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The Berbice Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic on: Parika and Supenaam departure times –
According to the Vice President, initially, when the announcement was made, there was focus on 5000 fish ers, but almost 10,000 per sons have come forward claiming to be fishers.
More than 1600 fish erfolk stretching from the East Bank of Berbice to the Corentyne River are expect ed to receive the grant which will dent the State’s coffers by $153 Duringmillion.hisaddress, VP Jagdeo stated that the ini
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Distribution of $150k fisherfolk cash grant begins in Reg 6 more than 1600 in Berbice to benefit
“We cannot delay it fur ther, because a lot of the people who need the help they need it now, so we have decided to move forward,” he added.
have seen a reduction in catches and rising cost of living.On May 31, President Ali had announced the $150,000 one-off relief grant for fish erfolk across the country.
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Jagdeo assured that sys tems were put in place to en sure that all of the fishers will be receiving the cash grants.
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Many in the fishing in dustry do not have the re quired documents to un dertake certain financial transactions including cash ing a cheque at a bank. Some were not registered at birth and have no birth certifi cates and more so, no form of identification.
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With a rigid system put in place, the final lists were made and ultimately the funds“Somereleased.people who nev er know how to hold a seine were applying. Some of them were farmers and they got money under the farm er’s programme and now they switched to the fisher man’s programme. So, we spent a lot of time weeding out. We know that we can’t weed out everybody. We will get ripped off a bit,” the Vice President said while noting that some who did not de serve it will get the grant.
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Six (East BerbiceCorentyne) on Friday began receiving the Government’s $150,000 oneoff cash grant – a fulfilment of a commitment made by President Dr Irfaan Ali back in May.The exercise was led by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo at the Port Mourant Community Centre Ground and the Skeldon Community Centre Ground which saw hundreds of people in atten dance.
to cushion the adverse ef fects of global changes, which, among other things,
The transformation under the PPP/C is realised at a time when the country has experienced unprecedented and sustained economic growth for many years, helping it to earn the label as the Caribbean’s shining star. The economy boomed and it redounded positively to Guyanese as their standard of living and personal wealth were vastly improved. The post-2015 era saw a sluggish economy, and within mere years again under the PPP/C there is a stark difference.
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specified for daytime and night-time in decibels (Db), with night-time limits al ways being lower than day time. For residential, day time limits are 75 decibels and night-time it is 60 deci bels. Meanwhile, industrial limits are set at 100 decibels during the day and 80 in the night.”Again, this was a time-wasting exercise. Just look at this. Not too long ago, the EPA presented the Guyana Police Force with a mere 25 sound level me ters, but have these ever been used? Plus, noise pol lution is so obvious that we don’t even need to report it. If there is the will by the enforcing agencies to bring this violation to an end, all they have to do is simply drive around the areas and
The building of four-lane roadways along the East Bank and East Coast of Demerara, the new Demerara River crossing, the gas-to shore project, the Berbice Bridge, the Arthur Chung Convention Centre, the Marriott Hotel, the University of Guyana Tain Campus, the Ophthalmology Centre, new Regional Hospitals and schools, upgrading the electricity sector through new power plants and the expansion of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector are just a few initiatives that formed part of Guyana’s modernisation pathway, envisaged and implemented by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government.
The visionary Amaila Hydroelectricity and Specialty Hospital projects were scuttled by the then A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) Opposition and funding withheld for the Marriott and expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).
With cricket over the years becoming a more globalised sport and heavy emphasis on television marketing, host nations and facilities are thrust into the international spotlight. If, for some reason, that may have been taken for granted, Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007, hosted for the first time by the West Indies, brought home that reality. Host Caribbean nations swiftly went into overdrive to meet international standards.
I have personally called police stations incessantly to intervene, but the gener ic response is “We will send the patrol.” So, even though, as noted “Over time in the media, there has been a plethora of complaints from persons in various parts of the country pertaining to noise nuisance … one com mon gripe was the perceived lack of action by the author ities to fully address the sit uation.”
‘apply the law’, that is sim ply read the riot act; under the summary jurisdiction act, the fine for the first con viction is $7500 to $10,000 and up to $15,000. For the second offence, $10,000 to $20,000. Under the EPA Act, it starts at $80,000 to $750,000.
Dear Editor, Some things will only get worse in Guyana, as they have become entrenched in the local culture. This thought went through my mind, as I recalled back in April 2022, a North Road resident’s vain complaint about noise from a neigh bour. This complainant ex plained at the time that “ … a neighbour has been con stantly disturbing her by playing loud music and her reports to Police have not yielded any positive out come.” I dare say, this kind of reporting and complain ing will always be in vain, and even dangerous, as Guyana is all but primitive and uncivilised in many ar eas, one being a ‘steeped-innoise’Editor,locale. there is the law. We can read it: “The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hereby in forms the general pub lic that excessive emis sion of noise is an offence under the Environmental Protection (Noise Management) Regulations (2000). Defaulters can be fined up to $700,000 and face up to one year impris onment.” Then there was a ‘supposed-to-be’ collabora tion between the GPF and EPA, when the preponder ance of ‘noise complaints”, led to a “Memorandum of Agreement … signed be tween the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).” That MoA,
Guyana is quagmired in a cultural abyss of pure dec adence. The President and his ‘gravy riders’ are more concerned about bush cook, beach cricket, dominoes, volleyball and a host of ‘fun’ activities. Hence, ‘aspir ing citizens’ must pursue their legal exit…the earli er the better. As a caveat, those ‘good citizens’ in the Providence environs, plan for the Guyana leg of CPL turbulence.
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member Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn, who did weigh in on the issue of noise nuisance, saying that “… excessive noise in discos, nightclubs, and bars across Guyana will lead to immedi ate closure by local authori ties.” This is so tickling.
So, why is there no change, but instead, the noise culture is just blos soming more and more?
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I go back to an Aug 15 letter, “Noise pollution will never be addressed in Guyana”, in which the writ er referred to another let ter, “Please, Take Our Plea Seriously.” This was signed by 42 Enmore residents, who were “… expressing their disgust at DJs, bars, music carts, vehicles and wedding houses…” from which very loud noise kept hammering them, disrupt ing their lives at every lev el – health, studies, family time, listening to the news, and on and on.
Guyana may have been trapped with the Bourda facility, which, despite its glorious history, was riddled with drainage and some infrastructural challenges. That placed the country at risk of becoming a host for cricket’s biggest and most prestigious show. Not being a host could not have been an option. A bold decision was then taken to construct a modern facility out of the congested City. With work around the clock, the stadium was realised as was a brand-new mega hotel to boost accommodation capacity.
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This is how it has been since the CPL commenced in 2013, and the organisers and franchises must be commended and encouraged to continue providing the opportunities to unify. The positive impact is not only invaluable, but seems even more relevant at this juncture. One critical factor to facilitate and sustain this is the stadium itself. Since its establishment years ago, it has come to symbolise a national vessel for togetherness, be it through CPL games, other sporting events, or concerts.Itispossibly an underestimated or even overlooked factor in its very important national role. Without it, what would have been? That’s an important question especially in the context of the iconic and historic Bourda Ground becoming far more easily inundated.
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he National Stadium at Providence will, in a matter of days, again see sold-out audiences for home games of the Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) along with the play-offs and the finals as the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2022 continues. With growing anticipation over the years, fans were characteristically vibrant in their participation throughout the innumerable and predictable celebrations for any given match.
Prime Minister, Brigadier (Retired) Mark Phillips joined Mexican Ambassador to Guyana, Antonio Cruz Diaz at a reception on Thursday evening to commemorate the 212th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of Mexico at the Marriott Hotel
So, the ‘bluffing and promising’ continue. I re
Like that writer, I advise that good citizens “… find a way to ‘get by’ until they can get out (as many Guyanese have their eyes on North America and are awaiting maturity of sponsorship).
This is what CPL has come to represent as it continues to bring people from all backgrounds together in a national demonstration of unity for a common cause. A mere glance at any given moment during a game would see partisanship abandoned as camaraderie and unbridled support reigned.
The decision for a new stadium, with infrastructure to facilitate concerts of international standard, exemplified visionary thinking with firm commitment to modernise Guyana. It was one of the many projects that saw Guyana’s infrastructural landscape being positively transformed and the provision of much-needed facilities.
Closing off my lit tle piece, I go back to the August 15 Prescott Mann contribution. He reminded readers about Rishi Barrat called “Haribol, a religious leader, who met his demise, a brutal murder, when after failing to get help from the Police, he confronted sev eral men who were imbib ing and using indecent lan guage in front of his very own premises. He was bru tally beaten to death.
Those who do not have the required documents, the Vice President explained,
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“We used two things – we looked at the voter’s list and we also look at your ID – if you have ID. Some don’t have ID cards; we have the cheques, but you will have to verify that you are the person who doesn’t have ID cards. There is another set who don’t have ID cards and are not on the voter’s list, so you don’t know if they exist or it is the right person,” he noted.
billion, as agriculture still remains one of Guyana’s most important and pro ductive sectors. Let us bear in mind too that back in May of this year, President Irfaan Ali, at the Caribbean Agriculture Investment Forum and Expo, did an nounce a series of targets, aimed at reducing Guyana’s US$30 million annual food import bill (in line with the Caribbean Community’s (Caricom’s) target to reduce food imports by 25 per cent by 2025). So, it seems that the drive towards this is truly on.
Balgobin, who owns two boats, says he was very thankful for the much-need ed assistance. According to him, since his boyhood days, he has been fishing at sea.
Latadavi Rahaman signing for her cheque
things,” he said.
In addition, Deonarine Ceryl, who has been in the industry for the past 20 years, noted that his catch has been declining and wel comed the intervention by theAccordingGovernment.toElroy Leitch of Manchester Village, fish ing is a difficult job. “I will give my mother some of this money. Always when I go out to sea and come back, I give my mother something.” Meanwhile, Chandrelala
Back then he pointed out, there was more fish caught on each expedition. However, with more boats going out to sea, the avail able fish per person is sig nificantly less.
centage of people do not eat pork. Yet pork still holds the number one position for the most consumed meat in the world. This translates into the huge possibility of find ing niches in terms of ‘ex porting to earning foreign exchange.’Editor, it is heartening to know that agriculture is re ally ‘catching on’ in Guyana, as it rightly should, and that we have a most ‘ handson’ minister in charge. HE, Zulfikar Mustapha, Agriculture Minister, ex plained to the recipients “… that Guyana is current ly leading the Caribbean in the agriculture sector and continuous efforts are being
It is great reading that “Farmers receive (d) swine to improve production.”
Distribution of $150k fisherfolk...
“I am really thankful for this,” Ramish Ramkarran of Anker Ville, Port Mourant
will have to go through a process of further verifica tion before the cheques are handed“Youover.arenot going to be excluded if you are a legiti mate fisherman and you can prove your identity, so we need to do that additional verification. But once that is done, you are going to get theMeanwhile,cheque.” many of those who received their cheques were in high praise for the Government.
Maybe this will inspire our local pig farmers: In 2022 so far, the approxi mate price range for Canada Pork is between US$2.58 and US$2.43 per kilogram, or between US$1.17 and US$1.1 per pound(lb). The price in Canadian Dollar is CAD 3.22 per kg.
