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Necessary move to transform to ICT driven nation – Hughes …costs will decrease when telecoms sector fully liberalised Page 7

14-year-old 3 homeless dies in EBD as fire guts accident Canje home Page 9

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2 busted with 29kg ganja P7 Bulkan announces establishment of Local Govt watchdog P10 ‒ LGC yet to be operationalised

DPP to formally apply for Bisram’s extradition P15

Toilet paper thief jailed for 2 years P8 Enmore man found dead in coconut P10 estate

‒ suicide suspected

The Guyana Bank of Trade and Industry (GBTI) on Wednesday afternoon at its Kingston head office, Georgetown, made its annual donations to a number of charitable organisations in Guyana and also launched its 2017 calender. In photo are the six winners of the Bank’s environmental themed calendar: Mya Hall, Haymesha Persaud, Aaron Gangadeen, Somita Paul, Rennata Nickram and Ponraj Lall along with the Bank’s Administrative Manager Sean Noel and GBTI CEO John Tracey (second left)

2017 taxation measures are legal larceny – PPP/C Page 2

“Rough ride” for Guyana if Budget measures pass – Ram & Mc Rae P15

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2017 taxation measures are legal larceny – PPP/C T

he 2017 Budget, particularly the proposed taxation measures, is akin to legal larceny, as elucidated by Peoples Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Vindiya Persaud, in her presentation to the 2017 Budget debates on Wednesday.

Dr Persaud commenced her presentation by drawing reference to the words of renowned Calvin Coolidge who said: “the collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not, beyond a reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny.”

Persaud, in a resounding clarion call to the populace, called for its citizenry to in fact stand up and let their voices of protestation against the 2017 Budget proposals be heard.

“I want to tell people we do not need to take things silently,” said Dr Persaud, as she urged Guyanese, whether a farmer or house maker, to not be afraid and to instead stand up and say “you don’t not want this Budget, do not live in fear… this country does not like this Budget.”

The Opposition MP was adamant that the measures outlined and proposed in the 2017 Budget will in fact make the poor, poorer and constrict and contract the middle class.

Joining with her fellow PPP/C speakers who over the course of the past week would have been calling for the withdrawal of the Budget, Dr Persaud said, “When I think of this Budget I think it’s a travesty… If this Government is serious, withdraw this

PPP/C MP Collin Croal

Budget, if this Government is serious invite the Pope in the decisions that you make… do not give them this as a Christmas present gone wrong.”

The Government, she said, appears completely divorced from reality and queried what transgression was perpetrated by the citizenry “to have all of this inflicted on them in one swoop.”

Calling Budget 2017 ‘anti-people’, Dr Persaud reminded that the population had already been reeling from the almost 200 tax measures introduced by the coalition A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) Government in its first two budgets.

She said this is now compounded by the 57 new taxation measures announced by the Minster in his third budget within 18 months, adding too that the taxation budget is only meant to increase the collection for the coffers, “but for whom”.

Hope and optimism has been completely destroyed with the provisions of the 2017 Budget, according to

Dr Persaud who accused the Administration of being seemingly oblivious to the fact that small businesses have been closing as a result of the previous measures account and that the 2017 measures “will stifle the remaining entrepreneurial spirit.”

She also used the opportunity to take a swipe at what she called disheartening and condescending retorts by Government speakers such as Minister Valerie Sharpe-Patterson who suggested that persons seeking private medical treatment could in fact afford it, and as such should pay VAT. This came after similar sentiments which were expressed by Minster Raphael Trotman who suggested to miners that they should stop complaining about the proposed taxes and instead get busy.

Meanwhile Dr Persaud’s colleague, MP Collin Croal in an earlier presentation, questioned whether there were nefarious motives behind the foisting of such an early Budget on the populace, since there was still three more months with-

in which the National Estimates can be presented.

He also questioned whether the Estimates were being rushed so that when it comes time to scrutinising the actual expenditure and revenue for 2016, the figures will not be available for inspection.

Responding to Minister of State Joseph Harmon among other Government speakers that had accused the PPP of employing scare tactics in its critique of the 2017 Budget, Croal used the opportunity to point to, and quote the reviews of civil society, among others.

He pointed to the resounding rejections of the 2017 Budget by bodies such as the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Labour Unions, the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners

PPP/C MP Vindiya Persaud

Association (GGDMA), among others, such as eminent Chartered accounting firm Ram & McRae that have consistently rejected the measures of the 2017 Budget.

According to Croal, were the views of the PPP/C to be removed from the criticism, the resounding calls are still for the Government to reconsider its inconsiderate proposals. (Gary Eleazar)

Police hunt suspect in late-night gun play

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ollowing a brief exchange of gunfire between Police ranks on patrol duty and an identifiable male suspect in Werken-Rust, Georgetown on Tuesday evening, an unlicensed firearm along with matching ammunition was recovered.

According to reports, the ranks were on foot patrol sometime around 23:00h and decided to stake out the St Phillips Anglican Church located at D’Urban and Smyth Streets, Georgetown, where several persons using the entrances to gain access to adjoining streets have been victims of robberies in the past.

The unlicensed firearm and matching rounds dropped by the suspect

The ranks were inside the four-entrance compound of the church when the suspect was approaching from the opposite direction. Upon seeing the Police, the man whipped out a handgun and discharged a round at the

ranks, who immediately returned fire.

The suspect then dropped his unlicensed .38 Special Revolver with three live matching rounds and a spent shell and escaped by scaling the fence.

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…decries lack of a comprehensive developmental plan

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he coalition A Partnership for National Unity/ Alliance For Change (APNU/ AFC) Government has, through its 2017 Budget unleashed economic warfare on the citizenry of Guyana— warfare that could in fact lead to class warfare.

Peoples Progress Party/ Civic (PPP/C) frontbencher in the National Assembly Odinga Lumumba put forward this theory to the House as he gave his presentation to the debates on the 2017 Estimates on Wednesday.

Advancing his arguments, Lumumba sought to impress on the House that the sustenance of communities must take precedence and pointed to operations in the USA which supports his arguments.

According to Lumumba, the train system in the United States is operated at substantial losses annually, but is sustained through heavy subsidies by the administration.

This obtains, according to Lumumba, since the authorities in the US recognise the importance of the transportation between the communities they connect and the nexus it holds to the development of those communities.

“If the train system collapses, imagine what would happen to the economy of these communities,” Lumumba said, as he drew reference to public statements by officialdom with regards the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

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He juxtaposed his arguments with the operations of the bauxite industry against that of the sugar industry.

“We cannot do a balancing act,” Lumumba said in reference to bauxite and the sugar belt.

According to Lumumba, the economic genocide that

faces the sugar belt also faces the entire Guyana, “the APNU/AFC coalition is unleashing class warfare on the people of this country,” Lumumba stated.

Turning his attention to some of the allocations in the 2017 Budget for infrastructural development, Lumumba lamented that the billions have not been tied to any long-term developmental plan.

According to Lumumba, the Finance Minister has failed to deliver a comprehensive plan for the billions to be spent on a partial road—a road touted to link Guyana and Brazil through

news that one of Guyana’s largest indigenously owned Supermarkets—Nigel’s—is now scaling back its operations given the prevailing economic climate.

According to Lumumba, business in Guyana has declined by between 30 per cent and 50 per cent.

Lumumba also used as example of transformation that a bandit was brazen enough to shoot and rob and man in the Finance Ministry’s compound in the face of armed security personnel.

He also noted that despite the fact that the industry is currently the most successful sector in country, Ministers

Members of Parliament during the sitting of the National Assembly on Wednesday

the Linden/Lethem trail.

Lack ingredients

The Opposition MP told the House that the 2017 Budget lacks the fundamentals for infrastructural development and its relationship to economic growth.

Declining economy

Turning his attention to the much vaunted change and transformation that has permeated Guyana, Lumumba said there has been change and transformation, but for the worse.

He used as example, the

Winston Jordan has instead produced a Budget that will increase the hardships on the small miners.

According to Lumumba, the Budget in fact attempts to drive small and medium scale miners into the twilight zone. He said that as Chair of the Parliamentary Natural Resources Committee he was disappointed with the lack of allocations for the industry.

Lumumba has since called for immediate consultations between the relevant Ministers and stakeholders in order to prevent the rapid destruction of a vibrant in-

PPP/C frontbencher Odinga Lumumba

dustry.

He used his opportunity to contribute to the debates by addressing the emerging oil and gas sector, and cautioned against the pitfalls associated with the industry. According to Lumumba, the industry if handled correctly, can in fact bridge the gap between classes and race in Guyana.

He suggested that if mishandled however, Guyana can attract a fate that befell Nigeria where few will reap the benefit and many will suffer, “the few will gain the benefits and the many will suffer.” Government, he said, should have already presented to the Parliament, “a plan as to how the potential revenues would be spent or utilized.”

According to Lumumba, “already the few rich in Guyana are getting richer from the initial investment from the oil and gas companies,” while “the many are watching and hoping.” (Gary Eleazar)

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Editorial

Guyana-China relations

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hina is the second largest trading partner of Latin America and the Caribbean, which is also a major destination for outbound Chinese investment, second only to Asia. China’s direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean has exceeded US$150 billion.

According to a draft Policy paper by the Chinese Government, China sees itself as brining development opportunities to the rest of the world. It is estimated that in the next five years, China will import US$8 trillion of goods, invest US$750 billion overseas, and Chinese tourists will make 700 million outbound visits. All this will present an even bigger market, more capital, a greater variety of products and more valuable cooperation opportunities to countries around the world, including Guyana.

Very often we hear the saying that Guyana boasts great development potential. However, there is one huge potential which is widely ignored, the potential of strengthened economic ties with China. According to the Statistical Bulletin of China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment, China’s FDI stock to Guyana at the end of 2014 is only US$0.24 billion, less than 0.03 per cent of China’ global amount of that year.

In view of bilateral trade, if we check the statistics compiled by Guyana Bureau of Statistics, China, the soon-tobe largest market of the world, is not even on the list of top ten destinations of Guyana’s exports and the value of exports to China is tallied among “other countries”. Ironically, some local media still complain that Guyana had sold too much volume of commodities to China.

While enjoying deep diplomatic relations, China and Guyana hold similar views and have consistently echoed and supported each other’s positions, be it on key international issues such as UN reform, climate change, sustainable development, regional integration and cooperation between China and the Caribbean. Guyana is the largest Caribbean country and one of the only two Caricom countries located on the South American continent. On the south of Guyana is Brazil, the largest economy in South America, also a member of BRIC countries. On the north is the whole Caribbean Basin toward the North American continent. So geographically and culturally, Guyana plays a strategic role in bridging South America with the Caribbean and further north. This unique advantage, now becoming even more valuable due to the rising trade protectionism, can be taken off in service of Guyana’s economic development goal. The countries share in the benefits of the tremendous volume of goods, people and services which flow between South America and the Caribbean, via Guyana, only when certain infrastructure bottlenecks of land and sea transportation can be overcome, namely, when the highway and deep-water harbour projects are initiated. In pursuing connectivity of this magnitude, supporting industries like energy and telecommunication also need to be expanded and upgraded.

Based on the above analysis, four fields in the cooperation between China and Guyana could be identified and prioritised for further strengthening; these include infrastructure, energy, ICT technology application and capacity building. In tandem with other partners and stakeholders, the Chinese government and enterprises are willing and able to play a more active role in those fields in Guyana.

Over the years, Guyana has seen tangible benefits in a number of areas, particularly health, infrastructure and information technology. The most recent projects include the Smart Guyana Project by Hauwei Technologies and a multimillion-dollar contract with China’s Exim Bank for the construction of roads in West Demerara.

Right after Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up his state visits to Ecuador, Peru and Chile in November, the Chinese government issued its second Policy Paper on Latin America and Caribbean. The Policy paper aims at summarizing the development experience and elaborating new ideas, proposals and initiatives in guiding China’s cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean in various areas for the future. This is a “now or never” opportunity that both China and Guyana must grasp.

The Christmas tree in Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania (EPA/Valda Kalnina)

Parking Meters installation an abuse of citizens

Dear Editor, I have been reading with considerable interest the concerns being expressed by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) of Guyana regarding the project to rollout parking meters in Georgetown, pointing out the fact it is an indirect taxation without any value creation for the users.

I do agree with the PSC which represents a crosssection of businesses in the country, regarding the negative impact this will have on businesses operating within the city; in particular on their employees and

customers of the various businesses.

I however do not understand their concern regarding the fact that the Mayor and City Council will only get $20 from every $100 taken while the remaining $80 will go towards administration and wealth creation of the investors. This is not and oversight or error on the part of the Council, this was deliberate and cheerfully agreed to for reasons best known to them, and as a result of a complete lack of concern for the raw deal the citizens will be getting. This is just abuse of our citizens by a foreign

company in a most shocking way. In fact, I consider it modern day slavery.

The advertisements which suggest that the parking meters will increase security, public safety and the efficiency in doing business within the capital city are just completely ridiculous.

But I have a few concerns of my own – the first being whether this foreign company really has any experience in this business as they claim. If they did then they would not draw the spaces for only midsized cars. What happens when an SUV, pickup, van, and

other larger vehicles wish to park? They will have to take up half of another space I guess and pay additionally?

Secondly, I would like to know why they are being allowed to mark out spaces on roadways that do not fall under the purview of the Georgetown Municipality.

Will they be giving the paltry 20 per cent to the Public Infrastructure Ministry or the Government of Guyana for those roads? Or will the Georgetown Municipality benefit from this largesse?

Regards, Riley Matthews

Entrepreneurship by Claudius Prince Dear Editor, I wish to commend Claudius Prince on his article titled “Ways to achieve the entrepreneurial spirit” published on Sunday, December 4, 2016, in the Kaieteur Newspaper. I have always had great respect for Claudius Prince dating back to his days as an official in the Guyana National Service (GNS).

At that point, I served as a “trainee instructor”, I was taught to work with cattle, clean fish without using instruments, the art of cotton production, how to plant watermelons, beans, vegetables etc.

Further, I worked in the poultry farm and while I

found this disgusting (coming from a family that liked to be clean skinned), it taught me to work hard and to respect all the backgrounds of people.

Claudius Prince was always very professional. In his letter, he does not attack or target people of any ethnic background but he simply showed the process that Indo-Guyanese went through which is responsible for their successes in business as he sees it. I would recommend his article for reading since it is very instructive and incisive.

