Issue No. 5128 PRICE $140 VAT INCLUDED Nationwide coverage from the best news team in Guyana THE BEACON OF TRUTH guyanatimesgy.com SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2022 WHAT'S INSIDE: Nationwide coverage from the best news team in Guyana THE BEACON OF TRUTH PP1534 Mainstay/Whyaka Heritage Day celebrations P33 See story on page 11 P34P8 1st set of marine cages arrive in Guyana – Pres Ali – says work already started on poultry facility – hands over $3M to improve water supply in village See story on page 3 New $89M Martyrs’ Ville Nursery School commissioned“Zipper”bustedagainwithnarcoticsduringCANUoperation Guyana records decline in infant mortality rate – Health Minister – says 6 infants die per year with over 6000 deliveries – response teams monitoring situation; Govt agencies notified Page29ExxonMobil contains oil leak from Liza Unity FPSO atoverwhelmedRamollbiochemistAspiringBaboolallperformance – says he wrote 27 subjects in order to gain a scholarship to further his studies 15 withinbesquattersAnnandaleOverinfacility$400MLindeners200exercisebarfoundforeignfemalenationalsatEBDduringTIPjobsforasconcreteopensReg101dozentorelocated3monthsAspiringlawyerDanielPersaudtopsCamille’sAcademywith15CSECsubjects – says felt relieved after checking results Morgan’sAndrew turnedtoapplicationbailHighCourtdown Page12 Page7 P13
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he cages for the State-sponsored pi lot project to intro duce marine cages into communities have arrived and will be installed at the Mainstay/Whyaka villages of Region Two (PomeroonSupenaam), after the Amerindian Heritage vil lage celebrations are con cluded.This is according to President Dr Irfaan Ali, who on Saturday took part in the Heritage village cel ebrations where he made the announcement. He ex plained that the cages are now in the country, the first of their kind, and the instal lation has been postponed until after the celebrations.
“The second project has to do with the youth em powerment project – the in
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He had said that the project would seek to pro duce 11 metric tonnes of fish every nine months. This would also be a youth-driv en project, with the assis tance of the Government’s technical officers.
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ted to you to expand the pineapple production and we’ve already set aside the resources for the machinery to get you to expand what is the best pineapple in the world.”Meanwhile, the President also handed over $3 million to improve water supply in the community.
Day celebrations, had an nounced the marine cages among a number of major agricultural projects at the Mainstay/Whyaka village.
novation. We have worked some numbers. Very recent ly, I gave the statistics on the shortage of fish and fish products, globally and re gionally,” President Ali had said.“So, what we want to do is start the first pilot in Mainstay, where we’re go ing to bring the young people together, the Government is going to invest in a commer cial marine cage.
“I’m pleased to tell you that those cages would have arrived and based on your request, because of these celebrations, we’ve post poned the installation to af ter you celebrate. So, you will have the first two ma rine cages in the country, here in Mainstay, to push aquaculture.”Onhisprevious visit, the President had also prom ised that the Government would set up a poultry fa cility at the community’s school. This is in light of the fact that the demand for chicken from the resort was approximately 800 to 1000 pounds per month. According to him, work has already started on this proj ect.“We have not only ear marked the money to devel op your poultry sector, but we’ve started the construc tion of the facility and we’re buying the equipment. More than that, we have commit
Back in May, President Ali, while on a visit to Region Two ahead of Independence
President Dr Irfaan Ali handing over the cheque to Toshao of Mainstay/Whyaka, Yvonne Pearson
“When I came here, I said to you, I want this com munity to be part of the food production system. And we told you that we will deliv er to you, two of the aqua culture marine cages,” the President said.
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elections.Guyanese must be ful ly cognisant of the fact that the APNU/AFC and the three PNC commissioners were quick to say that the 2020 elections were free and fair. They made several attempts to swear in David Granger as the President based on concoctions that the recount exercise ex posed. However, accord ing to the true results, the PPP/C was finally declared the inevitable transparenttoCommissiontiallyinElectionsforAndtionswon,2015,outners;AFC71.36%VoterListContextually,winner.theVotersmustnotbequestioned.turnoutin2015waswhentheAPNU/weredeclaredwincomparedtoaturnof70.24%.in2020.InwhentheAPNU/AFCtherewerenoaccusaaboutabloatedList.thesameListwasusedtwoLocalGovernmentandtheElections2020,whichtheyallinipraised.TheGuyanaElectionsmustcontinueimplementpositiveandmechanisms
The arising area of the query is why did the APNU/ AFC Commissioners at the meeting of the Commission vehemently oppose the re lease of these documents. What is there to hide? The events that took place during and after the 2nd March 2020 National and Regional Elections must never be allowed to happen again.The APNU/AFC has placed in writing that votes were cast on behalf of de ceased persons, that the elections were tainted by multiple voting, and that votes were cast for persons who were overseas on vot ingFurther,day. the allegations have brought into question reputable state agencies such as the Immigration Department, Guyana Police Force, and the General Registrar’s Office. Hence, there must be a thorough investigation into these se rious allegations, and cul pable persons must be pros ecuted.The PNC remnants in the APNU/AFC are driv
Objective leadership at GECOM asserts its role! approves the release of transparency documents as proof of free and fair elections
Elizabeth I would issue “Royal Charters” to English adventurers to found colonies, and even Buccaneers to raid Spanish settlements and treasure-laden ships. One of those Charters was to Sir Walter Raleigh, who would look for “El Dorado” up our Essequibo River. Another was to the East India Company that would start trading with Moghul-ruled India and eventually conquer it. After Elizabeth’s death, by the time of Victoria (1837-1901) the British Empire, on which “the sun could never set” had been drained of its wealth to make Britain the richest country in the world.
Ghana under Kwame Nkrumah would precipitate the independence dominoes in Africa in 1957, and Jamaica and T&T in the West Indies in 1962. Elizabeth II visited Guyana in Feb just before we became independent in May 26,1966. As Britain tried desperately to hang on to her ex-colonies by shepherding them into a Commonwealth, she visited these countries, since she had been placed as the symbolic head of the organisation. She did visit Guyana in 1994.
of the exercise of transpar ent procedures and to facil itate appropriate queries if there are visible errors.
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Dear Editor, The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) must be willing to hold free and fair elections and win the hearts and confidence of all Guyanese. After the re cent 2020 debacle, it is im perative that all GECOM staff members understand their individual and col lective roles, thereby es tablishing a setting for the delivery of a true and com mitted, reflective position when this nation has to be engaged on electoral mat ters.GECOM’s recent deci sion to release the 2020 elec tions documents in light of the APNU/AFC’s allegation of fraud and claim of having evidence to justify a varying result is a step in the right direction. Such decisions send the correct message to staff and other parties of interest that skullduggery will not be tolerated, while assuring public confidence in itsStatementsprocesses. of Poll (SOPs) among the other rel evant reconciliatory reports ought to be public docu ments, as the copies are le gally required to be put up for display at the varying polling stations as evidence
to win the trust and confi dence of the nation.
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Elizabeth II passed away on September 8, 2022; and, having ascended to the British throne on 6 February, 1952, she had ruled continuously for seventy years, making her the longest reigning monarch ever. Her predecessor and namesake, Elizabeth I, also did not do too badly in monarchical longevity, having ruled for almost forty-five years from 17 November 1558 until her death in March 24, 1603. Their long reigns were not just noteworthy for their spans, but also for facilitating continuity at the top of the governance structure of a country that launched an Empire during the reign of the first, and unwound it during the second.
On Saturday, Prince William and Kate Middleton, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, dressed somberly, emerged from Windsor Castle to view tributes left by royal subjects, and to greet well-wishers in person in wake of the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. (Extra photo)
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Half a century later, however, after becoming embroiled in two world wars with its European rival Germany, Britain found itself overextended, exhausted, and unable to hold on to its empire. This drained Britain conceded world dominance to the United States, and granted independence to India, Ceylon and Burma in 1947. Princess Elizabeth flew back from Kenya in 1952 to become Queen just before the Mau Mau Rebellion in Kenya erupted and was savagely put down in 1960.
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Margaret Thatcher’s Prime Ministership from 1979 to 1990 – one of the longest runs in 150 years – placed a microscope on the two women who led Britain out of its difficult times. They were born just months apart, but were worlds apart temperamentally. They met weekly, as was the protocol, and, reportedly, the meetings were formal and stiff. One reason was that Elizabeth had a dry wit, while Thatcher had no sense of humour. The other more substantive one was that the Queen thought Thatcher “uncaring”, for her policies stressed austerities in Britain. Also, according to the NY Times in 1986, “The Queen (was)…worried that Mrs. Thatcher's firm opposition to sanctions threatened to break up the 49-nation Commonwealth.” Not about the evil of apartheid, per se.
By the 1970s, Britain had fallen to a level where it was almost a member of the “Third World”, into which most of her former colonies had been relegated. It was not surprising that Queen Elizabeth’s stock rose, since she was a rock of stability and continuity for ordinary Britons.
Elizabeth 1 became monarch of England and Wales at a time when the Spanish-funded Columbus had stumbled across a “New World” half-a-century earlier, and the Spanish were flooding Europe with their gold and silver, not to mention new agricultural products like tobacco and sugar. Vasco da Gama had discovered a sea route to the wealth of India around the Cape of Good Hope. But more to the point, the Portuguese and Spanish had started shipping Africans across the Atlantic to be used as slaves in the Americas. The world had been split between the Spanish and the Portuguese by the Pope, with newly “Anglican” England left out in the cold.
Even though British colonialism has left a stubborn stain in the psyches of the former subjects, Queen Elizabeth maintained a benign image to those subjects.
ing the seeming immunity to rig elections as a contin uance to ‘backdoor’ power. The events that unfolded at elections are synonymous with those between 1968 and 1985. They reflect how the PNC was able to use and manipulate the “state machinery”, particular ly the staff at the Election Commission, the army, the Police, along with known terrorist organisations to rig elections during the pe riod.The Electoral List has never been a major issue since 1992, when a new list was compiled under the watchful eyes of the Carter Center, and Mr Dennis King from the Carter Center will forever be remembered. The PNC was never able to justi fy its claims of how any fake voters were able to bypass polling agents of political parties, with Identification Card or passports. The sub sequent development of the strengthening ‘folio mecha nism’, which allows the pho to comparison of the voter, along with continuous reg istration and political par ties functioning and paid scrutineers are all systems in place to give transpar ency and accountability at
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is currently seeing unprecedented numbers of visitors
The GTA’s Product Development Team has also initiated the projects through collaboration with stakeholders, and will fea ture the Kopinang Waterfall Experience; Yoga, Breakfast and Nature Walk; Nappi Mountain Trekking; Nature Retreat Experience; Linden Day Tour Experience; Wayne’s World Apartments and Oasis; Community-led and owned tourism develop
Over 150,000 visitors have been recorded arriving in Guyana in the first half of the year and according to stats from the Ministry of Finance’s Mid-Year Report, over 150,000 more are expected in the second half of 2022.
As Guyana continues to welcome travellers, there has been a number of no table achievements in the tourism sector. Guyana is featured as the cover sto ry of the April edition of the National Geographic maga zine. “Up the Mountain, to a World Apart” is a 36-page feature, inclusive of pullouts and maps, covering the full story of the adventure by climber Mark Synnott, with stunning photography by Renan Ozturk.
The report, meanwhile, expects a further 158,223 additional visitors will be re corded in the second half of the year. This is attributed to Guyana hosting the finals of the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League.
In Guyana’s first quar ter, the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) had an nounced earlier this year that the country recorded 51,389 visitors. Last year, Guyana also registered 158,347 overall visitors.
period in 2021. This is pri marily due to increased oil and gas activities as well as the resumption of tourist ac tivities such as the Bartica Regatta and Pakaraima Safaris,” the report said.
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Over 150,000 visitors expected to arrive in Guyana in 2nd half of 2022
to the same period last year.
In the first half of the year, $312.8 million was
It was revealed that 105,905 visitors were re corded during that time pe riod. The reason for this in crease is multi-dimensional. While a lot of people visited due to increased oil and gas activities, the resumption of tourist attractions like the Bartica Regatta was also a factor.“There was a 103 percent increase in visitor arrivals from January to May 2022 from 48,626 to 105,905, when compared to the same
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The GTA further high lighted that through its li censing & inspections man date, the GTA has since licensed 14 tourism busi nesses as of April 2022. These are Adventure Guianas, Azure Experiences, Bimichi Eco Lodge, Blackwater Adventures, Elite Kayaking & Nature Tours, Evergreen
ment with Quarrie Village; Tri-Island Experience with Trail Masters; and Mahaica River Birding Tours.
According to the midyear report, Guyana has seen an increase in visi tor arrivals compared to 2021. The report notes that there was a 103 per cent in crease in visitor arrival from January to May, compared
The team also executed outreaches, engagements, and product assessments to the communities of Capoey Village in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam); and Tapakuma Village, Quarrie Village, Nappi Village, and Masakenari in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo).AsofApril 2022, the GTA trained 355 persons across the country in the areas of delivering quality service, hygiene and sani tation; first aid and CPR; and digital marketing es sentials. At the end of 2022, GTA is expected to train at least 2000 candidates. An additional 1000 are expect ed to be trained as part of the collaborative Barbados training initiative.
spent in the tourism sec tor, out of a budgeted $732.1 million. Despite the increase in visitors, it was noted that the tourism sector continues to face challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
– 103% increase already recorded in 1st half of year
Adventure, Exciting Tours, Ride Along GY, The Jungle Bug, Toma1 Guyana, TrailMasters Adventure Tours, and Wanderlust Adventures.Todecentralise tour ism and expand other tour ism hotspot areas within Guyana, 12 new experienc es will be at the disposal of the Guyanese public for 2022. Seven new experien tial tourism products were officially launched in 2021.
