanregionislike asacredspace. Clubteamsareonething,butnationalteams areinacategoryallbythemselves. Nationalcricketteams areabouttheprideofapeoplethatweretakenadvantageof, beatenintotheground,andkickedaroundforanypurposes that pleased. Nations don’t take too well to their national cricket teams being made the subject of cheap corporate salesmanship,andsleazyleadershipmaneuverings. Likethe treasured family jewels, cricket is one such heirloom that shouldbelefttoremaininthatuntouchedstate.

So, there was the Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) earlier giving the other teams in the competition a run for their money We understand that times have changed, and thatmoneyisthebiggestgamechanger

We understand also that the GAW is made up less of playerswhoareofGuyaneseorigins,andmoreofthosefrom the international cricketing circle. All of that is taken in stride,withgoodcheer Butwecan’tbeofgoodcheer,when thewickedstepmother,thatwickedwitchoftheWest,shows herpresenceinthatpreciousnationalspacethatiscricket.

The unwelcome stepmother, and witch that is rightly feared, is none other than American oil superpower ExxonMobil. What is ExxonMobil and its peoples doing near to our national shrines? Why are some Guyanese proudly (or shamelessly) wearing the clothing of our enslavers, exploiters, and predators? We say proudly, as if theyarenotawareofthecallousdisregardforourwellbeing that the people of ExxonMobil harbour in their hearts, notwithstandingtheirsmooth,practiceddeceptions. Andwe sayshamelessly,withoutanyintentionofembarrassingany of our local brothers and sisters, given the self-destructive nature of their thoughtless surrender to those who use us, after first making fools of us. Even though national and regionalteams,onceconquerorsoftheworld,havenotdone aswellasbefore,orasgoodastheycouldhave,cricketstill retains a treasured place in the hearts of many Guyanese.

With that, there is the greatest reluctance, the most intense objections, that outsiders could be so arrogant and so selfserving as to help themselves to a slice of our cherished culture. Fortheirowncleverconcoctionsabouthowmuch they mean to us, how well they have done for us, and how muchmoreisinstoreforus,withthisoil.Inthemiddleofour cricketexcitements,ExxonMobilhadtheaudacitytoprofane thespecialplacethatcricketoccupieswithGuyanese. First, it was their apparel, and then in their technology powered salesmanship about the amount of money that ExxonMobil hasgiventoGuyanesefortheiroilthatitsteals,forourfuture that it drains so cruelly While we appreciate the role of sponsors and their money, Guyanese should make an exception. We don’t want ExxonMobil money under the circumstancesthattheytellusareheavensentforus.

This is what the slavers in their boats used to tell the Africantribalchiefs,whosoldtheirownintogenerationsof miseryforcheaptoys,flashyornaments,andleftovergoods thattheforeignexploitershadnouseforanymore. American slaveownerslovedtotelltheworldoftheeducation,housing, and civilising that they gave to theirAfrican slaves. What theyconvenientlyleftoutwashowmuchmoretreasurethey weregettingfromtheirblood,sweat,andtears.

In this 21st century, amid CPL cricketing celebrations, ExxonMobil does the identical thing, behaves in precisely the same manner, like the old slave masters. It is of how much the company has done for Guyanese, while covering over how many countless hundreds ofAmerican millions it cartsawayatourexpense. Thesearethepeoplewhogiveus thetrinketsoftoday-ajerseywithExxonMobilpaintedonit, abillboardbrainwashingwiththegreatExxonMobilGuyana story,withanemphasisonhowmuchGuyanahascollected.

This country never knew about so much money before. Now, thanks to ExxonMobil’s paternalism, the children of Guyanacanjumpforjoywiththeirshinynewgifts.

This is criminal capitalism and it’s most repulsive, and someGuyanesefallforit.

‘One Guyana’ is quite evident these days

DEAREDITOR, Linden,30 May 2022 Then adding to what I Guyana. He described this I concur with Minister Guyana’s Vice President just stated, Prime Minister kind of evil as “ a within the Office of the Jagdeo announces $800M MarkPhillipssteppedinand disservicetoallGuyanese Prime Minister with for housing development in broughtawarenesstothefact (adding that) I wish to responsibility for Public Linden,12Jun2022-Linden t h a t G o v e r n m e n t categorically dissociate Affairs, Kwame McCoy, entrepreneurs set to expand engagements have myself from it More when he emphatically stated business ventures with pronounced in southern importantly, I am a firm that “The lives of every US$30,000grant,2513Aug G e o r g e t o w n , supporterofHisExcellency, Guyanese are being 2022 - Infrastructure works Mocha/Arcadia, Linden, the President of Guyana and transformed through the are progressing in Amelia’s Buxton, Golden Grove, and I am absolutely convinced implementation of inclusive Ward Phase 4 housing Melanie Damishana, etc that it is not part of the andeffectivepolicies.” schemeinLinden.NowIcan What is positive about these President’s agenda to create

A n d b y w a y o f goonandon,butIthinkmy ventures is that it is nothing anydisparitybasedonrace.” explanation and expansion, caseiswellmadeout. resembling a ‘hand out’ It is in this vein that he added that “ the YouseeEditor,thePNC, gesture.

Prime Minister, Brigadier Government is laying the couched and morphed into These ‘meetings and (Ret’d) Mark Phillips, foundation for the the APNU/AFC, cannot discussions’formpartofthe explained that “As an Afrod e v e l o p m e n t a n d produce written nor actual ”… working solutions with Guyanese from the town of advancementofGuyanaand evidence, that they have residents to address Linden,Iamproudtobepart its people.” I therefore dare done anything of substance community needs such as ofthePPP/CAdministration thosepersons,whoareinthe for‘their’people,astheylike improved roads, bridges, where all Guyanese, politicaloppositionandwho to call Afro Guyanese. So potable water supply, access inclusive ofAfro-Guyanese, are choosing to divide the now,astheMinistersowell- toagriculturallands,andthe have equal access to nation and prevent the pointedout,“Theyresentthe resolution of long-standing opportunities and where achievement of ‘One magnanimous approaches land issues, among others.” national policies and Guyana’ to say otherwise. ourGovernment(thePPP/C) So right now, here in this programmes are never Since this was the thrust of istakingtocatertotheneeds land, “Contractors from influencedbyrace.” the Minister’s intent, that is, of all Guyanese, including within Afro Guyanese So, to the Opposition to debunk the idea that the very supporters and communities are benefiting Leader, Aubrey Norton, and Government is partisan, I electors of the PNC who are d i r e c t l y f r o m t h e hisfewvoicepieces,whoare willjusthighlightoneareaof mostly Afro Guyanese ” infrastructural development bent on ‘stoking racial emphasis, where the PPP/C This is exactly why I pin- takingplace(asinthecaseof flames,’Ichallengedthemto is going that ‘extra-mile’ to pointed Linden with just a Buxton where 25 contracts counter want the Minister obliterate the talks of the f e w o f t h e m a n y were recently awarded to said,thatis,”Theirrefutable enemies. developmentstherein. repair bridges in the evidence playing out before

For example, in Linden TheOppositionandtheir community).” our eyes daily, in facts and alone,andinamatteroftwo confederates are busy No wonder Floyd figures, that the PPP/C years, unprecedented creating mischief and Haynes, Accountant and administration is serious progress has been ongoing drumming up racial strife Financial Analyst, had to about transforming Guyana here. I ask that readers just within our communities distance himself from a into a prosperous nation for scantheseheadlines,oreven While they are doing so, the ‘Cuffy 250 Committee’ allGuyanese.” better yet, revisit the news PPP/C Government is forum which has as its topic Already they have been archives and see what I am constructively engaged with ‘Resisting the emerging torpedoed with their talkingabout:26May2022- Afro Guyanese leaders, apartheidstate’. apartheid myth, and have Development priorities for groups, and communities Hewasincensedwiththe abandoned it, at least for Lindensecure,Aug13,2022 whowereneglectedandused phrase ‘resisting the now

Housing, infrastructure under the APNU+AFC emerging apartheid state’ to Yourstruly, development progressing in administration. describe conditions in H.Singh

Is GECOM’s new approach being influenced by the presence of a new face?

