President Dr Irfaan Ali addressing residents during an outreach on Friday to Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), where he made several announcements to better the lives of citizens in the region WHAT'S INSIDE: Issue No. 5113 Nationwide coverage from the best news team in Guyana THE BEACON OF TRUTH guyanatimesgy.com PRICE $100 VAT INCLUDEDSATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2022 PPPPP514P2131517 Govt to –majorUS$160MpumptomodernisehospitalsHealthMinister P11 Pres Ali announces $1M each for 600 landowners in Lethem to push housing drive – $1.2B additional financing available from commercial banks Page3 Teixeira calls on Police to investigate Norton’s threats to GECOM Chair Operations will be guided only by constitutional, legal provisions – GECOM – to write int’l, diplomatic communities on Opposition’s intimidation tactics Page7 Almost 450 mortgages approved since Building Expo – Min Rodrigues Page9 GRA inseveralfloodingCDCstudyscholarshipsstudents12asreplaceconfirmedBeverlycollapsesbyHousememberrapingforpastorEssequiboatduring&chicken,seizesalcoholcigarettesoperationMahaicachargeddrugging,churchoccupiedelderlycoupleAlerttoTrotmanAFCMPGuyanesereceivetoinChinamonitoringinvillagesReg7 – dispatches assistance to affected communities Woman killed in ataccidentfreakGafoors Page13 Page14
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The CDC, which is under the guidance of the National Flood Monitoring Taskforce, said they have responded to the reports of inundation at Kaikan and other neigh bouring villages and are act ing Inswiftly.arelease to the me dia on Friday, the CDC said at least 100 persons resid ing along the Cuyuni River have been affected by the rising waters. Apart from Kaikan, communities such as Carboo, Rock Landing, Wenamu, and Eteringbang were also affected.
The flooding situation at Kaikan
Families who are cur rently being affected by flooding at Kaikan in Region Seven (CuyuniMazaruni) and other neigh bouring villages, are receiv ing assistance from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC).
“Flood relief supplies have been distributed to sev eral areas via the regional authorities and the Guyana Defence Force, and more supplies are scheduled to be delivered there shortly,” the releaseAccordingadded. to the CDC, they have an assessment team in the region working with the regional represen tatives to further assess the developing areResidentssituation.countrywideencouragedtoreportall flood impacts to local au thorities or the National Emergency Monitoring System (NEMS) on 600-7500 or 226-1114 at any time. Over the past weeks, several communities have been battling water in their homes due to the overtop ping of rivers and the con tinuous rainfalls. Only recently, the Government said it was looking at a permanent solu tion to the flooding situation especially in Kwakwani, Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region 10), and surround ing communities. These ar eas were heavily affected by the rising water levels. Several riverine commu nities such as Kwakwani Waterfront, Ladern’s Ville (Aroaima), and Hururu were seriously affected. As such, emergency procurement for contractors was undertaken, and works to the tune of $8 million were carried out in Speightland to combat the flooding situation. To further allevi ate the problems, Central Government, the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) and re gional bodies ensured drains and canals were clearing, pumps and kokers were re paired and maintained, and livestock were relocated. Since the beginning of May, Guyana has been sub jected to increased rainfall. However, this had not re sulted in any major accumu lation of water or flooding until June. Prior to this sit uation, the last major flood ing was in June 2021, when heavy rains resulted in mass flooding countrywide. Over 50,000 house holds were affected, lead ing Government to activate a combination of relief mea sures and grants for farm ers, residents, and other af fected persons.
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“We told you that you will benefit from the reve nues of this country when some said that you must not be part of it. You will ben efit, you will get the deliv ery of the Government,” the President contended.
Minister Rodrigues fur ther disclosed that from 2020 to now, her Ministry, through its Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), has distributed some 400 house lots to res idents in Region Nine and has already spent over $669 million for related works. According to President Ali, no other Government has done as much for the hinterland and its people’s development as the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C).Hepointed out that in addition to these two new measures, residents in the region will also bene fit from other measures the Government has introduced.
“So, if you are build ing your home and you have your lot allocated to you. And you’re building a low-income home or a young professional home then you will benefit from the cement and the steel that we’re giv ing [out free],” he stated. This, the Head of State added, is in addition to oth er measures tailored to ben efit hinterland communities including the hinterland housing programme, the hinterland home improve ment project, the hinterland sanitation project in which the Government is setting up septic tanks for house holds, as well as the pro gramme that is targeting roof replacements in hinter landHecommunities.furthernoted that “we’re building complete concrete homes. And we have communities in this region that are already ben efitting or would have al ready benefitted from this programme”.Onlylast month, President Ali announced a special housing initiative that will see Government construction of homes for landowners at varying val ues with easy financing through the banks. This is in addition to measures previously rolled out including the distribu tion of free building mate rials and slashed interest rates on bank financing for homeowners along with the removal of VAT on certain construction materials such as cement, sheetrock and concreteFriday’sboards.meeting in Lethem was the first in a se ries of similar engagements that the President is sched uled to hold in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region over the weekend. In addition to Minister Rodrigues, the Head of State is also accompa nied by Amerindian Affairs Minister Pauline Sukhai, Local Government and Regional Development Minister Nigel Dharamlall and other officials.
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 Saturday, Aug 27 – 16:50h – 18:20h and Sunday, Aug 28 – 17:10h – 18:40h.
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The Demerara Harbour Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic on: Saturday, Aug 27 – 13:00 – 14:30h and Sunday, Aug 28 – 03:30h – 05:00h.
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President Dr Irfaan Ali greeting residents upon his arrival in the Region Nine township
Pres Ali announces $1M each for 600 landowners in Lethem to push housing drive – $1.2B additional financing available from commercial banks
House lots distribution in Lethem These measures an nounced by the Guyanese leader on Friday were laud ed by residents in Region Nine, many of whom are first-time homeowners.
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Meanwhile, Junior Housing Minister Susan Rodrigues, who is also in Lethem, disclosed that the Ministry has been able to better serve the needs of Region Nine residents in both the housing and water sectors since establishing an office there.
tend to fulfil to improve the lives of persons in the re gion.Against this backdrop, Ali announced that the Government will be giving out $600 million to ensure that people move from land owners to “…Startinghomeowners.withthe per sons who have the lots, 600 [of them], the Government of Guyana will, with im mediate, effect give $1 mil lion to each of those allot tees to do construction,” the President revealed. The Head of State ex plained that in coming up with this initiative, it was found that the cost of con structing the model of a house that is typically used in the region amounts to ap proximately $3 million. With the Government al ready investing $600 mil lion, the President went on to disclose that this will be further boosted by addition al financing from commer cial“Webanks.were able to sit down with two banks – GBTI (Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry) …and NBS (New Building Society). And without any collateral, with out the job letter, they have agreed that they will finance the remaining $2 million at 3.5 per cent [interest rate] –the lowest in the country,” the Head of State further revealed.Heoutlined that ben eficiaries of this initiative will be required to repay the bank’s rates as low as only $14,000Accordingmonthly.to President Ali, these two initiatives alone amount to some $1.8 billion in investments be ing plugged into the housing drive in “ThinkLethem.about what that will now do for the busi nesses. And we have also at tached a condition to this … that all the materials and the labour must be procured locally. So the businesses
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will benefit, the communi ties will benefit, the labour ers would benefit, the skilled workers would benefit, the block makers would benefit – you all will benefit as a re sult of the investments the Government is making.”
There will be light rain showers and sunshine during the day. Expect clear skies at night. Temperatures should range between 21 degrees Celsius and 31 degrees Celsius.
US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch hosted a reception to formally welcome the new Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM), Adrienne Galanek, to Guyana. Members of the Government, Opposition, diplomatic corps, civil society, and the Private Sector were part of the event. Galanek has said she is excited to work at all levels and across various sectors to advance the United States’ bilateral relationship with Guyana and further engagement with Caricom
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Jonathan Yearwood’s position on the removal of migrated Guyanese from the General Register/PLE and/or OLE has been dealt with by the Judiciary, who have been consistent that to do so would be unconstitu tional. I do, however, re spect Yearwood’s right to his opinion, and while I wonder if this position is to disqualify the majori ty of the ANUG executive from participating in elec tions, I would suggest he does some thinking before talking, failing which he should stick to pugilistic exploits with his nemesis Carol Smith-Joseph, and leave the politics to those who use more than Google searches to form opinions and represent the rights of ALL Guyanese. The actual number of schoolchildren eligible for the ‘Because We Care’ grant is 202,613. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, even more so in the age of Google, where ‘arti ficial intelligence’ has more than one meaning.
‘Artificial intelligence’ has more than one meaning
Dear Editor, Guyanese should be wary of the ‘Google poli ticians’, for Google gives access to information, but does not teach logic and reasoning. Jonathan Yearwood (founding mem ber of ANUG) proves this in his latest outburst on Facebook: “According to Google, Guyana's pop ulation in Guyana was 786,559 in 2020. According to the ‘Because We Care’ cash grant 2022, there are some 194,000 school chil dren who are therefore not eligible to vote”. Guyana will undertake a new cen sus, which begins on 15th September 2022, and will give us detailed informa tion on the size and compo sition of the populace when completed.Google will duly use this information to update its database, and Yearwood can regurgitate with every confidence. To unravel (de bunk is now a bad word) Yearwood’s arguments on the size of the Preliminary Voters List (PLE) would take some Guyanesepatience.are eligible to be registered at age 14 on the National Register of Registrants. This is the list from which the PLE is extracted. Only persons who are 18 or older (there is a cutoff date before ev ery election) are eligible to vote; hence, as the date of the election changes, so does the size of the PLE. “Preliminary” is the im portant word in PLE, as this list is published in the public domain nationwide (outside GECOM’s Offices) for a period called ‘Claims and Objections’. It is here that Yearwood can object to any person’s eligibili ty to participate in our de mocracy. The PLE is scoured by the large party activists in every area for inclusions and exclusions. One can forgive Yearwood’s lack of understanding of the ma chinery, as ANUG had Kian Jabour, an executive member who was not on the General Register, the PLE, or Official List of Electors (OLE), and therefore was not eligible to vote in 2020. When someone’s name is omitted from the PLE, a claim is made. The per son presents themselves to the GECOM officials, and is processed for inclusion in the OLE. Objections can be made to any name on a PLE (by a person on the same list or a scrutineer for that district) if a name is on the PLE and he/she is not known to reside at the address that accompanies that name, or is known to have died. The burden is on the objector to provide evi dence to support the objec tion.Yearwood also claims that names of the deceased populate the list. Yes, we know that persons who are on the List may have mi grated and maybe died, but their families have never sent a copy of the death cer tificate to the GRO for the names to be removed from the List. While families are not precluded from send ing death certificates to GECOM, the GRO (General Register Office) produc es that certificate, and there is no logical reason for the families to send the GRO a copy; the GRO, as a matter of routine, sends a monthly Death Report to the Commissioner of Registration, which is used to remove names from the General Register. In the odd event of a name not being removed from the register, not no ticed/ objected to by area residents/party scruti neers, and ends up being included in an OLE, there are other systemic meth ods to prevent someone from using that name to vote: GECOM staff, the fo lio, ink, party polling day agents and observer mis sions. The days of the voting dead are well behind this nation. The systems are near infallible, and would require criminal collusion of at least 5 people at any pollingEditor,station.
