WHAT'S INSIDE: Issue No. 5105 Nationwide coverage from the best news team in Guyana THE BEACON OF TRUTH guyanatimesgy.com PRICE $100 VAT INCLUDEDFRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2022 P14P2 Page12Page9Chaotic scene at T&HD’s Georgetown wharf as passengersMabarumaflockferry Dramatic rescue: Police save taxi driver from trunk after bandits hijack car GBTI records 84% Reportinafter-taxincreasedprofitMid-Year …Chairman anticipates similar growing trend towards year end Grass floating in Berbice River continues to plague fisherfolk 2 tomenunvaccinatedsuccumbCOVID-19YouthshotduringargumentoverfemaleFinanceMinistertoursSchlumberger’slocalfacilitiesatHouston …meets Guyanese, foreign workers Govt steadfast in amplifying voices of youths – PM Phillips to participants Seventh Annual Youth Parliament See story on page 7 AG laments slow pace of electoral fraud cases at Magistrates’ Courts …wants greater swiftness given to matters …2nd vessel to accommodate stranded passengers …gunmen use car to carry out robbery spree, 2 shot Suspected bandit Rawle Franklin Suspected bandit Hamza Samuels Suspected bandit Emmanuel Hale Region does not have “luxury of time” with food security – Pres Ali …progress made in removing all non-tariff barriers Page 3 Page7 PP15P8P511
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…Chairman anticipates similar growing trend towards year end
Despite global events, the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has recorded anoth er stellar performance with a whopping 84 per cent in crease in its net profit after tax during the first half of 2022.
This was reflected in the bank’s mid-year financial report for the period ending June 30, According2022.to a statement from GBTI, its net profit af ter tax totalled over $1.1 billion during the first six months of 2022, reflecting an 84 per cent growth. The commercial bank’s total assets also increased by 14 per cent to $159 bil lion with deposits reaching a record $135 billion. In addi tion, the GBTI Mutual funds has recorded improved re sults as well. In light of this, GBTI Chairman Robin Stoby, SC, said in his report that they anticipate this continued trend in the second half of 2022.“The bank’s improved performance is influenced by an improving loan port folio, favourable market con ditions and stabilisation at the national level… We an ticipate a similar trend for the rest of the year as the local economy continues to grow,” Stoby Moreover,stated.thecommer cial bank further detailed in a subsequent statement that given this performance, it has increased interim divi dend to $6 per share as com pared to $3.5 per share in 2021.But despite these per formances, GBTI, which is Guyana’s largest indig enous bank, says that the sharp rise in cost of living worldwide has not escaped Guyana.“The war in Ukraine has triggered a costly humani tarian crisis that demands a peaceful resolution. At the same time, economic dam age from the conflict will contribute to a significant slowdown in global growth in 2022 and add to inflation. Fuel and food prices have increased rapidly, hitting vulnerable populations in low-income countries hard est. Global growth is project ed to slow from an estimat ed 6.1 per cent in 2021 to 3.6 per cent in 2022 and 2023,” the Chairman outlined. Cushioning impact Nevertheless, GBTI de clared its commitment to cushioning those impacts here. To this end, the bank said it is now providing ready and affordable ac cess to financing. This facil ity – accessible at all GBTI branches across Guyana – is increasingly the preferred route for Guyanese to a high quality of life and making their dreams a reality.
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Region does not have “luxury of time” with food security – Pres Ali …progress made at removing all non-tariff barriers
President Irfaan Ali with Trinidadian Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley
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Pushing for urgent action to accomplish food se curity in the Caribbean Community, President Dr Irfaan Ali has contended that the Region does not have the “luxury of time” to address this topicalPresidentcrisis. Ali is on a State visit to Trinidad and Tobago. At a joint press conference on Thursday with Prime Minister of Trinidad, Dr Keith Rowley, the two leaders updated on a se ries of discussions and progress that was made in areas of re gionalFocalimportance.pointsofthis GuyanaTrinidad engagement have been energy, agriculture, tour ism and youth development. Carrying a strong agenda to slash the food import bill and drive agriculture in the region, the idea is to disrupt the mod el of relying on imported goods. The Guyanese leader ex pressed that these “weighty” discussions are not only geared at increasing the food produc tion or getting people involved in agriculture. It is about hav ing the right policy framework in place to cushion incoming in vestments to support farmers, regional trade and the logistics hub in advancing food security plans.Dr Ali outlined, “Make no mistake. We don’t have the lux ury of time to advance this is sue of food security. Food secu rity is not only important from a price perspective. You can have the money but you don’t have the food. We’re seeing even in developed world, many empty shelves. One of the things that we don’t normally address is access to fresh water. Our food production system requires freshAliwater.”said supply chain dis ruptions and shortages brought on by COVID-19 and the Ukrainian war, paint the pic ture for the Region to act with urgency. Removing barriers In the area of food security, Guyana and Trinidad are work ing to combine efforts, policies, commitment to removing bar riers, technology and research into an integrated plan to ad vance food security between the two“Wenations.will be part of the glob al leadership on food security. You [Trinidad] have a very so phisticated manufacturing and agro-processing industry. You already have the advantage in terms of the cost of energy. What we are working on now is building the productive capacity to ensure that the input is there to optimise the production.” In looking at the transition to a food secure region, Ali said it is not hinged on creating disrup tion, but rather re-engineering the current apparatus and in tegrating existing distributors. He noted that the Governments will be engaging the private sec tor to foster a win-win situation. “Now would this create dis ruption? No, but in the eyes of some, it may look like a dis ruption. That is why we’re also trying to bring every single stakeholder on the table. The distributors of this region must be part of the answer. We have to re-engineer a reversal of the production chain and the sup ply chain in terms of food,” the Guyanese Head of State under lined.Guyana has commit ted to sending 5000 coconut plants to Trinidad, as the na tion has faced devastation to this resource in recent years. Additionally, shade houses for vegetable production will also be available for the twin-island republic.
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Energy Guyana and Trinidad have also committed to advancing a series of action to tackle glob al problems. Apart from energy security, President Ali detailed that even though Guyana is a carbon sink, it is still creating the blue economy to target cli mate“Thechange.war in Ukraine is far away from us but the conse quences are right with us. The supply chain disruption as a result of the pandemic is not caused by us but we are faced with the greatest consequence in that supply chain disruption. We, the people of Trinidad and Guyana, must understand that we live in this global context. Unless we are ready and willing to take and make hard decisions that will allow us to confront the challenges in this global en vironment and to put systems in which we will develop the necessary capacity to confront these global challenges, then we will not be leaving a sustainable pathway.”Energy security has been highly discussed between the two leaders, in carving out a policy that will enable reliabili ty and sustainability. This will bring together human and tech nological assets to better equip the entire region with energy security.“We want a strategic ap proach on integrating our ad vantages that we have in build ing out a sound path towards energy sustainability, resilience and reliance for the region. This is a big part of our agenda with the US too...The fact of the mat ter is that we have to very forc ibly look at our bureaucratic structure to see and to ensure that it doesn’t work as a hin der to the decisions and policies and programmes we want to advance. You can look forward to a very actionable platform through which this relationship will advance and develop,” the President detailed. From this meeting, a work ing group with stakeholders from Guyana, Trinidad and Suriname was created to lead the Region’s energy security agenda and the collaboration with their US counterpart. Barriers Non-tariff barriers have proven to be a significant hin drance to free trade within Caricom countries, but efforts have been ongoing to remove all such barriers within the Region. President Ali underscored that progress has been made to return to true free trade in the Region, with the technical task force handling the removal of all non-tariff barriers. “That technical task force, part of their responsibility is to work on the removal of all non-tariff barriers. We already have a complete list of all the non-tariff barriers and you will see the potential that exists.” According to the Trinidadian Prime Minister, resolving bar riers that have been affecting trade in the Region should be done with “fierce urgency”. In relation to the non-tariff barriers, Rowley said this has been a prevalent issue through out Caricom and hinders the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) mechanism. “Once that is in play and is not under strict control or re duction or elimination, then the whole idea of the single market and economy is undermined… Those are impediments to pro duction in the Region and once there are impediments to pro duction in the Region, it in vites supply from outside of the Region,” the Prime Minister outlined.Typically, Rowley pointed out that countries have been banning produce or other goods from entering their ports due to the possibility of pests. Custom officers can also make this call, if the item in question is a sup posedThethreat.Trinidadian PM point ed out that if policymakers in terpret these statues and have a clear outline, it will prevent persons from venturing out side of these interpretations. Moreover, he added that if coun tries are producing but barriers still exist, then the food security agenda will fail. “There are things you can do that are not tariff and those things are subjective…If a Caricom country is producing food or the raw material for making food…and there are barriers between Caricom coun tries, then increasing Caricom production for Caricom coun tries will not succeed,” Rowley contended. (G12)
resilienceBuildingto risk Dealing with risks has always been part and parcel of the human condition. We are forced to act in a world of uncertainty about whether an event – leading to good or bad outcomes – would occur. As David Hume pointed out centuries ago, we cannot even be absolutely sure that the sun would rise tomorrow, even though it has done so for eons. We can, however, believe that there is a very high probability that it would so rise, because of our experience. So, we measure risks in terms of probability, and if we are prudent, we take efforts to reduce the probability of unfavourable outcomes to our actions and increase the favourable ones. Risk management has always been integrally connected with survival strategies, ever since early hunters figured out it was better for them to hunt in bands. In commerce, insurance was certainly a major innovation that acted to reduce the dangers of taking risks, as was the decision by Governments to allow the formation of corporations as legal “bodies”. The latter allowed risks to be taken by individuals without their personal assets being threatened. Ever since the financial meltdown of 2008 in the developed countries, “Risk Management” has taken on a higher profile, since it is now accepted that the crisis was precipitated by financial firms practising extremely loose credit risk management. Guyanese bankers and businesses should take note. While those man-made risks have brought us low, newer ones, such as global warming, have augmented older risks originating from the workings of Mother Nature. The extraordinary rainfall over the last year led to massive losses from floods. On global warming, last year the COP26 in Glasgow did not actually give much room for optimism. The risks of our coastland, including Georgetown, being inundated from rising seas have increased exponentially. Not much has changed structurally since the “UN Development Report 2014” honed in on “Risk and Opportunity: Managing risk for Development”. The issue of “risk” was placed at the centre of its efforts to stimulate development in the present aura of doubt and uncertainty that pervades the global recovery efforts. There has been, of course, the discovery of over 10 billion barrels of oil off our shores, but that does not alter the fundamental point about managing risks. In fact, Ghana ignored those lessons after they struck oil in 2007, and are still paying for their precipitate excessive borrowing. We might never be able to know the future, but we can reduce uncertainty about it. As the report noted, there are “the missed development opportunities that arise when necessary risks are not taken. Pursuing opportunities requires taking risks, but many people, especially the poor, are often reluctant to do so because they fear the potential negative consequences. Failure to act can trap people in poverty, leaving them vulnerable to negative shocks and even less able to pursue opportunities that would otherwise improve their well-being.” With the world becoming ever more interlinked, leaders in every sphere of activity, but especially those at the helm of States, cannot remain passive in the face of burgeoning risks. They have to change from being “crisis fighters” to becoming “proactive and systematic risk managers”. In our own Caricom, while some countries, such as Guyana, were able to maintain healthy rates of growth even before oil was struck, most of the other members headed in the opposite direction, because they refused to deal with risks posed by their macroeconomic fundamentals, such as debt-GDP ratios. Maybe they will now take the same advice from the UN: “Protecting hard-won development gains by building resilience to risk is essential to achieving prosperity”. That is true whether one is grappling with natural disasters, pandemics, financial crises, a wave of crime at the community level, or the severe illness of a household’s chief provider. Risk can never be completely eliminated. But people and institutions can build resilience to risk by applying a balanced approach that includes structural policy measures, community-based prevention, insurance, education, training, and effective regulation.”
