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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016

Incompetence continues at City Hall According to reports, City Hall has raked in over one billion dollars in revenue and tax collections for the first half of 2016. Despite this magnanimous amount of monies being collected, the council continues to operate at a deficit and city councillors cannot access detailed information on the city’s expenditure. Mayor Patricia Chase-Green and Town Clerk Royston King are currently in Chile at the Latin America and the Caribbean Mayors’ Pre-Forum. Councillors yesterday stated their frustration at being unable to readily access information about the decisions and actions being undertaken by the city administration, one such secret is the controversial parking meter contract.

Councillors were in the past promised that they would be able to peruse the contract and provide their feedback. To date, however, the contract has not been made available to either councilors or the public.

Malcolm Ferreira, a councillor for Team Legacy during the examination of the monthly report of the Solid Waste Department yesterday, noted that a request was made for a report on the operations of the mechanised city sweeper, however this information was not provided. Immense pressure is mounting on the David Granger-led Administration to launch a forensic probe into the Mayor and City Council – an entity widely labelled as one of the “most corrupt” in Guyana even as central government continues to offer massive subventions. When the People’s Progressive Party/Civic Administration had injected $500 million for the cleanup effort last year, the then APNU+AFC Opposition had heavily criticized the accountability.

However, now in government the APNU+AFC have allocated $300 million in August to City Hall. Given the Administration’s undertaking to embark on forensic audits into several state agencies, with the intention of unearthing corrupt practices, a series of concerns have been raised as to why Government would refuse a similar probe into the City Council, which has been plagued with countless accusations of financial impropriety which have also been backed by several investigations. Junior Finance Minister Jaipaul Sharma asserted that the City Council was part of the local Government system and was, beyond the control

of Central Government. However, the Central Government got involved in the Parking meter saga by reviewing the controversial contract by the Council.

Sharma had also stated that the executive arm of Central Government has no direct authority to launch an audit into City Hall’s operations without its consent.

“City hall has a council and the council has to determine if they want an audit,” the Minister asserted.

The City Council, for years, has failed to address the many issues facing Georgetown. City Hall continuously blamed its inability to deal with the problems affecting the City on the lack of funds.

Former Minister of Local Government Norman Whittaker had said that he told the National Assembly that from the taxes the Council was collecting, it was misappropriating those funds on questionable areas via short- sighted methods. Whittaker had bombarded the Council for spending citizens’ taxes on the payment of a large workforce which consisted of hundreds of workers as opposed to spending monies in areas where there was a need. He also explained that some 27 employees were in a road division, but yet no roads were being repaired or built in the city. He also added that 78 employees were in a drainage section, but questioned the scope and value of their contributions to the city, which was usually flooded as a result of the overflowing drains, canals, and clogged alley ways; 86 were working for the City Constabulary guard service yet many of the market stalls continued to be burglarized.

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016

Is the new department of Environment putting an end tothe EPA ?

The Government of Guyana has sought to establish a new Department of Environment, which will essentially see the functions of the EPA being reduced significantly. President David Granger has noted that the department will be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Presidency. The EPA Act, 1996, establishes the EPA and provides a framework for preventing and controlling air, land, water and noise pollution, increasing resources efficiency, reducing waste and improving environmental performance. EPA coordinated activities to address the discharge of waste into the environment; the generation, storage, treatment, transport and disposal of industrial waste; and the generation and release of noise. The EPA Act gives the agency discretion to exercise its functions and to address the harms and impacts it was establish to prevent and control. This discretion includes how to prioritize and allocate resources, enforcement decisions are made and what actions will be taken. Historically, the EPA around the world is an independent body, with an oversight body by the legislative arm of Government. However, with the establishment of the Department of Environment in Guyana, the oversight body will be the Ministry of the Presidency, not the Parliament. This move by Government will see this new body less answerable to the Guyanese people. A legislative body on the other hand has to answer to the country which will be more transparent and accountable. The Ministry of the Presidency had said that it intends to place a ban on Styrofoam products; this is part of efforts to support and promote a green economy and environment, which has been a mantra for the Government since their assumption to office. The ban, the Ministry of the Presidency said, will be enforced through a collaborative effort between the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, the Ministries of Business, Legal Affairs, and

Finance, through the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA). The ban was to take effect from January 1, 2016 and a three month’s waiver on the importation of Styrofoam containers will end on March 31 with the ban taking full effect. However, it was noted that the Ministries are in the habit of buying food in Styrofoam boxes at their events.

Currently, the regulations in prohibiting the importation, manufacture and sale expanded polystyrene products shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine of no less than $50,000. In effect, no food service establishment can sell food using Styrofoam boxes and containers. Food service establishments found to be in contravention will be issued a written warning prohibiting the establishment from selling or providing food for consumption in the container or face summary jurisdiction proceedings and be liable upon summary conviction to a fine of no less than $100,000. The EPA has been very quiet on this issue, and is turning a blind eye on violations by the Government.

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016

Lodge woman charged with dangerous driving Shelly Ramdihan appeared before Chief Magistrate of the accident. -By- Jarred Singh, Guyana Daily Ann McLennan charged with driving her vehicle in a News. manner dangerous to the public causing bodily harm to Elaine Daily on February 3, 2016. Ramdihan was not allowed to plea to the indictable charge and was released on GY$15,000 bail. She was asked to return to court on August 15, 2016 for the continuation into the matter. It is alleged that on the day in question Ramdihan, 43, of Hadfield Street, Lodge drove motor vehicle PLL 1536 in a manner dangerous to the public when she hit Elaine Daily causing her bodily harm.

Daily was taken to the hospital where she received medical treatment for the injuries sustained as a result

Man granted bail after attempting to shoot Spare Parts owner Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan today released Philbert McPherson on $75,000 bail after he was charged with unlawfully discharging his firearm at Eunice Barnwell on July 6, 2016. He is scheduled to return to court on August 22, 2016. McPherson, an electrician, during his last appearance on July 14, 2016, before Magistrate Judy Latchman was represented by Attorney Euclin Gomes and pleaded not guilty to the charge. A bail application was made at his last appearance by his attorney but it was objected to by the prosecution due to the severity of the offence and on the grounds that the complainant is well known by the accused and his safety would have been at risk.

It is alleged that on the day in question at Oronoque Street, Georgetown, McPherson, 33, of Lot 707 ‘B’ Field, Sophia and Barnwell, who operates a Spare Parts shop in the said Oronoque Street vicinity, got into an argument over money that was owed. It is alleged

that McPherson got annoyed and pulled out his firearm and discharged several rounds at Barnwell. However no one received injuries.

-By- Jarred Singh, Guyana Daily News.

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016

President Granger meets with National Defense University Capstone team Georgetown, Guyana – (July 27, 2016) President David Granger, this morning, met with a visiting Capstone team of students from the United States’ National Defense University’s General and Flag Officer Course at the Ministry of the Presidency, where he was able to share with them some of the country’s experiences, challenges and strengths in the areas of security and economic development.

According to the University’s website, the Capstone General and Flag Officer Course was created in 1982 with participation on a voluntary basis. The course’s objective is to make the students more effective in planning and employing United States’ forces in joint and combined operations. The Capstone curriculum examines major issues affecting national security decision making, military strategy, joint/combined doctrine, interoperability, and key allied nation issues. In an invited comment, leader of the group Retired General Michael Carns, United States Air Force (USAF), said that this is the first time the group has been to Guyana and thus far, the experience has been great. He noted that the response and openness especially from the part of the administration is commendable. “This is a gathering of newly promoted Generals and flag officers, who are on a five week course, which includes two weeks overseas. They elected to come to South America and Guyana as compared to going to Europe or Asia where the others went. This is our first time and we are deeply impressed both by the country and its leadership… I would say that the President was extremely forthcoming and had great

candor and frankness.He explained Guyana’s role as a country and a region. There are challenges but he has laid out his priorities with clarity and based on what he has said, people understand what his priorities are and we hope that this can lead Guyana to a bright future,” he said. The Group was accompanied by US Ambassador to Guyana, Mr. Perry Holloway, who also presented a signed letter from President Barack Obama, congratulating the country on its Golden jubilee of independence, which was celebrated on May 26 this year.

