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Even more opportunities in PPP’s next term for small & medium contractors – VP
– as more climate resilient, family friendly infrastructure to be built in communities
Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo has made it clear that even more opportunities will be available for small and medium sized contractors in the People’s Progressive Party/Civic’s (PPP/C) next term in office, with the party having numerous plans to make communities around the country more child and family friendly, as well as more climate resilient. During his most recent press conference, the VP spoke about the PPP/C’s plans for not only communities, but also for small and medium scale contractors. He was at the time referring to his recent visit to Linden, where he spoke with numerous youths about the opportunities for them.
According to Jagdeo, the PPP/C’s plans to make communities more family friendly and climate resilient, will bring with it many opportunities for small and medium contractors… particularly in the party’s next term in office, with the September 1st General and Regional elections less than three months away.
“We’ve practically completed most community roads in the coastal Guyana. And because of that success, we now have to think about in the next term in office, how we will continue to empower people. Small contractors, medium scale contractors, by developing a public works programme that will be beneficial to the people of Guyana, that will allow us to extend these opportunities,” Jagdeo said.
“So, climate resilient communities, communities with recreational facilities, with good roads, proper drainage, better garbage disposal facilities, all of these are part of the plan for the next term. And it would create many opportunities for people who are working, small contractors, but also large ones.”
Climate resilient infrastructure refers to works that are designed and built to weather the impacts of climate change, including flooding and temperature increases. With the coastal regions of Guyana lying below sea level, there is an increased focus on such infrastructure.
Examples of this include the US$75.8 million East Bank Demerara (EBD) Road improvement project currently being constructed, with funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Section A of this project covers the stretch from Good Success, beginning at the Ganga Temple, to Supply, while Section B extends from Supply to the
Soesdyke Junction. The construction is being done by China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), with Sheladia Associates Incorporated as the supervisory firm.
frastructure work in the next Government.”
“So that if the roads are completed, in the communities, the drains are completed, we’ll have better drained communities,”
“That’s why we’ve given the challenges of Guyana. We’re below sea level. Given climate change, we need better drainage in communities. We’ve selected the building of concrete drains in communities as a major area for massive in-
Jagdeo further detailed. Added to this are the Government’s plans to expand child and family friendly recreational facilities in all the villages and city wards, as well as ensure that communities have proper lighting and
security cameras, no doubt part of the safe country initiative.
The PPP/C Government has made notable efforts to increase the pool of contractors, ensuring that small and medium scale contractors have an increased share. These steps include the removal of the two per cent bid bond requirement, allowing contractors working on projects below $15 million more opportunities to bid. Small contracts that fall below the $15 million margin range from weeding and cleaning to civil works and even the construction of roads. Among the criteria the PPP/C Government had changed to grant more opportunities to small contractors had been the requirement of three-to-fiveyears’ experience. It was revealed since the middle of last year that under the PPP/C Government, 2000 new small contractors have been registered and become involved in the procurement system… a number that has only grown.
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo in Linden
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The collapse of coalitions
With firstly the ignominious collapse of the coalition that constituted APNU, which is now just the PNC, and the pathetic handful milking Rodney’s name as the WPA, and secondly the one proposed between the PNC and the AFC, the merits and demerits of coalitions in Guyanese politics have risen once again to the fore. It must be emphasised from the onset that the attitudes of the leaders are critical in the formation of coalitions: if they are concerned with only winning elections for personal gains and power, then the risks they will be prepared to take for real change that will redound to the benefit of Guyana will be minimal. And it was this predisposition we saw on display recently, with the focus being totally on positions and office, pelf and power, and nary a word on plans for developing Guyana and her people.
In our modern political history, the coalition that has defined the political arrangement, apparently for all times, was that entered into by the PNC and the UF in December 1964 and which removed the PPP from office. They were strange bedfellows, driven by one consideration – to form a Government that would keep out the PPP – and this arrangement of expediency demonstrates the pitfalls of what has been labelled the “coalition of convenience”. This describes the coalition entered into by APNU and the AFC in 2015 and once again contemplated by the PNC and the rump AFC recently. Such coalitions are very unstable, and few survive their term of office for several reasons. Firstly, their focus is totally electoral – adding up seats – while ignoring the cleavages and forces that made them form separate parties and run on separate platforms in the first place. These differences may surface early on during negotiations and inevitably later when policies and programmes have to be formulated and implemented – or more usually when spoils are divvied up.
Secondly, there is the disproportion of size. The larger party sees itself as the senior member to which the smaller should defer, while the latter considers itself as an equal due to its strategic position in “tipping the balance”. This was the dynamic operating between APNU and the AFC in 2015 and more recently in the aborted negotiations between the PNC and AFC towards a possible coalition. Thirdly, since the capture of power is their prime motivator, the parties constantly manoeuvre to monopolise the same, using bribery, defections, etc. The several high-ranking members of the AFC who defected to the PNC – and pulled the rug out from under their ambitious, erstwhile leader – had long been seduced by the PNC. The latter could present a much more credible case for obtaining office or at least seats in Parliament, which could be distributed: AFC’s Juretha Fernandes is made the PM candidate by the PNC’s Norton.
Coalitions of convenience are to be avoided, since the cynicism that attends their birth ensures them an early, acrimonious death. The 1964 coalition between the PNC and the UF broke down within two years of its formation as Mr Burnham enticed members of the UF (as well as the PPP) to cross the floor to create a moot situation when, by 1967, the PNC was showing clearly that it was going to rig the next elections and rid itself of its erstwhile partner, Peter D’Aguiar. The UF leader left the coalition but could not bring down the Government. With the PNC holding all the cards after 2015, history repeated itself, and it was only the AFC’s leaders abasing themselves that kept the arrangement nominally alive. As in 2020 with the PNC/APNU and the AFC and today with the WPA, the latter can only cling to the latter’s petticoat.
For stable coalitions, in addition to the above-mentioned structural prerequisites, there must be a high level of trust arising from an intimacy of relations between the leaders. The PPP has insisted on such trust for possible coalitions with opposition forces.
PPP can win by a landslide if they fix the NIS
contributions problem and double the minimum wage
Dear Editor,
In my view, the PPP can win by a landslide if they fix two issues poor people care about: fix the NIS contributions problems and double the minimum wage before election day. Such a win seems possible given the disarray in the Opposition and the cluelessness of potential challengers.
One issue in the election is the poverty issue and who cares more for poor people. I heard the VP say the PPP cares more. Reports say we have 40% of the people living below the poverty level. These include security guards; retail workers in stores, restaurants, and grocery stores; labourers; farm workers; sugar workers; small market vendors; street sellers; domestics; some self-employed; fishermen; and even lower-tiered Government Ministries workers and teachers making close to a pittance of $100,000 a month. We can’t sweep these people under the carpet as if poverty is not a real problem. It is true that the Ali administration has accomplished the most of any Government in our history, but it must follow up with making the most dramatic improvements in matters that will help poor people. Double the minimum wage and solve the problem of NIS having mostly inaccurate records for many older workers being denied pensions. This is the pathway to a landslide victory!
The plan revealed by the president to give a one-time grant pay-out is a solution that is not a solution, as prominent civil society advocate and attorney Christopher Ram has indicated (see “The
NIS Cash Grant: A solution for a solution that is not a solution”, SN, June 15, 2025). That plan is not a solution because it does not address the root cause problem of how to fix the debacle of NIS failing in its statutory duty to resolve problems where NIS records are incomplete, wrong, and vexatious to workers who have paid into the system. For instance, NIS is missing 5 years for me, and two of the years in the statement they gave me have an incorrect number of contributions. So, if we go by the NIS record, I have 350 contributions and will not qualify for a pay-out under the president’s formula. However, if my contribution record is corrected, I will have 600+ contributions and will be eligible for the $500,000 pay-out. So, unless the Government first fixes how to handle the problem of contributions being incorrect, the plan announced is what I call a “robbery plan” of poor people. Sadly, none of the parties or wannabe parties is focusing on this poor people’s issue. The people most affected and being robbed by the NIS are poor, rural workers who are traditional supporters of the PPP. Mr Ram and others have offered a way out of the NIS impasse, but so far, the Government is not listening. Mr President, give a pro-rated pension for those with 740 or more contributions, as a start, who are claiming that their NIS records are inaccurate, and consider those with 500 and above for a partial pension. Please ignore those giving you bad advice and do the right thing. There is enough money to
make this fix in the $10 billion set aside for NIS. A landslide awaits! Yours sincerely, Dr Jerry Jailall
Unanswered questions on Adriana’s death
Dear Editor,
One of the persons who could have murdered Adriana was Commander Mandall; he is accused in that grand cover-up of murder and Voodoo conspiracy to eliminate this little girl. This Indian police officer is accused of creating the framework for the little girl’s murder. He is also fingered as the one who made that erroneous and misleading statement that Adriana left the hotel with a man in a Raum vehicle.
Although he must be held accountable for that untruthful statement, there are a few questions that John Public would like us to address.
1. In the first place, that police officer was not present at the pool when the incident took place, so where did that “She left the hotel in a Raum vehicle originate? Who first uttered those words?
2. What is contained in that missing person report that was made to the police?
3. What did Adriana’s grandmother report to the police? Did she give a report that the little girl disappeared while swimming in the pool, or did she concoct a story of Adriana being abducted by a man and taken into the hotel?
4. One of Adriana’s cousins reported to her grandmother that Adriana could not be located while they were swimming in the pool – what did Granny do with that confession by her cousin? Did the grandmother
act upon the possibility that Adriana might have gone underwater in the pool, or did she fabricate her own theory as to what might have happened to her?
5. Who raised the Voodoo séance story – was it the policeman or Adriana’s guardians?
6. When the police arrived, what was the setting like? Was it a mob-like situation, or was there calm and one where the parents were asking sensible questions about their missing girl?
7. Was the hotel searched? Was the pool searched?
8. Is there any CCTV footage of the pool area, and what might we see?
9. When her body was found, what was the response of the parents and guardian? What was the reaction of the mob?
10. Who started the fire that burnt that hotel?
11. How was the crime scene secured, or was it a situation of mayhem and mob justice?
12. How was her body secured? Was it the police who took the body to the mortuary or the parents?
These pertinent questions must be addressed before we can get closure on this unfortunate incident. God forbid, if these questions are not properly investigated, then it will happen again.
Yours sincerely, Neil Adams
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo interacts with the crowd at Saturday’s PPP/C Family fun Day, held at the Everest Cricket Ground, Georgetown
Non Pareil murder: Family strife festered
for years, dead woman’s sister claims
While headlines have highlighted the horrific murder of Jenny Mohammed— the Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara (ECD) woman who was allegedly stabbed, strangled, and dumped along a desolate stretch of the Eccles to Ogle Highway by her daughter and sonin-law—what remains untold is the web of deception and fear that preceded her death.
Now that Jenny’s 23-year-old daughter and the daughter’s common-law husband have confessed to the murder, Ishika is sharing a disturbing picture of what had apparently been building for years within the family.
The woman’s sister, Ishika Narine in an interview with this publication, related what she believes may have led to her sister being murdered.
The woman told this publication that the moment she was told Jenny was missing, her gut knew what the police hadn’t yet confirmed: “I immediately told [my husband] that they did something to my sister,”
she said.
The woman revealed that Jenny and her daughter had been having issues for several years. She said that a few years ago, Jenny’s daughter met her now common-law husband, and they started dating.
After realising that the duo was in a serious relationship, Ishika claimed that her sister offered to “Nikah” the couple – a religious ceremony that formalises a Muslim marriage – but her daughter refused.
Ishika said that two years passed, and her sister had never heard from her daughter and was unaware of her whereabouts. She claimed that her sister was not even aware that her daughter had a child with the man in question. However, one week and a half before her sister went missing, her daughter moved back into her house, claiming she had nowhere to go.
“ She just reached out to her mother randomly… so, they moved back into the house only one week,” the woman claimed. “On Monday, they had an issue,
and my sister asked her to move out.”
