ABCE countries recommit support for continued building of democraticstrongsystem in Guyana WHAT'S INSIDE: Issue No. 5132 Nationwide coverage from the best news team in Guyana THE BEACON OF TRUTH guyanatimesgy.com PRICE $100 VAT INCLUDEDTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 International Day of Democracy GECOM extends Claims & Objections by 1 week …only 7 objections recorded 3 weeks into exercise Sergeant Dion Bascom on bail for PolicecyberbullyingOfficers New PSA will guide companies vying for oil blocks in this month’s auction Mocha man kills friend during fight over $500 Page11 Legal action an option to go after yearsjailedassaultedraped,BerbicevesselsGuyaneseseized,authoritiesSurinamesewhosoldfishing–AGmanwhosexuallygirlfor10 Lawsuit to repossess river frontage “Most 6bribeacceptingcharged2topCSEC,RDCRegionMinisterofinupsurgeAlarmingdecisionAGwitnessed”havedecisionshockingIever–oncourt’sinfiresGuyanamatterconcern–2honoursNGSAstudentscopstobefor–RegionCommander…auction will run until early next year – VP Jagdeo Fagundes’s murder probe See story on page 14 Page7 Page2 Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Godfrey Bess attending the South American Defence Conference, which is currently underway in Quito, Ecuador. The conference is being held under the theme "Defeating Global and Transboundary Threats through Regional Collaboration" (GDF photo) President Ali off to meet with US KamalaPresidentViceHarris P3 See story on page 7 PPPP9812P15P1316
On August 8, Sergeant Bascom was among sever al persons arrested by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) after a quantity of cocaine was discovered at a Norton Street, Georgetown house.While a charge for traf ficking in narcotics was laid against some of the persons, none was laid against Sergeant Bascom. Seemingly angered by his arrest, the Sergeant sub sequently made sever al Facebook Live videos in which he made damning allegations of corruption against several senior Police Detectives and a prominent businessman, Azruddin Mohamed.Hehas alleged that Police ranks have accept ed bribes and are “covering
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ed his pre-trial liberty cit ing the serious nature of the charges and the strong like lihood of him fleeing the ju risdiction.Moore’s objections were, however, overruled by the Chief Magistrate who grant ed Sergeant Bascom bail un der these conditionalities: that he lodges his passport with the court and reports to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters, Georgetown every other Friday.
Debunked Acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken and the Crime Chief have already debunked Sergeant Bascom’s allega tions, calling them “mali cious and untrue”.
Police Sergeant Dion Bascom was arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on cy bercrime charges in con nection with Facebook Live videos in which he accused several senior Police Officers of a massive cover-up in the probe into the murder of gold dealer Ricardo Fagundes.
Police Sergeant Dion Bascom (right) with his lawyer Nigel Hughes at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday (Joseph Allen photo)
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court date is September 21. On that day, too, Blanhum will appear in court to an swer the charge against him.
intent to humiliate, ha rass or cause distress to Superintendent Mitchell Caesar; and on one occasion, Superintendent Chabinauth Singh.Sergeant Bascom was granted $300,000 bail in to tal – $100,000 bail on each of the three Duringcharges.abail applica tion on his client’s behalf, Hughes requested that he be released on reasonable bail, stating that he was willing to abide by any con ditionality.According to the lawyer, his client is away from work on medical leave.
Fagundes’s murder probe Sergeant Dion Bascom on bail for cyberbullying Police Officers
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However, Police Legal Advisor Mandel Moore ob jected to the cop being grant
He later deleted the posts out of fear for his fam ily members’ lives.
The Government had so licited the assistance of the Regional Security System (RSS) to investigate the claims made by Sergeant Bascom. Last week, the RSS pronounced on the matter and made it clear that there was no evidence to substan tiate Sergeant Bascom’s
claims.The team also found that the two live recordings made by Bascom were in contra vention of Section 19 (5) (a) of the Cyber Crime Act. Mohamed, who, from the outset, had distanced him self from the allegations, has since filed a $200 million defamation lawsuit against Sergeant Bascom.
Sergeant Bascom, ac companied by his lawyer Nigel Hughes, appeared be fore Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Wednesday and denied the three charges filed under the Cyber Crime Act.It is alleged that on two occasions between August 13 and August 19, he used a computer system to trans mit electronic data with
The businessman, in his Statement of Claim, argued that the words and state ments uttered by the cop are all untrue, false, dangerous, disingenuous, malicious, ir rational, unfair, unsubstan tiated, unfounded, and base less, thereby tarnishing and lowering his compensation.apologytheBascomactionthreatenedthroughSuperintendentreputation.Caesar,hislawyer,hadtotakelegalagainstSergeantifhedidnotremoveposts,andofferhimanand$50million
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Private criminal charge Hughes further told the court that Sergeant Bascom has filed a private crimi nal charge under the Cyber Crime Act against Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum. Sergeant Bascom’s next
up” the murder of Fagundes, called “Paper Shorts”, who was riddled with bullets in March 2021, moments af ter he left the Palm Court nightclub on Main Street, Georgetown. Police are yet to charge the perpetrators.
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum
There should be sunshine during the day. Expect clear skies at night. Temperatures should range between 22 degrees Celsius and 32 degrees Celsius. Winds: Northerly to West South-Westerly between 2.23 metres and 5.36 metres. High Tide: 07:25h and 19:35h reaching a maximum height of 2.52 metres. Low Tide: 13:11h reaching a minimum height of 0.76 metre.
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Then, on Saturday, President Ali will be trav elling to Orlando, Florida, for a Diaspora engage ment. Additionally, from September 18 to 21, he is scheduled to participate in a number of bilateral en gagements and address sev eral high-level events, in cluding the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 21, 2022.
Regarding a sustain able energy future, they discussed the implementa tion of the US-Caribbean Partnership to Address the Climate Crisis 2030 (PACC 2030) as well as efforts to accelerate PACC 2030’s en ergy infrastructure devel opment timeline by incor porating these lines of effort into the work of the USCaribbean short-term ener gy and finance committees.
Vice President launched to produce concrete, near-term solutions on areas of imme diate concern for Caribbean leaders, in food security, en ergy security, and access to development financing.
“President Ali will be joined by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Honourable Hugh Todd, and Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud,” the Office of the President also said.
President Ali off to meet with US Vice President Kamala Harris
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According to a state ment from the Office of the President, Ali will also be taking part in roundtable discussions, engagements with the Guyanese Diaspora and an interfaith forum – all in a matter of days.
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Vice President Harris had said she looked for ward to continuing her col laboration with President Ali in promoting inclusive democracy, economic de velopment, and security for all Guyanese. She had un derscored the werewhereingconvenedApril,LosSummitHarrisor,Caribbean.USmentAdministration’sBiden-HarriscommittostrengtheningpartnershipswiththeThemonthpriPresidentAliandVPhadmetattheIXoftheAmericasinAngeles,California.InVPHarrishadalsoavirtualmeetwithCaribbeanleaders,arangeofmattersdiscussed.
File photo: President Dr Irfaan Ali and US Vice President Kamala Harris, at the IX Summit of the Americas
Vice President Harris had welcomed the prog ress made in these three ar eas and reiterated the in terest of the United States in addressing the unique vulnerabilities and urgent economic challenges fac ing Caribbean nations. She thanked President Ali for his leadership regarding the Region’s food security.
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It was further noted that during the conversa tion, President Ali and Vice President Harris reviewed the progress made from meetings held at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, including the work of three short-term joint USCaribbean committees that President Biden and the
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relationship is to have con versations, to understand each other, to share our per spective on things. They may be different, but unless you share it, you cannot un derstand the commonality or understand where each other is coming from,” the Guyanese Leader stated.
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“High on his agen da is a meeting on Thursday, September 15, in Washington, DC between Caribbean leaders and the US Vice President, the Honourable Kamala Harris. The meeting is a follow-up to HE President Joseph Biden and Vice President Harris’s commitment at the recent Summit of the Americas to partner with the Caribbean to promote energy security, access to finance, and food security,” it was explained.
In July of this year, President Ali had a tele conference in Washington, DC, with VP Harris during which they had discussions that were beneficial not only to the two countries but the entire Caribbean Community (Caricom) re gion.“This conversation with the Vice President and President started at the Summit of the Americas. It has advanced rapidly. So, I will say that our conver sation today was refresh ing. It was beneficial both to Guyana and the US and Caricom. It confronted the big issues, it was very frank and open, very respectful and it outlines the vision and supports the vision that I’ve been talking about,” President Ali had said in a statement issued by the Press and Publicity Unit of the Office of the President.
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Dr Irfaan Ali has departed Guyana for the United States, where he will be taking part in a round of bilateral meet ings and engagements and will be meeting with US Vice President Kamala Harris.
President Ali noted that such an exchange was nec essary for advancing the relations between the two countries as it fostered un derstanding and allowed for the opportunity to share perspectives. This, he em phasised, is an important aspect of strengthening USGuyana relations.
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However,history.he stood up to the “forces”, as described by Mottley, who were bent on subverting the elections. When caretaker Foreign Affairs Minister Karen Cummings threatened to revoke the accreditation of international observers, he challenged her and did not back down. He made it known in no uncertain terms that he would not be bullied in the face of attacks.Also, when he was attacked and ridiculed by APNU/AFC’s strongman Joseph Harmon, Guyana’s former Opposition Leader, for making his views known regarding the attempts by persons within the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and the APNU/AFC, he again took the APNU/AFC to task. He was never afraid of saying it as he saw it. For him, citizens must have a right to choose their leaders in a democratic process, and nothing or no one should come in the way of their ability to do
Like I said in a previous piece, until we end our of ficial relationship with the British monarchy, we will be bedevilled by these and oth er protocols. We might not like them, but this is what we signed up for 60 years ago and still shamelessly continue to perpetuate. It is disingenuous to ignore these facts.
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Prime Minister Mia Mottley had put it this way: “His intellect was larger than life, believe you me. His love of country as constant as a northern star. He discharged his duty as Prime Minister of Barbados and as a Caribbean leader with distinction. He shall remain in that pantheon of Caribbean leaders.”
Now that she has died, what next? Immediately on her death, Prince Charles becomes King Charles III. Some have said that he has big shoes to fill, but he would be well advised to contin
Queen Elizabeth II: A woman of quiet dignity and grace
Here, in Guyana, Arthur’s name will forever be among those who have maintained the fight to ensure that democracy and the rule of law prevail.
International Day of Democracy
We salute the late Owen Seymour Arthur for his selfless service to our country on this International Day of Democracy!
oday, as Guyana joins the rest of the world in celebrating International Day of Democracy, we take a look back at the life of former Prime Minister of Barbados, the late Owen Arthur, who put up a fierce fight for Guyana’s democracy following the March 2020 General and Regional Elections.
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Arthur, Barbados’s longest serving Head of Government, led the country for an unprecedented three consecutive terms, from 1994 to 2008, having served as a Member of Parliament for the constituency of St Peter from 1984 to 2013.
The passing of the Queen marks the end of the reign of the most iconic monarchical figure of the 20th and 21st centuries. Beginning at age 25, when she ascended the throne, to age 96, when it all ended, the Queen made of the British monarchy some thing more than a symbol. She centred it with her quiet and steely personality and became the glue that held it together. From the vast out pouring of love and admira tion that have flowed from her subjects, especially since her death, the British people seem pleased with what she has accomplished as their monarch.TheBritish monarchy is part of an archaic system of monarchical arrangement that developed in Europe. But the British have been the most enduring and im pactful of them, in terms of their influence at home and abroad. Queen Elizabeth made it relevant to Britain and the world when other monarchies had lost their substance. By her gentle, non-intrusive demeanour, she made it an almost in dispensable institution in British society. Rather than being seen as a mere relic of the past, she anchored and cemented it as one which people could respect and would find it hard to do away with. Non-monarchical sen sibilities by detractors, es pecially those of a social ist hue, failed miserably in their frequent denunciation of the monarchy and futile suggestions to have it abol ished.The fact is that peo
President Dr Irfaan Ali and Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr KJ Srinivasa share a photo with cultural dancers at the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Day reception hosted at the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (OP photo)
He was very concerned about Guyana being portrayed as a “pariah state”, and had cautioned all the political leaders here to put country first.
Arthur headed the Commonwealth Elections Observer Team in Guyana for the March 2 General and Regional Elections. His task was not an easy one. Perhaps he even expected some of what he was exposed to, due to his knowledge of our political and social
The Queen, in turn, showed remarkable adapt ability in not alienating her subjects. A case in point was the occasion of the death of the beloved Princess Diana. The public had not been too warm to the monarchy’s treatment of her and her divorce from then Prince Charles. The outpouring of grief when she tragical ly died in a car accident put the monarchy squarely in the cross hairs of the public’s grief and anger. Many of her subjects felt that it had be come detached and was los ing relevance. If ever there was a time for the abolition of the monarchy, that was it. But the Queen used her dip lomatic skills and her pow ers of persuasion and quiet dignity to allow compassion to rule the moment. Later she made the important piv ot to making the monarchy more open and responsive to the needs of the people. This was evident when the novel coronavirus pandemic struck.