President David Granger greets Retired General Michael Carns, leader of the National Defense University's Capstone group in Guyana upon his arrival at the Ministry of the Presidency, earlier today.

President David Granger and Chief of the Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in discussion with the visiting Capstone team from the National Defense University, United States of America.

President Granger receives a token of appreciation from Colonel (Retired) Gus Greene, Director, Industrial Security Field Operations, Defense Security Service, United States of America.

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016

Bus driver granted bail for attempting to stab man Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan today released Dexter Lewis on GY$10,000 bail after he was charged with making use of threatening behavior towards Junior Semple on July 23, 2016 at Croal Street, Georgetown. The 42-year-old man of West Ruimveldt, Housing Scheme, who was unrepresented in court, pleaded not guilty to the charge and asked for bail, to which Prosecutor Jones had no objections. The man will return before the court on September 13, 2016 for trial. It is alleged that on the day in question at the above mentioned location an argument ensued between Lewis and Semple who are both Route 40 (Kitty – Campbellville) mini bus drivers. It is alleged

that Lewis behaved erratic and pulled out an “ice pick” in an attempt to stab Semple. However, no one received any injuries from the altercation and the matter was reported to the police. -By- Jarred Singh, Guyana Daily News

Grove man granted bail after several weeks on remand Andrew Fields today re-appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for the charge of discharging a loaded fire arm at another man and causing injury to said man on June 20, 2016 at Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke – Linden Highway. Fields, who was not allowed to enter a plea to the indictable charge on his previous appearance in court, was today granted

GY$300,000 bail and set to return to court on August 22, 2016 for continuation of the matter. The 25 – yearold of Grove East Bank Demerara, who was on remand for the same charge, was informed in court today that statements into the case are still outstanding. It was noted that the virtual complainant, Kevin Batson is no longer in the hospital and is in the custody of the police at the Georgetown Prison, Camp Street, for an offence he committed. It is alleged that on June 20, 2016 at the said location at around 8:00 hrs, Fields who said that he does maintenance work at a farm on the highway, got into a heated argument with Batson over a piece of machinery when Fields pulled out a gun and discharged it at Batson wounding him in the right side of his chest. -BY- Jarred Singh, Guyana Daily

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016

EMA: Corexit not to blame for fish kill Corexit is not responsible for the fish kill in the Gulf of Paria. So said chairman of the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), Nadra Nathai-Gyan, in an interview with the T&T Guardian yesterday. She said tests by the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) showed no compounds of corexit were found.

Referring to statements made by the EMA’s general manager of technical services, Hayden Romano, on CNC3’s the Morning Brew earlier in the day, Nathai-Gyan said: “I can confirm that. I am looking at the report done by CARIRI which are based on nine samples we provided for them and on analysis of solid and liquid samples.” She said the report was dated July 25 but said she was unable to share the document in its entirety as their contract with CARIRI did not permit that. However, she said the findings of the report were quite clear.

“The material identification of the samples makes a clear statement that no compounds matching corexit were found,” she added. She said of the nine samples, eight were taken from four different beaches from Otaheite to La Brea and one was the controlled sample of corexit as a comparison. She said 24 fish were also taken for testing at the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory of the Ministry of Food Production, Land and Marine Affairs at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex. Quoting the report, Nathai-Gyan said: “All body systems examined appeared grossly normal. They were looking at the anatomy and all the organs inside, including the liver and the lungs.

There were no gross lesions. While there would have been some tissue damage, there were no lesions as were being described by activists. “We will be running histopathology and toxicology tests on the fish as well to determine whether there was anything toxic in the water.” And although Romano maintains that the dead fish being

washed ashore as a result of overcatching, Nathai-Gyan said: “Out of an abundance of caution, we are still taking this very seriously. “We intend to put to rest all of the speculations and pronouncements being made. We are not resting here. We have continued taking additional samples.” She also promised to share results of all tests with the public, stating: “As chairman of EMA, I intend to share the results with the public.” Meanwhile, Romano said the only explanation the authority had for the fish deaths was overcatching.

(Trinidad Guardian)

A vendor prepares fish for sale at the Otaheite fishing depot yesterday.

Fish sales have decreased since the discovery recently of dead fish in the Gulf of Paria.

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Transit cops protest over gratuity Retired members of the Transit Police Unit yesterday even get maternity leave,” Lendor said. He added some of protested the non-payment of gratuity to them from 2009 to the officers were sent home while others were kept back and 2015. Approximately ten retired officers stood outside the promoted. (Trinidad Guardian) Vehicle Management Corporation of T&T (VMCOTT) on the Priority Bus Route. The Transit Police Unit was formed in 2005 to supplement the Police Service to man the Priority Bus Route, City Gate and the Diego Martin taxi stand.

Spokesman for the group, retired officer Philbert Lendor, said the officers have retained the services of attorney Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj and showed a letter which they sent to his office last month. However, Maharaj was not available for comment yesterday. In a brief interview yesterday, Lendor said: “We were paid gratuity between 2005 to 2009 and then after that we were transferred to the Office of Law Enforcement Policy from 2009 and then things started to go badly.” The officers claimed they have not been paid any gratuity between 2009 and 2015 and some Retired members of the Transit Police Unit have retired during that time and still were unable to collect protest outside VMCOTT on the it. “We can’t pay our bills or car loans and we could not get Priority Bus Route yesterday. any sick leave or vacation leave. The women police can’t PHOTO: ROBERTO CODALLO

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016

First Citizens fire was arson—probers Investigations into the fire that damaged First Citizens Bank’s Princes Town branch two weeks ago revealed it was maliciously set. The T&T Guardian learned that the Southern Division Fire Prevention Unit confirmed the arson attack on the bank. This was further supported by a forensic expert, who told police the criminal(s) cut through the burglar proof gate and door at the back of the building to gain entry.

Sources also said the disc for the video recording system was also removed. A police team, co-ordinated by Supt Pragg and including Insp Don Gajadhar and investigator Cpl Neil Nanan, met with experts in Princes Town yesterday. They are yet to confirm the accelerant used to set the fire as investigations are ongoing. On July 17, a passer-by contacted the Princes Town Fire Station around 4.30 am, alerting them to smoke that was coming from the bank on High Street.

Firefighters broke through the front door and put out the blaze on the ground floor before it could spread to other parts of the building. Fire

prevention officers said it was started in a cubicle in what was called the operation area. FCB’s general manager of retail and commercial banking, Robin Lewis, said the staff of over 30 would have been redeployed to other branches. (Trinidad Guardian)

Woman wins $.1m discrimination case A Muslim woman yesterday won a landmark judgment against a security firm for discrimination on the basis of her religious beliefs. Giselle Glaude, 31, of St Joseph, wore her hijab (Muslim head covering) in the Tribunal Court of the Equal Opportunity Commission in Chaguanas as judge/chairman Rajmanlal Joseph ruled in her favour against her former employers, Quality Security Bodyguard Services Limited. She was awarded $150,000 by Joseph with an interest rate of six per cent per annum from the date of the filing of the complaint to payment. The other two lay assessors were Leela Ramdeen and Harridath Maharaj. The case stemmed from allegations made by Glaude that she was discriminated against by the security company. On March 26, 2012, Glaude was dismissed as a security guard for failing to wear the approved uniform. She was accused of modifying the uniform by wearing a hijab shortly after becoming a Muslim on July 9, 2011. The security company said Glaude had violated its uniform code, which said the uniform was approved by the Ministry of National Security and from which they did not wish to deviate. When Glaude refused to comply with instructions not to wear the hijab, the company said it considered her refusal to remove her hijab to be an act of gross misconduct.

