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Attorney-General says...

Opposition on ‘desperate fishing expedition’ against Dr. Singh Page

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Minister Anil Nandlall

––Constitutional compliance can never violate criminal law

PPP rededicates Hymotie wants to go home and rest Michael Forde 10 her broken leg 2 Bookstore ––patiently awaiting relatives & Internet Café to pick her up at GPHC Page

––on 50th Death Anniversary of dedicated former employee

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At Ballot Box Martyrs memorial ...

‘Fireball’ sets Berbice ablaze with call to action

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PPP General Secretary, Mr Clement Rohee unveils the plaque of Michael Forde at yesterday’s rededication ceremony of the Michael Forde Bookshop and Internet Café (Photo by Cullen Bess-Nelson)

––urges womenfolk to come out against oppression

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Hymotie wants to go home and rest her broken leg

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––patiently awaiting relatives to pick her up at GPHC

By Shirley Thomas

A SIXTY-FIVE-YEAROLD pensioner, who suffered a fractured right leg while on her way to the General Post Office Corporation (GPO) to uplift her pension

last Friday, has since been warded at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), unknown to her relatives.

Hymotie Bisnauth, who lives at Parfait Harmonie with her daughter, Maharanie

Singh and son-in-law Rudolph Singh would like them to know that she has been in hospital for the last six days and was discharged yesterday.

She is, however, waiting to be picked up by them before today is out.

The beleaguered woman recalls that last Friday she had just gotten out of the speed boat at the Transport and Harbours wharf at Stabroek, when as she was walking outside the market, a car drove over her right

instep. She cried out in pain, alerting the driver to what had happened, and he reversed but this time hit the leg higher up, resulting in her sustaining a fracture.

At the time, she was walking along with a woman, who had earlier introduced herself as Elvie Joseph, and her grandchild.

The driver opened the door and the injured woman sat down on the seat, along with Joseph and her grandchild. He drove them to the Accident and Emergency Unit of the GPHC, but on arriving there, dropped them off and disappeared. She therefore has no particulars about him or his car, since she was writhHymotie Bisnauth: Discharged and waiting to be picked up from hospital ing in pain and the other woman was assisting her to get in and out of the car.

All she could remember she said, was that, “The porter bring me in wid de chair, and he (the driver) go lang he way.

He never come back.” She says, however, that she would remember his face anywhere she sees him.

Fortunately, she has been able to retain her pension book, identification and other business cards, but never managed to reach the post office to uplift her pension.

Hymotie said her daughter and son-in-law are probably of the view that she had uplifted her pension, then diverted in an attempt to spend some time with other relatives, which she would regularly do.

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Attorney-General says...

Opposition on ‘desperate fishing expedition’ against Dr. Singh ––Constitutional compliance can never violate criminal law

By Vanessa Narine CONTRARY to claims by members of the combined Opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC), the Executive’s exercise of its Constitutional powers can never lead to a Constitutional crisis.

According to Attorney-General (AG) and Minster of Legal Affairs, Mr. Anil Nandlall, “The term ‘Constitutional crisis’ is one that the Opposition banters around because it sounds politically sexy and perhaps misleadingly intelligent. The fact is that this Government has taken no action that breached the supreme law of Guyana but in fact and to the contrary has acted in scrupulous compliance with express provisions of the Constitution.”

He further told the Guyana Chronicle in an invited comment yesterday, “Indeed, if they are so convinced that the Government has acted in violation Minister Anil Nandlall

of the Constitution, then the Constitution itself mandates them to seek legal recourse in the Courts. The daily dose of diatribe in the press will not bring forth the remedy or the recourse for which they clamour.”

He cited as examples of their daily lamentations the brouhaha created in the press in relation to the Finance Minister’s restoration of the Budgetary Cuts, and then laying a Statement of Expenses before the National Assembly, and the President not assenting to some Bills passed by the National Assembly.

“In both instances, the Finance Minister and the President acted in accordance with expressly outlined procedure provided in the Constitution, respectively,” Minister Nandlall

‘The term ‘Constitutional crisis’ is one that the Opposition banters around because it sounds politically sexy and perhaps misleadingly intelligent. The fact is that this Government has taken no action that breached the supreme law of Guyana but in fact and to the contrary has acted in scrupulous compliance with express provisions of the Constitution’

said, adding: “When the Executive exercises the powers that are constitutionally vested in it, we hear screams of constitutional crisis being created. How can a ‘constitutional crisis’ be created by exercising powers that are prescribed by the Constitution?”

To bolster his argument, Minister Nandlall quoted Article 218 (3) of the Constitution which reads: “The Minister responsible for Finance or any other Minister designated by the President shall cause to be prepared and laid before the National Assembly, before or within ninety days, after the commencement of each financial year estimate of the revenues and expenditure of Guyana for that year.

“If in respect of any financial year it is found: (a) that the amount appropriated by the Appropriation Act for any purpose is insufficient or that a need has arisen for expenditure for a purpose for which no amount has been appropriated by that Act; or, “(b) that any moneys have been expended for any purpose in excess of the amount appropriated for that purpose by the Appropriation Act or for a purpose for which no amount has been appropriated by that Act, a supplementary estimate or, as the case may be, a statement See page 11

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Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 295 people Israel orders ground reported shot down near Ukraine-Russia border offensive in Gaza; heavy (Yahoo News) A MALAYSIA Airlines passenger plane en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam and carrying 295 people was reported shot down near the UkraineRussia border Thursday.

Both government officials and pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied responsibility.

An aide to Ukraine’s interior minister quoted

by Interfax said the total number of dead in the crash of Flight MH17 was more than 300 and includes 23 U.S. citizens. An Associated Press reporter at the scene reported seeing at least 22 bodies.

The head of Ukrainian’s emergency services told Reuters that search efforts at the scene of the crash were being hampered by “armed terrorists.”

In brief comments made in Delaware Thursday afternoon, President Barack Obama called the crash a “terrible tragedy.” He added the White House was aware of reports of American fatalities and was working

shelling on border

Armed pro-Russian separatists stand at the site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014. The Malaysian airliner Flight MH-17 was brought down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising the stakes in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels in which Russia and the West back opposing sides. (REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev ) to determine whether there were U.S. citizens on board.

Anton Gerashenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, wrote on Facebook that the plane was flying at an altitude 33,000 feet when it was hit by a missile fired from a Buk launcher.

Separatist leader Andrei Purgin told the AP that he was certain Ukrainian troops had shot the plane down,

but did not say why he was certain. Witnesses quoted by Russian media outlets said they saw a plane being hit by what they thought was a rocket, according to the news service.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Ukraine’s military was not responsible for the reported attack, which he called an “act of terror.”

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“We do not exclude that this plane was shot down, and we stress that the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not take action against any airborne targets,” Poroshenko said. “We are sure that those who are guilty in this tragedy will be held responsible.”

Malaysian Airlines earlier tweeted that it lost contact with Flight MH17 over Ukrainian airspace:

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(Reuters) - ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday instructed the military to begin a ground offensive in Gaza, an official statement from his office said.

Reuters witnesses and Gaza residents reported heavy artillery and naval shelling and helicopter fire along the Gaza border.

“The prime minister and defense minister have instructed the IDF (Israel Defence Force) to begin a ground operation tonight in order to hit the terror tunnels from Gaza into Israel,” the statement said.

Israel and Palestinian militants in the densely populated enclave have been fighting a cross border war for 10 days.

The Israeli military says Gaza militants have fired more than 1,300 rockets into Israel. Palestinian health officials say 233 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air and naval strikes. One Israeli

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civilian has been killed by fire from Gaza.

A statement from the Israeli military said the operation will include “infantry, armored corps, engineer corps, artillery and intelligence combined with aerial and naval support.”

Before dawn on Thursday, about a dozen Palestinian fighters tunneled under the border, emerging near an Israeli community. At least one was killed when Israeli aircraft bombed the group, the military said.

On Thursday night, loud thuds and flashes of orange light lit the sky in the eastern Gaza strip as Israeli gunboats fired shells and tracer fire, while artillery and helicopters fired over the border, Reuters witnesses on both sides of the border said.

Gaza residents and medical officials reported heavy shelling along the eastern borders from the southern town of Rafah up to the north of the enclave.

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Bruce lashes US –

Former PM claims America has no moral authority to penalise Jca for human-rights abuse

Proximity to the US considerably boosted Soviet monitoring of American communications

Putin denies Russia plans to reopen spy base in Cuba (BBC News) RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has denied reports that he made a deal with Cuba to reopen an electronic listening post on the Caribbean island.

The Lourdes base near Havana was used by the Soviets to spy on the US during the Cold War. Speaking at the Brics summit in Brazil, Mr Putin said Russia could “meet its defence needs without this component”.

Russia’s Kommersant newspaper had earlier re-

ported that Russia and Cuba had agreed to reopen the spy facility.

Mr Putin closed the base in 2001, citing concerns over its cost.

The paper said the deal to make the base operational again had been reached during Mr Putin’s visit to Cuba last week.

A Russian security source quoted by Reuters news agency had confirmed the Kommersant report, saying “a framework agreement” had been agreed.

The Lourdes base began

operations in 1967 and provided intelligence for Soviet state security bodies. It also handled secret communications for the Soviet navy.

In Soviet times some 3,000 specialists worked there, then in the 1990s Russia reduced the staff by about half. Kommersant said staffing on that level would not be required now, because of improvements in technology.

