Toddler found in abandoned car; calls for mom before dying WHAT'S INSIDE: Issue No. 5125 Nationwide coverage from the best news team in Guyana THE BEACON OF TRUTH guyanatimesgy.com PRICE $100 VAT INCLUDEDTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 Page7 Page11 PPP71116P8 See story on page 3 estimatedrecoverableGuyana’sgasatover17trillioncubicft …Guyana treats everyone equally – Ali to Suriname’s Private Sector Pres Ali as 2022 Census launched: A tool for national development …contractors reminded of obligation to deliver quality, timely work Almost $12B in contracts signed for Schoonord-to-Crane 4-lane highway“Intenttomake Guyana proud” – Ramson, as Cricket Carnival sponsors solidify support Govt creditsofeventsweighingcarefullyglobalinsalecarbonAli …says great interest remains on global market Dr cop’sbrokefor48passesHomenauthOudhomonths'jailmanwhointohome Body at Yarrowkabra Burnt CommissionIntegrityPSCappointmentsCJ’sAPNU/AFCCharitystabbedCousinsWBDthosesuspectedremainstobeofmissingmanbeaten,atappealsdecisiononofChairman,…2nd largest holder of natural gas reserves in region talksforSurinameGuyana,high-levelin2weeks Fishing licences PPP14917 PagePage102
The Guyanese Head of State further revealed that he reached out to represen tatives of the Surinamese Private Sector on the issue. “I called key members of the Surinamese Private Sector myself to let them un derstand we treat everyone equally here, we give every one an opportunity here and that they should ensure that similar treatment is accorded to Guyanese,” he reasoned.
The two Heads of State also deliberated on the de tention of Guyanese fishing vessels by Surinamese au thorities.“Ireached out direct ly to President Santokhi. There’s active work going on right now in relation to the boats that were kept on the Surinamese side; that matter is being resolved as I speak to you,” President Ali ex plained.Inrelation to the sub stantive issue of granting licences to Guyanese fish erfolk, he said a meeting be tween the Foreign Ministers of both countries would be held in 14 days.
Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh, the President noted, also made interven tions in this regard. It was only on Monday that the Guyana Government issued a statement condemn ing “in its strongest possi ble terms, the most recent harassment being meted out to our Guyanese fish erfolk by the Surinamese Government, inclusive of its failure to grant licences to our fishermen”. The Guyana Government explained that this would have been in keeping with a commitment made to President Ali in November 2020 during a visit to Suriname.“During that visit, the Hon Zulfikar Mustapha, Minister of Agriculture of Guyana, met with Hon Parmanand Sewdien, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Suriname and requested the issuance of 150 SK licences which will allow Guyanese fishermen to ply their trade in Suriname Ocean waters,” the statement reminded. The statement further recapped that at the last meeting of President Ali and President Santokhi in Georgetown, it was agreed that by January 1, 2022, ar rangements would have been put in place to facilitate the issuance of the 150 SK licenc es to Guyanese fishermen. “Taking into account this decision, the Minister of Agriculture of Guyana com municated the names of the persons interested in being issued licences via a letter dated 16 November 2021 to his Surinamese counterpart. To date, the Government of Guyana has not been ad vised on the status of the es tablishment of the company referred to, nor on the issu ances of the licences,” the statement noted. It added that, “in the ab sence of the issuance of these licences, our fisherfolk con tinue to face harassment at the hands of the Surinamese authorities, including fishing vessels that are stranded in Suriname and cannot return to Guyana for fear of losing their licences”. Most of the fisher men, when they go into the Atlantic Ocean, are still con sidered to be in Surinamese waters, hence the need for a licence from the Dutchspeaking country to operate there. These fishermen also op erate from the Corentyne Coast and have to use the Corentyne River to get access to the Atlantic Ocean where they get most of their catch. The Corentyne River is con sidered Surinamese territo ry. Currently, the licenc es are issued to Surinamese businessmen at US$100 per year and rented to the Guyanese fisherfolk at US$3000 annually. About 150 boats oper ate from the Number 66 Fisherman’s Co-op Society thus providing direct em ployment for about 800 fish ers. Additionally, some 200 persons are employed in pro viding services which in clude transportation, fish vending, and repairs to ma chinery and Guyanese].don’tcenceslotrightbackouringAdministrationcionsGovernmentcordBharratGuyana’sequipment.VicePresident,JagdeoisonresayingthattheGuyanahassuspiwhytheSantokhi-ledisnothonitspledges.“Sometimestheygoandforthbecausethepeoplearemakingaofmoneyoffoftheselioverthere,so,theywanttogivethem[toTherefore,they are fighting. Even when there is goodwill at the lev el of the Government, there is a problem at other levels,” Jagdeo had Presidentcontended.Ali,inhis in teraction with the media on Wednesday, said that he was “very clear” about the direction in which his Government would pursue thisHematter.noted that “we have some other options available being members of Caricom, but I wouldn’t explore that now”. (G11)
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President Dr Irfaan Ali and his Surinamese counterpart, Chan Santokhi
Guyana, Suriname for high-level talks in 2 weeks
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…Guyana treats everyone equally – Ali to Suriname’s Private Sector
uyana and Suriname have agreed to meet in two weeks for high-level discussions on the issue of the continued ha rassment of Guyanese fish erfolk by the Surinamese au thorities.This was related on Wednesday by President Dr Irfaan Ali, who told members of the press that he had a con versation with Surinamese President Chan Santokhi on his country’s foot-dragging on the granting of licences to Guyanese fishermen.
“There are some concerns from their side. We’ve made our case very clear; we’ve giv en all the data...I’m pleased at the efforts that were made in the last 24 hours to ad dress the immediate concerns in terms of the vessels that were kept there and I’m now looking forward for the meet ing that will be held between the two Foreign Ministers… on the long-term solution,” President Ali expressed.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 | GUYANATIMESGY.COM uch larger than just the collection of data” is how President Dr Irfaan Ali described the up coming National Housing and Population Census of 2022. At the official launch cer emony at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) on Wednesday, President Ali delivered the feature ad dress where he emphasised the importance of this activ ity in national development planning.“It’snot just someone coming with a sheet of pa per collecting data and that is the end of it…this is real ly the future,” the Guyanese Head of State explained. The Population and Housing Census is Guyana’s largest national data collec tion exercise, which is con ducted every 10 years. During the census ex ercise, enumerators (cen sus field staff) visit every household in every part of the country to administer the questionnaires that are used to collect social, demo graphic and economic data on the population such as population size, age struc ture, educational attain ment, labour force, and housing.In his remarks, President Ali pointed out how data from the census would assist in guiding the Government in the develop ment of policies to address a wide variety of issues af fecting the country. “If, in the census, the data shows us that 70 per cent of our graduates are coming out in a particular area, but the country re quires persons with this skillset in a different area, how then do we ensure that the policies create the in centive to create that shift in where the labour is fo cused…The census would not give us a labour mar ket information system, but the census would give us a gateway through which we can formulate [that system] to meet our national devel opment priorities,” he ex plained.Thedata generated from the census, President Ali further explained, helps Government in identifying various gaps in society that may require specific inter vention.
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Developmental projects Similar points were em phasised by Senior Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, who highlighted that all the developmental proj ects being undertaken by the Government were not randomly determined, but rather were based on data generated from previous censuses.Healso highlighted that the 2022 Census was be ing undertaken at a critical point in the country’s histo ry. “Census 2022 will allow us to accumulate a com prehensive snapshot of our country, of our population, of our building and housing stock, etc.…[that] will form the basis of analysis that will determine policies that will literally shape the face of our country for genera tions to come…,” Dr Singh expressed.“Thisis not by any mea sure a trivial exercise and particularly given the in credibly exciting chang es that are happening in our country today, new and emerging industries, new and emerging job types, new and emerging skills that people need for their place of work, this census, notwithstanding that it comes in the automatic 10year cycle… has special sig nificance, because it comes at a time when our coun try is going through an his toric and an unprecedented change,” he added. The enumerators who have to execute this “mon umental task” were encour aged by both the President and the Finance Minister to diligently conduct the exer cise and ensure that every household was counted. Residents were urged to fully cooperate and be truth ful with the census takers, keeping in mind that the data generated from this census was directly linked to their development. As expressed by the Chief Statistician and Census Officer at the Bureau of Statistics, Errol La Cruez during his open ing remarks, “even the most basic product which is the true population count is used as the benchmark and common denominator for assessing and tracking de velopment”.Guyana’s last census was conducted in 2012 and showed a population count of 746,955.Thisyear’s census in cludes more lines of ques tioning such as food secu rity and for the first time ever, data will be collected digitally by the enumera tors.September 15 has been declared Census Day and the activity is expected to last for some eight weeks, according to La Cruez. In addition to taking stock of the persons pres ent in the country, he not ed that the enumerators were responsible for count ing members of a household who, at the time of the cen sus, were out of the jurisdic tion.The public education and information campaign for this census cycle is being conducted under the theme: “We countin’ We”. On August 8, 2022, the National Assembly ap proved supplemental fund ing of $2 billion to aid in the execution of the census. (G11)
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President Dr Irfaan Ali and Chief Statistician and Census Officer, Errol La Cruez during the official launch of the 2022 National Population and Housing Census
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Creating a legacy of sport for health
Literacy and early childhood development
Today Guyana joins the rest of the world in celebrating International Literacy Day (ILD), themed “Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces.” Since 1967, the celebrations have taken place annually as a reminder to the public of the importance of literacy. This, UNESCO categorised, is a “a matter of dignity and human rights, and to advance the literacy agenda towards a more literate and sustainable society. Despite progress made, literacy challenges persist with 771 million illiterate people around the world, most of whom women, who still lack basic reading and writing skills and are faced with increased vulnerability.”However, even in dealing with literacy, the issue of early childhood development plays an integral part of literacy. Sometime ago, this publication highlighted several aspects of “The Lancet’s Series” which deals with early childhood development. According to findings from “The Lancet’s Series, Advancing Early Childhood Development: from Science to Scale”, an estimated 43 per cent – 249 million – of children under five in low- and middle-income countries are at an elevated risk of poor development due to extreme poverty and stunting. The Caribbean regional launch of the series took place some years ago immediately following the 32nd Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on Education, and was hosted by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretariat. The Series had again made a strong case for Governments and other stakeholders to work towards designing and implementing effective policies and programmes and allocate the necessary resources to ensure early childhood development.
By Dr Hanan MoHaMeD al Kuwari anD Dr TeDros aDHanoM GHeBreyesus With Qatar soon to take the cen tre stage of world sports, the World Health Organization and the Qatar Ministry of Public Health are driving efforts to help make this year’s celebra tion of football, the “world’s game”, a beacon for health and safety, and a launchpad for sharing lessons with ma jor sporting events in the fu ture.Set to be held in Doha from November 20 to December 18, the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar is a unique platform for us to promote health across the world and to communi cate that sport and health go together. They are inter twined and, together, they play out in a celebration of joy, wellbeing, and soli darity for billions of people around the world. Our partnership in Sport For Health has two main ob jectives: first, to work with key partners to help make the 2022 FIFA World Cup – the first to be held in the Middle East – healthy and safe; and second, to capture and share lessons learned with our partners and or ganisers of other large sporting events. The partnership, which is supported by FIFA and Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy as part of a drive to promote health globally through football, began last October. Since then, we have worked in close collaboration to pro mote physical health and wellbeing in several ways. These include promot ing health and nutritional awareness during the Holy Month of Ramadan, engag ing in the third edition of the “Walk the Talk: Health For All Challenge” initia tive in Geneva, and rais ing awareness of the harms caused by smoking on World No Tobacco Day. By focusing on physical activity, healthy diets and nutrition, tobacco control, mental health, and health security, we are working to provide guidance on how to help improve the phys ical and mental health of all people globally through sports.Our goals are ambitious, and based on three key pil lars: First, promoting health through strategic collabo ration with governments and sporting organisations, reaching billions of people through football and oth er sports; second, making major sporting events safe for fans, players and staff; and third, sharing informa tion with the public to help them make healthy lifestyle choices. The partnership is leveraging this year’s FIFA World Cup to promote the health benefits of physical activity for all through sport by developing new tools to reach people of all ages, par ticularly youth. As partners, we have been busy develop ing science-based guidance through technical engage ment to communicate the importance of physical ac tivity.
One of the authors of the Lancet Series, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health, Director of the Office of Public Health Practice, and Director of the Global Health Concentration at the Yale School of Public Health, presented the research findings and Therecommendations.Seriesauthors propose several ways the global community can scale-up support for early childhood development services; these include by encouraging the adoption and implementation of policies to create supportive environments for families to provide nurturing care for young children, building capacity and strengthening coordination to promote early childhood development through existing health, nutrition, education, social, and child protection services, strengthening measurement and ensuring accountability for early childhood development services, increasing research, and fostering global and regional leadership and action and expanding political will and funding through advocacy for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Guyana must be commended for placing the issue of early childhood development high on its national development agenda over the years. Guyana’s Early Childhood Development Project, which came as a result of intense discussions between early childhood educators and other relevant officials, is aimed at improving the emergent literacy and numeracy outcomes for children at the nursery level and primary Grade One in hinterland regions. The first component of the project caters for capacity building for nursery and Grade One teachers and is aimed at improving the quality of instruction and learning at the nursery and Grade One levels by strengthening teachers’ knowledge, particularly with regard to the implementation of new strategies for the development of emergent literacy and numeracy skills, through an in-service teacher training programme. The second component of the project targets improved supply of teaching and learning materials.