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Even after his career in politics had ended, he continued to offer service to his country and the Region. Weeks prior to his death in July 2020, he served in a number of key areas, including the Jobs and Investment Advisory Council. This came after his work in the last year, as he helped the Barbados Government in the forging of a new industrial policy and in the review of the international trade options of Small Island Developing States. He was also still very actively involved in helping to forge regionalArthurintegration.wasindeed the chief architect and intellectual guide of the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME). In many respects, he was a titan of regional integration, and a most distinguished son of the Caribbean. For many in the Region, he will be remembered as a true Caribbean man.
Senator Peter Bunting’s re cent broadside in a speech on the matter was not help
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Asso.was stated by Vincentian Prime Minister and then Caricom Chair, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, prior to Arthur’s brief hospitalisation, he was deeply agitated about the imminent threat to democracy in Guyana. He said Arthur reserved some of his finest and most biting barbs for those in Guyana who, without right reason or principle, verbally abused Prime Minister Mottley and himself because of their stance in defence of free and fair elections.
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he world and specifi cally the British peo ple are mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Arthur had firmly stated that there are instruments of governance on which all relationships in Caricom, as sovereign countries, are based. He had explained that Guyana, along with other Caricom countries, is a signatory to the Charter of Civil Society, and this places an obligation on countries to ensure that they follow key democratic practices – a main element being the holding of free and fair elections.
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ple have grown to love the Queen, who, to them, was more than a symbolic per son. She was their queen – loved, admired, and not feared. Instinctively they felt comfortable and se cure in her hands. She was a stabilising force on whom they could depend, whether it was early in her reign in giving the nation assurance and encouragement during Germany’s bombardment of London or showing her strong sense of compassion when COVID-19 ravaged her country.
ful in understanding the veracity of these mourn ing protocols. One can be certain that if he were the Prime Minister at this time, he would be making plans to attend the funeral or at least send a high official to repre sent him there.
ue wearing his own without pretence and do the best he can. He more than anyone else knows that there has been and will only be one Queen Elizabeth II. Charles becomes king at a point when a new Prime Minister has taken the helm of pow er at 10 Downing Street. There can be opportunity in this as both seek to chart a new path for Britain after the Queen’s death. There will be uncertainty ahead as they try to forge this union. But Britain is a very mallea ble society and they will no doubt weather the storms ahead. The what next ques tion is perhaps of more im mediate importance for us in Jamaica. We will certain ly observe the mourning pro tocols contingent upon her death. And talking about this, I can understand, but certainly do not appreciate, the fulminations of those who are criticising these protocols in mourning The Queen’s death. Whether we like it or not, and howev er unpalatable it tastes, the constitutional facts are that the Queen is still the Head of State of Jamaica with the Governor General still her representative here. If this truth is admitted, then we cannot refuse her this rec ognition of her on her death. The Prime Minister and the Governor General or their representatives have to be present at the official funer al inEvenEngland.ifit was Michael Manley who was Prime Minister, he would do the decent thing and attend the funeral. But I notice the People’s National Party (PNP) is having a hard time accepting these simple facts.
Certainly, in days to come, there will be a more detailed analysis of Arthur’s contribution to his country and the wider Caribbean Community.
Therefore, we cannot be unmindful of what we need to do to once and for all end our relationship with the monarchy. In a cu rious way, the death of the Queen has opened the door more widely for us to do so. Time will tell, but I do not believe that Jamaicans will be as well-disposed or warm to King Charles III as they have been to Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen is all we have known these 70 years. Now that she has died, I believe this makes getting the referendum to remove the monarchy more of a done deal in the peo ple’s consciousness. At least I hopeThisso.column wishes the British people well and pray for the peace and blessed ness of God’s favour on the Queen in perpetual rest. (Jamaica Observer)
The decision taken by the Chair of GECOM is that the Chief Elections Officer im mediately writes to the gov erning political party, the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C), and other parliamentary Opposition parties informing them of the request of APNU+AFC and soliciting their views. This decision was not done to have the “PPP/C deter mine whether citizens can realise their rights”, as con tended by Commissioner
The allegations levelled by Commissioner Alexander against the Chair of GECOM are another unjustified and unwarranted attack on the integrity, impartiality and professionalism of the Chair, all designed and intended to intimidate the Chair. In fact, such tactics are part of a recent scheme of intim idation utilised by several leaders of APNU+AFC and the Commissioners appoint ed by that party to influence the decisions of the Chair of
We acknowledge that the Chairwoman of GECOM, the Honourable Justice of Appeal (Retired), Madam Claudette Singh, SC, CCH, is more than capable of de fending herself and respond ing to the criticism and accu sations levelled against her in the said letter; however, we will be remiss in our du ties and responsibilities as Commissioners if we allow the public record to be con taminated with the blatant false and misleading state ments peddled in the letter.
about 22 per cent based on an average oil price of $60. This simply means that in those countries where wind fall taxes are applied, the impact for the oil companies would be minimal consider ing the fact that they benefit from substantial amounts of Government subsidies that, in turn, result in much high er rates of return for their investment.
Calling upon Commissioner Alexander to withdraw statements
hereby call upon Commissioner Alexander to withdraw the statements and allegations attributed to the Chair of GECOM and to offer an apology.
GECOM voted in favour of granting the extension of time as requested by APNU+ AFC. At no time prior to this did the Chair of GECOM vote against the ex tension sought or made any decision that was adverse to the grant of such a request.
companies to enjoy a high er internal rate of return (IRR). To substantiate this view, the average IRR as of 2019 for oil companies in the United States with subsidies averaged around 40 per cent and as high as 49 per cent in the case of Mexico; and with out subsidies the IRR aver aged around 25 per cent. In the case of Guyana, based on some recent analysis con ducted by the undersigned, the average IRR for the four approved projects so far is
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Dear Editor, Our attention have been drawn to a letter penned by Vincent Alexander, GECOM Commissioner, under the headline “The GECOM Chair voted against an ex tension of claims”.
and the Government to pub lic scrutiny. One would now expect that given the many misinformation that the Vice President proved and cor rected on his show; that he will facilitate a more diverse and balanced debate on the subject matter in his news paper. For example, Glenn Lall never published any of my articles that deal with oil and gas-related subject mat ters simply, because they are contrary to his views and position. I must say though that he has published other letters I wrote to the media that are unrelated to the oil and gas sector.
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the Vice President’s expla nation on the importance of this clause and the ramifica tions. The inference drawn, nonetheless, in which Glenn Lall unhesitatingly asked for a binding contract is no dif ferent from that which is ob tained, inter alia, the stabil ity clause in the PSA. In this respect, a binding contract between the Government and any private investor for the gas-to-shore project will pretty much guarantee the return on their investment and more so the rate of re turn they are seeking.
Dear Editor, Last evening, September 13th, 2022, Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo hon oured his commitment to ap pear on the Glenn Lall radio programme to engage Mr Glenn Lall on some burn ing issues Mr Lall regurgi tate almost on a daily basis in his newspaper and his ra dio Emergingprogramme.out of this very interesting exchange, at one point the Vice President of fered Glenn Lall the oppor tunity that if he can bring together a group of private investors to participate in the gas-to-shore project that can generate electricity for US$0.03 per kwh as he claimed he can; Glenn Lall asked the question – “will they get a binding agree ment” to that effect. The Vice President responded with a loud yes. On the other hand, Glenn Lall has a problem with the ‘stability clause’ in the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) and refuse to comprehend and/or accept
Alexander in his letter, but was done in the interest of fairness and transparen cy and to inquire whether other stakeholders’ political parties experienced similar issues during the claims pro cess as those experienced by APNU+AFC. This letter was dispatched by the CEO after the meeting on the 13th of September, 2022.
On the issue of the wind fall tax, apart from the points the Vice President made about those countries, United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States be ing mature oil-producing countries, where they do not have stability clauses, the oil companies pay their regular taxes and the situation in those countries is altogeth er different in comparison to Guyana. Another import ant reason to note is that in the United States, for exam ple, the oil and gas compa nies are heavily subsidised by the Government, which in turn allows for the oil
On the 14th of September, 2022, GECOM held another meeting of the Commission where de liberations continued on the issue of the request by APNU+AFC. It was report ed by the Chair of GECOM that the Commission re ceived a response from the PPP/C.Atthe close of these de liberations, the Chair of
Of course, one can ar gue that Glenn Lall is just “gyaffing” and, therefore, not serious; so, he may nev er take this up. Glenn Lall must be commended, how ever, for taking on the Vice President. More important ly, the Vice President must be commended for taking the time to sit with Glenn Lall and answer his ques tions in the spirit of trans parency and accountabili ty and subjecting himself
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It must be stated for the record that the Chair of GECOM, at no time whatso ever during these delibera tions, voted against the grant of the extension of claims
For the record, we were all present at GECOM’s stat utory meeting on the 13th of September, 2022, when the Chair of GECOM informed the Commissioners that the Chief Elections Officer re ceived a letter dated the 13th of September, 2022, from A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) requesting an extension of claims in the ongoing Claims and Objections pro cess. The Commission there after held discussions to de termine whether the request should be granted.
GECOM. We feel compelled to protect the integrity, the independence and the au tonomy of GECOM as a Constitutional Commission, its Chair and, by extension, all officers and employees of GECOM’s Secretariat against such intimidatory tactics, obviously designed to undermine its indepen
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sought. In fact, the delibera tions on the issue of granting or refusing the request for an extension were not conclud ed at the statutory meeting on the 13th of September, 2022. Therefore, the head line of the letter is blatantly false and misleading.
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3.location?Nowbuild one of your mini golf holes by assembling the obstacles and taping down the start/finish circles, and try it out. Put the ball on the start circle, and roll or flick it with your finger. Can you get a hole in one by following the path you drew on paper? 4. If you do not get a hole in one, keep rolling the ball until you get it to the "finish" spot. Then, go back to the start and try again. Can you get a hole in one if you keep practising? How closely does the actual path match your predicted path?Repeat the process for some of your other designs. Are some designs easier than others?
WORD SEARCH Page Foundation 6 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 ◄ Unit Test
Rubber bouncy ball
Materials
Instructions
Assorted small but heavy household items like canned food, a metal stapler, a roll of duct tape, etc. The objects should be heavy enough that the ball can bounce off them without moving them.
Prep Work Cut two circles out of paper. Label one "start" and one "finish". The smaller you make the "finish" circle, the more difficult the game will be.
ave you ever played mini golf? It might seem like just a game, but there is a lot of science behind it! Learn about the physics behind a rolling, bouncing mini golf ball and design your own mini golf course in this fun science activity.
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You might have found that getting a hole in one was more difficult than it looked! On paper, it might be pretty easy to draw some shapes and then a line representing the ball's path from start to finish. But in practice, you have to worry about friction and a spinning ball. Your ball does not rebound perfectly off the obstacles—it slows down a bit and can alter its spin, changing its direction. If you tried to design a very complex hole that required multiple bounces to get from start to finish in one shot, this may have been too ambitious. However, with practice, you could probably get a hole in one on a hole that only required one or two bounces. Real golf course designers have to take these same principles into account. They do not want the course design to be too easy –holes in one would not be very exciting if they happened all the time! Conversely, they do not want the game to be too difficult and frustrating for players, or it would not be any fun. (sciencebuddies.org)
Chief Elections Officer re ceived a letter dated the 13th of September, 2022, from APNU+AFC request ing an extension of Claims in the ongoing Claims and Objections process. The Commission thereafter held discussions to determine whether the request should be granted.
“In recent years, they’ve had unsuccessful bid rounds. Even though Brazil is an ex tremely important source of offshore production global ly, they were unable to at tract the interest that they wanted, because the fiscal regimes were too onerous. And they were asking for too much.“So, the balance that Guyana will have to strike on these new blocks is un
…only 3 weeks into exercise
According to Jagdeo, the new model PSA is still a work in progress, but will be import ant as part of the package of fered to companies when the auction
“We’restarts.working on a new PSA… there are three vari ables that we are utilising that will govern the new
When asked if Guyana doing its own 3D seismic survey of the remaining blocks to establish the val ue of the blocks would help Guyana’s chances, he noted that while it could be of in terest, it may not be neces sary. As he put it, Guyana is already a hot story.
derstanding that we’re no longer going to have the Stabroek fiscal regime. We are a petroleum province. Yet at the same time we can not expect that it’s a guaran teed success that every hole poked into the ground will produce oil. So, getting that fiscal regime correct is going to be paramount to attract ing interest globally.”
A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) nominated Commissioner Vincent Alexander had re cently penned a letter al leging that GECOM Chair, Retired Justice Claudette Singh, supported moves to block the extension of Claims and Objections during GECOM’s statutory meeting on Tuesday.
“So, where we move from, between 50, 52, 59, whatev er you define it as, moving to a higher point, will be determined by those vari ables. And then, through a combination of adjustments on royalties, maybe profit sharing, and the taxes, we will achieve that,” the Vice President also explained.
The Guyana (GECOM)CommissionElectionshasmade
…auction will run until early next year – VP Jagdeo
“Weis. have to have a new PSA to tell people what they’re going to get if they come in on this auction. We’ve now started the study where we’re looking at the spectrum on take by differ ent countries. Some coun tries are on the lower end and countries like Norway and others, they can get as much as 75 per cent of the total take. Right now, we’re getting just over 50 per cent of the total take.”
a decision to extend its Claims and Objections ex ercise by seven days, fol lowing a meeting between the Commissioners on Wednesday.Ina statement on Wednesday, GECOM ex plained that the deci sion to extend Claims and Objections by a week is for persons to have further op portunities to make changes to the voters’ list.
