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LOCAL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2016

After 25 Years, Barama Not Renewing Forest Concessions- Says Economic Conditions Not Encouraging Malaysian-owned, Barama Company Investment Agreement which mainly agreement.” According to the company Limited (BCL), which has been operating in Guyana for more than 25 years yesterday announced its plans to relinquish its 1.6 million hectares forest concession. In a press release from the logging company, that was made clear that “Barama Company Limited will not be seeking a renewal/extension of its Forest Concession Agreement with the Government.” The company had said that the previous agreement had expired on the 15th October, 2016 and that the government was informed that the said time.

The logging company also said that it will not be renewing or extending its

relates to the Forest Concessions that also expired on the 15th October, 2016.

Barama had noted that on 2nd September of last year (2015), it had approached the government with a proposal for the renewal of both its Investment and Forest Concession Agreement and have had continued discussions with the government over this period of time.

The company however, seems to change its mind mainly due to poor economic conditions in Guyana’s forest industry, stating that “earlier this year, Barama in Correspondence with government, had advised government that economic conditions influencing the company’s continuing investing in Guyana’s forest industry were not encouraging.” As a result the logging company stated “Barama has, as a consequence, now regrettably concluded that it is no longer viable for the company to continue its forestry operations.

The company looks forward to engaging with government to explore the continuation of its other operations to sustain our value-added and job creation potential in Guyana and to determine a new investment

release, Barama has very much regrets having to make the decision to close its forest concession operations after having, over the past 25 years, invested approximately $45B in the development of Guyana’s forest industry.

With the seizure of forestry concessions from Chinese company BaiShanLin, and t h e n o n - r e n e w a l o f B a r a m a ’s Concessions, Guyana has seen the lost the top two biggest forest concession holders in the country. On the up side however, the company said that it will be continuing all the other projects in Guyana and will instead concentrate on its plywood and veneer manufacturing and sawmilling operations.

With the scaling down of Barma’s operations there is sure to a rippling effect on business who reply on the logging company such as transportation services etc. The company through the years has played significant role in road construction and maintenance in the North West area, Region One. Barama is a subsidiary of Samling Global Limited, and has been established in Guyana since 1991.

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The Judicial System Must Remain Independent From Government

Many Guyanese have complained to the Guyana Daily News about the slothfulness of the Judiciary System in Guyana, saying “since the new Acting C h i e f J u s t i c e M a d a m Yo n e t t e Cummings-Edwards was appointed by the coalition government to replace former Chief Justice Ian Chang, not a single ruling has been given in the High Court on any cases filed from January to present on breached of Constitutional rights, action of the government and public officers.

Some lawyers are questioning the fairness and impartially of the approach in the highest level of the Judiciary System and whether it is independent of the administrative branch of the Government.” Lawyers have congratulated the move to have more judges in the High Court, but say that there is need for more judges in the Court of Appeal, noting that court records need to be more protected.

The issues of tampering of case files and important files missing were also raised.

However, Chancellor (ag) Justice Carl Singh is of the belief that time limits for judicial decisions as set out in the recent legislation can actually contribute to an increase in the chronic backlog of cases.

He believes a change in the judicial work ethic is what is required, for judges to adopt a more responsible attitude to timely delivery of judgments, which “perhaps could have been achieved without parliamentary intervention.”

Government Must Make Cost Of COIs Public Government Must Make Cost of COIs T h e s t a t e a u d i t s w a s d o n e i n i n d i v i d u a l s w h o s t a t e d t h a t t h e Public Many Guyanese are questioning the motives behind the Commission of Inquiries (COI) being conducted by the government and would like to know the total cost so far conducting these COI’s.

The government had spent approximately GYD$300 million to Commissioners for the Commission of Inquiries (CoIs) and Audits into various state agencies and ministries, this excludes the Barry Dataram, the mysterious air craft, the prison riot COI’s and among others.

approximately 30 government agencies including ministries. Government spent approximately GYD$50 million to government sympathizers Christopher Ram and Anand Goolsarran, for their audit services. These auditors were handpicked by the government to conduct forensic audits. Some places that were audited were the Guyana Sugar Corporation, Guyana Gold Board, NICIL, Guyana Geology and Mines Commission among others.