“She was trying to tell her mother that she’s not a good mother,” Ishika added. “So, my sister told me she told her that if she’s not a good mother, then she needs to get out from her home. The Tuesday morning, I spoke to my sister at 10 o’clock in the morning. And I was in town. When I came back, I didn’t call on Wednesday. ‘Till Wednesday night, the father, who is my sister’s husband, called me to tell me that she is missing. So, I immediately told him that they did something to my sister.” She claimed that she was also told that her niece and her husband were nowhere to be found. A report was allegedly made at the Vigilance Police Station, but the woman said no efforts were made to find her sister.
“… the story had to be followed up from Cove and John [Police station] and it is the Cove and John Police that start looking into the matter”, she said.
While police investigations were ongoing, Ishika
said the killers allegedly tried to fake Jenny’s presence through her Facebook account.
“They were commenting on my post, trying to make it look like she’s okay. They even went to the extent to send a message to [the news agency] to take down the post, or else they would take action,” she explained. “And then Monday, claimed her boyfriend’s uncle left the East Coast and came all the way to Berbice, take picture of my house, and call me, threatening that I should take down the post.”
But Ishika said she stood her ground.
She said that the breakthrough came only after the suspects, Jenny’s daughter and son-in-law, confessed and led police to the site where the dumped the woman’s body. The woman claimed that shortly after the duo was arrested, police visited Jenny’s Non Pareil home but found nothing suspicious at first glance; no signs of struggle, no disturbed soil in the yard.
That changed when officers later returned to the house and found sus-
pected bloodstains on the walls, couch, and floor.
More stains were found in a bedroom and kitchen. All of them had been wiped in an apparent effort to clean up, but tests confirmed it was human blood. Police secured the scene for forensic analysis.
Investigators also found a handwritten note, allegedly from Jenny, that raised further suspicions.
Further interviews were conducted on the woman’s daughter, husband, and son-in-law to which police said accounts were conflicting as to the deceased. Other relatives were inter-
viewed and gave additional information to support the case of murder. Subsequent interviews and confrontations were held with the son-in-law and husband, where the son-in-law subsequently admitted and confirmed his role in the murder and disposal of the body.
All three suspects, including the woman’s husband, remain in custody as investigations continue, and a file is being put together for legal advice to be sought. Police later said the pair confessed to stabbing and strangling Jenny with a rope, before wrapping her body in a garbage bag and tarpaulin and dumping it along the highway. A knife believed to be the murder weapon was also recovered.
In the aftermath of Jenny’s murder, Ishika says she can’t help but think about what her sister wanted for her child. She said her sister only wanted what was best for her daughter. Now, Jenny is dead. Her daughter is in custody. And Ishika said she is left with a story no mother should ever have about her own child.
6 homeless after fire guts D’Edward Village home
Amid-morning fire at D’Edward Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB) Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) has left six persons homeless and contemplating their way forward.
The fire reportedly started sometime before 11:00h and the three-bedroom building was totally destroyed, with slight damage to a nextdoor business place.
At the time of the blaze,
no one was at home and according to the owner, Rawle Thomas, who is a butcher and farmer, the house was occupied by him, his partner, three children and his mother.
He told this publication that he quickly drove home and when he arrived the building was already engulfed.
Thomas said that he left home at 6:00h for the farm and his partner subsequent-
ly left to visit her mother with the children while his mother was also out.
Thomas said he was told that when smoke was seen coming from the building workers from the next door construction site which houses a supermarket went over but were unable to access water and to get into the burning building.
Meanwhile, this publication understands that one unit from the Onverwagt
Fire Station responded and was able to contain the blaze.
When the firefighters arrived, the fire had already caused some damage to a nearby medical facility. Meanwhile, Thomas said many important documents were destroyed in the blaze, and they were unable to save anything.
“My passport with my visa and other important documents for other family members were all in the
When APNU failed the fisherfolk, PPP/C delivered
Dear Editor, Please permit me space in your columns to share my views on an issue.
Dear Citizens of Guyana, over the past four years, Guyana has witnessed a transformative shift in the fisheries and aquaculture sector, one that marks a clear departure from the stagnation and neglect that characterised the period under the previous APNU administration and has also shown the visionless approach of the new parties who will be contesting this year's election.
Under APNU’s leadership, this sector, so vital to our economy and the livelihoods of thousands, languished without direction, investment, or vision. Our fisherfolk were left without the infrastructure they desperately
needed, while our nation remained overly reliant on seafood imports, draining valuable foreign exchange.
It must be highlighted that since taking office, the current Government has worked tirelessly to reverse this decline. Today, I am proud to see the success of the brackish water shrimp farming, the fisheries infrastructural sector, and major improvements in the vessel monitoring systems, among other areas. When we speak about the brackish water shrimp farming, Guyana produced a mere 112,000 kg of brackish water shrimp in 2021. However, through strategic investments and targeted support, production increased to an astounding 1.1 million kg in 2024. This tenfold growth has not only reduced
the dependency on imports but has also created jobs and generated significant revenue for coastal communities.
As it relates to the Fisheries Infrastructure Development, while the previous administration allowed critical infrastructure to deteriorate, the Government of the day has invested $300 million to develop and upgrade fisheries landing sites across Regions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. These improvements are ensuring safer, more efficient operations for fisherfolk and boosting the sector’s productivity.
Furthermore, it must be noted that in keeping with the commitment to sustainability and maritime safety, 100 vessel-monitoring devices were installed on commercial fishing vessels operating in
Regions 1 through 6. APNU had no such initiative in place, ignoring the need for resource management and enforcement mechanisms that are now essential to safeguarding our marine resources.
These are not just numbers; they represent lives improved, communities uplifted, and a nation moving confidently towards food security and sustainability.
The contrast is clear. Where APNU failed to act, PPP/C delivered. Where they overlooked our fisherfolk, PPP/C empowered them.
Let us not return to a time of inaction and neglect. Let us stay the course of development and transformation.
Yours sincerely, Fawaz Harry
house,” he said. He is hoping for the full assistance from all agencies he will have to visit in order to get copies of those documents.
Persons desirous of helping Thomas and his family as they navigate this devastation are asked to contact them at telephone number 648-4899.
Jenny Mohammed
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How does the food you eat affect your growth and development?
Hungry? Should you eat an apple or potato chips? Does it really matter? It turns out that what you eat as a child and adolescent affects your growth and development. It can also affect your health as an adult! Not eating enough food, eating the wrong foods, and eating too much food all affect the body’s systems. But the effects are different in each case.
During adolescence, you go through a transformation. From around ages 10 to 19, all the systems in your body grow and mature. That is why what you eat is so important. Getting proper nutrition means that you eat enough food and the right food to meet your body’s needs.
Undernutrition occurs when someone is not getting enough food.
Overnutrition occurs when they eat too much. The body then stores this extra food as fat. That is why overnutrition can result in obesity.
Malnutrition occurs when a person eats enough food, but not the right types.
Overnutrition occurs when a person eats too much of the right types of food.
It can be tricky!
Adolescent growth starts with puberty. Puberty is when the body starts to develop into that of an adult. During this time, the body
builds up bone, muscle, and fat mass. We also grow taller and our biological systems mature. Studies showed that nutrition changed the timing of puberty. Puberty began earlier in children who were overweight, but much later in children who were undernourished. There are two processes that happen when you grow taller. First, a set of cells extends the bone with protein. Then, a second set of cells covers the protein with minerals, such as calcium. If the body doesn’t
have enough protein, then bones won’t grow longer. If there are not enough minerals to build the bone, the bones won’t grow, either. That is why children and adolescents who don’t have proper nutrition don’t grow as tall as their peers.
Obesity in adolescence can activate the immune system and cause chronic (long-term) inflammation. This inflammation can decrease height growth. It can also lead to diseases in adulthood, such as type 2 diabetes and various
heart diseases. It may also increase the risk of asthma in adolescence.
Nervous system: While the brain almost reaches adult size by the age of six, it continues to change after that. Scientists say that the adolescent brain is neuroplastic.
That means it can reorganize, allowing us to learn and adapt to new situations. But it also makes it harder to deal with stressful environments and poor nutrition. Studies showed a reduction in brain matter when a person didn’t get enough food for long periods of time. This reduction resulted in a loss of executive functioning. That means it was harder to regulate emotions, follow directions, and stay organized.
High-fat and highsugar diets also affected the brain. These types of foods can change two signalling systems in the brain. When these systems changed, adolescents struggled to regulate their eating. They also had more impulsive behaviour.
required is protein. The micronutrients include vitamins B12, C, and D. That is why malnutrition can cause the immune system to work incorrectly.
Asthma - a condition that causes the airways to narrow and swell and sometimes produce extra mucus. Asthma makes breathing difficult and can trigger coughing or wheezing.
Inflammation - the body’s natural response to harmful
needs in small amounts. They include vitamins, such as vitamin C and D, and minerals, such as iron and calcium. Nutrition - eating food that meets the needs of the body.
Obesity - the result of overnutrition that occurs when the body has excess fat. This can lead to health problems.
Pathogen - a bacteria, virus, or microorganism that causes disease.
Immune System: The immune system protects our bodies against pathogens, such as viruses and bacteria. The immune system needs both macronutrients and micronutrients to work. The main macronutrient
substances, such as toxic chemicals and viruses. When it is chronic, the body initiates this response even when no danger is present.
Macronutrientsnutrients that the body uses in the largest amounts. The three macronutrients are carbohydrates, protein, and fat.
Micronutrientsnutrients that the body
Type 2 diabetes - a condition caused by the body's incorrect use of insulin. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that regulates the amount of sugar in the blood. Too much sugar in the blood can cause heart and kidney problems.
Good nutrition in childhood and adolescence is important. It reduces the risk of diseases. It also promotes healthy lifestyles in adulthood. Do you eat well? Take a look at the food choices you make throughout the day. Use nutrition guidelines to make sure you are getting the right amount of food each day. Also check to see that you are getting the correct types of food.
If you see ways to improve your diet, talk with a doctor and a trusted adult before making any changes. That way you can make sure you grow and develop to your potential!
More opportunities being created for women in maritime spaces – WiMAC
– as 15 local women honoured for achievements in maritime sector
Fifteen women were honoured with awards for their achievements in the maritime sector, as the Women in Maritime Association Caribbean (WiMAC) spoke of how the Guyanese chapter has been playing its role in helping to create more opportunities for women in maritime spaces.
On Friday, WiMACGuyana hosted its inaugural Gala and Awards ceremony under the theme “An Ocean of Opportunities for Women: Anchoring Excellence” at the Marriott Hotel. And opportunities are indeed being created, with WiMAC-Guyana President Katina Benn reflecting on how opportunities are being created for local women.
“This Gala is more than a celebration; it is a statement of intent. We are here to honour the resilience, intellect and leadership of women in maritime, while actively cre-
Department (MARAD)
Thandi McAllister as the Maritime Ambassador “for her continued advocacy and excellence in maritime stewardship.”
Also awarded were Romona Arthur, who received the Maritime Leadership Award; Briony TiwarieGabriel, who was awarded Executive of the Year; Nalini Jamuna, who received the Port Management Excellence Award; Sabita Sookdeo, who was awarded the Outstanding Female Ship Captain award; Dawn Maison, who was awarded the Sustainable Maritime Champion, and Donnette Streete, who was awarded as the Blue Economy Advocate.
Additionally, Miranda Thakur-Deen was awarded as the Diversity & Inclusion Champion; Shania Stewart, was awarded the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
ating space for the next generation of female professionals. WiMAC–Guyana is steadfast in its commitment to building a more inclusive, visible and empowered maritime workforce,” Benn said.