DEAREDITOR, accused the Chairperson of taking a GECOM’s most recent release

The Guyana Elections Commission decision not to extend the period for soughttoconveytheimpressionthatthe (GECOM), which up to recently was Claims, when in fact a publisher of my Opposition appointed Commissioners media shy, has seemingly assumed a letter attributed a headline to the letter wereinsistingthatGECOMconductan new disposition to the media and has thatdidnotreflectitscontent.

investigation into electoral takentoissuingPressReleases.Thatisa The Editors normally coin the malfeasance, in defiance of the welcomed development One is, headline/title for letters to the Editor Chairperson’s ‘Ruling’ that such however, left to wonder, if this new Yet GECOM, and the three investigations are the sole purview of approach has been influenced by the Commissioners erroneously, out of theHighCourt. presence of a new face on the carelessness or propagandistic mal- The first observation to be made in Commission. intent attributed to me, and dwelt on that regard, is that the Court does not

However, of greater concern is the what was in, the headline, while investigate, it adjudicates hence an falsehoods and partisan nature of the ignoringthecontentofmyletter,which investigationdoesnecessarilynotflyin recent releases emanating from did not accuse the Chairperson of the thefaceoftheconstitutionalprovisions GECOM.Notably,theydonotreflecta purported decision: not to extent the inrelationtothejurisdictionoftheHigh consensus or unanimity of the period for Claims One such Court. However, let’s assume that I am Commission,asIwilldemonstrate. occurrencemaybeforgivenasanerror wrong in my aforementioned

Quite recently, I had to draw or oversight However, any contention, that does not relieve attention to the erroneous nature of a reoccurrence can only be construed as GECOM and the PPP/C Appointed GECOMreleaseandareleasefromthe intentional and unethical, at least. This Commissioners of their notoriety The threePPP/CappointedCommissioners, isundoubtedlythecasewithGECOM’s factofthematteristhatthecallof both of which purported that I had mostrecentpressrelease (Continuedonpage5)

Norton’s fight against this Govt. is misplaced, confrontational

DEAREDITOR, matter for Guyanese that in his cesspool of be an indication of Norton’s

I read Sherwood Lowe’s have not experienced this discrimination banter The broad National and multiresponse to Dr Tara Singh, ethnic discrimination for public is informed and ethnic approach to politics. Ravi Dev, and others who themselves. intelligent enough now to See PNC/APNU+AFC haveurgedAubreyNortonto Where is the empirical know when Norton is Facebook page for more reach and transcend new evidence? Lowe seeks to gaffing, politicking and examples. boundaries,therebyreaching pour cold water on this by outrightly telling halfway Thirdly, I have not the out to all Guyanese in his mentioning the things he truths. slightest inclination to fight with the People’s believes are ignored instead Secondly, I believe defend the PPP wrong of ProgressiveParty(PPP)fora ofseekingtobringinstances Norton is a political racist. corruption in office, but betterGuyana. andevidencetothefore. He appears to like the surely Lowe would have

He is claiming that Using the ‘Black Lives conceptofethnicsuperiority. proven examples again of Norton’sfightagainstPPPis Matter’ campaign is He, it would seem, sees the this corruption. Do not tell misunderstoodandthatheis disingenuous because they PPP through racist lens. me of unproven accusations aleaderofallthepeople. haveevidenceofeveryblack After all, someone who is a that were made against Lowe then tells his life that is lost. They know racist never admits that they Bharrat Jagdeo and others. readers what Norton is the details of how and what areracist.

Whereareprovenexamples? fightingforandagainst. led to that.Theyknow, for a I assume that every time What did the police

Let me make it clear, I fact, whether it is systemic he speaks, Norton does not state? Who was charged? feelthatNortonhasbeenone racismanddiscriminationor believe in any multi-ethnic Who was imprisoned? The of the leaders of the whetheritisoutrightracism. approachbeinganactivepart entire nation is made much oppositionAPNU+AFCthat They can point to a whole of opposition politics poorer as a people if you do ismostconfused,perplexed, pile of cases that occurred Maybe he does on paper but not know or cannot say divisiveandcrass. over the years that is his actions certainly do not. where the system to fight

While Norton seeks to documentedbyauthorities. For instance, bringing an corruptionisfailingus. taketheOppositiononanew Nortonstilldoesnotfeel Afro-Guyanese woman into Anyway, Norton should path toward the Presidency, thatheshouldhaveevidence hisparliamentarycirclewho have at least fought against heisopeningtheoldwounds and makes wild and saidthatsheisonlygoingto Corruption from 2015 to ofblackdiscriminationfrom outrageous claims against give jobs to people who are 2020,buthechosetoremain the50stotheearly90s. thePPP PNC supporters and by silent.

Sadly, Norton does not So, it is a shame that extension, black supporters I would have more doagoodjobashedoesnot Lowe, someone who prides can hardly be an example of appreciation for the tales he feelthatthepublicisentitled himself on being an thismulti-ethnicapproach. tells now if I had heard him to know what evidence he intellectual, would stoop so Going only to black saythatexcessivefundsused hastosupporthisclaims. low to come to Norton’s communities in and outside to build the deteriorating

Is GECOM’s new approach being...

This is the meat of the defencewhenheisdrowning of Guyana again can hardly D’Urban Park were wrong, and the funds were being siphoned off but he did not. The 50 million money used to pay for tickets for Buju Banton is wrong, but he chosetostayquiet.

Frompage4 elections’; and (2). that performance as a basis for the Opposition appointed “recommendations be enhancingitssystemsandits Commissioners is for a sought in an effort to operations. review of GECOM’s improve on the methods GECOM has embarked operations to determine employed in the electoral upon a campaign that is whethertherearediscernible system and to remove the designed to justify its weaknessesinitssystemthat bases for the possible intentional omissions, such need to be addressed if reoccurrence of the as a review of its operations GECOMistoimproveonits maladies, procedural or and the introduction of system in pursuit of the otherwise, that occurred or biometric (finger print) constitutional requirement may occur under the current identification at the place of for GECOM to “ensure electoral process” to a “call poll. impartiality, fairness and for GECOM to conduct Yourstruly, compliance” in the conduct internal investigations into VincentAlexander ofelections. allegationsofelectoralfraud GECOMCommissioner

It’s grossly misleading that were reported to have for GECOM to equate: (1). occurred during the 2nd the call, by the Opposition March, 2020 General and appointed Commissioners, Regional Elections ” for GECOM to conduct ‘an (authorsemphasis)

GECOM is not onlyindependentreviewtogain misleading the public ona better understanding of what is being called for bythe bases for allegations the Opposition appointedand occurrences and to Commissioners, it is guiltyconsiderifthereareexisting ofdereliction,insofarasitisor potential weaknesses in u n p r e p a r e d t othe processes employed by review/evaluate its ownGECOM for the conduct of

KN and Freddie the most read

DEAREDITOR, consistently been the most Mark Benschop’s read columnist. KN is the passing comment in a most sold (bought) and read missive (Sept 24) that newspaper He was Freddie’sreadershipisonlya commended for his role in few hundred is grossly defense of democracy inaccurate. Freddie is the following the then most read columnist in government’s defeat in the Guyanaandthediaspora. no confidence motion of

Ihadmyencounterswith December21,2018. Freddie over a long period His readership grew some years ago, that did not since the days of the anddoesnotcompromisemy attemptedfraudoftheMarch professionalism or facts on 2020 elections. He remains readership. very popular among readers

As I found in several although they may not be surveysfromtheearly2000s supportive of positions he onwards on the media and takes. readership of the four Yourstruly, national papers, Freddie has VishnuBisram

People must exist

DEAREDITOR, people. PerhapsIshouldcall Itwassaidtometheother some names, but they are day that ‘everybody has to nationally known, so no live.’Iagreewholeheartedly, introduction is necessary I with context unmentioned. wouldn’ttakeasliceofbread So, those taking the fromsomepeople,muchless ‘everybody has got to live’ theirmoney position, settle for selling The thought taints. I themselves. For any dollar, have no quarrel with no matter the kind. To Guyanese who take; I say anyone, regardless of their may they be better for it. I troubledsubstances. don’t need that kind of

Maybe, Norton would care to speak about the corruption charges from peers regarding the finances of Congress Place and the Leader of Opposition Office?

In dealing with Corruption or allegations made, Norton cannot afford tobeselectiveand (Continuedonpage6)

This is where I part prosperity,orthecompanyof company Indeed, life is a some people, or their gifts. seriesofgiveandtake,inits Some of us have been essences But, even if managing to live reasonably matters distill to selling of well, and certainly not oneself, at least, let there be starving or homeless the condition of who is sold Speaking for myself, I am to or to put differently, not grateful. So, take job and selling to those representing position and house lot and the dregs of the dregs. Yes, plots on how to recruit the weallhavetolive,butthere needy, the greedy, and the arechoices,andsomeplaces reedy (no backbone) and and some people should not seedy and stuff a sock in it, be touched under any stickit.

circumstances.