The Guyana Daily News spoke to several

APNU+AFC government was very critical of the PPP, pointing to wide spread corruption under the administration, however, to date nothing is being done with the alleged findings of corruption by the APNU+AFC government. They are of the opinion that the COI’s are political payback, questioning why is it only military personnel are being selected to head these inquiries.

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NTC Chairman Urges Toshaos To Put Aside Political Differences

The Chairman of the National Toshaos Council (NTC), Joel Fredericks The Chairman of the National Toshaos Council (NTC), Joel Fredericks, is

urging all Toshaos to put political differences aside for the development of their communities.

Fredericks said one of the main factors hindering the development of many indigenous communities is their different political affiliation. “As a leader who is elected to serve your people, you must be openminded to work with people, work with the government, work with different stakeholders for the development of your community,” Fredericks said in an interview with the Government Information Agency (GINA).

Fredericks said that in every community

there are different levels of cohesion. He noted that many people are not open to the possibilities of working together and also pointed out that the Toshaos need to recognize the importance of the three years they spend as a leader of their community. “If you would only fight and find fault in the three years, at the end, you would not accomplish anything for your people, so I see partnership as important for the development of your community,” he said.

Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock , has also been urging Toshaos to work with residents and develop plans for the development of their communities and encouraged Toshaos to keep in contact with the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affair which stands as the supportive body for development.

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‘Road Map’ For Future Ofproductivity Coconut Industry Discussed and improve regional scale. During the meeting it was pest and disease management.

Today the Coconut Festival had their preevent activities at the Grand Coastal Conference Room where experts in the field discussed the ‘Roadmap’ for the future of the coconut industry in Guyana.

Members of the Planning Committee of the Guyana Coconut Festival, organizers of the Coconut Awareness Week, agriculturist, coconut growers, interior decorators, manufacturer and investors, gathered to discuss details about the future and development of the coconut industry in Guyana.

The Conference was hosted

by Chairman of the National Stakeholders Platform for Coconut Development (NSP) Raymond Trotz, Vice President of the NSP, V. de Silva and Chief Executive Officer of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) Dr. Oudho Homenauth.

Goals of the Road Map: Improve access to finance and promote innovative schemes that respond to the needs of the sector.

Improve research for availability and multiplication of right varieties for planting.

Promote better farming practices and extension services to increase

This Goals will be accomplished by: The assessment study on the coconut industry in the Caribbean region.

The implementation of a roadmap for developing the Caribbean coconut industry within a three to five-year period at national and regional level.

The collaboration between stakeholders to strengthen the supply chain through the region.

The improvement in production and productivity.

The development of a profitable market for coconut-base value products made by artisanal entrepreneurs.

This goals would only be accomplished by the implementation of a road map, a project that follows a conducive environmental policy on a national and

also pointed the need of financial support of governmental entities and organisms involved in the development of the coconut industry. And the necessary marketing and business interventions for coconut-base value products made by artisanal entrepreneurs.

In the convention the many attributes of the ‘Tree Of Life’ were highlighted. The numerous household uses for this fruit and the export value of every single part of the nuts, the leaves and branches, stressing on its industrial weigh on the regional and local market.

The Festival named ‘Awakening a sleeping giant’ will be launched on October 21st at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre, and it will see its closure on October 23rd. The festival is part of the Agriculture Month and Coconut Awareness Week, period in which the organizers of the event, along with interior decorator, coconut growers and agriculturist join forces to reflect the importance of the Tree of Life (Coconut Tree) and its vast benefits.

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Investigation On The way Into Alleged Armed Robbery quantity of gold jewellery. The male with the investigation.

Police are investigating an alleged robbery under arms committed on an overseas based Guyanese, during which a 42 year old, Peter’s Hall resident was shot to his neck, at Herstelling, EBD, about 0300h. this morning by four masked men, two of whom were armed with handguns.

Enquiries disclosed that the female overseas based victim had a family reunion at her Herstelling property and shortly after the guests departed, the bandits pounced and relieved her of a

victim, during the process put up a struggle with one of the gunmen and was shot to his neck, after which the men escaped.

