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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

PPP Urge Amerindians Not To Fall Prey To APNU+AFC Govt Amerindian employed as community support officers on the ground that they were political activists, removal of the name of ‘Amerindian’ from the ministry of Amerindian affairs and renaming it to “Indigenous Affairs” and attempting to change basic tenants the Amerindian Act and the non-use of the $6 billion allocated to the land titling project.

According to Rohee, “…the PPP calls on all Amerindians to continue their struggle and to stand firm in their determination to protect their rights and dignity and not to fall prey to the pretenses and window-dressing by the APNU+AFC coalition administration.” He said, whether in ir out of government, the PPP will exert every effort to defend the gains and the rights of the Amerindian people. The NTC’s conference is being held at the Arthur Chung International Convention Centre at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara. The forum will discuss strategies of improving the lives of the country’s Indigenous peoples. The conference will continue until 26th of August and is held under the theme “Guyana’s First People – Preserving our Culture and Land for life, and will address key issues such as food security, health, education, land titles, energy, infrastructure, and culture and tourism.”

The Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has welcomed the leader and toshaos of the 216 Amerindian villages and communities across Guyana to the annual Nation Toshaos Council’s (NTC) conference which started today.

General Secretary of the PPP, Clement Rohee during a press conference at Freedom House saluted the leaders and representative who traveled to the capital city to attend the annual forum and urged them not to fall prey to the “pretenses” of the coalition government. The General Secretary highlighted the struggles and hardships the Amerindian people endured during the years.

He also highlighted the many strides the Amerindian people took under the PPP administration and related that the conference comes at a time when “ominous clouds threaten to diminish the achievements compounded by the political and economic challenges that has emerged with the APNU/AFC in government.” Rohee went on to list the “blows” which his party said has affected the Amerindian people in just 18 months.

These includes the dismissal of two thousand young

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

GOVERNMENT LACKING RESPONSIVENESS, EFFECTIVENESS Accor ding to the Demo cracy, Huma

n Rights and Governance Assessment report, Guyana is well formed, established, and functioning, but too large a portion of the nation’s human and financial resources is being invested in government for too little public good. Rural and hinterland communities are disproportionately affected. The report also stated that Institutions that should promote service delivery and accountability are weak or non-functional. Citizen dissatisfaction with government effectiveness is persistent, whether for national, regional, or local government.

Stakeholders interviewed by the department’s assessment

team, identified many service deficiencies affecting them, from garbage collection, road and drainage maintenance, health, education, and security, to processes such as obtaining a passport or retrieving bail money. The perception of unequal access to services is exacerbated by, and exacerbates, Guyana’s ethno-political divide.

The report further stated that several bodies are now defunct, including the vital Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), which had among its many mandates the duty to ensure no ethnic bias in the production and distribution of public goods and services by government. Others that are established (such as the Integrity Commission and the Office of the Ombudsman) have no commissioners, are under resourced, to the extent that they do not add to effective oversight of governmental performance.

The government effectively shirked its obligations by allowing these Commissions to remain vacant or under-funded to the point of impotence. The absence or weakness of the governance institutions deprives the public of non-partisan efforts to redress grievances and concerns as relates to the delivery of public services. The continued inability of these institutions to fulfill mandates relating to the challenges of ethnicity, integrity, and gender, for example, arguably contributes to the prolonging and even worsening of those challenges, the report stated.

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

Guyana’s Justice System Out-Dated, UnderResourced And Understaffed –USAID Based on the Millennium Challenge Corporation index, Guyana and justice sector personnel, resources and infrastructure. One received below-average rankings for the rule of law at 41% and control of corruption at 30%. The USAID 2016 report stated that "(Guyana’s) justice system is out-dated, under-resourced and understaffed and cannot keep pace with the needs.” It was noted that the administration of justice in Guyana is slow, with uncertain access to fair and equitable justice. Moreover, the report recognized that there isn’t a National Human Rights institution established.

The report stated that Guyana’s justice system is estimated that 90% of prosecutions are unsuccessful and that half of the 25,400 cases pending at the High Court would never go to trial. This is so because the cases were either settled or abandoned because the persons on bail disappeared, or the witnesses were no longer available. An overview was done of the justice sector reforms which were recommended. It was reported that most of those reforms were not implemented including the completion and adoption of new rules of court. The report said that despite efforts to reduce the court backlog at that time, a significant backlog still remains today. A report of the geographic location of administration of justice machinery was also done.

“Areas outside of Georgetown in particular lack adequate security

Magistrate covers all the hinterland regions, visiting each region only once every three months.” Despite the slothfulness of the judicial system, according to the report,persons use this delay of justice to their advantage in order to derail justice in some cases, as it would prolong the time to resolve an issue. During this period witnesses as well as evidence disappear. All of these instances caused a reduction in public trust in the judicial institutions, according to the report.

“Trust that courts could guarantee a fair trial dropped from more than 60% to below 45% in 2014 and confidence that the justice system would punish the guilty party also fell from more than 60% to close to 40%.” The report further stated.

Social Ills Continue To Plague Guyana

President David Grange has issued a call on the church to take the lead role in helping to address social ills such as suicide, interpersonal violence, poverty and drug and alcohol abuse, which plague communities. He also underscored the critical role of faith-based organisations in fostering social cohesion and national unity. The President was at the time speaking at the fifth anniversary of the Solomon’s Temple, located at Phillipi Village, Region Six, East Berbice-Corentyne.

Accordingly to reports from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), Guyana had the highest suicide rate in the world in 2012. The alarming figures of 44.2 fatalities per 100,000 persons, surpassed Suriname with 27.8 per 100,000 and Venezuela with 2.6 per 100,000 persons. The average suicide rate in the region is 6.1, Guyana exceeding this figure by 38.1.

The PAHO/WHO in 2014, released a report highlighting the daily consumption of 8 Liters of pure alcohol in 2010 of Guyanese residents between the ages of 15 and older. According to monthly statistics summary provided by the Guyana Police Force, 72 road fatalities have been recorded by the end of July, which are 13 more for the same period last year. While there was a reduction in serious accidents, there have been increases in minor and damage accidents.

The Guyana Police Force has charged 41,497 persons with traffic offences so far this year. This includes 15,427 for speeding and 1,035 for driving under the influence of alcohol. Domestic violence and delinquency represents an omnipotent challenge. At the end of February 2016 a total of 473 reports of domestic violence were made.

A total of 25 murders were recorded at the end of February 2016, which was the similar number at the end of February 2015. Of the 25 murders at the end of February this year, 9 were committed during robberies, 5 were domestic related, 10 were of the disorderly type, and 1 is so far undetermined.

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

Diamond/Grove Man Charged With Causing Road Death S h a meer M o h am m e d today appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with one count of causing the death of Wavell Sabsuth by dangerous driving and one count of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Mohammed was released on a total $1,010,000 GYD bail after he entered a not guilty plea to the charge and will return to court on September 2, 2016 for continuation into the matter.

Mohammed, 36, of Diamond/Grove, was represented in court

by Attorney Peter Hugh who stated in his bail application that his client is not a flight risk since at the moment Mohammed is still nursing burn wounds to the foot that he received as a result

of the accident and therefore at the moment he does not even have the ability to walk. Hugh further explained to the Magistrate that his client is required to visit the Georgetown Pubic Hospital on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to dress his wounds. After hearing the grounds on which Hugh was making the application, Police Prosecutor Corporal Kerry Bostwick made no objection to bail with the exception that the accused report to the officer in charge of Traffic at the Grove Police Station.

It is alleged that on Sunday July 24, 2016 on the Diamond Public Road, East Bank Demerara, Mohammed drove motor vehicle PVV 2007 in a manner which was dangerous to the public hence causing the death of Wavell Sabsuth. It is also alleged that on the same day, Mohammed operated the motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, that is to say he had a blood alcohol content of 0.103mg hence he was unable to effectively control the said motor vehicle. -By- Jarred Singh, Guyana Daily News.

President Granger Against Vigilante Justice first case, which occurred early last week, two bandits were also

In commenting on the recent cases of “vigilante justice" President David Granger had warned against the practice of vigilantism, saying that not only is it unacceptable, but can lead to serious problems in society. On Sunday evening, the President said,“We can’t tolerate that. We accept that citizens have a right to protect their properties and so on, but we expect people to be organised in Community Policing Groups. But we can’t tolerate vigilantism, especially when it results in the injury or death of anybody; it can get out of hand.”

P r e s i d e n t Granger ’s comments comes in light of two recent cases of vigilantism in which residents of communities took matters into their own hands a n d d e a l t vigilante justice to suspected bandits. In the

caught and beaten by North Ruimveldt residents after they attempted to rob 37-year-old barber Roger Lovell of his gold chain. One of the bandits reportedly acted as a lookout while the other made his way into Lovell’s home and woke him up by beating him with a gun after the ordeal a.32 pistol and several matching rounds were discovered at the scene.

In the latest vigilantism incident, police have said that 21-yearold Seon Clarke, who is also known as Cash Money, a resident of Old Road, Land of Canaan, E.B.D., was killed and other person severely beaten by a group of citizens in the Pearl Village, E.B.D. community at about 22:30h on Saturday when residents suspected him to be a bandit. The injured person was not named by the Guyana Police Force. The initial reports are that Clarke and another male went into a grocery store at Johanna, E.B.D around 14:00h on Saturday, and were observed by the owner behaving “suspiciously”.

The owner then made his way to the public road and alerted a policeman who was passing at the time and the policeman responded, and in the process summoned other policemen.

Clarke and his associate then fled into the nearby bushes. A search was conducted but they were not found however, seven hours later they were seen in Perl was it was alleged that one of the public spirited citizens shot Clarke and inflicted a beating on his accomplice. It was report to the media on Sunday night that police were still searching for the suspected citizens who shot Clarke and had inflicted the beaten on his companion.

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

Man Charged With ‘Freedom Day’ Murder In Laing Avenue

Magistrate Judy Latchman today remanded Regus Lamizan for the had previously posted bail for David after he was charged with offense of murder. The court heard that on August 01, he murdered murder before being acquitted. -By- Jarred Singh, Guyana Daily Orin Malik David at Laing Avenue, West Ruimveldt. Lamizan will News. return before the Chief Magistrate on September 8, 2016. He was represented by Attorney Paul Fung-a-Fat, who asked that the matter be sent to the High Court. In response, Magistrate Latchman said that decision will be made by the Prosecutor in the matter.

Attorney Fung-a-Fat further made an application for bail stating that his client has a fixed address at Durban Street and is currently a construction worker. However, the Magistrate expressed shock that the seasoned lawyer would make a bail application for a man who is charged with murder before the Magistrate’s Court. It should be noted that a murder charge is not a bailable offense in the Magistrate’s Court. A bail application can be made in the High Court and it is the Judge’s discretion as to whether bail should be granted.

It is alleged that on the day in question, Lamizan while armed with a gun, shot David three times about his body killing him. It was reported that an argument had ensued between David and a group of other men over monies in the sum of $150,000 GYD that was owed to Lamizan by David. The money was allegedly owed after Lamizan

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

North Ruimveldt Alleged Robber Remanded.

One of the two men who were Tuesday last beaten by residents of North Ruimveldt after he allegedly attempted to rob another resident, today appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court. Patrick Goodluck was remanded until September 2, 2016 when he will return for statements into the matter. Goodluck, 22, who was represented

by Attorney Paul Fung-a-Fat, requested that his matter be trialed right before the Magistrate’s Court before he entered a Not Guilty plea to the charge.

Attorney Fung-a-Fat made an application for bail stating that his client was visiting a friend in the neighborhood and was in the ‘wrong place at the wrong time’ when he was attacked by the residents of the area and suffered blows to the neck, back and head. Fung-a-Fat continued saying that his client at the moment is still unwell as he has stitches where he would have received the blows, and he also has four teeth missing and five on the verge of falling out, and therefore he would like reasonable bail to be granted.