This headline in the local press caught my attention, and I read through the de tails showing that “Twenty farmers, from various com munities, were recipients of sows, one each, for the pur pose of boosting swine rear ing and pork production, as a part of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) genetic improvement programme.” This kind of gesture has a lot of positive implications.
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said. He explained that he does not go out to sea but works in the industry by fixing equipment the fish ers need to use. Ramkarran works at the fishing port at Adventure along the CorentyneLatadaviCoast.Rahaman is a boat owner of Fyrish and according to her, the single boat she owns was damaged at sea and the grant will as sist her to conduct the need ed repairs.OmarDavid of Albion, who uses a drift seine, owns three fishing boats.
For starters, it means that revenue can be saved since in 2020 alone, Guyana
Another positive is that, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, pork is considered to be the most consumed meat in the world by 36 per cent. We know that both Muslims and Jews do not consume pork for religious reasons. Due to this, a large per
Nevertheless, he noted that there is still enough for everyone.
imported $1.05 million in Poultry Meat, making it the 184th largest importer of Poultry Meat in the world. These figures in the said year convert to pig meat im ports quantities for Guyana of 2804 thousand tonnes.
made to ensure the country achieve its goal of being food secure and reducing the food import bill by 25 per cent by 2025.” And true to commitment and promises made by the Government, the Minister reminded all that “We know for a fact that we are continuously working to develop the poul try industry, we want to be a net exporter. We want to increase swine production. We want to increase and de velop cattle, beef and dairy products; we want to devel op the small ruminant’s pro duction.”Well, it is a good that Budget 2022 for agricul ture is approximately $22
producers and consumers.
So, with a boost locally in production, it means ‘busi ness’ will be better for the
Agri drive is truly on
This number reflects “Pig meat imports for Guyana increasing from 139 thou sand tonnes in 1971, that is, a growth rate of an annual 29.26%.” Guyana normally imports Poultry Meat pri marily from: Brazil ($836k); United States ($204k); United Kingdom ($6.46k); and Netherlands ($5.41k).
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“Is a nice help-out the Government do for fisher men. We does get some loss es and fish nah catch, so this money would come in good use to look after back certain
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“He left his home in Blairmont to go to the Police Station, the Police said he was there and he left to go out to
ermen if they saw anybody around sitting, but I did not think about death, because I thought he was just frustrated and was sitting somewhere… a guard man that works with the fishery said that they saw a body floating in the river.”
VP Jagdeo further made it clear that in the next bud get, the Government would continue to invest in the de velopment of infrastructure in the region. He outlined that $10 billion in contracts had been awarded to facilitate the widening of the main access road to four lanes. However, Government is still ironing out the logistics to make the transformation possible.
“If when we test that and we find that any one of those things is not met, you are not getting another contract [from the Government],” the VP cautioned.Hewent on to urge region al leaders to also play their part in ensuring that the peo ple of the region get value for theirMoreover,money.
– VP Jagdeo reassures oil revenues will be used for capital investments
“He was not decomposed, but all over him was bro ken up, they tried to burn his face…after looking at the
“People also told us that they saw him not far from the PoliceTheStation.”woman related that her brother was living with his wife and son, and despite him being abused, he made the decision to stay with his family.“Inever used to get in volved, because when they beat him, he would go right back there to them,” she ex plained.She further stated that after her only brother went missing, a search was carried out, but he was not found.
“A transfer of $6.2 billion into the pockets of the children and their families – that was not there before. People some times don’t realise how much that costs. And when you look at public assistance and pen sion, every $1000 increase in
VP Jagdeo also used the opportuni ty to reiterate the PPP/C Administration’s commitment to utilise revenues from the burgeoning oil and gas sec tor for capital investments in the country’s infrastructure as well as other major sectors such as education, health care and other transformational projects.“Capital works means building for the future. It al lows new industries to be de veloped. It allows the citizens to have greater access to bet ter services… So, we made it clear that any oil money has to go towards capital expan sion, roads, hospitals, schools, sea defences, eating industry, so we can diversify the econ omy and produce new jobs in the future. That is quite
modate the entire four-lane road,” Jagdeo Meanwhile,said.the scores of contractors who would be ex ecuting the works were issued a stern warning by the Vice President to not only complete the works in the stipulated time, but also to produce qual ity work by carefully following the scope of works as outlined in the contracts.
“We were told that he was sitting at the Rosignol Stelling, but when we went to the area, he was nowhere to be found. I asked the fish
Public Works Ministry Permanent Secretary Vladim Persaud and a contractor signing one of 268 contracts awarded on Friday for road works in Region Six
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$8.6B in contracts signed for road works in Reg 6
Missing: Neville Narine
clear,” he asserted.
body, everybody said someone had murdered him… his foot was broken, his neck, he was badly“Whoeverbeaten.”did it, they tried to disguise his face, because they burned his face,” she ex plained.She said once it was con firmed that her brother was indeed murdered, she hoped that the perpetrator/s face the brunt of the law.
“We want a major four lane from Moleson to New Amsterdam. So, that is what we are now looking at, but al ready contracts to the cost of $10 billion have been awarded to do 99 bridges on the main road to widen them. If we are going with the four-lane, we probably have to amend those contracts to widen them even further, so we can accom
The body of Neville Narine, of Blairmont, Number Four, Berbice, who went missing on Monday was on Friday found floating in the Berbice River in the vi cinity of the Rosignol Market.
According to VP Jagdeo, the PPP/C Government re mains committed to all its promises made to the GuyaneseDuringpeople.theoutreach ex ercises in Berbice on Friday, the Vice President, along with the Ministers, addressed con cerns and issues raised by res idents.Joining the VP on the vis it were Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh; Public Works Ministers Juan Edghill and Deodat Indar; Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha; Local Government and Regional Development Minister Nigel Dharamlall; Public Affairs Minister Kwame McCoy and regional officials. [Article adapted from DPI]
According to his sister, Yvonne Narine, her 53-yearold brother had been missing since Monday after he had left to go to the Police Station to make a report against his son.She said that the father of three had been constantly en during physical abuse from his son and made the decision to make a Police report.
Residents across Region Six (East BerbiceCorentyne) will soon benefit from improved infra structure as some 268 con tracts were signed for reha bilitation works in several communities.Thecontracts, which amount to the tune of $8.6 bil lion, were signed on Friday at the Albion Community Centre and works were expected to commence soon.
He explained that recent meetings held in the region have prompted increased in vestment in community roads to $10 billion. It was also high lighted that the investment in the region was to compen sate for the neglect it had en dured for five years under the previous A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) Administration.“Today,weare here now… over 200 more roads with about over 260 contracts [are] awarded. So, that will keep the promise that over 300 roads will be done this year… I said we had $4 billion in the budget for [Region Six roads] and that we would probably have to increase another $4
Region Six, hence the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government would be injecting a whopping $20 billion to rehabilitate roads and bridges in Berbice.
The signing was done in the presence of Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, who led sev eral Cabinet Ministers to the region.According to Jagdeo, this investment is essential for him especially, since citizens throughout the country have been lobbying for better in frastructure within their com munities.TheVice President not ed that there have been sim ilar demands by residents in
public assistance and pension is close to a billion US dollars. So, we increased the old age pension by 40 per cent. That’s about $1000 and we said we’ll double it by the end of the term, but that is equivalent to nearly $8 billion,” he posited.
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo addressing residents at Albion Community Centre
body.Eventually, the carpen ter’s body was pulled from the river. He was reportedly clad in the same clothes that he was wearing at the time of his disappearance. His sister believes that her brother was brutally murdered.
billion to get this done. Well, it will be $10 billion that will be spent on community roads in this region,” he stated.
Upon receiving the news, family members informed the Police and rushed to the scene where they took a boat and started to look for the floating
Body of missing carpenter found floating in Berbice River – family suspects foul play
The Vice President under scored too that upon assum ing office, the Government has been challenged by the effects of the COVID-19 pan demic and other external fac tors, but despite these, it has taken a proactive approach to buffer the effects of the rising cost of living.
get a car to go home back, be cause that is the only way you can go out, which is by taxi, and he was never to be seen or heard from since,” she said.
He said, “We now have massive plans that we prom ised, we didn’t drop the plans because of COVID. We prom ised to cut electricity prices by 50 per cent in five years. We are now moving forward with a power plant to do that… Job creation was one of the things we campaigned on and that is why we’ve seen an upsurge in jobs now, since the last two years in spite of the COVID…
Chambers for statements to be taken from them between working hours (09:00h to 15:00h) on Monday to Friday.Meanwhile, DPP AliHack has also written to Commissioner Hicken to launch a campaign against noiseCommissionernuisance.
the second offence, $10,000 to $20,000. Under the EPA act, it is much hefty. It starts at $80,000 to $750,000. So, with us getting that Act, that will be a deterrent in it self,” the officer had pointed out.Mandal had contended that such hefty fines would be a good move to put a stop to those who refuse to com ply with the laws.
Hicken had previously stated that members of the public can look out for the Guyana Police Force’s proactive ar rangement in terms of deal ing with noise pollution, which is expected to bring some degree of relief.
Announcing their present understanding of democracy, they said in a joint statement: “…we?resolve to support the people of Guyana to continue building a democratic system that is strong, resilient, and guarantees all Guyanese have a voice and role to play as the country moves forward at this unique time in its history.” Now, since diplomatic language is a form of ‘speaking in tongues”, what does this REALLY mean?? Your Eyewitness is happy to deconstruct the statement!! The key word is “continue” – the ABCE will “continue building a democratic system” – that is, they’ll continue with what they did between March and August in Guyana to maintain democracy here!!
What was it that old Imperialist, genocidal warmonger Churchill – responsible for 10 million deaths in 1943 Bengal when he shipped all their grain to Britain!! – said about democracy?? “Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…” Now whether he was a hypocrite or not – democracy’s certainly triumphed in today’s world to give Governments legitimacy! Even that fat fella in North Korea claims he’s a democrat!!
Meaning that the Opposition should quit trying to overturn 2020 – and get on with preparing for 2025!! Democracy ain’t perfect…but it’s still the best of what’s around!!
Nevertheless, the DPP Chamber in Friday’s mis sive urged persons affected by this scourge of noise nui sance to report it to the near est police station in their or surrounding community.
On this note, the DPP’s Office reminded citizens that noise nuisance is a criminal offence in accor dance with Section 174 (A) of the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act Chapter 8:02.
DPP Shalimar Ali-Hack
According to Top Cop, the Force continues to devel op partnerships with wider stakeholders, and they will ensure that more focus is placed on noise pollution in a constructive way.
…on democratic street cred
The CoI’s report is supposed to be out in “seven months” – meaning March 2023 – the anniversary of the electoral SNAFU!! Coincidence?? Now some of you might be saying that the election’s petition might be heard by then. And this just means that some of you, Dear Readers, are incurable optimists!! Don’t forget that the 1997 elections’ petition took 4 years and the 2015 one was never heard!!
sance.Only last month, Deputy Commander of Regional Division Three, Superintendent Khalid Mandal, had explained that the Police’s Offence Act does not cater for hefty fines for offenders. However, he pointed out that this collab oration with the EPA is al lowing for more implemen tation of penalties such as heftier fines against those who continue to break the law.“We recognise that when we charge people under the Summary Jurisdiction Act… the fine for the first convic tion is very small – $7500 to $10,000 and to $15,000. For
But the ABCE Ambassadors also weighed in on democracy in general – which everyone knows is “diplomatese” for what they want democracy in GUYANA to be!! As we all know back in March 2020, they had shown through their ACTIONS that democracy didn’t mean futzing with the counting of the votes of the citizenry. The PNC, however, knew that the same diplomats – and the countries they represented – had looked discreetly away when they actually DID AWAY with the count altogether back in the day!! So they tried a “ting”!! But seems the ABCE has moved on when they took a hard line against rigging. THAT wasn’t democratic no mo!!