The base was converted into a university after the Russians left. It is now the University of Information Sciences (UCI).

Reopening Lourdes itself would always have been out of the question, says the BBC’s Sarah Rainsford in Havana.

Russia is planning to help build a new civilian airport next to the site of the old spy base.

When Russia shut the base in 2001 the annual cost - the rent paid to Cuba - was $200m (£115m).

Cuba was a Cold War hotspot. The crisis over Soviet missiles in Cuba in 1962 almost escalated into nuclear war.

Top Cop condemns soldiers’ actions

(Trinidad Guardian) ACTING Police Commissioner Stephen Williams is condemning soldiers going out on patrols and carrying out operations on their own. He also made it clear there was a role for the Police Service and another role for the Defence Force, adding that it was illegal for soldiers to wear masks and carry out searches.

Over the last two weeks there have been numerous complaints by members of the public, especially those who live in “hot spot” areas, of soldier abuse. Since the June 29 shooting death of Lance Cpl Kayode Thomas Laventille residents have claimed soldiers were patrolling, searching were “arresting” people without police officers present. At a press briefing held at the Police Administration Building yesterday, Williams said he was aware of these complaints, and also expressed concern.

“What has been happening over the last two

weeks, I personally, as the head of the Police Service, I have concerns. I have similar concerns which you share. I have brought those concerns to the attention of

the chief of Defence Staff (Major Gen Kenrick Maharaj) and he has given me the assurance that he has not authorised any soldier to carry out any operations,”

Williams said. Williams said he had been out of the country for the last nine days and it was unfair for people to complain about his silence on the issue.

Bruce Golding (Jamaica Gleaner) FORMER Prime Minister Bruce Golding has come out swinging against the United States, declaring that nation lacks the moral authority to cite human-rights abuses as reasons to withdraw support to the Jamaican security forces.

Golding said there was no evidence that outgoing Police Commissioner Owen Ellington was involved in such abuses or failed to take action against those who carried out extrajudicial activities.

Speaking Wednesday on Power 106 FM radio talk show, ‘Cliff Hughes On-line’, the former prime minister said the US has a long history of carrying out heinous actions against other countries which are

tantamount to human rights abuses.

Referring to the US as a country that has reserved on to itself “the right to dispatch drones to go and extrajudicially kill persons who it alleges to be terrorists and in the process kill civilians including children”, Golding said the US has no basis to lambaste other countries for alleged human-rights violations.

Golding stressed that these violations have largely gone unpunished.

“The numbers vary, but they have ranged between 200 and up to 1,000 persons who have been killed by drone strikes, these persons were never given their day in court, never able to say ‘no, is mistake yuh mek, is not true’,” Golding stated.

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President has fruitful talks with Indian, Chinese colleagues ––At BRICS meet in Brazil

PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar has described as positive his meeting on Wednesday evening with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and China’s President Xi Jinping in neighbouring Brazil.

He said that not only was he satisfied with the positive outcomes of their discussions, but that efforts will be made to further strengthen whatever economic, social, cultural and other types of relations exist between Guyana and each of the two countries.

President Ramotar was in neighbouring Brazil for the sixth BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit which concluded yesterday. He was accompanied by Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh.

While there, he requested the help of Indian experts in exploring Guyana’s hydrocarbon resources, a burgeoning sector, as well for its legal sector.

Guyana and India already enjoy a very high level of co-operation

in the areas of infrastructure development, mining, and information technology, and the latter has been offering the former lines of credit on a regular basis. The two leaders have expressed their desire to build even further on these areas of cooperation.

China and Guyana also have strong ties in the fields of infrastructure, mining, forestry, banking, construction and shipping.

Both leaders have also committed to building on their relationship in these and other emerging sectors.

The leaders of the BRICS held closed-door talks in Brasilia with counterparts from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and other Latin American nations.

The gathering follows a BRICS-only summit Monday in the seaside city of Fortaleza, where the five nations agreed to the creation of a $50B Bank for infrastructure projects, and a $100B crisis reserve fund which has been nicknamed “a miniIMF.”

President Donald Ramotar and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their meeting on Wednesday evening

PPP rededicates Michael Forde Bookstore & Internet Café ––on 50th Death Anniversary of dedicated former employee

By Shirley Thomas

After the package was detected by Michael Forde and others on duty in the store, Forde was advised to take it outside of the building. Once outside the bookstore, Forde opened up the package and the device exploded, killing him instantly.

It was a sombre moment, as a hardworking and dedicated young man had innocently lost his life in the execution of his duties.

Also in the building at the time were Mrs. Janet Jagan and others, who were on the upper floor of the building but escaped THE People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday held a Comharm. memorative Re-dedication of the Michael Forde Book Store Rohee, who, from its inception, has had an abiding interest and Internet Café on the occasion of the 50th anniversary in the newly rededicated project, was actively involved in its of the ‘bomb blasting’ of Michael Forde, an employee of the spearheading, and worked dedicatedly to bring it to fruition. initial bookstore, on July 17, 1964.

He also gave a brief history of Freedom House, which The ceremony was held outside the facility, located houses the Party’s headquarters, noting that it is under Freedom House, the official headquarters of the now at its fifth location since its establishment in PPP at Lot 41 Robb Street, Lacytown, Georgetown.

1950. The first semi-headquarters of the PPP, he Highpoint of the programme was Prime Minister Samuel said, was at Dr. Cheddi Jagan’s Dental Surgery in Hinds’ unveiling of a massive portrait of Forde, who had Charlotte Street, the location where leaders met been killed by subversive elements at the tender age of 22. to make important party decisions. It was later The chairman of the proceedings noted that the Party relocated to Gimpex Building on Regent Street; was rededicating an important landmark in Guyana’s then, in 1953, to a small building in James Street, history, since it was exactly 50 years ago that the facility, Albuoystown; after which it was removed to initially the Progressive Bookstore, was renamed the Wellington Street; then finally to an old Masonic Michael Forde Bookstore after Forde had been killed by building on Robb Street, which was purchased and an explosive device planted in the very store. refurbished. That building, developed by the late PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee, in his adBrindley Benn, was dubbed a House of Freedom dress to the gathering, recalled the gruesome events on and Struggles. the ill-fated morning of July 17, 1964 when, at around Meanwhile, yesterday’s re-dedication pro10:30am. a man purporting to be a customer entered the gramme was spiced with a tribute in song by Ms. bookstore with a neatly wrapped package in his hand, Shermaine Critchlow. and requested a book which had cost five cents, although The Bookstore continues to offer for sale writthe bookstore sold progressive books and progressive ings by Founder and General Secretary of the PPP, literature.

Dr. Cheddi Jagan, and wife Mrs. Janet Jagan. There The stranger paid for the book with a one-dollar bill, are also other educational works of history. and the salesperson handed the book over to him, then It also boasts an Internet Café with six comproceeded to make his change, but the man, whose name puter stations, as well as a mini conference room was later determined to be Emmanuel Fairbain, left the Ms. Gail Teixeira, Member of the Central Executive of the Party, cuts equipped with lectern and a large flat-screen package on the counter and hurried away from the scene. the ceremonial ribbon (Photos by Cullen Bess-Nelson) television.

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Opposition on ‘desperate fishing ...

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of excess showing the sums required or spent shall be laid before the Assembly by the Minister responsible for finance or any other Minister designated by the President.”

As the Minister went on to say, “Any person who is functionally literate, and who is aware of the facts, would quickly realise that the Minister of Finance acted in conformity with procedure set out in Article 218 (3) above.

“This very provision was interpreted by the Honourable Chief Justice in both of his written rulings in the Budget Cut case. In that case, I requested an Order, directing the Minister of Finance to restore the monies cut from the 2012 Budget. In declining to make the Order against the Minister of Finance, the Chief Justice pointed in his ruling to Article 218 (3), and stated that the discretionary power to restore the monies cut from the Budget is vested in the Minister in Article 218 (3); therefore, it is up to the Minister whether he would exercise the power or not. Were the Court to order him to do so to restore the Budget Cut, the Court would be guilty of usurping the power of the Minister of Finance, which 218 (3) of the Constitution solely resides in him.”

FISHING EXPEDITION He summed it all up saying: “Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan’s, Mr. Carl Greenidge’s and Mr. Joe Harmon’s rantings must therefore be construed as a desperate fishing expedition against the Minister of Finance, with a hope that they catch something.”

As for Ramjattan’s claim that the Minister of Finance committed a criminal offence, Minister Nandlall said: “Mr. Ramjattan has appointed himself investigator, judge, jury and executioner, all rolled up in one. In all of his wild utterances in the press, he is yet to cite which section of which criminal statute has been contravened by the Minister of Finance.

“As a lawyer, that is the first thing one would expect him to do. In my view, it is simply legally impossible for a person to act in compliance with the Constitution, and by that very action violate the criminal law.”

Wondering aloud whether Mr. Ramjattan was just playing to the public gallery or whether he is serious, the Attorney-General said: “If he is serious, as a colleague in the legal profession, I can’t help but worry for him. The very Mr. Ramjattan, his Party and the APNU all said nothing when the Minister of Finance, in identical circumstances, did the identical thing in the year 2012 and 2013. Are they now telling the nation that they were asleep for two years?”