Among the 15 women who were honoured at the awards ceremony were noted conservationist Annette ArjoonMartins, who was awarded as Mentor of the Year, and Director of Legal Services at the Maritime Administrative
In Maritime Award; Coleen Denyse Abrams, was rec-
ognised as the Maritime Educator of the Year; Rebecca Samuels, claimed the Exemplary Seafarer Award; Sherry-Ann Wilson, was named the Maritime Safety Advocate; Keisha Hack, was named Shipping & Logistics Innovator, and Kerensa Bart received the Women-Owned Maritime Business Award.
There were a number of distinguished attendees, including Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill. According to him, the People’s Progress Party (PPP) Government is committed to ensuring gender equity and development within the maritime industry.
According to Edghill, “the establishment of the national WiMAC Guyana chapter, which serves as the voice for women in our local maritime sector and actively seeks opportunities for women is something that must be applauded.”
Meanwhile, Jamaican legal scholar and Maritime Governance Expert, Dr Deniece Aiken, delivered the keynote address to the more
than 360 guests who were gathered. She charged the awardees to continue their critical role in shaping a more inclusive maritime sector of the future.
“Let every step you take be purposeful; you belong in this industry and your voice matters. To the awardees, thank you for your courage and resilience. You remind us of what is possible when determination meets opportunity. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition,” she said.
There have been efforts to ensure that more Guyanese, including women, are afforded an opportunity to embark on a career in the maritime industry.
Earlier this year, it was announced that 20 Guyanese had been selected to receive the prestigious Noble Cadet Scholarship, which ensures that talented students receive the support they need to kick-start their education and training in the marine sector.
Plans are also being developed to launch a local Maritime
Academy that will help bring even more Guyanese into the sector. Plans to establish a maritime academy follows the successful establishment of
Guyana’s first state-of-the-art oil and gas training facility at Port Mourant, Berbice.
The establishment has created graduates who have already found employment on board the Liza Unity Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. Graduates include both men and women.
Public Works Minister Juan Edghill
WiMAC-Guyana President Katina Benn
Maritime Governance Expert, Dr Deniece Aiken
The WiMAC-Guyana women awardees
Hurling…
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our Eyewitness is truly transfixed by what’s going on in the Mid-East – specifically between Israel and Iran!! You’d have noticed that the killings…genocide… whatever…in Gaza are still going on every day – but they now barely register on our consciousness, innit? By now, the total Palestinians killed have passed 56,000 – but then, back on Oct 7, 2023, Hamas had killed 1200 Jews. Killing 48 times more Palestinians hasn’t satisfied the rule of “proportional response” – has it?? After all, what can a Palestinian life possibly be worth?? Last week, 265 Palestinians were killed, but, as Stalin once remarked, “The death of one person is a tragedy; the death of one million is a statistic.” And Stalin knew a thing or two about killing millions!!
So, let’s move on to how a week ago the skies of Iran were lit up by Israel’s missiles – and Iran then returned the favour to Israel!! So why did the Israelis hurl all those missiles into Iran?? Well…duh!! To keep all of us in the world safe from the nuclear bombs the Iranians were on the verge of making!! They’ve been enriching uranium for years to get the stuff that can then go KABOOM!! It’s almost as dangerous as that fella from Iraq – Saddam Hussein –who’d created “weapons of mass destruction” (WMD) and so had to be taken out!! But he’d been so cunning that we still haven’t found the said WMD!! So, the Yanks still have the burden of keeping an eye on them – and take their oil while they’re at it!!
Israel, on the other hand, has over a HUNDRED nuclear bombs – but heck, they’re responsible folks, aren’t they? Look how they’ve managed the Palestinian situation!! Can you imagine nuclear bombs in the hands of Iranians?? They were only the world’s first superpower in 500 BC!! Naaah!! So, the Israelis went back to their Bible for inspiration and found in Genesis that “the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah (real BAD PEOPLE!!) brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; and he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.”
Missiles are the modern version of fire and brimstone. But it would seem that the Iranians – who also use the Jewish texts – decided that they should send over their own fire and brimstone!! And so, it goes!! As to where all this will end, it is anybody’s guess. So, your Eyewitness guesses the Yanks – to prove that they’re the lone superpower standing – are gonna have to step up to the plate (an American baseball term, thank you!!) and bomb Iran into the Dark Ages!!
In the meantime, they’re contemplating assassinating Iran’s leader!!
…sabotage
There’ve been persistent complaints that the PPP controls the Police Force. Not the PPP GOVERNMENT –which through its Home Affairs Minister has AUTHORITY over it – but the party itself!! They might be confusing the PPP with Burnham’s PNC – which had the entire Police Brass attend its Biennial Congresses to swear allegiance to the Kabaka!! But we know that authority doesn’t translate into control, do we?? Like, for instance, kith and kin relations!!
This point was conclusively made last Friday night at the Leonora Track and Field Stadium over in Reg 3 – with the President not so incidentally living in its environs. The PPP was hosting what was billed as its “biggest fundraiser ever” – with Pressie and his VP hosting thousands and thousands of the party faithful!! And guess what? After having experience with these kinds of affairs hundreds of times – the police decided to create such a traffic snarl that Reg 3 commuters took an additional FOUR HOURS to reach home.
And be pissed at the PPP!! Enemy action!!
…symbols
Seems like one of the new parties making up the 28 that showed up at GECOM to be briefed needs to be informed they can’t poach a symbol used by another party. The Jaguar was registered by ROAR!!
Major industrial, manufacturing & agro-processing hub to prepare SMEs for intl markets – Pres Ali
–
says facility will
In an effort to create opportunities for local businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the Guyana Government will be building out a mega industrial, manufacturing and agro-processing hub to support Guyanese farmers and entrepreneurs to produce high-quality products for international markets. This was announced by President Dr Irfaan Ali on Friday evening during the commissioning of the World Trade Centre Georgetown (WTCG) building on High Street in Kingston, Georgetown.
With the facility poised to enhance Guyana’s trade relations and leverage capital, the Head of State noted that there must be an environment to support Guyanese businesses, including SMEs, to take advantage of these opportu -
be bolstered with Bloomberg Grains deal
nities.
“We now have to create that ecosystem to help our SMEs. So, one of the things that we’re going to do is that we’re going to build an industrial manufacturing and agro processing hub with the shell completely outfitted, so that we can have these entities placed in a worldclass facility from day one. So, they’ll be operating with certain standards from day one,” he posited.
In order to help SMEs build their competitiveness, meet the standards of the international market, access technology and get cheap capital, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Administration has already made plans to create a special investment vehicle to support local businesses. This investment vehicle will see Government co-investing
with them to bring down the cost of financing and reduce lending risks for financial institutions.
According to President Ali, these initiatives will be bolstered by the partnership that Guyana will soon be entering into with
Bloomberg Grains to drive food and agriculture trade.
“What Bloomberg Grains will do is to rapidly take our standards to the US (United States) standards, so that everything that we do in terms of processing and val -
ue-added with our agricultural commodity will immediately be ready for the US market and the rest of the global market because we’re going to go towards that standard. So that’s the first thing they will do. They’ll be working on the regulations and the infrastructure to take our standards there,” he noted.
In addition, Bloomberg Grains will also be building out the facility in keeping with those internationally-recognised standards to enhance trade as well as attract investors. “They will be bringing in major players and investors –brands to be part of the facility, so that we can then integrate Northern Brazil with the facility, integrate our local production system with the facility, and then have all of CARICOM integrated with that facility, and then the extra regional trade.”
“So, our small farmers, our medium-scale farmers, our small processors, everybody will be part of this ecosystem that will be bringing all their input [under] one umbrella organisation – Bloomberg Grains. So, we’ll satisfy financing, technology, regulations, market, Human Resource assets, and all of that with just this one agreement with a worldclass player in the food and agricultural area,” the Guyanese Leader stated.
President Ali had first announced that Guyana will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bloomberg earlier this month for a marketing and branding a food hub being built at Yarrowkabra, SoesdykeLinden Highway. That agreement is expected to be signed in the com -
ing weeks; he had told farmers in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) during a public meeting.
In a subsequent interview with this publication, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha had provided further insight into the impending signing of the MoU. He revealed that the construction of the facility at Yarrowkabra has started already, but Bloomberg will do the layout and everything else.
The Head of State declared on Friday that Government will be pursuing more of these partnerships in the future to bolster the ecosystem that is being built out to support local businesses as well as push agricultural trade.
With the strong mechanisms already being put in place to help local businesses to enter the international market, President Ali emphasised the importance of forming small consortiums especially by young entrepreneurs so that they are better positioned to grasp these opportunities.
“We [have to] move away from the concept of sole traders and family businesses, not that they’re not good, but I think they have served us for a long time in the history of our country, and now our country has rapidly outgrown that structure of business. And we have to adopt these new structures that will enable us to grow at the rate that we should be grow at,” he asserted.
The PPP/C Government is pursuing several ongoing initiatives that are aimed at increasing food production, as well as the resilience, and sustainability of the sector.
President Dr Irfaan Ali
The divided opposition hinders democratic governance
At first blush, it might appear that the news of 28 parties being invited for a briefing by GECOM on their participation in the Sept 1 General Elections is a sign of a healthy democratic culture in our polity. It could give our 700,000 voters more than ample choice if they represent distinct interests or ideologies and even merely candidates with distinct personalities. But if the goal of fielding political parties in elections is to attain political office, even a single seat in parliament, most of these parties would know they do not have a realistic chance of achieving this. Hence the “joinder” hysteria. What makes the proliferation of parties interesting is that historically, voting has been dominated not by the perceived competence of parties but by their perceived willingness to support the voter’s ethnic group – at most six.
But because we had two of the groups approaching each other in size, this resulted in a classic two-party system of the PPP and PNC centred around the two major ethnic blocks – Indian and African-Guyanese. The permutations and combinations of the groups, however, also produced credible, variable third parties –the UF, WPA, AFC, etc. – depending on the historical circumstances. However, the PNC’s rigging of elections between 1968 and 1985 vitiated the strength of our parliamentary system of Government by making the role of the Opposition into a “toothless poodle”. It is a trite observation that bereft of an effective opposition, even benign parties in Government will reflexively expand to occupy the political vacuum and tend towards arbitrary actions that are the antithesis of liberal democracy.
Over the years, as a commentator and briefly as a participant in our parliamentary democracy, I have stressed this need for a strong opposition for effective governance. And the question that faces us is whether such an opposition can emerge out of the seeming legions of political parties seeking to contest the Sept 1 polls. Mainly because of its chequered past, the PNC, as the major opposition party after the return of “free and fair” elections in 1992, has been struggling since then to rebrand itself. After engaging in ultimately unsuccessful extra-parliamentary excesses, it launched a series of organisational remakes in the new millennium by incorporating individuals outside its traditional executive pool to form the PNC/Reform and the PNC One Guyana (PNC/R1G).
During the election-rigging era, the WPA, with its “multiracial” platform, leadership and membership, had raised hopes of a new political culture, but they faded into insignificance post-1992. In 2006, however, a new political phenomenon was launched when defectors (because of stymied leadership ambitions) from the governing PPP (Khemraj Ramjattan), the PNC (Rafael Trotman) and the WPA (Sheila Holder) formed the AFC that was quite successful. In 2011, the bleeding PNC jettisoned its name and brought in David Granger from outside the traditional political arena to form the APNU coalition with four small parties. And finally, there was the electorally successful APNU coalition with the AFC in 2015 that shot itself in the foot to lose power in 2020, which it compounded by attempting to reintroduce electoral rigging.
The Opposition fell further into disarray in all the areas traditionally used to measure Opposition effectiveness: organisational cohesion, competitiveness, goals, site of contestations between Opposition and Government, distinctiveness and strategies. Sadly, with a mere ten weeks to go before the elections, this disarray has deepened, and the 27 parties vying for office against the PPP are a symptom of that. Out of the coalition negotiations between the PNC and the AFC, we have seen politicians exhibiting very few democratic values or credentials in issue-driven politics. Rather, what was evident were political entrepreneurs driven by personal ambitions, where forming a cohesive political entity based on common values to provide an alternative to the PPP was overshadowed by haggling over the divvying up of offices and positions that ensured these would remain non-existent through “splitting” the Opposition vote.