The shot victim was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Hospital and was transferred to the GPHC where he underwent s u rg e r y. H i s c o n d i t i o n i s regarded as stable but serious. A 21 year old male of Herstelling is in police custody assisting

Guyana Police Force Press Release

Banks DIH Limited Delivery Truck Driver Robbed At Beterverwagting Public Road, ECD Police are investigating an alleged robbery under arms committed on the driver of a delivery truck, which occurred about 1900h. last night at Beterverwagting Public Road, ECD, of a sum of money by three males, one armed with a handgun.

Enquiries disclosed that the driver/salesman Trevor Thom, of West Ruimveldt, and two porters, all employees of Banks DIH Limited, were in the company’s vehicle proceeding west, when they were allegedly intercepted by a dark-coloured motor car, which suddenly stopped in front of their vehicle, causing theirs to do likewise; in

the process, the men exited the motor car, approached their vehicle and relieved them of the cash which was in the vehicle, after which the men placed a piece of cloth over their face, causing them to loose consciousness. About 2030h. they found themselves in the back of the truck, bound with duct tape and were subsequently freed by a passerby who heard them banging the walls of the truck. Their location then was Enmore Railway Embankment.

Guyana Police Force Press Release

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GCCI Doubts Police’s Crime Stats, Wants Vat Free Security Equipment

The Georgetown Chamber of Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is of the view that the official police crime statistics do not reflect the true situation, questioning the accuracy of the stats. The GCCI at a press conference on Wednesday noted although the latest police statistics show there has been a 21 percent decline in serious crimes there is a big difference between released statistics and public perception. While acknowledging the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) efforts in solving old cases and aggressively pursuing new one, the private sector organization is calling for an increase in manpower the Police force and the removal of the 16 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on security equipment.

GCCI President, Vishnu Doerga said that the allegedly inaccurate information in the reports could be from persons not reporting crimes. “There is some under-reporting and it would have to be a guesstimate of what the level of under-reporting is of people, of people who feel that it might not even be worth it to report it to actually report and that is significant there might not be a reduction,” Doerga said. It has been a burning question to many in the public as to how the police acquire their information and how factual the information is. GCCI Junior Vice President, Nicholas Boyer also share this concern when he told media operatives that he could not give his opinion on the accuracy of the police statistics.

“We have not audited how they got their information. Right

now, I can’t really give an opinion on the accuracy of their figures because I’m not at the station levels where the officers are taking the reports so I have to trust in the police force, I have to trust the system,” the junior vice president said. Meanwhile, Doerga in lobbying for the VAT exemptions pointed out that the use of efficient Closed Circuit Televisions (CCTV) systems which have recently been greatly aiding the GPF in the apprehension of criminals who would have committed armed robberies on local businesses and thereafter and thereafter, their prosecution.

The GCCI’s inaugural Security Forum and Expo is a platform create to present security strategies, both tradition sense and in addition to the modern cyber security. The Expo will be hosted on Friday at the Roraima Duke Lodge in Kingston, Georgetown starting at 3PM.

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Ministry Of Public Telecommunications Hosting “Hackathon 2016” The Ministry of Public Telecommunications will hosting Guyana’s ever Hackathon event at the Arthur Chung Conference Center (ACCC), Liliendaal, ECD. Although under the name “hackathon” there will be no actual hacking (hopefully). The event is a competition that is design to target Guyanese ICT professionals and enthusiasts to develop applications that respond to “specific GUYANESE challenges.” and real world solutions.

The competition is for anyone with coding Knowledge and especially for computer programmers, mobile application creators or other software developer.

The competition, which will be begin at noon on the Friday, 4th November, 2016 and will end at noon, two days later on the 6th will see teams of of 3 – 5 persons competing for Cash Prizes and the “ultimate bragging rights” with 48 hours of non-stop Coding. First place is

G$300,000, Second place G$ 200,000 and third place G$150,000. The Hackathon 2016 is being held under the theme “Code ’til yuh DROP!” and interested person are being asked to register now because there is limited space and the registration process ends on October 31. For Registration Form, Terms of Participation and for further information and queries, person can ask by email: events@mopt.gov.gy.