Checkingup…
This Section States: 174 (A) (1) “No person shall, in any road, street, public place or land or in any build ing or premises, by operat ing or causing or suffering to be operated any stereo set, juke box; radio, wireless loud speaker, gramophone, amplifier, automatic piano or similar instrument of mu sic or by any other means whatsoever; make or cause or suffer to be made any noise which shall be so loud and so continuous or repeti tive as to cause a nuisance to occupants of any premises in thePartneighbourhood.”twoofthat section goes onto outline: 174 (A) (2) “Any person who contra venes the provisions of sub section (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than seven thou sand five hundred dollars nor more than fifteen thou sand dollars and to impris onment for six months and on a second or any subse quent conviction to a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars nor more than twen ty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.”
Word’s out the US is becoming a developing country. Re the UN Sustainable Development Index, it dropped to 41 from 32nd. The Economist’s democracy index now lumps it among “flawed democracies” – with Haiti’s Gini index on inequality!!
The agreement paves the way for greater collab oration between the EPA and the GPF in the areas of training and enforcement of noise management. The EPA had also presented the Police Force with 25 sound level meters in July to aid in its efforts to curb noise nui
The UN – of course! – has a day for Democracy!! This ‘Intl Day of Democracy’ was commemorated on Thursday as you know. Surely you didn’t miss all those fulsome fullpage ads taken out by the Government – and the kvetching by the Opposition!! That’s the essence of democracy – the party that gets into Government swears that everything is hunky dory and the party that lost says the Government’s full of doo-doo!! We saw the present Opposition big up themselves between 2015-2020 while the PPP cussed them out something fierce, didn’t we?. This means we have a “functioning” democracy!!
At 174 (B) (2), it adds “A driver of a motor bus or hire car who contravenes subsec tion (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than seven thousand five hundred dollars, nor more than fifteen thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months and on a sec ond or subsequent convic tion to a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars nor more than twenty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.”
…on Reg 4 elections SNAFU
Well, the other foot just dropped on the CoI into what went down in our last elections – the terms of reference are now out. And we’re told that the goodly gentlemen –Judges all but none female – will be honing in on the goings on in District (Reg) 4. Meaning, mainly in the Ashmins Building but not forgetting the case of the Soiled Bedsheet under the shed next to the GECOM HQ!! Enquiring minds want to know how that sheet got soiled!! Mingo’s name was “called” in the terms of reference!!
…on the US
To this end, the signato ries on the petition were re quested to visit the DPP’s
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack, has asked the Commissioner of Police (ag), Clifton Hicken to crack down on noise nui sance across the country after her office received a signed petition against loud music being played in an East Coast Demerara (ECD) community.Inastatement on Friday, the DPP Chamber said it received a complaint and signed petition from resi dents of Enmore, ECD, on August 30, 2022, in protest of loud music being played in the area.
Meanwhile, Section 174 (B) (1) of the Act states: “A driver of a motor bus or hire car shall not play or allow anyone to play music in the motor bus or hire car, whilst the motor bus or hire car is plying its route or parked in a public place.”
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DPP calls on Top Cop to clamp down on noise nuisance
In fact, the Police Force is collaborating with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on this issue and the two entities had even signed a Memorandum of Agreement to tackle noise nuisance.
Maybe we’ll have a snap election then?
However, it was noted that if affected persons do not get a satisfactory result at the police station, then they are free to file a com plaint with the DPP’s Office.
Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken
“It is important that the relevant State agency en quires into the source of this
information, upon whose di rections they were sourced and, perhaps, most impor tantly, to officially reconfirm their inaccuracy, for public record. In the circumstanc es, I hereby request a copy of these documents to initi ate this process,” Nandlall wrote.The AG had previous ly posited that at the end of the investigation if it is found that laws were breached, cul pable persons will face the plearetheinvestigateddocumentantheiningittheincredibleuponallegationswhocredibility.ofsinceathehadCommissionersconsequences.TheOpposition-alignedatGECOMobjectedtothereleaseofdocumentsinquestion–movewhichNandlallhasexpressedisindicativetheAPNU/AFC’slackof“Andthesearetheguysarerepeatingtheveryandarerelyingtheallegationsintheireffortstoimpugn2020electionresults…istheywhoarespeakabouttheinformationthatdocumentandnowgovernmenthassignaledintentiontorequestthatsothatitcanbesowecanknowtruth,andthepeopleobjecting,theverypeowhoarepeddlingthein
In
Last month, Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall had written GECOM seeking in formation on how private cit izens’ data was provided to it by the then ruling APNU/ AFC.After a vote taken by the seven-member Commission, the elections body last week released to the Office of the Attorney General those doc uments that were submitted by the then APNU/AFC in its bid to discredit the Official List of Electors (OLE) used in the 2020 General and Regional Elections.
GPF to probe APNU/AFC’s claims of dead, overseas people voting at 2020 polls
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Narayan said that the Opposition Commissioners also advanced the argument that GECOM is a constitu tional agency and does not have to release the docu ments. However, Narayan noted that the Commission, as custodians of the request ed documents, had no issue with cooperating with a state agency.“The Commissioners who were appointed by the now Opposition, they were all against it. They voted against it. They did not want any of those documents to be released to the Attorney General, even though on the other side (we) argued that in the interest of fairness and transparency, we need to re lease those documents as re quested,” Narayan had ex plained to this vestigation.asintothePolicetoedNandlallNevertheless,publication.AGhasalsoforwardhisletterwhichwassenttheGECOMChair,totheCommissioner“toputgovernment’srequestperspective”andaswellforrecordintheGPF’sin
formation in that document are now objecting to the doc ument being released so that we can investigate,” Nandlall pointed“Theseout.people have no credibility at all, nothing that they do make any sense to anybody,” he further con tended. “That is what we have to deal Accordingwith.”to PPP/Cnominated Commissioner Manoj Narayan, the Opposition’s objections to the release of the documents were premised on reasons that in clude their claims that the in
Using those documents provided by GECOM, AG Nandlall has now written Police Commissioner (ag) Clifton Hicken, to ascer tain the accuracy of the data gathered by the coalition.
formation in the documents is contained in the election pe tition. According to Narayan, the Government side argued that this was not true.
light of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) releas ing documents pertaining to the March 2020 polls, the Government has re quested the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to investigate the claims made by the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) that ballots were cast by dead people and persons living overseas.
Attorney General & Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall, SC
The PPP/C Government had previously announced that it would be looking into how immigration and regis tration data of citizens end ed up in the hands of APNU/ AFC.In his letter addressed to GECOM Chairperson, Retired Justice Claudette Singh, Nandlall noted that APNU/AFC delivered to GECOM, documents claim ing to show that dead people and persons who were over seas on Election Day voted at the elections, as well as doc uments to claim that there were cases of multiple vot ing.“These allegations contin ue to be peddled in the public domain by leaders and rep resentatives of the aforesaid political entity. At the time and until now, the impres sion conveyed is that these documents and/or data were generated by and obtained from the official lawful re pository of the specific in formation, for example, the Immigration Department, the Guyana Police Force, and the General Registrar’s Office.”
Commissioner of Police (ag), Clifton Hicken
“I am forwarding these documents to you with a re quest from the Government of Guyana that a special in vestigation is launched by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and such other agen cies, and or person (s) autho rised and supervised by the GPF, to determine the verac ity of the data contained in the documents as well the au thenticity of some of the doc uments themselves and all matters and actions of per sons connected therewith,” the letter, dated September 14, 2022, sent to the Top Cop
by the Attorney General.
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The Minister and other officials identifying the lots on a map of the area
The homes will be built using labour from the region and well as awaitingRegionalgatheredMeanwhile,materials.aspersonsattheLethemHousingOffice,theallocationofa
This will see approxi mately 600 land allottees in the region benefitting. With
Moreover, the Ministry will be partnering with the New Building Society (NBS) and the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI), as they will be offering loans to the tune of $2 million, at a rate of 3.5 per cent to per sons interested in the initia tive.
– 1st-time
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Through the Lethem
The lot identification exercise was spearhead ed by Surveyors of Central Housing and Planning Authority, Planning Department.
$600M Housing Support Programme launched as “Dream Realised” Housing Drive returns to Lethem allottees identified house lots
Another resident pulls her number
A fireman pulls a house lot number from Minister Susan Rodrigues
and Rodrigues and family members as they saw their lots for the first time.
The Lethem Housing Support Programme, which was announced last month by President Dr Irfaan Ali, was also launched at the event.Subject Ministers
The agency will be con structing a $3 million low-income home and pro viding $1 million in support to each beneficiary for the building costs.
Tract ‘CHPA’ that was earmarked for the new allottees
name poles.
Scores of residents have turned out as the Housing and Water Ministry through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) hosted its second “Dream Realised” Housing Drive at the regional of fice in Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) on Friday.
support provided by the Government, the allottees will not be required to pro vide collateral to the banks.
all expressed a sense of re lief and satisfaction now that they have been able to see their lands. For some, the exercise was a means of sealing the deal for them as many of them have already paid, but were anxious ly waiting to identify their boundary lines and place
house lot, another batch was at the Tract ‘CHPA’ Lethem Housing Scheme commonly known as Poke Bridge, iden tifying their respective lots.
Already the scheme has been outfitted with a road and drainage network and concrete culverts.
Housing Support Programme, hundreds of persons will be able to pre-qualify with banking in stitutions on the spot.
Some of the residents at the Housing Drive on Friday
The first-time allottees
By the end of the day, the Ministry expected to al locate some 200 house lots to residents. A number of Land Titles were also be distributed throughout the day.
and Mayor of Lethem, John Macedo, were all present at the event.
The ecstatic bunch was joined by Ministers Croal
The scheme will soon be home to some 600 families as first phase infrastructure works are ongoing to the tune of $538 million.
Collin Croal and Susan Rodrigues, along with Chief Executive Officer of CH&PA Sherwyn Greaves, Regional Chairman, Brian Allicock
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expressed that it is “very unfortunate” that the RSS cannot deliver a credible review.And in light of this, he said that countries that possess the investigative capacity are necessary, citing the USA’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and similar organ isations in the UK and Canada.Since his numerous calls for RSS’s report to be made public have fall en on deaf ears, includ ing a request made to act ing Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken, Hughes said that he has writ ten to Commissioner of Information, Charles Ramson, Sr requesting a copy of the report.
While a charge for traf ficking in narcotics was laid against some of the persons, none was laid against Sergeant Bascom.