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According to the authors of the Series, early childhood development interventions that promote nurturing care – health, nutrition, responsive caregiving, security and safety, and early learning – may cost very little, when combined with existing services such as health. The representative of UNICEF – Guyana and Suriname at the time was quoted by Caricom as saying: “The science and economics are clearly on the side of investing in the first 1000 days of a child’s life. The cost of not doing so is higher. Children fall behind long before they set foot in school.” There is, therefore, need for increased global commitment to early childhood development. The consequences of inaction impact not only present but future generations. In the Region, there is less public provisioning for early childhood education, especially for the 0-2 years age group, as opposed to the preschool years. For example, it was explained that the uneven funding distribution across sectors is striking; expenditure on pre-primary as share of Government expenditure on education is only 2.9 per cent compared to primary at 34.9 per cent and 40.3 per cent for secondary education.
The issue of early childhood development, despite COVID-19, must be taken seriously by all stakeholders as research has shown that a child’s brain develops faster in the first 2-3 years than at any other time in life.
One of the key findings is that good mental health can often be linked to regu lar physical activity, which includes sports or, simply walking and participating in physical activities with others. This can also help to promote a sense of inclusion andWhethercommunity.you are in volved with high-intensity workouts or even just gar dening, every effort counts towards a healthy body and mind. To further promote healthy lives, we are un derscoring the importance of nutrition by demonstrat ing the benefits of offering healthy food choices at large sporting events. In the same vein, at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, smoke-free stadiums and bans on tobacco market ing will help to protect peo ple from this deadly prod uct. The benefits of these measures will help promote and protect the health of sports followers at future large sporting events. Lastly, keeping sporting events safe through a com mitment to health security is a fundamental pillar of the project. From ensuring the implementation of mass gathering protocols outside and inside stadiums, to ad hering to control measures to protect people from infec tious disease outbreaks, we are committed to working with partners to ensure all necessary steps are taken to make sporting events, such as the FIFA World Cup, safe andAssecure.weall know, team work is essential for success in sports. The same is true for protecting and promot ing health. We are commit ted to continually to strive together, for this year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar, and beyond to leverage the global power of sport to help people lead the healthiest lives possible. (Al Jazeera) (Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari is the Minister of Public Health of Qatar. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is Director General of the World Health Organisation)
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Foreign Affairs Minister of the Dominican Republic, Roberto Álvarez being greeted by Guyana’s Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, Hugh Todd at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre on Wednesday. Álvarez was accompanied by Vice Minister for Bilateral Foreign Affairs, José Julio Gómez and Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Barbados, Wellington Bencosme (OP photo)
The 2022 FIFA World Cup will take place in Qatar from November 20 to December 18 [Reuters/Mohammed Dabbous]
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Dear Editor, It is something of a puz zle that the Opposition is in support of and a strong advocate for the acting CJ to be confirmed in the po sition, yet every ruling she makes on their matters be fore her is referred to the Appellate Court, as in their reasoning she has miscon strued the law; she has misconceived the law: she has erred in law; she has misapplied the law; misdi rected herself among other 'mis'. So, if the Honourable Madame CJ is mis-sing the law each time, how come she is such a strong advo cate and contender for the position by the same side which does not find favour with her Somethingrulings?of a conun drum or is it a tangled web?
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Dear Editor, The Guyana National Commission for UNESCO joins the Ministry of Education in observing International Literacy Day, under the theme, “Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces”. The critical role literacy plays in the quality of life of each citizen cannot be overstat ed. On a broader, national level, literacy pays signifi cant dividends in relation to our sustainable devel opment agenda. Although strides have been made globally over the last de cade, it is still disturb ing to note that recent UNESCO statistics indi cate that over 700 million youth and adults lack basic literacy skills. The statis tics further show that this has deeper socio-economic and, in many territories, gender implications. Even further, this stark reality has been exacerbated by the recent pandemic, add ing greater urgency to the need for viable solutions. Although we lack the in sights of a comprehensive, reliable measure of liter acy rates in Guyana, it is clear, from preliminary studies and anecdotal evi dence, that in this regard we also have a challenge to address in our nation. In her message mark ing this important day, the UNESCO Director General issued a clarion call to “all actors in the field of edu cation and beyond to rethink the role of literacy” and cited the renowned theorist Paulo Friere in noting that literacy should entail “the practice of free dom, the means by which men and women deal crit ically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transfor mation of their world”. The Ministry of Education has long rec ognised the importance of this facet of education as noted in its stated mission: “Eliminating Illiteracy, Modernising Education, Strengthening Tolerance”. Its recent sector plan un derscored the importance of continuing efforts aimed at “improving literacy and numeracy at the basic lev el to ensure a good founda tion for learners”. To at tain success, much of these efforts must fully address the equity issues still prevalent in our society. At a recent internation al forum, the Minister of Education, the Hon. Priya Manickchand, stressed the importance of inter ventions meeting the most vulnerable in our society, emphasising that “any kind of input must reach every child, or we will be measuring for a long time to come, how that inequity and the continuing inequi ties affect us as a whole”. The Drop Everything and Read initiative is an attempt to bring nation al awareness to this issue and to enlist the support
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of all citizens of Guyana in the attainment of this critical developmental ob jective. In short, a culture of literacy must be devel oped in our country and can only be realised with widespread stakeholder input. It is only upon the attainment of basic liter acy skills nationally that we can even begin to en gage in discussions regard ing equipping citizens with other forms of literacy that are vital to their existence within the contemporary global structures, such as digital literacy. As such, we encourage everyone to Drop Everything and Read and find as many ways as possible to advance our ef forts in attaining a more literate Guyana.
The agency further stated that "the companies' balance sheet strength as sessment of very strong re flects each of their stable capital bases, with respon sible asset-liability man agement and proper rein surance coverages”. The Chairman of the Hand-in-Hand Group, John Carpenter related, “We are extremely proud to be the first Guyanese in surers to become AM Best rated. This rating is im portant for Guyana, as we grow as an oil-producing nation. Ratings from such an independent and pres tigious agency as AM Best, provide another measure of our strength, reliability, and commitment to serve our loyal customers with excellence."TheChairman not ed that the Group’s cur rent Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of bbb+ in corporates Guyana’s level of country risk, which AM Best continues to monitor as the country’s oil boom develops.The Hand-in-Hand Group in a release stated that it would continue to lead as pioneering insur ers of superior, reliable, and affordable insurance products and services, to safeguard our valued poli cyholders.AMBest is the world’s oldest and most authorita tive insurance rating and information source.
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Wind vane: Measures wind direction You will need some card, a square piece of paper, a skewer, a pen cap, some tape and a compass to set it up. Draw a large arrow shape on your card. Tape your pen lid to the arrow Decorate your arrow. Place compass points along the four sides of your piece of square paper. Use a lump of plasticine (play dough) to hold your skewer in place and slip your piece of paper onto the skewer as well. Set your compass up directed towards North and align your paper, with the compass points, with it. North aligned towards the north. Pop your pen lid onto the top of the skewer and your wind vane will spin around and align with the wind. You measure the wind from the direction it comes, so a south wind comes from the south. (Adapted from se7en.org)
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Exercises: Solve Solving equations by multiplication and division
Power Up Maths Solving equations by multiplication and division Before you begin to solve equations by multiplication and subtraction, you should review some interesting things about numbers. Division is the “opposite” of multiplication. Multiplication is the “opposite” of division. If you multiply an original number by a second number, and then divide the product by a second number, you are left with the original number.
Guyana’s recoverable gas estimated at over 17 trillion cubic feet
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A27-year-old man, Carlos Hackett, was on Tuesday hand ed a 48-month jail sen tence for breaking into a Policewoman’s home. He appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman at the DiamondGolden Grove Magistrates’ Courts, where he pleaded guilty to the charge. Police said that Hackett was arrested on Sunday for break and enter and larceny committed on the dwelling house of Police Constable Carlene Singh, 38. Jailed: Carlos Hackett
put Guyana’s estimated re coverable natural gas re serves at over 17 trillion cu bic feet, making the country one of the biggest holders of natural gas reserves in the Region.According to the report, the current estimate for Guyana’s natural gas re serves is over 17 trillion standard cubic feet. This es timate would put Guyana ahead of Argentina, which is estimated to have 13.4 trillion cubic feet of natu ral gas reserves. According to the International Trade Administration, natural gas represents 52 per cent of Argentina’s primary energy source.It would mean that neighbouring Venezuela, with its approximately 200 trillion cubic feet in prov en natural gas reserves, is the only country ahead of Guyana on the continent in terms of natural gas re serves.The report also con tains details on how Guyana plans to go about developing its natural gas potential. It was pointed out that under the Yellowtail Petroleum Artist’s impression of the natural gas plant, part of the gas-to-shore project that will help utilise Guyana’s natural gas
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…2nd largest holder of natural gas reserves in region
Production Licence, the licensee will have to do a gas utilisation study to deter mine how to make the best use of these gas reserves. “The Liza Phase projects will be exporting a total of 50 million standard cubic feet of gas per day through a 12inch pipeline that will run for 225 kilometres from the two offshore fields. This gas will be utilised at the Integrated Gas Fired Power Plant and Natural Gas Liquids in the Wales Development Zone. “These facilities will pro vide low-cost, reliable and cleaner power for Guyana, as well as enable the ad vancement of heavy man ufacturing and industriali sation in our economy,” the report goes on to explain, referencing the gas-to-shore project.The gas-to-shore proj ect, which is currently in the pipelines, will have a 25year lifespan and is expected to employ up to 800 workers during the peak construc tion stage, as well as some 40 full-time workers during the operations stage, and another 50 workers during the decommissioning stage. It will feature approx imately 220 kilometres of a subsea pipeline off shore that will run from the Liza Destiny and Liza Unity Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels in the Stabroek Block to onshore. Upon landing on the West Coast Demerara shore, the pipeline will continue ap proximately 25 kilometres to the Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) plant at Wales, West BankTheDemerara.pipeline would be 12 inches and is expected to transport some 50 mil lion standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of dry gas to the NGL plant, but has the capacity to push as much 120 mmscfd. The pipeline’s route onshore will follow the same path as the fibreoptic cables and will terminate at Hermitage, part of the Wales Development Zone, which will house the gas-toshoreTheproject.Guyana Government has already invited inter ested parties to make in vestments in the Wales Development Zone, which will be heavily industri alised and for which approx imately 150 acres of land has been allocated. Those lands were previously used by the Wales Sugar Estate. Head of the Gas-toShore Task Force, Winston Brassington has previous ly stated that ExxonMobil Guyana, which is funding the pipeline aspect of the project out of cost oil, has found that there would be substantial savings from combining these two facili ties.Hence, it was agreed that the power plant and the NGL plant would be done under a combined Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) pro cess. The aim is to deliver rich gas by the end of 2024 for the power plant while the NGL facility is slated to be online by 2025. An in-depth review is meanwhile expected to be conducted on the gas sup ply agreement from oil gi ant ExxonMobil for the gasto-shore project, with the Government going out to tender for a consultant to conduct the review and pro vide legal and commercial advisory services. In a recently-published Request for Proposals (RFP), the Natural Resources Ministry invited companies to submit proposals for pro viding advisory services to the Government for the gasto-shoreGovernmentproject. has also gone out to tender for a com pany to manage the con struction phase of the inte grated NGL plant and the 300-megawatt power plant, all part of the gas-to-shore project. (G3)
48 months’ jail for man who broke into cop’s home
Even though the PSC was lawfully appointed, the acting Chief Justice, how ever, found that it was not properly constituted in the absence of a Chairperson for the Public Service Commission —another constitutional commission that is still to be set up and which is vital to the recon stitution of the PSC. In the circumstances, she applied the de facto doc trine to give legality to all actions taken by the PSC, including its recent pro motion of dozens of senior Police Officers. In the case of the ap pointment of the Integrity Commission, Justice George noted that the President had followed Article 232 of the Constitution in his ef forts to consult with the Opposition as well as the Integrity Commission Act. Besides Findlay as Chairman, Attorney-atLaw Mark Conway and businessmen Ernesto Choo-a-Fat and Hakeem Mohammed are the other members of the new PSC. The Integrity Commission has Demerara Bank Corporate Secretary Chandra Gajraj as Chairperson; along with Mohamed Haniff; Dr Kim Kyte-Thomas, lawyer and former Solicitor General; Hardesh Tiwari, and Reverend Wayne Bowman as members.Numerous errors The Opposition is dissat isfied with the acting Chief Justice’s ruling except for her finding that the PSC was not properly constitut ed. In his notice of appeal, Norton argued that she “misinterpreted, miscon strued, and misapplied” the important constitution al value and objective of meaningful consultation in such a manner her decision was a grave miscarriage of justice.“The Chief Justice (ag) erred and misdirect ed herself in law when she found that the President of Guyana engaged in meaningful consulta tion with the Opposition Leader when appointing the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, and the Chairperson and the members of the Integrity Commission,” he said. According to the Opposition Leader, Justice George’s decision not only violates the doctrine of sep aration of powers but is also unlawful, unconstitutional, and not supported by estab lished legal principles and doctrines.Norton is arguing, among other things, that the Chief Justice (ag) erred in law and made palpable errors of fact in finding that any decisions taken by the PSC, not properly constitut ed, were protected by de fac to doctrine.TheOpposition has also expressed the view that Justice George again erred in law when she rendered a decision that was against the weight of the evidence and public records and/ or documents of which the High Court had judicial no tice.The APNU/AFC is hop ing for the acting Chief Justice’s entire ruling to be set aside by the appel late court and for costs to be awarded in that court and the court below.