However, I do not think that there was a conspiracy to undermine AfroGuyanese in business. I

believe that our former colonial masters knew that they would eventually depart from our shores and they were preparing the liberated Africans to take up leadership in the civil service, administrative regions and town councils.

At that time, the civil service looked very appealing since they were well paid and very importantly, well dressed.

While this modification took place, many Indo-Guyanese (and AfroGuyanese) remained in the rice-fields and large scale planting of ground provisions was done in part by the Africans.

At this point, Indo-

Guyanese had become very envious due to the fact that the Africans became lawyers, doctors, nurses, customs officers, administrators, mid-wives and engineers. I do not think that the aim was to marginalise them from business but to prepare them for administration subsequent to the complete departure of the British crown.

As a young man growing up, Indo-Guyanese were not encouraged to work in such particular professional fields. Our colonial masters at this time had recognised the importance of keeping a strong labour force in the production of food.

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What criteria were used to select the National Under-15 Squad?

Dear Editor, Reference is hereby made to the above caption as it relates to the publication of an article captioned, “26 players shortlisted for French Guiana U-15 Football tourney” on December 2, 2016.

Editor, while it’s good that the GFF would be participating in the “French Guiana International U-15 Football Championship from December 17–22, featuring participation from several countries and clubs”; that is good for exposure and nurturing home grown talent. Nevertheless, today’s modern world of football remains the largest spectator sport; emotional, marketable and unifying. It’s out of

concern that I am inquiring: Why in the first place was a 2-day trial involving 74 players necessary to shortlist the squad of 26 players?

Were the trials an act of appeasement to delinquent associations that for the entire year, or more, they have not coordinated/ organised an U-15 competition? Is it justifiable for the GFA to lead the shortlisted players with a total of nine, as against being compatible with domestic activity at the youth level? With Rupununi having five; East Bank and East Demerara, four each; Berbice two; and Bartica and Upper Demerara with one each. Surprisingly, West Demerara has failed

to produce a solitary player. This in my estimation is unjustifiable, since the association’s level of domestic activity is not surpassed by more than two other associations. By the way, would there be a coordinated effort with the various schools, via the Ministry of Education, to ascertain: attendance, punctuality and grades of the final 16 players? What is the position as it relates to the GFA/NAMILCO Under-17 Inter-Club Competition?

Moreover, with the other affiliates having regular matches on a weekly basis.

Sincerely, Lester Sealey

Entrepreneurship...

Persons like former Minister, Mrs Yvonne Yearwood Benn, Mr Boston, Mr Peters, Mr Ross, Mrs Ross, Ms Tyndell and my kindergarten teacher, Miss Tom (an influential figure who helped with the development of my personality and character as they all did in their own way), were masters of education.

I will forever be grateful to all of them as they guided my accent, style of dress, style of speech and intellect.

Without a doubt, together they touched the lives of thousands of people. These professors were professional, endearing and passionate. Those were all fruits that the colonial masters saw. They would even give extra lessons and Saturdays and Sundays free of cost.

I do not believe that any group is superior to another whether in farming, business or public service. I

wish to agree with the view of Brother Claudius Prince that due to the fact that Indo-Guyanese were left on the lands, they were forced to face hard times as he rightfully highlighted.

Because of the clean dressed idea, I had never thought about farming or business, but instead I wanted to be like those in the civil service with a tie wrapped around my neck.

From this, I developed an appetite to become a security officer, specialist and Police technologist which I ended up achieving.

Although this happened, I had a pension for the rice field. Mr Prince is hitting an important point, referring to the difficulties that we went through in early business. I do believe that the experience in the rice field, growing chicken and cleaning the fowl pens gave me stamina to be resilient.

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I will encourage the Government of the day to establish the National Service in small fronts in the city and out of the city where youths and adult volunteers can travel, discover, learn and engage each other even in the remote parts of the interior which can facilitate motivational seminars which can encourage parents to send their children to learn skills.

I am proud that there are so many Guyanese in this country who do not see things with an ethnic eye but with an eye of love, unity and harmony; an eye for the development of all people. Once again, thank you Claudius Prince for reminding us. I am happy to have been trained under you.

Yours sincerely, Roshan Khan

Response to “Sase Singh’s take on the budget”

Dear Editor, I write to offer a brief response to Mr Sase Singh‘s letter published in Guyana Chronicle on Saturday, December 3, 2016, under the caption, “Sase Singh “s take on the budget”.

When I read Mr Singh’s opening paragraph, which said, “This 2017 Budget has caused me to reflect on a question I have always toyed with all my adult life: Why can truth and politics not go together?” and his claim of the positive influence on him from a writer on India, I became excited at the thought that my mind was about to be exposed to an enlightening discussion by him on what is required to take this country forward.

Given the moral concern expressed by Mr Singh on the need for truth in politics, I expected an objective analysis from him on the budget and not the usual political partisan interpretations that has now become the norm. In his review of the budget, Singh sees nothing positive. More importantly, he repeats the People’s Progressive Party’s propaganda line of ”doomsday” for the economy and country. His remarks could have been construed as fair comment only if he had not stated his lifelong concern that truth and politics should go together.

I am not interested here with Singh’s forecast on the budgetary measures, since that is not the focus of this letter, and he is en-

titled to his opinions, neither am I concerned here with the fact that his letter was not becoming of a civilised public debate.

However, I am not prepared to ignore Singh’s profound dishonesty in dealing with the budget bearing in mind that he is not a layman when it comes to economic matters. How could he in good faith claim that Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity and water will put serious burden on the working poor/”small man” ignoring the fact that the measures will only affect households with light bills above $10,000 and in relation to water, only households whose bills are in excess of $1500. In both cases the majority of the

poor and working people households will not be affected by the VAT. I chose this simple fact to expose Sase Singh’s dishonesty. This simple truth in relation to the budget Mr Singh finds it difficult to concede. His intent is not objective analysis. Instead, in his resolve to ridicule the coalition, he abandoned his stated concern for truth in politics.

I conclude by saying that Mr Singh in his letter has indeed demonstrated how elusive truth can be in relation to politics. Even with the inspiration of his motherland (India), he fell far short of this noble ideal.

Sincerely, Tacuma Ogunseye

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How to raise gifted children

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hese are some questions to determine if children may be exhibiting a welldeveloping Intrapersonal Intelligence. Does your child: * Show a sense or independence or a strong will? * Have a realistic sense of her abilities and weaknesses? * Do well when left alone to play or study? * “march to the beat of a different drummer” in living and learning? * Have a hobby or interest she doesn’t talk about much? * Have a good sense of selfdirection? * Prefer working alone to working with others? * Accurately express how he is feeling? * Learn from failures and successes? * Have good self-esteem?

Linguistic: using words, either orally or written, in an effective manner. This intelligence is associated with storytellers, politicians, comedians, and writers.

These questions can determine if an adult has a strength in Linguistic Intelligence: * Have you always enjoyed books and given them importance? * Do you hear words in your head before you speak or write them? * Do you enjoy talk shows more than television or movies? * Do you enjoy word games, puns, rhymes, tonguetwisters, and poetry? * Do you have a highly developed vocabulary and enjoy knowing words that other people do not know? * In your own education, did you enjoy subjects related to words and ideas, such as English and social studies, more than math and science?

* Have you enjoyed learning to read or speak other languages? * In your speech, do you refer to information that you have read or heard about? * Have you been praised, recognized, or paid for your writing?

These are some questions to determine if children may be exhibiting a well-developing Linguistic Intelligence. Does your child: * Write better than average for her age? * enjoy telling stories and jokes? * have a good memory for names, places, dates, and other information? * enjoy word games, either visually or auditorally? * enjoy reading books? * spell better than other children the same age? * appreciate rhymes, puns, tongue twisters? * enjoy books on tape without needing to see the book itself? * enjoy hearing stories without seeing the book? * have an excellent vocabulary for his age? * communicate thoughts, feelings, and ideas well?

Logical-Mathematical: understanding and using numbers effectively, as well as having good powers to reason well. Exemplars are mathematicians, scientists, computer programmers, and accountants.

These questions can determine if an adult has a strength in LogicalMathematical Intelligence: * Have you always done math in your head easily? * When you were in school, were math and/or science your best subjects? * Do you enjoy playing

games that require logical thinking? * Do you set up experiments to see “what if” in your course of jobs around the house or at work? * Do you look for logical sequences and patterns, with the belief that almost everything has a logical explanation? * Do you read science periodicals or keep track of the latest scientific developments? * Do you like finding logical flaws in things that people say and do? * Do you feel the need to have things measured, categorized, analyzed, or quantified in some way? * I think in clear, abstract, wordless, imageless concepts.

These are some questions to determine if children may be exhibiting a well-developing Logical-Mathematical Intelligence. Does your child: * Demonstrate curiosity about how things work? * have fun with numbers? * enjoy math at school? * enjoy math and/or computer games? * play and enjoy strategy games such as chess and checkers, brain teasers, or logic puzzles? * easily put things into categories? * like to do experiments, either at school when assigned or on her own? * show an interest in visiting natural history or discovery-type museums and exhibits? ***Musical***: relating in a wide range of ways to music.

This can take many forms, as a performer, composer, critic, and music-lover.

These questions can determine if an adult has a highly developed ***Musical Intelligence***:

(Part two) * Do you have a pleasant singing voice? * Can you tell when a musician plays a note off-key? * Do you frequently listen to music? * Do you play a musical instrument? * Was it easy for you to learn to play a musical instrument? * Do you think your life would not be as rewarding without music? * Do you usually have music going through your mind? * Can you keep time to music? * Do you know the tunes to many different songs or musical selections? * Can you usually sing back a melody accurately after you hear a new selection only once or twice?

These are some questions to determine if children may be exhibiting a well-developing Musical Intelligence. Does your child: * Tell you when she recognizes that music is offkey? * easily remember song melodies and sing them? * have a pleasant singing voice, either alone or in a chorus? * play a musical instrument? * speak or move in a rhythmical way? * hum or whistle to himself? * tap on the tabletop or desktop while working? * show sensitivity to noises in the environment? * respond emotionally to music she hears? (childdevelopmentinfo.

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TO BE CONTINUED

- what makes a child grow into a brilliant adult? Here's how to recognise the genius in your child

BY CHRISTINA VERCELLETTO

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ast fall, when Steve Jobs, the renowned head of Apple and the brains behind the most prized of digital tools, passed away, pundits around the world sought to define exactly what made him so brilliant. The answers they often came up with seemed grayer than the computer boxes Jobs so magically transformed.

However you perceive intelligence, the assumption about those who possess it is that they will ace not only tests but life.

But can it be measured?

And what can you do to help your child get it? Read on to find out how you can develop the genius in your child, from her performance in school to how a trip to the store can be a chance to build vocabulary, Maths skills and money smarts.

Genius, defined

First things first: “Genius” is a cultural term. There is no statistical definition of genius. Even the well-known international high-IQ society Mensa's stringent testing identifies not “geniuses” but, rather, people whose ability and creativity put them in the top two per cent of the population. A more common – and politically correct – term in the world of education is “gifted.”

Many schools have a “gifted and talented” program, but how many children actually belong in them? According to the National Association for Gifted Children, about six per cent of US children. Other experts find this number to be on the generous side. “Gifted children are very rare…in your average classroom, there will be none,” notes Michelle Rhee, CEO and founder of StudentsFirst, an organisation devoted to improving our public schools at the grassroots level, and former chancellor of the Washington, DC, public school system. Some parents also enlist the help of child psychologists to determine giftedness, often through IQ testing.

The Lowdown on testing

Standardised tests given in public elementary schools measure how much of the state-mandated subject matter taught up to that point has been learned. IQ tests, on the other hand, are more about logic and reasoning ability.

“They measure a child's ability to find solutions to problems.

The results very much show how much practice the child has had…how often he's had a chance to solve a similar problem before,” explains

Frank Lawlis, PhD, American Mensa's supervisory psychologist and author of The IQ Answer. Yet many experts say both types of tests can be poor indicators of a child's true ability.

“What if the child didn't get a good night's sleep or is getting over a cold? Maybe the room is too hot or the child next to him is fidgeting and distracting him?” notes Vivian Kirkfield, former Head Start and kindergarten teacher and author of Show Me How! Building Your Child's Self-Esteem Through Reading, Crafting and Cooking. Standardised tests are just one gauge of student achievement and should never be used as the lone measure, adds Dennis Van Roekel, National Education Association president.

“Performance on a single test actually tells you very little about your child.

The Power of a parent

Steve Jobs's adoptive dad taught him rudimentary electronics as a child. It seems likely that he couldn't have imagined how that time would pay off. Perhaps we all have the potential to work miracles. Intelligence is 49 per cent genetic and 51 per cent stimulation, says Lawlis.

Other experts agree that, if anything, environment (read: parental influence) has the edge. “We assume smart children are born smart and you can tell practically out of the womb,” says Rhee.

Here's what you can do to help your child not only get better grades but have more enthusiasm for learning.

Talk, talk, talk

Ask your child openended questions, like “What would happen if we stopped for ice cream on the way to the beach?” Such questions help a child reflect on what he knows and tell him his opinion matters. Don't worry if he's too young to understand.

Likewise, don't be afraid to use relatively sophisticated words, notes Brenneman. He may not understand them, but he will figure it out if the words are used multiple times in context. John Shotter, a dad in Seaford, NY, makes it a top priority to talk to his son, Jack, two, through daily activities. “We talk tools! I show him how the T-square, drill, measuring tape and hammer work.” The results are pretty impressive, reports Jack's mom, Melissa.

“He honestly knows the name of every tool, as well as materials like Sheetrock, Spackle, and drop cloth. He's also learning measuring, right and left from turning a screwdriver and colours from paint.”(parenting.com) TO BE CONTINUED

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VAT on data, Internet

Necessary move to transform to ICT driven nation – Hughes … costs will decrease when telecoms sector is fully liberalised

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u b l i c Telecommunications Minister Cathy Hughes has defended the application of Value Added Tax (VAT) on data and Internet services come next year, saying that the revenue stream is necessary for the range of transformation envisioned utilising Information Communication Technology (ICT).

Hughes delivered her presentation to the debates over the 2017 National Estimates on Wednesday and sought to assure that in the long run the cost of accessing Internet and data services will actually decrease with the advent of the liberalisation of the sector.

According to Hughes, this service will be complemented through the Government sponsored Internet hubs that will be provided free of cost.

