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MONDAY JULY 20, 2015

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East Coast residents still affected by flooding – Gov’t remains committed to providing relief

Guyana Police Force honours fallen colleagues

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St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, Dr. Timothy Harris

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Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud and Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan in discussion shortly after the minister arrived for the ceremony. At left, a relative lays a wreath in rememberance of her hero (Photos by Samuel Maughn)

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East Coast residents still affected by flooding – Gov’t remains committed to providing relief

One of the yards at Le Ressouvenir which is still under water (Photos by Samuel Maughn)

By Ravin Singh SOME three days after torrential rain and floodwaters created havoc in low-lying areas of Georgetown and other areas of the coastland, the homes of some East Coast De-

A slow afternoon drive along the Railway Embankment Road showed that despite the tireless efforts of the relevant Ministries, some of the residents of Montrose, Felicity, Le Ressouvenir, Buxton and other East Coast areas were still affected by floodwaters which had not receded entirely.

When this newspaper spoke to one resident from Montrose, she was eager to relay her distress of having to wade daily through the “dirty waters” to perform daily tasks.

According to the middle-aged woman, the trench which is situated behind the houses acts as a habitat for snakes and other reptiles.

As a result, when there is flooding and the water level matches that of the trench, these reptiles are transferred onto the lands and pose a threat to residents.

LIVESTOCK Additionally, she noted that livestock belonging to her uncle who lives just next door are affected by the flooding. “My uncle has livestock, and when the floods come, he has to take them over the seawall to graze because the part where they graze gets flooded; so he takes them there.

He has ducks, fowls, sheep and pigs,” the woman said.

But according to her, a solution to the routine

merara (ECD) residents were still inundated with stagnant floodwater yesterday.

Some of the yards were still submerged although pumps were promptly activated following the heavy rainfall on Wednesday last.

The state yesterday of Bibi Kasim’s submerged yard at Felicity

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South Ruimveldt Police find another man fatally stabbed unlicensed gun at Soesdyke

– four brothers arrested A NINETEEN-year-old man of Caneville Avenue, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown was stabbed to death on Saturday evening while drinking at a bar at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara.

According to reports, Leroy Moore got into an argument with a group of men during which he was stabbed about his body. The young man was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Center where he was pronounced

dead on arrival.

Late yesterday evening four men who are brothers, including the person fingered as the main suspect, were in police custody assisting with the investigations.

Meanwhile, the Guyana Chronicle was informed that among the four arrested was a 15-year-old who was identified as the main suspect.

The others arrested were another 15-year-old and two men, whose ages were given

as a 22 years and 28 years respectively.

The four men who were arrested work as labourers.

However, one of the men denied that he had anything to do with the killing of the young man but persons who were at the location at the time are refuting this.

This publication also understands that one of the suspects has a bruise on his forehead and told investigators that the deceased had cuffed him. Police have already taken statements from the eyewitnesses in the matter.

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problem of flooding would be to provide the area with a pump which is capable of pushing out the water over the seawall. “They should get a pump to pump the water over, so they wouldn’t have to wait on tide to pump the water,” she said, adding that the local authorities rarely, if ever at all, use the pump which they currently have. This, she noted, was because the present pump “damages the section of the land” on which it operates.

“They have to build it properly, because every time rain falls, it’s the same thing; and people who live in bottom houses punish,” the Montrose woman maintained yesterday.

A few villages away, Bibi Ameena Kasim of Felicity, her family, including three young daughters, have been “severely” affected by the floods, which she expected would have been gone by now due to the efforts made in this regard.

The mother of three explained that she, too, is prevented from doing her daily chores due to the ankle-level stagnated waters in her yard. As it relates to her daughters, she revealed: “When the flood is gone, they get sick, because the water takes too long to go down; it does take a long while to go down, and this is breeding mosquitoes.”

But not limited to mosquitoes, Kasim told this publication that on Saturday evening, two water snakes were found in her yard.

“And it’s also affecting our pets: Rabbits, a parrot and our cats. We have to keep them in the house because of the water,” she said.

Another resident of Felicity, who requested that his name be withheld, proposed too that a pump which is capable of pumping the floodwaters over the seawall be bought and installed to address the issue.

Detailing his experienc-

es since the flooding commenced last Wednesday, the man stated that while mosquitoes have been in abundance, worms have also been transported into people’s yards. Cash crops such as ochroes, tomatoes, peppers and callaloo which once flourished in his backyard and provided a meal for his family were destroyed as a result of the flood.

Just a few days ago, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon disclosed that residents of affected areas would be provided with food and water supplies, and other necessities, as well as mattresses and camp cots, among other relief items. “We have come up with a certain plan, which will unfold as the days go by,” Minister Harmon said.

According to the Minister, farmers affected by the flooding caused by the heavy and prolonged downpour will receive relief from

THE police on Saturday recovered another unlicensed gun, a .32 revolver, along with three matching rounds.

The weapon and ammunition were discovered when the police conducted a stop and search exercise on a vehicle in Sandy Babb Street, Kitty, Georgetown.

The police also found in the vehicle seven cell phones which investigators believe were stolen as well

as a laptop computer. If the items were not stolen then they may have been unlawfully obtained, according to the police.

Crime Chief Wendel Blanhum yesterday told this newspaper that the weapon was found under the driver’s seat.

He said that checks will be made to see to whom the mobile phones belong and in light of recent carjackings police will seek to have the

four persons arrested placed on an ID parade soon.

The three men and one woman who were arrested, up to late yesterday, were still in custody assisting the police with their investigations.

The Sunday Chronicle yesterday reported the trend of women being involved in concealing and transporting arms, while in the company of men, according to the Crime Chief.

Forensic pathologist to testify at manslaughter trial today GOVERNMENT Pat h o l o g i s t , D r. N e h a u l Singh is expected to testify at a manslaughter trial today before Justice JoAnn Barlow and a mixed jury at the Demerara Assizes.

At the trial in which the Government. He further explained that Government’s technical officers will be deployed to critically affected areas to meet with farmers, listen to their concerns, and see what sort of help can be dispensed.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo also weighed in on the issue, offering that, “I believe this is an unnecessary tragedy that has befallen our people, but we are doing all we can, and [we are] mobilising all the resources to bring relief.”

Nagamootoo further added that, “If we had some of the pumps that had been ordered from Surendra, and they had been deployed by now, I’m sure this situation would not have affected so many people.”

Justice Barlow began sitting as a judge for the first time last week, Joseph Kaladin is alleged to have unlawfully killed his brother Ganesh Nabi at Enmore North during a rum spree that ended in a fight and death on November 19th, 2010.

Kaladin, who is conducting his own defence, has pleaded not guilty.

Lead prosecutrix Narissa Leander will call Pathologist Singh as one of her eight witnesses. Dr. Singh will testify about his post-mortem findings.

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Japan’s Mitsubishi makes prisoners-of-war apology

Protesters of mostly Korean or Chinese descent took to the streets of Los Angeles in May to protest against Japanese war crimes, during a visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ABOUT 500 American POWs were forced to work in the mines by the Japanese JAPAN’S Mitsubishi corporation has made a landmark apology for using U.S. prisoners of war as forced labour during World

War Two. A senior executive, Hikaru Kimura, expressed remorse at a ceremony in Los Angeles that prisoners had been put to work in mines operated by the firm.

It is believed to be the first such apology by a Japanese company.

One of the few surviving former U.S. prisoners forced to work in Japan accepted the apology.

James Murphy, 94, said this was “a glorious day” for which he had waited 70 years.

It would improve the relationship between Japan and the United States, he added.

Relatives of other former prisoners were also present at the ceremony at the Simon Wiesenthal Centre.

Mitsubishi is acting independently of the Japanese government, which has already issued a formal apology to American prisoners.

Japanese government officials say that it is an important gesture ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of the war in August.

“We hope this will spur other companies to join in and do the same.” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean at the Simon Wiesenthal Centre.

PROTESTERS OF MOSTLY KOREA The mines operated at four locations run

by Mitsubishi’s predecessor company, Mitsubishi Mining Co. Only two living survivors could be located to accept the apology, and only Mr Murphy

was fit enough to make the trip to Los Angeles, local media reported.

About 500 American POWs were forced to work in the mines from among the thousands of allied Philippine, Korean and Chinese prisoners who were pushed into slave labour by the Japanese.

‘SLAVERY IN EVERY WAY’ Mr Murphy told U.S. media that he spent a year at a copper mine near Hanawa, an experience he described as “a complete horror.”

