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President sees bright future ahead of local agriculture sector Page 2

GFC underscores its role in the forestry sector

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Bai Shan Lin rejects allegations about 8 environmental, employment abuse Page

President Donald Ramotar, with the help of Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Alli Baksh, observes an age-old custom to mark the official opening of the GLDA Veterinary Services Laboratory at Mon Repos

6 Essequibo man catches Mason shot dead 9 by robbers at Cane Ville wife‘red-handed’ Page

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President sees bright future ahead of local agriculture sector ––with official opening of state-of-the-art veterinary laboratory

HAVING a facility to deal specifically with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of animal diseases will not just boost the economy, but also enhance local food security.

This is according to President Donald Ramotar, who made the observation yesterday at the formal opening of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA)’s Veterinary Services Laboratory at Mon Repos, on the East Coast Demerara.

The state-of-the-art facility, which costs an estimated $326M, is fully

equipped with world-class equipment and testing apparatuses.

Addressing top agricultural specialists, farmers, diplomats and Agriculture Ministry staffers, the President said that the construction of the laboratory is yet another indication of the sector’s advancement towards the achievement of local food security.

He also called for a change of image for the sector, in light of science and technology’s increasing role in moving agriculture forward. He noted that with countries such as China

developing with a much larger middle class, there would be a demand for more animal products.

“There is growing health consciousness and awareness and recognition of health, and we have a responsibility to our own people and to those people who will be exporting products, that our products are safe and they do not have any diseases,” the Head of State said.

The issue of trust is very important, hence the importance of the lab, particularly to satisfy the efforts of exporters to for-

President Donald Ramotar and entourage being given a tour of the new laboratory by Manager Designate, Dr. Dane Hartley (second right)

The newly-commissioned GLDA Veterinary Services Laboratory at Mon Repos eign markets, the president noted.

With an average food import bill of around US$4 billion annually, the country will be poised to take advantage of this niche market by offering the assurance of quality via the services offered at the lab.

He noted the scares of diseases such a mad cow and

animal borne tuberculosis, and said the country has to ensure it is not affected by these or any other diseases.

The private sector was also urged, by the Head of State to take advantage of the new facility, and find ways to increase their own packaging capability and even abattoir facilities to take advantage of potential regional and international markets.

Delivering brief remarks Minister within the Agriculture Ministry Alli Baksh, said the facility will be a welcome boost to the agriculture sector

which has seen massive improvements over the last two decades. It will not only increase production, the minister added, but also the quality of animal products, whilst enabling closer regional collaboration via similar facilities thereby boosting research capacity.

Chief Executive Officer of the GLDA, Dr. Dindyal Permaul gave an insight into the facility’s background, explaining that the laboratory’s main aim was to protect consumers from diseases transmissible by livestock, and protect domestic agricultural production.

The facility was realised under the US $12.9 million, Agriculture Export Diversification Programme which encompassed several aspects such as agricultural diversification, enhance-

ment of farm to access roads, livestock breeding programmes and several others.

Explaining some of the facility’s benefits, Manager Designate, Dr. Dane Hartley, said that with a recent United Nations study suggesting that the current rate of food production will need to be increased by 70% by 2050 to cope with the demands of an increasing human population, the demand for meat and other animal products will increase, and the lab will ensure that Guyana is poised to take advantage of this fact.

The increased demand for meat and meat products will boost the livelihood of small farmers, and by extension the local economy, Dr Hartley explained. (GINA)

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GT&T responds positively to Leguan residents’ concerns

––agrees to waive unpaid billing for 2014

By Telesha Ramnarine GUYANA Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Company Limited customers on Leguan Island in the Essequibo River have been without landline service for several months, but have continued to receive monthly bills from the communications company.

GT&T’s Public Relations Officer, Ms Allison Parker, told this newspaper that Leguan customers are under no obligation to pay those billed amounts; and those amounts already paid would be refunded, once the customer detects and brings this to the attention of GT&T. “We are in the process of refining our procedures to avoid this admittedly annoying practice,” Ms Parker disclosed.

This newspaper understands that this unfortunate situation of residents being billed for a non-existent service has been ongoing at Leguan from as far back as the beginning of this year, and has been affecting not only residents, but major offices on the island.

For instance, it has been reported that the hospital as well as the police station, the post office, the Transport and Harbours Department, the Neighbourhood Democratic Council, and the Regional Democratic Council, among other offices, have all been made to exist without this vital link.

availability of the required spectrum.

We have exhausted all efforts, to no avail, to acquire adequate spectrum required for a well-functioning WLL service. Consequently, our mediumto-long-term outlook envisages, based on topography and demography, serving some communities using alternate technologies which are not dependent on spectrum,” Ms Parker explained.

Being an island, Leguan is best suited for a wireless deployment which would require spectrum, but this poses a dilemma, Parker said.

“One such initiative is our GPON pilot project, which targets La Grange, Nismes, Bagotville and Toevlugt/La Retraite, and which is SPECTRUM APPLIED FOR well advanced. Once this network is Ms Parker explained that launched commercially, we will be GT&T had previously publicly in a position -- based on the operindicated that manufacture of ational results of same -- to decide the Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), on the other communities in which commonly referred to as the dish it might be deployed, inclusive of phone, has been discontinued, Leguan, factoring in aforementioned which does not allow the company suitability of Leguan for wireless to source or maintain the product. deployment.

“The fact is that, until and GT&T introduced the Airspan Wireless local Loop (WLL) product unless GT&T is assigned the specon the Essequibo Coast initially with trum it has applied for more than plans to deploy same in other areas five years ago, GT&T will find it served by FWA, due to the discon- difficult, if not impossible, to detinuation of the manufacture of the ploy service in a number of rural and remote communities. This, of FWA product.

“One of the limiting factors we course, is an issue that GT&T’s face with the WLL, which has lim- Management has raised repeatited our ability to deploy it outside edly with the regulatory and other of the Essequibo Coast, is the un- authorities,” Parker said.

The community of Success/ Phoenix is reportedly the only area on the island with landline telephone service.

Several complaints have been lodged with GT&T, which had consistently promised residents that the Area Supervisor would look into the matter. Some residents have even personally travelled from Leguan to Georgetown to lodge their complaints at the GT&T Head Office, regrettably without redress.

Residents have since been receiving a monthly bill that covers the amount for the rental of GT&T’s telephone.

Gates’ application to quash prison sentence dismissed

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––CJ finds prisoner lied to court

By George Barclay ACTING Chief Justice, Mr. Ian Chang, S.C., on July 14th granted prisoner Robert Allan Gates a Nisi Order calling on Magistrate Lovell to show cause why a writ of Certiorari should not be used to quash a 48-month conviction and sentence in relation to 12 case jackets, where the applicant was found guilty.

But the table turned on Wednesday, August 13, when the C.J. on examining the document found that the applicant had lied to the court when he said that there was no filing of statements; the usual order as to service. There in the document were found statements signed by the prisoner or the applicant.

In conjunction with this was the affidavit in answer from the presiding magistrate of the Mahaicony Magistrate’s Court, the respondent in the matter.

The magistrate in her affidavit in answer went on to say: “ Further, as regards paragraphs 11 and 12 of the Applicant’s Affidavit the Respondent will contend that the Applicant was Robert Allan Gates served with the statements on or about the 31st day of January 2011, as is annotated on exhibit J of the Applicant’s Affidavit.

“Save and except that the Applicant applied for and was never granted a licence to operate as an auto dealer, paragraph 16 of the Applicant’s Affidavit is specially denied and the Applicant is put to the strict proof thereof.”

“Further, the evidence led before me indicated that the Appellant acting without a licence indicated to persons that he would import the vehicles for them and collected down payments from all the virtual complainants.

“The Applicant then failed to provide the vehicles while evading the virtual complainants’ attempts to contact him and failed to deliver the vehicles purchased.”

“I am also advised as aforesaid and do verily believe that I acted within the confines of my statutory powers and that the statements were filed and Applicant was served with the statements.”

“I am also advised as aforesaid and do verily believe that the Applicant ought to have availed himself of the alternative remedy available to him by means of appeal before approaching this Honourable Court for relief by way of a Prerogative Writ.”

“In the circumstances, I am advised by my attorneys-at-law and verily believe that this application is misconceived and an abuse of the process of this Honourable Court and ought to be dismissed with costs.”

It will be remembered that the applicant was the prisoner who had given evidence before the current Commission of Inquiry into the death of renowned historian and political activist, Dr. Walter Rodney.

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Obama calls for police to respect protesters in Ferguson, Missouri their first amendment rights,” he said, speaking to the press from Edgartown, Massachusetts near where he is vacationing with his family.

After the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in the St. Louis suburb on Saturday, dozens of protesters have been arrested and the police have used riot gear, tear gas and rubber bullets to break up protests.

There have been peaceful vigils and demonstrations as well as episodes of looting and violence.

Governor Jay Nixon on Thursday also told community members at a church in the St. Louis area that “over the next few hours we are going to be making some shifts so that people will be ... safe.”

By Nick Carey and Jeff Mason FERGUSON Mo./EDGARTOWN Mass. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama yesterday said that police should respect protesters after four nights of racially charged demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri, over the recent police killing of an unarmed black teenager.

“There is never an excuse for violence against police or for those who would use this tragedy as a cover for vandalism or looting,” Obama said in televised remarks.

“There’s also no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protesters or to throw protesters in jail for lawfully exercising

He did not specify what his steps would be made.

The U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI and the St. Louis County prosecutor’s office are all investigating Brown’s death. Police have said Brown struggled with the officer who shot and killed him.

Some witnesses have said Brown held up his hands and was surrendering when he was shot multiple times in the head and chest.

Tw o r e p o r t e r s w e r e among the arrests on Wednesday night during the fourth night of protests.

Obama said “here in the United States of America police should not be bullying or arresting journalists who are just trying to do their jobs.”

Demonstrators hold signs during a protest against the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri on Wednesday.

Jobless claims up, trend favours strong labor market adjusted 311,000 for the week ended Aug. 9, the Labour Department said yesterday.

Economists, who had expected a rise to only 295,000, shrugged off the rise. Claims are settling down after volatility in July related to annual automobile plant shutdowns had at one point pushed new filings to their lowest level since 2006.

“Today’s report continues

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, but the increase did little to change views that the labor market was strengthening.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 21,000 to a seasonally

to signal a solid labor market that is experiencing a very low pace of layoffs,” said Omair Sharif, senior economist at RBS in Stamford, Connecticut.

The four-week average of claims, a better measure of labor market trends as it irons out week-to-week volatility, rose 2,000 last week to 295,750. However, claims at that level are consistent with solid job gains.

A significant decline in layoffs, which has pushed claims down to their pre-recession levels, has been the major driver of an improving job market. But other parts of the labor market puzzle are also falling into place.

A report on Tuesday showed hiring rose in June to its highest level since February 2008. The number of job openings that month was the highest since February 2001.

The strengthening labor market picture has some economists betting on an

U.S. Embassy dependents to leave Sierra Leone due to Ebola

WASHINGTON (Reu- mended this step out of an ters) - The United States said yesterday it had ordered family members at the U.S. Embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone to depart because of limitations on regular medical care as a result of the Ebola outbreak.

“The Embassy recom-

abundance of caution, following the determination by the Department’s Medical Office that there is a lack of options for routine health care services at major medical facilities due to the Ebola outbreak,” the State Department said in a statement.

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early interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve.

The U.S. central bank has kept its benchmark interest rate near zero since December 2008 and has shown little sign of being in a hurry to start tightening monetary policy.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen argues that there is still slack in the labor market, citing tepid wage growth and a large number of long-term unemployed Americans and those working part-time.

WAGES CHALLENGE The economy has rebounded from its winter slump, growing at a 4.0 percent annual rate in the second quarter.

While strong growth is expected in the third quarter, the pace has likely slowed a bit with data on Wednesday showing a surprise weakness in retail sales, a sign that stagnant incomes remain a constraint.

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Robin Williams was sober, had Parkinson’s at death (Reuters) - ROBIN Williams was sober and suffering from early stages of Parkinson’s disease as well as anxiety and depression at the time of his apparent suicide, the actor’s wife said in a statement yesterday.

Susan Schneider said the actor “was not yet ready to share publicly” his struggles with Parkinson’s Disease.

“It is our hope in the wake of Robin’s tragic passing, that others will find the strength to seek the care and support they need to treat whatever battles they are facing so they may feel less afraid,” Schneider said in the statement.

The 63-year-old Oscar-winning star of such films as “Mrs. Doubtfire” and “Good Will Hunting” was found hanged at his San Francisco-area home by his personal assistant on Monday.

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Robin Williams Williams had been open about his struggles with alcohol and had recently gone to a Minnesota rehabilitation center this summer to “fine-tune” his sobriety, his publicist said.

The death of Williams, who shot to prominence in the 1970s with his groundbreaking hyperactive comedic style, shook Hollywood as tributes poured out from actors, directors, politicians and generations of fans.

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US attorney hired to sue Google PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – A subpoena has been filed in the US Federal Court ordering Google to provide information to aid the “Emailgate” investigations.

The Integrity Commission hired top US attorney Gina Durham, partner coChair, US Social Media Practice at DLA Piper law firm, to initiate action.