DUPLICITOUS And, charging that the opposition’s cries of “constitutional crisis” were duplicitous, Minister Nandlall said: “The Opposition voiced the possibility of moving a no-confidence vote against the current Administration, and you did not hear the Government cry ‘constitutional crisis’.

It is because it is their constitutional right.

“However, when the Government exercises its constitutional powers, it is met with the hysteric cry of ‘constitutional crisis’.

Not a single time have they questioned these acts of alleged gross constitutional violations in the Courts, although they have threatened to do so on innumerable occasions.

“The reason is that they don’t have a case, and they were so advised by those who know better.”

Missing fishermen update..

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Captain’s initial story not holding water

––Relatives find one body, three still unaccounted for

By Leroy Smith LOCAL investigators may now be paying even more attention to the lone survivor, the captain of the Guyanese vessel that was allegedly attacked in Surinamese waters by pirates last week.

The Guyana Chronicle was informed that during yesterday’s search of the Mahaica foreshore, triggered by discovery of the ill-fated vessel in the same vicinity earlier this week, relatives of the missing crewmen stumbled upon the body of Andrew Goopie, erasing all of the boat captain’s claims that the alleged piracy attack had occurred in Surinamese waters. The body was clad only in a brief, and its parts were evidently not tied up, clearly contradicting the information which the captain had given to investigators.

The captain, still in Suriname according to information reaching the Guyana Chronicle, has been con-

vincing investigators there that he and the other four men had been attacked and beaten by pirates, who later chopped and tied up the other crew members before throwing them overboard.

He was, however, never able to explain how he was really able to get away from the more than four pirates who had reportedly carried out the attack without any of them going after him, although he did say that he had plunged overboard and had managed to swim away, and was later rescued by persons from that country.

The incident which occurred last week Tuesday was first reported to Guyanese officials not as a piracy attack, but that the crew members were missing.

However, the vessel which was reportedly attacked in Surinamese waters strangely showed up at the Mahaica foreshore after it had been seen drifting in that vicinity by other fishers earlier this week.

Crime Chief Leslie James did express to the Guyana Chronicle his concern that the vessel would strategically show up at that location after drifting, when the current and rough waters would have subsided.

James indicated to the Guyana Chronicle that the police were investigating the matter but were not able to get much out of the captain, since he was still in Suriname assisting police investigators there with their investigations.

The police were moving to question persons from the Mahaica and Mahaicony areas who are in the business of fishing to ascertain if they may have any information pertaining to the disappearance of the men and the appearance of their vessel in that area.

Now that the body of one of the men has been recovered at Mahaica in relatively close proximity to where the vessel had been discovered, the police are working with

The missing fisherman that was found the view that the incident may not have been a pirate attack, and that whatever the incident was, it did occur in Guyanese waters.

At the moment, the police have two persons in custody assisting with their investigations. The men are said to be from Berbice and Vryheid’s Lust respectively.

The family members of the missing crewmen are continuing their search for the other three persons. The captain’s account is that the men had been tied up before they were tossed into the water.

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At Ballot Box Martyrs memorial...

-urges womenfolk to come out against oppression

‘Fireball’ sets Be have more ‘Fireballs’ in Berbice... I have seen this passion in many of my sisters during our years of struggle for democracy,” she said, adding: “Like Bholanauth Parmanand and Jagan Ramessar, we must stand ready to confront the lawmen who are politically driven; if they want to lock me up again, I am here, and all women should take this stance to fight oppression...

“Big girls don’t cry! Let justice triumph, irrespective of the outcome... our martyrs are testimony to this fact!” she declared.

Executives of the PPP/C at the wreath-laying ceremony at the Number 66 cemetery

By Michael Khan ON the occasion of the 41st anniversary of the Ballot Box Martyrs, the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) held a wreath-laying ceremony and public meeting to honour their fallen comrades who paid the ultimate price in defence of democracy.

Bholanauth Parmanand, 45, and Jagan Ramessar, 17, were shot dead by members of the Guyana Defence Force on the evening of the general elections on July 16, 1973 outside of the polling station at Number 63 Village on the Corentyne, while demanding that the PPP votes be counted at the place of poll, or a Party agent be allowed to accompany the ballot boxes to wherever the military personnel were instructed to take them.

On Wednesday, a formal wreath-laying ceremony was held at the graves of the martyrs at the Number 66 cemetery, where homage was paid by members of the Central Executive Committee of the PPP/C, the Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO), political activists and relatives.

WE MUST HONOUR THEM At the public meeting, which was held at the monument site, Number 63 Village, PPP/C General Secretary and Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee

called on those in attendance to acknowledge the sacrifice of the martyrs who died in defence of the rights of PPP

and when this incident is spoken of, it does not mean anything to some people; they just do not connect to

called upon her womenfolk to stand up for democracy.

“They call me the ‘Fireball’ and it will continue because, we are going to

COME CLEAN PPP/C Member of Parliament(MP), Dr. Vishwa Mahadeo, who was part of the gathering when the horrific event took place, urged the fair-sized gathering to hold on to the events of the past and learn the lessons of the dark days in the history of Guyana.

He said: “All that we were asking for is ... that our ballots be counted right here at the polling station, so that the PPP votes will not be ‘baptized’ and become PNC

Minister Rohee votes.”

Dr. Mahadeo added: “Such a simple and fair request resulted in the fatal shooting of our two young comrades by the Burnham regime .... if the nation ignores this event, it would be a grave injustice to the martyrs.”

Another PPP/C Member of Parliament, Faizal

‘...we must stand ready to confront the lawmen who are politically driven; if they want to lock me up again, I am here.

And all women should take this stance to fight oppression... Big girls don’t cry! Let justice triumph, irrespective of the outcome! Our martyrs are testimony to this fact!’ supporters.

“These are our heroes, and we must honour them because they paid the ultimate price by giving their lives so that we can enjoy the benefits of democracy ... If they had not done so, our history would have been different,” he said.

Rohee declared that the names of the martyrs would forever be etched in the annals of Guyana’s history, and that the nation should never ignore their sacrifice.

“These men died while trying to prevent the PNC from mixing up the votes and changing them in the ballot box ... but a lot of people today do not know about this,

the history of this country,” he said, adding: “Any person or nation that does not connect to their history is sadly lacking…”

BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY PPP/C stalwart, Mrs. Philomena Sahoye-Shury took to the podium while chanting, “Fire! Fire!” as she greeted her womenfolk and delivered fiery remarks that invoked periodic applause.

“These two men (the martyrs) knew the crookery and the insult of Man’s intelligence... which is why they sought to protect the ballot boxes,” she asserted.

Shury re-defined herself as the ‘Fireball’ when she

Part of the gathering at th

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erbice ablaze with call to action ‘They call me the ‘Fireball’ and it will continue because, we are going to have more ‘Fireballs’ in Berbice... I have seen this passion in many of my sisters during our years of struggle for democracy’

e makes a point at the public meeting Jafarally then made a vociferous call on the political opposition to “set the record straight.”

“It is time that the PNC, under the disguise of APNU .... come clean and tell the nation about who is responsible for the death of these two young men,” he encouraged.

Also in attendance at

the event was the Executive Secretary of the PPP Zulfikar Mustapha, who mingled and held several discussions among the gathering as he sought to encourage supporters to focus on the developmental plans of the PPP/C administration and not to be distracted by the ‘naysayers and doomsayers’.

he public meeting at Number 63 Village

Mrs. Philomena Sahoye-Shury during her fiery presentation

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DIVYA SIEUDARSAN DID GUYANA PROUD

She’s appealing and captivating

--at Miss India Worldwide 2014

D i v y a Sieudarsan, the Guyanese Temptress who turned heads at Miss India Worldwide 2014

IT is my own opinion that Guyanese need to move away from the callous attitude of not celebrating our beauty queens when they would not have placed well in the international pageants.

If we should only be honest with ourselves, we would agree that, ever so often, our girls, who are excellent beauty ambassadors, may not have placed for reasons beyond their control.

Considering that past competitors may have, through their naïve actions, put other promising local contestants at a disadvantage, I’d better not expound here on this issue…

Not so long ago, the delightful and versatile Divya Sieudarsan represented Guyana at the 2014 Miss India Worldwide pageant, and although she did not place in the final five, she still remains a hot topic on the lips of practically everyone with whom she had come into contact.

So well did she shine like a rare Guyanese diamond that all the other girls, obviously green with envy, were reluctant to interact with her. (Don’t we recall the ‘bitch fights’ of the species that unfurl at these pageants?)

She was always the centre of attraction, and was flocked by eager photographers at every interval for photo opps. This did not go down very well with her competition, but should we be penalized for producing exquisite Guyanese beauties?

Away with the envious gathering that dared to shoot venomous daggers at our enchanting temptresses!!!

On the Safari in Dubai, Divya was an untamed wonder, fusing her excellent good looks with the ‘call of the wild’ to ignite a provocative fire so scorching that it scourged her lagging opponents and blazed a trail none could ever follow.

She did great justice to the Sonia Noel (veteran Guyanese designer) pieces that were part of her lavish wardrobe, and was a ‘midnight wonder’ in evening gowns by local designer Randy Madray.

And this diva was certainly prepared for the stage,

This girl was certainly on fire

fetching a fifty-pound suitcase of marvellous shoes as she pranced, pivoted and sashayed to the delight of her many admirers.

Though she is a bit disappointed in not placing at this forum, Divya has returned with a wealth of experience, and would certainly relive the experience if given the chance.

