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Zeelugt squatters receive house lots at Stewartville Housing Scheme
WHAT'S INSIDE: Issue No. 5115 Nationwide coverage from the best news team in Guyana THE BEACON OF TRUTH guyanatimesgy.com PRICE $100 VAT INCLUDEDMONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2022 PP10P8P15P2P215Over $500M in contracts signed to upgrade roads, school in Reg 2 – equipment handed over to Mainstay/Whyaka Village Major Ignatius,transportationupgrades,infrastructuralschoolforStsurroundingcommunities – Reg 9 to get Passport Office in 1 month, ICT Training Centre See story on page 3
Naya Zamana 24, titled ‘AgniSutra’- the thread of fire, was held at the National Cultural Centre on Saturday evening before a mammoth crowd that was blown away by the melodious rhythm of the sitar, vibrant dances, and beautiful soundtracks. The production was scripted and directed by Dr Vindhya Persaud, who was also the dance choreographer. In this News Room photo, a group of dancers is performing one of the routines during the production Chinese companies lone bidders for ECD widening/upgraderoad
“Uncle! Uncle, you gon kill me too?”
– 6-year-old asks mother’s killer – woman allegedly killed because she went to church event without suspect’s permission
It was reported that on the day in question, Torres’s sister, her two friends, and a male, Andrew, were consum ing alcohol next to the de ceased’s shop. At the time, the suspect, who also operates a shop in the area, was engaged in a heated argument with his 18-year-old girlfriend. In try ing to make peace, Andrew went over to the suspect’s house and asked him to be haveTorreshimself.also spoke with the suspect about his be haviour, but this angered him.This resulted in a heat ed argument between Torres and the suspect. At the time of the argument, Torres was carrying a cutlass in her hands and she started to fire chops at the suspect but missed.Inretaliation, the sus pect picked up several pieces of bricks and started to pelt Torres and the others. Torres along with her 12-year-old daughter, sister, and two friends escaped in some bushes about 250 feet away from the landing. The suspect reportedly climbed onto a motorcycle and went afterPolicethem. stated that Torres’s daughter told in vestigators that the suspect, who was armed with a sus pected pump-action shotgun, discharged three rounds in their direction during which her mother and another woman, Eliannys Perozo, re ceivedHerinjuries.mother, she stated, fell on her back and became motionless. Torres’s sister reportedly made it back to the landing and raised an alarm. The matter was im mediately reported to the Police via a 911 call. Upon their arrival, Police ranks found Torres lying on her back with gunshot inju ries to her upper left back, left ribs, and upper left thigh. Perozo, on the other hand, sustained a wound to her left side head, and three wounds to her right shoul der.The scene was processed during which three pairs of slippers, a silver chain, three beer bottles, a small pair of scissors, and a red head tie wereTorresfound.and Perozo were taken to the Mahdia District Hospital where Torres was pronounced dead.
Linden man wanted for murder of Venezuelan woman surrenders
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D espite several mea sures that were im plemented by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to lower the cases of ve hicular accidents through out the country, statis tics released by the Traffic Department showed that for the year thus far, 59 fa tal accidents were record ed. This is compared to 61 for the same peri od in 2021. This was ac cording to Traffic Chief, Superintendent Dennis Stephen, who added that while there is a slight de crease in fatal accidents, the numbers are still a con cern.“Each accident, each life that is lost, it is sad… we might just look at accidents as just a normal thing, but accidents for me are a so cial issue that needs to be addressed by all. The Traffic Department cannot do this alone… it takes all,” he said.He further explained that serious accidents not only claim the lives of some people, but the loss of their life can affect “Sometimesfamilies.welook at fatal accidents, but what about serious accidents where a person might lose a limb, render him unfit to maintain his family, so it is a social issue, so those are things that need to be ad dressed by all Guyanese,” the Traffic Chief said. As such, he called on all road users to work along with the Police Force to reduce accidents country wide.“I believe if everyone looks at road safety seri ously, we may wake up with no accidents if each one of us observes the rules of the road,” he said. The most recent fa tal accident occurred on Tuesday last which claimed the life of overseas-based Guyanese Beesham Dhoray along the Bath Settlement Public Road, West Coast Berbice (WCB). In the same accident, his wife for two days, Viroshni Persaud, and two others remain hos pitalised.The23-year-old man from Queens, New York, USA, and his wife, also 23, of Canefield village, East Canje, were returning to Berbice from Georgetown when the car in which they were travelling turned tur tle. In addition, several other serious accidents oc curred along the East Coast Demerara (ECD) highway and on the Essequibo Coast in Region Two (PomeroonSupenaam).Inthose accidents, how ever, there were no causali ties but some persons were seriously injured.
59 fatal accidents recorded for 2022 thus far – Traffic Chief
Twenty-six-year-oldLindenFordycealsocalled“Blacka”ofOneMileWismar,Linden,whowaswantedforthemurderof28-year-oldRosmarisfRevolledoTorresalsocalled“Mary”,hassurrenderedtothePolice.TorreswasshotdeadduringanaltercationatMowasieLanding,Konawaruk,RegionEight(Potaro-Siparuni),onAugust12,2022.Afewdaysafter,thePoliceissuedawantedbulletinforhisarrest.He,however,surrenderedonSundayandisnowbeingquestionedinrelationtothemurderoftheVenezuelanshopkeeper.
Dead: Beesham Dhoray Traffic Chief, Superintendent Dennis Stephen
Dead: Rosmarisf Revolledo Torres Surrendered: Linden Fordyce, also called “Blacka”
The Berbice Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic on: Parika and Supenaam departure times – 05:00h, 10:00h-12:00h, 16:00h, 18:30h daily Monday, Aug 29 – 05:10h – 06:40h and Tuesday, Aug 30 – 05:50h – 07:20h.
There will be sunshine and thundery showers during the day. Expect partly cloudy skies and thundery showers at night. Temperatures should range between 22 degrees Celsius and 31 degrees Celsius. Winds: South-Westerly to West South-Westerly between 1.78 metres and 3.57 metres. High Tide: 17:59h reaching a maximum height of 2.68 metres. Low Tide: 11:36h and 23:51h reaching minimum heights of 0.52 metre and 0.5 metre.
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Transportation for students Another issue that was repeated during the engage ment on Sunday afternoon was the need for new and additional vehicles, buses, in particular, to transport children to and from school. Some students have to leave their communities and trav el to other villages in order to get to school. It was highlighted that in some instances, this add ed transportation costs that parents are burdened with, especially when it rains and the roadways are difficult to traverse; while in other cases, it was explained that the buses that some villag es already have are inade quate to transport the grow ing number of students to school.Among the villages re questing additional vehi cles are St Ignatius, Kumu, Moco Moco and Quarrie.
Major infrastructural upgrades, school transportation for St Ignatius, surrounding communities – Reg 9 to get Passport Office in 1 month, ICT training centre
The Demerara Harbour Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic on: Monday, Aug 29 – 04:00 –05:30h and Tuesday, Aug 30 – 04:00h – 05:30h.
The President committed to having these transporta tion woes addressed, add ing that he is pleased to see that in some areas where there were no opportunities for schooling, there are now growing numbers of school children.Hereminded that in or der to support this and oth er critical community work, the Government through the Regional Executive Office (REO) is already pro viding 10 gallons of gasoline to each village in the region on a weekly basis. Further, requests were also made for several schools to be expanded as well as for the school feeding programme in at least one school to also be extended to accommodate the growing population of students.
President Dr Irfaan Ali spent his last few hours in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) on Sunday in the community of St Ignatius, where he announced several major infrastructural works to be undertaken as well as committed to addressing the transportation woes of school children from several villages.Addressing residents, the Head of State disclosed that $5 million dollars will be transferred to St Ignatius in the coming days for the rebuilding of the communi ty’sInbenab.addition to this, work will soon commence to reha bilitate roads in the commu nity. According to President Ali, two contracts have al ready been awarded in this regard – one to complete re vetment works to the tune of $130 million and the oth er is $80 million for the con struction of two bridges and upgrading of 1 kilometre of the road from St Ignatius to Stock“ThatFarm.is $210 million of investment to make your lives better, to make your lives easier,” he noted. Also, for St Ignatius, he announced that another $5 million will be injected to re habilitate the pavilion and other amenities at the com munity centre ground. This was much need ed, as highlighted by a vil lager who pointed out that the St Ignatius Sports Club has been represent ing Region Nine in many national events and needed proper facilities including a well-maintained ground to practice and play sport.
“…The communities themselves must be involved in the building of these facil ities so that jobs can be cre ated. We must use the local material and the local la bour,” he stated. Ali, during his three-day visit, has already rolled out several measures that will see the Government work ing with communities to support programmes such as the Hinterland Housing Project. This includes the in vestment of $10 million in Shulinab Village to produce 300,000 clay bricks for the housing programme in the region.The Head of State said they are now negotiating with other communities across Central and South Rupununi to build over two million blocks to support the housing drive.
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President Dr Irfaan Ali and his Cabinet team listening to concerns of residents of St Ignatius and surrounding villages during his final outreach in Region Nine on Sunday
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ICT training centre While committing to having these matters ad dressed, the President also promised to look into the es tablishment of an ICT train ing centre in the region to equip residents with com puter“Betweentraining.Lethem and St Ignatius, we have to find a solution because it is not the ICT hub that you real ly need. What we need is to set up an ICT training cen tre because we have a lot of students who are registered on the GOAL [Scholarship] Programme from these two communities and who will be registered for the on line Teachers’ Training Programme. So, we have to build one ICT facility to sup port all these ICT-related trainings,” the Head of State pointed out. In fact, earlier the President had informed the residents gathered that his Government would be work ing on a comprehensive pro gramme across the region to rehabilitate, and build where necessary, proper ac commodation facilities for teachers and healthcare workers in every community across the region.
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Annex C of the Independence Agreement stipulated that the independent Government provide legal ownership or rights of occupancy for Amerindians over: “areas and reservations or parts thereof where any tribe or community of Amerindians is now ordinarily resident or settled, and other legal rights, such as the rights of passage, in respect of any other lands they now by tradition or custom de facto enjoy freedoms and permissions corresponding to rights of that nature.”
B y A ntonio G uterres O n Saturday [August 6], I proudly stood with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the people of Hiroshima in memory of an unprecedented catastro phe.Seventy-seven years ago nuclear weapons were dropped on the peo ple of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.Tensof thousands of women, children, and men were killed in the blink of an eye, incinerated in a hellish fire. Buildings turned to dust. The cities’ beautiful rivers ran with blood.Those who survived were cursed with a ra dioactive legacy, stalked by health problems, and subjected to lifelong stig ma because of the nuclear bombing.Ihad the great honour of meeting with a group of those survivors — the hibakusha, whose num bers grow smaller each year. They told me with unflinching bravery what they witnessed on that ter rifying day in 1945. It is time for world lead ers to be as clear-eyed as the hibakusha and see nu clear weapons for what they are. Nuclear weapons make no sense. They can not deliver safety, protec tion, or security. By design, they deliver only death and destruction.Three-quarters of a cen tury have passed since mushroom clouds swelled above Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Since then, hu manity has endured a Cold War, decades of absurd brinksmanship, and sev eral terrifying near miss es that placed humanity within minutes of annihi lation.But even during the depths of the Cold War, nuclear powers made sig nificant reductions in their nuclear arsenals. There was widespread ac ceptance of the principles against the use, prolifera tion, and testing of nucle ar arms.Today we are in danger of forgetting the lessons of 1945.A new arms race is picking up speed, with Governments spending hundreds of billions of dollars to upgrade their stockpiles of nuclear arms. Almost 13,000 nuclear weapons are now held in arsenals around the world. Geopolitical crises with grave nuclear undertones are spreading fast, from the Middle East to the Korean peninsula to Russia’s inva sion of OnceUkraine.again, humani ty is playing with a loaded gun. We are one mistake, one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from Armageddon.Leaders must stop knocking on doomsday’s door and take the nucle ar option off the table for good.It is unacceptable for States in possession of nu clear weapons to admit the possibility of nuclear war, which would spell the end of humanity.Bythe same token, countries with nuclear weapons must commit to the “no first use” of those weapons. They must also assure States that do not have nuclear weapons that they will not use – or threaten to use – nuclear weapons against them, and be transparent through out. Nuclear sabre-rattling must stop. In the end, there is only one solution to the nuclear threat: not to have nuclear weapons at all. This means opening every avenue of di alogue, diplomacy, and ne gotiation to ease tensions and eliminate these deadly weapons of mass destruc tion.We are seeing fresh signs of hope in New York, where the world has come together for the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The treaty is one of the main reasons why nuclear weap ons have not been used since 1945. It contains le gally-binding commit ments to achieve nuclear disarmament and can be a powerful catalyst for dis armament – the only way to eliminate these horren dous weapons once and for all.And, in June, mem bers of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons met for the first time to develop a road map toward a world free of these doomsday devices. We can no longer ac cept the presence of weap ons that hang by a slender thread over humanity’s fu ture.It is time to heed the timeless message of the hibakusha: “No more Hiroshima’s! No more Nagasakis!”Itistime to proliferate peace.Together, step by step, let’s wipe these weapons off the face of the earth. António Guterres is Secretary General of the United Nations. No more Nagasakis
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By 1976, the Amerindian Act passed by the then PNC Government to give effect to Annex C resulted in some Amerindian villages obtaining title to their lands. But it was not until a new Amerindian Act was passed by the PPP Government in 2006 that Annex C was given full meaning. Unlike the allusions as to when any particular Amerindian Tribe arrived in Guyana, Art 60 (1) of the Act declares simply, “An Amerindian Community may apply in writing to the Minister for a grant of State lands provided - (a) it has been in existence for at least twenty-five years; (b) at the time of the application and for the immediately preceding five years, it comprised at least one hundred and fifty persons.”Emphasising the spiritual and cultural nexus with their lands, 62 (2) states, “In making a decision, the Minister shall…consider the extent to which the Amerindian Village or Community has demonstrated a physical, traditional, cultural association with or spiritual attachment to the land requested.”