The method of infection of Tapeworms is quite dif ferent from Roundworms and Hookworms. In fact, as I have previously men tioned, Tapeworms are to tally different worms - in almost every aspect. Their anatomy is different. For ex ample, they have hooks and sucking cups on their heads. This means that even if one gets rid of the seg ments, which are attached to the Tapeworm's head, the head remains intact and attached to the host's gut wall, and it is difficult to remove them - surely not with the medication that re moves Roundworm with rel ative ease. Each segment of the tapeworm may have both male and female or gans - and it is believed that each segment can reproduce on its own; or, if segments touch each other, there can be an indirect reproductive capability.Moreover, the anthel minthic drugs that work against Roundworms are not effective against Tapeworms. The diagnosis relative to a Tapeworm in festation is more difficult since most infections exhib it not many definitive signs - although emaciation would be the first symptom to be observed. If the infection is heavy enough, and the space, on which the tape worm can attach itself to the gut wall, becomes lim ited, the Tapeworms detach themselves, and are then seen squirming on the ex pelled stool during defeca tion. Further, the moving worms in the rectum (end part of the intestinal tract) create an itch reaction as they emerge from the anus. The animal is seen scooting on its Evenbehind.thestool test
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Over the last few weeks, we have dis cussed pretty much the salient aspects of worm infestation of your com panion animals. However, we can kill as many of the worms in the gastro-intes tinal tract (GIT) as our spe cific and potent medication would allow, but all would be useless if we do not con trol the pet environment relative to the presence of the infecting worms and their eggs. We will now turn our attention to the control and prevention consider ations, while making a rel evant synopsis of all that was presented over the last few instalments of the PET CAREIrrespectivecolumn. of the type of worms that are being targeted, the pet’s environ ment must be sanitised sev eral times weekly, and sick animals must be isolated from the healthy ones. Also, adopted animals (especial ly those whose parents are related) would, in all likeli hood, have a weakened im mune system.
cause they are aggressive and can precipitate a bloody diarrhoea by eroding the gutRelativelining. to control and prevention, allow me to em phasize that puppies should be dewormed on several occasions within the first 12 weeks of life, starting when they are 3 weeks old. Important also is the hy giene in the area where the puppies play and sleep and nurse. The areas where the mother dog lives should be free of contaminants and cleaned regu larly - preferably daily. I recom mend
One may recall that I had mentioned that the eating of Tapeworm-infected car casses or even live animals having Tapeworms in their gastro-intestinal tracts and having fleas on the bodies would almost surely lead to infection and the perpetu ation of Tapeworms in the animal consuming the dead or live Tapeworm-infested prey.
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The puppy contracts Hookworms often during nursing or by direct skin penetra tion. I have always con sidered Hookworms to be the most damaging and lethal of worms, not last ly be
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ing for eggs) is different from that of Roundworms. A very different methodology has to be introduced to find the Tapeworm eggs. The caregiver's vet will know what to Finally,do. as I had men tioned in a previous column, (Pet Care - August 7, 2022), the intermediary hosts of Tapeworms are fleas. Consequently, the removal of fleas from the pups and adult dogs is imperative in the control and prevention of Tapeworms. Control re quires medication to treat the Tapeworms as well as the eradication of a flea bur den on the dogs. This is not always easy to accomplish. Let your vet advise you fur ther on these matters.
It is imperative that you isolate sick animals and thoroughly wash and scrub the pet’s living areas in the prevention and con trol of Threadworms and Whipworms.
The infection mode is similar to that of Hookworms (see above). These intesti nal worms are much larger than Hookworms and there fore use up much of the food given to the mother dog and her puppies during the lat ter's early weeks of life. Consequently, the pups do not thrive well - low growth rates, emaciation, distend ed abdomens. Actually, the caregiver would of ten see the 1-2-inchlong worms in the stool, given that the larval stages of these worms do a body pas sage wall-bloodtiontine-penetra(intesofthegutstream-lungs-coughedupintothemouth-swallowed-
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pups, as deemed necessary. However, after the initial deworming, at 3-week in tervals, the schedule may change to monthly deworm ing.The hygiene protocol is the same as Hookworms (see above).
The control and pre vention would be the same as with Hookworms (see above). Also, similarly the pregnant mother dogs should be dewormed twice during the gestation peri od; and the puppies must be dewormed when they are 3 weeks of age, and 3 weeks later. The vet will advise on the deworming regimen thereafter.Ishould mention that the Heartworm preven tion medicine could be ad ministered monthly to both the adult dogs and pups, when the latter have at tained 3-4 months of age. Your veterinarian will ad vise on deworming sched ule of the adult dogs and juvenile (young adult)
back into the intestines as adultRoundwormsworms-stool).are very common in untreated dogs. Your veterinarian can, in fact, carry a test on the pup's stool sample, and identify the roundworm eggs.
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Jeyes fluid, not the fragrant but relatively less potent household cleaners.
Control requires specific medications to eradicate the Tapeworms. As mentioned last week, Praziquantel is the drug of choice. Preventing access to prey animals and flea control are most important to avoid in fection.
Often an infection with these worms do not show any (many) symptoms. A very heavy infection will produce soft/watery stool streaked with blood, espe cially during hot, humid weather (currently being ex perienced in Guyana). In se vere cases, the animal will develop a fever and shallow breathing. These worms are easily seen, via a microscop ic faecal examination.
Maritime Administrative Department (MARAD), Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Energy, Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Civil Defence Commission (CDC).
The Liza Unity FPSO
According to Persaud, EEPGL’s incident man agement team also has the Regional Response team to back them up in real life. Additionally, the regional response team will be ar riving in Guyana for the fi nal training session by this year
ExxonMobil contains oil leak from Liza Unity FPSO
During the training, EEPGL worked with The Response Group, a United States company specialis ing in crisis management. Among the areas that the training covered, is re sponses to different levels of crisis in EEPGL’s off
– response teams monitoring situation; Govt agencies notified
So far in the year, the Government has invest ed some $15.8 billion in the agriculture sector. Of this amount, the sum of $142.7 million out of $343.7 mil lion was expended by the Fisheries Department during the review period.
no sheen in the area; only a light sheen was percep tible approximately 20 km (13 miles) North West of the vessel.”According to EEPGL, by midday on Saturday, a support vessel in the area confirmed no further sign of a sheen. Nevertheless, the company assured that its response teams contin ue to monitor the situation closely. Additionally, they explained that all relevant Government agencies in cluding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been notified.
uick response from oil giant ExxonMobil in the Liza Phase
According to Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) in a statement on Saturday, the oil was released during maintenance works on the Liza Unity Floating Production and Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessel. It was, however, isolated and contained.“OnFriday, September 9, 2022, the team on the Liza Unity FPSO observed a sheen on the water in the vicinity of the vessel. Initial investigations indicate that approximately one barrel of crude oil was released during a maintenance ac tivity on the vessel.”
“The activity was im mediately stopped and the leak isolated. Earlier to day (Saturday), additional surveillance by helicopter confirmed that there was
Two of the Stabroek Block, has resulted in the quick containment of an oil leak caused by a single oil barrel that was released during maintenance activities.
The United States has also been providing tacti cal and operational support to Guyana, when it comes to advancing and fortifying
1st set of marine cages...
We’re going to put the capital investment in. And the aim is to produce 11 metric tonnes of fish every nine months, from this com munity.”According to Ali, techni cal officials would be com ing into the community next week to work with the res idents in establishing the project and determining the best locations for the marine cage.“Once we do this right, based on the numbers that we have established, the annual profitability can be as much as $10 million. So, we’re not sitting and wait ing. We’re looking at ways, methods, and policies that we can bring on board to up lift your lives.”
Exxon has been conduct ing several rounds of oil spill training throughout the year. Only last month, a two-day emergency re sponse training exercise was conducted for EEPGL staff at the Marriott hotel.
shore activities, such as oil spills.At the time, EEPGL Media and Communications Manager Janelle Persaud had explained that the com pany takes matters such as crisis response serious ly, hence the regular train ing. She had explained that several similar training sessions were done during this year and another ma jor training exercise will be done by this year end.
Guyana’s national response to oil spills. In June, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) provided a recap on the series of training and support provided to 231 persons from over 30 agen cies by the United States Coast Guard in building ca pacity to handle such mat ters.From June 2021 to April 2022, these efforts have ad dressed gaps in Guyana’s management of any oil spill.
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Through the Government’s interven tions into aquaculture pro duction, there was a 444.1 per cent increase in the first half of the year compared
The National Emergency Oil Spill Plan was crafted with valuable inputs from the Guyana
Marine Conservation Society, Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission, the Ministry of Legal Affairs, Shipping Association of Guyana, ExxonMobil, Tullow, GuyOil, Repsol, Shell, GAICO Construction and other stakeholders.
over 28 shrimp farmers, while contributing to the di versification of the fisheries industry.”“The upgrade of the Satyadeow Sawh Aquaculture Station and the establishment of cage cul ture in Region 2 for tamb aqui production commenced in the first half of 2022 and are expected to be completed by year-end,” the 2022 MidYear Report explained.
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Thereend. is also a National Oil Spill Contingency Plan, which was handed over in October 2020 by the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to Prime Minister, Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips. The plan was months in the making and involved the input of many key stake holders including the
with the same period in 2021. Additionally, at midyear, brackish-water shrimp production increased by 292.6 per cent. This, ac cording to the mid-year re port, was a direct result of Government’s expanded brackish-water shrimp pro duction“Thisprogramme.intervention has resulted in the rehabili tation of over 673 acres of shrimp farms, benefitting
The demand that CSEC subjects be limited comes from a misguided urge for an “egalitarian” outcome, where no kid’s allowed to rise above others - even through his/her own efforts. This is the dumbing down compulsion that will perpetuate Guyana’s mediocrity. SVN shows every year that even low-scorers at NGSA can be high-flyers. Let the system raise all ships to their own level.
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On his second appear ance in August, he was fur ther remanded to prison. However, his attorney, Glen Hanoman, made a bail ap plication at the High Court arguing that the application for bail in the High Court is
The fact of the matter is this whole argument’s a tempest in a teacup, since there is already a system in place to evaluate and determine how many subjects can be taken.Inall schools, the students have to get the specific subjects and number of subjects APPROVED by the teachers, HODs, and eventually the headteacher. In the case of the latest exceptional performers, the teachers’ assessments were obviously vindicated, since they passed all their subjects with such flying colours. Some worry about all the non-high flyers. But the high flyers didn’t PREVENT any other student from performing as well - or even better, did they?? Kids writing double-digit numbers of subjects aren’t preventing teachers from teaching others, are they?
It was reported that on the day in question, CANU officers acting on intelligence conducted a narcotics opera
tion at Ixora Avenue, Eccles, East Bank Demerara, thus resulting in the discovery of a quantity of cocaine, 27 rounds of 9mm ammuni tion, one .32 Taurus firearm, along with one magazine, and 25 matching rounds of .32 Morganammunitions.wassubsequent ly arrested and escorted to CANU headquarters along with the firearm, ammuni tion, and cocaine. He was later charged. Andrew and Peter Morgan have been un der CANU radar for more than two decades.
Well, now that the Minister has rejected any policy that mandates kids should be limited in the number of CSEC subjects they can write - and this gripe’s been expressed every year for the last decade, as the number of CSEC subjects keep rising - your Eyewitness hopes we’ll move on. He can understand if kids were forced to write these double-digit numbers of subjects; but they weren’t. In fact, one kid said as far back as when he was writing his NGSA and the topper at CSEC copped 25 subjects, that became his goal!!
For donkey years, those in the educational sector have been promising a “turnaround” in the delivery of their various curricula in a more efficient manner –meaning, we’d get better results. What’s happened, however, is when they say THAT, they simply mean they’ll just intensify their efforts to “teach to the test”, so the results will APPEAR better. But even here they’ve failed abysmally!
…for new economy
CANU prosecutor Thalia Thompson objected to bail on the basis that no special rea
Demerara High Court Judge, Gino Persaud has refused to grant bail to an alleged drug traf ficker, Andrew Morgan who was busted with 3.5 mil lion worth of cocaine in his Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home on June 29
The hero Mallory, who ultimately perished trying to scale Mt Everest, was asked why he persisted. “Because it’s there!” he said.
and remanded to prison by Magistrate Sunil Scarce when he appeared at the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrates’ Courts. Morgan pleaded guilty to the charge which stated that he had 3.278 kilograms of cocaine in his possession for the pur pose of trafficking.
The matter will continue on September 27.
At last, we have the possibility of employing ALL our future graduates – once we match their skill set to the needs of the new economy. As such, there should be a complete revamping of the curricula!!
our Eyewitness feels some old fogies who spew out those letters – knocking the kids who passed 27 subjects at CSEC - are just plain jealous because, “in their days”, they could only write six or seven subjects!! And mostly because that was all most of them were judged capable of writing!! Maybe not…but hey!! In case they didn’t notice, as the world turns, we, humans living on it, inevitably change. Change is life, stagnation is death!!