Diversity…
APNU/AFC appeals CJ’s decision on appointments of PSC Chairman, Integrity Commission
The views expressed in this column are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Guyana Times’ editorial policy and stance
…and reality Your Eyewitness is very pleased that the Breakfast Program will now be extended to ALL sixth graders. Can’t stigmatise some as needy. But the MoE must insist the meals are nutritionally balanced. And none of those sugared drinks!!
President Dr Irfaan Ali Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton
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…in Brits governance W ell, well, well…who woulda thought??! The British Conservative Party has certainly raised some eyebrows AFTER Liz Truss handily defeated “Dishy” Rishi Sunak for the leadership to replace Boris Johnson. That election, of course, didn’t surprise anyone since – even though the leadership , represented by the MPs in the Houses of Commons and Lords picked Sunak overwhelmingly – the ultimate decision was gonna be made by the rank and file!! Truss was, after all, White!! Your Eyewitness ain’t mincing no words!! The raised eyebrows arose after Truss paid the obligatory visit to her Queen – having to go up to Balmoral in Scotland where the Monarch was ensconced and not Buckingham Palace in London – when she appointed three non-Whites to the Cabinet!! As one news-agency pointed out, it was the first time in British History the top FOUR spots didn’t go to WHITE MALES!! In case you forgot, Truss is White but NOT male!! So we have Kwasi Kwarteng – of Ghanaian descent –succeeding Indian-origin Rishi Sunak in the finance job as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Isn’t this poetic justice – that after Britain built its industrial revolution by squeezing the wealth out of India and Africa and the West Indies – they’ve put an Indian and now an African in charge of the money?? What next?? A West Indian?? But that’s not the real irony…that’s from the Chancellor’s job description: he’s supposed to do whatever it takes to save and then boost the British economy!! And in this Kwarteng will presumably be helped by another other non-White Cabinet biggie – James Cleverly. He’ll be the first Black foreign minister of UK – since, even though his father’s white, his mother’s from Sierra Leone. Yes, Dear Reader, it was the Brits who invented the now famous “one drop of black blood makes you black” rule!! Cleverly will cleverly (couldn’t resist that!!) convince foreigners – mostly from the old empire on which the sun did actually set and are now in the Commonwealth – to save Old Blighty for Auld Lang Syne!! But with Sunak out, this doesn’t mean that the Raj was forgotten – no siree Bob!! Indian-origin barrister Suella Braverman has succeeded Priti Patel to become the second ethnic minority home secretary, where she’ll be responsible for police and immigration. So can we expect that minorities – especially Blacks – won’t be profiled anymore by the Police and hassled?? Don’t hold your breath!! And that’s the scoop on the new government writ large as far as anything changing fundamentally for minorities in Britain. If Barack Obama – as US PRESIDENT – couldn’t change a whit in the US, you think some Ministers gonna do so in the country that INVENTED racism?? Nah…they’ll be just more suave about it!! …in Literature?? Here we go again!! Just when your Eyewitness thought we’d learnt some lessons from our “Local Content” debacle in the Oil Industry, we resuscitated a prime example from the colonial thinking that created the problem in the first place!! Under the Brits, PREMIER schools like Queen’s and Bishops insisted in teaching subjects like Latin, French, Literature, etc – which siphoned off our best and brightest. Scorning subjects like technology and applied sciences that could’ve helped us industrialise. They left that to the Apprentice Schools that were derided as servicing those who couldn’t “make it”. So in the midst of trying to catch up on and encourage – the technical training that’ll finally get us in the pole position to reap the greatest rewards from our oil wealth, we just revived the “Guyana Literature Prize” – and made it annual rather than biennial!!Your Eyewitness likes reading as much as the other fella. But shouldn’t we leave the Literature Prize biennial and institute a “Guyana Technology Prize”??
C ontending that act ing Chief Justice Roxane George, SC, erred and misdirected her self in law in upholding President Dr Irfaan Ali’s appointment of Patrick Findlay as Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) as well as his appointment of the Integrity Commission, the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) has filed an appeal.The action brought in the name of Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton, which was filed on Monday, lists 11 grounds upon which the party is seeking to have the Chief Justice’s ruling overturned by the Court of Appeal of Guyana.
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In her ruling deliv ered virtually on August 23, Justice George dis missed Norton’s bid to have the President’s appoint ments of Findlay and the Chairperson and members of the Integrity Commission annulled, on the basis that the Head of State did not engage him in the constitu tionally-required meaning ful Bothconsultation.constitutional com missions were appointed on MayBut31.in finding that the President acted lawfully in appointing Findlay, and by extension the new PSC, Justice George held there was procedural fairness and that the consultation pro cess between President Ali and Norton was “sufficient”.
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…says great interest remains on global market
Govt carefully weighing global events in sale of carbon credits – Ali
T he Government of Guyana has been carefully weighing global events and devel opments, and how they may influence the sale of Guyana’s carbon credits, when it decides to go out on the Thismarket.isaccording to President Dr Irfaan Ali, when asked by Guyana Times on Tuesday about Guyana’s carbon credits, which were supposed to have gone on the market by July. According to the President, the Government is keeping a close eye on global events and how they will sway the carbon cred it market.“There’s a lot of de velopment globally, in the carbon market. And I think that the unit, led by the Vice President, they’re taking into account all that is happening globally. There’s a lot of changes in the carbon market. There’s now different narrative on fossil fuel as a transition (energy source).” He assured, however, that there was still great interest in Guyana’s car bon credits, which are a tradable permit that coun tries can purchase. The Government’s approach to the issue, he said, would be multi-dimensional.“There’sgreatinterest.
I can tell you there’s great interest in Guyana’s car bon. They went out for an expression of interest. So, there’s that analysis that is going on right now, to develop the best. It must be a multi-dimensional ap proach, from all that I’ve analysed from what we have,” the President said. “So, it has to be a multi-dimensional ap proach. And that is where a lot of critical think ing would occur. Because whether you have the di rect approach to the mar ket in some instances, or only an integrated ap proach through the facil itation process. So these are some of the things that we have to address.” During the Energy Conference and Expo ear ly in the year, Climate Change Advisor Kevin Hogan had announced that the Government planned to put at least eight mil lion carbon credits on the market for sale by July of thisAyear.carbon credit is a tradable permit or certifi cate that allows the hold er of the credit the right to emit a stated tonnage of carbon dioxide or an equiv alent of another green house gas. Countries and companies that exceed their permitted limits can purchase carbon credits from other nations that have low emissions such as Guyana. Guyana’s 18.4 million hectares of largely pristine forest stores ap proximately 5.31 gigatons of carbon.Back in April 2021, President Ali had an nounced that Guyana had signed a letter of intent with US-based non-profit organisation (NGO), Emergent Finance Accelerated Inc, to market the country’s carbon cred its through a credit con tract – a deal that could earn the country millions of USLastdollars.year, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo had said that Emergent would soon be commencing work towards marketing Guyana’s carbon credits on the world stage. And in deed, the process of seek ing proposals has attract ed interest on the world market.Jagdeo has been vocal about the need for the de veloped world to create the incentives for carbon cred it products from the devel oping world, as the fate of the world and carbon emis sion targets hang in the balance.“This is only right and just, given that the world pays nearly US$90 per ton for carbon in another part of the world. And they’re unwilling now, to even guarantee a price of US$10 for forest carbon. And a ton of carbon from whatever its source, or wherever in the world it’s emitted, has the same impact on glob al warming,” Jagdeo said previously.“So,our argument is that the developed world has to start creating incen tives and markets for prod ucts supplied by the devel oping world. They can’t want to treat develop ing world mitigation solu tions as though it could be solved through philanthro py or goodwill, as they did in COP26 when there was just a declaration with out allocation of resources, to say deforestation must end by 2030,” he had ex plained.Jagdeo had noted that deforestation and land use change contribute 16 per cent of total greenhouse gases. As such, he further noted that the world would never achieve net zero if these primary sources of emissions are not ad dressed. (G3)
Guyana is known for its low deforestation President Dr Irfaan Ali
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Croal also made reference to the development of shore base and port facilities in the region as well as the pioneer ing Wales Development Plan which encompasses the gasto-shore project. “The construction, there fore, of this Schoonord-toCrane Highway…will also energise the economic activ ities within the region. These activities will no doubt re sult in significant improve ment in job opportunities and when you have new road networking, opening of new lands will mean also, not just housing, but opportunities for expansion for agriculture and agro-processing indus tries, processing facilities in manufacturing and the con struction of industrial com plexes…,” he outlined.
Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal and other officials following the signing ceremony for $11.8 billion in contracts for the new Schoonord-to-Crane Highway in Region Three (Essequibo IslandsWest Demerara)
Almost $12B in contracts signed for Schoonord-to-Crane 4-lane highway …contractors reminded of obligation to deliver quality, timely work
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The infrastructur al landscape of Region Three (Essequibo IslandsWest Demerara) will be further transformed with the new four-lane high way from Schoonord, West Bank Demerara (WBD) to Crane on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD) which will be constructed to the tune of $11.8Thebillion.project, which is ex pected to last 15 months, will see the construction of 4.1 ki lometres of a dual-carriage way, reinforced concrete road with an emergency lane. Additionally, 2.4 kilometres of road rehabilitation and up grades will be undertaken. The project, which will also feature two round abouts, 11 reinforced con crete box culverts, 36 prestressed bridges, and road signage and markings, will be undertaken by eight con tractors.These are VR Construction Inc, Avinash Contracting & Scrap Metal Inc, L-Heureuse Construction and Services Inc, GuyAmerica Construction Inc, AJM Enterprise, Vals Construction, Puran Bros Disposal Inc, and JS Guyana Inc.Contracts for this ground-breaking initiative were signed on Wednesday during a simple ceremo ny at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC). During the ceremony, Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal noted that this project marked anoth er significant investment by the Government in Region Three.“[It] will complement oth er ongoing projects we have within the region. We have, for example, activities that entail preparation works, clearance of lands for the opening of new housing ar eas; we have ongoing works for persons who will be able to and have started to ac cess their lands…so you have construction of access roads, bridges, culverts, drain age…,” he explained.
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Burnt remains suspected to be those of missing WBD man
Body
Toddler found in abandoned car; calls for mom before dying
P olice in Mahdia, Region Eight (PotaroSiparuni) have launched an investigation into the death of a fouryear-old child who was found in an abandoned car on Tuesday.Dead is Kamal Ramsammy. Reports are that the child’s mother, who had to work the night shift on Monday evening at a popular hotel and bar in Mahdia, left him in the care of his grandmother. Guyana Times was told that when the mother re turned home from work around 10:30h on Tuesday, she enquired whether the child had been sent to school.Itwas then that family members in the house re alised that the child was missing. This led to a search of the area and young Ramsammy was found in a car.He was pulled from the vehicle in an uncon scious state and taken to the Mahdia Hospital, where doctors attempted to revive him. A relative told this publication that the child temporarily became respon sive and called for his mom, but then Policedied.have since launched an investigation.
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Hours after Police re ported that they found the remains of a human at Snake Farm, Yarrowkabra along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, it was reported that they are suspected to be those of 47-year-old Marc Melville, a welder of Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara who has been reported missing. According to reports re ceived, the burnt remains were found in a clump of bushes by several boys who were traversing the area. The charred skeleton was located about 200 feet north of the entrance lead ing to the South Dakota Circuit from the LindenSoesdyke Highway. Next to the remains, Crime Scene Investigators found a pair of Air Jordan sneakers which appeared to be unburnt with one of the victim’s feet still intact. In addition, they found a Seiko wristwatch, the blade of a knife, two screwdrivers, one USB phone charger ca ble, and a bunch of eight keys. The keys appeared to be those for a door lock and padlock.The items were found close to the burnt remains. A team from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters and ranks from Regional Division 4B conducted addi tional searches in the area during which several other pieces of human bones were recovered. Further, a fire heap was carefully sifted through by ranks and they were able to recover two Barbadian one-dollar coins, a piece of a leather belt, and pieces of a pair of Blue Urban Star DenimFromJeans.allindications, in vestigators said, the re mains had to be those of a male.Melville reportedly left home on August 28 and did not return home. His moth er, Avira Melville had told the media that on the day her son went missing, she attempted to call his phone, but it went wentremainstheHowever,unanswered.uponreadingnewsabouttheburntfound,hisfamilytothePoliceandfrom all indications, they believe they are Melville’s.