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The remains of the Prefectural Industry Promotion Building, later preserved as a monument - known as the Genbaku Dome - at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (UN Photo)
It is now almost three decades since the PPP Administration announced in 1995 that, henceforth, the month of September would be designated “Amerindian Heritage Month”, and that the state of Guyana would launch a series of activities annually to bring to the consciousness and weave into the rich tapestry of Guyana the heritage of our Indigenous Peoples. Locked away in the hinterland from the plantation-colonised Coastal region, it was a case of “out of sight, out of mind” to 90% of the Indigenous populace resident here. Every year since, Amerindian Heritage Month has been given a theme, with “Celebrating our traditional culture while building One Guyana” being the one announced for 2022. This theme is rather serendipitous, since there have been some critics who have interpreted the Government’s “One Guyana” motto for our national ethos, as contradictory to our multicultural reality. Amerindian culture is inextricably linked to their land, and it was very unfortunate that the APNU/AFC Government had launched extremely gratuitous attacks on those rights to their land. Unlike the descendants of Columbus and those they colonised and hegemonised, the Indigenous Peoples view the land they occupy as sacred, since they are sustained in every way through the crops they can grow, the animals they can hunt or fish, the shelters they can build, the cotton fabric with which they can cover their nakedness, and the herbs from the forest that provide medicines to cure their ailments. Like most modern men, our coastlanders can learn the true meaning of “environmental consciousness” from our Indigenous Peoples, who have not been completely brainwashed, as most of us are, into believing the earth is to be raped and ravished. What the Coalition Government attempted was to undermine the authoritative legal acknowledgment of Amerindian land rights through stratagems such as attempting to subsume Amerindian land rights under a Commission of Inquiry into “African Ancestral Land Rights” and wild claims that some Indigenous Peoples are not actually “indigenous” to Guyana. Unlike what one then Presidential Advisor asserted, the lands which Indigenous Peoples can be given title to are not “reparations” for any past actions of the departed European powers, but an acknowledgment of their rights over land to which they are spiritually and culturally connected. The Dutch, whose rights the British assumed, never conquered, but made treaties with the Indigenous Peoples. In 1965, the first Amerindian MP, Stephen Campbell, accompanied the PNC delegation, headed by Forbes Burnham, to London to negotiate the terms of Guyana’s imminent independence.
Dancers from the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha performed at the National Cultural Centre on Saturday evening in Naya Zama 21 (Troy Parboo photo)
1992 to Another2008. speaker was Region 10 Chairman Deron Adams. One of the issues Adams spoke about, was the need for technical assis tance from the Agriculture Minister. He said that farm ers in the Berbice river have been clamouring for tech nical personnel from the Ministry, to assist them with their crops. According to Adams, there is a need for financing for the farmto-market road from Millie’s Hideout to the Berbice River.“The completion of the access road needs to be placed back high on the de velopment agenda. To en sure that our food security is empowered… Region 10 must be allowed to become self-sufficient in agricul ture,” he Meanwhile,said. Tacuma Ogunseye, another speak er at the event, urged the PPP/C Government to have more dialogue with African Guyanese commu nities. When it comes to his claims of an apartheid state, Ogunseye made it clear that he had no evidence, nor did he intend to present any ev idence.
Dr Henry Jeffrey, Dr David Hinds, and Attorney-at-Law Darren Wade were among the presenters at the 'Apartheid' forum
However, several speak ers at the forum on Sunday pressed on to argue that apartheid is indeed prac ticed in Guyana, notwith standing there is no identifi able or legal system to back up these claims. Among the speakers arguing this posi tion were Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton, Professor David Hinds and Dr Henry Jeffrey, who served as a Minister in several People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Governments from
AG says no correspondence was ever received from group, seeking clarity
Cuffy 250 Committee went ahead with ‘Apartheid’ conference
The housing phenomenon keeps getting better
In fact, when the PPP/C assumed office in August two years ago, the re minder was, “We prom ised 50,000 house lots, which we have been en suring that we make avail able to the citizens, but we have been adamant that our primary focus is home ownership; ensuring that Guyanese move from being renters to becoming home owners.”
5guyanatimesgy.com MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2022 News 06:00 (Sign on) Inspirational Time 06:30 Cartoons 07:00 Evening News (RB) 07:30 Cartoons 08:00 Stop Suffering 08:30 Stay Woke 09:00 MasterChef Junior 10:00 Celebrity IOU 11:00 Paternity Court 11:30 Divorce Court 12:00 Indian Movie - Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2011) 14:30 Liv and Maddie S2 E21 15:00 Indian Soaps 16:00 Henry Danger S1 E20 16:30 Inspector Gadget 17:00 The Young & The Restless 18:00 Monday Night Giveaways with DJ Stress 19:00 The Evening News 20:00 Love & Laughter 21:00 The Resident S2 E12 22:00 The 100 S3 E11 23:00 The Ranch S4 E16 23:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? S16 E15 00:00 Sign off Monday, August 29, 2022 Dear Editor, I think of the reality that “Globally, 1.6 billion people worldwide strug gle with inadequate hous ing conditions, with about 15 million being forcefully evicted every year,” That is according to the UNHabitat, which has noted an alarming rise in home lessness in the last 10 years. Young people, it is shown, are the age group with the highest risk of be coming homeless, so what a relief it is to learn that in beloved Guyana, “some 3000 more house lots will be distributed to resi dents on the East Coast of Demerara by the end of thisTheyear.”news, then, from Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal is not something that is merely ad hoc. In fact, the announcement came during a recent outreach in which 250 house lots were distributed to resi dents from Nooten Zuil to Unity, on the East Coast of Demerara.Explaining the na tional goal and vision of the Government, the Minister noted, “We have not had any recent out reach in terms of Ministry of Housing on this part of region on the East Coast of Demerara, so the cluster that we are addressing is between Unity and Nooten Zuil.”And in terms of ‘stick ing to promises,’ Croal de tailed that “…since tak ing office in August 2020, (Government) have been able to allocate 7900 house lots to Region 4. (And) Of that, just under 4000 house lots were distribut ed to people living on the East Coast.” So, “By the end of this year, we want to allocate about anoth er 3000-plus for the East Coast of Demerara.”
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I think it is a ‘giv en’ that the Government would achieve its manifes to promise of distributing 50,000 house lots by the end of 2025. Let me add that the right to adequate hous ing is a human right, rec ognised in international human rights law as part of the right to an adequate standard of living. Also, we must understand that “Adequate housing”, as de fined under international law, is “the right of every woman, man, youth and child to gain and sustain a safe and secure home and community in which to live in peace and dignity.” This right is so much more than simply four walls and a roof over a head. In this vein, Guyanese are now en joying a level of security and dignity yet again, as this was missing between 2015-2020. Today, in the country, we see that there is the unfolding of so many rights, as “Human rights are indivisible and inter dependent, so the right to adequate housing cannot be separated from the oth er rights, such as sanita tion, water, education, and healthcare.”Irecall that in June of this year, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), Sherwyn Greaves, emphasised that the Government’s hous ing drive is synonymous with the creation of em ployment. This was a com mitment that was also made to Guyanese back in August 2020. He rightfully stated at that time, “This will not only help the land owners; it will, at the same time, provide employment for our citizens across the country,” as the CH&PA will always be inviting individuals, groups, and companies to express their interest in providing vari ous skills and services for the housing initiative. Plaudits, then, to the leaders of the land. Guyanese today are achieving equity, dignity and security in an unprec edented way.
The Cuffy 250 Committee confer ence under the title “Resisting the Emerging Apartheid State”, went ahead on Sunday during which several presenters put forward their reasons as to why they believe that Guyana is in an apartheid state.Prior to its airing, the or ganisation had sent out a statement last week claim ing that the conference was put on hold so that they could seek clarity from the Ministry of Legal Affairs on whether it could be consti tutionally held, bearing in mind its Whentitle.
contact ed on Sunday, Attorney General Anil Nandlall told <<<Guyana Times>>> that he never received any corre spondence from the organi sation seeking clarity on the constitutionality of its pro gramme, as they had prom ised to “Thedo.committee said that they will make contact with the office of the Attorney General and seek certain clarifications. I can confirm that I have received no cor respondence. The office of the Attorney General has received no correspondence from them. That was the ba sis they gave for postpon ing,” Nandlall said, reserv ing further comments until he has seen the programme. Previously, Nandlall in rebutting the programme’s premise, had written a col umn arguing that the use of the term in the Cuffy 250 Committee’s conference, flies against the tenets of Guyana’s Constitution. He had pointed to Article 149 of the Constitution, which guarantees protec tion from discrimination to Guyanese citizens regard less of race, ethnicity or re ligion. Nandlall had noted that there is no system set up in Guyana and support ed by the Government or the Constitution, that can be considered as apartheid. ‘’Apartheid’’ is defined by the New Oxford Dictionary of English as “A policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.’’ Historically, this phrase was used to describe a one-time Government pol icy in South Africa. To even insinuate that such a poli cy or system is emerging in Guyana is absolutely outra geous, Nandlall had written. “No doubt, there is no sys tem to which these speakers will be able to point within the constitutional and legal architecture of the State, or Government that will be supportive of their fallacious theme. Neither is there a singular policy of State or Government to which they can advert to aid their per fidious hypothesis.”
Feeling good on day one Seeing friends you haven’t seen in a while can make the first day a good one. You also can make the day feel special by wearing a favou rite watch or a new hair band to show your personal style. It can make you feel good to be prepared and have all the supplies you need. Once you’ve covered the basics, you might tuck an extra few dollars in your back pack for an emergency (like forget ting your lunch money). Or maybe you’d like to bring along a book or magazine to read while you’re on the Whateverbus. you put in your back pack, make sure you pack it the night before. This prevents the morning panic when you can’t find your homework or lunch box.
instead of to the 2nd power. 52 = 5 to the 2nd power = 5 squared. Remember that squared means “to the 2nd power” You can add and subtract numbers with exponents. It’s
The first day Most teachers kick off the school year by introducing them selves and talking about all the stuff you’ll be doing that year. Some teachers give students a chance to tell something about them selves to the rest of the class.When teachers do the talking on the first day, they often go over class room rules so you’ll know what’s OK and what’s not. Pay close attention so you’ll know if you need to raise your hand to ask a question and what the rules are about going to the re stroom.You might already know a lot of kids in your classes on the first day. But it’s a great day to make a new friend, so try to say hello to kids you know and new ones that you don’t. Make the first move and you’ll be glad you did and so will your new friend!
Once in summer-time the bear and the wolf were walking in the forest, and the bear heard a bird singing so beautifully that he said: “Brother wolf, what bird is it that sings so well?”“That is the King of birds,” said the wolf, “before whom we must bow down.” In reality, the bird was the willowwren. “IF that’s the case,” said the bear, “I should very much like to see his royal palace; come, take me thither.” “That is not done quite as you seem to think,” said the wolf, “you must wait until the Queen comes.” Soon afterwards, the Queen arrived with some food in her beak, and the lord King came too, and they began to feed their young ones. The bear would have liked to go at once, but the wolf held him back by the sleeve, and said: “No, you must wait until the lord and lady Queen have gone away again.” So they took stock of the hole where the nest lay, and trotted away. The bear, however, could not rest until he had seen the royal palace, and when a short time had passed, went to it again. The King and Queen had just flown out, so he peeped in and saw five or six young ones lying there. “Is that the royal palace?” cried the bear, “it is a wretched palace, and you are not King’s children, you are disreputable children!” When the young wrens heard that, they were frightfully angry, and screamed: “No, that we are not! Our parents are honest people! Bear, you will have to pay for that!” To be continued By The BroThers Grimm
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Speaking of lunch, that’s some thing else that can help you feel good at school — whether it’s the first day or the 100th day. Help your parents pack it the night be fore if you don’t like what’s on the menu at school. Try to include a va riety of foods in your packed lunch, especially fruits and vegetables. Get oriented The first day of school is your first chance to find your way around a new school, or learn the pathways to new classes in your old school. It’s a lot to learn in one day, so don’t be surprised if you need a reminder or two. It might help to write a few notes to yourself, so you’ll remember the important stuff! Here are a few final tips for a fantastic school year: Get enough sleep. Eat a healthy breakfast. Try your best. Use good work habits, like writ ing down your assignments and turning in your homework on time. Take your time with school work. If you don’t understand something, ask the teacher. Keep a sense of humour. (kid shealth.org)
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3rd power. Any number can be a base. 24 is 2 to the 4th power. 35 is 3 to
An exponent tells how many times a number should be multiplied by itself. An exponent is usually written as a small number next to, and slightly above a have the the squared back to school time again! You’re probably feeling excit ed and maybe a little sad that summer is over. Some kids feel ner vous or a little scared on the first day of school because of all the new things: new teachers, new friends, and maybe even a new school. Luckily, these “new” worries only stick around for a little while.
number that is larger in size. The larger number is called the base of an exponent. Each exponent represents a “power”. You
already learnt about the powers of 10. 103 is 10 to
5th power. 103 24 35 46 103 = 10 x 10 x 10 24 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 35 = 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x3 46 = 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 Often when the exponent is 2, people say
“That is how you help community economies. That is to bring close to $50 million of business directly to your communities. This is real development… This is about the understand ing needs of people and re sponding to those needs,” he contended.According to the President, whatever areas communities are experts in, the Government will work with them to enhance and develop that activity.
Chinese companies lone bidders for ECD road widening/upgrade
Joining the Head of State at the outreach were Amerindian Affairs Minister Pauline Sukhai, Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water Susan Rodrigues, and Local Government and Regional Development Minister Nigel Dharamlall.
In addition, President Ali revealed that in next year’s budget, provisions will be made to work with the villages of Kumu and Quarrie to develop their tourism product. He said the personnel will be trained and deployed to the villages to operate the guest houses and under take other initiatives to enhance tourism there.