She advises potential queens to believe in themselves, completely ignore the negatives, and strive to do their best always.

Chandini Rambalak reminisces GUYANESE franchise holder Chandini Rambalack was all high praise for the queen, and made the following declarations to Bombshell.

“As franchise holder, I am very proud of Miss India

Guyana 2014, Ms. Divya Sieudarsan, as she continued the path led by the previous Miss India Guyana Queens.

She represented Guyana at her very best, and did her country very proud at Miss India Worldwide in Dubai.

“From the first day, Divya stood out among the remaining contestants as she was prepared day by day with wardrobe co-ordination, stunning beauty showcase, composure, and great personality, which made her a very brave and confident contestant.

Her wardrobe, being completed by local designers Sonia Noel and Randy Madray, just added as positive factors to her continuous dazzle.

In my view and opinion, from experiences from previous pageants, this particular competition was not as strong; and I was personally disappointed that Miss India Guyana did not place in the top ten finalists. She delivered well on stage and stood out among her competitors.”

“On a final note, I would like to thank Travel Span Airlines for their undying support, as well as Air Services Ltd.” Ms Rambalack was also grateful for the support of Guyana’s entourage: Seema Ali, Seon Barrington, Sonia Noel, and Randy Madray, Shavy, Dereck Moore, Lynette Mangar, Karishma Narwani and Aagman Restaurant.

She bestowed gratitude on Padmini Rambalak for planning and organizing the Ms. Sieudarsan Meet & Greet Event and Press Conference in New York, along with Beni’s Restaurant, the performers and all the Guyanese media that supported the queen.

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Entertainment Roundup

What the people say about the Entertainment Bombshell

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ITH several attacks coming our way recently from our so-called competition, Bombshell took to the streets to get the ready opinions of some of our many loyal fans, and the findings were truely amazing. Mind you this is just a sprinkling of the persons with whom we interacted. As the weeks go by we will bring you the opinions of the general public as they talk aboutan entertainment supplement that really matters..... about me. Come on people, whethe r the Bombs hell speaks good or bad about me, I still feel special, because I know that if you’re anybody who is somebody and you are not being talked about on Bombs hell, then you are nobody!

The Bombs hell reminds me of the Wendy Show, and it keeps us entertained and gives us updates on what is going Shell on ‘Shel ly G’ on around town: Who’s Garraway (International hot and who’s not. Ha! Ha! Ha! I love it! Keep Recording Artiste) It’s different, THE Bombshell is some- it up, Alex! does it like else one no and thing I look forward to evhell.

Bombs the talks it if ery Friday, even Limac ol/New GPC Inc. says that Mr. Alex Wayne deserves the highest praise for promoting the careers of many young persons, by using Bombshell to provide exposure for their talents and to motiva te them so that, for the first time, there is a means through which they could reach the public.

She feels that, too often, the philanthropic efforts of young reporters like Alex go unnoticed, and she wants Kath erina Rosh ana to take this opportunity to G u y a n a do what he has been doing (Miss 2013) Universe for so many young people through his Bombshell Miss Kathe rina Rosha - spread in the newspapers; na: Miss Guyana Universe that is: to bring to the pub2013; Miss Guyana Uni- lic’s attention his tireless verse 2013 Best Smile; efforts at promoting young Lady of Substance Media artistes in Guyana.

Awardee 2013; Miss GuyMr. Wayne ’s Bombana India 2013; Miss India shell articles are written Worldwide Most Beauti- in catchy, witty terms that ful Skin; Miss Limac ol/ make for good entertainNew GPC Inc; Internation- ment and reading, while at al Ambas sador of Peace the same time succinc tly (United Peace Federation), highlighting the talents and would like to comme nd virtues of young people Alex Wayne for what he who, if it weren’t for him, is doing for young people would never have reached all across Guyana through the public’s attention. his article s in the “EnMiss Kather ina Rotertain ment Bombs hell”, shana says to Mr. Alex usually publish ed in the Wayne : “Keep up the Friday issue of the Guyana good work, even though Chronicle. your kind of altruism is Alex Wayne has been seldom ever reward ed. instrumental in promoting Like that great Greek and highlighting the careers orator Cicero once said, of many young entertainers “Non nobis solum nati and people involved in the sumus.” (We are not born music industry and the arts. for ourselves alone) Miss Kather ina/Mi ss

GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday July 18, 2014 plement. I have found it quite positively different and quite interesting after reading an edition for the first time back in 2013.

Alex, I think you’ve done a wonderful job in keeping the pages ‘hot’, whi le at the sam e tim e pro mo ting and sho wKhan Michael casing the talents of the (Freelance Journalist): Guyana Chronicle outfit.

I hav e nev er real ly Kudos to you, Alex and the rest of the pro ducbeen a fan of the enterl unti tion team at the Guyana tain men t indu stry erEnt the of Chroni cle. Kee p it up, the arrival supll bshe Bom t boss. men tain

in that it also features topical issues that are revolving in our society today. The writing flair is superb, and I do not go a week without a copy to dig in on the gossip, or the ‘You shouldn’t do That’ column.

The Bombs hell has certain ly added much glitz and creativity to the daily newspaper, and has Sonia Noel (Veteran created quite a stir across Guyana.

Guyanese Designer) This is fantas tic, I have just got to hand and I must comme nd it to the Guyana Chronthe folks at the Guyana icle -- the Bombshell is Chron icle for makin g certainly the best! This such a move. None can supplement is ‘real entertop the Bombshell; it’s tainment’, and is different definitely the best!!!

Mark Pierre (Radio Personality) The Entertainment Bombshell is a must-have item for me on Fridays.

If I do not get to read it, I feel as if something is definitely missing.

Alex’s command of the English language and his writing style are certainly unmatched in Guyana.

I say the Guyana

Chronicle is surely lucky to have him amongst their midst. Knowi ng that he has come from a broken, povert y-stric ken home, his mother must be surely proud of his good works.

Let’s get real here, folks. When we are talking about local entertainment, the Bombs hell brings it like none one else can!

And Alex never fails to display his ‘A’ Game at all times.

I am more than pleased that another excellent writer with intriguin g style is born to the media fraternity.

Good work, Chronicle!!!

The Entertainment Bombs hell has done real justice to ‘Guyanese Entertainment’, and admirably gives coverage to every ethnic group. I love the way the Bombshell crew takes time out to travel far and wide, and feature events that are Chandini Rambalack happening great distances.

(Fran chise Holde r, While not every newsMiss Guya na India paper does that, those people Worldwide Pageant) on the outskirts of the city deEver so often we pick up serve a little recognition too.

And man, the Gossip piecthe newspaper, expecting to the ‘Tell it like it Is’ colenterand the es by up be stirred tainment aspect of it, and umns are items to die for, lol!!!

Thumb s up to Alex all we can get is updates on ds, and to the rest of the weeken Wayne for where to party and in some cases a few lame production team that has brought us the ‘real deal!’ attempts at features.

the entertainment fraternity has been waiting for, and knowing my boy Alex was behind it all, I just know it had to be good. The fashion parade page and the gossip corner had me doubling over with laughter.

This supplement is different, and satisfie s the reading desires of practiJackie Hanover cally anyone. It’s creative, (Local singer) and anyone can relate to it.

And the writing flair he The first time I picked is none like ever seen uses up a copy of the Bombbefore. my d shell, I just laughe Everyone rushes head off. Actually, a friend on Fridays to get about of mine from UG was goof the Bombshell; copy a and ing on and on about it, me, I am always trust and bought I ty curiosi out of many swarmthe among a copy when it began in per stands newspa the ing 2013. done Well mine. get to e m a c e b I y l Instant Alex! hooked on it. This was what and jungle areas to the coastal belt. Be it the Corentyne Coast or the Essequibo, village pageants and commu nity pagean ts are always highlighted.

The Guyana Bombshell concen trates not only on beauties, but also on local talents, highlighting our musicians, Roshan Khan – CEO/our calypso nians, and F o u n d e r o f R K ’ sour budding singers of Group of Companies;romanc e and chutne y Ambassador of Peace,and even our artistic and Guyanese patriot dancers.

Mr. Alex Wayne ’s I am very respectful ability to articulate on of the Chronicle newsGuyane se of skill and paper for its professional beauty displays his ng. reporti and outlook ability and penchant to Howev er, the Friday ’s market Guyana internaSpecia l of Bombs hell tionally, to give recogis one of my favourites nition interna tionall y among st the variou s to our local stars. The printed media of Guymedia is now available ana. interna tionally via the With all the reportInternet.

Then he does so at ing of crimes, accidents, murder s, and genera lly times in our local Enbad but important news, glish dialect (patoir / the Bombshell is like a patwa/ creole) and this breath of fresh air, enexpose s his ability to tertaining and insightful, utilize language to create with laughter, and smiles humour/comedy and infrom our stars, which it tense riveting attention.

I am pleased to say seems is the main agenda of the Bombshell -- enterthat his command of the tainment and exposure of English language at this our talents. time in Guyana is an exI find the Bombshell ample to our students to extremely patriotic in that emulate, as it is known it gives maximum support that the standa rds of to our local stars, old and grammar and use of voparticularly the youths. It cabulary, even spelling, does not only give expoare extremely limited.

