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FOOD AND DRUG MARLON COLE CONTINUES TO LIE ABOUT CORRUPT PRACTISES

GA-FDD, Director, Marlon Cole

Director of Food and Drug department Marlon Cole is being accused of corruption at many levels, however in a story carried by the Guyana Chronicle on August 13, 2016, Cole has denied these claims, stating that he is executing his duties without fear or favor. The Guyana Daily News has i n v e s t i g a t e d M r. C o l e ’s involvement in several shady deals and is in receipt of a letter and other documents from I C PA I n d i a , t h e d r u g manufacturer of Zerodol and

Other Sardine and Mackerel products imported into Guyana without manufacturer's address stated on the label

Zerodol P. This letter was sent asking Mr. Cole and the Ministry of Health to desist from authorizing the importation of the drug, however, Mr. Cole is reported to have said that there is no evidence to suggest that such a letter was sent to his department at any time. This newspaper however will publish the letters and documents soon, which will indicate that Mr. Cole is lying and that he continues to allow his associates to import the drug Zerodol despite the warning reported by ICPA. It is alleged that Mr. Cole is allowing the formulation of the drug Zerodol to enter Guyana even though the same drug is being manufactured in Guyana as well, however, the Zerodol that is being manufactured by IPCA in India is not for export and should only be sold in India as reported by ICPA. Mr. Cole told the Chronicle “that when his department checked online and perused documentation for the products and those who are making the products, the search came up empty.” But this newspaper understands that this is a lie because all documentation submitted for shipment, contains and clearly disclosed all manufacturers’ information including their addresses. It can be seen in the pictures provided that several other brands including the King Bell brand is manufactured by the same company and has no company address listed but is allowed into the country by Marlon Cole. Is this victimization?

Local business, Superfoods is of the view that their company is being victimized by Marlon Cole, who sends out his inspectors to advice businesses not to purchase Superfoods products. Cole has noted that the Food and Drugs Act guides the department specifically as it relates to the department’s response to such products. He said the product is currently on the wharf, and inspectors have taken samples, examined the labels, and realized that they are in violation of the labelling requirements.

The inspectors have since issued a report to Cole, advising him not to allow the product to be released for sale on the local market. “So the law would guide me to inform the Comptroller of Customs officially relative to this product, and to ensure that copies of these documents are given to the importer. That was done,” Cole said. But it was noted that Cole is again lying since the said products are currently on the shelves of leading supermarkets. Mr. Cole has since been sued by Superfoods.

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PRESS STATEMENT

By Mohabir Anil Nandlall, MP, A orney-at-Law. 12, August 2016.

Article 199 (1) and (3) of the Constitution provides as follows: “ART 199 (1) the power to make appointments to offices to which this Article applies and to remove and exercise disciplinary control over persons holding or acting in such offices shall vest in the Judicial Service Commission…

ART 199 (3) this article applies to the office of Commissioner of Title, Magistrate, Director of Public Prosecution, Deputy Director of Public Prosecution, Registrar of the High Court, Deputy Registrar of the High Court, Registrar of Deeds, Deputy Registrar of Deeds…” th On the 4 day of May, 2016, the Judicial Service Commission appointed Ms. Zanna Frank, Attorney at Law, to the position of Deputy Registrar of Deeds in accordance with Article 199 of the Constitution. This appointment was made after an application was received to fill that position and an interview duly conducted by members of the JSC on the 22nd of March, 2016.

Ms. Frank's qualifications, include, a Certificate in Industrial and Social Science; a Diploma in Public Management; a Bachelors of Law Degree; and a Legal Education Certificate.

On the 9th day of May, 2015, Ms. Frank reported to the Registrar of Deeds to take up her position as Deputy Registrar but was informed by the Registrar that she will be unable to do because

the Attorney-General has to formally introduce her to the staff.

From that date to now, through a series of machinations engineered by the Attorney-General, this officer is being prevented from performing the functions of her office.

The Registrar of Deeds proceeded on her annualize leave at the end of July 2016. In clear violation of Article 199 of the Constitution, the Attorney-General has since purported to appoint another person not fractionally qualified as Ms. Frank to perform the functions of Deputy Registrar of Deeds bearing the purported title of “Deputy Registrar of Deeds (acting)”. The Registry staff has been instructed by the Attorney-General that this person must perform the functions of the Registrar of Deeds in her absence and not the appointee of the Judicial Service Commission. In fact, instructions have been handed down that the appointee of the JSC must not be placed upon the payroll and, as a result, this young lady is yet to receive any salary.

The aforementioned described actions of the Attorney-General consist of a naked usurpation of the functions of the JSC and a gross violation of the Constitution. Not only does it undermine the independence of an important constitutional institution, but it interferes with the functional autonomy of a statutory body corporate, the Deeds and Commercial Registry, which is managed by a Board of Directors in accordance with the provisions of the Deeds and Commercial Registry Act. This trampling upon the Constitution and violation of the rule of law come from the State's functionary whose responsibility is to advise the Government to comply with Constitution and uphold the rule of law.

This is another exhibition of the rise of authoritarianism and discrimination which are rapidly institutionalized in Guyana.

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Guyana is a low income country, and the third smallest country in South America after Suriname and Uruguay, with about 800,000 inhabitants and an average Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as per capita of US$4,053 as of (2014). Guyana is well endowed with natural resources, fertile agricultural lands, bauxite, gold and extensive tropical forests which cover more than 80 percent of the country. Guyana has one of the lowest deforestation rates in the world and 90 percent of its forest remains intact. Most of the country’s indigenous population lives in forests in which they depend for their livelihood. About 90 percent of the population lives on the narrow coastal plain, where population density is more than 115 persons per square kilometer. Guyana generates a large share of its economic activity from agriculture and natural resources sectors. In 2015 agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining industries accounted for 28 percent of total GDP, and bauxite, sugar, rice, gold and timber made up 83 percent of exports (Ministry of Finance, 2016). These sectors provide the largest source of direct employment across the country, according to the World Bank.

The Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan in his mid-year report stated that Guyana’s economy grew by two percent despite the major decline in the real economic sector of the country. The report stated that the agriculture, fishing and forestry sectors contracted by 10.0 percent, the sugar industry shrunk by a whopping 30 percent, growth in the rice industry also declined during the first half of 2016, with rice production falling to 26.2 percent, the forestry sector contracted by 13.1 percent, the manufacturing sector overall contracted by 17.1 percent, wholesale and retail trade, and construction, which account for approximately a third of the sector, contracted by 11.3 percent and 7.5 percent, respectively. On the other hand the fishing sector grew by 2.1 percent, the livestock sector grew by 0.8 percent, mining sector grew by 65.7 percent, bauxite grew by 2.9 percent and the financial sector grew by 5.9 percent. The massive growth in the mining sector is attributed to the introduction of two major Gold Mining companies in Guyana, Troy Resources and Guyana Gold Fields. The profits from these companies are being repatriated to their parent companies which is outside of Guyana. Majority of the real economic sectors in Guyana have declined for the first half of 2016, with the imminent closure of the Wales sugar estate, the workers are unsure of their future, with no major economic plan in place.

The rice industry is facing severe hardship, with no economically viable market in place and the industry may lose its will to survive. Leading up to the May 2015 Regional and General Elections, the APNU+AFC had promised the rice farmers a massive $9,000 per bag for paddy, however the after assuming office the APNU+AFC Coalition Government lost the lucrative rice market with Venezuela. With very little income from foreign exchange, few loans being inked with the international community, less income from the underground

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economy, less remittances from overseas, reduction of income from foreign investment, so the question is, where is Guyana going to get its monies to spend? The answer to this is the increase in collection of taxes and fees. “Tax revenue collections increased by 6.1 percent, reaching $75.1 billion during the first half of 2016, compared with $70.9 billion during the same period in 2015,” the Ministry of Finance’s Mid-Year Report on the economy says. The 2016 budget is $230 billion. A lot of emphasis is being placed on revenue collection from all sectors of the economy, especially the business community.

Guyana’s expenditure is based on the amount of taxes that is collected. Since May 2015, a number of taxes has been increased, for example, licensing for motor vehicle has been increased from $2,500 to $4,000, license from $2,000 to 4,000, taxes on the importation of steel has been increased from $5,000 to $10,000, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards will be imposing a fee of $30,000 for selected items, before they are being sold, these items are; domestic electric appliances, weighing and measuring devices, textiles, garments, footwear, safety matches, tyres, gas stoves, fertilisers, cigarettes, PVC pipes, furniture, toys, soap powder, Christmas trees and decorative lighting outfits, safety helmets, cellular phones, water and electricity meters and seat belts. This means the cost of living could be skyrocket to in excess of 20 percent and this is a modest calculation. Based on the above analyses, the economy seems to be heading down a slippery slope and the government could run out of monies shortly based on their current spending pattern, sending Guyana into a severe financial crisis.

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Security Minister To Ensure All Govt Buildings Are Safe, Secured The final report of the Commission of Inquiry into the deaths of Antonio and Joshua George, who perished in the July 8 fire at the Hadfield Street Drop-in Centre, was today handed over to Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon at the Ministry of the Presidency by Commissioner, Retired Colonel Windee Algernon. As was stipulated in the terms of reference, the preliminary report had been submitted on July 22.

Accepting the report today, Minister Harmon said that the recommendations within the preliminary report have been taken very seriously and that President Granger has since requested of the Minister of Public Security, Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan that a “fresh look” be given to the fire safety precautions and possible fire hazards at government buildings.

“Now that we have the [final] report, we are confident that the various ministries and government departments will look at the recommendations and do what is required so that we can provide safe and secure places not only for children, but for everyone.

McGregor. Minister Lawrence, giving brief remarks, echoed Minister Harmon’s comments that the incident was a wakeup call and assured both the Minister and the Commissioner that the recommendations within the report will be looked at closely.

“There is already a meeting, which is scheduled to be held next week with the Director and Management of the Child Protection Unit in which we will discuss an action plan on how to implement the recommendations listed in the report,” she said. Minister Lawrence also said that her Ministry will continue to work closely with the family members of the two boys to ensure that they can “pick up and move on in their life” despite the terrible loss they have suffered.