“It was slavery in every way: No food, no medicine, no clothing, no sanitation,” he said, adding that it was all the more galling to know that Mitsubishi built fighter aircraft used against American Forces.

He said that while he had forgiven his captors, he still longed for an apology for his ordeal.

Although no cash compensation is being offered by Mitsubishi, the upcoming apology is “a big deal,” he said.

Correspondents say it is not clear why the apology has come so long after the war.

The Japanese government officially apologised to American former POWs five years ago. (BBC)

‘No hipsters injured’ in Shoreditch pop-up restaurant fire A BUILDING housing a popup restaurant in east London has been partially destroyed by fire, but “fortunately, no hipsters were injured,” London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said.

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cause of the blaze is due to begin.

The apology came after criticism of the joke on social media. Mike O’Brien tweeted: “Enough with the hipster jokes.

People’s livelihoods have been ruined.”

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NEW York isn’t known as a melting pot for nothing.

It’s one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world, boasting dozens of under-the-radar ethnic enclaves that go far beyond a basic Chinatown.

From Brooklyn’s Little Odessa to Queens’ Little

place Guyana on a map, but it’s taken over Richmond Hill. The small country on South America’s Caribbean coast, east of Venezuela, has a population that’s a colourful mix of South Asian (mostly from east India) and Afro-Caribbean.

New York is home to

Liberty Avenue is Little Guyana’s nucleus, featuring saris and spices, roti and rum, as well as businesses like the Little Guyana Bake Shop and The Hibiscus Restaurant & Bar. K-Town, a highly concentrated strip along Manhattan’s West 32nd Street,

Little Guyana, Richmond Hill, Queens Guyana, here are our favourite ethnic neighbourhoods in NYC. You might not be able to

around 140,000 Guyanese, making them the fifth largest group of immigrants in the city.

Koreatown, West 32nd Street, Manhattan between Broadway and 5th Avenue, is a slice of Seoul in the city, and officially known as “Korea Way”.

It features dozens of Korean restaurants, karaoke clubs, and even 24-hour spas, most of them stacked on top of each other, thanks to the narrow borders of the area.

New York is home to over 140,000 Korean residents (the second largest Korean population in the U.S.), and while they may not all live in Koreatown (many live in Flushing, Queens, another Korean hotspot), they do frequent it enthusiastically, giving the area a super local and authentic vibe.

While there’s always a debate as to where the food is better, Flushing or Manhattan, K-Town is steadily gaining a stellar foodie reputation.

Jackson Heights is incredibly diverse, and it can make you feel like you’ve been transported to a different country, with every block.

However, India (and Bangladesh and Pakistan)

has staked its claim on 74th Street, between Roosevelt and 37th Avenue, where

Like an open-air market, the air is thick with the smell of curries and spices,

Little India, Jackson Heights, Queens women will shop for jewellery and rich fabrics while wearing colourful saris, and stores are full of Bollywood films and incense.

and the streets are lined with sweet shops, curry houses, and eateries selling fresh curry leaves and chutneys. (Houston Chronicle)

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EDITORIAL

Guyana

It takes two hands to clap

––Government cannot go it alone THE Government has been in office now for a mere two months. The previous Government was in place for 23 long years. It is accepted that Opposition parties would criticise the Government, but when a party that just left Government repeatedly criticises the new Government for long-term problems which it failed to solve while in office, the politics is reduced to a farce. There has to be a clear line between constructive criticism, as oversight of Government, and deflection of responsibility for mismanagement while you were in Government.

It is not our policy to demonise any of the country’s political parties, but we have to register our displeasure at the PPP’s wanton disregard for political tradition. It has not shown any courtesy

to the new Government. It is normal that when a new Government comes to power, the outgoing party allows it some space for settling in. The PPP has not honoured this tradition. Instead, it has been lambasting the Government on issues such as the floods and the persistent high crime rate, while ignoring the fact that these problems were inherited from their Government.

Let us look at the situation with the floods. This is an ongoing problem which the previous Government was unable to combat. It is immature politics to blame the Government for it.

The source of the problem is partly our natural circumstances and partly human behaviour. Any solution, therefore, has to be based on that premise.

The PPP, while in office, never sought to develop any long-term plan to tackle

the problem. If they did, then the new Government would have had something to work with. And the PPP’s criticism would have been the extent to which the new Government has or has not executed the plan.

Flooding is a natural disaster; it affects the country negatively. It has consequences for the economy, for the nation’s health, and for education, to name a few sectors. Commerce slows down; crops are damaged; the risk of water-borne diseases increases; and children can’t go to school. We should not play politics with something of this magnitude.

Even if the PPP does not admit its failure to deal with this problem, it could, at least, commend the Government for its effort at bringing relief to the people. The Government, led by its

Minister of Infrastructure, has done a magnificent job in this regard. It’s been many moons ago since we have seen such a proactive approach by Government. Until we find a way to overhaul our drainage and irrigation systems, the Government has to be alert and proactive whenever heavy rains arrive.

This business of the Opposition criticising the Government on every issue for the sake of scoring political points must stop. Young people who are seeking to enter politics would think that this is normal politics and emulate it when they get into office.

Perhaps the PPP should get into Parliament and use its voice to help the Government navigate some of these problems. After all, Parliamentarians on both sides of the aisle are part of the Government.

Fernandes Bread Box officially opens for business

FERNANDES Bread Box on Saturday held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially declare the business open to the public.

The Fernandes Bakery is part of the Fer-

nandes Group of Companies, one of Suriname’s largest corporate groups. Established in 1910, the Fernandes business began as a small novelty store in Paramaribo and later grew into an international brand offering a wide range of products and services.

The bakery is one of the first companies in the group to have established itself to be synonymous with quality products at affordable prices. Using only superior ingredients, the Fernandes Bakery guarantees satisfaction with every bite of its freshly baked breads, yummy pastries and tantalising ice-creams.

The entry of the Fernandes brand onto the Guyana scene aims to provide shoppers with a new, fresh line of products typically not found in the local market: over seven types of breads, including whole and multi-grains, baguettes, ciabatta, croissants, wraps, pastries and a variety of deserts.

In addition to providing unique breads, pastries and deserts, the Bread Box will provide hot and cold beverages and freshly prepared sandwiches.

The Fernandes Group of Companies in Manager of the entity, Rochelle Paras- Suriname also includes a Coca Cola botram, displays two of the breads which tling company, ice-cream manufacturing the business has to offer (Photos by and packaging, automotive sales, hardware, and household, audio and furniture Adrian Narine) divisions.

Staffers and well-wishers gathered Saturday to witness the cutting of the ribbon

Ramkarran reminds Administration of 100-day promise

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––says fulfilment should be given top priority

By Tajeram Mohabir

FORMER Speaker of the House Ralph Ramkarran says the promises made by the Administration to the nation must be at the forefront of Cabinet’s agenda during the current ‘honeymoon’ period which is almost over.

Prior to emerging victorious at the May 11

Former House Speaker, Ralph Ramkarran polls, the resurgent APNU+AFC coalition had promised to implement a range of measures in the first 100 days on assuming office.

Among the measures are the reduction of the Berbice Bridge toll; significant salary

increases for Government workers; significant increases in Old Age Pension; reduction of the President’s Pension and other benefits; establishment of passport and birth certificate licensing offices in Berbice, Essequibo and Linden; return of television station to Linden; waiving of duties on fuel, foods and small mining equipment bought by identifiable miners of small concessions; and the establishment of a Public Procurement Commission.

Ramkarran, in an earlier interview with the Guyana Chronicle, had said that realistically speaking, it will be a challenge for the APNU+AFC Government to achieve all it said it will do in the first 100 days in office, but it should strive to achieve as much as it can within that timeframe.

NAGAMOOTOO IN CENTRAL ROLE Writing in his weekly blog, ‘Conversation Tree’ last Saturday, the former Speaker suggested that Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo play a central role in the implementation of the 100-day plan.

“I would therefore recommend that the Prime Minister be placed in charge of managing the fulfilment of the 100-day programme, and that the Prime Minister chairs that portion of Cabinet meetings.

Therefore, at one and the same time, he would be chairing at least part of the Cabinet meetings and be responsible for at least part of the domestic agenda. The Prime Minister would then be able to deny that the AFC had (fully) capitulated on the Cummingsburg Accord and claim that it is being implemented with the adjustments necessary to make it workable in circumstances of holding office,” he said.

FORMER PRESIDENTS BENEFITS The Administration has already capped

the benefits of former Presidents, which, as the then Opposition, it had deemed a “burden on the Treasury.”