Jagdeo further pointed out that the new PSA would tell companies what they can get if they take part in the auction. The Vice President explained that they will also be doing comparisons be tween varying countries and what their profit-sharing take
7 objections recorded
on Wednesday, People’s Progressive theChairutoryallgrantingsultaTuesday’sInstead,tempttheadamantofandClementGunraj,Commissioners(PPP/C)-nominatedParty/CivicGECOMSaseManojNarayanandRoheedeniedthislentclarityontheissuetheextension.TheCommissionerswerethatatnotimedidChairvoteagainstorattoblocktheextension.theysaidthatatstatutorymeeting,decisionwastakentoconwiththePPP/Contheoftheextension.“Fortherecord,wewerepresentatGECOM’sstatmeeting…whentheofGECOMinformedCommissionersthatthe
During a recent visit to Guyana, Norwegian consul tancy Rystad Energy Vice President Shreiner Parker had noted that while Guyana will get interest from around the globe when it goes out to auction its oil blocks, getting the financial terms of the blocks right would be very important. He had given the example of Brazil.
“So, we’re currently working on the discussion paper to be completed soon. As part of the auction, we will launch later this month. We’re hoping we can launch it, but it will run for several months and maybe conclude in January/February, next year,” Jagdeo explained.
The oil blocks offshore Guyana
But in a joint statement
New PSA will guide companies vying for oil blocks in this month’s auction
The Government of Guyana plans to go ahead with the much-anticipated auction of the oil blocks by the end of this month, with the new model Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) being de veloped expected to guide participating companies at the auction on what fiscal terms to expect.
“Further, objec tions against the inclu sion of names in the PLE [Preliminary Voters List} can be tendered to the Registration Officer of the Registration Area. Objection(s) can be submit
pectation that if they invest money, they should get a de cent return on their invest ment. Two, leaving in the new PSA enough incentives to accelerate exploration and production. And three, a greater share of the benefits for the Government.”
Guyana has long been expected to go out and auc tion oil blocks, both un tapped and relinquished, by September. There are relin quishment clauses, which are typically included in con tracts so that companies can relinquish a portion of the block when the renewable period is up, thereby allow ing other companies to buy into the respective blocks. (G3)
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Those wishing to make a claim for inclusion on the Official List of Electors have until September 21, 2022 to do so. Meanwhile, those wishing to make an objection to someone on the voters’ list have until September 25.
This was announced by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, in his recent inter view on a local radio show.
The Guyana Elections Commission
GECOM extends Claims & Objections by 1 week
ted by an Elector who is list ed in the same Division list /Sub Division list in which the person being objected to is listed.”“Objections can also be made by approved Scrutineers of Political Parties provided that any such Scrutineer has mon itoring responsibilities for the Division/Sub Division in which the person being ob jected to is listed,” they fur ther said, explaining that an original death certificate must be presented at the hearing, to support the ob jection being made.
PSA. The first has to do with the company’s legitimate ex
Government has been saying it is considering going to auction for relinquished and unexplored oil blocks by September of this year. The auction is expected to attract global interest, although ex perts have warned that it is important to balance the PSA’s fiscal terms.
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Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo
concurrently, which means Lakhraj would only spend 10 years behind bars.
Berbice man who raped, sexually assaulted girl jailed for 10 years
During Lakhraj’s sen tencing hearing on Tuesday, the High Court Judge sen tenced the convicted rapist to serve 10 years’ impris onment on each of the two charges. He, however, or dered the sentences to run
The minor had confided in her teacher about what happened and Lakhraj was laterFollowingarrested. his ar raignment before Justice Reynolds, Lakhraj, who was represented by Attorney-atLaw Chandra Sohan, had pleaded not guilty to both charges.Inhis defence, the man had denied committing the crimes, arguing that he had an alibi: that he was in neighbouring Suriname working at the time the child said she was raped.
In his sentencing re marks, Justice Reynolds re buked Lakhraj for his ac tions, telling him that he violated the bodily integri ty of the young girl, causing her indignity and trauma.
Your
prey on “little girls”.
And let’s not talk about clothes! All we were used to were chintzy cotton fabrics that just wouldn’t hold a “seam”. Those colonial woollen suits with silk ties were a God-send that made us look “civilised” – like folks in the Queen’s circle. Your Eyewitness was grateful – as he espied in a retrospective pic he saw in the papers – that on her visit to Guyana, Elizabeth was able to make Cheddi Jagan drop his shirt-jac and don a spiffy white dinner jacket – with a bow-tie!! Priceless!!
Kept us from getting spin-off diseases like heart attacks and diabetes!! God save the Queen!!
Under the new communications regime with cell phones and all that, they would’ve all received calls on what went on in the polling stations – from their party agents and even workers friendly to them. Surely, they would’ve reported discrepancies or unusual numbers of persons who had to be vetted before voting – because of mismatching between their bio-metric details and their physical details??
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Found guilty of the two of fences last month by a jury, Chandralall Lakhraj, 40, was sentenced to serve time in jail on Tuesday by Justice Brassington Reynolds, who sits at the Berbice High Court.The 40-year-old Berbice man called “Uncle Papi” was convicted of: engaging in
In a victim impact state ment composed by the girl, she expressed how being raped has changed her and left her feeling frightened and hurt. According to her, she stays away from strange men.“I stay far away from them. I feel if I go close to them, they might do me the same thing,” the now teen ager wrote. The rape sur vivor said that she never expected “Uncle Papi” to vi olate her and that she be lieved he “should punish” for what he did to her.
Aman who raped and sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl has been jailed for 10 years.
He, however, was found unanimously guilty on both counts by the 12-member jury.The Prosecutor, in this case, was State Counsel Nafeeza Baig. (G1)
Then there were the nice British books we all read… like Bobbsey Twins and Famous Five and such like. How else would we have known about scones and crumpets and suchlike that were so much better than our conkies!! We never tasted them, but they HAD to be better!! No one wrote books about adventurous kids eating conkies, did they?!! Books get written about IMPORTANT things!! And, of course, our tastes were expanded across the board to include tinned sardines and condensed milk – which were so much superior to the fresh fish and fresh milk those unwashed women vendors brought to our doors!!
…for our donkeys
…for the Queen
…for Elections Inquiry
Thankful...
So, what made Mingo make rectification for the “dead and emigrated voting” by March 3rd and 4th?
Your Eyewitness was amazed to read the following from AP: “Nigerian officials have seized thousands of donkey penises that were about to be exported to Hong Kong. Sacks of the donkey male genitals were seized at the international airport in Lagos.”
Guyana Times under stands that during the peri od mentioned in the charges, Lakhraj had the girl “stroke” his penis and he also insert ed his fingers into her vagi na while she slept in a ham mock.
What are donkey penises used for in Hong Kong??
sexual penetration with the child and sexually assault ing her by causing her to touch his Lakhrajpenis.committed the crimes between September 1 and October 9, 2019.
He went on to tell the convict that such behaviours would not be tolerated by the courts, especially in cas es involving “big men” who
Take the Coronation Mug with Royal Coat of Arms that all schoolchildren in then British Guiana – and across the Empire?? – were given back in 1953. For most of them –in BG at least – it was the first ceramic piece of pottery they ever saw or held. And became a prized display piece in their homes for decades!! Gotta be thankful for that since it might’ve pushed some of those children to move up from enamel cups to porcelain!! And taking that thought to its conclusion, the poverty and inequality that Elizabeth’s Empire was built on – motivated all of us to aspire to “better” ourselves!!
Child rapist Chandralall Lakhraj
Now that the CoI into the PNC’s rigging attempt has been constituted, your Eyewitness hopes they’ll get on with it and answer questions that’ve been troubling him since March 3, 2020!! And that’s a long time to be troubled!! The first one is this. Up to the evening of March 2, when the polls closed, all the PNC coalition leaders – Nagamootoo, Granger, Harmon and Ramjattan expressed their total satisfaction on the conduct of the elections.
Then there were her government’s policies that kept us from overeating and getting obese!! She thoughtfully ensured our parents’ earnings from working from day clean to sundown in the cane fields of Bookers couldn’t buy too much rich foods!!
Eyewitness put some more thought about Queen Elizabeth’s passing. Well, to be honest, he – a news junkie! – couldn’t really help it, since there wasn’t a news site he could visit and not be bombarded by titbits about her!! Which he really could’ve done without!! That she was the only person in the UK allowed to drive without a licence didn’t impress…half of the drivers in Guyana have that privilege!! Anyhow, after the inundation, he’s decided there actually ARE some things we in Guyana ought to be thankful about because of Elizabeth. Can we call her “full mouth” like that?
Anil Nandlall, SC, has stated that Government could possibly take legal ac tion against Surinamese au thorities who seized and sold at least three fishing boats, along with equipment, be longing to Guyanese fish ermen who operate in the CorentyneSpeakingRiver.during his weekly programme, Issues In The News, AG Nandlall explained that the Guyana Government was look ing for compensation from Suriname.However, he explained that there was a process to be followed that involved him, firstly, writing Suriname’s President, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, on the treatment of Guyanese fishermen by Surinamese authorities.
President Ali indicated that the Foreign Ministry, as well as the Attorney General’s office, was working on the matter.
“I can confirm that the officials from Suriname said that they sold the boats, but that has to be one of the most corrupt transactions, be cause you can’t seize a boat and sell it overnight. And no legal system would allow you to seize a boat and sell it overnight. It must give you an opportunity [to at least recover your assets],” the Head of State contended.
President Ali reas sured the families that Government was going to ensure that they were com pensated and would take this matter to the high est level, including writing to the current Chairman of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), who so happens to also be the President of Suriname.“So,what I can tell you is that the AG is looking at this himself. The Government will take up this challenge… So, the AG will work with the families… We are not going to let this down,” the Guyanese Leader stressed.
Last weekend, President Dr Irfaan Ali, during an out reach in Annandale on the East Coast of Demerara, confirmed that the boats were indeed sold. He made this revelation after he was approached by relatives of
Back in August, three fishermen’s boats and fish ing equipment were seized after they were found to be fishing in Surinamese wa ters. Reports coming out of the neighbouring country indicated that the three fish ermen were also required to pay a fine.
Only last week, President Ali told reporters that rep resentatives of Guyana and Suriname are sched uled to meet to iron out is
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the three fishermen, who hail from Annandale and were seeking Government’s intervention.Thefamilies had also met with Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Hugh Todd.
Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister
Legal action an option to go after Surinamese authorities who seized, sold Guyanese fishing vessels – AG
sues surrounding granting 150 coastal fishing licenc es to Guyanese fishermen, which was agreed to during President Santokhi’s visit to Guyana last Moreover,year.the Guyana Government had recently condemned Suriname’s ha rassment of Guyanese fish erfolk in Surinamese waters in a recent statement.
“The Government of Guyana condemns, in its strongest possible terms, the most recent harass ment being meted out to our Guyanese fisherfolk by the Surinamese Government, inclusive of its failure to grant licences to our fish ermen in keeping with a commitment made to His Excellency, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on 26 November 2020, during a visit to Suriname,” the Government said in the statement. (G8)
“The intention is to seek compensation and if it is that we have to pursue liti gation, well, then that is an avenue that will also be ex plored. But the process will begin with a letter from me on behalf of the Government of Guyana on this matter, requesting an investiga tion and compensation if it’s found that the Suriname au thorities acted illegally,” the Attorney General noted.
To this end, AG Nandlall, who had also accompanied the President to Annandale, requested the families to get valuations of the boats and equipment as Government sought to secure compensa tion for the fishermen.
Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall, SC
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“He told me that every time his car load for him to come to Mocha, Troy block ing he car,” the man said.
Dead: Quincy Weeks
as they both were ‘work ing taxi’ in the area. The men would take passengers from the head of the Mocha Access Road into the village and vice Whenversa.
The suspect then armed
GECOM extends Claims...
Objections
himself with a knife and dealt Weekes several stab wounds about his body, causing him to fall to the ground.Meanwhile, Police in a report revealed that when they arrived on the scene, the body of Weekes was seen lying motionless in a pool of blood. He was later pro nouncedInvestigationsdead. are ongo ing. (G9)
“The decision taken by the Chair of GECOM is that the Chief Elections Officer immediately writes to the PPP/C and other parlia mentary opposition parties informing them of the re quest of APNU+AFC and soliciting their views. This decision was not done to have the “PPP/C determine whether citizens can realize their rights”, as contended by Commissioner Alexander in his letter but was done in the interest of fairness and transparency and to inquire whether other stakeholders’ political parties experienced similar issues during the Claims process as those ex perienced by APNU+AFC.”
with, among other things, the names of dead persons, and needs to be cleansed.
GECOM has been working on holding Local Government Elections (LGE) by this year end. However, there is a work plan being examined by the Commission, that proposes holding it early next year.
The dead man’s grandmother, Shirley Weekes and uncle, Ryan Weekes
LGE, which are usual ly due every two years, was last held in 2018. At the last LGE in November 2018, the then People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Opposition had secured 52 of the 80 Local Authority Areas (LAAs). This followed the holding of the LGE in 2016, during which the PPP/C also claimed the majority of the LAAs. (G3)
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he had a wuk to go over the river and come back. He say when he come back he give Troy (the suspect) the other $500 and Troy keep saying he didn’t give he the $500.”
