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GUYANA No. 104014 MONDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2014

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President Donald Ramotar cuts the traditional ribbon to formally open the Davis Memorial Dental Clinic

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President pledges ...

Gov’t will continue to assist religious-based medical institutions ––at opening of Davis Memorial’s Dental clinic

PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar yesterday pledged his Government’s continued assistance to religious-based medical institutions, “so that together we can enhance the quality of health services for all the people of our country.”

He made the committment while delivering the feature address during the official opening of the Davis Memorial Hospital Dental Clinic, as part of the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital’s programme of activities to mark its 60th anniversary of medical missionary work here.

President Ramotar recalled attending Sabbath services and Sabbath School as a youth in his native Karia Karia, hence his appreciation, from an early age, the work that the Church has been undertaking in communities across Guyana.

He also recalled when the hospital initially opened, and the reports in the newspapers of the day.

The opening of the dental centre was particularly welcomed by the President, who said there was not as much attention being placed on such services, compared to other health issues. He explained that in his view, it helped to prevent many of the other sicknesses that people develop later in their lives. The church and government are in “perfect sync” in terms of assisting those in need, he added.

With the biggest portion of the National Budget used to fund the social sector, President Ramotar said, “We believe that by spending on the social sector, we can touch far more people with the resources of the State.” The fact that the most important factor for any country’s development is the quality of its people was mentioned by the President.

The efforts of the Church, which, according to President Ramotar, has been practising “globalisation” long before the phrase became popular, was noted.

The occasion was also used to launch the Dr. Oliver Pogue Memorial Charity Fund, in honour of the doctor who was instrumental in building the hospital at its current Durban Backlands site. Two family members gave the first contribution of $1 million to the charity.

The event, chaired by Chief Executive Officer Beverly Braithwaite – Chan, began with masterguides completing a route march from Square of the Revolution to the hospital, where President Ramotar and other dignitaries were saluted. Messages and greetings of support were given

by Permanent Secretary of the Health Ministry, Leslie Cadogan, Dr. Melchor Fabriga on behalf of president of Adventist Health International Dr. Richard Hart, President of Adventist Care Services Dr. Eli Honore, Chairman of the DMH, Dr. Don Pursley, President of the Caribbean Union Conference of SDA, Chair of Trinidad Community Hospital, Dr. Harold Lee and members of the Pogue family. The oldest persons to be delivered by Dr Pogue were honoured along with long serving staffers and former staffers. (GINA)

The newly commissioned Davis Memorial Hospital Dental Clinic

President Donald Ramotar being given a tour of the state-of-the-art medical facility at the Davis Memorial Hospital

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– following Roopnarine’s boycott, ‘bonfire’ call G U YA N A N a t i o n a l Newspapers Limited (GNNL) General Manager, Mr Michael Gordon has very grave concerns about a recent call

by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament, Dr Rupert Roopnarine.

Speaking at an APNU rally last Friday at the Square of the Revolution, Roopnarine started off by urging attendees, “Do not buy the Chronicle or the Guyana Times; and when you see Channel 11 come on, change it.”

What was cause for a l a r m , h o w e v e r, w a s when he took things up a notch, saying: “Within a very short time, we will

Mr Gordon said: “It is a sad day in Guyana when an individual, moreso a political leader, believes that a media entity does not represent his views; and as a consequence, he sees it fit to rile the masses against the news entity.”

He went on to say: “I think the frivolity of Dr Rupert Roopnarine’s comments borders on the irresponsible. The fact that Dr. Roopnarine has threatened to burn the physical paper itself is cause for concern; I’m now left to wonder whether such threats could be transcended into other spheres; I am now even more concerned than

Dr. Rupert Roopnarine

GNNL’s Mr Michael Gordon

tion.”

This brings us to the Declaration of Chapultepec, which addresses the protection and defence of Freedom of the Press.

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ments “in the interest of democracy and press freedom.”

Mr. Gordon was also emphatic that the Guyana Chronicle remains committed to the principles of journalism. “The Guyana Chronicle remains committed to upholding the fundamental tenets of journalism, and to providing fair and balanced information, including Dr. Roopnarine’s views, to the general public,” he said.

‘I think the frivolity of Dr Rupert Roopnarine’s comments borders on the irresponsible. The fact that Dr. Roopnarine has threatened to burn the physical paper itself is cause for concern; I’m now left to wonder whether such threats could be transcended into other spheres; I am now even more concerned than ever about the safety of my staff’ – GNNL General Manager, Mr Michael Gordon have to arrange a ceremony at the Square of the Revolution where we can make an enormous bonfire of the Chronicle and the Guyana Times.”

Asked yesterday what he thought of Dr Roopnarine’s inflammatory declaration, given his Party’s wont to rail at the Government for its perceived attack on Press Freedom,

ever about the safety of my staff.”

Recalling the incident that may have incurred Dr Roopnarine’s wrath, Mr Gordon said: “One must note that Dr. Roopnarine’s comments follow, within 72-hours, the publication of comments from him by Guyana Chronicle on the issue of Parliament’s proroga-

Declaration of Chapultepec, to which Guyana is a signatory, speaks only to the Executive Branch of Government,” Mr Gordon said.

Having said that, he expressed the hope that “right-thinking” colleagues of Dr. Roopnarine will “spew scorn” on his unfortunate state-

PRESS FREEDOM NOT SELECTIVE Asked the same question we did of Mr Gordon, Attorney-General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mr Anil Nandlall, said: “That is a most unfortunate statement for a

seasoned and elder politician to make; one would expect a much more responsible statement from Dr. Roopnarine. His remarks constitute nothing less than an assault on the constitutionally guaranteed right of Freedom of the Press and the right of the Guyanese citizens to receive information.

“I do not expect the Opposition to be supportive of these News Agencies, but at a minimum, they should respect their right to publish, and the right of the Guyanese people to receive that which is published.”

What is even more disappointing, Mr Nandlall said, is the fact that this attack has been extended beyond State media agencies and now includes media operatives who are perceived to be friendly with the Government.

“The attack has now been extended beyond the State media to include private media perceived to be friendly to the Government,” he said.

He made no bones about the fact that the State has a responsibility to ensure that accurate and objective information about the State’s business is disseminated, and that journalists working with the State, as well as in every media house, must not be subjected to any

form of pressure in the discharge of their functions.

He said, “I hope that the persons and organisations who came out so stridently in defence of Press Freedom recently will now come out in full force on this matter. Their silence will lend itself as tacit support for Dr. Roopnarine’s obvious thinking that only information that is one-sided; that attacks the Government; and that is biased in a particular direction must permeate the airwaves and the print media.”

To date, there has been a deafening silence on this matter; there’s been not a word from either the APNU or AFC, censuring Dr Roopnarine for making such an inflammatory statement, in clear violation of the very Press Freedom they profess to hold so very dear; nor has there been any move by the Guyana Press Association (GPA) to address the issue in the same vein as it does other matters.

State media agencies have, over the years, been challenged by the disposition of members of Opposition Parties, as well as the attitudes of their supporters whom they influence. Dr. Roopnarine’s comment, in the current political climate, is expected to exacerbate this challenge.

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U.S. hostage Peter Kassig is killed by Islamic State

By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT, (Reuters) - ISLAMIC State militants have beheaded another American hostage, Peter Kassig, issuing a video claiming the killing yesterday and warning the United States they would kill other U.S. citizens “on your streets.”

U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed the death of the aid worker in what he called “an act of pure evil by a terrorist group that the world rightly associates with inhumanity.”

The announcement of Kassig’s death, the fifth such killing of a Western captive by the group, formed part of a 15-minute video posted online in which Islamic State showed the beheadings of at least 14 men it said were pilots and officers loyal to Syrian President Bashar alAssad.

Abdul-Rahman (Peter) Kassig Kassig, 26, from Indiana, was also known as AbdulRahman, a name he took after converting to Islam in captivity. His parents have said through a spokesperson their son was taken captive on his way to the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor on Oct. 1, 2013.

“Today we offer our prayers and condolences to the parents and family of Abdul-Rahman Kassig, also known to us as Peter,” Obama said in a statement

to reporters on Air Force One as he returned to the United States from the G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia.

The video did not show the beheading of Kassig, who previously served in the U.S. Army, but showed a masked man standing with a decapitated head covered in blood at his feet. Speaking in English in a British accent, the man says: “This is Peter Edward Kassig, a U.S. citizen.”

The video appeared on a jihadist website and on Twitter feeds used by Islamic State.

BRITISH ACCENT Kassig’s parents, Ed and Paula Kassig, issued a statement saying: “We prefer our son is ... remembered for his important work and the love he shared with friends and family, not in the manner the hostage-takers would use to manipulate Americans and further their cause.”

The man in the video spoke with the same southern British accent as the killer of previous hostages, dubbed “Jihadi John” by British media. He was believed to have been wounded in an air attack on an IS leaders’ meeting in Iraq near the Syrian border earlier this month, some media reports have said.

French daily Le Figaro said on its website that the French Interior Ministry was studying the possibility of the presence of a French national among the Islamic State militants who beheaded Kassig.

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In the video, a masked militant says: “To Obama, the dog of Rome, today we are slaughtering the soldiers of Bashar and tomorrow we will be slaughtering your soldiers,” in a prediction that Washington would send more troops to the region to fight Islamic State.

“And with Allah’s permission ... the Islamic State will soon ... begin to slaughter your people in your streets.”

The format of the video was different from previous such announcements, showing other beheadings in graphic detail, and also showing most of the killers unmasked. The purported location also was disclosed as the northern Syrian town of Dabeq.

An Islamic State supporter in Syria contacted by Reuters said: “The message

is very clear. This is what the West understands. They think they can scare us with their planes and their bombs.

No, not us. We are out to impose the religion of God and, by his will, we will.”

Kassig was doing humanitarian work through Special Emergency Response and Assistance, an organization he founded in 2012 to help Syrian refugees, the family has said.

Obama said Kassig’s life stood in stark contrast to the values represented by Islamic State, adding he was a “humanitarian who worked to save the lives of Syrians injured and dispossessed by the Syrian conflict.”

Islamic State has previously killed U.S. journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and British aid workers David Haines and Alan

Henning.

The masked militant, who appeared to be the leader of a beheading squad, said Kassig was buried in Dabeq, near the Turkish border.

“Here we are burying the first American crusader in Dabeq. Eagerly waiting for the remainder of your armies to arrive,” he says.

Western leaders and officials condemned the killing.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said he was horrified by the “cold-blooded murder.”

The beheadings of the Syrian personnel were filmed in death squad style, with militants standing behind a kneeling man in a dark blue overall. In slow motion shots, each of the militants is shown drawing a knife from a box on the side of the road.

Republicans weigh government shutdown to stop Obama on immigration WASHINGTON (Reuters) - ONE Republican leader yesterday held open the possibility that his party could move to shut down the government in an attempt to stop President Barack Obama from taking executive action on immigration policy.

A vocal group of conservatives in the House of Representatives is pressing to use government funding as leverage to prevent any White House moves that would allow millions of un-

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documented immigrants to stay and work in the United States.

Several Republicans, including some in leadership, have said they were trying to find alternatives that would stop short of directly threatening a government shutdown, and Republican lawmakers on Sunday talk shows acknowledged that the shutdown threat was a less than ideal approach.

“It doesn’t solve the problem. But look, we’re having those discussions... We’re going to continue to meet about this. I know the House leaders are talking about, the Senate leaders are talking about it,” said South Dakota Republican John Thune, who chairs the Senate Republican Conference, on “Fox News Sunday”.

“Republicans are looking at different options about how best to respond to the president’s unilateral action, which many people believe is unconstitutional, unlawful action on this particular issue.”

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nounce a series of executive actions on immigration issues before the end of the year, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said on Saturday.

Thune and Republican Representative Tom Cole said Obama’s expected use of executive power on the issue was what fueled partisanship and lack of cooperation.

“I think the president wants a fight. I think he’s actually trying to bait us into doing some of these extreme things that have been suggested. I don’t think we will,” Oklahoma Representative Tom Cole said on ABC’s “This Week”.

Cole said a shutdown was an inappropriate tool and urged a legal challenge to Obama’s action.