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Motion Issued By Mr. Anil Nandlall Challenging Presidential Tribunal Against Carvil Duncan and the Police Service Commission, ought removal from office as a member and

Carvil Duncan 2016-HC- DEM-CIV- CMIN THE HIGH COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE CIVIL JURISDICTION CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION In the matter of an application by CARVIL DUNCAN for Writs of Certiorari and Prohibition.

BEFORE THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE FRANKLIN HOLDER (IN CHAMBERS) DATED THE DAY OF OCTOBER, 2016 ENTERED THE DAY OF OCTOBER, 2016 UPON READING the Notice of Motion on the part of CARVIL DUNCAN, the abovenamed Applicant, filed herein on the 12 th day of October, 2016, for Writs of Certiorari and Prohibition AND the Affidavit of the said Applicant sworn to on the day of October, 2016, and filed in support of the said Application AND UPON HEARING Attorney-at- Law for the Applicant IT IS ORDERED that an Order or Rule Nisi of Certiorari be and is hereby issued directed to the Honourable Prime Minister, Mr. Moses Nagamootoo, quashing his advice tendered to the President on or about the 14 th day of September, 2016, pursuant to Article 225 (4) of the Constitution that the question of removing the Applicant from office as a member and chairman of the Public Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission

to be investigated, on the grounds that the said advice was tendered is unconstitutionally, unlawfully, illegally, prematurely, prejudicially, contrary to the rules of natural justice, arbitrarily, capriciously and in breach of the Applicant’s legitimate expectation and is null, void and of no effect, unless sufficient cause is shown why the said Order or Rule Nisi of Certiorari should not be made a b s o l u t e A N D I T I S F U RT H E R ORDERED that an Order or Rule Nisi of Prohibition be and is hereby issued directed to the Tribunal and each of the member thereof appointed on the 15 th day of September, 2016, and comprising the Honourable Madam Justice George, Justice (retired) Winston Patterson and Robert Ramcharran, prohibiting them from proceeding to investigate the Applicant’s removal’s from office as a member and chairman of the Public Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission and the Police Service Commission, on the ground that the advice tendered by the Honourable Prime Minister to the President, pursuant to Article 225 (4) of the Constitution to investigate the Applicant’s removal from office as a member and chairman of the Public Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission and the Police Service Commission is unconstitutionally, unlawfully, illegally, prematurely, prejudicially, contrary to the rules of natural justice, arbitrarily, capriciously and in breach of the Applicant’s legitimate expectation and is null, void and of no effect, and that the said advice which has triggered the establishment of the said tribunal, unless sufficient cause is shown why the said Order or Rule Nisi of Prohibition should not be made absolute AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that an Order or Rule Nisi of Prohibition be and is hereby issued directed to the Tribunal and each of the member thereof appointed on the 15th day of September, 2016, and comprising the Honourable Madam Justice George, Justice (retired) Winston Patterson and Robert Ramcharran, prohibiting them from proceeding to investigate the Applicant’s

chairman of the Public Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission and the Police Service Commission, on the ground that the inquiry that they have embarked upon is unconstitutionally, unlawfully, illegally, prematurely, prejudicially, contrary to the rules of natural justice, arbitrarily, capriciously and in breach of the Applicant’s legitimate expectation and is null, void and of no effect, unless sufficient cause is shown why the said Order or Rule Nisi of Prohibition should not be made absolute AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that an Order or Rule Nisi of Certiorari be and is hereby issued directed to Tribunal and each of the members thereof appointed on the 15th day of September, 2016, and comprising the Honourable Madam Justice George, Justice (retired) Winston Patterson and Robert Ramcharran quashing any decision/recommendation/ruling made by the said Tribunal on the ground that such a decision/recommendation/ruling is unconstitutionally, unlawfully, illegally, prematurely, prejudicially, contrary to the rules of natural justice, arbitrarily, capriciously and in breach of the Applicant’s legitimate expectation and is null, void and of no effect, unless sufficient cause is shown why the said Order or Rule Nisi of Certiorari should not be made a b s o l u t e A N D I T I S F U RT H E R ORDERED that the Applicant be at liberty to issue and serve on the Honourable Prime Minister, Mr. Moses Nagamootoo, the Honourable Madam Justice George, Justice (retired) Winston Patterson and Robert Ramcharran, a sealed and certified copy of the Notice of Motion with the Affidavit in Support of Motion, filed on the 12th day of October, 2016, together with a sealed and certified copy of this Nisi Order AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED this matter do stand adjourned to the ………. day of October, 2016, at ……… am, before the Honourable Mr. Justice Franklin Holder.