Sure, I can always use a I don’t have ambitions dollar, like Warren Buffet, for enriching job; wouldn’t Mukesh Ambani, and Jack workforsomepeople,cringe Ma, among others. But, no at the thought of being ma,Iain’tsinging associated with certain (Continuedonpage17)

Glenn Lall’s interview with VP exposes PPP’s love for the Exxon contract signed by the PNC

DEAREDITOR, renegotiation now that we increasing the pittance we no, we’ll cross that bridge seemsmoreinterestedinthe inconsequentiallawsuits.

Intherecentinterviewof know we have 11+ billions currently get Whereas when we get there. Lall: foreign companies getting a W h i l e t h e P N C the VP on the Kaieteur ofbarrelsofoil?So,what’sa Exxon/HESS/CNOOC gets “Yeah, so then whose side sweet deal rather than leadership is asleep on this Radio,theVPapparentlyset good reason why our 85.5% of the gross income, youon,mysideoryouonthe Guyana getting the “bigger issue, the PPP will likely outtodemonizeandmockat governmentdoesnotwantto Guyana gets only 14.5%. otherside?”VP:“I’mnoton endofthestick.”Nothingthe continue to betray us. We Mr Lall, making several ask for renegotiation, which And theVPappears to think anysideatthistime.Iamnot VP said gives any hope that must seek to influence the personalattacks,butMr Lall ispermissible? that’s a good deal, since we onanyside.”Lall:“Areyou thenewPSAwillputGuyana structure and design of the kept his composure and The interview was not a will not “review and sure?” The VP failed this first I call on the newPSAtomakesureweget simplysmiled.WhentheVP debate between Mr Lall – a renegotiate” as they question because there can Government to make it an closer to the world average wentlow,Mr Lallwenthigh, self made, successful promised during the 2020 be no neutrality when a open, public discussion and take (income) of 62% asMs.Obamahadsaid.The businessman and the electioncampaign.Thatwas public citizen is doing what solicitviewsofthepopulace Secrecy was our problem VP’sutterancesrevealedthat Moscow trained VP Mr a Manifesto promise made, theGovernmentshouldhave on what should be some with the PNC's 2016 PSA, the PPP Government really Lall wanted the VP to give promise not kept. The PPP been doing to secure taxes terms and conditions of any and we must not allow loves the PNC contract answers to “burning” oil essentially lied to the voters forapoorcountry newPSA. secrecy with the new PPP's enough to leave it, as is. In relatedquestions. as they used the Global But it became quite The Opposition also PSA. Wake up Guyana! It's effect, the PPP seems to be The VP dodged some Witness Report profusely apparent that the VPdid not needstoringinonthisissue, ourwealthandourcountry sayingnothingiswrongwith very important questions, during the campaign to say want Mr Lall to win the tax rather than wasting time Sincerely, the PNC secretly signed “pleadingthefifth”aswesay thePNCsoldusoutdownthe case for the people of f i l i n g f r i v o l o u s , Dr.JerryJailall contract. in the USA, as Mr Lall’s river

Guyana,becausetheVPsaid

They vowed never to blunt questions stumped the Now,safelyensconcedin later, he does not believe in renegotiate the contract VPafewtimes. power, the PPP has reneged corporationspayingtaxes. called a PSA (Production The VP sounded more on their promises. The PPP Soherewehavethelittle Sharing Agreement) for the like a star opening batsman Government should know people and Guyanese huge Stabroek Block with for the Exxon Team, rather this is a big, unpardonable companies having to pay 11+billionsofbarrelsofoil. thantheopeningbatsmanfor sin that may eventually bite their fair share of taxes, but More and more oil is being the Guyana Renegotiation them in places they don’t our VP does not want the discovered with every new WarriorsTeam. want to be bitten. The PPP foreign oil companies welldrilled.

Norton’s fight...

The VP was apparently had been very arrogant making billions of US in

Nation, if the PNC more concerned about the before and has not learnt a profits, to pay corporation agreementwasmadewhenit “stability” of Exxon’s lessonfromtheirnarrowloss taxes,asthesecompaniesdo wasfeltwehadonly3billion income from our oil, rather in2015. inothercountries.Why? barrels of oil, do you think than the stability of the Guyanese may not want

When asked about what we have a case for income of Guyanese, and the PNC to get back in he would have done power, but they also surely differently than the do not want the old-time Coalition, what rate of arrogance and triumphalism royalty and percentage of ofthePPP profits he would have asked

WhenMr Lallaskedthe for, and corporation taxes, VP: “What would be your the VP became his usual reaction if I am to win the long-windedself. pending tax case I brought Given the views of the against the state and VP in the KN Radio ExxonMobil, the VP said: interview,itseems “Yeah but I’m not dealing (Continuedonpage16) with hypotheticals, we’ll unlikely that a new cross that bridge when we modelofaPSAwillbemuch get there.” Lall: “You don’t different from the PSA for have a reaction?” VP: “No, the Stabroek Block. The VP

Frompage5 thatheisdivisive,perplexed, politicallyneglectful.Wrong confrontationalandracist. isalwayswrong,andrightis His way of doing things always right. Neither should and handling each political bemadetowearclothesora situationismisplacedfroma politicalfaçade. geopolitical, ethnic and

Lowe’s defence of economic standpoint, but I Norton is nothing short of do not expect the so-called criminalandanaffronttoall intellectualsandschemersto who possess the skills of tellhimthattohisfacemuch discernment and common lesshereintheletterpages. sense Finally, I believe Iamfor“oneGuyana”.I Nortonhastostartpractising am supportive of strong and what Congress Place wants truthful politics and not ustothinkthatheisforallof pandering to racial politics Guyana and inclusive. We whenitsuitsyouraim. know differently, but that is WhoistherealLeaderof nottheissuehere. the Opposition because it

Nortonhasfoughtagood can’t be Norton from what I fightattheendofthedayfor know at UG? Norton is too hispoliticalsupperbutifthe long in the game to be right thinking Guyanese making these foolish and who are to examine his predictable mistakes again policies, actions and words, andagain.

YoursTruly, unmistakable impression MichaelYounge

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ExxonMobil’s Defender-in-Chief

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Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo is Guyana’s best pitchman covering up, or red herring distracting from, Exxon’s oil predations.

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Look at what has become of the Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) and one has to go no farther. Guyana’s Vice President has transformed into a walking, breathing, 24-hour commercial for Exxon’s draining Guyana’s riches and interests. His position is compressed into a phrase that he favours heavily: investors must get a return that compensates for their risk.Agreed, but we disagree that the returns must be so many multiples for the risks they are taking, and what they cart away.

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Any Guyanese hear any shareholder of Exxon ‘cussing’out Guyana? Any citizen can remember the United StatesAmbassador expressing alarms aboutAmerican interests being given a hard time in the local oil arena? But our Vice President continues in merry old ways, signing off project after project, while Guyana feeds on the crumbs from our own oil resources.

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DPP seeking removal of Magistrate who remanded Police Prosecutor

...again failed to produce evidence in Dion Bascom's case

The Director of

(DPP) Shalimar Ali- Hack, SC has made an application for Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to recuse herself from the cybercrime case filed against Detective Sergeant, DionBascombytheGuyana Police after he had accused themofmassivecorruption.

On Wednesday, Senior Magistrate Daly presiding at the Georgetown Magistrates' Courts, had ordered that Police Legal Advisor, and Special Prosecutor, Mandel Moore be placed in custody after he repeatedly failed to produce evidence in the cybercrime case against Bascom.

Bascomwasslappedwith three cybercrime offences

some two weeks after he exposed alleged corruption in the investigation into the murder of businessman, Ricardo 'Paper Shorts' Fagundes.

Bascom's lawyer had made an application to the court for a recording of the Police Press Conference d

the court that he does not have a copy of the Police Press Conference to submit tothecourt.

The matter was then set down for the afternoon periodtogivetheProsecutor time to obtain a copy of the PressConference.

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ch Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken and Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum refuted the claims made by Bascom Moore had informed the court that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) did not record the Press Conference and as such, he was unable to obtain a copy However, Senior Magistrate DalycontendedthatthePress Conference was streamed live on multiple platforms

and as such, the Prosecutor should be able to produce a copytothecourt.

OnWednesday,whenthe matterwascalledProsecutor Moore once again informed

Dorwain Bess charged for conspiring to extort money from auto dealer

Forty five year old

D o r w a i n B e s s , a businessmanofGeorgetown, wasonThursdaychargedfor conspiring to extort money fromapopularautodealer

On Monday, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) had issued a wanted bulletin for Bessinrelationtothealleged publication of defamatory libelinordertoextortmoney According to reports, Bess was implicated by two reporters, who were on September 16, caught in a sting-operationattemptingto extort money from an auto dealer for the removal of a 'news story' published on a Facebook page dubbed Guyana News Network (GNN).