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‘Balloo, is no need for igno rance, collect the $500 and give the man’, and he said no, he paid him already,” sheTherecalled.man’s uncle add ed that when he got to the scene, he was told that his nephew and Griffith had an argument and his nephew was pulled from the driver’s seat of his vehicle, and the men began scuffling.
Dead is 42-year-old Quincy Weekes, a taxi driv er of Lot 31 Nelson Street, Mocha.The man was reported ly stabbed to death by his 28-year-old friend, also a taxi driver, of Carol’s Place, Mocha.It was reported that around 08:15h on Wednesday while at the head of the Mocha Access Road and Providence Public Road, the duo had an argu ment over parking space
“This morning [on Wednesday], I heard when he came in around minutes to eight to carry his son to school. When he come in this morning, he turn and say ‘if y’all see I ain’t come back, must know that I deh in the lock-up’.“Iask he what happen to he and he say Troy give some thousand dollars to change the other day and he gave him [Troy] $500 change and
Mocha man kills friend during fight over $500
The man said after re lating this to him, his neph ew immediately walked out of their home and asked the uncle to drop his son at school.
Aseries of arguments between two men who were consid ered to be “best friends” re sulted in one killing the other at Mocha, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
Meanwhile, the dead man’s grandmother, Shirley Weekes said that while her grandson was walking out of the yard, she called him back and offered to pay the suspect the $500, but he re fused. The family said with in minutes of him leaving, they received the news that he was killed.
“He said ‘granny, no, I al ready give this guy his mon ey already’… his uncle said
The home of Quincy Weekes
Guyana Times visited the home of the dead man, his uncle, Ryan Weekes said that the park ing space argument was not the entire story.
This letter was dis patched by the CEO after the meeting and by Wednesday, following the receipt of the PPP/C response, GECOM took its decision to extend the exercise. In light of this, the commissioners slammed Alexander for his letter and demanded an apology and retraction.
Meanwhile, this publica tion understands that since Claims and Objections start ed on August 22, there have been seven objections filed. This is despite the fact that the APNU/AFC Opposition has been arguing that the current voters’ list is bloated,
However, the GECOM Chairman had posited that the list is not bloated. In fact, she had said in a recent interview with the media that, even if it were bloated, this process would allow for objections to those persons who should not be on the said“Everyonelist. on the list, the people were there. They weren’t bloated. They were legally there on the list. And if the list is bloated, well, we’re moving now to Claims and Objections. People will have a chance to object to who shouldn’t be there,” the Chairperson said.
“Most shocking decision I have ever witnessed” – AG on court’s decision
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three did not partake in the litigation.
Abuse of the court’s process Justice Reynolds on Tuesday dismissed the SoC on finding that while the Attorney General is autho rised to bring an action for misfeasance in public office against Jordan, he did not, in the case at bar, satisfy the elements of the tort.
was frivolous and vexatious, and/or scandalous.
He had further claimed dam ages in excess of $100 million for misfeasance in public of fice committed by Jordan. He had also claimed another $100 million in damages for loss and damages suffered as a result of fraud alleged ly committed by Jordan and the other Nandlallrespondents.wasseeking to have the sale of the lands at Water Street or Mudlots 1 and 2; Lot F of Mudlot 3 and Lots A, B and D, North Cummingsburg, Georgetown be declared illegal, unlawful, null, void, repugnant and contrary to public policy.
Lawsuit to repossess river frontage
…says Govt to appeal dismissal
Owner of BK International, Brian Tiwarie
APNU/AFC Government, Winston Jordan; the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL); NICIL’s former Head, Colvin HeathLondon and the Deeds Registrar. But the latter
In addition to a court or der to repossess the lands, the Attorney General had claimed damages of more than $300 million against Jordan and NICIL for loss and damages suffered as a result of negligence and/or breach of the duty; loss and damages suffered as a result of conspiracy and/or breach of the duty; and loss and damages suffered as a result of a breach of fiduciary duty.
Describing it as “one of the most shock ing decisions I have ever witnessed in my brief career at the Bar”, Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall, SC, has signalled his intention to appeal the decision of High Court Judge Brassington Reynolds to strike out his ac tion to repossess river front age sold to BK Marine.
BK Marine is a subsid iary of BK International, which is owned by Brian Tiwarie.Apart from BK Marine, the other respondents were Finance Minister under the
latedBKtimeframe.Marine was repre sented by Senior Counsel EdwardJordanLuckhoo.hadasked for the Claim to be dismissed on the ground that it disclos es no cause of action and is misconceived. The former Government Minister had also asked for the lawsuit to be thrown out as an abuse of the court’s process, as it is politically motivated and ac tuated by bad faith, vindic tiveness, and spite and con stitutes an abuse of power,
Back in February of this year, Nandlall, on behalf of the Government, had filed a Statement of Claim (SoC) seeking to overturn the con troversial sale of the plot of land to BK Marine which was made under the previous A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) Government.
Former Finance Minister Winston Jordan
Referencing a plethora of case law, the High Court Judge held that the plead ings in Nandlall’s Affidavit in Support were miscon ceived, and, therefore, ruled that the Claim was an abuse of the court’s process, before striking it out. As such, he awarded costs in the sum of $2 million each to Jordan and BK Marine.
Dissatisfied with the en tirety of the Judge’s ruling, Nandlall on Tuesday said he would file an appeal against it before the six-week stipu
leased to Tiwarie, the owner of BK International Limited, on December 4, 2006, by NICIL. There were certain conditions upon which the 20-year lease was granted with the option to purchase for $110 million which was conditional, he had said in theBKlawsuit.Marine, he explained, was required to construct works of an investment plan within four years of approv al by the Georgetown Mayor and City Council.
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According to the Attorney General, the lands were first
Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC
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Regional Chairperson Vilma De Silva, during her remarks, congratulated the students and said they were now embarking on a new
ents are teachers at Aurora Secondary School. In the year 2018, Ziyaad’s broth er, Riyadh Ally had placed among the top five students in Region Two.
success is nothing strange to the Ally family since both par
Regional Education Officer Shoundelle Hercules said despite the pandemic, there has been a drastic Increase in students’ performance at CSEC and NGSA exam inations which shows the hard work and dedication of teachers and headteach ers who were willing to re turn to their classrooms to deliver the curriculum. She
Meanwhile, during an interview with this publica
The top students from Region Two who were honoured by the Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) regional administration
Aspiring lawyer
The top performers ex pressed their gratitude to the RDC for the ceremony and for appreciating their successes.
among the top 10 in the country. According to the proud father, Ally was al ways known to be a top per former in class so he didn’t worry that he would let him down.“Iam very proud of my son, since he was small growing up he always has a passion for learning and al ways strives for excellence... He is always a top student in his class. His father and I would normally work with him to ensure that he has a better knowledge and un derstanding of what his teacher teaches him.” his mother said.
(Raywattie Deonarine)
It was his dream to suc ceed, and he made it a re ality by becoming the top student of Region Two at the National Grade Six Assessment 2022. Hailing from the vibrant village of Pomona Scheme, Ziyaad Ally of Aurora Primary School, who is aspiring to become a lawyer, gained 516
Students who per formed exceptional ly at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams and the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) were on Wednesday honoured for their stellar performance by the Region Two (PomeroonSupenaam) regional ad ministration, in collabo ration with the Education Department.Anawards ceremony was held on Wednesday in the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Boardroom, and the top 20 CSEC stu dents and the top 10 NGSA
received
journey that would deter mine their future. She en couraged the students to stay focused, climb the aca demic ladder, and continue to shine in their future en
marks to secure the seventh spot among thousands of students who sat the NGSA in Guyana.
tion, Ally said that he was elated and overjoyed with his performance. He took the opportunity to thank God for his guidance and knowl edge for passing his exam and his dad, his great moti vator, who worked with him tirelessly to gain success.
added that the students not only made the region proud but also the country at the CSEC examinations, and that was a remarkable
deavours.Meanwhile,
students were awarded. The CSEC students awarded were: Ramoll Banolall, Ultam Heeralall, Daniel Dowding, Chavelle Solomon, Eshika Singh, Manisha Bhimranie, Pauline Forde, Satrupa Persaud, Aryan Doodnauth, Shoaib Harron, Nevarshanie Ramlakhan, Devina Persaud, Bibi Falesha Hakim, Areera Griffith, Karishma Lall, Heema Madho, Keira Mahadeo, Punesha Ramjit, Shahid Alli, Shania Hoyte, Nanda Persajd and Jeevanjale Rooplall.The NGSA top ten awardees were Ziyaad Ally, Sarah Baharally, Romir Chetram, Garfield Bryan, Narendra Persaud, Adrian Amsterdam, Amaria Kwang, Darshinie Jadoo, Arianna Courtman and Mahish Persaud.
The Ally family has ex pressed gratitude to his class teacher, Romeena Singh and also the Head Teacher of the institution, Wynette Brandon, who helped in the academic de velopment of Ally, and mo tivated and encouraged him for the Academicexams.
Region Two NGSA top performer Ziyaad Ally
Region Two CSEC top performer Ramoll Banolall
Region 2 RDC honours CSEC, NGSA top students
plaques, trophies, and cash prizes. The valedictorians for both examinations were given $100,000 and the students securing second, third, fourth and fifth re ceived $50,000 each.
achievement.Thestudents
His father, Reshad Ally and mother, Valinie Mahadeo, teachers of Aurora Secondary School, told the Guyana Times that they were very proud of their son’s achievements and were always confident he would have gained a spot
Overjoyed
and renew the spirit of de mocracy across the globe,” the joint missive stated.
In fact, even after a na tional recount confirmed the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic electoral victory, the David Granger-led coalition continued with its delay tac tics by moving to the courts.
International Day of Democracy
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(L-R) Former British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn; former Ambassador of the European Union Delegation to Guyana, Fernando Ponz-Canto; US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch and former Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Lilian Chatterjee walking out of the Office of the Region Four Returning Officer at Ashmin’s Building in Georgetown amid major irregularities in the vote tabulation process days after the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections
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To tackle the critical is sues facing the world to day, the ABCE diplomats went on to outline that de mocracies need to be con stantly vigilant in strength ening their institutions and processes, actively engag ing civil society, supporting press freedom, ensuring eq uity and fairness, respect for diversity, and holding to account those who commit abuses and foster corrupt practices.“These cherished dem ocratic values are fragile, and sadly, not all global cit izens enjoy the rights that stem from these values. It is a stark reminder that there is still work to be done to up hold democratic principles
National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coali tion refused to concede de feat at the March 2 polls and demit office.
As the electoral impasse continued months after the March polls, the ABCE dip lomatic community contin ued mounting pressure on the APNU/AFC to concede defeat, warning of Guyana facing isolation and conse quences.Infact, the United States had even gone ahead to im pose visa sanctions against several Government and electoral officials, and their immediate family members, for their role in undermin ing democracy in Guyana. The UK and Canada as well as the EU had also indicated that they were also consider ing following suit.
“While free, fair and in clusive elections are criti cal, democracies also help safeguard human rights and fundamental freedoms
ABCE countries recommit support for continued building of strong democratic system in Guyana
The ABCE countries have recommitted to support Guyana in building a strong and resil ient democracy in which all its people have a role to play. This message was re layed in a joint statement from the Ambassador of the United States of America, Sarah-Ann Lynch; the British High Commissioner, Jane Miller, OBE; Canadian High Commissioner, Mark Berman, and Ambassador of the European Union, René van Nes, as they commem orate the 15th anniversary of the International Day of Democracy, which is being observed today around the thatingGuyanatoDemocracy,thisworld.“…onInternationalDayofwe?resolvesupportthepeopleoftocontinuebuildademocraticsystemisstrong,resilient,and
guarantees all Guyanese have a voice and role to play as the country moves for ward at this unique time in its history,” the missive de tailedAccording. to the diplo mats, this 15th anniver sary of International Day of Democracy is being ob served as they reaffirm the cornerstones of democracy including liberty, equality, inclusivity, freedom of reli gion and belief, speech and assembly, the rule of law, and the right to vote.
The Western diplo mats had deemed the tab ulation process for Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) – Guyana’s largest voting district – as lacking trans parency and credibility. This was after attempts were made by former em battled Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo, along with others, to inflate the votes in favour of the then coalition Administration.
and work to strengthen po litical, economic, and social rights. And they do so open ly, to the benefit of all. When these principles are placed at the centre of foreign poli cy frameworks, they connect us as global citizens and help nations achieve and sustain peace and stability around the world,” the ABCE en voys further stated.
They further acknowl edge that democracy, espe cially as a form of govern ment, was not without its challenges. This, according to the Western diplomats, requires continuous reflec tion and improvement.
These ABCE countries had played a major role in ensuring that democra cy prevailed in Guyana fol lowing the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections during which there were blatant attempts to rig the results thus forc ing the country into a fivemonth political and elector al impasse.Thefour nations were vo cal in their calls for democra cy to prevail in Guyana and for the will of the Guyanese people to be respected af ter the A Partnership for
“We have the questions of upping the levels of fire inspections at commercial buildings; particularly, we need to bring awareness to children being left alone… one particular issue which we seem to be a bit behind in appreciating is electrical safety,” he noted.
Benn underscored that having smoke alarms was important, and they should be in every Meanwhile,home.