It was Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) Justin Nedd, who over the past week disclosed that the utility company will be forced to pass on an additional $1.2 billion to its consumers as a result of the imposition of VAT on data services and Internet access.

Hughes also used the occasion of the debate on Wednesday to point out that the Opposition speakers over the course of the week have done nothing but lament taxes and more taxes

Public Telecommunications Minister Cathy Hughes as she defends VAT on data and Internet services come next year

to the deliberate exclusion of the exciting transformation projects in the budget.

The Minister queried when last a Budget was presented to the nation that can boast of concrete plans to erect a fixed bridge across the Essequibo River of the de-silting of the Demerara River – something that the shipping companies have been clamouring over for decades.

The Minister was adamant that the provisions of the 2017 Budget will take Guyana closer to realising its potential that exists be-

tween this country and its immediate neighbours.

Hughes told the House that budgets are difficult and all cannot be catered for in any single budget.

The Minister said, “we Guyanese have been drowning in sea of potential” she said, adding that it is hoped to be realised “in our lifetime.”

According to Hughes, Guyana has been comatose for the past two decades and that things have begun to change since May 2015 when the coalition A Partnership for national Unity/Alliance

For Change (APNU/AFC) Administration took office.

The Minister conceded that as a society it is understandable that people want transformative change today.

She said many have become impatient over the past 18 months since they believe the Administration is failing to deliver but “we forget how broken we had become.”

According to Minister Hughes, “I want to tell you the sun is shining on Guyana right now sending bright rays full of opportunity but we have to see them to take advantage of them and not succumb to petty politics.”

According to Minister Hughes, the Finance Minister must be commended for presenting a Budget that boasts long-term planning.

Turning her attention to her remit in the Public Telecommunications Ministry, Minister Hughes said that for too long in Guyana “we have done things the same old traditional way.”

She was speaking to the dependent on traditional pillars of growth such as rice and sugar adding; “we recognise that we have developed (as a country) but have we transformed the country and its people, we have not.”

According to Hughes, the APNU/AFC Administration will in fact transform

Guyana through the use of digital economy.

Minister Hughes also bemoaned the billions which she said was squandered by the previous Administration through mismanagement in its spending on a fibre-optic cable from Brazil which has since been deemed irreparable and for which Guyana continues to repay on the

loan for the project.

Hughes used the opportunity to boast of some of the strides made by the Ministry over the past year, such as the operationalising of the e-gov infrastructure which she said has seen scores of Government facilities including more than 80 schools being interconnected. (Gary Eleazar)

2 busted with 29kg ganja

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wo persons are now in Police custody after some 29 kilograms of compressed marijuana was unearthed on Wednesday morning in a vehicle in which they were travelling.

According to reports, acting on information received, the Police intercepted the motor car about 08:00h at Number Five Village, West Coast

Berbice.

The vehicle, which was Georgetown-bound, had two occupants and during a search, the ranks found the illegal substance concealed in the trunk.

The suspects, both of whom hail from the East Coast of Demerara, were arrested. They are currently being processed for court.

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IN THE COURTS Chinese national granted bail for wounding dog food vendor

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Chinese national was on Monday granted bail on a charge of wounding a vendor who operates in front of the man’s restaurant.

Kamsing Leung 32, of 12 Chapel Street, New Amsterdam, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) pleaded not guilty to a charge of felonious wounding, committed on Osarim Stuart 17, a dog food vendor

of Fort Ordnance Housing Scheme, East Canje, Berbice.

The incident was allegedly committed on November 29, 2016, at Main and Chappell Streets, New Amsterdam.

Leung, who appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore, was granted bail in the sum of $75,000 and is expected to return to court on December 15.

Alleged foreign soldier remanded

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man, claiming to be a soldier in the French Army was on Wednesday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Jason Adams, 25, denied the allegations which stated that on December 6, 2016, at Brickdam, Georgetown, and while being armed with a hammer, he robbed Bash

Mohammed of two cellphones valued $40,000.

According to Adams, he works for the Army in France and is currently in Guyana staying at the Pegasus Hotel.

However, when further questioned as to where he resides, the man said that he is currently living with a “side chick”.

He was remanded to prison, with his next court appearance on December 21.

The accused is being represented by Attorney Naomi Christie and Mursalene Bacchus.

According to reports, the two had an altercation over the vendor selling dog food in front of the Chinese restaurant. As a result, Stuart armed himself with a piece of wood but subsequently

dropped it and was in the process of walking away, when the suspect allegedly picked up the wood and dealt the victim several lashes to his head and leg.

When the matter comes up again, the Police are expected to give a report on the status of the investigation.

Toilet paper thief jailed for 2 years

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ahase Persaud was slapped with a two-year jail term when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Magistrate Faith McGusty charged with two counts of breaking and entering and larceny.

He pleaded guilty to both charges when they were read to him.

He admitted that between November 28 and November 29, 2016, at the National School of Dance, Thomas Lands, Georgetown, he stole

items amounting to $432,000.

Also at the same location but between November 1 and December 1, 2016, he admitted that he stole one DVD Player, one surround sound stereo system, half a bale of toilet paper and other items.

According to the prosecution, the defendant confessed to the offences. When given a chance to speak, Persaud asked for a minimum sentence.

He was given 12 months each on both charges which are to be run concurrently.

Fallout…

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…in the real economy

he government has rushed to deny that there’s a shortage of foreign currency — read US greenbacks — in the system. Both the Finance Minister and the Governor of the Bank of Guyana have insisted that it ain’t so. This is not surprising since such a shortage has grave implications in the real economy — which is concerned with “real stuff” that you and your Eyewitness produce and ship on trucks and ships and suchlike.

While the rarefied area of finance, like buying and selling currencies and stocks might seem removed from our everyday experience and the real economy, there‘s a direct link that can hit us where it hurts — in our wallets and purses. It all comes from the fact we’re a small open economy that gets most of its inputs for the real economy from abroad. And we need foreign currency — mostly greenbacks — to buy those inputs.

If there’s a shortage of greenbacks, then the inexorable law of supply and demand kicks in — and the price of greenbacks go up. And this leads to a rise in prices in the real economy. Take rice and sugar which are as “real” as you can get for us Guyanese. Both, for instance, use fertilisers, and when the importer has to pay more for the greenbacks to import these items, he passes on his increased costs — denominated in local currency. Our prices rise and we become more uncompetitive in the global markets for these products.

But we have to sell… which we do at prices lower than it costs us to produce. And a vicious circle sets in where we produce less of the products and the real economy shrinks. So the question is — is there a foreign currency shortage in Guyana as the Muckraker claims and the two official big guns in the financial sector denies? Well they trotted out statistics about our official and commercial reserves of foreign currency to “prove” their case — but they missed the point about these matters.

Since all these decisions to buy and sell both real goods and greenbacks are made by people like you and your Eyewitness, an element dubbed “animal spirits” by one of the greatest economists of the last century enters the picture. Basically what he meant is in moments of uncertainty — such as we’re facing with this cockamamie budget — folks throw reason out of the window and panic.

And we have “runs” on banks by ordinary folks and cutbacks in production that can throw the real economy into a deeper recession.

All because the Finance Minister unleashed Guyanese “animal spirits” with his budget.

Which should be withdrawn immediately!!

…from deportees

Your Eyewitness has been writing about this “criminal deportee” business for a while now because he sees it as a clear and present danger to our stability and wellbeing. And very frankly we accept the latest twenty deportees with criminal records like a hole in the head.

Like with the foreign currency tempest, the Police and the Public Security Minister have also stoutly denied there’s a crisis in crime. Which no one’s buying.

Especially when the statistics released about the criminal deportees make no sense. The official State media Chronicle said: “between 2008 and 2013 1035 persons were deported” yet showed in the yearly breakdown actually there had been 2491 persons deported. So since this crisis isn’t due to “animal spirits” — and is a real as you can get, with real people being robbed and beaten and killed out there, we really need to know how many criminals with graduate degrees from the US penal system are joining their local comrades.

Especially since they’ll make this more a season of “taking” than giving.

…from spite

Imagine after becoming multi-millionaires with their salary increases, a Minister of this government can spitefully say folks who go to private hospitals are ‘rich’ and should be charged VAT. Not that even the poor will save for better services.

Readers are invited to send their comments by email to eye@guyanatimesgy.com

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14-year-old dies in EBD accident A teenager has become Guyana’s latest road fatality after he reportedly rode into the path of a minibus on Tuesday evening at Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Mark McCoy, 14, of Lot 561 Cinema Street, Diamond, EBD, was pronounced dead about an hour after arriving at the

Diamond Diagnostic Centre.

He reportedly sustained severe head injuries following the collision which occurred at about 18:30h.

Reports are a minibus bearing registration plates BVV 989 was heading to Timehri, EBD, whilst the pedal cyclist was proceeding in the opposite direction.

He was reportedly towing a

male on the handle of the pedal cycle when he reportedly swerved into the path of the minibus.

The other teenager, who was sitting on the handle managed to jump off before Mc Coy slammed into the minibus.

As a result of the impact, Mc Coy fell onto the roadway and was rushed to the

Health Minister accused of ‘micro-managing’ GPHC …Norton says he will not sit idly while nothing is being done

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ormer Chairman of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) Board of Directors, Dr Carl ‘Max’ Hanoman, has lashed out at Public Health Minister Dr George Norton, accusing him of wanting to micromanage the corporation.

However, in his defence, the Minister posited that he will not sit idly while nothing is being done to improve the public health sector.

The allegation against Dr Norton came one day after the former Chairman

Public Health Minister, Dr George Norton

received a letter from Permanent Secretary of the Public Health Ministry, Trevor Thomas, on Monday stating that the GPHC Board is dissolved as of November 30, 2016. The letter was dated November 29, 2016.

Speaking at a press conference from his Private Practice office on Brickdam on Tuesday, Dr Hanoman told reporters that he was initially appointed for a three-year tenure, with each Board position up for renewal at the end of every November.

However, he stated that instead of his position being renewed, the entire board was dissolved; a move which he said was made by the Health Minister in order to micro-manage the GHPC. “When I came to the Board, I thought it was an autonomous, independent board… (But) I realised overtime that the hospital corporation could not be autonomous and independent.

The decision-making process was under the thumbs

of the Minister of Health,” Hanoman posited.

According to the former chairman, the rift between him and Dr Norton came about after the Board, under his chairmanship, took a decision to reinstate GPHC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Khan who was initially sent on administrative leave pending a probe at the medical facility. Khan is currently on a second bout of administrative leave which runs until July 2017.

Dr Hanoman explained that after receiving the findings of the investigations, the Board met with Christopher Ram, who conducted the probe, and it was noted that nothing substantively incriminating was found against Khan, hence the decision was taken to have him returned, something which he claimed the Health Minister was not in favour of.

The former chairman added that he reinstated Khan as CEO because the GPHC was without any good governance and that he also needed assistance with the University of Guyana medical accreditation process, which Khan worked on facilitating under his direction. However, in the end Dr Hanoman said the CEO was once again sent on administratively leave.

Moreover, the former GPHC Chairman went on to outline several other instances where the Minister would attempt to “micromanage” the corporation.

In fact, he rubbished reports that it was him who sent Director of Nursing Services (Matron), Collene Hicks, on administrative leave back in July. He disclosed that it was the Health Minister who gave the directive for that action to be taken.

On the other hand, the former GPHC Chairman accused Dr Norton of stalling the appointment process of Deputy CEO, for which the Board under his chairmanship had already shortlisted three candidates for the position and submitted same to the President and other Government Ministers.

Dr Hanoman claimed that the Minister wants to put his own people in the

position, since he received a letter from Dr Norton last week saying that the new board should make the appointment.

However, in response to the allegations made by the former GPHC Chairman,

Former GPHC Chairman, Dr Carl "Max" Hanoman

Dr Norton in a brief interview with Guyana Times on Wednesday pointed out that he is not going to sit idly and wait for things to be done or actions to be taken.

“We’ve got a five-year term to change things around and many times we have the same players around who don’t get things done. If I should sit in my office and hope that all the officers would perform the way I want them to, I might be disappointed. Experience has told me that I’ve got to get up and do things, and I won’t mind doing so if it means things will be get done,” he noted.

The Public Health Minister went on to explain that the board was not dissolve, but rather it’s life had come to an end. He sought to clarify that the term of the Board was one-year and not three as was suggested

by Dr Hanoman.

“The board term came to an end so it wasn’t dissolved by me… We are following the Act as close as possible; I will make certain I do that. I’ve become obsessed with following the rules,” he posited.

According to Minister Norton, he is awaiting nominations from the relevant authorities for candidates for the new board after which he will submit same to Cabinet for approval.

Dead: Mark Mc Coy

nearby medical facility in an unconscious state but died soon afterwards.

The driver of the minibus, a 46-year-old man of Kaneville, EBD, was taken into Police custody and a breathalyser test was conducted but there were no alcohol recorded in his system.

When Guyana Times visited the teen’s home on Wednesday, his mother, Pamela Mc Coy was being comforted by relatives. She explained that she was at home when she received a telephone call informing her that the young man was involved in an accident.

She related as she rushed out to go to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, two Police ranks were at her door enquiring about the

teen’s relatives. Again, she was informed by the ranks that her son was seriously injured following an accident. Without hesitation, she rushed to the medical facility where she saw her son laying on a stretcher.

“I see he on the stretcher and blood was coming out his mouth… soon after they tell me that he didn’t make it,” the woman added. She however recalled that her son left home to accompany a friend to take his grandmother’s dinner and that was the last time she saw him alive.

The aggrieved mother noted that her son attended the Dolphin Second School and was at school on

“I was at his school today (Wednesday) and when I told them of his demise, they started to cry… the teachers and students and the people who he normally buys lunch from,” she cried.

Meanwhile, a close family friend told Guyana Times that the Police are yet to locate the bicycle and the other teenager, who was with McCoy when the accident occurred. She explained that there were a lot of eyewitnesses but no one came forward to provide information to the Police when they arrived at the scene.

The driver remains in Police custody and is assisting with the investigations. The teenager leaves to

The bus that was involved in the accident

Tuesday. She said that he was a well mannered and disciplined child who did not give her any trouble.

mourn his mother and three other siblings. His father passed away just over a year ago. (Bhisham Mohamed)

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Bulkan announces establishment of Local Govt watchdog ‒ LGC yet to be operationalised

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s the Budget debates continue in the National Assembly, Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan on Wednesday announced the establishment of the National Regional Development Consultative Committee (NRDCC) which he said will be designed to improve and strengthen inter-regional consultations in Guyana.