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MEMORANDUM “If you the within named the Honourable Prime Minister, Mr. Moses Nagamootoo, the Honourable Madam Justice George, Justice (retired) Winston Patterson and Robert Ramcharran, by your servants and/or agents, neglect to obey this Order you will be liable to process of execution for the purpose of compelling you to obey the same Order”.

201-HC-DEM-CIV-CMIN THE HIGH COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE CIVIL JURISDICTION CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION In the matter of an application by CARVIL DUNCAN for Writs of Certiorari and Prohibition.

NOTICE OF MOTION TAKE NOTICE that this Honourable Court will be moved on the ……… day of October, 2016, in the forenoon or as soon thereafter as Counsel can be heard by MR. MOHABIR ANIL NANDLALL, Attorney-at-Law, on behalf of the Applicant for the following Orders: 1. an Order or Rule Nisi of Certiorari be directed to the Honourable Prime Minister, Mr. Moses Nagamootoo, quashing his advice tendered to the President on or about the 14th day of September, 2016, pursuant to Article 225 (4) of the Constitution that the question of removing the Applicant from office as a member and chairman of the Public Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission and the Police Service Commission, ought to be investigated, on the grounds that the said advice was tendered is unconstitutionally, unlawfully, illegally, prematurely, prejudicially, contrary to the rules of natural justice, arbitrarily, capriciously and in breach of the Applicant’s legitimate expectation and is null, void and of no effect, AND that the said Honourable Prime Minister, Mr. Moses

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Nagamootoo be directed to show cause why this Order or Rule Nisi of Certiorari should not be made absolute; 2. a Writ of Certiorari be directed to the Honourable Prime Minister, Mr. Moses Nagamootoo, quashing his advice tendered to the President on or about the 14th day of September, 2016, pursuant to Article 225 (4) of the Constitution that the question of removing the Applicant from office as a member and chairman of the Public Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission and the Police Service Commission, ought to be investigated, on the grounds that the said advice was tendered is unconstitutionally, unlawfully, illegally, prematurely, prejudicially, contrary to the rules of natural justice, arbitrarily, capriciously and in breach of the Applicant’s legitimate expectation and is null, void and of no effect; 3. an Order or Rule Nisi of Prohibition be directed to the Tribunal and each of the member thereof appointed on the 15th day of September, 2016, and comprising the Honourable Madam Justice George, Justice (retired) Winston Patterson and Robert Ramcharran, prohibiting them from proceeding to investigate the Applicant’s removal’s from office as a member and chairman of the Public Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission and the Police Service Commission, on the ground that the advice tendered by the Honourable Prime Minister to the President, pursuant to Article 225 (4) of the Constitution to investigate the Applicant’s removal from office as a member and chairman of the Public Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission and the Police Service Commission is unconstitutionally, unlawfully, illegally, prematurely, prejudicially, contrary to the rules of natural justice, arbitrarily, capriciously and in breach of the Applicant’s legitimate expectation and is null, void and of no effect, and that the said advice which has triggered the establishment of the said tribunal AND that the said Tribunal and each of the member thereof, be directed to show cause why this Order or Rule Nisi of Prohibition should not be made absolute;