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Challenge
“Very unfortunate” Nevertheless, Hughes
The acting Police Commissioner and the Crime Chief have al ready debunked Sergeant Bascom’s allegations, call ing them “malicious and untrue”.Businessman Azruddin Mohamed, who, from the onset, had distanced him self from the allegations, has since filed a $200 mil lion defamation lawsuit against Sergeant Bascom.
To date, no one has been charged with his murder, and his family believes that there is some truth behind Sergeant Bascom’s allegations. They have continued to mount pro tests outside the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters in their quest for justice.
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack, SC
outside of the Palm Court on March 21, last year.
Charged Bascom was on Wednesday arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on cy bercrime charges in con nection with the Facebook Live videos. He appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan where he denied the three charges filed under the Cyber Crime Act.
The team, however, found that there was no ev idence of corrupt practices or attempt to cover up the probe into the murder. The team also found that the two live recordings made
Commenting on the dis continuation of the charge against Blanhum, Hughes said, “This is a most unusu al development, perhaps unprecedented for this rea son: the Director of Public Prosecutions has the pow er to withdraw charge, but
At Friday’s me dia conference, his law yer revealed that similar charges were filed against him at courts in the East Demerara Magisterial District. His first appear ance is set for November.
However, the Police Sergeant, according to Hughes, is still awaiting a response from President Ali on his appeal for wit ness protection under the Protected Disclosures Act. Given the discontinuation of the charge and no reply from the President, he re vealed that he is consider ing other recourse to not only protect his client but to ensure those who have wronged him are brought to justice.
On August 8 last, Sergeant Bascom was among several persons ar rested by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) after a quantity of cocaine was discovered at a Norton Street, Georgetown house.
HePoliceman.alsorejected the DPP’s assertion that the charge against Blanhum was an attempt to intimi date him. “That is a most perplexing statement”, Hughes said, adding that the DPP was over-enthu siastic in rushing to with draw the charge when she was not privy to the evi dence.
by Bascom were in contra vention of Section 19 (5) (a) of the Cybercrime Act.
It is alleged that on two occasions between August 13 and August 19, he used a computer system to trans mit electronic data with the intent to humiliate, harass or cause distress to Superintendent Mitchell Caesar; and on one oc casion, totalgrantedChabinauthSuperintendentSingh.SergeantBascomwas$300,000bailin–$100,000bailon
each of the three charges. He is expected to return to court on September 21.
Debunked
Ricardo Fagundes’s murder Bascom says was never interviewed by foreign team probing allegations
n addition to Caricom’s Regional Security System (RSS), it was reported that a foreign team of investigators was in Guyana to further probe the damning allegations of corruption and bribery made against the Guyana Police Force (GPF), but neither Sergeant Dion Bascom nor his lawyer Nigel Hughes was inter viewed.The probe was initiated into the March 2021 mur der of gold dealer Ricardo Fagundes following damn ing allegation by the serv ing member of the GPF.
– to challenge DPP’s decision to discontinue charge against Crime Chief
Most unusual
According to him, the DPP has not sought to find out from him or Sergeant Bascom upon what basis the charges were brought. Alluding to a press confer ence at which he said the Crime Chief, among other things, accused his client of being malicious, a liar, and less than truthful, Hughes explained that this was the reason upon which he instituted private crimi nal charges against the se nior
Police Sergeant Dion Bascom (left) with his lawyer Nigel Hughes at Friday’s press conference
Describing the DPP’s withdrawal of the private criminal charge under the Cybercrime Act against Blanhum as “unusu al”, Hughes has vowed to challenge her decision all the way to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).
her constitutional power is premised on the fact that she will act reasonably and that she will not act capa ciously and that there will be a legal basis and foun dation for her actions.”
Facebook Lives
While the RSS’s com plete report was not re leased to the public, Home Affairs Ministry last week issued a statement pur porting to represent the findings of the investiga tions.At the media confer ence, Sergeant Bascom’s counsel again called on the Government to release the complete report; stating that it is difficult to deem the report credible due to numerous key flaws, one being the RSS’s failure to interview his client, the whistleblower.TheRSS found, too, that Bascom’s statements were untrue as they were in retaliation for him be ing arrested over the drug bust. Hughes, however, rejected this assertion, pointing out that if the RSS team had embarked upon the most rudimen tary of steps, which is to speak to the whistleblow er himself, he would have indicated many things to them.This, he said, includes the fact that he had re ported his concerns about how the Fagundes’s mur der investigation was be ing handled to then Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie.With proof in hand, the lawyer made reference to several printed copies of WhatsApp messages his client sent to Hoppie, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn, and President Dr Irfaan Ali, in which he expressed that the investigation into the murder was compro mised.
Blanhum, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, was scheduled to be ar raigned next Wednesday before Chief Magistrate AnnPoliceMcLennan.Headquarters, on Thursday, informed that the charge was dis continued pursuant to the powers conferred on the DPP under Article 187 (1) (C) of the Constitution of Guyana.“Amissive was today [Thursday] dispatched to the Chief Magistrate by the DPP about the afore mentioned,” the statement outlined.The Police explained that the lawyers for the Crime Chief contended that the charge was an abuse of the court’s pro cess and was nothing more than an attempt to intim idate Blanhum as well as senior Police Officers who were expected to testify in the matter against the Sergeant.
He pointed out that the request to Ramson was made pursuant to the Access to Information Act.
“Nobody didn’t speak to me” Hughes was asked whether he and his client were contacted by the team of foreign Responding,investigators.the se nior lawyer said: “I’m sor ry…I cannot assist you with that. I have not seen the foreign team… I have not met the foreign team. I have not spoken to the for eignWhenteam.”the same ques tion was put to Sergeant Bascom, he replied, “Nobody didn’t speak to me.”Fagundes, a close friend of convicted drug trafficker Roger Khan, was riddled with bullets by two men who had pulled up in a car
Ever since Sergeant Bascom’s damning allega tions were made on August 11, the Government had promised a “total” inde pendent investigation into Fagundes’s murder and had solicited assis tance from the RSS, which Guyana had assented to earlier this year.
Three days later, the Sergeant subsequent ly made several Facebook Live videos in which he made damning allegations of corruption against sever al senior Police Detectives and a prominent business man, Azruddin Mohamed. He later deleted the posts out of fear for his family members’ lives.
During a press con ference at his Leopold Street, Georgetown law firm on Friday, which came on the heels of a de cision by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack, SC, to discontinue the private criminal charge filed un der the Cybercrime Act by his client against Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum, Hughes briefed the media on several issues and an swered questions.
Report not credible
I
The businessman, in his Statement of Claim (SoC), argued that the words and statements uttered by the cop are all untrue, false, dangerous, disingenuous, malicious, irrational, un fair, unsubstantiated, un founded, and baseless, thereby tarnishing and lowering his millionhimmoveBascomactionthreatenedthroughSuperintendentreputation.Caesar,hislawyer,hadtotakelegalagainstSergeantifhedidnotretheposts,andofferanapologyand$50compensation.
Meanwhile, during the investigation, a male pas senger was found attempt ing to smuggle six finch es (birds) concealed in hair rollers.Dhanraj Deochand, of Perseverance, Essequibo Coast told CANU ranks
It was reported that on the day in question, London was an outgoing passen ger destined for the John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York when she was intercepted with a large quantity of co caine in her carry-on lug gage.She was escorted to the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Headquarters
She appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond Magistrates’ Courts and pleaded not guilty to the charge which stated that on September 14 at the CJIA, she had in
that London had asked him to check in the luggage for her. An investigation is underway. Guyana Times understands that London and Deochand are known to each other and on the day in question, they were not travelling together but were on the same flight.
CANU wishes to remind the public that the traffick ing of narcotics is illegal and care should be taken in examining packages when asked by others to trans port them.
The cocaine stashed in the biscuit packets
Cocaine mule Unique Sunshine London
Dhanraj Deochand
her possession 11.188 ki lograms of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
Deochand reportedly as sisted London with her lug gage at the check-in count er. An investigation into that matter is ongoing.
Haslington woman busted with cocaine in biscuit packets remanded to prison
– man arrested for attempting to smuggle finches for cocaine mule
Essequibo
As such, she was re manded to prison until November 11, 2022.
where the illegal substance was weighed and amount ed to 11.188kg with a street value of $12.3 million local ly, had it landed in the US, it would have been worth US$336,000 ($73 million).
U
The finches in hair curlers
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nique Sunshine London, 59, of Haslington, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was on Friday remand ed to prison after she was caught trying to smuggle a large quantity of cocaine through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.
Thesectors.USEmbassy is a proud long-standing part ner of the University of Guyana, and contin ues to provide technical assistance through the
The cocaine that Mohamed was carrying at the time of the search
Drug trafficker Lionel Mohamed
The suspect was cau tioned after which he admit ted ownership of the nar cotics. The cannabis was weighed in his presence and amounted to 948 grams while the cocaine weighed 55 grams.Hewas detained as Police continue their inves tigations.
BV man busted with cocaine, ganja in Bartica
US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch Natural Resources Minister Vickram Bharrat
The ganja found in the milk tin
Other speakers includ ed UG Vice Chancellor, Dr Paloma Mohamed Martin, and ABET Committee Chair, Dr Norman Munroe.
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Fulbright Program to sup port the accreditation pro cess.The University’s ABET lead is Dr Norman Munroe, a Fulbright US Scholar alumnus. Earlier this year, Fulbright Specialist Dr Cesar Levy worked with the ABET accreditation team to review course portfoli os and self-study supple ments. Later this year, an other Fulbright Specialist is expected to focus on lab oratory maintenance and procedures, the establish ment of computer labs, and engineering curricula.
US Embassy collaborates with UG for int’l accreditation
Sixty-two-year-oldLionelMohamed,aminer,ofSidelineDam,Beterverwagting,EastCoastDemerara(ECD)wasonThursdayarrestedwithaquantityofcocaineandganjaattheBarticaStelling,RegionSeven(Cuyuni-Mazaruni).Basedonreportsreceived,PolicerankswenttotheBarticaStellingwheretheyinstructed13passengerstodisembarkwiththeirbelongings.Asearchwasconductedonthepassengersandtheirbelongings.Mohamedwas
U S ing,ence,programmesaccreditorternationally-recognised(ABET).EngineeringAccreditationcreditationprocessUniversityandtheofinternationalWednesdayVickramResourcesholders,convenedSarah-AnnAmbassadorLynchkeystakeincludingNaturalMinisterBharrat,ontodiscusstheaccreditationprogrammesofferedbyFacultyofEngineeringTechnologyattheofGuyana.TheUniversityisintheofobtainingacthroughtheBoardfor&TechnologyABETisaninofuniversityinappliedscicomputing,engineerandtechnology.TheUniversity’sABET
In her remarks, Ambassador Lynch said: “ABET accreditation is a vital step in ensuring that the people of Guyana will be better prepared to more broadly participate and take advantage of nation al and regional prosperity. ABET and the high-quality engineers who study here at the University of Guyana are key partners who can ensure Guyana’s transfor mative investments deliver well into the future.”
wasFurtherfound. searches un earthed four compressed bulky transparent parcels containing ganja in the tin, along with another trans parent parcel with whitish rocklike substances.
carrying a white salt bag at the time, and during the search, a five-pound milk tin
accreditation team has been working diligently on several significant accredi tation steps, including cur riculum data collection, facility evaluations, and laboratory upgrades. While the process of accreditation is ongoing, once achieved for UG’s programmes, it will further establish grad uates’ qualifications for en gineering positions and en able them to take greater advantage of Guyana’s vast opportunities in the oil and gas, infrastructure, and other
Arjoon was fired from his position in connection with a Magistrate’s Court matter wherein he, and the mortgage lending institu tion’s former Operations and Assistant Mortgage Managers were accused of conspiracy to defraud the NBS of nearly $70 million. The matter was eventually dismissed, and Arjoon and the others took the financial institution to court in 2011.