Passport Office Meanwhile, the Head of State stated that a pass port office will be estab lished in the region. In fact, he indicated that he will have discussions with Cabinet upon his return to Georgetown and within one month, residents can expect to see the office set up in HeLethem.also announced during the outreach that the Government will be procuring addition al equipment and giving it to the regional admin istration so that they can do maintenance works in communities such as Moco Moco, where the road is in terrible condition.
ating additional benefits for Backtravellers.inApril, Hadi’s World Incorporated, a subsidiary of Mohamed’s Enterprise, partnered with CHEC Guyana Inc to pursue its US$25 million quarry project to cater to the needs of the country’s booming construction sec tor.However, the other Chinese company, China Railway First Group Company Limited, is also no stranger to Guyana, having been in talks with the Government since last year on the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP), to construct it in a 2008involvedChinesement.TransferBuild-Own-Operate-(BOOT)arrangeTheState-ownedcompanyhasbeenintheAFHPsincewhentheinitiative was first conceptualised under a previous People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Administration. At that time, Sithe Global, a United Statesbased company, as the in vestor of the project and beneficiary of the conces sion rights, publicised the invitation to bid for the project across the globe in May 2008, and CRFG par ticipated in the bidding process.In November 2008, CRFG was announced the successful bidder for the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project, which was officially signed between CRFG and Sithe Global in September 2012. But in August 2013, Sithe Global, due to the expiration of the conces sion rights for the project, exited the development of the Guyana Amaila Falls Hydropower Project, re sulting in the project being set Thisaside.year, some $49.2 billion was allocated for road works. Of this amount, money was set aside for the widening of the ECD high way from Annandale to Mahaica, as well as upgrad ing the railway embank ment from Sheriff Street to OrangeThereNassau.isanother con tract, the redesign, and widening of the road from Belfield, ECD to Rosignol, West Coast Berbice (WCB), for which a total of 10 inter national and local contrac tors threw their hats in the ring. The Belfield to Rosignol road widening was intended to be a continuation of the East Coast Road Widening and Expansion Project, which was commissioned in 2020. The US$50.2 mil lion project was supposed to have two components: a four-lane expansion from Better Hope to Annandale, and an upgrade to the ex isting two-lane road from Annandale to Belfield. Back in 2019, a grant of Kuwaiti Dinars (KD) 500,000 was approved by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to conduct a technical and economic feasibility study for this very project – the redesign of the Belfield to Rosignol road network. In 2016, the Government of Guyana and the People’s Republic of China had, through the China ExportImport Bank, signed a $9.6 billion (US$45.5 million) concessional loan for the completion of the widening of the road between Better Hope and Belfield. The Government had contribut ed approximately $3 billion towards the project. Last year, it was announced that the Government had gotten approval from its coun terparts in China to uti lise the sums saved on the ECD road widening and improvement contract (when the road was com missioned, the cost at the time was US$43 million) to execute 24 additional con nector roads linked to the project.
T wo Chinese compa nies were the lone bidders for the con tract to widen and upgrade various sections of the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) highway when the bids were opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board
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The(NPTAB).tenders were is sued by the Public Works Ministry, for the ECD pub lic road widening and im provement project; phase 2, from Annandale to Mahaica, and on the rail way embankment from Sheriff Street to Orange Nassau.China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), one of the Chinese companies that bid for the project, is no strang er to Guyana. They have been involved in projects in Guyana such as the up grade works at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). It was only in July that CHEC completed extend ed works that were agreed upon with the Government at the CJIA, in keeping with the deadline of June 30. An extension to the structure will now enable larger air craft to enter Guyana, cre The ECD highway
“The Moco Moco road and the condition of that road requires urgent at tention. We’ve already set aside $80 million that will be invested for the Moco Moco road,” the Head of State further noted.
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A motorcyclist was killed on Sunday evening after he reportedly collided with a car along the Access Road to the Berbice River Bridge in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).Thedeadmanhas been identified as Aubrey Sears of No.9 Village, West Coast BerbiceReports(WCB).are that motor car PPP 2020 was head ing east while the motor cyclist was proceeding in the opposite direction. The motorcyclist was looking backwards while riding, and he rode into the car, fell on the roadway and sustained injuries. He was picked up and taken to the New Amsterdam Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.In March last year, a couple lost their lives following an accident which also occurred on the Berbice River Bridge Access Road. Speeding was allegedly the cause of that accident, as that driver had lost control of his ve hicle and it had collided with a concrete culvert be fore ending up in a nearby trench.
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fired by the men as they at tempted to escape, and the Police responded by dis charging rounds in the men’s direction.Asearch was later con ducted in the area, and Franklin was seen lying on the parapet bleeding from injuries he had sustained, while another accomplice, Newyear, called ‘Black Boy’, was seen lying in a nearby yard with injuries as well. He died the next day, while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). A 9mm pistol with a mag azine containing three live rounds of matching ammuni tion was found at the scene. Meanwhile, the cops also disclosed that, while at the scene, they heard sounds coming from the trunk of the alleged bandits’ car, and upon inspecting, found Singh. The car used by the al leged bandits had been hi jacked from Singh, a driv er attached to the Shamo Taxi Base at Vryheid’s Lust Railway Embankment, ECD. Singh told investigators he was in the driver’s seat of his uncle’s car, PSS 2705, when he was approached by three men, one of whom pointed a gun at him and ordered him out of the car. He said he complied, and the men ordered him to go into the trunk of the car, where they locked him in. The taxi driver recalled the vehicle driving for some time before he felt the car crashing into something, after which there were loud explosions, suspected to be gunshots. Hale and Samuels were also found by Police hiding in a nearby yard that morning. After his arrest, the 18-yearold Hale allegedly confessed to the Police that he and the others had gone on a rob bery spree in Georgetown on August 18, and into the fol lowing morning, and were re portedly heading on the EBD in search of more targets when they were intercept ed by the Police. Meanwhile, a fifth suspect, Romario Hudson, is still at large. Convicted and jailed Franklin is no stranger to law enforcement. In 2017, he was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment by Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman after admitting to having a .40 Smith and Wesson pis tol and 14 matching rounds when he was not a licensed firearm holder. He has been linked to sev eral criminal offences, in cluding armed robberies and discharging a loaded firearm, dating back to 2015.
November 14. Shootout with Police Franklin and three oth er men: Hamza Samuels, Emmanuel Hale, and Andrew Newyear, were nabbed by the Police on August 19 follow ing a dramatic chase that led to the rescue of taxi driver John Singh, whom they had allegedly abducted during a robbery wasrunexitedStreetawithofdriverAvenue,inStreet,lyratecarthebutEccles,BrothershicletemptedThatRoad,ingmotorcaroftrolsLamahahadwithwhiteceivedOperationstheportssimpleSingh,chargedderonSparendaambeenSingh.derthreeMagistrateingedlastchargedGreaterresidentsandSamuels,Twenty-two-year-oldspree.called“BadCoolie”,18-year-oldHale,bothof‘D’FieldSophia,Georgetown,werewiththeoperationweek,andwereremandtoprisonafterappearbeforetheSparendaamchargedwithcountsofrobberyunarms,andforabductingFranklinhasalsoarraignedbeforetheMagistrate10countsofrobberyunarms.Hehasalsobeenwithabductingandwithtwocountsoflarceny.AccordingtoPolicereontheincident,ranksatBrickdamPoliceStationRoomhadreatelephonecallthataToyotaAllionmotorcarseveralpersonsinsidecommittedarobberyonStreet,Georgetown.Asaresult,anti-crimepawerealerted,andonethepatrolsobservedtheinquestiondrivalongtheAgricolaAccessGreaterGeorgetown.anti-crimepatrolattointercepttheveasitreachedtheTwoGasStationatEastBankDemerara,itspedaway,resultinginpatrolpursuingit.ThePolicerelatedthatthewastravellingatafastofspeedwhenitsuddenmadeaturnontoHunterGeorgetowntoheadthedirectionofMandelaGeorgetown.Butthereportedlylostcontrolthevehicle,anditcollidedthebarriersandcametostopatthecornerofHunterandMandelaAvenue.Thereupon,fourmalesthecarandbegantoawayfromthescene.Itreportedthatshotswere
The car that was involved in the accident
Yesterday, your Eyewitness wrote about the PPP going flat out in campaign mode. Surely, he thought, they couldn’t be here, there and everywhere like the Scarlet Pimpernell saving folks in distress – or like Santa Claus handing out goodies - unless they were harvesting votes. They even outdid the pleasantly plump fella in red by asking whether the folks had been good!!! Even with ordinary gladhanders, there’s gotta be a catch!! And that’s it, aint it?? A catch!!! Take the Pressie’s trip to the southernmost part of our massive country – compared to those make-believe ones in the Caribbean, of course!! – Rupununi, or Region 9. He touched down in the evening, and not only gave out 600 grants of $1,000,000 each to build houses for identified houselot awardees – but guaranteed them Bank mortgages for the remaining $2,000,000!!! It was like what they called NINJA loans in the States back before the great crash of 2008 – no incomes, no jobs, no assets – needed!! Now, learning from the experience of the aforementioned crash, Pressie and his Govt had to’ve backstopped such generous terms!! But he didn’t stop there!! He gave the good people of the Rupununi a sample of a coastal rural “sport” by whipping up several huge karahis of beef curry, goat curry, and who knows what else?? Local game “watrash” curry? All to accompany a massive pot of cook-up!! It was a sight to behold, as the “sport” went far into the night – as these things tend to do!! How does the Opposition top that?? Back in the day, our local soul superstar Johnny Braff had belted out an all-Caribbean hit – “Anything he can do, I can do better!!” Was Norton – who’s old enough to remember the braggadocio- inflected words – gonna do a Braff?? Well, he also went down south – to Mahdia in Region 8: PotaroSiparuni. Mahdia, of course, had been converted into a town in 2018 by the PNC coalition. Was Norton going there to gloat to the residents about all the development that designation had precipitated?? Sadly, however, all the PNC had done was to erect (yes, that’s right, ERECT!) a twelve-foot, 18-ton rock-shaped PENIS in the centre of the new town!! Locals are still trying to figure out what it symbolises?? Their virility being a fronter town for gold and diamond mining?? But isn’t that kinda sexist in this day and age?? The PNC had their very own Simona Broomes, who showed the nation that gold mining wasn’t just a man’s world!! Over the border, in Boa Vista, the Brazilians had erected a statue “O Garimpeiro (The Prospector)” to acknowledge the role played by those whom we call “pork-knockers” in founding the settlement. But sadly, Norton didn’t even hand out some NUTS – to complement the monument!!)
Bandit injured in shootout with Police slapped with abduction, armed robbery charges
Motorcyclist dies after colliding with car
…for a new list
Finally, your Eyewitness saw where the Opposition’s coming from on the “New Voters List” business. They should’ve said they’re looking for a new National Register of Registrants (NRR) – from which the voters’ list is extracted. As such, there is no possibility of unconstitutionally “taking off voters” from the NRR!! As per GECOM, this occurred in 2008!!“The imperative to conduct the 2008 house-to-house registration exercise was born out of the need for the creation of an indisputable National Register of Registrants (NRR), which could be used as the basis for the preparation of Electoral Lists that would be commonly acceptable by all stakeholders as being unblemished. With this in mind, the Government of Guyana, Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and the Parliamentary political parties agreed, on June 14, 2007, to the preparation of a new NRR by houseto-house registration.” So why doesn’t the Opposition ask the Government to agree to a new NRR being compiled?? All it’ll take is some money - which we have. And (possibly) a handshake!?! …for security breaches?? Over in the US, seems that Trump walked out with some top-secret documents. Over here, seems the Ministry of Citizenship (Felix?) might’ve handed out some citizens’ confidential info to the PNC?? Injured in a shootout with the Police on August 19, a 33-yearold resident of Sparendaam Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara (ECD), has been charged with several of fences, including abduction, armed robbery, and shooting at PoliceUnrepresentedranks. by legal counsel, ex-convict Rawle Franklin, called “Mad Max” and “Rawle Dog”, was on Friday arraigned before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in that Georgetown Magistrate’s court on the following allegations, 1: on August 19, at Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, he dis charged a loaded firearm at Police ranks with intent to maim, disfigure, disable, or cause them grievous bodily harm.2:On the same day and at the same location, he had a 9mm pistol with a magazine containing three live match ing rounds when he was not the holder of a firearm li cence.3:On August 18, at Kitty, Georgetown, while armed with a gun, he robbed Ershad Mohammed of a haversack and other items to the total value of $310,000. 4: On August 18, at Thomas Lands, Georgetown, while being armed with a gun, and in the company of others, he robbed Brindsley Thom of two cell phones, a wallet, cash, and other items to the total value of $253,000. Apart from the gun and ammo-possession charge, to which he pleaded not guilty, Franklin was not required to plead to the other charges. Police Prosecutor Christopher Morris object ed to the accused being re leased on bail, and his ob jections were upheld by the Magistrate, who remand ed Franklin to prison until
Remanded: Rawle Franklin, aka Rawle Dog and Mad Max Dead: Andrew NewyearRemanded: Emmanuel HaleRemanded: Hamza Samuels
Hustling… …for votes
Atwo-year relationship that was expected to last a lifetime turned sour after 28-year-old Tacina Dazzel of La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara (ECD) realised she had en tered a relationship with “an abuser and a narcissist”. This did not only cost her her life, but saw her six-yearold son begging for his. Dazzel, a former clerk of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), lost her life at around 23:35h on Friday, when her 36-year-old reput ed husband bludgeoned and stabbed her almost 13 times about her body.