This establishment comes in light of the creation of regional procurement units, the Communities Minister disclosed, adding that plans are moving apace to establish the NRDCC, which will seek to ensure transparency at the regional and local government levels with respect to the awarding of State contracts.

Bulkan further noted that these measures will also seek to encourage more participation from community members.

“Measures will be put in place to expand the number of contractors involved in executing Government contracts in the regions and to rebuild the village economy by deepening the opportunities for local content in the delivery of projects and activities, promoting community participation and ownership,” he noted.

The Communities Minister also told the National Assembly that an entire section of the Budget was allocated to strengthen regional organs. Bulkan further outlined that within the NRDCC, inter-regional consultations will be done during the year.

The Minister stressed that at this level of consultations, a number of targets will be pursued. To this end, Bulkan noted that it is expected that there will be improved implementation of policies, programmes and knowledge sharing at re-

Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan

gional levels, while the promotion of “the green agenda” will be related to sustainable economic development.

Additionally under the NRDCC, there will also be “regional partnerships and collaboration” to resolve constrains and promote devel-

opment within the priority areas. Bulkan stressed further that a platform will exist “to consolidate ideas and articulate and contribute to coherent policy discussions for development and for the coordination of local democratic organs.”

Speaking on the delayed establishment of the Local Government Commission (LGC), the Communities Minister told the House that while the LGC will have oversight over local democratic organs, it will not have “control” over the said organs.

The Local Government Commission, when established, will have oversight over the various local authority areas in the country.

It would also be responsible for appointing officials in the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) and local authority areas, as well as the approval of budgets for the NDCs.

Enmore man found dead in coconut estate

‒ suicide suspected

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amdat Ramdular, a joiner of Lot 113 Newtown Enmore, East Coast Demerara, was on Wednesday morning found dead in a coconut estate aback a Mosque in the village. It is suspected that he committed suicide since a bottle containing a poisonous substance was found close to his body.

The 25-year-old father of two was last seen by his wife and mother at about 16:00h on Tuesday afternoon.

Reports are the young man was at a house in the area with a female and spent the entire day before returning home in the evening. He was reportedly scolded by his mother for his behaviour but this did not deter him from visiting the young lady.

He left home on Tuesday

Dead: Ramdat Ramdular

evening but did not return. During a search on Wednesday morning, his body was found aback a mosque in the coconut estate. Speaking with Guyana Times, Rosalind Ramdular

explained that she had reason to visit the young lady’s home on Tuesday to look for her son.

During the visit, she was told that the young man was not there but as she forcefully entered the yard, she saw the pair of slippers that he was wearing when he left home. As she called out to her son, he subsequently came out of the house. At the time, he was carrying his computer and a charger to his mobile phone.

“He gave me the computer and charger and tell me let me go ahead, he will come… he eventually come but he left afterwards… I was told that he went back to the girl house then he went to a shop in the area,” the woman stated.

She went on to say that

the girl’s mother later went to her home and apologised for what had occurred earlier in the day.

However, after the young man did not return home on Tuesday, the family went to the Police Station and made a report.

“I tell the Police that I suspect he at the same girl house, so they went but he was not there… we start searching for he and it was then we find he laying at the back of the mosque.” The Police have confirmed that there are no visible marks of violence on the body and are treating the death as a suicide unless the post-mortem examination proves otherwise.

The man leaves to mourn his two children, wife and parents.

South Ruimveldt man slapped with double murder charge

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oshua Meredith of South Ruimveldt, Georgetown will appear at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Courts today where he will be slapped with a double murder charge.

The 22-year-old was the prime suspect in the execution style killing of 29-yearold Paul Rodney, who was gunned down at Back Circle, Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

Following Meredith’s arrest, investigators dug deeper and compiled enough evidence to also implicate him in the shooting to death of 25-yearold Gregory Garraway, who was shot during a robbery at Dynasty Sports Club, Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

In addition to the mur-

der charges, Meredith will be also be slapped with a gun possession charge. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum related to Guyana Times that at the time of his arrest, Meredith was in possession of an illegal firearm. A ballistic test was conducted on the weapon, which led to the second murder charge being instituted.

On the day Rodney was gunned down, he was involved in a confrontation at a party in East La Penitence, which ended in Avocado Avenue where his body was later found with at least seven gunshot injuries. He attempted to escape, but was shot to his foot and collapsed.

Well-placed sources revealed that it was at this time

Dead: Paul Rodney

that his assailants walked up to him and pumped several other bullets to his abdomen and chest. The now dead man reportedly begged for his life when he was cornered, but his murderers did not spare him.

In the case of Garraway, the young man, along with his brother was walking along Mandela Avenue where they went to buy food and were later approached by the suspect.

Garraway was allegedly accosted by the accused who snatched his gold chain. However, Garraway put up a fight and the suspect allegedly shot him to his chest. He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he succumbed nine days later due to his injuries.

Meanwhile, the suspect who is a known character to the Police, has been in trouble with the law since the age of 19. He was charged previously for armed robbery, break and enter and larceny.

By: Lorraine Ince-Carvalhal

Bullying doesn’t end in school

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hen we think of the word bullying, we often conjure up a picture in our minds of a young child in the playground being picked on, having their lunch money stolen or their heads flushed in a toilet bowl, but unfortunately bullying has evolved way beyond that and is painfully apparent in almost every area of our lives way beyond high school.

As if the bullying that takes place during childhood is not traumatic enough, it is only a very small percentage of the bullying that occurs on a daily basis; in the home, in the workplace and amongst peers of any age. You see, it seems that when those school bullies grow up, if no intervention has taken place to shift their warped tendency, they are likely to grow up and continue the practice.

Worst still is if they find themselves in positions of power and are able to use superior strength or influence to intimidate. People who feel the need to exert power over others will generally find a way to do so using a hierarchy in some way, whether they are the big boss, the manager, the supervisor or the team leader. If not, they take it home to wives or husbands and unfortunately, also to their children. Adult bullies act out for the same reasons that young bullies do; they’re trying to make up for some shortcoming of their own, usually accompanied by some serious insecurity issues.

Generally they target people because they are jealous, as sad as that may seem. Both young and old bullies compare themselves to you and if you’re smart and they have a harder time learning, they lash out. They may be frustrated because your home life seems to be going well and theirs are not. You may be more skilful or well liked at work and they resent that. When their lives are unsatisfactory and they are unable to deal with it, they look for someone to be their punching bag. They lack control over their own lives and so they console themselves with having the control over someone’s emotions and that makes them happy, for a while.

There are many types of bullying and the consequences for some can be quite devastating; from agonising over going to school or work, to thoughts of, and even the action of, suicide. The worry and anxiety can seriously affect performance at work or at school and in turn give the bully more ammunition to humiliate or belittle. With the use of social media now there is an added dimension and forum which is utilised by those intent on damaging someone else’s equilibrium.

If you find yourself the attention of a bully, whatever the age or situation, please do not feel helpless no matter how accommodating a personality you are. As adults, we may have more control over the situation than we did as a child, but it is the same response advised to children that will affect the outcome, irrespective of age. Bullies are looking for people that are willing to submit to their power play. If we act as though their actions and words don’t affect us, it eventually ruins the whole process for them.

So if someone continually makes jokes at your expense, laugh along with them. If they make sarcastic, fake compliments, thank them. When someone says something rude, pretend that you didn’t hear them. It may take a great deal of effort and a little time but eventually, when you stop being a victim, each of the bully’s attempts becomes embarrassing for them, not you. You retain the power that they crave.

What all bullies have in common is the use of power to satisfy their own psychological shortcomings. Their behaviour will most likely be one that they have carried with them from childhood. They have probably spent their whole lives using bullying as a way to avoid dealing with their own issues. In fact many bullies have at some point been subjected to other’s abuse of power in the past and search for who they perceive as weaker people to inflict their own power upon in an effort to overcome feeling inadequate.

Think about your own conduct. Do you take advantage of your power over someone? That is not a sign of strength of character, it is ironically a weakness. If you need to belittle someone to feel good there is a problem. If hurting others makes your life more exciting, there is a problem.

The problem is yours.

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elebrate this Christmas season at Giftland Mall.

The new shopping complex houses a blend of businesses, a wide variety of entertainment, and a delectable array of local and international cuisine. The fully air-conditioned shopping complex makes it easier for persons to “window shop” or go overboard in getting the perfect holiday token or gift. Giftland Mall houses a range of stores which cater to every need.

Amidst the extravagance, customers can be assured that the inexpensive pricing synonymous with Giftland will remain.

With easy access and convenient parking, Giftland Mall has it all. Not sure what to get the kids for Christmas? Visit Giftland today for all your Christmas needs.

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hroughout the years, many things have changed.

However, one thing that remains constant is the want and need to experience a movie. Avon DVD Club has been catering to that need since 1978, when Mr Prashad started his movie empire as Avon Cinema in GoedFortuin, West Coast Demerara.

With the advancements in technology and the growing need to enjoy a new movie in the comfort of your own home, Avon Cimena became Avon DVD Club. Now being operated

by Mahesh Prasad, also known as “Roy”, this business has grown to new heights and now has three branches – City Mall, Regent and Camp Streets, Georgetown; 223 Camp Street, Georgetown; and in Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara.

Continuing his father’s legacy, Mahesh aims to make Avon DVD Club the place everyone turns to when they need that Saturday night movie to unwind after a long week.

To help you do that this Christmas, Avon DVD Club has a once in a lifetime sale customers will not want to miss!

Their City Mall branch, located in the heart of Georgetown, has the biggest ‘Blow out Sale’ of the season; customers can purchase six DVDs for $500; 15 for just $1000 or six Blu-Ray DVDS for $1000. They stock over 30,000 titles and a variety of English and Indian movies.

Give someone a movie from their childhood to bring back memories or a movie night as the perfect Christmas present. Stop

by City Mall today or call them on telephone number 227-7219 for more information.

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odern Industries (Kissoon’s) is preparing for Christmas with a bang! Now through to December 12, Kissoon’s is having their 12 Days of Christmas Sale at Industrial Site, Ruimveldt.

They are open every day, even this Sunday and Monday from 10:00h to 14:00h, for your shopping convenience.

The Company’s years of experience, permanent technology and manufacturing process upgrade policy allows us to offer high quality, exclusive designs and innovative ideas to satisfy our customers at home and at the office, with a pleasant environment and comfortable atmosphere.

With many locations nationwide, Kissoon’s Furniture Store has become a trusted household name for all

Guyanese. In addition to their unbeatable prices, Kissoon’s offers more than just wood and steel to fill your home. Their furniture helps families to create memories to last a lifetime.

Imagine your wife waking up Christmas morning to see a new

dining set for the kitchen. More so, imagine the feeling she would have preparing Christmas dinner to be eaten by the family at that dining set; a tradition that would live on year after year. A gift from Kissoon’s has practicality, care, consideration and family in every bed frame and throw pillow.

Kissoon’s has more than just dining sets for this Christmas Season. In their first ever 12 Days of Christmas Sale, customers will be able to shop for suites, beds, recliners, fabrics and more! They are readily available and eager to answer questions on telephone number 223-0958.

Everything you need this Christmas to fill your home for the season and bring warmth, joy and happiness to your family can be found at Kissoon’s Furniture Store.

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ave you ever walked down North Road and wondered what that gaming store on the corner is all about? Well wonder no more. Located at 25 North Road, Lacytown, Georgetown, is Game Xpress. This one stop shop for all your party supplies, games and gifts, has it all this Christmas season.

This is the season for parties and many other opportunities to go that extra mile when it comes to home and office décor. GameXpress has it all; the table cloths, balloons, cutlery, and more in all colours for any and every occasion.

GameXpress also has a wide selection of cake décor and baking equipment for that special dessert. All parents want the best for

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anglobal Commodity Trading Company Ltd, located at Barr Street, Kitty, Georgetown (opposite Bish and Sons) offers a veritable one-stop shop for all the customers’ Christmas needs, available in wholesale and retail quantities. The company has in stock this

their children and GameXpress has just that. With toys from Disney’s Frozen and Marvel’s Avengers, no Guyanese girl or boy can say that they will be disappointed. And at their affordable prices, the children would be happy and the parents even happier!

Shop now until December 24, and be a winner at GameXpress today. With every purchase of $5000 and over, customers will be eligible to enter in their ‘Gifts 4 You Promotion’ and get a chance to win from five to 50 per cent discount on your purchase or a free gift.

Stop by today at 25 North Road, Lacytown or call on telephone number 227-8902. They are open every day until December 24. You can also buy GameXpress stocks from Carib Basket.

Christmas a wide selection of fruits, nuts, European sweet biscuits and sweet treats.

For all the season’s cooking needs, Panglobal Commodity Trading Company also offers a variety of meats in various cuts, including turkey, pork, beef, lamb and so much more for. Be sure to visit the retail section at VIP Premium Foods.

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Budget 2017 DPP to formally apply for Bisram’s extradition “Rough ride” for Guyana if proposed measures pass – Ram & Mc Rae T he Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack is expected to formally write the judicial office in New York, United States to have murder accused Marcus Brian Bisram extradited to Guyana to face trial here.

Bisram, 27, was charged in absentia last month for the murder of 26-year-old Faiyaz Narinedatt, a carpenter, who was murdered on November 0, 2016, at Number 70 Village, Corentyne, Berbice.

Last month, the Guyana Police Force had issued a wanted bulletin for the mastermind –giving his address as Lot 115 Section A Number 70 Village, Corentyne, Berbice and somewhere in the United States. However, the businessman had already fled the country and returned to the US. This prompted local law enforcement to contact its overseas counterparts and Interpol subsequently issued a wanted bulletin for Bisram. The Interpol red notice urged persons in the United States to contact the nearest Police Station or 911 once the wanted man is sighted.

Guyana Times was told that Bisram has two stores in the Queens, New York area and one in Manhattan.

A senior officer at the helm of the investigations told this newspaper on Wednesday that the DPP would have to apply for the extradition and present evidence to prove that Bisram was in fact involved in the murder.

Following this, a hearing will then be set to determine whether the evidence produced by the Guyanese authorities is sufficient to warrant an extradition. If the DPP is successful in proving the case against the USbased Guyanese businessman, then the extradition application will be granted.