However the Police Prosecutor, Corporal Kerry Bostwick objected to bail stating that the accused was in the house of the virtual complainant and held him at gun point in an attempt to relieve him of a gold chain and his CG motorcycle. It is alleged that on August 17, 2016 at North Ruimveldt, Goodluck whist in

the company of another and armed attempted to commit a felony, that is to say attempted to rob Roger Lovel. It was then that Lovel allegedly raised an alarm and public spirited citizen came to his aid and attacked the two men leaving them in critical condition as they were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital. -By- Jarred Singh, Guyana Daily News

President Proposes National Indigenous People’s Authority President David Granger has recommended the formation of a National Indigenous People’s Authority to oversee and fasttrack the implementation of decisions by the National Toshaos Council (NTC) and other decision-making bodies. During the official opening of the Toshaos conference on Monday at the Arthur Chung Convention Center, the President revealed that the proposed authority would be composed of five persons, tasked with implementing decisions by the NTC, Cabinet and the National Assembly because of the disjointed system currently in place across several ministries to address various problems in health, e c o n o m y, p h y s i c a l infrastructure, social protection, culture and environment.

Chairman of the NTC, Joel Fredericks welcomed P r e s i d e n t G r a n g e r ’s proposal but had concerns over the inclusion of the

NTC themselves. He told members of the media that the proposed body should also include two representatives from the NTC. “I believe it’s a good idea from the President and I support it and I believe the Toshaos Council should be a part; at least one or two members should be a part of the five member team to make things happen because we are the people who go out in the fields and we know the issues out there and we can easily communicate with our people and bring back information so His Excellency (the President) can be well-informed,” he said However, speaking to an online media outfit, opposition Shadow Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Pauline Sukhai raised serious concern that the proposed Authority would subvert the NTC and the Indigenous People’s Affairs Ministry.

Sukhai said, “I notice that there is an attempt to usurp the power of the NTC now and even the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs where now you are going to propose to establish a fiveman committee to implement decisions. I don’t see independence in that.” However Sukhai offered no explanation on how the authority would usurp the NTC and Ministry’s role, but said that it’s only her speculation because the Authority comes at a time when there are two ministers of Indigenous Peoples Affairs.

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

Traffic Ranks Should Be Reminded Of Ticketable Offences.

The Guyana Police Force in a press release dated January 5, 2013, outlined a list of offences for which traffic tickets may be issued. Drivers are questioning the move by the traffic ranks who are arresting and charging drivers for ticketable offences, instead of simply writing a ticket and avoid wasting the public’s time.Traffic ranks have been reminded of the procedures in relation to the issuance of traffic tickets for specified offences and are expected to comply with the directives.

* Unlighted Animal Drawn Vehicle (front) – Reg. 36 (a) * Unlighted Animal Drawn Vehicle (rear) – Reg. 36 (b) * Failing to carry Lamp on Hand-cart during Hours of Darkness – Reg. 37 * No Parking Brakes – Reg. 52 * No Reflecting Mirror – Reg. 57 * No Warning Appliance on Motor Vehicle – Reg. 59 * No Silencer – Reg. 60 * No Efficient Automatic Windscreen Wiper – Reg. 64 * No Efficient Speedometer (hire car, motor lorry, motor bus) – Reg. 65 * Unnecessary Sounding of Horn – Reg. 108 * No trailer to be drawn by Bus/Hire Car – Reg. 119? * Carrying more Persons than the Permitted Number – Reg. 164 (1) (a) * More Persons on the Front Seat than the Number Fixed to be carried thereon (hire car/motor bus) – Reg. 164 (1) (b) * Conductor (overload) – Reg. 164 (1) (a), (b) and (2) * Conduct of Driver and Conductor (breach) – Reg. 166 * Stopping within 30 feet from any Corner – Reg. 190 (e) * No Efficient Brakes on Bicycle and Tricycle – Reg. 194 * No Warning Appliance on Bicycle and Tricycle – Reg. 195

Following is a list of offences for which traffic tickets may be issued: * Driving Uncertified Motor Vehicle – Section 15 * Driving Motor Vehicle Without a Driver’s License – Section 23 (1) * Failing to Produce a Driver’s License – Section 23 (2) * Refusing to Declare Present Address – Section 23 (3) * Breaching of Conditions of Provisional License – Section 25 (2) * Speeding (Exceeding Speed Limit) – Section 34 (1) * Permitting More Than One Trailer to be Drawn – Section 41 * Failing to Stop When Required by Police in Uniform – Source: http://guyanachronicle.com/traffic-ranks-remindedSection 43 (3) * Leaving Motor Vehicle in Dangerous Position – Section 59 of-ticketable-offences/ * Driving Motorcycle without Safety Helmet – Breach of Reg. 3 (1) and (3) of the Motorcycles (Protective Helmets) Regulations – Reg. 19 of 1972, Cap. 51:02) * Driver Carrying Pillion-Rider without Safety Helmet – Breach of Reg. 3 (2) and (3) of the Motorcycles (Protective Helmets) Regulations – Reg. 19 of 1972, Cap. 51:02) * Failing to Exhibit Certificate of Fitness – Reg. 13 * Failing to Exhibit License for Motor Vehicle – Reg. 16 (1) * Unlighted Motor Vehicle (front) – Reg. 34 (1) (a) * Unlighted Motor Vehicle (rear) – Reg. 34 (1) (b) * Unlighted Motorcycle/Bicycle (front) – Reg. 35 (a) * Unlighted Motorcycle/Bicycle (rear) – Reg. 35 (b)

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

Teixeira: Govt Insulted Amerindians By Relocating Walter Roth Museum Opposition Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira is of the view that the She said that the contractor informed the officials that the relocation of the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology is the greatest insult to the Amerindian people of Guyana by the APNU+AFC Coalition Government. At a recent press conference at Freedom House, the PPP Parliamentarian said she is appalled at the non-consultation with the National Toshaos Council (NTC), over the issue. Additionally, Teixeira finds it “troubling” that the military was involved in the process.

“The APNU+AFC still have no clue where they are relocating the Walter Roth Museum to,” Teixeira said, pointing out that Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Annette Furgeson, had sought the top floor of the Guyana Post Office building, but was met with much resistance from the staff there. As such, Teixeira and former Minister of Culture, Dr. Frank Anthony, have started a petition to save the Museum. The relocation of the museum from Main Street, Georgetown has since hit a snag.

Jennifer Wishart, a co-founder and former director of the Walter Roth Museum is quoted in the Guyana Chronicle as saying that she was informed by staff of the museum that the contractors from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure along with other ministry officials visited the National Museum to decipher the scope of works which will have to be undertaken to extend and build a state-of-the art facility there.

presence of the trees at the space outside the museum, mainly their roots, would pose a long-term problem if the building is expanded. “The contractor said trees make it impossible for extension so they left,” Wishart said. Wishart, who has appealed to the government to reconsider the relocation of the museum, said to be the oldest of its kind in the Englishspeaking Caribbean, noted that a number of archaeologists are travelling to Guyana and will have a first-hand look at the relocation of the museum. President David Granger noted last week that the proposed relocation of the Walter Roth Museum was not a spur-of-the-moment decision.

“This is not a whimsical move; it is because there are organisational changes,” he told reporters on Monday when braced on the subject following a function at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre at Liliendaal. The Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology is said to be the oldest such museum in the English-speaking Caribbean region. It was established in 1974, but not opened to the public until 1982.

The museum is a non-profit institution created by the Government of Guyana to collect, exhibit and conserve artifacts relating to the ancient cultures of Guyana, to conduct anthropological research and disseminate knowledge of the Indigenous Peoples of Guyana through its in-house and outreach programs.

The museum was founded with the collections of Guyanese archaeologist Dr. Denis Williams. In 1980 the ethnographic collections of Dr. Walter Roth, Mr J.J. Quelch and Sir Everard im Thurn were transferred to the Walter Roth Museum from the Guyana Museum. An ethnographic collection of the Waiwai was presented to the museum in 1991 by Guyanese Cultural anthropologist Dr George P. Mentore. The museum's collections also include excavated artifacts from all of the ten Administrative Regions of Guyana.

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

RECOVERING CUB SCOUT RETURNS TO ST. LUCIA

Eight year-old St. Lucian Cub Scout Nick Omari Joseph actually spent about three and a half minutes under water and departed for home on Sunday along with his mom, Delia that was a little bit of a concern to doctors in the first five days.

Finistere. Joseph received serious injuries following an This was treated and he responded very well,” Ali pointed out. accident on July 26 on Woolford Avenue, in the vicinity of the Ali emphasized that government ensured the best medical care Scout Association of Guyana (SAG) Headquarters. Fellow St. was provided to Joseph, which was critical in the first five days Lucian Cub Scout, nine year-old Darnell Matthews, was also of his hospitalization. Joaquin, who was performing the duties injured in the accident. He was treated for minor injuries and of Camp Chief of the 14th Caribbean Cuboree at the time of the sent away. Joseph had sustained a fractured skull and injury to accident, said while the incident was extremely unfortunate, it his lung as a result of being submerged after being hit by the served to bring the members of the scouting fraternity together. vehicle. Quick action by a team of doctors saw his condition “The positive is that as a Scout Association…we all bond being stabilized within hours of the accident and the Cub Scout together as a family and that is a positive; not only for scouting but for this country as a whole. has been recovering gradually since that time.

Minister within the Ministry of Education, Hon. Nicolette We bond together to make sure that Nick had the best care and Henry, President of SAG and Chief Scout, Ramsay Ali, SAG that his mom had the best support. Scouting is really a family. If Chief Commissioner, Zaida Joaquin and friend of the Joseph people can recognize that as scouts we can live as family, I think family, Francisca Charles, were all at the Ogle International all other human beings can live as family. Because of this Airport to bid Joseph and his mother farewell. Joseph’s mother process I believed that is what held his mother up because we emotionally extended gratitude to all who played a role in his were in daily contact with her providing support and also recovery, noting she was extremely happy to be returning home Nick…,” she pointed out. Joaquin said she will be visiting St. with her son. In brief remarks, Minister Henry said she was Lucia in October to follow up on Joseph’s recovery in her happy that Joseph’s condition has improved to the point that he capacity as a representative of the Inter-America Scout Region.

Joseph was among 1,000 Cub Scouts gathered in Guyana for the is now able to return home.

She said she was also pleased that the Cuboree continued after Cuboree, at the time of the accident. the unfortunate accident, without further incident. “We will continue to be in touch with Nick’s family to the extent that we Scout Association of Guyana Press Release would like to be informed as to his full progress in recovery from this accident. I trust that the whole exercise here in Guyana was fruitful for all of the scouts that participated from the various countries,” she said. SAG President Ramsay Ali said the reaction from the Government of Guyana immediately after the accident was “extremely positive” and this, he believes, contributed to saving the child’s life.

“To the doctors and everybody who was part of this whole process that brought us here on behalf of the Scout Association; I am extremely grateful for their support and I want to thank them,” Ali stated. Ali said the surgery Joseph underwent for his head injury was very successful, according to the doctor who performed the procedure, but the injury sustained to his lungs were of more concern to doctors. “What kept Nick in hospital for a longer period was in fact; some Seated at front L to R; Delia Finistere, Nick Omari Joseph and Minister damage was done to his lungs because he Henry. At back L to R; Francisca Charles, Ramsay Ali and Zaida Jaoquin.