Mr. McGregor assured the Minister that the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) is doing everything in its power to ensure that all public buildings are safe and adhere to fire safety guidelines.

Commenting on the contents of the report, Colonel Algernon said that in its compilation, she sought to provide much needed This was a tragedy, but as a State we have a responsibility to recommendations that would see the implementation of every person… This is a wakeup call for us insofar as fire safety necessary mechanisms and systems that would prevent such an and security are concerned,” the Minister said. Copies of the occurrence in the future. report were also presented to Minister of Social Protection, Ms. Volda Lawrence and Acting Chief Fire Officer, Mr. Winston MOTP Press Release

Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon receives the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the deaths of the victims of the Hadfield Street Drop In Centre from Commissioner, Retired Colonel Windee Algernon(centre-right) .

Minister of Social Protection, Ms. Volda Lawrence and Acting Chief Fire Officer, Mr. Winston McGregor (right) also received copies of the report.

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With Guyana on the verge of going into the oil business, questions are being asked about the alternative energy sector in Guyana. There is a chance that with all the hype of the oil being discovered off the coast of Guyana the alternative energy plans runs the risk of being pushed in the background of Guyana's energy plan. The APNU+AFC government current energy plan falls under the "green economy initiative" but since they took office last year they have produce no action plan to actually look at the situation aside from adopting a plan left by the previous government. Since the Moco-Moco Hydropower plant was shut down due to a landslide in 2003, there have been several attempts by the previous government to resuscitate the sector and it has always been on forefront of their economic plans. The Amaila Falls Hydropower project was one such attempt.

Located on the confluence of the Kuribrong and Amaila Rivers, just above the Amaila Falls, would have been the most advanced hydropower development in Guyana and was expected to have an installed capacity of 165MW. It was built to deliver electricity to Guyana's capital, Georgetown, and its second largest town, Linden, by a 230kV transmission line.

According a Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) draft 2014-2018 strategic plan published on their website, Guyana’s peak demand for electricity is about 100 MW, and "is currently dependent on fossil-based imports for most of its energy generation." So it is clear that hydropower plant would therefore meet Guyana’s electricity needs from a renewable energy source and reduce the need to for fossil based imports, saving Guyana millions. In 2013, a plan to restore the MocoMoco hydro plant was in motion by the PPP/C government, to which an assessment study for Restoration of Moco-Moco Hydro Power Plant was prepared by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) for the government with the support of the

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Office for climate change (OCC). A plan which was inherited by the current government and only four months ago solicited bid for the operation of the plant under a Build/Own/Operate/Transfer BOOT structure. That was four months ago, no major update about BOOT has been given since.

It is ironic that in 2013 the then opposition and now ruling government voted down the Hydropower (amendment) bill and is now flying the Green "Economy initiative" flag. The Government is failing to see the true benefits of renewable energy source to Guyana and the savings it could bring the country, savings that could be invested in other parts of Guyana economic sectors. The Government needs to move swiftly to seize this opportunity while investors are still interested. Just recently, at a signing of a Memo of Understanding between TERI and the Private Sector Commission, there were expression of opinions that there is still hope for the Amaila Falls Project and the enormous benefits a project of that nature can bring.

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YOUTHS' FUTURE NOT A PRIORITY FOR GOVERNMENT

Guyana celebrated with the rest of the world in observance of International Youth Day on Friday, under the theme “The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production.” According to a release from the United Nations Office, this year’s Day is about achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It focuses on the leading role of young people in ensuring poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development through sustainable consumption and production the report further stated.

However, in Guyana, youths continue to be ignored and government has no effective policy in place to tackle major issues facing a youthful Guyana. In a recent statement by President David Granger, he made it clear that it is difficult for the more than 4,000 youths, who drop out of school annually to find jobs. The President stressed that ways have to be found to ensure that children qualify themselves at school to prepare for the job market. “Once they qualify it will be easier for them to move into fields which I think could lead to self-employment.

Employment is not something to be provided by the government.

There is self-employment and we are working with the villages to generate more employment in those villages but it is going to be agro-based employment,” he added. The 2015 general elections campaign manifesto of the APNU+AFC states: “The aim of your new government is to create jobs, jobs and more jobs in the shortest time possible. Our young people cannot wait “five more years” for jobs for which they could be adequately trained and could get better pay and greater job satisfaction.

Crime and suicide is on the increase in Guyana, however, the Guyana Police Force has stated that reported crimes has decreased significantly. Most of the perpetrators are perceived to be persons between the ages of 15-35 years. The Guyana Police Force has launched several outreach programs to help young people. “Outreach Programmes in the Guyana Police Force ‘B’ Division (Berbice) saw ranks in collaboration with the residents of Number 76 Village Housing Scheme, Corentyne, Berbice, being involved in environmental cleaning

in the community.

Police ranks also conducted a clean-up exercise within the compound of the St. Micheal Anglican Church at Hopetown, West Coast Berbice. Further, partnership between members of Community Policing Groups and the Police in the Division resulted in a quantity of footwear and other articles being distributed to residents of the Hugo Chavez Nursing Home at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice”. The GPF has reported. At the 41st Sitting of the National Assembly, Opposition Member of Parliament, Dr. Vidhya Persaud led a speech to highlight the many woes that are affecting the young people of this country.

In her speech Dr. Persaud noted that the stagnant economy, unemployment rate, poor condition of the rice industry, “shameful and indiscriminate” firing of individuals whose livelihood depend on it as well as the introduction of the parking meter are some of the reasons for the state of the young people in Guyana. If the Government do not place emphasis on the youths, then the country can go down the narrow path of destruction.

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CSEC 2016 Results Released Online

The Caribbean Examination council on Friday officially released its 2016 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) results online. After analysis, CXC announced that there is an overall pass rate of 64 percent of students scoring between Grade One and Three. It also stated that there was a drop in the number of persons writing the exams but there was an increase in the number of subjects being written by students.

The results were officially released on Friday in Anguilla and were streamed live on the CXC website and Facebook. During the presentation of the results, it was noted that again the number of female students writing the exams outnumbered the males with a 58.42 percent ratio.

The figures were 55, 130 males compared 77, 544 females who wrote the exam. However, when compared to 2015, there was a decline in the performance in Mathematics. Overall performance in Mathematics saw a 13% decrease. Candidates recorded a 44% pass rate in Mathematics this year as opposed to 57% in 2015. Glenroy Cumberbatch, a Registrar at CXC in Barbados noted that there has been a general decline in the S c i e n c e subjects over the past two years and a decline in Information Te c h n o l o g y was also recorded this year which moved from 88% in 2015 to 78% in 2016.

On the contrary, English Language saw a 7% improvement which saw the pass rate jump from 60% in 2015 to 67% in 2016.

Meanwhile speaking on the performance in Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), Cumberbatch said the region attained a success rate of 90%. While noting that there has been an overall decline in the performance in Accounting Unit 01, there has been an improvement in Agriculture Science results. He also added that Mathematics remained fairly constant.Two of the compulsory subjects, Caribbean Studies and Communication Studies both dropped by one percent.

Caribbean Studies moved from 96%v overall pass rate in 2015 to 97% in 2016 while Communication Studies moved from 98% in 2015 to 97% in 2016. With CXC’s 2016 results out, students can look forward to breakdown to confirm whether Guyana has also registered a decline in the areas of Mathematics, Science and Information Technology in comparison to last year’s results. But in order for students to uplift their results, they must return all borrowed textbooks that were issued by the Ministry.

In a recent Facebook post, the Education Ministry had stated that “Students who fail to return the textbooks, which were loaned to them by their school, will not be able to access their CXC results. This request is in keeping with the Ministry’s Textbook Policy, which states: “Learners must return books before Progress Reports, Examination Results, Recommendations, or References are uplifted.” The Ministry stated that it had no other choice but to adopt this “unfortunate position in an effort to provide adequate textbooks and similar opportunities to the next batch of students."

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Communities In Several Hinterland Regions Benefitted From Improved Water Supply – In First Half Of 2016 Mabaruma in Region One, Monkey Mountain, Princeville and Campbelltown in Region Eight and Rupertee, Wowetta, Marcanata, Kumu and Shulinab in Region Nine are among those areas that benefitted in the first half of 2016, under the administration’s drive to increase access to potable water in the hinterland. At a recent press briefing at the Guyana Water Incorporated’s (GWI) Shelter Belt, Vlissengen Road, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Richard Van West -Charles explained that during the first half of the year, the water company commenced, in Mabaruma, the drilling of a large reservoir to improve the distribution to the new town.

The project which is expected to be completed during the second half of the year will result in residents benefitting from treated water.

It will also result in an increase in the hours of water distribution to the community, the CEO said. Meanwhile, according to GWI’s Divisional Manager, for Regions One, Eight and Nine, Osei Manifold, during the first half of the year, a water supply improvement project was completed in Section Two of Monkey Mountain. A total of $13.816M was expended on the project that is benefitting approximately 400 residents.

Manifold explained that the project entailed the construction of a catchment, the installation of a photovoltaic system, distribution system, stand pipes and trestle. He said that it resulted in the residents on the outskirts (or Section 2) of the community, receiving water for the first time. Manifold said, in the past, residents walked long distances to access potable water. GWI had drilled a well at Princeville, installed a photovoltaic system, distribution system, 10 stand pipes and trestle to the cost of $17.198M, and these are benefitting 350 residents. Manifold explained that the intervention at Campbelltown, for which over $16 M was expended, was as a result of the dry season.

GWI decided to execute the project that entailed the drilling of a well, the installation of photovoltaic system, distribution system, stand pipes and trestle, after the residents complained of not being able to access water from the creeks and springs due to the prolonged dry season, Manifold explained. The official further explained that the project also catered for the Mahdia Hospital, which was also affected during the dry season. Manifold stated that the hospital administrators were forced to pay a private contractor to supply water to the hospital to cater for the high water demand of the health facility, during the dry season.

Under the project, an exclusive water line was installed for the Mahdia Hospital. Manifold further explained that the new well drilled connects directly to the Salbora Creek, so that in the event of another dry season the community and the hospital will not be affected as they will be able to source water directly from the creek.

As a result of the dry season, during the first half of the year, the water company was also forced to make interventions in Region Nine, to ensure residents access water. The water company commenced the drilling of eight wells. Manifold reported that five of the wells are completed; Rupertee, Wowetta, Marcanata, Kumu and Shulinab.