The next step will be for the Guyana and US

DPP Shalimar Ali-Hack

Governments to meet and decide on the details of the extradition agreement.

Bisram was the sixth person charged with the murder of the carpenter. He was charged along with his 39-year-old bodyguard Orlando Dickie of Stevedore Housing Scheme, Georgetown. A few days prior, four other persons were charged for the carpenter’s murder. They were 39-yearold Radesh Motie, an excavator operator, of Lot 124 Number 74 Village; 49-yearold Harripaul Parsram of Lot 164 Number 71 Village; 18-year-old Deodatt Dutt of Lot 98 Number 71 Village, and 37-year-old Nirone Yacoob, a hire car driver, of Lot 65 Number 67 Village.

Two of the accused had confessed to investigators that they were ordered by the overseas-based Guyanese businessman to kill Narinedatt, after which they dumped his body on the Number 70 Public Road to make his death seem the result of a hit and run accident.

They claimed Narinedatt had choked and slapped the businessman after he (Bisram) had made sexual advances towards him.

Additionally, the businessman’s mother and her daughter were also charged and remanded to prison after they offered bribes to Police ranks to “duck the case”.

Shinella Indarally, 45, and Mary Anne Lionel, 25,

both of Lot 171 Section B No 71 Village, Corentyne, were charged for deliberately attempting to obstruct the course of justice. It was reported that they offered a police corporal $4 million to release the four men who were detained for the murder and to also cease efforts to apprehend Bisram.

A few hours after the body was discovered, it is alleged that the mastermind had gone to the Springlands Police Station and allegedly offered to pay the two officers. A constable and a corporal were since arrested

Murder accused: Marcus Bisram

and placed under close arrest.

Meanwhile, Bisram has since retained Attorneysat-Law Mario Gallucci and John Ciurcina out of a New York law firm to represent him. A statement from the lawyers on Tuesday details that they will be “handling (Bisram’s) American interests and work in conjunction with the foreign counsel.”

The statement further outlines that “Mr Bisram denies the rumours, lies and speculations that have been widely circulated throughout the Guyanese community…Mr Bisram is known in Guyana for his charitable work supporting education and law enforcement.

Mr Bisram regularly visits Guyana on his humanitarian mission.”

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f the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/ AFC) Government disregards the cry of the masses and its political opponent in the National Assembly and moves ahead with the passage of the $250 billion budget, Guyana can look forward to a “rough ride” in 2017.

This is according to chartered accounting firm Ram and McRae, which via a statement following the presentation of the budget on November 28, gave a detailed analysis of Government’s fiscal plan for the country.

The entity said the budget measures, if implemented as they are proposed, will certainly have a negative impact on the economy and growth. It said the achievement of the projected growth will be extremely difficult, if not impossible to achieve.

“If the measures are passed as proposed, we can expect a rough ride in 2017,” Ram and McRae said in the report.

According to the accounting firm, the budget’s measures are substantial, revolutionary and probably unprecedented.

“It is presented at a time when the Government has to defend itself against accusations of corruption and cronyism. The reception to this budget can strengthen the bond between the Government and citizens but must mark the end of any honeymoon period for the APNU/AFC coalition Government.”

The accounting agency said while some of the “first 100 days” promises have been kept, there has been widespread disappointment about the perception that

Accountant Christopher Ram

the Government has been taking care of itself while ignoring matters like “significant salary increases” for Government workers and a code of conduct for parliamentarians, Ministers and others. Indeed, the agency, the President himself recently described the VAT reduction promises as hasty.

“The main take away from this budget may not be the wind farm initiatives, the infrastructural programmes or the increase in Police manpower. It is about the 57 tax measures set out in 30 pages of the speech.

In introducing his budget measures for 2017, Minister Jordan said that “we are about to embark on a new generation of tax reform, starting from Budget 2017.”

It said the proposals in relation to VAT are substantial but represent a substantial rejection of the main principle of a VAT system.

Noting that items such as medical services and prescription drugs will now be subject to VAT, it is hard to believe that this is what was intended. The agency said the Minister only focused on water and electricity.

Testing the proposals, Ram

3 homeless as fire guts Canje home

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hree persons are now homeless after a fire believed to be electrical in origin gutted a two-storey dwelling at East Canje, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).

Shortly before midday, smoke was seen coming from a wall close to a fuse box. At the time, Narsha Crandon was at home alone.

Without attempting to tackle the fire, she called her husband, Garfield Fyffe, informed him of the situation and urged him to return quickly.

Crandon said she was in the kitchen when she saw smoke coming from the front of the house in the vi-

cinity of the fuse box.

She then fled the house and crossed the road to her brother-in-law's yard and waited for him to return from the shop.

Meanwhile, Fyffe, who operates a block-making business, said he had gone to purchase sand when he was told that there was smoke in the house. He told this publication that he instructed his wife to leave the house.

When he arrived, the house was engulfed.

After crossing the road, Crandon had called for her brother-in-law, Colin, who told Guyana Times when he heard her cries, there was already thick smoke coming

Firefighters trying to put out the blaze

from the building.

The alarm raised was also heard by a next-door neighbour; Nita Basdeo. She explained that the shouts

did not come from the burning house. “I went upstairs and I hearing she calling she brother-in-law; Colin; me hear she call hard and

when me look, before me look at she, me see plenty smoke coming out from over there.”

Residents attempted to put out the blaze, but were unsuccessful. Basdeo said she then asked a neighbour to call the Police.

When the Guyana Fire Service arrived, the building was already engulfed. The fire department responded with three units and was successful in containing the fire to one building.

According to a source close to the New Amsterdam Fire Service, initial investigations revealed that residents formed a bucket brigade and attempted to

and Mc Rae said it found them to cause an increase in prices, including on a most basic food item – bread. At the practical level, these proposals will therefore be inflationary.

“The projected cost and revenue of the budget measures are in many cases not provided and where they are provided, they seem to be doubtful. The overall impact of budget agencies having to pay VAT makes comparisons with the prior year difficult and reduces the effectiveness of any analysis”.

The agency said some of the budget measures were inarticulately communicated or were misconceived.

For example, the 40 per cent tax rate combined with the alternative personal allowance it said will lead to regressively and not progressivity in the tax system.

“Higher income tax payers will actually pay a lower rate than lower-middle income tax payers. In other words, instead of a progressive system, we will have one that is regressive. When combined with the changes in VAT, our tax system becomes totally regressive, which can hardly be what was intended”.

The report continued, “Some measures, such as the reversal of the minimum Corporation Tax into a maximum Corporation Tax for commercial companies, can hardly be described as feasible and we do not see any other choice for the Minister than a reversal of the proposals. Other proposals seem unnecessarily penal, disproportionate, and unfriendly and can drive some taxpayers underground at a time when the call is for a widening of the tax net.

douse the fire, but after realising that they could not handle it, called the professional firefighters.

The source said in such cases, it was better to initially sound an alarm then evacuate the building.

Before attempts are made to extinguish the fire, the Fire Service should be alerted.

Meanwhile, the businessman estimated the damage at $10 million; however, the building was insured against fire.

Neighbours were successful in moving Fyffe’s car to a safe location before he arrived. The building is owned by former Police Officer Patrick Fraser, who now resides in the USA. (Andrew Carmichael)

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Melissa Atwell: Russian oil giant in Fab Kids 592 surprise US$11B deal Business News

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elissa Atwell is the answer to the prayer of every mom who has been looking for a nice selection of kids’ fashion in one place. And that was by design – the motto of her Fab Kids 592 clothing store which is devoted to children is “happy kids, happier moms”. The solicitous care of the 31-year-old mother of five for her clients was very much on display.

At the entrance to the store, located just beyond the Ashmin Mall parking lot, a garland of gifts greets you and inside the warm smile of the proprietor, a former School of the Nations student, adorns her simply laid-out store with the racks of happening kiddies’ fashion along the brightly painted walls.

Fab Kids 592 has a wide variety of brand-name children clothing, for all the upcoming festive events, including Christmas parties, dinners and socials. It even has in stock gifts for the kids, so parents can if they wish cross two items off their list with a visit to the store.

Fashion has always been a passion of Atwell and she decided to turn it into a business and focus on children since there were scarcely boutiques that catered for fashionable youngsters and their busy moms. “Being a mother myself, I always found it dif-

ficult to find affordable, quality clothing for my son, in Guyana. So I started sourcing his clothing from elsewhere.

Having a unique sense of fashion, I was so good at se-

juggles the demands of her family and work life.

“My biggest inspiration is my kids. Despite the day-today complication we parents face it still brings us joy to

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lecting the good stuff at good prices, that I decided to share with other parents.”

“Fab Kids is geared towards becoming the goto spot for affordable kids clothes. Children grow very fast, so you don’t want to be overspending on their clothes. At the same time, you want quality, stylish and kids friendly clothing that will last a good time and could even be handed down to younger siblings. Fab Kids gives you just that,” the Eccles resident noted.

She says, “With careful planning and the help of my mom, it works out perfectly, it’s all about having a sense of balance” when asked how she

watch them blossom into the amazing individuals that we have helped shape.”

The business, which was Facebook-based before the opening of the physical store a month ago, has a vibrant online presence that promises much for its longevity.

In expressing her gratitude, Atwell said: “Since the opening of Fab Kids 592, I’ve received a tremendous amount of support from the general public and I would like to say thanks to all my loyal customers.”

Contact: 59 High Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown (Ashmin Parking Lot); 645-8404; www.facebook. com/FAB-KIDS-592

Cambio Rates

Gold Prices – Guyana Gold Board

Bank of Guyana Buying

Calculated at 94% purity, December 8, 2016

Selling

USD

$1177.65

GBP

$259.50

$262.80

Gross

$227,575

CAN

$155.09

$156.89

$205.98

$208.44

Net

$211,645

USD

$ 220.75

$223.59

EURO

Indicators as on December 8, 2016 Indicators

US$ per barrel

Crude Oil

$53.93

Price

USD

Rough Rice

$218.24/ton

London Sugar

$519.90/ton

Live Spot Gold

Change %

-1.87 Change %

-0.65 0.00 USD Per Ounce

Bid/Ask

$1173.30

$1174.30

Low/High

$1165.30

$1181.20

Change

+4.00

+0.34%

Business Concept – Market Segmentation The process of defining and subdividing a large homogenous market into clearly identifiable segments having similar needs, wants, or demand characteristics. Its objective is to design a marketing mix that precisely matches the expectations of customers in the targeted segment.

Few companies are big enough to supply the needs of an entire market; most must break down the total demand into segments and choose those that the company is best equipped to handle.

Four basic factors that affect market segmentation are clear identification of the segment, measurability of its effective size, its accessibility through promotional efforts, and its appropriateness to the policies and resources of the company.

The four basic market segmentation-strategies are based on behavioural, demographic, psychographic, and geographical differences. (Business Dictionary)

sale and acquisition in the global oil and gas sector in 2016,” President Vladimir Putin said.

The surprise move sees Glencore and Qatar paying US$11.3 billion for the stake in Rosneft, where BP already owns 19.75 per cent.

Moscow will keep the

controlling stake.

The long-planned sale is part of the Russian Government’s efforts to sell some State assets to help balance the budget amid a two-year recession caused by a drop in global oil prices and Western sanctions.

(BBC News)

Advertising vs marketing

By Jeffrey Glen

Market statistics Cur

he Kremlin has announced that commodities trader Glencore and Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund are together buying a 19.5 per cent stake in Rosneft, Russia’s largest oil company.

“It is the largest privatisation deal, the largest

dvertising and marketing are concepts that many people consider to describe the same thing, selling a product or service to the marketplace. However, they are distinct concepts and understanding the difference is important to ensure you give due attention to each.

This article will help explain the two concepts so you can clearly approach both advertising and marketing for your business.

Marketing

Marketing refers to the strategies and preparation you do to get your product or service ready to sell and identifying the target customers for your product.

Marketing is a long-term forward-looking process whereby you determine how you’re going to package and brand your product and design it to appeal to the target market you seek to capitalise on.

Successful marketing in-

volves significant groundwork in terms of clearly studying your target market. What are the needs of your customers? How will you address them? What is most important to them in terms of how much emphasis you should put on different aspects of your product or service? The needs and drivers for individuals in their early 20s differ greatly from individuals in their early 50s, so taking the time to assess your target market comprehensively is important. The branding and messaging you’ll need to reach different groups will vary, and to ensure a successful advertising campaign you need to ensure you effectively communicate to these groups.

Advertising

Advertising refers to the process of actually promoting your product or service to the marketplace.

Ensuring that you are effectively getting your product known to your target customers and emphasis-

ing the benefits to them is important when it comes to driving successful sales. So where marketing involves the ground work of branding and researching the needs of your target market, advertising is the process whereby you actually communicate with your target market.

Advertising campaigns can be communicated through numerous venues, television, radio, or online for example, and part of your marketing research will be identifying the most effective venues for your target audience. A product could have a terrific online campaign, but if your market research has identified seniors as the key target market that would not likely be the most effective use of your advertising dollars.

For many target customers social media is becoming an ever more popular focus for advertising campaign as it can be a very inexpensive way to reach many different users. (Business Dictionary)

Investors’ Guide

Wall St run continues; Dow transports hit record

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all Street surged on Wednesday, with the Dow industrials and S&P 500 hitting fresh records, as equities continued their march upward after the presidential election of Donald Trump and a new high for transportation stocks added to the bullish tone.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 297.84 points, or 1.55 per cent, to 19,549.62, the S&P 500 gained 29.12 points, or 1.32 per cent, to 2241.35 and the Nasdaq Composite added 60.76 points, or 1.14 per cent, to 5393.76.

In energy news, oil major BP is shipping almost three million barrels of US crude to customers across Asia, pioneering a lengthy and complex operation likely to become more popular after OPEC last week announced deep production cuts.

BP’s efforts, involving one of the world’s longest sea routes, seven tankers and a

series of ship-to-ship transfers, underscore a desire among oil traders to develop new routes to sell swelling supplies of cheap US shale oil to Asia, the world’s biggest consumer region.

While exports of US crude have been allowed since a 40year ban was lifted a year ago, the distance, cost and complexity of shipping to Asia has so far kept the flow to a trickle.

Now, using its global shipping and trading network, BP was able to grapple with US port limitations and the need to transfer oil between ships off Malaysia to split cargoes for customers across Asia, according to trade sources and shipping data in Thomson Reuters Eikon.