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS Overseas-Based Guyanese Opens Educational Facilities At Woodley Park - Ministry Of Social Protection T o P a r t n e r O n S k i l l s T r a i n i n g PAGE 15

Children and youths of Woodley Park, Region Five now have yet another venue to socialise and learn a skill thanks to a group of overseas-based Guyanese, including the USA Guyana Humanitarian Inc. and the Ramrattan Family of the United States. Together, they opened a Library and Information Technology Laboratory at the Ramrattan Social Service Centre for Excellence earlier today. These facilities are now part of the Centre that was commissioned sometime back by the Ramrattan family to host the annual Academic and Skills Training Workshop for children and youths of the village. At Thursday’s ceremony, the group simultaneously hosted the graduation ceremony for this the third batch of students who completed the annual workshop. Commending the children and youths for participating, Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence noted that she was happy to see the large numbers, including parents, “because we can have villages filled with children, but if we do not have families, parents, guardians and concerned citizens who recognise the value of having an education, then ventures such as these would not be successful.” Lawrence commended the Ramrattan family and their partners and supporters for the work they have done to ensure it remains open. “I don’t think we can measure the value of what the Ramratan family has done in this community,” she said. The group hopes to further expand their services offered at the centre by partnering with the Ministries of Agriculture, Education, Social Cohesion and Social Protection. The Social Protection Minister noted that since her assumption of Office, she has “focused heavily on building stronger families because it is important to our communities and country. We can have the best teachers and the facilities could be open all day, but unless the elders instill the values in children, including that education plus God equals success, they will not come here.” She noted that too often adults believe that taking children along to church is all they need, “but we have to direct our children and lead them in the right direction.” She told the children that having academic certification is essential, but acquiring a skill is an invaluable experience, as it teaches discipline. “You can pass on that skill to your family, even your children,” Lawrence said. Hence, the Minister noted that her Ministry could not pass up the opportunity to partner with the supporters of these initiatives.Consequently, the Ministry of Social Protection, through the Board of Industrial Training [BIT] will begin a partnership to ensure that the Ramrattan Social Service Centre for Excellence is utilized throughout the year by hosting skills training in various fields for young people. At the moment, the facility is only opened when the Academic and Skills Training Workshop is held in August. Treasurer Minister of Social Protection of the Group, Ms. Angeli Hon. Volda Lawrence and Treasurer of the USA Guyana Humanitarian Inc. Maystry a professional Ms. Angeli Maystry cut the ribbon to the newly built teacher in the United Library and Information Technology Laboratory at the States, said that the Ramrattan Social Service Centre for Excellence. workshop is usually conducted in collaboration

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with several local volunteers and the group is working on arrangements to have the library and computer facilities open to the children all year long with the support of those volunteers. Pandit Prabudyal Ramrattan on whose premise the Centre was erected, said he undertook the initiative in response to a need he saw locally during one of his visits home. A former teacher at the Rosignol Primary School, he left Guyana for England in 1966 and eventually settled in the United States. Pandit Ramrattan is a professional teacher and licensed acupuncturist, having taught at the University of Wales, among other schools. “I am now retired and so I am hoping to increase my visits back home and increase the work we do home to help young people.

This all got started because I was in a discussion about how to prevent suicide and so we began with providing information and soon realised that the information alone did not work, we needed to provide people with resources. Hence, we came up with the idea of providing a skill to empower people. “Myself and family built this Centre, but we have been working with the USA Guyana Humanitarian Inc. and its supporters to conduct the activities,” he explained. President of the USA Guyana Humanitarian Inc. Mr. Mohan Singh said that he has been friends with Pandit Ramrattan for more than 25 years and did not hesitate to partner on this venture having seen the need in many local communities.Singh explained that annually they use the workshops to teach skills in information technology, photography, entrepreneurship, agriculture, leadership, and reading. Participants are also coursed in topical and social issues, and life skills to empower themselves, their families and community. He explained that the grouping also spread their wings in other areas, including Jamaica and New York.

Ministry of Social Protection Press Release

President of the USA Guyana Humanitarian Inc. Mr. Mohan Singh presents a token of appreciation to Minister of Social Protection Hon. Volda Lawrence for the Ministry’s support to the Ramrattan Social Service Centre for Excellence. Also in photos are Pandit Prabudyal Ramrattan on whose premise the Centre was erected and Treasurer of the Group, Ms. Angeli Maystry.

Minister Lawrence, officials from the Ramrattan Social Service Centre for Excellence and staff from the Social Protection Ministry pose with students and volunteer teachers of this year’s Academic and Skills Training Workshop for children and youths of Woodley Park village under the auspices of the Ramrattan family and the USA Guyana Humanitarian Inc.

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

Religious Organisations Must Do More To Address Social Problems, Foster Social CohesionPresident Granger Tells Congregation At Solomon’s Temple In Berbice President David Granger, today, issued a call on the church to take cannot separate itself from village and citizens cannot separate the lead role in helping to address social ills such as suicide, interpersonal violence, poverty and drug and alcohol abuse, which plague communities. He also underscored the critical role of faithbased organisations in fostering social cohesion and national unity.

The President was at the time speaking at the fifth anniversary of the Solomon’s Temple, located at Phillipi Village, Region Six, East Berbice-Corentyne. The Head of State told the congregation that if the church has a greater influence in communities, gradually the negative aspects of the culture of the Corentyne will be transformed from a ruthless confrontational type society to one of peace and compassion. “The church cannot close its eyes. It cannot be unaware of the causes and only act when the consequences become unbearable and painful… The Christian Church, as one of the oldest institutions, together with the Hindu and Islamic faiths, has a duty to act to help to eliminate the social problems that afflict the Region.The Church must attend to a person’s spiritual as well as material needs. The Church’s mission has a social character,” President Granger said. As it relates to social cohesion, he reminded that Christianity has only one doctrine, which does not separate the spiritual and from the social. The Head of State explained that a cohesive society is characterised by a sense of sympathy and solidarity and the Church must promote social cohesion by becoming a peacemaker and a bridge-builder; providing spiritual and physical relief to those in need and mending the emotional wounds caused by violence and protecting the vulnerable from malice and injustice and by advancing religious, ethnic and gender harmony.“This Church, and any other church, mandir or masjid on the Corentyne, must reach out to its neighbours. The Church cannot separate itself from society, village

themselves from each other. Faith cannot be divided into the personal and the public,” he said. Similar sentiments were expressed by Regional Chairman, Mr. David Armogan, who pointed out that the Government, Regional Administration and the police cannot deal with the myriad of social problems alone. He also called on parents to try their utmost to inculcate stronger moral values in their children at home. The Solomon’s Temple born18 years ago as the Glory Light Tabernacle Deliverance Centre.

During the early years of its existence, worship services were conducted in a ‘bottom-house’ setting at Phillipi Village until the construction of a church five years ago. Today, the church has a membership of about 400 people.

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President David Granger being greeted by Pastors Ewart and Egbert Bagot upon his arrival at the Solomon's Temple at Phillipi Village

President David Granger addressing the congregation at the Solomon's Temple on the occasion of the organisation's 5th anniversary

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

Art Can Change Our Behaviour Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the work of Trinidad’s first internationally renowned artist Michel-Jean Cazabon is so unknown in this country that it’s embarrassing. He said at least 95 per cent of students did not know “anything about Cazabon, far less his history and our history tied up in what Cazabon represents.” At the Octagon Room of the Diplomatic Centre on Saturday, 49 paintings depicting T&T’s iconic landscapes, nature, people and buildings were unveiled to guests. Some of the names in the collection include Old Woodbrook Estate, Pine House, House in Trinidad, East Indian Girl, Dry River, Port-of-Spain, River Scene and Maracas River. Rowley, during his address in the ballroom before the unveiling, said it was around 2005 that he encouraged former prime minister Patrick Manning “who willingly agreed to be encouraged” to have the country buy several pieces of paintings that were on sale in London and repatriate them to T&T. He said they were kept at a museum but he always felt they should have been made available to the public. “They were not presented to the people as they should,” he said. But later on, and during a difficult economic period, the PM said another batch of Cazabon’s paintings were being offered for sale. This time, as Prime Minister, he encouraged the Cabinet to make the purchase. “This evening is an opportunity to present them, firstly to you,” he said at the launch of the “Cazabon Legacy Exhibition.” Last year, the Government announced the purchase of 12 Cazabon paintings which cost close to $3 million via auction by Christie's Auction House of London. That decision was met with criticism from the Opposition and union leaders who said the money could have been spent on other priority items.

The exhibition is open to the public until September 24. It is the first time the Diplomatic Centre will host such an exhibition. Rowley said 19th Century Cazabon should be embraced and that children needed to know their history.

Cazabon was born on September 30, 1813 and died on November 20, 1888. He is buried at the Lapeyrouse Cemetery. Rowley said: “Look at the paintings and transpose yourselves from there to where we are now.” He said if there was any sense of hopelessness or disillusionment, look at the paintings and see the progress. “We are on the way to a brighter future,” he said. The Prime Minister said every day in the news there were reports of violence, even in his own constituency where four people were killed recently. “And some people would want to think that is what we are but there is a much wider canvas.” Rowley said the behaviour of the country could change if children were exposed to the work of the artist. In her remarks, Minister of Community Development, Culture and the Arts Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly

said the one-month exhibition was also a celebration of Emancipation, Independence and Republic Day. She said: “It is a time of taking stock of national introspection, a time when we think about who we are, where we are, where we are going and how we are going to get there.” Guests were treated to performances by the National Steel Symphony Orchestra which received high praises from Rowley. More info According to Cazabon’s biography as written by curator Geoffrey MacLean, the artist was sent to England at the age of 13 to attend St Edmund’s College in Ware. He studied art in Paris. Cazabon returned to Trinidad in 1848 and in 1851 produced a series of 18 lithographs—Views of Trinidad. In 1857, he published a second series—Album of Trinidad and in 1860, contributed to two other series—Views of Demerara and Album Martiniquaise. MacLean wrote: “Cazabon’s oeuvre is extensive; his work shows a wide knowledge of media —oils, watercolourist, gouache, gesso. Although he was primarily a watercolourist and landscape artist, both his formal and informal portraits are highly valued, and his illustration for the newspapers of the day are of important historic significance.” Cazabon married Louise Rosalie Trolard in Paris and had three children. (Trinidad Guardian)

Sheila Sandy, left, and Merle Ronnie admire Michel-Jean Cazabon’s 18th Century painting of the Bamboo Cathedral in Chaguaramas during a public exhibition showcasing the work of the famous artist at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s, yesterday.

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Plans are afoot by the Chaguaramas Development Authority (CDA) to reclaim the historical Chaguaramas Hotel and Convention Centre, which was leased to an investor by the former People’s Partnership government.

The move is being initiated by CDA’s chairman Anthony Pierre, who admitted that the authority has been negotiating with the local investor to get back the property under the State’s control at no cost to the Government. The property was leased in 2014 for 30 years. “I can’t say why the centre was put into the hands of an investor. What I can tell you is that we have been negotiating with the investor. So far, it seems positive. It seems CDA will be able to get back the centre. In a month or two we should be able to negotiate something. We are trying to broker a deal.” Pierre refused to identify the investor who paid $30 million which was the value of the centre. Once the CDA and the investor come to an agreement, Pierre said, the authority would take it to Cabinet for approval. “That was the premium they were supposed to pay for the property, but in fact, they did not pay all of it. I think they paid one-third of that figure,” Pierre said. Pierre said CDA was trying to hammer out an arrangement with the investor, who was being offered another property in exchange for the centre. In 2012, the People’s National Movement which traditionally used the centre to host its annual political party convention had to shift its venue to the Queen’s Park Savannah after they were informed that the building was under repair.

Initially, Pierre said the PP government wanted to demolish the centre. Why is the CDA looking to recapture the property which was in a deplorable state and not generating money? Pierre said the property, which belongs to the CDA, should remain a historical site. He said the centre was where the Chaguaramas Treaty was signed establishing Caricom, while it was also considered the capital of the West Indies federation. “We are saying that a building of such significance and heritage should not be dealt with like an ordinary building. We would like to see it restored. While the government may not have the money to preserve the building right now, the CDA can enter into a private/public sector arrangement to have it refurbished and operate it as a hotel. But we will not destroy it.” Pierre was unable to say how much it would cost to have the building restored. “Once we have completed negotiations to get it back into our hands we will put out an expression of interest.” Whoever

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expresses an interest in the property, Pierre said an arrangement would then be worked out, in that, the CDA would not put any money towards the centre’s refurbishment. “We would just remain the landlord. That would be the investor’s responsibility to finance, refurbish and operate it. We have to make it economically viable for whoever the private sector will be.” Tewarie: Hotel never made money Former minister of planning and sustainable development Dr Bhoe Tewarie, under whose purview the CDA fell, said if the board was renegotiating with the investor they were within their ambit, but stated that this had implications for other things, which he refused to elaborate. He said the idea of putting the property in the hands of an investor was due to the fact it never made money. “It has never been economically viable. It has gone through periods of renovation, upgrading and perpetual deterioration over the course of time.” Tewarie said the investor, whom he too refused to identify, would have commercialised the hotel and be driven by profits. “They would have had most likely to bring in an international operator to do that.