The commission had heard that on July 27, 2007, Glaude was assigned to work at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mount Hope. On July 9, 2011, she converted to Islam and in October 2011 she began wearing the hijab. Sometime in August 2011, Glaude had a conversation with Colin Lange, the firm’s operations supervisor, asking whether ishe could to wear the hijab while on duty. She was told she was free to wear any garment in accordance with her religious belief. After that conversation, Glaude began wearing the hijab. However, on February 27, 2012, Glaude was asked to attend a meeting with Lange and was instructed to write a letter to the Human Resource Department concerning her religion and her need to wear the hijab.

On March 5, 2012, she was told if she continued to wear the hijab on duty, which conflicted with the uniform code, she would have to make other arrangements regarding her employment. Ten days later Claude was served a “notice of intended action” for gross misconduct. On March 22, 2012, she attended a disciplinary hearing, after which she was informed that she was found guilty of the charge and was terminated. The formal termination letter was dated March 26, 2012. In delivering his judgment yesterday, Joseph said there was not one scintilla of evidence offered by the security company to suggest that any efforts were made to get any sort of clarification from the Ministry of National Security that wearing the hijab with the approved uniform would be unacceptable. “To be sure, the respondent did not offer to the tribunal any evidence, oral or written, to the effect that the uniform that was said to be approved by the Ministry of National Security was in fact so

approved,” Joseph said. He said it appeared to the tribunal that the haste with which the disciplinary machine was engineered and the fact that the company utterly failed to advise Glaude of her right to appeal the termination decision, it was highly suggestive the company wanted to get rid of Glaude for adopting the Muslim faith. ‘I got answers in Islam’ Speaking with the T&T Guardian after her victory, Glaude, who was all smiles, advised women who were in a position like she was in to “stand firm in your belief. Don’t let anybody deter you.” Speaking on the trauma she went through after her termination, Glaude, who was the sole breadwinner in her household, said she felt “heartbroken” and “blacklisted.” She said turning to Islam, for her, was a spiritual upliftment. “Ever since a child I was interested in finding out what Islam is all about. I was looking for a family and for comfort and I found it in Islam. I had a lot of questions and I got my answers when I accepted the faith,” Glaude said. She added that given her experience when she converted, she was adamant not to turn her back on her newly-found faith. Now that Glaude had stood her ground and fought for her religious belief, she said her next step would be one that she would have to carefully think about.

“Actually, just as the sisters in the mosque supported me every step of the way, I think I will now be looking at supporting women who are facing discrimination like I did. “I am also sure that some of them may not even realise that they are being discriminated against and I want to be here for them,” Glaude said. Glaude’s attorney, Jason Nathu, said he hoped the case would encourage more people to come forward before the Equal Opportunity Tribunal. “There are many groups in society who are discriminated against and I am thankful that there are more avenues to access justice,” he added. (Trinidad Guardian)

With her 14-month daughter Kaylee seated on her lap, Giselle Glaude shares a light moment with her attorney, Jason Nathu, at the Equal Opportunity Tribunal building before judgment was delivered in her favour yesterday.

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016

Independent board needed A High Court Judge is calling for an independent medical board to be established to provide expert opinions to members of the public who may be the victims of medical negligence. Justice Frank Seepersad made the plea in the Port-of-Spain High Court yesterday, as he ruled in favour of a man who had applied at the last minute to adduce expert evidence in a medical negligence claim for his wife, who remains in a medically induced coma since having complications after the birth of the couple’s daughter in 2009. Noting that Krishna Jagessar had difficulties in convincing local doctors to review his wife’s case before enlisting the help of a United States expert, three years after the lawsuit was filed, Seepersad suggested that there is a “culture” among local doctors to band together and protect each other.

“There is also a tendency for medical professionals to band together and very often there is an unwillingness by professionals to express opinions that condemn or criticise the work of fellow professionals,” Seepersad said. He also stated that users of the public health care system faced “inherent injustice,” as they are likely to be unable to pay to obtain foreign expert advice, thus leading to their lawsuits failing. “There is an urgent need for the establishment of a body, such as a medical expert review board, that can objectively review medical notes and advance a preliminary opinion as to whether or not there was a breach of the requisite standard of care. Such a service should form part of the public health care system,” Seepersad said.

While Seepersad stated that Jagessar had applied outside the time frame for doing so, he said his decision to allow the evidence nonetheless would not prejudice the defence of the North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA). According to his lawsuit, Jagessar’s wife, Solange, a primary school teacher, was found unresponsive at her home on October 2, 2009, a couple of days after she gave birth to her daughter at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope. She reportedly was

suffering from unmanageable seizures and had to be placed in a medically induced coma. Tests later showed she was suffering from post-partum eclampsia, which was caused by remnants of the baby’s placenta being left in her uterus after birth.

However, Jagessar claims he was told by doctors of varying causes for his wife’s condition and was informed that she had to remain in a coma. He contends that the hospital staff acted negligently as they failed to ensure that she was fit to be discharged after she gave birth and also in their care of his wife after her subsequent hospitalisation. “The patient’s health has deteriorated considerably over the last few years and she has been reduced from the physical condition of a healthy young woman to an emaciated state and remains in a virtual vegetative state up to the present time,” the lawsuit states.

Jagessar is seeking compensation, including for his wife’s loss of earning, cost of her continued health care not covered by the public health system and for the pain, suffering and the pain he and his three children — ages 17, 13 and six — have been suffering since her death. The lawsuit is set to go on trial later this year. Jagessar is being represented by Naresh Ramchandani while Neal Bisnath and Alana Bissessar appeared for the NCRHA. (Trinidad Guardian)

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016

Three Chinese charged under anti-gang legislation KINGSTON, Jamaica — Three Chinese visitors have been slapped with charges under the Criminal Justice (Suppression of Criminal Organizations) Act (anti-gang legislation) according to the police. The men were taken into custody on Wednesday and charged following investigations which resulted in the seizure of electronic devices suspected to be card readers, card writers, skimmers and other paraphernalia used in identity theft. They are 38-year-old Zhong Jianping, 37-yearold Guo Shanghai, and Zhong Fulin, also 37 years of age. The police are reporting that over 400 credit cards—suspected to be fraudulently manufactured—were also seized, along with cash in Jamaican, United States, Chinese and European currencies amounting to approximately J$6 million. It is believed that the three Chinese nationals have been using various means to skim information from victims’ credit and debit cards; fake cards were then produced and used to withdraw money from the accounts of several individuals at automated banking machines (ABMs). (Jamaica Observer)

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016

Europe at the edge of a conflict.

France, the ‘Hexagonal’ country of the Western Europe is once again mourning. Still wearing a grieving attire since November 13 last year, after a series of coordinated attacks petrified Paris. 130 people were killed including 89 at the Bataclan Theatre, leaving over 300 persons injured, being this the deadliest attacks on France since World War II, and the deadliest in the European Union since the Madrid train bombings in 2004. Followed by recent attacks in the state of Nice where 84 persons were killed and 303 injured by a 19 tonne cargo truck which deliberately drove into crowds celebrating Bastille Day, France cries again. On Tuesday on the northern French town of SaintEtienne-du-Rouvray, during a morning Mass, two armed men entered the church taking 5 hostages, one of them was the Catholic Priest, Rev. Jacques Hamel, 86 who was killed in the attack. The elder’s throat was slain while the four other hostages remain in critical conditions. The attackers had claimed to be part of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or Daesh as it is also called. The two attackers were killed in the attack. A nun who was lucky enough to flee the place while the attack was taking place, told BFM TV details of the sinister “Everyone in the church was shouting.