In terms of women, the PM must be aware of the long struggle by domes tic workers to have ILO Convention 189 on de cent work ratified, so that unionised domestic work ers can take their disputes to the Industrial Court. This is another group of mostly women whose cry could be heard, and whose legitimate call to be fully recognised as workers could be met by a Government that had care and respect for wom en, including those who are working-class, labour ing in the informal sector, and probably working in Ministers’ own homes. The State’s approach to understanding and ad dressing women has his torically been welfarist, with women being seen as a beneficiary (or bur den) on the State, rather than as economically con tributing citizens, wheth er through their unequal responsibility for care of children, the ill and the el derly (which is not counted in GDP), or through their productive contribution to national income. It’s like casting wom en as a vulnerable group. Women are not themselves vulnerable; the social, po litical, economic and gen dered organisation of the society puts them at great er risk of violence and pov erty.Similarly, women don’t want to be protected, they want rights, equity, non-vi olence and freedom. The solution is not more cash transfers, nor the ambigu ity of more “respect.” The issues are more complex, and require meeting wom en’s movement recommen dations, and state commit ments and responsibilities. To this day, there is no Cabinet-approved National Policy on Gender, so we can’t hold the State accountable to its own pol icy for advancing women’s rights and gender equali ty. Women would welcome being part of the PM’s sug gested public discussion. We continue to need im provements to laws and policies (and their imple mentation), fiscal plan ning, and social protection. Meanwhile, care and respect require acknowl edgement that the PM vs Michael Annisette mus cle-flexing ironically leaves women unheard, like a stereotypical trophy in a battle between men. (T&T Newsday)
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Prime Minister Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips received a farewell courtesy call on Thursday from the outgoing European Union (EU) Ambassador to Guyana, Fernando Ponz Canto, and Evelina Melbarzde, Deputy Head of the EU Delegation. Prime Minister Phillips also presented outgoing Ambassador Canto with a token of appreciation (Office of the Prime Minister photo)
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B y DR JAMELAGABRIELLEHOSEIN O n Sunday, I was pleased to see Dr Rowley's post on his Facebook page saying, “I am available for a public discussion on caring and respect for women.” Given worsening eco nomic contraction and so cial insecurity since 2015, and in the wake of the pandemic, such public dis cussion, with the Prime Minister listening to unad dressed women’s issues, is urgent and toisationtheirtion’sarenothinggivenbemoanmentmoneylyststywriteindifficultofplanning,decadessibility,theomy,thetainmycostsclaimsersPublicly-paidnecessary.workaremakingimportantinrelationtohigherofliving.Theeconomaynotbeabletosussalaryincreases,butpoorstateoftheeconexportandmoreisGovernment’sresponnotjustbecauseofofpooreconomicbutalsobecausehowbureaucraticallyitistodobusinessTT.Everyweek,economistsaboutthenecessifordiversification,anahighlighthowmuchislosttoprocurecorruption,peoplethelowprioritytoagriculture,andseemstochange.Otheroil-richcountriessittingonageneraworthofsavingsinheritageandstabilfunds.Wearenot.It’spoliticallymachohitbackattheunions, and easy to demonise them as greedy or self-serv ing at a time when tens of thousands have lost their incomes; but this is exactly when and why Governments should be held accountable by work ers, when and why we should not lose sight of the macro-level.Thosewith lower in comes and increasing scar city must now bear the burden of a state creak ing along on rusty wheels, with the PM at the helm for the past seven years and the PNM in power for the majority of this histo ry. To that end, I want to remind the PM, who is senior to the Finance Minister, of calls by the women’s movement for gender-responsive bud geting. Parliamentarians have been trained, as have those in the Ministry of Finance, but the Minister himself seems to have no clue or care about why such a fiscal approach is essential, and why other countries have adopted it already.Again, this is an ex ample of how the macro is failing the society, and how solutions are recom mended and Regardingignored.labour is sues, there’s also a cate gory of Public Servants whose working conditions may be invisible to oth ers. These are employees on short-term contracts of anywhere between one and six months; professionals with experience and qual ifications, but no job secu rity.Historically, women en tered the Public Service be cause it offered stable em ployment, which was good for raising stable families; now there is an entire tier of mostly women who can not access vacation leave, sick leave or maternity leave, nor loans for a car or house. Precarious labour conditions are everywhere.
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The six young Guyanese selected to participate in the 60th Edition of the KIP Programme standing with India’s High Commissioner to Guyana Dr KJ Srinivasa Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh was on Thursday giv en a tour of the facilities of Schlumberger Guyana Incorporated at Houston, East Bank Demerara, where the major service provider to ExxonMobil houses its main operations.TheMinister was tak en on the tour by Managing Director Ernesto Cuadro and GeoUnit HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) Manager Yuri Mozhaev.
Finance Minister tours Schlumberger’s local facilities at Houston Guyanese, foreign workers
Schlumberger is a tech nology company that part ners with customers to ac cess energy. It provides leading digital solutions, and deploys innovative technol ogies to enable performance and sustainability for the global energy industry. It is the world's leading provid er of technology for reservoir characterisation, drilling, production, and processing in the oil and gas industry, and is a major service provider to ExxonMobil Guyana, provid ing technical support for its operations in the Stabroek Block, which have to date re sulted in proven reserves. In 2017, Schlumberger, the world-renowned Fortune 500 company, decided to in vest significantly, and es tablished a long-term foot print in Guyana through its US$75 million oil services fa cility base at Houston, and plans to expand its opera tions in the near future.
6 Guyanese on familiarisation trip to India
He was also briefed on the company’s operations, and interacted with several Guyanese and foreign em ployees. While there as well, Dr Singh learned of the ed ucational and employment journey of several Guyanese prior to landing a job at the international company. He also congratulated them on their future educational and employment paths, as well as encouraged them to aim for continued success in the oil and gas industry.
Six young Guyanese na tionals of Indian origin have been selected for the 60th Edition of the Know India Programme (KIP), and will be travelling to that Asian country in the coming days for a three-week famil iarisation visit. This edition of the pro gramme will run from August 25 to September 14, 2022, and will be hosted in the partner state of Goa - a state on the western coast of India.The participants, who are from various profes sions, including three teach ers, a dentist, forest offi cial and a journalist, are David Papannah, Theresa Jaikishun, Rameshwari Dharamdat, Indera Hoorilall, Albert Inshanally and Chandrakumar Poorannauth - all hailing from various re gions across Guyana. Ahead of the group’s departure in a few days, High Commissioner Dr KJ Srinivasa interacted with the participants to brief them on the programme, and wished them to make full use of the initiative to connect to their roots in India – the land of theirTheancestors.participants ex pressed their appreciation for the opportunity, and thanked the Government of India for the chance to visit India, and conveyed their excitement to know more and experience the growing economic giant. Know India Programme is a flagship programme of the Ministry of External Affairs for engagement with Indian origin youth (between 18-30 years) to enhance their awareness about India, its cultural heritage, art, and to familiarise them with vari ous aspects of contemporary India. This programme is open to youth of Indian ori gin (excluding non-resident Indians) from all over the world, with preference for those from Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, South Africa, and Jamaica. The programme has been in existence since 2003.Know India Programme is a 25- day programme (ex cluding international trav el) during which the partici pants would visit Delhi, Agra and a select state (in this case Goa) in India, along with vis its to places of historical, cul tural and religious signifi cance.KIP participants would also have a two-day orien tation programme in New Delhi. Participants will meet opinion-makers, leaders and officials to get an overview of India’s economy, society, and ongoing growth and develop mentParticipantsstory. are provided local hospitality, like board ing and internal transporta tion in India, and return air tickets from their country of residence to India. Minimum qualification required for participating in KIP is grad uation from a recognized University /Institute, or en rollment for graduation and ability to speak English. The applicant should not have visited India through any previous programme of the Government of India. Those who have not visited India before would be given prefer ence.There are two more up coming KIPs in 2022: The 61st KIP Edition - September 26, 2022 to October 16, 2022 in Gujarat, and the 62nd KIP Edition - November 01, 2022 to November 21, 2022 in Rajasthan. The High Commission of India invites all eligible youths to apply in order to avail of this excellent opportunity to visit and learn about India.
Dividing whole numbers by decimals
Exercises: Divide Example: Estimate 28.05 ÷ .25 Dividing a whole number by a decimal is also exactly like dividing whole numbers, except you need to remember to multiply the divisor by the smallest power of 10 that will move the decimal point all the way to the right. Then multiply the divi dend by that same power of 10.
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1) 12.20 ÷ 7.58 2) 33.60 ÷ 10 3) 894.08 ÷ 2.36 4) 31.05 ÷ 1 5) 54.31 ÷ 23.48 6) 92.88 ÷ 7.12 Scifaiku is a recent invention and a very specific form of haiku that is about a science fiction topic. Haiku is a form of poetry from Japan. It is composed of 17 sounds, or syllables. There is no title for a haiku poem. There is no punctuation. There are no capital letters. But there is a specific form you need to follow: Line 1 has 5 syllables Line 2 has 7 syllables Line 3 has 5 syllables Scifaiku generally follows the haiku format. Because many scientific and technology terms found in science fiction are many syllable words, several scifaiku may need to be written in a series to best make your point. Here is a representative example: Asteroids Wewithoutcollideasound...manoeuvre between fragments.Instriving for directness of expression, Scifaiku avoids abstract concepts and metaphors and describes rather than philosophises. Leave the implications to the reader's imagination:Diggingup an ancient city, finding the print of a tennis shoe. Write a scifaiku or scifaiku series based on a technology word — such as robot, laser, or microchip — or a science fiction setting — like Mars, the future, or cyberspace. “T here,” cried the sparrow, “thou cruel villain, thou hast killed my friend the dog. Now mind what I say. This deed of thine shall cost thee all thou art worth.” “Do your worst, and welcome,” said the brute, “What harm can you do me?” and passed on. But the sparrow crept under the tilt of the cart, and pecked at the bung of one of the casks till she loosened it; and then all the wine ran out, without the carter seeing it. At last he looked round, and saw that the cart was dripping, and the cask quite empty. “What an unlucky wretch I am!” cried he. “Not wretch enough yet!” said the sparrow, as she alighted upon the head of one of the horses, and pecked at him till he reared up and kicked. When the carter saw this, he drew out his hatchet and aimed a blow at the sparrow, meaning to kill her; but she flew away, and the blow fell upon the poor horse’s head with such force, that he fell down dead. “Unlucky wretch that I am!” cried he. “Not wretch enough yet!” said the sparrow. And as the carter went on with the other two horses, she again crept under the tilt of the cart, and pecked out the bung of the second cask, so that all the wine ran out. When the carter saw this, he again cried out, “Miserable wretch that I am!” But the sparrow answered, “Not wretch enough yet!” and perched on the head of the second horse, and pecked at him too.