“Keeping regional price differentials, different tanker rates, and the forward price curve in mind while considering the delivery needs and schedules of your counterpar-

ties is not something many oil trading firms can do,” said a shipping source in Singapore, who had knowledge of the operations.

Meanwhile, a US bank regulator is ready to fail Wells Fargo on a national scorecard for community lending, sources familiar with the decision said on Wednesday, in a move that could limit near-term expansion for the bank.

Wells Fargo is due to be deemed a bank that “needs to improve” under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), a law meant to promote lending to poor neighbourhoods.

The move is a two-notch downgrade from the “outstanding” tag Wells Fargo has held since 2008 and the change would give regulators a greater say on day-today matters like opening new branches. (Reuters)

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Around the World

Nearly 100 killed, hundreds hurt Kenya court halts as quake strikes Indonesia’s Aceh HIV data collection

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early 100 people were killed and hundreds injured in Indonesia on Wednesday when a strong earthquake hit its Aceh province and rescuers used earth movers and bare hands to search for survivors in scores of toppled buildings.

Medical volunteers rushed in fading evening light to get people to hospitals, which were straining to cope with the influx of injured. The Aceh provincial government said in a statement 93 people had died and more than 500 were injured, many seriously.

Sutopo Nugroho of Indonesia’s national disaster management agency,

said a state of emergency had been declared in Aceh, which sits on the northern tip of Sumatra island.

Officials urged people to sleep outdoors as twilight fell, in case aftershocks caused more damage to already precarious buildings.

President Joko Widodo was expected to visit the area on Thursday, his deputy told media.

Wednesday’s quake hit the east coast of the province, about 170 km (105 miles) from Banda Aceh.

Nugroho said Aceh’s Pidie Jaya regency, with a population of about 140,000, was worst hit.

Many victims had suffered broken bones and

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Indonesian, rescue workers carry a survivor from a fallen building after an earthquake in Ulee Glee, Pidie Jaya, in the northern province of Aceh, Indonesia December 7

gashes and had to be treated in hospital corridors and hastily erected disaster tents, a Reuters witness

said. Television showed footage of flattened mosques, fallen electricity poles and crushed cars. (Excerpt from Reuters)

Italian PM Renzi resigns, President to consult with parties

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talian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigned on Wednesday after a bruising referendum loss at the weekend, with most parliamentary factions pushing for an early election in a few months’ time.

The 41-year-old’s decision to quit after less than three years in office dealt a new blow to Western governments still in shock from Britain’s vote to leave the European Union and the election of outsider Donald Trump as President of the

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi

United States.

Renzi tendered his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella, who said he would consult with the political parties to decide the next steps. He asked Renzi to carry on in a caretaker capacity until a solution is found.

After the consultations, which will begin today at 17:00h GMT and end on Saturday afternoon, Mattarella is widely expected to ask a member of Renzi’s cabinet, or a politi-

cian from his Democratic Party, to try to form a new government.

Elections are due in 2018 but many politicians are calling for them to be held earlier. Renzi addressed his Democratic Party (PD) before meeting the President, saying the party would only participate in a government intended to last until 2018 if it was backed by all the main forces in Parliament, a prospect which seems remote. (Excerpt from Reuters)

Kenyan high court has ruled that a Government directive to collect data on HIVpositive schoolchildren and pregnant women is unconstitutional.

It said the move violated the rights and privacy of those living with HIV. Last year, President Uhuru Kenyatta had ordered that the names of HIV-positive children, their guardians and their addresses to be listed to help with the provision of health services.

But activists said the data could lead to further stigmatisation.

According to the UNAids, more than 1.5 million people are living with HIV in Kenya, including 98,000 children aged 14 and under.

The case was brought by a group of lawyers representing a Nairobi-based

home for the destitute, who feared that the process used in collecting the data could push back the fight against stigmatisation.

The process would have directly linked a person’s name to their HIV status, the group argued.

Activist and lawyer, Allan Maleche, hailed the judgement as a victory for the privacy of people living with HIV. Patricia Asero Ochieng, who is HIV positive, said stigma was “still alive in society” the ruling would protect those with the virus from further stigmatisation.

The court ordered the ministries to remove all the names gathered so far from their records. It was not clear how much data has been collected across Kenya’s 47 counties. (Excerpt from BBC News)

India doctor to operate on ‘500kg’ Egyptian woman

Pakistan: All 48 killed in PIA PK 661 plane crash

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ll 48 people on board a Pakistani passenger plane, which crashed in the country’s mountain-

firmed.

Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) PK 661 went down on a domestic flight

A screen-grab from Pakistani television shows the wreckage at the crash site

ous north, have died, the airline’s chairman has con-

from the city of Chitral to the capital Islamabad on

Wednesday.

“There are no survivors, no one has survived,” Muhammad Azam Saigol told a press conference, about five hours after the plane crashed near the town of Havelian, in KhyberPakhtunkhwa province.

Saigol said the ATR-42 aircraft had undergone regular maintenance and had in October passed an “A-check” certification, conducted after every 500 hours of flight operations.

“I think that there was no technical error or human error ... obviously there will be a proper investigation,” he said. The military said 40 bodies were recovered and rescue efforts involved about

500 soldiers, doctors and paramedics. The flight departed from Chitral around 15:30 local time (10:30 GMT) and was expected to land in Islamabad around 16:40.

Junaid Jamshed, Pakistan’s singer-turnedpreacher, and his wife were also on board the plane that came down near the town of Havelian in Abbottabad district.

A PIA spokesperson told Al Jazeera it was too early to ascertain the cause of the crash.Hospital officials told Al Jazeera that the bodies were badly burned and it was very difficult to identify them. (Excerpt from Al Jazeera)

Thousands attend Pearl Harbour anniversary ceremony

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housands of people gathered at Pearl Harbour on Wednesday for a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the attack that plunged the United States into World War II and left more than 2300 service people dead.

Under a clear blue sky, a few dozen attack survivors and others assembled on a

pier overlooking the harbour.

They bowed their heads and observed a moment of silence at 07:55h – the same moment Japanese planes began their assault on December 7, 1941.

The USS Halsey sounded its whistle to start the moment. F-22 fighter jets flying in formation overhead broke the silence afterward.

Earlier, Laura Stoller

watched as crowds jostled for autographs and photos with survivors. Stoller accompanied her adoptive grandfather and Pearl Harbor survivor Stan VanHoose of Beloit, Wisconsin, to the event and was happy to see the veterans getting attention.

“All of these men who for so long didn’t get the recognition they deserve – they’re

soaking it up. And it’s so fun to see,” Stoller said.

VanHoose, 96, served on the USS Maryland.

Fellow survivor Jim Downing of Colorado Springs, Colorado, said he comes back to Hawaii for the anniversary commemorations to be with his shipmates. The West Virginia lost 106 men during the attack. (Excerpt from MSN)

Eman’s family says she hasn’t been able to leave home for 25 years now

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n Egyptian woman, believed to be the world’s heaviest woman at 500kg (1102 lbs), will soon be flown to India for weight reduction surgery.

Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 36, will be flown on a chartered plane to Mumbai where bariatric surgeon, Dr Muffazal Lakdawala plans to operate.

The Indian embassy in Cairo initially denied her visa request as she was unable to travel there in person.

After the surgeon tweeted to India’s foreign minister that changed.

India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is herself in hospital awaiting a kidney transplant, was quick to respond with an offer of help.

Abd El Aty’s family says she hasn’t been able

to leave home for 25 years now and claims she weighs 500kg.

If the claim about her weight is true, then that would make her the world’s heaviest woman alive as the current Guinness record holder is Pauline Potter of the United States who weighed 292kg (643 lbs) in 2010.

Ms Abd El Aty’s family says she weighed 5kg (11lb) at birth and was diagnosed with elephantiasis, a condition in which a limb or other body parts swell due to a parasitic infection, Dr Lakdawala told the BBC in a phone call from Mumbai.

Dr Lakdawala believes that Abd El Aty does not have elephantiasis, but suffers from obesity-related lymphoedema which causes gigantic swelling of legs. (Excerpt from BBC News)

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ARCHIE

Emotions will be difficult to control. Consider all the (March 21- angles before you jump into April 19) something that may not be right for you. Romance is on the rise and should be a priority.

ARIES

Gather information and TAURUS discuss your ideas with some(April 20- one who may put a damper on May 20) your plans if you try to move forward without approval.

Resolve a personal or health issue privately.

DILBERT

An unexpected proposal GEMINI can turn into a fiasco if you (May 21June 20) overspend. Get the costs involved before committing to something that has the potential to turn into a money pit.

Get your work out of the way before someone criticizes (June 21- you. Taking on too much will July 22) be unproductive and leave you in an awkward position. Keep your emotions under control.

CANCER

PEANUTS

LEO (July 23Aug. 22)

A short trip or friendly meeting with someone who shares your beliefs and strategies will lead to an intriguing proposal. Take more interest in children or elders.

Network with people who VIRGO can help you flesh out an idea (Aug. 23Sept. 22) that will secure your position.

Don’t give in to anyone putting demands on your time or asking for money.

CALVIN AND HOBBES

It’s an opportune day to LIBRA make arrangements to do some(Sept. 23thing unique with a loved one.

Oct. 23) Letting your life become too mundane or routine will cause dissatisfaction. An adventure will inspire you to excel.

WORD GAME

SUDOKU

Don’t let your emotions SCORPIO cloud your vision. You have to (Oct. 24look at the facts and be willNov. 22) ing to take some of the blame when disagreements come into play.

You are dedicated and SAGITTARIUS ready to pursue whatever it (Nov. 23- takes to make your life better.

Dec. 21) Applying for a better position or setting up a workstation at home will lead to greater income.

SOLUTION FOR LAST PUBLISHED PUZZLE

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UDFA/GT Beer Christmas football championship

Last year’s runners-up Silver Shattas have a point to prove this year

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ast year’s finalists, three time champions Federal Winners Connection, with a double from veteran forward Rawle ‘Boney’ Gittens began their title defence in clinical fashion against Blueberry Hill on the opening night of the Upper D e m e r a r a F o o t b a l l Association’s GT Beer Christmas football championship at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground on Tuesday night.

Following the opening ceremony which was attended by Banks DIH Communications Manager Troy Peters and Outdoor Events Manager Mortimer Stewart the reigning champions pounced on Blueberry Hill w i t h a 4-1

brushing aside of Blueberry Hill while Shattas turned back the challenge of Kwakwani Strikers

3-0 in the supporting game of the night.

From the opening whistle, Winners Connection were able to connect when in the 2nd minute striker Marlmalaque Davidson got an assist sending the cross which was headed home by Keon Sears for a 1-0 lead. But Orell Peters showed his promise getting inside to level the scores for his team Blueberry Hill in the 9th minute.

In the 24th minute fellow striker Marmalaque Davidson got into the fray of things collecting a nice pass in the middle to score to go ahead 2-1 by the champions.

By the end of the first half Gittens got his name on to the score-

sheet when he netted in the 45th minute for his side for a 3-1 cushion.

Half an hour after play resumed veteran striker Gittens continued to be a

lethal forward at this level as he collected a through pass and easily beat the Blueberry Hill goalkeeper for a 4-1 advantage which they held to the final whistle.

The second game was another where the beaten finalists last year, Silver Shattas came through unscathed with a 3-0 win over Kwakwani Strikers.

Their victory was achieved through some excellent goals from their best players in forward Colwyn Drakes starting the scoring in the 9th minute, followed by goal number two in the 59th minute through Damian Williams, with the final goal on the stroke of the final whistle through defender Leon

Clement in the 90th minute.

T o n i g h t (Thursday) there will be another double header with Blueberry Hill trying to salvage some pride when they face Botafago at 18:00h and the second game at 20:00h will see Kwakwani Strikers also looking to keep their hopes alive when they come up against Milerock.

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Rupununi FA invited to CONCACAF Congress for 1st time T

he Rupununi Football Association (RFA) through its Executive Committee Member Rayan Farias will, for the first time, participate in the XXIII CONCACAF Extraordinary Congress scheduled for December 10, 2016 in Miami, Florida.

Farias who is also an Executive Committee Member of the Guyana Football Federation Inc. (GFF) said he was elated at the opportunity afforded him by the GFF: ‘I’m happy to be participating in this Congress; it is the first time that the hinterland will be at this forum and it demonstrates that the Rupununi Football Association is now being recognized as a fast, steady and growing organization; it’s history in the making.” Farias said he will use the opportunity to highlight the work of his Association while exchanging knowledge and best practices among his CONCACAF colleagues.

“Basically I would like to listen to the other members of CONCACAF, learn from their best practices and impart that knowledge to football both in the Rupununi and Guyana in general. Additionally, I would like to highlight the work of the Rupununi Football Association and

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football development taking place in that region.” The Executive who has been involved in football approximately twenty-six (26) years is also a Football Coach and Teacher by profession. “I’ve been involved in football as a player at St. Ignatius Football Club (1985-2006); represented them at Kashif &Shanghai for two years (one year as a player and the other as a coach) and has been an Executive Member of my Association for about a year. I was also the Coach of the St. Ignatius Male Football team in the 2004 – 2016 period.”

In his Association, he serves as the competitions coordinator, having managed the five (5) competitions executed by his Associations thus far includ-

ing the RFA Tournament (Feb – June 2016), U-13 Male tournament (June 2016), U-15 Female tournament (Oct2016), GFFNAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 tournament and GFF’s Women’s Development League. Speaking about the challenges experiences by the RFA, Farias said, “one of the biggest challenges is transportation. The geographic landscape of the Rupununi is vast.

More focus should be on addressing the issue of transportation so more football can be played throughout the region. The pitches in the Rupununi leave much to be desired.” However, he is optimistic about a change and is encouraged by the positive movement in the approach of the children to football in his region. “Going back to two-and-a-half years ago, at the school level, most children appeared to have been interested in other activities than football but a few colleagues and I decided to spend some time in football to counter-attack this move and it’s working; so it’s about winning young people back through football.” The RFA has a total of fifteen (15) clubs as members under the Association, an increase from six at its establishment. “We just want to see football grow,” Farias added.

Bolt “let down” by JAAA abstention from IAAF reform vote

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ine-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt said he felt let down that the Jamaica Athletic Administrative Association (JAAA) chose to abstain from voting in favour of a comprehensive reform package presented to members at a special Congress in Monaco last Saturday.