Stop you don’t know what u doing! But it didn’t help. They made him kneel, and he tried to defend himself, and that is when the drama started. I reacted in the moment he attacked Jacques, and he was on his knees and he nearly fell over and that is when I ran, I left quickly because he was busy [referring to the attacker], he didn’t see me leave. People were shouting everyone was shouting, and it was recorded.

They made a sermon at the altar in Arabic, it was horrific. We have to recognize that the priest was an extraordinary person that is all I can say, he was a good man Father Jacques”, she finished. "Daesh has declared war on us. We have to win that war. All people feel affected so we must have cohesion ... no one can divide us," he said. "Terrorists will not give up on anything until we stop them, “President of France Francois Hollande, said to CNN reporters.

More than 240 people have lost their lives, including the 86 –year-old priest Jacques Hamel during this last 19 months. France is a Nation on high alert. Germany on the other hand, has also felt the cold touch of terror in the last two months. The 18th of July, a teenager named Muhammad Riyad, wielding a hatchet and a knife injured four people on a train in Würzburg, Germany, and a fifth outside the train before being shot dead by police, the

authorities said. In a video latter found by the authorities, the teen declared that he will attack the country in revenge for airstrikes against ISIS. Few days later, an 18-year-old GermanIranian student identified by an official as Ali David Sonboly, opened fire at a shopping center in Munich were nine people were killed and 35 injured. On July 24th a 21-year-old asylum seeker from Syria, used a long knife to kill a woman in an apparent personal dispute, and injured two other people before being detained.

Police suggested it was probably a crime of passion. That same night a 27-year-old Syrian man, identified by the authorities as Mohammad D, nicknamed 'Rambo’, tried to enter an outdoor concert in southern Germany in the small town of Ansbach, when he blew himself up, injuring 15 people, in what appeared to be this country’s first suicide bombing in years. Horst Seehofer, governor of Bavaria said in a press conference last week that "What we have here is an entirely new dimension of terrorism, the Islamist-minded terrorism, and we have to have intense discussions on this challenge in Bavaria and in Germany as well as prevent and repress it. That is the big challenge we face, and therefore any attempts to contextualize the problem are inappropriate, Germany must do whatever is necessary to protect our citizens". Turkey has also being shaken by a several turn of events, reeling from a failed coup attempt on the 15th of July that resulted in hundreds of deaths and the arrests of thousands of soldiers and judges, on the order of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

As the center of attention in the terrorist attacks are asylum seekers from Syria, the eyes of the EU (European Union) turns to Turkey. In the epicenter of the crisis, Turkey is one of the European Union's main partners in the Middle East, the main partner for the EU in tackling the current European migrant crisis. On March 2016, they signed an agreement on the refugee crisis, reaching this way to dialogues about joining the European Union. The deal says that for every Syrian migrant sent back to Turkey from the Greece Island, one Syrian already in Turkey will be resettled in the EU. Turkey is taking back Syrians and other migrants intercepted off the Greek islands. In exchange then the EU pledged visa-free travel for Turks to the Schengen zone, and a new impetus in Turkey's EU membership negotiations. But those dialogues will have to wait. The deal implementation has come to a point where the EU wonders how ‘effective’ it could get to be, or how ineffective has ‘turned’ to be. Turkey is

being watch with a hawk eye. However Mr. Erdogan complained in an interview with German ARD television saying "The European leaders are not sincere, we are sticking to our promise. But have the Europeans kept their promise”.“Turkey still hosts three million people. What would Europe do if we let these people go to Europe?” The EU is not willing to take the matter so lightly, for strong and solid reasons. Is all part of a cycle, the Schengen is often criticized by nationalists and Eurosceptic who say it is an open door for migrants and criminals, this statements were fueled after the November 13th of November Paris attacks.

After the recent attacks that France suffered along with Germany, the EU is hesitating about their part in their deal, But Turkey has already done its part. A deep dialogue is being needed and soon. The agreement to send refugees back to Turkey could unravel following the country’s attempted coup. The Islamic Stated however takes all the responsibilities of the latest attacks in the area, as it was reported in Amaq News Agency (IS), where it was confirmed from an inside source that the attackers were , indeed soldiers of the Islamic State. Pictures and videos of the attackers were shared shortly after. It is a delicate situation, not only for the countries under the emergency state, but for the repercussion that this horrific actions could have for the rest of the Hemisphere. As the year keeps unfolding with a significantly amount of terror, tension increases. The objective and subjective conditions are tangible and volatile, the rest of the globe fears for what could signifies the beginning of an armed conflict or the sad reminder of 1914 and 1934.

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Freddie Gray case: Last charges dropped against police All charges against the last Baltimore police officers facing trial over the death of black detainee Freddie Gray have been dropped. Gray, 25, died a week after sustaining a spinal injury while in the back of a police van in April 2015. Garrett Miller, William Porter and Alicia White were due to face charges including assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment.

The move means there will be no convictions in the case. A post-mortem report found that Gray sustained his injury by slamming into a van wall during the ride. He was handcuffed but not restrained with a seatbelt. His death sparked civil unrest in Baltimore, and became part of a wider national debate on police brutality and the death of unarmed black men at the hands of police. Six officers, three white and three black, were charged over his death.

The four trials that have already taken place led to three acquittals and a mistrial. Prosecutors had said Mr Miller illegally arrested Gray after he ran away from a bike patrol officer and was criminally negligent for failing to buckle him into a seatbelt or call a medic when he indicated he wanted to go to a hospital. Mr Miller, who had testified against colleagues in previous trials, was due to stand trial first, while Mr Porter was to stand trial in September and Ms White in October. Series of acquittals Earlier this month, Lieutenant Brian Rice was cleared by Judge Barry Williams of involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office. "A mere error in judgment is not enough to show corruption," Judge Williams said in a statement. In June, officer Caesar Goodson - who drove the van in which Gray rode before he died - was cleared on a second-degree "depraved heart"

murder charge, the most serious charge sought against the six officers.

Prosecutors had argued Mr Goodson intentionally gave Gray a "rough ride" while transporting him to the police station but Judge Williams said they had not proved that he "failed corruptly" in his job rather than just making a mistake. In May, Judge Williams also cleared Edward Nero of seconddegree assault, reckless endangerment and two counts of misconduct in office. Last year a jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of Mr Porter.

During his trial, prosecutors said he ignored Gray's pleas for medical help and described the van as a "coffin on wheels". (BBC)

Freddie Gray's death sparked a national debate(AFP)

French church attack: Faith leaders call for more security French religious leaders have called for more security at places of worship following the murder of an elderly priest in Normandy on Tuesday.

Representatives of Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Buddhist faiths spoke after meeting President Hollande. Father Jacques Hamel was killed while conducting morning mass in his church in SaintEtienne-du-Rouvray, a suburb of Rouen. The killing came 12 days after the attack in Nice in which 84 people died. Only one of the two attackers has been named. Adel Kermiche, 19, had twice tried to reach Syria to fight with the selfstyled Islamic State group (IS). Muslim leader Dalil Boubakeur, rector of Paris's Grand Mosque, said the leaders "deeply desire that our places of worship are the subject of greater [security] focus, a sustained focus", as even "the most humble place of worship" can be subject to an attack. Mr Boubakeur expressed "profound sorrow" on behalf of French Muslims at the attack, which he described as a "blasphemous sacrilege". The Archbishop of Paris, Andre Vingt-Trois, praised the harmonious relations between France's religions. "We must not let ourselves get pulled in to Daesh's political games," he said, using a pejorative term for IS, saying it wanted "to set children of the same family against each other".