Work has also begun on the fulfilment of the other benefits. The former People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Executive had

Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo said that during the elections campaign, the APNU+AFC spoke about the cancer of corruption, and the need for it to be rooted out.

This, he said, is one of the things many Guyanese want to see the new Government do, and at least, in the first 100 days in office,

it should take tangible steps towards addressing this scourge.

Ramkarran was forced to resign from the PPP/C after he was hauled over the coals for penning an article on corruption.

Apart from aggressively tackling corruption, including revisiting alleged ‘cozy deals’, the former Speaker had said that putting systems in place to steady the rice and sugar industries and the establishment of the Public Procurement Commission should also happen in the first 100 days of the new Administration.

AUDITS To the Administration’s credit, it has already begun the audit of several State agencies, and has since removed the Board of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo). The Corporation is now being managed by an interim Board, and an inquiry into the operations of GuySuCo is expected to commence soon.

The Government has also been grappling to steady the rice industry, following Venezuela’s renewed claim of the Essequibo and this country’s Atlantic front. Guyana exports 34 per cent of the 600,000 tonnes of rice it produces annually to neighbouring Venezuela at premium price.

Delivering on the promises it made, Ramkarran said, will put the Administration in good stead at the time of judgement.

“The Government has a plan against which a judgment will be made. It is called the hundred-day programme. Little is heard of it nowadays but we, the people, who are intended to be its beneficiaries, are looking forward anxiously to its fulfilment,” the former Speaker of the House said on Saturday.

CJ grants $9.0M in bail to 16 remand prisoners ACTING Chief Justice Mr. Ian Chang, S. C., last Friday granted bail in the sum of $9,005,000 to 16 petitioners who were on remand , pending the hearing of their cases.

Trafficking in persons: Mark Wil-

liams - $200,000 and Ronica Clarke - $150,000; Manslaughter: Delaun Charles $456,000; Trafficking in Narcotics: Collin Downes - $325,000; Alvin Roopchand

- $300,000; Adonna Paul - $100,000; Wagney Paul - $100,000; Travis Sobers - $200,000; Alicia Anderson $550,000; Marlon Thomas - $700,000; Eartha Brandt - $205,000; Kevon Powley $225,000; Althen Luckie - $300, 000;

A r s o n : L i l o u t i e Tu l s i d a s s $100,000; Felonious wounding: Dhaneshwar Ramkishore - $100, 000; and Fraudulent Conversion: Eon Ferrier - $500,000.

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Guyana Police Force honours fallen colleagues THE Guyana Police Force yesterday honoured its fallen ranks who were killed in the line of duty between 1979 and 2014.

A moment of silence was also observed for Police Constable Edson Williams, who was crushed by a truck two weeks ago at Providence, East Bank Demerara.

The event yesterday saw the marching on of the Guard of Honour followed by the arrival of Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud followed by Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan.

It coincided with the 176th Anniversary of the Guyana Police Force. A 21-gun salute was accorded the fallen ranks, followed

by a minute of silence and prayers by the three main denominations.

Among those in attendance yesterday were relatives of the dead police ranks, including their children, grandchildren and other relatives.

They were all invited to lay wreaths in honour of their respective relatives; wreaths were also laid by the Commissioner of Police, Divisional Commanders and other representatives of the ‘fallen’.

Commissioner of Police Persaud, Public Security Minister Ramjattan and the Force Chaplain addressed the gathering.

Family members and other associates of fallen police ranks listen attentively as the Top Cop addresses them (Photos by Samuel Maughn)

‘A’ Division Commander Clifton Hicken lays a wreath on behalf of ranks from his Division

Assistant Commissioner Chapman represents ranks of ‘C’ Division at the ceremony yesterday

East La Penitence community slated for major development – First consultation held with residents RESIDENTS of East La Penitence, Georgetown will soon see major transformation and development in their community as work has commenced on the crafting of a national developmental plan with emphasis on youth empowerment. The first consultation was held yesterday at the East La Penitence Primary School.

Spearheading this developmental process is Minster within the Ministry of Social Protection, Simona Broomes, who has been assigned responsibility for the community.

Yesterday's meeting, which was facilitated by Minister Broomes, saw the participation of Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan; and Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson.

The consultation, which was attended by approximately 60 residents, was told that emphasis is now being placed on the development of the community since there is need for an intervention by the Government in improving the living standards of the residents there, thereby creating avenues for the employment of young people as well as providing them with recreational facilities. There are immediate plans to establish a basketball court in the community for the youths.

Addressing the consultation before taking questions, Minister Bulkan said that his Ministry is fully aware of some of the issues affecting the communities, and where possible, efforts are being made to address them. He, however, noted that most of those issues have to be fixed by the Munic-

ipality. The Minister explained that his Ministry is open to working with members of the community in whatever areas possible to assist in improving the community.

Meanwhile, Minister Ferguson has committed to the residents that her Ministry will be undertaking repairs to bridges that need fixing in the community, since a few of them pose a threat to life. The Junior Public Infrastructure Minister also pledged her Ministry’s assistance in the overall development of the community.

Residents in their interactions with the Ministers highlighted the need for immediate repairs to be done to several bridges in the community which are being used by school children and are in a deplorable state. Other concerns were raised about the state of the drains and canals, cul-

Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, interacting with residents of East La Penitence during yesterday’s consultation at the East La Penitence Primary School

verts and kokers which are also in need of immediate repairs.

These concerns were noted and according to Minister Broomes, a committee, with members chosen by the residents to oversee the development and monitor the implementation of projects will be established.

The Minister has committed to working with this committee in realising the various developmental initiatives.

Yesterday’s consultation was the immediate action following a walk-about done by Minister Broomes two weeks ago, where she interacted with

residents in an effort to hear their concerns and to see how best these can be addressed.

The Ministries of Communities and Public Infrastructure are part of the initiative since most of the residents’ concerns fall within those sectors.

(GINA)

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FAO Consultant...

Guyanese farmers can excel at animal husbandry – just as well as those in America or Europe

By Clifford Stanley THERE are still too many farmers in the Caribbean who are hesitant to move away from ‘time-test ed’ traditional methods of farming towards modern methods that can raise their production levels.

While lamenting such resistance to change, seen for example in the production of small ruminants, Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Consultant and Artificial Insemination (AI) expert from Jamaica, Dr Gabrielle Young feels that the region’s

was much put off by this rebuff. But as I got more experienced, I developed a comeback. When they said that, I farmers can overcome this at- workshop on artificial insem- so that they can produce would say to them: ‘Yes, you titude and attain the level of ination for goats, sponsored offspring that will increase been doing this before I was commercial farming seen in by the FAO in collabora- the income earning capacity born, but before I was born, the United States and Europe. tion with the Guyana Live- of farmers; enhance farm you had a two-pound chick“Attitudinal change is stock Development Authority family income and reduce en that you cooked on Sunhappening already, but more (GLDA) and held at Mon poverty. day, and that was what you is required. I do believe that Repos last week.

During an interview with were happy with because the Caribbean has the potenThe beneficiaries were the Guyana Chronicle, Dr that was what you could have tial,” she said. livestock technicians from Young recalled interactions accomplished. But right now, In that light, she said fur- Guyana and five other coun- with farmers in her earlier we want a four-pound chickther that “especially Guy- tries - Suriname, Grenada, years as an extension officer, en in six weeks; so if you ana, Guyana has the land, St Lucia, Dominica and An- trying to get them to adopt want to stay with 'before Guyana has the water, has tigua. improved methods of pro- I was born', sure you can the resources, has the forage The FAO’s programme at duction. have your yard-fowls runand your farmers can do just Mon Repos aimed at teach“I met farmers who would ning around in subsistence as well as anybody else in ing the participants the tell me: ‘Look, young girl I farming. But we are moving America or Europe.” technology for transferring been doing this thing before on…to higher levels of proDr Young was the main semen from high quality you were born.’ At first I duction.’” training resource person at a animals to traditional breeds

‘GET WITH THE PROGRAMME’ She observed that such a rebuttal usually left the old-timers nonplussed.

“Maybe even got them to thinking, I think. But more of our farmers need to listen closely to their technicians; to take their advice. Many more farmers need to embrace new technologies such as genetic technology/ improved genetic materials for plants and animals, and get with the programme as such.”

She said that the only exception may be a person who has a full-time job, and is just keeping a few goats which he or she may end up cooking and eating.