Step 1: Multiply the divisor by the smallest power of 10 that will move the decimal point all the way to the right: .25 x 100 = 25 Step 2: Multiply the dividend by that same power of 10: 2805 Step 3: Set up your division and divide 112 25 ∕ 2805.0 Instead25302555505ofleaving a remainder, you can put a decimal point at the end of the dividend and add as many placeholder zeros as you need. Then continue dividing, but don’t forget to put the decimal point in the quotient, too! 112.2 25 ∕ 2805.0 253025555050500
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Attorney General & Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall, SC Former Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield, his Deputy Roxanne Myers and embattled Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo
“I’ve had conversations with the DPP (Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Ali-Hack) and the report is that Magistrates within the system are not proceeding with the matter with the seriousness and the expediency with which they should, having regard to the importance of the mat ter and having regard to the length of time that the matters are pending before them.”“Magistrates have made applications to recuse them selves and some are sim ply not determining wheth er the case should be tried summarily, meaning in the Magistrate’s Court, or should be taken indictably before a Judge and a jury. That’s a decision that Magistrates have to make. It’s a proce dural decision that has to be made to determine how the cases will move forward [but] Magistrates have not been making that decision. One Magistrate has made the decision that the matter be taken indictably and that particular matter is being appealed. But that is only one charge out of 32,” the AGNandlallcontended.went on to out line that these matters are of utmost importance to Guyana and its people since the charges on which they are predicated, are grave and serious. He noted that when such alleged acts are committed, then it is the State of Guyana that is un der attack and therefore, the State has a responsibility to ensure, in this case par ticularly, that the charges brought are heard and de termined within reasonable time and in accordance with evidence and the applicable law.To this end, the Attorney General disclosed that he has requested the Director of Public Prosecutions, whose office is prosecuting these matters, to push for the cases to be treated with the type of seriousness and alacrity warranted. In the same breath, how ever, Nandlall clarified that by doing this, he is in no way stepping over any boundar ies. He pointed out that as Legal Affairs Minister and Attorney General, he is an swerable for matters in the justice sector and therefore, has a responsibility to speak out when cases are not being processed, heard and deter mined within a reasonable time as they deserve. “I hope that what I say here is not twisted and mis interpreted to mean that I’m being unduly critical to any Magistrate or that I’m as cribing improper motive to any Magistrate or that I’m bringing the administra tion of justice into disrepute or that I’m trying to in any form or fashion influence the outcome of any case be cause I am doing no such thing. And I want to make that abundantly clear. I’m expressing views that I’m duty bound to express as the Minister positioned where I am,” AG Nandlall asserted. Nevertheless, the elec tion fraud cases were called up last month and have been adjourned until October 6. Given the seriousness of these cases, the DPP Office has recruited sev eral private legal practi tioners to prosecute the matters. The case for the prosecution is being led by Darshan Ramdhani, QC, while Senior Counsel John Jeremie and Attorneys-atLaw Nigel Hughes, Ronald Daniels, Konyo Sandiford, Eusi Anderson, and Latoya Roberts are appearing on behalf of the three accused persons. Lowenfield is facing three counts of forgery and three counts of misconduct in public office, while Mingo and Myers are facing sepa rate charges for misconduct in publicLowenfield’soffice. election report claimed that the APNU/AFC coalition gar nered 171,825 votes while the PPP/C gained 166,343 votes.How he arrived at those figures is still unknown, since the certified results from the recount exer cise supervised by GECOM and a high-level team from the Caribbean Community (Caricom) pellucidly showed that the PPP/C won with 233,336 votes while the coa lition garnered 217,920. The recount exercise also proved that Mingo had heavily inflated the figures in Region Four—Guyana’s largest voting District, in fa vour of the then caretaker APNU/AFC regime. In August 2021, GECOM voted to termi nate Lowenfield, Myers, and Mingo. The firing of these offi cials was met with much sat isfaction by the Government, which hailed it as a step in the right direction to re storing public confidence in GECOM. (G8)
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…wants greater swiftness given to matters
AG laments slow pace of electoral fraud cases at Magistrates’ Courts
Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall, SC, has expressed concern over the pace that the Magistrates’ Courts in Georgetown in deal ing with the dozens of elec toral fraud charges that were filed against sever al former Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) offi cials and political activists over their involvement in at tempts to sway the results of the March 2020 General and Regional Elections. “I have expressed my con cern about the pace at which these cases are being dealt with in the Magistrates’ Court, or the lack of pace,” Nandlall disclosed during this week’s edition of his programme, Issues In The News.Stemming from the March 2, 2020 elections, some 32 electoral fraud cas es have been filed in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts against several po litical activists includ ing APNU/AFC’s Volda Lawrence and GECOM of ficials including former Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield, his Deputy Roxanne Myers and embattled Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo.Most of these charges were filed in late 2020 and earlyAccording2021. to Nandlall, he did not raise his concerns in the past because he wanted to allow the system to work but nearly two years later, those matters are still lan guishing in the court sys tem.
…identification versus verification Identification is answering, “Who are you?” Your info is compared against the info of others. Verification is answering "Are you really who you say you are?" And this is matching your presented info against prerecorded info about you.
Youth shot during argument over female
…(Police) story Everyone in Guyana knows about “provin’ story”, otherwise known as “he seh dem seh” story. In the media, it’s called “allegations”, based on “hearsay” which has come to a point where the person being gossiped about demands that the allegations be proven!! Since we Guyanese mostly talk about people – proving, your Eyewitness understands, that we’re of the “lowest minds”, as opposed to talking about events (middling minds) or, (God forbid!) ideas, which is the domain of the “highest minds” – there’s always a lot of “provin’ stories” making the rounds here, which cause tempers to flare!! To illustrate the point, talking about “what type of governance system is best for Guyana” is talking about ideas. You don’t see people coming to blows over that, do you?? Talking about whether the May 2 elections were rigged or not is talking about an event – and yes…discussions about this do get more animated. But no blows!! However, call some names about who did the rigging and you have scenes of some big one in the society cussing out till “watah na deh fuh wash am!!”, and some pulling down their drawers and beating pots in the streets!! Or filing libel suits!! Yes…the “lowest minds” abound in all strata!! Anyhow, right now, there’s a big “provin’ story” concerning the Police Force making the rounds - and titillating folks from Point Playa to Crabwood Creek!! Police?? Who hasn’t been hassled by these “upholders of law and order” - and shaken down for a fried rice?! And wish they’d get their comeuppance!!? Well, it’s now payback time – with a vengeance and then some!! If it weren’t being reported in our grubby parochial press, you’d swear you were looking at an even grubbier Hollywood gangster flick!! A fella who’s part of the in-crowd of G/town is gunned down in front of the gaudiest night spot in the said town (electric, fake palm trees in the tropics??!!) – and opposite the homes of the President and Prime Minister of our fair land!!!! After a flurry of provin’ stories involving a convicted drug smuggler, the investigation peters out. Until a detective’s busted at the home of a smaller-fry drug smuggler - and his mug shot is plastered across the papers!! Fella then begins to sing over social media better than Skeng – about guns, killings and coverups involving his boss in the GPF!! And that’s where the nasty stuff hits the fan – because he’s now calling names!! Accusations about coverups in the Police Force? Ho hum!! But call a name –especially a “big one” – well that’s a whole new game!! Cause when one name is called, it’s like pulling a loose yarn in a sweater – the whole thing’s gonna soon unravel!! And that’s what’s happening – and with WHAT names!!!
The views expressed in this column are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Guyana Times’ editorial policy and stance
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…you’re you Your Eyewitness did just say that folks don’t get their dander up over ideas, didn’t he?? So, is the motion by the Opposition GECOM Commissioners that BIOMETRICS be included in the upcoming deliberations for legislation on electoral reform gonna generate heat?? Your Eyewitness doesn’t think so –even though it’s as relevant as the Police soap opera. So, if they’re smart, should the Opposition be calling names?? Well, they said they’re concerned that folks who shouldn’t have voted did vote at the last elections, and want “biometrics”. Like the fingerprints of all voters be entered on the Register/voters list, so when folks show up to vote they gotta match the records!! So maybe we’ll have some names of the dead and emigrated who voted “called” for some excitement?? Your Eyewitness doesn’t think so. All this is a repetition of the subterfuge that ID’s to be used for voting in the 1997 elections!! The PNC agreed, but then went to Court screaming “Illegality!!!” Who’d they think they’re foolin’?
Police are on the hunt for a man who re portedly discharged a loaded firearm at a 20-yearold youth at 14 Miles Landing, Issano Main Road, Region Seven in the wee hours of InjuredThursday.is Shamar Adrian of Byderabo Road, Bartica, Essequibo River. Police have said that on the day in question, at about 4:00h, the suspect and the victim were on the landing when a heated argument erupted between them over a female. As a result, the sus pect allegedly drew a small handgun from his waist, pointed it at the victim, and discharged one round, which struck him to his lower lip. After committing the act, the suspect made good his escape, while the victim was transported to the Troy Resource Medical Center for treatment, and has been ad mitted therein in a serious condition. The Police are yet to arrest the suspect.
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Chaotic scene at T&HD’s Georgetown wharf as Mabaruma passengers flock ferry …2nd vessel to accommodate stranded passengers
The scene at T&HD’s Georgetown wharf on Thursday
Following a chaotic scene at the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) wharf on Thursday as hundreds of passengers flocked the MV Barima in order to be taken home to Mabaruma, Region One (Barima-Waini), a deci sion was made to have a sec ond ferry ply the route. This decision was an nounced after MV Barima reached its capacity of 250 persons on board but a large number of persons were still waiting to board the vessel. On Thursday at the wharf, a decision was also taken to accommodate pen sioners, children, and per sons journeying from far, on the vessel. As a result, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill, hav ing visited the Goods Wharf, made the decision for a sec ond vessel on Saturday to accommodate the remaining passengers.Thatvessel will depart Georgetown for Mabaruma at 13:00h on Meanwhile,Saturday.on the Ministry’s social media page, Minister Edghill said that while he understands the discomfort, he is urg ing passengers to under stand that safety must come first, adding that everything will be done to ensure pas sengers returning home to Mabaruma, do so safely.
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Seventh Annual Youth Parliament Govt steadfast in amplifying voices of youths – PM Phillips to participants
Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips at tended a dinner hosted by the National Assembly of Guyana in honour of the commencement of the Seventh Annual Youth Parliament.ThePrime Minister, who delivered the keynote address at the event on Wednesday evening at the New Thriving Restaurant, stated that the Government remains committed to en gaging youth to ensure the success of future genera tions.“Our Government is steadfast in the belief that we must amplify the voices of our youths, and through initiatives such as these and many more, we have en sured that youth interests are adequately represent ed in our mandate and that youths are seen and heard at the forefront of our coun try’s decision-making plat forms,” assured the senior Government official.