The Trinidad Express reports that in a lawsuit filed on Monday in the Northern District court of California, Durham said the Integrity Commission requires the information to authenticate the alleged e-mails which would assist the commission in de-

US Attorney Gina Durham termining whether an offence was committed which should be turned over the Direction of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in support of an ongoing criminal investigation.

This move by the Integrity

Commission comes more than a year since Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley made the allegations.

On May 20, 2013, Rowley, during his motion of no confidence against the People’s Partnership Government and the Prime Minister, disclosed the contents of 31 “e-mails” purporting to be exchanges between Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, Minister of Local Government Surujrattan Rambachan and then national security adviser to the Prime Minister, Gary Griffith.

The e-mails alleged that

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-New date announced for referendum on Constitutional Reform ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Aug. 14, CMC – Legal Affairs Minister, Elvin Nimrod says the referendum on Constitutional Reform will be held in March 2015 and not on February 10, as previously announced.

Nimrod who did not provide a reason for the change in date, reminded Legislators during Thursday’s sitting of the lower house that the poll could lead to significant changes in the constitution.

In July the Constitution Advisory Committee, chaired by constitutional lawyer Dr Francis Alexis submitted its report to the Cabinet after six months of consultations with various communities and 25 areas were identified for reform.

The referendum will focus on 12 of the areas identified by the Committee.

Last month Nimrod told reporters that one item which came highly recommended was the proposal for Grenada to recognize the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final court of appeal.

Another recommendation was for an official country name change from the State of Grenada to - Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique.

Other suggestions for reform include the oath taken by government officials when accepting office, from allegiance to the Queen of England to allegiance to Grenada, changing the title from the Chief of Police to Commissioner of Police and establishing an Electoral commission instead of having a Supervisor of Elections.

Elvin Nimrod - Legal Affairs Minister

plans were in the making to harm a journalist, plant electronic spy devices in the Office of the DPP, and offer the DPP a judgeship with respect to the Section 34 fiasco in September 2012.

“As part of an investigation into possible corruption at the highest levels of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, the commission is seeking to learn the owner of the e-mail accounts and authenticate specifically prior published e-mails that purportedly were sent from accounts maintained on servers controlled by Google (the “E-mails”)” stated Durham in her lawsuit.

“The commission requests this Court’s assistance in having these specific e-mails authenticated, in aid of the commission’s ongoing investigation,” stated the document. Durham outlined the allegations against the public officials named and listed the e-mails which the allegations purportedly came from.

She said the Prime Min-

ister has not confirmed that any of the e-mail addresses belong to her.

Ramlogan has denied having a gmail account but has given consent to search his e-mail account which is controlled by Google, while Rambachan and Griffith confirmed, through counsel, that the mentioned accounts belong to them and have authorised Microsoft to release the contents of the e-mails to the commission.

Durham said the Commission’s application was not to circumvent the law of Trinidad and Tobago but in order to sufficiently authenticate documents in aid of an ongoing criminal investigation.

In response, Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley said he was glad to hear the Integrity Commission was making progress with respect to its investigations into Emailgate.

“I had always maintained that the commission had

jurisdiction and authority as they are mandated to investigate misconduct of public officials, so better late than never,” said Rowley in an interview with the Trinidad Express.

He questioned whether there was any cooperation from the Central Authority in the Attorney General’s Office in obtaining information for the investigations. “I hope the Integrity Commission makes some progress...it would be a very sad thing if the questions surrounding these e-mails are unanswered,” said Rowley.

On Attorney General Anand Ramlogan’s disclosure that he has retained a US law firm to take action on Google and obtain information, Rowley questioned why Ramlogan did not reveal this before.

“Where was he keeping that secret? Why are we now only being told this now if that is in fact happening?” asked Rowley.

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EDITORIAL National Security and rogue cops UNTIL and unless serious action is taken by the authorities to weed out and seriously sanction the perpetrators, and re-establish the criteria for dealing with members of the public in the various areas of engagements, the trust of the society in the entire security institution would remain compromised.

The rogue cops in the Guyana Police Force have been, for a long time, committing acts that run counter to the mandate of the Force, much to the angst of the public, the embarrassment of the organisation in which they serve, the frustration of the senior officers and Government officials, and the shame of the truly dedicated and hard-working members of the Force.

Many times police abdicate their responsibilities to respond to reports of, or

investigate, serious crimes, and until and unless these laissez faire responses, or lack of any response, are reversed, there will continue to be a proliferation of criminal activity.

Persons drink and drive, or speed recklessly on the highways, kill someone else, and are allowed to live their own lives after “settling” the matter. A few letter-writers from the public have been pursuing the phenomenon of members of the judiciary and magistracy sending away persons charged with serious criminal offences with a mere tap on the wrists, resulting in many instances of the perpetrators repeating the offence, often with tragic consequences to their victims.

If many influential members of the entrepreneurial fraternity cannot receive justice in this society, then what can the average citizen hope to achieve by complaining to

the police?

There is a church in Adelphi, East Canje, that awakens neighbours --some of whom work night shifts and need their morning sleep -- every day with cacophonous shouting, stamping and tromping over loudspeakers.

Children who study late in the night for exams and need that extra sleep find themselves being fatigued before their school day is over.

Sundays, which are supposed to be days of peaceful relaxation for families who pursue their various working and education-acquisition activities all week, have become days of exquisite torture, as members of this church rock the earth to gain the ears of Heaven. But, last I heard, God is not deaf! He can hear your prayers, even before they are formulated!

Ranting and raving would only cause pain and discomfort to people who need their peace; they are not God, and

don’t need to hear anyone’s supplications.

On many occasions, wife abusers or child molesters, or even persons who have had disputes, violent or otherwise, but which are criminal in nature, are allowed to “settle” the matter. Children need society and the law to be their voice; women are most often psychologically, emotionally and/or financially dependent on their abusers, and are thus unable to be decisive in matters where they need to prosecute their abusers.

In these instances, it is the mandate of the police to protect the vulnerable persons, and reject their plea for mercy for their abusers.

And, oftentimes, traffic offenders, including drunk drivers, are allowed to walk away with merely a figurative rap on the knuckles; sometimes after paying a ‘raise’ to the traffic cop, some of whom have made

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policing a business venture, pulling in thousands of dollars every day.

The police’s mandate is “to protect and serve”; and allowing culprits to break the laws with impunity can, and often do, result in disastrous consequences. Many drivers who drink and drive eventually end up killing someone.

The implications of “settling” criminal matters between private parties are many and varied, not least is causing the public to wonder how far did the “payoff” extend.

For the mistakes and/or wrongdoings of a few the entire Police Force is often pilloried and sanctioned by the sanctimonious and hypocrital opportunists in the society, who hardly ever give credit to the hard and unremitting work in gruelling, often life-threatening conditions, under which the

Police serve.

The fact that many are killed in the line of duty is testimony to the dire nature of their occupation, and if a perpetrator gets hurt in an encounter all the political opportunists crucify them, but no-one comes out to condemn the criminals who wantonly waste the lives of Guyana’s police, who are themselves protectors and protectors of mothers, fathers, siblings, children, spouses. It is as if the members of the Police Force have no rights.

But there are also mavericks in the Force whose actions redound to the disgrace of the entire organisation. So, come on, police, do your job and maintain your honour and that of the institution and nation you are supposed to serve over and above any other.

Mason shot dead by robbers at Cane Ville

By Leroy Smith TWENTY-four-year-old Mark London of 252 Grove Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara, was yesterday morning shot and killed by robbers while going in search of employment in the Cane Ville community.

Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle yesterday afternoon, the dead man’s sister related that she got a call just after 09.00 hours yesterday informing her about his death.

According to the woman, Nicola London, her brother, who was a mason, was walking through the Cane Ville community on the East Bank of Demerara when he was approached by three men who attempted to rob him of his cellular phone and gold chain.

According to reports, eyewitnesses told the family that the man resisted the robbers and was attempting to escape when he was

strangers to the community and can be easily identified.

They said that following the incident the men fled on bicycles while London lay motionless on the roadway with his cellular phone and gold chain in his possession.

Dead: Mark London shot in the back. Persons in ily members that the men the area also told the fam- who robbed London are no

His sister said that the man was not employed at present at any specific job site and when he was heading into the Cane Ville community he was going to see if any house under construction needed additional labour.

The man leaves to mourn his relatives and close friends. When this publication visited the home of the young man yesterday, relatives were gathered along with his friends trying to cope with their grief.

Relatives and friends gathered at the dead man’s home

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GFC underscores its role in the forestry sector

THE following document was issued yesterday by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), in light of continued media reports on Bai Shan Lin’s operations in the forestry sector, and comments regarding the legality of the Commission’s role in the monitoring of log extraction and exportation:

FACT 1: The operation of the Forest Sector of Guyana is governed by the Forest Act 2009 which clearly prescribes the legality requirements of various aspects of forest operations in Guyana. One of such requirements allows holders of State Forest Exploratory Permits to engage in limited commercial harvesting to a maximum of 25% recoupment of exploratory cost.

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(1) In this section where no percentage is prescribed, 25%; (2) The Commission may on application grant an exploratory permit to any person: a. To carry out exploratory operations within a specified areas of State Forest with a view to applying for a concession in respect of that area or any part of it; and b. To cut and take specified kind and quantities of forest produce from that exploratory areas for testing, research and limited commercial purposes to the extent necessary to recoup no more than the appointed percentage of the cost and expenses (excluding capital expenditure) incurred in the exploratory operations during the life of the permit.

All forest operations in Guyana are in compliance with this legal provision.

FACT 2: The Laws of Guyana allows for the formation of commercial relationships in the form of Partnerships, Joint Ventures, mergers and acquisitions, etc. The Forest Act 2009 stipulates in Sections 15 and 16 that if a Company which has been issued a forest concession wishes to engage in any type of such relationship they must first seek the approval of the Commission and follows a standard process.

Bai Shan Lin, in accordance with the legal provisions of Sections 15 and 16 of the Forest Act 2009, has established Joint Ventures with the following local forest operators: · Haimorakabra Logging Company · Kwabanna Wood

Products Inc. · Puruni Wood Products Ltd. · Wood Associated Industries Company Ltd (WAICO) Bai Shan Lin is also working with small and medium-size operators in the area of equipment support through rental agreements. This form of cooperation enables small loggers, who may not have the level of capital resource capability to allow maximum

sustainable utilisation, to be able to do so. This contributes to the boosting of the sustainable livelihoods at the community level.

These arrangements have benefitted both the local partner and the investor, and by extension the forest sector and it allows for the maximizing of synergies from such partnerships.

FACT 3: Guyana’s National Log Export Policy does not prevent the exportation of logs but established the framework within which logs can be exported from Guyana.

The forest sector has in place a graduated scale of export commission computed on the free on board export price for logs. These prices are continuously revised taking into consideration local and international market rates.

The Log Export Policy consists of two schedules: A and B and can be accessed at the GFC’s website and is outlined below: Schedule A – Species of Logs and Squares 3 cm X 20.3 cm and greater (or 8” X 8” and greater) Schedule B – Logs and

--particularly with regard to forest management

Squares 20.3 cm X 20.3 cm and greater (or 8” X 8” and greater) These rates are among the highest rates in the world, in tropical timber producing countries. Attention is drawn to the species of Wamara, which attracts a rate of 15%. Prior to 2009, the rate for all species of logs

was 2%.

Many of these species such as Wamara were only 5 years ago, deemed as Lesser Utilized Wood species.

However with emerging markets in India and China for these species, they are now harvested in commercial quantities and have expanded the species utilisation of Guyana. Additionally, this has been of significant benefit to local operators at small and medium size level whose concession may not have an abundance of the traditional commercial species such as Greenheart and Purpleheart.

FACT 4: Guyana’s forest sector is operating at 30-40% of the maximum sustainable annual production level.

This trend has been recorded for the past decade and continues to be the case to date.

Bai Shan Lin’s operation is in keeping with the maximum sustainable level set for the allocated concessions.

Over the past 10 years, the range of production and timber was 308,000m3 to 502,500m3. This can be compared to the annual maximum sustainable level of

1,600,000m3 and represents one third of the maximum sustainable level.

Harvesting of forest products, such as logs, have a significant remaining room for expansion given that the current level is far below the maximum sustainable allowable production.

FACT 5: Logging activities in Guyana are guided by strong forestry guidelines, such as the Code of Practice for Timber Harvesting. From previous and current studies of the forest sector, including annual assessment of forest area

Monitoring and Reporting Verification System (MRVS) Report covering 2012 indicates that the forestry sector as a driver accounts for 240 ha of deforestation and 113 ha of forest degradation, while Guyana’s total deforestation and degradation amounted to 14,655 and 1,963 ha respectively. These figures equate to 0.0013 percent of the total deforested and degraded land cover change in 2012 by the forestry sector.

This by no means is a compromise in commitment to the Agreement with Norway, as the forestry sector

way adversely impact on the maintenance of the forest cover in Guyana.

FACT 6: The GFC has in place a wide network of monitoring outposts that allows for effective real-time monitoring of forest operations. The GFC also has a complement of high caliber field staff that has the relevant resources to effectively monitor forest operations countrywide.

Specifically in the Region 10 area, the GFC has the following Monitoring Stations, some of which are 24 hour stations: · Linden · Ituni · Kwakwani · Bissaruni · Hururu · Haimorakabra · Kurunduni · WAICO · UNAMCO

change, there has always been very low impact of logging activities on the forest. This is evident in the most recent

has been unable to meet its maximum sustainable level.