GEA and Authentix Partner to install Solar Photovoltaic Systems at President’s College THE Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), in partnership with Authentix Inc., recently installed three (3) standalone Solar Photovoltaic (PV) systems to provide energy efficient backup lighting with motion/occupancy sensors in the three dormitories at President’s College.

Solar PV systems have gained increased importance as a renewable source of energy due to their many advantages, such as little maintenance, no noise, and no pollution.

Further, the abundance of sunshine in Guyana makes the use of solar photovoltaic systems technically sound and environmentally feasible, especially given that solar energy is renewable and sustainable.

Prior to the installation of the three solar photovoltaic systems, there was no alternative or backup electricity supply in the event of a utility failure. Loss of power would have resulted in much frustration and inconvenience, and would have negatively impacted the resident students at nights. Power outages at nights result in disruption of activities, such as studying, doing assignments and School Based Assessments (SBAs), which in turn may have a negative impact on academic performance at the institution.

Hence, an alternative supply of electricity for

Engineer Brian Constantine installing the PV panel at President’s College

lighting during power outages was needed to: ● Provide lighting for security purposes during power outages, ● Enable students to complete assignments, homework and projects in a timely manner, and ● Facilitate studying at nights during power outages.

Designed by Brian Constantine, one of GEA’s Energy Engineers, the solar photovoltaic system provides lighting in priority areas, such as the living quarters, washrooms, apartments and corridors, in each dormitory, and would be for use only in cases of emergency or backup. “The system was designed based on the energy use (demand)

at each dorm in the event of a utility failure to provide energy efficient lighting on demand using motion/occupancy sensors”, said Constantine. He further added that “…the energy demand was based on the number of lights (approximately 44 lights per dorm) and the resulting usage time of each light in the various areas.”

Based on the preceding criterion, the battery bank was computed to be just over 500Ah, with assumptions of 3% losses in the wiring and 10% loss in the inverter. The system was configured using 2 batteries connected in parallel, thereby supplying 12V. Pure sine wave inverters rated at 1000W were selected

to provide the AC power to the energy efficient lights in each dorm.

Occupancy sensors were employed along the corridors of each dormitory to ensure operation of the hallway lights only when needed.

Sustainability of these systems will be ensured, since each inverter is equipped with a low voltage disconnect, thereby preventing overuse of the system.

The system overall cost two million, eight hundred and ninety-one thousand, three hundred and twentyeight dollars (G$2,891,328).

Authentix provided funding for the project to the tune of US$10,000 - the equivalent of G$2,090,000. Along with the design, technical oversight and installation, the GEA provided solar panels, inverters, and other support to the value of eight hundred and one thousand, three hundred and twenty-eight dollars (G$801,328) , which was needed to complete the project.

According to Dr. Mahender Sharma, CEO of the Guyana Energy Agency, “The installation represents a culmination of the learning over the last few years, whereby GEA’s Engineers, using appropriate and energy efficient technologies along with their experiences in sustainable energy development, are able to translate that knowledge to

help the students.”

Authentix, being the company who provides the ‘marking chemical’ for GEA’s Fuel Marking Programme, and GEA have had a partnership since 2003, when the Programme commenced. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas USA, Authentix enables brand owners and governments to build market confidence and maximize revenue by authenticating products to combat counterfeiting, protect brand equity, and assure programme integrity.

The company has said that, given that many of its employees are scientists and engineers, they are aware that a good education is the foundation for a lifetime of success. The project for the President’s College students therefore offered the organization “…a great opportunity to help a new generation of scholars, as the renewableenergy system would ensure that the students have the lighting needed to complete their assignments and to benefit from cutting-edge solar and lighting technology”.

“One of our company values is to advance science and technology for a better world,” said Bernard C. Bailey Ph.D., Chairman and CEO of Authentix. “As we have been working with the GEA for more than a decade, we are thrilled to be able to provide these students with

advanced solar and lighting technology to support their studies”, he further posited.

T h e G u y a n a E n e rg y Agency expressed heartfelt gratitude to Authentix Inc. for its partnership in the execution of this project.

“Authentix willingly came on board to finance this project, which speaks to their commitment towards advancing science and technology as part of their mandate states. I therefore take this opportunity to thank the company on behalf of GEA, the Principal, students and teachers of President’s College. Their support and partnership were invaluable, and contributed significantly to the success of this project”, said Dr. Mahender Sharma, CEO of GEA. President’s College, which is located at Golden Grove on the East Coast of Demerara, was founded in 1985. The institution has three dormitories which accommodate students from all regions across Guyana. At present, about 250 students are resident at the college.

GEA remains committed, in keeping with its mandate, to developing and encouraging the development and utilisation of alternative sources of energy in the execution of the vision to provide reliable energy that is economically, environmentally and socially sustainable for all in Guyana.

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St Kitts and Nevis PM calls for peaceful resolution

– in Guyana/Venezuela territorial dispute ST KITTS and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris is calling for a peaceful resolution to the on-going border dispute between two of the Federation’s closest partners, Guyana and Venezuela.

He expressed the sentiment during an interview with The St Kitts and Nevis Observer on Wednesday.

“A peaceful resolution of the matter through political dialogue at the highest level, and we stand ready to support those engagement efforts,” he said. “Guyana is a member of the CARICOM family, very dear and precious to us, and Venezuela is a special friend.”

The two South American countries are locked in a heated dispute over twothirds of Guyana’s land, which Venezuela is now claiming.

Tensions escalated recently when ExxonMobil, an American-based oil and gas

St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, Dr. Timothy Harris

company drilling offshore Guyana, announced it had discovered a major reserve of crude off the coast of Essequibo.

That triggered Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro to issue a decree claiming waters in Guyana’s Stabroek block, where Exxon is drilling. He has claimed that, along with two-thirds of the

country’s land, specifically in the Essequibo region.

Just last week, Maduro issued a decree which replaces the first, but this one does not specify any coordinates in relation to boundaries.

What the new decree does make clear is that Venezuela is ready to use military force to defend its new maritime boundary.

This prompted a strong reply from Guyana’s President, David Granger and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge.

Granger sought the support of CARICOM, which issued a short report, calling for a peaceful resolution, including the use of the United Nations Good Office to resolve the matter. Guyana, a CARICOM member state, has struck down that option, claiming that it has only helped the Venezuelans.

Prime Minister Harris, however, said the CARICOM report takes into

perspective the relationship that the organisation has with both countries.

“We believe that through diplomacy, the matter can be resolved. We therefore took care in presenting the CARICOM position to ensure that there was no excitement of the anxieties between the two countries who were in an antagonistic relationship,” Prime Minister Harris noted.

That report was drafted at the recent special meeting of the CARICOM Heads of State, shortly after Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar publicly lent the country’s support to Guyana.

The Heads of Government have come in for harsh criticisms from several sections regionally for the position they have taken, with

some pointing fingers to the benefits that several of those CARICOM member countries have received from the Venezuelans.

Dr. Harris pointed that the CARICOM leaders took that position “to avoid inflammatory decisions that would harden the contention between the two groups.” (St Kitts and Nevis Observer)

Essequibo pedestrian, East Coast pedal cyclist killed in weekend accidents AN Essequibo man became one of the country’s latest road fatalities after being struck by a motorcar on Saturday after-

Monday, July 20, 2015 - 05:00 hrs Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 08:30 hrs Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 09:00 hrs

noon on the Queenstown public road in Region 2 (Pomeroon-Supenaam).

D e a d i s 6 3 - y e a r- o l d Deryck Glasgow of Queen-

stown, Essequibo Coast, who was struck from behind by the vehicle which was reportedly speeding.

According to the police, the man, who was walking on the Queenstown public road, attempted to cross the road and was struck in the process. He was immediately rushed to the Suddie Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The driver of the car and the other occupants were initially taken into custody to assist the police in their investigations. However, late Saturday afternoon, while the driver of the car remained in custody, the others were sent away.

Reports out of the Cinderella County have also stated that the men who were in the car had earlier left a wedding house celebration some distance away.

The ill-fated vehicle is said to be owned by a staff

member of a Government agency, and it was unclear if that person was the driver at the time of the accident, or whether he was the same person in police custody.

In a separate accident early yesterday morning, a pedal cyclist was killed on the East Coast Demerara.

At about 02:00 hrs, Saturjeet Roopchand, 38, of Enmore, ECD, was cycling from a cross street onto the main road when he reportedly ended up riding into the path of a vehicle.

The man was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Police investigations into the matter are also ongoing.

Two weeks ago, President David Granger had called on the police to get a grip on the number of road fatalities and accidents, as the numbers were too high.