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Prime Minister Mark Phillips sharing a light moment with some of the youth parliamentarians The National Assembly hosted a dinner in honour of the commencement of the Seventh Annual Youth Parliament
They then travelled to Vryheid’s Lust, ECD. At the time, Franklin, Samuels and Hudson were all armed with handguns. The men exit ed the car and walked up to a white motor car that was parked with the windows down. They proceeded to hold Singh at gunpoint and ordered him in the trunk of the said car. They then entered Singh’s car and drove to B Field Sophia. The others fol lowed in Hudson’s car. Upon their arrival at Sophia, they handed over Hudson’s car to one called “Foxy” after which Hale and Newyear joined the hi jacked car. Hale further re lated that they drove to 10th Street, Cummings Lodge, where they robbed a male of a wallet containing $10,000 cash and a cellular phone.
Franklin and Newyear were escorted to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where they are both receiv ing medical attention under PoliceMeanwhile,guard. as the an ti-crime patrol ranks were conducting a search of the motor car, Joshua Singh, its legitimate driver, was found locked in the truck. Apart from Singh, the ranks found eight mobile phones, one laptop computer, and a fe male purse in the car. Meanwhile, following their arrest, Hale, 18, and Samuels, 32, were ques tioned during which Hale claimed that on Wednesday at about 18:00h, he was working at a Kitty Public Road hotel when he was col lected by Samuels, Franklin, Newyear and another man, Rosario Hudson.
The firearm and ammunition found at the scene Suspected bandit Rawle Franklin Suspected bandit Hamza Samuels Suspected bandit Emmanuel Hale …gunmen use car to carry out robbery spree, 2 shot
Dramatic rescue: Police save taxi driver from trunk after bandits hijack car
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The items that were found at Hudson’s mother’s house
Joshua Singh, a taxi driver attached to the Shamo Taxi Base at Vryheid’s Lust, Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was, in the wee hours of Thursday, rescued by Police and tak en from the trunk of his car, which was hijacked by ban dits.Following his ordeal, the young man told investiga tors that he was in the driv er’s seat of his uncle’s car, PSS 2705, when he was ap proached by three men, one of whom pointed a gun at him and ordered him out of theFearfulcar. for his life, he complied, and the men or dered him to go into the trunk of the car, where they locked him in. He recalled that the car drove off, then after some time it stopped, and he heard talking, then it con tinued to drive. He said that soon after, the car crashed into something, and thereaf ter he heard loud explosions, suspected to be gunshots. The Police have said that ranks at the Brickdam Operations Room received a telephone call at about 02:59h, stating that motor car PSS 2705, a white Allion with several persons inside, had committed a robbery on Lamaha Street, Georgetown. As a result, anti-crime patrols were alerted, and one of the patrols observed the motor car in question driving along the Agricola Access Road. That an ti-crime patrol attempted to intercept the vehicle as it reached the Two Brothers Gas Station, but it sped away, resulting in the patrol pursuingAccordingit. to the Police, the car was travelling at a fast rate of speed when it suddenly made a turn onto Hunter Street to head in the direction of Mandela Avenue. The driver report edly lost control of the vehi cle, and it collided with the barriers and came to a stop. Four males then exit ed the car and began to run away from the scene. “Immediately thereafter, loud explosions - suspected to be gunshots - were heard coming from the direction where the suspects were running, thereby causing a rank to discharge a round in the said direction where the suspected gunshots were coming from,” a release from the Police said. Other anti-crime patrols arrived shortly after, and a search was conducted in the area, during which Rawle Franklin, a character known to the Police, was seen ly ing on the parapet bleeding from injuries he had sus tained, while his accomplice Andrew Newyear was seen lying in a nearby yard with injuries.Thetwo other suspects –Emmanuel Hale and Hamza Samuels – were found hid ing in another yard. The Police have said they recovered from the scene, a 9mm pistol with a magazine containing three live rounds of matching ammunition.
Report positive results from COVID self-test
The Prime Minister, who lauded the initiative, said: “Over the last six days, as more than 80 young, bril liant minds participated in Guyana’s Seventh Annual Youth Parliament, we wit nessed, once again, a trans formative moment where our children were able to speak for
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– Health Minister
Do I need to report the results from my COVID-19 self-test? The answer is yes, especially if the result is positive, said Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony.Heis urging people to register the result of their home COVID-19 test to the Health Ministry as this will help health officials under stand the prevalence of the disease in the country. “…if you have tested pos itive then you should give that information to us so that we can have a better picture of how many persons are positive,” appealed the Minister to those self-test ing.According to him, some people have used these tests, tested positive, and have not reported their pos itive results to the Health Ministry. He explained, “If we don’t get those reports then the numbers that we have would be an underesti mate of persons who are ac tually having COVID.” Guyana introduced COVID-19 home testing in February, and while some people may choose this op tion to know their status, it is not enough to fulfill in ternational travel require ments.Itwas implemented to prevent gatherings of people at testing sites across the country in light of persons rushing to get tested amid a surge in positive cases. In addition to the self-testing, Guyana has adequate testing capacity with the National Reference Laboratory being able to conduct at least 2000 PCR tests within a 24-hour peri od. Moreover, the various re gional hospitals across the country also have testing ca pabilities. These are in addi tion to testing capacities at private macies.kitsCOVID-19institutions.self-testingareonsaleatlocalphar (G1)
He stated that address ing youth participation in democratic processes is crit ical and must be strength ened in the future. “Youth participation must be strengthened at critical lev els because it is their right to make decisions, give their ideas and lend their talents to addressing key issues we face today and suggest solu tions for how we can make a betterThetomorrow.”PrimeMinister was also keen to note that the administration recognises the youth Parliament’s sig nificant impact in instilling in youths the importance of democracy and their partic ipation in democratic pro cesses.He added, “Youth Parliaments provide a plat form that brings togeth er like-minded, ambitious youth to foster a sense of community and empower ment as they debate critical societal issues and aim to develop solutions for them.”
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Some fishers have report ed damages to their seines and losing some of the polls which make the fishing pens. Mootoo said it could cost between $1.5 million and $2 million to construct a fishing pen.Meanwhile, Anand Kumar Samaroo noted that he has three fishing pens and it cost him $5000 for each of the sticks to build the pens and he needs to get thirty of them. Additionally, there is the cost to construct the“Forpens. years these com plaints have been going to the Minister. Fair enough people live in the Canje River and they have to go and come to do their busi ness but we have to do our business out here too; we de pend on fishing work. They clean the grass bad, when it comes into the Berbice River it affects all fishermen, not me alone. When they dam age us out there, we can’t work – is four months now I am not Samarooworking.”is asking for compensation from the Government for the down time.“When the grass come out of the Canje creek; you see how it is big in the wa ter floating, some would pass the pen and some would hold on to the pen and break down the pen and sometimes it tear up the seine. He said it cost about $200,000 to replace a ‘Chinese seine’. “My pens damage three times already for this year. As long as this grass is there I will not go and make back the pen and if the seine dam age and tear up it can’t be re paired,” he Sometimes,said.access to the village of Baracara, situat ed 52 miles up the Canje River, is a nightmare due to heavy vegetation that blocks some sections of the water way, thus making it almost impossible for boats to tra verse. (G4)
Persaud, and attended by the diplomatic community and private sector. Further, it was noted that in consonance with the Guyana Government’s hous ing policy, GBTI has low ered its rates and continues to work with the Ministry of Housing towards universal homeownership. Housing loans To this end, GBTI partic ipated in the International Building Expo held in July and this saw the bank facili tating housing loans to hun dreds of Guyanese includ ing Giovanni Browne, who won the associated prize of a brand-new Toyota Raize SUV – an unrivalled bonus. The bank says it contin ues to make financing more affordable as it seeks to “See Guyana Through Your Eyes”.On the other hand, GBTI went on to outline that its global partnership initia tives produced major col laboration with interna tional financial institutions such as the ThisDevelopmentInter-AmericanBank(IDB).pavedthewayforthe signing of an investment fi nancing agreement between GBTI and IDB Invest, a member of the IDB Group, lastThisSeptember.dealsaw GBTI being incorporated into the IDB Trade Finance Facilitation Programme (TFFP) through a guarantee and funding fa cility.Through this partner ship, both IDB Invest and GBTI have reinforced their commitment to create a hub for investment and trade for the nation and the region while creating opportunities for the communities. The programme will expand sup port to existing industries, and new and emerging busi nesses in sustaining pro ductivity and job creation, which is beneficial given the current macroeconomic situ ation with COVID-19. (G8) 84% increase...
Large portions of float ing grass in the Berbice River continue to affect fisherfolk who oper ate ‘Chinese seines’ [seins to catch smaller fish]. The grass comes from the Canje River and floats into the Berbice River and at taches itself to fishing pens - destroying them in the pro cess. The grass, which grows from the edges of the Canje River towards the middle, blocks access in some in stances.Contractors are em ployed by the Region Six (East orderCanjegrassadministrationBerbice-Corentyne)tocutthefromtheshoresoftheRivertwiceperyearintokeepitclear.
Fisherfolk who operate in the waterway along with other boat owners have been asking for the grass to be cut in smaller portions, which would make it potential ly less harmful when it en tangles with their seines or wraps around their fishing pens.The issue, they said, was raised at several levels. In fact, Region Six Chairman David Armogan in June said that Chief Fisheries Officer Denzel Roberts had written to him, asking for the region al administration to meet with the grasscutters. “He said that they are cutting it too big and they are pulling seines and the pens of the fisherfolks. When the grass is coming some times looking like an island, it breaks the pens,” Armogan said.Armogan had promised to have dialogue with the contractors who are cutting grass in the Canje River. Armogan had said that a “grass eater” will be arriv ing in Guyana. The machine chips the grass before put ting it back into the water. The machine is also expect ed to be used in the Canje River.Meanwhile, also in June, the fishers who operate from Rosignol raised the issue with Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo about the improper disposal of grass which flows out of the Canje River and into the Berbice River, thus affecting their trade. The Vice President had promised to focus on a longterm solution to the issue. Some of the fisherfolk say they have been unable to work for the past four months.Ganesh Mootoo of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), has four fishing boats operating in the Berbice River. He told this publication that the grass continues to affect him. “When you put down the chase, the grass pulling it down and you can’t get the catch because the chase does provide the fish to run into the seine. Sometimes it also pulls down your pen and also damages your seine.”