Bai Shan Lin’s operations in the forest sector in no

Collectively, these stations are manned by 50 forest officers and accompanying support staff.

More specifically, at Bai Shan Lin’s operations at Bissaruni, there are 10 resident forest officers and are supported by the legality monitoring team that comprises approximately 12 forest officers. In addition, period checks are done by the Internal Audit Unit of the GFC. Altogether, these help to ensure that there is strong forest legality and forest governance at the concession level, including at Bai Shan Lin.

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Bai Shan Lin rejects allegations about environmental, employment abuse

By Derwayne Wills AMIDST widespread allegations of poor environmental management and resource exploitation, Chinese logging company Bai Shan Lin has responded to the allegations pedaled by sections of the media.

Outlining its position, the company maintained that it had started its work in 2007 and rejected the notion that their operations were permitted under unregulated conditions and outside the provisions of the law.

According to the statement: “Over the period 2011- 2013, the company applied through the GFC’s forest allocation process and has been granted two State Forest Exploratory Permits.”

Such permits amounted to some 344,849 hectares, for which applications were from public advisories by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC). The company noted that through various partnership arrangements, BSL “has invested substantial financial and capital resources into these operations.”

“This investment includes road construction and rehabilitation, harvesting and trucking equipment, and human resources.”

The company boasts that in keeping with its social responsibility to the region, BSL “has employed close to 200 local Guyanese in various areas of operation, including in harvesting, heavy duty equipment operation, field teams and administrative personnel.”

BSL also stated that in 2008, they applied to the Government of Guyana through the Guyana Office for Invest (GO-Invest) “to lease lands to set up a factory to process logs and engage in value-added production, such as the making of furniture, craft, and hardware flooring.”

They noted that the raw material extracted from Guyana is currently being shipped to China for processing into the mentioned finished products. However, the company said it was granted a “lease for the construction of our processing plant four years after we applied for it.” The lease allows for some 200 acres of land located in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-upper Berbice).

Efforts made to contact Forestry Commissioner, Mr. James Singh for further clarification of the GFC’s position proved

futile.

CREATING JOBS Additionally, it was noted that “For strategic reasons, we would have preferred lands closer to Port Georgetown, but the Government insisted that the factory be set up in Region 10 to provide employment to the people of Linden.”

The logging giant maintains that the company “commits to fulfilling its social responsibility to the people of Linden and its environs.” And further will “employ thousands of Guyanese, once we are given an opportunity to realise our planned projects.”

Contrary to condemnations of BSL operations, due to the alleged failure to employ local residents, BSL has released documents, seen by the Guyana Chronicle, which reveal that BSL employs some 202 persons, 151 of whom are Guyanese.

The document makes clear that BSL employees earn in excess of $60,000 per month as a stable fee, while there are those who earn more when the performance measurement is added to the equation.

PROTEST The operations of the Chinese company have come under the microscope recently.

The Environmental Community Health Organisation (ECHO) headed by Executive Director, Mr. Royston King staged a protest in front of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, calling for the release of the contract between the Chinese logging company, Bai Shan Lin and the Government of Guyana.

King, in an invited comment, stated that “the picket is the first in a series of exercises to call attention to what we are doing with nature.” He expressed concern over logging companies felling trees “capriciously” without the requisite health and environmental safety regulations.

He said, “We are asking for transparency and accountability on the part of those who have the responsibility to manage the environment and to manage these resources.”

King called for accountability and transparency from companies holding mining and logging concessions from the Government.

Chronicle reporters robbed at knife-point outside office

By Leroy Smith TWO reporters of the Guyana Chronicle were on Tuesday evening robbed by two men on a bicycle, who were armed with a long knife and a chopper.

Vanessa Narine, the newspaper’s political reporter, said that she and reporter Sandy Agasen, who recently began working at the media house, were just returning from the nearby gas station.

Narine recalled that as they were walking to the gas station, they noticed the two men. However, on their return through the lonely and poorly-lit street, the men approached them, placing a chopper and knife at each of their necks.

Agasen was relieved of her National Identification, National Insurance Scheme

and bank cards, cell-phone and her driver’s licence, and $10,000 in cash, while Narine was robbed of a silver chain and a ring.

The two shaken reporters are certain that they can positively identify the two men, should they see them again.

Meanwhile, the privately-contracted security guards at the Chronicle indicated to the reporters after the robbery that they did see the men riding up and down the Lama Avenue area in the vicinity of the media house.

After learning that the two reporters had been robbed, one security guard attempted to pursue the two men, but failed to locate them. A report of the incident was made at the Kitty Police Station yesterday.

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Old Kai: Chronicles of Guyana…

Provide the evidence of your claims, Mr. GECOM Chairman ––lest your own words come back to haunt you

OLD Kai enjoys listening to the venerable Chairman of GECOM, Dr. Steve Surujballi. You have to admire the man, as apart from being a professional vet and astute elections chairman, he appears to also be an expert in linguistics.

How else can we explain the vet describing concerns of PPP/C Member of Parliament (MP), Manzoor Nadir on a number of questionable decisions he has made as GECOM Chairman of recent vintage as simply ‘doltishness’.

In all my time of following the work of GECOM under his Chairmanship, I have never heard or read him respond to concerns of the Opposition in such a manner. Even when they held candlelight vigils outside his home after the last elections, he dared not utter such words. So, why has he reserved this special treatment only for PPP/C officials and activists?

But that is not the real focus of Old Kai in this article; what I am concerned about is a recent statement made by GECOM, in which it made several damning allegations without providing any evidence.

The Commission on Tuesday issued a statement alleging that persons claiming to be employees of GECOM have been visiting homes with copies of extracts of the current Preliminary List of Electors to check and advise residents on their registration status.

GECOM also noted that it launched an investigation, which revealed that the persons engaged in this activity are

alleged Community Support Officers in Mabaruma and Port Kaituma. It further stated that their investigations show that the individuals have in their possession a copy of a letter, purportedly written by the Chief Executive Officer of the Region, Nigel Fisher, authorising them to engage in said activity.

Then, maybe by pure coincidence, the PNC/R=APNU simultaneously issued a statement, accusing youths of the Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO), the youth arm of the PPP, of being involved in the activity.

Now, there is nothing wrong with Party representatives going around and making their checks, using the Preliminary Voters List; all parties do that. But it appears this accusation of persons claiming to be GECOM officers was well coordinated.

It is here that Old Kai will return to the GECOM Chairman’s response to Mr. Nadir, as he was then quoted in the media as saying that Nadir had failed to produce ‘evidence’ of his accusations.

If we are to go by the rigid standards set by the GECOM Chairman, he may want to explain why his Commission failed to provide the ‘evidence’ to back up their accusations with regard to the Region One issue, particularly since we are informed that they conducted an investigation. Failure to do so will most naturally see Mr. Surujballi’s ‘doltishness’ reference come back to haunt him.

This position by GECOM becomes more bizarre, as

we are now informed by the Regional Executive Officer of Region One, Nigel Fisher, via the media that he was never contacted by anyone from the Elections agency to verify claims before they publicly accused him of something which he has since denied. He is also unaware of the claims being made by GECOM of persons in the Region posing as staffers of the Commission, and conducting related work.

Therefore, we are left to wonder what kind of investigation GECOM really conducted, more so since this might see some stakeholders now questioning whether the outcome was pre-arranged.

Anyone could have made such an allegation, and, bearing in mind the alacrity with which the PNC/R=APNU issued their statement, I do not put it past them that they would have had their activists make such an accusation, simply to give their leaders something to distract the public with from all the negative publicity they have been receiving of late.

Still, this does not excuse the actions of GECOM; and if they want to shake off the growing perception that the PNC/ R=APNU is their puppet master, they need to answer why they did not adhere to a basic principle of contacting the Region One REO and verify the allegations before libeling him.

We may now have to add ‘Cowboy’ to the growing list of endeavours of Mr. Surujballi, as GECOM now seems intent on shooting first and asking questions later. Maybe he received some ‘props’ from that controversial rodeo trip to the Rupununi.

Essequibo man catches wife ‘red-handed’

By Rajendra Prabhulall

A MAN who has been married for the past 32 years says that he caught his wife on Tuesday night red-handed making love to another man in a house in a housing scheme on the Essequibo Coast.

According to the husband who spoke to this publication, he had suspected that his wife had a ‘sweet man’ (an illicit lover) and was tracking her down for several weeks.

According to the father of one, he went to a place of worship in his village where his wife had left to go earlier. However, on inquiring for her he was told by some leading members of the worship centre that she had left to go out to look after some business with her bicycle.

The husband said he became highly suspicious that his wife had gone to see her ‘sweet man’ who is living in the same village with them.

He said he quickly rode his bicycle to the ‘sweet man’s’ house, took off his shirt and slippers in the dark night and walked quietly into the yard and peeped through a crease in the wall. He related that with the aid of a light in the house, he saw his wife and the ‘sweet man’ on a bed making love.

He said he immediately knocked on the wall loudly and called his wife’s name and said, “Wha you doing in dat man house, a ketch you redhanded.” However, there was no answer.

The grandfather of one said his wife has slept

out several times but he never caught her in any act of adultery.

He said after he saw her bicycle outside the man’s house he was certain that she was in the house and peeped in to see what was happening.

The angry husband said he took her bicycle away and left it by some friends and then went back for his own bicycle.

He said he hid between some trailers that were parked on the street shoulder and saw when his wife came out the house with her ‘sweet man’ and

the two walked along the street without noticing him.

Meanwhile, the man said his wife is neither cooking, washing his clothes, nor doing anything for him. He said she also locks the upper flat of the building, denying him entrance to his home.

However, the man has since put the matter before the Probation and Welfare Department at Anna Regina. He said he doesn’t want his wife any longer and if she continues to be around him, it can end up in tragedy.

More street lights for Essequibo Coast public road before year end REGIONAL Chairman of Region 2, Mr. Parmanand Persaud has told Councillors of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) at their statutory meeting on Tuesday that the government through the Ministry of Public Works and Communications will install more street lights along the Essequibo Coast public road before the end of the year.

Persaud said that one of the areas identified for street lights is from Maria’s Lodge

to Abram Zuil, among several other villages.

He said street lights that are malfunctioning in several areas will also be looked at by the contractor who will be installing the new lights on the coast.

The government over the years has installed street lights from Supenaam to Good Hope, Suddie to Maria’s Lodge, Queenstown to Anna Regina and Henrietta to Jibb/Paradise. in Essequibo.(Rajendra Prabhulall)

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Man, 56, held over sexual assault of 11-year-old girl ––as mother’s sting operation collapses

By Leroy Smith A MOTHER is calling on the police to act swiftly in investigating and laying charges against a man who sexually assaulted her 11-year-old daughter on Monday in Region 3.

Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle last evening, the child’s mother related that her daughter attended computer classes in Vreed-en-Hoop and sometime last week Friday, she was out of credit and did not see her grandfather arrive to pick her up on time.

The child then went into the lower flat of the building where the classes are kept, where there is also a shop. There, she met a man whom she asked for a call, which he in turn granted. The girl then called her mother’s phone to inform her that grandfather had not yet arrived, and her mother advised her to catch a bus and head home.

Unaware that the child had dialled her mother’s phone, the man began texting the phone the following day, thinking that it was the child with whom he was chatting.

After receiving the first sexually suggestive

text messages, the mother realised that the person who was texting her was actually trying to reach her daughter.

The woman said she began responding to the text messages as if she were the 11-year-old, and the man then began making demands.

He began asking the child when she would have free time, and what she was wearing. He also invited her to meet him, and told her to ensure that she was wearing a dress when coming to see him. He even advised her to leave home to see him, under the pretext that she was going to collect an assignment from a friend.

The woman then questioned her daughter about the person, and the child told her that she had asked a man for a call on Friday when she did not see her grandfather. The man told the woman, via text messages, that he was 28, but according to the child, he is much older than 28.

STING OPERATION The child’s mother then agreed with her daughter and two other family members to set

up a ‘sting’ operation to meet the man. However, the man was able to outsmart the adults and lure the girl into a house.

While there, he kissed and fondled the child, causing her to force her way out of the home in tears. The girl was lured into the home after the man arrived in a minibus and signalled her to walk through a street.

During that period, another vehicle pulled up alongside the vehicle the child’s relatives were in, but by the time the vehicle had moved the man had already lured the girl through a street, while she was under the impression that her relatives were monitoring her movements.

After the child forced her way out of the house, she was spotted by the adults who rushed to her and telephoned the police who showed up and arrested the man. He is now in the police lockups.

This publication was told that initially the man had planned to meet the child at one location but changed that arrangement at the last minute which contributed to throwing the child’s relatives off-track.

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Cabinet commends Tourism Minister on successful Guyana Festival - notes commitment for annual event

By Telesha Ramnarine CABINET has commended acting Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Irfaan Ali on the successful planning and execution of the recently-held Guyana Festival.

Significantly, Cabinet noted the commitment made to host the Guyana Festival as an annual event, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon said at this week’s post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the President in Georgetown.

“Equally, Cabinet recognised the nexus with the development of Guyana tourism brand that was pandering to the entertainment sector. So the festival established, focused, exploited the nexus that exists between the development of our tourism brand and the entertainment sector,” Luncheon said.