Economic war GUYANA CHRONICLE Monday July 20, 2015

By Francisco Toro

W H AT d o y o u c a l l i t when a country throws its military assets behind a campaign to bully and intimidate a much smaller, poorer neighbour for the purpose of spooking away foreign investors and preventing it from carrying out strategic investments?

If the words “Economic War” are to mean anything, shouldn’t they mean that?

This post is a call to get real: what’s happening on Venezuela’s grandiloquently self-styled “fachada atlantica” (the eastern border it disputes with neighboring Guyana) is nothing but an attempt to give off-shore oil investors in Guyana cold feet.

This isn’t the prelude to a war, or an invasion, much less some adolescent fantasy liberation of a long-lost corner of the patria. It is just the mindless bullying of a tiny, poor country by its larger neighbour in some display of primate dominance; nothing more, nothing less.

The problem is that we Venezuelans are poorly positioned to grasp this because we approach the Essequibo dispute through two generations of hardcore, know-nothing chauvanist propaganda. A toxic mix of wounded pride and demagogic posturing pioneered

by Acción Democrática made this claim so politically addictive even chavismo couldn’t jettison it overboard.

At its center is the idea that the 1899 arbitral ruling that set Venezuela’s eastern border is, in some real sense, “en reclamación”: subject to a live international dispute that could result in Venezuela “regaining” sovereignty over the western bank of the Essequibo River.

This is Grade ‘A’ industrial strength nonsense.

The story is long – 120 years long – but here’s the

gist.

In 1895, the British decided to make a play for the navigable mouth of the Orinoco River – all the way out to Curiapo and down through Guasipati. But the U.S. balked, realising that losing control of the Orinoco’s shipping lanes would turn eastern Venezuela into a new, de facto British colony in the Western Hemisphere.

People don’t realize it, but the U.K. and the U.S. came close to war over this.

War was averted, though, when the Brits, under U.S. pressure, agreed to subject the dispute to arbitration through a panel convened in Paris and empowered to make a binding and final decision.

You’ll note Venezuela is largely missing from this narrative, and for good reason. In 1895-1899, Venezuela was more or less a failed state. Guzmanismo had collapsed, but the Andean dictators hadn’t come on the scene yet. The official government in Caracas controlled little beyond the customs house in La Guaira.

Venezuela’s extreme weakness is one reason Britain was making a play for its territory. Either way, Caracas was largely a bystander in the Great Power maneuvering in the late 1890s, but it agreed to go to Paris nonetheless.

Now here’s the bit they don’t teach you at school: the panel, in effect, sided with the Americans. It granted Venezuela the strategically crucial control over Orinoco river shipping, then tried to mollify the Brits by awarding them a bunch of virgin jungle. Nobody wanted virgin jungle. That wasn’t the point. As far as anyone knew, it had no value.

Still, un mal arreglo es mejor que un buen pleito, so the Brits accepted the ruling, as did everyone else, including Venezuela. War was averted, case was closed.

For sixty-three years following the award, that was that.

Official Venezuelan Maps showed the Essequibo territory as belonging to Britain; and if you know anything about international l a w, y o u p r o b a b l y know that accepting territory as belonging to someone else in official maps puts a serious dent on any attempt to convince people that, oh wait, that land is mine.

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE VENEZUELA, 1930 Years later, some evidence came out that suggested the Brits were up to some han-

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Minister Scott visits flo

MINISTER within the Ministry of Communities, Keith Scott and a team from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) and Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Friday last visited several flood-affected residents in the Georgetown community of Lodge.

The effects of the two-day (Wednesday and Thursday) flooding were still evident when Minister Scott visited the community.

Scott said that in order to ensure the health and safety of the floodaffected residents, the team distributed detergent which was provided

by M. Beepats & Sons Ltd. He expressed his gratitude for the donations, noting that the help is always welcomed.

“While flooding is not a new scenario, residents were surprised with the amount of rainfall and how quickly the community flooded,” residents told the minister.

In response, Minister Scott assured the residents that the Government is working assiduously to curb this age-old problem that the country faces. “I am confident that the Government will find a solution to the flooding situation.”

The minister gives detergent to a resident of Hadfield Street

Minister Keith Scott visits

The tremendous health benefits of c

By Navendra Seoraj

of plaque in the arteries.

PERSONS may not be aware of this fact, but simple fruits that can be found in the market, or even in their own backyards, have numerous benefits that can boost their health.

Diabetes and Nutrition Educator at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Ms. Djamilsa Lambert, has information on a number of fruits that the public can incorporate into their diet.

She has told us of the following:

Psidium can be consumed naturally, or used in the preparation of beverages and jams.

PSIDIUM Psidium, a native fruit of the Amazon region, is one of the richest sources of vitamin C. It strengthens the immune system and helps to fight off colds and flues. It naturally lowers blood pressure, and helps to prevent the build-up

CHERRY Cherries are very low in calories. For instance, 100g of fresh cherries contain only 32 calories. This fruit has several health-benefiting components, such as vitamins, and pigment anti-oxidants that contribute immensely toward optimum health and wellness.

The cherry possesses the highest content of vitamin C, more than any other plant-derived fruit or berry.

One hundred grammes of fresh cherries provide an astounding 1677.6mg of vitamin C. As such, eating two or three cherries a day would be sufficient to fulfill the recommended daily intake

of vitamin C. The combination of vitamin C and phyto-chemical compounds in cherries helps to boost immunity and protects the body from cancers, aging-degenerative diseases, inflammation and infections.

Research studies suggest that chlorogenic acid in cherries may help lower blood sugar levels and control blood-glucose levels in type-II diabetes mellitus condition.

COCONUT MEAT Coconut meat contains numerous benefits. It is known to increase metabolism, helping the body to drop excess weight, and also to contain no appreciable levels of cholesterol. Moreover, it supports cardiovascular health and healthy cholesterol formation.

Additionally, it helps to regulate and support healthy hormones, and boosts the

immune system. It also hydrates and conditions hair and skin.

AWARA AND KURU Awara and Kuru carry benefits that are similar to the coconut, as they come from the palm fruit family.

These fruits are good sources of fat carbohydrate and modest high quality protein.

The oil extracted from their pulp is rich in omega 3, 6 and 9, which makes it a cholesterol-free fat that helps to control blood lipids.

These fruits also contain insoluble fiber similar to quantities found in coconut and some peas and beans. As such, their pulp is recommended for conditions such as diabetes, colon cancer constipation, gallstones and obesity.

The fruits are antioxidant and are recommended for healthy vision.

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ky-panky at the Arbitration Panel: specifically, that they cut a deal with the Russian judge privately to try to improve the settlement they would get. Only

trouble is that by the time the memo in question came out in 1949, all the principals were dead. There was no chance to cross-examine them, to check and match

recollections, to really make sure Severo Mallet-Prevost’s version held up.

But even if the allegations in Mallet-Prevost’s posthumous memo are right,

by the standards of 19th century Great Power diplomacy, the infraction is the equivalent of speeding up when you see a traffic light turn yellow – perhaps not exactly

GUYANA CHRONICLE Monday July 20, 2015 the way the rule-book says you should do things, but c’mon.

Think about the international context. At roughly the same time the British were settling the western edge of their South American colony via undue influence between gentlemen in a Paris diplomatic salon, they were settling the northern edge of their South African empire by wantonly machine-gunning Boers into smithereens and rounding the survivors up into concentration camps.

You want to talk about dodgy borders? Fourteen years earlier, sitting around a conference table in Berlin, a handful of European diplomats had carved up the whole of Africa, drawing random lines on a huge map over any number of places none of them had ever seen.

That’s a dodgy border!

What’s staggering is how Venezuelan politicians act as though some enormous, unprecedented violence had been perpetrated against the homeland in the arbitration without the slightest sense of irony. Guys, every 19th century colonial border was dodgy!

Ours was, if anything, more kosher than most. At least we had a formal process and a big power fighting in our corner. If we hadn’t had that, Guyana would probably share a border with Anzoátegui State.

The posture -- universally adopted in Venezuelan political circles left, right and center -- that the 1899 decision can be reversed or revised is a childish fantasy at best, and a threat to world peace at worst.

I’m not exaggerating.

Just glance through Wikipedia’s page on international territorial disputes: there are hundreds and hundreds of them, and quite a few of them involve countries better armed, more geostrategically salient than Venezuela and Guyana, and certainly some with better claims than ours.