Alex Wayne has the sure and encouragement, but even fires them to rise ability to be a speech to great heights as stars writer, in my opinion , locally and at the internafor high Government and tional level. political persons, even I have observ ed its diplomatic ones.

It is time the Guysuppor t and motiva tion goes not only to beauty ana Media, or at least queens of the nation the Government, award al level prepar ing for Mr. Alex Wayne in speinterna tional pagean ts, cial recognition of his but it supports pagtalents, professionalism eants throug hout Guyand articulation of the ana, from the interio r Guyanese culture.

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Showcasing the hottest of the hottest for Miss Jamzone Int’l 2014…

Dannyele Leslie

Dannyele Leslie, beauty queen of Barbados LET’s meet Miss Jamzone Barbados, Dannyele Leslie, who is a vibrant 25-yearold with an impressive line of special awards received for accomplishments she

managed to attain, including Valedictorian 2004; Most Outstanding Debater (Gavel Club President) 2002, 2003, 2004; Outstanding Academic

Dave Martins to perform at live show and garden party in Guyana Dave Martins

THE Promenade Gardens will come alive on Saturday, July 19, when the Global Friendships Foundation hosts its second ‘Dave Martins Live Show and Garden Party’.

Hundreds of persons are expected to flock the breezy, shady and breathtaking gardens on Middle Street, Georgetown to be part of the garden party, which has now become an annual feature.

Headlining the Global Friendships Foundation’s afternoon of Caribbean music and cultural event will be none other than the iconic Dave Martins of the Tradewinds.

The Promenade will be transformed into a ‘tropical garden party’, complemented by amazing décor that will create the perfect ambience for this Caribbean signature event.

Patrons can get their tickets in advance from Gizmos and Gadgets Superstore on Wellington Street, and from Ashmin’s Shopping Mall in High Street, Georgetown.

Achievement 2004; winner of the National and Regional Optimist Oratorical Competitions 2004; highest exam mark in Barbados in the Royal Schools of Music Theory Exam 2001; Principal’s Award of Excellence 2005; Miss Jaycees Caribbean Queen 2009; and the list goes on.

Dannyele Leslie can also be considered a ‘Pageant Girl’, having competed in several pageants, including Miss Carnival, which she won in 2013. She also entered Miss Barbados World and placed first runner up.

Dannyele considers herself an “old soul” who enjoys music from the Bee Gees, Air Supply and Whitney Houston; and even enjoys singing herself! This young lady says she dreams of being successful in life, making her parents, community, country, and self proud, and ultimately building a legacy for those who follow.

Amy Stephen

Presenting Miss Jamzone St. Lucia

AT 20 years old, Amy Stephen is a full-time teacher pursuing a degree in theatre and marketing, as she dreams of working in these fields, either regionally or internationally.

Amy Stephen, who has a passion for singing and theatre, says she enjoys her leisure time improving her singing, and that she also possesses violinist and flutist skills.

Asked what she would like to see happen in the area of tourism in her country, Amy Stephen said: “I would like to see the industry become more holistic in terms of the partners involved”. She also said that her fellow St. Lucians make her most proud, and that she would promote the country’s human resources, as “mountains and trees can’t make you feel as welcome as a gesture from someone you’ve never met.”

Panwave Steelpan Academy presents ‘Moods of Pan’ at Umana Yana on July 20 THE Panwave Steelpan Academy will be hosting a fundraising concert of music, song and dance, featuring the dynamic songbird Leticha Greaves, Panwave Steel Orchestra, Parkside Steel Orchestra, and the talented National Dance Company.

Ten-year-old Vijay Sharma will also be presenting a solo on the single tenor pan.

The concert will be held on Sunday, July 20, at the Umana Yana, commencing at 16:00hrs.

Tickets costs have been set at $1000 for adults and $500 for children under twelve years of age. For ticket bookings, persons can call phone number 629-3143, or otherwise pay upon arrival.

All proceeds of this event will go towards the upcoming Panwave Steel Orchestra’s Performing Tour to Paramaribo, Suriname.

Background Information The Panwave Steelpan Academy was started by Parkside Steel Orchestra to provide music literacy training for students with the instrument of focus being the steel pan. Its current membership consists of thirty children between the ages of ten and eighteen years old, who attend various schools in Georgetown. The students are trained free of cost.

The advanced members form the academy’s steel orchestra and perform at concerts and other events.

In an effort to encourage the players and share the Caribbean art form of steelpan with our continental neighbours, the Academy is embarking on a musical tour to Suriname, where the members will perform for schoolchildren and the general public.

The contingent will comprise sixteen (16) children and ten (10) adults. The tour will take place from July 27, 2014 to August 3, 2014.

The schedule of engagements will see the Steelpan Orchestra performing at the Cultureel Centrum for schoolchildren, at the Waterkant at Hermitage Mall, and for the general public. They will also perform at a reception at the Guyana Embassy in Paramaribo.

The Steel Orchestra’s most recent performances were at the Cultural Reception of the Caribbean Development Bank’ Board of Governors’ Meeting (May 28, 2014),

Lodge Secondary School Steelpan members

“Musicians on Stage event” (June 8, 2014) and The National Museum for International Music Day observances (June 21, 2014).

Their Facebook page is www.facebook.com/PanwaveSteelpanAcademy. Readers can also enjoy some steelpan music by visiting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwOo4SWtgPg and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbh94IopmmU

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GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday July 18, 2014

Bombshell’s Most Provocative Babes…

Aaliyah Rosheuvel: lovely as the dawn; gracious as a swan I JUST can’t understand why, in this beautiful land of ours, so many people are of the most vexed view that ‘curvy gyals’ are not sexy or beautiful.

And I am saying this because, just recently, I was in the company of five men and more than fifteen women (who were too skinny for comfort), and that was exactly their general consensus at the end of the day. Try as I might to change their opinions, those misshapen men and wispy-looking women would NOT budge from their mistaken mindset.

And it got to the point where they became witchy and spiteful against the curvy damsels.

Well, here I am to silence them forever by showcasing the voluptuous and vivacious Aaliyah Rosheuvel, who is just the epitome of what our modern-day women should be.

Take no offence, my ultra slim ladies; it’s alright to be slim and sexy -- in the same way that it’s quite fine for the vivacious to flaunt their curves, especially if those are superb curves and contours like the provocative Aaliyah possesses.

This divine damsel believes that curvy women are indeed beautiful, and she proclaims, “I am hot and sexy as any other woman.

I got my captivating curves from my momma, and I take great pride in flaunting

The saucy Aaliyah showcasing her Caribbean sultriness fect combination’, Aaliyah raves that ‘Ravishing them”.

This ‘sizzla’ enjoys curves, luscious sexiness dancing, modelling, read- and refreshing good looks ing, and travelling. With are my keys to dethrone my a voice like a Caribbean haters’.

This lovely lass has not Nightingale, she has already showcased her vocals at let on about her marital some of the more rated status, so guys, I guess you musical forums in Guyana. will just have to ask her if While we say ‘beauty and when you ever bump and brains are the per- into her.

GOSSIP!!! GOSSIP!!! GOSSIP!!! GOSSIP!!!

De artificial beauty queen without brains and conscience SOME ah dem gyals dat deh bout de place flaunting beauty queen titles and wearing prestigious crowns does just shame and disgrace de society.

But then we need fuh ask weself dis question: “Ah wha dem gyal dis duh fuh get de crown and de title?”

Well, when we come fuh talk about manipulating women, I guess we did nat mek room fuh de likes of a certain woman, who unleashed tremendous evil powah fuh win a certain pageant. But de amount ah teriible things dis woman duh in she reign and afta just dictates what a horrible person she is.

Dis woman did all she could fuh get de media fuh paint a perfect picha about she; and when she succed, she returned tuh she ole horrible ways.

Well, she de manage fuh fool even de Bombshell, but yuh see de minute we got word ah she wrang doings, we duh a prappah investigation, and de findings was suh dutty dat Ah fall down in a semi-coma fuh ah good six hours.

Well, is a good thing meh grandmodda had smelling salts, red vilet and some infamation bush bile up together, suh she rub meh down good wid dis mixtcha, and she mattah wha dem bais seh sound like voodoo words, and Ah eventually catch back meself!

Well, if yuh nah know, Motah Mears is me grand modda.

Dis beauty queen, some time ago, bin deh in a big dutty scandal, and people even seh dat dem share round tapes about it. Shame, shame, shame…. Then lately she get

Shame pon yuh, gyal! Wha kind ah beauty cause of a certain dutty thing queen is you? she bin duh lang ago. some people fuh rig up wan Dem seh de evil dat men sickadelic so-called pageant, and duh does always come back she manipulate dem poor, inno- tuh haunt dem; but like in cent contestants and intimidate dis case de evil dat she duh some ah dem real baad. It was was suh intense dat de Devil a shack tuh de nation when she heself tun back pon she! was declared queen.

Well, she deh bout de Well hear nah, people: wid place telling people dat beall yuh ah see she playing bigitty cause she done win wan wid sheself, she still couldn’t crown ahready, dem pageant keep a strang hold pon ah certain people nah want… ‘sweetman’ around town; suh Lie! Lie! Lie! She seems when a simple gyal tek he away, tuh fugget dat pageant is fuh dis beauty queen fall in a muddy ladies; and ah mean REAL pond six times wid black out. ladies.