“He went home one time and he reached him there in the house, and he talk ed to him about going there, but other than that, I don’t know anything more about him having any issue with anyone,” Henry explained. She said while family members were still trying to put the pieces together to figure out how Melville lost his life, they were told that the father of three was blud geoned, stuffed in a suitcase, and lit a fire at the scene. She said that they were also trying to figure out how he got to “EvenYarrowkabra.thoughthe key match his room and so on, we will still move forward to get a DNA test to confirm that that is his body. This has left us very hurt. We can’t sleep, we cannot con centrate, it isn’t easy right now for the family… this is so sad,” his sister related. “He doesn’t deserve something like this, and what made it worse is that they leave nothing for him to remember him like we know he was. What they are giving us there [the body], I don’t know what we are go ing to do [with] it.” The family is calling on those in authority to help put the pieces of the puzzle together, to bring swift jus tice.“I am looking forward to the Police and the President and everybody to look into this matter, so that we can get justice. He was not a bad person…we need everyone who can help us in any way with information to help give us the justice we need for our brother,” Henry said. Marc Melville at Yarrowkabra
In an interview with the man’s sister, Amanda Henry, on Wednesday, she said that all the items that were found at the scene, in cluding the Jordan shoes, belonged to her brother. “The key matched his bedroom door lock; it is opening the lock of his bed room door. The knife is his own, the watch is his own… that is how we know that that is him,” she said. The woman said that her brother had lived with his children and his child’s mother, and had left his home to go to the bank to take out his salary, and nev er returned.“Helived in his room, and she [his child’s moth er] live in her room, be cause they currently have a dispute over the division of property… he never talked about having problems with anybody else besides his daughter’s boyfriend.
Dead: Kamal Ramsammy
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NRF balance stands at almost $200B …$21B in profit oil, $374M in interest payments in 1 month
President Dr Irfaan Ali meeting NRF Board Chairman Major General (Retired) Joe Singh (second from right); PSC Executive Member Ramesh Dookhoo (right); Dunstan Barrow (left); former CDB President, Professor Compton Bourne (second from left) and Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett at the Office of the President on August 31, 2022
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The Natural Resource Fund (NRF), which contains revenue re ceived from Guyana’s prof it oil, as well as royalty pay ments and interest earned, have a balance of almost $200 billion as of August 2022.This is according to the monthly financial state ment, which was released by the Bank of Guyana. According to the financial statement, the NRF had a closing balance of $198 bil lion or US$949.9 million as of August 31, 2022. The financial statement also reveals that the Fund had an opening balance of $176.3 billion at the start of August. While no royal ty payments were received for the month, Guyana did receive $21.3 billion in prof it oil payments and $374.6 million in interest pay ments.The report also notes that transfers to the NRF increased by US$198.3 mil lion, to US$344.2 million in the first half of 2022. The first withdrawal from the Fund, of US$200 million for developmental projects, was also recorded in the first half.It was only last week that President Dr Irfaan Ali offi cially appointed the Natural Resource Fund Board, say ing that this would bring true value to the sector while adding that these po sitions must be undertaken by people who were not po litical in nature. The Public Accountability and Oversight Committee and the Investment Committee were also ap pointed to serve in their re spective roles after taking the oath of office. The Natural Resource Fund Board will be chaired by Major General (Retired) Joe Singh. Other members are Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Carolyn RodriguesBirkett and former Member of Parliament (MP) for the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Dunstan Barrow.Longstanding execu tive of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Ramesh Dookhoo and former Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) President, Professor Compton Bourne were also appointed. These appointees will serve for a period of two years. United Kingdom MP with Guyanese roots, David Lammy was initially select ed to serve on the Board. However, he was unable to take up the post and Dr Ali said that Guyana-born Professor Bourne was an ex cellentSectionreplacement.3(1)ofthe NRF Act 2021, Act No 19 of 2021, which was assented to by President Ali on December 30, 2021, establishes the NRF to manage the nat ural resource wealth of Guyana for the present and future benefit of the peo ple in an effective and effi cient manner and in accor dance with the principles of good governance, trans parency, accountability, and international best practic es, including the Santiago Principles.Section 5 (1) of the Act provides for a Board of Directors of the Fund com prising not less than three and not more than five mem bers, who shall be appoint ed by the President, inclu sive of a Chairperson. In accordance with Section 5 (2), these Directors are to be selected from persons who have wide experience in le gal, financial, business, or administrative matters, one of whom shall be nominat ed by the National Assembly and one of whom shall be a representative of the Private Sector.The Public Accountability and Oversight Committee will be chaired by for mer Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Clement Sealey. The oth er six members are Wendell Jeffrey, Abu Zaman, Ryan Alexander, Dawn Gardener, Teni Housty, and Aslim Singh.The Investment Committee comprises sev en members who will ad vise the NRF Board on mat ters that concern investing the oil funds, in a way that maximises the benefits to Guyana.Chairperson Shaleeza Shaw was sworn in with members Michael Monroe and Richard Rambarran. The other four members will be sworn in at a lat er date. Government is also awaiting a nomination from Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton, who has been en gaged via correspondence. This Committee must have a makeup of a nomi nee of the Minister to serve as Chairperson, a nominee of the Minister responsible for the petroleum sector, a nominee from the Attorney General, a nominee of the Opposition Leader, a nom inee of the Private Sector and two ex-officio non-vot ing members. President Ali pointed out that they were awaiting the nomina tion from Opposition Leader Norton. (G3)
Sport Minister Charles Ramson JrGTT’s COO, Orson Ferguson Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister Oneidge Walrond
“Intent to make Guyana proud” – Ramson, as Cricket Carnival sponsors solidify support
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The Cricket Carnival, whose organising commit tee has been hard at work since the event’s launch in April 2022, has prom ised to be an explosion of Guyanese culture and tal ent – a theme that was reiterated at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) on Wednesday, as sponsors handed over their contributions to the event. According to the Committee, several spon sors have signed on for each of the 16 events set to be hosted around the country, beginning on SeptemberHowever,16. foremost is GTT, which has dished out a mammoth sum towards the“Atevents.GTT, we have three simple promises. One is to reliably connect our cus tomers. The second prom ise we have is to innovate for all in our country and the third promise we have is to strengthen our com munity and I stand here to announce that in keep ing with that promise, we have committed, over the three years of Cricket Carnival, over 150 million Guyana dollars,” GTT’s Chief Operations Officer (COO) Orson Ferguson said, indicating the com pany’s intent to provide support for the three years that Guyana will host the CPL“Thisfinals.isa significant in vestment for us,” Ferguson went on to divulge. Also on board is Guyana’s other cellular provider, Digicel, whose Chief Commercial Officer, Simone Pierre stated, “We’re proud to be the platinum sponsor for two of the events, the Guyana Festival and the Welcome Vibes, and we look forward to working with the stake holders to make this a suc cess.”Although already in col laboration with the Hero CPL, DDL also jumped at the opportunity to be a part of Cricket Carnival. “We’re very happy to extend that sponsorship to Cricket Carnival. Cricket Carnival is expected to be very big and import ant to Guyana and as a lo cal brand, El Dorado Rum, we intend to ensure that people enjoy themselves and enjoy themselves re sponsibly,” DDL’s Brand Manager Larry Wills said referencing El Dorado’s partnership with the Hero CPL as the official spirit of the tournament. Exposure and opportunities Meanwhile, Culture, Youth and Sport Minister Charles Ramson Jr., while highlighting the pletho ra of exposure and oppor tunities that will come for young Guyanese perform ers, magnified the value of the event’s sponsors. Ramson Jr explained, “Not everyone was quite sure where we, from the Government’s side and from His Excellency’s side, where we wanted to take this platform and this product. Most of you gave us the chance, as well as the benefit of the doubt of having the vision and knowing that it’s being presented for that benefi cial“It’spurpose.asignificant jump, because you’ve not just said we’re wishing you well, you’re saying we’re partnering with you, part nering with you on this vi sion and the objective.” “We are intent to make Guyana proud,” the Government Minister as serted.Currently, from the tourism perspective, ho tel rooms are reportedly booked out, while the 300 Bed and Breakfast rooms that were recently made available are also going like hot cakes. As such, Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister Oneidge Walrond hyped the returns that sponsors can reap with the support they have sown. “Barbados will be launching their Rum and Food Festival, right here at our Food Festival. So, you know the Barbados Rum Festival is a big deal, that’s its own brand, they’ll be coming to Guyana. We’ll be having a Guyanese arm of the Barbados Food Festival.”“So,I’m just saying all these things for you to re alise how big a deal, a product that you’ve signed on to,” Minister Walrond impressed.Inaddition, the Minister revealed that there would now be five Carnival bands in the road parade set for Sunday, October 2. One of those bands is based in Orlando, Florida and will be accom panied by Soca sensations Bunji Garlin and Fay-Ann Lyons.“Indeed, the eyes of the Region and extra region will be turned to Guyana for Cricket Carnival,” Walrond concluded. The Cricket Carnival sponsors include Atlas Security, International Import and Supplies, TMK2020, Creamery and Mitco Brands, Associated Brands Ltd, Adamante Holdings, Avinash Contracting and Scrap Metal Inc, Condor Inc, ANSA McAL, Kares Engineering, AGM, U-Mobile Cellular – Digicel, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) and GTT. (Jemima Holmes)
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J ust over a week be fore Guyana goes on display for its first-ever Cricket Carnival, over a dozen cor porate sponsors have solid ified their support for the highly-anticipated event that will go hand in hand with Guyana’s hosting of the back end of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2022.
Ministers Charles Ramson Jr and Oneidge Walrond are flanked by representatives of the companies which are sponsoring the Cricket Carnival Minister Walrond receives a sponsorship cheque from ANSA McAL’s
Almost $12B in contracts signed...
Moreover, the Housing Minister emphasised that this new highway was crit ical to the development of “people and communities” and in this regard, he re minded contractors of their obligation to deliver quali ty and timely work. “Signing the contract to day is just the start of this massive project. You must be ready to begin actu al work on the ground and you must focus your ener gies on delivering a high standard of construction. Too often we see photo graphs on social media or even in the newspapers of substandard work that is being done,” Minister Croal posited.With this in mind, he also charged the project en gineers and consultants to ensure value for money is delivered.“Youhave a duty to the people of Guyana…because you are also the gatekeep ers for our country’s in vestments,” the Housing MinisterMeanwhile,stressed.
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thegivendlingthecriedofGuyanatuallypetitionsecondditedFordeSeniorOpposition-alignedbyCounselRoysdalerequestinganexpehearingoftheparty’sdismissedelectionwillbeheardvironOctober3bytheCourtofAppeal.TheAPNU/AFCMemberParliament(MP)hasdetheslowpaceatwhichappellatecourtishantheelectionpetitionthatanappealagainstdismissalofthepetition was filed in June of last year. In June 2021, Forde appealed to the appellate court against acting Chief Justice Roxane George’s April 26, 2021 decision, dis missing the coalition’s sec ond election petition which challenged the results of the March 2, 2020, national elections.Butmore than a year af ter the appeal was filed, the matter is yet to be heard. Asked last month what is causing the delay in the hearing of the case, Forde had told this publication that the record of appeal is not prepared because the court does not have the Chief Justice’s written deci sion. Then, he indicated his intention of filing an appli cation to have the election petition hearing expedited. The petition filed by Claudette Thorne and Heston Bostwick seeks to have the results of the March 2020 General and Regional Elections invali dated on the ground of seri ous non-compliance with the Constitution of Guyana and electoral laws as it relates to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM’s) conduct over the polls. The petitioners had contended that Section 22 of the Elections Law (Amendment) Act (ELA) and Order #60, also known as the Recount Order, vi olated the Constitution of Guyana. Failed to present evidence However, in dismiss ing the petition, the Chief Justice, SC, held that the petitioners failed to pres ent evidence to support that the conduct of the elections contravened the Constitution and elector al laws. She ruled that nei ther Section 22 nor the Recount Order was ultra vi res the Constitution, add ing that Article 162 of the Constitution empowered GECOM to take whatever actions were necessary to conclude the elections, in cluding embarking on a re count of all Alludingballots.tothe events that occurred after the close of polls, Justice George noted, “Given the difficul ties, it does appear that it would not have been pru dent for GECOM to de clare the results in the pe culiar circumstances that accompanied the comple tion of the process of the March 2 Elections. A com bination of Article 162 (1) (b) of the Constitution and Section 22 confer the power upon GECOM to issue this [Recount] Order if GECOM considered it necessary or expedient to ensure impar tiality, fairness, and compli ance… as regards the elec tionButprocess.”coalition lawyers in their appeal contended that Justice George erred in law when she ruled that Section 22 of the Elections Law (Amendment) Act 2000 and Order #60 made thereunder were not in violation of the Constitution.According to them, by virtue of their application for the election results to be declared invalid, both Section 22 and Order #60, which flowed directly from Article 162, were in con flict with and or contra vened Article 177 of the Constitution.Incourtdocuments seen by this publication, they further contended that Justice George again erred in law when she found that Order #60 was a mechanism to allow for the recount to be conducted by expanding the recount provisions in the Representation of the People Act (RoPA). The petitioners submit ted that Justice George erred in law when she failed to find that the mech anisms set out in Order #60 amounted to a substantial variation from the RoPA and consequently could not be said to have “merely modified” the Act. Besides that, they com plained that she erred in law when she ruled that they did not produce evi dence that claimed that the elections were not lawfully conducted.Likebefore the High Court, they have gone to the appellate court arguing that there was no need for the production of any evidence except the declarations by the Returning Officers and the recount figures. Thorne and Bostwick, among other things, argued that the acting Chief Justice erred in law when she reject ed the evidence before the court which established that there was a difference in the recorded figures for the po litical parties in the Official Gazette dated August 20, 2020, in which results were declared pursuant to Order #60 from a letter by for mer Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield to GECOM’s Chairperson, Retired Justice Claudette Singh. Thrown out Both of APNU/AFC’s elections petitions have now been dismissed by the Chief Justice (ag). In January 2021, she dismissed the APNU/AFC’s election pe tition, which was filed by Brennan Nurse and Monica Thomas owing to their non-compliance with ef fecting service on President DavidTheGranger.party appealed her ruling to the Court of Appeal of Guyana, which by a majority decision on December 21, 2021, held that it had jurisdiction to hear an appeal against a ruling of the High Court to dismiss an election petition on the basis of procedural impropriety.Insodoing, the Court of Appeal rejected arguments by Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall, SC, that the court had no jurisdiction to hear and determine the appeal, neither from statute, the Constitution nor does it have an inherent jurisdiction.