The 27 opposition parties all appear to be following the “iron law of institutions”. This posits that some “people who control institutions care first and foremost about their power within the institution rather than the power of the institution itself. Thus, they would rather the institution “fail” while they remain in power within the institution than for the institution to “succeed” if that requires them to lose power within the institution.”
This must change for Guyana to have a party system that ensures a more accountable democratic governance process.
Ravi Dev
A safe haven for families
...under the National Beautification Project, Zia’s Play Park officially opens
Anew recreational oasis officially opened its gates Friday, as First Lady Arya Ali, joined by key officials, commissioned Zia’s Play Park — a flagship initiative under her National Beautification Project. The park is the result of a collaborative effort between the Office of the First Lady, the Ministry of Public Works, and the Chinese Embassy in Guyana.
Located in Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD), the new park features a children’s play area, a gazebo, washroom facilities, comfortable seating, lighting, and an assortment of fruit trees. Designed to serve as a central gathering space for nearby villages, Zia’s Play Park will give families a safe, welcoming environment to unwind, connect, and stay active.
Speaking at the simple commissioning ceremony, First Lady Arya Ali reminded those gathered that true development can be measured not only by new roads and bridges, but also by an improved quality of life for citizens.
“Each time we open a new park or public space, it reminds us that apart from roads, bridges, and
sis on ensuring that our citizens build stronger bonds with each other. That’s the real beauty of public spaces – they bring us closer as families, as neighbours, and as a nation,” the First Lady added.
As she closed her remarks, Mrs Ali urged the residents of Leonora and neighbouring villages to properly manage the facility and guard against vandalism and destruction, which have been observed at other public venues across the country.
“I hope this park brings joy to your children, peace to your families, and pride
big buildings, development is also about creating spaces where our children and people can relax, feel safe, and enjoy a better quality of life,” she said. The National Beautification Project, led by the Office of the First Lady, has already transformed nine public spaces across the country into thriving parks and recreational areas. With eight more currently under development, the initiative is reshaping the physical and social landscape of communities by promoting environmental sustainability, social cohesion, and healthy lifestyles.
“…as a Government we have placed great empha -
to the community. Please take care of it. Guard against vandalism and destruction, which we have seen at so many of our public spaces. You have a duty to ensure this park is preserved so that our children can continue to enjoy these amenities,” Mrs Ali stressed.
She also encouraged residents to “keep working together as we continue to build a Guyana where development feels personal, where beauty is part of everyday life, and where our communities always have a place to grow and thrive.”
Chinese Ambassador Yang Yang also spoke at the ceremony, emphasising the warm and friendly
relations between Guyana and China. She noted that China is proud to support Guyana’s development through a number of projects and programmes, in -
brand-new
cluding Zia’s Play Park. Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, and Regional
Chairman of Region Three, Inshan Ayube, also delivered brief remarks, underscoring the rapid expansion and unprecedented development taking place in Region Three.
First Lady Arya Ali speaking at the opening of the play park
The
park
The Guyanese-Canadian voice shaping global pop with viral hits like
From the vibrant streets of the Greater Toronto Area
(GTA) to the streaming charts of the world, singersongwriter Anjulie Persaud has carved a unique path through the music industry—one that is deeply rooted in her Guyanese heritage.
Anjulie, who goes by her first name professionally, is more than a pop artist: she is a cultural bridge, an entrepreneur, and a genre-bending force in modern music.
“Music was always playing
in my house,” she recalls during an interview with the Guyana Times. “From Calypso to Country, it was a blend that mirrored my family’s multicultural identity.”
Anjulie’s roots trace back to Georgetown and Essequibo Coast, Guyana, where her parents grew up. This heritage plays a central role in her identity and in her sound.
“My Guyanese heritage is a huge part of who I am,” she says. “Growing up, my house wasn’t the place for cookies and Doritos. My friends were trying fruits like
papaya and mango for the first time.”
Though born and raised in the GTA in Canadian culture, her mother ensured that Guyanese traditions—especially through food and music—remained intact.
This cultural fusion— Caribbean, South Asian, and Canadian—has shaped the way Anjulie writes and performs.
“Being part of the Guyanese diaspora means navigating the duality of these cultures,” she says.
Anjulie wrote her first song at just 13 years old. Inspired by musicals like The Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables, her early songs bore hints of theatricality. She recalls that songwriting was an early therapeutic experience, encouraging her in a journey that would soon become unstoppable.
With a knack for instantly picking up melodies, she felt pulled toward songwriting as a powerful form of expression.
“I was drawn to the idea that someone could write something that millions of people could sing along to, and I wanted to be that kind of artist,” she expressed.
At 19, Anjulie took a leap of faith, telling her mother she was visiting a friend in Montreal, but instead, she bought a one-way
“Don’t Call Me Baby” for Kreesha Turner hit #8 on the Canadian Hot 100— proof that her pen had power.
Her breakout solo single, “Brand New Chick”, began as a freestyle over a track by friend Michel Zitron.
“I wrote it in about 15 minutes,” she says. “I had no idea it would blow up, but I always loved a good female empowerment anthem.”
Today, Anjulie’s most recent success, “Chai and Sunshine”, is a sonic shift—less club anthem, more soulful affirmation. “It’s about finding joy in simplicity,” she says. “A warm cup of tea, the sun on your skin, a breath in the middle of chaos.”
Lyrics like “I believing,
ticket to New York City. There, she busked in subway stations, stood outside record label offices, and cold-pitched herself to anyone who would listen.
Eventually, a music manager heard her demo and introduced her to StarCon Records, a shortlived but influential joint venture between Starbucks and Concord Records. Anjulie was signed alongside Sia, and her debut album Anjulie soon followed— earning critical acclaim, an MTV VMA nomination, and a contract with a major label.
However, despite several Canadian hits like “Brand New Chick”, “You and I”, and “Stand Behind the Music”, her label did not release the tracks in the United States (US). Frustrated by the lack of creative control, she made the bold decision to go independent. That decision led her to writing for global icons including Cher Lloyd, Nicki Minaj, and Kelly Clarkson. Among those songs were: “Stand Behind The Music” (Cher Lloyd), “The Boys” (Nicki Minaj), “In The Blue” (Kelly Clarkson).
She also collaborated with international DJs on streaming hits like “Fly Away” with TheFatRat, “Alone” with Marnik and KSHMR, and “Supernatural” with Boombox Cartel.
As an independent artist, Anjulie has amassed over one billion streams, while maintaining full creative and financial control. Her 2008 songwriting debut
receiving with every breath that I’m breathing, not competing this season, I gotta meditate” reflect her current values: mindfulness, self-care, and emotional clarity.
The song resonated— especially with women navigating similar wellness journeys. When ‘Chai and Sunshine’ blew up on social media, it felt surreal for the Guyanese-Canadian artiste.
The song even caught the attention of celebrities like Rihanna and Selena Gomez who used it as soundtracks on their Instagram stories.
“Throughout my career, people have struggled to figure out how to market me—because of my ethnicity, my genreblending sound, and the fact that I’ve never quite fit into a box. But
with Chai and Sunshine, the audience found itself. The people connecting to the song feel like a natural extension of my own world,” Anjulie noted.
Being an independent artist has not always been easy. “The industry favours major labels,” she explains. “You need to fund your own projects, fight for visibility, and build your own team.”
Yet, with a deep entrepreneurial streak, Anjulie has learned to do just that. She uses social media not just as a promotional tool, but as a platform to build genuine community.
“There were moments of burnout,” she admits. “But mindfulness, therapy, and surrounding myself with likeminded people helped me find balance.”
Guyanese influence, global reach Her Guyanese identity continues to shape her work. “Guyanese culture is a natural blend of worlds,” she says. “That genre-bending nature inspires how I create music.” Songs like “In the Quiet”, a tribute to her Indo-Guyanese lineage, highlight themes of resilience and generational strength.
Though she hasn’t yet visited Guyana, a trip—and a performance—are high on her list.
Anjulie is currently working on a new album focused on selflove, mindfulness, and wellness. With tracks like “Chai and Sunshine” leading the way, the project is a reflection of where she is now, not just as an artist, but as a woman.
She also remains proud of past projects like her pandemicera album Loveless Metropolis, and her debut album Anjulie, which still holds a special place in her heart.
With hundreds of songs released and a growing global fan base, Anjulie continues to prove that you do not need a major label to make a major impact—you just need heart, hustle, and a story worth telling.
S...Madhoo’s ‘Where and What’ guide
marks 16th edition showcasing
ixteen years and 16 editions later, Gem Madhoo’s passion is still burning bright as she launches the latest version of her tourism guide, Where and What.
Inspired by a similar guide she discovered in Barbados, Madhoo set out to create something truly unique — a resource less focused on advertising and more on telling Guyana’s story and helping visitors experience it to the fullest.
Speaking during a recent telephone interview with this publication, she reflected on the journey and the era in which the guide began.
She highlighted that key parts of the book are designed to engage both international visitors and Guyanese themselves.
She shared that it took a few months to put this year’s edition together.
Amid this, she noted that every year, new tourism resorts and hotels open, making it necessary to update the book annually to reflect these changes.
Madhoo added that this project is a true labour of love, as the guide grows alongside the industry. Information is continuously added and updated each year.
She also pointed out that there is a real need for materials like this in Guyana, as tourists often arrive with very little to help them explore the country.
“Even though there’s the Explore magazine, there’s still a lack of printed tourism resources. That’s why I believe in the value of a hard-copy handbook that people can carry around. A handy, convenient resource they can take wherever they go,” she said.
the best
Madhoo explained that there is still a market of people who are traditionalists and look forward to having a physical copy to hold. Even though much has moved online — especially since COVID — there is still
Cricket World Cup season, when Guyana welcomed many visitors but had nothing substantial to offer them as a tourism guide.
“Sixteen years and 16 editions later, I’m proud of how far it has come,” she said.
Madhoo noted that they try to make the guide as
of Guyana
accessible as possible.
The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) often distributes it to hotels and visitor spots. And for those who prefer a digital experience, a QR code on the cover allows access to the entire guidebook online.
Every hotel they partner with receives copies, and tourism and hospitality events also feature the book. A few copies are sent to local businesses as well. The book is funded entirely by advertising, allowing it to be free for readers.
Ultimately, Madhoo believes the guide is a valuable tool for Guyanese too. It helps them discover new places, share them with friends and family, and serves as a starting point for trips across the country. Whether people take it along on their own explorations or display it for visitors to browse, it has become an important way to showcase Guyana to the world.
Published by General Executive Management Services (GEMS Inc), the guidebook is the brainchild of its Publisher and Editor, Gem Madhoo-Nascimento.
World Cup Cricket in 2007 inspired the first publication. Since then, without fail, a new edition has graced the magazine stands of many tourism resorts,
tour operator destinations, hotels, guest houses, travel agencies, airports, expos, regional and international trade fairs, and mega tourism events hosted by various Ministries. The publication has found its way into many schools, where teachers use it to expand their knowledge of Guyana and share it with their students. The guidebook is a mine of information for both Guyanese and visitors to our shores.
During the COVID years, it was difficult to keep publishing, but thanks to the continuous support of many Government agencies and private sector organisations, only one year was missed.
The 140-page guidebook continues to provide an exceptionally useful resource for the many visitors to our shores, whether on holiday or business. The detailed map of Georgetown and Guyana in the book provides valuable information to help visitors navigate the city and the country.
GEMS continues to work towards making it a complete tourism guide and directory, listing all hotels, lodges, restaurants, resorts, travel agencies, airports, airlines, taxi services, and more — as approved by the GTA.