Manifold said that the three remaining wells at Kwamwatta, Potarinau and Aranaputa would be completed in the second half of the year. Meanwhile, regarding Region Seven, Divisional Manager, Elson Khirattie reported that in Bartica, GWI continues to have sectionalised delivery of water. Khirattie explained that this is as a result of the growth in the area that was not catered for, with the construction of the water treatment plant. Khirattie added that GWI has installed a new reservoir and a new eight-inch transmission line from the water treatment plant to Five Miles housing scheme, by way of the Bartica-Potaro road.

The water company has also put in place, in Central Bartica, a gravity water feeder. The water company also took water supply for the first time to Branford Point, and commenced a similar intervention in Karrau. Also benefitting from improved water supply was Byderabo. GWI, at an estimated cost of $100M upgraded the water distribution system, and completed the installation of pipelines in the areas. For the first time, residents were able to receive potable water through their taps, Khirattie said. (GINA)

A schoolgirl drinking water at a standpipe at a school in Region Nine

A solar powered water system in the hinterland

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Wakenaam Students Benefit From Bicycles To Go To School Regional Executive Officer of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region Three), Mr. Dennis Jaikarran praised the President’s Buses, Boats, Bicycles, Books and Breakfast programme (Five Bs), even as Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms Amna Ally and First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, distributed the final 20 bicycles, of the 60, which were donated

by The Guyana Bahamas Association, under the programme, to students in Wakenaam. Mr. Jaikarran said that the administration’s work within a year has shown dynamic leadership. “I would like to say to you, that in a certain period of time, under the astute and dynamic leadership of President D a v i d G r a n g e r, G u y a n a w o u l d h a v e p r o g r e s s e d extraordinarily and we need to give him thanks.” The REO challenged the residents of Wakenaam to ensure that every child goes to school. “We have to ensure that in Region Three, regardless of where our schools are, that every school aged child must be in school,” he said. Mr. Jaikarran also noted that the donation is the first of its kind in Wakenaam and as REO he vowed to carry out the mandate of the Government so that everyone can enjoy ‘the good life’. “I want you to value what this government is doing for you, to ensure that you continue to give your service, your dedication, your stewardship and in a very honest way, you consider the things that you receive and ensure that things are properly done,” he said. Minister Ally, who has been at the forefront of the coordination of the Five Bs programme, stressed the need for every child to have access to a good education. “Our President, believes, that every child must be in school, every child must have a good education, every child and every resident must enjoy a good life. This coalition government is paving the way for each and every one of us to enjoy the good life,” she said. Minister Ally, urged the beneficiaries of the Five Bs programme in Wakenaam to take advantage of the opportunities provided to them so that they can ensure a good future for themselves. “I want to say to you my dear friends in Wakenaam, that this is a progressive President, who has a progressive Government. I know that 20 Bicycles is only a start, but we know the need in Wakenaam and I can assure you that this is not going to be the first, nor the last, but that we will do better as we get better,” she said. First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger further urged parents and teachers to find the talent within each child and nurture them to help them to become the best that they can be.

“We have to look at how we are gearing our young people to take charge in the 21st century. It is you the young people, who will be taking charge of our country and we would like to hope that you are well trained and well equipped to deal with all the challenges you face,” she said. The first set of bicycles, donated by the Guyana Bahamas Association, were made in Ithaca, West Coast Berbice on August 01 and in Leguan,

Wednesday last. The distribution, which took place at Arthurville Primary School in Wakenaam, saw several schools on the island benefiting from the project. In an invited comment President of the association Mr. Jagroo said According to President of the Guyana Bahamas Association, Mr. Jagroo, the organisation, which has been in existence for 21 years, has as part of its mandate, the conduct of charitable work that benefits young people. “We’ve donated to many organisations both in the Bahamas and in Guyana and we intend to continue to do so. President Granger’s initiative caught my [attention], since I’m a teacher by profession and one of my concerns is that students must be in school. I am impressed. We’re going to work very hard to come back again.

Our initial number was 100 but we got 60, and since I’m involved in many other organisations, I’m going to see what I can get from them,” he said. President David Granger’s Five Bs programme is an on-going initiative that has seen businesses across Guyana and Guyanese in the diaspora giving back for the better of all Guyana. Apart from the distribution of bicycles, the Ministry of Social Cohesion made a presentation of sports gear to the Mariah Johanna Youth group to further foster the key role of sport in education.

Eleven year old Naresh Jaganand was also presented with a trophy for being the Islands top performer at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment. The trophy was donated by the Sarah-Good Success Group.

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Mrs. Granger congratulates one of the beneficiaries of the President's Five Bs programme at Wakenaam.

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Grand Farewell Today For Daaga Scores of mourners made their way to the National Joint Action Committee's headquarters in Portof- Spain yesterday to view the body of the Chief Servant Makandal Daaga. With the haunting rhythms of the African drums and the scent of burning incense, mourners were taken to an upper room for the viewing, which was open for about five hours. Many of them paid their respects to a man, who most described as a "warrior for the people of T&T." Yesterday’s proceedings were supervised by political leader, Kwasi Mutema.

Late yesterday at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Grand Stand preparations were being undertaken for Daaga's funeral service, which is expected to begin promptly at 9 this morning. There will also be a heightened police presence at the venue. Daaga would have celebrated his 81st birthday today. The Emancipation Support Committee, in a statement yesterday, expressed its deepest condolences to Daaga’s wife, Liseli and his four children. Also, to the extended family of NJAC. The Committee remembers Daaga for leading the movement which has been credited with “Having had the greatest impact on reshaping the economy and the society

PNM's deputy political leader Joan Yuille- Williams were among those who turned up for yesterday's public viewing of founder of the National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) Makandal Daaga's body at NJAC's headquarters on Duke Street, Port-of-Spain ahead of today's funeral which will take place at the Queen’s Park Savannah. At right is Daaga's widow Liseli.

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of T&T in the 20th Century.” “Daaga will be an inspiration to the future generations of young people who don’t sleep to dream but dream to change the world,” the Committee said. Daaga now joins other outstanding stalwarts of the 1970 Black Power Movement in the Caribbean who made the transition before him, such as Maurice Bishop of Grenada, Tim Hector of Antigua, Dr Walter Rodney of Guyana and from T&T Kwame Ture (who made his mark in the USA), George Weekes, Winston Leonard, Lidj Yasu Omowale and Lasana Kwesi).

The National Trade Union of T&T (Natuc) also paid homage to Daaga for paving the way for the people of descent to hold positions in banks, financial and insurance institutions. “Natuc believes the region has been robbed of one the most esteemed progressive voices. While Mr Daaga’s death marks the end of an era, the union says it was one of great pride, achievement and controversy. It says T&T should never forget that Mr Daaga spent his life pursuing justice and dignity for the working class and Africans, in particular,” the release stated. Oropouche MP Dr Roodal Moonilal in a letter to Mutema said: "”Trinidad and Tobago—and, indeed, the developing world—has lost a leader who matched courage with campaign, idealism with insistence, motivation with mobilisation."

(Trinidad Guardian)

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Contractors Welcome $300m Injection President of the T&T Contractors’ Association, Mikey Joseph, yesterday welcomed the $300 million injection from the Government that will be used to off-set the more than $2b debt to contractors. Joseph said the money is still better than nothing, but stated that not many contractors would have their bills settled, given the financial circumstances the country was facing. “It is my hope that in doing that (paying contractors) they would look at the smaller contractors who would not have the resources and wear-it-all to withstand the issues of banking interest and penalties and all of that would affect their businesses severely right now.

I hope they deal with this as a matter of priority,” Joseph said.

At Thursday’s post-Cabinet press briefing, at the Office of the Prime Minister, acting Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Colm Imbert, admitted that he had signed off on $300 million to pay contractors whose invoices have been validated. The news

came two months after Joseph called on Government to settle a staggering $2 billion outstanding payment it had for contractors. As to whether Government can pay that entire $2 billion in the next month, Imbert said he doubts it and he has no idea where that figure came from.

He also stated that he asked big spenders such as the Educational Facilities Company Ltd, Ministry of Works and Housing Development Corporation (HDC) to provide the Ministry of Finance with validated outstanding bills.

Yesterday, Joseph said approximately $800 million was owed to the Education Facilities Company Ltd (EFCL), while HDC had an outstanding bill of $640 million. Other State-agencies that owe contractors Joseph said were WASA, Regional Health Authorities and Ministry of Works. “Let us assume that of the $300 million that has been signed off, $100 million went to EFCL and $100 million went to HDC. I know for a fact that the Minister of Finance has over $180 million in approved certified bills coming from the Ministry of Works under the Programme for Upgrading Roads Efficiency (PURE) programme on his desk. It tells you that not much money would be paid.” Joseph said PURE alone would absorb two-third’s of the $300 million if they were to be paid. He said one problem faced by some contractors was that their debts had not been fully certified.

“The reason for it is because the State enterprise when they recognise their debts is ridiculously high they stop certifying. If they don’t certify your payments you have no chance of bringing it to court after four years.”

Joseph said they were willing to meet with Imbert to have a cordial discussion in an attempt to resolve the dispute. “We are part of the country, nation and its development. The minister does not always have to look for cash to pay contractors. We can sit down and discuss other ways (to settle the debt). We can come to an amicable arrangement.” (Trinidad Guardian)

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Mexicans Hired To Complete Job Accusing Trinidad Offshore Fabrication Company (Tofco) of firing locals and hiring foreigners, three shifts of unionised Tofco workers yesterday staged a protest, hampering construction of a major gas platform. The workers who are clamouring against unfair work practices and unsafe conditions, were joined by residents of La Brea who have been picketing job sites over the past few months looking for work.

From around 5 am, the protesters blocked access to Tofco’s gates in La Brea as they called on Labour Minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus to intervene. Tofco, an international provider of offshore fabrication and construction services, is building the topsides of bpTT Juniper platform at La Brea, near the sea side.

It is one of the largest ever offshore platforms built in T&T and employs more than 500 workers on three shifts. The US$2.1 billion platform is first offshore platform ever designed and constructed with significant local input. Representative of the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union, Clyde Charles, who works as a welder said since hard times hit the country, Tofco has been employing non-unionised Mexicans to work on the platform.