President Francois Hollande has also been chairing meetings of his security and defence council and his cabinet. On Tuesday Mr Hollande appealed for "unity" as he warned that the war against terrorism "will be long". "Our democracy is the target, and it will be our shield. Let us stand together. We will win this war," he said. The prosecutor's office had asked for Kermiche to

remain in detention but this was overruled by a judge. She ordered that he be released to house arrest with an electronic tag ensuring that he remained at home, except on weekday mornings.

This meant that on Tuesday morning he was free to leave the family home and head to the church.

He and his fellow attacker slit Father Hamel's throat before being killed by police. One of four people taken hostage suffered severe knife wounds, prosecutor Francois Molins said. n an editorial, Le Monde says it will no longer feature photographs of those behind attacks such as the one in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray. It was doing so "to avoid giving posthumous credit" to those responsible, while adding that the intention of killing Father Hamel was to provoke "the blind vengeance that would place the entire country under the empire of hatred". The move was repeated by the broadcaster BFM. Elsewhere, Le Figaro's editorial accuses IS of continuing "to pursue its sinister plan: to turn the world into a bloody theatre of war" and calls on the French government to resort to "all military, police and judicial means to ensure the safety of our citizens whether they believe in heaven or not". The Catholic daily La Croix also declares that "responding to hatred with hatred would mean that evil has triumphed", while the left-of-centre Liberation maintains that "the war that Islamic State is waging against us is not a war against France, it is a war against freedom." France is still reeling from the Bastille Day attack in Nice earlier this month, when a lorry was driven into celebrating crowds by Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, killing more than 80 people.

That was followed by four violent incidents in a week in neighbouring Germany, two of which are linked to IS. What we know of Adel Kermiche First tried to leave for Syria in March 2015. His family reported him missing and he was arrested in Germany, using his brother's identity card Returned to France, charged and placed under judicial supervision Tried again to head to Syria in May 2015, reaching Turkey before being arrested again and returned to France Remained in custody until March 2016 when he was released on condition he wear an electronic surveillance tag and remain at his home in Saint-Etienne-duRouvray except for weekday hours between 08:00 and 12:30 IS used its news agency to claim the attack in Normandy - thought to be its first on a church in the West. Christians in Iraq and Syria have long been targeted by the group, with reports of forced conversions and killings. (BBC)

Representatives from France's major faith groups were at the Elysee Palace meeting(EPA)

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Reagan would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr to be released John Hinckley Jr, the man who tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan, is to be released from a psychiatric hospital next month after 35 years. Mr Reagan and three others were injured in the shooting outside a hotel in Washington in March 1981. Mr Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity but was sent for treatment to a Washington hospital. He has already been spending 17 days a month at his mother's home in Virginia under strict conditions. A judge ruled that Mr Hinckley, now 61, could reside full-time there on "convalescent leave" from 5 August. Restrictions, including a ban on talking to the media, will remain in place. The shooting, just weeks into Ronald Reagan's presidency, shocked the world. Mr Reagan was shot in the lung, but recovered. His press secretary James Brady was shot in the head, suffered brain damage and used a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Mr Brady's death in 2014 at the age of 73 was ruled to be a homicide, but no further charges against Hinckley were brought.

Two law enforcement officers suffered less serious injuries in the shooting. US District Judge Paul Friedman's judgement points to medical assessments which showed that Mr Hinckley had had "no symptoms of active mental illness" since 1983. He had shot the president in an apparent bid to impress the actress Jodie Foster, with whom he had an obsession and whom he had subjected to what would now be termed stalking. Ordering his release, the judge said Mr Hinckley no longer poses a danger to himself or others. The court

order and opinion available on the website of the US District Court for the District of Columbia spells out the terms of Mr Hinckley's release and details his psychiatric history and treatment: He was diagnosed with acute psychosis, major depression and narcissistic personality disorder He has been in "full, stable and sustained remission" from the first two diagnoses for more than two decades, the court concluded The hospital believes further inpatient treatment is "not appropriate therapeutically" for Mr Hinckley's condition He is banned from contacting any of his victims, or their descendants, and Jodie Foster and her family He and his family are prohibited from talking to the media . (BBC)

John Hinckley Jr was found not guilty due to his psychiatric problems (file photo from 2003)(AP)

US election: Obama tells Democrats to be scared of Trump Democrats should be "running scared" at the challenge posed by Donald Trump, President Obama has said. After launching his candidacy as an outsider last year, Mr Trump went on to overcome all rivals to clinch the Republican presidential nomination. Some polls have since indicated he is leading Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. Asked by NBC News if Mr Trump could win, Mr Obama said: “I've seen all kinds of crazy stuff happen."

"I think anybody who goes into campaigns not running scared can end up losing," Obama's key quotes on Trump in NBC interview "My advice to Democrats, and I don't have to give this advice to Hillary Clinton because she already knows it, is you stay worried until all those votes are cast and counted because you know, one of the dangers in an election like this is that people don't take the challenge seriously." "What I think is scary is a president who doesn't know their stuff and doesn't seem to have an interest in learning what they don't know." "I think if you listen to any press conference he's given, or listen to any of those debates, basic knowledge - about the world or what a nuclear triad is or where various countries are or, you know, the difference between Sunni and Shia in the Muslim world - those are things that he doesn't know and hasn't seemed to spend a lot of time trying to find out about." Poll monitors had given Mrs Clinton a double-digit lead over Mr Trump for much of the presidential race, but that lead has since been whittled down. Mr Trump received a boost nationally, and in key battleground states, after the end of his party's convention last week. Some polls now show he is in the lead over Mrs Clinton. The Democrats' convention in Philadelphia ends on Thursday. President Obama, Vice-President Joe Biden and Mrs Clinton's vice-presidential pick, Tim Kaine, will speak at the convention on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Bill Clinton, made the case

for his wife's presidency, calling her the "best darn change-maker I've ever known". "Hillary opened my eyes to a whole new world of public service by private citizens," he said. In other key moments on Tuesday: Mrs Clinton passed the 2,382 delegates needed to claim the nomination after South Dakota announced its delegate vote count The "Mothers of the Movement", made up of parents who lost a child to police or gun violence, gave a powerful endorsement to Mrs Clinton Geneva Reed-Veal, the mother of Sandra Bland, who died in a police cell, said: "What a blessing tonight to be standing here so that Sandy can still speak through her momma" Actress Lena Dunham said: "She knows we have to fight hatred of all kind, and not ignite it for the craven purpose of seeking power" (BBC)

Mr Obama said the prospect of "a president who doesn't know their stuff" was "scary" (GETTY IMAGES)

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Reports that first-year students were made to simulate a rape scene as part of their induction are to be investigated by the National University of Singapore (NUS). The sexualised games were part of a forfeit during an orientation camp, according to the reports. Students, who said they felt pressured to take part, were also asked to answer a range of personal sexual questions. NUS promised "strong disciplinary action" against anyone responsible. "NUS does not condone any behaviour or activity that denigrates the dignity of individuals," it said in a statement on Tuesday. "These activities are neither approved nor endorsed." The university said students were meant to feel "safe, secure and respected" at all times and it was "very disappointed" that such activities had surfaced. 'She looked uncomfortable' The optional student-run orientation camps are designed to welcome first-years and integrate them into university and campus life. But students speaking to news outlet the New Paper (TNP) said they had felt pressured to take part in increasingly sexualised activities. One of the forfeits allegedly required a pair of male and female first-year students to re-enact a rape scene between a young man and his younger sister. "The girl had to lie on the floor, and the guy... then kicked open her legs and did push-ups while lying on top of her," Kim, a 19-year-old student told TNP. "The girl looked very uncomfortable and covered her face throughout the whole thing." 'Safe, secure, respected' "It's high time this issue is underscored and something done of it," an NUS student who attended an orientation camp for two days told the BBC. "Those who argue that people should just 'lighten up' miss the fundamental point about basic

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respect." The student added that there were "cheers with crude references to male genitalia" involved in the camp that he attended.