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So, how many subjects will kids eventually write?? Your Eyewitness thinks the limit will eventually be the number of subjects CXC offers! What is it? 35? How come they don’t complain about FORCING kids to write AT LEAST five subjects? Aren’t there thousands of kids who just can’t cope with that number?
the evidential issues are not relevant factors to be tak en into consideration for the granting of bail. He, there fore, agreed with the argu ments made by the CANU prosecutor that no special reasons were put forward for bail to be considered.
We always need heroes who push the envelope.
Hanoman has also ad vanced that CANU has evi dential problems including establishing a nexus.
In fact, Peter Morgan was deported from the US back in 2015 after serving his time in prison on trafficking in nar cotics charges. He was ar rested for conspiring to im port, possess and distribute five kilograms of cocaine be tween December 2001 and August 2003 in the United States.
She has also argued that the matters raised by Hanoman are contentious is sues of fact suitable for tri al and not a bail hearing. She has also contended that there has been no delay but an argument of presumed delay in the JusticeFollowingfuture.thearguments,Persaudruledthat
Take the NGSA. (As Rodney Dangerfield would say, “Please!!) When it was the “Common Entrance”, there were complaints the test wasn’t accomplishing its purpose – to “evaluate” the children in their areas of strength and weakness so that remedial/ customised efforts could be made.
…academically
If those little mammals running around with dinosaurs hadn’t changed, we’d still be foraging in swamps!!
Andrew Morgan’s bail application to High Court turned down
MorganFifty-two-year-oldlast.wasfirstarraigned
based on “unreasonable de lay” and that the prosecution had sought an adjournment on the ground that the ana lyst report was not yet com pleted when in fact it was completed.
sons were advanced or shown that warrant the ground for granting bail.
To date - 18 years after the “assessment” changethere hasn’t been a SINGLE review of a student’s score after they moved on to Grade 7 (high school) to follow up with remedial/customised interventions. And that’s a real good idea that’s gone to waste!!
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This is the time when the kids should be taken in hand to guide them for a life of success.
…at NGSA
Andrew Morgan
required to pay a fine for theirPresidentactions. Ali also said the Government is not rul ing out taking legal action
In August, the fisher men’s boats and fishing equipment were seized af
ter they were found to be fishing in Suriname wa ters. Reports in the local media indicated that the three fishermen were also
amilies of three fishermen who re cently lost their boats in Surinamese wa ters have been assured that the Government is doing all it can to address the issue. This assurance was given by President Dr Irfaan Ali during a visit to Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD) on Friday.The matter, he said, is going to be taken to the highest level.
Govt to engage Caricom on seizure of Guyanese fishermen’s vessels in Surinamese waters
to settle the matter.
“We have been fight
ing this case from the time they brought it. What we know for sure, the officials said they sold this boat out. I told the Attorney General we will work now, if we have to go legally against them, we will go legally against them be cause there can’t be any system where you can just seize a boat and then sell it the next day,” the Head of State told concerned fami ly members.OnWednesday last, the President said repre sentatives of Guyana and Suriname are scheduled to meet to iron out issues surrounding granting 150 coastal fishing licences to Guyanese fishermen.
Suriname’s statement.GovernmentaNovemberRepublicofIrfaanExcellency,afishermenurement,byourmentthestrongestGuyanatersfisherfolkharassmentcondemnedtoChandrikapersadPresidentSantokhiGuyanabackin2021.TheGovernmentalsoSuriname’sofGuyaneseinSurinamewainarecentstatement.“TheGovernmentofcondemns,initspossibleterms,mostrecentharassbeingmetedouttoGuyanesefisherfolktheSurinamesegoverninclusiveofitsfailtograntlicensestoourinkeepingwithcommitmentmadetoHisDrMohamedAli,PresidenttheCooperativeofGuyanaon262020,duringvisittoSuriname,”thesaidinthe
President Dr Irfaan Ali in discussion with residents on Friday
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“I am going to write the Chairman of Caricom, who is the President of Suriname now. Let us make sure that letter goes off today to the Chairman of Caricom raising this three-boat issue… the AG is going to look at this. We are not going to let this down,” President Ali said.
The issuing of the li cences was an agree ment coming out of a four-day official visit of
It is also part of the PPP/ C’s 2020-2025 manifesto where it has committed to “empowering women and taking care of children and vulnerable groups and to en courage and assist in the es tablishment of day-care cen tres for working women in the social Ministersector”.Persaud said the facilities will provide quality service to children living with disabilities.“Theday-care and night care facilities will be extend ed to all children including children living with disabili ties, but to make the persons who are providing the service more comfortable to cater for and cope with children living with disabilities and also to put the parent’s mind at ease
“Safe Space” facility to accommodate children living with disabilities
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a newer concept of child care training will be implement ed in early childhood devel opment and care for special needsThechildren.CC&PA’s role in the programme is geared at hav ing trained and licensed child care providers registered with the agency. This will sat isfy the standards required by the agency. With this in place, the Ministry will be able to provide a list of ap proved “day and night” care providers.Additionally, persons in terested in establishing care centres will be supported by the Ministry with small fi nancial provisions to ensure the facility runs efficiently.
Human Services and Social Security Minister, Dr Vindhya Persaud
Parents and guardians of children living with disabilities can rest as sured of their children’s safe ty while at work, with the ex tension of the Government’s “safe space” day and night careThefacility.“safe space” care initiative was conceptual ised by Human Services and Social Security Minister, Dr Vindhya Persaud, to protect the nation’s children while creating avenues for women to be gainfully employed.
– services will be available 24h daily
Currently, in its embry onic stage, the programme is being rolled out by the Ministry’s Women Innovation and Investment Network (WIIN) training programme, and the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA).
that when they are taking their children to these facil ities, they will have persons who are capable of look ing after their children,” she said on the sidelines of a re cent $100,000 “Special Needs Fund” distribution exercise.
Women participating in the WIIN child care course will undergo comprehensive training catering to all the child’sTheneeds.Minister relayed that
Dr Anthony stated that over 6000 births are record ed per year, of which six deaths are recorded.
For us to progress, we need to appreciate the constraints of coloniality at the individual, group, state/nation and global levels. For instance, why should we look down racially/ethnically at other groups when we ourselves are suffering from that scorn from others through hierarchies of race? Shouldn’t we fight for equity and equality of opportunity for all groups and genders in our country?
Quijano asserts, in addition to racial classification and slavery, “The other process was the constitution of a new structure of control of labour and its resources and products.” The global racial/ethnic hierarchy of Europeans and non-Europeans was an integral part of the development of the capitalist world system. That included transitional forms such as Indentureship, in which the control of labour was guaranteed without the moral opprobrium of slavery. The Girmit/Indentured, represented the contradictions inherent in the myth of “free labour” from slave labour in the “accumulation by dispossession” stage of capitalism.
Meanwhile, Dr Anthony explained that the train ing intends to better equip healthcare workers with the skills and knowledge aimed at reducing the rate of infant mortality.“Oneof the things that we want to do is to make sure that we can reduce mor tality, more so, more specifi cally, neonatal mortality,” the Health Minister said.
The andColonialismElizabeths,coloniality
The “Systems of knowledge” should be especially relevant to our academics at UG and cultural/political activists. Quijano writes, “Europe’s hegemony over the new model of global power concentrated all forms of the control of subjectivity, culture, and especially knowledge and the production of knowledge under its hegemony.” Have we questioned the “knowledge” UG disseminates? The related third element of coloniality of power is the creation of cultural systems that revolve around a Eurocentric hierarchy and that enforce Eurocentric economic and knowledge production systems. We all ape Eurocentric norms in which we will invariably be second class.
However, Latin American theorist Anibal Quijano, in a formulation he called the “Coloniality of Power” demonstrated that while “colonialism” might have ended, its structural features, dubbed “coloniality”, remains firmly in place. Quijano posits that we were all conscripted by a European-defined “modernity” that began in 1492 with the conquest of the Americas. It developed and extended the structures of power, control, and hegemony that emerged during the era of colonialism. He posits that the coloniality of power takes three forms: systems of (racial) hierarchies, systems of knowledge, and cultural systems.
“Babies that would have previously died, because of the interventions that we
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terms of maternal mortality, the Minister said that the country is still battling that issue. He said at some hospi tals, there are still maternal deaths that can be avoided.
are making, they are able to survive. We have a NICU at Georgetown Hospital, and we are building them out in other hospitals like New Amsterdam, West Demerara, in Suddie, and in
Race was created to justify the enslavement of Africans using Christian myths, including a “Great Chain of Being” with God on top, followed by his angels, then mankind, with Whites on top and Blacks at the bottom. The White Monarch, of course, was at the top of the Whites. Other “races”, like Indians and Chinese, were placed in intermediate positions – over which they fought to maintain their subaltern status.
“In the interior, one of the biggest challenges that we have had is that mothers will get to the hospital late. And, very often when they start getting signs of labour, then that is when they will try and get to the hospital…”
scribed this period as the “Golden Minute” and ex plained that everything done at that moment deter mines whether or not a child lives.“If that baby is born and within the first minute and doesn’t breathe, then we have to start breathing for that child. It is this peri od, immediately after birth, that determines whether or not our neonatal mortality will be reduced.”
– says 6 infants die per year with over 6000 deliveries
More insidiously, we the “natives” in the colonies were convinced of our inferiority, ultimately by force but masked by Enlightenment British culture and the homilies of British liberalism with its boast of universal freedoms and the rule of law, into which we would have to be tutored, until we were “ready” for “independence”.
The ideological attempts to peel off the effects of colonialism in the Caribbean ranged from Marxism from the 1940s to Black Power in the 1960s and 70s. Carifesta I in 1972 was supposed to counter the imposed British cultural paradigm, but ironically peripheralized Indian cultural aspirations. By 1989, a PNC-bankrupted Guyana had to accept the new neo-liberal economic paradigm along with Latin America, that reinforced the contradictions of the racial and cultural systems. Today, some still smirk at those who are “less cultured” to enjoy “coolie gaana” and the Guyana Prize for Literature will reward those who write in “good” English prose.
“One of the interventions that we are doing now, es pecially in the interior com munities, is that next to the regional hospitals, we
Elizabeth’s passing was expected and it offers an opportunity to examine what she, as the Monarch, represented to us in the detritus of the British Empire. What is remarkable is how she and the system of governance (colonialism) she represented was so normalised that all we remember is her kind and placid demeanour.
But the empire that her namesake and forbear Queen Elizabeth I launched was not benign. The latter’s Royal Charters gave “authority” to pirates and buccaneers to form beachheads for English colonies in North America and the West Indies and to traders like the East India Company, which eventually conquered and governed India, . Her descendant Charles II formed the Royal African Company (RAC) that became the largest shipper of enslaved Africans in the history of the African Slave Trade. It was owned by the Royal Family and helped produce their “hereditary” wealth enjoyed by Elizabeth I and now by Charles III and their descendants. India was drained of $45Trillion.
“That’s an improvement because in the past it used to be a much higher num ber. Overall, in the country infant and neonatal mortal ity… would be around 30 or so, and at the GPHC that is being reduced to six deaths per thousand. So, that is a significant reduction,” he said.He said this is so that they can further reduce in fant death in the country. In
Dr Anthony added this will help to make sure that there is a safe environment for expecting mothers, and will help in the reduction of deaths.Just recently, health care workers in Guyana commenced neonatal resus citation training to reduce Guyana’s neonatal mortali ty rate.This was in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO).Atthe launching ceremo ny that was held earlier this week, Maternal and Child Health Officer, Dr Oneka Scott related that it is the period after a child is born that determines the neona tal mortality rate. She de
of progress has been made in Guyana over the last few years, as the country is now seeing a sharp decline in its infant mortality rate, ac cording to Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony.
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The programme is ex pected to help healthcare workers identify the risk factors associated with neo natal mortality. Once un derstood, this would enable them to save lives.
Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony
are building waiting for homes…”.
“If we are able to pre pare our healthcare work ers to master this ‘Golden Minute,’ to react quickly, to respond with stimulation and warmth, and bagging masks if needed after thir ty seconds, then we are able to prepare an army of sav iours,” Dr Scott said.
“We have what is called a neonatal intensive care unit that was set up, we have trained doctors that would be able to man that unit, we have specialised equipment there that can help the ba bies to breathe and to keep them warm.”
Queen
Linden and so forth,” he ex plained.Hesaid this is so that they can further reduce in fant death in the country.
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Guyana records decline in infant mortality rate – Health Minister
The ceremonial cutting of the ribbon to officially commission the school is being done by pupils in the company of Education Minister Priya Manickchand, Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall, Regional Chairman Daniel Seeram and Regional Education Officer Stembiso Grant
Further, she said that the Government promises that children will continue to receive support such as cash grants, meals and text books among other benefits.
The new school will elim inate the overcrowding at Mon Repos Nursery and the Good Hope Nursery Schools. The school was opened on September 5 for pupils but the official commissioning was done on Saturday.
“We are asking for your partnership. This means having a deep interest in your children’s education. When we get partnerships right, we will see children excelling in ways we didn’t imagine.”
She thanked the Ministry of Education for conceptual ising the project and bring ing it to fruition to improve access and delivery of educa tion at the nursery level.
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of the Government and the Ministry of Education to provide education for all Guyanese whether they live in the city or rural commu nities and that Martyrs’ Ville Nursery is a testimony
She said that the Government believes in in vesting heavily in the educa tion sector and that this in cludes constructing facilities where they are needed to en sure access to quality educa tion.