The idea was to link the new convention centre facility which would have been a hotel facility with the hotel school. So there would have been some synergy between our education strategy into tourism and our divestment of the burden of subsidies from the convention centre.” He said this was part of the PP’s government tourism thrust for the northwestern peninsula.

(Trinidad Guardian)

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

CSEC Performance Worsens Slightly In 2016 – CXC KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) has reported a decline in overall performance in the May/June 2016 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. According to a release from CXC, only 66 per cent of candidates achieved acceptable scores of grades I-III. This reflects a two percentage point decrease in comparison to 2015 when 68 per cent of candidates achieved similar grades. While performance improved in 14 subject areas, CXC reported a decline in 17 subjects and constant grades in four Among the subjects which performed at 90 per cent or better this year are Physical Education and Sport with 98 per cent of entries achieving acceptable grades. Theatre Arts also topped the list with 95 per cent, Agricultural Science (Double Award) had 92 per cent pass rate, Electronic Document Preparation and Management recorded 91 per cent and Principles of Business had 90 per cent. CXC also reported mixed results in Mathematics and English. In English A, there was an improvement in performance with 67 per cent of entries achieving acceptable grades compared with 60 per cent in 2015. For English B however, there was a 15-percentage point decline as 62 per cent of entries achieved acceptable grades this year compared with 77 per cent in 2015. Meanwhile, there was a 13-

point decline in performance in Mathematics with 44 per cent of entries achieving acceptable grades this year compared with 57 per cent in 2015, CXC said. Performance also declined in Additional Mathematics: 67 per cent of entries achieved acceptable grades compared with 72 per cent last year. The number of subject entries for the May/June 2016 sitting increased to 585,223 subject entries this year, up from 578,035 entries in 2015. However, CXC reported a marginal decline in the number of candidates sitting exam with 132,674 candidates this year in comparison to 132,824 candidates in 2015. (Jamaica Observer)

Bad Economy May Spoil Future Plans For Rio's Olympic Park RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — The celebrations are done and the torch extinguished, but now that the Olympics are gone, Rio is left with questions about what will become of the city's plan to convert the Olympic Park into a bustling recreational district with luxury apartments and offices. Amid a continuing national recession, the consortium behind the park has sold less than 7 percent of the Olympic Village's 3,604 apartments, and real estate experts worry a similar fate is ahead for the main Olympic site where the city is hoping private companies build housing and offices in close to half of the park's land. "Right now we are in the bottom of a well.

Nobody is making offers on apartments, and there are many apartments sitting empty," said Claudio Tavares de Alencar, president of the Latin American Real Estate Society. When Rio de Janeiro was picked as the Olympic host city seven years ago, the country was a darling of the emerging markets. Rich oil fields had been discovered and, in 2010, the nation's economy grew by 7.5 percent. Bidding wars for apartments were common then, and in 2005 some 1,500 apartments built for the Pan American Games sold out just hours after they went on the market. The financial landscape is far different now. Brazil's economy contracted 3.8 percent last year and is expected to keep shrinking, affected by a slowing demand for iron ore and other commodities. Across the nation, more than 5 million people have lost their jobs since the end of 2014. There's an oversupply of apartments all over Rio, obvious by the sight of partially built towers. After years of rising, prices per square meter have dropped 6 percent in the last year and a half to 10,241 reals, or about $3,200, according to real estate index FipeZap. With financial institutions charging prohibitively high rates for lending, real estate agencies have begun offering incentives such as honeymoon trips or private school tuition. Rio 2016 organizers and city officials have not talked about how the weak market could affect the potential for development of the 12.7-million-square-foot Olympic Park and its environs. But Leonardo Schneider, vice president of Rio's housing union, said residential and commercial space are key pieces of the puzzle and that too many buildings around the park are unfinished or vacant. "The problem is how we fill up those apartments," said Schneider. "As good as it sounds to live in the Olympic Park, it's going to take some time to find occupants and transform the area." Carlos Carvalho, the billionaire who developed the Olympic Park and village, has infuriated many in a country that desperately needs subsidized housing for saying the athletes village caters to the city's elite. It is called "Ilha Pura" — Pure Island — and apartments average 1.4 million reals ($435,000), offering amenities such as pools, a spa and a beauty salon. Penthouses of 1,700 square feet go for up to 2.3 million reals ($700,000). Another wealthy developer is building luxury marble and glass high-rise apartments around the Olympic golf course, with units that will start at about $2 million. "They are very nice-looking apartments," said Idenir Cunha, a 67-year-old

retired physician's assistant who lives in an older complex nearby. "If I had the money, I would love to buy one. But in the middle of this crisis, who does?" London 2012's village was turned into an affordable-housing complex, where people paid below-market purchase prices. In Rio, a study by real estate data company Geoimovel found that the village's apartments were advertising for well above the average price of most apartments with same features in Barra da Tijuca, a neighbourhood of flashy shopping malls and lavish high-rise apartments that is home to the Olympic Park and athletes village. Many in Brazil protested the 39.1 billion Brazilian reals, or $12 billion, in public and private money that went to building Olympic venues and infrastructure, and the spending isn't over. The city will pay more than $300 million to dismantle or convert some of the sporting venues inside Olympic Park. The arena that housed fencing and taekwondo will be turned into a school for about 1,000 students with a focus on sport. A racetrack will be added to the park. And salvaged materials from one of the stadiums will be used to build four schools elsewhere, the city says. Brazil faced scrutiny for building expensive venues for the 2014 World Cup that wound up being barely used after the event. Some of the stadiums that cost several times their initial estimates were built in remote areas without first-division soccer teams and are now playing host to weddings or are used as parking lots. With the Olympics, "everything was conceived in terms of what it would become after the games," Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes said this weekend in an interview with Globo TV. As for white elephants? "No way," he said. (Jamaica Observer)

In this August 10, 2016 file photo, people walk through Olympic Park in the rain at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo: AP)

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

Family Drowning In Medical Bills The parents of eight-year-old Kaj Romain, who underwent lifesaving brain surgery in Florida, United States, earlier this month, say they are making all attempts to find evidence to show that they did apply to the Government’s Children’s Life Fund in 2013 and was turned away. They have taken this route rather than submit a new application, as advised by Dennis Cox, interim chairman at the Children’s Life Fund. Najja Romain and Deena Gonzalez spoke to the T&T Guardian from their son’s bedside at the Florida Hospital for Children, last week, insisting that they were overlooked in 2013, shortly after being told by doctors that Kaj required corrective brain surgery. At age four, Kaj was diagnosed with epilepsy due to a congenital brain malformation. His parents claimed that staff at the Life Fund’s offices at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, had told them that his condition was not life-threatening, and he was unable to qualify. On August 12, Kaj underwent surgery after the family received donations from Republic Bank, First Citizens and close friends and family. “Doctors say it (surgery) was successful. This surgery does not typically offer seizure freedom, but a reduction in his seizure burden which was about 6 to 8 dropping episodes a day even while medicated.

Since surgery he has not had any seizures but has developed weakness on his left side and a loss of tone in his neck. He regains strength daily...actually his doctors and therapists are truly amazed,” said Gonzalez. The couple said they also tried to get help with Kaj’s monthly and educational expenses. “We have tried all avenues, the Government Special Needs grant turned us down also, citing that they could not ‘establish a financial need’. Then we tried for help with his school fees, which amounted to $4,500 a term and I am still awaiting a response since last year September. You know they really fail sometimes in helping people who really need their help...it just takes too long,” Gonzalez said. She said Kaj’s expenses continue to exceed the family’s joint income. It is also ironic, she said, as she is awaiting months of outstanding salary, because the company she works for is currently owed payments from a government agency. Kaj’s medical costs has reached as high as US$1,100 a month. His education had been scaled down to three months a year, because of the frequency of his seizures then, which amounted to sometimes as many as eight “falling down” episodes daily. Kaj had to wear a helmet to protect himself from serious injury. As for their recent request for assistance with travel to Florida, Gonzalez said they were told by staff at the Health Ministry’s office that they do not “offer assistance related to medical travel.” The Government, though, she said, is very much aware of Kaj’s needs, as a letter seeking assistance, sent in May, had been acknowledged. “We really don’t know who in government to turn to next. But with Kaj’s medical expenses from the surgery still to be determined, we really are drowning here. We know we are going to have massive bills when this is over. I put on a smile for him, because

we are happy he had the surgery, but we are living by God’s good graces right now,” she said. Kaj has been transferred from the Florida Hospital to nearby Nemours Children’s Hospital for inpatient rehabilitation, which includes physical therapy. In the meantime, Gonzalez continues to lend support to other families through her initiative, Epilepsy Today Foundation TT. It was through her foundation, fundraisers and assistance from family, friends and well-wishers, they were able to raise a substantial amount of the required US$156,000. “Thanks to Republic Bank and First Citizens for their assistance, our close friends and family. The journey is not over and we are thankful for their support,” she said. The family expects to return by October 7. • Anyone willing to assist can contact the family at 678-4224.

(Trinidad Guardian)

Kaj Romain with a member of staff from the Nemours Children's Hospital for in-patient rehabilitation in Florida, USA, following his surgery.

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

Maxi Driver Murdered,thatAbandoned In Caroni robberies had decreased over the past few years, Pierre said:

A 44-year-old maxi taxi driver from Cunupia was murdered in an apparent botched robbery sometime on Saturday night. Dudnath Beharry, a father of two, from Rangoo Trace, Warren Road, Cunupia, left home on Saturday afternoon to work the Curepe to Chaguanas maxi taxi route. His wife, Judy Subero, contacted police and the owner of the maxi after he failed to return home later that night.

According to police reports, around 6 am yesterday, a farmer was walking to his garden at Caroni South Bank Road, Kelly Village, Caroni, when he saw a green band maxi taxi parked at the side of an abandoned sugarcane access road. He contacted police after he saw that the driver was unconscious and blood oozing from a head injury.

The driver’s window was rolled down and the victim, still wearing his seatbelt, was slung over in the driver’s seat. He could not immediately be identified by police as his wallet was missing. Subero got the chilling news of her husband’s death when she went to the Cunupia Police Station to file a missing person’s report. Police took her to the crime scene where she identified his body. In an interview at her Cunupia home, hours after his body was found, Subero claimed that she sensed that something was wrong when he did not come home by 10 pm. “He wasn’t a limer. He would work in the morning and come home by 10 am for lunch and then go back out for a couple of hours in the evening,” Subero said. She said he had never deviated from the routine in the one and a half years he worked as a maxi taxi driver. Subero also questioned why her husband’s attackers would chose to shoot him after robbing him. “He don’t look for trouble.

Anybody tell him something, he would just walk away. He would not have fought them,” Subero said. Subero said when she was searching for Beharry on Saturday night she spoke to other maxi taxi drivers who told her that they last saw him leaving the maxi taxi stand in Curepe with two male passengers around 9 pm. Investigators were expected to interview the drivers today as they work on tracking down Beharry’s killers. Former president of the Green Band Maxi Taxi Association Kelvin Pierre said yesterday that robberies are a major cause of concern for maxi taxi operators. Although he stated

“One is still too many.” Pierre said that most of the robberies occurred at night while drivers were parked in the maxi stand in Curepe waiting for passengers. Pierre also questioned the reason for killing Beharry as he claimed that he (Beharry) would not have had a large quantity of cash on him. “At that hour he would not have much more than his float, so the police need to look into this because it is outside the norm,” Pierre said. Meanwhile, police are continuing investigations into the murder of a 29-year-old man from San Juan, who was shot dead on Friday. According to reports, around 11.30 pm, Kester Alexander, of Laventille Road, San Juan, was liming with friends on the roadside near his home when the group was approached by two strangers. The men drew guns and shot Alexander several times. Alexander, who police said had several pending court cases for gun possession, died on the scene. So far, 293 people have been killed for the year. (Trinidad Guardian)

Judy Subero, left, is consoled by her sister Suzie at the family’s Rangoo Trace, Warren Road, Cunupia home yesterday.