However, Olivia Azali, an NUS graduate student said there were no such activities involved in the camp she attended as a first-year student. "There was nothing as gross," she said. "Ours was pretty mild." Reports of inappropriate activities at freshman camps at various universities surface each year in Singapore. In 2014, NUS made headlines after complaints that a male student was stripped to his shorts before being blindfolded and bound with tape, as female students licked whipped cream off his neck. The university took the top spot in the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings published this year. (BBC)

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Brexit: France's Michel Barnier made European negotiator with UK Former French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier has been appointed by the European Commission to negotiate with Britain over Brexit. Announcing the appointment, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he "wanted an experienced politician for this difficult job".

Mr Barnier will take up his post on 1 October. A former EU commissioner, Mr Barnier led the EU's banking reforms - a move unpopular in London's finance district. In a tweet, Mr Barnier said he was honoured to be appointed to the role.

Mr Barnier will work with his British opposite number, Brexit minister David Davis, who was at the forefront of the campaign to leave the EU. Negotiations will only begin when Article 50 is triggered. Mr Barnier is known as a tough negotiator. As European commissioner for financial services between 2010 and 2014, he spearheaded the overhaul of EU banking laws in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. These included a swathe of measures, which included capping banker bonuses and a crackdown on short selling - some of which were objected to by the City of London. Comments on social media by British political editors have already declared the appointment an 'act of war'. The BBC's chief correspondent Gavin Hewitt points out that Mr Barnier will come with a French, as well

as a Brussels European Council President Donald Tusk, who chairs EU summits, had previously appointed Belgian EU official Didier Seeuws to oversee preparations for the Brexit negotiations. It was not immediately clear what the relationship between Mr Barnier and Mr Seeuws would be.

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Michel Barnier is well-versed in financial regulation and is known as a tough negotiator(AFP)

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Syria: Deadly IS blast rocks Kurdish city of Qamishli Forty-four people have been killed in a massive bombing in the Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishli in north-east Syria, Syrian state TV reports. The blast was caused by a truck bomb which struck near a Kurdish security headquarters, according to a UKbased monitoring group. So-called Islamic State (IS) has said it was behind the attack, in Hassakeh province, near the border with Turkey. IS has previously carried out bombings against Kurds in the area. A Kurdish-dominated militia, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by air strikes from the USled coalition, is spearheading the battle against IS in northern Syria. The jihadist group said Wednesday's attack was in response to air strikes on the IS-held city of Manbij in northwest Syria, where the SDF is on the offensive. State TV showed scenes which it said were the aftermath of the bombing, with pictures of destruction over a large area and plumes of smoke rising into the air. An eyewitness told the BBC that there are people trapped under the rubble and there are fears the death toll may rise. More than 100 people have been wounded. IS said on its self-styled Amaq news agency that a suicide bomber had blown up a truck at a local Kurdish police centre and a nearby government building. The attack was initially reported as a double bombing, but it now appears that the first blast caused a

gas tank to explode, according to AFP. Hospitals in the city are calling for blood donations, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) monitoring group reports. The dead include civilians and members of the security forces, it says. While Qamishli has been targeted before, the group says this is the biggest explosion ever to hit the city. The blast shattered windows in the Turkish town of Nusaybin, directly across the border, Reuters reports. (BBC)

Images from Syrian state media showed massive destruction in Qamishli(SANA)

Turkey coup attempt: Nearly 9,000 soldiers joined plot - army Turkey says 8,651 members, or 1.5%, of the nation's armed forces took part in the failed coup on 15 July. Military officials also revealed that the plotters had 35 planes, 37 helicopters, 74 tanks and three ships. Meanwhile, detention warrants have been issued for 47 journalists as part of a crackdown that has already resulted in detentions of nearly 16,000 people. The government says US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen was behind the army-led attempted coup - a claim he denies. At least 246 people were killed and more than 2,000 injured in clashes during the abortive coup. Torture claims In a statement on Wednesday, the Turkish military's General Staff said that "a total of 8,651 military personnel took part in the coup attempt". It added that 1,676 non-commissioned officers and soldiers, as well as 1,214 military students, joined the plotters. Separately, the authorities ordered the detention of another 47 journalists - just several days after similar warrants were issued for 42 reporters. Those on the new list were mostly members of the now defunct Zaman newspaper, Turkish officials were quoted as saying by local media. The authorities ordered the closure of several media outlets soon after the attempted coup. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to purge state bodies of the "virus" he says caused the revolt. He launched a widespread

crackdown, arresting thousands of service personnel and sacking or suspending thousands of judges, government officials, school teachers and university heads. Human rights group Amnesty International says it has received credible evidence of detainees being subjected to beatings and torture, including rape, since the coup attempt. Last week, Turkey declared a three-month state of emergency, allowing the president and the government to bypass parliament when drafting new laws and to restrict or suspend rights and freedoms. (BBC)

Dozens of soldiers who took part in the attempted coup surrendered to the authorities on Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge(GETTY IMAGES)

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Daily Horoscope Visitors may drop by unexpectedly, resulting in tension with your lover. Your home environment may be volatile if precautions aren't taken.

Someone is trying to pull the wool over your eyes, and if you're gullible, it may cost you.

You need to spend some time getting to know this person all over again. Expect to have more people on your domestic scene. You can make professional decisions today that will affect your position

You need to refrain from being the generous one in the group. Travel if it's needed to start the ball rolling. Any renovation or decorating to your home should include the whole family.

You may find that lectures or travel will be highly successful. Good day for romance. You may find that depression is causing you to feel lonely and insecure.

Deception is likely. Travel will promote romantic connections. Changes could be overwhelming.

You may want to make changes that will turn your entertainment room into a real family affair. Let others know what your intentions are and be honest in your approach. You might find that delays will cause setbacks and upset.

Try not to let your emotions interfere with the completion of your work. Be careful how you handle friends and relatives, they may take things the wrong way. Try to stay calm and do the best you can.

Go after your goals. You may find yourself in an opportune position if you are willing to take a bit of a risk. Your personal life will still be experiencing difficulties and you are best to avoid the issues for the time being.

Get busy making those changes to your home.

Uncertainties regarding your love life will surface if you have neglected your mate. Don't make large purchases or investments.

Travel will be favorable. Opportunities for travel and communication are evident. You may want to sign up for courses that will encourage you to have more confidence in yourself.

Secret affairs could cause upset. Observations will be far more productive. Coworkers may not be completely honest with you; try not to rely on help from others.

Stick to doing things that will make you a better person both physically and mentally. Too many opportunities and too many changes going on.

Don't try to get even without having all the facts.

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'100m field poorest in years' claims Bolt Whatever controversy is raging in the Olympic world there's one constant: Usain Bolt'sbravado and self-confidence. It's what is expected from the world's fastest man and greatest showman. "I know the sport needs me to win - and come out on top," Bolt asserts, assessing the damage caused by the Russian doping scandal that has divided sports leaders. As for his pursuit of a treble Olympic treble next month, Bolt adamantly responds: "I'm not going to lose one of the golds, for sure." In his last lengthy media appointment before heading to Rio de Janeiro, Bolt spent around two hours over a Jamaican lunch last week in London, discussing his Olympic challenge prospects and the challenges of life. When letting his guard down does Bolt sounded less invincible. Weighing on the Jamaican sprinter's mind is the fear of hitting 30 next month, the toll of injuries - and even being caught up in an extremist attack. "It is scary," said Bolt, adopting a rare subdued tone. "But if you live scared, you don't live at all. So I try to live my life to the fullest and when it's my time, it's my time." Bolt recalls being in Munich as news emerged of the truck attack in the French city of Nice on Bastille Day - July 14 - that killed 84 people. Munich was itself the scene of bloodshed last week with a teenager shot dead nine people. Bolt usually goes to Munich every three months to visit his doctor, Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt.