On Thursday the businessman appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Vigilance Magistrate's Court for two counts of Conspiracy to CommitaFelonyContraryto Section 33 of the Criminal Law(Offences)Act,Chapter 8:01. The first charge stated that between August 27, 2022 and September 23, 2022, at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, Bess conspiredwithotherpersons to publish defamatory libel againstAfrasMohamedwith a view to extort the sum of $150,000,fromMohamed

The second charge alleges that between the

Charged, Dorwain Bess

same period and at the said location the businessman conspiredwithotherpersons offered to abstain from publishing defamatory libel againstAfrasMohamedwith a view to extort the sum $150,000fromMohamed.

Besspleadednotguiltyto thechargesthatwerereadto him and he was granted $100,000 bail on both charges The Magistrate attached conditions to the bail which require Bess to lodgehispassportandreport to Criminal Investigation

Department (CID)

Headquarters every Friday until the completion of the

matter Bess is expected to make his next court

appearance on November 1, 2022.

On Tuesday, the two reporters – Alex Wayne, 49, of Huntley Village, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara and Marlon Gary Eleazer, 41, of Lot 159 Da Silva Street, Newtown, Georgetown–whoallegedly implicated Bess, made their first court appearance and wereplacedon$200,000bail each.

Kaieteur News had reported that the duo EleazarandWaynesaidtobe employees of GNN, were reportedly the authors of the story which was used in the allegedattempttoextortcash fromtheautodealer

The duo made their first court appearance before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Cove and John Magistrate's Court They were slapped with two counts of Conspiracy to Commit a Felony and the charges allege that they conspired together and with other persons to extort money from businessman AfrasMohamed. Wayneand Eleazar had denied the charges that were read to them and Magistrate Azore placed them on $100,000 bail on each charge. The matterwasthenadjournedto November1,2022.

However, when the matter was called on Wednesday afternoon, Prosecutor Moore was still unable to produce the recording of the press conference to the court. As such,SeniorMagistrateDaly held the prosecutor in contempt of the court and ordered that he be escorted and placed in the lock-ups.

Senior Magistrate Daly then recalled the matter, ordered the Prosecutor Moore be released from custody and gave him 24hours to submit theevidencetothecourt.

In response to the Magistrate's action, the DPP wrote a letter to the

Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings Edwards, requesting that the matterbeassignedtoanother magistrate.

In her letter, the DPP highlighted that while she recognises that the Magistratedoesnotappearto haveapersonalinterestinthe matter, her conduct thus far, constitutes as sufficient reason for the Chancellor to

exercise her power and assign the matter to another magistrate.

The DPP noted that should Magistrate Daly continue to adjudicate in the matterthereislikelihoodthat thecasewillnotbeaffordeda fair hearing. “This may not only be a miscarriage of justice but will inevitably leadtolegalproceedingsin (Continuedonpage16)

Govt. to spend $157M to upgrade Leonora Market tarmac

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development will soon undertaketherehabilitationoftheLeonora Market tarmac at an estimated cost of $157M.

Theprojectaccordingtothe Ministry was opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office The project attracted nine contractors, C. Persaud & Son Construction & Supplies Services who bid $157,680,968, A. Nazier & Son Contracting & General Supply who bid $145,291,545,AMICGeneralContracting Service who bid $108,252,270. Pacific Development Inc. who bid $196,461,352, Engineered Construction Company who bid$129,830,925,JRCivilWorkswhobid $116,090,415, AJM Enterprise Inc. who bid $145,284,674, Gurdev Mahadeo C

$152,284,755, and S&D Construction whobid$149,245,110.

The move to upgrade the market

tarmac at Leonora was first announced back in April when President Irfaan Ali and several Ministers had visited the area to address the concerns of vendors there. During the visit it was announced that the Leonora market Old roadwillbeupgradedaswellasthetarmacarea.

“Wewanttoproposeonehugetarmac,onehuge tarmac and bring everyone on the tarmac and then develop the infrastructure around of the tarmac, that is the proposition that we have made,”thePresidenthadstatedduringthevisit.

It was reported that when the works on the markettarmacarecompleted,vendorswouldbe able to operate under better and improved conditionsandthiswillinturnreducethetraffic congestion which would usually occur at the marketarea.AsitrelatestotheOldRoad,itwas reported in the media that following the President'svisit,MinisterwithintheMinistryof Public Works had engaged the vendors and announcedthattheupgradingoftheroadwould cost some $69 million. The road which will be asphaltic concrete would span approximately 343metresinlength.

President Irfaan Ali during his visit at the Leonora market back in April. (Office of the President photo)

Senior Magistrate, Leron Daly

Director of Public Prosecution, Shalimar Ali-Hack, SC.

When you begin to believe your own lies!

The height of political the Opposition political migrant voting. Faced with of the CCJ, GECOM cannot assume the role of an delusion is when a political parties. an impending Commission arrogate to itself the role of election tribunal or Court; partyanditssidekicksendup After President Granger of Inquiry which would investigating questions this would be outside of its believing its own false or opted to have the matter allow it to establish its case relatingtothevalidityofthe lawfulauthority discredited narratives It settled through a recount of of massive electoral fraud, elections. The CCJ had also The Government has appears as if the all the votes cast, a new there now appears to be an said that the Chairman of establishedaCommissionof APNU+AFC has now narrative was concocted attempt to ask the GECOM GECOM was right in Inquiry into the elections. claimingfraudwillduckand succumbed to this malady This narrative was that dead to investigate the very list asserting that GECOM Those alleging fraud will hide. and is now into believingits and migrant persons voted. which the Coalition had lacked the legislative have the opportunity to (The views expressed in ownlies. Insupportofthisnarrativea submitted and which had authority and machinery to prove their case in front of this article are those of the

The APNU+AFC first list of names was submitted been discredited by media undertake such an the whole world. But one author and do not claimed that it had won the to GECOM The media, investigations. investigation In other suspects that when delusion necessarily reflect the electionsofMarch2nd,2020 however,gotwindofthelist There has been an words, GECOM cannot meets reality, those who are opinionsofthisnewspaper.) and that its statements of and began to expose the attempt to ask GECOM to polls would bear this out. It falsitiesoftheclaims.Thisis launch its own investigation has never produced these what inevitably happens i n t o t h e a l l e g e d statements of polls to when lies are peddled. One irregularities But those establish the veracity of its lie leads to another and making this application contention that it won the anotherandthestreamoflies oughttoknowthatGECOM election. If indeed it had cannotend. is proscribed from doing so. suchevidence,itwouldhave The Opposition, The Constitution of Guyana produced the statement of however, having ascended makes it explicitly clear, a polls and would have onto a platform of a false position ventilated in court upturned any attempt to narrativefounditdifficultto proceedings, that it is only install the PPP/C in climb down from this the High Court which has Government. Desmond Hoyte faced a exclusive jurisdiction to

By the morning after the similar dilemma when he determine whether any elections, word had seeped tried to assert that the 1997 electionhasbeenaffectedby out that the PPP/C had won elections results were anyillegalityoromission. the elections. One ardent flawed. A CARICOM audit The Caribbean Court of s u p p o r t e r o f t h e of the results – in which Justice has already held that APNU+AFC took to social every ballot box was the National Assembly media to claim that she had recounted proved him (Validity of Elections) Act heard that the PPP/C had wrong but because of silly providesthatthemethodfor won the elections. She then pride he stuck to his questioningthevalidityofan broke down in tears and contention, even though he election is by an election threw a tantrum. She urged had to have known the true petition. thatifitwasnecessarytorig resultoftheelections.

The CCJ also held that the results this should be Itisonethingtoknowthe the Chairman of GECOM done. true result but paint a was perfectly entitled and

Inthedaysthatfollowed differentpicture.Itisanother right to take the positions itbecameclearthataprocess thingtoendupbelievingthe that allegations (of fraud or of rigging the results of the false narrative that one is omissions) should be elections had been set in presenting. addressed by an election motion. But this process The APNU+AFC has petition filed in the High was obstructed by vigilant stuck to its discredited Court. international observers, the narrative that the elections B a s e d o n t h e diplomatic community and were marred by ghost and Constitution and the ruling

Dem boys seh...