Pension reduced significantly
The NBS’s issue with the withdrawal was that it was made through a Power of Attorney, and the company had implicated Arjoon for misconduct.Aninvestigation had claimed that the fraud was committed in 2006, and the three men were all fired the next year after it had al legedly been determined that they were at fault for dereliction of duty, negli gence, and/or serious/ gross misconduct.
Reynolds’s finding that the necessary checks and pro cedures were adhered to through the transaction process by Arjoon. NBS had repaid the account hold er the monies withdrawn.
ion Clinton Thompson, 31, of Golden Fleece, West Coast Berbice (WCB), who was nabbed with 93.6 kilo grams (206 pounds) of gan ja in his car after it crashed during a high-speed chase at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was on Thursday remanded to prison.He appeared be fore Magistrate Marissa Mittelhozier at the Mahaica Magistrate’s Court, where he pleaded not guilty to the possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking charge.The Customs AntiNarcotic Unit (CANU) stat ed that on September 13 at Cambridge, Mahaica, ECD, Thompson had 93.6 kilo grams of cannabis in his
CoA upholds ruling that Maurice Arjoon was wrongfully sacked as NBS CEO …but reduces his pension benefits from $59M to $18M
An appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) may, however, be likely as the NBS’s lawyer, Pauline Chase applied for and was granted a threemonth stay of execution, as she wanted time to review the court’s judgement and seek further instructions from her client.
The NBS had contended that an unauthorised with drawal of nearly $70 mil lion had been made from an account that its client Bibi Shamina Khan held.
possession. After he plead ed not guilty to the charge, he was remanded to prison until October 14, 2022.
ordered to pay Arjoon $800,000 in court costs.
Among the grounds of appeal advanced by NBS were that the over-riding defaults in Arjoon’s deal ing with the withdrawals from Khan’s account were not taken into account by Justice Reynolds nor did he consider that the person making the withdrawals from the account was not duly and properly autho rised to do so, thereby caus ing NBS a loss of over $79 million; and that his ruling was erroneous, in that, the pension could not be award ed together with severance and other benefits when an employee is terminated or dismissed.
In affirming the tri al Judge’s decision, the Court of Appeal held that NBS failed to show that the transaction in question was directly related to the em ployment relationship.
However,2143. the driver re portedly refused to stop, prompting the officers to pursue the vehicle.
Late Ombudsman Justice Winston Moore had found that Arjoon and the NBS’s former managers had suffered grave injustice as there was insufficient ev idence to suggest that they were guilty, and more so to successfully prosecute them.
they were, did not amount to serious misconduct. In the end, the appeal court only allowed NBS’s appeal on the issue of Arjoon’s pension entitlement and dismissed all of its other grounds of appeal.
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The driver was appre hended, but the other oc cupant managed to escape into the nearby bushes. A search was conducted on the motor car and seven salt bags containing ganja wereAsunearthed.such,Thompson was arrested and escorted to CANU headquarters where the 49 parcels of narcotics were weighed and amount ed to 93.6 kilograms with a street value of approxi mately $13 million.
n a unanimous judge ment, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal filed by the New Building Society (NBS), which was seeking to set aside a ruling by the High Court that the financial institution had wrong fully dismissed its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Maurice Arjoon, in 2007.
ern side of the Mahaica road, after which the driv er and another occupant at tempted to flee,” CANU re lated in a statement.
ter NBS moved to quash Justice Reynolds’s decision.
While there were three transactions directly relat ed to the employment re lationship, none of them showed that Arjoon “by himself” was “directly re sponsible” for the incident, said acting Chancellor of the Judiciary agreedArjoontochecksthataedCummings-EdwardsNBSselfhaviourdidforthcoming.pectFriday.readCummings-Edwards,Yonettewhothecourt’srulingon“Inourview,thisasoftheevidenceisnotTheNBSnotshowthatthebeofArjoonin,itcausedthat.”Whatthehasshown,Chancellorpointout,wasthatthereislineofauthorityandthereareaseriesofandbalancespriorthetransactionsreachingforhissignature.TheappellatecourtwithJustice
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In July 2017, after a lengthy trial, Arjoon was awarded $79,282,801 in out standing payments and ben efits by High Court Judge Brassington Reynolds, some six years after he filed a $550M wrongful dismissal lawsuit against his former employer, arguing that he was wrongfully dismissed and that the institution had withheld pension and other benefits that were lawfully due to Afterhim.a successful levy on NBS’s assets to satisfy the judgement, Arjoon was able to clear a cheque for $59,033,281, representing pension payments.
As a result, his pension benefits were significantly reduced from $59,033,281 to $18, 817,432—which is sub jected to any indebtedness to NBS. In computing the new sum, the Chancellor ex plained that the court con sidered the relevant provi sions of the Termination of Employment and Severance Pay Act. The NBS was
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Even though it can be in ferred that such actions can lead to a loss, a detri mentally economic one, the Chancellor said that NBS did not prove what effects it had on the business and more specifically that the transaction was related to ArjoonAccordingdirectly.to her, Arjoon alone did not deal with the transaction and there ap pear to be other clerks and other operatives who were collectedly involved in this one“Astransaction.thetrial Judge [Justice Reynolds] rightful ly found in our view “there is no place for Peter to pay for all or Paul to pay for all in the circumstances”. It is not a case for ultimate re sponsibility but individual responsibility directly relat ed to the employment rela tions. Thus, making a per son a scapegoat for reasons of expediency…” Justice Cummings-Edwards noted.
Maurice Arjoon
“The driver continued to drive at a fast rate which caused him to lose control of the said vehicle which re sulted in the vehicle going into a canal on the south
WCB man charged, remanded for possession of $13M worth of ganja
The Court of Appeal, therefore, concluded that Arjoon discharged his func tions by the regulations and systems in place and that the omissions, whatever
Car driver Tion Clinton Thompson
Arjoon was represent ed by Edward Luckhoo, SC. Apart from the Chancellor, Justice of Appeal Rishi Persaud and High Court Judge Franklin Holder, comprised the Bench.
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It was reported that CANU was conducting an operation at Cambridge, Mahaica, when its ranks attempted to stop a car with registration number PAB
The ganja that was found in the car
The New Building Society Limited at Avenue of the Republic, Georgetown
However, Justice Reynolds in relying on case law, found that NBS did not provide substantial ev idence to prove that Arjoon committed gross or serious misconduct which warrant ed his dismissal. As such, the Judge held that it was unfair for Arjoon to be dis missed when the bank had no systems in place to prove that he was guilty of any wrongdoing.According to the Judge, during the trial, NBS ad mitted that it had poor sys temic procedures of ade quate checks and balances for detecting gross or seri ous misconduct such as the allegations levelled against Arjoon.
This sum was part of the more than $79 mil lion awarded by Justice Reynolds; the balance of $20,249,801 which was awarded to him as sever ance was, however, stayed by Justice of Appeal Rishi Persaud.ButArjoon found him self defending his lawsuit at the appellate court af
The latest vaccination fig ures for children in the five to 11 category shows 8156, or eight per cent, have been administered first doses. However, only 3940, or 3.9 per cent, of this cohort have returned for the second jab.
Two Policemen were each released on $100,000 bail on Friday after denying a joint drug trafficking charge when they appeared at the Georgetown
Another unvaccinat ed person has suc cumbed to COVID-19 in Guyana, raising the coun try’s death toll to 1281.
Lance Corporal Andre Roland
dose while some 346,315, or 67.5 per cent, are fully vacci nated.For adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17, 35,703, or 49 per cent, have received first doses and 26,192, or 35.9 per cent, second doses.
speech or movement. If anyone is displaying any of the symptoms associ ated with COVID-19, or need any additional information, they are asked to contact the COVID-19 Hotline on 2311166, 226-7480 or 624-6674 immediately or visit www. health.gov.gy.
tim away. Mangal was then forced into the back seat of the suspects’ vehicle.
The victim further claimed that while in the vi cinity of Vlissengen Road, Georgetown, one of the sus pects pointed a gun at him and relieved him of a gold and diamond band valued at $1.5 million, a black dia mond with a gold ring val ued at $1.2 million, and one gold chain valued at $900,000.Mangal also told cops that he was taken to the home of one of the sus pects in Kitty where he was forced at gunpoint to sign a note stating that he owed $900,000 to the suspects.
17 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2022 | GUYANATIMESGY.COM NEWS GUYANA COVID-19 DASHBOARD SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 UPDATE GET MEDICAL ADVICE ON COVID-19 FROM MOH 24/7 HOTLINE NUMBERS: 2311166; 226 7480; 624 6674; 624 2819; 624 3067 OR 180/181. NUMBER OF NEW CASES 4 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN INSTITUTIONAL ISOLATION 5 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN HOME ISOLATION 120 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN COVID-19 ICU 0 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN INSTITUTIONAL QUARANTINE 1 TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES BY GENDER (FEMALES) 38,589 TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES BY GENDER (MALES) 32,654 TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES IN GUYANA SINCE 2020 71,243 NUMBER OF RECOVERED CASES 69,837 TOTAL 1st DOSE VACCINATED 446,418 FULLY IMMUNISED 346,244 TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS 1281 DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES SINCE MARCH 2020 REGION 1 2689 REGION 2 3153 REGION 3 8750 REGION 4 35,469 REGION 5 2579 REGION 6 6954 REGION 7 2657 REGION 8 921 REGION 9 4348 REGION 10 3723 HERE IS HOW YOU CAN BE SAFE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Wear a face mask. Keep a physical distance of at least 6 Washfeet. your hands or use handIfsanitizeryouhave any symptoms, call the COVID-19 Hotline.
The matter was later reported to the Brickdam Police Station. As such, de tectives who visited the bar at Station Street, Kitty, questioned several persons, including the proprietor about the incident, and the retired Policeman was ar rested. The other two sus pects remain at large.
120 active infections are be ing monitored by the Health Ministry.There are no patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), but five patients are in institutional isolation, 120 are in home isolation, and one is in institutional quarantine. Meanwhile, 69,837 recovered cases have been recorded.
Bacchus vows to take “no-nonsense” approach to crime-fighting in Reg 6
than that we would ask you to strip by the certifying offi cer through the Magistrate’s Court.”After the in-house clean ing was done, the focus was shifted to the public. During the campaign which was held on Tuesday evening at sever al locations, 44 drivers were found in breach, with 28 of them operating tinted vehi cles without a tint permit.