Ramesh Sugrim said that Guyana was taking off rap idly and, therefore, safety was“Ourparamount.security skill is par amount and our fire safety skill is also important, be cause we need to protect our assets…we will now shift from the normal watchman style of our security lev el… persons now have to be more alert and develop their skill,” he Earliersaid. this year, Minister Benn had called for awareness and better equipment to conduct fire
A fireman demonstrates an extinguishing technique
Alarming upsurge in fires in Guyana matter of concern – Minister
structuring.“Wehave
Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn
Fire Advisory Board Chairman Ramesh Sugrim
Benn added that there also should be an improve ment in the response to fire by the Guyana Fire Service.
Fire Advisory Board Chairman
As such, he noted that there was a need for high ly-skilled personnel to be present on vessels and on shore at various develop mental projects. (G9)
Owing to the alarm ing upsurge in fires in Guyana, the Fire Advisory Board invited rep resentatives from securi ty agencies and companies to attend a session on fire safety, protection, preven tion, and safety in general on Wednesday.Atthemeeting, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn, during his address, said that other than the loss of properties owing to fire, the issue of loss of life is an other concern. He said most times this went unnoticed, and there was a need for re
“Not to say we have not had significant improve ment in the Fire Service… but, in response to our 10-point plan across the agencies of the Ministry, we have many more steps to undertake to have improve ments and to ensure that the public is aware of the improvements that we have to make…,” the Minister said.Benn said that it was critical for this innovation of the Fire Advisory Board to bring awareness to the is
to go around what research we need to create and establish beyond the question of mitigation and prevention, how to sup port the losses due to fire, particularly in domestic af fairs. We need to talk more about prevention, we need to speak more about safety and security that goes along with it,” the Minister said.
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sue of fire.
fighting in Guyana, not ing the use of fire sprinkler systems, high-rise systems, and quality electrical instal lations.The Minister said that the development of the oil and gas industry and overall development of the country would mean new challenges with regard to firefighting.
investigate, and if the inves tigation proves that there is sufficient evidence that rank will be dealt with con dignly.”According to the com mander, the firearm is with the Police and the suspect is in custody.Itwas reported that shortly after midnight on Sunday morning, a large crowd had gathered at the food court when there were reports that someone had discharged a firearm.
For US$6 million, the works were scheduled to be done within 12-36 months, and some 300 persons were to gain employment at the end.But BK Marine, Nandlall submitted, failed to com plete the works and as such, lost the option to purchase the property. Moreover, he said BK Marine had agreed to pay an annual rent of $10 million with monthly instal ments of $833,333 plus tax commencing immediately upon signing, and all rates andNandlall,taxes. in court docu ments, had deposed that as of March 2017, BK Marine had owed $81,360,158 in lease rental fees, interests in cluded. Another $6,372,156 was owed for property taxes. According to Nandlall, BK Marine had written NICIL in 2009 claiming that its breach of the lease agreement was a result of the global finan cial crisis, and requested an amendment to the business plan.In October 2011, NICIL agreed to transfer the prop
This publication un derstands that a Police Sergeant along with two ranks allegedly contacted the suspect and one of the ranks claimed he was the regional commander while another posed as the crime chief. They reportedly went with the Sergeant’s person al vehicle and rather than going to the Albion Police Station, they went to Rose Hall Town Outpost and al legedly sought to have the matter not investigated for $1 million. However, af ter negotiations, the offi cers allegedly settled for a $400,000 bribe.
duced the ESL training for teachers. The training equips teachers with the skills to support migrant learners and to provide linguistic sup port to returning Guyanese, Venezuelan and indigenous children to aid their integra tion into the education sys tem.ESL is usually taught to students whose primary lan guage is not English to im prove their speaking, writing and listening skills.
The firearm was alleged ly discovered by a securi ty guard attached to an en tertainment center in the village on Sunday morning and reportedly handed over
The Education Ministry Disaster Risk Prevention and Migrant Support Unit re cently conducted a twoday English as a Second Language (ESL) workshop, which saw the participa tion of 28 teachers from 18 schools from both Regions Three (Essequibo IslandsWest Demerara) and Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).Asamitigating response to eliminate the language barriers, the Ministry intro
which was sold consistent with the market value,” Nandlall had contended.
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Education Ministry conducts successful English as a Second Language training
to Police Officers.
However, this advocacy by ABCE envoys had result ed in attacks against them by the former Government and coalition supporters.
dren across the 11 education districts in the Additionally,country.she stat ed that the main focus of the training was to improve the ESL skills of teachers and ultimately provide mi grant learners with the nec essary support to help them cope with culture shock and daily challenges in and out of school, thereby increasing the probability of a more suc cessful integration process in schools.Atthe end of the train
ing sessions, each school that participated received six electronic tablets which included pre-downloaded software such as a transla tor app which can translate words, text, or voice record ings and can work without an internet connection.
ABCE countries recommit...
…28 teachers from 18 schools
2 cops to be charged for accepting bribe – Region 6 Commander
A guard attached to the enterprise reportedly went in to the crowd and dispersed one round into the air caus ing the crowd to scatter. Initial investigations by the Police revealed that a cou ple had a misunderstand ing and the male discharged one round. The firearm was found after the suspect dropped it and fled the scene.
Two Policemen in Berbice are expected to be placed before the courts for allegedly demand ing a bribe from a Corentyne man.Police in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) had ar rested three of their own, in cluding a Sergeant, for their involvement in relation to the alleged bribe to cover up an illegal firearm bust.
aged migrant children in Guyana’s education system and ensure that migrants have equitable access to ed ucation regardless of their legal status, nationality or citizenship in keeping with international non-English-speakingaddressandmoremanytrainingPrashad-Bisnauthstandards,”said.Shealsonotedthatthesessionwasoneoftorollouttoprovideainclusive,sustainablelong-termsolutiontochallengesfacedbychil
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“The property was sold at a gross undervalue and way below market value in rela tion to comparable and com petitive facilities of a simi lar nature, form, and usage
However, on Wednesday, Regional Commander, Senior Superintendent Shivpersaud Bacchus said that there was not enough evidence against one of the ranks and so he would re turn to regular duty, but the other two would be charged.
“If so be the case, we will
The devices were donated by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to aid with the cur rent after-school programme in schools in Regions One, Three and Seven.
and honoured for their role in ensuring the preservation of Guyana’s democracy by the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) at its 25th Annual Awards Ceremony held at State House in December 2020 –four months after the PPP/C took office in August 2, 2020. (G8)
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According to him, “NICIL acted recklessly and with out obtaining a Certificate of Value for the property in or der to ascertain the current marketConsideringvalue”. this, the Attorney General had asked the High Court to declare that BK Marine was un justly enriched by approx imately $5 billion, which is the true representation of the value of the proper ty. Among other things, he was also seeking to have the transport (Transport No. 634 of 2020) for the lands set Meanwhile,aside. at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, Jordan is facing a criminal charge for miscon duct in public office over the sale of those same lands to BK Marine. He has been released on $3 million bail pending the hearing and de termination of a trial. He was first arraigned before a Magistrate on December 28, 2021.
US Ambassador Lynch is the lone Western diplo mat who was on the front line that is still serving in Guyana. Former British High Commissioner to
However, these four ABCE diplomats were recognised
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programme, ingmigranttoMinistrylifelongty,ingeducationwithwasandbetweenministryPrashad-Bisnauth,Rampattiesaidtherecognisedthegapmigrantchildrenassuch,theprogrammeinitiated.“Therefore,inkeepingthe2030visionforthesector–providopportunitiesforqualiequitableeducationandlearningforall,thehasbeenworkingreducethedisparitiesforlearnersbypromottheinclusionofallschool-
The teachers who participated in the two-day English as a Second Language (ESL) workshop
erty to the company at the sale price of $110 mil lion once the revised busi ness plan was completed, Nandlall added. But this too was conditional; BK Marine had to settle the ar rears of the lease payment among other obligations. He had deposed that the pur ported Deed of Amendment was never executed and in 2013, NICIL sued BK International after it re mained in possession of the lands without paying the agreed rental fees.
According to the Commander, instances of bribery is a two-way process and both parties are equally guilty. (G4)
However, after the change of Government in 2015, rather than pursuing the claim for arrears or ter minate the lease agreement for breaches, the Attorney General pointed out, NICIL under the APNU/AFC Administration went ahead and sold the property to BK Marine in 2017. The sale price was $202,602,759.
“They would have de manded money by menace from members of the society at a popular nightspot in the Central Corentyne area,” the Commander said.
Guyana, Greg Quinn; former Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Lilian Chatterjee, and for mer Ambassador of the European Union Delegation to Guyana, Fernando PonzCanto, have all since com pleted their tenure here.
It had been reported that $400,000 was paid as a bribe after an illegal firearm was discovered at Albion, Region Six.
Commander Bacchus af ter detailing some of the al leged actions of the officers referred to the incident as a “a corrupt transaction”.
recorded. The plan is to roll out this initiative next in Region Six (East BerbiceCorentyne).“Latenight vaccine is something we have started recently and we have been seeing more people coming out in the evenings to get their vaccination…Because we are seeing a positive up take in the later hours, we
According to the Ministry of Health on Wednesday, this person was not vacci nated against the deadly vi rus.Meanwhile, another 13 new COVID-19 infections were detected from 430 tests conducted within a 24-hour period.This now takes the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 71,222.
There are also eight oth er persons presently in insti tutional quarantine, while there are no patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care UnitSo(ICU).far,some 69,812 per sons have recovered from the life-threatening disease in Guyana – 42 more recov eries than the figures re ported the previous day.
During his COVID-19 up date on Wednesday, Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony revealed that there has been
a low vaccination uptake amongst the elderly popula tion, which is the most vul nerable group to the virus and accounts for the highest number of sonssomeAccordingfatalities.toDrAnthony,85.3percentofper60yearsandolderhave
For adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17, just over 35,600 or 48.9 per cent have received a first dose. Second doses for this age cohort stand in excess of 26,100 or 35.9 per cent.
received a first dose and of that amount, some 76.4 per cent returned for their sec ond shot. Additionally, a mere 28.5 per cent of this age cohort got a first boost er shot, while a small group of 1.5 per cent have returned for a second booster.
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Guyana over two years ago, a total 691,921 tests have been con ducted countrywide and of this, some 32,642 males and 38,580 females were found to beOfpositive.the13new cases report ed on Wednesday, one was from Region Two (PomeroonSupenaam), nine cases Region Four (DemeraraMahaica), another two from Region Five (MahaicaBerbice), and the remaining case from Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice).Therewereno new cas es recorded in the other six regions during the reporting period.Back in March, the Guyana Government re moved most restrictions as the country recovers from the pandemic and return to normalcy.Nevertheless, health au thorities continue to urge persons to get vaccinated and for those who qualify to get their booster shots as
Recently,shots. the Health Ministry piloted its latenight vaccine campaign in Region Four, which has gen erated a sizeable response. Throughout the first week, some 1490 doses were ad ministered while by the sec ond week, 1603 doses were
are going to extend this pro gramme from Region Four to Region Six and see wheth er we have similar results,” Minister Anthony previous ly said.
an added layer of protection against the virus.
“So, in terms of vaccina tion, one of the things we have to really work on is en suring that more older peo ple come back to get the booster doses, because as we know, someone who would have received a booster dose or a second dose six months ago is now eligible for that booster dose and if you don’t get that booster dose then your immune system would not be working as optimal ly as it should to fight off the COVID-19,” the Health Minister stated.
The latest vaccination numbers show that so far, more than 446,400 or 87 per cent of adults have tak en a first dose, while over 346,200 or 67.5 per cent re ceived a second dose.
Only on Thursday, Dr Anthony had reported that while most of the popula tion would have taken at least a first and second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, a small portion of these per sons have returned for their booster
GUYANA COVID-19 DASHBOARD SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 UPDATE GET MEDICAL ADVICE ON COVID-19 FROM MOH 24/7 HOTLINE NUMBERS: 2311166; 226 7480; 624 6674; 624 2819; 624 3067 OR 180/181. NUMBER OF NEW CASES 13 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN INSTITUTIONAL ISOLATION 7 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN HOME ISOLATION 123 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN COVID-19 ICU 0 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN INSTITUTIONAL QUARANTINE 8 TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES BY GENDER (FEMALES) 38,580 TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES BY GENDER (MALES) 32,642 TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES IN GUYANA SINCE 2020 71,222 NUMBER OF RECOVERED CASES 69,812 TOTAL 1st DOSE VACCINATED 446,418 FULLY IMMUNISED 346,244 TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS 1280 DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES SINCE MARCH 2020 REGION 1 2688 REGION 2 3151 REGION 3 8745 REGION 4 35,458 REGION 5 2578 REGION 6 6954 REGION 7 2656 REGION 8 921 REGION 9 4348 REGION 10 3723 HERE IS HOW YOU CAN BE SAFE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Wear a face mask. Keep a physical distance of at least 6 Washfeet. your hands or use handIfsanitizeryouhave any symptoms, call the COVID-19 Hotline. Death of Region 3 man takes COVID-19 deaths to 1280 …13 new cases recorded
In the Region of the Americas, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 177,023,010 while the death toll has gone up to As2,826,385.itrelates to vacci nation against COVID-19, WHO also reported that a total of 12,613,484,608 dos es have been administered worldwide. (G8)
However, only 130 of these are currently active cases, including 123 persons in home isolation and the re maining seven persons in in stitutional isolation.
Vaccines are also being administered to children within five to 11 years, and so far, over 8100 of them or 8 per cent have taken a first dose, while more than 3800 or 3.8 per cent returned for their second Meanwhile,jab.in excess of 73,300 persons or 12.5 per cent have returned for their first booster dose.
Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony
According to recent fig ures from the World Health Organisation (WHO) , some 607,083,820 confirmed cases were reported globally along with 6,496,721 deaths.
Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll has gone up to 1280 after an other person who tested pos itive for the novel coronavi rusThisdied. latest fatality was a 61-year-old male from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), who died on September 11.
The Committee hear ing follows a similar ses sion held earlier this year in Barbados involving the Committee’s Chairman, Maxine Waters, and other US Thelegislators.PrimeMinister said she wanted to thank the Committee “for seeing us, for hearing us, feeling us, because for too often we have not done so”. (Excerpt from CMC)
A woman crosses a barricade set up by demonstrators in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince on September 13, 2022 [Ralph Tedy Erol/ Reuters]
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People have taken to the streets in sever al cities across Haiti after the Government an nounced a substantial in crease in the price of fuel that will further squeeze a population already strug gling with soaring costs of living.The Haitian authorities announced on Wednesday that the price of gas would more than double, with slightly smaller increases for diesel and kerosene.
ormer Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's lead over incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro has nar rowed to eight percentage points from 10 ahead of the October election, a Genial/ Quaest poll released on Wednesday showed.
Showing off his Spanishspeaking skills, Browne said: "Felicidades. Muchisimas
Friendly talks: Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister, Dr Amery Browne (right) and Venezuela's Ambassador, Alvaro Cordero speak on Wednesday at Browne's office in St Clair
The demonstrations are the latest to rock the Caribbean nation, which has been grappling with ris ing inflation as well as an escalation in gang-related violence.“It’sa very challenging time for Haiti right now,”
“We’re facing a com pounding set of crises, the latest one being the gas cri sis that really has made life very difficult for every day folks here,” said Isaac, adding that some Haitians have had to resort to smug glers to get fuel — often at inflated costs. (Excerpt from Al Jazeera)
Protesters blocked roads throughout the capital Port-
Cerdá told the conference that the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) forecasted a possible annual 6.7 per cent travel and tour ism Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increase between 2022 and 2023 if the right policies were implemented.
slightly down from 39 per cent a week ago. The per centage of those who see the Government in a positive light remained the same as last week, at 32 per cent.
Trinidad and Tobago Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister, Dr Amery Browne and Venezuela’s Ambassador, Alvaro Sanchez Cordero commemorated the 60th an niversary of the establish ment of diplomatic relations between the two countries on Wednesday.Browneand Cordero met at the Minister's Prada Street, St Clair, TT office.
Revive”.“Arecurring theme is also taxes and charges lev ied on aviation. Yes, we un derstand that the provision of adequate infrastructure for aviation comes at a cost, but very often it is difficult to see the correlation be tween the level of costs and charges, and the actual ser viceToprovided.”illustrate his point, Cerdá said that in some Caribbean destinations, if passengers were not ar riving during “regular” lo cal business hours, airlines were being charged signifi cant overtime fees for each passenger to be processed by immigration and customs. (Excerpt from CMC)
midday. Haitians also are grappling with soaring infla tion, he said, while insecuri ty has worsened in the after math of President Jovenel Moïse’s killing in July 2021.
The five suspects have been arrested in Rome and Brussels. Two other sus pects are still on the run.
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The Minister said it was a special date due to the im portance of relations be tween the two countries which are separated by a mere seven nautical miles of sea."We are connected by culture, history and geogra phy. We have a great con nection in national security, economic and technical co operation," Brown said.
Cordero said that it was strategically important that good diplomatic relations between the two countries continue. He also sent greet ings from the Government of Nicolás Maduro to T&T's Government and people. (Excerpt from Trinidad Newsday)
just two weeks after T&T's Independence," he said.
au-Prince, closing off usu ally busy areas of the city to traffic. Schools and busi nesses closed as streets were blocked with rocks, vehicles, and burning tyres.
Mottley, flanked by several Caricom Prime Ministers, said she be lieved the Committee had a “keen eye for fair ness and equity” and ap pealed for a level playing field when she testified before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services.“Look at the list of coun tries who are listed and you will see they are all former colonies and people of co lour,” the Prime Minister said.“And look at the coun tries, in spite of being able to open a bank account in hours in Delaware or Wyoming, within hours in Luxembourg or Zurich, and they remain off of this list that speaks about the risk to money laundering and
arbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley made an impassioned plea on Wednesday for the United States to reverse its de cision regarding corre spondent banking in the Caribbean, telling American legislators not to allow “this to be recorded as unconscious bias”.
tion saw Italian officers col laborating with colleagues from Belgium, Germany, Austria, and France, as well as European Union (EU) and US agencies in the in vestigation.Theinvestigators docu mented five separate land ings in Italy, Germany, France, Austria and Belgium between October and December 2020.
Regional
An Italian, three Egyptian men and one Tunisian woman were ar rested, according to Police Chief Costantino Scudieri, who spoke to Reuters news agency.The suspects are be ing accused of belonging to a criminal organisation in volved in abetting illegal im migration.Theinternational opera
look and see where the di videMottleycomes.”told the hear ing on “When Banks Leave: The Impacts of De-Risking on the Caribbean and Strategies for Ensuring Financial Access”, that one of the solutions, which the Caribbean would like to see is the US Treasury being “truthful to its mandate”.
He said that as the world emerged from the nov el coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the good news was that people wanted to travel and this was made very clear by the ongoing re covery.“Global passenger air traffic has reached 74.6 per cent of pre-crisis levels,” Cerdá told the event, which is being held under the theme “Recover, Reconnect,
5 arrested for private jet diplomat asylum scam
The suspects gave the migrants fake diplomat ic papers for the Caribbean nation of St Kitts and Nevis.
rorism financing, and it has found the answer, even if fortuitously or scientifically this year … with the Russian sanctions,” she said.
IATA warns Caribbean about price of travel
Private jets, officially heading to the Caribbean, took them from Turkey to a stopover at a European air port, where the migrants declared their real identity and claimed asylum.
The Belgian Police also seized two private jets, worth €426,000, as part of the investigation.(BBC News)
Five people have been arrested for smug gling migrants into western Europe on private jets, Italian Police say.
Haitian Journalist Harold Isaac told Al Jazeera around
“It says it wants to be risk sensitive, well if it wants to be risk sensitive then it needs to focus on where the money is rather than creat ing rules that act as a proxy to money laundering or ter
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Lula is seen winning 42 per cent support in a first-round vote against
Pollster Quaest inter viewed 2000 voters in per son between September 10 and September 13. The poll has a margin of error of two percentage points.
(Reuters)
Police believe the gang charged about €10,000 per
Cordero expressed his gratitude to Browne for the event which he said cele brated the brotherhood be tween the two countries.
Lula's lead over Bolsonaro slips 2 points for Brazil election – poll
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned Caribbean destinations on Wednesday that they were “running the risk of pricing themselves out of the glob al travel and tourism mar ket, where passengers have more choice than ever be fore”.IATA Vice President for the Americas, Peter Cerdá told the Caribbean Aviation Day conference in the Cayman Islands that the Region needed “to remain an attractive tourist desti nation”, adding that often it was difficult to see the cor relation between aviation fees and the service provid ed.
Bolsonaro's 34 per cent, the poll said. They had 44% and 34%, respectively, a week ago.In an expected runoff, Lula's voters' support fell by three percentage points to 48 per cent, while Bolsonaro's increased by one point to 40 per cent.
“It has been a relation ship of friendship, neigh bourliness, collaboration and understanding. It's a relationship that started
The Government, which controls the price of gas, did not say when the new prices would come into effect, but tweeted that “prices in Haiti are significantly lower than those on the international market”.The Communications Ministry also said on Twitter that the cost of im porting petroleum prod ucts “amounts to 9 billion gourdes [US$76.2 million] per month, twice as much as the monthly State payroll”.
T&T and Venezuela mark 60 years of diplomatic relations
PM Mottley tells US legislators: De-risking poses serious threat
Prime Minister Mia Mottley speaks to the United States House Committee on Financial Services on de-risking in the Caribbean banking sector. Behind her are Economic Advisor, Professor Avenash Persaud (left) and Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Dr Keith Rowley
The poll found there was a 38 per cent negative view of Bolsonaro's Government,
Haiti sees more protests as fuel price hike worsens public anger
person.
gracias (congratulations and thank you very much)."
Global observed inventories fell by 25.6 million barrels in July, the IEA said.
By comparison, the front-year electricity price in Germany, the EU’s big gest economy, was trading at just below €500/MWh on Wednesday.“Powergenerators with lower operating costs have been able to reap extraordi nary profits, way beyond what may have reasonably been expected based on invest ment decisions,” European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans said.
The windfall tax on fos sil fuel producers and re finers would require them to contribute 33 per cent of their taxable surplus profit. (Excerpt from BBC
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Ahmed al-Najdi: Egypt to free Al Jazeera Journalist, lawyer says
Still on Wednesday, the WHO Head again urged na tions to maintain their vig ilance and likened the pan demic to a marathon race.
Egypt’s Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) has decided to release Ahmed al-Naj di, an Al Jazeera Journalist who has been detained since August 2020, according to his lawyer Samir al-Ba goury.
Zelenskiy sees damage in recaptured towns; Russia strikes city’s water system
Residential buildings are just a few metres away from the river,” Ukrainian legis lator Inna Sovsun said on Twitter.The missile strikes hit the Karachunov reservoir
Al Jazeera Media Network has previous ly called on Egyptian au thorities to release al-Najdi and three of his colleagues: Hisham Abdel Aziz, Bahauddin Ibrahim, and Rabie el-Sheikh, who were being held in detention “without trial or charge”.
Ukraine war: EU moves to cut peak electricity use by 5%
A damaged apartment building is seen, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in the town of Izium, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, September 14, 2022
The plan outlined in Strasbourg targets “excess revenues” with proposals to skim the profits of low-car bon electricity producers and implement a de facto wind
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It was el-Sisi’s first visit to the Gulf nation since he became Egypt’s President in 2014 following a military coup. (Excerpt from Al Jazeera)
The success of the par ty, which took over from Kristersson’s Moderates as the country’s second big gest, has raised fears that Sweden’s tolerant and in clusive politics are a thing of
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy heard first-hand what people in recaptured north-eastern towns expe rienced under Russian forc es while a major city strug gled to contain damage to its water system from Russian missileKryvyiattacks.Rih, the largest city in central Ukraine with an estimated pre-war pop ulation of 650,000, was tar geted by eight cruise mis siles on Wednesday, officials said.“The water pumping sta tion was destroyed. The riv er broke through the dam and overflowed its banks.
Aziz was arrested in June 2019, Ibrahim in February 2020, and Al Sheikh in August 2021, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). They are accused of “membership of a banned group” and “spread
ing false information”.
European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen has called for cuts to electricity use across the bloc and windfall taxes on energy firms to tackle high prices.
Brent crude futures settled up 93 cents, or one per cent, at US$94.10 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude ended US$1.17, or 1.3 per cent, higher at US$88.48.
The virus, which emerged in China in late 2019, has killed nearly 6.5 million peo ple and infected 606 million, roiling the global economy and overwhelming health
“The crude number suggests that once we wind down the clock on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve release, we’re going to see substantial drawdowns in inventories so that’s keeping oil high,” said Phil Flynn, an analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago.Traders also said the lack of certainty around a possible US rail stoppage due to an ongoing labour dispute is adding a bit of support to the market. Three unions are negotiating for a new contract that could affect rail shipments, which are important for crude and product deliveries.
“We are not there yet. But the end is in sight,” WHO Director General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at a virtual press conference.Thatwas the most up beat assessment from the United Nations agency since it declared an internation al emergency in January 2020 and started describing COVID-19 as a pandemic three months later.
“I think we’re going to stay in a range,” said Eli Tesfaye, senior market strategist at RJO Futures in Chicago. “I don’t think $70 per barrel is in the cards, but anything over $100 is not Thejustified.IEAalso said it expected widespread switching from gas to oil for heating purposes, saying it will average 700,000 barrels per day (bpd) in October 2022 to March 2023 – double the level of a year ago. That, along with overall expectations for weak supply growth, helped boost the market.
dam, Zelenskiy said in a vid eo address released early on Thursday. The water sys tem had no military value and hundreds of thousands
significantly.
In the United States, however, crude inventories rose last week for a second week in a row, once again boosted by the ongoing releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), latest Government data showed. Commercial stocks rose by 2.4 million barrels as 8.4 million barrels were released from the SPR, part of a programme scheduled to end next month.
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edged up one per cent on Wednesday as an international energy watchdog expects an increase in gas-to-oil switching owing to high prices this winter, even though the outlook for demand remains gloomy.
The world has nev er been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the Head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook yet on the years-long health cri sis which has killed over six million people.
“I will now start the work of forming a new gov ernment that can get things done,” Kristersson said in a video on his Instagram ac count.The election marks a wa tershed in Swedish politics with the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, a par ty with roots in the white supremacist fringe, on the threshold of gaining influ ence over Government poli cy.
theHowever,past. their mantra that Sweden’s ills – particu larly gang crime – are a re sult of decades of overgen erous immigration policies have hit home with many voters.Kristersson said he would build a government “for all of Sweden and all cit izens”.“There is a big frustra tion in society, a fear of the violence, concern about the economy, the world is very uncertain and the political polarisation has become far too big also in Sweden,” he said. “Therefore my mes sage is that I want to unite, not divide.” (Excerpt from Reuters)
Al-Najdi is a Journalist with Al Jazeera Mubasher, the live TV unit of the Qatarbased network.