Dismissed election petition
Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), Sherwyn Greaves noted that a team from the Projects Department would be close ly monitoring the works. Also present at the signing ceremony were Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Andre Ally; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the CH&PA, Dr Emanuel Cummings; CH&PA Director of Projects, Omar Narine and Deputy Director, Intakab Indarjeet. (G11)
Not reciprocated reasonably According to the acting Chief Justice, however, the President’s efforts in mak ing the constitutional ap pointments were not re ciprocated reasonably by Opposition Leader Norton, whom she noted had all the necessary information to determine if the nominees were suitable, or to raise objections at the appropri ateAstime.she put it, it takes two hands to clap. Article 210 of the Constitution mandates that “the Police Service Commission shall consist of a Chairman appointed by the President, acting after meaningful consul tation with the Leader of the Opposition from among members appointed upon nomination by the National Assembly”.Norton, who is also the Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) — the largest par ty in the APNU/AFC coa lition —contended that he was not afforded a “rea sonable opportunity” to ex press a considered opinion on the matter of consul tation concerning the ap pointments of the PSC and Integrity Commission. For his part, Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC, had submitted that the nominees for the PSC, in cluding Findlay, were nom inated by the Appointments Committee of the National Assembly of which the Opposition is a part. Nandlall, who is also the country’s Legal Affairs Minister, had argued that, overall, the consultation has to be fair, but it does not have to be perfect. In concluding her rul ing, the acting Chief Justice also stressed to on lookers the need for con sultations between polit ical leaders to be done in the manner they were en visioned by the framers of the Constitution, for the good of the nation. “The tone of engage ments… leaves much to be desired. As Mr [CV] Satram [lawyer for the PSC] puts it, the process became con frontational. Parties to a consultative process must respectfully focus on what the consultation is about, and not on peripheral and irrelevant issues,” she said. She expressed that it was “highly unfortu nate” that service commis sions provided for by the Constitution have not been constituted or reconstitut ed in a timely manner, add ing that this is a disservice to the entities they serve and the country.(G1) appeals CJ’s... motion filed on August 30
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Appeal Court to hear APNU/AFC’s request for expedited hearing
CCJ Meanwhile, in a con solidated appeal at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), which was heard on July 19, Nandlall and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, in his capacity as General Secretary of the PPP/C, argued that the Court of Appeal erred and, there fore, its decision should be overturned.TheCCJ has reserved its ruling.Based on the 2020 polls, the four petitioners argue that David Granger should be declared Guyana’s President for a second term, and are, therefore, asking the courts to declare that President Dr Irfaan Ali is illegally in office. The certified results from the recount exercise supervised by GECOM and a high-level team from the Caribbean Community (Caricom) pellucidly showed that the PPP/C won with 233,336 votes over the Coalition’s 217,920.
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Mudwata character
Keron Bruce
T he trial of photogra pher Keron Bruce, who is accused of be ing the person behind the social media cartoon char acter “Mudwata”, which was scheduled to begin on Wednesday has been de ferredHisagain.lawyer, Bernard Da Silva has raised issues re garding the statute of lim itations – the law prescrib ing a period of limitation for the bringing of actions of certain kinds. In light of this, Presiding Magistrate Sunil Scarce re quested Da Silva and the prosecution to lay over writ ten submissions to the court on that point. The Magistrate has fixed October 5 to rule on the sub missions and on the way forward in the matter. Bruce, 35, of 295 Soesdyke Back Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD), is facing a charge for cy bercrime at the DiamondGolden Grove Magistrates’ Courts.He was arrested and subsequently charged af ter Journalist Leroy Smith alleged that he was being relentlessly attacked by the cartoon character on Facebook and other social media platforms. It is alleged that on January 25, 2021, at Soesdyke, EBD, Bruce used a computer system to dis seminate information about Smith, knowing same to be false. Police are alleging that the information sub jected Smith to public ridi cule, contempt, hatred, and embarrassment.BackinJanuary, Police arrested Bruce and sever al other persons on allega tions of the cartoon char acter slandering persons. Police Headquarters said that ranks seized several pieces of equipment from a DD Eccles, EBD home. In addition, several voice messages were also collected, which, when an alysed, matched with the “Mudwata” commentary. His arrest came days af ter Smith, owner and man aging editor of the online media outlet BIG SMITH News Watch, offered a $1 million reward for reliable information that would lead to the proper identification of the cartoon character. Smith had made this of fer after a video aggressive ly attacking him was posted by “Mudwata” on Facebook andAfterYouTube.Bruce’s arrest, Smith had stated that sev eral persons had come for ward with information about the cartoon charac ter. As such, a court order was issued to search Bruce’s house for any evidence that would pin him to the char acter.The Police are obliged under the provisions of the Cyber Crime Act 2018 – a legislation that was passed under the previous APNU/ AFC Government – to in vestigate any report made with respect to cyberbully ing.Meanwhile, in February of this year, Bruce filed a $101 million libel suit against Mikhail Rodrigues, better known as the “Guyanese Critic”, whom he has accused of slander ing him. In that lawsuit, filed at the Demerara High Court, Bruce claims that, on January 29, Rodrigues, via a Facebook Live which at tracted 761 comments, 933 reactions, 33,000 views, and 91 shares, Rodrigues made several false and defama tory statements about him being the person behind “Mudwata”.Insisting that he and the “Mudwata” character are not “one and the same”, Bruce said Rodrigues had not presented any credible evidence to the contrary, and therefore this could not be a “matter of fact”, since this had not been proven in a court of law. Bruce alleged that Rodrigues’s utterances were for the sole purpose of increasing views, finan cial gains, followers, reac tions, and for his own per sonalAccordingclout. to him, Rodrigues’s comments have caused irrevocable damage to his reputation, and have subjected him to public ridi cule, contempt, hatred, and embarrassment, and have also brought his career into disrepute.Thephotographer told the High Court that he is so fearful for his life that he has hired a 24-hour secu rity service to protect him self and his family, because Rodrigues has threatened to “show up” at his home and go live on Facebook. Apart from monetary award for damages, Bruce is asking the court to or der Rodrigues to publish, or cause to be published, an apology to him. He is also seeking a perma nent injunction restraining Rodrigues from publishing, or causing to be published, the posts or similar words which are defamatory to him. (G1)
The animated character “Mudwata”
Legal issues delay start of photographer’s trial
Cousins beaten, stabbed at Charity T wo men, Rolin Benn and his cous in Kunraj Benn, both of Charity Extension Scheme, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (PomeroonSupenaam) were on Tuesday beaten and stabbed while on Charity PublicPoliceRoad.said around 01:30h the men, along with a female, were at a stall imbibing alcohol when they were approached by a male who requested that they purchase a beer for him. However, the cousins refused. It was reported that at that point another male approached the gath ering and dealt Rolin sev eral blows about his head while his accomplice threw a beer bottle at him, caus ing him to receive injuries to his face. A man only known as “Chicken” then dealt him a stab with a pair of scis sors to his back and in the process, one of the suspects took $25,000 from his right pants pocket while “Chicken” took a grey ZTE cellular phone valued at $25,000 from his left pock et. The victim fell to the ground and was further assaulted by several other persons. In his attempt to stop the assault, the fish erman’s cousin Kunraj was stabbed in his chest by one of theBothattackers.victims sought medical attention at the Oscar Joseph District Hospital. Rolin was treat ed and sent away while his cousin was admitted as a patient and later trans ferred to the Suddie Public Hospital, where his condi tion is listed as stable. Police said that contact was made with the sus pects who were positively identified as the two per sons who assaulted the vic tims.As a result, both of the accused were arrested.
Mara Police Station refurbished as Private Sector donates $2.3M in materials
G uyana’s renowned soil scientist, Dr Oudho Homenauth, who served as Chief Executive Officer of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), has died. He held this position for over two decades. Dr Homenauth died on Tuesday, collapsing as he was about to take an after noonHewalk.grew up in the Number 67 Village, but subsequently moved to Georgetown after he was placed at Queen’s College. He taught at the Manchester Secondary School in Corentyne for one year after leaving school, and went on to univer sity from 1975- 1978, af ter which he joined the National Service in his ear ly days.During his teaching ca reer, he received a scholar ship to study medicine but rather pursued a degree in chemistry. While on the sidelines of the launch of the popu lation census on Tuesday, President Dr Irfaan Ali paid a tribute to Dr Homenauth, reflecting on the numerous contributions he made in the agricultural sector. “He served exceedingly well, he made tremendous contributions to the agricul tural sector; his death is a tremendous loss to the coun try, I had the honor to work with him at the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Housing and as President. His contributions can nev er be understated. Much of what we have accomplished in the rice industry is his hard work,” the Head of StateMeanwhile,said.
The station, which will benefit some 15,000 per sons, was re-opened after five weeks of works to re furbish the old structure.
A fter being closed for 11 years, the Mara Police Station sit uated on the East Bank of Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) was on Wednesday re-opened.
Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, along with the management and staff of the Agriculture Ministry, also paid tribute to Dr Homenauth, extending their condolences to his rel atives and friends and stat ing that his contributions to NAREI remained invalu able. Also reflecting on the life of Dr Homenauth, for mer Agriculture Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy said that he was a respected col league. “As one of my senior di rectors at the Ministry of Agriculture, he provided me with unstinting sup port. Lest anyone forget, the initial large-scale pi lots for soya and corn pro duction started when I was Minister of Agriculture,” Dr Ramsammy said. He noted that by 2015, Dr Homenauth led the po tato“Theproject.reproducible pro duction of garlic and on ion was still being worked with by 2015. But we had reached self-sufficiency in carrot and broccoli produc tion. We had also now start ed developing growing con ditions for quinoa. The stem cell lab and germplasm lab had started.”