Bikers show their support for PPP/C at family fun day event
Bikers turned up and expressed their support for the PPP/C at its BBQ and Family Fun Day, which was held Saturday at Everest Cricket Ground in Georgetown
Belize looking to enhance traditional trade, forge new partnerships at WTC Georgetown
With Guyana now being home to the first World Trade Centre (WTC) facility within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) region, regional neighbours like Belize are already positioning themselves to leverage opportunities to enhance their trade portfolio. Belize is the first tenant in the World Trade Centre Georgetown (WTCG) – a feat that the country’s High Commissioner to Guyana, Gale MillerGarnett, proudly declared.
Delivering remarks at the commissioning ceremony of the WTCG building, located on High Street in Kingston, Georgetown on Friday evening, High Commissioner Miller-Garnett stressed that Belize is committed to its strong bilateral ties with Guyana. She added that the country intends to foster this partnership along with the newer ties that will be forged out of this global trade plat-
form in Georgetown.
“Our presence in this World Trade Centre Georgetown will deepen cooperation with our traditional partners and will enable us to collaborate with the over 300 World Trade Centres worldwide as we build on tradition and we also look to new frontiers and adapt to change,” she stated.
With core priorities of trade resilience, energy transition and trade inclusivity, the Belizean diplomat noted her country is focused on strengthening partnerships in order to expand markets for its agricultural products, strengthening regional food security and creating a robust, resilient food system.
Located in Central America, Belize has strong cultural, historical and economic ties to the Caribbean region and is a member of CARICOM.
According to Miller-
Garnett, Belize and Guyana are natural allies with a shared commitment to the continued strengthening of bilateral engagement. This, she reminded, was enforced back in July 2022 when the Belizean Prime Minister (PM) John Briceño, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with President Dr Irfaan Ali in Georgetown.
“Our collaboration under that MoU and beyond that, encompasses topics that are important to both nations. These topics include food security, trade, the transfer of technology, education, people, cultural tourism, health and climate resilience…”
“Both leaders committed to the advancement of engagement, focused on a joint willingness to engage beyond traditional agreements, and by addressing barriers to trade with the intent of being proactive, not to be rebellious,” she re-
called.
The High Commissioner went onto outline that both Guyana and Belize offer strategic opportunities based on their geographical locations. For instance, Belize’s strategic location makes it an attractive partner and a hub for nations to enter both CARICOM and Central America while Guyana gives access to the Caribbean as well as South America.
The Belizean diplomat added that her country’s development policies provide for an enabling environment for investment and growth.
“Belize has commercial free zones. We have designated export processing zones, We have a robust portfolio of investment offerings; in addition to attractive benefits outlined in our partial scope agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and upcoming Honduras. These agreements open markets
in our neighbouring countries for goods, services and access to a population of approximately 36.1 million,” she stated.
Meanwhile, ahead of Friday’s opening of the WTCG building, Belize’s Minister of State for Foreign Trade, Marconi Leal Jr, along with senior officers of that Ministry had met with WTCG Executive Director, Wesley Kirton, and Chairman of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), Komal Samaroo. DDL is the licence holder for the WTC facility in Guyana.
Those discussions focused on advancing collaborative efforts to bolster regional, hemispheric and global trade as well as on the potential of South-South cooperation. “As Guyana's first WTC, it aims to serve as a regional hub to boost trade in sectors such as agriculture, tourism and manufacturing. Minister Leal em-
phasised the potential for increased investment and trade, while the Director General highlighted the WTC's role in expanding regional value chains, diversifying trade, and attracting investment,” a statement from the Belizean Ministry stated.
The Foreign Trade Minister had led Belize’s delegation to attend the Sixtieth Regular Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), held at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown.
Belize and Guyana established diplomatic relations in 1981. These bilateral ties were strengthened in June 2024 when Belize formally opened its High Commission in Georgetown – the country first High Commission within CARICOM.
In addition to Belize, Colombia has also taken up a spot at the WTCG.
RCGC marks another year of lasting community impact
Over the past year, the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central (RCGC) has continued to execute impactful projects that serve vulnerable populations and foster sustainable community development.
RCGC President, Jagdesh Haripershad, shared that the 2024-2025 Rotary year has been one of purposeful action, innovation, and collaboration.
“Every project we undertake is aimed at addressing a genuine need in our society. It’s not just about service—it’s about creating lasting, positive change,” he noted.
Focus on Education and Literacy
In observance of Education Month and Rotary International’s September theme of Basic Education and Literacy, the Club implemented a series of initiatives supporting children and youth. These included the dis-
tribution of over 150 backpacks and school supplies, and the donation of computers, printers, and backup batteries to St John Bosco Boys Orphanage and Prabhu Sharan Orphanage.
The Club’s West Ruimveldt Literacy Programme, launched in 2023, continues to show promising results by improving literacy among children aged 5 to 13. In observance of International Literacy Day, RCGC partnered with the Rotaract Club of Georgetown Central and the Interact Clubs of Queen’s College and The Bishops’ High School to host the READ Project: Pages of Potential, a literacy workshop tailored to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Empowering girls and promoting mental health
In celebration of the International Day of the Girl,
RCGC hosted its second annual Girls' Empowerment Retreat, engaging girls from ChildLink, HIAS Guyana, Plum Park Sophia Children and Family Centre, and the Food for the Poor Youth Development Programme. The retreat focused on building self-esteem, promoting self-care, and encouraging young girls to envision bold futures.
To observe World Mental Health Day, the Club collaborated with the Rotary and Rotaract Clubs of Corriverton and the International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF) to conduct a Mental Health Seminar in Region Six. The seminar provided a safe space for 40 adolescents to learn about mental health, identify early warning signs, and work to reduce the stigma around mental illness.
Care for the elderly, and
community wellness
In November 2024, RCGC officially handed over newly refurbished living accommodations to the residents, trustees, and Board of Directors of Uncle Eddie’s Home. This project was initiated as a signature initiative in celebration of the Club’s 40th Anniversary. The renovations created a safe, environmentally friendly, and dignified living space, designed to support the residents’ physical and mental well-being. The initiative also included plans for self-sustaining revenue to fund the Home’s ongoing maintenance.
To mark the International Day of Older Persons, the Club hosted a special luncheon and donated 10 wheelchairs to residents at the Home, reaffirming its long-standing partnership. Additionally, it hosted its annual Christmas Carol Singing and distributed gifts to residents and caregivers
at four senior citizen homes, spreading holiday cheer and appreciation. The Club also partnered with the Ministry of Health to host a Medical Outreach in the Moblissa community along the Linden Highway, delivering essential health screenings, medical services, and pharmaceutical supplies.
Building peace and celebrating fellowship
In February 2025, on the eve of Rotary International’s 120th Anniversary, RCGC installed a Peace Pole at the Wellness Space in the National Park, symbolising its commitment to peace, health, and unity. The event included a community walk and the presentation “Steps Toward Peace and Health: Walking Together for a Stronger Community.”
Additionally, the Club continued its tradition by hosting the 33rd Annual Kite Flying and Games Day for the boys of St John Bosco Orphanage, spreading joy and building bonds of fellowship.
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US$25M mega mall earmarked for Enmore
– as Buddy’s Development unveils 300,000 sq ft Shoreline Mall
AUS$25 million mega mall is earmarked for construction at Enmore on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD), with Buddy’s Housing Development announcing that a Shoreline Mall that covers 300,000 square feet will be built.
The development was announced by Buddy’s Housing Development, which said in a statement that the Shoreline Mall will feature a mix of retail, entertainment, dining, and professional services, and will complement the exclusive 89-unit Shoreline Estates condominium at the location.
“Conceptualised as more than just a shopping centre, Shoreline Mall will feature
a wide variety of outlets including a large supermarket, full-service pharmacy, home goods and furniture stores, fashion and footwear retailers, beauty and wellness shops, as well as mobile and electronics providers,” Buddy’s Estate explained.
“The development also caters to service-based businesses, with spaces for banks, insurance companies, telecom agencies, salons, spas, courier services, and more. Dining options will include a full food court with international franchises, dine-in restaurants, cafes, dessert bars, and plans for a rooftop or terrace lounge.”
Other features of the mall, which according to the developer is expected to be-
come a major commercial hub, include a modern movie theatre, an arcade/play zone for children, and space for events and private functions. Additionally, the developers are considering adding a bowling alley and gym.
“Office space will be available for professionals, startups, and business process outsourcing (BPO) companies. Co-working areas and meeting rooms are included in the design, making the space attractive to entrepreneurs and remote teams.”
It was explained by the Managing Director of Buddy’s Housing Development that Shoreline Mall would be constructed to international standards, inspired by modern commercial centres in Toronto and other North American suburbs.
“The layout focuses on accessibility, safety and comfort, and aims to promote integrated community living through its direct connection to Shoreline Estates. Buddy’s Housing Development has built a reputation for delivering high-quality real estate projects across Guyana, including condominiums, staff housing, and commercial spaces.”
“Past successes such as Shoreline Estates and Atlantic Towers have added notable value to the local real estate landscape. With more than 300 dedicated parking spaces, the mall is expected to attract shoppers and visitors from across the East Coast and wider regions,” Buddy’s Development explained.
Another benefit of the construction of the mall is the positive impact it would have on Enmore, allowing residents to access its facilities and boost economic potential. According to the de-
veloper, the project will be a driver of job creation, as well as a source of modern infrastructure for surrounding communities. As a matter of fact, the developer noted that retail and commercial spaces are available for persons to lease. Several malls are planned or have recently opened in Guyana. They include the Sheriff International Mall, which is set to open in January 2026 along Heroes Highway. The Ramlochan family is also constructing a mega mall and entertainment complex at Mahaica. Additionally, Unicomer Caribbean is building the River Place Mall, also a US$25 million investment, at Farm on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD), which will house its flagship stores and other retail outlets.
Meanwhile, the Shoreline Mall will join a number of other major developments earmarked for Enmore that will benefit surrounding communities on the ECD. These include the Enmore/ Foulis Industrial Zone, which, when completed, will accommodate both light and
heavy industrial and commercial activities.
As far back as in 2021, the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) Government had been making it clear that there are major plans to convert the Enmore Sugar Estate, closed under the administration of the former A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) regime, into an employment hub for the ECD. The Private Sector has also come on board this venture, with an agreement signed with majority Guyanese-owned joint venture company Guysons K+B (GKB) Industries Inc seeing that entity acquiring 55 acres of land in Enmore to establish a fabrication facility offering services to the oil and gas industry. The services to be offered would include tubular goods, premium threading and accessory services, as well as turnkey manufacturing solutions. Over 500 job opportunities are expected to be created over the next five years with the coming on stream of this US$35 million investment.
3 reportedly confessed to New Star Backdam double murder
Three persons have since confessed to the double murder committed on Mark Thomas, 24, and Wendy James of Barama River, Baramita, North West District (NWD) Region One (Barima-Waini).
The crime, according to police occurred on June 16, 2025 at New Star Backdam, NWD.
Based on reports received, between June 16 and 19 2025, the team of police officers conducted a search for the suspects who reportedly fled the area after committing the act. They were subsequently apprehended in various hiding spots around the area. They have since provided written statements confessing to committing the crime. They are expected to be charged shortly.
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Corporate and community sponsorship
These initiatives were made possible through the invaluable support of our corporate and community partners, including: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Tropical Shipping, National Hardware Inc, Ideal Autos Inc, Jivish & Associates Professional Services, Distribution Services Limited, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), Institute of Private Enterprise Development
(IPED), Chung’s Global Inc, Eureka Medical Laboratories Inc and Brass Aluminium & Cast Iron Foundry Ltd.
Their contributions have significantly strengthened RCGC’s capacity to deliver meaningful and sustained impact throughout Guyana. President Jagdesh Haripershad extended his heartfelt gratitude to all members, Rotaractors, and Interactors for their commitment and service. “What makes our Club exceptional is not just what we do, but the
spirit in which we do it—together, with passion and purpose,” he said.
Reaffirming the Rotary motto “Service Above Self,” President Jagdesh emphasised the Club’s vision to create lasting change—one project at a time, one life at a time. Chartered on November 1, 1983, the RCGC has remained committed to Rotary’s core areas of focus, including basic education and literacy, disease prevention and treatment, and water, sanitation, and hygiene.