The Guyana Festival covered three days and featured the country’s most celebrated legends in sports, culture, art, music, food, and entertainment.

Day one featured an airshow and national concert;

day two, the ‘Night of the Legends,’ and day three, a national cook-off, with food from every culture, followed by the ‘Generation X Concert’.

As the curtain came down for the Guyana Festival, patrons were in high praise and support of the three- day event.

It was the general opinion of participants that the Guyana Festival, like the Building Expo and GuyExpo, will be able to give recognition to the Guyanese people for all aspects of business and tourism.

Kingston teen charged with murder of Plaisance grandmother

By Leroy Smith EIGHTEEN-year-old John Hetsberger of Duke Street, Kingston, Georgetown was yesterday arraigned on a murder charge at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court and was remanded to prison by Magistrate Alex Moore.

The court was told that on Friday, August 8, 2014 Hetsberger murdered 57-year-old Prince William Street resident Jennifer Ann Mendonca at her home.

The man who was represented by Attorney-at-law, Dexter Todd was not required to plead to the charge which is indictable.

Inspector John Singh, prosecuting, told the court that he is ready to proceed with the trial since all of his evidence, statements and exhibits are in place.

He told the court, however, that while the post-mortem examination was completed the report had not yet been added

to the file, although its findings are already known.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has already given her advice in the mater.

The prosecution also told the court that when the matter is called again on September 8 the post-mortem report would be in the file.

Attorney Dexter Todd did indicate to the court that he was ready for the commencement of a paper committal at the next hearing of the case but advised the court that he was made aware that there is a caution statement which forms part of the prosecution’s files and that would have to be made available to him.

Last week neighbours found Ann Mendonca dead in her house with her hands and feet tied and a pillow over her head. The police had picked up two young men initially, one of whom led them to the prime suspect who the police staked out and nabbed.

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No ‘consolidated view’ of what AFC’s ‘No-Confidence’ motion is all about – Dr. Luncheon

By Telesha Ramnarine HEAD of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon said Wednesday that based on developments over the past few days, he is not sure that there is a “consolidated view” of what the AFC’s ‘No-Confidence’ motion is all about.

The motion was formally handed over to Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs

by AFC’s General Secretary, David Patterson.

It was proposed by Vice-Chairman Moses Nagamootoo and seconded by Executive Member Cathy Hughes.

“Be it resolved that this National Assembly has no confidence in the Government,” reads the first page of the document.

Dr. Luncheon spoke to reporters Wednesday on the issue following his usual post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the President in Georgetown.

“One that started out as a no-confidence motion has morphed into a number of different possibilities and I’m not even certain in my mind, listening to what is being said in the media, what is being attributed to Nagamootoo, what’s being attributed to Granger, that indeed, there is some consolidated view of what this no confidence motion is all about.

“So it’s kind of difficult to sit down and have a full discussion when for all intents and purposes…every day we are getting a different interpretation,” Luncheon remarked.

He reminded that the acceptability of the motion rests with the Speaker. “And I don’t believe there is any doubt in the Speaker’s mind about the motion. He has pronounced on this matter.”

Meanwhile, the notion of a no-confidence motion was first voiced by Nagamootoo in midJune, when he indicated that the AFC was taking that course of action.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) subsequently endorsed this proposal for serious consideration.

Opposition leader Brigadier (rtd) David Granger confirmed APNU’s support for the AFC’s no-confidence motion against the Government, and together the combined Opposition is expected to address the motion in October, when the National Assembly comes out of recess.

Luncheon, at a previous press conference, had said a call for snap elections from the Head of State during the two-month recess, before the motion is tabled, is not impossible. “Nothing is impossible; nothing is impossible…I don’t believe it is a question of strategy that determines the response to a no-confidence motion,” he had said.

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Bandits beat, rob Ann’s Grove pensioner

By Asif Hakim

NINETY-SIX-YEAR-OLD Edna Denny was late Tuesday night rescued and hospitalised after she was beaten and robbed by bandits who then set her home on fire at lot 6 Nimrod Street, 2 Friends Village, Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara.

At about 23:23hrs Denny was dealt several blows to her head by the bandits and she had to be rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital by neighbours for emergency medical treatment.

Odessa Barry, who is her neighbour, told the Chronicle she heard

that three youths went into the woman’s house and beat her while questioning her about where she had her money.

Denny was found creeping in front of her gate with severe head injuries when she was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital by neighbours.

“I was trying to listen to hear what was going on, and I heard one of the youth telling another ‘leh we bun down de house,’ but the other one said ‘No! Yuh mad.’” However, as the house was set on fire, the police and the fire service responded quickly and one of the suspects was arrested, the neighbour said.

What’s left of Ms Denny’s house after the fire (Photo by Asif Hakim)

––then set her house on fire

Denny lived in the area almost all of her life, and was targeted by robbers on many occasions. Most of her family members reside overseas, and she does not have any children nor was she married, according to the neighbour.

The fire razed Denny’s entire home, and started to threaten the neighbour’s house so they removed their belongings as a precautionary measure.

“Thank God the fire service responded quickly or else our house

would have burn down. I don’t know why they did her this - she was a very good woman, these youth need some kind of training because if they continue to do these things they might been dead,” the neighbour said.

Just last Friday, August 8, Ann Mendonca, 57, of Lot 41 Prince William Street, Plaisance was discovered murdered in her home by neighbours. She was found with her hands and feet bound with duct tape to her bed. The house was also ransacked.

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No component of assistance to political parties in US democracy project – US Charge d’Affairs

By Telesha Ramnarine CHARGE d’ Affairs of the United States Embassy in Georgetown, Bryan Hunt stressed Wednesday that there is no component of assistance to political parties that forms part of the controversial $300M US Agency for International Development (USAID) funded Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) Project.

Hunt hosted a press conference with Secretary to the Cabinet, Dr. Roger Luncheon following the latter’s weekly post-Cabinet news conference at the Office of the President in Georgetown.

The press conference served to announce that the two governments had reached “final agreements” on the design and implementation mechanisms of the once controversial project.

According to Hunt, many months ago, there was a discussion with stakeholders as to whether granting support to political parties would be useful but after the Guyana Government felt this to be inappropriate, USAID simply dropped that component from any further development.

Hunt said they will be “very actively engaged” with the parliamentary leadership across the board - the Speaker, Chief Whips, Leaders of the Opposition and the governing bench, the individual Members of Parliament - as they

participate in various workshops and discussion programmes.

However, he stressed that they will be working with the parliament and not with any individual political party.

“In the LEAD Programme documents that were originally sent to the Government of Guyana after we had concluded the design, there was no support to Opposition political parties or the governing political party envisioned as part of the LEAD programme.

“When Dr. Luncheon received the original programme design, it did not contain support to political parties; the revised programme design does not contain support for political parties. We do not envision supporting political parties under LEAD,” Hunt stated.

Despite any modifications that have been made to programme activities and implementation tools, the redesigned LEAD Programme’s fundamental objectives remain the same – strengthening the work of the National Assembly and consensus building around important national issues; civic education for local government elections; encouraging greater participation in civic life by women and youth; and providing Guyanese institutions and stakeholders with the tools and expertise needed to address challenges.

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Sawmill worker decries justice system, labour laws

By Shirley Thomas

THIRTY-five-year-old Davenand Williams, a sawmill labourer who was injured on the job at Parika two years ago, was on Monday taken back to the theatre at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) to have corrective surgery performed on his leg.

Williams, who hails from Moruca in Region One, had worked at a sawmill at Hubu Backdam in Parika, strapping and loosing greenheart piles being offloaded from a pontoon by a skidder. On October 20, 2012 a strap snapped, and one of the piles fell on his left foot, breaking it in two places. So badly was the bone crushed that it had to be removed, and steel was implanted in his foot.

Initially, Williams was stricken on a hospital bed for about two weeks before being discharged. On being discharged from hospital, he was shocked out of his wits to find that not only was he relieved of his job without compensation, but a few days later, he and his family of three were literally ‘kicked out’ of a logie the employer had provided for them when Williams was given the job.

And having no bone to support the steel implanted in his leg, over time, it resulted in swelling of the leg and excruciating pain.

Williams returned to hospital and was operated on yesterday. The steel was removed, Williams said, and was replaced by plastic prosthesis. “I now have to live on crutches, doctor said, but I don’t mind that. I am happy to have my leg, even though I’ll never be able to do any heavy work again,” Williams said gratefully.

At that time, the employer, whose name was given to this newspaper, told the injured man that he and his family would have to vacate the premises to make way for another labourer who would replace Williams.

The prospect of having nowhere to go forced the couple to plead with the employer to allow them to stay until they could find alternative living accommodation, but the heartless employer would not give them more than 72 hours to vacate the premises.

Luckily for them, Williams’s wife Savitri approached the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs early on the following Monday and related their predicament.

Officials of the Amerindian Affairs Ministry telephoned the employer and raised their concerns. This development incurred the wrath of the employer, and, according to the couple, he stormed down to the logie in a fit of temper, kicked open the door, and demanded that they leave immediately.

At the time when the irate employer stormed the logie, the sick Williams was lying behind the door, and with the violent kick he gave the door, it hit Williams with full force, causing him excruciating pain. And to compound that situation, Williams said, the employer used threatening language in an aggressive behaviour to them, ordering the couple and their children out of the house whilst retaining their belongings.

They left empty-handed, and even though they reported the matter at the Parika Police Station, the employer is alleged to have burnt the family’s personal effects left in the building.

Before leaving the Parika Police Station, the couple broke down and wept bitterly. They had nowhere to go, and even begged the police to allow them to sit on a bench, but that was not possible. However, one compassionate police rank gave them some money to help them along the way.

They went over to the Parika Health Centre and begged the security guard to allow them to sleep in the compound until daybreak, but he, too, was not authorised to do that. Still limping with his crutches and writhing in pain, Williams and his family went to the Transport and Harbours’ Department wharf and asked permission to spend the night, but they were again refused.

By then it was well past 20:00 hrs, and tired and hungry, with nothing to eat, they rested in a corner on the roadside, where they spent the remainder of the night. All they had was one pillow which Davenand used to keep his injured leg propped up.

Davenand Williams after having his second surgery at the GPH At daybreak, they realised they had to leave to allow the roadside vendors to take up their vending spots, so the family boarded a minibus and travelled to Georgetown, where they returned to the hospital to get Davenand Williams’s plaster-of-paris cast removed, and his leg X-rayed once more.

On arriving in Georgetown, they returned to the Amerindian Hostel, where officials listened to their complaints, placed the sick and tired man in a bed, and began putting systems in place to address their woes.

After much running around, the beleaguered family managed to find temporary accommodation at a relative at Parika, but Williams has since been without a job, because he is unable to use his badly disfigured leg.

Even though the matter was reported to the police and statements had been given, to date it has not been called up in court. Reports had also been made to the Ministry of Labour, Williams said, but that entity has also done nothing to address Williams’s plight. Williams is now asking himself, “Just what has become of the justice system?”

Given the many unfortunate experiences suffered by Amerindians who come to the coastland to work, Williams is calling on the Chief Labour Officer and the Commissioner of Police to cause action to be taken in this matter, so that justice can be served.

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Once thriving graphic artist now bedridden, penniless ––after horrific road accident in Trinidad

By Shirley Thomas FOUR years after being involved in a horrific road accident on Longdenville Old Road, in Trinidad, 33-year-old Yadram Persaud remains bedridden on a hospital bed.

On December 22, 2010, Persaud, a tint and graphic artist, then 29, was travelling in a motor vehicle, when the driver, a ‘Trini’ friend of his, lost control of the vehicle, causing it to flip over a bridge.

Though the driver sustained a broken arm, he managed to exit the vehicle. The badly injured Persaud was not so lucky, as he was unable to free himself. Thankfully, he was rescued moments later by paramedics on an ambulance and taken to the Mount Hope Hospital and later transferred to St. James Hospital.

On arrival at the hospital, tests and scans indicated that Persaud had suffered a fractured neck, injuries to his lungs, a broken spinal column, broken ribs, a broken collar bone and a broken hand. Eight screws and six rods had to be implanted in his back and today he remains paralysed in the lower region of his body,

and experiences excruciating pains where the screws and rods were implanted and has no sensation in the lower region.

After spending about 21 days in the Intensive Care Unit at St. James hospital in Trinidad, he was transferred to the open ward where he spent another 14 days before he was discharged.

Three months later, in February 2011, he returned home to Guyana and has since been taken care of by his elderly parents, and an elder brother at Canje, Berbice. But, over time, his condition began acting up and he saw the need for further intervention by a

Yadram Persaud, paralysed following a freak accident in Trinidad four years ago

medical doctor and so he visited the Georgetown Hospital last week and was admitted.

Relatives, who have been providing for their maimed and disfigured loved one over the last four years, are agonised and grieving quietly over the way he is suffering. Meanwhile, all his hopes and dreams of advancing socio-economically have been shattered.

From being a thriving and popular tint and graphic artist, now he can no longer work, as he is confined to bed.

Moreover, he is less likely to get married, and therefore faces greater solitude as his parents continue to age.

In the meantime, Persaud’s relatives must face the ever-increasing expenses of travelling daily from Canje, Berbice to Georgetown and back to visit him in hospital, as well as provide for his personal needs. However, they are running thin on resources.