Grass floating in Berbice River continues to plague fisherfolk
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The large portions of grass floating in the Berbice River
It was further highlight ed that adherence to inter national Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policies is driving the bank into new and innova tiveAnalliances.example of this, ac cording to GBTI, is reflect ed in the recent partner ship between the bank and the National Beautification Project through its patron, Guyana’s First Lady Arya Ali.Through a Memorandum of Understanding, the bank is assisting the Office of the First Lady with the Kingston Seawall Redevelopment Project that is slated to be completed by December 2022. Moreover, the bank add ed that its focus on aware ness of social issues also saw support given to the ob servance of International Women’s Day 2022; an event highlighted by the feature address of Human Services and Social Security Minister, Dr Vindhya
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Two elderly men from Region 10 Demerara-Berbice),(Upper both of whom were unvac cinated against COVID-19, have died. This has taken Guyana’s death toll from the virus to 1,278. The two males who have died were aged 71 and 88. They suc cumbed on August 16 and August 13 beennavirusMeanwhile,respectively.41newcoroinfectionshavereportedonThursday, of which 70,744 confirmed cases are now in the coun try. From the dashboard, 15 persons are in institutional isolation, 438 in home isola tion, and two in institution al quarantine.Additionally, 69,011 per sons have recovered, while 684,235 tests have been pro cessed to date. The Health Ministry has 457 active cas es under surveillance, of which 14 persons are hos pitalised. Two patients are in the Infectious Diseases Hospital.Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony in formed during Thursday’s COVID-19 update that Guyana has been using Baricitinib and Remdesivir to treat positive patients. Government has been seeking to source mono clonal antibodies through the Pan American Health Organization.“Wehave been working to acquire monoclonal an tibodies because this would help patients to boost their antibodies’ level, and we have placed an order with PAHO to acquire monoclo nal antibodies. Once that becomes available through PAHO, it would be avail able to our patients. A lot of it has to do with what symptoms they’re having. Once we know that, then we’ll treat accordingly,” the Health Minister revealed. Monoclonal antibodies are laboratory-made pro teins that mimic the im mune system’s ability to fight off harmful pathogens such as viruses. They are specifically directed against the spike protein of SARSCoV-2, designed to block the virus’s attachment and en try into human cells. He expressed that it would make a difference if people got their vaccines and booster doses. Many persons who should be tak ing their shots are not show ing up, he added. “It would really help if persons get vaccinated, be cause many of the persons who came into the hospi tals, especially in the early days when vaccines where available, they were not vaccinated. We continue to see that trend, where per sons who are unvaccinated or persons whose boosters are due, and they have all kinds of comorbidities, they are the ones coming into the hospital,” he shared. Vaccination Latest vaccination num bers show that, so far, 445,650 or 86.9 per cent of adults have taken a first dose, while 345,342 or 67.3 per cent are fully vaccinat ed. For adolescents be tween the ages of 12 and 17, 35,523 or 48.7 per cent have received a first dose. Second doses stand at 26,028 or 35.7 per cent. Vaccines are also available for children with in five to 11 years, whereby 7,581 persons or 7.4 per cent have taken a first dose. Additionally, 2,730 or 2.7 per cent have received a sec ondMeanwhile,jab. in excess of 72,000 persons have re turned for their first boost er dose.Inthe Region of the Americas, that is: Latin America and the Caribbean, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has in creased to 172 million, while the death toll in the region has gone up to 2.7 million. If anyone is displaying any of the symptoms as sociated with COVID-19, or need any additional in formation, they are asked to contact the COVID-19 Hotlines: 231-1166, 2267480 or 624-6674 immedi ately, or visit www.health. gov.gy. men succumb to COVID-19
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…Guyana sources monoclonal antibodies to treat patients GUYANA COVID-19 DASHBOARD AUGUST 18, 2022 UPDATE GET MEDICAL ADVICE ON COVID-19 FROM MOH 24/7 HOTLINE NUMBERS: 2311166; 226 7480; 624 6674; 624 2819; 624 3067 OR 180/181. NUMBER OF NEW CASES 41 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN INSTITUTIONAL ISOLATION 15 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN HOME ISOLATION 438 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN COVID-19 ICU 2 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN INSTITUTIONAL QUARANTINE 2 TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES BY GENDER (FEMALES) 38,330 TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES BY GENDER (MALES) 32,414 TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES IN GUYANA SINCE 2020 70,744 NUMBER OF RECOVERED CASES 69,011 TOTAL 1st DOSE VACCINATED 445,650 FULLY IMMUNISED 345,342 TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS 1278 DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES SINCE MARCH 2020 REGION 1 2684 REGION 2 3122 REGION 3 8701 REGION 4 35,196 REGION 5 2565 REGION 6 6873 REGION 7 2647 REGION 8 917 REGION 9 4327 REGION 10 3712 HERE IS HOW YOU CAN BE SAFE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Wear a face mask. Keep a physical distance of at least 6 Washfeet. your hands or use handIfsanitizeryouhave any symptoms, call the COVID-19 Hotline.
Taxi driver rescued from...
The robbing spree con tinued, this time at Ogle, Airstrip Road where they held up 53-year-old Madan Ramdeo of Cummings Lodge and a female and relieved them of cash and cellular phones.Inaddition, the crew drove onto Sheriff Street then to Campbell Avenue, Campbellville, where they robbed a 43-year-old businessman of Toronto, Canada, of a haversack con taining cash, a cell phone and a Finally,passport.the men pro ceeded to Lamaha Street, Queenstown, where they held another man who was sitting in his vehicle at gun point. He was relieved of a cellular phone and $25,000 in cash.They then left Georgetown and headed to the East Bank of Demerara in search of more targets. However, whilst in the vicinity of Houston, Greater Georgetown, they saw the Police patrol, and in a bid to escape, they drove into Agricola.Hale further confessed that shortly after they came out of Agricola, and on their way to Georgetown, they were intercepted by the Police at Hunter Street and Mandela Avenue. Samuels also told the Police that he was armed with a handgun and since the Police were chasing them, he hid it in a yard.As a result, he took ranks to the location in West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, where a 9mm Taurus pistol along with a single bullet wasMeanwhile,found. Police then went to the home of 43-yearold Georgiana Grant of D Field Sophia, who is the mother of Hudson, where a search was initiated during which two magazines along with 16 live 9mm rounds of ammunition and twelve .32 ammunition along with three television sets, one HP laptop computer, four cellu lar phones and 2529 grams of cannabis were found and confiscated. The Police are on the hunt for Hudson. Investigations into the incidents are ongo ing.
Excel announces exclusive distributor agreement with Pauny tractors said, “Pauny tractors has adapted the latest agricul tural technology modernisa tion, with higher productiv ity and lower maintenance costs over time. The com pany is recognised for pro viding high-quality tractors and equipment, excellent after sales service, modern manufacturing systems, highly qualified operators and employees, and dedi cated research and develop ment team. We are excited to work with a partner that will provide Excel’s clients with the high level of service they have come to expect from our team.”
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Excel has announced that it has entered into a new exclusive distribution agreement with Pauny S.A., a manufactur er and worldwide supplier of a complete range of medi um and high-power fuel-ef ficient agriculture tractors, as well as road construction equipment.Founded in 2002, Pauny’s equipment is tried and test ed in soil conditions simi lar to Guyana. Pauny has been exporting equipment to various parts of the globe which include Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Holland, Uruguay, Ukraine, Russia, and Kazakhstan. Pauny is known for its Advanced System of Quality Control Management under an ISO 9001:2001 certification, thus customers are assured that all equipment has under gone stringent quality con trol.Excel’s CEO, Kris Sammy, stated, “With 17% of Guyana’s labour force working in agriculture, it is an important contribu tor to a diverse economy. We commend the efforts of the Honourable President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali and our esteemed Government leaders, who have been do ing their part to improve Guyana’s agricultural sec tor through various poli cy reforms, incentives, and project prioritisation for crops like sugar, rice, corn, and soybeans. As a leader in the business communi ty, Excel is proud to support these initiatives by intro ducing the highly rated and fuel efficient Pauny tractors and road construction equip ment.”Meanwhile, Excel’s Procurement and Supply Chain Manager, Eugene Gonsalves, emphasised the importance of the partner ship in boosting agriculture and construction productiv ity in Guyana. Gonsalves
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Public Works Minister Juan Edghill during a re cent press conference made it clear that the CJIA will continue to expand in keep ing with the growing econ omy.Guyana is projected to be the fastest growing econ omy in the world, with the International Monetary Fund estimating growth rate by 47 per cent. Since taking office, the PPP/C Administration has invested heavily in the up grade of the airport, which includes an extension of the runway and the installation of an Instrument Landing System to assist pilots when landing in unfavour able weather conditions.
One of the air bridges being installed at the CJIA is completed, the airport will have a total of six air bridges to accommodate the offloading of passengers, which is in keeping with its expansion.The$400 million invest ment complements the ex tended boarding corridor which was completed by China Harbour Engineering Company in June.
CJIA’s Public Relations Officer, Shunza Samuels, is quoted by DPI as saying that the two bridges will make it easier for passen gers to depart the aircraft. An air bridge is a pas sageway which is enclosed and extends from the ter minal gate of the airport to theTheairplane.addition of the air bridges now makes it possi ble for the airport to accom modate Code D and E types of airplanes.Theseare larger aircraft than what usually arrives at the CJIA. It can carry over 300 passengers. The addition of the air bridges also means that passengers coming on British Airways, which is slated to begin flights to Guyana in early 2023, will be able to offload passen gersUsingcomfortably.aBoeing 777200ER aircraft, British Airways will operate twice weekly with the capacity to carry 332 passengers. When the installation
CJIA gets 2 additional air bridges
T he Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) has received two additional air bridges to be installed by September, which will further advance the modernisation and effi ciency of the airport.
Over 150 residents of Sisters Village, West Bank of Demerara have benefited from a med ical outreach facilitat ed by the Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG) in collaboration with the Sisters Village Masjid on Sunday.The services provided at the outreach comprised testing for blood pressure, glucose, HIV, STI and VIA; eye care administration; the provision of COVID-19 vac cination and booster shots; advice on health care for the elderly, men, and adoles cents; attending to chronic diseases with medical advice from general and specialist doctors; therapeutic mas sage, and provision of overthe-counter and prescription medication.Theoutreach was sup ported by The Guyana Cancer Foundation, National Aids Programme Secretariat, National Blood Transfusion Service, Dauntless Professional Therapeutic Bodyworks, Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation - VIA Maternal Health Unit and Chronic Disease Division, The Ministry of Public Health - The Elderly, Men’s and Adolescent Health Care Unit, Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) COVID-19 Vaccination Team and SEWA International. Persons receiving medical attention at the outreach
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The family of a 14-yearold boy, Simeon Selby, who went missing last Wednesday, is pleading for him to return home. His aunt, Sylvanna Selby, with whom he lives at Seventh Field, Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown, said that her nephew vanished on June 10 after leaving her stall at King and Regent Streets, Georgetown, to use a nearby store’s washroom facility. She has since filed a missing person’s report with theSylvannaPolice. explained that her nephew has been re siding with her for several years after his father passed away. His mother, according to her, is mentally unstable. When asked if this is the first time Simeon has run away, she responded “yes” adding, “I don’t know why; maybe he wants his own way, maybe he wants to fol low bad company.” The distraught woman said that one of her neph ew’s friends messaged her on Thursday via WhatsApp, informing her that he saw Simeon at a football match last Saturday at National Park.Sylvanna said that she is experiencing sleepless nights because of not know ing if her nephew is safe. She wants her nephew to know that his family loves him and wants him to come home.“Please come home. Everybody loved you. Up to [Thursday] morning, me and your sister went to the Police and to the welfare of ficer,” Sylvanna said in an impassioned plea. (G1) “Everybody loved you” – aunt to 14-year-old who vanished after leaving for Regent St store
Missing: Simeon Selby
Over 150 Sisters Village residents benefit from CIOG outreach
Paraguay's Vice President Hugo Velazquez addressing the media after Foreign Minister Antonio Rivas took office in Asuncion, Paraguay July 31, 2019
The severity of the mi gration of talent from Jamaica in search of opportunities overseas has been highlighted by the is land’s second place ranking on the 2022 human flight and brain drain index. Receiving a final score of 9.1 index points, Jamaica ranked second behind Samoa which scored a per fect 10 on the list of 177 countries compiled by the Global Economy. The countries on the in dex are ranked based on data gathered between 2007 and 2022, with zero being the lowest score and 10 be ing the "Thehighest.higher the index, the greater the human dis placement," the Global Economy said, adding that its "indicator considers the economic impact of human displacement (for economic or political reasons) and the consequences this may have on a country’s development".