Tariq el-Awady, member of the presidential pardon committee in Egypt, wrote on Twitter that he wel comed “the Egyptian Public Prosecution’s decision to release the Al Jazeera Journalists who are being held in pretrial detention”. He did not provide further
She called for electrici ty consumption to be cut at peak hours by at least five per cent. But plans for a cap on the price of natu ral gas, a key Russian export to the EU, were put on hold.
Companies producing en ergy from low-carbon sources such as wind, solar, and nu
clear would face a cap of €180 per megawatt hour (MWh) on their revenue.
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gion and following word from his office that his car had collided with a private vehicle in the capital.
details.The news comes as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi conclud ed a two-day visit to Qatar on Wednesday, where he met the Gulf State’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.Thevisit followed a trip by Sheikh Tamim to Egypt in June, and suggests warm ing ties between the two countries.
The Head of Sweden’s Moderate Party, Ulf Kristersson, said on Wednesday he would be gin the work of forming a new government after Prime Minster Magdalena Andersson conceded her Social Democrats had lost the weekend’s general elec tion.The Moderates, Sweden Democrats, Christian Democrats and Liberals ap pear set to get 176 seats in the 349-seat Parliament to the centre-left’s 173 seats, according to the latest fig ures from the election au thority.Ahandful of votes re main to be counted, but the result is unlikely to change
of civilians depend on it dai ly, he Thesaid.video was released after Zelenskiy’s return to Kyiv from the Kharkiv re
“Now is the time to run harder and make sure we cross the line and reap the rewards of all our hard work.”Countries need to take a hard look at their policies and strengthen them for COVID-19 and future virus es, Dr Tedros said. He also urged nations to vaccinate 100 per cent of their highrisk groups and keep testing for the virus. (Excerpt from Reuters)
End of COVID pandemic is “in sight” – WHO chief
She told the European Parliament that gas and electricity prices had hit alltime highs after Russia’s in vasion of Ukraine.
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen was making her annual State of the Union speech
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Tuesday said global oil demand in 2022 and 2023 will come in stronger than expected, citing signs that major economies were faring better than expected despite challenges such as surging inflation. (Reuters)
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“The President was ex amined by a doctor, no se rious injuries were found,” presidential spokesman Serhii Nykyforov said in a Facebook post early on Thursday.Russian forces suf fered a stunning reversal this month after Ukrainian troops made a rapid ar moured thrust in Kharkiv region, forcing a rushed Russian blue–logisticsRussia’sIziummadeZelenskiywithdrawal.onWednesdayasurprisevisitto–untilfourdaysagomainbastionandhubintheregionwherehewatchedastheandyellowUkrainian
Swedish right prepares for power as PM accepts election defeat
The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects the deepening economic slowdown and a faltering Chinese economy to cause global oil demand to grind to a halt in the fourth quarter of the year. That has kept prices under pressure of late, and may inhibit further rallies.
flag was raised in front of the charred city council build ing. (Excerpt from Reuters)
careThesystems.rollout of vaccines and therapies have helped to stem deaths and hospi talisations, and the Omicron variant which emerged late last year causes less se vere disease. Deaths from COVID-19 last week were the lowest since March 2020, the UN agency reported.
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“I want to use this to encourage all of Linden and Region 10 to return to the MSC, as very soon the downstairs will be ready for Accordingreopening.”to King, the members and the general public at large are invited to be involved in the return of the MSC to being the Home of Champions, as it was not so long ago.
and his wife for this timely contribution. As he would have rightly said, this con tribution was on the table since 2018/2019, and due to COVID-19, we were not able to fulfil his promise.”
Samira Duncan at the shooting line in Santo Domingo
ed streak as they defeated Belle Vue by 62 runs in a T20 encounter at the LBI Centre Ground.
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Dr Haynes told the gath ering at the simple hand ing-over ceremony: “This is a brand-new Honda lawn mower and this is a recon ditioned Troy Built, these are two of the best brands in lawn mowers you can find. My wife and I decid ed that we are going to be doing our part in ensur ing the sports continued to be played at a level that is professional.”Notingthis was the ful filment of a promise made that had been put on hold owing to the advent of the pandemic, he said: “Corona came and we are here now in fulfilling that promise by beginning by donating two lawn mowers, so that we can get the ball roll ing. Sports coming up and I think it is just in time at the level that it used to be. This is one of the promises that we made and we have a big
Dr Haynes, who played several sports at this iconic venue in the past, is cred ited to have organised the first-ever 20/20 football competition at the Sports Club a few years ago and he intends to once again have a 20/20 competition most likely before the end of the year at the ground.
However, holding the fort down for his side was Rajkumar Singh with 28 not out (1×4, 2×6). Singh read the situation of the game and realised that he had to stay to the end for his team to post a defend able total. Also chipping in were Andrew Gibson with 24 (1×4, 2×6) and Cadogan with 20 (2×6). In
Hathiramani’s 5-fer leads Mahdia Movements Family to easy win over Belle Vue
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Haynes’ lawn mower donation to greatly help MSC’s resuscitation Trim lauds promise delivered
with Coach Phil Graves. The renowned Coach had previously visited Guyana and conducted Archery Guyana’s Initial Training Course.Asa result of her train
The Archery Guyana Board of Directors offered congrat ulations to Duncan on her performance.
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Belle Vue in reply were bowled out for 66; top-scor ing was Colin Boucher with 22 (1×4, 2×6); Sam sup ported with 9 not out as did Dev Seepersaud with 8. In bowling, Mahdia brought the heat, they flexed their muscles and showed why they were one of the top sides. Hathiramani was the epitome of absolute perfec tion as he wreaked havoc with the ball, bagging five wickets for six runs while Cadogan added the finish ing touch to the game, pick ing up three wickets.
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the Belle Vue bowling lineup, Safraz Baksh finished with two wickets, while Krishna Singh, Lucian Sam, and Kelvin Singh all had one wicket apiece.
ing, Duncan will be able to join the Archery Guyana Coaches to coach members.
A glimpse of the lawn mower presentation, featuring from left Esther Haynes, Dr Joseph Haynes, MSC General Secretary Joseph Chapman, MSC President Avery Trim and MSC First Vice President Norris King
Health and Wellness Clinic, which has operations in Linden and Georgetown, to come on board.
The victorious Mahdia Movements his three overs
He called on the Mackenzie Sports Club’s management to maintain the level and the standards it has come to be known for over the years, when featured prominently were sports like cricket, ath letics, and football among others at what has been a multipurpose facility in the sports-mad town.
ger one that we plan to get – a riding lawn mower for the MSC, so that it would be much easier and much fast er to get the job done.
Belle Vue congratu lated Mahdia Movements Family for their victory and were optimistic of a rematch very soon.
The thriller was worth the watch as both teams were restricted to low totals at the ground. Exceptional performances from Sagar Hathiramani, who picked up five wickets, and Neland Cadogan, who excelled with both bat and ball, were just enough to take their side over the Mahdialine.won the toss and batted first; they were restricted to 128-6 in their allotted 20 overs. The Belle Vue bowlers, who were coming off a few suc cessive wins, showed much fight. They bowled with discipline and did not ease up on applying the pres sure when it mattered.
opular Linden busi nessman Dr Joseph Haynes in the com pany of his wife, Esther, on behalf of their Haynes’ Health and Wellness Clinics, delivered on a promise and handed over two lawn mowers to the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Management Committee last Friday out side his Linden Mall at Amelia’s Ward.
There to receive the new Honda and reconditioned Troy Built lawn mow ers were MSC President Avery Trim, First Vice President Norris King, and General Secretary Joseph Chapman.DrHaynes was deliver ing on a promise he made to President Trim since 2019, but when COVID -19 closed operations at the main sports facility, this presen tation was delayed. Now with the likelihood of sports being featured this school term, it was an ideal time for the owners of the Haynes’
The Coachingthebyticipationtimeand–eyewithMatosand–follows:lywhichRecurveresultsRecurvetoDominicanupal.event,WomenparticipatedSamirarepresentedOlympicing5-9,RepublicSantovelopedpertiseAmericaningcherytoChampionshiparcheryaknownChampionships,DevelopmentCaribbeanalsoasthe“CDC”,isfairlyneweventtothecalendar.ThiswasdesignedpromoteandgrowarwithinthedevelopCaribbeanandLatinregionswithexfromthealreadyderegionsofarchery.Thisyear,itwasheldinDomingo,DominicanfromSeptember2022,withathletesstayintheSantoDomingo’sVillage.ArcheryGuyanawasbyitsmember,Duncan.DuncanintheSeniorRecurveBeginnerwinningabronzemedShealsowasabletoteamwithCarlosEspinoza,aRepublicarcher,wintheMixedDoublesGoldMedal.FinalintheSeniorWomenBeginnerevent,isacategoryespecialcreatedrecently,areas1)CynthiaGonzaleztotalof525with9(10+X)1bullseye;2)YonaigrisCordero–totalof5244(10+X)and0bullsand3)SamiraDuncantotalof477with8(10+X)3bullseyes.Duringherthere,Duncan’sparwasfacilitatedArcheryGuyanafrom7th-9thatamorningTrainingSeminar
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President Trim thanked the Haynes for delivering on their promise saying: “I would like to say a hearty thank you to Dr Haynes
Also heaping praise on the Linden business man was the MSC’s First Vice President, who stat ed: “Special thanks to Dr Haynes and family in lead ing the charge in encourag ing corporate Linden to get involved in sports in Linden. We know, over the years, Linden has been the mec ca for sports in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice).
- close to $700,000 in cycles and school supplies distributed
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Providence and Food For The PoorThe(Guy).late Butcher was the fourth Berbician to play for the West Indies at the Test cricket level. Butcher was a mentor to cricketers of the RHTY&SC for over two de cades and is widely credited for the role he played in offer ing advice in the club crick et development programme.
he St Kitts and Nevis Patriots secured their second victory of the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) sea son with a comprehen sive win over Jamaica Tallawahs by eight wickets (DLS).The St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and chose to field first, with Brandon King and Kennar Lewis getting the Tallawahs off to a fast start, scoring 43 runs in the first four overs. The spin of Akila Dananjaya and Rashid Khan got the Patriots back into the game by taking wickets and re stricting runs, before a late show from all-round er Raymon Reifer took the Tallawahs to 139-5 after their 20 overs.
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Eight members of St Francis Youth Club on Sunday during mass re ceived a tablet each .Foster stated that the RHTY&SC was pleased to assist mem bers of the youth club which played a major role in the launching of the RHTY&SC in 1990. The tablets, which were donated by Ramdeo Kumar of Beacon Café and Bruce Butcher, son of Basil Butcher, would be used by the youths to do research in school
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in their innings, King and Lewis combining well be fore Khan struck to take the wicket of Lewis in the powerplay. Leading run-scorer and captain for the Tallawahs, Rovman Powell, was then run out af ter a brilliant piece of field ing from youngster Dewald Brevis to put the Tallawahs in trouble. However, a late partnership between Reifer and Fabian Allen managed to add 39 runs to the tally as the Tallawahs ended on 139-5.
Members of the RHTY&SC pose with their cycles after the presentation
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smashed an unbeaten 38-ball 45 SCOREBOARD Jamaica Tallawahs (20 ovs maximum) Brandon King b Dananjaya 22 Kennar Lewis lbw b Rashid Khan 24 Amir Jangoo †c Rashid Khan b Rutherford 11 Rovman Powell (c) run out (Brevis) 6 Raymon Reifer not out 40 Fabian Allen c Rutherford b DJ Bravo 23 Imad Wasim not out 1 Extras (lb 8, nb 1, w 3) 12 TOTAL 20 Ov (RR: 6.95) 139/5 Did not bat: Chris Green, Migael Pretorius, Mohammad Amir, Nicholson Gordon Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Kennar Lewis, 5.4 ov), 2-58 (Brandon King,
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Youths from the Ancient County of Berbice over the last week benefit ed from donations of bicycles, electronic tablets and school bags from the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) under its Basil Butcher Trust Fund.
the county and members of the St Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Youth Club of Port Mourant. Cricketers from several clubs benefit ed, including players from Achievers, Bush Lot United, Cotton Tree, Rose Hall Canje, Upper Corentyne, Port Mourant and Edinburgh.
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The items were handed over to the youths to mark the 89th birth anniversary of the legendary Test crick eter, who died in December 2019. Club Secretary/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hilbert Foster stated that the cricket teams of the RHTY&SC, MS, under the fund, sought ways to make a positive difference in the lives of the less fortunate and youths.
The. cricket teams of the RHTY&SC also donated more than 400 school bags with educational materi als to schoolchildren under the trust fund. The school bags were donated to the club, compliments of Beacon Café, Pernel Christie, Pixel
Youths benefit from RHTY&SC’s Basil Butcher Trust Fund
help take the Patriots to an eight-wicket win (DLS). (CPLT20)
Guyana Inc, and Jason Sripal of J Supermarket among others. The educa tional materials were donat ed by Canadian Surplus of
He played 44 Test matches, scoring 3104 runs at an aver age of 43.11 with seven cen turies and 16 fifties.