Persaud is now considering taking legal action against the driver of the vehicle who drove dangerously, causing him grievious bodily harm, then abandoning him in the car without trying to render assistance.

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Post-mortem confirms murdered Plaisance Senior counsel sues for specific performance ‘granny’ was strangled, struck in head

By Asif Hakim

A POST-MORTEM examination was performed on Wednesday on the body of Jennifer Ann Mendonca of Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, by Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh who gave the cause of death as asphyxia due to strangulation and blunt trauma to the head.

Mendonca, 57, of Lot 41 Prince William Street, Plaisance was discovered dead in her home by neighbours with her hands and feet bound with duct tape to her bed last Friday.

Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle at the crime scene, the woman’s neighbour who would usually ‘lime’ with her each afternoon said that around 17:30 hrs that day they noticed that the woman was a noshow at the usual ‘lime and gaff’ that they would have each day.

The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said

Murdered Plaisance resident, Ms. Jennifer Ann Mendonca that she then began feeling strange since the woman was not known to leave her home. Contact was then made with her son who works at Banks DIH Limited to find out if his mother indicated that she was leav-

ing to go out but the man replied in the negative.

The neighbours then waited to see if the woman would come strolling around the corner but as afternoon turned to night and they did not see her they became

more worried.

It was then that another neighbour raised an alarm that the woman’s back door was open and persons should go and check to ensure that she was alright.

When two neighbours entered the house they realised that the woman was lying motionless on her bed with her hands and feet tied while a pillow was covering her face and her mouth was taped up. The house was also ransacked.

Persons in the area immediately telephoned the police who responded almost one hour later despite the close location of the police station to the home where the body was discovered. When the Guyana Chronicle visited last evening, persons gathered in shock at the passing of the woman and expressed their condemnation of whoever may be responsible for the dastardly act.

of property agreement

By George Barclay

SENIOR Counsel Mr. Bernard De Santos has filed a writ in the Supreme Court Registry seeking the specific performance of a property contract concerning his client Ramnauth Harriram.

The plaintiff, Ramnauth Harriram, is suing Abdool Nazeem, executor of the estate of the late Abdool Kaleem, agreeable with power of attorney dated 15 November, 2012, for specific performance of a property contract he had entered into with the late Abdool Kaleem on June 11, 2012, wherein he had paid Kaleem, now deceased, the full purchase price of the property -- parcel # 361/365, Block X, Lilendaal, East Coast, Demerara, worth $900,000 -- and had been put in possession thereof.

Abdool Kaleem died testate on October 2, 2012, and made Abdool Nazeem the executor of his estate.

His sole asset was the plot of land which he deposed to the plaintiff prior to his death.

Probate of the said Will was obtained on March 18, 2013.

By registered post, the plaintiff requested the defendant/executor to transfer the title of the estate to the plaintiff; but, according to the statement of claim, the defendant neglected and/or refused to so do, resulting in the court having to be approached for specific performance.

The matter is expected to be heard in the High Court on September 1.

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Champion driver Dave Scott in jet boat ‘Jaguar’, as it reaches the finish line to take first place in the 200hp category

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By Asif Hakim

LAKE Mainstay Resort on Sunday hosted its 14th Ann and Stage Show at the resort in Whyaka Village on th Coast.

Over 8000 patrons drawn from various sections of Guyan from the Essequibo Coast, gathered at the lakeside to witn gettable spectacle as jet boats, canoes and swimmers vied fo in their respective races.

Managing Director of Lake Mainstay Resort, Mr Wilfo told the Guyana Chronicle he is happy that the regatta was a since someone had lost their life in 2012. He said that as the the regatta continues to grow strong from the support it gets “I’m happy with what I have seen this year. We were su

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I know it will be bigger and better the next time. I will also like to thank all of our sponsors and our fans,” Jagnarine said.

More than $3M were given out as prizes to various winners. The various winners of each category of race, such as the 14hp, 40hp, 90hp, 200hp, Open hp, male canoe race, female canoe race and the swimming races, each received a trophy and $60,000, while second placed winners collected a trophy and $40,000.

Winning the champion driver’s award after he had won various categories of races was Dave Scott, using his speedy jet boat named ‘Jaguar’.

After the regatta, patrons were treated to a beach party and stage show in which all performing artistes were local. There was Guyana’s Queen of soca and reggae, the indomitable Big Red; chutney king Prince JP; soca and reggae star Shelly G; the Caribbean hot shot band; and Lyndon Jumbie Jones among others.

Children were also part of the regatta as they enjoyed themselves

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Champion driver Dave Scott collects his 1st place award from the Director of Lake Mainstay, Mr Wilford Jagnarine

The swimming competitors are near the finish line

The male canoe race gets underway

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Guyana set to host Chinese military delegation

By Telesha Ramnarine GUYANA is set to welcome a Chinese military delegation that would be coming to participate in the local phase of the biennial exercise which sees a military exchange between the Guyana Defence Force and the People’s Liberation Army.

This was disclosed by Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon at this week’s post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the President in Georgetown. The exercise is scheduled to take place between August 19 and 21.

The exchange is an ongoing activity between the two militaries and addresses multiple mutual defense sector concerns on the Government of Guyana side. “Quite a bit of the focus is on expanding linkages between the PLA

(the People’s Liberation Army) and the Guyana Defence Force, a big focus on the training opportunities and the supply of defence sector goods and services.”

In similar vein, Dr. Luncheon said Guyana would be hosting the inaugural level meeting between Guyana and the Federative Republic of Brazil.

This inaugural engagement replaces the bilateral staff conference between the GDF and the Brazilian Army that has been an ongoing historical feature of the two neighbouring states. This activity would be inaugurated this year at the meeting that starts on August 26 and ends on 29.

Apart from the specifics of the neighbouring countries and their rather porous border, Dr. Luncheon said the generality of the engagement has to do with training opportunities and acquisition of military goods and services.

“And of course, we are all members of the Defense Council of UNASUR and geopolitical considerations have a major impact on the conduct of this relationship between the Government of Guyana through its military and the Government of Brazil through its military,” Luncheon said.

Hospitalised woman denies any connection to dead foetus at Corriverton THIRTY-three-year-old Nandranie Mohan of Crabwood Creek, Corentyne who was transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital after she was bleeding profusely, denied being the mother of the sevenmonth-old foetus that was found in a garbage heap near Church’s Chicken at Corriverton.

The gynaecological patient reported that she had a miscarriage when she was four months in gestation but that foetus was buried in her yard two months ago.

However, this newspaper was informed that she was told by a nurse to give a conflicting story. According to the woman, she has ten children and was unable to care for the additional child and resorted to triggering the abortion by inserting a tablet.

However, this newspaper was reliably informed that the police were not ‘buying’ the woman’s story .

“Statements were taken from the doctor and nurses at the Skeldon Hospital where the woman was initially admitted. She was in severe pain and bleeding profusely upon arrival at the hospital. After the condition was analyzed, she was transferred to New Amsterdam Hospital where she was taken to the Operating Theatre, where a surgical procedure was performed.”

According to a police source, when the investigation is completed a charge of infanticide will be recommended to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

“The DPP can agree with the recommendation or advice us to do otherwise,” the police rank commented.

On Monday morning, just before 07:00hrs the remains of a partially bitten male foetus was discovered by the staff attached to Church’s Chicken at Corriverton, Corentyne.

The male foetus of East Indian descent was found in garbage just outside the business premises. In the meantime, investigations are continuing

Berbice police probing find of headless three-month corpse BERBICE police are are investigating the discovery of the headless three-month-old corpse which was found in a Canje burial ground, after being buried just over a month ago.

Relatives are of the view that the discovery indicates some form of ritual practice.

According to reports, three-month-old Sanjay Rameshant, the only child of his parents, died of natural causes and was subsequently buried on June 25 last.

However, on Tuesday Sham Durga, a relative of the deceased, informed police that the tomb was desecrated. The remains of the baby were found headless lying outside the tomb and his right hand was also missing.

Incidentally, when the police responded to the report, they discovered that the cash and jewellery which was within the child’s coffin remained intact.

A subsequent visit on Wednesday at the graveside resulted in the discovery of a part of the skull.

The decomposed remains were reburied and the tomb repaired.

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This week, as always, we serve up a hot platter nicely decorated with ‘Jamzone Teasers’, ‘Spicy Gossips’, whippings for those who erred and lagged behind, and of course ‘sizzling babes’ and hunks of a lifetime. That aside, we have also brought you tidbits on new and upcoming model agencies, and so much more..

As always, we strive to bring you the best so sit back with a mug of hot cocoa and enjoy these four red hot pages, brought to you Bombshell style...

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Which girl can best fan the flames to ‘burn up’ the Jamzone Trail?

THE delegates are hot and the buzz is like crazy.

Eight hot super divas from around the Caribbean and the USA take to the stage tonight, each harbouring the hope of carting off the Miss Jamzone International 2014 Crown and a whopping US$10,000 prize.

The pageant will be staged at the National Cul-

tural Centre in Georgetown.

While the Bombshell says, “May the best girl win”, we know that you, the audience, would have already decided on your favourite contestant. Well, the divas took time out on Wednesday to have a ‘chit-chat’ with the media; and from what we saw and heard, this year’s pageant will reek of Caribbean sizzle, pulsating tropical vibes, and rich ‘Jamzone flava’ served up Guyanese

Eight dazzling ladies… Lots of cash and a coveted crown…

Who will take home the Miss Jamzone 2014 crown?

style!

Taking to the stage tonight will be the ‘Bootilicious’ Miss Bahamas, Lexie Wilson; the ‘Boombastic’ Miss Barbados, Dannyele Leslie; and the luscious Miss St. Lucia, Marie Fauston.

Those ‘hotties’ will be joined on stage by the gor-

geous Miss Guyana, Soyini Fraser; the jovial Miss Jamaica, Joanna Sadler; the Unforgettable Miss USA, Kadian Collins; the vivacious Miss St. Vincent, Aphesha Mathews; and the tantalizing Miss Trinidad and Tobago, Yaya Henry.

Eight scorching ladies

will be vying for one most desirable and very prestigious crown, a whopping cash prize, and such excellent bragging rights. Only one lucky lady can really bring her ‘A’ Game to the party to cart off these lucrative prizes. Make sure you are there when the curtain

is raised tomorrow on the Miss Jamzone International 2014 pageant. That is the only way for you to be able to determine if the most worthy winner has been crowned.

See you there folks…\ Absent from photo is Miss Trinidad and Tobago, Yaya Henry.

Bedroom Confessions ready to serve up the ‘ultimate bargain’ JUST recently, Guyanese were able to appease all their erotic chocolate and dandy fetishes when Bedroom Confessions/Meena’s Sweet Treats opened its doors to the public with a lavish ceremony at 161 Charlotte Street & Orange Walk, Georgetown.

Well, folks there have worked all week to create an amazing package that will ensure you appease your most erotic desires and unleash your ‘forbidden fantasies’ with the likes of just about any imaginable ‘novelty toy’.

CWome on now, dears; don’t be bashful. The items there are those you have never heard of, nor ever imagined existed!!! Talk about taking your fetishes to the very limit...

Well this very sizzling offer is served up to your likeness on a golden platter of confidentiality and with ultimate professional standards. So what are you waiting for? Call them and make an appointment to indulge in your exotic yearnings. Or you can just visit them at the above address to get a first-hand experience in exploding like a blinding kaleidoscope of shooting stars. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Haaaa!!!

This new entity allows you to ignite and fan your sultry flames with enticing chocolates, sexy lingerie, breath-taking candles, finest wines, and sizzling novelties to provide the experience of a lifetime. To top things off, you can also indulge in the most audacious evening gowns, swimsuits and more...

Planning a special ‘candies fiesta’? Then you can splurge in the Veena’s Sweet Treats section that offers only US-based confectionery, including Dentyne gums, Jordan almonds, ring jellies, heartthrobs, marshmallow twists, tootsie rolls, ice cubes, yogurt pretzels, Hershey’s chocolate, and so much more.

Positioned in an ideal location, (opposite Sweet Point Hangout Bar) folks there can be contacted on phone numbers 226-6568, 621-9048, or 694-0907.

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Bombshell’s Most Provocative Babes…

Asheena Stewart: the Westside’s juicy sapodilla HER silky brown skin has a marble-like texture that is smooth and very enticing to the touch.

Her full pouting lips are desirable, and will play havoc with your senses.

Her eyes are whirlpools of sensual provocation that arouse in those on whom they fixate a maelstrom of unbridled passions that go to the innermost depths of their souls. Her body is the very picture of perfection, and it threatens to reveal ancient tales of untamed love, molten kisses, and enthralling adventures over fulsome hills and heavenly valleys that culminate in erotic explosions and mind-boggling climaxes. Her smiles are as refreshing as early morning dew drops on a freshly bloomed rose, and her girlish cherry dimples accentuate a face that is flawless and incredibly appealing.

Coming from the Westside, this lady is a choice, juicy sapodilla rarely seen in all of Guyana. She is just literally dripping that ‘juice’

that is so intoxicating to the male species.

Asheena Stewart enjoys reading, modelling, dancing and travelling. She holds the title of first runner up in the 2012 Miss Extravaganza Pageant, sponsored by the Canadian-based ‘Realise Your Dreams’ Entertainment Promotions, and raves that her strengths lie in her ability to love and care like no other woman can.