Artist impression of the Shoreline Mall
Trump says US forces bombed Iran nuclear sites; says 'Fordow is gone'
US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that a "very successful attack" on three nuclear sites in Iran had been successfully carried out, including at Fordow.
In a posting on Truth Social, Trump added, "All planes are safely on their way home", and he congratulated "our great American Warriors."
Trump ended his posting saying, "Now is the time for peace."
The action came as Israel and Iran have been engaged in more than a
week of aerial combat that has resulted in deaths and injuries in both countries.
Israel launched the attacks on Iran saying that it wanted to remove any chance of Tehran developing nuclear weapons.
Iran has argued that its nuclear program is intended for peaceful purposes.
Diplomatic efforts by Western nations to stop the hostilities had so far been unsuccessful.
In another social media posting Trump said, "Fordow is gone."
Trump appeared to be
referring to the underground nuclear storage facility in Natanz. The bombing came after B-2 bombers had been dispatched to Guam earlier on Saturday, according to US sources.
A US official told Reuters that B-2 bombers were involved in the strikes on Iran's nuclear sites.
It was still unclear whether any Israeli forces were involved in this latest bombing, which significantly expanded the scope of the hostilities. (Reuters)
US judge blocks Trump’s bid to ban Harvard from enrolling foreign students
Afederal judge in the United States has blocked President Donald Trump’s bid to block Harvard from enrolling foreign students, delivering the prestigious university another victory as it challenges multiple government sanctions amid a battle with the White House.
Friday’s order by District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston preserves Harvard’s ability to host international students while a lawsuit filed by the Ivy League school plays out in the courts.
Burroughs, however, added that the federal government still had the authority to review Harvard’s foreign admission policies through normal processes outlined in law.
Harvard found itself embroiled in a polarising debate about academic freedom and the right to protest against Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza as its pro-Palestine students demanded full disclosure of the country’s oldest and wealthiest university’s investments in companies linked to Israel and divestment from those companies.
Trump and his allies claim that Harvard, and other US universities that saw similar protests, are unaccountable bastions of liberal, anti-conservative bias and “anti-Semitism”. (Excerpt from Al Jazeera)
Gun attack on T&T prison officer at Piarco, suspects hurt in crash
Agun attack on a prison officer near Piarco Plaza on June 20, moments after the officer completed his shift at the Maximum Security Prison has triggered panic among his colleagues.
The officer who survived the attack after being shot multiple times has been identified as Govindra Balgobin.
He was taken to hospital for emergency treatment and remains warded in a serious condition.
Police and prison authorities are investigating whether the shooting was linked to an incident on June 16 at the Women’s Prison in Arouca where a relative of a high-profile inmate awaiting trial for murder was reportedly assaulted by prison officers.
Two of Balgobin’s attackers were injured after the getaway car crashed into a street light on the median of the Churchill Roosevelt Highway
Churchill Roosevelt Highway in Trincity on June 20
near Trincity moments after the attack. Dashcam footage shared on social media shows the car, a white wagon, zooming around traffic before skidding on the wet road and colliding with the metal pole.
The car spun several times and the front seat passenger, believed to be the shooter, was ejected and fell on the road.
The driver was also injured and detained by police first responders. A loaded Glock 19 pistol was found in
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Pakistan to nominate ‘genuine peacemaker’ Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Pakistan says it would recommend United States President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, an accolade that he has said he craves.
In May, a surprise announcement by Trump of a ceasefire brought an abrupt end to a four-day conflict between nuclear-armed foes India and Pakistan.
Trump has since repeatedly said that he averted a nuclear war, saved millions
of lives and grumbled that he got no credit for it.
Pakistan agrees that US diplomatic intervention ended the fighting, but India says it was a bilateral agreement between the two militaries.
“President Trump demonstrated great strategic foresight and stellar statesmanship through robust diplomatic engagement with both Islamabad and New Delhi, which de-escalated a
rapidly deteriorating situation,” Islamabad said in a statement posted on X.
“This intervention stands as a testament to his role as a genuine peacemaker and his commitment to conflict resolution through dialogue.” Governments can nominate people for the Nobel Peace Prize. There was no immediate response from Washington, DC, or New Delhi. (Excerpt from Al Jazeera)
Israel says it has killed two top military officials as diplomatic
efforts to reach Iran ceasefire stall
Israel’s military has said it killed two top Iranian military officials in overnight strikes as European diplomatic efforts to bring the US and Iran back to the negotiating table stalled.
An Israeli military official said on Saturday that Saeed Izadi, the head of the Palestine Corps of al-Quds, the foreign branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), had been killed in a strike on a flat in the city
of Qom, central Iran.
The Israeli military said Izadi had played a key role in the financing and arming of Hamas before its attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, which killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians.
The official said Behnam Shahriyari, another senior official in al-Quds responsible for helping finance the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, had also been killed in a strike.
Iran did not acknowledge
the deaths but said that four members of the IRGC had been killed, while Iranian media reported an Israeli strike on a building in Qom.
After talks between the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, and European counterparts in Geneva ended on Friday evening with no breakthrough, Iran launched a salvo of missiles at Israel in the early hours of Saturday morning. (Source: The Guardian)
Hot-air balloon crash in Brazil kills eight people
Eight people were killed after a hot-air balloon carrying 21 passengers, including the pilot, crashed on Saturday in Brazil’s southern state of Santa Catarina, state officials said.
The tourism balloon caught fire during the flight in early morning hours, crashing in a forest area in the city of Praia Grande, according to the state fire department.
Witnesses say some of those onboard hurled themselves out to escape flames as reports say fire started from torch in balloon’s basket (The Guardian)
the car.
In an immediate response, president of the Prison Officers Association, Gerard Gordon, condemned the attack and pleaded for off duty prison officers to be allowed to get guns to protect themselves while off-duty.
The association said prison officers are under attack, “not just by criminals, but by the silence, inaction, and delay of those elected to protect and lead. “ (Excerpt from Trinidad &Tobago Newsday)
Thirteen survivors were transported to nearby hospitals, according to the fire department. A spokesperson of the department told local news outlet CNN Brasil that none of them were with their lives at risk.
In a post on X, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed solidari-
ty with the families of the victims, saying the federal government is available to local and state forces acting in the case. (Excerpt from Reuters)
Freed Columbia activist says Trump administration has failed
Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil has said the Trump administration failed to suppress pro-Palestinian voices, following his release from more than three months in immigration detention.
"My existence is a message" to the Trump administration, he told the BBC after returning to New Jersey from a detention centre in Louisiana. "All these attempts to suppress Pro-Palestinian voices have failed now."
Mr Khalil was a prominent voice in the New York university's pro-Palestinian protests last year, and his 8 March arrest sparked demon-
strations in New York and Washington DC.
The US government wants to deport him, arguing his activism is detrimental to foreign policy interests.
Speaking at the airport in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday, Mr Khalil vowed to continue to advocate for Palestinian rights, and for the rights of the immigrants "who are left behind in that facility" where he was jailed in Louisiana.
He accused the White House of attempting to "dehumanise anyone who does not agree with the administration".
He held flowers given to
him by supporters, and shouted "free Palestine" as he ended his remarks. He was pushing a pram carrying his baby son, who was born while he was in prison, as he departed the news conference with his wife.
Mr Khalil's remarks come a day after a judge ordered him released from jail after determining he was not a flight risk or threat to his community while his immigration proceedings continued.
The Trump Administration has vowed to appeal against his release, as it continues its efforts to remove him from the US. (BBC News)
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India’s gaffes overshadow Bumrah’s jaffas, Pope ton makes it England’s day
Saturday in Leeds was a day of opportunities taken and spurned. Unfortunately for India, it was their contribution to the latter on day two that has changed the complexion of this Test match.
Having begun the day with Rishabh Pant’s thrillfilled 134, the third of the innings, they proceeded to lose 7 for 41 to cap their first innings at 471. And yet more profligacy in the field not only allowed Ollie Pope to move to his ninth Test century but also England to close on 209 for 3.
Pope, unbeaten on 100, rests satiated with a consecutive Test hundred following his 171 against Zimbabwe, at a time when his place has been questioned with the precocious yet century-less Jacob Bethell waiting in the wings.
Pope rests dreaming of mimicking his Hyderabad epic that dug England out of a similarly sized hole. But India will rue a drop on 60
it 208 for fours at stumps. India’s frustra- tion was carried in spades by the searing bouncer Bumrah delivered to close out a thrilling day’s play. They could have batted a victory out of
England’s reach, but instead, the hosts have seven wick- ets left to claw back more, if not all, of the remaining deficit of 262. Was it a lack of ruthlessness on Shubman Gill’s first day in the field as India’s Test captain? If so, it was not something anyone could have predicted when he and Pant recommenced India’s first innings on 359 for 3. The
flung the bat away towards fine leg. Jamie Smith failed to capitalise on the error, but his blushes were saved when Josh Tongue, hidden in the field for most of this session, was able to catch Pant not playing a shot to trap him LBW.
by Yashasvi Jaiswal at third slip, after Pope had played in the air through that region earlier (on 48) and fourth at the very start of his innings when on 10. That he had made all three errors off Jasprit Bumrah was no surprise, particularly as the demonic quick ended up accounting for all three wickets.
But just when it looked like Bumrah would head to stumps with a clean record, a third front-foot no ball in his final over of the day ended up giving Harry Brook a life on 0. A brutal short ball was clouted amateurishly by Brook towards midwicket. Umpire Chris Gaffaney, having stuck his arm out for the previous delivery, put his hand to his ear before doing so once more as news of another infringement came through from the television umpire.
That would have made
first 90 minutes of play was a reassertion of their day one dominance, with Pant at his mischievous best.
He was a one-man circus of heaves and tumbles, the first of them coming when he greeted Shoaib Bashir’s first delivery with a fallaway paddle over his shoulder. The second was more choreographed after lifting Bashir over wide midwicket to bring up his sixth hundred as wicketkeeper, from his 146th delivery. Only MS Dhoni has as many for India, with this being a third century on these shores – no other keeper-batter has more than one – and that also sits atop his three-figure knocks for most sixes (six).
There were no chances offered, per se, until, on 124, he ran past a delivery from Bashir and was forced to reclaim his ground on his hands and knees, having
By then, Gill’s own century had been cut off at 147 when he lifted Bashir to Tongue at deep square leg, angling for his second six and 21st boundary, ending the fourth-wicket stand on 209. Karun Nair had also come and gone, an eightyear hiatus amounting to a four-ball duck when he was plucked gloriously out of the air by Pope at cover.
And so, with lunch looming, the thought was India would take it to the break and regroup. Alas, Shardul Thakur brought about an early break when chasing a very wide delivery through to Smith. It gave Ben Stokes figures of 4 for 66, once again the England captain standing out as the best bowler on show.
He was soon joined on a four-for by Tongue, who wagged when the tail did not, to clean up some un
tidy figures. The Nottinghamshire quick went from nursing 0 for 78 from 17 to parading 4 for 86 from 20. A tame but delaying shower meant England’s first innings only began at 2:55pm, with ominous-looking clouds and a ground illuminated by the floodlights promising movement for Bumrah. He needed just six deliveries to get one bending reality; Zak Crawley turned inside out with a one that swung in late and seamed away later, flying through to Nair at face height at first slip.
That he would only take 1 for 21 in his opening five overs was through no fault of his own. Though Gill kept a packed cordon for the first 20 overs, the desire to cover more than one position with just one fielder led to Pope’s initial pseudo-life on 10 – a Schrödinger’s fourth slip, if you will. But it was at the end of his fourth over that Bumrah had Ben Duckett dropped on 15 by Ravindra Jadeja of all people at backward point.
Duckett would end up moving to his 19th score of fifty or more from 68 deliveries with a fine sweep off Jadeja, marching forward with Pope in a stand of 122 that, for the most part, actually felt easier than it maybe should have been.