The data used to ar rive at the final index point is collected from central banks, national authorities, the World Bank, United Nations, International Monetary Fund (IMF), among other agencies. Jamaica's poor scoring on the index comes on the heels of several teachers ex iting local classrooms for higher salaries in teaching overseas.Haiti with a score of 8.2 and Guyana (8.1) were ranked as ninth and 10th place respectively on the in dex.The least affected Caribbean island by brain drain is The Bahamas, which received a score of 4.3 index points and a place ment of 120. (Excerpt from Jamaica Observer) Hours after acting Police Commissioner Mc Donald Jacob an nounced that more Police of ficers will be added to the patrol grid in five Police Divisions, two gunmen killed a Morvant man and injured three others—including two children.Eusibio Roberts, 49, was reportedly liming with other persons at a shop along Mon Repos Road, Morvant around 6:40 pm on Tuesday, August 16, when an unknown car stopped and two men carry ing guns alighted. As Roberts – who worked as a ward supervisor at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope – ran off, the gunmen began shooting at him. The men allegedly re-en tered the vehicle and fled the scene in an unknown direc tion, following which several more gunshots were heard. Roberts, who lived at Mon Repos, was later found bleed ing from wounds to the head and upper body. A 37-year-old unemployed man of Boundary Road, San Juan, was shot in the thigh during the Meanwhile,incident.aneight-yearold boy of Williams Avenue, Laventille was shot in the chest; while an 11-year-old boy of Laventille Extension, Morvant, was shot in the head and chest. All victims were taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, where they were treated and warded.The San Juan man has since been released from hos pital, while both children re mained warded up to this morning.Theboy who was shot in the head was said to be in a critical condition up to the time of this report, while the second child is said to be rest ing in a stable condition. Police have said the kill ing was gang related. (Excerpt from Trinidad Guardian)
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Vice President Hugo Velazquez on Thursday said he will not resign until he has details of US accusations against him, a reversal days after Washington accused him of having participated in acts of "significant" corruption. On Friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said an associate of Velazquez had of fered a bribe to a Paraguayan public official to "obstruct an investigation that threatened the Vice President and his fi nancial interests." The accusation un leashed a political earth quake in Paraguay, where Velazquez was set to be the Government's presidential candidate in primary elections for the conservative Colorado Party in VelazquezDecember.renounced his candidacy and said he would leave the Vice Presidency this week. But while Velazquez on Thursday said he would not resign as vice President now, he also said in a statement that his decision not to be a presidential candidate is "im movable.""Ihad mentioned when I spoke with you that I was go ing to resign from office ... in order to go and defend my self as a common citizen," Velazquez told a local radio station."Yesterday afternoon I found out that the Public Ministry decided to ask the United States Embassy for the facts about the complaint against me. Today, I do not have a platform to defend my self because there is no inves tigation in the United States either," he added. At the end of July, the US State Department also accused former President Horacio Cartes of involvement in "significant corruption," for having allegedly obstruct ed an international inves tigation into transnational crime. (Excerpt from Reuters)
Colombia, Venezuela working to coordinate border reopening, Minister says
Paraguay's Vice President reverses, says he won't resign yet
T&T: Children, 9 & 11, shot in head, chest; man, 37, killed in incident Study ranks Jamaica 2nd highest in human flight and brain drain in the world
Economists project recession in Chile as Q2 GDP misses forecasts
Chile's gross domestic product came in be low expectations in the second quarter of 2022, central bank data showed on Thursday, leading econo mists to forecast a potential recession as pandemic-relat ed stimulus is unwound. The Andean country's economy grew 5.4 per cent in the second quarter from a year earlier, but showed no growth from the previous three months in seasonally adjustedEconomiststerms. polled by Reuters had expected a 5.7 per cent increase year-onyear and a 0.3 per cent rise over the previous quarter.
The performance high lighted Chile's struggle to grow as the central bank ag gressively tightens its mone tary policy to tame soaring in flation, which reached a near three-decade high last month. "Chile's economy mere ly stagnated in Q2 and the chances are high that it will fall into recession over the second half of the year," Capital Economics' Latin America economist Kimberley Sperrfechter said in aShenote.also mentioned that building current account risks were set to keep the peso on the backfoot, with the local currency weakening 2.2 per cent against the dollar following the latest economic figures. The central bank said in a report that data were mixed among sectors, with personal care and transportation fuel ling growth in services activ ities while mining and agri culture dropped on a yearly basis in the world's largest copperAndresproducer.Abadia, chief Latin America economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said Chile's economy per formed poorly in the first half, reflecting tighter fiscal and monetary policy while domes tic fundamentals deteriorat ed. (Excerpt from Reuters)
Petro has promised to reopen largely-shuttered trade across the porous 2219-kilometer (1380-mile) border. Petro and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have each named ambassa dors to each other’s countries. "Our business owners are looking for this not to be sub ject to sanctions," Umana add ed, without offering details. A United Nations envoy said last year that sanctions on Venezuela put in place by the US and the EU were wors ening a humanitarian crisis and recommended relaxing them, much to the chagrin of the country's opposition. The reopening will not mean a large uptick in trade in the short term but will be key to re-establishing institu tional control in an area affect ed by illegal economies and smuggling, Umana said. Trade between the two countries this year could total more than US$600 million, he added, after reaching US$316 million in the first half, about the same it reached during all of 2021.Bilateral relations broke down in early 2019 after Caracas objected to members of the Venezuelan opposition, supported by the US Trump Administration, trying to send aid trucks across the bor der from Colombia. A US au dit last year found the effort was not planned in alignment with humanitarian principles. (Excerpt from Reuters)
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Since 2011, Peruvians have lived under sev en Presidents and seen four ex-leaders de tained or wanted on corrup tion allegations. Yet, in the same period Peru has held onto the unlikely title of the fastest growing major econo my in Latin America. That period of stand out growth is set to end this year, an analysis of World Bank data and International Monetary Fund forecasts shows, with Colombia over takingSlowingPeru. growth at the world's No 2 copper pro ducer underscores a pain ful truth: Peru's economy is finally beginning to crack after years of increasing ly disruptive political cri ses that have peaked under President Pedro Castillo and a combative Congress, hurt ing both private and public investment.Global economic pres sures like inflation prompt ed by the pandemic have hit Latin America hard, but the mood has turned particular ly sour in Peru. Investor con fidence is lower than during the Great Recession and nearing the pandemic's re cord low, even though busi ness performance continues to improve, monthly polls from Peru's central bank an alysed by Reuters show. "I think that there is no other option but that the Government is affecting (economic) expectations be cause companies are doing fine," said Pedro Francke, Castillo’s inaugural Finance Minister who resigned earli er this year. Castillo took office last July, spooking investors on the campaign trail with a plan to radically redistrib ute wealth and redraft the Constitution. But he ulti mately handed the economy to moderate finance czars and has passed no meaning ful economic reforms. While Peru is used to turmoil and in 2020 cycled through three Presidents in nine days, market analysts say its economy is finally facing what may prove an insurmountable test. "Politics and the econo my can no longer be treat ed separately in Peru," Fitch said in a report this week. (Excerpt from Reuters) Residents protest to demand Government support for soup kitchens in Pamplona Alta, a low-income neighbourhood on the outskirts of the Peruvian capital, where soaring food prices are placing animal proteins out of reach for the most vulnerable residents in Lima, Peru April 11, 2022
Years of political crisis finally hitting Peru economy
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Japan urges its young people to drink more to boost economy
Later French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, who has arrived in Corsica to inspect storm damage, reported a sixth death. Dozens more people were injured on both land andWitnessessea. to the storms said they had been com pletely unexpected and no warning was given. On the French main land, some southern ar eas were hit by power cuts and streets were flooded in the country's second city, Marseille. But in southern Italy, the heatwave continued, with temperatures of up to 40C recorded in Sicily. And across the Mediterranean Sea in Algeria, at least 38 people have died in forest fires. Many parts of Europe have seen weeks of excep tionally hot and dry weath er. Extreme weather events, including both heatwaves and storms, have become more intense and more fre quent in recent years be cause of human-induced cli mate change. (Excerpt from BBC News)
Deaths Europe's storms reported in France, Austria and Italy
U N Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Thursday for the demilita risation of the vast nuclear power plant held by Russia in southern Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, and said he was gravely con cerned by the situation in and around Guterres,it. speaking to reporters after talks in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, said that military equipment and personnel should be withdrawn from the plant and called for ef forts to ensure it is not the target of military opera tions."The facility must not be used as part of any military operation. Instead, agree ment is urgently needed to re-establish Zaporizhzhia's purely civilian infrastruc ture and to ensure the safe ty of the area," he said. Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for shelling the nuclear plant and on Thursday accused each other of preparing to stage a "provocation" at the vast complex. The facility on the Russian-controlled south bank of a huge reservoir was captured by Russia in March."We must spare no ef fort to ensure that plant's facilities or surroundings are not a target of mili tary operations," Guterres told reporters after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.Earlier this month, Guterres launched a fact-finding mission into an incident in the frontline Ukrainian town of Olenivka in which prison ers held by Moscow-backed separatists were killed. Russia and Ukraine both requested an investigation. Guterres said on Thursday that the terms for the mission and the makeup of the team had been shared with Russia and Ukraine, who both need to agree to it. He said he in tends to appoint Brazilian General Carlos dos Santos Cruz to lead the inquiry. (Excerpt from Reuters)
Prices rose more than 1 per cent during the previous session, although Brent at one point fell to its lowest since February, as signs of a slowdown mounted in some places.
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Russia, however, forecasts rising output and exports until the end of 2025, an Economy Ministry document seen by Reuters showed, saying revenue from energy exports will rise 38 per cent this year, partly due to higher oil export volumes. Oil prices rose despite the possibility of increased supplies from Iran and worries that demand could drop if China imposes more lockdowns to stop the spread of COVID, along with slowing economic growth as central banks raise interest rates to control runaway inflation.
Heavy rain and mudslides have devastated parts of Carinthia, Austria
OIL NEWS Oil up 3% on robust US fuel consumption, tight supply outlook Oil prices gained about 3 per cent on Thursday as positive US economic data and robust US fuel consumption offset concerns that slowing economic growth in other countries could undercut demand. Brent futures rose US$2.94, or 3.1 per cent, to settle at US$96.59 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose US$2.39, or 2.7 per cent, to settle at US$90.50.