She avows that one key to a successful relationship lies in effective communication and learning how to make a man happy.

She has not lefty a number dudes, so I am “sorry” to disappoint you robust males who are ready to engage in the proverbial

Asheena Stewart is a radiant beauty even when she sleeps.

hound chase. But trust me; the babe we will feature

next week would be searching for Mr. Right.

The ladies soliciting corner

Roshaad Lall: a Guyanese cheesecake broiling with forbidden nectar

This juicy brown sapodilla from the Westside

Rafieya Husain to be coached

by Philippine company MISS World Guyana, Rafieya Husain, will be coached by renowned Philippine pageant company Gouldian. This disclosure was made on the Missology Guyana website.

According to Husain’s mother, Salena Khan, the latest development is a great “push” for the Guyanese queen, as it will assist her in getting closer to realising her dream.

Husain, who copped the Miss World Guyana title on May 26 at the National Culture Centre, will receive training by Gouldian, a pageant training company in the Philippines with renowned experts in pageant leadership.

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Miss World Guyana 2014, Rafieya Husain Guyana on the international stage for the annual Miss World Pageant, slated for London on December 14.

Rafieya is expected to receive specialized pageant training from August 26 to September 6 in Manila, Philippines. This will include one-on-one training in which she would have the opportu-

nity to interact with former winners and other beauty queens.

The company aims to give young women the opportunity to learn what it takes to succeed as a titleholder, while gaining valuable life skills that transcend the world of pageantry.

HE’S hot and pulsating, dashingly attractive and is dubbed by Bombshell as ‘A Persian royal with that special Midas touch’.

This dude is like none who has ever graced our pages, and let me tell you why: His sensuous lips hold tales of unbridled romance, locked away in a jeweled chest of erotic treasures.

His toned and comforting biceps unleash scorching degrees of provocative pleasure, laced with a certain comforting and rare form of masculine security…. And I can go on and on.

Yes, ladies, I know I am getting you all piped up….

Sorry divas… Don’t blame me… It’s Roshaad that has your adrenaline escalating to screeching degrees.

What are you waiting for my damsels?

Don’t you want to be embraced by his chiseled form, and melt at the knees as you stare into his intense eyes that speak volume of the romantic bliss he can bring you?

His fiery heart thumps rhythmically as it gurgles with a strange language of infinite love, whilst his sinewy thighs emit messages that will mould your soul and cause you to ooze with

Lick your fingers and drool in anticipation, ladies…

ecstatic delight. My gosh, I am sweating!!! What a man, what a man, what a mighty good man!!!

Roshaad enjoys reading; is good at martial arts and swimming, and works out regularly to keep his superb form.

And his wildest fantasy is to be enrolled in the US Army, but not for the purpose of warfare. Instead, he wants to use this forum to help persons who are victims of natural disasters.

His strengths lie in his academic achievements and Roshaad is certainly his virile athletic abilities.

That aside, he admits that his a dude to die for…

only weakness is not being able to say ‘no’, even when his every instinct dictates that he should. Talk about unrelenting kindness….

Now, my good ladies, this dude makes being educated a priority, and is not looking for a playmate, as you may think. Instead, he is gracing our pages with the ‘tropical magic’ he brings to every forum upon his entrance.

So, with pleasure, we serve up a sparkling platter upon which is perched this delightful Guyanese cheesecake, broiling with forbidden nectars.

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“Ding, dong, bell… There’s a fantastic story to tell…”

You can become Mr. Guyana International 2014 WHILE there is a certain negative stigma attached to male pageants in Guyana, Fashion Designer and Pageant Coordinator Paul Burnette is pulling out all the stops to host the first ever Mr. Guyana Male Pageant on November 02, 2014.

The organizers are presently soliciting suitable candidates for this initiative, and those who think they have what it takes can send their photos and particulars, including age, full name and contact numbers etc, to mrguyanaaint@gmail.com, or call Mr. Burnette on phone number 687- 8000 for more information.

In a recent interview, Burnette reiterated that, over the years, we have seen a decline in the morale of men - be it their involvement in rape, armed robberies, violence against women, etc. He said that, moreso, many of the social responsibilities as expected to be portrayed and acted out by our men in society today have declined, and have somewhat been replaced by the education as is being relayed through the new trend of music, movies and fashion.

He added that many of our young sons, brothers, friends and relatives hardly have someone locally to call their mentor, role model, or even trend setter. It is with this fact in mind that Burnette has planned the first ever ‘Mr. Guyana International’.

This event will have several high profile segments, and will be carried by all local, Caribbean and international media across the diaspora.

AIMS OF THE COMPETITION * To foster the knowledge of its participants in their responsibilities as men in society. * To encourage men to take a stand in the fight against many of the social issues affecting them.

* To create a sense of ‘self styling’, ‘self respect’ and ‘self motivation’ as it relates to their personal well-being in a socially acceptable environment. * Realising their self worth and fostering their will power to achieve their goals The competition is open to males from all walks of life of Guyanese nationality and Guyanese parentage between the ages of 17 and 45.

This competition is dedicated to all the Guyanese men, known and unknown, for their valuable contribution to the preservation of our culture, academic achievements, nation building, and family values over the years, through the ages of time.

New modelling agency causing huge local and international stir A DYNAMIC new modelling agency has arrived on the local scene aiming to bring respectability and direction to the modelling industry in Guyana. Traits Model Management, a registered business, is the brainchild and collaboration between two colleagues who met in school and have remained friends ever since.

Hugh “Oronde” George and Junior Kennedy, a Guyanese and a Jamaican respectively, came up with the idea to form this agency after Junior visited Guyana and saw so much potential on the local market. Junior is a former signed model, once based in New York, who has a wealth of experience and connections in the international fashion and commercial industry.

After public calls, the Agency has signed 20 (twenty) models, both male and female, and recently gained international exposure when one of its models, Natasha Harper, was selected to participate in the BVI Fashion Week to model for Guyanese born US-based designer Roger Gary.

Not only did Ms Harper model for Mr. Gary, but she was also selected by five (five) other designers to be a “hanger” for their clothing lines. Further, she was awarded two looks per designer, and was the opening piece for three, closed for two, and was also the designer’s pick for two.

Ms. Harper’s participation resulted in her being booked to model in one of the biggest fashion events in the world -- the upcoming New York Fashion Week -- for the well-known designer Cesar Galindo.

“We are pleased that, right out the gate, a model from Traits was selected and participated well among more seasoned models at such an event” said Managing Director Hugh “Oronde” George. “Our aim is to ensure that these models get the opportunity to participate in both local and overseas events.

“Traits” is also looking to make waves on the local pageant scene, as one of its models and Miss Guyana Universe 2014 front runner, Niketa Barker, will be participating in the upcoming pageant.

“We believe that Niketa is a strong candidate to win this year’s Miss Guyana Universe (pageant), and the Agency fully supports her participation,” Agency Manager Junior Kennedy recently said. Mr. Kennedy also proudly boasts that the Agency recently signed the former and current Ms. Guyana

Natasha Harper at the BVI Fashion Week Talented Teen Queens, Tiffany Bonner and Reesa Sooklall, and will be fully behind these young ladies if they venture any further into pageantry.

“This is a young and vibrant team hoping to bring a major change to modelling in Guyana,” said Mr. George, “and to ensure we are a step ahead, popular pageant personality and

beauty queen Alicia Bess was recently retained by the Agency as an agent and scout for potential models.”

To learn more about Traits Model Management, kindly visit the office at 74 Brickdam, Georgetown, or contact Agency Manager Junior Kennedy on 658-5338 or via e-mail address info@traitsmodelmanagement.com.

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Let’s tell it like it is….

Dat was wan big ‘rigged up’ countryside pajj-ant WELL, I must admit that I really love pageantry. As a matter of fact, I want to believe that I may be addicted to pageants, when I seriously consider it.

However, it really vexes my soul to witness the pajj-ants that some promoters are bringing to the platter today in the name of pageants; and the manner in which they choose to rig these events is nothing short of plain highway robbery -- cheating delegates with great potential out of winning, and thus angering patrons with their callous attitudes.

Well, de adda day some very good promothas in Central Mahaicony really mess up a pageant when deh decided fuh allow wan ‘outlandish ole shrew’ to coordinate de event.

Dem poh judge didn’t even know wha ah guh awn until de even come and done.

De ‘oman de promoters used tuh train de gyals dem decided tuh mek de best ah de situation, and pull in wan ah she niece dem who was way about de age limit required tuh participate in de event.

While dem adda gyals dem deh between sixteen and nineteen, dis oman niece was actually twenty!

But duh nah all: Deh had confusion all night, as dis pajj-ant coordinata choose tuh tek up de role ah de MC, a profession she nah had a clue fuh duh. All she manage fuh duh was infuriate de audience, and dis oman display she ‘ghetto behaviah’ by engaging in a ‘cuss out’ wid sections ah de protesting audience!

Well, nobaddy ain’t saying dat de queen didn’t deserve tuh win; what de people really sehhing is dat de MC/Coordinatah -- whatevah she was -- rig de event from staat to finish!

People, alyuh come hear story: Dis oman put ah chuch sista pon de judges’ table plus de queen’s best friend as a judge. Now, de sista live next door tuh de queen, and dem is best ah friends tuh. Suh alyuh can read through de lines.

You Shouldn’t Do That!!!

Our DJs today have certainly lost all their morals

The young ladies wept after the competition

And to top things off, dis coordinatah also prepare a winning speech fuh de eventual queen long in advance; and was always tutoring de very queen and ignoring de adda contestants most ah de time.

And wha wuz even more shacking was dat all ah de gyals dem bin modelling around on de stage as if deh bin at a fourteenth century tea party.

The judges scoring sheet was terribly made out, giving the chief judge hell to tabulate The very biased and disgruntled MC scores; and this woman was even trying to control the judges from the stage by bellowing her instructions and suggestions into a microphone. Talk about catastrophe...

A word of advice for the promoters: This is not the thirteenth century. Next time you are holding a pageant, solicit the services of someone well experienced in modern pageantry; someone who is in no way affiliated to the judges or contestants. If you don’t do that, then you are headed for ultimate confusion.

Flashback…

Well, is suh yuh gon deh bout de place playing music? Shame pon yuh, maan!

I COULD remember the days when DJs used to be well attired individuals providing the best of music in an entirely pleasant and professional setting.

I could also remember the era when they were known for their wise selection of music, and their very educative verbal intonations via their sound system.

Well, today it looking like if all hell done bruk loose pon we; because dem DJs of nowadays a turn duh profession into something dat sounding like when demons a fight in de very pits ah hell.

I have been to several entertainment ventures, especially in the countryside, and I have been most shocked to hear the songs these guys are playing. And that’s not all: One never gets to hear their songs, since they choose to talk all the time, mouthing obscenities most times, and making vulgar and very lewd suggestions through those microphones.

If yuh see how dem young bais does be jumping up and screaming deh approval… and dem young gyals shaking up deh rear end and waving deh hands in de air as deh gie dem horrible DJs dem approval.

DJs these days have no regard for the presence of young children at the many ventures at which they are contracted to provide music. It’s a shock to hear the horrible songs they play, and an even greater shock to see the way in which even the little children sing along and dance in wild abandon.

No wanda we get suh much thief maan and criminal elements around today; de music gat something definite fuh duh wid influencing dem lil one’s character. And de way how dem DJs does dress thesself is certainly unforgivable.

Just recently, I was present at an event on the East Coast of Demerara, and I was literally mortified at the songs the DJs were playing, with tons of little children at the event.

And the thing that infuriated me further was that some of those DJs, actually smelling like hedgehogs, had the gall to remove their shirts as they jumped around filling the air with ‘citrus fumes’.

Tek ah look at dis photo and judge fuh yuhself, meh people.

THE dynamic Guyanese songstress Lisa Punch, who made it to the top 12 in the USA ABC’s ‘Rising Star Reality Show’, recently came back to Guyana to perform at the Guyana Festival ‘Generation Next Concert’ to thrilled fans who were eagerly awaiting her arrival on stage.

With loud cheering and joyful exclamations, the large crowd gave Lisa a standing ovation as she belted out ‘Wipe Those Tears from Your Eyes’, a soulful rendition to her mother Nafeiza Daniels.

Some wept joyfully, other screamed her name, but the majority sang along as she created magic with songs like ‘I don’t Mind’, and ‘Secret Admirer’, an anthem on the lips of almost every Guyanese teenager. She also wowed the audience with ‘So in Love with You’, a soothing selection, before she turned up the heat with ‘Ah whea de man dem Deh”.

During this dancehall piece, in which she collaborated with Heatwave Band’s Jackie Hanover, the crowd went even wilder with joy and ecstasy.

She closed her act with an acapella performance of Whitney Houston’s ‘How will I know’, which was actually the song that gave her

Lisa Punch pays courtesy call on President Donald Ramotar

Lisa Punch in discussion with President Donald Ramotar during her recent courtesy call on His Excellency fame at the ABC’s ‘Rising Star Reality Show’. However, she did not depart the stage until she thanked all Guyana for the continuous support she had received during the Rising Star competition.

Lisa is still in Guyana visiting friends, fans and relatives, and several corporate businesses that maybe want

to use her talents in commercial promotions.