Magistrates’ Courts. Charged are: Corporal Kevin Bobb, 38, of Amelia’s Ward, Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) and Lance Corporal Andre Roland, 25, of Foulis, East Coast Demerara (ECD). They were arraigned be fore Senior Magistrate Leron Daly.It is alleged that on June 14, 2022, at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters, Eve Leary, Georgetown, they had 680 grams of cannabis sati va in their possession for the purpose of trafficking. Both of them pleaded not guilty to the Thecharge.Policemen were al legedly caught trying to smuggle the illicit drug into CID Headquarters. The con ditionalities attached to bail is that they report to the Police Force’s Major Crimes Investigation Unit every oth
The businessman was then taken to a hotel on Church Street, Georgetown, where he was ordered out of the vehicle by the two men.
er Monday until the hearing and determination of their trial.The matter was ad journed until October 7, 2022.
The Health Ministry re ported that the man, aged 88, hailed from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica). He died on September 15.
Unvaccinated man succumbs to COVID-19
To date, Guyana has processed 692,344 samples to test for the presence of COVID-19.
Statistics from the Ministry revealed that four new coronavirus infections were reported on Friday, thus taking the confirmed cases to 71,243 – 32,654 males and 38,589
Senior Superintendent, who took up the post last week, told the media that ad-hoc arrange ments would no longer be tol erated in the region, while adding that things would be doneAccordingdifferently. to the Commander, what goes for the public goes for Police ranks in the region. Within one week of him taking up the position, a tint campaign has beenHowever,initiated.days before the campaign, Police Officers who own vehicles were warned.
According to Divisional Traffic Officer Niron Hassan, they found that some hire cars and also public mini-bus es were heavily tinted.
Further, the Divisional Traffic Officer noted that most accidents on the road ways involve persons who are driving under the influence of alcohol.Apart from that, inatten tiveness has also been re
Retired Policeman Kenneth Bahadur
over $3.6 million worth of gold and diamond jewel lery, by two men and the retired cop. Based on re ports, Mangal and the men are known to each other and they have an ongoing dis pute over money. Mangal told detectives that he was at the bar imbibing when the two men, along with the retired cop, arrived in a ve hicle.The men then exited the car, approached Mangal, and began punching him about his body while telling him that they wanted their mon ey. The retired Policeman was allegedly heard tell ing the men to take the vic
“No hire car and no mini bus are authorised to carry a tint on their vehicle, only private vehicles and if so the Home Affairs Minister will have to give you permission to do so,” he explained.
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Currently,females. more than
As part of their investi gations, Police Detectives reviewed footage from near by Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras.
proach to fighting crime in the Theregion.
Vaccination figures show that so far, 446,492 adults, or 87 per cent, have taken a first
In addition, 73,489 boost er shots were taken.
According to recent fig ures from the World Health Organisation (WHO), some 605 million confirmed cases were reported globally along with 6.49 million deaths. In the Region of the Americas, the number of con firmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 176 million while
“We would have done house cleaning first; mean ing that I had instructed the Police within Region Six to take off all tints on their motor vehicles. Thirty-five per cent of tint is allowed by law, and [if you] have more
New Region Six willShivpersaudPoliceBerbice-Corentyne)(EastCommanderBacchussaysheadoptano-nonsenseap
A55-year-old retired Policeman who al legedly abduct ed a Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD) busi nessman appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on KennethFriday.Bahadur of Melanie, ECD, was not re quired to plead to the in dictable charge which stat ed that on September 12, at Station Street, Kitty, Georgetown, he abducted Jagdish Mangal with intent to secretly confine him. Bail was granted to him in the sum of $200,000 by Senior Magistrate Leron Daly. Bahadur was represented by Attorney-at-Law Patrice Henry.The Police Prosecutor ob jected to Bahadur being re leased on bail, citing the fact that his alleged accomplic es were still on the run and the likelihood that he might tamper with witnesses. The prosecution’s objections were, however, overruled by the Magistrate. The matter was adjourned until October 7, 2022.Police Headquarters re ported that the 35-year-old businessman of Belmont, Mahaica was abducted on Monday around 19:00h from a popular bar at Station Street, Kitty. He was also relieved of
sponsible for many of the road accidents in the region. As such, he is urging motor ists to pay more attention and to be more careful on the roadways.
Corporal Kevin Bobb
the death toll has gone up to 2.8 million Symptomsdeaths.ofthe corona virus include fever, cough, tiredness, diarrhoea, pains, sore throat, and loss of taste or smell. The more seri ous symptoms are difficul ty breathing or shortness of breath, chest pain, and loss of
Region Six Police Commander Shivpersaud Bacchus
cops granted bail on drug trafficking charge
Retired cop accused of abducting businessman released on bail
The Minister point ed to inadequate sleep, stress, excessive alcohol, and smoking as other fac tors which need to change. Consumption of sugary beverages, fast food, and unhealthy snacks can lead to obesity. Excessive con sumption of salt also cre ates risks, importantly hy pertension.Hesaidit is a two-prong approach where sick per sons take their treatment and healthy persons should do annual check-ups. For Guyana to be impacted positively by such aware ness, the Health Minister opined that behavioural change is Directorkey. of Human Development at Caricom, Helen Royer also reflect ed that the current reali ty shows the region experi encing a mortality problem, brought on by NCDs, poor diets, and the increased use of alcohol and tobacco. She added that it is time to look at solutions that can turn around the figures and see improved results in communities.UN Resident Coordinator Ye?im Oruç reiterated that Sustainable Development Goals are linked to positive health outcomes and investments. Oruç relayed that stigma in mental health is one of the most important social
a 36-year-old female cook of Yarrowkabra Village, Soesdyke/Linden Highway.
A search was conducted on the passengers, including
The driver of the motor car, who fled the scene, was subsequently arrested and is assisting with the investi gations.Meanwhile, on Saturday at about 8:10h, Lakeram Sarjoo, 52, of Main Street, Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice lost his life after he was struck off his bicycle by a taxi, HD 628, driven by a 47-year-old man of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice.
Govt targets interventions to enable longer lifespan, reduce threats from NDCs – Health Minister
Investigations so far re vealed that the car was pro ceeding along the roadway at a slow rate of speed while the pedal cyclist was pro ceeding in the opposite di rection swerving between vehicles.The cyclist reportedly collided with the right-side
front portion of the hire car, and as a result of the im pact, he fell on the roadway. He was taken to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital where he was treated for a fractured jaw and right leg. He was admitted but lat er succumbed to his injuries. The driver was arrested as investigations continue.
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2 killed in separate accidents in Essequibo, Berbice
Two men lost their lives in separate ac cidents on Thursday and Friday along the Canje Public Road, Berbice, and the Adventure Public Road, Essequibo Coast.
Thefriend.said narcotic was weighed in her presence and amounted to 353 grams. She remains in custody pending charges.
“We have a lot of work to do to reduce the burden of non-communicable dis eases,” he added.
challenges.“Stigma in mental health conditions contin ues to be one of the most difficult public health and social challenges we grap ple with. Although they are very common people living with mental health condi tions often experience dis crimination and are treat ed differently because of fear, ganisationshealthysignedtheposiumcentresunderwayAtionsprovideandGPHC,programme,duced“Guyanalishwithlion-dollarcilities,totals,thepublicinpointedAdministration’ssafecitizenssureGovernmentsPhillipsmentalis,needingthatualhoodhealthuselenges.plepoliciesandmentaltheagenciessometimesmisunderstanding,judgment.”SheaddedthatUNareworkingwithMinistrytointegratehealthconcerns,internationalhealthandsupportpeotoovercomethesechal“Wehopethatwecantoday’smessageofinourneighbourtoencourageindividandcollectiveactionissupportiveofpeopleoursupport,thatpeoplestrugglingwithhealthissues.”PrimeMinisterMarkstatedthatmustenthewelfareoftheirandaccesstohealthcare.Onhisend,hetoseveralprojectsthepipelinetoenhancemedicalservices–sixnewregionalhospicountrywideupgradesprimaryhealthcarefaandthemulti-milpartnershipMountSinaitoestabspecialisedservices.ThePMfurthershared,hasalsointroarobusttelemedicinewhichallowsNewAmsterdam,BarticaHospitalstoreal-timeconsultatopatientsremotely.telemedicinepilotisalsowithfourhealthinRegionNine.”Apartfromthesymandhealthfair,HealthMinistryalsoachartertopromotelivingthroughorandagencies.
In her travelling bag, de tectives said they found a compressed bulky plastic parcel containing a quantity of cannabis. She was told of the suspicion and cautioned after which she denied own ership of the ganja claiming that she was taking the bag for a
A whopping 76.8 per cent of persons in the Caribbean die from non-communicable diseas es – of which 30 per cent are cardiovascular diseas es. A 2017 study showed that for every 100,000 per sons in Guyana, 345 were dying from chronic NCDs. An estimated 60,000 per sons are affected by diabe tes – some of whom do not know their status.
Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony but in developed countries, this number is higher.
uyana’s launch of Caribbean Wellness Week unfolded on Friday, un der the theme: “Healthy Individuals, Communities and Organisations”, which focuses on actions to pro mote a healthy plan et while addressing the threats of non-communica ble Healthdiseases. Minister, Dr Frank Anthony said during the launch at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC), Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown that preventative measures can be taken to live longer and healthierAccordinglives.to him, tar geted interventions can en able longer lifespans and curtail childhood illnesses.
The first accident claimed the life of 63-year-old Ameer Ally, a vendor of Adventure, Essequibo Coast.
Cook nabbed with cannabis in handbag
At around 08:20h on Friday, acting on in formation received, several ranks of the Bartica Police Station went to the Bartica Stelling where an inbound passenger speed boat was in the process of beingPolicemoored.said that 10 pas sengers disembarked the vessel and were instruct ed to hold their respective properties after which they were escorted to the Bartica Police Station.
“We want people to be constantly thinking about their health. It doesn’t matter what point in the life cycle you are in, you can take preventative mea sures so that you can live longer and healthier lives. We don’t want you to be sick before you come to the health system, but let us start very early.”
Police stated that on Friday about 19:30h, mo tor car PWW 2293 was pro ceeding along the Adventure Public Road at a fast rate and struck down Ally who was walking on the corner of theAsroad.a result of the colli sion, the elderly man fell on the roadway and sustained injuries to his body. He was picked up in an uncon scious state and rushed to the Suddie Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The car that was involved in the fatal accident in Essequibo
The ganja that was found in the cook’s possession
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In Guyana, the life ex pectancy is almost 70 years
450 dead people, buried (in the northeastern Kharkiv region). But there are oth ers, separate burials of many people. Tortured people. Entire families in certain territories," Zelenskiy said. Asked if there was evi
The sanctions on Boeing Defense, Space, and Security Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ted Colbert and Raytheon Technologies Corp boss Gregory Hayes are in response to the US State Department approval on September 2 of the sale of mil itary equipment to Taiwan.
prices rose slightly on Friday as a spill at Iraq's Basra terminal appeared likely to constrain crude supply, but remained down on the week on fears that hefty interest rate increases will curb global economic growth and demand for fuel.
Queen’s lying-instate queue swells
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia on Friday of committing war crimes in Ukraine's north east and said it was too early to say the tide of the war was turning despite rapid territo rial gains by his forces this month.The Ukrainian leader also told Reuters in an inter view that the outcome of the war with Russia, now in its seventh month, hinged on the swift delivery of foreign weapons to his country.
dence of war crimes, he said: "All this is there... There is some evidence, and assess ments are being conducted, Ukrainian and internation al, and this is very important for us, for the world to recog nise this."