Manickchand reiterated that Neuel Bancroft from the Annandale Primary School in Region Four (DemeraraMahaica) tied for the top spot at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).
of such commitment.
Minister Manickchand during the commission ing stated that Guyanese should always expect her Government to deliver on its promises and that the con struction of the school is an other example of fulfilling a promise that was made to the people of Guyana and specifically the residents of
In addition, she ex plained that the student had to be surrounded by great teachers from nursery school up to Grade Six.
ent that he had attended nursery school in the com munity which was a “bottom house”.
Regional Chairman Daniel Seeram described the school as a blessing to the community and the re gion since it will address the overcrowding at the Mon Repos Nursery and the Good Hope Nursery School.
done to create a better coun try and future for the young children.
for a job well done.
Further, she appealed to the parents who were pres ent at the ceremony that pa rental support is needed in any child’s academic devel opment.
Attorney General Anil Nandlall, who was present at the ceremony, thanked the teachers for their hard work and saluted them on behalf of the Government
solid nursery foundation is important.
He explained that it is important that the transfor mation that has taken place - and continues to occur - be appreciated. He said that there are many more proj ects slated for the region in cluding a modern hospital at Enmore, new water treat ment plants at Friendship/ Buxton, Bachelor’s
Regional Education Officer Stembiso Grant said that the school adds to the list of 58 nursery schools in the region while adding that the school is current ly staffed with 98 per cent trained teachers.
He related that these projects and more are being
One of the classrooms of the new school
The
Nursery School, which was construct ed to the tune of $89 mil lion, was officially com missioned on Saturday by Education Minister Priya Manickchand and other of ficials.
Adventure and Mahaica, and an industrial complex where the Enmore Estate factory was which will cre ate jobs.
Martyrs’ Ville.
Martyrs’ Ville
Assistant Chief Education Officer (Nursery), Devendre Persaud said that it is the commitment
New $89M Martyrs’ Ville Nursery School commissioned
She congratulated all teachers and urged them to take stock of what their re sponsibilities are and to en sure that they properly ed ucate their pupils since a
Officials at the commissioning of the school
On the topic of the new school, he said that less than three decades ago the land on which the building stands was a cow pasture. He enlightened those pres
tural events, among others.
At his primary school, his love for co-curricular grew rapidly. These includ ed debating competitions, and athletic sports and cul
“Four years before I wrote the exam, CV Nunes Primary wasn’t on the map, and when I wrote the exam ination, I was the student who brought the school fame and glory. I continued to be consistent with my perfor mance, gaining an average percentage in the 90s and positions between 1 and 2,”
Ramoll and Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand
Regina Secondary School.
Narain. He has one sibling, a sister, but his father re portedly died when he was two years old.
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tending several lessons, and mainly staying focused.
Hailing from Hampton Court Village on the Essequibo Coast in Region 2, the young man is the son of Anna Regina Secondary School teacher Chaitwattie
In 2017, he wrote the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) with high expectations. In fact, he secured the top spot in the region, and came with in the top one percent in the country. At the time, he was awarded a place at the prestigious Queen’s College, but opt to attend the Anna
Ramoll Baboolall
“As my time progressed at the elementary institu tion, my mom and teachers realised my love for educa tion, and, as a result, I was encouraged to stay focused on my studies,” the young Guyana Times in an interview.In2012,he was placed at C.V. Nunes Primary School, where he commenced his primary education. He was always a top performer in his class, with an average percentage ranging from 94 to 98. He proudly said, “with this, I was always excited to take home my report card.”
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he explained.Thisresulted in his be ing invited to the school’s prize-giving ceremony every year, since he would come in the top five. Even though he was a top performer, his commitment to his studies did not deter him from par ticipating in any social and school activities.
It was not a stroll in the park for Region Two’s top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) performer, and pos sibly top for the Caribbean, Romoll Baboolall. It entailed burning the midnight oil, at
His mother worked end lessly, teaching him basic vocabulary and phonics at an early age, making him the only child at his nursery school who could have read the ‘Pat and Roy’ book se ries from cover to cover with
protects life on earth by absorbing some of the ultra violet (UV) rays given out by the sun.
Guyana has phased out the use of CFCs and other ODSs, and is now preparing to reduce consumption of HCFC 22 (used in air conditioners and ice making machines) in order to phase out these ODS by 2030. The training of scores of customs officers in the monitoring and controlling of the imports of ODSs, and trained hundreds of refrigeration and air condition technicians in good practices and alternative refrigerants, provided tools for use by technicians and technical institutes in Regions 2, 4, 6 and 10.
he Montreal Protocol and the Kigali Amendment show us that by acting together, anything is possible. So let us act now to slow climate change, feed the world’s hungry and protect the planet that we all depend on.” António Guterres, United Nations Secretary General
In the 1970s, scientists began finding clues that the ozone layer was being depleted over the region of Antarctica. Since then, they have proved that every year in spring, when the ozone depletion process is at its highest, at least 50% of the ozone layer is destroyed over Antarctica: this is called the ‘ozone hole’. Unfortunately, since then evidence has been made that the ozone layer was also being severely depleted over the northern pole of the globe, which means we have to talk about the ‘ozone holes’ now.
It doesn’t matter how old you are or where in the world you live, when it comes to protecting the environment you can all make a difference; every action counts! The future of the planet is in your hands.
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We don’t often or at all think about the things we can’t see that are essential to life on Earthmicroorganisms that break down our waste, and the layer of gases in our atmosphere trapping and reflecting the sun’s energy, as well as the layer that keeps out harmful ultraviolet radiation. In the layer around the Earth’s surface (the troposphere), ground level or harmful ozone pollutes the air causing smog. In the upper layer (the stratosphere), good ozone
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On September 16, 2022, Guyana, a party to the Montreal Protocol, will join countries around the world in celebrating the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer or Ozone Day, under the theme “Montreal Protocol @35: Global Cooperation Protecting Life On Earth”. Guyana’s implementation of the Protocol and its amendments is facilitated with the cooperation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with funding support from the MultiLateral Fund (MLF). Guyana’s implementation of the Protocol also adds to its efforts in promoting sustainable development, and thus is in tandem with the goals of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS), in reducing the use of the HCFCs and other Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) of high global warming potential (GWP), while replacing these with energy efficient alternatives.
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lycurrentresiding in the United States, immediately called, and they were overwhelm ingly excited and shared how proud they were.”
confronted with another challenge: low self-esteem. However, he persevered, and with a little motivation from his friends and home circle, he came out with all passes.“Amajor challenge faced was actually personal. I was battling with low self-es teem for a lengthy period of Grade 11, due to me drown ing myself in thoughts of not being ready to sit the examination,” he disclosed.
For him, the next step is
Guyana Times.
Daniel and some of his friends at a social event
reparing for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) takes commitment, hard work, and discipline, which led aspiring lawyer Daniel Persaud to excel at the recent surreal,”evenlievedthemyfulnowlast,weretheschool’sTwosOnesandhome.stone’sedDemerarafromPersaud,examinations.a16-year-oldSoesdyke,EastBank(EBD),attendCamille'sAcademy-athrowawayfromhisHewrote15subjectssecuredeightGradeandsevenGrade-thusmakinghimthetopperformer.Aftermuchanxietybystudents,theresultsreleasedonMondayandPersaudisstillprocessinghissuccessfeat.“Anxietyrushedthroughbodypriortoopeningresults,butIfeltreafterseeingIpassed,thoughitstillfeelshetold
“For the preparation, I was tasked with establish ing a study schedule/time table to accommodate my daily activities; which was easy enough, but sticking to it was proving to be a bit dif ficult. I grew up loving the sport of cricket, whether it be playing or just watching the professionals on televi sion, it always brought joy. Some other hobbies of mine include going to the gym with my friends,” he ex plained.“Approximately three weeks prior to the sitting of my first examination, I had to sacrifice extracurric ular activities to allow more time for studying,” Persaud indicted.Despite covering these grounds, he posited, he was
Daniel shared, “My fam ily played a very supportive role throughout my educa tional journey, by providing everything I needed to per severe. After receiving the
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embarkto on the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) with the end goal of pursuing a career in law.
Nevertheless, leading up to the exams, he was forced to put on the back burner some of the co-cur ricular activities that he enjoys – one such being cricket, which is his favou riteSpendingsport. time with friends was also limited, and the focus was primari ly on excelling at the exam inations.Thereaction to his suc cess was not just celebrated by him, but his entire fam ily, friends, and teachers. He detailed that they were ‘over the moon’ upon hear ing the good news.
For the young man,
results, my family was ‘over the moon’ excited. My grandmother and grandfather had the biggest smiles, and congrat ulated me. My mom, sister, and stepfather, who are
preparation commenced in the early days of Grade 11, ensuring that his schoolbased assessments were out of the way. For him, this was a strategy to squeeze in extra time to study.
Daniel Persaud
“Achieving the first po sition in the country has made me satisfied and overjoyed. My main aim was to make my mother proud, and I have certainly
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whelmingly full of joy and excitement. It was then that it came home that he and his schoolmate shared the spot for the most grade oneBaboolallpasses. recalled that while writing the examina tion, he was emotionally shaken following the tragic news of his grandfather’s passing. This did not make him lose focus, and with a broken heart, he managed to cope with the news and went full steam ahead.
Following his success, many persons have con gratulated him, including his proud mother, teach ers, community leaders, schoolmates, and business man Azruddin Mohamed. Mohamed later met with the young man and rewarded him for his ex emplary performance. The businessman also of fered to offset his expense to further his studies in the event he does not get a scholarship from the Government of Guyana.
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Essequibo Coast to write so many subjects and make my country proud, as well as my mom, who was work ing tirelessly with me… My mom is the person who made me who I am, with out her I won’t have been here writing so many sub jects and passing,” he has declared, and added that he always wanted to study at a well-known University out of Guyana, but because of finance, his mom and he set the aim to write as many subjects offered at CSEC so that he can re ceive a scholarship to study for his future career.
Now that he has com pleted his secondary edu cation, he would now de part to further his study in the field of Biology to be come a biochemist with the aim of excelling as well.
As time progressed, he knew that preparing for CSEC would take a lot out of his time, and, more so, knew he had to scale back on certain social activities.
“I am very happy and enthusiastic that I am the first student on the
After intense discus sions and debates with his mother, it was decid ed that he would be writ ing 27 subjects at the gen eral proficiency level. This meant that he had to put his foot on the accelera tor and get serious. There were lots of sacrifices he had to make, but without a doubt, they were worth it.
On Monday, September
achieved that,” he added.
The young lad with his mother and businessman Azruddin Mohamed
12, 2022, his anxiety grew as he sat among his school mates and those from oth er schools across the coun try. They all congregated in the auditorium of the Anna Regina Multilateral School praying for the time when the announcement of the results would be made by Education Minister PriyaTheManickchand.announcement of the results declared that the disciplined and anx ious young man had copped 24 grade ones and three grade twos. He was ex tremely ecstatic and over
After this incident, Shalima relayed, the doc tors were concerned for her daughter. In recovery,
Daniel on his last day of school
there was no pressure, but she allowed Sameera to op erate on the level at which she was Leadingcomfortable.uptothe ex aminations, the Education Ministry had offered to place Sameera amid con cerns over her health and the challenges of missing contact time in her class.
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Education Minister Priya Manickchand com mented, “I offered her mother that she doesn’t have to write the exam, we will place her, and Sameera chose to write the exam.
n aspiring High Court Judge and an avid read er, 11-year-old Sameera Williams on Friday learnt that she had se cured a place at Queen’s College, after excelling at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) exam inations of 2022.
A vividly shocked ex pression appeared on her face when the prover bial beans were spilled by Education Minister Priya Manickchand at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) on Friday. Sameera has secured 508 marks at the NGSA, and has landed herself a place at this prestigious nation al institution of learning.
What, however, was un covered was an awe-inspir ing story of how Sameera managed to overcome a monumental setback this year in order to sit the ex ams. Little Sameera hails from Georgetown, and at tended the Winfer Gardens Primary School. Earlier, in February, she was tak ing karate classes at the YMCA at Thomas Lands, but while on the road with her sister, she was tragi cally involved in an acci dent.Sharing this experi ence with Guyana Times on Saturday, her mother Bibi Shalima Ibrahim ex plained that her daughter
she recovered well,” her mother explained, and added, “After the ac cident, she couldn’t have done late studying. What I would advise any parent is to don’t wait until the last moment to prepare. She was away from school five months before the ex amination. The doctor said that since it was a seri ous head injury, she could not be stressed, so I nev er pushed her after. There were also no late studies.”
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“I always aspired to be a lawyer, ever since enter ing the second level of my educational journey; and with this successful per formance at CSEC, I feel more confident of achiev ing this goal. With my drive and determination, I see myself not only as a top graduate of UWI in the field of Law, but as a budding attorney-at-law prepared to ensure justice prevails according to our constitution.”TheSoesdyke student reiterated that his educa tional foundation was set from a very young age, as teachers from various lev els each played a support ive role in ensuring he
succeeded. As such, he ex pressed gratitude to them for their continuous men toring and guidance during his school Presently,life. the young man is preparing for his next step in his academic pursuit, but he is also tak ing things lightly by as sisting his grandmother, sleeping long hours, and meeting with Meanwhile,friends.headvis es students who would be preparing for the 2023 ex ams to stay focused, re main committed, and, most importantly, perse vere. “At the end of the day, hard work and dedi cation pay off…”
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“She was crossing the road when it happened. Because of the shock, she was critical for a few days, and they were even think ing about surgery. It was the worst possible thing that could have happened. She just got a small injury on her back, but her head injury was serious. That is why I’m thanking God that
Sameera with her mother, Bibi Shalima Ibrahim, and Education Minister Priya Manickchand on Friday
had severe head injuries, and had to be hospitalised. For two months, she was away from the physical classroom, and that was at critical time in her prepa ration for the secondary entrance examination.
ucate, promote, and preserve our unique and dying language,” she said.