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Cuba Elected To Council of International Civil Aviation Organisation HAVANA, Cub, (CMC) — Cuba has been elected to occupy a seat in the council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation. At the recent meeting of the Latin American Civil Aviation Commission (LACAC), Cuba was elected from eight countries in the region. LACA President Carlos Fernando Velasquez told journalists that support for Cuba stood out among the agreements reached at the 88th meeting of the executive committee of the organisation. Velasquez who is also director-general of Civil Aeronautics of Guatemala, highlighted Cuba’s performance in the organisation in areas such as air transport and operational safety. He noted that the Spanish-speaking nation saw a growth of 18 per cent in air passenger traffic last year, and it is expected to reach about 25 to 30 per cent at the end of this year. The 39th Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization is scheduled to be held in Montréal, Canada from September 27 to October 7.

(Jamaica Observer)

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

Tobago Teens Killed In Crash Two teenagers were killed in an accident in Tobago yesterday. Police identified them as Lariann Perez, 19, of Signal Hill, and Shi-ann Thomas, 13, a student, of Glen Road. The accident took place shortly after 4 am on the Auchenskeoch Buccoo Bay Road, Carnbee, near Republic Bank. Perez, who was the driver, was heading south in her friend's silver Almera, when she ran off the road, struck a traffic sign and ended up in a drain. Police said Thomas was thrown from the vehicle while Perez suffered head injuries.

Both died on the spot. Investigators said Perez obtained her driver’s licence less than one month ago. Autopsies are scheduled to be performed today. Old Grange Police are continuing investigations. (Trinidad Guardian)

Nine-Year-Old Was Executed

Seon Paul

Southern Division police now believe nine-yearold Seon Paul was executed and not hit by a stray Lariann Perez, 19, of Signal Hill. bullet as they initially believed. Paul, of Byron Street, La Romaine, was shot shortly after 9 pm on Friday and initial reports stated he had been struck once by a stray bullet. However, yesterday police said Paul was shot four times, twice in his back and twice on his shoulders. Paul was a pupil of the La Romaine RC School and was expected to move up to Standard Two when the new term opens in September. Police are working with the theory that the shooter was a professional, as Paul’s cousin, Kenika Smalls was not shot, although the two were walking together when the incident occurred. On Saturday, Kenika told the T&T Guardian that she and Paul were going to buy hot dogs when they heard gunshots and ran. She had said they ran until Paul cried out and collapsed and then she realised he had been shot. He was taken to the San Fernando General Hospital by police but succumbed to his injuries during emergency surgery.

The motive for Paul’s murder is believed to be an ongoing turf war for drug blocks in the area.

An autopsy is expected to done on Paul’s body today at the Forensic Science Centre in Port-ofSpain. (Trinidad Guardian)

$200,000 In Cash Burnt In Bar Fire Over $200,000 in cash went up in flames yesterday as fire destroyed a bar in Chase Village, Chaguanas. Two employees narrowly escaped injury after bolting from the building. According to reports, around 2.30 pm, two employees of Club Samkiss at Southern Main Road, Chase Village, saw sparks coming from the building’s high voltage electrical connection from the roof. Eyewitnesses said within seconds the roof of the bar caught afire. As the fire quickly spread, the employees and customers at the bar evacuated. No one was injured.

By the time fire officers from the Chaguanas Fire Station arrived, the building was already engulfed in flames. Fire officers also immediately began to douse water on Gable X, a plastic manufacturing factory located next door, to prevent the fire from spreading. When the T&T Guardian visited the scene, several residents said they heard a loud explosion shortly after the fire had started. However, fire officers suggested that the noise came from when the bar’s roof collapsed. In a brief interview, the bar’s owner Ramcharan Jankie said he was shocked when he received news of the fire. “I was very surprised because we did major electrical work here about three months ago,” Jankie said. Jankie estimated his losses to be approximately $3.75 million as he said he had over $200,000 in cash

and $300,000 in stock, stored in the section of the building that was completely destroyed. Jankie, who said that the business was his family’s for several decades, said they would seek to rebuild as soon as the property was cleared by fire inspectors. “Samkiss is a landmark in central Trinidad. People from all over Trinidad does lime here,” Jankie said. (Trinidad Guardian)

Fire officers at the scene of a fire which destroyed Club Samkiss in Chase Village, Chaguanas, yesterday.

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

A Day Like Today The agreement to fund a humanitarian, nonpartisan organization for the sick and wounded in times of war, was S o u r c e : h t t p : / / w w w . h i s t o r y . c o m / t h i s - d a y - i n adopted a day like today in the Geneva Convention 1864. The history/international-red-cross-founded Amelioration of the Condition of the wounded and sick of Armies in the Field, was adopted and approved by the majority -By- Rocio Perez, Guyana Daily News. in the congress, the first meeting of this kind to be celebrated with such purpose. Later to become the lead for the following Geneva Conventions. The idea was brought to life by Swiss humanitarian and first Nobel Prize, Jean-Henri Dunant.

The inspiration for the foundation of such organization, came from Dunant’s traumatic experience during one of his business trips to Italy in 1859, where he was witness of the repercussion of the Battle Of Solferino. This armed conflict is denominated to be the last major battle, where the armies were under the personal command of their monarchs. Napoleon III for the French army, and Victor Enmanuel II for the Kingdom of Sardinia, predecessor state of Today’s Italy. Back in Switzerland, Dunant’s experience was embodied in a book that he named “Memories of Solferino”, book that became the draft for the foundation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

Even though Dunant wasn’t a direct witness of the clash, he walked the battlefield following the conflict, seen on his path fallen soldiers in the need of care. This momentum would mark him greatly. The proposal for humanitarian movement was approved, and the birth of the emblematic Red Cross was witnessed a day like today 1864. The symbolic ‘red cross’ in a white background was designed in honor to Dunant’s Swiss nationality, representing the Swiss flag inverted.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

Turkey Kurdish Wedding Bomber 'May Not Have Been Child’

Turkey's prime minister has backtracked on a statement by the president which said the suicide bomber who attacked a Kurdish wedding was a child. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in the aftermath of the attack in Gazantiep, which killed 54, that the bomber was aged between 12 and 14. PM Binali Yildirim says it is uncertain whether it was a child. Mr Erdogan has blamed so-called Islamic State (IS). Most of the victims of the bombing were children, media reports say. "A clue has not yet been found concerning the perpetrator," Mr Yildirim told reporters, following a weekly cabinet meeting. He said the earlier statement identifying the attacker as a child was a "guess" based on witness accounts.

Gaziantep, near the Syrian border, is known to contain several IS cells. Twenty-nine victims of the attack, which took place on Sunday, were under the age of 18, reports said, with one official saying 22 were under the age of 14. Thirteen of those killed were women, Turkish media said. Sixty-six people are still in hospital, 14 of them in a serious condition, Dogan news agency reported. One woman lost four children in the attack, the Haberturk newspaper reported. Emine Arhan told the title "if it wasn't for my only surviving child, I would have killed myself". Another victim was a nine-year-old girl who had stayed on at the party to see the bride after her parents had left, according to the Vatan newspaper.

A disproportionately large number of women and children

were killed in the attack because it targeted henna night, a part of the celebration attended mainly by women and children, says BBC Monitoring's Turkey analyst Pinar Sevinclidir. Hurriyet newspaper said the type of bomb, which contained scraps of metal, was similar to those used in previous attacks on proKurdish gatherings. Kurdish fighters, backed by the US-led coalition, have been at the forefront of the fight against IS in Syria. Prosecutors said a search was also under way for two people believed to have accompanied the suspected attacker to the wedding party but who left before the blast. In a defiant speech on Monday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said IS should be "completely cleansed" from the border area with Turkey. He was speaking amid reports that Turkish-backed Syrian rebels were preparing to try to seize the IS-held border town of Jarablus. (BBC)

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MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

US Election: Questions Over Trump Deportation Plan Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has signalled he may drop his proposal to deport 11 million people who are living illegally in the US. His campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said the mass deportation plan, which was a central plank of his campaign, was yet "to be determined". Her comments at the weekend came after Mr Trump met with a new panel of Hispanic advisers. He told Fox News on Monday he was not "flip-flopping" but wanted a fair plan.

The businessman is scheduled to deliver a speech on immigration in Colorado on Thursday. Mr Trump has taken a hardline stance on immigration since the beginning of his campaign, vowing to create a "deportation force" as well as make Mexico pay for the construction of a wall along the USMexico border. While struggling to keep up with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the polls, Mr Trump has addressed black and Hispanic voters in recent days with the aim of broadening his support beyond white working-class voters. "What he supports is to make sure we enforce the law, that we are respectful of those Americans who are looking for jobs, and that we are fair and humane to those who live among us," Ms Conway told CNN on Sunday.

When asked to clarify if Mr Trump would maintain his position on creating a deportation force, Ms Conway responded: "To be determined." Donald Trump has repeatedly said the 11.4 million undocumented immigrants in the US "have to go". Now he may be wavering on that demand. The political risks of such a move - detractors will call it a flip-flop - are enormous. It will

be difficult for Mr Trump to convince Hispanic voters and moderates that his change of heart is authentic. Meanwhile, Mr Trump's core base of support could feel betrayed. The Republican nominee has survived sometimes contradictory positions - on issues such as gay rights, abortion and the minimum wage - that allow supporters to pick and choose what they think he believes.

His position on illegal immigration, however, is different. It's a central part of his argument that the US working class has been grievously wounded by economic policies implemented by a globalist elite more concerned with profit margins than American jobs. A reversal here would be akin to his saying that maybe Nafta isn't so bad after all. It would tear at the heart of his message. Given that Mr Trump's standing with Hispanics particularly in key battleground states - has been an anchor on his presidential hopes, however, it may be a gamble he's decided to take. But Mr Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, insisted on Monday that the plan remains unchanged. "I don't think the message is changing at all.

I think people are just getting to know Donald Trump better," Mr Pence said. Mrs Clinton's campaign later released a statement saying there would be little revision to his immigration plan despite Ms Conway's suggestions. "Donald Trump's immigration plan remains the same as it's always been - tear apart families and deport 16 million people from the United States," said campaign chair John Podesta. If the deportation plan is dropped or refashioned, it would not be the first shift in Mr Trump's immigration policy.

His controversial plan to issue a "total and complete shutdown" of Muslims entering the country changed to a ban on countries with a history of terrorism against the US. That switch followed questions raised by constitutional experts. Last week, the Trump campaign faced a dramatic overhaul with the exit of campaign chairman Paul Manafort as well as the hiring of Breitbart News boss Stephen Bannon as CEO and Ms Conway as campaign manager. (BBC)

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MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

Hungary MEP Suggests Using Pig Heads To Deter Refugees

Hungary has erected a razor-wire fence along stretches of its southern border to keep out migrants(GETTY IMAGES)

A H u ng a r i a n member of the Europ ean Parliament has been criticised for suggesting pigs' heads could be put on border fences to deter refugees. Gyorgy Schopflin, a member of Hungary's ruling Fidesz party, made the remark after images emerged of vegetables carved into heads and placed along the country's southern frontier. "Human

images are haram... Pig's head would deter more effectively," he said.