T raffic congestion continues to be a major challenge in large and growing metropolitan areas all over the world. And in spite of several efforts being made by Governments and other development partners to remedy the situation, it is more than likely that traffic congestion would become significantly worse in the years to come. Both the economy and school systems require that people work and go to school during the same time, resulting in road transport systems being overloaded. Here, in Guyana, traffic congestion in the city and its environs is almost unbearable, especially during morning and evening ‘rush hour’ traffic. These days, it is normal to spend more than half an hour in the traffic when going or coming from work or school, especially in areas along the East Bank and East Coast corridors, where there is a huge build-up of traffic almost daily. Not only is the traffic situation adding to people’s personal frustrations, but it is also certainly having a negative impact on the level of output of our citizens, both students and workers. For example, production hours are lost by way of employees coming to work late, or by being so tired and stressed the next day, after spending long hours either waiting for transportation or stuck in traffic. The establishment of new housing schemes across the country, and the increasing numbers of vehicles being imported have contributed significantly to traffic congestion in and around the capital city. Thousands of persons have now been relocated from the city to suburban and rural areas, where they were allocated house lots to build their homes. Most of these people have to travel back to the city, where they work or their children attend school. Also, many persons are now opting to purchase their own vehicles, which they use to commute to work and conduct their daily errands. In fact, within the last year or so, there has been a five-fold increase in the number of vehicles traversing our roads. The road network expansion programme, even though improving, still cannot accommodate this massive increase in the number of vehicles using our roads. Traffic congestion cannot be eliminated completely; it is the way modern societies operate. However, there are certain steps which could be taken to immediately minimise the impact traffic congestion has on citizens and their ability to get to their destinations with minimal delay. For example, the authorities could work to ensure there is increased Police presence in certain areas, to properly direct traffic in order to ensure a smooth flow. In some areas leading in and out of the city, there is hardly any Police presence, and some motorists use the opportunity to break the rules. There could also be more diversions where there is heavy traffic build-up. As a long-term solution, an effective way to address the challenge is to continue expanding the road network in the country, especially in areas that are heavily populated. At present, there are too many vehicles, too few roads, and too little space, especially in the capital city. There is no doubt that the new East Bank/East Coast Road Expansion project would bring much relief to the travelling public. It is expected that the new roadway would serve as a corridor for communities on the East Bank of Demerara, including Perseverance, Mocha, Providence, Eccles, and Peter’s Hall, as well as Aubrey Barker Road. Instead of going through the hectic Georgetown traffic, the new road link would allow drivers the option to divert from the East Coast and onto the bypass road to access the East Bank of Demerara.Theauthorities must continue to look at ways in which the road network in Guyana could be further expanded, improved, rehabilitated and maintained. In addition to easing traffic congestion, this could result in a reduction of the large number of road fatalities in the country.
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Some of the disciplines include International Trade and Economy, Applied Psychology, International Politics, and Medicine amongDirectorothers.of Department of International Cooperation at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Forbes July ex pressed that this is the 50th anniversary since the estab lishment of diplomatic rela tions between Guyana and China.“Over the years, Guyana and the People’s Republic of China have built a rela tionship that is centred on the principles of consisten cy and frequent interac tions, which has resulted in a friendship that pro vides exchanges in the po litical, economic and cul tural spheres,” the Director shared.He underscored that with the developmental tra jectory that Guyana is em barking on, there is a need for robust skills. These scholarships are under pinned by those years of mutual friendship, and he urged the awardees to deep en their horizons. July relayed, “This op portunity comes at a criti cal juncture in the develop ment of our country, at the time when the rapid pace at which Guyana is devel oping requires a plethora of skills in a wide range of disciplines.”
Dear Editor, With reference to the subject at caption, an ur gent request is hereby made to have a resident (name provided) who is also known as "Short Man", a total nuisance to the Charlestown area, removed from the area permanent ly, as this individual has been a threat to the human rights of some innocent cit izens of Charlestown & the surrounding wards of Georgetown for many years now, & nobody seems to be doing anything about it. The following are among the offences this individu al has committed in recent years:1. Threatened to burn down residents’ houses. He presumably hears and sees things that aren’t there. 2. Stabbed a Haitian national who lives in this neighbourhood. To every body's unpleasant surprise, "Short Man" was released from Police custody because the Haitian was "illegal" in Guyana.3.Habitually, & with out being provoked, jumped over fences into residents’ yards; and threw broken bottles at people in yards of this roamtosued,ansentwascess.noMagistratePsychiatricmittedricsendedwhilekillthetemptedcustodyheDrysdalebetweenparticularlypavementsers-byenedout4.neighbourhood.Regularlywhippedasharpknife&threattokillinnocentpasswhowalkalongtheofCharlestown,intheareaPrincessandstreets.5.Onseveraloccasions,wasreleasedfromPoliceonself-bailforatkillings.6.HewasplacedbeforecourtforattemptingtotwoPublicServants.thevictimspleadwiththeMagistratetohimforapsychiatevaluation,ortobeadintotheNationalHospital,theclaimedhehadknowledgeoftheproInstead,"ShortMan"placedonbailandhome.Subsequently,arrestwarrantwasisbutheneverreturnedcourt,andcontinuestofreely.
Assistance is being sought from the Minister of Home Affairs and the Minister of Health, as this is both a social and pub lic health matter of con cern. If the present intol erable situation continues, there's the fear that some body would be killed. And it seems many people are afraid of "Short Man" be cause, in Guyana, criminals like him seem to have more rights than their victims. Sad to say, Police pro tection from "Short Man" seems to be non-existent. This nuisance to society is often seen standing for hours unending outside the Rentokil office at the cor ner of Charles & Drysdale Streets, Charlestown during the day and night. Grateful for immediate and sustained action on this serious issue before some thing dreadful happens.
Some of the awardees with Ambassador Guo Haiyan, Public Service Minister Sonia Parag and other officials students receive scholarships to study in China
ConcernedSincerely, Residents
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The Chinese Embassy on Friday award ed scholarships to 12 Guyanese students to pur sue studies in the People’s Republic of China. At the awards ceremo ny, Public Service Minister Sonia Parag noted that Guyana and China have sustained a long-standing relationship in many sec tors, especially the educa tion and public service sec tors.As the students com mence studies abroad, the Minister underscored the importance of self-develop ment.“Development in your self is perhaps the most valuable thing you can do for yourself. Creating your own independence is the most valuable thing. I stand here as a testimony to that…We may be able to have at least 30 persons who are going to complete their skill sets in China and that’s a good number of per sons to come back.” She charged the awardees to display con tinued dedication and seek to learn the language once they commence studies. “I urge you to strike a balance. Make sure you strike a balance. Make sure you experience the food. Make sure you experience the culture but have your continued dedication.”
The Chinese Ambassador to Guyana, Guo Haiyan, announced that her Government is now arranging for international students, who were forced to study online due to the pandemic circumstances, to study in “ThereChina.is good news for you. I am glad to an nounce that the Chinese Government has begun to arrange for international students to study in China in an orderly manner. The colleges and universities are making preparations for this.”Ambassador Haiyan con cluded that the Embassy views this initiative as a priority area in their agen da.
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P arliamentary Affairs and Governance Minister Gail Teixeira is calling on the Guyana Police Force to launch an in vestigation into the threats and acts of intimidation by Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton against the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh.Inaddition to calling on the Police Force to investi gate these threats, Teixeira also wants leaders of civil society and women’s rights organisations, in particular, to come out and call fowl on the misogynistic bullying of the GECOM Moreover,Chair.the Minister also indicated that she will be formally writing the dip lomatic and international community with regards to the targeting and threats to Justice Singh, as well as Norton’s “dastardly plot” to undermine GECOM and the electoral system in Guyana.
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Teixeira calls on Police to investigate
– to write int’l, diplomatic communities on Opposition’s intimidation tactics
In response to the Opposition claims that she sides with the they can criticise the deci sion. That’s up to them,” she asserted.Further, Justice Singh went on to add that “when the time comes, I will leave”.
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The Opposition Leader has recently declared that the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) will continue to put pres sure on GECOM and its Chairperson to get her to resign. In fact, he said, “… we have left the door open. We hope we don’t have to close it and Claudette Singh will do the decent thing and resign… pressure her to re sign or face unspecified ac tion.”According to Minister Teixeira on Friday, these remarks by the Opposition Leader, along other APNU/ AFC supporters, need to be urgently investigated by the Police Force. She reminded that the GECOM Chair is a retired Judge and in oth er countries like the United States, such threats are con sidered a criminal offence. “Clearly Mr Norton, his party, and the APNU+AFC coalition have not deviat ed from these bullyism and intimidation tactics which we witnessed during the [David] Granger adminis tration,” the Minister re minded.Teixeira noted that these threats by Norton against Justice Singh are reflec tive of actions displayed by the APNU/AFC coali tion since 2020 when she agreed to conduct a nation al recount of the votes cast at the March 2 General and Regional“TheseElections.threatsand ver bal attacks expose a sinis ter plot to bully and intim idate a former Judge and the Chairperson of a consti tutional body, the Guyana Elections Commission, one of the highest in the land which is established to protect the right of the Guyanese people to vote for a Government of their choice in freely and fair ly managed elections,” the missive detailed. The Minister further recalled the “misogynis tic and racist” attacks by the coalition and its sup porters on Justice Singh along with Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley, US Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch, and former Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana Lilian Chatterjee during the five-month period of the post-March 2020 elections. In fact, such threats to the GECOM Chair on Facebook were previous ly reported to the Police and the Cyber Crime Unit thus resulting in at least one APNU support er being charged under the Cybercrime Act. The Governance Minister posited that it cannot be coincidental that these women were vilified and threatened for their forthright support for con stitutional rule of law and democracy.“MrNorton and his par ty cannot accept any person that opposes their interest and stands in their way for their thirst for power, more so women daring to stand up for what is right. This is evident even within their own party in his abhorrent treatment as the newly elected leader of his party of former General Secretary, Amna Ally, a woman who served her party loyally for 53 years,” the statement de tailed.Further, it stated that, “Retired Justice Claudette Singh has loyally served her country for decades, she has guarded her integ rity and her adherence to the Constitution and rule of law. These threats are un acceptable in any civilised society and must not be al lowed to continue without consequences. The only way that “bully boy” Norton and his supporters will under stand that Guyanese are de cent, respectful people who will not accept such threats, is if they feel their rejection of this cowardly behaviour.” To this end, Teixeira sounded a series of calls in an attempt to stop Norton’s intimidating behaviour.
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton GECOM Chair, Retired Justice Claudette Singh Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Minister Gail Teixeira
Norton’s threats to GECOM Chair
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In addition, Ford was also charged with the of fence of acquiring military clothes, to which he also pleaded not guilty.
Armed robbery suspects remanded to prison
Captain Martin Nascimento commanded No. 1 Company; Captain Asad Ishoof, No. 2 Company; Lieutenant Harry Hinds, the Medium Mortar Platoon; and Lieutenant Marcus Munroe, the Reconnaissance Platoon. The aircraft was piloted by Captains Roland da Silva, Michael Chan-A-Sue, Philip Jardim, and Anthony Mekdeci. But what was unique was, since the Twin Otter has a small 3-foot baggage space in the nose of the aircraft, then Warrant Officer Liverpool agreed to squeeze himself in - armed with a machine-gun!!
Guyana had its first “nose-gunner”!!! This had to’ve taken real guts!! So, our troops took off from Apoteri, 90 miles away. The first plane with Liverpool zeroed in on the airstrip with his guns blazing. The Surinamese troops were shocked out of their wits and fled!! We converted their base into “Camp Jaguar”!! May Lt Liverpool RIP!! …PNC’s blushes Your Eyewitness must confess he’s feeling a twinge of sympathy for the PNC. As you, dear readers, would know, he firmly believes that for democratic governance to function as it was meant to do, an EFFECTIVE Opposition’s absolutely necessary. If nothing else but to keep the Government on the straight and narrow – or at least from not running off a cliff with the country’s treasury in tow!! And right now –after Aug 2, 2020 – things haven’t been exactly hunky dory with our major Opposition – the PNC. Now some folks are dumping on PNC-APNU Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton for the less-than-stellar performance since. But that’s not fair, since we gotta admit he was given basket to fetch water. It wasn’t just the bruising battle to become the leader, but the internecine warfare conducted to deny him that position. Like the foisted MPs who aren’t loyal to his vision of where the party ought to be going. He should clean house. …justice To point out that the revelations coming out of the affaire Bascom are scandalous isn’t necessarily attacking the GPF, but actually defending the value of “justice” that they, as an institution, were established to help dispense.