Well me nah know wha yuh Well, she get a good all gon think about dis, but dis court case looming ovah queen tun up recently -- in de she head, and de poor soul company of de king who de win don’t even know it. And de male counterpart of de pag- guess wha: Bombshell gon eant -- at a place whea she rival deh right deh fuh bring was rehearsing, and she create yuh de grisly details when wan big, dutty showdown! She de people tek way de crown scratch up de rival face and from she. In de meantime, neck, and start fuh rain blows we advise she fuh pull up pon she ex-bai friend. sheself and start making Is suh de beauty queens does positive changes fuh she behave? own sake.

Well everybaddy get a big laugh latah when she tun up fuh Read through de lines, entah anadda pageant and dem people! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! people just tun she down be- Haaaa!.....

Several move forward to Guyana Music Network Centre Stage arts competition SATURDAY, July 5, 2014 saw a great number of young people coming out to the ACDA (African Cultural and Development Association) Headquarters in Thomas Lands, Georgetown to audition for the first staging of Centre Stage, a one-of-a-kind competition being hosted by the organization and the Guyana Music Network.

Applications were opened to young and upcoming singers, dancers, designers, instrumentalists and comedians/poets between the ages of 12 and 24 years old, who were looking for an avenue to showcase their talents. The

young contestants were more than excited to perform for a panel of five judges from the various creative fields, who were tasked with selecting

Christina Bhola the finalists in each of the categories.

The judges were all very

impressed with the auditions and the great potential they saw in each of the contestants. The chief judge and founder of the Guyana Music Network, Burchmore Simon, explained that the objectives of the competition include enabling youths to express themselves to a captive audience, and providing a stage for creative expression while giving the young performers a chance to experience the big stage with a professional setting and star treatment, as it will be hosted annually as part of ACDA’s youth development and the music network’s outreach programmes.

The other judges included professional designer Neilson Nurse; young producer Simeon Browne; former Miss Guyana World and Universe, Ruqayyah Boyer; and Child Educator Joy Stanton. The top three performers in each category will be awarded with trophies and other prizes, including major publicity on the GMN website, social media, newspapers, and other websites.

The winning singer will also have two songs recorded and one video done, compliments of Kross Kolor Records. Photos of the finalists will be posted online at

www.guyanamusicnetwork. org and www.facebook.com/ guyanamusicnet work and clips of the audition will be aired on national television.

Some of the finalists are Christina Bhola, Mikeal Sam, Sueann Campbell, Tirishatha Semple, Aaliyah Rosheuvel, Michael Small, Obadiah Cumberbatch, Shabiki Solomon, Esther Thomas, Shogi Boodhoo, Gavin Singh & Emilio Martins, Lodge Secondary School Steel Band, David Pollard, Shanai Gomes, Mark Junor, Serita Seearam, Annoah Billey and Tecseeana Adams. The final will be held on Friday,

August 1st, at the National Park as part of ACDA’s 2014 Emancipation celebrations.

David Pollard

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GUYANA CHRONICLE Friday July 18, 2014

`Mystery Man’

By Calvin Roberts INSPIRED by the bowling of the mysterious Sunil Narine, host Guyana Amazon Warriors defeated Red Steel by 11 runs in a Super Over contest, when the two sides met in the fifth match of this year’s Limacol Caribbean Premier League at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence last night.

After seeing fast bowler Ronsford Beaton claim 2 for 15 backed by Narine’s 2 for 23, which rocked the Red Steel and reduced them to 118 for 8 off their 20 overs, the home team on the back of Man-of-the-Match Christopher Barnwell’s aggressive 37 and 32 from Lendl Simmons, finished on 118 for 9 off their 20 overs.

Asked to do battle in a Super Over to decide a winner, the Guyana Amazon Warriors started positively with Barnwell dispatching the first ball from Kevon Cooper for six to send a partisan near packed to capacity home crowd in frenzy, as the Amazon Warriors ended on 11 for 1.

Narine then stepped up to the plate and showed the Guyanese public the bowling that has been mesmerising batsmen around the world, sending down four dot balls to Nicholas Pooran before he holed out the fifth one to Martin Guptil at long off, to seal off the game for the Guyana Amazon Warriors.

Earlier in the contest, Denesh Ramdin called correctly and asked the visitors to take first strike, a move that paid dividend as they were reduced to 34 for 4, losing the wickets of Nasir Jamshed (01), Ross Taylor (01), and brothers Darren and Dwayne Bravo for 1 and 3 respectively in that order.

Opener Evin Lewis who top scored with 39 (51balls, 2x6, 1x4) pushed the score

to 64 in partnership with Kevin O’Brien (19), before Lewis was caught by Jimmy Neesham off Narine, enabled Pooran to join O’Brien and they pushed the Red Steel over the 100 run mark in the 18th over.

Pooran, who made a quick-fire 37 off 17 balls with three sixes and two fours, seemed set to thrill the crowd in a similar manner as he did last year, before Neesham held his offer off Krishmar Santokie at 111 for 6 in the penultimate over.

Two wickets by Beaton in the final over underlined the fight back shown by the Guyana Amazon Warriors, who in their turn at the wicket were wobbling at 56 for 6 in reply, losing Martin Guptil (04), Mohammed Hafeez (00), Ramdin (04), debutant Leon Johnson (01), Neesham (07) and Simmons.

Up to that stage, Simmons was the leading scorer for the Amazon Warriors with his 32 being scored off 25 deliveries with three fours and one six, struck over backward squareleg off the fiery Fidel Edwards (2 for 29) who saw Samuel Badree and Suleiman Benn catapult the home team’s innings.

Badree ended with 3 for 18 from his four overs, one of which was a maiden and the lone one of the contest, while Benn took 1 for 29, but when their spell ended, Barnwell stepped into overdrive in the same way Lewis Hamilton would in a F1 race.

He launched Cooper back over his head for 6 off the first ball of the 19th over, before chipping one straight to O’Brien at longon, with Guyana Amazon Warriors 14 away from victory and when Santokie (03) was run out by Cooper, whose throw to Pooran found him short, the Warriors needed 9 off three balls, with Beaton strolling to the wicket to partner Veerasammy Permaul.

The beanpole Beaton who was born in Monsteratt, steered the first delivery from Dwayne Bravo to third man for four and got two off the next delivery, bringing the equation to three off the final delivery, for which himself and Permaul got two after Pooran dropped a dolly, sending the game into the Super Over.

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Rahane century rescues India at Lord’s ... James Anderson becomes most successful England Test bowler on home soil

By Josh Reich LONDON, England (Reuters) - Ajinkya Rahane scored a well-compiled century to help rescue India’s first innings on the opening day of the second Test against England at Lord’s yesterday.

England had reduced the visitors to 145 for seven on a bowler-friendly pitch early in the final session, but Rahane’s 103, along with support from number nine Bhuvneshwar Kumar (36), ensured India had rallied to 290 for nine at the close.

Having won the toss and elected to bowl, the hosts initially struggled to find their rhythm on a green-looking surface, taking only two wickets before lunch.

However, a four-wicket burst in the middle session followed by another dismissal shortly after tea put England in control before Rahane’s late assault. Rahane’s knock, which included 15 fours and a six, was ended by a sharp caught-and-bowled effort by James Anderson late in the day.

Tail-enders Ishant Sharma (12) and Mohammed Shami (14) safely navigated the closing overs, helped by field placings that at times saw five or six fielders on the boundary,

to ensure England will have to come out and bowl on this morning.

“I just wanted to be myself and play my game, I was just talking to myself, I wanted to play as close (to my body) as possible and play my shots,” Rahane told a news conference.

“First session they bowled a little bit short and second session they came with a different plan and (pitched) a little bit up.

“That sort of line on this wicket will suit our bowlers as well. Tomorrow is going to be a crucial day ... it’s not going to be easy for the English batsmen either.”

MARKED CONTRAST The Lord’s surface was in marked contrast to the one used in Nottingham, which came in for fierce criticism for its placid nature as the first match of the five-Test series petered out to a tame draw.

After being presented with a pitch to their liking, England initially failed to grasp the opportunity to make significant inroads into the Indian line-up, with openers Shikhar Dhawan (7) and Murali Vijay (24) the only wickets to fall before lunch.

However, four more dismissals in the middle session put the hosts in the driving

Ajinkya Rahane celebrates his maiden Test ton at Lord’s on the first day of the second Investec Test. seat.

Anderson had the dangerous Virat Kohli caught by Matt Prior for 25, the wicketkeeper looking slightly sheepish after dropping two catches before lunch, while Ben Stokes

knocked back Cheteshwar Pujara’s middle stump after an obdurate 28 from 117 balls.

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who raised England’s ire after Anderson was reported for an incident involv-

ing Ravindra Jadeja at Trent Bridge, received a frosty reception from the Lord’s crowd and much to their delight, lasted only 17 balls before being caught by Prior off Stuart Broad for one.

Jadeja, also unpopular with the home fans, was trapped lbw by Moeen Ali for three, leaving India in disarray at 128 for six before the tea interval.

Stuart Binny (9) was also out leg-before, although, had the decision review system been in use the decision may have been overturned as Anderson’s delivery appeared to be going over the wickets.

However, Rahane, in his seventh Test, took advantage of England’s tiring bowling attack and brought up his second Test century with a stab through to the offside boundary off Anderson.

He put on 90 with Kumar before the latter, who passed 50 in both innings at Trent Bridge, was bowled by Broad soon after the new ball was taken.