"Especially at the start of last year I noticed that injuries take a little bit more time to get back to where you want to be," Bolt said. "My coach always tells me that the older you get it's going to get harder, and you have to push yourself." But coach Glenn Mills also offered him comforting reassurance Bolt still craves, despite being the 100- and 200-meter world record holder.

Bolt remembers Mills telling him "don't worry you're a champ" at the world championships last year. It was "one of the roughest years," Bolt said, explaining how his back issue "has really deteriorated over the years." Bolt's preparations for the defense of his Olympic titles (100, 200 and 4X100-meter relay) have been far from smooth, with a hamstring injury forcing him out of the Jamaican trials. "I always have little doubts in my mind," Bolt said in a restaurant overlooking London's St. Paul's Cathedral. "But I'm focused and ready to go." Unlike many of the world's top golfers, who have snubbed the chance to go to their first Olympics. "I guess it's not as important to them as it is to us who have been competing over the years," Bolt said. "It surprised me when I heard that golf was going to be in the Olympics. There are a few sports in the Olympics that make me go 'Argh.'" The Olympics are unquestionably the pinnacle of track and field. But providing the spectacle desired is proving difficult for the men. "This year is one of the poorest I have ever seen as an Olympic (field) for men really - the women have

really shown more promise running fast times," Bolt said. "(The men) have really unperformed this season, but I'm sure when we get to the Olympics it won't be like that." Bolt expects Rio to be his last Olympics, but he still dangles the possibility of a trip to Tokyo. "My coach always says 'Usain you can always go on to the 2020 Olympics if you want,'" Bolt said. "So this is why he tells me to stop talking about retirement and just take it a year at a time." The power of athletics in attracting big audiences would be more difficult without its global superstar. "People always say to me, 'Usain when you leave the sport, the sport is going to go down,'" Bolt said. "But I'm not going to look at it like that.

There are a lot of athletes stepping up." Plans to overhaul the sport and make it more exciting have been sidetracked by the Russian doping scandal. The vast majority of the Russian athletes who will miss the Rio Games are are in track and field, where 67 of its 68 athletes were ruled out when a ban on the Russian team was upheld at the Court of Arbitration for Sport last week. Sebastian Coe, head of track and field's governing body, has to deal with that. But Coe is also the man tasked with making track and field "more exciting," as Bolt explains. "I'm assuming Seb Coe has a plan," said Bolt, who advocates more street races. "Over time with different ideas, and the athletes that are coming up, the sport will stay current. It will take a while but I think it will get back to its former glory when I walk away."

Unless he decides to continue, Bolt's glory era is due to end after the 2017 world championships in London. He is absolutely certain he will be greatly missed. "In football you have the debate who is the best footballer, but no one can debate who the fastest man in the world is," Bolt said. "It's going to be a long time, I think, before somebody comes who will be as talented as me to break my records." (SportsMax)

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Akmal inspires Knight Riders to vital win With Trinbago Knight Riders staring at the prospect of heading to the final leg of the CPL season in Florida with their playoff hopes in jeopardy, Umar Akmal's brilliant fightback secured a crucial three-wicket win over St Lucia Zouks to draw Knight Riders level with the Zouks on eight points in a tie for third. This meant that Barbados Tridents were pushed back to fifth place with two games to play. Akmal struck an unbeaten 73 off 35 balls in Knight Riders' chase of 168 having dug his side out of a deep hole at 63 for 5 in the 10th over. Zouks were well placed to defend their total after the fall of Anton Devcich for 25 in the 15th to end a 51-run stand, leaving Knight Riders needing 50 off the last five overs with four wickets in hand. Only four runs were scored in the 16th to further tilt the scales in favour of Zouks but Akmal swung things back Trinbago's way in the 17th when he targetted Jerome Taylor for three straight sixes and a four, bringing up his fifty off 27 balls. Akmal's fireworks reduced the equation to 23 off 18 balls. Shane Watson then pinned Sunil Narine down for three dots, but could not sustain the pressure and Narine ended the over by bashing two sixes to make it 9 off 12 balls. Narine fell in the 19th over but Kevon Cooper hit the winning runs two balls later to clinch victory with six balls to spare. Having been inserted, Zouks had powered to a strong start with Johnson Charles and Andre Fletcher notching 58 in the first seven overs. Charles was fortunate after having been dropped in the first over on 1 off Ronsford Beaton and was reprieved again on 11 in the fourth

over when replays showed Devcich had overstepped after having Charles caught by Dwayne Bravo at mid-off. Fletcher was run-out in the eighth over for 25 and Charles' luck ran out 10 balls later when Bravo claimed him for 27. From there, Zouks struggled to regain the flow to their innings until Darren Sammy's arrival in the 16th after Grant Elliott was removed for 12. Sammy clubbed Cooper for four and six in the 18th to spur a late surge, and then bashed two more fours and a six off the final seven balls of Zouks' innings to finish 37 not out off 18 balls.

However, his spectacular form the stadium renamed in his honour could not extend the hosts' winning run, with Akmal halting it at three games. (ESPNcricinfo)

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Anisa Mohammed stars as Trinidad and Tobago win R e g i o n a l T 2 0 c o m p e t i t i o n Trinidad and Tobago’s Anisa Mohammed was the star for country that emerged victors of a hard-fought battle to win the Regional Women T20 Final against Jamaica on Tuesday. Mohammed returned figures of 2 for 15 and scored 21 runs in the low scoring affair to lead her team to a two-wicket victory with two balls to spare. Jamaica won the toss and decided to bat at Providence in Guyana and it turned out to be a disastrous decision. The Jamaican women were unable to mount a decent partnership as Kirbyina Alexander (1-24), Lee-Ann Kirby (1-28), Shenelle Lord (2 for 23) and Mohammed, combined to reduce Jamaica to 6 for 40. It took a seventh wicket stand of 55 between Tameka Sanford (33) and Chinelle Henry (21) to get Jamaica to 100 for 7, a total that gave their bowlers a fighting chance. And fight they did. Vanessa Watts 2 for 17 and Shanel Daley 2 for 13 helped reduce the Trinidadians to five for 39. Former West Indies Women’s captain Merrisa Aguilleira scored 26 in a 39run sixth wicket partnership that got Trinidad close enough to steal the win. Barbados finished third, while the Windward Islands, Guyana and Leewards were fourth, fifth and sixth respectively. Shemaine Campbelle of Guyana won the award for most runs

scored (182) while Anisa Mohammed, Jamaica’s Shanel Daley and Guyana’s Erva Giddings shared the award for most wickets taken. Each took nine wickets during the competition. Trinidad and Tobago’s Merissa Aguilleira and Jamaica’s Tameka Sanford were the wicketkeepers with the most dismissals (5).

Shermaine Campbelle of Guyana had the highest individual score (70 not out) while Jamaica’s captain Stafanie Taylor was voted the best all-rounder with 172 runs and four wickets. (SportsMax)

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Australia strike after handy lead of 86 You wouldn't know it to look at the wicket tally, but two full sessions have so far been lost in this Test. Two days, four sessions of play, 21 wickets taken. And enough afternoon rain to fill a dam. It was as if the weather gods were conspiring to stretch this Test to a fourth day. Or, come to that, a third. And despite Sri Lanka's fightback on day two, Australia still had the upper hand at stumps. It was a day on which Sri Lanka's spinners dragged their side back into the contest after their miserable first-innings 117. Rangana Herath was always going to be a threat to Australia in this series and he ran through the top order before lunch. After lunch Lakshan Sandakan spun a web around the tail and prevented Australia extending their lead into triple figures.