Democratic Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois said House Speaker John Boehner could move on the immigration bill already passed by the Senate, whose control Republicans gain next year as a result of this month’s elections.

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Radical political thinker Hunter J. Francois dies

CASTRIES, St.Lucia, (CMC) - One of St Lucia’s foremost politicians Hunter J Francois, passed away Saturday after a prolonged period of illness.

Francois, who was 81, was a lawyer who evolved into one of St.Lucia’s visionary Government Ministers and more radical political thinkers.

He first entered local politics in 1954 and after successfully contesting elections in 1964 under the administration of John Compton, he was appointed Minister of Education, Health and Social Services a position he held until 1974.

It was during that period he conceived of the establishment of a tertiary education complex at Morne Fortune utilising the old military barracks there.

This was the genesis of the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College and today

Hunter J Francois the Hunter J Francois Library at the College stands as a tribute to his vision.

Earlier this year, the Gov-

ernment named a new road where he lived at Monchy as the Hunter J Francois drive.

Relatives reunite with missing sisters AFTER 20 days of dread, fear and preparation for the worst, relatives of Jennelle Gon­za­les and her sister, Felicia, who have both been missing since October 26, were at last reunited with the two teena­gers at the Eric Williams Medi­cal Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, Trinidad Saturday morning.

This was confirmed to the Sunday Express by Gail Harford, the older sister of the two girls who were rescued on Fri­day evening by officers of the Northern Division, near a make­shift camp off Lalaja Trace, Paria Morne Bleu Road.

“We got to see them today, and they are both doing well. I am hoping that we can spend some time with them today, especially since we’ve all been away for so long and given all that has transpired,” Har­ford said in a brief interview yesterday.

The Sunday Express under­stands the sisters remained un­der heavy police guard yester­day.

They have received psy­cholo­gical counselling and medical tests were being conducted on them yesterday.

Speaking to the Sunday Express earlier, Harford said as of yesterday morning, she was unsure when her sisters would be released or if they would come back home with them or be taken to a safe house.

When reporters visited Harford’s home along the Arima By-Pass Road, Arima, on Friday night, after receiving confirmation the women were indeed Jennelle and Felicia Gonzales, relatives of the two teena­gers were excited and unable to contain their joy.

With smiles on their faces, three sisters spoke to representatives of several media houses on the roadway near their home.

“When we got the news, we were so overwhelmed. I mean, it wasn’t unbelievable for me because I always held out hope. I was prepared for the worst, but I always hoped, and given all that happened with mom and my niece, I am so, so glad that this good news has come out.

Words really can’t explain how we feel in this moment. We lost three souls, but we found two, and I have to look at the positives in that. (Trinidad Express).

Francois retired from politics after losing his seat in the 1974 general election and expressed his disenchantment with the two party political system.

He then called for a no party system, which he argued, would eliminate the tribalism of the two party system and be more beneficial to the country.

He later retired from public life and became almost a recluse, not speaking publicly and declining to give interviews on his political career.

Francois was also an accomplished pianist and his gift for music was passed on to his children several of whom became musicians, with one of them, Luther François becoming one of the Caribbean’s most celebrated saxophonists.

Hotel project offers citizenship to investors ROSEAU, Dominica, (CMC) – The government of Dominica is offering citizenship to persons who invest in the construction of a luxury hotel on the island’s north coast.

The agreement was signed with Range Developments for the first approved real estate project under a programme that offers citizenship to investors.

The Cabrits Resort Kempinski Dominica will be a 101-room hotel on Douglas Bay, on the island nation›s north shore. In a recent press release, Kempinski Hotels said the resort will be surrounded by the Cabrits National Park, an area known for its natural beauty.

Investors can obtain citizenship by purchasing a share in the development for $200,000.

Dominica’s government has chosen a “partner that has experience in the Citizenship By Investment business and an operator that is well known for the high quality of its hotels,” Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said.

The hotel is Range Developments’ second project in the Caribbean, following the launch of the Park Hyatt St. Kitts, due to open late next year.

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EDITORIAL There goes all our Christmas plans MOST businessmen, except for those openly supportive of the Opposition, are fed up of the Opposition’s politics of one-upmanship and anti-developmental, anti-progressive negativity, but are afraid of openly voicing their concerns for fear of being targetted in retaliation, as has been demonstrated time and again.

While an observer may consider this fence-sitting by the private sector cowardly (except for some brave souls, given Guyana’s history, where businesses have been looted and/or razed to the ground by professional protesters when the opposition goes on its rampages over one nebulous issue or another ), those who are au fait with the modus operandi of the Opposition, in all its configurations, know that it is only prudent for businessmen to stay on the sidelines and make indeterminate statements on critical national issues.

This is even while being aware that it is Opposition filibustering and theatrics that create impasses, such as the current parliamentary imbroglio, while Government is always consulting all stakeholders -- although the Opposition continually refuses to engage in constructive dialogue, or they agree on issues then renege, or they stage walkouts, or they make demands that would give them greater powers than the President.

When a business entity offends the Opposition, either by not donating enough to the Party/Parties; or for criticizing them in any way; or even for participating in national events which they interpret as supporting the Government, boycotts are called, which signals to the thugs that this business is fair game. And then, most often, all hell breaks loose.

One may recall a period when

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businessmen were being kidnapped and killed wantonly; and even now, certain members of the entrepreneurial community are continually being attacked.

The AFC’s no-confidence motion would have segued into the immediate dissolution of Parliament and elections within a three-month period; which would have wiped out Christmas.

President Ramoutar’s recourse to prorogation not only kept the 10th Parliament alive, but also kept hope for good sense to prevail, and conflict-resolutions be sought through dialogue, and allowed for developmental continuity; it also postponed the inevitable early elections to beyond the Christmas holidays, thereby allowing for the Season of Peace and Goodwill to be enjoyed in an ethos of peace and a spirit of goodwill.

However, the intractable puerile

behaviour and inflammatory rhetoric of the Opposition leaders and professional protesters and Opposition media operatives openly urging insurrection, and encouraging violence is sending terror in the business community and the citizens of the country who are always victims of such ‘peaceful protest’ actions.

The supporters of these Parties are rewarded bountifully for the mayhem they create with the loot they cart off from businesses they invade; and Christmas is their preferred time of protests, because it is during this period that stores are amply stocked in anticipation of the Christmas trade.

The ‘leaders’ of the Joint Opposition have once again taken away from Guyanese the joy, peace and goodwill of Christmas, Guyana’s most celebrated religious and social festival.

Really, Rupert! You of all people!

PRESS Freedom and its inherent right of Freedom of Expression is the raison d’etre of every democratic society. Its absence, often as a result of deliberate State suppression, constitutes a striking blow against the very existence of the State, since it means a denial of the right of the people to be informed by media.

In Guyana, this experience is well documented, for it was once perpetrated by the People’s National Congress (PNC) dictatorial regime, whose intention was to mute any voice sounded against its tyranny.

Of course, that government’s point of view had been widely disseminated through its State-owned media. It

was an entitled right, which did not readily apply to citizens, for reasons that are now part of our political history.

OBSERVER has noted the recent statement from a senior Parliamentary Opposition Member of Parliament, who has advocated the boycotting of the Guyana Chronicle, the National Communication Network (NCN), and the private-owned Guyana Times.

The fact that it comes from no less a person than Dr Rupert Roopnarine is even more surprising because, even though he is now in political concubinage with such an unlikely bedfellow as the PNC cum APNU, he originates from a Party, the Working Peoples Alliance (WPA), that had

upheld such a right. It was thought that he would have possessed the moral backbone not to embrace such anti-liberty.

In fact, what a contradiction this is, because what he has advocated is in fact an attack on Press Freedom. As a reminder, freedom of every sort had been denied Roopnarine’s Party, with death being the penalty for those who defied such an anti-democratic edict.

Imagine Roopnarine, of all the new political opposition members, now advocating an anti- media position!

Bad association breeds bad habits!

This is precisely what this column opines, but though perhaps, this may seem to make light of a very serious situation, it is not! For, it is obvious

that Roopnarine has embraced the well known line of opposition intolerance that is synonymous of particularly the PNC. The 2012, 2013, and 2014 Budget cuts are fully representative of this anti–media position of the Combined Opposition Parties. OBSERVER has always wondered at Roopnarine’s support of such a parliamentary evil!

Such a call is aimed not only at depriving the citizens of this country the right to be heard, but also threatens the financial viability of both State entities, the Guyana Times, too, and the job security of their employees.

But this is vintage Opposition, of which Roopnarine is one of its frontline speakers.

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President assures the nation ...

Prorogation will not affect Guyana’s development

PRESIDENT DONALD RAMOTAR

THE prorogation of Parliament, a decision President Donald Ramotar took last Monday, can last for six months, at the maximum, according to the Constitution.

However, the Head of State at a news conference last Friday, made it clear that during the prorogation period, the development of the country will not be held back.

“I will not hold back development of our country if we are getting good investments…I do not know why anyone would want to stymie the development of our country if we are getting good investments; and we (the Government) would be acting perfectly legally and constitutionally by dealing with any investments that we have,” he told the media at his news conference, which was held at the Office of the President on Shiv Chanderpaul Drive.

The President’s comments follow threats by the Opposition that any agreement inked during the period of prorogation will not be honoured. However, these threats have left the Head of State unmoved.

“If we judge things (investments) by a case by case basis, and we determined that this is good for the country then we will go ahead,” Mr. Ramotar stressed.

His decision to suspend Parliament was by way of a prorogation proclamation, which essentially means that the current session is suspended up to a maximum of six months – a move that is provided for in Section 70 (1) of Guyana’s Constitution. The effect of ending a session by prorogation is to terminate business.

As a result, the Alliance for Change (AFC) no-confidence motion was not consid-

ered. The main Opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) had, prior to Monday, signalled its intent to support the push through of the motion.

Had it not been for the proclamation to prorogue Parliament, if the no-confidence motion was passed, Guyana would have been headed to early general elections within three months.

According to the Head of State the move to prorogation was intended to pave the way for greater dialogue among political parties, while keeping the 10th Parliament alive.

However, Mr. Ramotar has made it clear that if these efforts prove futile, there will be a move to fresh general elections.

The prorogation has not had significant impact on Guyana’s ability to attract major foreign direct investments, even as the private

sector and civil society, after meetings with the President, have called for dialogue among the local political parties.

As recently as last Wednesday, indications of investor confidence were clear, with two massive investments being announced – a GY$1B investment by Rubis Guyana Inc. to increase local fuel supply and a US$200M by Exxon Mobil into offshore oil exploration.

Additionally, the mid-year report on the performance of the local economy indicated that despite the challenges facing global and regional economies, as well as the new political situation locally, Guyana has been able to record a 3.2 per cent growth in the economy.

The Guyanese economy has experienced eight consecutive years of growth up to 2013 and is projected to expand by a further 5.6 per cent by the end of 2014.

IICA launches flagship ‘resilient agriculture’ project THE Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) last Tuesday launched a three-year project which aims at increasing resilience and comprehensive management of the environmental risks of agricultural production within Guyana and six other countries within the Region.

The venue was the Boardroom of the Ministry of Agriculture, Regent Street, Georgetown.

The project is in keeping with IICA’s role as the institution of the Inter-American system that provides technical cooperation,

‘The ultimate goal is agriculture that sustainably increases productivity, enhances resilience, reduces or removes greenhouse gases and enhances achievement of national food security and development goals’ – Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim innovation and specialized knowledge for the competitive and sustainable development of agriculture in the Americas and the Caribbean.

It also aims to achieve the consequent improvement of the lives of small farmers and rural dwellers.

Disclosing details, project leader Dr Muhammad Ibrahim, who hails from Guyana, explained that for IICA resilience in the context of agricultural production is the capacity of agricultural development to withstand or recover from stresses and shocks such as storms, floods and drought and even indebtedness and bounce back to the previous level of growth.

FLAGSHIP PROJECT He said that the context of the IICA project, which he described as a flagship project, is the increase in risks to sustainable agriculture coupled to the institutional weaknesses of many CARICOM countries to prevent, mitigate or respond to these risks in a comprehensive way.

The objective of the three-year project is to enable participating states to anticipate, prepare and respond to environmental risks that may affect agricultural production (and consequently the welfare of farmers and rural inhabitants) through innovation and risk management using principles of sustainable adaptation.