The recent passing of Lt Col (rtd.) Hartley Liverpool (Aug 25) should remind us that we still got two active border controversies – in the south-east from Suriname, who claim our New River Triangle (NRT); and in the west from Venezuela, who claim our entire Essequibo region. While we’re all chummy with Suriname now, it was Col Hartley Liverpool’s bravery back on August 19, 1969 –53 years ago almost to the day – along with that of some of his GDF squaddies - that repulsed the Surinamese from physically seizing and occupying 6000 sq miles of our country!! That’s more than THREE TRINIDADS!!
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S everal men were on Friday slapped with several charges of il legal possession of firearm, armed robbery, and pos session of military clothes when they appeared at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court. First, 26-year-old Jomain Watson, a driv er of Kuru Kuru College, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, was charged with posses sion of a firearm without li cence. However, 32-year-old Toney Jerrick and 25-yearold Stanford Ford of Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, were jointly charged for an armed rob bery committed on Tanesha Fordyce on August 22, 2022, at Hillfoot Soesdyke Highway.Theyboth pleaded not guilty to the charge and were remanded to prison
Six months after we’d become independent, Venezuela seized our half of Ankoko island – which they still occupy! And even as Suriname’s Government was jawboning our Govt that they owned NRT, they sneaked in troops to create military bases to take physical possession of our remote piece of real estate. What to do?? Well, what followed should remind our present crop of leaders that while they talk softly (or even “skin teeth”), we’d better have a stick ready at all times!! The land and water (river) approaches to NRT were treacherous, but the GDF’s air transport of troops to put down the Rupununi Uprising earlier in January had sent them to the drawing board to figure out how to do the same to the NRT. Their intel revealed that the Surinamese troops were creating an airstrip (“Tigri airstrip”) that was almost complete, but they’d blocked it with oil drums. The GDF had two Twin Otters whose notable feature was they were STOL - Short Take Off and Landing – needing less than 300 metres to land! The GDF recruited three civilian pilots to join their one, and practised short landing – and got it down to 100 metres!!! All the while manoeuvring between oil drums until they were satisfied they could pull off the operation. They waited until the runway being built by the Surinamese army was long enough, and Aug 19 was designated for “Operation Climax”!!
Meanwhile, 36-year-old Jason Harry, a business man of Kuru Kuru; Jerrick, and 29-year-old taxi driv er Randy Fraser of Dahlia Street, Linden, were jointly charged for an armed rob bery committed on Leonard McKenzie which occurred on August 23, at Dookie’s, Sand Road Soesdyke, EBD. They were all remanded to prison until August 28 by Magistrate Sunil Scarce.
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“…It is not that the con cerns of stakeholders about the PLE are being ignored, but GECOM must act with in the framework of the Laws of Guyana,” GECOM said.The Elections Commission reminded that the eligibility requirement for registration is that one must be a Guyanese citizen by birth, descent, or natu ralisation; or a citizen of a Commonwealth country liv ing in Guyana for one year or more. Once persons have met those requirements and have been registered, their registration is and remains legal. It follows that any re moval of their names from the NRRDB, without a le gal basis, would be unlawful andExistingunconstitutional.legislation pro vides that the removal of names from the NRRDB can only be done through the le gal methodology which in cludes the receipt of month ly reports from the General Register Office (GRO) or through an Objections pro cess; which allows for any elector, or suitably accred ited scrutineers of political parties, to object to the in clusion of names in the PLE whom they suspect may not be eligible. However, the burden of proof would be on the objector to present at the time of the relevant hear ing(s) to substantiate the ob jection(s).Currently, GECOM is conducting a Claims and Objections exercise that started this week and will run until Moreover,mid-September.theelector al body further pointed to the August 2019 ruling of Chief Justice (ag), Roxane George, in the matter of Christopher Ram vs Guyana Elections Commission about the tooftoofCJ2019.RegistrationHouse-to-HouseexerciseinInthatdecision,theruledthat“forthenamespersonsalreadyregisteredberemovedfromthelistelectors,theywouldhavebedeceasedorotherwise become disqualified but the failure of registered persons to be present or resident during the House-to-House exercise would not be such a disqualifier and such a per son’s name can only be de leted if they no longer meet the qualifying criteria under Article 159(2) or become dis qualified under Article 159 (3) and Justice(4).”
Leader Aubrey Norton has been pushing to have a clean vot ers’ list, which he maintains is “bloated.” He has also threatened to boycott and block future elections if this is notButdone.GECOM explained in a statement on Friday that while it is cognisant of those concerns, it can not act contrary to the le gal provisions enacted in the National Registration Act (NRA), Chapter 19:08 – something which it says has been extensively venti lated at the meetings of the Elections Commission.
The NRA dictates the procedures for the reg istration of eligible per sons and likewise the re moval of any such person from the National Register of Registrants Database (NRRDB), from which the existing Preliminary List of Electors (PLE) was extract ed. The voters’ list or Official List of Electors (OLE) is es tablished from the PLE.
George further ruled that “GECOM would have no legal authority to remove or deregister such persons who are otherwise qualified unless such reg istration can be cancelled under Section 8, which pro vides for cancellation of reg istration, or in the Claims and Objections period under Section 15 of the National Registration Act and the Regulations thereto.”
The Chief Justice concluded that if GECOM is to act outside of those legal provisions, “it would be unconstitutional and, therefore, illegal.” According to GECOM, it is of crucial importance to mention that the deci sion of the Chief Justice was not appealed, and, there fore, only by way of the en actment of legislation can persons’ names be removed from the NRRDB. To this end, the Elections Commission is reminding persons that the ongoing Claims and Objections ex ercise allows for all eligible persons to make a claim to be included in the OLE and provides the opportunity for all those persons who are al ready registered to check the accuracy of their registra tion records in the PLE that is posted countrywide in ev ery Registration Division/ Sub-Division. Accordingly, any such person can apply for changes/corrections to his/her registration particu lars on or before September 11, should this be required. Additionally, the Commission is also strong ly urging persons to scruti nise the PLE, and object to the inclusion of the names of persons, whom they sus pect may not be eligible for such inclusion, on or before September 15. Original doc umentary evidence must be provided to support the ob jection by the Nevertheless,law.
In light of the APNU/ AFC’s recent calls for the voters’ list to be cleansed, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has contended that it will only act by the Constitution of Guyana and legalOppositionprovisions.
GECOM further stated that it re mains resolute in its vision, “to maintain and further de velop the capacity to con duct credible registration; General, Regional and Local Elections which enjoy the confidence of all Guyanese and meet international standards for elections”. This statement by GECOM outlining the laws it operates under comes on the heels of Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall, SC, earlier this week calling on the Commission to clarify to the public, and more so the APNU/AFC, that it cannot remove the names of per sons from the voters’ list at the whim of its leader. Last week, GECOM Chair, Retired Justice Claudette Singh told report ers that everyone on the vot ers’ list is legally there. She added too that if indeed the list is bloated as alleged by the Opposition, then the on going Claims and Objections exercise can be used to con test names and have them removed.
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Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal hands over one of the titles to an elated resident
Following years of waiting, 64 families of Zeelugt Phase One and Two on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD), Region Three (Essequibo IslandsWest Demerara), are now in possession of their land ti tles.Housing and Water Minster Collin Croal and the Attorney General Anil Nandlall presented the ti tles to the landowners on Friday during an outreach to theDirectorvillage.of Community Development at the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Gladwin Charles, Regional Vice Chairman Omesh Satyanand and oth er officials were also present at the simple handing-over ceremony.Thefamilies were al located the lands by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) through the Sugar Industry Labour Welfare Fund (SILWF) as far back as However,1999.they did not receive the ownership docu ments. A resident highlight ed the issue to President Dr Irfaan Ali and in November 2021, Minister Croal and Nandlall met with residents and committed to a resolu tion.Minister Croal, there fore, described the activ ity as momentous for the beneficiaries and yet an other demonstration of the Government fulfilling its commitments.“Weworkevery day pos sible in our lives to help you and to help fix your issues,” the Minister said. Speaking about a num ber of housing measures through the Ministry for Region Three, Minister Croal announced an allo cation exercise in the re gion slated for September. Additionally, the Ministry has several infrastructure projects that are ongoing. Meanwhile, Minister Nandlall underscored that the initiative provides em powerment, as the titles of fer protection to homeown ers and can also be used to access loans at financial in stitutions.TheMinistry of Housing and Water through the Central Housing and Planning Authority provid ed technical support to com plete the block and sub-divi sion surveys; the processing of the conversion of plans from Land Transport to Titles, as well as the re cording of the plans at the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission and submis sion to SILWF for process ing.Some 37 titles were dis tributed to residents of Phase 1, while 27 Phase Two residents benefited.
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Zeelugt families receive land titles
Attorney General Anil Nandlall and one of the recipients at the outreach on Friday
The Government will be pumping US$160 mil lion to upgrade three of Guyana’s main healthcare facilities – the Georgetown Public Hospital, New Amsterdam Hospital and Linden Hospital Complex – which are geared to mod ernise the healthcare ser vices Guyanese receive.
“Having recognised that at this point in time, we need to modernise even de spite the investments we have done, we have gone ahead and started plan ning and mobilising the re sources to make these in vestments. I think there are a lot of changes that people would see in the next coming years at New Amsterdam, Georgetown, and Linden hospitals. When we start doing this, it would comple ment what we’re already do ing.”Recently, an InterAmerican Development Bank report was magni fied in local reports, exam ining the state of the New Amsterdam Hospital and adding that the facility was void of Thismaintenance.hassince been debunked. The Health Minister added that Government has spent some $1 billion to fix the existing facilities. He highlighted that some of the older hos pitals require a lot more re sources. Specifically at New Amsterdam Hospital, in the past two years, the theatres have been fixed, the dialysis unit has been restarted and a separate building has been identified for maternal and child health.
pital backup generator’s ATS for automatic switch ing on was not functioning. Washing machines, and dry ers were no longer function ing. Basic medical supplies were in severe shortage. The solar panels needed re habilitation. The hospital roofs were leaking. There was a general clutter in the hospital compound and the sewer system was overflow ing. Adding to the unseem ly sight in the hospital en vironment, the incinerator required a major overhaul and rehabilitation. The mor tuary was out of service. The hospital’s ambulances were barely serviceable.” He pointed out that since then, the hospital has seen a turnaround. A new X-ray machine has been function ing since early 2021 and earlier in 2022 a new mobile digital X-ray was procured and functioning. Presently, a new fixed-site digital X-ray is being installed. A CT machine has been provided and operation alised, laboratory equip ment has been procured, ECG equipment, ultrasound machines, CTG for foetal monitoring in the delivery rooms, and better systems for supplies have been put in place.Additionally, Dr Ramsammy penned, “Basic maintenance work on the existing operating theatres have been done, new ma ternity building, with three new operating theatres, is about to be commissioned, operating room tables, new delivery beds and new ICU beds have been procured, new ventilators and anaes thetic machines have been installed. A new oxygen therapy system is in place. The ATS for the backup gen erator has been installed. The solar system now con tributes 20 per cent of the energy needs of the hospi tal. There are now new am bulances for the hospital. A new chemotherapy building will be operationalised in a few weeks.”