4. a Writ of Prohibition be directed to the Tribunal and each of the member thereof appointed on the 15th day of September, 2016, and comprising the Honourable Madam Justice George, Justice (retired) Winston Patterson and Robert Ramcharran, prohibiting them from proceeding to investigate the Applicant’s removal’s from office as a member and chairman of the Public Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission and the Police Service Commission, on the ground that the advice tendered by the Honourable Prime Minister to the President, pursuant to Article 225 (4) of the Constitution to investigate the Applicant’s removal from office as a member and chairman of the Public Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission and the Police Service Commission, is unconstitutionally, unlawfully, illegally, prematurely, prejudicially, contrary to the rules of natural justice, arbitrarily, capriciously and in breach of the Applicant’s legitimate expectation and is null, void and of no effect and that the said advice which has triggered the establishment of the said tribunal; 5. an Order or Rule Nisi of Prohibition be directed to the Tribunal and each of the member thereof appointed on the 15th day of September, 2016, and comprising the Honourable Madam Justice George, Justice (retired) Winston Patterson and Robert Ramcharran, prohibiting them from proceeding to investigate the Applicant’s removal from office as a member and chairman of the Public Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission and the Police Service Commission, on the ground that the inquiry that they have embarked upon is unconstitutionally, unlawfully, illegally, prematurely, prejudicially, contrary to the rules of natural justice, arbitrarily, capriciously and in breach of the Applicant’s legitimate expectation and is null, void and of no effect, AND that the said Tribunal and each of the member thereof, be directed to show cause why this Order or Rule Nisi of Prohibition should not be made absolute;

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6. a Writ of Prohibition be directed to the Tribunal and each of the member thereof appointed on the 15th day of September, 2016, and comprising the Honourable Madam Justice George, Justice (retired) Wi n s t o n P a t t e r s o n a n d R o b e r t Ramcharran, prohibiting them from proceeding to investigate the Applicant’s removal from office as a member and chairman of the Public Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission and the Police Service Commission, on the ground that the inquiry that they have embarked upon is unconstitutionally, unlawfully, illegally, prematurely, prejudicially, contrary to the rules of natural justice, arbitrarily, capriciously and in breach of the Applicant’s legitimate expectation and is null, void and of no effect; 7. an Order or Rule Nisi of Certiorari directed to Tribunal and each of the members thereof appointed on the 15th day of September, 2016, and comprising the Honourable Madam Justice George, Justice (retired) Winston Patterson and Robert Ramcharran quashing any decision/recommendation/ruling made by the said Tribunal on the ground that such a decision/recommendation/ruling is unconstitutionally, unlawfully, illegally, prematurely, prejudicially, contrary to the rules of natural justice, arbitrarily, capriciously and in breach of the Applicant’s legitimate expectation and is null, void and of no effect, AND that the said Tribunal and each of the member thereof, be directed to show cause why this Order or Rule Nisi of Certiorari should not be made absolute; 8. a Writ of Certiorari directed to Tribunal and each of the members thereof appointed on the 15th day of September, 2016, and comprising the Honourable Madam Justice George, Justice (retired) Wi n s t o n P a t t e r s o n a n d R o b e r t Ramcharran quashing any decision/recommendation/ruling made by the said Tribunal on the ground that such a decision/recommendation/ruling is

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unconstitutionally, unlawfully, illegally, prematurely, prejudicially, contrary to the rules of natural justice, arbitrarily, capriciously and in breach of the Applicant’s legitimate expectation and is null, void and of no effect; 9. any further Order or relief as the Court may deem just; 10. costs.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that the grounds of this Application are as follows: 1. the Applicant is the Chairman of the Public Service Commission established

by Article 135 of the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and enjoys the protection afforded to him by Article 200 thereof including the right not be removed therefrom except in accordance with Article 225 of the Constitution; 2. the Applicant by virtue of being the Chairman of the Public Service Commission is a member of the Judicial Service Commission and the Police Service Commission established respectively by Articles 134 and 137of the Constitution; 3. that on or about the 26th day of January, 2016, the Applicant was charged for offences of larceny and conspiracy to c o m m i t a f e l o n y. T h e c r i m i n a l proceedings which are being heard in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court are still pending. There has been no determination of guilt against the Applicant; 4. on or about the 15th day of September, 2016, the President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana purported to appoint pursuant to Article 225 (4) of the Constitution a tribunal comprising the Honourable Justice Roxanne George, Justice (retired) Winston Patterson and Robert Ramcharran, Attorney-at-Law, to investigate the question of the Applicant’s removal from office; 5. that the Honourable Prime Minister being the prescribed authority under Article 200 of the Constitution advised the

President that the question of the removal of the Applicant from office ought to be investigated. The Honourable Prime Minister allegedly wrote a letter addressed to the Applicant to show cause why a tribunal should not be set up to investigate his removal from office. The applicant never received the said letter.