Hungary has taken a hard-line stance on migration into the country. Mr Schopflin made the comments responding to criticism from Andrew Stroehlein, European Media Director for the charity Human Rights Watch. Mr Stroehlein hit back at Mr Schopflin, accusing him of "xenophobic filth" and calling him an "embarrassment to Hungary, to Europe and to humanity". Other Twitter users called the MEP's comments "nasty" and accused him of racism. He has refused to apologise, saying the remark was "hypothetical" and "a thought experiment".

Pork is considered impure by Muslims and its consumption forbidden. Under conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Hungary has taken a tough approach to migrants and refugees entering the country. A razor wire-topped fence now separates stretches of the country's southern border from is neighbours and is patrolled by troops. In October the country will hold a referendum on whether it agrees on the EU's mandatory refugee resettlement policy. (BBC)

Germans Told To Stockpile Food And Water For Civil Defence For the first time since the Cold War the German government is advising citizens to stockpile food and water for use in a national emergency. Some opposition MPs said the new civil defence concept, to go before ministers on Wednesday, was scaremongering. Citizens are advised to store enough food to last them 10 days, because initially a disaster might put national emergency services beyond reach. Five days' water - two litres (half a gallon) per person daily - is advised.

The German news website Frankfurter Allgemeine (FAZ) said the new concept was set out in a 69-page German Interior Ministry document. The document said "an attack on German territory, requiring conventional defence of the nation, is unlikely". But, it said, a major security threat to the nation in future could not be ruled out, so civil defence measures were necessary. Soon, Germans began tweeting ironically under the h a s h t a g "Hamsterkaeufe" (panic-buying). Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere told a group of schoolchildren that Germany must be prepared to react if Bottled water in Munich: Terror attacks have fuelled concern about national security(GETTY IMAGES)

water or food reserves were poisoned, or if oil and gas supplies were interrupted. The parliamentary head of the left-wing Die Linke party, Dietmar Bartsch, criticised the move, saying "you can completely unsettle people with yet another round of proposals, such as hoarding supplies".

The Greens' deputy parliamentary leader, Konstantin von Notz, said it was sensible to update civil defence advice which had not been touched since 1995. But he warned against mixing up possible military or terrorist scenarios, saying "I can't see any attack scenario that merits a stockpiling of supplies by the population".

Germany's civil defence: Cold War and now About 2,000 public bunkers and shelters were built in West Germany, with federal funding (former East Germany had its own communist network of shelters) There was a wide mix of shelters - eg in garages, schools, private cellars Special government nuclear bunker was built in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, 30km (19 miles) from Bonn Law says Cold War-era shelters must not be converted into new types of building Germany still has stockpiles of food - eg milk powder and beans - at secret locations, for a national emergency Inventories are regularly checked and renewed Emergency offices to issue food and fuel stamps, under national rationing system in a disaster (BBC)

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Russia 'Showed-Off' Over Use Of Iran Airbase For Syria Strikes Russia has stopped using an Iranian airbase to bomb targets in short and fixed span, corresponding [to an] operation in Syria".

Syria, both countries have said. Iranian foreign ministry Gen Deghan was asked why Russia had chosen to reveal its spokesman Bahram Qasemi said the operation was "over for presence there whereas Iran had not. "The Russians are now" and the planes had gone. Iran's Defence Minister Hossein interested to show they are a superpower to guarantee their Deghan had earlier criticised Russia for publicising the raids share in the political future of Syria and, of course, there has last week, saying it had exhibited a "show-off" attitude. Russia been a kind of show-off and ungentlemanly [attitude] in this for its part has confirmed that all of its planes used from Iran for field."

Syria strikes are now back in Russia. Russia. like Iran, is a key Gen Deghan explained that Russia had "decided to bring in ally of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. Last Tuesday, more planes and boost its speed and accuracy in operations".

Russia's defence ministry announced that Tupolev-22M3 long- "Therefore, it needed to refuel in an area closer to the operation. range bombers and Sukhoi-34 strike fighters had used the That's why they used the Nojeh base. But we have definitely not Shahid Nojeh airbase near the eastern city of Hamedan to carry given them a military base." Hours later, Mr Qasemi announced that Russia's deployment had ended. "It was a specific, out air strikes on "terrorists" in Syria.

The raids were the first carried by Russia from a third country authorised mission and it's over for now. They conducted it and since it began an air campaign against Mr Assad's opponents they are gone now," he was quoted by the official news agency almost a year ago, and also the first launched from Iranian soil as saying. The US, which backs the opposition to Syria's by a foreign military since World War Two. Russia now says president, had said Russia's use of the Iranian base was that aircraft which were based at the Hamedan air base are no "unfortunate but not surprising". (BBC) longer located there and have returned to the Russian Federation. Defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying that future use of the base will now only take place "on the basis of mutual agreements between the two countries on the fight against terrorism and will depend on developments in Syria".

The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, previously lauded the "strategic" co-operation with Russia.

But some MPs complained that it breached the Islamic Republic's constitution, which prohibits allowing foreign militaries to be based on its territory. In an interview with state TV on Monday, Gen Deghan stressed that Russia the Iranian airbase reduced the duration would only use the Nojeh airbase "for a very Using of the Russian bombers' missions(REUTERS)

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MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

Gina-Lisa Lohfink: German Model Fined For False Rape Claim

German m o d e l Gina-Lisa Lohfink has b e e n convicted of making false rape allegations against two men in a case that has sparked debate across Germany. She was fined €20,000 (£17,200; $22,600) by a court in Berlin. A video showing Lohfink having sex with the two men in 2012 and saying "No" found its way on to the internet. She insists the incident was rape. But at a subsequent trial the two men were cleared of rape and Lohfink was accused of making false testimony. Lohfink is a former competitor on reality TV show Germany's Next Top Model, and the high-profile case partly informed a recent change to Germany's rape laws.

A new law was passed in July clarifying that "no means no" even if the victim did not fight back. Prosecutor Corinna Supporters of Gina-Lisa Lohfink gathered outside the court at an earlier hearing(REUTERS)

Goegge said: "Ms Lohfink was not a victim of a sexual offence.

"She lied and deliberately misled investigators." The court found that the sex was consensual but that Lohfink was saying "No" to it being filmed. But Lohfink has continued to insist that she was raped. "I'm not here to become famous," she told the court. "I didn't want the sex, nor the filming," she said in her final testimony, according to Tagesspiegel. After the verdict was read out, she cried, "I don't need to put myself through this" before storming out of the courtroom.

Lohfink's defence lawyer described the verdict as "a scandal".

Burkhard Benecken said he would discuss with her whether she had the strength for an appeal. He was now concerned for all women who wanted to report a rape, he said. One of the two men involved in the case pleaded guilty to a charge related to distributing videos showing the sex act. The case has been extensively covered throughout the German media. Tabloid Bild reported the verdict as "a bitter setback" for Lohfink, and said the verdict was greeted with boos from the public gallery.

Die Zeit said that Monday's trial showed "how disrespectfully we treat people, when it comes to the accusation of rape". The case will stigmatise all parties in the long run, the paper said.

(BBC)

Islamist Rebel Apologises For Destroying Timbuktu Shrines At ICC Trial An Islamist militant has admitted destroying cultural sites in He faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in jail. Nine victims are Timbuktu, Mali, in a landmark trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi said he was "really sorry" for his actions and asked for forgiveness. He was accused of leading rebel forces who destroyed historic shrines at the world heritage site in 2012. It is the first time that the court in The Hague has tried a case of cultural destruction. It is also the first time a suspected Islamist militant has stood trial at the ICC and the first time a suspect has pleaded guilty. Prosecutors said Mahdi was a member of Ansar Dine, an Islamist group that occupied Timbuktu for months.

Islamists regard the shrines and the city's ancient manuscripts, covering everything from history to astronomy, as idolatrous.

Court documents describe Mahdi as a religious scholar who directed fighters to wreck several sites with pickaxes and chisels after failing to deter locals from praying at them. He was charged with war crimes over the destruction of nine mausoleums and a mosque. Pleading guilty, he said: "I am really sorry, I am really remorseful, and I regret all the damage that my actions have caused. "I would like to give a piece of advice to all Muslims in the world, not to get involved in the same acts I got involved in, because they are not going to lead to any good for humanity," he added Given his guilty plea the trial will probably be over by the end of this week.

later due to share their experiences in court. Human rights groups say their presence is especially significant in demonstrating how the destruction of cultural heritage not only harms buildings but tears through the social, cultural and historical fabric of communities. At the time, Unesco said the attack on the shrines of local saints was "tragic news for us all". Timbuktu is famous for its distinctive mud and wood architecture.

It was a centre of Islamic learning between the 13th and 17th centuries and was added to the Unesco world heritage list in 1988.

Ansar Dine, an extremist militia with roots in the nomadic Tuareg people, has ties to al-Qaeda. It was eventually driven out of Mali in a French-led intervention. The court has previously heard that Mahdi, a former teacher aged about 40, was a "zealous member" of the militia. He is alleged to have been the head of the section that enforced strict Islamic law in Timbuktu.

Treasures of Timbuktu Timbuktu was a centre of Islamic learning from the 13th to the 17th Centuries 700,000 manuscripts had survived in public libraries and private collections Books on religion, law, literature and science Added to Unesco world heritage list in 1988 for its three mosques and 16 cemeteries and mausoleums They played a major role in spreading Islam in West Africa; the oldest dates from 1329 Islamists destroyed mausoleums after seizing the city in April 2012 (BBC)

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MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

Harambe The Gorilla: Cincinnati Zoo 'Not Amused' By Memes

A zoo in Cincinnati, Ohio, says it is "not amused" by the numerous memes and petitions created after one of its gorillas was shot dead. Staff killed Harambe in May after he grabbed a three-year-old boy who got into his enclosure. Since then he has become a favourite subject of jokers, satirists and campaigners.

Responding, Cincinnati Zoo said the constant mentions were making it difficult for staff to move on. "Our zoo family is still healing," director Thane Maynard told Associated Press in an email.

“We are honouring Harambe by redoubling our gorilla conservation efforts and encouraging others to join us.'' Mr Maynard's twitter account was hacked over the weekend. The zoo's accounts have also been flooded with replies. Harambe's death sparked huge controversy. Debates touched on everything from whether zoo staff were correct to shoot him to why there was so much focus on him amid open conflicts elsewhere in the world. The boy's mother has faced abuse online from those who blamed her for the death of the 17-year-old gorilla. Prosecutors ruled against pressing charges.

Cincinnati Zoo reopened its Gorilla World exhibit in June with a higher barrier in an attempt to prevent any more accidents. After his death, numerous petitions have been created in Harambe's

honour, some calling for him to be turned into a Pokemon Go character, to be put on a dollar, or carved into Mount Rushmore.

A poll in Texas suggested he would get 2% of the popular vote in the US presidential race. Then there are the stream of jokes and references online. But Harambe has been appropriated in nasty ways, such as in the racist abuse of actress Leslie Jones. Retired Australian football player Adam Goodes also faced similar attacks online. (BBC)

Harambe was shot after a small boy got into his enclosure(REUTERS)

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MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

Poll: Clinton Has Narrow Advantage Over Trump In Ohio

Hillary Clinton has a narrow advantage over Donald Trump in the swing state of Ohio, according to a new poll released Monday. The Monmouth University poll ďŹ nds Clinton up four points on Trump among likely Ohio voters, 43% to 39% -within the survey's 4.9-point margin of error. New electoral map shifts toward Clinton Additionally, Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson is getting substantial support in the state, with 10% saying they'll vote for him, while less than 1% say they will vote for Green Party candidate Jill Stein. Clinton's lead is consistent with most post-convention polling of the Buckeye state, where Clinton is generally shown leading by mid-single digits.

The Monmouth poll found Clinton and Trump performing about the same with voters of their respective parties, which suggests there is growing party unity as the election approaches and both candidates continue to work to shore up their base.

Trump is backed by 83% of Republicans, and Clinton gets the support of 88% of Democrats. Meanwhile, independents back Trump and Clinton in equal measure -- 35% -- with a full 20% saying they'll go for Johnson. In demographic terms, Clinton and Trump are both outperforming their predecessors, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, among the groups that those candidates lost in 2012.