He said: “The Caribbean region has challenges for food production. The food import bill is very high. We need to have sustainable intensification of agriculture for increased productivity while at the same time protecting the environment and improving livelihoods and rural prosperity.”

The ultimate goal is agriculture that sustainably increases productivity, enhances resilience, reduces or removes greenhouse gases and enhances achievement of national food security and development goals, Dr. Ibrahim said.

The participating countries are Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and the three eastern Caribbean states of St. Lucia, Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines, each of which had indicated interest and requested support.

Dr. Ibrahim said that the IICA project will be executed through four areas, namely: comprehensive management of production systems resilient to climate change, comprehensive management of environmental risks for production, comprehensive management of sanitary and phyto-sanitary risks for resilient agriculture and efficient use of water and sustainable land management with a similar aim.

The project will look at growth and resilience from the point of view of resilient agriculture utilizing climate smart agricultural

practices, resilient markets to reduce price volatility attract investments and build enabling environments and resilient people with focus on scaling up nutrition and involvement of rural women and youth.

Dr. Ibrahim disclosed that component two in particular, namely comprehensive management of environmental risks for pro-

namely knowledge management, capacity building and policy development and harmonisation.

Dr. Ibrahim added that the project will be grounded by inserting cooperation with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), the Caribbean Agricul-

IICA Project Leader, Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim gives the details on the resilience and risk management plan for agricultural production during the launch last Tuesday duction, will specifically address the issue of agricultural insurance as a risk management strategy.

AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE The aim is the eventual creation and development of agricultural insurance schemes for participating countries as an aspect of agricultural risk management.

He said that the resilience project will have at least three actions which are cross-cutting in each of the components,

tural Development Institute (CARDI) and other development organisations working in the region.

He said, “IICA is not going to come in and reinvent the wheel but will build on existing platforms, projects and programmes.”

The project is to be executed through the IICA offices in the participating countries which will work in collaboration with local stakeholders with coordination and support from the IICA Head Office in Costa Rica.

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APNU devotee plugs ‘Operation Sus-Out and Boycott’ on Facebook

– Private Sector hopes idea does not gain currency

APNU Member and former PNCR MP, Lurlene Nestor

Captain Gerald Gouveia, said, “It is most anti-development and anti-business comment I have ever heard.

If it wasn’t so serious, I would think it was amusing.

I sincerely want to believe that it is not the position

of the Opposition, and the APNU should come out clearly to clarify their position on Ms. Nestor’s call.”

Several other prominent members of the local private sector were unavailable for comment, up to press time yesterday.

Additionally, the mid-year report on the performance of the local economy indicated that despite the challenges facing global and regional economies, as well as the new political situation locally, Guyana has been able to record a 3.2 per cent growth in the economy.

The Guyanese economy has experienced eight consecutive years of growth, up to 2013, and is projected to expand by a further 5.6 per cent by the end of 2014.

A screen shot of the controversial Facebook post

A DISTURBING call made over the weekend on the popular social media site, Facebook, by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member, Ms. Lurlene Nestor, has aroused the ire of the local private sector.

In essence, the call is for a boycott of businesses that do not outrightly indicate their rejection of the current Administration. And, judging from its silence, APNU is in complete agreement with what Nestor proposes doing.

Nestor, a former People's National Congress Reform (PNCR) Member of Parliament (MP), in her Facebook post on Saturday, said, “Today we begin ‘Operation Sus-Out and Boycott’. This is what we do: We will ask every business in Guyana to place a banner or a placard on their business which reads: ‘WE SAY NO TO PPP/C DICTATORSHIP’ “We give them by Monday to get this notice up, failure to have this visible notice will result in us not buying from them, we did

it before and we can do it again… we talking to the big ones from Courts, Bounty, Banks DDL, Fish Shop, all market stallholders and vendors, all businesses on Regent Street, Water Street.

We are talking to every business, from the largest to the smallest.”

“Failure to post the notice will indicate to us that these businesses are in bed with the PPP/C regime and they are not on the side of the people. Our scouts will cruise the various business sites and note their observations. We will then make a list of all these anti-democracy PPP businesses and circulate to all so that the boycott mission will be far and wide…..time for real action.”

In light of this development. the Guyana Chronicle spoke to several prominent members of the local business community, who voiced their opinion on Nestor’s public call as an APNU member.

ECONOMIC TERRORISM One executive member of the Private Sector Com-

mission (PSC), on the condition of anonymity, said, “Such a call borders on economic terrorism. People should be free to support which Party they want, and people should be free to have their views. No one has the right to instill fear in the business community…A democracy is made up of people with different positions on different issues.

Such a call can only be seen as disruptive.”

The source further said that the PSC is expected to write APNU Leader, Brigadier (rtd.) David Granger, to raise with him a number of concerns, including this its latest ‘Operation Sus-Out and Boycott’ campaign.

He also bemoaned the impacts of such an operation, given the Private Sector’s contribution to the development of Guyana.

The local private sector in recent times has been hailed by the Government as the “engine of growth” and a number of the Current Administration’s development projects have been executed via Public Private Partnerships (PPPs).

Roraima Airways’ CEO,

The Facebook page of a regular political commentator, under which Lurlene Nestor announced the start of ‘Operation Sus-Out and Boycott’

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President amenable to idea of CPA intervention – but prefers in-house resolution

– Granger says ‘no go’ SPEAKER of the National Assembly, Mr. Raphael Trotman on Friday invited a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) delegation to engage all sides, in the interest of moving past the act of prorogation.

Trotman, in a letter to the effect, wrote: “The Guyana Parliament, as a Member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, urges you to use your good offices, together with the entire weight of the Association, to intervene so that we could have a return to normalcy.

“To this end, I invite you to send a delegation to Guyana to engage all sides of this disagreement, so that this unhealthy situation may be brought to a speedy and peaceful end.”

However, at a news conference Friday, President Donald Ramotar made it clear that while he is not opposed to the idea, his preference is that matters be dealt with inhouse first.

At the Office of the President, he told media operatives, “I am not opposed to anything of this

“I am not opposed to anything of this nature, but my preference… I think it would be good for us, as Guyanese, to sit down and deal with our issues. I think we should try ourselves first to try and deal with some of these issues before we jump to see if we need assistance. I would say let us give ourselves a chance to try to resolve our problems. I am not ruling out these things’–President Donald Ramotar

these things.”

NO GOOD Meanwhile, Leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), has since noted that an intermediary will do “no good” in the current circumstances.

“I don’t know if an intermediary will do any good. There is no need for intermediary. As I said, we met with the President about four times this year and the President knows very well what needs to be done,” he said at a press conference last Friday.

According to him, APNU has met with the ruling People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) team “at least” four times this year so far.

Raphael Trotman

President Donald Ramotar

bly,” Granger said.

CPA INFORMED The House Speaker’s invitation was made via letter, in which he informed the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) of President Ramotar’s decision to prorogue Parliament.

The President, on Monday, announced in an address to the nation that he had issued a proclamation to prorogue Parliament, which essentially means that the current session is suspended up to a maximum of six months – a move that is provided for in Section 70 (1) of Guyana’s Constitution.

In Trotman’s letter, dated November 14, 2014 and addressed to Commonwealth Secre -

‘The Guyana Parliament, as a Member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, urges you to use your good offices, together with the entire weight of the Association, to intervene so that we could have a return to normalcy’ -- House Speaker, Raphael Trotman nature, but my preference… I think it would be good for us, as Guyanese, to sit down and deal with our issues. “…I think we should try ourselves first to try and deal with some of these issues before we jump to see if we need assistance. I would say let us give ourselves a chance to try to resolve our problems. I am not ruling out

On that note, he reiterated that the Partnership is still committed to the Alliance for Change’s (AFC) no-confidence motion.

“We are still committed to the no-confidence motion and when we resume, Mr. Ramotar will find that the same jumbie that he has been running away from will greet him at the National Assem-

tary-General Kamalesh Sharma, he stated that while President Ramotar’s move is provided for in the Guyana Constitution, such power could never have been intended to be used arbitrarily.

“Undoubtedly, Articles 69 and 70 (1) of the Guyana Constitution give the President the authority to prorogue the Parliament.

However, the framers of our Constitution could

never have intended that such authority would be used arbitrarily, or as a shield by a minority Government against the majority of the elected Members of Parliament,” he said.

The House Speaker highlighted that the Pres-

David Granger

til Parliament is next summoned, and all unfinished business is dropped from or “dies” on the Order Paper -- the National Assembly’s agenda; and all committees lose their power to transact business, providing a fresh start for the next session.

No committee can sit during a prorogation. Bills which have not received presidential assent before prorogation are “entirely terminated” and in order to be proceeded with in the new session, must be reintroduced as if they had never existed.

As a result of this prorogation, the AFC’s no-confidence motion was not considered. The main Opposition, APNU, had prior to last Monday, signaled its intent to support the push through of the motion.

Had it not been for the proclamation to prorogue

cating that there will be no dialogue with the Executive unless or until there is revocation of the prorogation and a resumption of sittings of the National Assembly.

“On the other hand, His Excellency, the President, has indicated publicly that he is prepared to re-convene the Parliament if accommodations could be arrived at; presumably after dialogue,” he said.

Trotman decried the act of prorogation as a means to pre-empt the no-confidence motion.

“This, I believe, is a violation of the spirit of the Constitution, as it allows the Executive the unbridled ability to frustrate and prevent the work of the National Assembly,” he said.

Additionally, Trotman, on September 25, 2014, wrote to Dr. William Shija,

‘I don’t know if an intermediary will do any good; there is no need for an intermediary’ -- APNU Leader, Brigadier (rtd.) David Granger ident had indicated on November 4, 2014 that he would prorogue Parliament, and on Monday, November 10, the Head of State made good on his promise.

“Indeed, His Excellency made good on this stated intention by arbitrarily proroguing Parliament on Monday, November 10, 2014; ironically, on the very day named by him for the sittings of the House to be resumed,” he said.

Parliament, if the no-confidence motion was passed, Guyana would have been headed to general elections within three months.

According to the Head of State, the move to prorogation was intended to pave the way for greater dialogue among political parties, while keeping the 10th Parliament alive.

However, President Ramotar has made it clear that if these efforts prove futile, there will be a move to fresh general elections.

IMPACT OF PROROGATION The effect of ending a session by prorogation is to terminate business. Members are released from their parliamentary duties un-

GRIDLOCK The Speaker of the National Assembly also pointed out there is presently a gridlock in the House, as the majority of Members of the National Assembly are indi-

the former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, to inform him that a motion of no-confidence was presented against the Government of Guyana, and requested support from the Secretariat as Guyana navigates unprecedented waters.

He has also since been in contact with Mr. Tafawa Williams, Adviser in the Political Affairs Division of that Secretariat.

His latest letter was copied to the CPA acti n g S e c re t a r y - G e n e ral Mr. Joe Omordion, the Chairperson of the CPA Caribbean, and the Speaker of the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Ingrid Moses-Scatliffe.

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Some legal minds back magistrate’s ruling

– in drug trafficker’s case

THE decision by Sparendaam Magistrate, Mr Alex Moore to grant a suspended sentence to cocaine trafficker Leonard Bacchus was, among other things, considered after the constitutional rights of the father of three were violated.

According to some legal minds, who have been following the case, the accused virtually threw himself at the mercy of the Court when he changed his plea from ‘not guilty’ to ‘guilty’ after the entire trial had started from scratch for a second time. The magistrate who was initially hearing the matter demitted office, and the man was, among other things, forced to also pay all over again for legal representation.

Bacchus had a trial which went 90% of the way at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court but after the magistrate at that court demitted office the matter was then sent to Sparendaam before Magistrate Alex Moore.

The switch caused the accused some amount of distress according to the legal minds who spoke with this newspaper collectively, on condition of anonymity.

The re-start of the trial took a toll on the financial standing of the father of three who resides at Block 20 Enmore/ Haslington New Scheme, ECD, and his family coupled with several delays which were occasioned solely by the state.

The prosecutor who was first assigned to the case

Leonard Bacchus

Magistrate Alex Moore

attended a training course, then proceeded on leave followed by his transfer out of the chambers of the DPP. During the months of delay that this caused, the office of the DPP sent no replacement until long after the prosecutor had been transferred.