Japan's young adults are a sober bunchsomething authorities are hoping to change with a newThecampaign.younger genera tion drinks less alcohol than their parents - a move that has hit taxes from beverages like sake (rice wine). So the national tax agen cy has stepped in with a na tional competition to come up with ideas to reverse the trend.The "Sake Viva!" cam paign hopes to come up with a plan to make drinking more attractive - and boost theTheindustry.contest asks 20 to 39-year-olds to share their business ideas to kick-start demand among their peers - whether it's for Japanese sake, shochu, whiskey, beer or wine.The group running the competition for the tax au thority says new habitspartly formed during the COVID pandemic - and an ageing population have led to a decline in alcohol sales. It wants contestants to come up with promotions, branding, and even cut ting-edge plans involving ar tificial intelligence. Japanese media say the reaction has been mixed, with some criticism about the bid to promote an un healthy habit. But others have posted quirky ideas online - such as famous ac tresses "performing" as vir tual-reality hostesses in dig ital clubs. Recent figures from the tax agency show that people were drinking less in 2020 than in 1995, with numbers plummeting from an annual average of 100 litres (22 gal lons) to 75 litres (16 gallons). Tax revenue from taxes on alcohol has also shrunk over the years. According to The Japan Times news paper, it made up 5% of to tal revenue in 1980, but in 2020 amounts to just 1.7%. (Excerpt from BBC News)
The market is awaiting developments from talks to revive Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which could lead to a roughly 1 million bpd boost in Iranian oil exports. Open interest in US futures fell on Wednesday to the lowest since January 2015 as investors cut back on risky assets like commodities, worried central banks will keep raising rates. (Excerpt from Reuters)
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaking to the media during a visit to the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Lviv, Ukraine August 18, 2022
"Oil prices rallied after another round of impressive US economic data boosted optimism for an improving crude demand outlook," said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at data and analytics firm OANDA. Moya also noted that OPEC will not allow the recent pullback in oil prices to continue muchThefurther.number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week and the prior period's data was revised sharply lower, suggesting labour market conditions remain tight despite slower momentum due to higher interest rates. The new Secretary General of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Haitham Al Ghais, told Reuters that policymakers, lawmakers and insufficient oil and gas sector investments are to blame for high energy prices, not the cartel. At its next meeting in September, Al Ghais said OPEC+, which includes other oil suppliers like Russia, "could cut production if necessary, we could add production if necessary.
UN Chief: Ukraine's nuclear plant must be demilitarised
At least 21 people have been killed and 33 others were wounded after a bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, during evening prayers on Wednesday, according to the Police.“Yesterday an explo sion occurred in a mosque … during evening prayers. As a result, 21 of our cit izens were martyred and 33 were wounded,” Kabul Police spokesman Khalid Zadran said in a statement on Thursday.Taliban Government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid earlier confirmed there were dead and wound ed, but did not specify how many.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast and authorities did not publicly assign blame. “The murderers of civil ians and perpetrators … will soon be punished for their crimes,” he wrote on Twitter. The Afghanistan country director of Emergency, an Italian NGO that provides free healthcare in Kabul, told Al Jazeera that its hospital had received 35 patients in jured in the blast; two were dead on arrival, one died in the emergency room, eight received treatment and were later discharged, while 24 remain“Theadmitted.injuriesare mainly due to the [bomb] and burns following the explosion. Nine patients are below 18 years old and one child is seven years old,” Stefano Sozza said.“The hospital is now quite full – we only have eight free beds and we are running out of capacity buildings.teringhoodnorthernSiddiquiyaplosionagenciesWitnessesunfortunately.”toldnewsthepowerfulextargetedthemosqueintheKabulneighbourofKhairKhana,shatwindowsinnearby (Excerpt from Al Jazeera)
... It all depends on how things unfold." US crude stocks fell by 7.1 million barrels in the week to Aug 12, Energy Information Administration data showed, against expectations for a 275,000-barrel drop, as exports hit a record 5 million barrels per day (bpd). Bans by the European Union on Russian oil exports could dramatically tighten supply and drive up prices in coming months."The EU embargoes will force Russia to shut in around 1.6 million (bpd) of output by year-end, rising to 2 million bpd in 2023," consultancy BCA research said in a note.
P owerful storms have battered areas of cen tral and southern Europe, killing at least 13 people including three chil dren.The deaths, most from falling trees, were report ed in Italy and Austria, and on the French island of Corsica.Heavy rain and winds wrecked campsites on the island, while in Venice, Italy, masonry was blown off the belltower of St Mark's Basilica. The storms follow weeks of heatwave and drought across much of the conti nent.In Corsica, winds gust ing up to 224 km/h (140mph) uprooted trees and dam aged mobile Authoritieshomes.there said a 13-year-old girl was killed by a falling tree on a camp site.A man died in a simi lar incident and an elderly woman was killed when her car was hit by the detached roof of a beach hut. Two other people, a fish erman and a female kayak er, died out at sea.
Death toll in Kabul mosque bombing rises to 21
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GTR (Goliath) currently holds the speed record on the 1320 Strip, a blistering 7.5 seconds, in addition to the record for the second fast est time, and it is expected that the front-runner of Drag Racing in Guyana would con tinue to demolish times, come Sunday.Although the two rail cars from Trinidad & Tobago would potentially pose a threat to Team Mohamed’s establishing its dominance in the proceedings, Azruddin Mohamed, as owner of this superlative team, is unfazed by their presence in the com petition, having already made light work of Sheldon Bissessar’s rail car (driven by his brother Andy) with his GTR Goliath (driven by Terrence Cox) back in 2018. Team Mohamed’s ve hicles, distinguishable by the display of the Golden Arrowhead on their roofs, may very likely be in a class by themselves come Sunday, as they seek to break into the six-second mark – a feat the Pro-mod car is more than ca pable of achieving, according to reports.Toguarantee that fans get their money’s worth, Team Mohamed’s have, over a month ago, acquired the services of the United Statesbased Brandon Jackson of T1 Race Development to lead the preparation of the GTRs, to ensure that all systems would be in place for Sunday’s show down.A ticket to witness the event costs $2000 for adults and $1000 for kids, while VIP and VVIP arrange ments cost $30,000 and $40,000 respectively.
Can Team Mohamed’s reset the record?
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…Minister Dharamlall hailed for cooperation Samaroo, Lackram Lathman and Junior Blair. The coaches would be re quired to work 80 hours per month, and Foster has said that 14 of them have start ed to work in Region Six at venues including Rose Hall Canje, New Amsterdam, Rose Hall Town, #73, Skeldon, and Port Mourant. Coaching in Region Five would start shortly, as soon as some paper work is com pleted in regard to signing up the Withcoaches.theassistance of Minister Dharamlall, the BCB has attracted some sponsorship, and the funds would be used to purchase the items that the coaches would need, including flan nel and hard balls. The BCB has already provided sever al aids to the coaches, and more would be handed over shortly, including catching cribs.Foster disclosed that the first phrase of the proj ect would target members of clubs with junior sections, and when school reopens in September, coaches would visit both primary and sec ondary schools in the most comprehensive coaching pro gramme undertaken in the history of Berbice. He stated that, last year, the BCB had set itself a tar get of producing ten players for the West Indies at all lev els in five years. It has pro duced six so far, and is con fident that the target would be achieved before the end of 2023. The county has also produced a total of forty-two players for Guyana this year at all levels, and hopes to in crease that amount in 2023. Head Coach Winston Smith has said the coaches are delighted at the positive attitude of the players, and he hailed the BCB for or ganising the project. Smith predicted that many prom ising players would emerge from the project over the next twelve months. Special emphasis is been placed on batting, fast bowling, spin bowling, wicketkeeping and general fielding. The BCB would short ly hand over millions of dol lars’ worth of cricket gear, balls and uniforms to twen ty-three secondary schools in the county before sever al inter zone tournaments are organised. Tournaments would be played in four subzones: New Amsterdam/ Canje, West Berbice, Lower Corentyne, and Upper Corentyne. The winner from each zone would then move on to play a grand Berbice fi nal.Foster has expressed Some of the coaches posing with their charges at the Area H Ground Minister Nigel Dharamlall profound thanks to Minister Dharamlall for his cooper ation in providing employ ment for the coaches, and for his advice in coming up with the structure of the pro gramme. Foster had met the Minister at his Kingston, Georgetown office, and he readily agreed to assist.
Team Mohamed’s machine BCB launches county-wide coaching programme
GMR&SC International Drag Meet…
The new project would join the Dr Tulsi Dyal Singh county-wide coaching and mini academies in the BCB Developmental programme.
With cooperation of the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall, the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday (August 16th) launched another coaching programme for youths across the ancient county. That programme is ex pected to be a 12-month pi lot project with a total of 18 cricket coaches/trainers be ing involved in the coun ty’s most ambitious coach ing venture. BCB President Hilbert Foster, who is spear heading the project, has said the main objectives are to provide regular coaching to youths, to work early on tech nical problems, to unearth new talents, and to provide additional coaching to the most promising talents. The coaches are to be un der the supervision of Level Three coach Winston Smith, and would include Leslie Solomon, Delbert Hicks, Tremayne Smartt, Ameer Rahaman, Seon Hetmyer, Travis Hardcourt, Balram This Sunday, all roads would be leading to the South Dakota Circuit at Timehri, EBD, where the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) would be hosting its first International Drag Race Meet in threeCompetitorsyears. from the twin-island Republic of Trinidad & Tobago and from Suriname would be looking to dominate the local dare devils in this drag race meet. However, that would be a tough task, as the local drag sters have a formidable team, boosted considerably by Team Mohamed’s, the King of the South Dakota 1320 Strip, whose fleet of GTRs comple ment the pro-modified car. Team Mohamed’s white
TEAM NEWS WEST INDIES Having included a few last-minute injury replace
NEW ZEALAND There is a quick turn around between games, and that might tempt New Zealand to make a change or two. But they don’t get to play with their strongest XI often, so don’t be surprised if they stick to the same group.
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Wednesday’s encounter was just Kane Williamson’s third ODI post the 2019 World Cup final. This is also the format that could well give Williamson some breathing space to thrive and get back among the runs. Even though precious Super League points are on offer, New Zealand’s agenda would be to get their first-choice side to fire in uni son.
WESTSQUADS:INDIESSQUAD : Shai Hope(w), Kyle Mayers, Shamarh Brooks, Keacy Carty, Nicholas Pooran(c), Jermaine Blackwood, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Yannic Cariah, Alzarri Joseph, Kevin Sinclair, Jayden Seales, Keemo Paul, Gudakesh Motie, Brandon King, Shimron Hetmyer.
GMR&SC International Drag Race Meet… Kong’s handlers confident of touching 7-second mark
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ments, West Indies are un likely to make changes to their XI. Expect Carty and Blackwood to get another op portunity.
Series wins in 50-over cricket do not come of ten for West Indies these days. The side have been in transition for a while now, but their recent prom ising performances against India suggest that the batting lineup may be slowly settling down.Those steady strides have finally resulted in a very important victory on Wednesday (August 17) in the opening ODI against New Zealand. That win end ed a nine-game losing streak in this format for the hosts, and another win on Friday would help them pick up a series victory that looked quite daunting 48 hours ago against a full-strength New Zealand outfit. West Indies have won only one of their last sev en series, and that victory came against Netherlands. So, for them to finally clinch a series victory against a top side like New Zealand would do them a world of good with the World Cup scheduled next year. In the first game, West Indies never allowed the New Zealand batters to set tle down. The top order, and then later on Michael Bracewell, got starts, but just before they could cap italise on it, they were re moved. And from West Indies’ top order, Shamarh Brooks put his hand up to get the job done in the chase. As much as the Windies would have loved to add Shimron Hetmyer to the mix, his absence gives the likes of Keacy Carty and Jermaine Blackwood an opportunity to make an impression.