A world where the 1899 Arbitral Settlement is open to question is a world where a hundred other, far bigger and much wrigglier cans of worms are open. It’s a world where Turkey and Greece are at each other’s throats over Tenedos, where India and China are on an escala-

tion path to nuclear war over half-a-dozen contested outposts, where Bolivia’s claim on some prime sea-side Chilean real estate looks like a slam dunk, where Cambodia and Thailand are on a trip-wire to conflict over the Preah Vihear Temple, and an etc. as long as my arm.

An international system where a 63-year-old settlement long accepted by everyone involved can be undone over a dead man’s memo is a wildly unstable and insanely dangerous international system. A world where the 1899 arbitration can be thrown out is a world you do not want to live in.

And it’s a world no international court would consider leading us into. If you doubt this, ask any of the heavy-chested defenders of our claims over the Essequibo. Say, why don’t we go to the International Court of Justice in The Hague to settle this? Watch them balk at the thought of trying to convince a panel of impartial judges that Venezuela’s rightful eastern border is the Esequibo River. It’s a preposterous claim, and they know it.

These basic realities have gone so long without being said out loud in Venezuela that they’re a complete revelation to most people.

What’s most disheartening about the current spat is the way the entire opposition leadership, having spent years toeing the traditional chauvinist line, is stuck having to tacitly support Maduro’s abhorrent economic war on Guyana. Posturing that seemed cost-free at the time now comes back to haunt them: support Venezuela’s cowardly bullying tactics, or be a flip-flopper as well as a vendepatria.

At some point, somebody grown up is going to have to put his or her head above the parapet and say the blindingly freakin’ obvious: el Esequibo es de Guyana. Siempre lo ha sido.

Siempre lo será.

At most, we can sabotage their very poor economy wantonly, pathetically, to no end. And I guess that’s the plan.

But is that something the opposition should be applauding? (Sourced from the June 12, 2015 edition of ‘The Caracas Chronicles’)

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Ashes 2015…

Australia thrash England at Lord’s to level series

ENGLAND slumped to a catastrophic defeat by 405 runs at Lord’s as Australia levelled the Ashes series at 1-1.

The hosts collapsed after

recognised batsmen made more than 17 runs as Stuart Broad top-scored with 25.

Australia had earlier reached 254-2 declared in their second innings,

and make-up of a team that only a week ago stunned Australia by winning the first Test in Cardiff by 169 runs.

The relative calm with

England’s Ben Stokes failed to ground anything as he tried to avoid Mitchell Johnson’s throw and was run out on Day 4. lunch on the fourth day and were bundled out for 103 in just 37 overs, with Mitchell Johnson taking 3-27.

N o n e o f E n g l a n d ’s

leaving England to bat 155 overs to save the game.

That they fell so woefully short raises serious questions about the calibre

which Alastair Cook and Adam Lyth negotiated three overs before lunch offered no indication of the pandemonium that was to follow the interval.

Lyth, Cook and Gary Ballance were all caught behind, the captain to a particularly frivolous swing away from his body.

Ian Bell led a charmed life as he ground out 50 balls for 11 runs before poking forward at Nathan Lyon and popping a catch to short leg.

The real nadir arrived when the in-form Ben Stokes threw his wicket away in diabolical circumstances.

After tea there was more turmoil; in the space of five balls from Johnson, five wickets had become seven as Jos Buttler nicked behind before Moeen Ali flinched at a bouncer and looped a catch off the splice to short leg.

Broad briefly flung the bat to collect five boundaries but when he chipped Lyon to cover, England were 101-8.

Only two further runs were added before Josh Hazlewood bowled Joe Root and James Anderson in successive overs to send Australia into raptures.

‘We didn’t Expect Hodge to open the Batting’- Emrit

By Stephan Sookram

TRIDENTS medium pacer Rayad Emrit says that the Barbados franchise was caught off guard by the decision to let Australian all rounder Brad Hodge open the batting during the Amazon Warriors 15 run impaling on Saturday evening.

Emrit told the media at the post game briefing he had indicated that their strategy relied on either getting wickets or stemming the run flow.

“We didn’t expect Brad Hodge to open the batting, that was something new for us and I’m sure they didn’t expect me to open the bowling as well.

The two guys (Lendl Simmons and Hodge) that we really aimed for Denesh Ramdin you know can come and turn it up at any time as well.

But as I said before, the wicket is not a stroke play and if we could contain them in the first 10 overs, anything like 10 (runs) in the last 10 would be difficult.”

When quizzed about their batting

performance, the Tridents player indicated while 125 was defendable, they were not comfortable. “We weren’t totally

Tridents Rayad Emrit speaks after his side’s win against the Amazon Warriors (Adrian Narine Photo) satisfied we were looking about 140 but we had to adjust with the start that we got and we lost wickets at cru-

cial times. There is never a good time to lose wickets but you know that it’s always difficult for batsmen who come in to get settled in the wicket. So 120 at the half, we were happy with it and we knew that if we got wickets early it was a wicket that was very difficult to come and get settled on but we were happy at half time at 125.”

On the Tridents secret to their overall performance throughout the Hero CPL, the pace man said that the retention of the core players from the 2014 unit was considered a major factor.

“Before the draft, Polly wanted the core players to be back with the tridents and you know during the tournament we lost Malik and Mendis again, so it’s been a bit up and down, hot and cold, for us but you know at the start of the tournament we had our core players and we started off at home and we got three victories and that set us off on a good foot and we sort of carried on but we are not where we wanted to be as yet.”

Closing date for entries for Kennard’s Memorial Emancipation race meet is Sunday RACE horse owners are being reminded that the closing date for entries for the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club’s Annual Emancipation Day Horse Race meet is Sunday.

The seven race programme will be held at the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club, Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice on August 2.

The feature race is open to horses classified `A’ and Lower over seven furlongs.

The winning owner will receive $1M while the second-to-fourth-place finishers will earn $500,000, $250,000 and $125,000 respectively.

Registration fee per horse is $125,000.

A six-furlong race for horses classified `J’ and Lower is also on the day’s card and the winner will receive $180, 000, while the second-place finisher will collect $90 000.

The third- and fourth-place finishers will receive $45,000 and $23,000 respectively.

Registration fee per horse is $18 000.

Horses classified `E’ and Lower will contest a six furlong race also with the winner carting off $500,000. The second to fourth place finishers will earn $250,000, $125,000 and $82,000 respectively.

Registration fee is $57, 000.

Another six-furlong race is carded for horses classified `H’ and Lower (Three years West Indies bred). The winner will receive $250,000, while the second place finisher will earn $120,000. The third and fourth place finishers will receive $62,000 and $31,000 respectively.

There will be one for two-year-old Guyana-bred animals with the winner earning $240,000. The second place finisher will receive $120,000 and third and fourth place finishers $$80,000 and $30,000 respectively.

Registration fee is $25, 000 per horse.

The opening race will see horses classified `K1’ and Lower over a distance of five furlongs competing for the $140,000 first prize stake. The second to fourth place finishers will earn $70,000, $35,000 and $17,000 respectively and the registration fee is $14,000.

The final race on the day’s card is a seven-furlong event and is open to horses classified ‘G1’ and Lower.

The winner of this event will receive $300,000, while the second to fourth place finishers will receive $150,000, $75,000 and $38,000 respectively and registration fee for this event is $35,000.

Owners/trainers who wish to register their animals can make contact with Roopnarine Matadial (3253192), Ivan Dipnarine (331-3316), Justice Kennard (623-7609, 225-4818, 226-1300) or Isabela Beaton (693-7812).

CRICKET QUIZ CORNER (Monday July 20, 2015) COMPLIMENTS OF THE TROPHY STALL-Bourda Market & The City Mall (Tel: 225-9230) & AUDREY’S TASTY SNACKETTE-176 Charlotte Street, Georgetown (Tel: 226-4512)

Answers to yesterday’s quiz:

(1) Tridents vs Zouks (Kensington Oval, Barbados, 2013) (2) 6

Today’s Quiz:

(1) Who is the first player to be dismissed ‘stumped’ in Hero CPL 2015?

(2) Which team conceded 23 extras in a single game of Hero CPL 2015? Who were the opposition?

Answers in tomorrow’s issue

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Hooper cites slow scoring rate for loss - Skipper lauds bowling

AMAZON Warriors Coach Carl Hooper has blamed the loss of the third home game of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) match against the Barbados Tridents, to slow scoring rate by his batsmen.

Speaking during the post match on Saturday, the coach indicated that the score was nothing special to chase down. “I think 125 was perfectly gettable, probably batted a little too slowly up front, but having said that, credit to the Barbadian bowlers. I thought they bowled well and they used the conditions probably a little bit better than us and made it a bit difficult.”