In a statement earlier this week, Advisor to the Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy provided some insight into the Region Six facility’s operations when Government took office in 2020.He noted that there were no X-ray services at New Amsterdam Hospital. The laboratory was unable to provide basic testing be cause either equipment was down or reagents were un available.“Common medicines crit ical for patient care were mostly unavailable almost all the time. Beds, bath rooms, or restrooms, and the building, in general, were in need of urgent maintenance, the total environment was in a deplorable state. The operating theatre had leaks, fungus or mould had taken over the walls, basic equip ment was in need of repairs, the wards were in shameful condition, even sheets and pillows were missing, and urgent painting was needed across the board. Operating room tables and delivery beds were in poor condition. The CTG fetal monitoring equipment no longer existed in the delivery rooms. The dental suite, including the broken dental chair, was in shameful condition. The ox ygen therapy system was unreliable.”Hecontinued, “The hos
Georgetown Public Hospital New Amsterdam Hospital Linden Hospital Complex
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On Friday, Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony outlined that despite invest ments made to the health care sector, there is a need for the modernisation of fa cilities.Upgrading these major hospitals will move the coun try one step closer to achiev ing this goal, through fund ing from the isedresourcesDredmillionlookingingwouldaWethreeBankAmericanbeental.newthein.thingsDevelopmentInter-AmericanBank.“Withtime,therearenewwewouldwanttoputTherefore,tomodernisehospital,wehavetoaddsectionstothathospiSincelastyear,wehaveengagingtheInter-Developmentonhowtoupgradeofourmajorhospitals.haveagreedbroadlyonpackageofresourcesthatgointotheupgradofthesefacilities.We’reataboutUS$160thatwouldbeinvestinthesethreefacilities,”Anthonystated.AccordingtoDrAnthony,havebeenmobiltocommencetheseproj ects. He was keen to point out that this addition will complement the current op eration of the hospitals.
Govt to pump US$160M to modernise major hospitals – Health Minister
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Building Expo 2022 at tracted some 350 partici pants, of which at least 25 were foreign companies, including some from the Caribbean – Suriname, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados along with others from the United States, Canada, and Ghana. President Ali had an nounced that commercial banks had agreed that there would be no percentage re quirement for loans under $6 million once persons qualify under the joint window sys tem. Banks also agreed that the interest rates would be reduced for housing loans under $9 million to now 3.8 per cent.
GRA seizes chicken, alcohol & cigarettes during operation at Mahaica
The Customs, Excise & Trade Operations of the Law Enforcement & Investigations Division (LEID) of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Thursday seized three motor vehicles that were each car rying a large quantity of un customed chicken. These vehicles were in tercepted at Cane Grove, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara; and at a sepa rate location in the said vil lage, these LEID officers also seized a large quantity of al coholic beverages and ciga rettes.Four persons have thus far been arrested, and they are assisting with the inves tigations.TheGRA has said it is continuing to maintain its “zero tolerance” approach to smuggling and other ille gal activities with the aim of creating a ‘level playing field’ for legitimate businesses and the collection of revenue. In a statement to the press, the revenue body has advised the public that for eign chicken is restricted, and the consumption of any restricted item without prop er clearance and certification from the Health Ministry may be hazardous and detri mental to persons’ health. The GRA is again en couraging persons involved in illegal importation activi ties to cease and desist from so doing, and to bring them selves into compliance with the nation’s tax, trade and borderEarlierlaws.in the month, a motor vessel laden with a large quantity of foreign li quor and other uncustomed items was intercepted and seized at the Abary foreshore in Region Five (MahaicaBerbice). That vessel was be ing operated by three men, who were arrested even as they attempted to evade the law enforcement authorities. Apart from that incident, another motor vessel and a minibus, both laden with large quantities of foreign al coholic beverages, cigarettes and other uncustomed items, were intercepted and confis cated at the koker at Number 43 Village, Corentyne, East Berbice. Five persons were arrested in that operation, and they were later charged.
Even the banking sys tem, which has been very intimidating sometimes for Guyanese, now the banks are coming to you. The banks are with us. They are with the Government on the ground, meeting the people and providing the opportu nity for you to access financ ing so that you can own your own home,” she added.
“The banks are lowering interest rates rapidly. Now, you can access a low-in come mortgage for as low as 3.8 per cent. It has nev er been that low before. Now is a perfect time. It is the Government of Guyana, the PPP/C Administration with its focus on homeownership and investments in the con struction sector that has led to this climate…These things don’t happen by acci dent.”
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Minister within the Housing Ministry, Susan Rodrigues
Additionally, for homes $6 million and lower, Government would support homeownership to give ev ery builder the steel and one sling of cement. Secondly, for every other category over $6 million until $25 million, two slings of cement would be provided.During the expo, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) also executed its allocation of 5000 house lots through its “Dream Realised” programme. Over 11,000 house lots have been distributed since the Government took office in August 2020.
Almost 450 mortgages approved since Building Expo – Min Rodrigues
Coming out of lightersJuly,returnedBuildingInternationaltheExpo,whichafterahiatusinhundredsofhomeownweregiventhegreenfortheirmortgages from several financial insti tutions while others have al ready passed the prequalifi cationThisprocess.was according to Minister within the Housing Ministry, Susan Rodrigues during an event on Thursday.AttheExpo itself, the New Building Society (NBS) prequalified over 500 per sons while 302 mortgag es have already been ap proved since then. This is a total of over $2 billion. The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has ap proved 142 mortgages to the tune of $1.7 billion. These figures, Minister Rodrigues shared, proved that Guyanese have confi dence in the economy and are taking advantage of the investment climate. “These are the facts. These are not just us speak ing about delivering hous ing, house lots, or home ownership to people. These are actual figures from the bank, people who have al ready had their mortgages approved and not just con structing on land that they received from the Ministry of Housing but having the confidence in the economy.” She credited this devel opment to her Government’s careful planning and put ting policies in place to cre ate the investment envi ronment and include the lending agencies in this agenda.
House occupied by elderly couple collapses Madray Budram and his wife, Parbatie Budhu
Woman killed in freak accident at Gafoors
A ee of the downdepartmentalostEastComplexManufacturingGafoorsatLandofCanaan,BankDemerara(EBD),herlifeonFridayafterstockrackinthewindowscamecrashingonher.Thedeadwomanhas been identified as Cindy Jattan of Grove, EBD. While information about the accident re mains sketchy, the Labour Ministry related that it has received the report of an in dustrial accident at Gafoors and as such, an investiga tion has been launched to determine the circumstanc es surrounding the fatal ac Initial reports stat ed that the woman was al legedly sitting under a rack when it suddenly fell on her, causing her to receive As such, she was picked up and rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre but reportedly died before reaching the medical facil ity. She was pronounced dead on Followingarrival.the woman’s death, scores of friends and church members took to so cial media expressing their shock and disbelief at her sudden demise.
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nowhilenativewehousehertoedout.theirasleepwifeMadraySixty-two-year-oldinside.BudramandhisParbatieBudhuwerewhenthepillarstooldwoodenhomegaveTheelderlywomanstatthatshemanagedtorunsafetybutcouldnotassisthusband.“Breezenablowam;thefalldownjustsoandwakeup,”shesaidinherCorentynedialectnotingthattherewaselectricitytothebuilding, forcing her to find a window in the dark to get out. One of their neigh bours Tathtea Bridgall told Guyana Times that she was awakened at about 00:30h by a loud crashing sound. Upon investigating, she dis covered that the house in front of her had fallen. The woman said she was able to get her two sons to go through a window and re move the posts which had fallen on the semi-paralysed man.“Me tell me husband to run because something wrong. So, when we run out of the house, I hear she scream out calling for help. So, ah tell my husband for us to go and see if the house mash them. I make my son them wrench the window and go in and two posts went on top of the old man and they pick up the man and put him on the bed and we make sure that nothing was wrong with them.”
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She explained that they stayed with the couple until about 03:00h before return ing Budramhome. has been liv ing at the house for the past 20 years, and it has been 15 years since the couple has been living together. The el derly man fell ill three years ago and is being taken care of by his common-law wife. “It is not his married wife, he take this lady long. They don’t have children together but both of them two get their own children but none of the children dose think about them,” the neighbourMeanwhile,said.
Ahouse at No 64 Village Corentyne, Berbice, occupied by an elderly couple, came crashing down in the wee hours of Friday thus trap ping them
Budhu ex plained that she works as a domestic worker and earns $1000 a day for four days a week. She said she has been taking care of her sick hus band who cannot walk nor speak since he became ill. “Me ah clean am and feed am and gone go wuk. Me ah do all thing fuh am,” she stated.The man was left trau matised and in tears, he tried to use his hands to show signs as a means of explaining what took place. The couple is soliciting the assistance of the public to repair their home. Persons desirous of lend ing assistance can contact the neighbour on telephone number 338-2795 or 6582899.
With the worst epi sode of COVID-19 being behind us, and Monkeypox and other unexpected diseases and di sasters looming on the hori zon, it is important that we continue to rethink the way we live, work, and educate ourselves.Inthis regard, Starr Computers on Thursday launched its smart homes, smart schools, and smart businesses section at its Brickdam, Georgetown fa cility. The company has said that smart home appliances, smart school applications and smart business equip ment are best controlled with a tool in the hand from anywhere, anyhow, and at anySmarttime. home applianc es should be affordable to every Guyanese, be they homeowner or home-renter, and Starr Computer is mak ing this a reality for every one, as it did with comput ers.“If persons have access to a smartphone and an in ternet connection at home, all it takes is a visit to Starr Computer for a free soft ware app download and free demonstration of their ap pliance lines to experience its simplicity and inexpen sive price range,” the com pany has said in a release. This company offers a smart Wi-Fi light bulb for $2500. This bulb can be con nected to any standard elec trical home socket, and can be controlled with a smart phone. It also comes with a full one-year replacement warranty.Othersmart Wi-Fi appli ances operating on Android and IOS platform include a range of power outlets and adapters, surge protectors, surveillance cameras, ani mal feeders, photo frames, security alarm kits with sen sors for windows and doors with phone notification –doorbell with two ways un limited distance communi cations, smart body scale with BMI measurement, Wi-Fi lighting projector, and more; all with full war ranty, so there is no risk. Most items are also voice-controlled via Alexa and Google Assistant plat forms.Inaddition, smart school technology has now tak en a life on its own – from the standard classroom en vironment of chalk, board, and exercise books to a to tally digital “Chalkboardsplatform.have mor phed into a touchscreen board, which quickly tran sitioned into a smart inter active projection solution, to a wall or passive board. At Starr Computer, this new 4K laser projection solution allows interactive participa tion of up to 50 users simul taneously at one classroom or conference event through multiple devices – smart phones, tablets, desktops, laptops, or any Wi-Fi device. The new solution is com patible with both Windows and IOS platforms,” Starr Computer has related.
Latest vaccination fig ures show that so far, 445,755 or 86.9 per cent of adults have taken a first dose, while some 345,481 or 67.3 per cent of persons are fully vaccinated. For adolescents be tween the ages of 12 and 17, 35,552 first doses or 48.7 per cent and 26,049 or 35.7 per cent second doses have been Vaccinationadministered.forchildren in the five to 11 category shows 7681 first doses or 7.5 per cent. Only 2818 or 2.8 per cent have returned for their second shot. In addition, 72,410 per sons have returned for their booster shots thus far. A breakdown of the boost er shot administration amongst the different age cohorts reveals that 487 booster shots have been ad ministered to persons who are aged 12-17; 11,674 to ages 18-29; 11,428 to ages 30-39; 27,082 to ages 40-59; and 21,739 to persons who above 60 years of age, ac cording to the Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony. According to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recent figures, some 590,659,276 confirmed cas es were reported global ly, along with 6,440,163 deaths. In the Region of the Americas; that is, Latin America and the Caribbean, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has in creased to 173,816,062, while the death toll in the region has gone up to 2,805,122.Ifanyone is displaying any of the symptoms asso ciated with COVID-19 or needs any additional in formation, they are asked to contact the COVID-19 Hotlines: 231-1166, 2267480, or 624-6674. new COVID-19 cases detected in 24 hours, 2 in ICU
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Students of 8th of May, Abram Zuil, Anna Regina, Aurora, Charity, Cotton Field, Johanna Cecilia and Wakapao Secondary Schools benefited from an oil and gas seminar hosted by the Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC). The students were ad dressed by senior staff of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company, Atlantic Ventures Group, Atlantic Alliance (AA) Maritime & Offshore Training Institute Inc, and Financial Analyst and Director of GOGEC Joel Bhagwandin.