The former Indigenous beauty queen told Guyana Times that the launching was made in time to commemorate Heritage Month thisAccordingSeptember.to this young entrepreneur, Patamona Tours is the first ever Indigenous tour company that was founded in the North Pakaraimas. “It will be collaborating with Village Councils to bring to adventure-spirit ed persons the ultimate nature-friendly trav el experience,” she said.
In addition to its Facebook account, per sons who wish to contact the new tourism en tity can call or WhatsApp the number is 6381721.
account - Patamona Tours - and according to one of its most recent posts, the entity is of fering tour packages to the village of Kato. Tourists can expect Indigenous cuisine, rep utable accommodation with the option of camping, hiking, and site-seeing trips across the village and its geographical spread, in cluding the breath-taking Chiung Falls.
Recounting the journey leading up to the formation of the entity, Augustus said that while growing up in the small Indigenous community of Kopinang, she felt privileged
Louana Augustus, one of the founders of Patamona Tours
She has said that while the entity is rais ing awareness and preserving the Patamona language, it is simultaneously promoting community-based, eco-friendly tourism to show the rest of the world and Guyana the beauty of Region Eight.
Augustus has said the tourism pack age commences with trips to Kato, and a list of other villages will follow, including her home village of Kopinang. Orinduik, Kamana, Chiung Mouth, Kurukubaru, and Monkey Mountain are among the other vil lages where tourists would be allowed to ex plore the landscape and rich culture of the IndigenousAugustuspeople.hassaid that the main mode of transportation throughout the trips would be by all-terrain vehicles (ATV) due to the rough terrain and heavy rainfall which are common in this part of Guyana. “However, it’s always an adventure,” the young lady said, beaming with excitement at the new initiative.
Tourists can enjoy the breathtaking views of Region Eight, such as this scenic view
Tourists would be treated to a dip in the waterways of the Pakaraima region, Region Eight
to live among breathtaking flora, fauna, and majestic mountains that tower over the vil lage.“As I grew, I learned about eco-tourism and Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy,” she said. Augustus said she saw “great potential” to market her home town and the wider Region Eight area in an eco-friendly and sustainable way that direct ly benefits the various Amerindian commu nities.The United Nations has declared 2019 the International Year of Indigenous Languages, to raise awareness not only to benefit the people who speak these languag es, but also for others to appreciate the im portant contribution they make to the world’s cultural diversity. For Augustus, this aware ness lies paramount in the plans of the new tourismRegionentity.Eight, Potaro-Siparuni, is home to the Patamona Indigenous nation, and ac cording to Augustus, the Patamona language is spoken by approximately 8000 to 9000 people, many of whom live in the region, and there are those who have migrated to other parts of Guyana and the world. “Therefore, this company was established as a way to ed
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s eco-tourism around the world picks up pace globally, following a twoyear hiatus caused by the pandem ic, a new tourism entity based in the North Pakaraimas has been launched with the aim to promote and showcase the rich culture of RegionUnderEight.the slogan “For the adventur ous and wild at heart,” Patamona tours was launched in May 2022, according to one of its founders, Louana Augustus.
The new initiative also has a Facebook
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CAUSES
“No matter how big or small your pain is, it mat ters. Give it attention and give it care, because even if it is always there, it should not get in the way of the life you want to live.” – Jennifer Nelson, writer and artist.
backs, bellies, and chests. Excess hair growth is called hirsutism.
Dr. Tariq Jagnarine Family meDicine, enDocrinology/ DiabeTes
Up to 80 percent of wom en with PCOS are over weight, or have obesity. Both obesity and PCOS in crease the risk for:
Low HDL “good” cholesterol•High LDL “bad” cholesterolTogether, these factors are called metabolic syn drome, and they increase the risk Heartfor: disease
“PCOSDepressionisnotan abso lute barrier to conceiving naturally. According to a 2009 study, the features in dicating the presence of PCOS (the polycystic ova ry part) actually diminished throughout the lifespan of participants…The rate of miscarriage among those with PCOS was also not higher than those without it. The bottom line? Everyone is different.” – Dr. Emma Gray, The British CBT & Counselling Service.
• Male pattern baldness. Hair on the scalp gets thinner, and may fall out.
To get pregnant, you have to ovulate. Women who don’t ovulate regularly don’t release as many eggs to be fertilised. PCOS is one of the leading causes of infertility in women.Metabolic syndrome
• High blood sugar High blood pressure
• Headaches. Hormone changes can trig ger headaches in some wom en.
• Sleep apnea • Endometrial cancer
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Doctors don’t know ex actly what causes PCOS. They believe that high levels of male hormones prevent the ovaries from producing hormones and making eggs normally.Genes, insulin resis tance, and inflammation have all been linked to ex cess androgen production.
Having higher-than-nor
• Weight gain. Up to 80 percent of women with PCOS are overweight, or have obesity.
September is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Awareness Month.
Between 2.2 and 26.7 per cent of women in this age group have PCOS. Many women have PCOS, but don’t know it. In one study, up to 70 percent of women
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mal androgen levels can af fect fertility and other as pects of health.Infertility
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is a con dition that affects a wom an’s hormone levels. Women with PCOS produce high er-than-normal amounts of male hormones. This hor mone imbalance causes their bodies to skip men strual periods and makes it harder for them to get preg nant.PCOS also causes hair growth on the face and body, and also causes baldness; and it can contribute to longterm health problems, like diabetes and heart disease.
OF SomePCOSwomen start seeing symptoms around the time of their first period. Others discover they have PCOS only after they’ve gained a lot of weight or they’ve had trouble getting pregnant.
with PCOS hadn’t been di agnosed.PCOS affects a woman’s ovaries, the reproductive or gans that produce estrogen and progesterone — hor mones that regulate the menstrual cycle. The ovaries also produce small amounts of male hormones called an drogens.PCOS is a “syndrome,” or group of symptoms that af fects the ovaries and ovula tion. Its three main features are:• Cysts in the ovaries
• Acne. Male hor mones can make the skin oilier than usual, and cause breakouts in areas like the face, chest, and upper back.
• High levels of male hormonesIrregular or skipped periodsInPCOS, many small, fluid-filled sacs grow inside the ovaries. The word “poly cystic” means “many cysts.” These sacs are actually folli cles, each one containing an immature egg. The eggs nev er mature enough to trigger ovulation.Thelack of ovulation al ters levels of estrogen, pro gesterone, FSH, and LH. Progesterone levels are low er than usual, while andro gen levels are higher than usual. Extra male hormones disrupt the menstrual cycle, so women with PCOS get fewer periods than usual.
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• Darkening of the skin. Dark patches of skin can form in body creas es like those on the neck, in the groin, and under the breasts.
• Irregular periods. A lack of ovulation prevents the uterine lining from shed ding every month. Some women with PCOS get few er than eight periods a year, or none at all (10 Trusted Source).
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Birth control pills and di abetes drugs (which combat insulin resistance, a PCOS symptom) can help fix the hormone imbalance and im provePCOSsymptoms.isaproblem with hormones that affect wom en during their childbear ing years (ages 15 to 44).
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• Diabetes
The most common PCOS symptoms are:
• Hair growth. More than 70 percent of wom en with this condition grow hair on their faces and bod ies — including on their
• Heavy bleeding. The uterine lining builds up for a longer period of time, so the periods such women do get can be heavier than normal.
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rest and food. From the teachers and so on, I got the support,” Shalima ex pressed.Williams is the young est of three daughters. She is a member of the National School of Dance, and is an aspiring High Court Judge. She also likes to write, as it allows her to express her self.In an interview with this
For me, I didn’t care how she did. Just writing that exam placed her in a posi tion of winning, because she showed how interested she was in education,” Minister Manickchand has said.
publication, top performer Sameera Williams shared, “It was just so shocking. I felt a shock go through me, but it was a shock of happi ness. All my hard work paid off, and I felt so happy… “I want to be a High Court Judge because I like fairness and honesty. I try to be as honest as I can, and this just matches with my policies.”
Sameera Williams
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Fast-forward to this week and the proud moth er Shalima has said she is overjoyed at this outcome. When asked how this feat was achieved, she explained that preparation for the ex amination started since the Grade Three level.
“I felt very thankful and grateful after what we went through. Overall, I knew she would have done great. She was preparing since Grade Three, and be cause her other two sisters got the Bishops’ High and Queen’s College, she knew she would be preparing for Queen’s,” her mother has said.“After the incident, she didn’t remember it for may be after a month. Little by little, everything came back. She loved reading. What is important was her
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ficers conducted an operation at Lots 32 & 34 Craig Street Campbellville, Georgetown –the latter known to be a drug yard.However, a subsequent search of both properties was conducted during which a number of transparent glass tubes labelled lidocaine and a quantity of cocaine were un earthed.Atthe time of the opera tion, Andre and Mark were at the locations. As such, they were arrested and escorted to
Based on previous re ports, back in 2018, Gomes was arrested in the same Campbellville area after CANU ranks had found just over two pounds of cocaine at a house.Hewas arrested after a wanted bulletin was issued for him. Three years before that case, Gomes was arrest
The contraband items found during the joint operation include two Samsung and one ZTE cel lular phones; four phone batteries; 60 Ziplock bags with a quantity of can nabis which amounted to 37.9 grams when weighed; one Digicel SIM card; 37 lighters; four phone char gers; 18 razor blades; 10 improvised weapons, and two pairs of scissors.
The glass tubes confiscated during the search
Razor blades among contraband items found during NA Prison raid
The contraband items found during the raid
Gomes had previous ly been charged with drug trafficking, but was never convicted. Three years ago, Gomes was freed of a cocaine trafficking charge after it was
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Meanwhile, to ensure that children are safeguard ed from illegal drugs, CANU said it will continue to under take similar operations on known drug yards that are in close proximity to schools.
Meanwhile, just a few weeks ago, 826 grams of ganja was found at the Mazaruni Prison, during a search of the facility. The search was conducted along the outer wall of the Mazaruni Prison and on the western side, a black plastic bag containing ten parcels of ganja was found.
The cannabis was re portedly wrapped in plas tic wrap. In addition, 1.5 litres of alcohol and a quantity of smoking wrap pers were also found. The Police were contacted and the narcotics and oth er prohibited items were handed over.
Thetubes.cocaine when weighed amounted to 24.4 grams.
number of prohib ited items, includ ing cellular phones, were found on Friday when a search was carried out at the New Amsterdam Prison Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).Itwasreportedthat the exercise was carried out on Friday, between 06:15h to 08:30h, by ranks from Berbice. They were as sisted by ranks from the Guyana Defence Force, Guyana Fire Service, Officer in Charge of the New Amsterdam Prison, and other ranks of Police Regional Division #6.
CANU stated that the sus pects were previously arrest ed and charged by the Unit for trafficking in narcotics.
“Zipper” busted again with narcotics during CANU operation
Andre Gomes, aka ‘’Zipper’’
The cocaine that was unearthed
For the second time in less than a year, Andre Gomes also called ‘’Zipper’’ was on Friday bust ed with a quantity of cocaine during an operation by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU).The drug enforcement body related that 61-year-old “Zipper” along with anoth er suspect, 38-year-old Mark Gomes, were arrested on Friday during an operation at Craig Street, Campbellville, GreaterReportsGeorgetown.arethatCANU of
Back in October 2021, Eon Joseph, 33, and “Zipper” were arrested after two kilograms of cocaine was found at his Craig Street property.
found that insufficient evi dence surrounded the case.
Investigations into Friday’s discovery are ongoing.
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CANU headquarters along with cocaine and transparent glass
ed and charged for the shoot ing of a taxi driver outside Palm Court on Main Street, Georgetown. He was also freed of that charge because of insufficient evidence.
Around this time last year, a quantity of contra band was found at the New
Amsterdam Prison.
Joint Services ranks had carried out the search in the male and female quarters of the prison, and among the items discov ered and seized were 15 cellular phones, 12 ciga rette lighters, nine impro vised weapons, 11 pieces of broken mirrors, a cellu lar phone battery, 10 cel lular phone chargers, two pair of scissors, four metal spoons, $580 in cash and a number of razor blades.
Mark Gomes
he Saraswati Vidya Niketan (SVN) has reported a drop in their pass rate for this year’s Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) results when com pared to last year, from 94.2 per cent to 92.1 per cent.At SVN, 78 students consisting of 29 males, and 49 females registered and appeared for the ex aminations in 20 sub jects. In a statement, the institution’s figures re vealed that the matricu lation rate also plummet ed from 88.89 per cent in
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SVN remains among top l% CSEC schools
2021 to 80.05 per cent in 2022.“While the perfor mance in some areas is stable and in others im proved, of major concern to us are the five subjects that have shown declines ranging from four to six per cent in Geography, Mathematics, and Principles of Accounts, and from 20 to 22 per cent in Spanish and Caribbean History. We obviously will have to look at ways to address the weak per formance in these areas,” SVN
Saraswati Vidya Niketan (SVN)
an investigation is under way in respect to the rape of a child under the age of 16, which allegedly occurred on Friday, September 9, on the Corentyne.Itwas only on Friday that Commander Bacchus reported that there were 24 reported cases of rape in that division so far for the year. That figure equals the figure for the corresponding period lastRapeyear.has been the high est individual crime commit ted in the region so far for this year.