Just recently, she paid a courtesy call on President Donald Ramotar; and from the looks on their faces, I can safely declare that that visit blossomed into mirthful laughter and fun as the two chatted about things that really mattered….

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Jayawardene fails in final Test …Jayawardene makes four in final test

(REUTERS) - Mahela Jayawardene fell cheaply in his final Test as Pakistan came back strongly in the last session to grab five wickets and reduce Sri Lanka to 261 for eight on the first day of the second Test yesterday.

Dhammika Prasad was unbeaten on four at the close after captain Angelo Mathews was dismissed for 39 in the final over of the day when he was caught down the leg side off Wahab Riaz.

Left-arm fast bowler Junaid Khan took three of the four wickets to fall in the session and ended the day with figures of four for 69.

“There wasn’t much in the pitch but if you bowl in good areas and work hard then you can get something out of it,” Junaid told reporters.

“If you bowl bad balls in bad areas you can score as well.

“From one end Wahab bowled with pace and bounce which made the batsmen scared and he was bowling with swing and at the stumps and it worked very well for Pakistan.”

There was great expectation from the spectators who had turned up to see former captain Jayawardene play in his 149th Test, but the elegant 37-year-old lasted just 16 balls and made four runs before he was trapped lbw

by Saeed Ajmal in the first over after tea.

Pakistan also grabbed the wicket of opener Upul Tharanga when he flicked a ball from Riaz and the

Mahela Jayawardene was given a guard of honour by the Pakistan team on the first day of the second Test in Colombo. inside edge that came off his pad was held smartly

by Azhar Ali at short leg after a fumble.

Tharanga scored 92 off 179 balls including 12 fours.

“We need to get as many runs as possible tomorrow, because first innings runs are crucial on a track that is turning from the first day,” Tharanga said.

“That will go a long way towards determining the outcome of the match.

“If we get a few wickets, our bowlers can put them under pressure. You can’t score runs freely, like SSC tracks of the past.”

FRUITFUL SESSION The final session was Pakistan’s most fruitful for they took four wickets including that of Lahiru Thirimanne for 20, Niroshan Dickwella for 24 and Dilruwan Perera for a duck.

Thirimanne edged Junaid to Sarfraz after being missed on 14 by Khurram Manzoor at first slip.

Dickwella and Perera were lbw victims to the second new ball.

D i c k w e l l a unsuccessfully challenged the umpire’s decision and lost a review for his team but Pakistan were successful with Perera’s dismissal which the umpire had initially ruled not out.

Kumar Sangakkara, the most prolific scorer in the series so far, had a testing time against Wahab Riaz before he was bowled off an inside edge for just 22.

Riaz peppered Sangakkara, who scored a double century in the first Test, with short-pitched balls which momentarily shook his confidence and eventually led to his downfall.

As Sangakkara departed, Jayawardene walked out to a standing ovation and the Pakistan players formed a guard of honour as firecrackers exploded around the packed Sinhalese Sports Club ground.

Sri Lanka, who won the

first test by seven wickets, had batted cautiously to reach 69 without loss at lunch after winning the toss.

Scoreboard SRI LANKA 1st innings U. Tharanga c Az. Ali b Riaz 92 K. Silva c S. Ahmed b J. Khan 41 K. Sangakkara b Riaz 22 M. Jayawardene lbw b Ajmal 4 A. Mathews c S. Ahmed b Riaz 39 L. Thirimanne c S. Ahmed b J. Khan 20 N. Dickwella lbw b J. Khan 24 D. Perera lbw b J. Khan 0 D. Prasad not out 4 Extras (b-4 lb-6 nb-5) 15 Total (for 8 wickets, 85.1 overs) 261 Fall of wickets: 1-79 K. Silva,2-144 K. Sangakkara,3-167 M. Jayawardene,4-177 U. Tharanga,5-215 L. Thirimanne,6-249 N. Dickwella,7-249 D. Perera,8-261 A. Mathews To bat: R. Herath, C. Welegedara Bowling: J.Khan 21-5-69-4, W.Riaz 16.1-2-66-3(nb5), A.Rehman 19-4-49-0,S.Ajmal 29-4-67-1.

Anderson on par with world No.1 Steyn, says Cook LONDON (Reuters) - England fast bowler James Anderson ranks alongside South Africa’s world No. 1 Dale Steyn and possesses more skill, his captain Alastair Cook said on the eve of the fifth Test against India.

Anderson needs eight wickets to move past Ian Botham’s English test record of 383 and whether or not he achieves that at the Oval starting on Friday, Cook is in no doubt that the 32-year-old belongs alongside the very best.

“It’s an amazing achievement,” Cook told a news conference yesterday in which he confirmed that Anderson’s opening partner Stuart Broad would be fit for the series decider despite sustaining a broken nose in the last test.

“If he does it in this game it will mean England are in a very strong position.

“No disrespect to Dale Steyn in terms of actual skill, but the way that Jimmy can swing the ball both ways I don’t think

Dale does that quite as well as Jimmy, although Dale has the advantage of being able to bowl quicker.

“You would put both of them in the same class.”

England have emerged from a dismal sequence of 10 test matches without a win to come from 1-0 down against India to lead 2-1 after emphatic victories in Southampton and Manchester.

Cook has also returned to form with the bat but said England would not be relaxing - or looking for a draw to clinch the

series victory.

“There has been a massive turnaround, so the guys can take a lot of credit for the way they have turned it around and if we are sitting here at the end with a trophy it would be brilliant,” he said.

“We are not going in with any other mindset other than it’s a game to win,” Cook added.

“We are not thinking if we survive this we will win the series, we need to have the mindset we had after Lord’s when we came out fighting.

Accolades for Regional...

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I am very proud to know that our Under-15 team did very well to win the Regional championships early last month, which is good for the development of cricket in Guyana.

Certainly, the Under-19 team which is being led this time around by Brian Sattaur, did give us memories when they won the youth championships for six consecutive years with some players who represented Guyana back then, going onto play for the country’s senior team.”

An elated Kumar told his audience which included all the participating teams except ousted champions Jamaica, who asked to be excused due to an incident back home involving one of their players’ parent and ICC Americas, that the future of Guyana’s cricket look extremely good.

He was a bit disappointed however, at the non-inclusion of a Best All-Rounder award for the three -day tournament, since he felt that 16 year old Kemo Paul would have been a run away favorite to cart off same, following which he has promised to make such a donation at the end of today’s limited overs final at Everest to the Essequibian.

The outspoken Kumar who publicly indicated his willingness to work with administrators of GCB towards the development of the game, said he has never seen that entity take so much time to emphasise on fitness with all their teams this year, an investment that has paid off with the success story behind the Undewr-15 and 19 teams, while the senior female team finished second to Jamaica.

He believes that

both Chanderpaul and Shimron Hetmyer have the ability to make it all the way to the West Indies senior team in the future, while Paul has the talent to progress into a genuine all-rounder for any team, as he is a capable bowler who can handle himself well with the bat.

He thanked the teams for the wonderful show they put on over the past three weeks, while he urged the Guyanese to go out and complete the double when they face the Windward Islands in the limited overs final at Everest today.

Drubahadur thanked the WICB, who worked out an agreement with the Government of Guyana following which the tournament was held, for their confidence expressed in the GCB to do so, while he congratulated Guyana on its success and wished all the teams well in their future endeavours.

Apart from the two individual awards mentioned above, Joseph’s teammate Kasey Carty received a trophy for the Most Runs scored (248), Barbados’ Chad Williams- Most Wickets (26), Leniko Boucher -Most Dismissal as a wicketkeeper (11, 6 catches and 5 stumpings) and Chanderpaul- Highest Individual Score, 132 not out against Trinidad and Tobago.

All the umpires who officiated were the recipients of a medallion while the Match Referees in former West Indies fast bowlers Colin Stuart and Reon King along with Grantley Culbard, received plaques.

Following Sanasie’s vote of thanks, all the invitees, among whom was dependable West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul, partook in the cocktail reception.

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Suarez biting bans upheld but he can train with Barca

By Brian Homewood BERNE Switzerland, (Reuters) - Uruguay forward Luis Suarez’s fourmonth playing ban for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) although he will be allowed train with his new club Barcelona.

CAS said in a statement that it had removed the clause which banned the 27-yearold from “any football-related activity” following an appeal by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) on Suarez’s behalf.

The Barca player remains ineligible to play in official matches during the fourmonth period, and his ninegame international ban also stays in force following the notorious incident during the World Cup group game on June 24 which Uruguay won 1-0.

However, a spokesman for football’s world governing body FIFA said he could play in friendly internationals for club and country. This could allow him to make his Barcelona debut against Mexican side Leon on Monday if selected.

“The sanctions imposed on the player by FIFA have been generally confirmed,” CAS said in a statement.

“However, the 4-month suspension will apply to official matches only and no longer to other football-related activities (such as training, promotional activities and administrative matters).”

“It has however considered that the stadium ban and the ban from “any football-related activity” were excessive given that such measures are not appropriate to sanction the offence committed by the player and would still have an impact on his activity after the end of the suspension.”

Suarez’s legal team said they had successfully argued that FIFA had misapplied its own rules when considering

the case and the sanction it imposed on other football-related activities was disproportionate.

“As a result, Suarez is now permitted to train and attend matches with his Barcelona team mates in preparation for the new season,” his lawyers said in a statement.

Barcelona said in a statement that the forward would train with the La Liga club on Friday and will be presented as a Barca player at the Nou Camp on Monday when they play Leon.

“I expected something different, although not much,” said AUF president Wilmar Valdez in a statement.

“CAS is a totally independent tribunal and this is to do with the way people see things, it’s a cultural matter. The way we live football in South America is different to Europe.

“For us there are things which are normal and which deserve sanctions, but not such harsh ones.

“The training is something positive because not being able to train was too tough.

“It was shown in the World Cup, in the matches Suarez did not play in, that he is a fundamental player.

We will have to work to look for the appropriate alternatives.”

AUF lawyer Daniel Cravo told Sky Sports News: “We don’t think it was the worst behaviour of a player in a World Cup. We have seen worse situations and the players haven’t been sanctioned in that level.”

Uruguay and Italy were drawing 0-0 when the incident happened late in the game. Shortly afterwards, Diego Godin headed the winner from a corner to send the South Americans into the last 16 at Italy’s expense.

Suarez went to CAS, which conducted a hearing on the matter last Friday, after losing a first appeal at FIFA. A Liverpool player at the time of the biting incident,

Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez arrives for a hearing at the Cour t of Arbitration for Spor t (CAS) in Lausanne August 8, 2014. (Credit: Reuters/Denis Balibouse) Suarez has since joined Barcelona for a fee reported to be 81 million euros (64.91 million British pound) by local media.

Banned twice before for biting, Suarez initially denied sinking his teeth into Chiellini but photographs of marks on the Italian defender’s shoulder were damning.

CLUTCHING TEETH Suarez initially claimed that he had been the victim, falling to the ground and clutching his teeth after the players clashed.

He eventually accepted responsibility and apologised for the incident one week later, days after FIFA had imposed the ban.

“The truth is that my colleague Giorgio Chiellini suffered the physical result of a bite in the collision he suffered with me,” Suarez said in a statement on Twitter.

“For this: I deeply regret what happened; I apologise to Giorgio Chiellini and the entire football family; I vow to the public that there will never again be another incident like (that),” he added FIFA later explained

Suarez was given a heavy punishment partly because he had twice before been banned for biting and because he had shown no remorse at the time.

Despite widespread condemnation of his actions, general reaction to the ban itself was mixed. It prompted fury in his South American homeland, where he was given a hero’s welcome on his return from Brazil during the World Cup. Chiellini himself said the ban was excessive and world players’ union FIFPro said Suarez had been “trialled and vilified in public”.

FIFPro suggested that part of the ban should be made conditional and should include an obligation for Suarez to seek treatment.

The ban means he will not be able to make his Barcelona debut until the end of October. He will also miss next year’s Copa America in Chile, when Uruguay have their next competitive matches.

Uruguay will play a minimum of three and maximum of six matches at the Copa, meaning Suarez will also miss between two and five matches of the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign.

The forward could make his Barca debut at Real Madrid in El Clasico with the match scheduled for the weekend of Oct. 25-26. However, Suarez would only be able to play if the game went ahead on the 26th, the day after his suspension ends.

Blewett joins Australia as fielding consultant

By Brydon Coverdale

FORMER Test batsman Greg Blewett has joined the growing list of ex-players called upon to help coach Australia, having been named as a fielding consultant for their next two tours.

Blewett will work with the Australians for the oneday tri-series in Zimbabwe and for their matches against Pakistan in the UAE. Australia have not had a permanent fielding coach since Steve Rixon left the support staff in January, although before the home summer they had appointed Mike Young on a short-term contract.

The inclusion of Blewett continues the trend under head coach Darren Lehmann of bringing in ex-players as short-term consultants, tapping a wider knowledge base than may otherwise be the case.

Shane Warne was named as a spin consultant for Australia’s World Twenty20 campaign earlier this year and worked with the side in South Africa ahead of the tournament.

Muttiah Muralitharan

spent much of his post-cricket career in the commentary box, he recently completed a level three coaching accreditation and worked with Australia A and the National Performance Squad at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane. Blewett said he was keen to help the Australians hone their fielding, especially with a World Cup coming up.