The proposals, which are at the centre of IAAF President Sebastian Coe’s agenda for moving the sport forward from its tainted past, established new independent anti-doping, integrity and disciplinary functions, along with a greater voice for athletes in the organization and more gender balance.

However, Dr Warren Blake, who was recently returned unopposed as president of the JAAA chose not to vote in favour of the proposals that were overwhelmingly supported with members

Usain Bolt

voting 182 to 10 in favour.

“I think people should respect the right of every federation to look at the package and do what they think is best,” Dr Blake said in response to questions about why he chose to abstain.

Bolt, however, believes the JAAA’s decision was disappointing.

“I find it ridiculous and

funny at the same time to know that the IAAF is trying to take big steps like this to make the sport better and we (Jamaica) are doing so very well in the sports, why would we not support it in going in the right direction?” the star athlete said on Tuesday.

“So it was kind of a let down to know that the JAAA did not support it.”

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No more big bats in cricket T

he MCC World Cricket Committee has responded to growing concerns about the size of bats by proposing new limits on their dimensions, in a bid to reduce the number of mishits off the edge or the toe of the bat flying over the boundary for sixes.

The size of bats has been a constant matter of debate at MCC meetings. In July 2014, the cricket committee had discussed the issue at length, debating the benefit of a greater number of boundaries for television viewers against the fairness of the balance between bat and ball. At that point, the members couldn’t

is now an average, in professional cricket, of 35-40mm and sometimes up to 60mm.

That shows how fast the change has been.”

Ponting said the imbalance between bat and ball had been a concern with the committee for a while. He also said some current batsmen were concerned they might now be limited in their strokeplay, but the overwhelming feeling was a need for the restoration of a balance between bat and ball.

“This is being done with consultation with bat manufacturers and also current players,” Ponting said. “The current players were sur-

the last few years that it has actually gone a little bit too far in the favour of batsmen, and it is more about mis-hits going for a six. There are topedges in the game that might travel over fine leg or deep backward square leg, that doesn’t have to do anything with the size or the shape of the bat. But more so the mishits off the toe or the leading edge of the bat, that are quite clearly still covering the boundaries.

“One thing we know is we can’t make the grounds bigger, so certainly one of the concerns was the middle of the bat, because of the shape of the bat is increasingly get-

Compare and contrast: Barry Richards’ bat from 1970, compared to David Warner’s current model © Cricket Australia

reach consensus, and the law was left as it was.

Now, however, the committee believes that enough is enough, and has recommended a new limit of 40 millimetres for the edge of the bat, and 67 millimetres to the spine.

“We have talked for the last couple of years about concerns that the committee has had about the size of bats and where the size of bat is going to go in the next fiveten years,” Ricky Ponting, a member of the committee, said. “So we have actually come up with some dimensions that we are comfortable with as a committee.”

“The time has come to restrict the size of bat edges and the overall width [depth] of bats,” Mike Brearley, chairman of the committee, said.

“It was pointed out to us that, in 1905, the width of bats was 16mm and that, by 1980, it had increased to 18mm. It

veyed by FICA, and over 60% of current players were also concerned with where the size of cricket bats were going. What we are really conscious of as well is that we don’t want to take the game back to the ‘50s or ‘60s, we are just worried about where it was going to go.

“So the average player’s bat-edge size is between 38 and 42 millimetres. There are exceptions to it, some guys are using bats with edges in excess of 50 millimetres and that is what we are worried about. We are worried about the real extremes of that, and the numbers that we have come about, we are happy with that.” The main concern was mis-hits clearing grounds. “When we are talking about changing the size and dimensions of the bat, all we are talking about is the balance between bat and ball and bringing that back,” Ponting said. “We feel that in

ting bigger and bigger every year.”

Ponting reassured the current players. “We haven’t individually spoken - well, I have received a few messages from current players being worried about limiting their equipment,” Ponting said.

“We are just trying to make the game fairer. The balance between bat and ball a little bit better. Bat manufacturers will tell you now, even with edges of 40mm maximum and 60mm on the back, that players won’t notice a huge difference. Some of the mishits won’t quite go as far but, if you are good enough to hit the ball consistently somewhere near the middle of the bat, with the bats we have got you are going to clear the rope easily.

“Players like Dhoni, Pollard, naturally born strong big hitters, they have got nothing to worry about.

It is going to affect guys that

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Nand Persaud stables dominate again at home

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olden Blue Echo piloted by Jockey Randy Richmond for the second time used home advantage to win the feature event of the Sprint Classic Horse Race meeting on Sunday.

Like the animal did on October 9, when the first ever sprint classic was held in Guyana, Golden Blue Echo of the Nand Persaud Stables led from gate to poll with stablemate Honey Flow finishing second and teammate Brave Sky finishing in dead heat with Got To Go of the Jumbo Jet Stables to take a clean sweep of the race.

The 880 yards race which had a top prize of $400,000 also had Score’s Even at the start and was expected to perform well in the short distance. However, the former ‘A’ class horse brought up the rears.

In other events; Release the Beast ridden by Jockey Richmond won the ‘L’ class event over a distance of 440 years to take the $100,000 first prize. The second place went to Wicked Champion ahead of Stormy Express and My Shallow.

The ‘H’ Class event over a distance of 660 yards was won by Appealing Harvest of the Jumbo Jet Stables.

Jockey Richmond piloted the animal to take the $300,000 first prize ahead of Sweet

Randy Richmond receiving the Champion Jockey trophy from Manindra Persaud

Return, Amazing Run and Maid of the Cat finishing in that order.

The ‘L’ Class open was set for 440 yards and saw I am Back taking the $110,000 prize. The second place went to Easy Lion finishing ahead of Blondy and Christmas Feeling.

The Guyana bread 2-year-olds were given a distance of 660 yards to race for the $200,000 first prize.

The race was won by Miss Olympic with Jockey Brian Blake on board. The second place went Miss Angelie with Genuine Risk and Irish Baby rounding out the top finishers.

With $200,000 set as the top prize in the ‘K’ class race, Jockey Blake piloted Secret Escape past the poll to win ahead of She is in Control

and Plain Land. Daddy’s Dollar and Red Region ran dead heat for fourth. While Got To Go won the ‘L’ Class event ahead of Quiet Dancer and Big Man Bass. The race had a top price of $340,000.

The day ended with some controversy when the ‘J’ Class and 2-year-old Guyana bred race was held. Liquid Lion was a clear winner in the 440-yard event which had a first prize of $240,000.

The second place went to Secrete Escape while the judges could not decide on third and decided to give it jointly to Seven Dust and Massaupequea Dr. Randy Richmond was the top Jockey with four wins in the eight race meeting, Jockey Brian Blake went home with two wins so too did Jockey Wills.

London Stadium could stage 2019 CWC

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West Ham United are in their first season as tenants of London Stadium

ondon Stadium will be considered as a venue for the 2019 World Cup, if it is found suitable for staging cricket.

The England and Wales Cricket Board have been asked by the International Cricket Council to suggest high-capacity venues.

The 60,000-seat capacity former Olympic Stadium - used by West Ham - is much larger than any UK cricket ground.

But a feasibility test of the venue, including the size of the potential playing surface, is yet to take place.

Only if that test were passed would London Stadium potentially be put

forward as an addition to the 11 venues vying to host matches.

Those grounds are Lord’s, The Oval, Trent Bridge, Edgbaston, Old Trafford, Headingley, Cardiff, Southampton, Chester-le-Street, Taunton and Bristol.

Of that list, Lord’s has the highest capacity at around 30,000.

However, the ICC is keen to replicate the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, which saw attendances in excess of 90,000 in Melbourne and games held at other large stadiums in Sydney, Adelaide and Auckland.

Of those, Auckland’s Eden Park, traditionally a rugby ground, has dimensions that left the straight boundaries incredibly short.

London Stadium, which has been considered for T20 matches by county side Essex, would have to be able to accommodate a playing surface large enough to host international cricket.

It would also need to be available, but with the tournament running from 30 May to 15 July, it is unlikely to encroach upon the needs of tenants West Ham United or affect the annual Anniversary Games athletics meeting.(BBC)

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Top-of-the-table clash should be a test for both teams ― Johnson

By Delvon Mc Ewan

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hen Guyana Jaguars host Barbados in their fourth round clash of the Digicel Regional four day League, it will be the first time the Pride will field its full strength team at Providence since the League started in 2014.

Thus a keen contest is expected in the top of the table clash between the two teams.

A sentiment that the Jaguars captain Leon Johnson shares.

“Obviously it should be a good game, Barbados at full strength posting a lot of West Indian stars it’s always a good contest to come up against Guyana here (Providence) where probably conditions don’t favour them so it will be a test. A test for us (Jaguars) as well because they have quality players, who could assess the condition here and plan well and look to execute, so it should be a good game.”

Barbados Pride handed the Jaguars their first defeat in the League back in 2014 when they claimed victory in a thriller by a slim margin of two runs. The Jaguars were asked to score a mere 69 runs for victory on the final morning but were bowled out for 66.

Nevertheless, Jaguars hold the edge with a 2-1 lead after four matches with the most recent encounter ending in a draw. This has led the Jaguars’ skipper to deem the Pride as their main rivals in the last three to four seasons and he is aiming to lead from the front to ensure his team stays ahead of the Pride.

“Barbados has been our main rival over the last three to four seasons and obviously

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they have been playing some good cricket this season and are just 0.2 of a point behind us. So I’m looking to lead from the front and set the tone for the guys and hopefully we play four days of cricket to come out victorious.”

The reigning champions started their campaign in good fashion with a comfortable win over Jamaica Scorpions at Providence, since then they suffered a surprise defeat against a resurgent Leeward Hurricanes and was hampered by rain against Windward Volcanoes in a drawn encounter.

However, when questioned about the momentum in the camp or areas that needed to be improved, Johnson was quick to rebuke any negatives by stating his team remains a strong unit but the catching department needs some work with several catches gone abegging in the first three matches.

In the first two installments of the Professional Cricket League, the Jaguars set themselves a target of 360 plus in their first innings to

progress forward. They are yet to reach that target this season and it might be one of the reasons they are being challenged this time around, however, Johnson said his team have been working to rectify that situation and is aiming for that mark going forward. He is also working on his individual form which he feels should be exemplary to the team.

The Jaguars will clash with the Pride from Friday from 15:00h in a day/night match at the Providence. Jaguars: Leon Johnson (captain), Christopher Barnwell, Anthony Bramble, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Rajendra Chandrika, Shimron Hetmyer, Eon Hooper, Keon Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Veerasammy Permaul, Raymon Reifer, Vishaul Singh Pride: Kraigg Brathwaite (captain), Anthony Alleyne, Shamarh Brooks, Jonathan Carter, Roston Chase, Shane Dowrich, Justin Greaves, Shai Hope, Omar Phillips, Ashley Nurse, Kemar Roach, Kevin Stoute, Jomel Warrican Photo: Leon Johnson.

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he MCC World Cricket committee has recommended umpires be given powers to eject players from matches for “serious disciplinary breaches”.

A desire for more “in-match punishment” has led the MCC World Cricket committee to recommend that umpires be permitted to send players off.

The committee raised concerns over a lack of in-match punishment for poor behaviour, which is presently dealt with retrospectively, though captains have the option to ask a player to leave the field.

A statement released following a two-day meeting in Mumbai, which was attended by International Cricket Committee chief executive David Richardson, read: “Subject to approval by the main MCC Committee, the new code of the Laws of Cricket will include a stipulation that umpires can remove a player from the field for the following: - Threatening an umpire, - Physically assaulting another player, umpire, official or spectator; - Any other act of violence on the field of play.

“The World Cricket committee believes that the game must now include a mechanism to deal with the worst disciplinary offences during the match, and not subsequent to it

as is presently the case.

“If approved, the ability to send a player off would therefore come into effect at all levels of the game from 1st October 2017.”

The 12-person panel was split on the possibility of introducing four-day Test matches and hopes to hear thoughts from those involved in the game before returning to the issue during its next meeting in July.

The committee reaffirmed its belief that Twenty20 cricket should feature at the Olympic Games in order to help the growth of the sport.

“With the prospect of applying to become a participating sport for 2024 still on the table, the committee encourages the ICC to work as hard as possible to see the game introduced to the Olympics,” the statement added.

“The committee is encouraged to hear that a strategy is being written by ICC to look at the development of the game in both the US and China, but believes that the single most effective way cricket can grow around the world is by being included in the Olympics.

“The committee therefore asks all members of the ICC to work together to present its case for inclusion to the IOC [International Olympic Committee].”

Among the committees other recommendations were to implement limitations on bat edges and depths and an amendment that would permit catches and stumpings “after the ball has struck a fielder’s worn helmet”.

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WICB/PCL Digicel Regional 4-Day Tournament 2016-17

Crucial 4th round bowls off after early season break

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― pink ball contest at Providence headlines round

he early season break is over and the action is about to resume in the West Indies Cricket Board Professional Cricket League Digicel Regional Four Day Tournament with three matches.

One of Caribbean sport’s longest-running rivalries will again grab the headlines, when Guyana Jaguars and Barbados Pride meet in the feature match of the round. This contest begins on Friday.

Another old rivalry rekindles today, when Jamaica Scorpions host Trinidad & Tobago Red Force at Sabina Park – and the following day, Windward Islands Volcanoes and Leeward Islands Hurricanes meet in another bitter rivalry game at Windsor Park.

With a 6.6-point spread dividing the top five teams in the R4Day, a victory and a huge collection of bonus points will be critical, as the teams try to separate themselves as they count down to the break following the next round of matches to accommodate the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, plus the Regional Super50 Tournament.

In Kingston, Jamaica

Another topsy-turvy clash is expected between the Scorpions and the Red Force, two teams that have promised much, but are striving for greater consistency, especially from their batting.

The Scorpions gained a slice of good fortune when the weather disrupted their contest against the Pride in the previous round, at the same time that the Red Force gained valuable batting practice only on home soil against the Hurricanes.

Just 1.6 points separate the two teams in the tightly-bunched table, but they have already suffered stumbles this season, due to weak batting which led the Scorpions to lose against the Jaguars and Red Force to lose against the Pride.

Oddly enough however, both teams in the last three seasons have found it easier to win against each other when they are playing on the road, so that recent history favours the Red Force this weekend with them having won the last three matches the two sides have contested at this venue.