“They are taking jobs that residents of La Brea are quite capable to do. Tofco does not want unionised workers so anybody who joins the union is sure to lose their job,” Charles said.

He added that the OWTU had applied to the Recognition and Certification Board to legally represent Tofco workers and this was not supported by management. “Tofco is aware of this and they are using all kinds of strategies to get rid of unionised workers. Whenever they lay off a unionised worker, they bring in a non-unionised worker. They have hired many Mexican labourers and welders,” Charles said. He also complained that some workers have been falling ill because of continued exposure to paint fumes, sandblasting dust and welding fumes.

“The last time the Occupational Safety and Health Authority did a thorough inspection of Tofco, they advised that all workers who are exposed to the fumes should be given a complete health test but this was never done,” Charles said.

Tofco workers during their protest outside the company’s compound in La Brea, yesterday.

Photo: Courtesy OWTU’s general secretary Richard Le

He also said there was no forum to speak to management.

Meanwhile a representative from La Brea said unemployment figures were over 80 per cent in La Brea. “People here are skilled and qualified to work but they are not offering us any work,” a resident said.

The workers and residents called on Baptiste-Primus to meet with them to discuss unfair work practices. General manager of Tofco, Javed Mohammed, denied yesterday that the platform construction was down saying more than 150 workers were still working on the project. He dismissed claims that workers were laid off but said the company was planning cutbacks in the future as there was now a surplus of labour. Mohammed declined to give a cost of the project or to confirm whether foreigners were being hired to complete the plant.

“We are looking to do cutbacks. I am not going to go into further details but it is not true that we have laid off people. The site remains open for work and we are having dialogue,” Mohammed said. Several attempts were made to contact Baptiste-Primus on her cellular phone but she did not answer.

BPTT—Platform jacket being built in Texas In July, bpTT said it had accepted a proposal from TOFCO to relocate fabrication of the Juniper platform’s jacket and piles from TOFCO’s yard in La Brea to a fabrication yard in Texas, United States.

Only fabrication of the Juniper topsides have been continued at La Brea. TOFCO was awarded the contract for the fabrication of the Juniper jacket, topsides and piles in September 2014. The proposal to relocate some of the fabrication work was presented by TOFCO in order to preserve the project schedule.

Topsides, currently being fabricated at La Brea are expected to be completed by December. “Keeping the project on schedule and maintaining the commitment to first gas in 2017 is a key priority for bpTT and other stakeholders involved in the project,” the company said on its website.

“Gas from the Juniper facility is important to satisfy gas contract obligations in 2017 and beyond, and a delay in the project could have negative effects on gas consumers and government revenues,” bpTT stated. The Juniper facility will be a Normally Unmanned Installation (NUI) and will take gas from the Corallita and Lantana fields located 50 miles off the south east coast of Trinidad in water-depth of approximately 360 feet. (Trinidad Guardian)

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Police Warning For Pokemon Players Southern Division police are warning Pokemon trainers against venturing into parks and lonely areas late at nights, saying that they are making themselves a target for bandits. A senior officer told the Guardian yesterday that San Fernando police have broken up several crowds of people searching for Pokemon since the Pokemon Go app became available in T&T last Wednesday.

The officer said trainers have been coming out to Skinner Park’s secondary ground, the Southern Academy for Performing Arts and Palmiste Park around 11 pm and midnight, searching for Pokemon. He said: “By doing this, you become a potential victim of crime. “People come out all hours of the night with their phones in their hands looking for these things. I agree that this is a free country, but they have to understand what is going on.

Criminals are there and will be watching their expensive phones and waiting right there to rob them. Some people have phones that cost $5,000 and $6,000. “It is the police who will have investigate these robberies and if they can’t provide

proper information to us, we may not be able to solve it,” the officer said. Not only are they potential victims of crime, but players can also suffer road accidents. He said he had witnessed people driving and being alerted that a Pokemon was available in the area and stopping suddenly without following proper driving regulations.

The Pokemon Go app allows users to create an avatar and using a map, locate Pokemon, creatures that exist virtually in the app. On the map, players can also find virtual Pokestops which provide them with items, such as eggs, Pokeballs and potions. Pokestops are usually located at places of historical interest or houses of worship. There are also Pokemon gyms which serve as battle locations for virtual duels. (Trinidad Guardian)

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$1m Bail For Cancer Patient A 70-year-old former United States resident diagnosed with stage four cancer was granted $1 million bail yesterday after appearing on two charges of illegally importing 6,540 rounds of ammunition and a rifle into the country. However, Morris Mewalal who last Saturday returned to Trinidad to live “out his final days” was unable to secure the bail and was remanded to the State prison. His attorney Subhas Panday has since written to the Prison Commissioner Sterling Stewart asking that his client be given special attention since he suffered from high blood pressure and in July 2015 he underwent surgery.

Mewalal’s two relatives were also arrested by the police, but they were subsequently released. The exhibits - six sweet biscuit pans and a small cardboard box containing ammunition and a long cardboard box containing the rifle were presented in court. In asking for bail, Panday, who together with attorney Petronella Basdeo represented Mewalal, said he lived in Pennsylvania for 22 years and underwent a surgery at the Temple University Hospital to remove a portion of his colon.

Mewalal was fitted with a colostomy bag which was subsequently removed, Panday said. He said Mewalal also underwent chemotherapy, but was advised to return for further treatment in November. However, Panday said Mewalal decided to return to his homeland to live out his final days having regard to the advanced stage of the cancer. After his two relatives were arrested, Panday said Mewalal went to the Princes Town Police Station and gave up himself. He submitted that his client was not a flight risk since he surrendered his travel documents, including his passport, US green card and identification card.

In March 2016 he underwent another procedure in the United States. As a result, Panday said, Mewalal was in need of special care. Earlier Mewalal was not called upon to plea to the charges when he appeared before Princes Town First Court Magistrate Indira Misir-Gosine. Mewalal was charged by PC Solomon in connection with the discovery by police of the rifle and ammunition at his Lower Piparo Road, Williamsville home last weekend. The charges alleged that between July 18 and August 8 at Lower Piparo Road, Williamsville he imported into T&T without an import licence 6,490 rounds of .22 ammunition and 50 rounds of .25 ammunition; as well as the rifle. The charges Given his medical condition, he said his client’s mobility was also limited and he was a first time offender. Panday was only were laid by PC Solomon. able to produce to the court copies of a few medical documents since most of Mewalal’s medical reports were destroyed in a fire at his Pennsylvania apartment last week.

Citing a recent court matter where a female helicopter pilot was granted $500,000 bail for allegedly trafficking $1 million worth of cocaine, Panday said his clients should also be grated bail since the maximum penalty for that offence and his client’s charges was 21 years.

Morris Mewhalal, who was granted $1 million bail by a Princes Town Magistrate on two charges of importing a riffle and 6,540 rounds of ammunition into the country without an import licence. Photo: RISHI RAGOONATH

Panday also commended the police, in particular Sgt Ramlogan, Sgt Sulliman and the Princes Town CID, for their level of professionalism in dealing with Mewalal while he was in their custody.

Granting bail with clerk of the peace approval after prosecutor Sgt Raymond Dookoo did not object to bail, the magistrate also ordered that he surrender his travel documents. Mewalal is expected to return to court on September 9. (Trinidad Guardian)

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Residents Plan Petition With the support of dozens of residents and farmers in Barrackpore, farmer Ricky Gangadhar has started a petition to rid the community of hundreds of bison that roam the streets at night. Gangadhar, who says he was shot last Tuesday after speaking out about the animals, intends to take the petition to Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat on Monday to ask for his intervention. He is hoping Rambharat will order the animals owner to secure them or order the ministry to remove the animals from the streets if the owner does not take responsibility for them.

When the T&T Guardian visited him at his Ramsabad Trace, Barrackpore home yesterday, Gangadhar broke down in tears, as he expressed frustration over the situation.

He says he was attacked by a relative of the animals owner because meetings with other farmers were held at his home, where the problem of the bison was discussed.

Gangadhar’s story first broke on Ian Alleyne’s Crime Watch earlier this week as he went to Alleyne to seek justice. “I was in my garden spraying with the spray can on my back when this guy, who I know very well, came on my land and he started talking to me,” he recalled.

“He was asking if I would plough some land for him but same time the breeze blow a rag off his hand and I see him holding a gun.” After a scuffle in which he said he feared for his life, Gangadhar escaped. Yesterday, Gangadhar had many questions over the alleged lack of action from the

Barrackpore Police Station. “It is decades these people have bison roaming through the village, destroying crops, property and frightening people, it has to stop sometime.”

He is confident that he will be able to amass 500 signatures

by Monday.

In Ramsingh Trace, farmers Sanjay Bridgemohan and Beepath Ramkissoon reiterated Gangadhar’s statements.

Ramkissoon said, “I have five acres I usually plant, but because of the same thing with the bison, I hardly plant anything this year. It is very difficult to plant and work so hard and the animals just trampling over everything.” I lost about $20,000 in one night.” A short distance away, in Seebalack Branch Trace, residents also complained about the bison.

Mechanic Baldath Sonilal said the animals attacked his clients and damaged one vehicle. “I have customers afraid to come by me because of that, I have to lose business.”

Resident Lilawatee Rajkumar said she lives in fear that the animals will attack her. “When I have to go to work in the morning, I have to pay a taxi to come all the way inside this road and pick me up, cause I ‘fraid to walk out,” she said.

“If I can’t get nobody to come in, cause taxis ‘fraid to work inside too, I does walk up that hill and run down the other side, cause I know the day them things pick up with me, that is it.” (Trinidad Guardian)

Bison graze on a parcel of land along Diggity Trace, Barrackpore, yesterday. Farmers are blaming the animals for the destruction of their crops.

Photo: RISHI RAGOONATH (Inset) Farmer Ricky Gangadhar, who started a petition calling on the authority to rid the community of hundreds of bison that roam the streets. Photo: TONY HOWELL

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Spruce Up Jamaica Intern Programme Benefits Over 5,000 ST JAMES, Jamaica – Over 5,000 young Jamaicans have so far benefitted under the Ministry of Tourism’s Spruce Up Jamaica Tourism Summer Intern Programme, at a cost of over $100 million. According to a release from the tourism ministry, over 700 interns were assigned to work in over 100 partner organisations from various sub sectors such as transportation, accommodations, attractions, water sports, the travel trade, and other sectors linked to tourism.