Tek yuh licks like a man

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GRA, CANU, post office and life in Guyana

want to make is daughter studying in Europe. The are present Why wasn’t the facilities at a place named prodigiously clear; this parcel section opens at 7AM so I windowopenedat7forenquires?7 Riaz Computer Store on columnisnotacommenton wanted to avoid the rush. I waited istheopeninghour Church Street for $5000,

I theladyattheparcelsection for 40 minutes listening on the car Why the window was still Guyanese. of the general post office (GPO) stereo to the romantic, closed at 7.15? At 7.30, GRAand The two ink cartridge downtown that dealt with me Mediterranean voice of a Greek CANU officials arrived. Just a replacements cost $7000. I yesterday I have no complaints singer that my wife and I enjoyed slight digression GRA head, k n o w t h e g r e a t NazarMohamed.whatsoeveragainsther.Butshehas when we were dating in the GodfreyStatiapublishedareplyin philanthropist, Nazar

Pleasebuyafewdozenrollsofto understand by writing about my seventies – Demis Roussos. His this newspaper to one of my Mohamed - aka- “Shell” reads this tape and donate it to the parcelexperience, I am fulfilling my magnum opus is “Forever and columns in which he expressly column. I hereby appeal to Shell –department of the GPO. So if theobligationtomycountry. Ever,” one of the most romantic statedthatifIwritehewillrespond. please buy a printer each for the GPO does not have tape, how wasI want to be enormously popballadseverwritten. ThiswasafterIcomplainedthathe parcel section of GPO, and the my box sealed? Janet Kissoonpellucid that this column is not a I will forever and ever be in refusedtoreplytomyletters.Since GRA and CANU offices in that dissolved that predicament. Shepersonal note on the GRA officer lovewithJanetKissoon. then,IwroteStatiaagainbuthehas section. My God! When will insisted that I take tape with me.and the CANU rank at the parcel GPO opened its doors at 7AM notresponded.

Guyanaenterthemodernworld?

Like an amateur magician when Isection of GPO that dealt with me andinIwenttotheparcelsectionto Theparcelofficialinformedme Please read on because you are was asked for the tape, it poppedyesterday They were courteous send my box. The window was that I needed to produce three abouttobeintroducedtotheworld outofmypocket.and respectful. But they have to closed. After waiting for about 15 copies of my proof of address and of the incredible in Guyana. To I went into GPAat 7AM and Iunderstand people expect me to minutes, I asked a post office threecopiesofmyIDcard. enter the room to present your leftat8.20.write on irritating things in their cashierwhytheparcelsectionisnot I did not know about that even package for inspection and

At that time, the postmastercountry so they can avoid the opened. She advised me to knock though the day before I rang the payment, a GPO security rank has general had not arrived for me topitfallsthemselves. onthewindow parcel section to enquire about the toopenthedoorfromtheoutside.It transmitmycomplaint.Ipulledupat6.20AMwithmy I did and a lady opened it and requirements for posting parcels appears it cannot be opened from

I spoke to her deputy whodog in the car outside the North informed me that no customer overseas since I last did so in theinside. offered an apology for the scotch-Road entrance to the GPO. I was could be attended to unless the September2018.

Thesecurityrankwasnowhere tapescandal. PleasePresidentAli!going to send a parcel to my GRAofficer and the CANU agent Why the parcel section, the tobefound. Please make sure public servantsGRAofficeandCANUofficeatthe After my box was examined, servethepublicandarriveatworkGPO do not have photocopy theparcelofficialenquiredifIhad on time. I pay my taxes Mrmachines to compile their security scotch-tape to seal my box. I President.data on citizens posting boxes to droppeddeadmomentarily

(The views expressed in thisoverseasdestinations?’

DoGuyaneseknowthatacheap article are those of the author andWhat you are about to read is item like a roll of scotch-tape, the do not necessarily reflect thethe soulful truth I bought a parcel section of GPO does not opinionsofthisnewspaper.)photocopy machine with scanning have? Once more I appeal to Mr

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Parents protest dirty playground for primary school sports

he parents of St.

TAnne's Primary School, located at Agricola, East Bank Demerara, on Thursday morning protested outside of theschooloverthecondition

of the center ground where the school sports was scheduledtobeheld.

Speaking with some of the distressed parents, they stated that the school

contribution towards the sporting activity but when theyturnedupattheAgricola Center ground they were dissatisfied with the state of theground,wheretheschool wanted their children to

compete.

Due to the uproar, the students were escorted back to the school but the parents were dissatisfied The parents of the St. Anne's Primary School are calling

fortheMinistryofEducation (MOE)intervention.

K a i e t e u r N e w s understands that the school had received permission to usethegroundfortheschool sports activity but no effort

was made to clean the ground. When this media house visited the ground, overgrown bushes had overtaken it. A dilapidated pavillion was also observed inthebushyfield.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Thursday evening issued a wanted bulletin for USbasedGuyaneseRickfordBurke.

Burke's address has been listed as Brooklyn New York, andBarticaRegionSeven.Burke is wanted in relation to conspiracy to commit a felony with regards to publication of defamatory libel in order to extortmoney

According to the Police, anyone with information about the whereabouts of Burke is asked to contact the Police on 225 6940,225 8196 or the nearestPoliceStation.

$82M to reconstruct Den Amstel Police Station

Aces Construction

Service & Investment Inc. has been awarded a contract of $82,290,625 to build the new Den Amstel Police Station.

This is according to information provided on the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) website which states that Aces Construction Services was awarded the contract on September 2, 2022. For this Ministry of Home Affairs project, a total of 16 companies had shown interest.

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reconstruction of the Police Station is part of the modernisation of stations in keeping with the Guyana Police Force's strategic plan underthepillarofimproving itsinfrastructure.

During the presentation of this year's budget, Minister of Finance Dr AshniSinghhadsaidthatthe $47.9B allocation for the security sector will be used “towards ensuring the restoration and preservation of law and order at all levels inoursociety”.

e noted that his Police issue wanted bulletin for US-based Rickford Burke

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Government's aim is to create an environment for citizens, the business

community, investors and visitors,tofeelconfidentthat they and their properties are being protected. Out of the $47 9B allocated for the sector, some $4 9B is expected to strengthen the assets of the Guyana Police Force (GPF). The Guyana Police Force was allocated a totalof$17.5billionthisyear from the budget and like the Den Amstel Police Station; stations such as Baramita, Rose Hall are slated to be reconstructed.Itwasnotedin theMinistryofFinanceMidYear report that works on thesestationsareexpectedto commenceinthesecondhalf ofthisyear

The Den Amstel Police Station on the West Coast of Demerara

Wanted, Rickford Burke

Kaieteur NewsPAGE 12 Friday September 30, 2022 The pavilion at the center ground

a i e t e u r N e w s understands that the The distressed parents outside of the school protesting

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People must exist...

From page 5 nobody’s song; not for a Bolivar, not for a billion. I pray to God that I never become a pimp, or find myself prostituting myself for a piece of silver.

The hard road travelled for so long and so far, cannot be wasted by turning back now, and turning over and playing dead. For what?

What pearl could be so precious that principle is pulverized for a million pennies?

I don’t own a single piece of jewellery, and as much as I appreciate like the next man or woman the gems –Mercedes and Omegas and Las Vegas – those have their own people whose hearts flutter, and resolve crumble, at the sight and sparkle of those trophies.

I am content with a Honda and a plain ole Seiko, both now run of the mill, and having been through the mill. It is called contentment, and I urge my fellow Guyanese to try it sometime or come and let’s have a chat.

No charge, folks. Here is the first free lesson: if I take some people’s, some leader’s, job, find purpose and place because of its call, then it follows that if the Venezuelans make an offer, it stands to reason that I would accept again.

Turning traitor to Venezuela is how I equate working

for some locals, the degree of the betrayal in the financial floor crossings and whatever other justifications are employed. When we have Politicians and parties that betray this country so cavalierly, and people still join hands with them, then selling out country is not such a tough proposition.

Yes, I agree that everyone has to live. It is said that everyone has a price; it depends on what is being bartered.

Some things are not, and that is that.

But to each his own. I don’t have to live like that, the mere thought of which brings out the sweats.

Some ways of life are just not worth living, and there it is said in black and white. I don’t know, and don’t care, what the rest of Guyana stands for, but I do know where I stand, and it is liked. It is not the best, will not make it into the intelligentsia conversation, or the cognoscenti playbooks, but I am alright with that too.

Better to be a hungry man standing on own feet, than a fraud falling flat on face, or kowtowing abjectly on one’s belly.

I prefer the unpaid, unrecognised public service that is, in its substance, an extension of earlier hospice work, which is what this country needs.

When honour and principle are bargainable, then perhaps neither was really that at all. Sure, we all sell at some time or the other, the challenge is to whom?