The injured mother of one was picked up and tak en to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where she was pro nounced dead. The Police have also re ported that the suspect later went to the Turkeyen Police Station, where he confessed to killing his fiancée. He was then taken to the Sparendaam Police Station, where he told investigators that he had gone through the mobile phone of the deceased and had seen that she had been conversing with another male. According to him, this had led to an argument, during which the deceased had picked up a knife and cut him on his left middle finger, and he, in retaliation, had taken the knife away from her and had used it to stab her several times about her body. When Guyana Times vis ited the scene on Saturday, the mother of the deceased, Allision Dazzel, said she does not know what had led to her daughter’s demise, and that she was unaware that her daughter had ever been phys ically abused by the suspect. However, on Sunday, a close family member contact ed this publication and relat ed that the late Tacina Dazzel had been constantly physi cally abused by the suspect, and that the entire family, in cluding this mother, had been aware of the situation. The relative related that the late Tacina Dazzle usually confided in them, and had told them on many occasions that she had been severely beaten by the suspect. They said the abuse had been so bad that, only two months ago, the sus pect had battered the woman brutally to the point where he had broken both her nose and jaw.The relative added that even though Tacina had been beaten, she had never made a report to the Police, because she was terrified of the sus pect, and was covering the shame her family would have to endure because they are re spected Christians in the com munity.“He was very controlling. She couldn’t do anything or go anywhere, he has to be there; if not, when she goes home (it would result in) a problem. Or, he would just show up where she was. He used to take all of her money, make her take loans for him, made her leave her job…it is only like two months ago she left her job,” the relative said. “It is not like she didn’t try to come out…he manipu lated her, he made her move out from her mother’s house, and she was paying the rent for the house in which they lived. When he moved, all he had was his clothes… it is not two cents she was going through. When she left one time, he went and bram down her mother’s door, it was only for him to kick it down. “It came to a point that he was jealous of her son. He told her why she has to love her
By LaWanda McaLLister
“Uncle! Uncle, you gon kill me too?” – 6-year-old asks mother’s killer – woman allegedly killed because she went to church event without suspect’s permission
son more than him. Why must she love him more than her son?” the relative asked. The close family member explained that the suspect had become so obsessive that, unknowingly to Tacina, he had linked her phone to his, and he was able to monitor all her conversations with her friends and family members. When she found out, she was unable to cry for help. It is also alleged that this is not the first woman the man had been abusing. In fact, Guyana Times was told that he was married before meet ing the late Tacina, and he had been in the habit of con stantly controlling and abus ing his previous wife, which had caused her to leave him. Earlier this month, Dazzel, in voice messages heard by this publication, referred to the suspect as a ‘narcissist’, while crying that she could not continue to live with him because of his abnormal be haviours.“…aveil just come off my eyes in the past couple of days, and I need the first door out of this relationship. The manip ulation is too much… a word came to me while I was sleep ing: ‘narcissist!’ and two or three times this word keep waking me out of my sleep. When I researched the word, my jaw could have dropped. That is everything that he is right now…I can’t live with a mad man,” she was heard ex plaining.
Tacina Dazzel and the suspect in happier times
The Police have reported that Dazzel and the suspect had shared a common-law re lationship, but would often have domestic issues, which she had never reported to the Police.However, on the day in question, Dazzel’s cousin, who was also her neighbour, was awakened by loud screams coming from her home. As such, this cousin immediate ly opened her door, and saw Dazzel running out of her yard and onto a bridge, where she collapsed and remained mo tionless.Soon after, she saw the ac cused exit the house and go to his minibus, and she heard him shout: “Now y’all can call the Police! I done do what I had to do!”
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“Everybody is telling me I should be wise enough to leave, that they expect bet ter from me; but, trust me, when you are in it, it is differ ent from when you from the outside looking in”, the late Tacina stated in her messages to relatives.Therelative said that, im mediately after sending that voice message to her, Tacina had received a random mes sage from the suspect, telling her he cannot fight for their relationship anymore. This, they said, convinced them that he indeed had access to her Theyphone.also debunked the claims made by the suspect that the woman was messag ing another man; because, according to them, she was aware that he could have seen her Whatmessages.led to the mur der, they contend, is that two weeks before the fateful night, she had built up the courage to tell her abuser that he had to leave her home, because she could not deal with his be haviour any longer. This, ac cording to the relative, had caused a rift between the cou ple, and they had not been speaking to each other for days.After realising that the woman was serious about her decision, the man had alleged ly proposed marriage, but she had turned him down.
Minister Indar meeting with contractors in Belle West Minister within the Public Works Ministry, Deodat Indar
AGuyanese passenger onboard a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flight died on Saturday eve ning on her way to JFK International Airport, USA. The woman has been identi fied as Joan Wilson of Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD). Up to press time, CAL did not release any details about the death but Guyana Times understands that af ter the woman died, the air craft diverted to Trinidad andAttemptsTobago. to make con tact with the woman’s fam ily proved futile. Dead: Joan Wilson Guyanese woman dies on way to NY met with representatives from the contracting compa nies, and directed each to the road they would be rehabili tating.“You are getting little sun now. When you open up these roads, don’t have them open up long, and have people fur ther upset with us. When you open up the road, make sure you have your material, roll and compact your material, get the thing done quick,” he told the Further,contractors.hehighlight ed that his Government has been going around the coun try embarking on several infrastructural works that have never before been seen in Guyana’s history. These projects are part of the $15.2 billion allocated in the 2022 budget for construction and rehabilitation of urban and community roads across the country.
“With these roads, nor mally, because of the size of the money that you got to spend, you got to put it out to tender, and tender would go for like 3 weeks, and then you got to evaluate; but this tender was closed since June 30th. You had the whole of July, now August, so it was delayed, much to my disap pointment,” he explained.
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During a visit to the community of Belle West, on the West Bank of Demerara (WBD), Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, told residents that re habilitation works on several roads in the area would com mence soon. He noted that, in the past, the Ministry had received several complaints about the deteriorating condition of the roads, thus making them impassable for vehicles. As such, he stated, a cabinet de cision was taken earlier this year to rehabilitate 10 prior ity roads in the Belle West area. He further told resi dents that the tendering for the rehabilitation works was closed since June.
“These 10 roads that we’re gonna start with is just the start. This is the start, more will be done, but whilst this tender is being done, I want it to be done properly,” he detailed. “We will pick up couple more of the streets… the ones that miss on this first one, and go on another couple more,” Minister Indar added.Each road will be done by a different contractor. These are P. Hariram & Son Contracting; Expert General Contracting Service; Hoosein Logistics & Supplies Inc; Joshi Construction & Establishment; MK Hanif Construction Service; Amic General Contracting Service; VR Construction Inc; Naran Construction; Deodat community,thebeenGeneralWeeding,Construction;SewkumarcharranandTMohanCleaning&Supply.Thesecompanieshaveawardedcontractstotuneof$334,599,720.DuringthisvisittotheMinisterIndar
Rehabilitation works to commence soon on Belle West roads
11 MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2022 | GUYANATIMESGY.COM NEWS Region Two resentativeVladimthethecropfor,itiesaidtourismindentstransportationtoandcrete,upgradedcludesaccessofliongion.communitiescontractwitnessedforMinisterthesionroadscontractserallowingfrastructuraltoSupenaam)(Pomeroon-isslatedundergomajorinupgradesfolthesigningofsevmultimillion-dollartorehabilitateaswellastheexpanofatleastoneschoolinregion.OnSunday,SeniorwithResponsibilityFinance,DrAshniSinghaseriesofthesesigningsinvariousacrossthereThisincludeda$219milcontractfortheupgradetheCapoeyLakemainroad.Theprojectin3000metersofroadtoasphalticconroadedgemarkings,speedhumps.Thisprojectisexpectedreducetraveltimeandcostsforstuandresidentsresidingthecommunity.Itwillalsoserveasaboosteraswellasinothereconomicactivwhichtheroadisusedsuchasriceandcashfarming.SigningthecontractwerePermanentSecretaryofPublicWorksMinistry,Persaudandarepfromthecon tracting firm, Technocon Investments.Moreover, another con tract was also inked on Sunday for the main access road between Essequibo Technical Institute (ETI) in Anna Regina to Chinese Lock, Essequibo Coast. Dr Singh also witnessed the signing of this contract, which was to the tune of $246 million, for the up grade of some 3400 meters of road to asphaltic concrete along with road edge mark ings and speed humps. Similarly, this project is expected to reduce trav el time and transportation costs, with the main ben eficiaries being students and residents of Mainstay/ Whyaka Village, Lima Sands Housing Scheme, Tapakuma Mission, and Feather Beach. It will also serve as a tremendous tourism boost er by providing easier ac cess to patrons visiting Lake Mainstay Resort. These works to upgrade the access road were re quested by villagers during President Dr Irfaan Ali’s outreach to Mainstay Village on May 25, 2022. The contractor, Mohammed Ramzanali Khan, will be ex ecuting this project.
Meanwhile, during his visit to Region Two on Sunday, Dr Singh also deliv ered on several other presi dential promises previous ly made. Dr Singh handed over a tractor along with a back blade to the Mainstay/ Whyaka Village Council on behalf of President Ali. The equipment is expect ed to be used to maintain the trail from Red Lock Bridge to Mainstay Village/Lake –another promise made by the Head of State during his visit to communities in the region, where he listened to theirDrneeds.Singh highlight ed that the contribution to the community is a di rect manifestation of his Government’s continued commitment to deliver on its promises. He also commend ed the community for tak ing the initiative to partner with the Government to de velop their community and resolve their Additionally,issues.Dr Singh also fulfilled another prom ise made by the Head of State – who spent the week end visiting communities in Region Nine (Upper TakutuUpper Essequibo) – by hand ing over a quantity of furni ture procured by the Region Two Regional Democratic Council (RDC), to the Mainstay Health Centre. Further, Minister Singh also witnessed the signing of another contract – this time for the extension of the CV Nunes Primary School in AnnaThisRegina.$54million project will see the extension of a two-storey building to house 12 additional classrooms, a sanitary facility, and a tres tle. The current building re cently benefited from imme diate maintenance works on the roof, ceiling, lights, and windows, as well as drain age upgrades, which were carried out by the RDC. Dr Singh reiterated Government’s commitment to ensuring that they do ev erything they possibly can to create the conditions and put in place the infrastruc ture necessary for every young Guyanese person to achieve a good quality edu cation at every level. He also participated in a simple ribbon-cutting cer emony for the upgraded so lar panel system at Dredge Creek Primary School in Region Two. The upgrade to the sys tem was done based on a re quest made by the School’s Head Teacher on behalf of students and the Parent Teachers’ Association (PTA) of Dredge Creek. This ini tiative will provide a re newable, stable, and reli able electricity supply to the school for its daily activities, benefiting approximately 69 students and 10 staff - al lowing them to better uti lise the school’s services and provide better learning op portunities.Inaddition, Dr Singh took part in another simple ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the new Dredge Creek Landing, which was request ed by the Head Mistress, PTA, and villagers of Dredge Creek during President Ali’s visit in May. The new landing will benefit students, teachers, and villagers who previous ly had to embark and dis embark close to the side of a koker from their boats. The new landing was a project between the Finance Ministry and the Region Two Regional Democratic Council. The Ministry pro vided the financing to the tune of $1.5 million and the RDC executed the works. While in Region Two de livering on several presi dential promises in various communities on Sunday, Minister Singh stopped and interacted with persons at the Regatta event which was held at the Washiba Resort in Capoey.
Over $500M in contracts signed to upgrade roads, school in Reg 2 – equipment handed over to Mainstay/Whyaka Village Contract being signed for upgrades to the Capoey Lake Mainstay access road in Region Two Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh joining residents to commission the newly-built Dredge Creek Landing on Sunday The tractor with back blade that was handed over to the Mainstay/ Whyaka Village Council on Sunday
The housing scheme is already equipped with first-phase infrastructure and utilities such as roads, drainage networks and wa ter. After selecting their house lots, the informal set tlers were issued their allo cation letters and guided by CHPA’s Surveys Unit on a lot identification exercise. A total of thirteen per sons are squatting in the area, however, the other three persons have already been allocated house lots in Stewartville and other nearby schemes. The Community Development Department will continue to provide guidance and support to the families during the re location and resettlement process.
The squatters and officials of the Ministry on Sunday One of the recipients pulling a lot number at Sunday’s exercise Aerial view of the Stewartville Housing Scheme
T en families who are squatting on lands at the Zeelugt Sideline Dam in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) have been al located house lots in the new Stewartville Housing Scheme.The allocations were done at the scheme on Sunday by a team from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA), including Community Development Director Gladwin Charles, Regional Housing Officer O’shanna Miggins and oth er technical staff. It is in keeping with a commitment made by Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal during an outreach earlier in theThemonth.Minister, at the time, had assured residents that the agency is working to fast-track relocation and regularisation in informal settlements across the re gion. During Sunday’s exer cise, however, Charles not ed that the area occupied by the informal settlers is nearby the community’s primary school and as such poses a number of issues. The relocation is there fore expected to improve the environs of Zeelugt, while also improving the living conditions of the squatters.Forhusband and father of two Amos Calistro, the land provides a better envi ronment to nurture his two young children. Calistro said, “It make me proud be cause me daughter them living in squatting area and the place nasty”. He also noted that the squat ting area is a risk to their health.“I’m happy for the piece of land that we get, at least we gon make much of it,” expressed Ishwar Saytoo, who stated that her family has been squatting in the area for several years. The family is now looking for ward to constructing their home in SingleStewartville.fatherRoopnauth
Jaggernauth also noted his satisfaction with the agen cy’s intervention, as he is also now in a better posi tion to provide safer shelter for his daughter.
Zeelugt squatters receive house lots at Stewartville Housing Scheme
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GPHC’s medical laboratory processes tests per day credits efficiency to GYS 170 Certification
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“We know what our de viations are; if there are any; what systems we can put in place to improve; and how we can improve on our service,” Jaggernauth ex plained. As a certified facility, the GPHC’s Medical Laboratory is also able to corroborate its results with other lab oratories. To take it a step further, the laboratory is considering ISO accredita tion.Jaggernauth is encour aging other laboratories to get certified, in order to build confidence in the re sults provided to customers.