The students and officials on Friday GOGEC conducts oil and gas seminar in Essequibo
Beverly Alert confirmed to replace Trotman as AFC MP
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Beverly Alert Raphael Trotman
The students were in formed about the vari ous types of training pro grammes available for persons who would like to work in the maritime & oil and gas sector.
Trotman served firstly as Minister of Governance and then as Minister of Natural Resources. The AFC said it was proud of the work that Trotman has provided over the years as a valuable member of its team, and in particular, his work as a Member of Parliament. The AFC added, “Mr Trotman has served as a Member of the National Assembly continuously from 1998 to present, and during that time, has been the 10th Speaker of the National Assembly, and served on many Standing and Select Committees includ ing – Constitution Reform, Security, Foreign Affairs and Natural Resources, and contributed to the passage of scores of critical pieces of legislation.”During his tenure in the National Assembly, Trotman also led several parliamentary delegations to international confer ences and meetings in the United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, Peru, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Barbados, Mexico, and New Zealand, among others. But even with his res ignation, the party said Trotman remains a vital member of the leadership of the AFC. It said that he will remain a member of the NEC of the AFC and con tinue to provide counsel to the leadership of the AFC on a range of national and regional developments. He will also continue to render his expert counsel on the na scent oil production sector.
In addition, they were briefed on the careers in the oil and gas operations with respect to the floating, pro duction, storage and offload ing (FPSO) vessels, drill ships and service vessels. The students were also giv en an overview of the sector from an economic perspec tive. This year-long training programme is made possible by GTT.
T he Health Ministry on Friday reported that 17 new COVID cases were detected with in the last 24 hours, tak ing the country’s confirmed cases to 70,943. Currently, health officials are moni toring 208 active cases in theThecountry.death toll remains at 1278. According to new sta tistics, two persons are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Liliendaal fa cility while six persons are in institutional isolation, 281 in home isolation, and three in institutional quar antine. The statistics also showed that 69,376 per sons have recovered and 686,578 tests were pro cessed to date. Of the 17 new cas es recorded on Friday, two are from Region from(Demerara-Mahaica);11(Pomeroon-Supenaam);TwofromRegionFourthreeRegionSix(East Berbice-Corentyne), and the remaining one from Region Seven (CuyuniMazaruni). No new cases were re corded in the other six re gions across the country.
A lliance for Change (AFC) Executive Member Beverly Alert will replace Raphael Trotman, who will tender his resignation as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the new week. This was confirmed by the party’s Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan, during a virtual press conference on Friday. Asked special ly about Trotman’s replace ment, Ramjattan said, “I want to let it be known that it will be Beverly Alert.” He explained that there were a number of factors and criteria the party con sidered before selecting Alert, “to ensure that we get the best of “Beverlypersons”.passedall those tests,” he said. The AFC, via a press statement on Wednesday, announced that Trotman would be resigning as a MP in the new week to allow for rotation and space for new leadership training. While a party source on Thursday told <<<Guyana Times>>> that Alert was the preferred choice of the candidates under consideration, the source said that the party’s committee would meet soon to make a decision. Parliament is current ly in recess and is expected to resume sitting in early October, by which time the AFC will have Alert sworn in as a AlertMP. has been a long-standing member of the AFC and is current ly serving on the party’s National Executive Council (NEC).Under the previous A Partnership for National Unity to(DPI)ofasAdministration,(APNU)/AFCsheservedHeadoftheDepartmentPublicInformationaswellasAdvisortheMinisterofNatural Resources. She was also named as a potential candidate for the membership of the new Public Procurement Commission (PPC) earlier this year, but, unfortunate ly, did not make the short list of five. In that statement, the AFC said Trotman, the par ty’s co-founder, would of ficially resign from the National Assembly, hon ouring a commitment he had made previously to step down as a MP in this – the 12th –“MrParliament.Trotman had in dicated before the stag ing of [the AFC’s] National Conference that he would not be available for nomi nation as he would be re signing mid-term in the life of the present Assembly, which commenced in 2020, to allow for rotation and space for new leadership training,” the party said. Trotman has been a MP since 1998, entering the National Assembly un der the People’s National Congress (PNC). He then left the party to join forces with current Leader Khemraj Ramjattan to form the AFC, which won several seats in the National Assembly in the 2006 General and RegionalTrotmanElections.alsoserved as Speaker of the National Assembly in the 10th Parliament in which the Opposition AFC and APNU, collectively, held a majori ty of the seats from 2011 to 2015. The AFC went on to coalesce with the PNC-led APNU to contest and win the 2015 coalitionUnderelections.theAPNU/AFCAdministration,
Although the party is known for relent lessly criticising the Government, the Alliance for Change (AFC) has com mended the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) for publishing all data on oil production, hailing it as “a step in the right direction”. At AFC’s press conference on Friday, the party’s mem ber, Dr Vincent Adams, who headed the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) un der the previous APNU/AFC Government, said while the oil production data is now
During the presenta tion, Ramsaroop covered the health and safety protocols/ plans that AGM has imple mented to sustain biodiver sity and the measures that were executed to ensure the comfort, safety, and health of theirSomeemployees.oftheseare on-site medical facilities, fuming of the camp to prevent malar ia, recreational activities for employees, and air-condi tioned rooms for employees’ well-being.Oneofthe company’s en vironmental sustainabili ty plans that is currently in progress is the solar energy initiative. The project will reduce energy emissions and will inevitably contrib ute to the global efforts that will combat climate change. The conceptual project plan has been approved and construction is anticipated to begin this year, based on projections.“AtAGM we have rich biodiversity; the harmoni ous relationship with our biodiversity in itself indi cates less environmental impact. We place great em phasis on ensuring that the animal and plant life sur rounding our operations are not harmed,” Ramsaroop as serted.Additionally, as part of AGM’s Corporate Social Responsibility, they have embarked on several initia tives to give back to the com munity. Both governmental and non-governmental or ganisations have benefited from the company’s dona tions in the past.
AGM working on app to monitor spillways
Dr Vincent Adams
Guyana Times under stands that the website, which has been active since mid-2021, contains week ly, monthly, and yearly data about the oil sector, includ ing those related to oil pro duction. Information can be viewed through graphs and the data visualisation tab is updated every day. Notably, reports indicate that there is a one-month lag in production data as the Ministry must first verify the daily reports against the final monthly reports. In ad dition, the website also has information about the gasto-power project and local content.The Petroleum Management Programme is one of three ma jor programmes with in the Ministry of Natural Resources which contributes to achieving the Ministry’s overall mission of devel oping, implementing, and overseeing policies for the responsible exploration, de velopment, and utilisation of natural resources whilst ensuring the protection and conservation of the environ ment and advancement of the green economy.
The Petroleum Management Programme’s objective is to promote and support the exploration, de velopment, and production of petroleum (oil and gas) re sources by regulating, man aging, and monitoring the industry to ensure that the resources are developed in an economically viable man ner to attain an improved level of national prosperity that will provide for maxi mum economic benefits for all Guyanese.
In coordination with this year’s Mining Week 2022 theme, “Emerging from Adversity, Transitioning to Sustainability”, hosted by Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), AGM Inc has revealed that it is working on creating an app that would monitor spill ways.With the rapid ad vance in technology, anoth er forthcoming project that AGM proud of is its AutoMonitoring System. This app, according to AGM, will be available on mobile phones.This will be shared with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the application will al low real-time monitoring of the spillway of the mine water pond and the tailings pond.AGM Inc’s Liaison Manager, Ragunauth Ramsaroop, presented the company’s approach to “Responsible Mining in a Safe and Sustainable Way.”
AFC welcomes Govt’s publishing of all oil production data ..“It’s a step in the right direction” – Dr Adams
easily accessible to the pub lic, “we should not have to be pressuring the Government and forcing them to be do ing what they are obligated to do.”“All of that data be longs to the people, it does not belong to ExxonMobil, it does not belong to the Government. So, there is no need to be hiding and duck ing information,” he added. After reports that data on Guyana’s oil and gas pro duction was not accessible to the public, the Natural Resources Ministry, this week, announced that oil production data can be re trieved via its Petroleum Management Programme website: gov.gy/data-visualization.https://pretroleum.
Oil production data retrieved from the Government’s Petroleum Management Programme website on Friday
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AGM Liaison Manager Ragunauth Ramsaroop
Charged: Collin Samuels E xcel Guyana Inc and its affiliated companies – Excel Logistics & Management Services (Guyana) Inc, and Excel Construction Inc –have received confirmation of registration by the Local Content Secretariat. This comes on the heels of the Government an nouncing its efforts to re view the local content leg islation in order to address the loopholes that foreign companies use to manipu late the systems in place to ensure that Guyanese bene fit from the oil and gas sec tor.As such, Excel’s Chief Executive Officer, Kris Sammy, said he is elat ed that the company has passed all requisite criteria and is now fully certified. “The Excel companies are indeed honoured to be fully registered with the Local Content Secretariat alongside other great Guyanese companies. We look forward to being one of the driving forces in lo cal capacity development. We will take full advantage of the opportunities within the petroleum sector for the benefit of our employees, partners, and the nation,” he said.Itwas also expressed by the company’s represen tative that they are in full support of the President’s move to promote the fu ture of the Guyanese people through the Local Content Act.
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Essequibo pastor charged churchdrugging,forrapingmember
Excel Guyana receives local content certificate
“The firm is also com mitted to building strategic partnerships that elevate local and international cli ents, partners, and the com munities that Excel serves,” theyJustexpressed.lastmonth Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said companies have now taken to using their junior Guyanese staff to fill up the legally-mandated quota for senior management staff, all while the junior staff continue to collect their original salary. As such, he said his Government intends to deal with this Guyanaissue.passed its local content laws in December 2021, which detail a series of measures geared towards ensuring that Guyanese and locally-owned business es benefit from the oil and gasThesector.Act stipulates that oil and gas companies op erating in Guyana, as well as their contractors and sub-contractors, must pro cure from Guyanese com panies by the end of 2022, 90 per cent of office space rental and accommodation services; 90 per cent of jan itorial, laundry and cater ing services; 95 per cent of pest control services; 100 per cent of local insurance services; 75 per cent of local supply of food; and 90 per cent of local accounting ser vices. These are just some of the 40 different services outlined in the first sched ule. The Act also defines a lo cal company as one incorpo rated under the Companies Act and beneficially owned by Guyanese nationals. Beneficial ownership is de fined as owning 51 per cent of theAdditionally,company. a local company is expected to have Guyanese in at least 75 per cent of executive and se nior management positions and at least 90 per cent in non-managerial and other positions.Excelhas more than 30 years of experience in build ing businesses in Guyana and the Caricom region, with more than 10 years of local presence in Guyana.
C ollin Samuels, a pastor at the People’s Restoration Ministries in Essequibo, was on Tuesday charged in relation to allegedly drug ging and raping a female. Also known as “Pastor Sammy”, he appeared be fore Magistrate Esther Sam at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court. He was not required to plead to the indictable charge and was granted $150,000 bail. According to reports, the female al leged that on April 2, 2022, Pastor Samuels gave her something to drink, after which she felt dizzy and re quested to be taken home. Instead, she alleged that the pastor raped her. She thereafter filed a Police re port which led to Samuels being arrested and prose cuted.