The hearing of the matter was further delayed by the repeated absence of the replacement prosecutor without excuse, coupled with a period of uncertainty as to whether the original prosecutor would return to complete the case. When the issue was decided, the new prosecutor then requested a further extension of time to familiarize himself with the case as well as having commitments in other courts.

These developments began to push the accused to frustration. Through counsel he submitted that the situation was causing him and his family to run financially and emotionally ragged, even necessitating the closing of a business he operated at the time of his arrest.

He was then called upon to

lead a defence, which would have seen the trial further extended.

Bacchus took a decision then to make a plea bargain pursuant to the Plea Bargaining Act and offered to change his plea from not guilty to guilty.

He then admitted that his job was to sand and spray paint the religious kunds (Hindu religious urns) containing the cocaine to conceal the welds attaching the false bottoms. This he did in exchange for his son to be discharged while he would be given a non-custodial sentence.

He expressed a willingness to pay a fine, but submitted that in his current financial situation he was only able to realistically offer $2.5M, with the assistance of family members and friends overseas.

He said that he only had $300,000 and requested until next June to acquire the rest.

The defendant submitted that he was throwing himself at the mercy of the court. At this point the magistrate

sought inputs from the prosecutor who agreed to have Mr. Bacchus’ son discharged but insisted that Mr. Bacchus be given a 3-5 year custodial sentence as required under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Act. While agreeing that the circumstances of this case were ripe for a custodial sentence if the matter had been completed within a reasonable time, the magistrate pointed out that the time that the state took to try this case was anything but reasonable and amounted to a breach of the defendant’s constitutional right to a fair trial within a reasonable time.

The prosecutor disagreed and submitted that the magistrate had no jurisdiction to consider constitutional rights. He agreed that constitutional motions were made before the High Court but opined that he could not conceptualize a situation where a magistrate declined to be guided by the supreme law of the land without absurd or unjust results.

When the guilty plea was accepted, the magistrate then discharged his son John Bacchus and outlined the unfolding of the trial as a guide to his final decision and ruling. Once a guilty plea was entered, the continuation of the trial was not necessary.

FROM PROSECUTION TO PERSECUTION The court opined that the restarting of the man’s trial, absence of the prosecutor and other unfortunate devel-

opments all contributed to a case of delayed justice which amounts to justice denied.

He considered it unconscionable to imprison Bacchus after three years and two trials which had caused the defendant to lose so much. To do so, the magistrate opined, would be oppressive and see a shift “from prosecution to persecution”.

Accordingly he imposed the fine requested together with the maximum sentence of five years in prison but suspended it on condition that it will be activated if Bacchus is convicted of a like offence during the next three years. He imposed a similar two-year sentence for the ammunition charge and ordered that if both sentences were activated, they would run consecutively.

In departing from the custodial sentence prescribed by the act, the magistrate relied on the wide discretion given to him by the Summary Jurisdiction (Procedure) Act which governs all proceedings in Magistrate’s Courts. Section 39 empowers a magistrate to substitute a prescribed penalty with any other penalty within his power which he deems just in the circumstances.

On Tuesday, Magistrate Moore sent a very strong message to the businessman that the only reason he was not being sent to prison was because the unfortunate developments during his trial were tantamount to ‘a case of justice delayed is justice denied’, just as the legal

minds had indicated to us, and hence the decision to rule a suspended sentence.

He sent an even stronger message to the prosecution that they were not exempt from the duty of all who labour to enforce the law to respect the rights of the citizens of this country who are charged with offences.

Persons present in the courtroom on the day the magistrate made his ruling were seen nodding their heads in approval as the magistrate gave his reasons for the ruling which today has become the subject of discussion in some quarters.

Bacchus was arrested along with his son and wife in 2011 when the police raided their home following a tip off that the family were in possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. However this publication was told that the man was not the person who was planning to export the cocaine which was concealed in religious Kunds but rather the dealer is a businessman.

That businessman was arrested shortly after the arrests of Bacchus and his family but a lack of sufficient evidence saw the man who was fingered as the person who was to ship the items out of Guyana being released by the police even as Bacchus, his son and wife were charged in connection with the find.

A ruling was made that there was insufficient evidence against the man’s wife and that she had no case to answer.

Management instructs staff…

No political commentary on HJTV, Radio MANAGEMENT of Hits and Jams (HJ) Entertainment has reportedly instructed its staff, via a memo, to desist from political commentary on its

radio and television programmes.

The reason given in the memo was that the ban is in an “effort to guard” the company against any “political

affiliation”, given the current political climate.

Additionally, all calls made to HJ TV and HJ Radio have been subject to screening before they are

aired. “We must protect our investment,” the November 11 memo said.

HJ Radio was launched in 2013 and its television broadcasts followed soon

after.

Hits and Jams Entertainment is an established entertainment entity in Guyana and has been in existence for over a decade.

It aims to provide high quality entertainment in the form of promotional events, concept parties, concerts and other social affairs.

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Foreign Minister meets counterpart – on issues of in Japan mutual interest MINISTER of Foreign Affairs, Ms Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, last Friday met with her counterpart, His Excellency Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan,

at the Ministry’s headquarters in Japan to continue discussions on issues of mutual interest.

These discussions which were facilitated by Mr. Kishida included the continued

‘As Guyana and Japan continue to enjoy very good relations, one major project which has been aided

by Japan through funding is the East Demerara Water Conservancy Project which is expected to be completed in 2015’

programme of active cooperation between the two States, climate change, security council reform and initiatives to strengthen collaboration not only bilaterally but also in the multilateral arena, a

press release stated.

As Guyana and Japan continue to enjoy very good relations, one major project which has been aided by Japan through funding is the East Demerara Water Conservancy Project which is expected to be completed in 2015.

Guyana also continues to benefit from Japan’s assistance through non-project grant aid and the regular deputation of senior Japanese volunteers who provide their expertise in key disciplines.

In her capacity as Chair of the Council of Foreign and Community Relations, Minister Birkett and Minister Kishida also co-chaired the 4th CARICOM- Japan Ministerial Meeting which was held last Saturday. 2014 has been designated as CARICOM-Japan Friendship Year.

GPF holds inaugural Family Fun Day

The makings of a lime-and-spoon race

THE Guyana Police Force (GPF) held its inaugural Officers’ Family Fun Day last Sunday at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.

A large number of senior and junior police officers and their families enjoyed a relaxing and stress-free day ,when they were treated to good cuisine, sports, gymnastics, music and games

Republic Bank ‘Deal on Wheels’ winners receive their prizes

inclusive of softball cricket, football and dominoes with trampoline and merry-goaround for the children.

The highlight of the day was a five-over softball cricket match between senior and junior officers. The senior team scored 84 runs off their allotted overs with Commissioner (acting) Mr. Seelall Persaud contributing a blistering 53 not out. In re-

ply, the junior officers could muster only 48 runs.

The immediate relatives of police ranks who had recently lost their lives in the line of duty were in attendance and also had an exciting time, while interacting with the police officers and their families.

It is intended to have the event on an annual basis.

Winners of the “Deal on Wheels” promotion with Republic Bank officials

AT a simple ceremony held on Thursday at the Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd Head Office, winners of the “Deal on Wheels” 2014 promotion were presented with their prizes.

The six winners who had participated in the Bank’s promotion were Eion Rodney, who won the first prize of a trip for two to St. Lucia; D’Audra Alexander, who won the second prize of a trip for two to Barbados; and Kelsey Andrews, who won the third prize of a trip to the twin-island

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Air fare, accommodation and spending money for all these prize winners would be provided by the Bank.

Two consolation prizes also went to Fizal and Rafina Hussain, who won a day trip for two to the magnificent Kaieteur Falls; and Shellon Bovell, who won a day trip for two to the beautiful Baganara Nature Resort; while the Auto Dealer’s Prize was won by Best Buy Auto Sales.

Presenting the prizes to

the respective winners was Finance and Planning Manager of Republic Bank, Ms. Vanessa Thompson, who performed this duty in the presence of other staffers of the bank.

The “Deal on Wheels” promotion, already in its 12th year, was launched on June 2nd, 2014 and ran until August 31st, 2014.

The management and staff of Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited would like to thank all the customers who participated in the promotion.

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Aurora Gold Project in Region 7 progressing rapidly – pouring of first gold bar slated for mid-2015

WORK at Guyana Goldfield Inc. Aurora Gold Project in Region 7 (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) is progressing rapidly to ensure that the pouring of their first gold bar is done in mid2015.

According to a release from AGM Inc., Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment for Guyana, Mr Robert Persaud stated, “This level of investment from a large scale mining operation is important to the growth and development of the Guyanese economy.”

The Government of Guyana, it stated, through the Ministry of Natural Resources has been working with Guyana Goldfields to ensure that their undertaking is realized, and will continue to work with the company throughout the lifetime of this project.

The benefits for Guyana from this project such as local employment, contribution to national wealth, training and

Joint Venture (GSJV) to ensure that the works done on the site are up to standard.

An aerial view of the Aurora Gold Project Site

community development cannot be over emphasized, the release said.

Additionally, Guyana’s level of gold declaration is expected to double with the anticipated output from the “Aurora Project”.

SITE TOUR During a private tour of the project site last Saturday, General Manager of Operations Vic Rozon stated that they have made an investment of approximately US$400 million into this project.

He also noted that when

operations commence next year they will start at an open pit mining production of 5,000 tonnes per day and they intend to expand their production to 10,000 tonnes per day within five years of operations.

He stated that as they progress, they will move from an open pit mining to underground mining which will be the first ever underground mining to be done in Guyana.

Rozon added that as they estimated, the mine will have a life span of approximately 17

500 WORKERS He stated that approximately 500 employees are working on this project and although the construction teams are foreign bodies, approximately 95% of their employees are Guyanese who AGM has trained and certified themselves.

He added that as the works progress they will seek to increase their manpower by having approximately 750-800 persons working on the site.

Rozon said that recently they have expanded their camp which can now house up to a 900-man camp and includes a fully functioning kitchen and cafeteria, medical center, recreation room and offices.

They have also set in place translators to ensure that communication among workers is not an issue because of the language differences among them.

RIVER PORT He added that the Buckhall Wharf has been developed into a river port which is used by the company for transporting

form on the site to ensure that persons are well protected.

He stated that they also have a safety training programme, which is carried out by persons from AGM and also the GSJV. He noted that they also have speed limits for the routes which the vehicles within the site take and they have made an agreement with Roraima Airways to ensure immediate air transport in the event of someone being injured.

ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN Rozon stated that the company will adhere to every environmental legislation and regulations that Guyana has.

He noted that as they proceed with land clearing they will also engage in reclamation to ensure that the riches of the environment will also get back to its natural form.

He said that they have also implemented a voluntary “Cyanide Management Code” that aims to assist in the protection of human health and reduce environmental impacts through implementation of best practices for cyanide management

A view of the site where the processing plant is being constructed

years (2015-2031), and in that time they will work towards developing Guyana’s economy.

equipment from and onto the site.

ACQUIRED EXPERTISE The GM of Operations stated that they have acquired the necessary expertise to work on the construction of the project in order to ensure completion by mid-2015.

Rozon noted that they have the largest construction team from Peru called Gym who has partnered with another construction team from Australia called SEDGMAN to formulate a Gym and SEDGMAN

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS He noted that as work on the site progresses safety of the employees must be taken into consideration, therefore they have stringent measures in place to ensure that no worker is injured on the job.

Rozon added that safety is their number one priority on the site and they have a special wear which they call their Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) that they use as a uni-

and verification through third party audits.

Guyana Goldfields Inc. is a Canada-based mineral exploration company which primarily focuses on the exploration and development of gold deposits in Guyana.

The company is currently constructing its 100%-owned and fully permitted Aurora Gold Project, Additionally, the company holds advanced exploration projects and has been operating in Guyana since 1996.

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Courts Main St light-up now a major Christmas event ––it’s a must every year for children

GUYANESE turned out in their numbers to witness the annual Courts Christmas Tree Light Up last Friday where the part of Main Street was illuminated.

Parents and their children could be seen quite early in the day assembling for what is now part of the festive Christmas traditions. Some parents related that “it’s a must every year,” as the children look forward to such activities.