ANDERSON SUCCESS The 31-year-old Anderson’s four-wicket haul made him England’s most successful wicket-taker on home soil, surpassing Fred Trueman’s tally of 229, and he also eclipsed Ian Botham (69) by becoming the highest Test wicket-taker at

Lord’s with 72 victims.

“I think there is a bit of frustration, especially the last session there with the tail hanging around with Rahane, but you’ve got to give credit to him, the way he played,” all-rounder Ben Stokes said.

“It was a really good knock.

“But from a positive side, we had them 140 for seven, taking away from today is that we keep knocking their top order over.”

Scoreboard INDIA first innings M.Vijay c Ballance b Plunkett 24 S. Dhawan c Ballance b Anderson 7 C. Pujara b Stokes 28 V. Kohli c Prior b Anderson 25 A. Rahane c & b Anderson 103 MS Dhoni c Prior b Broad 1 R. Jadeja lbw Moeen 3 S. Binny lbw Anderson 9 B. Kumar b Broad 36 M. Shami not out 14 I. Sharma not out 12 Extras (nb-1, b-17, lb-10) 28 Total: (for nine wickets, 90 overs) 290 Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-48, 3-86, 4-113, 5-123, 6-128, 7-145, 8-235, 9-275.

Bowling: Anderson 22-755-4, Broad 22-5-79-2, Plunkett 15-5-51-1 (nb-1), Stokes 17-5-40-1, Moeen 14-2-38-1.

Duminy ton takes South Africa to big total (REUTERS) - JP Duminy scored his fourth Test century and his first in the subcontinent to steer South Africa to a first-innings total of 455 for nine wickets declared on the second day of the first Test against Sri Lanka yesterday.

At close, Sri Lanka openers Kaushal Silva (eight) and Upul Tharanga (20) had survived 12 overs to take the hosts to 30 for no loss.

Batting at number eight, Duminy completed his wellcomposed 100 not out, including 10 fours, with support from the tail-enders.

He reached the mark with a single to square leg off Dilruwan Perera, who had earlier dropped him on 82 at mid-off.

Morne Morkel stayed at the crease for 74 balls, scoring a defiant 22, to help Duminy reach his hundred in a ninthwicket stand of 66 runs.

Perera accounted for Morkel’s wicket as the batsman went for an expansive drive

and missed the ball altogether, to end with figures of four for 162.

The visitors batted to a plan to occupy the crease for as long as possible and wear out the pitch using up 166.2 overs in their first innings.

“It’s always pleasing to get three figures in these conditions but more crucial was my batting at seven, and trying to marshal whatever is possible has always been the key for me,” Duminy told reporters at the close of play.

“Honestly I wasn’t thinking about my hundred until I got to 80, the partnership was more crucial than anything else and time to extend our batting today. That was what was on top of my mind at the time.

An eighth-wicket stand of 75 between Duminy and Vernon Philander frustrated the Sri Lankan bowling attack, which was missing one of their front-line bowlers.

Philander defended for al-

JP Duminy celebrates his fourth Test hundred, on the second day of the first Test in Galle.

most two hours, facing 96 balls for 27, before skipper Angelo Mathews provided Sri Lanka with the only wicket of the afternoon session by trapping him leg-before.

“We realise how crucial the first innings is and to try to get as big a total as possible that was the goal,” Duminy said.

“Four hundred and fifty is not the biggest but a good start for the first innings “It’s going to be a lot of hard work we know the wicket is pretty flat for the seamers, there is a little bit there for the spinners but it’s probably going to speed up towards day four and five. Tomorrow is going to be a crucial day in setting up the game.”

The hosts were handicapped by the absence of paceman Shaminda Eranga, who did not take the field after having eight stitches into the webbing between his right thumb and index finger after his injury on Wednesday.

Scoreboard SOUTH AFRICA first innings (o/n 268-5) A. Petersen lbw b Perera 34 D. Elgar c Chandimal b Lakmal 103 F du Plessis c Silva b Perera 80 H. Amla c Perera b Herath 11 AB de Villiers b Lakmal 21 Q. de Kock c Jayawardene b Perera 51 D. Steyn b Lakmal 3 JP Duminy not out 100 V. Philander lbw b Mathews 27 M. Morkel b Perera 22 Extras: (lb-2, nb-1) 3 Total: (nine wickets decl., 166.2 overs) 455 Fall of wickets: 1-70, 2-195, 3-220, 4-246, 5-266, 6-290, 7-314, 8-389, 9-455.

Bowling: Lakmal 33-1275-3 (nb-1), Eranga 9-432-0, Herath 60-12-148-1, Mathews 11-1-36-1, Perera 53.2-8-162-4.

SRI LANKA first innings K. Silva not out 8 U. Tharanga not out 20 Extras: (lb-1, nb-1) 2 Total: (no loss, 12 overs) 30 Bowling (to date): Steyn 4-1-4-0, Philander 3-1-9-0, Morkel 3-2-4-0, Tahir 2-0-12-0

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Kristoff too strong for Sagan on Tour de France stage 12 tor Andy Flickinger, who was a rider at the time, was emotional.

“I was in the race when it happened,” he told Reuters.

“Kivilev was a good guy,

Katusha team rider Alexander Kristoff reacts as he wins the 185.5-km 12th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Bourg-en-Bresse and Saint-Etienne, yesterday. (Credit: Reuters/Jacky Naegelen)

By Julien Pretot ST ETIENNE France (Reuters) - Norway’s Alexander Kristoff claimed his maiden Tour de France victory when he beat Peter Sagan in a sprint to prevail in dominant fashion on the 12th stage, a 185.5-km ride from Bourg en Bresse yesterday.

Katusha rider Kristoff timed his effort perfectly to win with a comfortable margin to leave Slovakian Sagan, who looks set to win the green jersey for points classification, still without a win on the Tour this year.

French champion Arnaud Demare took third place and Italian Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey.

“I’ve always dreamt of winning a stage on the Tour de France,” Kristoff, who snatched his major victory when he won Milan-San Remo this year, told a news conference.

“It’s the second biggest

win of my career.”

A five-man breakaway was reduced to four when Spain’s David de la Cruz went down hard on a bend and pulled out with a suspected broken collarbone.

Then they were just two, Dutchman Sebastian Langeveld and Simon Clarke of Australia on their own ahead of a bunch, led by Europcar and Giant-Shimano, who were looking to set up their sprinters for the finale.

Europcar played another card, however, with Frenchmen Perrig Quemeneur and Cyril Gauthier attacking to join Clarke after the Australian had shaken off Langeveld.

But the peloton, led by Giant-Shimano reined them in with a few kilometres left.

GREIPEL CRASHES German Andre Greipel, one of the pure sprinters who had managed to go through the two climbs near the finish, crashed after tan-

gling with Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel and could not take part in the final sprint.

The peloton went through Sorbiers, where the late Kazakh rider Andrey Kivilev was buried after he died following a crash in March 2003 during the Paris-Nice race.

His death prompted the International Cycling Union (UCI) to implement the mandatory use of helmets in all races.

It brought back memories to fellow Kazakh Alexandre Vinokourov, now the Astana manager who was Kivilev’s best friend.

“It’s a bad memory, but there are also good memories. I remember we arrived in France, in St Etienne, together in 1997, we signed our first contracts together,” Vinokourov told Reuters before the start of the stage in Bourg en Bresse.

“Every year I go to Nice to see his son, Leonard.”

Europcar sports direc-

FIFA rankings put Germany on top of the world for first time in 20 years (REUTERS) - Germany’s World Cup triumph has seen them rise to the top of the world rankings for the first time in 20 years, FIFA announced yesterday.

The 1-0 victory in the final has taken them up one place to top spot, ahead of their opponents in the Brazil final, Argentina, who rise three to second.

The Netherlands move up a hefty 12 rungs on the ladder to third after their impressive World Cup third-place finish.

Spain have paid the penalty for not progressing from

the group stages in Brazil by dropping from first to eighth place with Colombia, Belgium and Uruguay occupying the places above them.

Hosts Brazil, hammered 7-1 by Germany in the World Cup semi-final in the shock of the tournament, drop four places to seventh.

England have fallen 10 places to 20th in the list, their lowest position since May 1996, after a dismal World Cup when defeat in their opening two group matches gave them their worst performance in over 50 years.

World top 10 (compared to June rankings) 1 - Germany (+1) 2 - Argentina (+3) 3 - Netherlands (+12) 4 - Colombia (+4) 5 - Belgium (+6) 6 - Uruguay (+1) 7 - Brazil (-4) 8 - Spain (-7) 9 - Switzerland (-3) 10 - France (+7)

one of the first from his country coming to Europe.

At the time I would not wear a helmet, now everybody does even if I’m not sure there are more accidents.

But it’s good that riders wear them.”

To d a y ’s 1 3 t h s t a g e takes the peloton to the Alps with a mountaintop finish in Chamrousse.

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Guyana shooters win major title at Bisley G u y a n a ’s s h o o t i n g quartet of Lennox Braithwaite, Mahendra Persaud, Ransford Goodluck and Dylan Fields scored a major victory at the 2014 Rifle Shooting championships at Bisley rifle ranges in the United Kingdom yesterday.

The Guyanese won the Junior Overseas Competition with an overall score of 408 points with 40 V-bulls beating into second position the New Zealand side who ended with 407 points with 49 V-bulls.