On 62, Duckett drove a thick edge onto his stumps to hand Bumrah his third, met with an exclamation from the 31-year-old that spoke of the fact his frustration was steadily morphing into anger. From that point on, it was Pope who seized the initiative a little more, dwarfing Joe Root (42 to 28) in an 80-run stand where
he seemed like the more established pro.
Mohammed Siraj emerged from a patchy first spell to hold his own at both ends and seemingly had Root on toast. For a moment, he thought he had him outright, LBW for 7, with the impact in front of the stumps and the right-hander selling it well with a stumble over to the off side. Alas, a review would take that from Siraj, with HawkEye projecting the delivery would miss leg stump, forcing umpire Paul Reiffel to overturn his decision.
Pope, though, was making hay while Bumrah was powering back up. He had already got away with a flinch outside off that Jaiswal, diving low to his right, should have held. Bumrah’s reaction was to open his arms out to the cordon as if to ask, “WHY?!” Understandably, given he had opened the evening session and been immediately dabbed through a vacant third by Pope, who moved to 52 from 74 deliveries.
The remainder of the No. 3’s crisp 100 took just 51 deliveries more, helped by Thakur’s lack of pace, which allowed him to drive on the up through cover before a stylish back cut off Krishna’s extra pace. The latter decided to be more forceful in his approach to Pope, offering a
few choice words along with some short stuff. Pope responded with a well-executed pull-flip over to the fineleg fence for a one-bounce four, clearing the man up around the corner with ease and taking deep square leg out of the game entirely. Bumrah’s return for two overs at the end was always going to give us a final shot of drama. A thick inside edge into the leg side brought Pope his century and as good a reason as any to let the frustrations of talk in the media and behind his back flow out in a cathartic, satisfying roar, punching the air with a mix of relief and glee. It was by no means a convincing way to move to such a landmark, but the fact he walked at Bumrah was an apt reminder of the guts he showed throughout this knock. Joy was short-lived when Root finally succumbed to a teaser outside off. But an over later, Bumrah’s journey to anger had been completed. Brook’s reprieve was all the more irksome for India considering the efforts of Siraj to take the catch running back at midwicket. India still have the surer footing in this match, with England resuming on Sunday 63 off the follow-on target. But they have relinquished the opportunity to be the sole drivers of this match. (ESPNcricinfo)
India 1st Innings
Yashasvi Jaiswal b Stokes 101
KL Rahul c Root b Carse 42 Sai Sudharsan c †Smith b Stokes 0 Shubman Gill (c) c Tongue
b Shoaib Bashir 147 Rishabh Pant † lbw b Tongue 134
Karun Nair c Pope b Stokes 0 Ravindra Jadeja b Tongue 11 Shardul Thakur c †Smith b Stokes 1 Jasprit Bumrah c Brook
b Tongue 0 Mohammed Siraj not out 3
Prasidh Krishna b Tongue 1
Extras(b 1, lb 14, nb 9,w 2, pen 5) 31
Total 113 Ov (RR: 4.16) 471
Fall of wickets: 1-91 (KL Rahul, 24.5 ov), 2-92 (Sai Sudharsan, 25.4 ov), 3-221 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 52.3 ov), 4-430 (Shubman Gill, 101.5 ov), 5-447 (Karun Nair, 104.6 ov), 6-453 (Rishabh Pant, 107.2 ov), 7-454 (Shardul Thakur, 108.4 ov), 8-458 (Jasprit Bumrah, 110.3 ov), 9-469 (Ravindra Jadeja, 112.1 ov), 10471 (Prasidh Krishna, 112.6 ov)
Ben Duckett rolls out a reverse-sweep
Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill continued to pile on the runs on Day 2
Josh Tongue got the big fish of Rishabh Pant for 134
Ollie Pope’s ton led England’s strong response
50 years ago, Clive Lloyd – bespectacled, brave, and brilliant – stood at Lord’s and was heralded as cricket’s ultimate champion. It was the summer of ’75, the sun was shining, and the weather was sweet.
The left-handed Lloyd batted with aplomb, which catapulted the West Indies to victory in the first-ever Cricket World Cup final at Lord’s.
50 years later, Clive Lloyd – bespectacled, brave, and brilliant – returned to the ‘Home of Cricket’ as he
50 years on, Lloyd walks tall at Lord’s
er collected a ‘winner’s bounty’ on behalf of the team and the then West Indies Cricket Board of Control.
“It’s always special to be back here… Lord’s is special for several reasons … it’s our Broadway. When you step into that amazing pavilion, when you walk the corridors, down the stairs and into the Long Room, you know that you want to do well. You wanted to do well, because when you do well here, you get your name up on that wall among the greatest players to ever walk
become very great players. They were all household names and became legends of the game, tremendous iconic figures and ambassadors for the West Indies and cricket around the world. Cricket really got a lift from us winning the World Cup, and our West Indian people were the happiest people in the world. You could say we revolutionised cricket, both Test cricket and one-day cricket. We were proud West Indians. We were the best in the world!”
“That day, June 21st, 1975, it was an extremely tense situation. It was the first-ever World Cup. It was the final – we were stepping into the unknown. Nobody expected us to reach the final, but here we were, in battle with the Australians; always strong and uncom-
gether with Rohan (Kanhai), and we were able to sure up the situation. Apart from doing well with the bat, we fielded exceptionally well and won what, to me, was one of the greatest games of cricket ever played!”
was celebrated with pomp to commemorate the lasting legacy of his heroics in ‘75.
Last week, I had the honour of meeting with Sir Clive as he was hosted and feted by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as part of his official appearance schedule at Lord’s.
The grand occasion was the ICC’s World Test Champions final at cricket’s ancestral home. South Africa and Australia were deep in battle for the pride of being crowned the kings of Test cricket, and a whopping prize purse of US$3 million was on the table.
Sir Clive vividly recalled his team’s duel against Australia, which ended just before sunset on a sunkissed summer day half a century ago. The hearts were filled with pride, and after the sun set, the coronation came at minutes to eight o’clock when he was handed the actual “World Cup” by the Duke of Edinburgh.
Lloyd took home the Man-of-the-Match award for his blazing century and lat-
the face of this earth. People admire you for what you do at Lord’s.
“We have done well here over the years, and it is quite wonderful. This is the cricketer’s stage to perform. It is the cricketer’s platform to showcase all he worked hard for so the world can see. It brings back the wonderful memories of the 1975 and 1979 wins in the World Cup, when we were the best team in the world. Being the first captain to win the World Cup was magical, and I am proud to be back here to again lift the World Cup on behalf of the other great men who played alongside me and represented the people of the West Indies,” Sir Clive said.
“I think we did well…” Lloyd assessed matter-of-factly an opinion that would get universal approval.
“What I liked most about all that we did, all that we achieved, is that most of the players I had around me, these fantastic gentlemen who gave their all every time I called on them, went on to
promising, and we knew they would not take a backward step. After the game against Pakistan, which we won by one wicket, that gave us the impetus. I came to-
The winning squad included several all-time icons who are members of the ICC Hall of Fame and all recipients of the prestigious Wisden Cricketer of the Year award: Lloyd, Kanhai, Lance Gibbs, Viv Richards, Gordon Greenidge, and Andy Roberts.
The other teammates showcase Caribbean cricketing brilliance: Alvin Kallicharan, Roy Fredericks, Deryck Murray, Collis King, Keith Boyce, Bernard Julien, Vanburn Holder and Maurice Foster.
Standing six-foot-four with his giant frame, Sir Clive commanded the space inside and outside the ICC’s plush hospitality ballroom.
I accompanied the cricketing colossus as we traversed the pristine environs. Sir Clive beamed as he saw references to his immense achievements and those of “his team” on the walls. A sense of nostalgia was in the air, and glorious memories came flooding back. It be-
came clear this legend was totally “at home” in the grandeur at St John’s Wood.
His appearance was cheered by the young generation who caught a glimpse of him and asked respectfully, “Are you the great Clive Lloyd?” Thereafter, he posed for selfies with the teenagers. He was deified by the older generation – one of whom spoke of him as “my hero before I spell the word cricket”. Graciously, Lloyd shook hands and shared stories with his generation –their grandfathers – one of whom said, “I’ve never seen anyone bat like you did that day.”
Now at age 80, he is revered and is regarded as one of the eldest statesmen of world cricket. He is rated as the greatest captain in West Indies history and one of the best leaders in the history of all sports.
Not only did he win the World Cup in 1975, but his team repeated in 1979. This was during the period of complete global domination when they played unbeaten and were, in the eyes of their fans, totally unbeatable.
Any conversation on captaincy must take into consideration the remarkable fact that the West Indies was the
first team he ever captained at a professional level.
“I took a team to India in 1974, and I was building a strong team, a group of strong men, a world-dominant unit. The players were quite young, and they were very enthusiastic, and many were playing this version (limited overs) cricket for the first time. Only those who played county cricket would have experienced it, so we had quite a few who were new to the one-day stuff. While the four fast bowlers’ strategy wasn’t born yet, guys like Bernard Julien, Keith Boyce and Vanburn Holder did their jobs admirably. Gordon Greenidge, Viv Richards and Alvin Kallicharan were emerging as the core of our batting group, and we were learning to win. Winning, just like losing, is contagious, and that significant Pakistan game win helped build our championship ethos.”
Then came June 21st, 1975, a day that will forever be remembered in sporting history when Clive Lloyd – bespectacled, brave and brilliant – batted with great aplomb; the West Indies ruled the world on cricket’s Broadway stage. Now, 50 years later, we recall those golden memories of ‘cricket, lovely cricket’ at Lord’s. (Philip Spooner –Sportsmax)
Sir Clive Lloyd has relished his time spent at Lord’s
Sir Clive Lloyd and Sir Viv Richards display the 1975 World Cup trophy in present day
The ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League (GSL) is bringing the fire on the field – and the fête off it!
ExxonMobil Guyana GSL turns up the heat
… Soca-cise your Summer with Super Concerts at Providence!
to pump up the party at the Guyana National Stadium.
Get ready for a cricket-meets-carnival experience like no other, as Hits and Jams Entertainment joins forces with the GSL
Every Guyana Amazon Warriors home game will now come with a pulsating halftime Super Concert, featuring international Soca royalty and high-energy performances that will have fans waving flags, jumping, and wining in the stands.
It all kicks off in grand
Archery Guyana, GBI deepen partnership
… to fuel athletes with hydration & energy
Archery Guyana, on Saturday, proudly announced the continuation and expansion of its successful partnership with Guyana Beverages Inc. (GBI), marking a milestone in athlete support and sustainable sports development.
As the official beverage sponsor, GBI, under the leadership of Managing Director Mr Samuel Arjoon and a dedicated team, will continue supplying Oasis purified water and the innovative new Altitude sports drink to all national archery events. Oasis, celebrated for its crisp, premium taste, and Altitude: formulated with essential electrolytes (sodium, potassium, magnesium) and available in flavours like Fruit Punch, Grape, and Blue Frost, all offer vital hydration and recovery for athletes.
“Hydration is very important for archery and any sport overall,” confirms Archery Guyana's President, Mrs Vidushi PersaudMcKinnon, who went on to express heartfelt gratitude to Mr Arjoon and his GBI. team, recognising their unwavering commitment to athlete wellbeing and sport growth. Their support not only enhances
performance but also promotes the Olympic ideals of wellness and excellence.
Guyana Beverages Inc. will continue to support upcoming national tournaments, including the upcoming Outdoor Nationals 2025, by supplying hydration stations and athlete refreshments.
Education & Awareness: Joint campaigns on proper hydration, sports nutrition, and sustainability will be rolled out later this year.
Mr Samuel Arjoon, Managing Director of GBI. at the signing of the contract to renew partnership at the Diamond's Head Office, declared, “We are honoured to continue supporting Archery Guyana. Oasis water and our new Altitude sports drink are designed to help athletes stay hydrated and energised, and we remain committed to supporting sports development in Guyana.”