As activities moved along very smoothly the growing crowd was entertained by artistes such as Ester Osborne, Ryan Hoppie, Y3K, Tameka Marshall, ‘Radika’, National Dance School and Classique Dance Company.

‘BIG PRIZE 2014’ As part of the ongoing Christmas promotion that was recently launched, ‘Big Prize 2014’, a very ecstatic Latchmini Singh, who is the first winner of the $2 million

Latchmini Singh receiving her symbolic $2M cheque from Courts Guyana Managing Director, Mr Clyde de Haas (Photos by Adrian Narine)

Courts Santa Parade

prize, came all the way from Clonbrook, Region 4 (Demerara-Mahaica) to be a part of the celebrations. She explained how overwhelmed she was when the Courts team visited her home to break the good news to her. Singh in all the excitement encouraged persons to shop at Courts as “you too can become a winner.”

Clyde de Haas, Managing Director of Courts (Guyana) thanked all Guyanese, particularly customers, and encouraged them to continue to shop at Courts for a chance to receive the grand prizes the superstore has to offer for the holidays. He reminded persons that there are many ongoing promotions and anyone can be a winner.

Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle after the celebrations had finished, De Hass observed that this was one of the biggest ‘light ups’ Courts have done. He noted that he was overwhelmed with the turn out and delighted that the company can bring so much joy to the children. “Every year we are getting bigger as well as our performances,” he said.

TIME FOR UNITY AND HARMONY First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar wished all a joyous season and encouraged the children to obey their parents and make sure they do well at school. “Once you are good boys and girls and you go to school and do well, I am sure you will be rewarded when Christmas comes” she said.

She related to all that Christmas is a time for unity and harmony.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand flipped the ceremonial switch to activate the lights that transformed the shadowy Main Street into a luminous lane. She then told the persons gathered, “you don’t have to be rich to have a joyous Christmas, share love throughout the holidays.”

First Lady, Madame Deolatchmee Ramotar; Education Minister, Ms Priya Manickchand and Courts’ Mr Clyde de Haas being entertained by ‘Radika’

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At opening of new superm

Minister Ali challenges to stock local products REAL Value Supermarket, located at Lot 246 Church and Thomas Streets, Georgetown, on Saturday held the official opening ceremony which was graced by the presence of Irfaan Ali, Minister of Housing and Water and Acting Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, who endorsed the investment.

Making brief remarks, he congratulated Jason and wife, Lily Wang for their invest-

He said that the opening of Real Value Supermarket goes to show that the proprietors have every confidence in Guyana’s investment climate, hence they invested in a business.

He however urged Jason Wang, the owner of the supermarket, to be a leader and add more local products to his shelves, especially those from small businesses in which natural produce can be adequately

The newly opened Real Value Supermarket ment in Guyana’s economy.

Ali told the gathering that he does not differentiate when it comes to foreign investment, be it Chinese or any other nationality, since Guyana is a “melting pot of six ethnicities” and it is another investment for Guyana in which they will contribute to our social and economic enhancement.

marketed.

Ali stated that with consumption, you need people and giving an example he said in St. Kitts and Nevis they depend on foreign students to sustain their consumption since their population amounts to about only 5,000 people.

He explained that they have about

2,500 foreign students on the island, and they utilise their services; and in Guyana we also want to attract foreign universities.

Ali said we will in a few years embark on a similar innovation to increase our consumption and at the same time enhance occupancy, tourism and investment.

He stated that with the launching of newer airlines locally we have seen a growth in tourism by 350% since Copa

of international standards.

Ali told the gathering last evening that there is also more good news for Guyana, since one of the world’s leading food chains has indicated its interest in setting up shop here ; and within the last five days he was also in discussion with a major international bank that has also showed interest in Guyana.

In this light, he urged all to keep a pos-

Chinese Ambassador, Mr Zhang Limin as he cut the ribbon signalling the official opening of Real Value Supermarket Saturday night flanked by the owner, Mr Jason Wang; PSC President, Mr Ramesh Persaud; Minister Irfaan Ali and others Airlines came here and it is all part of building an infrastructure in transforming our society for an advanced economy.

The minister said that Real Value Supermarket is a bit more than a regular supermarket since during his pre-tour visit he saw it as an integrated shopping experience, noting that the space and layout are

itive outlook on businesses so we can still attract international investment.

Real Value Supermarket is housed in a three-storey concrete building with SurePay and MoneyGram and soon they will have German’s Restaurant added. The business has 25 local and five international employees.

Re-trial of father, son in Hogstye mu THE re-trial of Krishna, alias John (one name), and his son, Romel Krishna, who have been indicted jointly for the murder of rice and cattle farmer Shawn Fraser, began before Justice James BovellDrakes with the testimonies of two witnesses.

They have pleaded not guilty to the indictment of murder, under the Common Law. In her opening address, State Prosecutor Ms. Renita Singh, said Shawn Fraser, aged 36 of Hogstye Village, and his brother, Audwyn Bindah, called ‘Audwyn Fraser’ of 11 Adventure Farm, Corentyne, are cattle and rice farmers.

On July 27, 2011, they left Shawn’s house on a tractor to go to the Hogstye backlands to spray rice.

On their way there, they saw three men, namely Krishna called “John” and “Bobo” attempting to release the water from the rice field into the trench.

Then, as Audwyn and Shawn were leaving to go to spray the rice, Audwyn noticed that the three men had parked their tractor and were under a tree in front of the reef.

The brothers subsequently finished spraying their field at around 16:00 hours,and were on their way out when they saw the three men on top of a reef, each

armed with a shotgun. The men then suddenly opened fire, hitting the brothers.

Shawn was overheard asking the men, “Wuh meh brother do y’all mek you shoot he?” It was at this point that Romel Krishna pointed a shotgun to Shawn’s stomach, before firing a gunshot, which sent Shawn stumbling onto his face.

Krishna, called “John”, then pointed his gun and fired a shot at Shawn’s head.

Audwyn, who had been shot earlier, quickly got up from the ground, dropped the items he was carrying, and ran south to a farm at Jamoon Bush, a quarter of

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market ...

s proprietor s

Aviation sector recognises Guyana’s first female pilot

––reveals major int’l food chain,bank willing to invest here

In brief remarks, China’s Ambassador, Zhang Limin said he was very pleased that such a young Jason Wang has worked so hard to achieve a business of that magnitude and encouraged members of the Chinese business community to continue to abide with the rules and laws of Guyana.

He added that it is their wish to continue to partner in business and forge closer ties between Guyana and China and was

He stated that with the opening of the new supermarket the Private Sector Commission stands behind the investment and the Wangs have their support once they remain in compliance with our laws and expressed congratulation to the proprietors.

For his part,proprietor Jason Wang said he is hoping for continued support so his business could grow and at the same time make a contribution to the

Female ASL pilots (Cpts Brittney Ally, Rebecca Clarke, first and second left), and Ferial Ally,right) pose with Ms. Golas (second right) at ASL Ogle

Inside Real Value Supermarket last night after the opening (Photos by Sonell Nelson) very happy with Jason Wang’s achievement.

Also making brief remarks was Ramesh Persaud, President of the Private Sector Commission,who said the investment signals investor confidence in entrepreneurship, which takes effort, because the market will not wait and that bold step was taken by Jason Wang.

local economy and to the society.

The opening saw Chinese drumming and the traditional Chinese dragon dance after which there was the cutting of the ribbon signalling the official opening of the business

by Minister Irfaan Ali, China’s Ambassador Zhang Limin and others.

urder begins a mile away. There he shouted for his brother, Ray, a farmer, who was at the time attending to his farmlands.

Ray, responding to the shouts, saw that his brother’s skin was bloodied and that the two accused and “Bobo”, each armed with guns, were pursuing his sibling. Gunshots were fired, and Audwyn fell to the ground. There were bloodied holes in his back and chest cavity.

Subsequently, the matter was reported at Whim Police Station. Shawn Fraser was pronounced dead at the Port Mourant Hospital, while Audwyn was taken

GUYANA’s first female pilot, Ms Lucy Golas, was this week recognised by the aviation sector in an event held at the Air Services Limited (ASL) hangar at the Ogle Airport on Saturday.

Ms. Golas, who became a licensed pilot in 1961 at the age of 19, was feted in a simple ceremony which included four of ASL’s female pilots who interacted with Ms. Golas and gave their perspectives on how her pioneering achievement had influenced them to choose a career in aviation.

Ms. Golas, who now lives in Costa Rica, had flown all over Guyana as her husband was George Golas, one of the most successful gold and diamond miners in that period.

They also had a base in Kamarang from which they would shuttle cargo to nearby locations.

Ms. Brittney Ally, an ASL pilot, expressed delight at meeting with the legendary Ms. Golas whom she credited for

to the New Amsterdam hospital.

A post -mortem report prepared by Dr. Nehaul Singh stated that the cause of Shawn Fraser’s death was perforation to the lung due to penetrating wounds to the chest, compounded by a fractured skull.

Sister of the deceased, Kim Providence, recounted that she was at her siblings’ house at noon, when he (the deceased) and Audwyn, another brother, left on a tractor to go to the Hogstye backlands on July 27, 2011.

However, around 17:00 hours, she received a telephone call, resulting in her contacting another sibling named Troy, and together they drove to Sultan Dam. During the journey, she saw two persons with whom she spoke, as they were exiting the dam.

Thereafter, she saw the accused Romel, who enquired about one Jermaine.

It was at this point that defence counsel for Krish-

inspiring her at an early age to take an interest in aviation; this led to her obtaining her pilot’s licence in 2010. Ms. Ally is currently pursuing a degree in aviation management.

The event included a PowerPoint presentation by Annette Arjoon-Martins focusing on Ogle Airstrip in the 1960s-with which Ms. Golas would have been very familiarand on its growth since then to Ogle Airport today. The presentation also focused on ASL’s growth over the years, which finds ASL today with a staff complement of 250, with 40% being female.

Ms Golas said: “I am so impressed by the fact that there are so many female pilots now, but also as impressive is that they are playing an important role in all aspects of the aviation industry.”

The morning ceremony concluded with Captain Ferial Ally, ASL’s senior female pilot and Ms. Golas captaining the Cessna Caravan to the Rupununi.

na, Mr. Mursulene Bacchus, objected to further utterances from the witness, as the statement that followed may have a prejudicial effect.

Subsequently, legal submissions were made and upheld in the absence of the jury Another sibling, Raquel Fraser, recounted to the mixed jury that she identified the body of her brother to Detective Andrew Ward.

Questioned by lawyer for Romerl Krishna, Ms. Kim Kyte-John, the witness said she grew up with the accused men, and together they raised cows, horses and donkeys.

Other witnesses to have testified were Assistant Superintendent Gary Mac Allister; Detective Corporal Andrew Warde; Police Corporal Harold Noble, and brother of the deceased Jermaine Fraser.

The trial is continuing.

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Arrest warrants issued for prosecution witnesses in murder case

MAGISTRATE Sherdel Marcus-Issacs has issued arrest warrants for two prosecution witnesses in the Caracas house demolition shooting death case, which is being heard at the New Amsterdam Magistrates Court.

The case has been adjourned to November 24, when the witnesses, Indranie Nandalall and Rookmin Deolal, are expected to testify at the Preliminary Inquiry into the death of Caracas resident, Errol Lindo, called “Son Son”, who was fatally shot during a house demolition on April 16, 2014.

The warrants were signed after Police Ser-

geant Godfrey Playter informed the court that despite warnings, the witnesses have failed to attend court.

Another absent witness, Police Ballistic expert Corporal Floyd Hosanna, who incidentally is the lone expert within the Guyana Police Force, is also expected to testify.

At previous hearings, civilians Travis Crandon and Cassandra Arthur had testified and were cross-examined by Attorneys-at-law Nigel Hughes and Horatio Edmondson.

Meanwhile, other witnesses testifying were Detective Corporals Ryan Caesar, Dharmendra Indarpaul

and Phillip Walters.

Facing the capi tal charge of murder is New Amsterdam businessman Charles Henry, called Charles Bristol or “Wheels” of Lad Lane, New Amsterdam, who allegedly fatally shot the squatter during the Christian-celebrated Holy Week.