Braithwaite the reigning Caribbean individual champion, national captain Persaud and national champion Ransford Goodluck are currently in training for the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland later this month.

The team was captained

by United States-based Guyanese Sigmund Douglas.

The shooting condition was one Sighting shot and seven rounds to count at 300, 500 and 600 yards, for a maximum score of 420.

Braithwaite and Persaud

are Guyana’s two-man pair , while Goodluck will serve as manager/coach for the Games which will open on July 23rd and will run until August 3rd.

At the X1X Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India in 2010, Guyana’s representatives then – Persaud and Goodluck placed a creditable fifth place from a lineup of 43 countries.

Persaud said: “It was a dream come through for us to win this prestigious match.

We had been planning for this feat for some time but we never had a full squad. The opportunity presented itself today (Thursday).”

Persaud said the Guyana contingent is very focused ahead of the Commonwealth Games and the shooting ranges at Bisley are helping the team to prepare adequately.

The Guyana shooters have been in the United Kingdom for the past two weeks and Braithwaite, Persaud, Fields and Goodluck have performed exceptionally well.

Dylan Fields In recent results, Goodluck and Fields both shot 49 with five V-bulls in the Conan Doyle 900 yards range match, while Braithwaite had an aggregate of 182 with 23 Vs at the 500 yards range.

Persaud dropped two points for a score of 73

Ronford Goodluck

Mahendra Persaud

points and 11 V-bulls in the St. George’s First Stage, while Braithwaite and Goodluck both recorded 103 points with 14 and nine V-bulls respectively.

The Times 300 Yards match saw Persaud scoring a possible (50.6), while at the Wimbledon T.R 600 yards Ransford Goodluck shot 49.4 and Braithwaite had an aggregate of 196.24 in the Holcroft shoot.

In the Century competition, Goodluck shot scores of 50.6 and 49.5 at 500 and 600 yards. Braithwaite and Goodluck are doing well after competition, while Braithwaite shot scores of 50.7 at 500 yards and 50.5 at 600 yards, for an overall score of 100.12. He finished in the 29th position.

Meanwhile, the Guyanese shooters will be in action again this weekend in the all-important Queen’s Prize individual championships where over 1700 shooters from around the world will battle for supremacy.Persaud finished in the top 100 last year.

New York Caribbean Cup Football tournament

Anthony doubles in Guyana 8-1 win over T&T SLINGERZ FC striker Anthony ‘Awo’ Abrams continues to make light work of his opposition in the Caribbean Cup football tournament in New York, where he scored his 10th goal in just four matches when Guyana defeated Trinidad and Tobago 8-1 last Sunday.

In a quest to win their first title at the prestigious event Guyana sit comfortable on top of the Western Zone, winning three of their four games and losing one.

Guyana also have the highest goal difference in the tournament (17), scoring 22 and having only five scored against them, showing the team’s all-round quality.

Watched by a fair-size crowd at the Thomas Jefferson High School Playfield in Brooklyn New York, contrary to the eventual results of the match, it was Trinidad who opened the scoring when Richard Reynolds

CRICKET QUIZ CORNER (Friday July 18, 2014)

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: Guyana’s goal-hungry striker Anthony ‘Awo’ Abrams hunts a loose ball against Trinidad over the weekend. failed to clear a ball properly from a free kick, only to see the ball fall at the feet of Keron Doldron who squeezed it through a wall of players.

However, Trinidad’s lead was shortlived as Guyana’s leading marksman Abrams got hold of a through pass and easily guided the ball to the back of the net.

Two minutes later Hubert Anthony put Guyana ahead

when he deftly cut inside his marker and blasted a rightfooter that gave goalkeeper Ryan Seaton no chance, closing the first half with the Guyanese enjoying a 2-1 lead.

In the second half the Trinidadians were the aggressors, but Marlon Benjamin extended the lead for the Golden Jaguars with a driving right-foot volley and in

the space of twenty minutes Guyana scored five more goals to demoralise Trinidad.

Hubert Anthony completed his hat-trick, leading goalscorer Anthony Abrams got his second as well as Marlon Benjamin, while Bevon Moseley rounded off the scoring for Guyana.

Guyana will play their final preliminary game on Sunday against St Lucia.

(1)

WI 65; NZ 77

(2)

Kane Williamson

Today’s Quiz: (1) Which two teams met in the final of the Limacol CPL 2013?

(2) How many games were scheduled for the Limacol CPL 2013? How many matches are booked for this year’s tournament?

Answers in tomorrow’s issue

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Tallawahs crush Hawksbills to record second win NORTH SOUND, Antigua (CMC) – A fired-up Jamaica Tallawahs continued their winning start to the defence of their Caribbean Premier League crown, when they crushed Antigua Hawksbills by eight wickets here yesterday.

Asked to bowl first, the Chris Gayle-led Tallawahs bundled out the hosts for a paltry 96 off 18.3 overs, and then cantered to their target off 14.3 overs, at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground.

Gayle was at the forefront of the run chase once again, smashing 37 from 31 balls, including three fours

and three towering sixes.

He shared an opening stand of 62 off 51 deliveries with Chadwick Walton who was unbeaten on 43 from 34 balls, when victory was achieved.

Seamer Carlos Brathwaite was the best bowler with two for 11.

The triumph was the Tallawahs’ second straight, after they easily dismissed St Lucia Zouks by seven wickets in Gros Islet last weekend.

For the Hawksbills, it was their second loss in as many games following their twowicket defeat at the hands of last year’s losing finalists Guyana Amazon Warriors.

They never seemed up to the challenge yesterday, stuttering and stumbling their way through the innings as they lost wickets regularly.

They were undone by man-of-the-match left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori who snapped up three for 13 while speedsters Andre Russell (216) and Jerome Taylor (2-22) were the other wicket-takers.

Shacaya Thomas perished as early as the second over, when he was trapped lbw for one with the score on two and captain Marlon Samuels counter-attacked briefly with three fours in 13 from six deliveries before also falling lbw

Scoreboard Red Steel Innings E Lewis c Neesham b Narine 39 N Jamshed run out (Santokie) 01 R Taylor c Guptil b Hafeez 01 DM Bravo c Santokie b Narine 01 DJ Bravo c Ramdin b Permaul 03 K O’Brien b Beaton 19 N Pooran c Neesham b Santokie 37 K Cooper not out 03 S. Benn b Beaton 01 Extras (w6, b4, lb3)13 Total: (for 8 wickets off 20 overs) 118 Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-15, 3-26, 4-34, 5-64, 6-111, 7-116, 8-118 Did not bat: S Badree F Edwards Bowling: Hafeez 4-0-11-1 Santokie 4-0-29-1 Narine 4-0-23-2 (w1) Beaton 4-0-15-2 (w1) Permaul 3-0-24-1 (w2) Neesham 1-0-9-0 (w1)

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Guyana Amazon Warriors Innings L Simmons b Benn 32 M Guptil lbw b Edwards 04 M Hafeez lbw b Badree 00 D Ramdin c Pooran b Cooper 04 L Johnson lbw b Badree 01 J Neesham stp Pooran b Badree 07 C Barnwell c O’Brien b Cooper 37 S Narine c DJ Bravo b Edwards 16 V Permaul not out 03 K Santokie run out (Cooper/Pooran) 03 R Beaton not out 08 Extras (w1, lb1 b1) 03 Total (for 9 wickets off 20 overs) 118 Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-27, 3-32, 4-35, 5-43, 6-56, 7-100, 8-105, 9-110 Bowling: Edwards 4-0-29-2 Benn 4-0-29-1 (w1) Badree 4-1-18-3 Cooper 4-0-19-2 DJ Bravo 4-0-21-0

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to Vettori in the third over, at 15 for two.

Five balls later with no runs added in the same over, Danza Hyatt fell to Vettori also via lbw, to leave Hawksbills in turmoil at 15 for three.

Australians Ben Dunk and David Hussey tried to repair the damage in a 25-run stand but this revival was short-lived. Hussey cracked a four and a six in scoring 15 before seamer Rusty Theron disturbed his leg-stump in the eighth over and Dunk followed in the next over with two runs added, run-out

for 12.

Wickets continued to tumble and it was left to Sheldon Cottrell to blast a top score of 21 off 14 balls, with two fours and a six, to get the Hawksbills near the 100-run mark.

In reply, the Tallawahs started slowly with just 14 runs from the first three overs but came alive once Gayle launched Samuels over longoff for his first six.

Gayle then tore into fast bowler Miguel Cummins in the next over, smashing him for four and then two consecutive sixes to end the

Barbadian’s first over which leaked 22 runs.

Brathwaite struck twice in the ninth over with the score on 62, to earn Hawksbills some pride. He had Gayle caught at short-midwicket by Samuels, deceiving the lefthander with a slower ball and then had Jermaine Blackwood caught behind off a lifter without scoring.

However, Walton struck two fours and three sixes and kept a level head, to easily see the Tallawahs home, partnered by Adam Voges on 12.

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Guyana shooters win major title at Bisley See story on page 34

Got him! Guyana Amazon Warriors’ fast bowler Ronsford Beaton shatters the stumps of Red Steel’s Kevin O’Brien with the first ball of that team’s final over last night. The wicketkeeper is Denesh Ramdin. (Photo by Adrian Narine)

`Mystery Man’ Narine bowls Amazon Warriors to victory in Super Over See story on page 31

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