Establishments to which interns are assigned have the option of keeping them on for longer periods and this has happened for several of the interns, the ministry release said. Minister Bartlett said there was more to the programme than exposing

young people to tourism “as a discreet economic activity, but to use it as an opportunity to open your minds to a broad spectrum of activities that create an experience that people travel across the world to enjoy at a price.” In that regard, he challenged them to play their part in ensuring that Jamaicans and visitors feel safe in resort areas and enhancing the sanitation and cleanliness of the country.

According to the Bartlett, “it’s a mental attitude that we are honing, culturing and building in this industry and it is you the young people that will help us to redefine the great experience that Jamaica is for our visitors.” Programme participant, Shavone Smith hoped that in impacting their lives, it would also help them to become agents of change while Lydia Denny said “it was a great experience” which taught her to respect others. Also, Chad Anthony Ellis learnt the value of good customer service.

(Jamaica Observer)

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett (centre), with some of the participants in the Spruce Up Jamaica Tourism Summer Internship programme at a rally held yesterday at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St James. (Photo: JIS)

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Venezuela Turns To The 'Jesus Christ Of Economics' For Salvation

CARACAS, Venezuela -- As Venezuela grapples with an economic and political meltdown, President Nicolas Maduro has turned for guidance to an obscure Marxist professor from Spain, who the president describes as 'the Jesus Christ of economics’. Officials in the ruling party told The Wall Street Journal that the economist, Alfredo Serrano, has pushed for more state controls on manufacturing and food supply (as opposed to pursuing more orthodox methods like freeing the currency), and that has "largely shaped the president's response to the country's economic crisis."

Maduro also plans to 'talk up' the price of oil to $70, a result that

could seemingly only be achieved with divine intervention in the face of increasing global production and falling demand. He is reportedly calling oil ministers in OPEC and non-OPEC countries to talk about cutting production, while Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Iran have reported near record output over the past several months. Venezuela’s oil production, on the other hand, has been declining for years, falling from 3.3 million barrels a day in 1997 to about 1.9 million barrels a day in 2016.

While Venezuela holds the world’s largest known oil reserves, it cannot afford to produce the oil it needs to sell in an economy that has plunged into a deep recession and fast running out of cash even to feed its own citizens or keep the lights on in its major cities.

Venezuela is the world's worst-performing economy this year. Both the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank estimate that the country's gross domestic product will shrink by about 10% in 2016. And the IMF recently forecast that consumer-price inflation could hit 480% this year and climb to a mindblowing 1,640% in 2017.

By Caribbean News Now contributor

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Former Dominican Republic Defence Minister Arrested On Bribery Charges SANTO DOMINIGO, Dominican Republic -- Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested a former defence minister and three others for allegedly accepting a $3.5 million bribe from Embraer SA in exchange for placing an order with the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer for military aircraft.

The arrests are part of an investigation that includes US and Brazilian authorities into the 2009 purchase of eight Super Tucano aircraft for $94 million. The Dominican Republic

Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano

government said they used the planes, which have bubble glass cockpits and noses painted with growling teeth, to combat aerial drops of drugs from South America.

“It was rumoured that in the process of the sale, they offered a series of bribes and discussed different quantities, which is why we started an investigation,” Laura Guerrero Pelletier, head of the Dominican Special Prosecutor for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption, said in a statement.

Those arrested include Pedro Rafael Pena Antonio, defence minister from 2008 to 2010, Air Force Colonel Carlos Piccini, businessman Daniel Aquino Mendez and his son Daniel Aquino Hernandez, the prosecutor’s office said. Embraer is also facing penalties in the US as part of a related investigation by the Justice Department under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

By Caribbean News Now contributor

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Jealous Dominican Beats Lover During Vacation In BVI A visitor from the Commonwealth of Dominica, who confessed to beating the woman with whom he was vacationing in the British Virgin Islands, was fined $3,000 in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, August 10. The offender, Neil Hamlet, is also to pay the woman $2,500 in compensation.

He pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm when he appeared before Magistrate Ayanna BaptisteDaBreo. Hamlet, who is scheduled to leave the British Virgin Islands in September, is to pay the sum by August 29. If neither the fine nor compensation is paid on time, the offender would serve the default sentence of six months imprisonment for each offence. His passport has been seized. (Antigua Observer)

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Trinidad: Scotiabank Wins Best Digital Bank For 6th Time source: wpmedia.business.financialpost SCOTIABANK has for the sixth consecutive year, been

recognised by Global Finance Magazine as the Best Digital Bank in Trinidad and Tobago for 2016. The bank received recognition in 23 countries including Canada and countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. It also won in two

international regional subcategories: Best Integrated Consumer Bank Site and Best Mobile Banking App. Commenting on the accolade, Group Head, International Banking and Digital Transformation, Ingacio “Nacho” Deschamps, said, “We are very proud to have been recognised

by Global Finance for the digital solutions we offer to our customers across the Caribbean, Latin America and Canada.”

“At Scotiabank, one of our top priorities is to make it easier for customers to do business with us by becoming the leading digital bank in the markets where we operate,” Deschamps added.

Winning banks were selected based on the following criteria: strength of strategy for attracting and servicing digital customers, success in getting clients to use digital offerings, growth of digital customers, breadth of product offerings, evidence of tangible benefits gained from digital initiatives, and web/mobile site design and functionality. Scotiabank noted that this announcement came on the heels of it having received the award for Best Digital Strategy of 2016 by Retail Banker International. (Antigua Observer)

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Jamaica: HIV-Vulnerable Individuals Get Employability Skills the training in social etiquette, personal development, basic computer skills, among other areas, aims to improve the chances of employability for the group member. They also benefited from résumé writing and interview skills. “Your opportunity to earn an income will be improved, which, in turn can reduce vulnerability to HIV and reduce new HIV infections,” Dr Chevannes told the graduates at the ceremony held on August 10 at the JEF in Kingston.

She noted that the programme formed part of priority three Executive director of of the National Integrated Strategic Plan on Sexual and the NFPB-SHA Dr Reproductive Health, which guides Jamaica’s response to Denise Chevannes said HIV. She urged the graduates to seek to become “agents of change” among their friends, colleagues and peers, noting that the training “marked the beginning of greater achievements”. (Antigua Observer)

Twenty-nine individuals who are vulnerable to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), have graduated from a Capacity Building and Employability Programme designed to equip them with skills for the world of work.

The training programme, organised by the National Family Planning Board-Sexual Health Agency (NFPB-SHA), was undertaken in collaboration with the Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) between June and July.

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Zika Cases In Trinidad And Tobago Now Likely In Thousands, Says Health Ministere Farewell For Crosby PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Health Minister Terrence microcephaly.” During a tour of affected areas, Deyalsingh said Deyalsingh said on Thursday that the number of zika cases recorded in Trinidad and Tobago were inaccurate and there were more than the 247 confirmed cases, with the likelihood that the figure was in the thousands. Acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Clive Tilluckdharry, confirmed the number of people with zika was in the thousands, the Trinidad Guardian reported. “With the rash, fever, headaches is zika, the number of cases in the thousands, that is zika,” he said.

His advice for couples attempting to have children: “You can get pregnant you know, but take the necessary precautions and keep your environs free of the Aedes aegypti. Use bed nets, insect repellent, not all pregnant women with zika end up with

Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh

the government could only do so much, pointing out several homes that were a breeding ground for mosquitoes, and the population had to get on board. He described as “shocking” one case in which they found 30 beer bottles in a derelict vehicle.

Several of the bottles had water in them with mosquito larvae.

“I am pleading with the public for them to take part in the solutions. It is a co-ordinated response. This is not only in Trinidad and Tobago, it is globally who are affected. “We saw another house where there were 30 bottles and 30 potential breeding sites in one residence. The population is still not getting the message we want. “Spraying is not the only answer.

The more we spray the more resistance is the mosquito. We have to make sure there are no breeding sites,” he said.

Tilluckdharry said aerial spraying was not effective when questioned about the virus. Deyalsingh said government had increased the fine from $300 up to $3,500 for residents with unkept lots under the Yellow Fever Regulations but some property owners were calling him to either get those fees waived or the period for payment extended. He said, however, it was time for property owners to take responsibility in the fight against zika. (Caribbean News Now)

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Turkey Coup Attempt: Nearly 82,000 Sacked Or Suspended Some 5,000 state employees have been sacked and 77,000 suspended in the purge since last month's failed coup in Turkey, the prime minister says. Binali Yildirim told reporters in Ankara that more than 3,000 of those sacked were members of the military. They are suspected of links to exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, he said. Announcing a visit to Turkey by US VicePresident Joe Biden, he again urged the US to extradite Mr Gulen. The cleric, a former ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, lives in selfimposed exile in Pennsylvania, from where he runs a worldwide network of charities and schools. He denies any knowledge of or involvement in Turkey's ďŹ rst coup attempt since 1997, which left 270 people dead. Communication network' "The main element improving our relations with the US is the extradition of Gulen, where there is no room for negotiation," Mr Yildirim was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency. "Whether or not the anti-Americanism in Turkey will continue is also dependant on this."

According to Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, the Turkish

prime minister added that the US stance on extradition was "getting better". He said that since the coup attempt on 15-16 July, 76,597 civil servants had been suspended over links to the coup attempt, and 4,897 had been dismissed from their posts, bringing the total number to 81,974. The coup plotters, he said, had their own "communication network of 50,000 people". Mr Yildirim said Mr Biden would visit Turkey on 24 August. In another development, reported by Reuters, the Istanbul chief prosecutor's oďŹƒce sent a letter to the US authorities asking for the detention of Mr Gulen.