Dr Oudho Homenauth
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The Mara Police Station, situated 25 miles from New Amsterdam on the East Bank of Berbice, is 15 miles away from the next Police Station at Sisters. Some $2.3 million in materials which came from the Private Sector was used on the building while about 90 per cent of the la bour was provided by the Guyana Police Force. The roof, windows and all doors had to be re placed. Work was also done on the compound, includ ing the construction of a shed and the installation of a solar system. The refur bishing also saw the entire building being repainted. New sanitary facilities were also installed and the entire building was re wired.The building also hous es living quarters and a kitchen. Regional Commander, Senior Superintendent Boodnarine Persaud, speaking at the recom missioning of the build ing, said it had been closed since“During2011. that time the community had depleted and there were hardly re ports of crime, the Station was infested with bats and there’s many other things that would have caused the closure of the Mara Police Station. However, with an oil find in Guyana and a booming economy and with the development that is cur rently taking place in our country including the de velopment of the road from New Amsterdam to Fern becoming an all-weather road, a lot of persons who would have migrated from Mara are now moving back to Mara,” the Commander explained.Hesaid he had wanted to see the Mara Station re opened before he went on pre-retirement leave. He proceeds on leave this week and retires on January 1, 2023. According to the Commander, since last year there has been an in crease in reports of domes tic violence, the use of ille gal drugs and other crimes as a result of alcohol con sumption. Meanwhile, Region Six Chairman David Armogan, in giving the feature ad dress at the recommission ing ceremony, noted that a police station was not the only thing coming to the residents of the Upper East Bank“WeBerbice.arealso not only looking at security and safety, we are also look ing at the health of people and so we are putting into the budget for early next year a health post, which is going to be situated just across on the next lot over there so that persons liv ing in this community can have access to health facili ties in this area,” he said to thunderous applause from the residents who were in attendance.Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner in charge of operations, Ravindradat Budhram promised to have a new vehicle delivered to the station today. He is also making arrangements for Internet access at the station.There are no phone lines along the Upper East Bank Berbice. Budhram praised the collaborative effort be tween the Police, the res idents of Mara, and mem bers of the Private Sector, who were instrumental in the resuscitation of the sta tion. (G4)
After being closed for 11 years
Dr Oudho Homenauth passes away
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Chilean students pro tested in several sub way stations in the capital on Wednesday, de manding reforms to the ed ucation system days after voters rejected a proposed Constitution that had roots in student demonstrations three years ago. Early Wednesday, the Santiago Metro began re porting temporary suspen sions at various stations in its network due to the pres ence of young people pro testing inside and outside facilities.
PAHO Director, Dr Carissa Etienne The Bermuda Government said it would push on with its flagship legislation to legalise the use and con sumption of cannabis in the British overseas territory after Governor Rena Lalgie announced on Tuesday that she had been instructed by London not to give it the royalTheassent.ruling Progressive Labour Party (PLP) said it had been given a man date by voters to introduce the legislation, having won landslide victories in gen eral elections in 2017 and 2020.Lalgie announced the de cision following months of tension over the legislation on the day that Liz Truss was elevated from Foreign Secretary to Prime Minister in Britain following the res ignation of Boris Johnson. Attorney General Kathy Lynn Simmons, reacting to Tuesday’s statement from Government House, said the news was “disappoint ing, but not surprising giv en the confines of our con stitutional relationship with the UK Government and their archaic interpre tation of the narcotic con ventions”.“Thepeople of Bermuda have democratically ex pressed their desire for a regulated cannabis licens ing regime, following the strong endorsement at the ballot box and an exten sive public consultation pro cess,” she said. “The Government of Bermuda intends to contin ue to advance this initia tive, within the full scope of its constitutional powers, in keeping with our 2020 General Election platform commitment.”PremierDavid Burt, who may face a leadership chal lenge at the Party’s conven tion in October, made no im mediate comment, but he said last year that if royal assent was not given to the Cannabis Licensing Bill, it would destroy relations be tween Bermuda and Britain. (Excerpt from CMC)
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Chile students disrupt metro with protests in wake of constitution defeat
The protests came less than a week after Chileans overwhelmingly rejected a proposed new Constitution in a referendum on Sunday.
B razilian President Jair Bolsonaro has rallied alongside tens of thousands of his supporters at a military pa rade in the country’s capi tal, brushing off criticism that the far-right leader is using the Independence Day festivities to bolster his re-election bid. Brazil remains tense just weeks ahead of the October 2 vote, which most opinion polls have shown will see Bolsonaro defeat ed by his rival, former leftwing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. After taking in a gi ant procession of soldiers, tanks and tractors down the Esplanade of Ministries in Brasilia on Wednesday, Bolsonaro gave a fiery speech to a sea of greenand-yellow-clad support ers. “Our battle is a fight be tween good and evil,” the former Army Captain told the crowd, amid cries of “Lula, you thief” and ban ners calling for military intervention in Brazil’s Supreme Court. In recent months, Bolsonaro has repeated ly taken aim at leading Supreme Court Justices and alleged – without pro viding any evidence – that Brazil’s electronic voting system is vulnerable to widespread fraud. Legal experts have re jected that allegation, while the President’s crit ics accuse him of sowing doubt ahead of the election in order to dispute the re sults, as was done by for mer US President Donald Trump, whom Bolsonaro hasTheemulated.president’s attacks on the voting system have stirred calls for a military coup from some of his more radical backers, fuelling concerns that the South American nation could see election-related violence. (Excerpt from Al Jazeera)
Drones and dogs are be ing deployed to comb the mountainous area around La Grita, in Venezuela’s Táchira state. An official with the civ il protection team said be tween 16 and 20 people were missing, but local me dia suggest the number could be Relativeshigher.say they have not heard from their loved ones since they left for the retreat on August 22. Neighbours told local pa per La Nación that a num ber of local families had packed food and camping mats and set off into the mountains on what they de scribed as a four-day spiri tualAretreat.priestin La Grita said the group had followed a woman who claimed to have received a revelation by the Virgin Mary. In his Sunday sermon, the priest warned of the dangers of believing in “fa natics” who made claims about the end of the world beingYesnardonigh. Canal of the lo cal civil protection authority said a newborn and a num ber of children were among theOnmissing.Tuesday, a search team combed through the area where locals had re ported seeing the group, but found nothing. La Grita is located at a height of 1440m (4725ft) but the surrounding moorlands reach a height of 3000m. The Mayor of the area said that the families’ dis appearance was “very sus picious”. “There are several theories [of what may have happened], but we won’t know what really happened until the investigations have been concluded,” the official added. (Excerpt from BBC News)
Director of the PanAmerican
Although the protests were peaceful, with no re ports of violent action, they recalled student protests that in October 2019 led to massive and sometimes vi olent street demonstrations against inequality in the South American country.
Venezuelans on prepared to meet with unions pledges to press on with blocked
Brazil’s Bolsonaro leads massive Independence Day rallies
The court-appoint ed administrator of the cash-strapped re gional airline, LIAT (1974) Limited, said he has “no ob jection” discussing matters of concern with the unions representing the airline’s workers – but Cleveland Seaforth said the union must provide “an itemised list of topics” for the discus sions.The Antigua & Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU) has been seeking a meeting with Seaforth to discuss the future of the airline and said among the issues to be dis cussed would be the decision by the shareholder govern ments to liquidate the com pany that owes millions of dollars to former employ ees who were dismissed last year.But Seaforth said in an August 11 letter that “dis cussions held by Heads of Government are separate and apart from the court-ap pointed administration pro cess, hence the administra tor may not be fully aware of all the matters discussed at suchSeaforthmeetings”.opened the door a bit more for possi ble talks in his latest cor respondence to the ABWU, dated September 6, saying: “Once we are in receipt of the proposed meeting top ics, we will review and pro vide a finalised agenda and proposed dates for the meet ing.”Seaforth also remind ed the ABWU General Secretary David Massiah “that the LIAT collective bargaining agreements with the unions were suspended in accordance with the court order granted on December 10, 2020, and all union heads were subsequently advised of the decision and the supporting documenta tionBut,provided”.hesaid, notwith standing that situation he “has no objection to discussing matters of concern regarding the LIAT employees with the unions”. (Excerpt from CMC)
spiritual mountain retreat reported missing Administrator
Regarding the monkey pox outbreak, the PAHO Director noted that over 30,000 cases have been re ported in the Region, mak ing the Americas the global epicentre of the pandemic. Most cases are concen trated in the United States, Brazil, Peru, and Canada, and primarily among men who have sex with men, although at least 145 cases have been reported in women and 54 among people under the age of 18. (Excerpt from CMC)
The result led progressive President Gabriel Boric to reshuffle his cabinet to broaden the Government’s coalition.Santiago’s Metro sys tem said on its Twitter ac count that there were ser vice interruptions in at least a dozen stations due to “stu dent-generated disorders.” In the morning, a group of students also engaged in skirmishes with the Police at a school in downtown Santiago.Members of the coun try’s Interior Ministry met Wednesday afternoon to dis cuss solutions for the pro tests.(Excerpt from Reuters)
Emergency workers are searching for a group of people who disappeared while on a spir itual retreat in the Andes.
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during a military parade to celebrate the bicentennial independence of Brazil, in Brasilia, on September 7, 2022 [Adriano Machado/Reuters]
cannabis legislation
PAHO says prevention is key to tackling COVID-19 and monkeypox viruses
thePAHOtheinandtheintionon(PAHO),OrganisationHealthDrCarissaEtienneWednesdaysaidprevenremainedamajorkeypreventingthespreadofcoronavirus(COVID-19)themonkeypoxvirusestheAmericas,includingCaribbean.TheDominica-bornDirectorsaidthattwovirusesremaineda “significant threat’’ to the Region, with COVID-19 ac counting for millions of in fection and deaths since the first case was detected two yearsSheago.said that despite a decrease in COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths in the Americas, “hundreds of people are still dying ev ery day from COVID-19 across our Region” and “yet countries have scaled back their public health mea sures while millions remain unvaccinated”.PAHOsaid while most vaccines delivered in the Americas are for boosters, 10 countries and territories have yet to fully vaccinate even 40 per cent of their populations and some peo ple have yet to receive a sin gle vaccine dose. “We must not and can not be complacent, because this virus is still circulating, still evolving, and new vari ants can still emerge,” said Dr Etienne, calling on coun tries to prioritise those who remain unprotected, includ ing children who return to school this month.
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said as well as a price cap, there should be a mandatory target to cut peak electricity use Greece has sent let ters to NATO and the United Nations, complaining over what it called “inflammatory” state ments by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and asking them to condemn Ankara’s behaviour, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday. The two countries –North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) allies but historic foes – have been at odds for decades over a range of issues includ ing where their continental shelves start and end, over flights in the Aegean Sea, and divided Cyprus. On Monday, the European Union voiced con cern over statements by Erdogan accusing Greece, an EU member, of occupy ing demilitarised islands in the Aegean and saying Turkey was ready to “do what is necessary” when the timeAccordingcame. to Turkey’s State-owned Anadolu news agency, Ankara sent letters this week to the European Union, NATO and the United Nations explaining its stance and views on is sues including overlapping claims on airspace, terri torial waters, and the de militarisation status of the Aegean islands, among oth er issues.Greek diplomatic sourc es said on Wednesday Turkey’s letter distorted reality and its arguments were unfounded and violate international law. Greece, they said, has also sent let ters to the United Nations and“TheNATO.Turkish attitude is a destabilising factor for NATO’s unity and cohesion, weaking the southern flank of the Alliance at a moment of crisis,” Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in a letter to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. (Excerpt from Reuters)
Last week, the G7 group of nations – announced a price cap for Russian oil – a move it said would reduce both Moscow’s revenue for its Ukraine invasion, and inflation in the West. Finnish researchers recently estimated that Russia has made €158 bil lion from surging fos sil fuel prices during the six-month invasion – with EU imports accounting for more than half of that. Speaking to an econom ics forum in the far east ern city of Vladivostok on Wednesday, Russia’s lead er condemned sanctions as economic aggression, and a “fever” posing a threat to the entire world. (Excerpt from BBC News)
Oil prices settled sharply lower on Wednesday, slumping below levels seen prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as downbeat Chinese trade data fed investor worries about recession risks. Brent crude futures settled down US$4.83 to US$88 a barrel, falling below US$90 a barrel for the first time since February 8. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude settled down by US$4.94, or 5.7 per cent, to US$81.94, its lowest since“RightJanuary.now the market is basing its concerns about what will happen due to sharply higher energy prices in Europe, slowing demand in Europe, and interest rates rising,” said Phil Flynn, an analyst at Price Futures Group. Several central banks are slated to keep hiking rates to fight inflation, but economists have said the United States appears better placed to weather the storms. That has boosted the dollar to a 24-year peak against the yen and a 37year high versus sterling. The stronger greenback pressures oil prices, since most worldwide oil sales are transacted in dollars.The European Central Bank is expected to raise interest rates sharply when it meets today. A US Federal Reserve meeting follows on September 21. The Bank of Canada hiked interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point to a 14-year high on Wednesday, as expected, and said the policy rate would need to go even higher as it battles raging inflation.
Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid has pushed back against sugges tions of prosecuting a sol dier who likely shot dead Al Jazeera Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh while she was covering an Israeli army op eration in the occupied West Bank in May. The veteran Al Jazeera reporter was wearing a bul letproof vest marked “Press” and a helmet when she was shot in the head in the Jenin refugee camp. Her killing caused global outrage and calls for an independent in vestigation.TheIsraeli army conced ed on Monday for the first time that one of its soldiers had likely shot Abu Akleh, after having mistaking her for a fighter. It had initially blamed Palestinian gunmen for her “Therekilling.isa high possibil ity that Ms Abu Akleh was accidentally hit by [Israeli military] gunfire that was fired toward suspects iden tified as armed Palestinian gunmen,” said the Army’s fi nal report into her May 11 death.The acknowledgement came after months in which the Army had insisted it was impossible to determine the source of the deadly shot that killed the celebrated Al Jazeera Journalist. (Excerpt from Reuters)
U krainian saidVolodymyrPresidentZelenskyhehas“good news”, claiming the recap ture of several settlements fromRumoursRussia. have swirled for days about a possible breakthrough in the eastern Kharkiv region, but with no word from Ukrainian offi cials.Zelensky declined to name which places had been retaken, saying that “now is not the time to name” them. Separately, US officials said Ukraine was making “slow but meaningful prog ress” against Russian forc es. Speaking in his nightly video address to Ukrainians, President Zelensky said there was “good news” about the rumoured success of Ukrainian troops. “I think every citizen feels proud of our soldiers,” he said, naming specific military units and applaud ing their bravery in combat. But he said: “Now is not the time to name the settlements to which the Ukrainian flag returns.” Ukraine has tightened its operational security in recent weeks, sharing few details about a widely-ex pected counter-offensive in the east and Ukrainiansouth.