The incident had allegedly stemmed from an ongoing feud between the businessman and some residents in the area over the illegal occupation of land.

On the day in question, Bristol, along with his employers, was in the process of dismantling a house belonging to Lindo when there was a disagreement resulting in the alleged squatter being shot.

The injured man was taken to the New Amsterdam Hospital where he succumbed while receiving medical attention.

Meanwhile, two eyewitnesses including the sister of the now deceased, Dolly Rahaman, have died since commencement of the inquiry.

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Aries You’ll enjoy the week ahead because it brings a chance to relax and assess your progress regarding a key relationship. If last week brought a few changes, you now get the chance to consolidate your affairs and reflect on what’s best for you. However, there’s also a fun aspect to the week that’s great for spending time with friends and generally relaxing. The option to take a budding romance one step further looks very possible over the weekend, when the chemistry sizzles.

Taurus Your lifestyle options are up for review, which could lead to some interesting changes. This week’s blend of energies encourages you to create routines that build health, bring satisfaction, and allow you to live life to the fullest. You may look to new ideas or philosophies to give you some pointers on this.

However, you might also want to head to the kitchen and consider how a change in diet could boost your energy and the feel-good factor in no time.

Gemini This week’s focus encourages you to enjoy life. If you’ve been very busy, perhaps you should consider a spa day or at least a massage and the chance to ease off the accelerator. Social options look fairly upbeat, bringing new friends and connections your way. Whether you seek romance or more business, the current line up brings a chance to enjoy both. You might find one person particularly stimulating and want to connect with a view toward collaborating on a creative project.

Cancer You may be busy with home and family affairs this week, especially as Mercury’s retrograde phase centres on this part of your chart. If you’ve had problems with the family dynamic, certain Mercury influences encourage conversation to help overcome such difficulties. Consider everyone’s viewpoint to reach the outcome you desire. If gadgets are broken, you might find this phase useful for getting them fixed and keeping them functioning. The weekend brings inspiration for redecorating and DIY projects.

Leo Keeping on good terms with friends, family, and neighbours makes good sense this week, when you can benefit greatly from an easygoing approach. If you’re in business, you can negotiate key deals, discuss options, and brainstorm ideas, but you might want to postpone making any firm commitments until Mercury turns direct later in the month. Should you encounter any delays, your optimistic and energetic approach to life will help you circumnavigate problems and focus on the positive.

Virgo If you let your intuition help you with financial decisions, you could do well. You may be eager to purchase items for your home or invest in anything that improves your quality of life. As Mercury is still retrograde, it would help to research your options before proceeding. However, you’ll benefit from information, courses, and even gadgets that can enhance learning, health, and your overall life balance.

In addition, if you haven’t gotten around to removing clutter from your home, start now.

Libra What makes you tick? This week’s line up may help you decide, as it emphasises your pet loves and hates and encourages you to indulge in activities that make your heart sing. Personal issues, plans, and projects are helped along by a fun blend of energies, meaning that the input of friends and loved ones could enhance your prospects and help expand your horizons. The weekend may be perfect for a romantic getaway to somewhere that offers adventures galore. You might close a lucrative deal, too.

Scorpio The cosmos encourages you to think about getting more rest and relaxation. With this week’s focus on your spiritual sector, “balance” is the operative word as you seek to ease back on the throttle after a busy period. Your intuitive energy will be enhanced, so it would pay to listen to those inner promptings. They could lead you to the fulfillment of your desires more quickly. If you have an important goal, tune in and follow your heart.

Sagittarius Positive social vibes bring you plenty of opportunities for fun and romance. Plus, the words of a pal might motivate you to follow a dream, giving you the encouragement and push you need. Whatever your relationship status, you’ll likely find the week ahead enhances your bond and enables you to enjoy each other’s company. If there’s someone you’d like to get closer to, the weekend brings some delectable opportunities for a walk on the wild side.

Capricorn The more time you take to help others in your same profession, the more you’ll benefit. With a focus on Libra and your career zone, the little things like everyday warmth and human kindness can be what help the wheels of commerce turn in your favour. In addition, you’ll likely find that pooling resources, working as a team, or collaborating on certain plans can double your chances of success. It’s possible you’ll also be in the spotlight, so enjoy it!

Aquarius Camaraderie and pleasant connections make this the time to count your blessings. Input can be uplifting and encouraging, with a focus on moving outside your comfort zone and exploring delightful social options that can open new doors for you. As Mercury continues retrograde, you might go to a reunion or decide to arrange one. Perhaps an opportunity that you thought you’d lost will come around again, enabling you to grab it. Going out on a limb can certainly bring new developments your way.

Pisces One of the more sensitive zones of your chart is in focus, leading to sensual opportunities and many intimate moments. You might find the week ahead encourages you to get up close and personal with someone you’ve admired for some time. Joint finances begin to stabilise, and you may find it easier to make decisions that seemed impossible just last week. Opportunities to find a fun and challenging job or career may arise, but you’ll need to stay alert to find them.

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Kristian Jeffrey crowned Caribbean Champion driver

By Rawle Toney and Leeron Brumell

THOUSANDS of Guyanese motor-racing fans witnessed some of the best driving and riding ever displayed at the South Dakota Circuit yesterday as well as seeing Kristian Jeffrey become the first Guyanese driver to have the distinction of ‘Caribbean Champion’ bestowed on him.

J e ff r e y, b e h i n d t h e wheels of his Stag Beerpowered Mitsubishi ‘EVO’ won two of the three ‘Group 4’ races and what was even more impressive was the fact that he did so in style while racing in his first Caribbean Motor Racing Champion (CMRC).

After dominating in Barbados during the first leg and doing exceptionally well in Trinidad and Tobago, Jeffrey headed to Guyana for the third and final leg, leading the Driving Championship and

Nikhil Seereeram, Matthew Vieira excite thousands at South Dakota

needing an almost flawless day on the track to cement his place in history. And so he did.

Sixteen cars positioned themselves on the grid for the first race which included all the big names in Caribbean motor racing, but, the result was catastrophic!

After their ‘rolling start’, the heavy-powered cars bundled up at turn one just after lap one. Jamaican Peter Rae and his Tube Frame Mazda RX7 slammed into Kevin Jeffrey’s Mitsubishi ‘EVO8’ in an attempt to get around fellow Jamaican and three-time Caribbean Champion David Summerbell and Kristian Jeffrey.

Both (Rae and Kevin Jeffrey) cars were damaged beyond repair; so too was Ryan Rahaman’s Ford Sierra and the three were done for the day with the first Group 4 race of the day cancelled.

When the machines came out Kristian eas-

ily took the chequered flag, beating 2008 Caribbean Champion Stuart Maloney and Guyana’s Mark Vieira who finished second and third respectively.

However, Maloney, in the second race, drove his Audi Quattro ferociously to hammer Jeffrey (Kristian) into second place and his brother Mark Maloney into third place.

In the third and final Group 4 race, Kristian drove probably his best ever; chasing Maloney (Stuart) down the front straight and just as he was about to pass the ‘Bajan’ at the club house turn with three laps to go, Maloney crashed out.

Meanwhile, in the super bikes, Nikhil Seereeram won three of the five races while Matthew Vieira and his cousin Elliot shared the other spoils.

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thew Vieira came out top, led from the start and was never really troubled. He rode the Yamaha R6 like a man possessed, getting out fast and establishing a lead of about five bike lengths.

Stephen Vieira on his Suzuki GSXR 600 finished second.

Two bikers didn’t finish – one hitting the dead sand off turn one and tumbling. He was taken for a precautionary check by race stewards, while the other was Paul Yearwood on his Yamaha R6.

Shiraz Roshandin (Group 2) and Danny Persaud (Group 3) also enjoyed a fruitful day on the track.

Up to press time, the day’s results were still being compiled as well as the points for the Country Championship were being calculated and will be published in a subsequent report.

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Bangladesh complete 3-0 Test whitewash of Zimbabwe (REUTERS) - BANGLADESH bowled out Zimbabwe for 262 in the second innings to win the third Test in Chittagong by 186 runs on the final day yesterday and complete a 3-0 series sweep.

Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Jubair Hossain and Shuvagata Hom picked up two wickets apiece as the visitors caved in before the tea break.

Regis Chakabva was stranded on 89 at the non-striker’s end when the final wicket fell for Zimbabwe yesterday. Opener Sikandar Raza made 65.

Leg-spinner Jubair had also taken his maiden five-wicket haul in the first innings as Zimbabawe conceded a lead of 129 runs, replying to Bangladesh’s 503.

The victorious Bangladesh team pose after completing a 3-0 whitewash of Zimbabwe in Chittagong on the 5th day.

The hosts’ huge total was set up by centuries from left-handed openers Imrul Kayes (130) and Tamim Iqbal (109), who combined for a record opening partner-

ship of 224 for Bangladesh.

Tamim also scored 65 in Bangladesh’s second innings while number three batsman Mominul Haque compiled 131, his third Test hundred.

The hosts won the first Test in Dhaka by three wickets and took a 2-0 lead at Khulna with a 162-run win.

BANGLADESH 1st innings 503 (I. Kayes 130, T. Iqbal 109, S. Al Hasan 71) ZIMBABWE 1st innings 374 (E. Chigumbura 88, S. Raza 82, H. Masakadza 81, R. Chakabva 65; J. Hossain 5-96) BANGLADESH 2nd innings 319 for 5 decl. (M. Haque 131 n.o, T. Iqbal 65) ZIMBABWE 2nd innings (o/n 71-1; Target: 449 runs) S. Raza c T. Islam b Hom

65 B. Chari lbw b R. Hossain 0 H. Masakadza c Rahim b Hom 38 B. Taylor c Al Hasan b J. Hossain 24 R. Chakabva not out 89 E. Chigumbura c Kayes b J. Hossain 5

C. Ervine lbw b Mahmudullah 16 R. Mutumbami lbw b T. Islam 2 T. Panyangara lbw b R. Hossain 2 S. Masakadza b Sh. Islam 0 N. M’shangwe lbw b Sh. Islam 0 Extras: (b-14, lb-6, w-1) 21 Total: (all out, 85 overs) 262 Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-97, 3-116, 4-165, 5-179, 6-228, 7-237, 8-261, 9-262.

Bowling: Sh. Islam 9-117-2 (w-1), R. Hossain 4-216-2, T. Islam 22-4-48-1, J. Hossain 19-3-56-2, S. Al Hasan 11-2-35-0, S. Hom 16-1-66-2, M. Mahmudullah 4-1-4-1.

Kohli guides India to Morkel sets up South Africa win in second ODI ODI whitewash win

(REUTERS) - South Africa paceman Morne Morkel thrived on a fast WACA pitch to capture five wickets but the tourists made hard work of a three-wicket victory over Australia in the second one-day international in Perth yesterday.

Morkel’s return of 5-21 was his best in one-day cricket and helped skittle Australia for a paltry 154 runs from only 41.4 overs on a day of brilliant sunshine in Perth.

Although losing both openers cheaply in reply and stumbling to 153-7, captain AB de Villiers (48) and David Miller (22 not out) ensured a regulation victory with over 22 overs to spare and levelling the five-match series 1-1.

Australia’s innings began disastrously, with Morkel having the dangerous David Warner caught behind for a duck before the same bowler caught Aaron Finch for eight at mid-on off the bowling of Dale Steyn (3-31).

Shane Watson (11) and Steven Smith (10) also went cheaply before George Bailey (25) and Australia’s top scorer Mitchell Marsh (67) steadied the innings with a 58-run partnership.

Vernon Philander broke the stand, however, with Faf du Plessis taking a fine catch low at mid-on to remove Bailey, before Morkel had wicketkeeper Matthew Wade caught behind for 19 and Glenn Maxwell bowled for a duck in the same over.

Morkel captured his fifth

Morne Morkel is ecstatic after dismissing David Warner for a duck. wicket when Mitchell Johnson edged behind for three, leaving the hosts reeling at 129-8 and their hopes of building a solid total in tatters.

Australia quicks Josh Hazlewood and Johnson struck early to remove openers Quinton de Kock (4) and Hashim Amla (10) before Rilee Rossouw contributed a valuable 30 before swiping a nick behind off part-time spinner Maxwell. du Plessis and de Villiers drove South Africa to a comfortable 113-3 before

Hazlewood struck to remove du Plessis for 19 and Farhaan Behardien for a duck in successive balls.