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Ten youths benefited from the donations of cycles, com pliments of Dave Narine of Dave West Indian Imports of New York, United States of America.The youths includ ed Adrian Kistama, who excelled at the re cent Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). The cycles would assist the youths to attend school and cricket practice. Foster urged them to take care of the cycles and to bal ance their involvement in sports with a solid perfor mance in the classroom. Thanks were extended to Narine for his sponsorship of theAcycles.total of 17 electron ic tablets were also hand ed over to cricketers across
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Special emphasis, he stated, is placed on the pro motion of sports and educa tion as part of the club's ef forts to assist youths to fulfil their potential in the class room and on the cricket field.
The West Indies are the only team to have won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup twice, in Sri Lanka in 2012 and in India in 2016. The West Indies campaign to win an unprecedented third ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title starts on October 17, when they take on Scotland in the first of three Group B fixtures played at the Bellerive Oval, in Hobart, Tasmania to qualify for the Super 12 phase of the tour nament. Nicholas Pooran leads the West Indies in his first World Cup as Captain, with Rovman Powell as Vice Captain.Left-hand opening bat ter Evin Lewis has been re called for the first time since the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup. Two uncapped players
have been selected; rightarm leg-spinner all-rounder Yannic Cariah and left-arm batting all-rounder Raymon
“It’s a good squad” – Haynes, as WI name T20 World Cup team
October 17: West Indies v Scotland, 15:00h Australia time, 00:00h Eastern Caribbean time, 23:00h Jamaica time (October 16)
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a competition. So, I think in a situation with Andre Russell, I think we just de cided that we’ll just move on and look for someone who’s in form and doing well in the T20 format,” the Lead Selector disclosed.
Reifer.The Most Honourable Dr Desmond Haynes, CWI’s Lead Selector said: “We have selected a mixture of youth and experience to represent the West Indies. In the se lection process, we have been cognisant of the ongo ing CPL [Caribbean Premier League] and we have been looking at the players who have been playing very well. I said at the beginning of my tenure that I would be inter ested in giving players the opportunity, and I think I have been consistent in do ing that. I believe it is a very good team we have select ed, and it is a team that will compete, given that we have to qualify from Round 1 into theDrSuper12s.”Haynes added: “
West Indies’ T20 WC Squad
Powell, Yannic Cariah, Johnson Charles, Sheldon Cottrell, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Kyle Mayers, Obed McCoy, Raymon Reifer, and Odean Smith.“Ithink it’s a good squad. I think it’s a situation where we considered the whole idea of having youth and experience, but I think I’ve been very consistent in my approach, after taking the job in January, I said I will give opportunities to play ers and I think I’m doing just that,” Haynes confi dently told Bishop during the innings break of a con test between the Jamaica Tallawahs and the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots.
The panel confirmed the 15 players who will rep resent the West Indies for the eighth ICC T20 World Cup, which will be played in Australia from October 16 to November 13.
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel on Wednesday an nounced the West Indies squad for the upcom ing International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup.
He explained, “I think that Yannic has impressed us, from the time that they pick him for the A Team, we gave him the opportunity to play against New Zealand in the 50-over competition and going to Australia, we’ve got a lot of confidence in him, we know he’s bowling well enough.”“Bit unfortunate that he’s not in CPL, but we think that he’s a guy who we feel can do a job for us and I don’t think you can under rate his batting either,” the Barbadian national added.
He highlighted, “As you can see from the squad, we cannot have a competition playing that is sanctioned by West Indies and not se lect people or put people’s name up for selection in the CPL and I think that that is something that is very important when we look at Raymon Reifer, who’s done very well. Also, Johnson Charles, who at the time of selection had the most runs there.”“Ithink it’s a very good squad. When you look at it, it’s pretty balanced,” the Lead Selector concluded.
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He further added, “Tough luck on Shepherd again, an other close call, you know, but what we’re hoping is these guys who missed out, that were pretty close, that they will continue to do well in the CPL. ‘Cause I mean, the World Cup is a long way from now and a lot of things can happen in the World Cup.”
West Indies name squad for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
Raymon Reifer
According to the Lead Selector, his biggest ex pectation is for the team to fight.
Lead Selector Desmond Haynes has it carefully thought out and shared his thoughts with former West Indian crick eter and commentator Ian Bishop on Wednesday morn ing.For context, the T20 World Cup Squad reads: Captain Nicholas Pooran, Vice Captain Rovman
What came as a shock to many is the selection of two uncapped T20 players in Yannic Cariah and Reifer, who have been called up for the ever-important as signment. Responding to Bishop’s probe, Haynes says it’s all about giving opportu nities to players.
November 9: SCG, SydneyNovember 10: Adelaide Oval,NovemberFinalAdelaide
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, Australia Round 1 – Groups Group A: Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, and Namibia Group B: Scotland, West Indies, Zimbabwe, and Ireland(Top two teams from each
Group 1: England, Australia, New Zealand, Afghanistan, A1 and B2. Group 2: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa, A2 and (TopB1.two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals)
Round 1 – Match Schedule (all played at Bellerive Oval, Hobart).
Turning his attention to Reifer, Haynes commented, “Been consistent in every franchise he played for. You know, he went to Guyana, done well; he’s now play ing for the Tallawahs, he’s doing well. He’s played for Barbados and he’s doing well. And he’s batted well again today, sometime you have to look at people who
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up players as replacements.”
There are players who did not make the team and I hope they will continue to work hard and perform to their best in the CPL and the upcoming CG United Super50 Cup; because you never know what can hap pen in case of injuries or any other unforeseen situations where we might need to call
West Indies will face Zimbabwe on October 19 and then Ireland on October 21 with the top two teams from Group B joining the Super12s, along with the top two teams from Group A, which features Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, and Namibia. The top two teams from each Super12 group will advance to the semi-fi
group advance to Super12s)
October 19: West Indies v Zimbabwe, 19:00h Australia time, 04:00h Eastern Caribbean time, 03:00h JamaicaOctobertime21: West Indies v Ireland, 15:00h Australia time, 00:00h Eastern Caribbean time, 23:00h Jamaica time (October 20)
are making a great contribu tion for their franchises and you have to give them oppor tunities.”Hewent on to add about Lewis’ return to the fold, “We had a meeting with him and he told us he’s commit ted to West Indies Cricket and I believe he should be given the opportunity.”
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On the topic of exclu sions, Haynes indicated that it was time to move on from Andre Russell, while the likes of Romario Shepherd just missed out.
Yannic Cariah and Raymon Reifer are the two uncapped T20I players to be named in West Indies’ World Cup squad
“Thegames.”people in the Caribbean love West Indies cricket, the people in the world love West Indies cricket and I hope that they would have the pride to do us honour and the glory in which some of our past play ers have done,” he shared.
The T20 Cricket World Cup will be hosted in Australia from October 16 to November 13.
Full Squad 1. Nicholas Pooran –Captain2. Rovman Powell –Vice3.CaptainYannic Cariah 4. Johnson Charles 5. Sheldon Cottrell 6. Shimron Hetmyer 7. Jason Holder 8. Akeal Hosein 9. Alzarri Joseph 10. Brandon King 11. Evin Lewis 12. Kyle Mayers 13. Obed McCoy 14. Raymon Reifer 15. Odean Smith
T20 World Cup 2022 is set to bowl off on October 16, with the preliminary group stage, in which West Indies’ Men will have to compete for a spot in the Super12s. In anticipation of such, Cricket West Indies (CWI) has named a 15-man squad and a few came as a surprise to manyHowever,fans.
Super12s
“Soon as I see West in dies fighting and they get beat, I’m happy with that, but I don’t want us to be in a situation where they give away
“We look at it, we had a meeting with Andre Russell earlier in the year. We’re still not convinced yet, he’s not performing as well as we would like to see here in
Semi-finals
13: MCG, Melbourne
“I’m not too sure if Narine is – I’m not too sure if he wants to play,”
CWI Lead Selector Desmond Haynes
Before the start of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the West Indies will meet home team Australia in a two-match bilateral T20 International (T20I) series on October 5 at the Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast and on October 7 at the his torical Gabba, in Brisbane.
nals on November 9 and 10.
Earlier Warriors won the toss and opted to bowl first. Due to match-ups with TKR stacked with lefthanders, Warriors hand ed Junior Sinclair a de but while Gudakesh Motie missed out. TKR lost two
The Kiwi pair of Colin Munro and Tim Seifert joined forces and took TKR to 71-2 after ten overs. Munro, who looked danger ous, was caught by a div ing Paul Stirling at deep square-leg off the bowling of Tabriz Shamsi. He made 42 from 37 balls an innings decorated with five fours. Munro and Seifert added 51 runs together.
Riders defeated Guyana Amazon Warriors by 26 runs in match 18 of the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League at Queen's Park Oval. Warriors batting suffered a meltdown, scoring 123 all out in 17.5 overs, chasing TKR's 151.
he Trinbago Knight
In the chase, Warriors lost three wickets in an ac tion-packed power play. Paul Stirling, who replaced Shai Hope who was in jured during the warm-up was out for a duck, while Chandrapaul Hemraj made a stroke-filled 28 from 15 balls. Heinrich Klaasen came and slammed Akeal Hosein for three sixes but he departed to the same
After that things went downhill for Warriors as Hosein and Narine led the bowling effort with five wickets combined, as well as Andre Russell who claimed 3-16. Hosein had 3-36 while Narine was at his econom ical best with 2-9 in four overs. Hetmyer had made 20 from 16 balls, but the overall batting was ordinary.
SCOREBOARD TKR Innings Tion Webster lbw b Shepherd 0 Nicholas Pooran c †Klaasen b Shepherd 15 Colin Munro c Stirling b Shamsi 42 Tim Seifert †c Hetmyer b Shepherd 27 Andre Russell c Shepherd b Imran Tahir 3 Sunil Narine st †Klaasen b Shamsi 26 Kieron Pollard (c) b Shamsi 16 Akeal Hosein c Hetmyer b Shamsi 1 Ravi Rampaul not out 8 Daryn Dupavillon not out 0 Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 5) 12 TOTAL 20 Ov (RR: 7.50) 150/8 Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Tion Webster, 0.1 ov), 2-31 (Nicholas Pooran, 2.6 ov), 3-82 (Colin Munro, 11.3 ov), 4-85 (Andre Russell, 12.2 ov), 5-106 (Tim Seifert, 15.4 ov), 6-128 (Kieron Pollard, 17.6 ov), 7-142 (Sunil Narine, 19.2 ov), 8-143 (Akeal Hosein, 19.4 ov) BOWLING O-M-R-W ECON0s-4s-6s WD NB Romario Shepherd 3-0-22-3 Junior Sinclair 3-0-26-0 Keemo Paul 4-0-22-0 Imran Tahir 4-0-19-1 Odean Smith 2-0-18 -0 Tabraiz Shamsi 4-0-36-4 Guyana Amazon Warriors (T: 151 runs from 20 ovs) Paul Stirling c Russell b Dupavillon 0 Chandrapaul Hemraj c Seales b Rampaul 28 Colin Ingram c †Seifert b Narine 13 Heinrich Klaasen †c Pooran b Hosein 19 Shimron Hetmyer (c) c Dupavillon b Russell 20 Keemo Paul b Hosein 0 Romario Shepherd b Russell 8 Odean Smith b Narine 0 Junior Sinclair b Russell 14 Imran Tahir c Pooran b Hosein 5 Tabraiz Shamsi not out 8 Extras(w 9) 9 TOTAL 17.5 Ov (RR: 6.95) 124 Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Paul Stirling, 0.3 ov), 2-34 (Chandrapaul Hemraj, 4.5 ov), 3-53 (Heinrich Klaasen, 5.5 ov), 4-81 (Shimron Hetmyer, 9.5 ov), 5-81 (Keemo Paul, 10.1 ov), 6-89 (Colin Ingram, 11.4 ov), 7-89 (Odean Smith, 11.6 ov), 8-93 (Romario Shepherd, 13.3 ov), 9-100 (Imran Tahir, 14.5 ov), 10124 (Junior Sinclair, 17.5 ov) BOWLING O-M-R-W Daryn Dupavillon 3-0-23-1 Jayden Seales 1-0-9-0 Sunil Narine 4-0-9-2 Ravi Rampaul 2-0-21-1 Akeal Hosein 4-0-36-3 Colin Munro 1-0-10-0 Andre Russell 2.5-0-16-3 Shepherd is bowled all ends up Hemraj top-scored for Warriors Shamsi claimed four wickets TKR defeated GAW
At 82-3, Andre Russell made an entrance but it was a short stay at the crease as he was sent back by Tahir for three at 85-4 in 12.2 overs. Seifert struggled for his 27 from 35 balls an innings with one four while Narine struck 26 from 20 in the end. Captain Kieron Pollard came late in the in nings and took Shamsi for two sixes but the spinner had the final day cleaning up the big man for 16.
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TKR eventually reached 150-8 in 20 overs with Shamsi ending with 4-36 from four overs and Shepherd ending with 3-22 in three overs. The CPL continues today with Royals taking Tallawahs from 10:00h in Trinidad.
CPL 2022: Warriors’ batting implodes as TKR register important win
wickets in the eventful pow er play.Shepherd trapped Tiom Webster first ball of the game for a golden duck and he removed Nicholas Pooran at 31-2 after three overs. Pooran had slammed two fours and one six while open wing the batting but his promising stay was brief.
bowler for 19, as Warriors post 54-3 in the power play, their highest score in that phase this season.