Oil prices up after Basra spill, but log weekly decline Around the World
Speaking briefly to the media after at the Waterfront International Waterfront Tower C, Lee said simply, “I will give de tails over the weekend. This is PNM [People’s National Movement] at its best.”
Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) for Pointe-a-Pierre, David Lee has been hit with charges of misbehaviour in public office and conspira cy to defraud the Trinidad Government. The charges are said to be related to the purchase and sale of a Mercedes-Benz.Leewasquestioned by Police last month in connec tion with the incident.
King Charles III and his siblings stood vigil by the coffin of their late mother Queen Elizabeth II on Friday, when tens of thousands of mourners queuing to pay their final respects during her lying in state were told they faced a wait of up to 24 hours.Charles, Princess Anne, Princes Andrew and Edward, attired in military uniforms, stood in silence with their heads bowed for the 15-minute vigil at the historic Westminster Hall, where the coffin of the late monarch has been lying sinceMostWednesday.oftheother mem bers of the British royal family, including some of the queen’s great-grandchil dren, watched from a gal lery.Tens of thousands of peo ple of all ages and from all walks of life have already
paign.The Governor of Kharkiv region, Oleh Synhubov, told reporters on Friday at one of the burial sites in the city of Izium that some bodies ex humed there had been found with their hands tied behind theirMoscowbacks. has not com mented on the mass buri al site in Izium, which was a Russian frontline strong hold before Ukraine's count er-offensive forced its forces to flee.
“We have been over whelmed by the tide of emotion that has engulfed us, and the sheer number of people who have gone out of their way to express their own love, admira tion, and respect to such a very special and unique person,”
a division of Boeing Co and Raytheon.Colbert and Hayes will be sanctioned "in order to protect China's sovereignty and security interests" said Foreign Ministry spokesper son Mao Ning citing "their involvement in these arms sales".Mao did not elaborate on what the sanctions would entail or on how they would be enforced. Neither compa ny sells defence products to China, but both have robust commercial aviation busi nesses there.US defence pro curement rules generally prohibit Chinese-origin con tent, so sanctions have had no impact on the US military. (Excerpt from Reuters)
filed past the coffin in a constant, solemn stream to pay tribute to the queen, who died on September 8 in Scotland at the age of 96 af ter a 70-year reign.
In the third quarter so far, both Brent and WTI are down about 20 per cent for the biggest quarterly percentage declines since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Investors are bracing for a large increase to US interest rates, which could lead to a recession and reduce fuel demand. The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise its benchmark overnight interest rate by 75 basis points at a September 20-21 policy meeting.
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Other analysts said sentiment suffered from comments by the US Department of Energy that it was unlikely to seek to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until after the 2023 financial year.
Putin told Modi that he understood the Indian leader had concerns about Ukraine, but that Moscow was doing everything it could to end the conflict.
He compared the situa tion in newly-liberated ar eas of the northeast "to the bloody soap opera after Bucha", a town near Kyiv where he accused Russian forces of committing numer ous war crimes in the first phase of the war. Moscow de nied the charges.
Zelenskiy accuses Russia of war crimes, sees no early end to war
The market also was rattled by the International Energy Agency's outlook for almost zero growth in oil demand in the fourth quarter owing to a weaker demand outlook in China.
On the supply side, the market has found some support on dwindling expectations of a return of Iranian crude as Western officials play down prospects of reviving a nuclear accord with Tehran.Oilprices could also be supported in the fourth quarter if OPEC+ members cut production, which will be discussed at the group's October meeting. Europe faces an energy crisis driven by uncertainty on oil and gas supply from Russia.
He said Ukraine had re jected negotiations. Ukraine has said it will fight until it drives all Russian troops from its land. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he will never accept a "peace" that allows Russia to keep Ukrainian land.
ndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that now was not the time for war, directly assail ing the Kremlin chief in public over the nearly sev en-month-long conflict in Ukraine.Locked in a confronta tion with the West over the war, Putin has repeated ly said Russia was not iso lated because it can look eastwards to major Asian powers such as China and India.But at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), con cerns spilled out into the open."I know that today's era is not an era of war, and I have spoken to you on the phone about this," Modi told Putin at a televised meeting in the ancient Uzbek Silk Road city of Samarkand.
China will impose sanc tions on the chief execu tives of Boeing Defense and Raytheon over their in volvement in Washington's latest arms sales to Taiwan, a Foreign Ministry spokes person said on Friday.
(Excerpt from Reuters)
As Modi made the re mark, Russia's paramount leader since 1999 pursed his lips, glanced at Modi and then looked down be fore touching the hair on the back of his head.
"Both the IMF and World Bank warned that the global economy could tip into recession next year. This spells bad news for the demand side of the oil coin and comes a day after the IEA forecast (on) oil demand," said PVM analyst Stephen Brennock.
When asked why he would say that, he replied again, “I will say more lat er.”He then left in a waiting vehicle.(Trinidad Guardian)
The Kremlin did not im mediately respond to a re quest for comment on Zelenskiy's new allegations. Russia regularly denies targeting civilians during what it calls its "special mil itary operation" in Ukraine and has said in the past that accusations of human rights abuses are a smear cam
Those sales include 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles, of which the respective principal con tractors are Boeing Defense,
Despite the warn ing of how long it would take to reach the build ing, mourners continued to join a well-organised line that stretches along the south bank of the Thames then over the river to Parliament’s Westminster Hall, knowing their wait may last through the night when temperatures were forecast to be cold.
US crude supply appeared headed for an increase, as energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for the first time in three weeks as relatively high crude prices encouraged some firms to drill more, mainly in the Permian Basin, according to energy services firm Baker Hughes Co.(Reuters)
"I know your position on the conflict in Ukraine, the concerns that you constant ly express," Putin said. "We will do everything to stop this as soon as possible."
Brent crude futures settled at US$91.35 a barrel, up 51 cents, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures settled at US$85.11 a barrel, up one cent.
India's Modi assails Putin over Ukraine war
T&T: Opposition Chief Whip David Lee charged
Davi Lee utside Tower C at the Waterfront Complex on Friday
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China plans sanctions on CEOs of Boeing Defense, Raytheon over Taiwan sales
Oil exports from Iraq's Basra oil terminal are being gradually resumed after they were halted Thursday night due to a spillage, which has been contained, Basra Oil Company said.
"The increasing likelihood of global recession, as underscored by the recent renewed downturn in equities could continue to provide a limiter of upside (oil) price possibilities into next month and possibly beyond," Jim Ritterbusch of Ritterbusch and Associates said in a note.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 16, 2022 (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)
The spill at the port, which has four loading platforms and can export up to 1.8 million barrels per day, drove up prices on the prospect of lower global crude supply.
"That definitely threw a scare into the market, because the initial report was that those barrels were going to be out of the market for some time," said John Kilduff, partner at Again Capital LLC in New York.
Oil
"As of today, there are
Both benchmarks were down by nearly two per cent on the week, hurt partly by the US dollar's strong run, which makes oil more expensive for buyers using other currencies. The dollar index was largely flat on the day, but up for its fourth week in five weeks.
(Excerpt from Reuters)
Prince Edward, the queen’s youngest son, said in a state ment. (Excerpt from Reuters)
Lit by candlelight, a view of the State Crown, the Sovereign’s orb and sceptre, on top of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial lying in state on the catafalque on Friday in Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster in London
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peak over Antigua and the Leeward Islands later on "WeFriday.have put player safety at the forefront of this deci sion and will be working very closely with New Zealand Cricket to protect all the in ternational matches via a re vised schedule if possible," Cricket West Indies (CWI) Director of Cricket, Jimmy Adams said in a statement
The Swiss great re tires with the most grand slam men's singles main draw wins in the Open Era (369), and as the only man to win 100-plus matches at two different slams (105 in Wimbledon and 102 at the Australian Open).
It was reminiscent of a sporting season – chronicled in Netflix documentary “The Last Dance” – which saw Jordan winning his sixth and final NBA title.
The ODI series counts to
Although the Chicago Bulls lost the opening game of the NBA Finals against Utah Jazz, it won the next three games. Then Utah Jazz took the next game by two points.
TheStadium.change of dates has been made keeping in mind the possible impact of Fiona over the next couple of days. It has already caused ex tensive showers in Antigua, and was likely to reach its
a while before the resched ule was made public. "We are very keen to get as much high-quality competitive cricket for our women's team as possible, especially in this period leading into next year's Women's T20 World TheCup."T20Is will be played be tween September 28 and October 6.
At the age of 41, battling knee trouble, Federer has decided to call it a day and intends to have a send-off on court at next week's Laver Cup.Djokovic will join him on Team Europe for the match against Team World in London, with Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray also due to be involved.
"Today's record-break ing result... solidifies Michael Jordan as the undisputed GOAT, proving his name and incomparable legacy is just as relevant as it was near ly 25 years ago," Wachter said. GOAT is an acronym for "greatest of all time".
run precisely side by side, with Federer six years the Serbian's senior.
nal, squandering two match points. Djokovic has 21, while Nadal leads the way with 22 titles.
The jersey outstripped a previous record of US$9.28 million, paid for a shirt worn by football star Diego Maradona at the 1986 World Cup.It was auctioned with a June 1998 Sports Illustrated magazine, which features Jordan on the cover.
Jordan had abruptly re tired from basketball in October 1993, following the murder of his father in North Carolina. The star had won seven scoring titles and led the Chicago Bulls to three straight championships.
By the time Djokovic be gan to make a major impact on tour, Federer had argu ably already hit his peak. From Wimbledon 2005 to the US Open in 2007, Federer reached 10 consecutive slam finals, a record that has not beenHematched.went past Pete Sampras' record of 14 ma jors in 2009, and Djokovic and Nadal have followed in his Hiswake.longevity since has set a high standard for those two chief rivals, who have both recently edged ahead of Federer on the all-time list of men's grand slam singles titleFedererwinners.won his 20th singles slam at the 2018 Australian Open, going closest to a 21st when he lost a thriller to Djokovic in the 2019 Wimbledon fi
The schedule of match es for the West Indies v New Zealand wom en's series has been rejigged, after the impact of Tropical Storm Fiona forced the or ganisers to postpone the first game, scheduled for Friday in TheAntigua.three
Addressing Federer, and pointing to his fami ly, Djokovic added: "I know that this new chapter will hold amazing things for you, Mirka, the kids, all your loved ones, and Roger fans still have a lot to look for ward"Fromto. our family to yours, we wish you much joy, health, and prosperity in the future. Looking for ward to celebrating your achievements and seeing you in London." (Sportsmax)
wards the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's Championship and eventual qualification for the 2025 ODI World Cup, while the T20I series serves as preparation for the 2023 T20 World Cup, to be played in February in South Africa. Neither side has played a game in the Women's Championship cycle so far.
On Thursday, Sotheby's said Jordan's Chicago Bulls jersey attracted a total of 20 bids.Sotheby's head of street wear and modern collect ables, Brahm Wachter said bidders were "eager to own a rarefied piece of history".
Bulls, became a global icon, and helped raise the NBA's profile around the world.
22) and Sunday (Sept 25), followed by the five T20 Internationals (T20Is). All the matches will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards
An emotional finale to Federer's career is assured, in the city where he won eight Wimbledon men's sin gles titles, just one of many records he established in a 24-year professional career.