The European Union proposed to cap Russian gas only hours later, raising the risk of rationing in some of the world’s richest countries this winter.
T he European Union’s executive body has proposed capping the price of Russian gas, with in hours of Russia’s lead er condemning the idea as stupidity.Energy prices have soared in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, forcing the EU’s 27 States into action. “We must cut Russia’s revenues which Putin uses to finance this atro cious war,” said European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen. But Putin said Moscow would react to a cap by halting supplies complete ly. “We will not supply gas, oil, coal, heating oil – we will not supply anything,” he said, if it went against Russia’sEuropeaninterests.leaders have accused Moscow of “weap onising” its gas exports in response to Western sanc tions on Russian individu als and Whilebusinesses.theKremlin de nies that is the case, the big Nord Stream 1 pipeline into northern Germany has been shut indefinitely, with Moscow directly blaming sanctions.
Russia’s Gazprom has halted flows from the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, cutting off a substantial percentage of supply to Europe. Credit rating agency Fitch on Tuesday said halting of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline increased the likelihood of recession in the euro zone. US crude stockpiles are expected to have fallen for a fourth consecutive week, declining by an estimated 733,000 barrels in the week to September 2, a preliminary Reuters poll showed. The American Petroleum Institute (API) released its report on Wednesday, a day later than usual because of a public holiday on Monday.(Reuters)
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Police in Canada have arrested the suspect in a mass stabbing that left 10 people dead and 18 othersMylesinjured.Sanderson’s cap ture ends a manhunt that spanned three provinces and prompted questions about why he was granted prison parole despite a history of vi olence.Police said he was tak en into custody in the town of Rosthern, Saskatchewan, around 15:30h local time (21:30TenGMT).victims remain in hospital, three of them in criticalPolicecondition.have already charged him with first-de gree murder, attempted murder, and breaking and entering.News of the suspect’s cap ture came soon after an alert was sent to Canadian mobile phone users on Wednesday afternoon warning people near the town of Wakaw to “seek immediate shelter/ shelter in place” because a man armed with a knife had been seen driving in the area. Rosthern is 44 kilometres (27 miles) west of Wakaw. Police have now cancelled that earlier alert and say that there is no further risk to theHispublic.brother, Damien Sanderson, was also suspect ed of playing a role in the at tacks on Sunday in the ru ral area. On Monday, Police found his body and are now investigating whether his brother may have killed him during the manhunt. On Wednesday, the par ents of the brothers appealed for their fugitive son to turn himself in. “I want to apologise for my son, my sons,” his moth er said in an interview with CBC“WeNews.don’t know the whole story, but I want to apologise to everybody that was hurt and affected by this terri ble situation.” (Excerpt from BBC News)
China’s weak economic data and stringent zero-COVID policy added to demand concerns. Its crude oil imports in August fell 9.4 per cent from a year earlier, customs data showed.Prices drew some support from Russian President Vladimir Putin threats to halt the country’s oil and gas exports if price caps are imposed.
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soldiers have launched an offensive south-east of Kharkiv, to wards the eastern region of Donetsk, over which Russia has maintained substantial military control since the war began six months ago. Some reports suggest Ukrainian forces may be a few dozen kilometres from the city of Izyum, an im portant link in Russia’s mil itary supply Meanwhile,chain. Ukraine has claimed responsibility for a series of air strikes on Crimea after a month of un certainty over who was be hindOnethem.ofthe attacks, which took place in early August, targeted Russia’s Saky mil itary base and killed one person. (Excerpt from BBC News)
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Chelsea sack Tuchel: Champions League glory and Lukaku lethargy – the German’s highs and lows
Chelsea’s Champions League triumph quali fied them for a shot at two more major prizes last sea son – and credit is due for Tuchel guiding them to both, allowing them to stake a claim as the greatest club team in world football. A nervy Super Cup win over Villarreal was aid ed by Kepa Arrizabalaga’s penalty shootout hero ics, while Kai Havertz’ ex tra-time penalty helped the Blues sink Palmeiras to be crowned Club World Cup winners.
HIGH: Champions of the world
Rutherford working to maintain form throughout CPL 44 children benefit from Pele FC Alumni/Lions Club camp
21THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 theIntournament.aninterview with this publication, when asked his view on what he is most looking forward to, Rutherford said, “First I want to thank God for this opportunity for coming back to St Kitts. And me, I’m looking forward to CPL as the defending champion, it’s a bit of boost for me and I am looking to defend our title and as a team we are looking to go hard and keep
LOW: ...and failures But on each occasion, he failed to guide the Blues over the line, losing last sea son to underdogs Leicester City before suffering a pair of defeats against a quadru ple-chasing Liverpool side thisWhileyear. he has enjoyed greater success abroad, the struggles at Wembley have haunted his reputation –and may well have played a part in his ultimate dis missal.
In the time Tuchel has been in charge at Stamford Bridge, he reached all three domestic cup finals available to him, with FA Cup showpiece appearanc es in 2021 and 2022, and an EFL Cup trip to Wembley, too.That saw him stand alone in the history of the club and cemented his repu tation as something of a cup specialist.
If there is to be a play er that marks Tuchel’s leg acy at Chelsea outside of his Champions League triumph though, it will almost cer tainly be Romelu Lukaku one of the worst transfer flops in recent memory. Returning to Chelsea af ter a Serie A title win with Inter, hopes were high for the Belgian’s homecoming, but his poor form and diffi culties within the German’s system saw him frozen out over the latter half of the season.Lukaku returned to Inter on a year-long loan over the off-season, with just eight Premier League goals in 26 games, and it remains to be seen whether he ever steps foot back in Stamford Bridge again or, if like Tuchel, his time at the club is now over. (Sportsmax)
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it as competitive as possi ble. Form wise I am in a good space, I’m feeling good and I just want to keep it going, keep putting in that work and try and take this form as far as possible.” The talented left hander also noted that as it relates to his aggression seen in the 6IXTY, he intends to take some form of that ag gressiveness into CPL but with more intent. He ex plained that in the past he relaxed more in the first phase of his innings caus ing him to be too slow, how ever, he intends to bring a new level of aggressive ness added with match awareness as he seeks to take this mindset through the entire tournament. Touching on his fitness, the Guyanese relayed that it has been something he has been working on through out the years. He touted that he is getting better and his body is getting bet ter, which means he is get ting to where he wants to be in terms of his fitness goals. “My expectation in the CPL is to win, to back my self as well to play all of the games which means I have to perform. I don’t really set a lot of goals, but I want to play a lot of the games and I just want to win the CPL and I want to be con sistent as possible, ‘cause that is something I strug gle with, to be consistent and by God’s grace hope fully I can be consistent as possible,” he Rutherfordshared.further clar ified that coming into an other franchise outside of your home team has a lot of expectations as it is expect ed of the player to perform well. Nevertheless, he said that it was a confidence booster for him, because he wanted to do well and it motivates him to work hard as he sees it making him a better person in the longRutherfordrun. also show ered his fans with much praise and thanked them for their support and urged them to continue support ing him and giving him mo tivation. He also thanked them for the messages and noted that while he may not be able to reply, he does read them and appreciates them. He also explained that for his fans he will continue to work hard and perform for them when he hits the field.
Items were donated to as sist the kids for the new school term. Assisting with the distribution were mem bers of the Lions along with local Pele Football Club President Dirk Exeter and Ex-Co Member Prince Johnson.The Lions Club of Georgetown Durban Park and Pele FC Alumni wish to express profound grat itude to all those compa nies, including Federal Management Systems Inc, and individuals who would have contributed to the re turn and success of the August Camp. Certificates of appreciation were pre sented to the Ministry of Education and Unique Touch.
Having been curtailed for two years due to the global pandemic which rocked Guyana and the world, the annual Pele FC Alumni/Lions Club of Georgetown Durban Park Summer Camp made a wel come return August monthend.The four-day event at tracted 44 children between the ages of 6 and 13 and was conducted on August 13, 20, 26, and 27 at the Den of the Lions Club of Ruimveldt, lo cated in Festival City. Deemed a resounding success, the purpose of the Camp was to improve the literacy levels of the par ticipants through fun. This year, there was an addition to the programme which saw art and craft being in tegrated into the literacy sessions. Providing expert guid ance and support in art and craft sessions was the Director of Unique Touch along with the staff. Additionally, trained teach ers volunteered and assist ed with the literacy ses sions at the camp, while the Literacy Unit of the Ministry of Education pro vided some technical sup port in the form of a Literacy Clinic. On the final day of the camp, all the partici pants received backpacks and stationery donated by Pele FC Alumni; in addi tion, some of the male par ticipants received pants.
Rutherford is working towards being consistent
LOW: Lukaku lethargy
Participants of the Pele FC Alumni, Lions Club of Georgetown Durban Park August Camp after receiving their backpacks and school items
Thomas Tuchel has been dismissed by Chelsea follow ing Tuesday’s Champions League loss to Dinamo Zagreb, ending a near-20month stay at Stamford Bridge.The German arrived mid way through the 2021-22 season as Frank Lampard’s successor, and steered the Blues to an improbable Champions League triumph just weeks later. But despite success for the former Paris SaintGermain boss in Europe, do mestic glory has been hard er to come by. This week’s defeat to Zagreb was the final straw for new owner Todd Boehly, after a slow start to the new Premier League season that has seen Chelsea win just three of their first six games.Inthe wake of his depar ture, Stats Perform takes a look at the highs and lows of the Tuchel era at Stamford Bridge...HIGH: European glory from the Havingashesstepped in to re place Lampard with Chelsea ninth in the Premier League and slipping away from European qualification, Tuchel did more than steer them back on track – he pulled off a shock silverware smash-and-grab.Notonlydid he drag them to an eventual fourthplace finish, he oversaw two-legged wins over Porto and Real Madrid to reach the Champions League fi nal – and there, shocked fa vourites Manchester City to claim the Blues’ second ti tle in Europe’s biggest club competition.LOW:Ignominy on the continentFor that high-water mark, however, Chelsea have also had issues at con tinental level, perhaps best exemplified by two disparate results – this week’s loss to Zagreb and last season’s Champions League quar ter-final exit to Madrid. Defeat to the Croatian side came with a toothless attack that failed to gel for the German, but the crash against Madrid – when they allowed Karim Benzema to find an extra-time winner –showcased their struggle to close out games.
Raymon Reifer on the chargeJohnson Charles entertained his home crowd Kings celebrating a wicket ending on 163-8 in 20 overs. Kiwi fast bowler Kuggeleijn had 3-44 while Wiese had 2-31. The CPL continues today at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground with Guyana Amazon Warriors battling St Kitts and Nevis Patriots from 10:00h, while Kings will play Barbados Royals from 19:00h.