Hooper also commented on the use of Aussie Brad Hodge to open the batting as against Assad Fudadin, who had shared the role in the previous game.

“Brad obviously prefers the ball coming on more and the ball being a bit harder in the first 6 overs, the power play, and we

thought that it might have been a good idea to get him to go through and over the field. Probably didn’t work out as well as we wanted to, but having said that, we just generally battled slow.”

Meanwhile, the Warriors Captain Denesh Ramdin lauded the bowling unit but reminded the rest of the Warriors that boundaries are not the only scoring options in the shortest format of the game.

“I’m quite happy with the bowling department. I think that we have been bowling brilliantly throughout the tournament and our batting has been there and there about. I think that it’s very important that we go back to the drawing board and look at getting ones and twos.

“In t20 cricket, those are still scoring opportunities where when you get ones and twos and you bring it down to the later stages of the game. If we had done that probably in the middle and in the first six overs and the last couple overs if we needed 10 or so,

‘We are working to Nurture West Indies Talent’ –CPL

THE Caribbean Premier League has the aim of assisting the current and future crops of West Indies cricketers develop talent according to the Chief Operations Officer (COO) Pete Russell.

Speaking during a recent press conference, the CPL representative indicated that they have been doing so by mixing some of the best in the world with some of the youths of West Indies cricket. Russell added that some of the players may not be performing on game day but are nonetheless great to trade stories with.

“Yes the guys (international) are not necessarily contributing on the pitch.

Mahela Jayawardene is a great example. You know he’s struggled a bit with the bat but my golly he’s a fantastic bloke to have around, both in terms of the dressing room and just the young players being able to pick someone like his brain and say ‘well, how do you do it, what do I need to become better.’

So I’ve had nothing but good results from the guys about the Young West In-

Amazon Warriors Coach Carl Hooper (left) makes a point during the post match press conference. Captain Denesh Ramdin (right) looks on (Adrian Narine Photo) it would have been a different ball game coming down. The last 3 overs we didn’t get as much as we wanted to, we had a 2 and a 3 here and there.”

The Warriors had a rest day yesterday

Wiltshire, Harding & Mekdeci secure Finals Spot -Junior CASA 2015

By Stephan Sookram GUYANESE players Shomari Wiltshire, Makeda Harding and Benjamin Mekdeci are into the finals of their respective age groups of the Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association’s Tournament in Barbados. Shomari beat Trini-

CPL COO Pete Russell dies lads.”

Of the international players so far, Russell noted that all have spoken of the basin of talent that the region has to offer and the vast display of commitment from the players. “What I love about the International players, and we spend a lot of time with them, they can’t believe the depth of West Indies talent, and it’s just about nurturing that, ensuring that it doesn’t get lost to other sports and that talent is taken through the system so we can bring West Indies cricket back to the way it was.”

He also noted the obvious difference in this year’s tournament, where the teams are more evenly matched rather than previous editions.

(Sunday) and return to training today (Monday) ahead of their game against the inform Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel at the National Stadium Providence on Tuesday.

MAKEDA HARDING dad’s Christopher Anthony 11-0, 11-5,11-5 in the first semi-final and will face Bermuda’s Charlie Riker who beat Barbados Darien Benn 11-6, 11-2, 11-1 at 16:30rs today. Ben Mekdeci beat off Jamaica’s Jonathon Walker 1-6, 114, 11-8 in the first semi- finals of the Under 17 males. Earlier in the quarter finals, he overthrew the host country’s Reginald Brewster 11-2, 11-5, 11-2. On the distaff end,

Makeda Harding landed her place in the finals of the Girls under 15 after a hard fought win over Jamaica’s Mia Mahfood. She won 11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 11-4. Earlier, she was too good for her Bermuda counterpart Charlotte Too good in the quarter-final, beating her 113, 11-8, 14-12. Her final is set for 17:00hrs today.

In other results at the male Under 15 level, Daniel Islam was beaten in the semi-finals by the hosts Khamal Cumberbatch 11-2, 11-5, 11-4. He earlier beat Kobie Khan 11-6, 7-11, 11-3, 11-8 at the quarter-final level.

He will play for 3rd place at 17:30 hrs today. His brother Anthony was knocked out at the quarters by Cayman Islands Jasun Sairasingh (8-11, 4-11,0-11). Captain Nyron Joseph was down to play Nku Patrick of the twin Island Republic in the second quarter final of the Under 19 division, but up to press time, the match had been completed. He earlier thrashed Bermuda’s Kion Knights 11-2, 11-5, 11-3.

In the girls Division at the Under 13 level, Kristin Gomes lost at the quarter- finals stages to Barbados’ Sumairaa Suleman (11-3,112,11-1) while Madison Fernandes, who had earlier beaten Trinidad’s Nicola De Verteuil (11-1,11-2, 11-3), lost to the Eastern Caribbean States’ Giovanna Miller-Alexander (5-11, 9-11,6-11).

At the Under 17 level, Rebecca lost out to Alyssa Mullings of Jamaica 4-11, 6-11, 3-11 at the quarter- final stage, while Sarah

Lewis lost 4-11, 1-11, 4-11 to the hosts Amanda Haywood. At the Under 19 level, sisters Akeila and Larisssa Wiltshire engaged each other late last evening for a spot in the Finals. Akeila overcame the

SHOMARI WILTSHIRE Cayman Islands Susana Armando 11-7, 11-3, 11-3 while Larissa defeated Trinidad’s Marion Faith Gillezeau 11-2, 11-0, 12-10 to book their respective spots in the first semi-final. In the other semi-final, Gabrielle Frazer will play Jamaica’s Mary Mahfood. Frazer beat off the Cayman Islands Lara Conolly 11-6,11-6,11-7.

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Sir Leon Lessons and Chase Academy through to quarter finals

SIR Leon Lessons mauled Dolphin Secondary 9 – 0 while Chase Academy played in an entertaining 4 – 2 win over Morgan Learning Centre as both teams advanced to the quarter-finals of this year’s Digicel School’s Football Tournament.

Apart from booking a spot in the quarter-final and inching closer to the ‘Holy Grail’, Sir Leon Lessons clinched the South Zone title while Chase picked up the North Zone championship trophy.

Playing at the Leonora Track and Field Facility, Chase Academy and Morgan Learning Centre put on a ‘classic showdown’ that was marred by poor officiating.

The Kingston Georgetown based team was guided into the next round with a hat-trick from Kelsey Benjamin in the 41st, 71st, and 73rd minutes and a lone strike from Andre Trotz in the 59th minute.

Orin Moore tried but failed to lift the Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson coached school with a double; first finding the net in the 17th and 78th minute.

The clash between the two city giants was supposed to be ‘the game of the tournament’ but it seemed like referee Sherwin Moore had other thoughts.

Referee Moore awarded Chase Academy a penalty 15 minutes into the contest when their striker dived in the 18 yards area even though the defender clearly didn’t touch him.

Digicel Guyana Kevin Kelly hands over the winning trophy to Chase Academy following their 4 – 2 win over Morgan Learning Centre.

However, Morgan’s goalie Ronell Roberts was equal to the task denying Ryan Hackett after picking the right side to keep the eventual winners at bay.

Moore’s opening goal was a beauty – a curling freekick from approximately 30 yards out from goal – hitting it hard as the ball sailed into the top right hand corner of Chase Academy’s goal.

Kelsey Benjamin had an opportunity to equalize from point-blank range inside the six yard box but Roberts again read the play perfectly to make the stop but was injured in the process after a Chase Academy player unintentionally stepped on his hand.

Moore, probably the best player on Morgan’s team, was forced to now go between the uprights since the team didn’t have a substitute keeper.

The first half ended

with the scores deadlocked at the goal apiece but Chase Academy in the 59 th minute again were handed a goal; this time an offside when a player attempted a freekick from almost the centre of the field and the ball rebounded off the post to Trotz as the Assistant Referee failed to raise his flag despite the blatant play.

Fans certainly agreed and assistant coach Travis ‘Zorro’ Grant was eventually sent off the bench for strongly voicing his disapproval.

As the game progressed and the referee’s calls were becoming more unashamed, Chase Academy were already way in front and held on for the win.

Meanwhile, the opening game of the double header was a one-sided affair with Dolphin Secondary being literally steamrolled by Sir Leon Lessons.

GABA National Novice Competition…

GDF aiming for Prisons

THE Guyana Defence Force (GDF) would be aiming for revenge when the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association annual National Novice competition punches off at the East Ruimveldt Community Centre ground on Saturday.