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"I cannot sit with my arms folded," he told a reg ular news conference, say ing he was proposing the law so it could be agreed quickly in order to strengthen public security.Hesaid he hoped the body, formed in 2019 to re place the Mexico's Federal Police, whose reputation had been tarnished by years of al legations of abuses and cor ruption, would benefit from the experience and resources of the armed forces. Critics of his National Guard plan are concerned about the degree to which Lopez Obrador has empow ered the Army, giving it re sponsibilities extending well beyond security mat ters, such as overseeing civ il infrastructure projects and customsLopezchecks.Obrador said if ad versaries wanted to chal lenge the new Bill, they could take it to the Supreme Court. (Excerpt from Reuters)
Hundreds of miners blocked a stretch of Peru's Interoceanic Highway near the border with Brazil on Friday, after a clash between Police and protesters the day before left at least one dead and more than a dozen injured. The protest in the Amazonian region of Madre de Dios began in response to alleged abuses commit ted by Police officers during an operation against ille gal mining Thursday in the Tambopata natural fromRepresentativesreserve.Peru'sautonomous Ombudsman's office said that at least one person died and 13 were injured in clash es with the Police, who re portedly called in army re inforcements to quell the disturbances.Theclashes come as the world's second largest cop per producer faces a wave of social conflicts in the min ing sector, which already have paralysed important operations this year, includ ing the Las Bambas deposit of the Chinese miner MMG Ltd earlier this year. Illegal mining has also been the source of serious unrest and violence in the in terior of the Andean nation. Local industry estimates that around 10 per cent to 15 per cent of Peru's gold pro duction comes from artisanal or informal miners, mostly in remote and poor areas. Protesters burned tires and attacked on Thursday a temporary military base housing members of the army, the Ombudsman's Office said, in reaction to unconfirmed reports that Police sexually abused and injured people in the opera tion against the illegal mine on Wednesday.Theoperation destroyed or seized 45 suction motors used by illegal miners to ex tract gold-bearing soil from rivers, as well as 21 artisanal rafts in the Tambopata re serve, according to the pros ecutor's office. (Excerpt from Reuters)
Development Minister Jeanette Vega re signed following a news re port that one of her advis ers had contacted a radical Mapuche Indigenous lead er who had called for an armed struggled against the state and who was ar rested on Wednesday. The move is a blow to Boric's centre-left Administration, which came into office with a his toric turnout. But Boric has seen his popularity quick ly diminish as a key vote nears on a proposed new Constitution that he has endorsed.Boricpreviously said he would abstain from making Cabinet changes before the constitutional vote. "We must be careful," Boric said at a ceremony in northern Chile. "What we have learned makes it ap propriate to take into ac count the weight of the minister's political respon sibility."Earlier in the day, on line news outlet Ex-Ante published the transcript of a conversation from a con fidential Police report in which an adviser to Vega made contact with Hector Llaitul, the leader of an Indigenous Mapuche group. Llaitul was arrest ed Wednesday in the con flict-ridden southern part of the country, where ten sions between the Chilean Government and indige nous groups over land own ership and the forestry in dustry remain high. He is accused of stealing timber and undermining authori ty. Boric added he felt "wor ry" over the leak of legal documents to the press. (Excerpt from Reuters)
Brazil's Bolsonaro says Petrobras privatisation possible next year Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday switched his strategy to put the military in charge of the National Guard to crack down on violence fu elled by organised crime. Noting he did not have the votes for a two-thirds majority in Congress need ed for constitutional chang es, he said he would on Sept 1 submit a fast-tracked Bill to make the National Guard a branch of the Army. This would require only a simple majority to achieve his goal.
Williams was addressing the final day of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) 58th Annual Conference, which was held at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in St TeacherJames.migration has plagued the education sys tem for years, and 2022 is no exception. Earlier this week the Education Minister detailed measures to help stem the exodus, to mixed reviews from educa tors.Williams, a chartered financial analyst with a Master's in Business Administration, with a con centration in finance, spoke of the need for educators to be more financially savvy. The comments were met, at times, with incred ulous laughter from teach ers who have consistently complained about low wag es. (Excerpt from Jamaica Observer) Education Minister Fayval Williams
P resident Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday he has au thorised Minister of Mines and Energy Adolfo Sachsida to consider the privatisation of oil compa ny Petrobras next year, if the President is re-elected in October."Sachsida has this idea. I gave him the green light to discuss privatisation of Petrobras next year," Bolsonaro said in an inter view on Jovem Pan, a tele vision and radio station. "I believe it could work out well," he added, with out giving details of how the state's controlling stake in the company, for mally known as Petroleo Brasileiro SA, would be sold.Bolsonaro began earli er this year to publicly de fend privatising Petrobras after a surge in fuel prices stoked by war in Ukraine became a hot topic in an election year. The fuel price increases led the Government to re place the company's chief executive three times. Bolsonaro's main oppo nent in the October elec tion is former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has stated categorical ly that Petrobras would not be privatised if he wins. In June, the Bolsonaro Government said it would include Petrobras in Brazil's Investment Partnerships Programme (PPI) to start studying its possible privatisation.
The PPI's special sec retary, Bruno Leal, said at the time that there was still no date for sending a Petrobras bill to Congress and no defined schedule for any privatisation process. (Excerpt from Reuters)
J'ca: Invest and stay, Education Minister tells teachers C hilean President Gabriel Boric said on Thursday that he had accepted the resigna tion of his Cabinet's Social Development Minister, the first shakeup of his young Administration which be gan in SocialMarch.
Mexico's President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during the inauguration of the Dos Bocas refinery from the Mexican State-run oil producer Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) in Paraiso, Tabasco state, Mexico, July 1, 2022
T&T: Kidnapped
ducation Minister Fayval Williams has suggested to teach ers that having a strong fi nancial portfolio may help them resist the tempta tion to migrate in search of greenerAccordingpastures.to Williams, she has started talks to ex plore ways in which teach ers can be educated in the area of financial plan ning. However, her sugges tions were met with muted laughter from some teach ers attending their annual conference."Iwant you to be so suc cessful in your financial af fairs that when recruiters come calling, you say, 'Wait a minute, I have my house already; I have my cars, maybe two or three; I have my church family; I have my community; I have my insurance plans; I have my financial portfolio; I know my risk tolerance; I know my time horizon; and I have my Lord and Saviour. Through Him all things are possible'," she said.
A Venezuelan man who was kidnapped on August 23 and a ransom demanded for his safe return, managed to es cape his captors two days later.Sheldon Darel Blanco Guterrez, 50, of Sparrow Drive, Petit Valley, was hired to transport two men from Penal to Arima around 2 pm on August 23. Whilst en route, the sus pects directed Guterrez to a location at Race Course Road, Carapo, where he was tied up and relieved of a Black Samsung J7 cell phone; TT$5000 in cash; US$200 in cash; and his sil ver Nissan DetainedTiida.atthat loca tion for some time, the vic tim was taken to a second ary location later that night and then moved to a third location the next morning. On August 24, the kid nappers used the victim’s cell phone and called his daughter to demand a ran som of TT$40,000. The kidnapping was lat er reported to the Police. On August 25, Guterrez managed to escape his kidnappers by running through some bushes and found himself along Mausica Road South in the vicinity of Milat Mypat. He stopped a passing motorist who took him to the Maloney Police Station. An exercise was later conducted in the Carapo area between 3:30 pm and 6:30 pm on August 25. Searches were conduct ed in several locations with in the area and information was obtained that investi gators said would be vital in assisting them to find the perpetrators. (Excerpt from Trinidad Guardian) Venezuelan man escapes Mexico President changes tack in bid to put National Guard under Army E
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
Protesters block Peru's Interoceanic Highway after clashes with Police Chile's Boric suffers 1st Cabinet resignation
From barristers to refuse Britonscollectors,strikeen masse
Pakistan declares national emergency as flood toll nears 1000
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On Monday, Saudi Arabia flagged the possibility of production cuts to offset the return of Iranian barrels to oil markets should Tehran clinch a nuclear deal with the West.
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“It’s just now or nev er,” Grace Cowell, a junior barrister who is joining the strikes, told Al Jazeera. According to the Criminal Bar Association (CBA), bar risters’ incomes have fallen by about 30 per cent since 2006 and many are in per sonalThedebt.strike comes as wage-crushing inflation fears rock Britain, one of the world’s wealthiest nations. Analysts predict the rate of price rises could soar to 18 per cent next year, a 50-year high, as energy costs jump. Inflation rates hit 10.1 per cent in July – five times the Bank of England’s target. Frustrated that wages have remained stagnant for the past decade, it is not just the barristers who are taking action.Throughout the British summer, as tempera tures rose to record levels, so too has a sense of anger. Employees of several sectors have either gone on strike or voted for industri al action, including public transport staff, postmen and women, teachers, journal ists, cargo port workers, and, in Scotland, refuse collectors. (Excerpt from Al Jazeera)
People walk past the office building of the head of the selfproclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, which was damaged by recent shelling in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in Donetsk, Ukraine, August 23, 2022
Data has shown some small decline in inflation, with the Fed's personal consumption expenditures price index falling in July to 6.3 per cent on an annual basis, from 6.8 per cent in June. Inflation expectations based on the University of Michigan's measures also eased in July. But "a single month's improvement falls far short" of what the Fed needs to see, Powell said. "The market is concerned that Powell sounded a bit more hawkish when it came to inflation," said Phil Flynn, an analyst at Price Futures group in Chicago. Meanwhile, some European Central Bank policymakers want to discuss a 75 basis point interest rate hike at a Sept 8 policy meeting, even if recession risks loom, as the inflation outlook is deteriorating, five sources with direct knowledge of the process toldInReuters.USsupply, the oil drilling rig count, an indication of future production, rose by 4 to 605 in the week to Aug 26, Baker Hughes Co said on Friday. Money managers raised their net long US crude futures and options positions in the week to Aug 23 by 24,215 contracts to 179,039, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said on Friday. (Excerpt from Reuters)
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“Yesterday, the flood water kept rising and en tered our house. While try ing to reach high ground, my 17-year-old son was left behind. I only managed to find his body this morning,” Shahani said from Shahani village on Friday. He said the magnitude of this year’s rains was unprec edented. “Things were not so bad even in the 2010 floods. We never had to leave our village but this time, every thing is destroyed,” he said. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has postponed his official trip to the United Kingdom, as he appealed for funds from friendly coun tries and international insti tutions amid the worst flood ing in Thedecades.federal minister for climate change, Sherry Rehman, on Thursday said a “war room” has been estab lished at the NDMA head quarters in Islamabad to lead the relief efforts in the country. (Excerpt from Al Jazeera)
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When Britain’s barris ters declared they would go on strike, the public was divided. Many questioned their motive, given they are widely believed to be well-paid legal professionals, while others said the move was justified as the United Kingdom’s eco nomic outlook worsens and in the context of their partic ularThousandsprotest. of criminal barristers that represent de fendants who receive Statefunded legal aid will strike from next week, indefinite ly, escalating their yearslong dispute with the Justice Ministry over what they say is over inadequate pay and conditions.
"The impression remains that Saudi Arabia is not willing to tolerate any price slide below US$90. Speculators could view this as an invitation to bet on further price rises without the need to fear any more pronounced price declines," Commerzbank said in a note. Oil prices briefly fell after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said tight monetary policy may be in store "for some time" to fight inflation, meaning slower growth, a weaker job market and "some pain" for households and businesses.
U kraine plans to ex pand the number of districts on the war's front lines where ci vilian evacuations will be mandatory, as those areas could be occupied and face central heating problems this winter, a Deputy Prime Minister said on Friday. The Ukrainian Government launched a campaign of mandatory evacuations in July for peo ple in the eastern Donetsk region that it began imple menting this saidchildren,"pleRussiaderindustrialdistrictsUkrainian-controlledmonth.andtownsintheeastareunconstantshellingfromanditsproxies."Iftheystaythere,peowillsuffer,especiallyIrynaVereshchukonnationaltelevision, announcing the campaign's expansion.Shesaid evacuating women with children and elderly people would be a priority from some districts of the eastern Kharkiv re gion and the southern Zaporizhzhia and Mykolaiv regions."I'm not talking about the entire regions, but some parts will require man datory evacuation and we are preparing for it," said Vereshchuk.Sheurged residents not to resist, adding they also faced the threat of Russian occupation."Iknow very well what the enemy can do to force people to collaborate. That's why I call on people to evac uate so often and not to hope for the enemy to show mercy and... to follow inter national humanitarian law. This will not happen," she said.Russia denies deliber ately targeting civilians in an invasion that it refers to as a "special military opera tion" and that Ukraine and its Western allies consider a colonial-style power-grab. (Excerpt from Reuters)
Moderna said it is su ing Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringe ment linked to the develop ment of the first COVID-19 vaccines.TheUS biotech company is alleging that mRNA tech nology it developed before the pandemic was copied. The lawsuit, which is seeking unspecified financial damages, was filed in the US and Germany.