“I think Australia has built a good reputation for Greg Blewett will be its fielding over the years working with the Aus- and I’m looking forward tralians for the next few to maintaining those high months. standards and hopefully was appointed as a coach- continuing to improve,” ing consultant in June in Blewett said. “That’s always an effort to help Australia’s the goal. spinners maximise their “I’m really excited to be success against Pakistan in involved, particularly with the UAE, and now he will a World Cup on the horizon be joined on the staff by and hopefully having some Blewett. small impact. I’m also looking “Greg was a brilliant field- forward to the opportunity to er in his playing days and he work with Darren and the othwill bring some fresh advice er great coaches that are part and ideas as well as a new of the team setup, it should voice for the players to hear be fun.” from which is important for Australia’s first match everyone’s development,” in Zimbabwe is against the Lehmann said. “It will be hosts on August 25. Their great to have him on board in UAE tour starts with a T20 Zimbabwe and the UAE.” against Pakistan on OctoAlthough Blewett has ber 5.

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Windies tour Ganesh Parts donate dates for India 144 footballs to MCYS confirmed

DELHI, India, (CMC)- West Indies cricket tour of India is set to begin October 8th, the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in Indian announced yesterday.

The West Indies are due to play India in four One Day Internationals, one T20 and three Test matches, BCCI said in a statement containing the dates.

The BCCI has confirmed that the tour will begin with an ODI in Kochi October 8th.

“There is an ODI every third day after that, ending with the fifth one in Dharamshala on October 20,” said the BCCI statement.

“The one-dayers will be followed by a Twenty20 in Delhi on the 22nd, before the three-Test series begins on October 30 in Hyderabad”.

West Indies’ visit will be India’s only full series at home this season.

ODIs: 8 Oct - Kochi, 11 Oct Vishakhapatnam, 14 Oct - Cuttack, 17 Oct - Kolkata, 20 Oct - Dharamshala T20: 22 Oct - Delhi Tests: 30 Oct-3 Nov - Hyderabad, 7-11 Nov - Bangalore, 15-19 Nov – Ahmedabad

Ganesh Parts and General Stores, Wednesday made a much needed donation of 144 footballs to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS), which will be used in the Ministry’s football development programme across Guyana.

The CEO Chatram Persaud, handed over the donation to the Director of Sport, Neil Kumar, who thanked Persaud for the benevolent gesture. Kumar pointed out that the donation will be especially beneficial in the development of the sport in the interior region.

“On behalf of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and the National Sports Commission, we highly appreciate this 144 balls that you are giving, this is a good gesture, and this will go a far way in helping our camps. We have presently over a hundred camps around the country and the interior is in need of balls, this will really help us,” Kumar remarked.

For his part, Persaud noted that his business was very happy to

Director of Sport, Neil Kumar (right) receives the donation of Footballs from Ganesh Spare Parts and General Store CEO, Chatram Persaud. not only give back to society, but giving back in an area that focused on youth. Persaud took the opportunity to encourage other

corporate entities to also mirror the gesture of the company.

“Wherever we can we will do our best to help our youth,

because you know it’s our corporate responsibility, and we are very happy that we can,” Persaud said.

RHTYSC cricket teams conclude highly successful Republic Bank Summer Camp Nareesa Rahaman named Best Student THE Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club cricket teams 2014 Republic Bank Summer Camp ended last Friday last and has been hailed as very successful.

The Camp was organised with the aim of preparing grade six students for entrance into secondary school and also to encourage them to get involved in sports as a way to occupy their past time.

Senior teacher of the Port Mourant Secondary School Rohan Etwaru, who conducted the Summer Camp stated that a total of 56 disciplined and focused students attended the four- week camp and stated that they all were properly prepared for secondary school.

The students were taught Mathematics, English, Integrated Science, English B, Social Studies and Spanish. They were also involved in basic coaching in cricket, volleyball and basketball, while several lectures were hosted including peer pressure, importance of education, public manners and the importance of discipline.

Secretary/CEO of the RHTYSC Hilbert Foster speaking to the students encouraged them to have a single minded attitude to education as it was the most important asset a person can obtain.

Education, the veteran club administrator stated is a vessel that breaks down doors and barriers and he advised the attentive youths that the next five years is the most important phase of their lives and urged them to develop a culture of reading, research and listening to advice.

Foster also expressed gratitude to the Management of Republic Bank for investing in the camp for the last seven years and over the years close to five hundred children

Best Spanish Student - Nareesa Rahaman Best Attendance - Quinton Andrews Most Disciplined - Darren Marks Most Improved - Alicia Giddings The nine awardees received educational materials for the new school year while each student received a schoolbag under the RHTYSC Schoolbag for Sports Project.

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Compliments of THE TROPHY STALL-Bourda Market &The City Mall (Tel: 225-9230) & CUMMINGS ELECTRICAL CO. LTD-83 Garnette Street, Campbellville (Tel: 225-6158; 223-6055) Answers to yesterday’s quiz: Top student Nareesa Rahaman receives her prizes from senior supervisor Seema Brijmal of Republic Bank, Rose Hall Branch have attented.

Nareesa Rahaman was named Student of the Summer Camp. Other awards shared out were: Best Mathematics Student - Felicia Sahadeo Best English Student - Kayla Mc Greggor Best Social Studies Student - Ashanti Marcino Best Integrated Science Student - Christine Hoyte

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(2) Warriors vs Hawksbills (Grenada, July 11) Today’s Quiz: (1)Which two teams are scheduled to contest the LCPL 2014 final?

(2) Where was the first LCPL final played?

Answers in tomorrow’s issue

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Lumumba calls for crowd support ahead of Alpha United’s CONCACAF Champions League clash -

Dover optimistic of success against MLS side Portland Timbers

By Rawle Toney With just five more days before their second game in the 2014/15 CONCACAF Champions League against Major League Soccer (MLS) side Portland Timbers, Guyana’s Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United is hoping for better crowd support.

The Guyanese top club will face the MLS side on Tuesday August 19 at the Guyana National Stadium in an historic encounter, since it marks the first time a topflight American club will be gracing these shores.

Speaking at a press conference yesterday at the Water Chris Hotel in Georgetown, president of the Alpha United club Odinga Lumumba said that with all that’s happening presently in Guyana, with regards to football, supporting his club is the least the public could do to show that all is not lost and that the people have not forgotten about the sport.

Lumumba’s club fell 1 – 0 to former CONCACAF Champions

Alpha United players (Standing) along with Steve Ninvalle, President Odinga Lumumba and Coach Wayne Dover while addressing the Media yesterday League winner and Honduras’ most decorated club Olimpia Deportivo at the National Stadium on the opening night of the tournament; a result the club’s President said he’s satisfied with. “it’s always going to be a David versus Goliath when Alpha United play in the Champions League” Lumumba said, speaking in context that both of his teams’ opponents

(Olimpia Deportivo and Portland Timbers) are full bloom professional clubs, constantly playing at the highest level, in contrast to Alpha United who plays in a ‘sometimeish’ domestic/ amateur league.

Alpha United is considered as Guyana’s most celebrated club in the country’s rich football history and according to Lumumba, despite playing at an amateur level since

the club was formed just over a decade ago, they have been able to gain significant success, even playing against teams who are professionals.

Speaking to a room full of sport journalists, Lumumba recounted his club’s journey to the Champions League where they topped their grouped which consisted of Jamaica’s Water House FC and Trinidad and

Warriors destroy Tallawahs...

The two openers turned the match into a no-contest with clean hitting as a flurry of boundaries and sixes demoralized the Jamaicans who pulled of a nail biting win over Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel in the first semi-final on Wednesday.

Simmons struck seven fours and three sixes while Guptill smashed six fours and two sixes with both batsmen punishing the Jamaican attack

including international stars the likes of former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori and pacer Jerome Taylor.

Guptill hit the winning runs, smashing the ball through Chris Gayle’s hand and through to the boundary.

The Jamaican top order failed to get things going after Amazon warriors won the toss and sent them into to bat.

Chris Gayle had yet another disap-

pointing outing at the crease scoring just 19 which included three fours.

However Chadwick Walton who hit three fours and a six while top scoring with 34 was impressive, but the length of time he took to settle down curtailed the flow of runs.

Nkrumah Bonner scored 21 and Andre Russell, following his batting heroics on Wednesday, was starting to fire again when Krishmar Santokie’s

Tobago Defence Force.

“Unless you have strong clubs will never move forward,” said Lumumba.

Lumumba who’s also the chief financier for Alpha United was able to gather some of the best players from Panama, Brazil, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada and Jamaica to blend with some of Guyana’s top players to form what he hopes is a team that will see Alpha

United (his team) heading to the FIFA Club World Cup. Meanwhile, Alpha United Coach Wayne ‘Wiggy’ Dover said that he’s optimistic of his team changing the fortune of their previous game in the tournament.

Questioned on what’s the difference between playing the Honduras club to that of the Portland Timber, Dover said “the Spanish teams play a more position football and try to build an attack after keeping the ball for long periods, while the MLS team plays very much like Caribbean teams.”

Dover made the pronouncement after noting that he has been able to watch the Portland Timber in action in the MLS, adding “Yes, I feel a bit more comfortable and it will be easier tactically to play against a team that is similar to how you play”.

Alpha United were guilty of squandering easy goal scoring opportunities and Dover said that his team have placed most of their emphasis on finishing.

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brilliant work of his own bowling caught him short of the crease.

Russell managed to hit two fours while contributing 20.

Santokie and Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez bowled impressively to frustrate the batsmen, especially during the power play overs.

Guyana Amazon Warriors and Barbados Tridents will meet tomorrow to contest the final of the CPL.

Jamaica Tallawahs innings C Walton† c Guptill b Narine 34 C Gayle* c Simmons b Neesham 19 A Voges st †Ramdin b Mohammad Hafeez 7 N Bonner c Mohammad Hafeez b Santokie 21 A Russell run out (Santokie) 20 J Theron not out 9 J Taylor run out (Simmons/Santokie) 17 Extras (lb 1, w 5, nb 1) 7 Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 134

Did not bat J Blackwood, D Bernard, D Vettori, N Miller Fall of wickets 1-55 (Walton), 2-57 (Gayle), 3-72 (Voges), 4-107 (Russell), 5-107 (Bonner), 6-134 (Taylor) Bowling: Mohammad Hafeez 4-0-19-1, Beaton 4-0-41-0,Santokie 4-0-22-1, Stewart 1-0-8-0, Neesham 3-0-26-1, Narine 4-0-17-1.

Guyana Amazon Warriors innings L Simmons not out 71 M Guptill not out 66 Extras (w 1) 1 Total (0 wickets; 14.5 overs) 138 Did not bat Mohammad Hafeez, D Ramdin*†, J Neesham, C Barnwell, N Stewart, V Permaul, S Narine, K Santokie, R Beaton.

Bowling:Vettori 3-0-24-0, Bernard 1-0-8-0, Taylor 3-036-0, Theron 3.5,0-35-0, Miller 2-0-19-0, Russell 2-016-0.

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2014 WICB REGIONAL U-19 C’SHIPS

Accolades for Regional Under-19 champions Guyana - Tagenarine Chanderpaul crowned MVP of thre—day tournament

Proud champions Guyana with skipper Brian Sattaur holding the Regional Under-19 trophy. Seated at front row form left are GCB treasurer Anand Kalladeen, Director of Sport Neil Kumar, GCB president Drubahadur and Secretary Anand Sanasie. (Photos by Adrian Narine).

Man-of-the-Match Lendl Simmons was unbeaten on 71

By Calvin Roberts HAVING claimed their first Regional three- day Under-19 title in seven years less than two weeks ago, champions Guyana on Wednesday night at a simple cocktail reception hosted by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) on behalf of the West Indies Cricket Board, received accolades for their triumph at the Georgetown Cricket Club pavilion.

West Indies Under-19 and first class opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul was declared the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) after amassing a total of 247 runs at an average of 61.75, while Leeward Islands fast bowler Alzarri Joseph, who also played for the West Indies at the Under-19 level, was named Most Promising fast bowler.

Prior to the distri-

Warriors destroy Tallawahs to storm into CPL final The promising Tagenarine Chanderpaul receives the MVP Trophy from GCB secretary Anand Sanasie. bution of the above mentioned prizes and others, Director of Sport Neil Kumar and president of the GCB Drubahadur delivered brief remarks, with Secretary of the GCB Anand Sanasie

moving the vote of thanks.

Kumar showered praise on the GCB for their sterling efforts amidst trying times to ensure the game of cricket did not suffer in Guyana, saying ‘It was a glorious

year for the game amidst the hiccups faced off the field.”

He added, “Our teams had good training prior to the start of the various competitions they entered.

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts, (CMC) – Guyana Amazon Warriors stormed into the finals of the Caribbean Premier League after a stunning 10 wicket mauling of Jamaica Tallawahs in the second-semi-final here yesterday.

Blistering half centuries from openers Lendl Simmons and Martin Guptill ripped the fight out of the Tallawahs, sending the defending champions crashing

out of the tournament and making way for new champions to be crowned.

Simmons and Guptill tore the Tallawahs bowling apart to be unbeaten on 71 and 66 respectively as the Warriors reached 138 in 14.5 overs without losing a wicket after the former champions were restricted to 134 for six in their 20 overs at Warner Park.

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