In the sixth game, Jordan put the Bulls up 87-86 with just 5.2 seconds left on the clock, and secured his final NBAThetitle. comeback was cheered by basketball fans around the world.
Djokovic holds a 27-23 head-to-head winning re cord against Federer, al though their careers did not
Roger Federer "set the tone" for a new breed of tennis high achiev ers and his retirement brings time for reflection, his long-time rival Novak Djokovic said on Friday.
It is the first series for
"I have always stressed... that when I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basket ball player, it's time to leave," JordanJordan,said.who is now aged 59, hung up his boots for the fi nal time in 2003. (BBC Sport)
Djokovic wrote on Instagram: "Roger it's hard to see this day and put into words all that we've shared in this sport together. Over a decade of incredible mo ments and battles to think back"Youron. career has set the tone for what it means to achieve excellence and lead with integrity and poise. It's an honour to know you on and off court, and for many more years to come."
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One-Day Internationals (ODIs) will now be played on Monday (Sept 19), Thursday (Sept
ODI series to now start on September 19
Storm Fiona’s impact: West Indies v New Zealand
Jordan is seen by many as the best player in the history of basketball. He spent most of his career with the Chicago
It is the most a piece of sporting memorabilia worn during play has fetched in history.Auction house Sotheby's says it drew "palpable excite ment" from collectors.
worn by bas ketball icon Michael Jordan during the opening game of the 1998 NBA Finals has been sold for a record US$10.1 million.
Djokovic says retiring Federer “set the tone” with excellence and poise
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West Indies where Hayley Matthews will lead the side as the official captain, and the first since Deandra Dottin announced her retire ment rather abruptly last month. It will also be West Indies' first series in any format since they lost the semi-final to eventual cham pions Australia in the ODI World Cup in March earlier this year. (ESPNcricinfo)
Michael Jordan's “Last Dance” jersey fetches record US$10.1M
He said the 2-1 series de feat came down to a "few moments" that West Indies were unable to seize.
While the CPL has been going on without him, Cariah has been putting in the work in the nets.
Asked about the West Indies Test tour of Australia later this year, Cariah add ed: "Playing all formats for West Indies is always my goal. Test crick et is the ulti mate for me.
The 2022 Massy Women's CPL was announced on March 14, 2022, with the women's draft taking place on June 16.
He told Newsday he has been watching bits of the tournament during his free time, but is focused on work ing on his game.
Anisa hails TKR, CPL for women's cricket boost
you need to improve on, what your strengths are and what your weakness es are, and put in the work to improve your game. It's hardAskedwork."what his weak nesses are, Cariah said, "Next question. I'm not gonna put it out there." (Trinidad Newsday)
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to be the best cricketer I can be. I wasn't going to stop un til I achieved my goal of play ing for West Indies. I kept pushing and pushing until it happened. The journey now starts for Hailingme."from the rural village of Coalmine, Sangre Grande, Cariah urged young people to believe in themselves to achieve their dreams."To be honest, coming from Coalmine, there are some clubs up here, (there are) some teams, (there are) some people that love cricket up here, but once you have a good mindset and believe in what you do, nothing is im possible. Nothing is difficult. Trust your process and ev erything will be fine.
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Understanding you gotta stay locked in and yuh got ta be thinking and smart in everything you do. Gotta ab sorb
just"Iwanted to take the time to say thank you to @ cplt20 for investing in wom en's cricket. I believe this is a step in the right direction in taking women's cricket in the Caribbean to the next level," Mohammed wrote.
On debut for the Red Steel in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) in 2013, Cariah did not bowl or bat.In his last match for the Trinbago Knight Riders in
West Indies off-spinner Anisa Mohammed has paid trib ute to the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) for their investment in women's Mohammed,cricket.who is on a six-month break from inter national cricket, won the in augural Women’s CPL title with the TKR women's team and finished runners-up in the first-ever Women's 6IXTY during the past few weeks.Both tournaments pro vided much-needed expo sure to the women's game in the Region, and Mohammed expressed her thanks in a social media post.
"A big, big thank you to @tkriders for welcoming us into your family. It is a dream come true to repre sent this franchise. I abso lutely enjoyed every minute of this experience," the West Indies off-spinner added.
from August 24-28, with the Women's CPL being staged from August 31 to September 4.
Mohammed took a teamhigh four wickets at 6.25 during the Women's CPL, including the final wicket
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ets in the Women's 6IXTY, a tally bettered only by South African all-rounder Suné Luus (5). (Loop News)
pace the game plays at.
"We learn from it and we'll do better next time."
andIsity,mances.enjoyedtimes."pressuresomeatHesaidhewashappytomakehisdebutagainstsuchaneliteODIteam."IthinkImyperforDifferentintendifferentlevel,IthinkhandledthepressurewellsituationsIwasputin.
Cariah told Newsday he has been working hard for a decade since last repre senting the regional team at the Under-19 level. Asked whether any self-doubt crept in, Cariah said, "Growing up, I always felt I would play for West Indies, it was just about putting in consistent performances at the region al level."Itwas never a doubt. I believe in my ability. I be lieve in what I can offer to any team I play with. I think that was always my goal –
He finished the three-match One-Day International (ODI) series with just three wickets, but showed good control and variation in his leg-spin to trouble the opposing bats
men.In the second ODI, Cariah came in to bat with the West Indies collapsing on 27 for six chasing 213 for victory. With an embarrassing de feat looming, Cariah fought valiantly with a knock of 52 that gave the hosts a sniff of an unlikely victory before he wasHisdismissed.performances have not been ignored by the West Indies selectors who have placed tremendous faith in him.Apart from domestic matches, Cariah has played just four T20s.
and concentrate even hard er. It brings out the best in yourself. I enjoyed it."
Yannic Cariah: I'm an all-formats player
of the championship with a brilliant, sharply-turning off-break.Shealso had four wick
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However,bat.Cariah's de termination and steel at the crease are known, but how will this translate in the fastpaced T20 Cariah,arena?who scored his fifth First-Class century for the Red Force in a 187-run loss to Leewards earlier this year, is not letting anyone pi geonhole him. He has set his sights on competing in ODIs, T20Is and Test matches.
I'm itatemynityanyIndiesplayopportunityforwardlookingtoanytoforWestandopportutocomeway."Hedidnotheswhenasked to clarify his comment about playing all formats. "All for mats," he Cariahsaid.said the New Zealand series was an eye-opener for him and he's ready to learn. "I think the international game, it's the intensity – the
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The 30-year-old im pressed with the bat and ball in his international debut se ries last month against New Zealand.
For me, personally, playing a strong opposition is always better for me. I don't know how other players think, but it makes you lock in more
oung cricketer and student Naeem Khan, a native of Region Six (East BerbiceCorentyne), who is cur rently pursuing tertia ry education, recently received additional sup port as he prepares to enter his third year of study at the University of Guyana.The scholarship was made possible through support from the Berbice Cricket Board/Zulfikar Mustapha Agriculture Educational Scholarship Programme (BCB/ZM ESP).
In closing, Barrow re marked that the event was intended to be an annual
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Youth benefits from BCB/Zulfikar Mustapha scholarship
Khan, who is a mem ber of the Berbice Cricket Club, received a cheque from Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha to cov er his third-year tuition fees.During their interac tion, Minister Mustapha congratulated Khan on maintaining his grades and told the youth to con tinue with his pursuit of higher education. He also encouraged him to find a balance between academic and extracurricular activ ities so that he would not have to choose between his education and his love for
the competitive sport of horse racing in Guyana. The President’s Cup then grew from strength to
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the sport of cricket. The scholarship was first awarded to the youth through the BCB back in 2020, after which the Agriculture Ministry came on board to offer support for Khan’s sec ond year of UG. In keep ing with the terms of the scholarship, Khan has, so far, maintained a Grade Point Average (GPA) of aboveMinister3. Mustapha em phasised the importance of supporting youths who are passionate about agri culture so as to build a dy namic and diverse sector
For more information, to register or to discuss corpo rate sponsorship, please con tact Lusignan Golf Club on 220-5660.
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A total of nine races are carded for Sunday’s pro gramme. The nine races on the official programme are the L Class (Non-Earners 2022, 5 furlongs, $390,000 total purse); the L Class Open (7 furlongs, $390,000 total purse); the K Class (7 furlongs, $485,000 to tal purse); the J Class (7 furlongs, $580,000 to
LGC/IBGL Golf Tournament to tee off today
The tournament will see some of the country’s best players compete for a number of trophies including for: Overall Best Net Best NearestGrossto Flag – Hole #4
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tal purse); the 2 Yrs Old/ Guyana Bred Open (5 ½ furlongs, $970,000 to tal purse); the G Class (7 furlongs, $970,000 to tal purse); the E Class (7 furlongs, $1,937,000 total purse); the 3 Yrs Old Open (7 furlongs, $1,937,000 total purse) and the President’s Cup (1 mile, $5,812,000 to tal Thispurse).President's Cup was put on the Cricket Carnival event calendar, and thousands are expect ed to grace the event with theirThepresence.President’s Cup was created by Infanally Habibulla in 1992 in hon our of President Dr Cheddi Jagan. As the founder of the Rising Sun Racing Stable, Habibulla was instrumen tal in the advancement of
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mony to hand over the spon sorship for the tournament at IBGL’s head office on Carmichael Street, the com pany’s Operations Manager, Adrian Barrow stated that the company had a long re lationship with the Golf Club through his father, Hans Barrow, who started it over 50 years ago and was a
allocated tee boxes to begin play at 12:30h. Once on their respective tee boxes, players must await the sounding of the horn or siren to begin tee ing off. Presentation of prizes will be held at the completion of the tournament at approxi mately 17:30h (5:30pm).
Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha and student Naeem Khan
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long-standing playing mem ber of the BarrowLGC.stated, “We are very happy to sponsor this tournament from an IBGL perspective. My dad was a very fond player and so it is a fitting tribute to have this tournament. It has been a long time in the making. COVID got in the way, and he passed away, so this is our way of giving something back to him and to do something that he Presentenjoyed.”atthe ceremo ny were LGC President Patanjilee Persaud, Club Secretary Chet Bowling and Club Treasurer Maxim Mangra. Receiving the spon sorship cheque on behalf of the Club, Persaud thanked IBGL and added that “we are glad that we can play an important part in Adrian’s memories of his dad, and we are very thankful for this sponsorship from a corporate
tournament and one that he hoped would be played for many years to come. “We are hoping for a very successful tournament and a long-last ing relationship between IBGL and Lusignan Golf Club,” he declared.
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ble through the kind spon sorship of the title sponsor, Banks DIH and support ing sponsors Guinness, XM
Many of Guyana’s top golfers will con verge yet again at the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) today for the IBGL Golf Tournament, which is expected to tee off at 12:30h. The format of the tourna ment will be medal play over 18 holes and shotgun start. Speaking at a short cere
strength until the last of ficial race that attracted a patronage of over 5000.
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will return to the Rising Sun Turf Club on Sunday, September 18 when the President's Cup horse race takes centre stage, After a highly-success ful Guyana Cup, the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee (JJTRC) has definitely raised the bar of horse racing in Guyana.
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