Oil prices rise on signals OPEC might cut output
Oil prices ended higher on Friday, boosted by signals from Saudi Arabia that OPEC could cut output, but trading was volatile as investors digested and ultimately shrugged off warnings from the head of the US Federal Reserve about economic pain ahead. Brent crude futures rose US$1.65 to settle at US$100.99 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 54 cents to settle at US$93.06 a barrel. Both contracts rose and fell by US$1 throughout the session. Overall, Brent gained 4.4 per cent for the week, while WTI was set to rise 2.5 per cent. The United Arab Emirates became the latest OPEC+ member to state it is aligned with Saudi Arabia's thinking on crude markets, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
Ukraine to expand mandatory evacuations on front lines
The Government has declared devastat ing floods a “nation al emergency” after nearly 1000 people died and more than 30 million are without shelter as monsoon rains continue to lash the South Asian nation. At least 937 people have died since mid-June, includ ing 343 children, accord ing to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), with large swaths of the southwestern prov ince of Balochistan remain ing submerged, bringing back the memory of the dev astating 2010 floods. More than half of the casualties are from Balochistan and southern Sindh province where 234 and 306 people died respec tively amid record rains that have affected half a million houses across the country. Fida Hussain Shahani, a labourer from a remote vil lage in Sindh, is grieving for his son who was swept away by the deluge.
acute malnutrition in the area, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says.The militant Boko Haram group and its off shoot Islamic State West Africa Province have been fighting Nigerian security forces in the northeast for over a decade, displacing more than 2 million peo ple and killing hundreds of others, aid agencies say. At the treatment cen tre at Damaturu Hospital, in the Yobe state capital, Aisha's mother Fatima said there were days when her family goes to sleep hungry because of a lack of food.That is because in her Babangida village, some 50 km from Damaturu, Islamist insurgents forced villagers to abandon their farms, she told Reuters. Her daughter weighs 4.7 kg (10 lb), less than half the average weight of children her age. Some of the little girl's organs were shutting down when she arrived at the hospital, a doctorThesaid.United Nations' OCHA needs US$1 bil lion this year to assist 5.5 million people, including women and children, with food aid in the three states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. Some international do nors have shifted fund ing elsewhere, including Ukraine, Ethiopia and Afghanistan, which are also facing increased hu manitarian needs, the OCHA says. (Excerpt from Reuters)
Pfizer said it was "sur prised" by the action and would "vigorously defend" it self against the allegations. In a statement, Moderna said Pfizer/BioNTech copied two key elements of its intel lectual property. One involves a "chem ical modification" which Moderna says its scientists were the first to demonstrate in human trials in 2015, and means the vaccine "avoids provoking an undesirable im muneTheresponse".second alleged in fringement is related to the way both vaccines target the distinctive spike protein on the outside of the virus. Moderna, which was only formed as a company in 2010, was an early developer of the mRNA technology used com mercially for the first time in Covid vaccines. The jabs use a molecule of genetic code called messenger RNA to generate an immune response.That trains the body to fight off the real virus when it comes into contact with it. Early in the pandemic, Moderna said it would not en force its patents to help other drug companies develop their own jabs, particularly for lowand middle-income countries. In March 2022 it said rivals such as Pfizer and BioNTech would have to re spect its intellectual property rights in some higher-income countries, though it would not claim damages for activ ity before that date. (Excerpt from BBC News)
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T he Linden Bauxite Flyers cycling club, in partnership with Embellisha & Touche Cosmetics, will, on Sunday, August 28, be hosting its second annual Endurance circuit race. The venue for this ac tivity is the outer circuit of the National Park, and the starting line is on Irving Street between the con nectors of Barr & David streets. Activities are slat ed to start at 08:00hrs. Drag Sprint will see three random cyclists bat tle from 200m away from the finish line, and two prime prizes each worth $5,000 will be added to the seniors’ race. Feeding will be permitted at one area of the 2.34-mile circuit -- on Irving Street, 100 ft from the starting line, head ing north up to Carifesta Avenue.Nomotorcycles will be allowed to follow the race, other than those of offi cials of the race. In the event that a cyclist suffers a puncture, he can noti fy any of the officials, who would collect the spare needed and bring same to the cyclist.
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Van Lange, Bissu, Wong, Sahadeo lead ARIMA TT Club to ICWI title
Newcastle United have completed the signing of Alexander Isak from Real Sociedad for a club-record fee reported to be £60million (€71.1m).
The 22-year-old, capped 37 times by Sweden, moves to the Premier League side on a five-year deal, bring ing an end to three success ful years with the LaLiga outfit.
ARIMA TABLE Tennis Club were crowned champions of the Insurance Company of the West Indies (ICWI) Limited Trinidad and Tobago Table Tennis Champions League after they executed a 5-2 victory in the final against Legends United at the Eastern Regional Indoor Sports Arena in Tacarigua on Wednesday.Jonathan Van Lange notched two wins and Niran Bissu, Colin Wong and Krystian Sahadeo one each on their way to capturing the inaugural title. In the opening match, Van Lange came back from a set down to trump Yuvraaj Sookram 4-11, 11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8. Tyrese Knight pulled one back for Legends, as he defeated Bissu 11-8, 115, 11-2.However, Arima’s Van Lange returned to the table and regained the lead with an 11-7, 11-13, 11-7, 11-8 result. Bissu sent them 3-1 up when he defeated Dookram 11-6, 11-1, 11-6 in the fourth match.Wong piled on the pres sure when he beat veteran Kenneth Parmanand 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, Another11-8. veteran, Franklyn Seechan, grabbed the second win for Legends, as he got past Sahadeo 11-6, 11-7, 11-8. But Wong affirmed vic tory for Arima in the sev enth match with a nail-biting 8-11, 11-9, 14-12, 9-11, 1412 triumph over a persistent Parmanand. (TT Newsday)
Signed from Borussia Dortmund, Isak scored 33 goals in 105 league appear ances for La Real, the last of which came in a 4-2 defeat to Barcelona on August 21. "I'm delighted to have it done. It was a big, big deci sion for me, but it is a de cision I am really happy with," he told the club web site. "It is a great, histori cal club that I think anyone would like to play for, with amazing fans. They were a big part of why I came here - and also the club's project, which is one that I really be lieve"Youin. always want to go into a team and know how they play. I think Newcastle play very attractive football, and I want to be a part of that."Isak becomes Newcastle's fourth signing of the trans fer window, following the ac quisitions of Sven Botman, Matt Targett and Nick Pope. Newcastle had been in the market for a striker since the end of last season, hav ing previously been linked with Everton's Dominic Calvert-Lewin as well as Isak.Eddie Howe's need for a forward might have been ex pedited, however, by an in jury to Callum Wilson, who has sustained a hamstring problem.Newcastle are unbeat en in the early rounds of the 2022-23 Premier League season, draw ing with Manchester City and Brighton and Hove Albion, after starting the campaign with a win against Nottingham Forest. (Sportsmax)
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GFF facilitates scholarships to Jamaica for four (4) youth players
The Guyana Football Federation is pleased to announce that four talented youth play ers: Brandon Solomon, Antwone Vasconcellos, Rajan Ramdeholl, and Marcus Tudor, have been awarded scholarships to at tend St Jago High School in Jamaica, and will become part of the St. Jago U19 squad for the Manning Cup, better known as ISSA High SchoolTheChampionship.fourwillbepursuing two-year scholarships at the St Jago High School, which is a secondary co-educational institution that was founded in 1744 and is renowned for graduating some of Jamaica's senior military officers, aca demic scholars, performing artistes, and globally known sportsmen and women. Ramdeholl will be en rolled in fifth form to under take CSX studies, while the other three, who have already written CXC, will be enrolled in lower sixth form classes.
“I am happy and delight ed that we were able to se cure this opportunity for the next generation of Golden Jaguars. I have a special connection to the boys since they were all part of the na tional U15 team that did very well in the CONCACAF Championship a few years back. The exposure they will have playing in the ISSA league will fast track their development, which au gurs well for the future of Guyana’s football,” Bryan Joseph, GFF Technical Director (ag), has said. “We worked well with the recruiting group at St. Jago to bring the offers to fruition. The parents and the boys are overwhelmed with joy for the acceptance of the boys in St. Jago. I wish them well, and am really looking forward to their sporting and academic development over the years to come.” Joseph added. Head Football Coach of St Jago, Garntee Lawrence, in commenting on the school’s recent acquisition, said: "We believe Rajan, Brandon, Marcus and Antwone will fit in well with the St Jago fam ily, which is guided by the philosophy embodied in the school's motto, Labor Omnia Vincit… Additionally, we feel sure that they will benefit from the school's renowned academic faculty and the ex posure to the keenly contest ed Manning Cup interscho lastic football tournament.”
“This is not St. Jago High School’s first time hosting in ternational students, and we are excited at the prospect of having these young men in tegrate in an authentic cul ture of excellence and great ness. We have no doubt that they will adapt and be suc cessful as students and ath letes. We are committed to fostering the holistic devel opment of all our students,” said Ms. Collette FeurtodaPryce, Principal of St Jago HighPresidentSchool. of the GFF, Mr. Wayne Forde, said: “Creating access to life-changing op portunities for young boys and girls to grow and excel beyond their ability to play football well is the core rea son why we exist as a nation al football federation. The role of the GFF is to actual ise and maximise the power of football to influence posi tive life skills, a sense of val ue for higher education, and a foundation for discipline, respect and tolerance. “These young men are saddled with the extra re sponsibility of paving the way for many more of their peers to join the colleague ranks and play football in Jamaica. I wish them every success.”TheGFF has also extend ed gratitude to Guyanese Olympian Ms. Alian Pompey, who introduced the GFF technical staff to the re cruiting staff of St. Jago. The awardees depart for Jamaica on August 29, 2022.
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Second annual Endurance circuit race set for August 28
he Guyana U14 Boys national team has ar rived in Suriname to contest three friendly matches against U16 club teams in a tour intended to compensate for the lost de velopment opportunity of competing in the Caribbean Football Union’s Challenge Series.The Junior Jaguars pulled out of that region al competition earlier this month because of a lack of available flight options be tween Guyana and host nation the Dominican Republic; and will take on Transvaal, Voorwarts and Inter Wanica in Suriname to provide an alternative plat form to develop individually and as a group.