Clinton leads Trump among black, Hispanic and Asian voters 72% to 10%. But in 2012, Obama beat Romney in that group by a larger margin, 84% to 14%.

Conversely, Clinton is outperforming Obama among white voters. She draws 37% of their support to Trump's 45% -better than Obama's loss to Romney in that group by 16 points. This is partly because

while Trump leads comfortably among white men, 52% to 28%, he is losing white women to Clinton, 38% to her 46%. The Monmouth University poll also found that Ohio's governor, John Kasich, has not hurt his standing among his state's Republicans, despite his public refusal to support Trump as the GOP nominee.

The survey found that 38% say they think more highly of Kasich for his position, while just 17% say they think less highly of him. Forty-four percent said his decision had no impact. Lastly, the Montmouth poll found incumbent GOP Senator Rob Portman leading the former Ohio governor Ted Strickland, his Democratic challenger, by 48% to 41%. The race could have major implications for control of the upper chamber of Congress. The Monmouth poll was conducted between August 18 and 21, and sampled 402 Ohio residents likely to vote in November. It has a margin of error of 4.9 points.

(CNN)

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MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016

Former Singapore President Dead At 92 Former Singaporean President S R Nathan died Monday at the third presidential term. View image on Twitter After his age of 92, according to a statement from the country's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong. Three weeks ago, Nathan had suffered a stroke, Loong said. According to Reuters, the stroke was his second in recent years, with the latest having placed him in critical condition. Nathan, who held office from 1999 to 2011, was the longest-serving president of Singapore, according to Loong. The Prime Minister described Nathan as a "warm and approachable" leader who "impressed visitors with his knowledge of world affairs, and served with dignity and distinction."

“He was a true son of Singapore," Loong added. Born in 1924, Nathan was raised in Muar, Malaysia, before moving with his family to Singapore. He worked for the Japanese during World War II as a translator and later a civilian police official. After the war ended, he climbed through Singapore's bureaucratic ranks, holding a number of roles in security and foreign affairs, and was an ambassador to the United States.

In a statement, current Singaporean President Tony Tan praised Nathan for establishing the Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies, an influential think tank in Southeast Asia, and the President's Challenge, an annual philanthropic campaign. In 2009, Nathan signed off on the unprecedented use of $4.9 billion from Singapore's national reserves to curb the effects of the Great Recession.

As the economy recovered, he decided not to seek a

presidency, Nathan went on to hold several academic appointments, launched an educational fund to assist disadvantaged students and published two memoirs as well as a children's book. Three years ago, Nathan was the recipient of the Order of Temasek, one of Singapore's most prestigious awards. A state funeral service will be held Friday at the University Cultural Centre, according to Loong's office. (CNN)

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Murray: I'm Playing On Another Level

Andy Murray's 22-match winning streak was ended by Marin Cilic, but the Scot said he is "mentally in a good place". Andy Murray feels he is at the peak of his powers despite a surprise defeat to Marin Cilic in the Western and Southern Open final and the world number two is ready for another assault on the US Open. Murray reeled off a careerbest run of 22 consecutive singles victories before Cilic consigned the Brit to a 6-4 7-5 defeat in the Cincinnati showdown on Sunday.

A shoulder injury hampered Murray on his run to yet another final, which came on the back of a successful Rio defence of the Olympic gold medal he won at Wimbledon four years ago. Murray took his loss to Cilic on the chin and has turned his attention to claiming back-to-back grand slam titles at Flushing Meadows next month having claimed a second Wimbledon title last month. He said: "I think I'm playing my best tennis just now. It's not even close to anything else I had done before.

S e v e n fi n a l s i n a r o w, w i n n i n g Wimbledon again, and the Olympics. It's been really good. "I really didn't expect to be here [in the final in Cincinnati]. It's obviously disappointing when you get to the final and don't win, but it was a very, very positive week considering everything. "Mentally I'm in a good

place just now. So I'm looking forward to New York for sure." When asked about the extent of his injury, the Scot said: "After the first match I played, I was having problems with my shoulder.

“I did speak about it with my team, but my physio was pretty confident that it was just fatigue, and that I didn't have any sort of structural damage in my shoulder. "When it was said that I wasn't going to make it worse by playing, I thought, 'Let's go for it this week. Let's try and get through as many matches as we can'." (SportsMax)

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Rain Washes Out West Indies V India Again

The fourth Test between West Indies and India was again washed out on day four, with no play possible. Pakistan are almost certain to become the top-ranked Test team in the world after rain again prevented any play in the final Test between West Indies and India. A wet outfield delayed the start of play and then rain fell in Port of Spain to ensure there was no cricket possible on day four, with West Indies stuck on 62-2 as Kraigg Brathwaite (32) and Marlon Samuels (4) remain unbeaten.

India, who were promoted to number one in the rankings on Wednesday thanks to Australia suffering a series whitewash in Sri Lanka, have to beat West Indies in this match to hold on to top spot even though they already have an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series.

(SportsMax)

Braithwaite To Snub Premier League Interest To Stay At Toulouse In-demand Denmark international Martin Braithwaite is happy to spend one more season at Toulouse rather than seek a move to England. Martin Braithwaite has pledged his future to Toulouse for another season but retains a long-term ambition to "play with the best". The Denmark striker has been linked with a host of Premier League clubs, including West Ham, Sunderland and Crystal Palace but, while he admits there has been interest from elsewhere, he is happy to remain at the Stadium Municipal for now. Braithwaite is coming off a career-best 14-goal effort for Toulouse in 201516 and has started the new campaign in similarly impressive form, netting a brace in Saturday’s 4-1 victory over Bordeaux.

“There have been a lot of rumours, and some of them are true," he told Omnisport. "There have been some offers but they haven't been good enough for the club to sell me, or anything good enough in my eyes to make me push to go. "I want to stay in Toulouse one more year because we have something really nice going on. I think we're in for a great season. This is a big city and it's a nice city in France and we have so much unfulfilled potential that I feel we can accomplish this season. I'm sure we have a big season ahead." A big season would certainly go a long way in helping Braithwaite fulfil his dream of playing for one of

Europe's big guns. He added: "I don't have any specific clubs in mind but I want to play with the best. "I want to play for some of the biggest teams in the world, that's my main dream.

I know I will reach it because I have a lot of confidence and I know I put the necessary work into it every day. I know if I put in the work then I will get there.” Braithwaite etched his name into Toulouse folklore last season with a late goal in a comeback win against Angers that helped the club avoid relegation on the final day of the campaign.

“It was crazy. I've never experienced anything like that in my life. It's almost like we were champions, it was a crazy run," he said. Those heroics saw Braithwaite named club captain, making him the first Danish-born player to wear the armband for a Ligue 1 side and providing the 25-year-old with a big psychological boost. "You have to be patient in life and take that small step every day," Braithwaite said.

"You don't get to the top of the stairs in one day. If you take those small steps, then one day you will end up where you want to be."

(SportsMax)

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Manchester United Loan Borthwick-Jackson To Wolves Wolves have agreed season-long loan deals for Cameron Reading, where he scored four goals in 33 appearances Borthwick-Jackson and Ola John from Manchester United across all competitions. (SportsMax) and Benfica respectively. Manchester United youngster Cameron Borthwick-Jackson will spend the 2016-17 season on loan at Championship side Wolves. Borthwick-Jackson broke into the United team under Louis van Gaal last season as injuries left them without a number of key players at the full-back position. The 19-year-old, who signed a new contract in May which will tie him to Old Trafford until 2020, made 10 Premier League appearances as his side finished fifth in the table.

However, Luke Shaw and Antonio Valencia have been first choice full-backs for new manager Jose Mourinho in the early games of this campaign, leaving Borthwick-Jackson on the sidelines. Wolves have taken advantage of that snap up the defender, while they have also brought in Benfica winger Ola John on a season-long deal. John, 24, spent 2015-16 with

SA-NZ Test Loses Another Day To Wet Outfield A wet outfield in Durban meant no play was possible on day four between South Africa and New Zealand in the first Test.

The first Test between South Africa and New Zealand will almost certainly end in a draw after a wet outfield caused a second day of inactivity on Monday.

While the wicket was dry enough for play on day four, the wet patches elsewhere on the field continued to cause problems, with New Zealand remaining 15-2 in their first innings. Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor, both two not out, are the men due to return to the crease as the Black Caps respond to South Africa's 263 all out. (SportsMax)

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Bahamas Athletics: Failure To Field 4x100m Team Hurts Ferguson V’Alonee Robinson, Tanya Carter, Brianne Bethel and the

Bahamian track star Debbie Ferguson-Mckenzie has expressed disappointment at the country’s failure to field a 4x100m relay team at the Rio Olympic Games. The Bahamas has had a history of success in the event, winning gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and previously winning silver at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. The country was, however, not represented in the event at the Rio Games.

Ferguson-Mckenzie a member of the Bahamas relay team for every Olympics the team has participated in for the last 20 years believes a lot more could have been done to secure participation in Rio. “At this point in time we have so much talent. They are more talented that I was, so it hurts a lot not to have had the team to qualify, when it was so easy to qualify,” Ferguson McKenzie told the Nassau Guardian. “We had the world relays here and all we had to do was make the final. I believe that 43.6 would have been good enough to make the final, but we weren’t able to put a team together.

40-year-old McKenzie clocked 44.11 seconds to miss out on qualifying by one place. At the time of the games two top female athletes chose not to take part in the World Relays despite being present in the Bahamas. The country also missed out on subsequent attempts to qualify after failing to put together full squads (SportsMax)

That to me was hurtful at the time because it not that we don’t have the individuals.” A team consisting of

Barbados Athletics: Thompson Advises AAB To Seek Help Of Former Athletes

Barbados Olympic medallist Obadele Thompson has encouraged the Athletics Association of Barbados (AAB) to seek the advice of athletes that have already competed at the top level in order to help produce future stars for the country.

Thompson who remains the only athlete from the country to ever medal at an Olympic Games, a feat he accomplished by claiming bronze in the 100m at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, expressed disappointment that the association could be missing out on valuable experience by overlooking its retired athletes.

“There has to be a transfer of knowledge. God forbid I die today, you know what a big waste it would be that people have not taken the chance to get the things that I have learned at an administrative level and not just what I can tell athletes,” Thompson told Barbados Nationnews. “You have to understand what factors play into top-level performance and then make decisions to see how many of those factors we can as a nation provide for our athletes." Barbados sent a total of 12 athletes to the 2016 Games, seven of which took part in athletics, the other sports represented including shooting, swimming, tennis and triathlon. (SportsMax)

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T&T Sports Minister Hails Bronze Medal Hero Walcott

Trinidad and Tobago sports minister Darryl Smith has heaped praises on javelin thrower Keshorn Walcott for a bronze medal winning effort at the Rio Olympic Games on Saturday. The medal was the only one earned by the twin island republic, with the general overall consensus seeming to be that the Games was a disappointing one. Walcott’s performance lifted the gloom somewhat, despite his 85.38m throw being below the huge 88.68m registered to get him into the final.

“The young hero from Toco has once again brought joyous acclaim to his country by capturing a bronze medal on the penultimate day of Olympic competition,” Smith said via a media release.

“Keshorn has been training quietly at home at the Hasley Crawford Stadium, with his coach Ismael Lopez Mastrapa. His focus, dedication and discipline in the lead-up to Rio ensured he arrived in Rio, ready to compete and challenge for a medal,” he added.

“Indeed, it is heartening to know that one of our elite athletes can train in Trinidad and Tobago and

be celebrated among the world’s best,” Smith said. “Overall, I am extremely proud of Team TTO and note the hard work and sacrifice of all 32 athletes who represented the red, white and black. Keshorn’s bronze is a great boost to the morale of the country. We celebrate his success and thank him for his dedication to proudly representing Trinidad and Tobago.”