(BBC)

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IS Conflict: Manbij Residents Celebrate Liberation

Residents in the northern Syrian city of Manbij have been celebrating new freedoms after being liberated from the rule of so-called Islamic State. They have poured into the streets enjoying basic rights they had been denied for two years, including shaving off their beards and smoking. US-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters fought 73 days to drive IS out of Manbij, close to the Turkish border. About 2,000 civilians being used as human shields were also freed. Reuters news agency spoke to a resident of Manbij who described a spot where people were beheaded. "For anything or using the excuse that he did not believe [in God], they put him and cut his head off. "It is all injustice," he said. "I feel joy and [it is like a] dream I am dreaming. I cannot believe it, I cannot believe it. Things I saw no one saw," a woman said screaming and fainting, according to Reuters. Another woman thanked the fighters that had set them free: "You are our children, you are our heroes, you are the blood of our hearts, you are our eyes. Go out, Daesh [Arabic name for IS]!" Life under IS Women are forced to cover up; in one case, a woman in Mosul, Iraq, was challenged for not having her hands fully covered The minimum punishment is flogging, which is applied for things like smoking a cigarette. Men caught smoking have had their fingers amputated, while a female dentist who treated men was publicly beheaded, the UN said in a report in 2014 Men are not allowed to be clean-shaven Prayer checks are carried out on the streets Men are ordered to attend compulsory Sharia classes if their trousers are too long Move on Raqqa? The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) coalition includes the powerful Kurdish YPG militia. They were backed in their campaign against IS by US-led air strikes on IS positions. The roads through Manbij had become crucial to the group's ability to move fighters, weapons and supplies in and out of Syria. Routes to Syria's embattled second city, Aleppo, and to the IS capital, Raqqa, pass through the town. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which

monitors the conflict from the UK, around 500 cars left Manbij carrying IS members and civilians. They were heading north-east towards Jarablus, a town under IS control on the Turkish border. The militias said their victory had cut off the IS militants' route to Europe.

"After the liberation of Manbij, IS members won't be able to freely travel to and from Europe anymore," said Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim. US officials have said that after Manbij, the coalition's intention is to move on Raqqa. Raqqa, estimated to have a population of between 250,000 and 500,000, has become the de facto capital of the "caliphate" whose creation was proclaimed by IS two years ago after it took control of large swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq. In addition to the alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters supported by the US, IS militants are also under pressure from Russian-backed Syrian government forces. Two days ago, Russian air strikes cut off the city's water supply. (BBC)

A woman is shown smoking one of many interdictions under IS(REUTERS)

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Sweden's youngest ever government minister, drive limits (grams per litre of blood) UK, Malta: Aida Hadzialic, has resigned after being caught 0.8 (Scotland 0.5) United States: 0.8 Most driving over the alcoholic limit. Hadzialic, 29, is European countries, including Germany, France, minister for higher education in the centre-left Spain, Italy: 0.5 Sweden, Poland, Estonia, Cyprus: government and Sweden's first Muslim minister. 0.2 Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia She called the drink-driving incident "the greatest - no alcohol while driving A 0.5-limit would mean mistake of my life". Hadzialic, who arrived in an average man can take take a small glass of beer Sweden aged five from Bosnia-Hercegovina, or a large glass of wine and women to half a pint of drank two glasses of wine before being stopped on beer or a small glass of wine. the bridge linking Denmark and Sweden. She Sources: drinkingandyou.com; European faces a possible term of up to six months in prison Transport Safety Council (BBC) after police detected a blood-alcohol level of 0.2 grams per litre. Explaining her error, she said she had drunk one glass of sparkling wine and one of red after a night out in Copenhagen. She set off for Sweden's southern city of Malmo four hours later.

Hadzialic said she thought that would have been enough time for her body to get rid of the alcohol.

Explaining her decision to quit, the Social Democrat told reporters: "I choose to do this because I believe what I have done is that serious."

The minister had drunk two glasses of wine Sweden is one of several European countries which have low alcohol limits for drivers. Drink- before getting behind the wheel(REUTERS)

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EU funding for farmers, scientists and other projects will be replaced by the Treasury after Brexit, Chancellor Philip Hammond has said. In a move which could cost up to £6bn a year, the Treasury will guarantee to back EU-funded projects signed before this year's Autumn Statement. Agricultural funding now provided by the EU will also continue until 2020. But critics said the guarantee does not go far enough and there was "continued uncertainty". Voters backed leaving the EU in the 23 June referendum but Prime Minister Theresa May has indicated the UK government will not trigger Article 50, which would begin a two-year process to leave, during 2016. Mr Hammond said EU structural and investment fund projects signed before the Autumn Statement later this year, and Horizon research funding granted before leaving the EU, will be guaranteed by the Treasury after the UK leaves. The EU's 80bn euro (£69bn) Horizon 2020 programme awards funding for research and innovation and is open to UK institutions while the country remains a member.

'Stability and certainty' The chancellor said the government was "determined to ensure that people have stability and certainty in the period leading up to our departure from the EU". Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said: "We welcome Phillip Hammond's decision to agree with Labour's calls for EU structural funds to be protected postBrexit. This will help to give some reassurance to communities and businesses right the way across the UK". But he added that Labour "urgently" want to hear the chancellor "speak up on the importance of keeping Britain's membership of the European Investment Bank".

The Treasury said it would assess whether to guarantee funding for certain other projects "that might be signed after the Autumn Statement, but while we remain a member of the EU". Organisations such as universities bidding for EU funding before the UK leaves would have that money underwritten by the government. At present, farmers receive subsidies and other payments under the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). They get about £3bn a year in subsidies, with the biggest farmers pocketing cheques of £1m. The grants are given for owning land and also taking care of wildlife. The National Farmers' Union (NFU) said the Treasury's announcement was "positive" for farming. Its president Meurig Raymond said: "I hope that this short-term certainty will help to deliver longer-term confidence and this is exactly what farm businesses need now." The Country Land and Business Association (CLA), which represents more than 32,000 farmers, landowners and other rural businesses, said the move was "vitally important" but called for a "world-leading" domestic funding policy to be drawn up and ready for 2021. The structural and investment funds that will be guaranteed include CAP pillar two, the European Social Fund, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Regional Development Fund, including European Territorial Cooperation. Examples of projects that have received or are due to receive regional development fund money include: £5m for the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre at the University of Manchester £9m for the manufacturing growth programme to support areas in the Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber and the East of England £3m for a new life sciences incubation and innovation centre at Porton Down in Wiltshire 'Welcome news' President of the Royal Society - a fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists - and Nobel laureate, Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, also welcomed the funding announcement. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was

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something "we have been arguing consistently for" since the referendum result. But Sir Venkatraman added: "Our hope is that any grants that are awarded while we are still in the EU should be allowed to complete." 'No long-term certainty' Scotland's Finance Secretary Derek Mackay said the announcement "falls far short" of what is needed, saying: "A limited guarantee for some schemes for a few short years leaves Scotland hundreds of millions of pounds short of what we would receive as members of the EU." Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones said: "This guarantee only covers about half of the regional funding due to Wales and does not provide the long-term certainty needed and which was promised ahead of the referendum."

And Northern Ireland Finance Minister Mairtin O Muilleoir said that while some applicants for EU funds will be helped, it left a "question mark over scores of other vital projects". Lord Porter, chairman of the Local Government Association, said the funding commitment "falls well short" and stressed that "local areas need certainty around the future of all of the £5.3bn in EU regeneration funding promised to them by 2020". "The continued uncertainty risks damaging local regeneration plans and stalling flagship infrastructure projects, employment and skills schemes and local growth," he said. The National Trust said that there was "continued uncertainty should new applications be restricted beyond this autumn". British Chambers of Commerce acting director general Adam Marshall called for "the delays that many worthwhile projects face in the approval process" to be "cleared away - especially given the fact that the Treasury guarantee only covers projects signed by this year's Autumn Statement". The UK currently pays money into the EU budget, which will stop once it formally leaves. In 2015 the UK Government paid in £13bn; EU spending on the UK was £4.5bn, meaning the UK's net contribution was estimated at about £8.5bn, or £161m a week. The UK private sector receives a further £1-1.5bn annually in EU funding.

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Making A Murderer Subject Brendan Dassey's Conviction Overturned A US federal judge has overturned the murder conviction of Brendan Dassey, whose case was examined in Netflix's popular Making a Murderer documentary. Dassey, 26, will be released within 90 days, unless the state decides to retry him or there is an appeal. Dassey, who has learning difficulties, and his uncle Steven Avery were convicted of murdering a young woman, Teresa Halbach, in 2005. Avery and Dassey, who was 16 at the time, were sentenced to life in prison.

On Friday, Judge William Duffin stated in the court ruling that investigators in the 2007 trial made false promises to Dassey by assuring him "he had nothing to worry about". "These repeated

Brendan Dassey (right) was sentenced to life in prison(AP)

false promises, when considered in conjunction with all relevant factors, most especially Dassey's age, intellectual deficits, and the absence of a supportive adult, rendered Dassey's confession involuntary under the Fifth and 14th Amendments," the judge said. The Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees the right to a fair trial, including the right to silence. The 14th Amendment guarantees equal treatment before the law.

The verdict comes after Dassey's appeal was rejected by state courts. Steven Drizin, Professor of law at Northwestern University, became involved in the push to have the conviction overturned. "I thought that this was a confession that was the result of police coercion," he told the BBC's Today programme.

"These detectives had taken advantage of a young man who had severe learning difficulties.

The only facts in the confession had been fed to him by the investigators." The case received wide attention in the US and across the world after the release of the 10-part documentary Making a Murderer in December 2015. The filmmakers cast doubt on the legal process to convict Dassey and Avery. The documentary tells the real-life story of Avery, who was wrongfully imprisoned for 18 years for sexual assault.

After his release, he was accused and found guilty of murdering Teresa Halbach, a photographer for Auto Trader Magazine. Ms Halbach's charred remains were found at Avery's car salvage yard a week after she had gone there to photograph a minivan for sale. The series focused on the conduct of law officials in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, who risked a huge financial penalty over the first case. (BBC)

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Samia Shahid Death: Victim's First Husband And Father In Court

The father and first husband of a woman who was allegedly murdered in a so-called honour killing in Pakistan have appeared in court. Samia Shahid, 28, from Bradford, died last month in Northern Punjab where she was visiting relatives. Her first husband, Choudhry Shakeel, has been arrested on suspicion of her murder while her father Mohammad has been held as an accessory to murder.

continue, were shackled and had their faces covered as they appeared in court in Jhelum. Ms Shahid's relatives had initially claimed she died of a heart attack, but her husband, Syed Mukhtar Kazam, claims she was the victim of a so-called honour killing. A post-mortem examination has since confirmed she died as a result of being strangled, police say. Mr Kazam, who is Ms Shahid's second husband, believes his wife was killed because her family disapproved of their marriage.