David Miller survived the hat-trick ball and an onslaught of short-pitched bowling from left-armer Johnson, but Hazlewood struck again to remove de Villiers and Vernon Philander for a duck for another chance at a hat-trick.

Steyn defied Hazlewood, however, and slogged his third delivery over the bowler to the fence to bring up the winning runs.

RIVAL captains Virat Kohli and Angelo Mathews both scored 139 not out, but it was India who emerged winners over Sri Lanka by three wickets in Ranchi to clinch the one-day international series 5-0.

Sri Lanka made 286 for eight batting first with Mathews smashing 10 sixes and six fours in his powerpacked 116-ball knock - his maiden ODI century - and he also grabbed two early wickets.

India were left struggling when Ajantha Mendis (four for 73) reduced the hosts to 231 for seven in reply, but Kohli stayed firm throughout the innings to see his side home with eight balls left.

Sri Lanka’s batting had survived 50 overs just once this series before this match, but Tillakaratne Dilshan cared little, milking Dhawal Kulkarni for three boundaries in the first over of the day.

It was a false dawn, though, as debutant Niroshan Dickwella went cheaply to Kulkarni while Dilshan (35) hit two fours off Stuart Binny in the sixth over but was bowled two balls later.

Dinesh Chandimal (five) and Mahela Jayawardene (32) fell in quick succession to Akshar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin respectively, before Thirimanne and Mathews hit back.

Sri Lanka laboured to 100

Virat Kohli raises his bat after reaching a century against Sri Lanka in the 5th ODI. in 24 overs, and it took a further 13 overs for the next 50.

Mathews brought up his fifty in the 40th over with Sri Lanka’s first six, with Thirimanne happy to survive three lbw appeals in his 52.

The duo’s second-straight century stand was broken when Thirimanne was caught slogging off Ashwin, soon followed by Patel’s dismissal of Thisara Perera.

But Mathews added nine more sixes to his tally in a superb finish for the Lankans, even though Kulkarni grabbed two late wickets.

Mathews then turned wicket-taker as India suffered a poor start to their chase, the visiting skipper bowling Ajinkya Rahane (two) and

Thursday’s double-centurion Rohit Sharma (nine) in successive overs.

However, from 14 for two, Kohli and Ambati Rayudu (59) launched a superb fightback to turn the tables back in India’s favour with a 136-run partnership.

Kohli had little trouble getting to his third successive fifty and neither did Rayudu seven overs later, but a horrible mix-up had the latter run-out with India on 150.

Kohli also passed 1 000 runs for 2014, joined earlier in that club by Mathews, who took a brilliant diving catch to dismiss Robin Uthappa (19) as India were reduced to 180 for four. (PA Sport)

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Guyana hockey women suffer major setback in CAC opener SPORTING their white GT&T tops and black skirts, the Guyanese women faced their first day of competition in the Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) against the Dominican Republic but unfortunately lost that match by a 1-4 margin.

According to reports from Vera Cruz, Mexico where the Games are being held, the two teams had never met in competition, but while the Dominican Republic can boast a semi-final berth at the previous Games, Guyana entered this battle with a higher world ranking.

The opening fifteen minutes of the game seemed to tilt in the favour of the Dominicans as the Guyanese midfield and wingbacks found it tough to adjust to the unusual bounce of the artificial pitch.

The Dominicans first goal came through the most

Guyana women’s hockey team pose in Vera Cruz, Mexico, shortly before their match against Dominican Republic on Saturday. unusual of circumstances as an overhead pass into Guyana’s scoring circle found striker Agustina Birocho unmarked.

Guyana goalkeeper Alysa Xavier advanced to meet the ball but appeared surprised by the height of its bounce while Birocho reached high into the air with her stick and with the gentlest of taps put her team

ahead by guiding the ball into the back of the net.

The Dominicans were rewarded once again for their aggressive play through the goal-hungry Birocho.

Upon receiving a penalty corner pass to the left, Birocho unleashed a reverse shot into the far corner of the Guyanese goal.

NOTABLE DATES JUNIOR welterweight Derek `Teacher’ McKenzie seemed not able to get past Peter Ahmed of Wales 32 years ago.

McKenzie lost a six-rounder to Ahmed in June 9, 1982. He did have another shot at Ahmed on November 17, 1982. The result turned out to be the same as the 25-year-old Guyanese came up short again in another six-round battle. McKenzie, who campaigned most of his career in the United Kingdom, returned home for his final encounter.

He had his last of 15 professional fights on June 15, 1986 when he suffered a TKO in round eight to a young `hot hand’ named Marcelle Daniels.

Draw puts T&T in final, Cuba reach Gold Cup MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica – Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Warriors crawled into the final of the CFU Caribbean Cup after playing to a disappointing nil-all stalemate with title-holders Cuba here Saturday.

In a replay of the 2012 final in Antigua, neither side could find a way through and were forced to settle for a share of the points.

This left T&T as Group A winners with seven points and they will now await the winners off Group B, to known their opponents in tomorrow’s final.

Cuba, meanwhile, finished second in Group A on five points and qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States next year.

The Spanish-speaking Caribbean side had the better of the chances in the contest

Goalkeeper JanMichael Williams where scoring opportunities proved rare, and T&T were left thanking their goalkeeper JanMichael Williams for allowing them to scrape the point.

In the 16th minute, Williams denied Armando Curoneaux after the midfielder surged into the box and fired at the near post.

Williams was at his best again, this time, rejecting Alberto Gomez on the halfhour mark.

Meanwhile, Gilles Fa-

bien scored twice as French Guiana crushed Curacao 4-1 in the supporting fixture at the Montego Bay Sports Complex.

Fabien scored in the 26th minute to put French Guiana 2-0 up, after Brian St Clair had opened the scoring in the 18th minute with a header off the post.

French Guiana then virtually put the game to bed in the 34th minute when Niki Adipi clinically beat goalkeeper Jarzinho Pieter.

Leading 3-0 at halftime, French Guiana added a fourth in the 64th minute as Fabien completed his brace before leaving the game.

With the game well over as a contest, Curacao rescued some pride when Rihairo Meulens netted with six minutes remaining.

Despite being two goals down, the Guyanese seemed a bit more settled in the second half and strung together some constructive build-ups to threaten the Dominican

defence but they failed to make an impact on the score sheet.

The Dominicans absorbed the Guyanese pressure and managed to capitalise on two chances both from the left side to advance their score by two more to 4-0.

With time fading and a margin almost too great to overcome, Guyana finally managed a break through as midfielder Leigh Sandison smashed a through pass into the scoring circle which was deflected

by Shebiki Baptiste onto the stick of Kerensa Fernandes who scored Guyana’s opening goal of the tournament.

Team Guyana next face defending champions Trinidad and Tobago whom they

have not beaten in recent times.

Guyana would need to win their next two matches to remain in contention for their first-ever semi-final spot in the games.

Head coach Philip Fernandes indicated that his team will improve throughout the tournament as they always do but the matchup against Trinidad is a difficult one.

Fernandes indicated that the lack of match practice and training time on an artificial pitch continues to be the biggest challenge to the team producing better results.

Guyana’s next match is scheduled for 13:00hrs today against Trinidad with the final pool match being two days later against Bermuda.

Matthews third straight fifty fails to save Windies from defeat … Aussie captain Meg Lanning hit 135 off 127 balls BOWRAL, Australia (CMC) – Teenaged opener Hayley Matthews carved out here third successive half-century but it did little to prevent West Indies Women’s losing skid from continuing, as the Caribbean side plunged to an eight-wicket defeat in the third One-Day International here yesterday.

Defending 220 for seven, West Indies watched helplessly as Aussie captain Meg Lanning stroked her fifth one-day hundred to power the hosts to their target in the 44th over, to complete a comfortable victory at Bradman Oval.

The win ensured Australia Women swept the ICC Championship which comprises the first three matches of the four-match series, and also left West Indies Women without success on the tour. The tourists suffered a whitewash in the preceding four-match Twenty20 series.

Opting to bat first, West Indies were given another great start by Matthews and Kycia Knight who put on 97 to follow up their century stand in the last game.

Sixteen-year-old Matthews was again fluent, stroking a top score of 60 from 81 balls, to follow up scores of 55 and 89 in the previous ODIs. Knight got 40 off 58 balls with five fours before falling first, trapped lbw in the 20th over

by Erin Osborne, and her dismissal triggered a collapse that saw five wickets fall for 59 runs.

Meg Lanning scores her fourth ODI hundred.

Matthews, who counted seven fours in her knock, was part of the carnage along with the prolific pair of Deandra Dottin who struck 25 from 45 balls and Stafanie Taylor who made just five.

Struggling at 156 for five in the 40th, Windies Women were lifted by a crucial sixthwicket stand of 61 between Shaquana Quintyne who finished 33 not out and captain Merissa Aguilleira who returned to form with 30.

Quintyne faced 35 balls and struck three fours while Aguilleira, without a doubledigit score in her last seven internationals, struck two fours and a six off 26 deliveries.

In reply, Australia slumped to 18 for two in the fifth over when off-spinner Taylor bowled Nicole Bolton for nine and seamer Dottin had Elyse Villani caught at the wicket for five.

But that was the last sight of success for the Windies as Lanning combined in an unbroken, third-wicket stand of 204 with Ellyse Perry, who hit an unbeaten 64, to take the game away.

Lanning finished on 135 off 127 balls with 17 fours while Perry supported in a 110-ball knock that included four fours.

The final ODI is scheduled for Bradman Oval tomorrow.

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WICB Professional Cricket League Guyana vs Leewards GUYANA Jaguars 1st innings 343 LEEWARD Islands 1st innings 94 LEEWARD Islands 2nd innings (o/n 4/0) A. Richards lbw b Reifer 24 L. Richardson lbw b Reifer 0 A. Saunders stp. Bramble b Bishoo 16 O. Peters lbw b Permaul 36 D. Thomas lbw b Permaul 23 J. Hamilton b Barnwell 74 J. Taylor b Deonarine 0 G. Tonge c Barnwell b Bishoo 49 Y. Leonard lbw b Bishoo 1 A. Martin not out 5 K. Walters c Fudadin b Bishoo 0 Total: (all out, off 79.4 overs) 239 Extras: (b-4, lb-3, w-1, nb-3) 11 Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-24, 3-69, 4-98, 5-109, 6-118, 7-220, 8-226, 9-234.

Bowling: Permaul 22-12-38-2, Reifer 10-3-48-2, Beaton 10-3-28-0, Barnwell 9-1-22-1 (w-1), Bishoo 23.4-5-67-4 (nb-3, Deonarine 5-029-1.

Points: Jaguars 17, Leewards 2.

JAMAICA vs WINDWARDS JAMAICA 1st innings 208 WINDWARDS 1st innings 110 JAMAICA 2nd innings (o/n 148 for nine) S. Thomas c Currency b Mathew 1 J. Campbell c Ambris b Mathew 15 N. Bonner c & b Bobb 41 J. Blackwood c Theophile b Mathew 0 T. Lambert c Smith b Bobb 11 D. Bernard Jr c and b Bobb 0 C. Baugh Jr c Ambris b Bobb 31 N. Miller c Peters b Sebastien 11 D. Jacobs c (N/A) b Bobb 29 M. Mindley run-out 17 K. Wallace not out 0 Extras: (b-1, lb-2, nb-3) 6 Total: (all out, 44 overs) 162 Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-23, 3-23, 4-66, 5-70, 6-104, 7-105, 8-131, 9-147.

Bowling: Pascal 5-0-37-0, Mathew 7-1-19-3, Peters 3-0-17-0, Bobb 173-48-5, Sebastien 12-3-38-1.

R. Currency lbw b b Jacobs 2 L. Sebastien lbw b Jacobs 24 L. James c Lambert b Jacobs 0 A. Bobb c wkp. Thomas b Jacobs 39 M. Mathew b Jacobs 0 K. Peters b Bernard 0 N. Pascal not out 0 Extras: (b-15, lb-1, w-1, nb-6) 23 Total: (all out, 89.2 overs) 247 Fall of wickets: 1-97, 2-126, 3-173, 4-174, 5-178, 6-178, 7-243, 8-246, 9-247.