T he Georgetown Public Hospital’s Medical Laboratory processes over 500 medical samples daily. This is done in ac cordance with standard op erating procedures (SOPs) and processes which ensure there is accuracy in every result. The order and efficiency with which tasks are com pleted at the laboratory can be credited to its certi fication status. The GPHC’s Medical Laboratory was first certified to the GYS 170 Standard in 2003: General requirements for the opera tion of a laboratory. “…at that time, we were still the largest hospital in the country, and we were still seeing the largest pop ulation, and we still had re source issues at that point in time; but because we had that desire to get certi fied, (the staff) worked tire lessly and they were able to achieve this,” the lab’s Quality Manager, Adeila Jaggernauth, noted. This GYS 170 Standard specifies the requirements for the operation of testing and/or calibration laborato ries. The document allows laboratories the know-how on the steps to developing and maintaining a thorough management system, which in turn allows for the provi sion of accurate and reliable test results, as requested by consumers.Thelaboratory has been in existence since the 1970s, and, after many moves and extensions, now operates on a 24-hour“Becausebasis.we are the National Referral Hospital in the country, what hap pens is that any patient in the public system can ac cess services here…but our priority would be our criti cal patients. We also have a few private patients who access services here, but those patients are really ones who are part of a pub lic/private partnership with the GPHC,” the Quality Manager explained. The laboratory con ducts tests related to Biochemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Compatibility, Urology and Microbiology; all of these services are cov ered in the scope of the GYS 170 certification. Having maintained the requirements of the GYS 170 Standard, the labora tory was recertified in April 2022. Working in a certified laboratory comes with its benefits. As Jaggernauth pointed out, the require ment for feedback has helped her to implement an electronic system to process samples more efficiently. She explained that the laboratory “has an electron ic system now, and when patients…bring their sam ples, we apply a bar code to it and the samples are an alysed on different equip ment, or even manually; and then the results are all electronic.”Thenext phase of this project will see the doctors accessing these results in real-time.Sheadded that the sta tus of being certified has assisted management in lobbying for more resourc es, including a larger bud getary allocation from the Government, and has boost ed staff morale. The National Standard also requires management reviews. Currently, the lab oratory is the only depart ment that conducts such re views, thereby being able to more efficiently solve issues in the“Additionally,workplace. it has helped us to be goal-orient ed. It has helped us to have set objectives and goals, and have indicators to mon itor that and to see how we are achieving and if we are achieving it; and if we are making good progress, if we’re improving, and if we’re not; and what systems to take. It helps us to track errors,” she explained.
“I want to know - if I’m going to have some tests done - I want to know that I would get accurate, reliable results; so, I want to know they have implemented a system similar to this one, or even better than the one that we have here,” she not ed. (GNBS Feature)
GPHC’s Quality Manager, Adeila Jaggernauth Technicians processing samples within the GPHC’s Medical Laboratory
14 MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2022 | GUYANATIMESGY.COM Scenes from President Ali’s visit to Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) over the weekend. The Head of State was accompanied by several Ministers of Government, including Amerindian Affairs Minister Pauline Sukhai; Minister within the Housing and Water Ministry, Susan Rodrigues; and Community Development Minister Nigel Dharamlall
Jailed: William Ramsey
Taxi driver gets 2 years for possession of illegal firearm, ammo
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With over 3000 freshmen who will join 8000 continu ing students, 3000 of whom are set to graduate later this year, the University of Guyana (UG) will reopen for in-person and online classes from September 12, after a series of orientations. A statement from the university’s Publicity and 2022/23,theDepartmentCommunicationshassaidthatnewacademicyear,wouldcommence with orientation sessions for new and continuing students beginning from September 5 through to SeptemberClasses10. for most new and continuing stu dents would begin on
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However, hours before committing the act, another relative had gone to Tacina’s home and had found it ran sacked, with everything bro ken.When asked, Tacina’s sixyear-old son had related that it was his stepfather (the sus pect) who had ransacked the home. The man was not at home at the time. The relative said that at around 17:00h on that same day, Tacina and her son had gotten dressed and had gone to an ice cream banquet at their church -- an annual event organised by Tacina’s father.“Tacina goes every year because her father is one of the organizers, and they usu ally stay there sometimes un til 2 in the morning, because when everything is finished, the merry-go-round and so on would be there and it has to be cleared up…,” this relative explained.“She went home late and changed into her paja mas; her son didn’t even ful ly change at the time. Shortly after, we get a call that she got stabbed up. It was not be cause of no man; it was be cause she went to church and went back home late. Based on what we heard, he was hiding in the house, and was waiting on her; and as soon as she changed, he started beat ing and stabbing her,” the rel ative detailed. Child begging for his life After being stabbed, the relative stated, Tacina, draped in blood, began screaming and running for her life; and, in the process, she toppled and fell at the gate. “She held on to the gate, and he come behind her and he took the padlock and start ed lashing her in her head, and stabbed her.” She became motionless as her son stood at the scene looking at his moth er’s lifeless body.
UG reopens for in-person, virtual classes on Sept 12
Student population This year, UG would welcome over 3000 fresh men who would join 8000 continuing students, 3000 of whom are set to graduate later this Virtualyear. orientations for new and continuing students of the campus es at Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown; Tain, Port Mourant in Berbice; and the Institutes for Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE) would run for one week. URL for orien tations would be avail able to students directly from their Student Record Management System (SRMS), the university’s registry, and their aca demic departments, from September 2. New and continuing stu dents would receive emails directly with the necessary login information in order for them to register. The orientation sessions are aimed at providing a step-by-step introduction to all of the systems, policies, personnel, and resources that students need to navi gate the university. This will be particular ly important for students to start their classes seamless ly on the first day of class es. Sessions also address programme-related queries and concerns, and provide the necessary support and guidance to students to en sure their time at the uni versity is smooth, enriching, and fulfilling as far as pos sible.During orientation, stu dents are also introduced to the rules, regulations, lec turers, specific processes, given a tour of the physi cal and online classrooms, and how to read and calcu late their grade point av erage (GPA) and academic profiles. They are also made aware of the special services and opportunities available to them during and after theirStudentsstudies. awaiting com munication on their ap plications should check if they submitted their appli cations or their documents, or if they clicked to accept the offer. Though many pro grammes are at capacity, the UG has said, students who have applied and have not yet heard from the uni versity, or who wish to reg ister for programmes that still have spaces, are en couraged to apply, or com plete pending applications or registrations, as registra tion would be ongoing into early November for waitlist ed students.TheUniversity of Guyana’s traditional cer emonial opening would also be held virtually on September 9, at 17:00h on various social media plat forms.
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September 12, and it is to be noted that some class es for new students in some disciplines, such as in the College of Medical Science, would begin two weeks later, since these students require their Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC), Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) and General Certificate of Education (GCE) results in order to be admitted. The UG has said it was able to facilitate provision al admission for some dis ciplines ahead of their ex amination results being released by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). Applications, regis tration, and admission are still ongoing as the UG pre pares for yet another histor ic first in its 59-year history. The university will, for the first time, offer its stu dents three attendance op tions. Depending on dis cipline, classes would be offered in online, face-toface, or blended learning formats. Faculties and other academic departments con tinue to advise their respec tive students directly about options available to them. However, UG’s new on line timetabling system would also be made avail able to new and continuing students from September 2 at: timetables.https://uog.edu.gy/ug
Guyana Times has been told that the child turned to his mother’s killer and asked, “Uncle, uncle, you gon kill me too?”“He (the suspect) look at him and said, ‘No, I wouldn’t kill you’. When he finished, he said he done do what he had to do”, the relative recalled. The child remains trauma tised and is screaming in his sleep, “Uncle! Uncle! leave mommy alone!”
The family member said that after committing the act, the man went to a friend, who turned him over to the Police. “That is not true what the Police said that he turned him self in. He did not turn himself in, he went to his mother, and she send him away. He went to a friend, and the friend told him that he can’t stay there. And when he went to the sec ond friend, the friend called the Police and told them that he was there in Sophia, and the Police were able to appre hend him right away,” the rel ative explained. “I want the right informa tion to be out there, because what the Police send out is what he told them to cover himself, but I have the proof. I am also pleading with the media not to discredit Tacina in her death, because some of the information is not true. He (the suspect) premedi tated to kill her,” the family member is contending. The late Tacina Dazzel leaves to mourn her son, par ents and siblings.
William Ramsey, a 38-year-old resident of ‘B’ Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown who was nabbed by the Police with an illegal firearm and ammuni tion, was on Friday sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.
Unrepresented by le gal counsel, he appeared be fore Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in that Georgetown Magistrate’s court and plead ed guilty to the following of fences: having a .38 revolver when he is not a licensed fire arm holder; having five match ing rounds of ammunition; and having spent shells. He was arrested with the items on August 22 at Mandela Avenue in RamseyGeorgetown.toldthecourt that he bought the firearm and am munition while he was in the interior a few months ago. He claimed that he bought the gun for his protection because he was robbed while working. After considering Ramsey’s early guilty plea, Magistrate Daly sentenced him to two years in prison on each of the three charges, and ordered that the jail times run concurrently.Reportsare that Police ranks, acting on informa tion received, went to Norton Street and Mandela Avenue, Georgetown at about 06:30h on the day in question, and in tercepted a white Toyota 212 motorcar with registration number HB 9112, which was being driven by Ramsey. The ranks searched the driver and discovered the re volver with the matching rounds on his person. Asked if he was the holder of a firearm licence, the driver responded in the negative, and as such wasAccordingarrested. to the Police, af ter being arrested, the driv er told the ranks that he had bought the firearm in the inte rior for his protection. As such, he was taken into custody at the East La Penitence Police Station.
$24M grader commissioned in Reg 6
US Army General Laura Richardson Commander of US Southern Command to visit Guyana
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R ice farmers in Region Six (East BerbiceCorentyne) will soon benefit from a more effi cient access dam mainte nance programme with the addition of a brand-new motor grader to the region’s fleet of machinery. Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha commis sioned the $24 million grad er on Sunday at Tarlogie, Corentyne Coast. The machine was pro cured under the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority’s (NDIA) 2022 capital expenditure pro gramme. Minister Mustapha re lated that the Government, through the Agriculture Ministry, is working to dou ble rice production with in the next three years. He also said that in order to achieve this, the Ministry has expended large sums of money to execute much-needed rehabilita tion work to access dams in the rice cultivation areas. “We have to use the in frastructure more responsi bly. $34 million was allocat ed initially for this region for dam maintenance works under the Ministry. By the end of the year, roughly $84 million will be spent to re habilitate access dams in the region because more work was needed. These are temporary works be cause we have to do them every crop. This is why the Government is looking to construct all-weather roads but those are large projects that require a lot of funds, but will be done over time,” Minister Mustapha said. While there, Minister Mustapha also met with farmers to listen to some of their concerns. Many farm ers complained that several access dams in the cultiva tion areas are in need of ur gent rehabilitation. Several farmers from Manchester Village also told the Minister that sev eral trenches were left un attended for quite some time. While responding to the farmers’ concerns, Mustapha indicated that the regional engineers had submitted a list of ac cess dams that needed up grades. While listing some of the areas submitted, Minister Mustapha assured the farmers that all the ac cess dams in the cultivation areas would be fixed. He also told the farmers that a machine would be sent to the area to clear the trenches. “I want to assure you;
U S Army General Laura CommanderRichardson,of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), will visit Guyana from August 29 to 31 to meet with Government and defence leaders for talks on the bilateral securi ty partnership between the United States and Guyana. Richardson is visit ing Guyana ten months after assuming duties as SOUTHCOM’s Commander and nearly five months af ter meeting with Caribbean defence and public securi ty leaders during the 2022 Caribbean Nations Security Conference in April in Bridgetown, Barbados. During her two-day stay in Georgetown, she will meet with US Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch; President of Guyana, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, and Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief of Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess. Richardson will also join Guyana’s First Lady Arya Ali and Ambassador Lynch in welcoming participants of the Caribbean Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Conference, which Guyana will host from August 29-September 1 in part nership with the Florida National Guard. The United States and Guyana have a longstand ing history of security coop eration. The defence part nership between the two countries includes collab oration against regional threats and challenges, ca pacity-building exercises, bilateral training, expertise exchanges, events foster ing the inclusion of women in defence and security mis sions, and professional de velopmentSOUTHCOMengagements.isone of the Department of Defence’s six geographically focused unified commands with responsibility for se curity cooperation with de fence and public securi ty forces in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
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$84M to be spent for maintenance of dams for 2022 – Min Mustapha Minister Mustapha engaging farmersAgriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha and other representatives of the Ministry at the commissioning ceremony a list of dams was submit ted and we will rehabilitate all of those dams. In oth er parts of the country, we have farmers who have con tracts to maintain these ac cess dams. We can look at that for Region Six. If there are farmers with the capac ity, we can have that sys tem set up so that the dams can be made to your satis faction. Instead of bring ing persons from out of the region to do these works, the beneficiaries would do them. The farmers, espe cially from Manchester, have raised the issue of trenches needing to be cleaned and dams need ing to be fixed. I’ve asked the NDIA to designate a machine for the area un til all those works in the Manchester/Lancaster/ Liverpool area are done. The machine should be available in the new week. We will work with you so that we can develop a pri oritised work programme,” he noted.
People who are more like ly to develop monkeypox in clude those who: Have been identified by public health officials as a contact of someone with monkeypox*Hada sexual partner in the past 2 weeks who has been diagnosed with mon keypox*Had multiple sexual partners in the past 2 weeks in an area with known mon keypox infection Have jobs that may ex pose them to monkeypox, such as health care providers and laboratory workers who do testing to diagnose mon keypox.
To find out if a person has monkeypox, a doctor: * Will ask about the per son’s symptoms and health history.*Will look at the rash.
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* Take a sample of tis sue from one of the sores, so it can be tested for monkey pox*virus.May do blood tests to check for monkeypox virus, or for antibodies to the virus. Antibodies are proteins that a person’s immune system makes to fight foreign sub stances such as viruses and bacteria.