Both appeared in court in Pakistan and have been remanded for four days. The pair, who are being held while investigations Shaimaa Khalil, BBC Pakistan Correspondent - In Jhelum The police car which brought them to the court was surrounded by journalists. I got as close as I could to them to see if they would comment but they did not. The media were barred from entering the courtroom and the hearing could not have lasted more than two minutes with the judge remanding them in custody for four days while the investigation into Samia Shahid's murder continues.

Police say Samia Samia Shahid, 28, from Bradford, died while visiting died of asphyxiation. relatives in Pandori in Northern Punjab(FAMILY PHOTO) (BBC)

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Pakistan Helicopter Crew Freed In Afghanistan Six crew members of a Pakistani helicopter that was forced to landing after a technical failure on 4 August. land in a part of Afghanistan where the Taliban are active have been released, Pakistan's foreign ministry says. The ďŹ ve They were transferred from Afghanistan to Pakistan at the Pakistani crew and a Russian navigator made an emergency border after what the foreign ministry called an "inter-tribe exchange". They are said to be "in good health". The crew were reported to have been taken captive by the Taliban, but the Pakistani government did not conďŹ rm this. The Russian-built Mi-17, which belongs to the Punjab provincial government, was on its way from Peshawar to Russia where it was due to undergo maintenance.

It came down in Afghanistan's Logar province. The Pakistani, Afghan and Russian governments were all reported to be working to free the captive crew. The Afghan authorities are said to have made contact with tribal elders, suggesting they may have mediated the release. (BBC) The helicopter, similar to this one, was en route to Russia for maintenance(AFP)

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Trump Was Literally Not Being Sarcastic About Obama Founding ISIS Words can change meaning over time -- especially when they are spoken by politicians. Just ask Bill Clinton to define "is."

"Literally" was once used, exclusively, to introduce or punctuate a point meant to be taken in literal terms. But by 2013, enough people were using it interchangeably with "metaphorically" that even leading grammar pedants threw up their hands (literally?), and the Merriam-Webster and Cambridge dictionaries expanded their definitions. Donald Trump has, throughout his campaign, tested the pliability of rhetoric and language, sometimes to underline an affirmative point, but more often of late -- and in particular on Friday morning -- as a tool for walking back damaging (or straight-up false) assertions.

Baghdadi has capitalized on a series of missteps by both the George W. Bush and Obama administrations -- along with a civil war in Syria and Iraqi government failures -- to create a new global terror state. By Friday morning, as the backlash to Trump's comments was again threatening to knock out the potential to generate any positive news or electoral momentum, he began a familiar process -- the walk-back.

And true to this latest narrative's grammarian nightmare theme, Trump did it with a confounding declaration. "Ratings challenged @CNN reports so seriously that I call President Obama (and Clinton) 'the founder' of ISIS, & MVP," he tweeted. "THEY DON'T GET SARCASM?" Rep. Seth Moulton, a Democrat and Iraq War veteran, was unimpressed.

"Donald Trump has shown that he lies every single day and then the next day he just tries to claim it was sarcasm," he told CNN's Brianna Keilar on "New Day." Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a close ally, said on "Fox and Friends," that "one of the things that's frustrating about (Trump's) candidacy is the imprecise language. He sometimes uses three words when he needs 10."

On Wednesday, the Republican nominee launched a new round of criticism against President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, calling Obama the "founder" of ISIS and Clinton its "co-founder."

Donald Trump tries to walk back claim Obama founded ISIS: 'Sarcasm' Given multiple opportunities to allow that his language had been hyperbolic or, yes, metaphoric, Trump refused. On Thursday, conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt practically begged him to narrow his definition. "Last night, However, many words Trump chooses to employ, "sarcasm" -you said the President was the founder of ISIS. I know what you in this case -- should not be among them. The term is precise.

The dictionaries match the vernacular. It is the use of irony, of meant," Hewitt said. pointedly saying the opposite of what you mean in order to "You meant that he created the vacuum, he lost the peace." But make a rhetorical point. Taken in a sarcastic light, Trump's Trump wouldn't play along. "No, I meant he's the founder of words would be amount to a mockery of... Trump's words. A ISIS," Trump said. "I do. He was the most valuable player. I little later Friday morning, the Republican nominee tweeted give him the most valuable player award. I give her, too, by the more scorn at the press. "I love watching these poor, pathetic way, Hillary Clinton." Hewitt again: "But he's not sympathetic people (pundits) on television working so hard and so seriously to them. He hates them. He's trying to kill them." "I don't care," to try and figure me out," he wrote. "They can't!" (CNN) Trump said. "He was the founder. His, the way he got out of Iraq was that that was the founding of ISIS, okay?" Sensing progress, Hewitt probed a little further, and Trump seemed to be coming around, saying that if Obama "would have done things properly (in managing the withdrawal from Iraq), you wouldn't have had ISIS." "That's true," Hewitt said. "Therefore," Trump added, closing the circle, "he was the founder of ISIS." A day of furious -- if somewhat puzzled -- fact-checking followed.

The reviews were unanimous. No, Obama was not the founder of ISIS. That title mostly belongs to Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, who led al Qaeda in Iraq before being killed in an American airstrike. The group rebranded after his death, becoming ISIS, and under the guidance of Abu Bakr al-

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Hacker Releases Cell Phone Numbers, Personal Emails Of House Democrats The hacker who goes by "Guccifer 2.0" is claiming credit for the release of personal cell phone numbers and private email addresses of Democratic House members. The data -- posted to their WordPress blog on Friday night -- also contains the contact information for staff members and campaign aides. In the trove of information released on Friday "Guccifer 2.0" also uploaded files to the blog post that contains login information to subscription services used by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, including Lexis-Nexis and Washington newspapers.

In a statement, DCCC Press Secretary Meredith Kelly said: "As previously noted, the DCCC has been the target of a cybersecurity incident, and we are cooperating with federal law enforcement in their ongoing investigation. We are aware of reports that documents claimed to be from our network have been released and are investigating their authenticity." Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the ranking Democratic on the House Intelligence committee, suggested a law enforcement probe is necessary.

"The unauthorized disclosure of people's personally identifiable information is never acceptable, and we can fully expect the authorities will be investigating the posting of this information," Schiff said. "I have every confidence that law enforcement will get to the bottom of this, and identify the responsible parties. And when they do, I hope the administration will disclose who is attempting to interfere with the American political process, and levy strong consequences against those responsible." In addition to lawmakers' personal information, the hacker uploaded documents analyzing candidates for Florida's 18th congressional district, and a fundraiser memo to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi about Morgan Carroll's congressional campaign in Colorado.

The hacker wrote in the blog post, "It's time for new revelations now. All of you may have heard about the DCCC hack. As you see I wasn't wasting my time! It was even easier than in the case of the DNC breach." The person claiming to be Guccifer 2.0 earlier posted several documents on the Internet and sent them to media outlets including Gawker, portraying the documents as coming from the hack of the Democratic National Committee's files. The documents included a file about Republican nominee Donald Trump and what looked like memos about DNC operations. But the claims made by the "Guccifer 2.0" individual were viewed with a dose of skepticism by experts who have analyzed the events.

There is no way to verify the identity of the individual known as Guccifer 2.0. The name is a reference to a Romanian hacker who pleaded guilty to hacking several prominent politicians

and figures, including former Presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush, who went online by Guccifer. So far the administration has not publicly identified who it believes may be behind the hack. However, intelligence and law enforcement officials have told CNN Russia is the most likely suspect.

The hack of the DNC was originally discovered as being two separate breaches, both by hacking groups identified by cybersecurity experts as working for the Russian military and intelligence complex. One hack was said to have lasted a year and targeted internal communications, the other was for a few months and targeted opposition research on Donald Trump.

Federal investigators had tried to warn the DNC months before, sources told CNN, but by the time the suspected Russian hackers were kicked out of the systems damage had been done: Nearly 20,000 emails between a handful of DNC officials were dumped on the web by WikiLeaks as the Democratic National Convention was kicking off.

The emails showing opposition to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders during the primary led to the resignation of DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on the eve of the convention and departure of more party officials later. On Martha's Vineyard, hope for another Clinton era In July, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said he believed his group's release of hacked Democratic National Committee emails affected the 2016 election, adding the group is holding unreleased information about Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

"We have more material related to the Hillary Clinton campaign," Assange told CNN's Anderson Cooper on "Anderson 360" on July 29. "That is correct to say that." On Saturday, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, offered words of sympathy for House Democrats. "Russia-linked hacker leaks House Democrats' cell phones, emails http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/house-democratshack-cell-phones-2... ... So, so wrong.

I hope authorities prosecute," tweeted the Utah Republican. On Thursday, Pelosi cited reports that the hack of the DNC was even broader than had been made public, labeling the episode an "electronic Watergate." "Let me just say this in terms of the presidential campaign: This is an electronic Watergate," Pelosi said. "This is a break-in." A US official this week confirmed a report -- first in the New York Times -- that the hack of the DNC was broader than had previously been known. (CNN)

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Daily Horoscope Things may not be as harmonious as you would like with colleagues or employers today. You can bet that you'll draw attention to yourself.

Find out what they're up to, and see if you can pick up where you left off.

Be sure to take care of the needs of youngsters.

Visit friends or relatives who have been confirmed. Take action.

You can make extra cash if you act on a hunch. Your pilgrimage may end up being fruitless. Get proper medical attention and confront your situation decisively.

Groups you belong to will not only enjoy your company, but they will also share your interests.

You will attract potential lovers, but be sure that they're unattached. Be aware of deception when it comes to your position, and be sure not to jump to conclusions.

Difficulties relating to children will be stressful. You'll only hurt your lover if you don't. This could be a serious relationship.

Opportunities to learn important information will surface through discussions with peers or seminars you attend. Acceptance will be necessary. Make changes that will heighten your appeal.

Your leadership ability will enhance your reputation.