Corentyne taxi driver in custody for allegedly raping 14-year-old
over Guyana out of a total of 10,368 who registered for the examination man aged to secure 14 sub jects and more. Eleven, including Guyana’s two top performers, are from Anna Regina Multilateral School. This was followed by Queen’s College with 9 students and SVN with four.These persons were Mohamed15Ones,MadhoGradeSurendranauthBhagmattiewith16Ones,Niashreewith16GradeAranaSinghwithGradeOnesandSultanwith15
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ACorentyne taxi driver has been taken into Police custody for al legedly raping a 14-year-old girl.Police Divisional Commander Senior Superintendent Shivpersaud Bacchus has confirmed that
GradeSVN’sOnes.subject per formance at CSEC re flects 100 per cent in Agricultural Science, 100 per cent in Biology, 100 per cent in Biology, 76.4 per cent in Caribbean History, 96 per cent in Chemistry, 96 per cent in
Economics, 100 per cent in EDPM, 98 per cent in English Language, 92 per cent in English Literature, 81 per cent in Geography, 100 per cent in Human and Social Biology, 100 per cent in Information Technology, 98 per cent in Integrated Science, 82 per cent in Mathematics, 100 per cent in Office Administration, 96 per cent in Physics, 84 per cent in Principles of Accounts, 100 per cent in Principles of Business, 97 per cent in Social Studies, and 61 per cent in Spanish.
...but performance dips marginally
Somerelated.28 students all
was awarded a place at St Rose's High.”
Cumberland before mov ing to Rose Hall two years ago and taking charge of the students preparing for this year’s NGSA.
“I am so excited. I did my best when I was at Cumberland and we al ways got students in the top ten and now I am here and we have done it,” she said.According to her, Jagmohan, who is part of a broken home, received much sport from his grandfather who is a re tiree.Meanwhile, Shivkumar told this publication that he was so excited he felt he was going to burst.
The Education Ministry announced the results on Friday, and based on the analysis, 37 students are from Region Four, 33 from Region Three, 11 from Region Two, nine from Region 10, seven from Region Six, two from Region Five, and one from Region Nine.
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Two of the five schools in East Canje, Region Six, have four of the Region’s top ten students at this NGSA.Inaddition, about 55 per cent of the top one spots emanated from pri vateAlthoughinstitutions. having the number one spot, Cumberland Primary has to share the glory with Rose Hall Estate Primary as Martin Jagmohan with 513 marks was sec ond for the Region while Zakariyah Jaffar of Cumberland Primary with 511 marks occupied the fourth spot and Naresh Shivkumar of Rose Hall Estate Primary with 507 was sixth in the region.
“I am feeling very hap py,” the aspiring teacher told this Accordingpublication.toher, the exams were not difficult but tricky. Apart from her teacher, she said she also received help from her mother in preparing for theInexams.the fifth spot was Hakim Hawker of Kildonan Primary with 509 marks. He was award
ed a place at Queen’s College.Rounding off the top one per cent of the country from Region Six is Harmony Rose of Corriverton Primary with 507 marks. She was awarded a place at The Bishops’ High.
She wants to be a psy chologist so she can help persons who are suicidal. Her choice came after wit nessing one of her friends and a relative committing
ut of the 182 stu dents in Guyana’s top one per cent at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), some 81 of them are from Georgetown, or District 11, which is equivalent to 45.5 per cent.
suicide.She said being a psy chologist is one way she can have a voice.
The others completing the region’s top ten are Tamesh Sukhram of Tain Primary with 506 marks, Felicity Ram of Port Mourant Primary with 506 marks and Rovish Naidu of Rose Hall Primary with 505 marks. All three were awarded places at The Bishops’ High.
Martin Jagmohan
Shivkumar was hoping to gain a place at Queen’s College but will have to settle for a place at The Bishops’ High. He plans to become a doctor when he becomes an adult. His mother was also pleased with her eldest son’s per formance.Meanwhile, Zakariyah Jaffar of Cumberland, who was fourth in the re gion, said he is happy to be in the regional top ten. He said getting there was not“Ieasy.sacrificed some of my devices like my computer
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Georgetown schools cop 45.5% of NGSA top 1 places
The most excited person seemed to be Jagmohan’s teacher. She was also the teacher for the students of Cumberland Primary be fore moving to Rose Hall EstateMissPrimary.Banmattie Arjune taught for 29 years at
and my phone in order to study and I went to extra lessons.”Hesaid he wants to be come a biochemist since he has a great interest in sci ence and chemicals. After an absence of four years, Rose Hall Town Primary is back in the regional top ten and also making the country’s top one per cent.
about 55% from private institutions
The top one per cent stops at a cut-off point of 507 marks. The results showed that Angelica Subryan of Cumberland Primary, Jonathon Gomes of Jo-Sel Educational Institute and Neuel Bancroft tied for the top spot with 518 marks each.
Yogita Balkrisha of Rose Hall Town Primary placed third in the re gion with 512 marks ad
Miss Banmattie Arjune
Naresh Shivkumar
“I just felt like running and screaming,” he said after learning that he was in the region’s top ten.
en-hoop Secondary, Queenstown Secondary, Friendship Secondary, St John’s College, Plaisance Secondary, Dolphin Secondary, Carmel Secondary, L’Aventure Secondary, Richard Ishmael Secondary, Tucville Secondary, Annandale Secondary, and Golden GroveContinuousSecondary.registration is being done for all learn ers who have not yet been placed and will be complet ed in the shortest possible time to avoid further dis ruptions.
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The Ministry’s priority is to ensure that all learn ers from St George’s High continue to receive all the help they need with alter native arrangements.
This is in addition to 120 students who are being ac commodated at the South Ruimveldt Secondary, bringing the total to 420 students. St George’s High was destroyed by fire back in July.Information from the Education Ministry states
that officials are working assiduously to place the re maining students within schools that best serve their immediate needs. This is being done in consultation with parents and guard ians.In addition to South Ruimveldt Secondary, learners are being ac commodated at West Ruimveldt, Freeburg Secondary, Kingston Secondary, Cummings Lodge Secondary, Covent Garden Secondary, Vreed-
300 St George’s High students accommodated at various schools
The St George’s High School engulfed in flames
lose to 300 displaced students from St George’s High School are being accommodat ed at secondary schools in Georgetown, Region Four, and Region Three.
With regards to the fu ture of the high school, Minister Manickchand said the land is owned by the Anglican Church. However, whether the school is rebuilt at the same location or not, Minister Manickchand stat ed that a school needs to be built since most schools in Georgetown are operating at fullThecapacity.planto have the school rebuilt is still being formulated. The Guyana Fire Service has complet ed its investigation into the fire which destroyed the school on July 20, 2022.
Calling the fire “ex tremely inconvenient,” Education Minister Priya Manickchand noted that while learning happens in many ways and alterna tive arrangements could be made, the school accommo dated students living with in its proximity – hence the continuous registration pro cess to place every student as close as possible to home.
Education Minister Priya Manickchand
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In addition, a case of li quor was also seized and lodged since there was no license granted to operate “any business whatsoev er” on the premises.
premises and were subse quently willbeenatAccordingandoftakentigationCurrently,interviewed.aninvesisbeingunderintoallegedactshumantraffickinglabourexploitation.totheMinistry,leastonesuspecthasdetained.TheMinistrysaiditprovidefurtherup
15 female foreign nationals found at EBD bar during TIP exercise
During the operation, 15 female foreign nation als were found on the
Bikers Bar in Covent Garden, EBD
ifteen foreign na tionals were found at the Bikers Bar, Covent Garden Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD), during a Trafficking in Persons (TIP) exercise on Thursday.Itwas revealed that the Guyana Police Force, Ministry of Home
Affairs, and the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security - Counter Trafficking in Persons Unit, based on intelligence received, conducted a cor don and search exercise operation at the Covent Garden Public Road Bar.
In 2018, several wom en, who are all foreign na tionals, were detained at the bar during a police raid. Ranks of A Division, had received a report that
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dates as they become available and wish to fur ther notify the public that the Guyana Police Force will continue to monitor theseMeanwhile,establishments.thisis not the first-time foreign na tionals, were detained at the said bar.
the strip club was in op eration, and as a result, ranks responded and con ducted a search of the premises.During the two-hour period, 27 female foreign nationals were found in the building. The females were later detained and investigated.Theranks also picked up the owner/operator of the facility, who resides at Nutmeg Street, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
There was a supermar ket operated by Chinese nationals on the prem ises prior to the opening of the bar four years ago. Bandits had robbed the Fresh Mart Supermarket back in 2016 of close to one million dollars in cash and valuables.
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During the visit, the Head of State provided an update on plans in place to move squatters who are liv ing close to the sea defence.
To this end, there will be improved lighting at the koker in Annadale, along with facilities to support their activities, such as bringing in their engines andAttorneyseines. General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC; Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal, and other Government officials were also on the visit with the Head of State.
This was revealed during an impromptu visit by President Dr Irfaan Ali and a team of Government offi cials to Annandale North: Sand Reef and Marshon, where he interacted with residents on Friday.
“So the 15 structures that we have here, we’re working now on a set of low-income houses that we would help to get you qualified with New Building Society (NBS), for example. We’re going to get everybody qualified. We’re going to put in some help also from the Government… Let us all work and prepare in our minds that we have to move within three months,” the Guyanese Leader stated.
collaboration with the com munity.“In terms of the area that we have regularised… we have already launched a programme where we want to work with the commu nity themselves in build ing concrete roads. In one month, you will see works commencing in this commu nity for the concrete roads,” he stated.Itwas further outlined by the Guyanese Leader that the main roads are go ing to be asphaltic concrete ones, while all the cross streets would be made of concrete.“Weknow that the roads are bad, and that’s why I’m here,” the President related.
In addition, the Head of State indicated that the community’s playground would be rehabilitated.
Minister of Housing of
In keeping with the company’s corporate so cial responsibility, the own er of Caribbean Concrete Guyana, Amar Chetram, also donated $1 million in oxygen installation mate rials to commence an oxy gen installer training pro
The Government of Guyana is moving to relocate over a dozen squatters in Annandale, on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD), due to their proximi ty to the sea defence.
Over 1 dozen Annandale squatters to be relocated within 3 months
One resident had asked about this, especially since many of the squatters are fishermen and need to be close to the shore. In re sponse, the President indi cated that he cannot say ex actly which area they would be allotted, but reassured that there are several new housing developments along thePresidentECD.
“We are conscious that development needs to be taken to every part of the country, and that is why we are taking the necessary steps and we are encourag ing investment,” he added.
To this end, President Ali outlined the infrastruc tural works that would be undertaken in the communi ty soon. He explained to the residents that works would soon start on rehabilitating the main roads as well as crossroads in the section of Annandale that was recent ly regularised. This, he in dicated, wouldl be done in
gramme at the Linden TechnicalHousingInstitute.and Water
explained. “We want you to have better conditions to live under. Let us all agree that this is unacceptable for you, for your children, and for us as a Government. We want you to do better. We want you to be able to have access to good water; access to elec tricity, so that your children all can go to school and they can learn; and [we want] to give you the best environ ment in which your fami ly can develop,” the Head of State related.
the President instructed the Guyana Police Force to set up a Police outpost in a stra tegic area in the community, in order to improve security. Added to this, he announced that the Government would be rolling out an initiative to improve efficiency and secu rity for fishermen and oper ators within the industry.
for its new oxygen plant.
ensure that they are relocat ed to a community along the East Coast corridor.
Minister Collin Croal, Chief Executive Officer, GoInvest, Dr Peter Ramsaroop, Regional Chairman Deron Adams, and other officials attended the commissioning ceremony.
$400M
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President Dr Irfaan Ali, in company of Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC, and Housing Minister Collin Croal, informed residents of Government’s plans to enhance Annadale North, including road upgrade works
The mining town of Linden, Region Ten (Upper DemeraraBerbice), is set to bene fit from a major econom ic booster, as Caribbean Concrete Guyana Inc. offi cially opened its concrete production facility and oxy gen plant at Amelia’s Ward on Friday.
Ali went on to point out that one of the challenges with squatting is that structures are usu ally erected along important reserves, like sea defence reserves and drainage re serves.“This section we can’t regularise at all. It’s almost on the sea defence dam, and it’s almost in the main canal that we have to develop,” he
President Dr Irfaan Ali and his team engaging residents in Annandale on Friday
resents a visible and tangi ble response to a very spe cific Government policy to promote and attract invest ments in regions like Region Ten…We have the responsi bility to ensure that invest ments like that are encour aged and supported,” Dr. Singh
President Ali explained that over 60 households have already been regula rised in one section of the Annandale squatting area. Those titles have already been distributed to the res idents there.
At the residents’ request,
200 jobs
However, he disclosed that there are about 15 households in another sec tion of the squatting area that cannot be regularised. As a result, the Ministry of Housing and Water has since offered those families alternative lots and homes.