GDF lost out to the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) at the last Novice Competition staged at the same venue. The Republicans, as the boxers from prison are known, left the army licking wounds last year thanks to the service of National Coach Wincell Thomas who had whipped his charges into shape.

The Boys from Camp and Durban Streets walked away with the Champion Gym trophy leaving GDF to play second fiddle. This year’s competition will see the return of the Pocket Rocket Gym which has been relocated to Linden.

GABA Technical Director Terrence Poole declared yesterday that nine gyms are shortlisted to compete. The Gyms are: Essequibo Boxing Gym, Forgotten Youth Foundation, Guyana Defence Force, Police, Harpy Eagles, New Opportunity Corp, Rose Hall Jammers, Republicans and Young Achievers.

Last year the New Opportunity Corp (NOC) made a return to competitive boxing after an absence of over five years.

Poole assured that the Gym would be participating again this year. He noted

that GABA president held discussions with Brian King, Assistant Director of Youth in the Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and Sport.

The Novice competition would be held under floodlights and concludes on Sunday.

TERRENCE POOLE

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Hero Caribbean Premier League…

Red Steel too tough for Tallawahs THE Appleton Estate Jamaica Tallawahs qualified for the knockout stages of the Hero Caribbean Premier League despite defeat to the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel at the Queen’s Park Oval.

A doughty 61 from Jacques Kallis and three important wickets from Samuel Badree set up the win for the home team, as the Tallawahs kept up with the required rate for most of their innings but they could not keep wickets in hand in the face of some excellent spin bowling from the Red Steel.

The Red Steel once again began in steady but unspectacular fashion as their leading run-scorer, Jacques Kallis, put together a vital innings at the top of the order. The only wicket to fall inside the first ten overs was that of William Perkins.

He was adjudged LBW to Jerome Taylor when he was on five from 10 balls. The batsman was unlucky to go as the replay suggested that the ball would have missed the stumps.

Kallis was joined by the experienced Kamran Akmal, but the Pakistani wicket-keeper struggled to get going in the face of some probing bowling from the Tallawahs in the first half of the innings. He had made 14 off 20 deliveries when he was brilliantly run out by Mahela Jayawardene who returned to the side having been left out for the last game.

The departure of Akmal saw the arrival of Darren Bravo to the crease and there was a sense of expectation from a

packed Queen’s Park Oval following the

Jacques Kallis drives during his unbeaten score of 61 for T&T Red Steel.

left-hander’s match winning exploits in his last two games. Unfortunately for the Trini-posse he could not produce another telling innings, dismissed for five when he spooned a catch to mid-off from a leading edge.

Kallis went on to record his first Hero CPL half century, getting to the landmark off 44 balls. The one chance that he gave during his innings was when he hit the ball high in the air off Taylor but a mix up between Andre Russell and Chris Gayle meant it landed safe.

He made it to 61 as he carried his bat and anchored the Red Steel effort.

Dwayne Bravo was the man that did the most damage at the back end of the Red Steel innings as the captain made his way to 49 including three Hero Maximums. Bravo should have been dismissed when he was on 37 when Gayle dropped a very simple chance in the covers.

The Tallawahs did not need to win this game to make it through to the knockout stages; as long as they got to 96 they would maintain their superior net run rate over the St Lucia Zouks. It was clear that the skipper was not interested in sneaking over the line as Gayle took 26 runs from the first over from Samuel Badree.

Gayle could not make the most of that lightening start, falling to the bowling of Dwayne Bravo who extended his lead at the top of the Hero CPL wicket taking charts. The Tallawahs managed to keep up

the rate once their captain departed, but they were losing wickets. First Jayawardene edged to slip off Sulieman Benn, then Chadwick Walton chipped a catch back to the same bowler.

Having gone for 26 runs in his first over Samuel Badree came back brilliantly. He claimed three wickets for nine runs in the space of 18 balls in his second spell. He dismissed Jermaine Blackwood, Daniel Vettori and Chris Lynn and would have claimed the wicket of Krishmar Santokie but for a drop from Kevon Cooper.

The Tallawahs got past the 96 run total that guaranteed progression but they could not claim victory. Some brilliant late order hitting from Andre Russell gave the visitors some hope, but he could not see his side to victory.

This defeat means the Tallawahs will finish fourth in the table and will face either this same opposition or the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the first semi-final on Thursday.

If the Red Steel win their last group game against the Amazon Warriors they will finish top of the table and qualify automatically for the final. If they lose they will finish in second or third depending on net run rate.

Whatever happens, the final four has been set – Barbados Tridents, Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel, Guyana Amazon Warriors and Jamaica Tallawahs will be in the knock out stages.

Agard wins sixth Dr. Chase 50-mile cycle road race SHAQUILLE Agard toppled the field to win the 6th annual Dr. Chase/Massy Distribution Inc. sponsored 50-mile cycle road race yesterday in the West Bank Demerara area.

Agard who did not win any of the eight prime prizes that were up for grabs during the event clocked one hour 53 minutes 57.2 seconds in winning the event from a star studded field that included veterans Paul Cho-Wee-Nam and Robin Persaud, along with United States based Guyanese Geron Williams as well as Paul DeNobrega, Alonzo Ambrose, Michael Anthony, Marlon `Fishy’ Williams and Christopher Holder, among others.

After being sent on their way from outside the Wales Police Station at Wales, West Bank Demerara, Orville Hinds, Agard and Andrew Hicks established a lead at Leonora on the upward journey to Bushy Park, East Bank Essequibo, but after turning back to the finish line at the Demerara Harbor Bridge, Hicks was dropped and sucked in by the main chasing pack which included Persaud, the two

Williams’, Anthony, ChoWee-Nam, Ambrose and Holder.

Approaching New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, Hinds and Agard dropped Hicks and the duo battled to the finish

Persaud, Christopher Holder, Ambrose and Raul Leal respectively.

Marica Dick won the ladies category which started at Wales and turned back at Uitvlugt to finish at the De-

in this category was Eon `Dumb Boy’ Jackson and third was Jude Bentley.

Seon Budhan won the Mountain Bike category ahead of Michael Holder and Nicholas Alphanso

Before making the presentation of prizes to the respective winners, race organiser and national cycling coach Hassan Mohamed thanked the sponsors for making the event possible

Prize winners of the various categories of yesterday’s Dr. Chase/Massy Distribution Inc. sponsored 50-mile cycle road race strike a pose with the sponsors’ Pharmaceutical Manager Karen Connell (second left) and the company’s Product Representative Claude Dhanraj (standing at centre). line and Agard prevailed to clinch a clinical victory over the more experienced Hinds.

The other top four positions were occupied by

merara Harbor Bridge.

The veterans’ category was won by Junior Niles who also won one of the eight prime prizes. Second

respectively.

Hicks was the winner of the junior category ahead of Raphael Leung and Christopher Griffith respectively.

as well as the participants for their participation in the event which could not have been possible without Dr. Chase’s sponsorship for a

sixth year.

He noted that all the participants were winners yesterday as without them, there would not have been a race.

Karen Connell, Pharm a c e u t i c a l M a n a g e r, Massy Distribution Inc expressed the same sentiments as Mohamed and noted that the participants of yesterday’s activity are all very fit and healthy and urged them to use Dr. Chase’s products for a healthier life.

Claude Dhanraj, the Product Representative of Dr. Chase’s products of Stella Pharmaceuticals, Canada Inc expressed the same sentiments as Mohamed and noted that the participants of yesterday’s activity are all very fit and healthy and urged them to use Dr. Chase’s products for a healthier life.

Claude Dhanraj, the Product Representative of Dr. Chase’s products of Stella Pharmaceuticals, Canada, extended his congratulations to the winners and losers and promised that the annual event will get bigger and better as the years go by.

Sport CHRONICLE

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Sir Leon Lessons and Chase Academy through to quarter finals See story on page 22

Closing date for entries for Kennard’s Memorial Emancipation race meet is Sunday Please see story page 20

‘We are working to nurture West Indies Talent’ –CPL

See story on page 20

Wiltshire, Harding & Mekdeci secure Finals Spot See story on page 21

Part of the action in yesterday’s Digicel School football Championship Regional finals (Adrian Narine photo)

Hero Caribbean Premier League…

Red Steel too tough for Tallawahs See story on page 23

-Junior CASA 2015

Agard wins sixth Dr. Chase 50-mile cycle road race See story on page 23

Part of the pack in the hunt for the Dr. Chase Road Race title.

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