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Monkeypox is spread in different ways: Through close, person al, often skin-to-skin con tact with someone who has the*virus:Through direct con tact with their rash, scabs, or body fluids By breathing in the vi rus during prolonged, faceto-face contact
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Dr Tariq Jagnarine Family meDicine, enDocrinology/DiabeTes M onkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. The monkeypox virus is in the same family of viruses as the smallpox virus, but is less contagious than small pox, and its disease caus es milder symptoms and is usually not fatal. In the past, most of the people who contracted monkeypox lived in certain parts of central and west ern Africa, had travelled there, or had been exposed to infected animals import ed from there. During the 2022 outbreak, the disease has been found in people who live in other countries, including Guyana.
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There are no treatments specifically for monkeypox, but many people get better on their own. Since monkey pox and smallpox are simi lar, antiviral medicines that protect against smallpox may also help treat monkey pox.Antiviral medicines may be recommended for people who are more likely to get severely ill, such as patients who have weakened immune systems.
* Avoid contact with an imals that can spread the monkeypox virus, such as rodents and primates. Also, avoid sick or dead animals and any bedding or other materials they have touched. If a person is sick with monkeypox, it is recommend ed that they stay at home while sick, if that is possible. If a person has an active rash or other symptoms, it would be best for them to stay in a separate room, away from healthy family members and pets, if they can. There are two vaccines to protect against monkey pox. One was approved for smallpox and monkeypox (JYNNEOS), and the other was approved for smallpox (ACAM2000):JYNNEOS is the pre ferred vaccine to protect against monkeypox. It is a two-doseACAM2000vaccine.may be an alternative to JYNNEOS. ACAM2000 is a single-dose vaccine, but it has the po tential to produce more side effects and adverse events than JYNNEOS, and it is not recommended for people with severely weakened im mune systems and several otherTheconditions.USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recom mend vaccination for people who have been exposed to monkeypox, or who are more likely to get monkeypox.
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• Persons may have flulike symptoms, and then de velop a rash 1-4 days later
PREVENTION There are steps a per son can take to help prevent monkeypox:*Avoidclose, skin-to-skin contact with the monkeypox rash. So, while a person is sick with monkeypox:
The symptoms may include: Fever Headache Muscle aches and back ache* Swollen lymph nodes ("swollen glands") Chills Exhaustion A rash with sores that can look like pimples or blisters. It could be on the face, inside the mouth, and on other parts of the body: like the hands, feet, chest, genitals, or anus. It goes through different stages, in cluding scabs, before healing. This can take 2-4 weeks.
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Chile warns area around sinkhole at high risk of further collapse
Argentina Vice President asks demonstrators to go home after unrest
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Viral video “Abort Chile” sparks controversy days before vote on new Constitution
Jamaica’s Labour Minister has reject ed complaints from Jamaican farm workers who say they face conditions akin to “systematic slavery” in Canada, saying he observed “no evidence of mistreat ment” during a recent visit to farms in the province of Ontario.Ina statement sent to Al Jazeera on Friday, Karl Samuda said he toured nine farms between August 14 and 16, including the two farms employing the tempo rary migrant workers from Jamaica who raised the alarm over their work con ditions.“We are treated like mules and punished for not working fast enough,” the Jamaican workers, af filiated with rights group Migrant Workers Alliance for Change and employed under Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Programme (SAWP), said in an August 11 letter sent to Samuda.“Asit currently stands, [SAWP] is systematic slav ery,” they wrote. But, the Minister said that while working condi tions varied at the differ ent farms visited, he and his team “observed very good relations” between work ers and their employers, as well as with the Jamaican Government liaison officers “based in Canada to safe guard the interests” of the workers.“Weobserved no evidence of mistreatment,” Samuda said, stressing that SAWP is “absolutely essential to thousands of Jamaican fam ilies, many rural communi ties, and the entire [country of] Jamaica”.Inanew statement on Friday, the Jamaican farm workers slammed Samuda’s comments as “a slap in the face of every farmworker and our families”. “We feel betrayed, like the world doesn’t make sense. Since our letter came out and got media attention, our bosses have been telling us to keep quiet or else they will shut down the farm and we will all lose our jobs,” said the workers, who have not been named for fear of retribution.“TheMinister made it clear that we cannot look to the authorities for help – that we as migrant work ers must protect ourselves.” (Excerpt from Al Jazeera)
Prosecutors on Monday ac cused Fernandez de Kirchner on Monday of defrauding the state and involvement in a scheme to divert public funds while president between 2007 andThe2015.largest demonstration of her supporters took place outside the Vice President's home in the elegant Buenos Aires neighborhood of Recoleta, where in the early morning hours Police had set up fences in an effort to pre vent a large gathering. In the afternoon, the dem onstrators, who claim that Fernandez de Kirchner is the victim of judicial persecution and that the fences were erect ed by Buenos Aires' opposition mayor as a provocation, tore down the barriers and clashed with Police. Hydrant trucks tried to disperse the crowds withAswater.asign of support, President Alberto Fernandez later took to Twitter to criti cize "the institutional violence unleashed by the city govern ment."Mayor Horacio Rodriguez Larreta justified the place ment of fences and the actions of the Police, telling a news conference that "the demon stration turned into a situa tion of violence." (Excerpt from Reuters)
Leiner Montero, the di rector of an online radio sta tion, and Dilia Contreras, the director of an online news website, were killed near the municipality of Fundacion in the depart ment of Magdalena as they were returning from patron saint festivities in a nearby village.Magdalena Police Commander Andres Serna said that, according to pre liminary investigations, a fight had occurred involving Montero and several others. "After this act of intoler ance, the journalist decid ed to leave in his car along side Dilia and another man, and on the way they were killed," the officer told re porters."Weare committed to the citizens of Magdalena to re solve in the shortest possible time this sad case involving two journalists who were highly appreciated among their union, family and ac quaintances," he added. Although authorities said it remains unclear whether the murders were related to the journalists' profession, the Foundation for Press Freedom called for the case to be investigated quickly, and their work tak en into account during the investigation. (Excerpt from Reuters)
Police investigating highway killing of 2 Colombian journalists
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the Committee for Disaster Risk Management of Chile's northern Atacama region determined on Saturday night."Considering that the said scenario presents a threat to the life and phys ical integrity of people, ac cess to said zone has been restricted until the tech nical studies warrant it," the emergency office said on its website.Canada's Lundin Mining Corp owns 80 per cent of the property, while the re maining 20 per cent is held by Japan's Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo Corp. Although the Government has accused the mining company of being responsible for the phenom enon through overexploita tion of the deposit, a senior executive of the company re cently told Reuters that fur ther studies are needed to determine its Operationsorigin.atthe mine remain bybeenthatandBothsuspended.theGovernmentthecompanyhavesaidsofarnodangerhasdetectedtotheneartownofTierraAmarilla. from Reuters)
A slogan is seen as a citizen receives a copy of the proposed new Chilean Constitution ahead of the upcoming September 4th constitutional referendum, outside the Government Palace in Santiago, Chile August 19, 2022. The slogan reads “Chile votes informed.”
A week before Chileans vote on a proposed Constitution that prom ises sweeping changes to the Andean country's in stitutions, a controversial performance arguing for its passage went viral on Sunday, offering ammu nition to opponents and causing headaches for sup porters.Inan event promoting the new Constitution in the port city of Valparaiso, a group known as The Undetectables put on a performance dubbed "Abort Chile," featuring nudity and a jarring allu sion to abortion involving a Chilean"Abortingflag.Chile means aborting what they taught us," one of the participants says in a video of the per formance that circulated on social media. Both opponents and supporters of the proposed charter, which seeks to replace the one inherit ed from the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, con demned the action and even announced legal ac tion."I just saw a video of how they put the Chilean flag in a certain part (of the body) at an Approve event in Valparaiso," tweeted Senator Matias Walker, an opponent of the draft faceApprove."the"absolutelyment,performancecampaignTheConstitution.officialApprovecondemnedtheinastatedescribingitasdistantfromvaluesthatrepresentTheperformancecouldlegalconsequences.Governmentspokesper son Camila Vallejo said that both the ombudsman and the Government un dersecretary for children had filed lawsuits with the public prosecutor's of fice, and that other types of measures would be eval uated.Although the idea of drafting a new Constitution was overwhelmingly sup ported in a referendum at the end of 2020, sever al controversies over the impact of the draft's con tent have reduced support. (Excerpt from Reuters)
Foreign workers brought to Canada under the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Programme can have jobs for up to eight months a year, and many people have been coming to the country for decades under the scheme [Shannon VanRaes/Reuters]
Jamaican Minister rejects workers’ claims of abuse on Canadian farms
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Two journalists were shot to death by un known assailants on a motorcycle, who attacked them while they were trav elling in a car on a high way in northern Colombia, Police said on Sunday.
theinglicspending,aimedheandtheasofestimateswebsite,al,lion).billionyear'scentFriday,budgetsentedGovernmentPeruvianpreits2023plantoCongressproposinga9perincreasefromthisinitialbudgetto215soles(US$55.93bilAccordingtothepropospublishedonCongress'theGovernmenteconomicgrowth3.5percentnextyear,announcedThursdaybyMinisterofEconomyFinance,KurtBurneo.Burneohassaidthatisplanningmeasuresatrevivingprivateincreasingpubinvestmentandrebuildinvestors'confidenceincountry.Thebudgetplanalso estimates a 3.5 per cent increase in accumulated consumer prices for 2023, well below the 4.9 per cent inflation forecast by the Economic Ministry the day before.Peru, the world's sec ond-largest producer of copper, counts mining as its main source of financ ing and the Government is budgeting for a drop in copper prices in 2023. The industry frequently suffers from protests from local communities, stopping or slowingFriday'sproduction.budget also estimates an average ex change rate for next year of 3.94 soles to the US dol lar. As the country faces political uncertainty, with President Pedro Castillo plagued by a wave of cor ruption allegations, the sol, slumped to a historic low last October, though it has gradually recovered and on Friday closed up 0.23 per cent to 3.8380/3.841 soles perAlongdollar.with the budget proposal, the Government sent a public borrowing strategy for the coming year, with plans for do mestic bond issues of up to 20.67 billion soles. The Government also plans to carry out debt management operations for up to US$6 billion through prepayment of ob ligations, debt swaps or exchanges, repurchases and internal or external title issues. (Excerpt from Reuters)
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Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner asked her supporters to halt a protest on Saturday, while de fending their right to demon strate, after prosecutors re quested a 12-year prison sentence for alleged corrup tion.After a tense day in which thousands took to the streets to defend her and two were detained in clashes that in jured seven Police officers, Fernandez de Kirchner gave a brief evening speech on a makeshift stage in front of her house."In a democracy, the right to freedom of expression is fundamental," she said. "I want to say thank you and to ask you to go get some rest. It's been a long day."
Six dead as truck slams into Dutch village barbecue
"The export talk is at best a distraction; at worst, counterproductive to price and supply," said a source familiar with Granholm's talks with refiners. (Excerpt from Reuters)
T he US Energy Secretary urged domestic oil refiners this month to not further increase exports of fuels like gasoline and diesel, adding that the Biden Administration may need to consider taking action if the plants do not build inventories.USrefiners have boosted oil product exports this month as domestic crude oil production rose and global fuel demand continued to recover.
Pakistan floods: Sindh province awaits more deluges and devastation
US Energy Secretary urges refiners not to increase fuel exports
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, in a letter sent Aug 18, urged seven refiners including Valero, ExxonMobil and Chevron, to build supplies of fuels as the United States enters peak hurricane season.
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D utch Police say six people were killed and seven others hurt after a truck ran off the top of a dike road and ploughed into revellers at a neighbourhood barbecue. The accident hap pened around 6pm (16:00 GMT) on Saturday when the Spanish-registered lor ry left the road in the vil lage of Nieuw-Beijerland, 30km (18 miles) south of Rotterdam. The victims were three women aged 28, 32 and 75, and three men aged 41, 50 and 62, all from the local area, Police said. One of the injured was in critical condition in hos pital. Police first confirmed
Pakistan's officials, who have dealt with floods many times before, say the hell unleashed by the heavens was nothing they could have prepared for. The torrents from swol len rivers in the moun tainous north are due to arrive in the coming days. But the devastation is not isolated to Sindh prov ince. One man told the BBC his daughter had been swept away by a flooded river in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The US, UK, UAE and others have contributed to a disaster appeal, but more funds are needed, of ficials say. (Excerpt from BBC News)
A Ukrainian firefighter removing rubble in a factory destroyed by a Russian strike in the city of Slovyansk, in war-affected area in eastern Ukraine, as Russia's attack in Ukraine continues, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, August 27,2022
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"Given the historic level of US refined product exports, I again urge you to focus in the near term on building inventories in the United States, rather than selling down current stocks and further increasing exports," Granholm said in the letter sent to refiners, a copy of which was seen by Reuters.HighUS oil product exports have been a concern for the Administration of President Joe Biden this summer as gasoline prices briefly hit a record of US$5 a gallon, helping drive inflation to 40-year highs. Gasoline prices have since fallen to about US$3.86 per gallon. Federal weather forecasters have projected an aboveaverage Atlantic hurricane season, which can be a perilous time for refineries. Still-high gasoline prices remain a threat to Biden's fellow Democrats ahead of the Nov 8 midterm elections, when they hope to retain control of both chambers of Congress.Granholm said the Administration is talking with state officials along the East Coast, where gasoline levels are at their lowest in nearly a decade. It is putting the gasoline and heating oil reserves in the US Northeast, which hold 2 million barrels of fuel, on "active standby" for potential release, and preparing other emergency contingency actions, she said. The Administration hopes that companies will "proactively address this need" of building inventories, she said. If that does not happen, the Administration "will need to consider additional federal requirements or other emergency measures," Granholm added, without providing details.