Cost to construction new Child Care Centre at Mahaica pegged at $49M

Government has opened tender for the construction of a new child care centre at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara at an estimated cost of $49M.

During the presentation of this year’s budget it was revealed that a new Care centre will be constructed at the Mahaica Hospital for children living with disabilities. From this year’s budgetary allocation some $200 million was set aside for persons living with disabilities. The Ministry of Human Services and Social

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At the opening of tenders recently it was revealed that 16 contractors are vying to construct the building. The Ministry of Finance Mid-Year Report had stated that works on this building is expected to commence later this year and this will be first of several such centres across the country.

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On Thursday when then matter was called, Senior Magistrate Daly informed the court that she has received a letter from the DPP requesting that she recuses herself from the case. However, Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes objected to the DPP's letter and called it a breach of the Hierarchy of the Judiciary. He stated too that the DPP did not give appropriate grounds in her letter for the Magistrate to recuse herself from his client's case.

The lawyer reminded the court of his client's right to a fair trial and indicated that he would challenge the move in the High Court.

with three counts of using a computer system to humiliate a person, contrary to section 19(5) (a) of the Cyber Crime Act of 2018. The first charge alleges that on Friday, August 19, 2022, at Hadfield Street, Georgetown, Bascom used a computer system to transmit electronic data with intent to humiliate, harass or cause substantial emotional distress to Superintendent Chabinauth Singh. The two other charges allege that on August 13 and 19, 2022, at Hadfield Street, Georgetown, the detective used a computer system to transmit electronic data with intent to humiliate, harass or cause substantial emotional distress to Superintendent Mitchell Caesar.

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The Magistrate then adjourned the matter to October 18, and noted that on that day she will announce her decision on the request for her to recuse herself from the case.

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New management of public service credit union shuts down mortgage scheme

ByZenaHenry

An ambitious move by the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union(GPSCCU)toprovide public servants with easy access to funds for housing and vehicle purchases has been placed on pause as the institution is reviewing the opportunities, new

Chairperson Karen Van Sluytman-Corbinhassaid.

The Chairwoman replaced Trevor Benn following his controversial removal as Head of the Credit Union's Management Committee. Members of the Credit Union had heaped

praise on Benn for the mortgage scheme, with many testifying of the hardship they faced in accessing loans at the commercial banks. With the decision to halt the issuance ofmortgage,membersareup in arms against the management and renewed their calls for the current bodytobereplaced.

Duringaninterviewwith this newspaper, some Credit Union members had spoken positively about the benefits the new loans had brought them, now, allegations are that not only was access to the financing stopped, but accesstootherbenefitswere takinglongerthanitusedto.

...members up in arms, renew calls for fresh elections

Van Sluytman-Corbin told theKaieteurNewsthatthere isnotruthtotheinformation.

In a telephone interview she said that the regular loans that are offered by the organisation are still available.Shesaidthatthere is no issue with union members accessing the regular loans but noted that there were “mischievous” persons currently sharing misinformation about the happensoftheorganisation.

As it relates to the mortgage and vehicle loans, shesaidthosehavebeenput on pause. “What we have done is put a pause on the mortgage and the vehicle loans Loans are being

issued and it is not true that members are having a difficult time, ” Van Suytman-Corbin said. She reiterated that the vehicle and mortgage loans are on a pauseandisbeingreviewed.

She added too that when the credit union started issuing the loans, a review waspartoftheir'intentions.' “So, what is being said out there is not accurate,” the Chairwomansaid.

K a i e t e u r N e w s understands that the mortgage and vehicle loans commencedin2021andwas allegedly stopped after the majorityoftheManagement Committee had voted out Trevor Benn. “The peculiar

Alexander accuses GECOM

of spreading propaganda

…restates call for internal review of controversial 2020 elections

O p p o s i t i o n

Commissioner Vincent Alexander has reiterated the position that the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM)iswithinitslegal rightifitchoosestoconduct a review of its performance during the controversial 2020 general elections. He reaffirmed this stance in a public missive, as he addressed this and another issue which he said that GECOM as well as G o v e r n m e n t

Commissioners are using in their perpetuation of falsehoods.

The GECOM and representatives of the governing People's Progressive Party

Government recently made public statements accusing A l e x a n d e r o f misrepresenting a position oftheGECOMChairperson, Justice (retired) Claudette Singh. They alleged that Alexander was being untruthful when he accused the Chair of refusing to extend the recently concluded claims period However, despite clearing up the matter, Alexander is adamant that the two sides not only continued to perpetuate the untruth, but continued to misrepresent his position on another matter

In the missive, Alexander said that what was being spewed is of a partisan nature, which does

not reflect “a consensus or u n a n i m i t y o f t h e Commission”.Heexplained that recently, he had drawn attention to the erroneous nature of a GECOM release and a release from the three P P P / C a p p o i n t e d Commissioners, both of which purported that he had accused the Chairperson of taking a decision not to extendtheperiodforClaims. Whathappened,hesaid,was thatthepublisherofhisletter attributed a headline to the letter that did not reflect its content.Alexander said that theEditorsnormallycointhe headline/title for letters to theEditor

“Yet GECOM, and the three Commissioners erroneously, out of c a r e l e s s n e s s o r propagandistic mal intent attributed to me, and dwelt onwhatwasin,theheadline, whileignoringthecontentof my letter, which did not accuse the Chairperson of the purported decision- not to extent the period for Claims.”

The Commissioner said that while such occurrence may be forgiven as an error or oversight, any reoccurrence can only be construed as intentional and unethical, at least. “This is undoubtedly the case with GECOM`smostrecentPress Release,” he continued. He said GECOM sought to convey the impression that the Opposition appointed

Commissioners were insisting that GECOM conductaninvestigationinto electoral malfeasance, in d e f i a n c e o f t h e Chairperson`s 'Ruling' that such investigations are the sole purview of the High Court.

“The first observation to bemadeinthatregard,isthat the Court does not investigate, it adjudicates hence an investigation does necessarilynotflyintheface of the constitutional provisions in relation to the jurisdiction of the High Court, ” Alexander submitted. “However, let's assume that I am wrong in my aforementioned contention, that does not relieve GECOM and the P P P / C a p p o i n t e d Commissioners of their notoriety”, he said He contended that “the fact of the matter is that the call of the Opposition appointed Commissioners is for a review of GECOM` s operations to determine whethertherearediscernible weaknessesinitssystemthat need to be addressed if GECOMistoimproveonits system in pursuit of the constitutional requirement for GECOM to ensure impartiality, fairness and complianceintheconductof elections.” He said it is grossly misleading for GECOM to equate the call, bytheOppositionappointed Commissioners, for it to

conduct 'an independent review ' and the recommendations to improve on the methods employed in the electoral system,asacallforGECOM to conduct internal investigations into allegationsofelectoralfraud that were reported to have occurred during the 2nd March, 2020 General and RegionalElections.

He said that GECOM is not only misleading the public on what is being called for by the Opposition appointed Commissioners, but that “it is guilty of dereliction, in so far as it is unprepared to review /evaluate its own performance as a basis for enhancingitssystemsandits operations.” GECOM has embarked upon a campaign that is designed to justify its intentional omissions, such as a review of its operations and the introduction of biometric (finger print) identification at the place of poll,”Alexandercharged.

thingisthatinthemidst of Government freeing up lands for house lots, the decision is taken to suspendloans.

This will force public servants to a p p r o a c h t h e commercialbankwhich are not known to be friendlytothatcategory of workers, ” a concerned stakeholder toldthisnewspaper

New Chairperson, Karen Van Sluytman-Corbin

Bennhadrefusedto stepdownfromthepost following the passage of a No Confidence Motion which he described as “illegal”anda“coupd'état”. He claimed that persons were not appreciative of the recognitionhewasreceiving due to the positive changes occurringatthecreditunion and that there was a deliberateefforttohavehim removed from his post. The majority of Committee Members voted Benn out in his absence. They said that Benn was not the only one responsible for the changes at the Credit Union and that he had engaged in activities unbecoming of his office. Theyaccusedhimofleaking confidential information from the organisation and that he wanted to merge his Chairmanship with the post of Chief Executive Officer and allegedly became difficult toward the board when they refused his proposal.

Benn had denied the claimsandwentontosecure hundreds of names of credit union members calling for an emergency general meeting. Numerous public servants turned out to sign Benn's petition in an

overwhelming show of support for him to remain chairman of the board Several public servants spoke about changes within the organization and attributed it to Benn's presence.

The members spoke especially about the mortgage and vehicle loans and how beneficial it was to them The credit union memberswhoalsoprotested in front of the GPSCCU building,inMay,hadpraised Bennfortheinitiative.