Mrs Vidushi PersaudMcKinnon, President of Archery Guyana, opined, “GBI’s ongoing generosity is instrumental in our mission to elevate archery nationally. Their sponsorship enriches athlete performance and reinforces our emphasis on environmental responsibility.”
In addition to hydration, the collaboration with GBI. is increasingly geared toward sustainable practices. Their products can be found at retailers nationwide, and even though they are a distributor, they facilitate walk-ins who purchase by the case and up at either their head office situated at Plot 4A, Plantation, Great Diamond, EBD, or at the branch offices at Palmyra, Berbice, Johanna Cecelia, and Essequibo Coast.
With the renewed partnership, the National Federation, Archery Guyana and Guyana Beverages Inc. will be exploring the placement of recycling bins at competition venues and eco-awareness displays and athlete education on proper disposal and will be seeking to integrate International Days (e.g., World Environment Day, World Water Day) into archery events through small but meaningful actions.
“This collaboration is not just about sport... it’s about the health of our people and our planet. We’re eager to align with GBI’s sustainability model and explore opportunities to make our events greener,” added Persaud-McKinnon.
style on Thursday, July 10, when the hometown heroes clash with defending champions Rangpur Riders under lights. But when the innings break hits, Patrice Roberts will light up Providence with her electrifying presence and crowd-favourite anthems.
On Friday, July 11, as the Warriors take on New Zealand’s Super Smash champs, the Central Stags, get ready to groove with none other than Nadia Batson – the ultimate vibe queen and a certified fan magnet.
Sunday night, July 13, brings a sweet fusion of Soca and chutney as Caribbean icon Ravi B
takes over the stage during the Warriors’ highly anticipated showdown against Dubai Capitals. It’s going to be bacchanal.
The rhythm doesn’t stop there. Wednesday, July 16, brings an epic mid-week clash for Amazon Warriors against the Australian powerhouse Hobart Hurricanes XI, and just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, Mical Teja will have the whole stadium running with his hit Runaway and carnival energy.
Then, brace yourself for the finals on Friday, July 18, where the cricket will be sizzling, and the vibes will be volcanic. Nailah
Blackman, international hitmaker and Soca dynamo, will close out the concert series with a set designed to leave Providence shaking to its very foundations. One ticket. Two epic experiences. Fans attending any GSL match at Providence get access to both the cricket action and the Super Concerts. Tickets are available now at the Guyana Amazon Warriors Box Office on Camp Street, Georgetown, and online at www.gslt20. com.
Whether you’re a cricket lover, a Soca junkie – or both – this is the season you do not want to miss.
The concert schedule is as follows: 10 July: Patrice Roberts will perform at Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Rangpur Riders 11 July: Nadia Batson will perform at Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Central Stags 13 July: Ravi B will perform at Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Dubai Capitals 16 July: Michael Teja will perform at Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Hobart Hurricanes XI 18 July: Nailah Blackman will perform at the GSL Final
RHTYSC congratulates Anderson on Test call-up
The management and members of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) have extended their congratulations to fellow member Kevlon Anderson on his selection in the West Indies squad to play Australia in the forthcoming test series. If selected in the final eleven for the first test, Anderson would be the third RHTYSC player to play Test cricket, following in the footsteps of Assad Fudadin and Kevin Sinclair.
He joined the club at the tender age of eleven years, and over the years, Anderson has represented the club at all levels: under-13, under-15, under-17, under-19, under-21, under-23, intermediate, second division and first division. He has scored over five thousand runs for the club with ten centuries and fifty-six fifties while taking a total of 173 wickets at all levels. He has also captained the club at all levels and only last year led the club to the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) under-23 tournament win. Additionally, He has won numerous awards at the RHTYSC annual awards ceremony, including Cricketer of the Year. Kevlon has benefitted from numerous coaching programmes, organised by both the club and the Berbice Cricket Board.
The RHTYSC, MS, which was founded in 1990 by threetime Commonwealth Youth Service Awardee the St Francis Community Developers, has so far produced a total of one hundred and twenty-six players for Berbice and Guyana. Fifteen have gone on to play
for the West Indies at different levels, while nine have played at the international level.
They are Assad Fudadin, Royston Crandon, Dominic Rikhi, Kevin Sinclair, Akshay Homraj, Shemaine Campbelle, Erva Giddings, Shabika Gajnabi and Sheneeta Grimmond. Homraj and Rikhi represent the United States of America at the ODI level, while Campbell is the only Guyanese to have ever captained the West Indies at the senior female level. The club’s current membership includes prominent cricketers like Trisha Hardat and Daniella Manns, who are West Indies under-19 players, along with others like Jonathan Rampersaud, Junior Sinclair, Sylus Tyndall, Keith Simpson,
Jermey Sandia, Aeon Hooper, Keon Sinclair, Matthew Pottaya, Plaffiana Millington, Romesh Bharrat, Rafeal Mckenzie and Leon Reddi. With the Caribbean female team set to play Test cricket next year, the club is expecting to produce more Test players in the near future.
The RHTYSC, which has won a record 127 cricket tournaments between 1992 and present, has dedicated Kevlon’s achievement to the official sponsors of the club, who have played a part in his development. They include Farfan and Mendes Ltd, Bakewell, DDL/Pepsi and the National Milling Company (NAMILCO). The membership of the club also wished Anderson a long and fruitful test career with the West Indies.
Kevlon Anderson will soon don the West Indies’ whites
GBI General Manager Samuel Arjoon inks the contract signifying continued collaboration with the Archery National Federation
Nailah Blackman will be performing at the GSL final
GSL is ‘something to look forward to’ for players – Stewart
As its second edition fast approaches, the ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League (GSL) T20 has been touted as the perfect opportunity for lesser-known players to flex their skills internationally.
This was exclusively related to the Evening News Sport by GSL Director Jamie Stewart.
During an interview, Stewart explained how the GSL quickly became a tournament players look forward to after the completion of their domestic leagues.
Stewart explained, “They see it as a major part of the development pathway for them, an opportunity to give some players some exposure
that otherwise they wouldn’t have got. And, in fact, Guyana is giving them this opportunity to go from winning a tournament to playing at almost another level, as a kind of step jump, almost a Super Bowl, in some respects of T20.”
“So, I think it’s become an interesting development pathway for the teams taking part. And it’s no secret that because the event was viewed in the cricket community as a big success last year, we were getting approached by franchises from all over the world who wanted to play, so we were in the fortunate position of being able to pick and choose who was coming this year. But
I think the feedback from the world cricket community is that it’s a very welcome new event in the calendar. It gives some of these players and teams something else to aspire to throughout the year.” The GSL Director went on to add.
Cognisant of the trend of participating teams having at least one West Indian player in the so-far-revealed rosters, Stewart highlighted that West Indian participation is something the organisers have encouraged.
“Yeah, it’s something we certainly are encouraging, and, in some ways, you know, the West Indies players are treated slightly differently in terms of the rules re-
garding the formation of the squads. So, I think you can expect more of that. I think you’re going to see some really, you know, big-name international players, but certainly as an organiser, we encourage the teams to use players from the region because we have some of the most exciting T20 players in the world, as we know. So, they have the option when they’re choosing their international players to use West Indian players.”He divulged to this publication.
Later, speaking to the growth of the tournament, Stewart discussed efforts to further popularise this year’s event.
Future Warriors Tapeball…
CV Nunes Primary
showcased a dominant performance with both bat and ball to emerge as the new champions of the Essequibo Zone in the Future Warriors Tapeball for Primary Schools tournament.
The event, powered by ExxonMobil Guyana, saw young cricketers display immense talent and sportsmanship despite persistent rain at the Anna Regina Community Centre Ground on Saturday.
The newly laid outfield at the Anna Regina Community Centre Ground proved its worth, allowing all 16 participating teams to compete safely and with great enthusiasm.
The persistent rain did little to dampen the spirits of the young cricketers, who played with remarkable vigour and camaraderie throughout the day.
In a tightly contested final, CV Nunes Primary held their nerve to successfully defend a competitive total of 52-0 from their allotted eight overs.
The foundation for their total was laid by skipper Vidal Narine, who led from
the front with a well-compiled 33 runs from 30 balls, an innings that included three fours and a six.
Narine’s impressive batting set the stage for the bowlers, who then delivered a masterclass in tight bowling.
Jadan Alan (3-8) and Zach Madholall (3-9) were the chief destroyers, ripping through the opposition batting line-up to seal the championship for CV Nunes.
CV Nunes Primary’s path to the final was equally impressive. In their semi-final clash, they comfortably chased down a target of 57 runs, reaching 60-1 in just 4.3 overs.
Zach Madholall continued his excellent form, top-scoring with an unbeaten 20 runs, ably supported by Kavory Garraway (10).
Their opponents, Fisher Primary, had posted 56-4 in their eight overs, with notable contributions from Matthew Peters (15) and Julian Singh (11).
Kaysean Doodnauth was the standout bowler for CV Nunes in this match, claiming an impressive 3-8 from two overs.
“We’re growing the tele-
cast footprint; I mean, that’s the primary way that the event reaches out to the world – working very hard to build the social following and the social engagement. We’ve got Australia touring the Caribbean at that point in time, so we’re hoping to see if we can get some of those fans who are coming to come down and watch Hobart games.” Stewart related.
“As you’ll see shortly, we’ll be working with tourism to target North America, which is the most accessible market to come down here. There are a lot of Bangladeshi fans, for
instance, who live in North America, so we’ll be reaching out to them directly. So, we’re hoping to get quite a few more visitors this year. Most of all we’re hoping for, as it was last year, really competitive cricket, close games.”
The ExxonMobil Guyana GSL T20 will see five teams, namely, defending champions Rangpur Riders, hosts Guyana Amazon Warriors, Hobart Hurricanes, Central Stags and Dubai Capitals, competing for a USD $1M prize purse from July 10 to 18 in Guyana.
CV Nunes crowned Essequibo Champions in thrilling tournament
The other semi-final proved to be a nail-biter; a true “humdinger” as described by spectators. Mainstay Lake Primary showcased incredible resilience to defend a modest total of 37.
Their success was largely due to an exceptional bowling effort from Colin Jacobs, who claimed a remarkable 3-4 from two overs, restricting Suddie Primary to 31-8.
Meanwhile, Narine ended with 60 runs to be the tournament’s lead-
ing run-scorer, while Jaden Robinson of Charity Primary had five wickets, for the leading wicket-taker.
John Ramsingh of FL Sport, the organising group, lauded the success of the tournament, emphasising the core purpose of the event.
“The enthusiasm and interest from the children here today is what this tournament is all about,” Ramsingh stated.
He added, “We had fun,
and today, we are all winners.” His sentiments encapsulated the spirit of participation and enjoyment that permeated the day’s proceedings.
CV Nunes Primary now joins Grove Primary (Demerara) and Cropper Primary (Berbice) as the county champions, setting the stage for the highly anticipated Champions of Champions tournament.
This ultimate showdown is tentatively scheduled for early August, promising
another exciting display of young cricketing talent. The tournament’s impact extends beyond the immediate competition. The Most Valuable Player from each zone – Roles Melville (Demerara), Kenny Ishmile (Berbice), and Julian Singh (Essequibo) – will have the unique opportunity to participate in activities related to the Global Super League, which runs from July 10 to 18. Furthermore, the zone champions will be invited to attend day matches, a generous gesture courtesy of ExxonMobil Guyana.
The ultimate prize awaits the winning team of the Champions of Champions tournament, who will be part of the activities for the home leg of the Guyana Amazon Warriors in this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL), scheduled from September 6 to 14.
These initiatives underscore ExxonMobil Guyana’s commitment to fostering cricketing talent at the grassroots level and providing aspiring young cricketers with invaluable experiences.
ExxonMobil Guyana GSL Director Jamie Stewart
CV Nunes Primary celebrate their title success