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Bolt Shows Skills With Javelin

He is known for his blistering speed on the track but world’s fastest man Usain Bolt showed he could be handy on the field as well after a playful hurl of the Javelin last week. Fresh off his triumph with the Jamaica team in the 4x100m, which successfully ended his quest to be the first man to claim three gold medals in the 100m, 200m and relays at three consecutive Olympic, Bolt tested his skill with the implement on Saturday.

The 56 metre throw recorded by the sprinter may have been well short of Rio champion Thomas Rohler's mammoth 90.3m, but would have made a mark in a few other competitions. Bolt would also have fallen a little short of the lowest women’s mark, which was 57.7m, but would have been at home in some of the decathlon and heptathlon competitions.

In the men's decathlon, Bolt's 56m was in fact longer than four of the competitors - and a whole 10m ahead of the back marker. With a bit of practice, who knows Bolt might be able to get closer to the 72.3m throw, which was the longest of the competition, recorded

by Cuba's Leonel Suarez. The sprinter would, however, win the women’s equivalent his mark just longer than Latvia's Laura Ikauniece-Admidina's winning throw of 55.9m.

(SportsMax)

Bolt Turns 30 In Style - World's Fastest Man Celebrates At Rio Night Club Earlier on Saturday the sprinter was on hand to watch the

World’s fastest man Usain Bolt celebrated turning 30 in style after attending a night club in Rio de Janeiro’s Barro da Tijuca neighborhood on Saturday night. Fresh off creating history by claiming three gold medals at three straight Olympic Games, Bolt, who turned 30 on Sunday, spent the night partying with the Rio locals and teammate Asafa Powell. The sprinter was given a booth in the VIP section, but hardly spent any time there as he got to posing for pictures before making his way to the stage.

On stage the sprinter took over from the DJ taking the time out to sing a few popular hip hop tunes and songs from Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley.

Brazilian football team make some history of its own after claiming a first ever Olympic gold medal in the sport after defeating Germany via a penalty shootout in the final.

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'We Put Heart And Soul Into Rio' Thompson Defends T&T Olympians

Trinidadian Olympic medalist Richard Thompson has defending the performance of the country’s athlete’s after what has widely been regarded as a disastrous Olympic performance. The twin island republic were only spared from drawing a complete blank in Rio after javelin thrower Keshorn Walcott secured a bronze medal in the event on Saturday. The majority of the team’s athletes failed to advance past the preliminary round of their respective events. On the track was perhaps the biggest disappointment.

Thompson and female sprinter Kelly-Ann Baptiste who were expected to lead the team’s medal charge, both exited the 100m sprints in the first round. Michelle-Lee Ahye, who contested both the 100m and 200m and Machel Cedenio, who contested the men’s 400m, were among the top performers after making it to the finals of their events, but failed to secure a spot on the podium. The relay events were just as unsuccessful.

The women’s 4x100, which were expected to contest for a spot on the podium finished in fifth spot, with the men’s team disqualified in its final. The men’s 4x400m team, who was also expected to challenge for a medal, suffered a similar fate. T&T's best-ever Olympic medal haul came at the 2012 Games in London, where the country managed one gold, one silver and two bronze medals. “Maybe we're a bit spoiled by previous Olympics with the amount of medals.

Yes, it's great to place expectations on ourselves and to not be complacent and to set goals and standards for what we believe we're capable of achieving. However, it's the nature of sport that you have ups and downs. Unfortunately for us,

things aren't coming together now. Maybe it's just not God's time,” Thompson told Trinidad Express. “We've heard the criticisms and the negative comments, and it's fine. We accept criticism and we try to find a way to make ourselves better from it.

About those people who weren't necessarily constructive in the negative comments, they need to understand that those of us who are here are here because of ample amount of sacrifice and hard work, just to achieve the standard to be at the Games,” he added. “Everyone has put their heart and soul into doing it for themselves, doing it for the people that support them, and obviously doing it for Trinidad and Tobago.” (SportsMax)

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Barcelona Let Neymar Stay In Brazil Ahead Of Qualifiers

Barcelona have agreed to let Olympic hero Neymar remain in Brazil ahead of his country facing Ecuador and Columbia in World Cup qualifiers. Neymar will make his return to Barcelona following the September international break after he was named in Brazil's squad for the World Cup qualifying matches against Ecuador and Colombia. The 24-year-old forward captained the home nation to glory at the Rio Olympics, netting a stunning free-kick in Saturday's final before scoring the winning penalty to defeat Germany and prompt delirious celebrations at the Maracana.

His inclusion for Tite's first game in charge of the full national side has prompted Barca boss Luis Enrique to give permission for Neymar to remain in South America and miss Sunday's LaLiga trip to Athletic Bilbao. Gabriel Barbosa and Gabriel Jesus starred in attack at the Olympics alongside Neymar and the teenage forwards have been given the nod

by Tite, who has selected seven Olympians in total.

Manchester City-bound Jesus will be hoping to make his senior international bow, although his future club-mate Fernandinho does not make the cut in midfield despite an impressive start to the Premier League season.

Atletico Paranaense goalkeeper Weverton and Beijing Guoan midfielder Renato Augusto joined Neymar as "overage" players in the Under23 squad for the Games and also make the cut along with fellow gold medallists Marquinho and Rodrigo Caio Marquinhos' Paris Saint-Germain colleague Thiago Silva will be missing due to a hip problem for both the trip to Ecuador on September 1 and Colombia's visit to the Arena da Amazonia in Manaus on September 6.

Tite was confirmed as Dunga's successor as head coach after Brazil were eliminated at the group stage of the Copa America Centenario and he must lift them into the qualification places for Russia 2018. Brazil sit sixth with nine points from six matches in the notoriously gruelling CONMEBOL section and Tite hopes the feel-good factor

brought on by Olympic success can inspire his squad. On the possible impact of Brazil's golden triumph, he said: "It is a legacy of a very strong sense of unity. We faced a difficult time and there was a warmth and understanding from the supporters when we needed it. "Both opponents will present great difficulty and are above our classification. Their teams are together, have a level of confidence, quick transitions, balance, physical imposition and technical quality."

Brazil squad in full: Goalkeepers: Alisson (Roma), Marcelo Grohe (Gremio), Weverton (Atletico Paranaense) Defenders: Gil (Shandong Luneng), Marquinhos (PSG), Miranda (Inter) Rodrigo Caio (Sao Paulo), Dani Alves (Juventus), Fagner (Corinthians), Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid), Marcelo (Real Madrid) Midfielders: Casemiro (Real Madrid), Giuliano (Zenit), Lucas Lima (Santos), Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande), Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool), Rafael Carioca (Atletico Mineiro), Renato Augusto (Beijing Guoan), Willian (Chelsea) Forwards: Gabriel Barbosa (Santos), Gabriel Jesus (Palmeiras), Neymar (Barcelona), Taison (Shakhtar Donetsk).

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Rio 2016: The Moments That Made The Games

Ten of the most memorable moments from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. While Rio 2016 endured more than its fair share of problems, the Games produced some iconic moments of sporting greatness that will live long in the memory. From Neymar's penalty that lifted a nation, to Usain Bolt's 'treble treble' and Michael Phelps' 23rd gold, here we bring you 10 standout highlights.

Diving for gold... on the track The women's 400 metre final went down to the wire, but Shaunae Miller's dive for gold saw her pip Allyson Felix to the line by 0.07 seconds. The Bahamian runner lunged for the line in an apparent desperate bid to claim top spot on the podium and was subsequently at a loss to explain her actions. "My mind went completely blank and the next thing I was on the floor," she said Athletics' new star One of the greatest displays of athletic prowess came in the men's 400m final as South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk upstaged his more fancied rivals with a truly sensational performance to win gold and break the world record.

Van Niekerk, who started from lane eight, left pre-race favourites Kirani James and LaShawn Merritt in his wake, triumphing in a stunning time of 43.03secs. In doing so, he shattered Michael Johnson's world record of 43.18secs, set by the American – in the stadium for Van Niekerk's staggering run – in August 1999.

Olympic spirit shines through Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand and American Abbey D'Agostino warmed the hearts of many with their sporting actions after an unfortunate incident in a women's 5000m heat. The pair fell with around 2000m to go, but were able to finish the race after helping each other through the closing stages. D'Agostino's efforts in completing the remaining laps were quite remarkable given it was subsequently revealed she had suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament, a meniscus tear and a strained medial collateral ligament. The International Olympic Committee recognised Hamblin and D'Agostino's actions with the Pierre de Coubertin award – named after the father of the modern Games – for fair play and sportsmanship.

Love conquers all It has been a good Games for Olympic couples. Cyclists Jason Kenny and Laura Trott amassed five gold medals between them as Great Britain dominated the velodrome, while hockey stars Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh became the first same-sex married couple to win Olympic gold in the same final. French boxer Tony Yoka triumphed against Joe Joyce to win super-heavyweight gold on Sunday, adding to the lightweight title won by fiancee Estelle Mossely.

Neymar delivers Brazil's golden moment This was the one that mattered for home fans. After their humiliating exit in a 7-1 defeat to Germany at the World Cup two years ago, Brazil were determined to claim a maiden Olympic gold in the men's football tournament. Fate pitted Brazil and Germany against one another in the final and it was Barcelona attacker Neymar who fired the hosts in front at the Maracana, before Max Meyer levelled matters. And, with Nils Petersen having missed Germany's fifth spot-kick after two goalless extra-time periods, the golden boy of Brazilian football kept his cool to spark delirium in the stands and across the country.

Greatest Olympian enhances his legend Phelps – the most decorated Olympian of all time – added to his stunning haul in Rio by winning another five gold medals, taking his overall tally to a staggering 23. The American now has 28 Olympic medals to his name, but the emergence of a new US swimming hero also caught the eye. Katie Ledecky proved herself to be a dominant force in women's swimming, winning four gold medals and a silver, all the while setting new world records in the 400m and 800m freestyle. New sports earn their place A host of highprofile withdrawals – including the likes of Jason Day, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy – threatened to cast a shadow over golf's first involvement in the Games since 1904. However, both the men's and women's competitions proved worthy inclusions in the Games programme, with Justin Rose and Inbee Park emerging as the eventual champions. Rugby sevens, meanwhile, added an entertaining dose of high-intensity action to the first week of the Games and saw Fiji collect their first Olympic medal with victory in the men's tournament. Continued on next page...

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Rio 2016: The Moments That Made The Games (Cont’d) Mongolian wrestling coaches' strip protest The Olympics were winding down when two Mongolian wrestling coaches sensationally removed their clothes in protest at the result of a bronze-medal bout on the last day of action. Mandakhnaran Ganzorig was deemed to have deliberately not engaged in the dying seconds of the 65kg freestyle encounter with Ikhtiyor Navruzov, prompting the award of a decisive penalty point to the Uzbek. Ganzorig's coaches reacted furiously, storming onto the mat and taking off their clothes, with one of them placing his onto the judges' table. A further penalty point – and the bronze medal – was consequently given to Navruzov. Wrestling was also responsible for one of the shock results of the Games, as Japan's Saori Yoshida suffered only her third defeat in 14 years of competition when she ws beaten to gold by American Helen Maroulis in the women's under 43kg weight class.

Arise, Sir Mo? Mo Farah attracted calls for a knighthood after

defending his Olympic titles in the men's 5000m and 10,000m.

Farah recovered from a dramatic mid-race fall to clinch gold in the longer distance, before producing a trademark strong finish to hold off a late charge from Paul Chelimo over 5000m. The Briton is now set to switch his attention to the marathon ahead of Tokyo 2020, bringing the curtain down on his dominance of distance running on the track.

Bolt's 'treble treble' Bolt came into Rio 2016 under immense pressure to deliver in what were his final Games, but the 'treble treble' never looked in doubt. Having won the 100m, 200m and 4x100m crowns in Beijing and London, Bolt picked off the events one by one without being truly tested. The only disappointment for Bolt, perhaps, was that he was unable to achieve the new 200m world record he so craved, but few would argue with his assertion after that final: "I'm number one!"

(SportsMax)