The petition had called forthegeneralmeetingin14 days, and it was there that credit union members were expected to vote in a new Management Committee Giventhefeudingfactionsof the board, a date for the general meeting was published and later rescinded. The matter has since engaged the attention of the courts as some Credit Unionmembershavesought legal redress. They want the court to order the GPSCCU to call the general meeting which is legally required once a certain number of Credit Union members have requestedit.

Parents, teenage boy in custody for missing West Bank girl

A teenage boy and his parents have been arrested after a 12-year-old girl who went missing was found at theirhome.

The school girl resides on the West Bank Demerara and attends a school there. She was found at the boy's Corentyne,Berbicehome.

TheGuyanaPoliceForce (GPF) reported that acting on information received, Police in Regional Division

Six around 00:50hours on Thursday went to a house at 12 Street, Whim Village in Corentyne, Berbice where a search was conducted and

themissinggirlwasfound.

It was stated that the occupants of the home – a father, mother and their teenage son – were all taken into custody at the Whim PoliceStationwheretheyare assisting with the investigations.

Accordingtoreports,the little girl was reported missing after she left her grandmother's home to visit her aunt who lives a few streets away However, the girl never turned up at her auntandthefamilyreported her missing at the Wales PoliceStation.

Opposition Commissioner, Vincent Alexander

Region Six Secondary Schools benefit from BCB/Lochan Samkarran Cricket Programme

- Region 5 to benefit shortly

Representatives of fourteen Secondary Schools turned up to the St Francis Community Centre Training Hall last week to receive close to two million dollars worth of uniforms and cricket gear as part of the Berbice Cricket Board /Lochan Samkarran School cricket programme. The schools, who are based in region six, were mainly represented by their head teachers.

Three schools were absent at the simple presenta-

tion ceremony and would receive their supply of items later this week when executives of the BCB visits them.

Each school received a package that consisted of fifteen pairs of branded white cricket uniforms, two boxes of red balls and some cricket gear. Among the gear shared out were bats, batting gloves, cup groin protectors (seed guards) and wicketkeeping gloves.

The schools who benefitted were Line Path, Skeldon

High, Black Bush Polder, Manchester, Winifred Gaskin, Corentyne Comprehensive, JC Chandisingh, Lower

Corentyne, Port Mourant, Canje Secondary, Berbice High, Vryman’s Erven, BEI and Tutorial Academy.

Absent were Tagore Memorial, Central Corentyne and New Amsterdam.

the programme over the next few months.

Several representatives of the school expressed thanks

Friday September 30, 2022

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BCB President Hilbert Foster urged the teachers to take care of the items as they were obtained at great cost to Mr Samkarran, an overseas based businessman.

Foster disclosed that with the donation of the items, the second phase of the BCB historic programme would start shortly with coaches going into schools under the Namilco Thunderbolt Coaching project.

The BCB executives, which included Foster, Secretary Angela Haniff, Competition Chairman L eslie Solomon and Asst Secretary Ameer Rahaman, discussed the schedule for the coaching programme which would involve fifteen coaches in Region Six.

Foster also stated that at the end of the coaching, a squad of sixty players would be named by the coaches for a special two weeks coaching camp. This would be followed by four different tournaments at the inter-zone level.

The zones - West Berbice, New Amsterdam/ Canje, Lower Corentyne and Upper Corentyne would each provide a champion.

The four champions would then play in a special tournament to decide on an overall Berbice Secondary School Champion.

Six schools in region five would shortly collect their uniforms and gear and would also be involved in the coaching programme.

Foster expressed thanks to Mr Samkarran for his assistance and stated that his contribution was most welcomed.

He assured the sponsor that the donated items would be used for the intended purpose and disclosed that the BCB was confident that a batch of over twenty national players would emerge from

to the BCB and Mr Samkarran for their assistance and pledged to take care of the items.

Representatives of the Berbice Cricket Board pose with teachers after the presentation.

HeroCPLT20Cricketfinalsetfortonight

Tallawahs & Royal face-off at Providence

By Sean Devers

Jamaica Tallawahs and Barbados Royals have been arguablethebestteamsinthe 10thEditionoftheHeroCPL andtonight,onaProvidence track which has been very good for batting, they will face-off for the coveted title from7PM(ECT)and6PMin Jamaica.

The good track and lightning fast outfield is ready for tonight’s showdown and although the Warriors are not involved, tickets have already been sold out so large turn-out is anticipated to watch what should be an epic battle unfoldunderwhatGuyana’s Met Office predicts will a clear night sky Overall these two teams have battled each other on 19 occasions with Barbados winning 10 times, Jamaica 8whiletheotheroneended in a no result. This season they have faced each other twice; Royals winningbyeightwicketsin St Lucia and Tallawahs winning six runs on the DLSinTrinidad.

This will be Barbados’ fourthfinalhavingwontitles in 2014 & 2019, while Jamaicawillbeintheirthird finalafterbeatingGuyanain the inaugural final in 2013 andgettingpastBarbadosin 2016 final Usually favouring spin, the

Providence track is very good to bat on this time around with the three

highest totals for this season being scored in the Guyana leg including the only 200 plus total of 226 4madebytheTallawahsto deny the Warriors a spot in theirsixthfinal

The only three centuries this season have also been madeherebutthepitchalso has ‘something’ for the bowlers, With many Guyanese ‘rooting’ for the Tallawahs, the contest should a riveting one with theTallawahshavingtwoof the three centurions in their side in Brandon King; the second most runs scorer with 339 and Shamarah Brooks whose classy unbeaten 109 silenced a capacity partisan crowd on Wednesday night The Jamaican Franchise have in their batting line up, Skipper Rovman Powell, Kennar Lewis, Ramon Reifer, Mohammed Nabi, Fabian Allen, Imad Wasim andChrisGreen.

Tonight’sgameisbeing played on the same pitch usedforQualifier2andthe Tallawahs should have the psychologicaladvantage

Jamaica’s bowling will be led by Nicolson Gordon, Reifer, Nabi, Green, Allen, Wasim and Mohammed Amir who suffered a groin injury inWednesday’s game he could be replaced by South African Migael Pretorius.

Royals, who finished at the bottom last season, havelostjusttwoofthe11

games on the road to tonight’s final and have dominated the tournament despite losing David Miller and Quinton de KockfortheGuyana leg

Their batting will depend on Kyle Mayers, third on the list of runscorers with 337, while the big hitting Rakeem Cornwall, Harry Tector, DevonThomas,AzamKhan and Jason Holder are expectedtosupport.

The Royals are a more balanced unit since Holder and Obed McCoy has 16 scalps each while together with Ramon Simmons Mujeed and Hayden Walsh their bowling attack is strong

The toss could be importantalsosincethedew factor and scoreboard pressurehastobetakeninto account.

Barbados Royals (probable): Kyle Mayers, Rahkeem Cornwall, Harry Tector, Azam Khan, Najibullah Zadran, Devon Thomas, Jason Holder, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Obed McCoy, Hayden Walsh Jr, RamonSimmonds

Jamaica Tallawahs (probable):BrandonKing, Kennar Lewis (wk), Shamarh Brooks, Rovman Powell (capt), Imad Wasim, Fabian Allen, R a y m o n R e i f e r , Mohammad Nabi, Chris Green, Nicholson Gordon, Mohammad Amir/Migael Pretorius

Barbados Royals captain Kyle Mayers and Jamaica Tallawahs captain Rovman Powell with the Hero CPL trophy on the eve of the 2022 final in Providence, Guyana tonight. (Getty/CPLT20)

Petra/COURTS Pee Wee football returns October 8Wee

interact with other kids from different backgrounds and also helps to develop leaders in their town rights and even contribute to their physicalattributessowesee how important this investmentis.”

Beterverwagting

Primary, Marian Academy, Ann’s Grove, F.E. Pollard, Sophia, Redeemer, J E Burnham, Maes, North Georgetown, Timehri, St Margaret’s, St. Agnes, St. Angela’s, School of the Nations, Winfer Garden, St. Pius, West Ruimveldt,

Tucville, Enterprise, St Ambrose, St Stephen’s, Smith Memorial, Den Amstel, South Ruimveldt, Mocha, West Minster, Genesis, So

GrahamsHallandVictoria Primary are the schools thathavesofarregistered.

The Ministry of Educationground on CARIFESTA Avenue will be buzzing on Saturday October 8, when the COURTS Pee Wee football returns after a brief hiatuscausedbyCOVID-19.