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Regional governor Oleksandr Starukh said on Telegram on Sunday that Russian forces struck residential buildings in the region's main city of Zaporizhzhia, about a twohour drive from the plant, and the town of Orikhiv further east. On Saturday, Starukh told Ukrainian television that residents were being taught how to use iodine in case of a radiation leak. Ukraine's military re ported shelling of nine more towns in the area on the opposite side of the Dnipro river from the plant in its daily report, while the Russian RIA news agency quoted the Russian Defence Ministry as saying its air force struck a Motor Sich plant in the region where helicopters were re paired.The United Nations and Kyiv have called for a with drawal of military equip ment and personnel from the plant to ensure it is not a target. (Excerpt from Reuters)
at least two dead after the vehicle drove into the crowded community barbe cue, which Dutch news re ports said was being hosted by an ice-skating club. “We now have six people killed and seven injured, one seriously after yester day’s accident,” said Police spokeswoman Mirjam Boers. “We are still inves tigating what exactly hap pened.” Photographs from the scene identified the truck as belonging to the El Mosca company based in Spain. Boers confirmed the 46-year-old driver from Spain was arrested “and was not under the influence of alcohol” at the time of the accident.“Hewas arrested for causing a fatal accident and serious bodily injury. His role in the incident is un der investigation. For the time being, we are keeping all scenarios about the facts open,” Police said in a state ment.Three of the victims –a mother, son and daugh ter-in-law who was eight months pregnant – came from the same family, the broadcaster reported, quoting a local church an nouncement. The incident has shaken the tight-knit community of the Nieuw-Beijerland re gion with Police calling for more witnesses to help with the investigation. (Excerpt from Al Jazeera)
In addition, Northeast refiners import crude and fuels, trade that could be affected by an export ban.
O ne of Pakistan's southern provinc es, Sindh, is brac ing itself for worse to come as the country deals with catastrophic floods. Deluges from swollen rivers are heading for low er-lying areas, officials say, threatening more misery for millions. The floods have killed nearly 1000 people across Pakistan since June, while thousands have been displaced - and mil lions more affected. In Sindh, the message in every village the BBC visited was: "Send help." In this provincewhich has a population of almost 50 million - there has been a little reprieve from the rains. But it will take more than a few days of sunshine to make life right again. This year's floods have been devastating - and their impact is far from being fully realised. The infrastructure was already basic in many ru ral communities. Many of the roads are not tarred, and some bridges are worn out after years of lit tle maintenance. But this can't just be blamed on poor infra structure.
The American space agency is counting down to the lift-off of its giant new Moon rocketthe Space Launch System. SLS is the most power ful vehicle ever developed by NASA, and will be the foun dation of its Artemis proj ect which aims to put people back on the lunar surface af ter a 50-year absence. The rocket is timed to go up from the Kennedy Space Centre at 08:33 local time (12:33 GMT; 13:33 BST) to day.Its job will be to propel a test capsule, called Orion, far from Earth. This spacecraft will loop around the Moon on a big arc before returning home to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean in six weeks' time. Orion is uncrewed for this demonstration but as suming all the hardware works as it should, astro nauts will climb aboard for a future series of ever more complex missions, starting in 2024. This flight is a big mo ment not just for NASA, but for the European Space Agency. It has provided the ser vice module for Orion. This is the rear section that pushes the capsule through space. It's an in-kind con tribution that Europe hopes will lead to its nationals be ing included in future jour neys to the surface of the Moon.Missions through to Artemis IX are currently be ing planned. By that stage there should be habitats and rov ing vehicles on the Moon for astronauts to use. But ultimately, Artemis is seen as a proving ground to get people to Mars. (Excerpt from BBC News)
In a wide-ranging meeting with the same refiners in June, Granholm backed off a plan to ban US fuel exports, but the idea has never fully left the table. Refiners have said a ban could swamp domestic markets with fuel and cause some plants to cut output, which could decrease supply and put upward pressure on prices.
R ussian artillery fired at Ukrainian towns across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant overnight, lo cal officials said on Sunday, adding to residents' an guish as reports of shelling around the plant fuelled fears of a radiation disas ter. Russia's Defence Ministry said there was more Ukrainian shelling of the plant over the past 24 hours, just a day af ter Moscow and Kyiv trad ed accusations of targeting Europe's biggest nuclear plant, which has prompt ed grave international con cern.Ukrainian nuclear com pany Energoatom said it had no new information about attacks on the plant. Captured by Russian troops in March, but still run by Ukrainian staff, the complex on the south ern front line of the war has been one of the major hotspots in the six-month conflict.The US State Department said in a statement on Sunday that Moscow did not want to acknowledge the grave radiological risk at the Zaporizhzhia plant and had blocked a draft agree ment on nuclear non-pro liferation because it men tioned such risk.
Ukraine on edge after Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, region's towns shelled
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Virat congratulating Pandya DK and Pandya sealed the deal Pandya batting during his match-winning knock Max Verstappen made light work of his grid penalties to win the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix from P14 on the grid in a Red Bull one-two backed up by Sergio Perez, while pole-sitter Carlos Sainz finished P3 forLewisFerrari. Hamilton and Fernando Alonso tangled at Les Combes on Lap 1, leaving the Mercedes driver out of the race before Valtteri Bottas spun out in avoidance of Nicholas Latifi and brought out a safety car on Lap 2. The restart saw Verstappen line up eighth, while Sainz led Perez – Leclerc having had to pit for mediums with a tear-off in his brake duct. Verstappen made quick work of the cars ahead, sweeping into P3 by Lap 8 with only Perez and Sainz to beat. Sainz pitted from softs to mediums on Lap 12, when Perez allowed Verstappen past and into the lead. The Dutchman extended his lead until Lap 15, and clawed back the deficit to Sainz, taking the lead on Lap 19 – taking another free pit stop on Lap 31 – before going on to win over Perez by more than 18 seconds in a dominant display, with fastest lap to boot. Sainz completed the podium ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell, who had previously passed Charles Leclerc, but lost out on the final podium place by just over two seconds. Leclerc made a late pit stop for soft tyres in an effort to take fastest lap, but missed out on the bonus point, and only just held on to P5 ahead of Fernando Alonso. However, after being caught for speeding in the pit lane, a five-
caught on the boundary with the last ball of the eighth over and the first of the 10th. Between those two wickets, India improvised, sending Jadeja in at No. 4. The purpose of that move is dual. They get to know how good Jadeja can be when given more batting responsibility, and they also force Pakistan to make a change. Of course, all of this would matter only if Jadeja could overcome his ordinary record against spin, which he did, by using his feet against Nawaz to hit those boundaries and force Pakistan to keep his last over in the bank. Both sides hang in Now Jadeja stopped taking risks. Suryakumar Yadav tried, but seam movement for Naseem flattened his off stump. Hardik and Jadeja then picked riskfree runs, to see how long Pakistan could delay the return of Nawaz. Hardik especially was good enough to accumulate at a healthy rate. The bowlers began to cramp up, and India played the waiting game. Even Pakistan were found three overs short, which made 32 off three overs look easier than it should.
Pakistan's fast bowlers impress The start of India's innings was hectic. Naseem had KL Rahul play on with the second ball of his T20I career. Then Virat Kohli was dropped for a duck at second slip. Edges went past the wicket. Rohit Sharma kept getting beaten on the outside edge, enduring the slowest powerplay he has had in T20Is. The ball kept fizzing around, but, in between, Kohli played a lovely front-foot pull over wide mid-on, and a back-foot punch. When the powerplay ended at 38 for 1, Pakistan were right in the game. Spinners strike, India disrupt India made a bold choice playing Kohli ahead of Rishabh Pant, the only left-hand batter in the top seven. It becomes tricky for India, especially when Rohit and Kohli are batting together, against spin. If there was any consolation, they didn't muck around, they went for their shots. But on this pitch, Nawaz was good enough to have them
PAKISTAN INNINGS (20 overs maximum) Mohammad Rizwan †c Avesh Khan b Pandya 43 Babar Azam (c) c Arshdeep Singh b Kumar 10 Fakhar Zaman c †Karthik b Avesh Khan 10 Iftikhar Ahmed c †Karthik b Pandya 28 Khushdil Shah c Jadeja b Pandya 2 Shadab Khan lbw b Kumar 10 Asif Ali c Yadav b Kumar 9 Mohammad Nawaz c † Karthik b Arshdeep Singh 1 Haris Rauf not out 13 Naseem Shah lbw b Kumar 0 Shahnawaz Dahani b Arshdeep Singh 16 Extras (b 1, w 4) 5 TOTAL 19.5 Ov (RR: 7.41) 147 Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Babar Azam, 2.4 ov), 2-42 (Fakhar Zaman, 5.5 ov), 3-87 (Iftikhar Ahmed, 12.1 ov), 4-96 (Mohammad Rizwan, 14.1 ov), 5-97 (Khushdil Shah, 14.3 ov), 6-112 (Asif Ali, 16.3 ov), 7-114 (Mohammad Nawaz, 17.1 ov), 8-128 (Shadab Khan, 18.2 ov), 9-128 (Naseem Shah, 18.3 ov), 10-147 (Shahnawaz Dahani, 19.5 ov)
second penalty dropped him to P6. The two-time champion was again passed by the Ferrari on the final lap, but finished ahead of team mate Esteban Ocon, who overhauled Sebastian Vettel (P8) and Pierre Gasly (P9) late in the race.
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Hardik Pandya cracked open the game for India with both ball and bat to take them to a tense win over Pakistan with two balls to spare. He bowled with pace and venom, using the short ball perfectly on a pitch with steep bounce, to return figures of 4-0-25-3 and restrict Pakistan to 147. On a tacky pitch, India never really broke away from Pakistan, until Hardik hit three boundaries in the 19th over. Even in the 20th, Mohammad Nawaz brought it to six required off three, but Hardik sealed it with a flat six over longon, to end up with 33 off 17. This was a gruelling match played in oppressive heat and humidity. As a result, both teams struggled to keep time, and were penalised for slow over-rate. But while Hardik's middle-overs’ wickets had made sure Pakistan couldn't really exploit there being only four fielders in the deepinstead of the usual five - Hardik was himself there to cash in with the Pakistanbat. were further hampered by their key death bowlers - Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf - cramping up. In the end, they were left with Nawaz bowling the last over, because India promoted Ravindra Jadeja when the two spinners - both turning the ball away from righthand batters - had India in a chokehold in the middle overs. Jadeja immediately hit a six and a four off Nawaz, which meant they had to delay his final over. It also meant the asking rate never got to India, because they knew they had that over left. as it happened, it was bowled with an extra fielder in the circle. If it doesn't swing, dig it in With grass on the pitch, and also given the history of Dubai, it was a big toss to win for India. They expected swing, but didn't get any. While there was still seam movement on offer, Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a surprise bouncer to Babar Azam. It was a brave change-up with third and fine leg both inside the circle, but the line was wide, which meant Babar had to fetch it. He managed just a top edge, for short fine leg to catch. Just as Pakistan looked to make the most of the final powerplay over, Avesh Khan came back from a six and a four with another short ball that took the top edge from a Fakhar Zaman cut. At 43 for 2, Pakistan had fallen behind the game early. Mohammad Rizwan just couldn't come to terms with the pitch, and fell behind a-run-aball. He could hardly time any of his attempted big hits. Iftikhar Ahmed, batting against spinners - not his stronger suit - still managed to score 28 off 22 in a 45-run partnership. With eight overs to go, Pakistan needed to get a move on. That was when Hardik came back to bowl with great pace and bounce. The first ball was just too high and too quick for Iftikhar. It took a top edge on the hook. In the 15th over, Hardik took out both Rizwan and Khushdil Shah with the short ball, to make it 103 for 5.
Dahani, Rauf give themselves something to bowl Pinpoint knuckle balls from Bhuvneshwar then reduced Pakistan to 128 for 9, but Shahnawaz Dahani and Rauf managed to score 29 off 13 balls between the two of them. Dahani smacked two lovely sixes, one over long-on and another over midwicket, a hook to a slower bouncer.
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Hardik stays cool to ace a tense chase for India against Pakistan
BOWLING O-M-R-W Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-26-4 Arshdeep Singh 3.5-0-33-2 Hardik Pandya 4-0-25-3 Avesh Khan 2-0-19-1 Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-32-0 Ravindra Jadeja 2-0-11-0 INDIA INNINGS (Target: 148 runs from 20 overs) Rohit Sharma (c) c Iftikhar Ahmed b Mohammad Nawaz 12 KL Rahul b Naseem Shah 0 Virat Kohli c Iftikhar Ahmed b Mohammad Nawaz 35 Ravindra Jadeja b Mohammad Nawaz 35 Suryakumar Yadav b Naseem Shah 18 Hardik Pandya not out 33 Dinesh Karthik †not out 1 Extras (lb 5, w 9) 14 TOTAL 19.4 Ov (RR: 7.52) 148/5 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (KL Rahul, 0.2 ov), 2-50 (Rohit Sharma, 7.6 ov), 3-53 (Virat Kohli, 9.1 ov), 4-89 (Suryakumar Yadav, 14.2 ov), 5-141 (Ravindra Jadeja, 19.1 ov) BOWLING O-M-R-W Naseem Shah 4-0-27-2 Shahnawaz Dahani 4-0-29-0 Haris Rauf 4-0-35-0 Shadab Khan 4-0-19-0 Mohammad Nawaz 3.4-0-33-3
When Naseem began the 18th, it was clear that Pakistan were going to try their best bets first. However, Naseem's cramps became debilitating. He could hardly charge in, but conceded just five runs off the first four balls. He came close to getting Jadeja lbw, but the batter got the decision overturned on review. The knockout blow came when Jadeja timed him over long-on for a six. Hardik then used the extra fielder in to place his boundaries, instead of muscling them. Three fours in the 19th over left India just seven to get in Nawaz's over. In a final twist, Jadeja was bowled trying to play the slogsweep, and it came down to six required off the last three. If Pakistan could keep Hardik off strike, they had a chance, because Karthik's record against spin is ordinary. However, Hardik coolly hit a flat six over wide longon to take India home. (ESPN Cricinfo)
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Alex Albon rounded out the top 10 for Williams, fending off Lance Stroll for the final point. Lando Norris caught up to a battling Albon and Stroll by the end of the race, but the McLaren driver missed out and finished 12th, ahead of Yuki Tsunoda, who won a late-race battle against Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu. That left Daniel Ricciardo in P15 ahead of the Haas pair – Kevin Magnussen (16th) and Mick Schumacher (17th) – while Nicholas Latifi finished 18th, after taking three pit stops. (F1) to Belgian from
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The British High Commissioner to Guyana, Her Excellency Jane Miller, was present at this meet.The next race meet to be held in Guyana is the President's Cup, set for September 18 at the Rising Sun Turf AnotherClub.race will be held on October 23 at the Kennard Memorial Turf Club, and on December 26, the traditional Boxing Day race will be held at the same venue in Bush Lot Farm.The sponsors of this event are Banks DIH; Jumbo Jet; KP Jagdeo General Contractors; Anil Sawh Contractors; AJM Enterprises; Anirud Rancharitar General Contractors; Mohammed Enterprises of GT; Balkarran Family; Peter Parsotoon and family; J. Jagmohan; Fazal Habibullah; Ann (House of Beauty); Satrohan Ramdeen; Kascon Engineering; Aramco Contracting; Seenath Rampersaud; Nand Persaud Group of Companies; Sase Dai (Horseshoe Racing Service), the Kennard family, and the Dookie family.
hotels for CPL Carnival period available, but limited Key Accountant Manager at Stabroek Travel, Ryan Deoraj (Brandon Corlette photo)
By Brandon Corlette Stabroek Travel, offi cial travel partner of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL), will be ‘giving back’ to customers who book on the Stabroek TravelStabroekplatform.Travel will be working with Hero CPL to put together bespoke pack ages for fans who wish to travel around the Caribbean to participate in ‘the Biggest Party in Sport’. From the comfort of their homes and the convenience of their electronic devices, CPL fans would now be able to ac cess great deals on travel and accommodation through Stabroektravel.com.StabroekTravel also al lows fans to take in Hero CPL action at all four of the 2022 venues. Guyana will be the centre of attrac tion during the CPL finals, with the Carnival set to take centre stage and excite the globe. Thousands of crick et and carnival enthusiasts are expected to descend on Guyana during that time.