T h e Scorpions’ h a v e brought in last year’s captain P a u l Palmer a n d West Anthony Alleyne Indi e s a l l rounder Rovman Powell in a bid to fortify their batting, which it appears the return of Jason Mohammed from the West Indies One-day Tour of Zimbabwe

has done for the Red Force.

Both sides are well served in the bowling – with this being a special match for Jamaica-born West Indies left-arm fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell, playing on home soil for the first time since his transfer to Port of Spain – so the batsmen will definitely have to play their part in grabbing victory.

Scorpions: Nikita Miller (captain), Fabian Allen, Jermaine Blackwood, John Campbell, Derval Green, Damion Jacobs, Brandon King, Reynard Leveridge, Andre McCarthy, Paul Palmer Jr, Rovman Powell, Devon Thomas, Shacaya Thomas IN-Palmer, Powell, OUTTrevon Griffith, Chadwick Walton Red Force: Yannick Ottley (captain), Yannic Cariah, Sheldon Cottrell, Jyd Goolie, Kyle Hope, Jon-Russ Jagessar, Steven Katwaroo, Imran Khan, Jason Mohammed, Khary Pierre, Roshon Primus, Isaiah Rajah, Marlon Richards IN-Mohammed, OUT-Jeremy Solozano Umpires: Verdayne Smith, Gregory Brathwaite (Barbados); Match Referee: Denovan Hayles Reserve Umpire: Rushane Samuels

In Roseau, Dominica

The Volcanoes and Hurricanes, two teams seemingly heading in different directions, will be looking to take advantage of each other in the all-Islands clash.

The Volcanoes seemed to have been fortunate to have escaped with a draw against the Jaguars in the previous round thanks to the weather which also prevented the Hurricanes from a chance to build on their strong start to the season, including a recordbreaking victory against the defending champions.

The Volcanoes, a side which in previous seasons had toppled some of the giants in the regional game, have endured a rocky start to the season and now occupy the bottom place in the table, where the Hurricanes had been for much of the last few seasons.

This match between two sides that had once teamed up to take on the rest of the region is a chance for the Volcanoes to get their season on track and for the Hurricanes to give further proof that they have begun to make strides in redressing the balance of power.

When the two sides met last year at this venue, the contest was marred by questions about the quality of the pitch, after the Hurricanes declared their first innings on 24 for seven and went on to suffer an eight-wicket defeat.

Franchies

Pts

M

W

L

T

A

I

DP

Guyana Jaguars

33.6

3

1

1

0

0

1

Barbados Pride

33.4

3

1

0

0

0

Leewards Hurricanes

29.4

3

1

0

0

Jamaica Scorpions

28.6

3

1

1

27

3

1

17.6

3

0

T&T Red Force Windwards Volcanoes

In the return match in the United States Virgin Islands territory of St. Thomas however, the Hurricanes gave a much better showing in a drawn contest and broke a sequence of five straight losses to the Volcanoes and will look to obliterate that statistic around and begin a winning streak of their own.

The Volcanoes welcome back West Indies opener Johnson Charles from the Tour of Zimbabwe and have added Tarryck Gabriel in a bid to strengthen their inconsistent batting, and the return to action of West Indies fast bowler Alzarri Joseph – following personal leave to attend to his ailing mother – will have the Hurricanes cock-a-hoop.

Bowling is the strength of both teams with both well served on the fast and spin bowling front, so batting will be the key to which side grab’s the lion share of points.

Volcanoes: Liam Sebastien (captain), Sunil Ambris, Roland Cato, Johnson Charles, Tarryck Gabriel, Delorn Johnson, Mervin Matthew, Kyle Mayers, Kenroy Peters, Jerlani Robinson, Shane Shillingford, Devon Smith, Tyrone Theophile IN-Charles, Gabriel, OUTLarry Edwards, Kavem Hodge Hurricanes: Kieran Powell (captain), Nkrumah Bonner, Kacey Carty, Rahkeem Cornwall, Jahmar Hamilton, Montcin Hodge, Chesney Hughes, Alzarri Joseph, Jeremiah Louis, Akeem Saunders, Jacques Taylor, Gavin Tonge, Keon Joseph Hayden Walsh Jr IN-Joseph, OUTQuinton Boatswain Umpires: Leslie Reifer Jr (Barbados), Danesh Ramdhanie (Trinidad & Tobago); Match Referee: Carlyle Felix Reserve Umpire: Ericson Degallerie

At Providence, Guyana

A battle-royale is expected between the Jaguars and Pride, two teams that have set the pace in the R4Day over the last two seasons and are currently sitting on top of the standings with just 0.2 points standing between them.

Both teams suffered setbacks in the previous round when it looked like they could have been in pole position for victory. Their chances were badly affected by rain which led to draws in all of the matches during the round.

The Jaguars – on home soil – are always a challenging prospect for visiting teams, but the Pride have been one of the few that can look past conditions and put their hosts on the back-foot.

The two teams have met five times at this venue since it has become the main arena for major regional and international matches in the country and the Pride have equipped themselves well with two wins, including one of the narrowest in the history of the R4Day two

MR

BAT

BOWL PB

0

0

5

9

4.6

2

0

0

4

7

4.4

0

2

0

0

2

8

1.4

0

0

1

0

0

2

9

2.6

1

0

0

1

0

0

3

6

3

2

0

0

1

0

0

1

9

4.6

seasons back.

T h e Jaguars have a settled squad and are likely to enter the match with three front-line spinners, hoping to take advantage of a typically low and Kyle Hope slow pitch – off-spinner Eon Hooper, a cousin of former Guyana and West Indies captain Carl Hooper, has been brought back into the unit in place of fast bowler Romario Shepherd.

But the Pride have been significantly boosted, particularly in the batting department, with the return of five regulars inter alia from the West Indies Tours of the United Arab Emirates and Zimbabwe. They are: captain Kraigg Brathwaite, left-hander Jonathan Carter, wicketkeeper/batsman Shane Dowrich, middle-order batsman Shai Hope and off-spin bowling all-rounder Ashley Nurse. To this end, the match could ultimately be decided upon how well the powerful Pride batting handles the varied Jaguars attack which also comprises the fast-medium bowling of Keon Joseph and left-armer Raymon Reifer, no stranger to the Pride, as well as the medium-fast bowling of Christopher Barnwell.

Jaguars: Leon Johnson (captain), Christopher Barnwell, Anthony Bramble, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Rajendra Chandrika, Shimron Hetmyer, Eon Hooper, Keon Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Veerasammy Permaul, Raymon Reifer, Vishaul Singh IN-Hooper, OUT-Romario Shepherd Pride: Kraigg Brathwaite (captain), Anthony Alleyne, Shamarh Brooks, Jonathan Carter, Roston Chase, Shane Dowrich, Justin Greaves, Shai Hope, Omar Phillips, Ashley Nurse, Kemar Roach, Kevin Stoute, Jomel Warrican IN-Brathwaite, Carter, Dowrich, Hope, Nurse, OUT-Nikolai Charles, Aaron Jones, Kevin McClean, Mario Rampersaud, Kenroy Williams Umpires: Shannon Crawford, Peter Nero (Trinidad & Tobago); Match Referee: Colin Stuart Reserve Umpire: Imran Moakan Barbados Pride opening batsman, Anthony Alleyne leads the batting aggregates with 443 runs from five innings at an average of 88.60 runs per over. His 186 against Red Force is his only three figure knock to date. He is trailed by John Campbell in a distant second with 278 runs at an average of 46.33. The Scorpions opener’s knock of 71 is his best innings so far. Kyle Hope, the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force opener (255 runs), Jaguars opener Rajendra Chandrika (224 runs) and Pride middle order batsman Shamarh Brooks (208 runs) round out the top five.

With the ball, Hurricanes’ off-spinner Rakheem Cornwall leads then way with 19 scalps and is followed by left arm spinners Veerasammy Permaul of the Jaguars with 14 wickets, Nikita Miller, the Scorpions skipper with 13 victims and Jaguars’ Gudakesh Motie with 11. Guyana Jaguars speedster is the only fast bowler in the top five with 11 wickets.

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Guinness Greatest of the Streets Futsal Tournament…

Digicel Regional 4-Day: Jaguars vs Pride...

Hooper back for home game

Camp St All Stars dream run continues

― Bishoo strangely rested

― Sparta Boss show quality again

T

he Guinness Greatest of the Street futsal tournament continued on Tuesday night at the National Cultural Centre tarmac with eight tantalizing games in the round robin stage with the top 16 teams.

It was the second night of round robin action and despite it being cool and windy the action was very hot. Camp Street All Stars, who are enjoying their fairytale campaign have won again from the penalty spot. After a hard fought nil-all draw at the end of full time against the sea-

goals up and in firm control. However, Dwayne Lowe would score a consolation goal for Up Like Seven who have now suffered their second consecutive defeat of this stage.

This is Lowe’s second goal is his side’s losing efforts.

Queen Street Tiger Bay also remained unbeaten in this stage after needling Channel Nine Warriors.

James Meredith made the difference between the teams with a conversion in the 20th minute of the ding dong battle.

Stevedore lost from the penalty spot once again after holding Bent Street to

Boss to a scoreless draw. However, from the penalty spot the champions showed their class prevailing 3-2 on sudden death kicks.

The excitement returns to Demerara Park tonight with eight more games from 19:00h.

Teams in action will be; Bent Street against Camp Street All Stars, North East La Pentance tackling Up Like Seven, Stevedaore matching skills against Broad Street Ballers, Tucville coming up against West Back Road, Albouystown ‘A’ versus Channel Nine Warriors, Festival City tackling Leopold Street, North Ruimveldt challenging Back Circle and Sparta Boss coming up against Queen Street Tiger Bay. The teams will all be vying for over one million dollars in cash and prizes with the first team taking home $500,000 while second, third and fourth will cart off with $200,000, $150,000 and $75,000 respectively.

A heated battle for the ball was on at the National Cultural Centre tarmac on Tuesday night

soned Broad Street Bullies, the Camp Street unit prevailed 3-2 shooting sudden death penalties. This follows a similar result in the opening night of the round robin stage when they came out on top of Stevedore also from the spot.

Omallo Williams’ brace ensured that Leopold Street knock the wind out of the sail of Up Like Seven with a comfortable 2-1 win. Williams opened the scoring in the 4th and slot in another in the 15th to put Leopold Street two

a 1-1 stalemate after fulltime. Keifer Brandt put Stevedore ahead in the 10th minute but as they were entertaining thoughts of a second round victory Daniel Wilson replied in the 17th with a goal of his own to level things up until the time on the clock expired.

North East La Penitence produced a sterling performance and delivered a 1-0 blow to Festival City Warriors. Both teams were unbeaten heading into the game and it took some bril-

Group A Team

23

GP

W

L

D

GF GA

GD

Pts.

Camp Street All-Stars

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

6

Broad Street

2

1

1

0

2

1

+1

3

Bent Street

2

1

1

0

2

3

-1

3

Stevedore

2

0

2

0

1

1

0

0

liance f r o m Calvin Moore in the 21st minute to seal the deal in the tussle.

Moore’s goal proved to be the final one for the night as the remaining three games failed to produce a goal and had to be decided from the penalty spot.

North Ruinveldt who defeated West Back Road in their previous game could not replicate their brilliance against Tucville and after the nil-all stalemate went down 0-2 from the line.

After failing to score during regulation time, West Back Road were near perfect from the spot where the beat Back Circle 3-1.

Albouystown ‘A’ played a spirited game to hold defending champions, Sparta

Group C Team

GP

Back Circle North Ruimveldt

W L

D

GF GA GD

Pts.

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

3

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

3

Tucville

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

3

West Back Road

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

3

Group D

Group B Team

GP

W

L

D GF GA

GD

Pts.

Sparta Boss

2

2

0

0

1

0

+1

6

Queen Street Tigerbay

2

2

0

0

1

0

+1

6

Albouystown

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

Channel-9 Warriors

2

0

2

2

0

0

2

-2

GP

W

L

D

GF GA GD Pts.

North East La Penitence

Team

2

2

0

0

1

0

+1

6

Festival City Warriors

2

1

1

0

2

2

0

3

Leopold Street

2

1

1

0

2

1

+1

3

Up Like-7

2

0

2

0

2

4

-2

0

R

Eon Hooper

eigning champions Guyana Jaguars made one change to their squad for their fourth round day/ night home fixture against Barbados Pride in the Digicel Regional Four Day League starting at Providence on Friday.

Off-spinner, Eon Hooper, comes in for fast bowler Romario Shepherd is the lone change to the squad.

Hooper made his regional debut against Jamaica Scorpions in Round one and had to make way for pacer Romario Shepherd for the second and third rounds in the Leeward and Windward Islands of St. Kitts and St. Lucia respectively.

However, upon returning home, the defending champions opted for the slower bowler on the traditional spinfriendly Providence wicket.

Hooper did not take a wicket on debut but bowled ec-

Devendra Bishoo

onomically and created pressure. He bowled 19 overs for 47 runs, including seven maidens and looked effective. No doubt he would be looking for a better outing in the match.

Missing from the squad is leg spinner Devendra Bishoo, who is yet to play a match this season. He missed the first three games due to international duties and will strangely be rested for this important clash.

The full squad reads: Rajendra Chandrika, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Shimron Hetmyer, Leon Johnson (Captain), Vishaul Singh (Vice Captain), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Raymon Reifer, Anthony Bramble, Veerasammy Permaul, Eon Hooper, Gudakesh Motie, Keon Joseph, and Christopher Barnwell. The Coach is Esuan Crandon, the Assistant Coach/Manager is Rayon Griffith, and the Physio is Beverley Nelson. The fourth round match is a top of the table clash as Jaguars and Pride are neck-to-neck in the race. Jaguars are on 33.6 and Pride on 33.4. The Hurricanes are not far behind on 29.4, followed by Scorpions on 28.6, then Red Force on 27 and Volcanoes on 17.6.

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WICB/PCL Digicel Regional 4-Day Tournament 2016-17 Pg 22

Crucial 4th round bowls off after early season break ― pink ball contest at Providence headlines round

Guyana Jaguars spinners bowl to Rajendra Chandrika using the pink ball under the watchful eyes of Assistant Coach Rayon Griffith at Providence

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“Boney” gives defending champs perfect start

Banks DIH representatives Jeff Clements and Mortimer Stewart meeting the match officials and teams ahead of kick off

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Defending champions Federal Winners Connections group up just before the opening whistle

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