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The Guyana Cup horse race meeting was held on August 9 at the Rising Sun Turf Club in Region Five, and enthusi asts of the proverbial sport of kings, having then been treated to scintillating action, are in for more of the same when top horses assemble at the Kennard Memorial Turf Club at Bush Lot in Region Six on August 28. This exciting event will see six full races and more than five million dollars in prizes up for grabs. According to race organizers, more than 70 horses would be battling for supremacy, and the track is in excellent condition to fa cilitate nail-biting finishes. Race One will be the K non-earner of 2022 and L Open, which has 12 entries. Race two will be the G and lower, which has six en tries. Race Three will be for the three- and two-year-old Guyana-bred animals, and 12 horses would be contest ing Raceit. four will be the J3 non-starters, and over 20 entries have been received. This race will possibly see two groups of horses. The fifth race of the day will be run in the J and Lower cate gory, and 12 horses have en tered for this race. The ultimate race of the day, which has a top prize of three million dollars, will be the C and Lower. The six top horses that have signed up for this race are Wild Texas Tom, the horse that came second in the Guyana Cup feature race; Vera’s Finally, which did not participate in this most recent Guyana Cup, but is a winner of 2 previous Guyana Cups (in 2017/18); Regal Intention, the horse that ran fourth in T he Lusignan Golf Club will come alive today when it hosts the ANSA McAL/Barefoot Wines golf tournament from 12:30pm under the format medal play over 18 holes and shotgun start. Speaking with this pub lication, LGC Captain Vvidesh Persaud has said, “…the tournament? I think it will be a great tour nament. The ANSA McAL tournament has always been a great tournament, and I know we will have a lot of “Weparticipants.areverygrateful to ANSA McAL for coming out and sponsoring (this tour nament). They have always been a supporter of the golf at the Lusignan Golf Club. For this tournament, we have 26 persons regis tered, and we are expecting to have at least 30 persons, and I think we will have a fairly good Persaudlineup.”noted that the course is in good condition, and he said this would fa vour the long drivers. He ex plained that the greens are also in excellent condition, and said this would favour the players with good short game. Thus he touted that the extant conditions would have an all-round effect on the competition, which is expected to be very intense. And most of all, Persaud is urging the golfers to en joy themselves while play ing.Prizes up for grabs would see participants in positions from first to third receiving trophies, while contestants would also be awarded for best gross, nearest to flag (Hole #4) and longest drive (Hole #5). All participants are ad vised to contact the club’s manager on the day of the tournament to collect their scorecards, pay their tour nament fees, and proceed to their allocated tee boxes to begin play at 12:30hrs. Once on their respective tee
“We are happy to fulfil our promise to the players and parents after the dif ficult decision to withdraw from the CFU Challenge Series for issues beyond our control,” Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Acting Technical Director Bryan Joseph has said. “We were able to broker an agreement with the Suriname FA for three development games against established U16 club teams,” Joseph, a former se nior national player, said. “We believe this presents a great opportunity for our boys to have some interna tional exposure. It will mean a lot to their overall develop ment. They have all worked hard to be able to represent the nation, and I wish the players and staff best of luck and a great experience.”
The GFF national coach ing staff has taken the deci sion to send the same trav elling party that had been earmarked for the CFU com petition. This U14 squad comprises: Kemron Pellew, Caio Paul, Joseph Eusebio, De Angelo Dick, Machaia DeFreitas, Mikkel Mills, L’Andre Garnett, Ezekiel Baldeo, Michael Joseph, Jason Felix, Delyman Hendricks, Luke Lavigne, Keshon Leacock, Jemeal Garnett, Nicholas Tixey, Shaquan David, Isaiah Ifill, Jaden Harris, Levi Sampson and Malcolm Hendricks.
the sprint class on Guyana CupEarlyday; bird, winner of the sprint classic on Guyana Cup day; Lucky Star, which did not participate in the Guyana Cup, but is a previ ous Guyana Cup winner (in 2019); and Golden Blu Ecko, winner on the track at Bush Lot).The sponsors of this LGC ANSA McAL/Barefoot Wines golf tournament to tee off today Boys to play 3 after CFU pullout game commences today
boxes, players must await the sounding of the horn or siren to begin teeing off. Presentation of prizes will be held at the comple tion of the tournament at approx. 5:30pm. 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 Habibulla; Ann (House of Beauty); Satrohan Ramdeen; Kascon Engineering; Aramco Contracting; Seenath Rampersaud; Nand Persaud Group of Companies; Sase Dai (Horseshoe Racing Service), the Kennard fami ly, and the Dookie family. Action in this meet would commence at 13:00h, and side attraction includes mu sic from Rhythm Star. A trampoline would be there to facilitate the kids. Admission for adults is $2000 and for children $1000.
The coaching staff comprises: Devnon Winter (Head Coach), Joyann (AssistantAndreSelwyn(Manager),WilliamsIsaacs(AsstCoach),Gibbs(GKCoach)andMarkDeFreitasManager). Matches: on * 27th vs (16:30hrs)Voorwarts * 28th vs (16:30hrs)Transvaal * 30th vs Inter Wanica (17:30)
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GUYANATIMESGY.COMSATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2022 23 SCOREBOARD GUYANA AMAZON WARRIORS WOMEN INNINGS (10 overs maximum) Rashada Williams †c Kyshona A Knight b Grimmond 4 Chamari Athapaththu run out (Glasgow/Grimmond) 2 Stafanie Taylor (c)c Dottin b Kodali 3 Shemaine Campbelle c Glasgow b Jensen 1 Chedean Nation c Grimmond b Luus 9 Rachel Vincent not out 7 Shabika Gajnabi st †Kycia A Knight b Luus 2 Extras (b 1, w 3, pen 1) 5 TOTAL 8 Ov (RR: 4.12) 33 Did not bat: Karishma Ramharack, Ayabonga Khaka, Shamilia Connell, Cherry-Ann Fraser Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Chamari Athapaththu, 1.5 ov), 2-9 (Rashada Williams, 1.6 ov), 3-12 (Shemaine Campbelle, 2.4 ov), 4-19 (Stafanie Taylor, 3.6 ov), 5-26 (Chedean Nation, 5.5 ov), 6-33 (Shabika Gajnabi, 7.6 ov) BOWLING O-M-R-W Geetika Kodali 2-0-10-1 Sheneta Grimmond 1-0-3-1 Hayley Jensen 1-0-5-1 Anisa Mohammed 2-0-7-0 Sune Luus 2-0-6-2
The Knight Riders were able to storm to victory over the Warriors by a not incon siderable matter of 6 wick ets, with 37 balls remaining.
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Sherfane Rutherford scored 24 off 5 balls Jaden Carmichael picked up 2-6 TKR continued to deci mate the Warriors, and only Heinrich Klaasen remained not out on 25 off 19 balls, and he was given no sup port. The Warriors ended on 48-6 in 8.1 overs, having hit only four boundaries in their innings.TKR bowler Ravi Rampaul took 2-6, Jayden Seales 2-10, Anderson Phillip 1-15, and Terrance Hinds 1-4. Warriors control the first half Batting first in this match, the Trinbago Knight Riders got out of the blocks at a slow rate, putting up 46 runs in 5.3 overs. Openers Tim Siefert and Teon Webster played the first over cautiously, as Romario Shepherd bowled with preci sion and gave away only five runs off the opening over. Ronsford Beaton gave away 14 runs in the second over, but the Warriors re covered well, giving away only four runs in the fol lowing over. Webster and Siefert continued to struggle for runs, and Odean Smith, bowling the sixth over, re moved both openers as he hit the deck hard, and bowled a good length with pace and precision. Hinds outshines Russell With the score on 50-2, TKR made a sage move in promoting Andre Russell up the order, as against send ing him in at number six as had been done in their previ ousRussellencounters.andAkeal Hosein attempted to revive the TKR innings with the remaining 24 balls, but mystery spin ner Waqar Salamkheil out foxed Hosein and sent him back in the pavilion for a duck.Terrence Hinds came to the crease and, alongside Russell, rallied along slow ly. Russell was listless as he struggled to hit the bowler, but Hinds found some form in the last over and smacked Ronsford Beaton for 1,6,6,4. He fell with the next ball, for 23 off 9 balls, but Seekkuge Prasanna ruined Beaton’s figures by smash ing the last ball for a max imum. Andre Russell re mained not out on 13 off 12 balls, and TKR ended on 954. The Guyana Amazon Warriors’ bowlers were Odean Smith, with 2-11; Ronsford Beaton, with 1-36; and Waqar Salamkheil, with 1-7.
Patriots crush Kings for first 6IXTY win
It was a tough day at the office for the Guyana Amazon Warriors Women, as they registered their first loss after main taining a perfect record of two back-to-back wins.
…Warriors must defeat Royals to book final slot colours. It was all down hill from there, as no player could withstand the TKR on slaught, and the domino effect devastated the Warriors’ bat ting line-up even as Chadean Nation top-scored with 9 off 13 balls without getting sup port from her team mates. The Warriors were dis missed in 8 overs, with the score on 33-6, as the TKR bowlers were precise and on point. TKR bowler Sune Luus took 2-6, while Geetika Kodali, Shenetta Grimmond and Hayley Jensen each bagged a Headingwicket.into the chase, TKR made light work of the target, and ended on 34 with out loss in 3.5 overs. Dottin was the aggressor, as she smashed 22 off 15 balls to take her side over the line. Lee-Ann Kirby watched from the non-strikers end as Deandra Dottin freed here arms and played four classy boundaries in her aggressive knock.The Warriors bowl ers, with the exception of Ayabonga Khaka, were put to the sword, but Kaka bowled 1.5 overs for 8 runs. Shamilia Connell and Cherry-Ann Fraser both returned figures of 13 runs scored from the one over they bowled. The Warriors will now have to win their final game against the Barbados Royals today if they are to book a spot in the finals. That game commences at 15:00 hrs.Deandra Dottin smacked an unbeaten 22
The Evin Lewis-led Patriots reined in the Kings after Johnson Charles (28) had inspired the Kings’ fast start. Jayden Carmichael (2/6) and Jon-Russ Jagessar (2/28) broke the back of the Kings' effort, and restrict ed them to 66 all out in 8.4 overs.The Patriots got 22 from Evin Lewis, and while Chris Gayle struggled to 9 off 10 balls, lost Andre Fletcher (4) and Dewald Brevis (4) semi-finalalive72overs,out)consecutiveRutherfordHowever,cheaply.Sherfanehammeredfoursixes(24nottoendthegameinsixasthePatriotsgottofor3with24ballstogo.ThePatriotshavekepttheirchancesofaplace,whilethe
Kings have slumped to their second straight loss in the tournament, and would face the Jamaica Tallawahs at 10 am on Saturday. The Patriots can clinch a semi-final place with victory against the Trinbago Knight Riders at 5:30pm. (Loop News) Competition…
Facing a TKR side strength ened by the inclusion of ‘the World Boss’ Deandra Dottin, the Warriors found them selves able to post only 33-6 in 8 overs, with their highest individual score being 9. The first Warrior to lose her wicket was the experi enced Chamari Athapaththu, who was run out before Rashada Williams was bowled by Guyana’s Shenetta Grimmond donned in TKR S t Kitts and Nevis Patriots have ham mered the St Lucia Kings by three wickets with 24 balls to spare, to record their first win of the Men's 6IXTY at Warner Park, St Kitts, on Friday.
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TRINBAGO KNIGHT RIDERS WOMEN INNINGS (Target: 34 runs from 10 overs) Deandra Dottin (c) not out 22 Lee-Ann Kirby not out 6 Extras(w 6) 6 TOTAL3.5 Ov (RR: 8.86) 34 Did not bat: Sune Luus, Kycia Knight †, Kyshona Knight, Natasha McLean, Hayley Jensen, Anisa Mohammed, Geetika Kodali, Sheneta Grimmond, Jannillea Glasgow BOWLING O-M-R-W Shamilia Connell 1-0-3-0 Ayabonga Khaka 1.5-0-8-0 Cherry-Ann Fraser 1-0-13-0
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TKR tighten noose as GAW register first loss
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The Guyana Amazon Warriors have recorded their first loss of the 6IXTY, as the Trinbago Knight Riders dug deep and defended a modest 96 at Warner Park in St Kitts and Nevis. That victory came compliments of the TKR bowlers, who rarely missed their mark, thereby handing their team victory by 47 runs. TKR prevail Heading into the chase with only 96 need ed for victory, the Amazon Warriors could muster only 24-4 at the half way stage. The TKR bowlers were incisive with their deliveries, as captain Ravi Rampaul led from the front in removing Shai Hope for one, while Jayden Seales dismissed Chandrapaul Hemraj for 5 and Shimron Hetmyer for 2. The Warriors struggled to read the TKR bowlers, and to make matters worse, Colin Ingram fell victim to Anderson Phillip for one, as TKR made the Warriors work for their runs.