The residents have al ready agreed to relocate within the timeline given. According to the Head of State, the Government will
Commissioning of the concrete production facility and oxygen plant in Linden, Region 10 for Lindeners as concrete facility opens in Reg 10
The Government has also commenced the con struction of the first set of the ‘1000 homes’ project in Amelia’s Ward, while mil lions of dollars are being spent on community roads and other critical infra structure.Minister of Public Works, Bishop Edghill, cit ed the Fiscal Enactment (Amendment) Act of 2008 which paved the way for in centives to be available for investments in every re gion. He therefore encour aged the residents to famil iarise themselves with that legislation, and take advan tage of all the opportunities for investments to create jobs in the mining town.
Thesaid.Minister also spoke of the importance of such initiatives to communi ty development and uplift ment, even as he assured the people of Region 10 of Government’s unwavering support to improve their livelihoods.Theinitiative came at a time when the Government is pursuing massive infra structural transformation throughout the region.
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Dominica, Reginald Austrie, commended the company for the work they have been doing locally and regionally, and said he looks forward to working with the company on future development proj ects.The company also re ceived two ISO certifications
The first of its kind in the region, the $400 mil lion investment by the Guyanese-owned com pany, a subsidiary of the Caribbean Concrete Limited of Dominica, is expected to create an estimated 200 jobs in Linden and surrounding communities.Delivering the keynote address, Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh said the investment is a manifesta tion of the heightened in vestor response to the poli cy conditions created by the PPP/C Administration led by President Dr Irfaan Ali.
Already, the contract has been signed for the US$190 million Linden-to-Mabura Road project, and funds are being acquired to commence resurfacing of the SoesdykeLinden highway.
Oil prices were up more than 4 per cent on the day after the data release. (Oilprice.com)
Ukraine counter-offensive: Russian forces retreat as Ukraine takes key towns
On Thursday, Castillo tweeted that Peru reaf firmed the defence of the Sahara state’s “self determi nation.”The two politicians also disagreed on the Escazu Agreement, a regional en vironmental treaty, and Peru’s participation in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Queen Elizabeth II will lie in state starting Wednesday for four days at the Palace of Westminster, after her body is brought from Balmoral, first to Edinburgh and then to London. The state funeral will take place on September 19 at Westminster Abbey.
he number of total active drilling rigs in the United States dropped by 1 this week, according to new data from Baker Hughes published on Friday.
The announcement by Russia that its troops had withdrawn from Izyum is also significant, as it was
two candidates. Bolsonaro trails Lula in the polls in an election riven by in tense polarization.
The total rig count fell to 759 this week—256 rigs higher than the rig count this time in 2021.
“I am writing to you to submit my irrevocable res ignation to the position of Minister of State in the Office of Foreign Relations,” Rodriguez wrote in a letter published by the Foreign Ministry on Twitter.
His claim would sug gest that half of that area
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King Charles III signing an oath to uphold the security of the Church in Scotland during the Accession Council at St James’s Palace, London, Saturday [Victoria Jones/AP]
Charles, who spent sev en decades as heir ap parent, automatical ly became king when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died on Thursday. But the accession ceremony was a key constitutional and cer emonial step in introduc ing the new monarch to the country, a relic of a time be fore mass communications.
Frac Spread Count, an estimate of the number of crews completing unfinished wells—a more frugal use of finances than drilling new wells—fell 5 to 282 for the week ending September 2, compared to 240 a year ago.
a major military hub for Moscow.
(Excerpt from Al Jazeera)
Ukrainian officials said troops entered Kupiansk, a vital eastern supply hub for Russian forces, on Saturday.Russia’s Defence Ministry then said its troops have retreated from nearby Izyum to allow them “to Theregroup”.Ministry also con firmed the withdrawal of troops from a third key town, Balaklyia, in order to “bolster efforts” on the Donetsk front.
ussian forces have withdrawn from key eastern towns, as a rapid Ukrainian counter-at tack makes further gains.
Earlier this week, Castillo undermined Rodriguez’s August announcement that Peru was breaking diplo matic ties with the partial ly recognised Sahrawi Arab
mother’s “inspiring exam ple” as he took on the duties of monarch.Speaking of his personal grief, he said: “I know how deeply you and the entire nation, and I think I may say the whole world, sym pathise with me in this ir reparable loss we have all suffered.”Thenew king formally approved a series of orders
Dozens of senior British
ing Charles III has been proclaimed the United Kingdom’s monarch in a pomp-filled ceremony steeped in an cient tradition and political symbolism – an event which has been for the first time, broadcast live online and on air.The ceremony on Saturday was followed by gun salutes and the reading of proclamations in London and in the other capital cit ies of the UK – Edinburgh in Scotland, Belfast in Northern Ireland, and Cardiff in Wales.
Peru’s new Foreign Minister resigns in latest blow to President
In his nightly vid
At 12:29 pm ET, the WTI benchmark was trading up US$2.62 per barrel (3.14 per cent) on the day at US$86.16 per barrel, but still down on the week.
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supporter of farright Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stabbed to death a backer of leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, authorities said on Friday, in the latest ex ample of rising political tensions ahead of the up coming election.
Oil rig count slides in tough week for crude
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Rodriguez’s departure comes alongside that of Peru’s Deputy Transport Minister Luis Rivera, who also resigned on Friday after being sentenced to six years in prison for corruption.
politicians past and present, including Prime Minister Liz Truss and five of her predecessors, gathered in the ornate state apartments at St James’s Palace for the meeting of the Accession Council.They met without Charles, officially confirm ing his title, King Charles III. The king then joined them, pledging to follow his
ed on the stabbing, saying there was a “climate of ha tred in the electoral process which is completely abnor mal.” Lula also suggested law enforcement should in vestigate whether such in cidents “had been ordered, or guided, or if it is a po litical strategy.” He did not provide any evidence to back up the suggestion of orchestrated attacks.
Shortly afterwards, the chief administrator of Russian-controlled parts of the Kharkiv region rec ommended that its resi dents evacuate to Russia “to save lives”, according to the Russian state-run Tass newsAndagency.thegovernor of the neighbouring Belgorod re gion, in Russia, said mobile catering, heating, and med ical assistance would be available to people queuing to cross the border.
The advances will be seen as a sign that Ukraine’s army has the ca pacity to retake Russianoccupied territory, crucial as Kyiv continues to ask its hard-pressed Western al lies for military support.
Bolsonaro backer kills Lula fan as Brazil election tensions mount
Peru’s President Pedro Castillo walking ahead of delivering his Independence Day address to the nation, outside the Legislative Palace in Lima, Peru, July 28, 2022
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Crude oil production in the United States remains unchanged for the week ending September 2. US crude oil production stayed at 12.1 million bpd for the second consecutive week, according to the latest weekly EIA estimates. US production levels are up 400,000 bpd on the year, and up 2.1 million bpd versus a year ago.
A Ukrainian soldier stands beside a Russian vehicle with the Z marking, in the Kharkiv region on Friday
(Excerpt from BBC News)
Approval ratings for Castillo, who has been in office just over a year, have plummeted. He has already reshuffled his Cabinet sev eral times and is battling a corruption probe led by the country’s prosecutor.
In a statement, Juanita Goebertus Estrada, the director of the Americas
Democratic Republic in Western Sahara.
“The goal was to revit alise Peru’s foreign policy, correct mistakes and try to strengthen the course of our country’s international life,” he added, without elaborat ing.
eo address on Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Ukraine had now liberated 2000 sq km (700 sq miles) from Russia since begin ning a renewed counter-of fensive earlier this month.
The violence happened in the west-central state of Mato Grosso, after tempers frayed during an argu ment over support for the
The Brent benchmark was trading up at US$91.84 per barrel, up US$2.69 (+3.02 per cent) on the day, but also down compared to this time last Friday.
King Charles III formally proclaimed UK’s new monarch
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The Ukrainian ad vances - if held - would be the most significant since Russia withdrew from areas around Kyiv in April.
has been recaptured in the last 48 hours alone - as it is twice the area of territo ry Zelensky said had been liberated when he spoke on Thursday evening.
for Human Rights Watch, said “all candidates should energetically condemn” the killing of Cardoso dos Santos, adding that “Brazilians deserve peace ful elections and should be able to engage in political discussions without fear of violence or retaliation for theirTheviews.”President’s of fice did not immediate ly respond to a request for comment. (Excerpt from Reuters)
According to the Police report of the incident, Rafael Silva de Oliveira, 24, killed Benedito Cardoso dos Santos, 42, by stabbing him with a knife. The sus pect was taken to the Police station, where he confessed and was Speakingcharged.with report ers in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, Lula comment
Oil rigs in the United States fell by 5 this week, to 591. Gas rigs rose by 4, to 166. Miscellaneous rigs stayed the same at 2. The rig count in the Permian Basin dropped by 2 to 340 this week. Rigs in the Eagle Ford stayed the same at 71. Oil and gas rigs in the Permian are 86 above where they were this time last Primaryyear.Vision’s
Charles was accompa nied at the ceremony by his wife Camilla, the queen consort, and his eldest son Prince William. William is now heir to the throne and has assumed the title that Charles long held, prince of Wales.The ceremony ended with a royal official publicly proclaiming King Charles III the monarch from a bal cony at the palace. In cen turies past, this would have been the first official con firmation the public had of their new sovereign.
(Reuters)
Peru’s Foreign Minister, Miguel Rodriguez, has re signed after just one month in office, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday, after public clashes between the official and left ist president Pedro Castillo.
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Sinclair relayed that the competition in Barbados was not what he had expected. He has acknowledged that he ‘did receive a challenge’ from one of the competitors, but he has opined that the rest of the competition was a proverbial walk in the park.
Sinclair closed this interview by stating that he is grateful to everyone who has played a part in his success at the competition in Barbados.
give me a good competition,” he shared.
in the contingent that represented Guyana at StrongFest in Barbados earlier this month was Julio Sinclair, that tall, hulking strongman with an imposing physique, who, with another local Hercules, Carlos “The Show Stopper” PetersonGriffith, participated in the strongman and powerlifting categories in that competition.
In an interview with this publication, this human behemoth was asked what he thought of the results of the competition, and he responded as follows: “Well, the results were good; it was a good competition, as the competitors were all there to win, so I had to put my best foot forward, with all the training I did for the strongman competition. So, I feel pretty confident, I feel well, and I am happy that I regained the strongman title.”
fellow countryman Carlos “The Show Stopper” Peterson-Griffith, who copped second.
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Sinclair will now shift his attention to the Mr Guyana Competition, set for December, 2022
In the “powerlifting” segment of the competition, Sinclair’s placement results were as follows: Squat: 3rd; Bench Press: 2nd; Deadlift: 3rd; giving him a total of third place overall.
He then went on to dominate the strongman event, taking first place over his
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Sinclair, further, went on to note that next on the agenda for him is the competition in December dubbed “Mr Guyana”, and he said this means he will now have to start his preparation. He explained that he is aiming to win the Mr Guyana title, and while the date for that epic event has not yet been set, he is preparing his body for ‘the competition’.
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The highlight of that competition for Sinclair was bagging the first place in the “strongman” competition, thus regaining his title.
Julio Sinclair proudly displaying his accolades
“I am ready to find some competition where the competitors are very much in their zones and their levels are my kind of standards, so they can
These activities were spon sored by Shudeo Bachan (Amar) & his family. Shudeo has been with the club over the years, and is the official sponsor of the club’s senior and junior cricket teams.
A look at the back-to-school drive sponsored by the Kendall’s Union Sports Club
tained approximately 100 chil dren from Kendall’s Union and contiguous villages, all of whom received a school bag filled with school supplies and snacks.And for the senior citizens’ initiative, the club has held an event for 45 such persons, all drawn from within the com munity, each of whom was giv en a food hamper and lunch.
During the short pro gramme held to mark these activities, remarks were made by the Borlam-Kintyre NDC Chairman Hitnarine and representatives of the spon sor. The club’s President, Executives and members also expressed gratitude to Mr.
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conditions, the club had had to put all of its activities on hold. However, it is happy to re sume fulfilling part of its man date by hosting not just one, but two community outreach activities: the back-to-school programme and a programme catering to the needs of senior citizens.Forthe back-to-school pro gramme, the club has enter
seniors are forgotten, and he wanted to recognise them and thank them for their sacrifice and contributions made to the development of the communi ty and Guyana.
A scene from the senior citizens programme sponsored by the Kendall’s Union Sports Club
The Kendall’s Union Sports Club, based in #19 Village, East Coast Berbice, has been able to re sume its slew of community outreach activities, beginning with a ‘back-to-school’ pro gramme.According to a missive from this sports club, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent inclement weather
Bachan for his longstanding support to the club and the community.TheClub’s President, Albert Budhoo, explained that it was an honour for the club to do its part to help the chil dren of the community, and he detailed the importance of attending school and having a good education, so that the children can tap into the op portunities that are now avail able.For the seniors, he relat ed that most of the time our
He also stated that the club is committed to continue sup porting residents in any way it can, and he encouraged all res idents, especially the youths, to join the club, which offers recreational and other oppor tunities for persons in the field of sports, education and skills development.
4 – J Class/7 furlongs (distance) – $580,000 (total purse)
Police Commissioner (ag) Clifton Hicken, JJTRC’s Nasrudeen Mohamed Jr and other Police ranks in discussion at the Rising Sun Turf Club on Saturday
TOTAL (RR:
SCOREBOARD Tallawahs Innings Brandon King c † Seifert b Rampaul 7 Kennar Lewis c Webster b Rampaul 4 Amir Jangoo †c †Seifert b Lewis 2 Rovman Powell (c) b Narine 67 Raymon Reifer c Narine b Dupavillon 28 Fabian Allen b Narine 3 Imad Wasim c Munro b Rampaul 21 Chris Green not out 5 Migael Pretorius not out 0 Extras (lb 7, w 9) 16
5 furlongs (distance) $390,000 (total purse)
Rovman Powell showed his class
Cricket Carnival is a firstof-its-kind entertainment event that will go hand in hand with the back end of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) in Guyana. It will run from September 16 to October 2.