A win today would seal a much-needed series and ODI Super League points for the West Indies
Rising Stars U15 Super50…
Only a few days are left before the ultimate showdown among the mechanical monsters takes place on the South Dakota track, and intense prepara tions are ongoing in the camp of Team Secure Innovations & Concepts Inc. (SI&C) with the aim of commanding a presence when activities get underway.Asthe team complete their preparation, Denzel Hopkinson, driver of the team’s ‘Kong’, that fearsome 2Jz Supra that would be in contention among the me chanical behemoths, has ex pressed confidence in the machine and his ability to steer it in the 7-second mar gin.That Supra had won the Unlimited class at the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) 1320 Heat Rematch in October 2019 with a time of 8.7s, and it still has immense poten tial, according to Hopkinson, who is eager to get back on the South Dakota Drag Strip. The former Karting Champion mentioned that the fastest time he has re corded with the machine was an unofficial 8.2 seconds last year, but mechanical prob lems have since precluded any top performance from beingHowever,recorded.thanks to the team’s mechanics, S&D Performance, issues have been resolved; and with help from Time Machine Racing out of Miami, the vehicle has beenThetuned.main bugbear to the vehicle’s performance had pertained to the lagged build ing of boost, and computer is sues had led to manual shift ing of Goinggears. forward, Hopkinson believes he can register a high to mid-7-sec ond time, with the car’s main advantage being its han dling, which is an asset on the somewhat tricky South Dakota 1320 drag strip. However, the main fo cus of Team SI&C is to stop the ‘foreign’ competitors (from Trinidad & Tobago and Suriname) in their tracks, then look to get past at least one of Team Mohamed’s GTR vehicles.Fans who were unable to pick up their tickets prior to race day would have no wor ries, since tickets would be on sale on Sunday at the South Dakota Track, Timehri. Tickets for the event cost $2000 for adults and $1000 for kids, while VIP and VVIP arrangements cost $30,000 and $40,000 respectively.
NEW ZEALAND SQUAD: Martin Guptill, Finn Allen, Kane Williamson(c), Devon Conway, Tom Latham(w), Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult, Ish Sodhi, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Ben Sears. (Cricbuzz)
The National Under-15 Team left Guyana for Grenada on August 18, to participate in the CWI Rising Stars Under-15 Super50 tournament which is set to begin on Saturday, AugustCoached20. by Latchman Yadram, the squad is con fident of doing well in this tournament, after recent ly completing an eight-day encampment in which they played three practice match es. This allowed the players the opportunity to fine tune their games after a pro longed rainy season which affected the preparation of all previous national teams’ encampment.DaveMohabir, brother of national under-17 and under-19 captain Alvin Mohabir, has been select ed to lead the team, while his deputy is talented bats man Romario Ramdeholl. The squad also includes Adrian Hetmyer, the neph ew of West Indies Senior Team batsman Shimron Hetmyer.Priorto their departure, President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Bissoondyal Singh, paid them a visit, during which he interacted with the play ers and encouraged the team to do their best and be great ambassadors for the country.Further, he stated that cricket can be a career for those who take the game seriously, work hard, and remain humble and disci plined.Guyana opens the tour nament against Windward Islands on Saturday August 20 at the Grenada National Stadium. On August 21, they tackle Barbados at Lasagesse in the sec ond-round, while on August 23, they will face Leeward Islands at the Grenada National Stadium. Guyana will take on Jamaica at Progress Park on August 25, then close off the tour nament with their final match against Trinidad and Tobago at Lasagesse. The team comprises Dave Mohabir (Captain), Romario Ramdeholl (Vice-Captain), Shane Prince, Zandon Rose, Darwin La Rose, Dhanesh
Ideally, New Zealand wouldn’t want to read too much into the loss, as they are playing a full-strength side after ages in ODI cricket.
Windies looking to seal series today against NZ
PROBABLE XI: Shai Hope (wk), Kyle Mayers, Shamarh Brooks, Nicholas Pooran (c), Jermaine Blackwood, Keacy Carty, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Yannic Cariah, Alzarri Joseph, Kevin Sinclair.
Left-arm spinners Akeal Hosein and Mitchell Santner enjoyed productive outings in the first ODI. If the sur face doesn’t aid run-making again, the likes of Shai Hope and Kane Williamson would have crucial roles to play to try and bat as long as possi ble.However, showers could interrupt this crucial game.
WHEN: WEST INDIES VS NEW ZEALAND, 2ND ODI, AUGUST 18, 14:00 LOCAL, 23:30 IST WHERE: KENSINGTON OVAL,WHATBARBADOSBRIDGETOWN,TOEXPECT:
PROBABLE XI: Martin Guptill, Finn Allen, Kane Williamson (c), Devon Conway, Tom Latham (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult.
National team off to Grenada …confident of winning regional tournament
The fearsome Kong, a 2Jz Supra Persaud, Arun Gainda, Navin Boodwah, Arif Khan, Razam Koobir, Nicholas Lovell, Sohil Mohamed and Jonathan Mentore. The man ager is Elroy Stephney and Coach is Latchman Yadram.
The National U15 Cricket Team Captain of the National U15 Team, Dave Mohabir
Hetmyer is new GAW captain
…Shift focus to SA Games
Priyanna and Narayan Ramdhani after training during the recently concluded Commonwealth Games
Hero CPL 2022…
“We needed a bit more playing to get accustomed to it. But like, its not so much that those players are way better than us. It’s just that they had a bit more ex perience than us.” What was different for the siblings this year, was the ab sence of their father, Gokarn Ramdhani. However, accord ing to the pair, their mother Emilia, did a great job on the sidelines.Narayan spoke about his mother’s presence at the Games, stating, “Yeah, my mom is the Secretary of the association, so she’s more in the background. So, it was weird seeing here there at the court behind us, but she knew what she was doing. She’s been around badmin ton for a long time, longer than I’ve been playing.”
C ompeting at Games,Commonwealththeapproxi mately two weeks ago, is just another achievement to be ticked off by Badminton playing siblings, Priyanna and Narayan Ramdhani. Following a good show ing at the Games in Birmingham, England, they are now shifting fo cus to the South American Games, in October, as they take on the badminton world side by side. Speaking exclusive ly with the Guyana Times Sport, the duo detailed their Commonwealth Games ex graduated College shared. “Also, I had an injury be fore I went to play. I tried my best with my injury but it was still good,” she add ed. Her elder brother, Narayan continued, “As Priyanna said, it was some of the best players in the world, like Top 10 players in the World and we put up a good fight. It was dif ficult getting the shuttle, not making excuses or any thing, but the shuttles were very slow, but it was a good opportunity, good experi ence playing against those players.”
In the face of adver sity, the pair have had a commendable year on the court and are hoping to extend their success lat er this year. As such, the next tournament on the Ramdhanis’ agenda is the South American Games, to be hosted in October this year in Paraguay. Both players are confi dent that they, along with Akili Haynes, can make the podium, competing with their peers in the Region. “I’ll be here in Guyana for a couple weeks, so, we’ll be training hard and I think we have a good chance to medal at South American Games. Me and Priyanna’s World Ranking in mixed is very high, so we could be seeded. In Singles we have a good World Ranking,” Narayan responded, when quizzed about their prepa ration for the tournament. “I think it’s some of the big countries, Brazil, Peru and then us basically. So, I think we have a good chance to medal, we’re just going to train“Akili,hard.”he’s improved so much from a couple years ago, he’s a good singles player, so, he looking for ward to going and play ing,” he went on to state about Akili Haynes, who will join the siblings at the event.On the other hand, Priyanna shared, “I think I should be the number one for the Caribbean still, be cause for my last outing I got the triple champion. So, it shouldn’t be too bad and with Narayan playing mixed doubles, I think we have a high chance of medaling,” “Hopefully we get a good draw, and we’ll be able to do well,” she said optimistically.
Caribbean Airlines named official Airline of Hero CPL
GUYANATIMESGY.COMFRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2022 23 Explosive left-hander Shimron Hetmyer has been appoint ed captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors team for the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL). The 25-year-old top or der batter has been with the Guyana Amazon Warriors since 2016, and has played 47 matches, with one ton and eight half-centuries un der his belt. Hetmyer, a key figure in the West Indies set up, has shown leadership skills from his youth days, when he led the West Indies Under-19 to their first ICC Youth World CupSpeakingtitle. on his appoint ment, Hetmyer has said, “I’m really happy to be appointed captain of my country’s fran chise. I’m excited to lead this group of men! I can’t wait for the CPL to begin.” Head Coach of the fran chise, Rayon Griffith, has welcomed Hetmyer’s ap pointment and said he is happy to see Hetmyer get opportunity to captain a se niorChairmanfranchise.of the Guyana Amazon Warriors franchise, Dr. Bobby Ramroop, has said, “We are pleased to ap point our first Guyanese captain since the 2013 sea son. Hetmyer has been a main part of our set-up over the years, and we believe the time is right to have him lead the Guyanateam.” Amazon Warriors squad: Shimron Hetmyer (captain), Keemo Paul, Romario Shepherd, Gudakesh Motie, Shai
“Yeah, I agree. She’s been around badminton for a very long time. My dad would share everything with her, so, she knows a little bit about the coaching aspects and I thick she did a very good job,” Priyanna in
C aribbean Airlines is happy to return as the Official Airline of the Hero Caribbean Premier League’s (CPL) T20 cricket tournament, carded to take place from 31st August to 30th September 2022. The airline last part nered with the CPL in 2019, and is delighted to come on board once again as the designated air carri er, keen to RE-connect the region through Commentingcricket.on the partnership, Caribbean Airlines’ CEO Garvin Medera has said: “As the official airline of the Hero Caribbean Premier League 2022 (CPL T20), Caribbean Airlines is happy to REunite the fans and offi cials for the region’s big gest sports party. With the lifting of travel re strictions and the ability to move freely, the excite ment around CPL 2022 is tremendous.”He continued: “Caribbean Airlines under stands the value of sport in uniting the region, and we look forward to shar ing a real Caribbean ex perience with the talented players, enthusiastic fans, and all Jamietravellers.”Stewart, Hero CPL Commercial Director, who also commented, said: “It’s great to be mov ing across the islands again in this, Hero CPL’s 10th year. Caribbean Airlines is our trusted long-term part ner in ensuring that CPL players and crew arrive safely and on time, and we thank them once again for partnering with us.”
The Caribbean Premier League is an annual T20 cricket tournament that si multaneously offers fans in the region a unique, “carnival-like” festive expe rience. This year, there are four host countries for the 2022 League: St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Guyana, where the fi nals will be Caribbeanplayed.Airlines, fur ther, congratulates the CPL franchise on celebrat ing their 10th anniversary, and applauds their efforts in building a tremendous legacy around this great sport, which many fans across the region cherish and enjoy. (CPLT20)
Shimron Hetmyer is set to lead the GAW in 2022 Hope, Jermaine Blackwood, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Odean Smith, Veerasammy Permaul, Matthew Nandu, Junior Sinclair, Imran Tahir, Colin Ingram, Tabraiz Shamsi, Heinrich Klaasen, Paul Stirling and Ronsford Beaton.
Ramdhani siblings satisfied with CW Games' outing
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. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2022 Hetmyer is new GAW captain Priyanna and Narayan Ramdhani embracing their mother during the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2022 Guyanese and West Indies cricketer Keemo Paul recently tied the knot. Congratulations are extended to Paul and his wife on their new ‘innings’ in life Keemo Paul ties the knot! Ramdhani siblings satisfied with CW Games' outing …Shift focus to SA Games PagePage23 23 Hero CPL 2022…