Unexpected bills may set you back. Too much talk will lead to disputes.

Be primed to use your intellect in order to get what you want. Try to bend but by no means should you give in completely. You may find a rare antique today.

Use discretion, especially if involved with someone from work. Rely on the one you love for support and affection. Use your ingenuity to manipulate things to get what you want. Someone you live with will be impossible.

Take a look at the possibilities of starting a small part time business with friends or relatives. Travel may be confusing. Don't let your partner put you down.

Don't let relatives make demands of you. Your ideas are good and career moves can be realized. Your need to use emotional blackmail will only cause more conflict.

Don't push your luck with your boss. Someone you care about may not be too pleased with you. You will get along well with your colleagues today.

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DIY (DO IT YOURSELF): UPCYCLED TIN CAN CRAFT

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RECIPE OF THE DAY: BANANA PANCAKES

1 cup all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon white sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 egg, beaten 1 cup MILKO* milk solution 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 ripe bananas, mashed

Preparation Combine flour, white sugar, baking powder and salt.

In a separate bowl, mix together egg, milk, vegetable oil and bananas.

Stir flour mixture into banana mixture; batter will be slightly lumpy.

Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat.

Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake.

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RECIPE OF THE DAY: MANGO SMOOTHIE

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1cup chopped ripe mango 1/2cup MILKO* milk solution 1/2cup ice 1/4cup plain low-fat yogurt 1tablespoon honey

Preparation Place the mango, milk, ice, yogurt, and honey in a blender.

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Music, An Influence To Past, Present And Future Generations Music, the five letter word that spans over billions and possibly trillions of songs, instrumentals and beats that somehow manages to deal with every emotion that the human body can process. Whether it be a joyous occasion or a not so joyous one you can ask any of the 7 billion people that live on the earth, music celebrates or heals a wound better than any speech, talk or time would. The popular music of the present day has over the recent years been considered by the elders of the communities to be a major negative influence on the way that the present generation is growing up to be, however it is not only today that music has been influencing those who listen to it, from the music and artist of the 60's, 70's and 80's, people have been shaping the way they dress and their hairstyle to the way they speak. Similarly, the youths of today are shaping their way of life based on the music they are listening to but what enrages those of the past generations is the lyrics of the music that some of the youths are shaping their life. It is no secret that the Artists of the music of this generation has a less creative way of hiding the vulgarity in their music, from Rap to Rhythm and Blues and the one which seems to trigger people the most, Dancehall Music. Dancehall, a genre of music which lays its roots in the reggae hearts of Jamaica, has for the past 10 years or so been one of the most despised music by those of the past few generations, featuring artists such as Vybz Kartel, Alkaline, Tommy Lee, Movado and Popcaan. These artists, by many of the younger folks who enjoy the sounds of Dancehall, are idols of the music industry but as one would expect the older folks find it difficult to jump on the bandwagon as they continuously reference the days when their music was "better". As the summer nears to an end, one of the most anticipated events by the Dancehall generation is actually happening tonight, the Summer 16 show with slated to be headlined by a performance

by Alkaline. As the show is being advertised sectors of Guyana are showing their outrage in his popularity in Guyana, one of the most popular outburst being a Letter to the Editor published by the Guyana Chronicle in the August 7, 2016 edition, written by 'Rev Gideon Cecil'. In the letter 'Cecil' pointed out his deepest dissatisfaction in that this is the type of music that is being idolized by youths of today, he even went as far as to call for the banning of Alkaline from performing in Guyana. A proposition that if taken up will see multitude of fans being severely as enraged as the elders are at those who listen to the music. The step to fully ban the Artist from performing is one which should not be fully considered as shows of the nature do offer a source of tourism for the country. "One of the most enraging factors of being a youth in the dancehall appreciation generation is always being stereotyped as one who listens and enjoys the dancehall music which I do not," one person told the

Guyana Daily News and this is not the only person who has told us this. The Guyana Daily News spoke to multiple persons who expressed the same train of thought. One even told us "I believe that the older folks need to remember what they use to be doing before they take the higher step and judge what we do." From the interviews it became evident that music is still playing that same influential part it has been playing for the many years and not because music has changed it means that the current music is the sole influence of the youth of today. -By- Jarred Singh, Guyana Daily News.

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Today In Rio: Bolt Starts TrebleTreble Bid, Ennis-Hill Aiming To Close Out Jessica Ennis-Hill will be looking to close out the Heptathlon, while fans will flock to see Usain Bolt in the 100m at the Olympic Stadium.

Usain Bolt's bid for history begins on Saturday, while Jessica EnnisHill will be hoping to retain her title as the heptathlon concludes.

Jamaican showman Bolt will take part in the 100 metre heats in the first athletics session of the day at the Olympic Stadium, with the crowd sure to be on the edge of their seats. Ennis-Hill started her campaign on Friday and returns ahead of the rest of the pack with two events remaining, while fellow Briton Mo Farah will be looking to defend his 10,000m title. In the pool Australia's Cate Campbell has one last chance to claim an individual medal in the women's 50m freestyle and Monica Puig is aiming to win Puerto Rico's first Olympic gold in the women's tennis singles. TREBLE-TREBLE CHASE BEGINS History beckons for Bolt, who starred at Beijing 2008 with gold medals in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m, delighting fans across the globe. Bolt repeated the feat at London 2012 is now bidding to become the first track athlete to complete an unprecedented triple-triple. Justin Gatlin will be hoping to throw a spanner in the works in the first event for the 100m world record holder, though. FARAH STRIVING FOR GLORY Bolt is not the only one with another multiple triumph in mind, with Farah hunting a double-double – a feat only achieved once in long-distance running.

Finn Lasse Viren is the only man to have successfully defended an Olympic 5000m and 10,000m track double when he triumphed at Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976, and the first leg of Farah's attempt takes place on Saturday. Victory would also make the 33-year-old Britain's most successful track Olympian, with three gold medals unprecedented in his home nation. FINAL STRETCH FOR HEPTATHLETES Ennis-Hill takes a 72-point lead over Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam into the second and final day of the Heptathlon. The 30-year-old put in a strong display on Friday, topping the 100m hurdles and finishing second and third in the 200m and high jump respectively. However, having come 12th in the shot put her

advantage has not been as big as it could have been, so she will be looking for strong performances in the long jump, javelin and, finally, the 800m. PUIG ONE STEP FROM GOLD In their history, Puerto Rico have only managed to claim eight Olympic medals – and never gold. World number 34 Monica Puig has guaranteed their ninth overall by reaching the final of the women's singles, but she will be aiming for their first gold on Centre Court. However, Australian Open champion and Wimbledon finalist Angelique Kerber stands in her way in what should be an entertaining match. LAST-CHANCE SALOON FOR CAMPBELL Campbell is the world record holder in the women's 100m freestyle, but she was only able to finish sixth in this year's final. The 24-year-old Australian won gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay final on day one, but her only remaining chance of an individual medal comes in Saturday's 50m showpiece. Campbell faces stiff competition from sister Bronte, Olympic record holder Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Simone Manuel – who topped the podium in the 100m event. (SportsMax)

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Rio 2016: Relaxed Bowie Not Concerned By Schippers, Jamaicans America's Tori Bowie said she feels "amazing" as she targets 100 metres success at the Rio Games. Tori Bowie is "living the dream" in Rio and the American sprinter is paying no attention to the threat posed by her rivals as she targets 100 metres Olympic glory on Saturday. Bowie's decision to concentrate solely on sprinting and ditch the long jump paid off when she won 100m bronze at the world championships in Beijing last year. The 25-year-old won her 100m heat at the Olympic Stadium on Friday to raise hopes that she can add an Olympic medal to her collection this weekend. Dafne Schippers, ShellyAnn Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson are among Bowie's rivals over the shortest sprint distance. But Bowie, who also goes in the 200m next week, is confident she stands a good chance if everything falls into place. Speaking courtesy of Adidas, Bowie told Omnisport: "I haven't really thought about my competitors. This is more about me and what I need to do and the clock. And that's focus for now. "I feel amazing. I don't really have anything to complain about here in Rio. I'm living my dream right now, trying to embrace each moment, each second. "I come into this race with a totally different mindset

from how I've been the past year or two. Like I went to the World Championships last year extremely anxious. I was so anxious to get that gold medal. "I come into this meet with a completely different mindset. I come into this meet not anticipating anything but trying to execute every single thing I worked on my training. "I think if I can execute every single thing I am trying to do it's going to be a great day here in Rio." (SportsMax)

Rio 2016: Fraser-Pryce Impressive, Baptiste Crashes Out Of Women's 100m Reigning Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was the most impressive qualifier as round one of the highly anticipated women’s 100m ran off in Rio on Friday. Fraser-Pryce seemed intent on answering any lingering questions regarding the state of her health after clocking a fast 10.96s to claim heat 4 of the event. The athlete, who will be looking for a historic third consecutive crown in Rio this campaign, got to the line just ahead of Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josee Ta Lou who was second in 11.01s, with Switzerland’s Mujinga Kambunji a spot further back in third at 11.19. Trinidad and Tobago’s Michelle LeeAhye looked in complete control as she captured heat 6 in 11.00s, comfortably ahead of Jamaica’s Christania Williams, who was second in 11.27s and Britain’s Asha Philip who was third in 11.34s. Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson had very little difficulty wrapping up her semi-final spot, hardly seeming to slip out of first gear as she clocked 11.21s to finish ahead of Brazil’s Rosângela Santos (11.25). Trinidad and Tobago’s Semoy Hackett was third in 11.35s. There was no such luck, however, for Hackett’s compatriot Kelly-Ann Baptiste who put in a poor performance for fourth in heat 5 in 11.42s. The event was won by the United States’ Tianna Bartoletta who claimed it in 11.23, with second place going to Poland’s Ewa Swoboda

(11.24) and Olesya Povh (11.39). Netherland’s superstar Dafne Schippers was also easily through to the next round of the event in easy fashion, taking heat two in 11.16s. Schippers finished ahead of Germany’s Tatjana Pinto (11.31) who also secured her spot. The United States Tori Bowie took heat three in 11.13s, looking relaxed as she finished in front of African champion Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria (11.16) and Angela Tenorio of Ecuador (11.35). (SportsMax)

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