Powell, who had started his innings in steady fashion, began to open up around his halfcentury mark, scoring boundaries at will, and taking twenty runs off an over from Rampaul that spoiled his figures.
Imad Wasim had a good all-round game
Powell, Imad shine as Tallahwahs thump Knight Riders in match 12 of CPL 2022
b Mohammad
sent back the openers in quick succession. This allowed TKR to dominate the powerplay, wherein only 29 runs were scored.
Daryn Dupavillon 4-0-23-1
Tion Webster run
only around the halfway mark of the innings that skipper Powell got his innings going. He opened up against Andre Russell, and had Raymond Reifer for company as Tallawahs hit back. Their 90-run stand allowed Jamaica to fight back.
West Coast Berbice, and will see horses and jockeys participating in 9 races for over Gy$10M in cash and prizes.
As such, the Region 5 Traffic Department has vowed to work along with organizers to ensure there is no recurrence of traffic jams at the President’s Cup.
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ust a little over a month after the Guyana Cup horse meet had locked down the West Coast of Berbice, the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee (JJTRC) is returning to offer enthusiasts yet another exciting event.
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Rampaul claimed three wickets for TKR
6 – G Class/7 furlongs (distance) –$970,000 (total purse)
TKR eventually fell short by 34 runs, ending on 119-8 in 20 overs, and they now have just three points from four games, while the Tallawahs have stayed in second place with their third win in four games.
(total purse)
8 – 3-Yr-Old Open/7 furlongs (distance) –$1,937,000 (total purse)
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List of races for President’s Cup
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social media, registration for interested owners and jockeys is still ongoing. The President’s Cup is being sponsored by Banks DIH through their Guinness, XM Rum and Johnnie Walker brands. AJM Enterprise has also been listed as aLastsponsor.Saturday, Police Commissioner (ag) Clifton Hicken, along with high-profile ranks from Region 5 and JJTRC’s Chairman Nasrudeen Mohamed Jr, took a tour of the Rising Sun facility in order to map out a traffic plan.
joined to the Carnival’s list of activities.
The final nail in the coffin came in the 16th over, when Kieron Pollard failed to clear midoff with an attempted big hit.
Andre Russell 3-0-37-0
As the Cricket Carnival Organizing Committee move to ensure they have a wide variety of activities, fitting for all tastes when they embark on their inaugural event, the President’s Cup has been
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3 – K Class/7 furlongs (distance) $485,000 (total purse)
The exercise was agreed upon between the group, owing to the massive traffic jams that occurred on August, 14th 2022, during and after
On the back of captain Rovman Powell’s fifty and an impressive allround performance by Imad Wasim, Jamaica Tallawahs beat Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in St Lucia in match 12 of the Hero Caribbean Premier League.
Ravi Rampaul 4-0-40-3
Sunil Narine was impressive with ball
Glimpses of what to expect next Sunday at the President’s Cup horse meet
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9 – President’s Cup/1 Mile (distance) –$5,812,000 (total purse)
The Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee (JJTRC) confirmed its involvement last Friday when it disclosed that the annual President’s Cup races will be added to the flair of Cricket Carnival.
The President’s Cup, one of Guyana’s most prestigious horse meets, is set for next Sunday, September 18, 2022, at the Rising Sun Turf Club,
7 – E Class/7 furlongs (distance) – $1,937,000(total purse)
Both Reifer and Powell, however, fell in successive overs as Tallawahs appeared to stumble at the finish line. But a 12-ball 21 from Imad Wasim, which included three boundaries off a Russell over, got Tallawahs past the 150-run mark. Thus the Tallawahs were able to post 1537 in 20 overs.
In reply, TKR never got going, after being pegged back early in the powerplay, with Mohammad AmirImadstriking.Wasim and Migael Pretorius went through a miserly spell after the powerplay, that saw both Colin Munro and Tim Seifert struggle to get on, despite staying put for long. After the duo fell, TKR still had a power-packed lower middle order, but they fell awayImadswiftly.Wasim and Amir
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15 Nicholas
5 – 2-Yr-Old/Guyana-bred Open /5½ furlongs (distance) –$970,000 (total purse)
20 Ov
That good work was augmented by a tight spell from spinners Sunil Narine and Kharry Pierre, as Jamaica Tallawahs struggled to break free. It was
After opting to bowl, Trinbago Knight Riders had an early boost, courtesy of a double-strike by veteran Ravi Rampaul, who
out
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7.65) 153/7 Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Kennar Lewis, 1.5 ov), 2-17 (Brandon King, 3.1 ov), 3-31 (Amir Jangoo, 6.2 ov), 4-121 (Raymon Reifer, 16.3 ov), 5-126 (Rovman Powell, 17.1 ov), 6-128 (Fabian Allen, 17.6 ov), 7-149 (Imad Wasim, 19.4 ov)
2 – L Class (Open) 7 furlongs (distance) $390,000
(Target: 154 runs from 20 overs)
accounted for Nicholas Pooran and Andre Russell in successive overs, finding the stumps.
Sunil Narine Amir Munro Seifert Green Pooran Amir Russell Imad
c Green b James 29 Tim
13 Andre
Wasim 17 Kieron Pollard (c) c James b Pretorius 6 Khary Pierre not out 15 Ravi Rampaul c King b Imad Wasim 2 Daryn Dupavillon not out 7 Extras (lb 4, w 6) 10 TOTAL 20 Ov (RR: 5.95) 119/8 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Sunil Narine, 0.3 ov), 2-26 (Tion Webster, 4.5 ov), 3-43 (Colin Munro, 9.2 ov), 4-64 (Tim Seifert, 12 ov), 5-75 (Nicholas Pooran, 13.3 ov), 6-87 (Andre Russell, 14.6 ov), 7-89 (Kieron Pollard, 15.3 ov), 8-97 (Ravi Rampaul, 16.4 ov) BOWLING O-M-R-W Mohammad Amir 4-0-15-2 Chris Green 4-0-38-1 Imad Wasim 4-1-20-2 Migael Pretorius 4-0-17-1 Fabian Allen 1-0-6-0 Joshua James 3-0-19-1
that horse-racing event.
President’s Cup horse meet joins Cricket Carnival activities
The feature race of the day will be the President’s Cup, to be contested over one mile for a reported purse of $5,812,000. The next feature race would see 3-yearold horses contesting over seven furlongs for a purse of $1,937,000. The E Class race would likewise be contested over 7 furlongs for a purse of $1,937,000.According to preliminary reports, the likes of Guyana Cup Champion Alado, Wild Texas Tom, Memories, and Early Bird are likely to feature in the President’s Cup - an event that has been around sinceAccording1992. to the JJTRC’s
L Class (non-earners 2022)
KNIGHT RIDERS INNINGS
– Charles's unbeaten 87 for Kings
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The pugnacious Charles reached his fifty from 27 balls, bringing the packed Johnson Charles stand to its feet. Roston Chase laboured for his six from 15 balls, but Charles stood firm. After the opening stand, only Tim David came and showed aggression, as he made 23 from 17 balls, an innings with two sixes and one four.
Johnson Charles played a fine hand for Kings in
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The CPL continues today with Jamaica Tallawahs taking on Barbados Royals from 10:00h in a top-of-the-table clash, while St Lucia Kings will play St Kitts and Nevis Patriots fromThe19:00h.Amazon Warriors would be in action on Wednesday, September 14, against Trinbago Knight Riders from 19:00h at Queen’s Park Oval.
Charles ended unbeaten on 87 from 59 balls, a top knock that was decorated with five sixes and six fours. The Kings innings was split into two halves literally, scoring 99 runs in the first ten overs, and managing only 62 runs in the other ten overs. While Romario Shepherd did not bowl in the final stages, he ended with 0-19 in three overs, but it was Keemo Paul who did the death bowling and ended with 2-27 in
Shimron Hetmyer and Henrich Klaasen did exactly what the doctor ordered with a 66-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Hetmyer smashed two sixes and a four in his 32 from 21 balls, but he held out to long-on.
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Colin Ingram, playing his first game of the season, was removed by left-arm spinner Royal at 46-3.
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By Brandon Corlette in St luCia
top-notch half-century from South African wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen and an all-round effort from Keemo Paul ensured the Guyana Amazon Warriors recorded their first win of the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League, in match 13, played at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in St Lucia.TheWarriors defeated St Lucia Kings by six wickets, ending on 162-4 in 18.2 overs, while replying to Kings 161-7 from 20 overs.
It was his fellow South African Tabriz Shamsi who shattered his stumps, and celebrated by dialling a call. Niroshan Dickwella came and went for one, and Shamsi was on a roll. Mark Deyal was then bowled by Motie, as Warriors felt some fresh air for a moment.
three overs. The ace spinner Shamsi was the star for Warriors, with 2-14 from four brilliant overs.
In the chase, Warriors lost both openers in the powerplay, but Chandrapaul Hemraj showed promise in hitting four boundaries off the young Matthew Forde in one over. Hemraj, who made 23 from 15 balls, was dismissed at 37-1, but Shai Hope, on the other hand, took boundaries off Roston Chase, even though he made only 11, as he offered a return catch to Jeavor Royal.
Earlier, the Warriors won the toss and elected to field first, making one change, Paul Stirling out and Colin Ingram in. Kings had opted to open the batting with skipper Faf du Plessis and Johnson Charles. The dynamic duo added 93 runs, blazing the Amazon Warriors
bowlers to all parts of the field. Faf made a 20ball 31, an innings decorated with four sixes.
Sports is no longer our game, it’s our businessSUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2022 guyanatimesgy.com GUYANA TIMES - www.guyanatimesgy.com, email: news@guyanatimesgy.com, NEWS HOTLINE: 231-8063 EDITORIAL: 223-7230, 223-7231, 231-0544, 225-7761 SPORT: sport@guyanatimesgy.com SALES AND MARKETING: 231-8064 - marketing@guyanatimesgy.com - PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY GUYANA TIMES INC. SCOREBOARD St Lucia Innings Johnson Charles not out 87 Faf du Plessis (c) b Shamsi 31 Niroshan Dickwella †st †Klaasen b Shamsi 1 Mark Deyal b Motie 1 Roston Chase st †Klaasen b Imran Tahir 6 Tim David c Hope b Smith 23 David Wiese c †Klaasen b Paul 0 Alzarri Joseph c Ingram b Paul 0 Matthew Forde not out 0Extras(b 1, nb 1, w 10) 12 TOTAL 20 Ov (RR: 8.05) 161/7 Fall of wickets: 1-93 (Faf du Plessis, 8.1 ov), 2-95 (Niroshan Dickwella, 8.6 ov), 3-99 (Mark Deyal, 9.6 ov), 4-125 (Roston Chase, 15.1 ov), 5-157 (Tim David, 18.6 ov), 6-157 (David Wiese, 19.1 ov), 7-158 (Alzarri Joseph, 19.5 ov) BOWLING O-M-R-W Romario Shepherd 3-0-19-0 Keemo Paul 3-0-27-2 Gudakesh Motie 4-0-48-1 Imran Tahir 4-0-26-1 Odean Smith 2-0-26-1 Tabraiz Shamsi 4-0-14-2 GAW Innings Shai Hope c & b Royal 11 Chandrapaul Hemraj c †Dickwella b Chase 23 Colin Ingram c Deyal b Royal 6 Heinrich Klaasen †not out 61 Shimron Hetmyer (c)c David b Williams 32 Keemo Paul not out 21 Extras (lb 2, nb 1, w 5) 8 TOTAL 17.5 Ov (RR: 8.91) 159/4 Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Chandrapaul Hemraj, 3.6 ov), 2-37 (Shai Hope, 4.2 ov), 3-46 (Colin Ingram, 6.2 ov), 4-112 (Shimron Hetmyer, 13.5 ov) BOWLING O-M-R-W Matthew Forde 2-1-18-0 Alzarri Joseph 3.5-0-36-0 Roston Chase 3-0-25-1 Jeavor Royal 3-0-17-2 Mark Deyal 1-0-11-0 Kesrick Williams 3.2-0-30-1 David Wiese 2-0-23-0
Klaasen starred with an unbeaten 61 from 46 balls in an innings that included three sixes and two fours.
Paul and Klaasen ensured no further hiccups, as Warriors claimed a solid win, heading to the Trinidad leg of the tournament next week. For Kings, Royal had 2-17 from three overs, but he suffered an injury and left the Afield.slight rain delay came at 98-3 rain before Hetmyer fell at 112-4 in 13.5 overs. Klaasen continued to be the shining light for Warriors, and he was joined by Keemo Paul. He reached his fifty from 40 balls, with a six over midwicket against David Wiese, and at that stage, Warriors required 25 from 23 balls.
Despite those wickets falling, Charles continued to dominate, entertaining his family and friends at home. Earlier, Charles and Faf took Gudakesh Motie to the cleaners, taking 25 runs of the final over of the powerplay, an over that included four maximums.
At the powerplay, Warriors were 45-2, and a solid partnership was required.
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