Bowling: Mindley 11-2-28-0, Wallace 7-1-36-0, Miller 22-3-51-2, Bernard 10-3-20-2, Jacons 29.2-472-7, Lambert 9-1-22-0, Blackwood 1-0-2-0.

Points: Jamaica 16, Windwards 3.

BARBADOS vs TRINIDAD & TOBAGO BARBADOS 1st innings 360 T&T 1st innings (o/n 89 for seven) L. Simmons c Smith b Roach 25 E. Lewis c wkp. Dowrich b C. Brathwaite 10 Y. Ottley c wkp. Dowrich b C. Brathwaite 0 J. Mohammed b C Brathwaite 3 Y. Cariah c Phillips b Warrican 26 D. Ramdin b Roach 0 A. Hosein c Holder b Nurse 9 I. Khan c Nurse b Warrican 15 R. Emrit lbw b Warrican 2 M. Richards c Smith b Warrican 4 S. Gabriel not out 1 Extras: (nb-1) 1 Total: (all out, 46.4 overs) 96 Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-22, 3-34, 4-42, 5-42, 6-62, 7-84, 8-90, 9-93.

Bowling: Roach 9-4-25-2, Holder 9-5-17-0, C Brathwaite 12-5-13-3, Nurse 8-0-22-1, Smith 3-0-7-0, Warrican 5.4-2-12-12.

T&T 2nd innings (following on) L. Simmons lbw b Roach 27 E. Lewis lbw b Warrican 61 Y. Ottley c Smith b Nurse 44 J. Mohammed not out 32 Y. Cariah not out 0 Extras: (lb-1) 1 Total: (3 wkts, 53.3 overs) 165 Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-128, 3-165.

Bowling: Roach 8-2-24-1, Holder 5-1-23-0, C. Brathwaite 5-2-11-0, Nurse 8.3-1-33-1, Warrican 14-5-381, Chase 8-2-25-0, Carter 2-1-4-0, Smith 1-1-0-0, K Brathwaite 2-1-6-0.

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Jamaica beat Windwards, as Barbados eye victory today BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Jamaica survived a scare at Sabina Park before taking victory by 13 runs with a day to spare over the Windwards, in the opening round of the WICB Professional Cricket League at Sabina Park yesterday. Leg-spinner Damion Jacobs claimed seven for 72.

Set 261 for victory, the Windwards were cruising at 173 for two, thanks to Devon Smith’s top score of 74 and fellow opener Tyrone Theophile’s 40, but collapsed to be all out for 247.

Smith and Theophile posted 97 for the first wicket before Smith added another 47 for the second wicket with Sunil Ambris who hit 30.

However, when Smith

Leg-spinner Damion Jacobs claims seven for 72 for Windwards. fell after facing 179 balls in 217 minutes at the crease striking nine fours, the Windwards suffered a collapse which saw them lose

four wickets for five runs in the space of 42 balls.

Even then, Man-ofthe-Match Alston Bobb (39) and captain Liam Sebastien (24) combined in a 65-run, seventh-wicket stand to haul the Windwards back into contention.

However, with just 18 required for victory and the momentum seemingly having shifted to the Windwards, the visitors collapsed again losing their last four wickets for four runs.

Jamaica had earlier been dismissed for 162, after resuming the day on 149 for nine.

In Port of Spain, Barbados Pride maintained the upper hand on Trinid a d a n d To b a g o R e d Force, though the hosts

produced a much better batting effort in their second innings to stave off an early defeat.

At the close at Queen’s Park Oval, they were 165 for three, still requiring another 99 runs to make Barbados bat again.

Left-handed opener Evin Lewis stroked 61 off 120 balls with nine fours and added 90 for the second wicket with Yannick Ottley who scored 44.

Jason Mohammed was unbeaten on a brisk 32 from 40 balls, with five fours and a six.

Barbados had earlier routed Red Force for 94 all out, after they resumed on 89 for seven. Left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican took all three wickets to fall to finish with four for 12.

Stella Maris crowned Petra Organisation/COURTS Pee Wee Champions

WINDWARDS 2nd innings D. Smith lbw b Miller 74 T. Thesphille c Bernard b Jacobs 40 A. Fletcher c Bernard b Jacobs 15 S. Ambris c Campbell b Miller 30 Position: T&T trail by 99 runs.

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The victorious Stella Maris Primary School after winning the Petra Organisation/COURTS Pee Wee U-11 Football tournament. Stella Maris defeated former champions St Pius Primary 2-0 on penalty

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Guyana Jaguars chalk up innings victory with day to spare

By Calvin Roberts WHEN vice-captain Assad Fudadin held a smart reflex catch at forward short-leg to account for Kelbert Walters, off Devendra Bishoo at 16:20hrs yesterday, Guyana Jaguars began celebrating their innings and 10-run, firstround victory over the Leeward Islands.

Competing in the inaugural West Indies Cricket Board/Professional Cricket League (PCL) four- day fixture, at the Guyana National Stadium, the Leeward Islands, who began the day on 4 without loss in search of another 245 to make the Jaguars bat again, were bowled

… Deonarine Man-of-the-Match

Narsingh Deonarine is named Man-of-the-Match for his brilliant 110.

Stag Beer Futsal

Alpha remove Tigers ALPHA United have a point to prove and plan on lifting their first Futsal title come this Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Known as `The Hammer’ Alpha inched closer to the Stag Beer Futsal first prize after lynching Western Tigers 5-1 in one of two semifinals played at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Saturday night.

“It is a deserved victory for us. We have been training hard and we have been playing hard. I am convinced that we are the tournament’s favourites at this time,” Alpha’s coach Wayne `Wiggy’ Dover said.

Travis `Zorro’ Grant and Dwight Peters combined with an own goal to give Alpha a 3-0 lead at halftime.

Chris Camacho and Daniel Wilson netted the other goals. Seon Hope scored the lone goal for the toothless Western Tigers.

“We have not won any Futsal tournament and now this one is in our reach. We would like to win this and dedicate it to our president Mr Odinga Lumumba who has done so much for our club. He had spoken to the guys before the start of this competition and I think that it really made an impact. At this moment all we are doing is focusing on the final,” Dover added.

To date, Alpha United have remained unbeaten

having brushed aside Beacon 4-1 in their opening match of the round-robin segment. Renaissance then felt the full weight of the hammer with a 12-1 humiliation. Alpha next turned their attention to GDF who were whipped 5-1.

In the quarter-final stage Alpha blanked defending champions Fruta Conquerors 6-2 and now have the pleasure of battling Riddim Squad in the final. Riddim Squad took Santos by surprise in the other semifinal on Saturday night and won

by a 3-0 margin.

“We have come here with a mission and that is to win.

I am expecting that when we meet Riddim Squad on Saturday victory would be ours. I can assure our fans that there would be no letting up. We would be applying unrelenting pressure,” declared Dover.

Western Tigers and Santos will feature on Saturday in the clash for third place. The competition is being sponsored

by Elaine’s Ville, Hits and Jams and Ansa McAl.

out for 239 off 79.4 overs.

Only Jahmar Hamilton (74) and Gavin Tonge (49) who shared a face-saving 102-run partnership for the seventh wicket, and Orlando Peters (36) resisted the home team bowling as Bishoo ended with 4 for 67, Veerasammy Permaul 2 for 38 and Raymon Reifer 2 for 48 for the Jaguars.

The Leewards started badly, losing Lyndell Richardson who was lbw to Reifer without scoring, off the second ball of the day at 4 for 1, which was set to be 5 for 2, had Rajendra Chandrika held a sharp chance at gully offered from Akeem

Saunders off Beaton in the second over of the day.

At the other end, Austin Richards decided attack was the way to go and struck Reifer for two fours in one over, followed by another off Beaton before he missed a low full toss from Reifer and was given marching orders via lbw at 31 for 2.

Saunders rode his luck well for the first hour of play, looking on as Reifer, who was stationed at second slip, grassed an easy chance from Peters off Barnwell when the batsman was 10, before a smart piece of stumping from Anthony Bramble, accounted for Saunders (16) at 69 for 3.

Lunch was taken at 74 for 3, with Peters on 20 and his skipper Devon Thomas 4 and they pushed their partnership to 98, before Thomas was lbw to Permaul whom he attempted to sweep, for 23 that included four fours.

Permaul removed both Thomas 23 (4x4) and Peters 36 (5x4) via lbw at 109 for 5, which became 118 for 6, when Narsingh Deonarine (1 for 29), who was later named Man-of-the-Match, bowled Jacques Taylor for no score off the final delivery of his first over.

Hamilton, who fought fire with fire by attacking the bowlers especially

Fourth annual PowerAde 50-mile cycle road race

Hinds power to victory with authoritative ride AFTER a short hiatus from the sport of cycling, Orville Hinds made his presence felt by taking top honours in the Banks DIH-sponsored 4th Annual PowerAde 50-mile cycle road race which was coordinated by national cycling coach Hassan Mohamed and staged in the West Demerara area yesterday.

Hinds, who has been inactive for a few weeks stopped the clock at one hour 55 minutes 55 seconds and finished ahead of veteran rider Robin Persaud, Alonzo Ambrose, Hamzah Eastman, Mario King and Paul DeNobrega in that order.

After being sent on their

way from outside the Wales Police Station, West Bank Demerara, the juniors journeyed to Bushy Park, East Bank Essequibo before turning back to finish at the Demerara Harbour Bridge, while the ladies, veterans and mountain bikers turned back at Uitvlugt to finish at the same point. Alonzo Ambrose won the junior category ahead of Michael Anthony and Stephano Husbands respectively, while Ralph Williams was the winner of the veteran category.

Second was Talim Shaw while Husbands placed third.

Ozia McAully won the

Orville Hinds

mountain bike category ahead of Seon Budhan and Wayne Marks respectively while Guyana’s female representative at the recently concluded Inter-Guiana Games in Suriname, Ronella Samuels won the female category.

Walter `Buck Man’ Isaacs was the first Over-60 cyclist to cross the finish line.

Before the presentation of prizes to the winners, race organiser thanked Banks DIH for staying on board over the past years and expressed his hope that they will be on board next year.

He congratulated all the

the quicks, and Tonge then added 102 for the seventh wicket, with Tonge hitting both Permaul and Reifer for maximums, to go along with his five fours, before he was caught by Christopher Barnwell running back from slip, off Bishoo for 49 at 220 for 7. They took the tea break at 172 for 6, with Hamilton on 46 and Tonge 17.

Hamilton posted his 50 from 73 balls with nine fours, batting for 89 minutes, off the first ball after tea, which was struck for four off Beaton and, realising he was running out of partners, upped the tempo at Tonge’s demise by hitting Barnwell for four before the all-rounder castled his middle stump.

Overall, Hamilton batted 159 minutes during which time he faced 115 balls and struck 11 fours. When he was dismissed at 234 for 9, Bishoo wrapped up the proceedings and sealed the win with Walters’ wicket, leaving Anthony Martin unbeaten on 5.

The Guyana Jaguars eased back to their den with 17 points for the win along with a day off. They will continue their preparations to face the Windward Islands Volcanoes under the guidance of Nandkumar Shivsankar and Peter Nero in their second-round fixture at the same venue on Friday. cyclists for participating in the event and told them that they were all winners, since without their participation the event would not have been a success.

Banks DIH outdoor manager and former national football player Mortimer Stewart congratulated the cyclists and thanked them for their participation. He also pledged his company’s support for the event in the future.

The defending champion of the senior event was Raynauth Jeffrey who is currently in Vera Cruz, Mexico representing Guyana at the Central American and Caribbean Games along with Geron Williams.

Jeffrey had clocked one hour 51 minutes 02.60 seconds last year.

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Kristian Jeffrey crowned Caribbean Champion driver Nikhil Seereeram, Matthew Vieira excite thousands at South Dakota

Nikhil Seereeram leads the pack heading out of the goose neck yesterday.

The Winning Formula! Kristian Jeffrey and his father Kevin (extreme right) and team pose for Chronicle Sport after Kristian was crowned Caribbean Champion.

Guyana’s Danny Persaud heads down the back straight during his Group 3 race (Leeron Brumell photos)

A stock of Group 2 CMRC cars in the goose neck

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