Sandakan's 4 for 58 were the best figures ever by a left-arm wrist-spinner on Test debut, beating Chuck FleetwoodSmith's 80-year-old record by six runs. Herath's 4 for 49 was no surprise to anyone, his mastery of drift and natural variation causing confusion for Australia. Australia were bowled out shortly before tea for 203, with a lead of 86. The afternoon rain set in at the tea break, but not before Sri Lanka lost a wicket of their own. Kusal Perera, sent out to open instead of Dimuth Karunaratne, lasted only five balls before he was beaten for pace by Mitchell Starc, who trapped him lbw with a fullish delivery for 4. Karunaratne walked to the crease at first drop to join Kaushal Silva (2 not out) but before he could face a ball, the rain came. If cricket is about timing, then Perera's could hardly have been worse. He had spent much of the afternoon keeping wicket after Dinesh Chandimal failed to emerge following the lunch break, a stomach complaint keeping him off the field. It was otherwise a pretty decent day for Sri Lanka, whose main problem was their own poor batting in the first innings. The bowling of both sides, though, has been exemplary. Sri Lanka applied pressure right throughout the second day, Herath and Sandakan bewitching Australia with their variations and Nuwan Pradeep toiling admirably as the sole frontline fast man. Adam Voges was the only batsman from either side to last 100 balls on a pitch that was perfectly fine for batting.

Two Australians lost their cool, inexplicably trying to attack Herath before they were settled: Steven Smith in the second over of the day when he danced down the pitch, was beaten in flight while trying to smash one down the ground, and was stumped for 30; and Peter Nevill, who on 2 uncharacteristically tried to go over the infield and lofted a straightforward chance to mid-on. Smith's departure meant

Australia were under early pressure and Herath doubled it by trapping Usman Khawaja, the other not-out batsman overnight, in his next over. Coming around the wicket, Herath fired one in quicker and straighter. Khawaja failed to get his bat in the way, and was lbw for 26, having added only one to his score. Voges, who had narrowly survived a big lbw shout first ball - Sri Lanka's review showed Herath's delivery was sliding just far enough down leg to remain with the umpire's not-out call - led Australia's steadying effort and had support initially from Mitchell Marsh. However, on 31 Marsh failed to pick Sandakan's wrong'un and was bowled to leave Australia at 130 for 5. While Voges remained, Australia could dream of a healthy 100-plus first-innings lead, but he was the only Australian to fall to pace on day two, edging to gully when Pradeep found a little extra bounce. Voges had made 47 from 115 balls and would be one of seven Australians to reach double figures without any going on to post a half-century. Failure to convert starts is a pet peeve for coach Darren Lehmann. The tail wagged a bit, Steve O'Keefe occupying the crease for 80 balls for his 23, Starc launching a six in his 11, and Nathan Lyon adding 17 useful runs. But they all found Sandakan hard to pick, and in the end he picked up all of their wickets. Starc edged a conventional wristspinner behind, O'Keefe was caught at bat-pad off a wrong'un, and Lyon was trapped lbw playing his favourite sweep shot. Still, in a low-scoring Test a lead of 86 was not insignificant. And as Perera found out a few minutes later, Sri Lanka still had a mountain of work ahead of them to achieve parity. (ESPNcricinfo)

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Namibian government to pull athletes from Jamaica The Namibian government is set to pull the plug on an Hitjivirue Kaanjuka, Jesse Uri-Khob, Gilbert Hainuca, Adiel unsuccessful program that saw several athletes sent to Jamaica van Wyk and Francis Uatema. Several of the athletes are yet to in a bid to qualify for the Rio Olympic Games. The 10 athletes complete their academic programmes. (SportsMax) were sent to the country in 2013 where they registered at the University of Technology and trained at the Maximum Velocity Power (MVP) track club, the home of sprint stars like Asafa Powell, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Kaliese Spencer. It was hoped that training with the top Jamaican athletes and world renowned coaches would have pushed the Namibians to higher standards that hope has however failed to materialize. The programme is estimated to have cost the country $US 696,233 and its deputy sports minister Agnes Tjongarero confirmed plans to terminate the programme. “They [athletes] did not qualify. It must be the end so that the next group who can qualify can be given a chance,” Tjongarero told the Namibian. “We cannot waste money. In life, nobody, unless God is on your side, gets seven to eight chances. You get one chance, and must take it. They must just come back,” she added. The athletes currently in Jamaica are Tjipekapora Herunga, Globine Mayova, Lilanne Klaasman, Mberihonga Kandovazu, Keshia Kalomo,

Smith leaves Liverpool for Bournemouth Brad Smith has signed a four-year deal with Bournemouth after struggling to break into the first team at Liverpool.

Bournemouth have completed the signing of left-back Brad Smith from Liverpool for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of £6million. The 22-year-old has signed a four-year deal at the Vitality Stadium as he looks to kick-start his career after failing to secure regular first-team action at Liverpool.

Australia international Smith made just four Premier League appearances for Liverpool last season, including in a 2-1 victory over his new employers in April. “I'm really looking forward to the opportunity here," Smith told Cherries Player HD. "It all happened quite quickly. I knew there was a bit of interest and then they put the bid in, Liverpool accepted and we went from there really. "Hopefully I'll do well, learn a lot and progress in my career. Bournemouth did really well last season and I think the club can be a great team in the Premier League for many years to come. They're just getting started really. "I think it'll be a good fit for me and I can't wait to get going here."

Chief executive Neill Blake, meanwhile, was over the moon with the arrival of the Australia international. "I am delighted to confirm that we have completed a deal to bring Brad to the football club," Blake said. "Brad broke through at Anfield last season and impressed whenever he was called upon. He is another excellent young player that we believe can progress

under Eddie [Howe]’s guidance, but he also brings with him experience of playing at the highest level in both the Premier League and on the international stage with the Socceroos. "It is an exciting time for us as we bring yet another promising prospect into our progressive squad." Smith becomes Bournemouth's sixth signing of the close-season, following Jordon Ibe, Nathan Ake, Lewis Cook, Lys Mousset and Emerson Hyndman. (SportsMax)

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T&T Athletics: Lewis not bothered by Rio Village hiccups Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Association president Brian issues,” he added. By the opening ceremony on 5 August, the Lewis has insisted hiccups with the athlete village in Brazil are majority of the expected 10,000 athletes are due to be housed in part of parcel of major tournaments. Concerns have been raised the complex of 31 buildings. (SportsMax) in recent days regarding the state of the Olympic Village as athletes begin to file in ahead of next week’s Olympic Games.

Blocked toilets, exposed wiring and leaking pipes just some of the complaints lodged by early would be resident. In fact the Australian Olympic delegation refused to move into the apartment complex in western Rio until repairs are completed.

Lewis is, however, confident the issues can be resolved ahead of the Games. “I am confident that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Rio 2016 organising committee are aware of the issues and are working assiduously to address all the concerns and meet the expectations of all the participating countries,” Lewis said. “Our experience has always been that you go into the Village from the second or third of August and from my previous experience there will always be teething problems. That is why you have test events. There will be

Six-foot-eleven Anderson expected to bolster Sunshine Girls Jamaica’s national senior netball team, the Sunshine Girls will be getting a major boost what with the addition of Marvadene Anderson, who at six-foot-11-and-a-half inches, will perhaps be the tallest netball player in the world. The 23-year-old Anderson, who recently graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, is expected to be boost Jamaica’s attacking options. Jamaica is already

well served by Romelda Aitken and Jhaneile Fowler –Reid, two of the best shooters in the world and also two of the tallest players in the game.

Anderson played centre for the University of Pittsburgh’s women’s basketball team during her time in college. She was expected to arrive in Jamaica on Tuesday and will hopefully join the national programme of the number-4 team in the world shortly as Jamaica prepares for a three-test series in New Zealand in September. Jamaica is also expected to play a Fast-Five tournament in Australia in October before heading off to England for another three-Test series in November.

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