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Junior Jags end U17 Qualifiers with victory over Bermuda
By Brandon Corlette in St luCia H ometown hero Johnson Charles ensured the fans at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground had a night to remember as he scored an entertaining knock of 62 to help the St Lucia Kings chase down 164 in match nine of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2022. Tallawahs had posted 1638 in 20 overs, on the back of Raymon Reifer's brilliant 62, but Kings ended victorious on 164-8, to claim the match by twoInwickets.thechase of 164, Kings lost early wickets. Niroshan Dickwella was the first dismissed for 10, caught by a diving Kennar Lewis with the gloves. Mohammad Amir then produced a top delivery to destroy the stumps of Faf du Plessis, who went for a second-ball duck. Charles then continued, and he was joined by West Indies Under-19 Captain Ackeem Augueste. The lefthanded Auguste did not last long, as he departed for four when Chris Green made a mess of his stumps at 34-3 in 5.4 overs. While Charles continued to score, Roston Chase departed for three. Tim David, who recently earned a maiden callup to the Australia team, came and struck the ball clean as he and Charles saw Kings reach 72-4 in 10 overs. David then departed for 20 when he was caught off the bowling of Imad Wasim, who ended with economical figures of 2-15 from four overs. Charles got the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground fans on their feet, as he took on Reifer, but the Barbadian got the final say. Charles made a 39-ball 62, decorated with four sixes and the same number of fours. He was caught at deep cover by the safe Allen at 114-6 in 14.4 overs. The experienced Amir then removed Primus (20) with a sharp bouncer at 143-7, with the equation reading 21 from 14 balls. Wiese ensured no further hiccups as Scott Kuggeleijn supported in the end. Earlier, Kings won the toss and opted to bowl. The Tallawahs had an unfamiliar start as they lost Lewis at 38-1 after four overs. He chopped on for 19, after facing 15 balls and striking two sixes and one four. Shamarh Brooks came and went first ball, and the home crowd started to roar when he was trapped by leftarm spinner Jeavor Royal. The Jamaican franchise lost their third wicket in the powerplay, this time it was skipper Rovman Powell (07), who was caught in the deep. He had struck Alzarri Joseph for a clean six, but the pacer got sweet revenge. At 47-3, Brandon King watched his partners fell from the other end. He lacked intent and he was run out for 19 to leave the Tallawahs reeling on 62-4 in 8.1 overs. The underrated Reifer then came and dropped anchor, along with the Pakistani Wasim. At the half-way stage, Kings were in control, with Joseph bowling the fastest ball (151kph) of the tournament to date, and adding to his wickets as leading bowler this season. Reifer continued to keep the innings together, and he played some innovative and
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Whitter granted his team’s wish in the 69th, with a second goal and Guyana’s third. As the minutes in the game died away, Bermuda were granted a scoring opportunity in the 80th. Hayden Dill successfully guided the ball to the right corner of the net, while Duquain Samuels found himself sliding left. With the scores at 3-2 now, the atmosphere was reminiscent of Guyana’s first game of the qualifiers, where they succumbed to Bonaire at the last moment. Nonetheless, the Junior Jaguars held on valiantly to see out the remaining minutes of the game for the 3-2 victory. In spite of the loss, Bermuda remain on top of Group A with 12 points, having four wins and one loss in the group and are likely to advance to the CONCACAF Under 17 Championships in 2023. Meanwhile, Bonaire and Bahamas’ match on Wednesday was cancelled and by virtue of this, Guyana have ended their campaign at second place in the Group with three wins, one draw, and one loss being responsible for their 10 points.
Although they will not finish as the group leaders, thus being unable to punch a ticket to the CONCACAF Under 17 Championships in 2023, Guyana’s National Under 17 football team finished the qualifying tournament on a high note with a narrow victory overTheBermuda.Junior Jaguars overcame a last-minute scare to defeat the Group A leaders 3-2 at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida on Wednesday. Head Coach Vurlon Mills went with Duquain Samuels as the goal’s custodian, while Captain Shakem Welcome, Swade Edwards, Gerry Burnette, Krishtian Louis, Seon Cato, Jaden Bascom, Kvist Paul, Matrim Martin, Shemaiah Samuels and Christopher Whitter made up Guyana’s starting XI. The Junior Jaguars were able to tame the prowess that Bermuda have displayed against the other members of group A, with two early goals which rattled their opponents. First, it was Samuels who found the back of the net in the 25th, then Whitter made it a 2-0 affair, with a beauty of a strike in the 34th. What Guyana were unable to do, however, was keep Bermuda at bay, as the Bermudian boys pulled one back before the half. Daion Swan-Desilva was the marksman for Bermuda in the 39th, leaving the score at 2-1 by halftime.Inthesecond, the Under 17
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Tallawahs Innings Brandon King run out (Royal) 19 Kennar Lewis †b Kuggeleijn 19 Shamarh Brooks lbw b Royal 0 Rovman Powell (c) c Primus b Joseph 7 Raymon Reifer c David b Kuggeleijn 62 Imad Wasim c David b Kuggeleijn 20 Fabian Allen c Charles b Wiese 7 Chris Green c Kuggeleijn b Wiese 4 Migael Pretorius not out 6 Joshua James not out 1 Extras(b 4, lb 8, w 6) 18 TOTAL 20 Ov (RR: 8.15) 163/8 Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Kennar Lewis, 3.6 ov), 2-39 (Shamarh Brooks, 4.2 ov), 3-47 (Rovman Powell, 5.6 ov), 4-62 (Brandon King, 8.1 ov), 5-121 (Imad Wasim, 16.1 ov), 6-151 (Raymon Reifer, 18.6 ov), 7-155 (Chris Green, 19.2 ov), 8-156 (Fabian Allen, 19.3 ov) BOWLING O-M-R-W Roshon Primus 1-0-9-0 Alzarri Joseph 4-0-27-1 Jeavor Royal 3-0-11-1 Scott Kuggeleijn 4-0-44-3 Roston Chase 4-0-29-0 David Wiese 4-0-31-2 Kings Innings Johnson Charles c Allen b Reifer 62 Niroshan Dickwella †c † Lewis b Mohammad Amir 10 Faf du Plessis (c) b Mohammad Amir 0 Ackeem Auguste b Green 4 Roston Chase c †Lewis b Imad Wasim 4 Tim David c King b Imad Wasim 20 Roshon Primus c †Lewis b Mohammad Amir 22 David Wiese not out 20 Alzarri Joseph c Powell 17.4 ov) BOWLING MohammadO-M-R-WAmir 4-0-25-3 Chris Green 3-0-24-1 Migael Pretorius 4-0-42-0 Imad Wasim 4-0-15-2 Joshua James 1-0-10-0 Fabian Allen 2-0-19-0 Raymon Reifer 1.5-0-28-2
b Reifer 9 Kuggeleijn not out 5 Extras (lb 1, w 5) 6 TOTAL 19.5 Ov(RR:8.15) 164/8 Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Niroshan Dickwella, 2.1 ov),2-17 (Faf du Plessis, 2.3 ov),3-34 (Ackeem Auguste, 5.4 ov),4-39 (Roston Chase, 6.2 ov),5-75 (Tim David, 10.5 ov), 6-114 7-143Charles,(Johnson14.4ov),(RoshonPrimus,
Meanwhile, opening bats man Chandrapaul Hemraj, like all Caribbean players, will want to have a good CPL season to break into that West Indies team. "Not looking too far ahead, just need to get a good start for myself and the team, and I am looking forward for us to win this tournament. I came into this tournament playing some decent amount of T20 games with decent form, so I am pretty confident with get ting some scores in the next few games," Hemraj said. As it relates to the team vibe, Hemraj said: "We are in a good mindset. That game (against Jamaica Tallawahs) came down to the wire, but we had some good practice sessions, so we are heading into the Patriots game with confidence." The Guyana Amazon Warriors will play their third match of the 2022 CPL today, Thursday, September 8 from 10:00h Eastern Caribbean time, at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in St Lucia.
Hemraj hoping for good CPL; Paul fit and ready to bowl, says Griffith
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Chandrapaul Hemraj faces up GAW Assistant Coach Ryan Hercules in the nets
By Brandon Corlette in St luCia Keemo Paul's ab sence from the bowl ing crease in the first match against Jamaica Tallawahs emerged as one of the biggest talking points as it relates to the Guyana Amazon Warriors’ defeat. According to Head Coach Rayon Griffith, Paul was fit and ready to bowl as he was, but perhaps, the skipper had different ideas. "He was picked to bowl and bat. Maybe, the situation of the game, I believe as it got to the back end, the skipper did not go for him. Maybe he had different ideas. He is fit and ready to bowl," Griffith said. After two matches, Warriors got their first point after a match was rained out in St Kitts. Griffith reflected on that encounter and looked ahead to the match against Patriots. "The first game, I must say we play some good cricket. It was a good fight be tween us and the Tallawahs. It was a close match. With that gone, we have to focus on what is ahead of us, which is Patriots. I believe we had some good sessions after, which some of the guys are looking in nick." When asked about find ing the right balance and how important is it to have points away from home, Griffith said: "Early days yet, and we are still trying to get that right balance. Everyone wants their points, to ensure you are in a good position for the final four. It is still early days, but we want to see how much points we can get out side here (away from home)." Based on close-up obser vations in St Lucia, the sur face is good for batting, and the fast bowlers will have purchase. With Warriors bowling strength being spin ners, Griffith is confident in the faster men, and he is also confident that the spinners will adjust to conditions and bowl to suit. "It does not really matter We have some experi enced spinners which is good. They will know how to vary their pace, even push and pull in terms of line and length and some of the spinners will do well on this ground (Daren Sammy Cricket Ground). We still have some fast bowlers who can get the job done on this surface," the Amazon Warriors Head Coach said. While Paul and Romario Shepherd have been expen sive with the ball of recent while playing for West Indies, Griffith noted that the more they play, the better they will become.
Barbados Royals Kyle Mayers c Munro b Russell 52 Quinton de Kock †c †Seifert b Narine 44 David Miller (c) c Pierre b Rampaul 60 Azam Khan run out (Pierre/Russell) 18 Corbin Bosch not out 2 Jason Holder not out 14 Extras (lb 1, w 3) 4 TOTAL 20 Ov (RR: 9.70) 194/4 Fall of wickets: 1-85 (Kyle Mayers, 9.2 ov), 2-120 (Quinton de Kock, 13.5 ov), 3-178 (David Miller, 18.6 ov), 4-179 (Azam Khan, 19.1 ov) BOWLING O-M-R-W Sunil Narine 4-0-23-1 Ravi Rampaul 4-0-44-1 Anderson Phillip 2-0-22-0 Terrance Hinds 3-0-43-0 Kieron Pollard 4-0-28-0 Andre Russell 3-0-33-1 TRINBAGO KNIGHT RIDERS INNINGS (Target: 132 runs from 8 overs) Tion Webster c Greaves b McCoy 7 Sunil Narine b O Thomas 7 Colin Munro c †de Kock b Holder 12 Nicholas Pooran lbw b McCoy 8 Tim Seifert †c †de Kock b DC Thomas 1 Kieron Pollard (c)c †de Kock b DC Thomas 1 Andre Russell c McCoy b O Thomas 9 Khary Pierre not out 1 Anderson Phillip not out 1 Extras (lb 1, w 3) 4 TOTAL 8 Ov (RR: 6.37) 51/7 Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Sunil Narine, 1.1 ov), 2-26 (Colin Munro, 2.3 ov), 3-27 (Tion Webster, 3.1 ov), 4-31 (Tim Seifert, 4.1 ov), 5-33 (Kieron Pollard, 4.4 ov), 6-42 (Nicholas Pooran, 5.6 ov), 7-48 (Andre Russell, 6.5 ov) BOWLING O-M-R-W Kyle Mayers 1-0-12-0 Oshane Thomas 2-0-18-2 Jason Holder 1-0-3-1 Obed McCoy 2-0-11-2 Devon Thomas 1-0-4-2 Hayden Walsh 1-0-2-0
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A ll three Barbados Royals' games in the ongoing CPL have been marred by rain, but the team in blue has found ways to record a hat-trick of wins, the lat est being against a power ful Trinbago Knight Riders - a thumping 80-run win via DL method in St Lucia, which now puts them at the top of the table. Opting to bowl, the Knight Riders' bowlers were taken to the clean ers from the onset as Kyle Mayers blazed his way to a 33-ball 52 that includ ed five fours and four six es. His attacking knock not only helped the team record 60-0 at the end of powerplay, but also al lowed his partner Quinton de Kock to play the second fiddle. Skipper Miller, who walked in at three, had the perfect platform to play his natural game and he didn't disappoint.Thehighly-rated South African left-hander of fered much-needed mo mentum through the mid dle overs and stitched a crucial 58-run stand for the third wicket while at it. His 36-ball 60 ensured the Royals had a stiff total on the board to challenge one of the most feared bat ting line-ups of the tourna ment, the Trinbago Knight Riders. In fact, at the half way stage, Quinton de Kock noted that "They (TKR) have the potential to chase it down. Every sin gle one, everybody needs to be switched on. We have got a lot of options. If all goes fine, we should win." In pursuit of what ap peared to be a huge tar get, the Trinbago Knight Riders smashed a couple of boundaries in the 12-run opening over, but that was the last bit of joy they had as wickets kept tumbling throughout the powerplay, making an absolute meal of the target. Barring Colin Munro, none of the top six could get to the double-dig it scores and that left them reeling at 42/6 at the end of theTherepowerplay.were a couple of rain-breaks during the course of the chase, but a relentless spell of rain at the end of the eighth over forced the umpires to call off the game, at which stage the TKR were behind by DLS calculations.
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Barbados Royals crush Knight Riders to take top spot
GAW Head Coach Rayon Griffith (Brandon Corlette photos)
GUYANA TIMES - www.guyanatimesgy.com, email: news@guyanatimesgy.com, NEWS HOTLINE: 231-8063 EDITORIAL: 223-7230, 223-7231, 231-0544, 225-7761 SPORT: sport@guyanatimesgy.com SALES AND MARKETING: 231-8064 - marketing@guyanatimesgy.com - PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY GUYANA TIMES INC. Sport is no longer our game, it’s our businessTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 Hemraj hoping for good CPL; Paul fit and ready to bowl, says Griffith working to maintain throughoutformCPL Junior Jags end U17 Qualifiers with victoryBermudaover Christopher Whiter (L) and Shemaiah Samuels (R) of Guyana celebrate after scoring against Bermuda. The GAW seam attack: Keemo Paul, Romario Shepherd, Ronsford Beaton and Odean Smith Page 21 Page 22