Organised by the Petra Organisation with funding from the Caribbean’s leading furniture, appliance and electrical retailer, COURTS Pee Wee presents thefuturestarsofthegame

The likes of Jeremy Garett, Ryan Hackett and Kelsey Benjamin who are now members of the country’s senior Men’s NationalFootballteam the Golden Jaguars all had their origins in competitive footballattheCOURTSPee WeeFootballtournament

This year’s edition of the tournament will climax on November 19, with all matches being played at the CARIFESTA Avenue venue

At today’s launching at the Unicomer Group’s Main Street Headquarters, it was announced that the teams

will bedividedintosix gro upsoffour,withthetoptwo teams from each group, and the four best third-placed teams advancing to the knockoutstage.

The losers from the eliminationwill battle in the plate section of the tournament to round off the top16teams

Achampionshiptrophy, medals and uniforms will bepresentedtothewinning team, while each player will also be presented withatablet

The second-place side will leave with a trophy, medalsandballs;thirdplace will collect a trophy, and balls.

Cleats, balls and other prizes will be given to the player(s) judged the Most Valuable, best goalkeeper andtheplayerwiththemost goals

Richard Allan, Courts Director of Consumer Finance, lauded the Petra Organization for sticking to the developmental platform of the ‘Beautiful Games’ , adding that

COURTS is more than happy to be the title sponsor for the tournament which speaks to the company’s mantra for almostthreedecades

“Tothemanagementand staff of this company, we thank you for your commitment.

You have really demonstrated what you believe in to ‘Bring Value Home’.

You will definitely bring value to the lives of these youngsters that will be participating in this tournament, ” Petra Organisation Co Director Troy Mendonca said According to Mendonca, “At its best, football is a powerful force for good in society and in this case, it provides a platform for these young kids to get involvedatanearlyagethat can realise an inner ability that otherwise would not have been identified ”

Mendonca said the COURTS Pee Wee tournament “Gives an opportunity for players to

Kaieteur News PAGE 23Friday September 30, 2022 GOA to reactivate coaches, athletes’ stipend

The Guyana Olympic Association has asked its member Federations to submit the names of athletes and coaches to be considered for financial assistance through theOlympicSolidarityScholarship.

“Major funding for athletes is provided via Olympic Solidarity scholarships (available to only a few of the top-ranked athletes)andviaGamesPreparationFunding, whenavailable,”theGOAwroteinaletterto associationmembers.

Forthepastfewyears,theGOAsaidthey haveprovidedasmallstipendtoathletesand coaches from funds received from PanAm Sports.

“This stipend lapsed after the Tokyo Olympicsandisnowbeingreactivated. Via email of September 23rd, National Federations have been asked to submit the followinginformationbySeptember30,”the

GOAsaid.

Associationsareaskedtogivejust-reason why the athletes and coaches should be supported,howwillgrantsupporttocoaches impact the member affiliate programme, which level target and number of athlete’s coach will be engaging and programmes designobjectiveaims.

Richard Allan, Courts Director of Consumer Finance presents his company’s cheque to Petra Organization representative Nareeza Latif at the launching of the Courts Pee Wee Boys U-11 Football Championship. Also in the photo are representatives from the Ministry of Education, GFF and Petra Organisation.

Royals’ captain Kyle Mayers hopes his bat gets hot against the Tallawahs in today’s Hero CPL final

SportsMax-KyleMyers intends to come good with the bat to spur the Barbados Royals to their third title

when the 2022 Hero CPL final gets underway at the Providence Stadium in Guyanatonight.

The Royals will face the Jamaica Tallawahs, also two time champions that will also be gunning to lift

thetrophyforthethirdtime.

The 30 year old all rounder, captain of the Royals is the leading scorer for his team with 337 runs which includes three halfcenturiesandatopscorethis seasonof79.

However, his bat has gone cold since the teams arrived in Guyana. In three matches played at Providence, Mayers has had scores of 16, 0, and 26. He hopes to do better with the bat when he faces up to the Tallawahs’bowlingattack.

“I look forward to big games like tomorrow’s. (I) am always one of those players who want to do well fortheteam,especiallywhen it comes to championships time,” he said during a prematch media conference yesterday

“I always believe I am oneofthoseplayerswhocan winagameformyteamsoI amlookingforward.”

Addressing his current form,Mayerssaidheintends to have a reversal of fortune oncethegamebegins.

Kyle Myers. (Getty/CPL)

“SinceIcametoGuyana I haven’t been getting the scores I like but I look forward to tomorrow It’s a different challenge, a differentmindset.Atrophyis onthelineandIamhappyto be able to contribute tomorrow if given the opportunity.”

The Royals’captain said the team was happy to be able to get some rest

followingtheirvictoryinthe first of the qualifiers against the Guyana Amazon WarriorsonMonday

“It’s been a long tournament, very jam packedsotheguyswerevery happy to win the qualifier andnotplaytheextragame,” hesaid.

“We won the game and hadsometimetorecoverand focusonthisgametocome.

Allicock eyes South American Games gold

Keevin Allicock is hoping to land gold at the 2022 South American Games.

By Rawle Toney

KeevinAllicockisoneof the Caribbean’s most promisingamateurboxersin hisweightclass,butrecently, he has been on the opposite side of some controversial decisionsinternationally

Allicock along with Desmond Amsterdam and Colin Lewis, will represent GuyanaattheOctober1–15 South American Games in Paraguay

This time around, Allicock will be looking to better his 2018 performance at the games in Bolivia, where he settled for bronze. (Lewisalsocoppedbronze). Infact,Allicocksaidthis year’s South American Games will be treated as the start of his campaign for qualification to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. Allicock,whoboxes out of the Forgotten Youth Foundation Gym under the watchful eyes of Three-Star boxing coach, Sebert Blake, pointed out that training has been coming along well, withmuchofhisworkbeing doneonfitnessandbettering his boxing style. Last year, Allicock became the first boxer from Guyana in 25 years to compete at the Olympics. John Douglas, Guyana’s flag-bearer for the 1996 Olympic Games, was thelastboxertorepresentthe Golden Arrowhead at the IOC’s flagship event until Allicock stepped into the ringinTokyo,Japan.

Commonwealth Games silver medallist came up against Alexy de la Cruz of the Dominican Republic, where he suffered a Unanimous Decision defeat intheRound-of-32.

“I know that I’ve had a few decisions that didn’t go my way, but I’m not letting thatgettome.Iwanttogoto the games and get my p

Olympicsofftoagoodstart,” Allicocksaid.

Most recently, in one of themostdebateddecisionsat the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, Allicockhadasplit-decision result in favour of Canada’s Keoma-Ali Al-Ahmadieh in the quarter finals of the featherweights.

“That one hurt me, honestly. So all of that is just more motivation to keep working hard and go out there in Paraguay to win I know for sure that I

convincingly, so right now I’m just putting in the

KaieteurNews

Coach Terrence Poole and team manager Gregory Cort will join the boxers at the Games. Boxing punches offonOctober7anditsfinal round would be on October 13.

“I think we all need this games. If you look at the resultsweallhad,Ithinkit’s safetosaythattheguyswill also want to go there and come back with a gold medal,”Allicocksaid.

Rebel Junior Tennis C/Ships

Semi-finals set for today

The semi-finals of the Rebel Junior Tennis

Championships Girls U-14 aresetfortodayattheGBTI Court in Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara in what is anticipated to be riveting action among the fourGirls.

Paula Kalekyezi, who topped the round robin competition, will battle Kayesha Harding for a spot in the Girls 14s final, while Renola Jordan will meet MaliaMaikoointhequestto be the other finalist. The semi-finalswillbecontested today, while the finals will be held on Saturday and Sunday when the curtains come down on the

tournament. In other results in the latest action in round robin segment, Shaqiel Murray defeated Denzel Luthers 6/2,6/3 in the Boys U-18s,whileintheGirls14s RoundRobinRenolaJordan defeated Niomi Erskine 4/1,4/0.

After a break the action continues today 15:15 hrs. (SeanDevers)

Girls U-14 semi-finalists (from Left) Kalekyezi, Harding, Maikoo & Jordon.

Hero

T20 Cricket final set for tonight

Tallawahs & Royal face-off at Providence

Petra/COURTS Pee Wee football returns October 8

Georgetown.

Barbados Royals Captain, Kyle Mayers and Jamaica Tallawahs Captain, Rovman Powell with the Hero CPL trophy on the eve of the 2022 final in Providence, Guyana tonight. (Getty/CPLT20)

RichardAllan, Courts Director of Consumer Finance presents his company’s cheque to Petra Organization representative Nareeza Latif at the launching of the Courts Pee Wee Boys U-11 Football Championship. Also in the photo are representatives from the Ministry of Education, GFF and Petra Organisation.