The hotels in Guyana are almost booked, and Deoraj is encouraging individuals to book early at Stabroek Travel. "Accommodation is available, but limit ed. We have accommoda tion available at three ho tels in Guyana. The Guyana Marriott, the Ramada Georgetown Princess, and Regency Suites Hotel. The others are fully booked. Availability will depend on your“Westay.also offer bed-andbreakfast providers with premium and secure loca tions across the countries, and amenities at a para mount standard," Deoraj hasThesaid.CPL starts in St Kitts & Nevis on August 31, before moving on to Saint Lucia for matches between September 7 and 11. There will be matches in Trinidad & Tobago from September 13 to 18, before Hero CPL heads to Guyana for sev en group games and the knockout stages between September 21 and 30.
The G Class & Lower race was arguably the event in which the top four horses had the closest finish. Memories clinched the $400,000 purse, while Marconi came second, followed by Nuclear Fire and It's My Choice in that order.
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Jagdeo Racing Stables dominate, as Wild Texas Tom clinches victory
Red Star clinched victory in the J & Lower race Ross again showed his class in multiple races
The Kennard Memorial Turf Club at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice held its horse race meet on a very sunny Sunday, August 28, 2022, and there was a record entry of horses to con test the feature event of the meet, run over 1600 metres. When that race was final ly run, Wild Texas Tom of the Jagdeo Racing Stables clinched victoryGoldenover Blue Echo, Early Bird, and Vera's Finally in that order to capture the (late) Justice Cecil Kennard Trophy and the Gy$1.5 million that went with the win. Piloted by Trinidadian jockey Dillon Khelawan, Wild Texas Tom showed pure class in running from the outside to take a comfortable win in this event, stakes for which were donated by Banks DIH, Nasrudeen Mohamed, KP Jagdeo, Anil Sawh, and Fazal Habibullah.IntheK Class Non-Earners & L Open race, the first event to be contested, Prince D took the top place, Catholic Boy rode in second, and Charandass and Bank Note followed. Prince D thus claimed the $281,250 cash prize and trophy donated by the Kennard Family. Skittles stormed to victory in the second race on the card. This horse from the Jagdeo Racing Stables claimed the Ganesh Family (in memory of Khublall Ganesh) trophy, and was followed by Cyclone, War Time, and Perfect Rose in that order.Race three saw Cash Return cruising to victory in the first-time starters and L Non-Earners division 2 race. Judge Not, Yellow Man and Billy BG Aged were the other top finishers. In a field of 12 horses, GT Boss, piloted by champi on Jockey Colin Ross, record ed a close win in the race for two-year-old Guyana-bred an imals. Ross used his experi ence to pip Legacy, Sky Rocket and Hardcore in that thrilling fourth race of the day.
Race six saw Red Star, pi loted by Ross, convincingly winning the J& Lower race. Trump came in second despite putting up a fight, and Not This Time and Catholic Boy fol lowed in that order.
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Champion horse Wild Texas Tom of the Jagdeo Racing Stables is flanked by British High Commissioner Jane Miller among others
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6IXTY men's semi-finals Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots will meet in the final of the SKYEXCH 6ixty men’s tournament from 5.30 pm at Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts on Sunday. In the second semifinal on Sunday, TKR got past Barbados Royals by three wickets with eight balls to spare.Royals made 101/5 in their ten overs, with Rahkeem Cornwall hitting four fours and three sixes in his innings of 36 off 15 deliv eries. Corbin Bosch also helped the Royals get past the 100run mark with 21 off 17 balls. Medium-pacer Terrance Hinds was the chief destroy er for TKR, grabbing 3/13 in two overs. Skipper Sunil Narine, in his first match of the tournament, was a frugal 0/15 in his two overs of spin. TKR got home comfort ably, scoring 104/3 in 8.4 overs. Opening batsman Narine belted four fours and two sixes in his knock of 35 off 16 deliveries. Narine has just joined the team, after playing in the Hundred tournament in England. Fellow opener Tion Webster contributed 27 off 13. Fast bowler Obed McCoy tried to limit the TKR bats men with 1/19 in two overs. In the earlier semifinal, Patriots defeated Jamaica Tallawahs by three wickets to advance to the final. Tallawahs posted 122/4 in their ten overs, batting first. Fabian Allen struck a destructive 82 not out off 33 balls to lead the way for Tallawahs. He cracked three fours and nine sixes. Fast bowler Dominic Drakes was the best bowler for Patriots, taking 1/15 in two overs. In response, opener Andre Fletcher struck 60 not out off 30 balls, with five fours and five sixes, to guide Patriots to 123/3 in 9.2 overs. Evin Lewis chipped in with 21 off eight balls, and Nicholson Gordon took 2/35 in two overs for the Tallawahs.
The Women’s title was won by Lori-Ann Foley of the Cayman Islands. Karen Anderson of Jamaica was second, and Diane Julien of Trinidad and Tobago was third. Joey Levy of Jamaica took the Men’s 50 and over crown over Peter Drury of Bermuda and Keith Higgins of the Cayman Islands, who were second and third respectively. The women’s title went to Marlene West of the Cayman Islands, with Cathy Martin of Trinidad and Tobago and Gill Binnie of Jamaica finishing second and third respectively. Richard Hart of Trinidad and Tobago won the men’s 60 and over title. Chris Bicknell of Jamaica was the runnerup, and Nick Buckley of the Cayman Islands finished third. (Sportsmax)
GUYANATIMESGY.COMMONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2022 23 SCOREBOARD TRINBAGO KNIGHT RIDERS INNINGS (10 overs maximum) Sunil Narine (c)c Lewis b Jansen 0 Tion Webster c †Da Silva b Drakes 5 Andre Russell run out (Lewis) 22 Tim Seifert †not out 37 Terrance Hinds c Jansen b Dananjaya 8 Seekkuge Prasanna c sub (KU Carty) b Drakes 0 Akeal Hosein c †Da Silva b Louis 1 Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 5, pen 1) 11 TOTAL 9.3 Ov (RR: 8.84) 84 Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sunil Narine, 0.3 ov), 2-6 (Tion Webster, 1.3 ov), 3-50 (Andre Russell, 5.2 ov), 4-78 (Terrance Hinds, 7.5 ov), 5-79 (Seekkuge Prasanna, 8.2 ov), 6-84 (Akeal Hosein, 9.3 ov) BOWLING O-M-R-W Duan Jansen 2-0-15-1 Dominic Drakes 2-0-17-2 Jon-Russ Jaggesar 2-0-19-0 Akila Dananjaya 2-0-15-1 Jeremiah Louis 1.3-0-12-1 ST KITTS AND NEVIS PATRIOTS INNINGS (Target: 85 runs from 10 overs) Andre Fletcher not out 27 Evin Lewis (c) b Russell 32 Sherfane Rutherford c Webster b Russell 4 Dewald Brevis b Narine 0 Chris Gayle not out 15 Extras (lb 2, w 5) 7 TOTAL 9.4 Ov (RR: 8.79) 85/3 Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Evin Lewis, 4.4 ov), 2-57 (Sherfane Rutherford, 4.6 ov), 3-58 (Dewald Brevis, 5.2 ov) BOWLING O-M-R-W Anderson Phillip 1-0-10-0 Jayden Seales 1-0-14-0 Ravi Rampaul 1.4-0-18-0 Akeal Hosein 1-0-10-0 Andre Russell 1-0-11-2 Sunil Narine 2-0-8-1 Terrance Hinds 2-0-12-0
Patriots Men and Royals Women are CPL 6IXTY champions
Royals clinch Women's 6IXTY Shakera Selman took three wickets in an over as the Barbados Royals won the in augural Women's 6IXTY title on Sunday at Warner Park, St Kitts. In a pulsating final, the Royals beat the Trinbago Knight Riders by 15 runs, fighting back after being bowled out for 65. Sent in to bat, Royals openers Aaliyah Alleyne (23) and Hayley Matthews (15) put on a part nership of 41. However, the Knight Riders came back into the game after Deandra Dottin dismissed the Royals captain, Matthews. Anisa Mohammed (2/11) had Chloe Tyron (0) stumped, and then bowled Alleyne through the gate. Sune Luus (2/11) and Sheneta Grimmond (1/10) then cleaned up the tail to bowl out the Royals for 65 off 9.2 Theovers. Royals, however, showed great fighting spir it to claim two early wickets. Quiana Joseph had Lee-Ann Kirby (4) caught behind, be fore getting Dottin to play on for 7.When Afy Fletcher (1/6) claimed the wicket of Natasha McLean (3), the Royals sensed the title was theirs. Selman was called up to bowl the ninth over, and her accurate bowling turned the tide irretrievably towards the Royals.After a 26-run partner ship, Selman had Hayley Jensen (7) holing out on the boundary with the first ball of the ninth over. She had Luus (17) caught two balls later, and then dis missed Kycia Knight (2) off the last ball of her over, to trig ger wild celebrations among the Royals players and staff. Selman ended with 3 for 10 off her two overs to bowl the Barbados Royals to the inau gural Women's 6IXTY title. Hayley Matthews was named Player of the Series, af ter scoring 63 runs and taking three wickets. Royals won the CPL 6IXTY women's tourney
uyana have won the overall team title at the 2022 Caribbean Senior Squash Championships that concluded at the Liguanea Club in Kingston on Saturday. The formidable Guyanese contingent won both men's and women’s team titles to compile 64 points, after winning the men’s title over Jamaica and the Cayman Islands respectively. They also took the women’s title over the Cayman Islands and Trinidad and Tobago respectively. Overall, the Cayman Islands were runners-up with 56 points, while hosts Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago amassed 45 points. Barbados were fifth with 30 points. In women’s play on Saturday, Guyana blanked Jamaica 5-0 and the Cayman Island defeated Barbados 4-1. In men's play, Guyana beat Jamaica 4-1 while The Cayman Islands defeated Barbados 3-2.The Guyanese pair of Ashley DeGroot and Ashley Khalil won the women’s doubles title. Jade Pitcairn and Michaela Rensburg of the Cayman Islands were the runners-up, with Tessa Martin and Alexandria Yearwood of Trinidad & Tobago and Savannah Thomson and Mia Todd of Jamaica tied for third. Meantime, Nyron Joseph and Jason-Ray Khalil of Guyana won the men’s doubles title over the Barbadian pair of Khamal Cumberbatch & ShawnJulianSimpson.Jervisand Jake Kelly of the Cayman Islands and Bruce Burrowes and Julian Morrison of Jamaica tied for third.The Cayman Islands pair of Cameron Stafford and Marlene West won the mixed doubles title, with Daniel Ince and Taylor Fernandes of Guyana being the runners-up. Darien Benn and Jodi SmithPadmore of Barbados and Chayse McQuan and Marie Claire Barcant of Trinidad and Tobago shared third-place honours.Ramon Chan-A-Sue of Guyana won the Men’s 40plus title over Trinidad and Tobago’s Peter Pirthseesingh and Jamaica’s Bruce Levy.
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Caribbean Women's Doubles Champions Ashley DeGroot and Ashley Khalil are all smiles as Guyana walked away with the overall title at the Caribbean Senior Squash Championships that concluded at the Liguanea Club in Kingston, Jamaica on Saturday St Kitts and Nevis Patriots defeat ed Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) to win the Caribbean Premier League 6IXTY men's final at Warner Park in St Kitts. In the female tourna ment, Barbados Royals de feated the TKR ladies to claim the women's title. In the men's final, TKR batted first and posted 84-6 in 9.3 overs. Tim Seifert made a top-score of 37, while Andre Russell made 22. Dominic Drakes was the pick of the bowlers with 2-17. In response, Patriots reached 85-3 in 9.4 overs, with Evin Lewis top-scoring with 32 and Andre Fletcher scoringChris27.Gayle struck the winning runs as Patriots sealed the deal. Russell was in the wickets, with 2-11 in one over.
Guyana are winners of 2022 Caribbean Senior Squash Championships in Kingston
Narine failed to save TKR 'Player of the series' Fletcher was in the runs again Seifert top-scored for TKR
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