The Prime Minster failed when requested to do so in writing to provide any evidence to establish delivery of the said letter to the Applicant; 6. the said decision by the Honourable Prime Minister was taken in violation of the principles of natural justice. The Applicant was never afforded an opportunity to be heard by the Honourable Prime Minister prior to his decision to advise the President to investigate the Applicant’s removal from office; 7. the decision by the Prime Minister was unreasonable and arbitrary; 8. the tribunal commenced its work on the 10th day of October, 2016. The Applicant through his Attorneys-at-Law objected to the legality of the purpose for which the tribunal was established and called upon the members of the tribunal in writing to desist from furthering its terms of reference. The tribunal overruled the objections and proceeded to conduct its enquiry into the Applicant; 9. the establishment of and all the actions of the tribunal are in violation of the Applicant’s fundamental right to the presumption of innocence guaranteed to him by Article 144 of the Constitution of Guyana and as such the entire proceedings are null and void; 10. the tribunal has been established for the unlawful purpose of deciding whether the institution of criminal charges against the Applicant is grounds for his removal from office. The said purpose disregards the presumption innocence and requires the tribunal not to regard or treat the Applicant as wholly innocent;

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11. the tribunal is acting for a purpose contrary to Article 144 of the Constitution of Guyana. The fact that charges have been laid against the Applicant does not amount to conduct for which a tribunal could have been established in accordance with the Constitution. The tribunal has no jurisdiction to pursue the terms of reference and/or to proceed with the said hearing.

The tribunal is not vested with jurisdiction to proceed upon an enquiry in violation of the fundamental rights of the Applicant.

The purported assumption of jurisdiction in circumstances is illegal, null and void; 12. the said tribunal is exercising powers in breach of the Applicant’s fundamental right to the presumption of innocence. The said decision to investigate the Applicant has the unreasonable and illegal consequence of overriding the Applicant’s most fundamental constitutional right to the presumption of innocence and deprives him of the benefit of the rule of law; 13. the tribunal has breached its duty to act fairly and in keeping with the Constitution.

The tribunal is acting in a manner that violates the Applicant’s fundamental right to have the said allegations determined by a fair and impartial judicial tribunal. The decision to investigate the Applicant for allegations which being investigated by a court of competent jurisdiction is an abuse of process; 14. the enquiry by the tribunal prejudices the Applicant’s fair trial rights. The decision to investigate the Applicant reflects a premature conclusion and/or opinion by the State that he is guilty even before he is tried and proved guilty before the Court which is properly seized of the criminal charges preferred against him; 15. the tribunal is unlawful and the members thereof are not properly appointed individually or as a collective; 16. any decision of the tribunal is unconstitutional, illegal, null, void and of no effect.

THIS NOTICE OF MOTION was issued

by MR. MOHABIR ANIL NANDLALL, M R . M A N O J N A R AYA N , M R S .

SASHA S. MAHADEO-NARAYAN, MR. RAJENDRA R. JAIGOBIN & MR.

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CHANDRAPRAKESH VIKASH SATRAM, Attorneys-at-Law for the Applicant, whose address for service and place of business is at their Chambers, Mohabir A. Nandlall & Associates, ‘Bhagwati Chambers’, 217 South Street, Lacytown, Georgetown.

MOHABIR ANIL NANDLALL Attorney-at-Law for the Applicant Dated at Georgetown, Demerara This 12th day of October, 2016 2016-HC-DEM-CIV-CMIN THE HIGH COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE CIVIL JURISDICTION CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION In the matter of an application by CARVIL DUNCAN for Writs of Certiorari and Prohibition.

AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF NOTICE OF MOTION I, CARVIL DUNCAN of Lot 1977, Lanstead Road, Festival City, Georgetown, Guyana, being duly sworn make oath and say as follows: 1. I am the Applicant herein and the facts and matters hereinafter deposed are within my personal knowledge save and except where otherwise stated.

2. I am the Chairman of the Public Service Commission established by Article 135 of the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and I enjoy the protection afforded to me by Article 200 thereof, including the right not be removed therefrom, except in accordance with Article 225 of the Constitution.

3. By virtue of being the Chairman of the Public Service Commission, I am a member of the Judicial Service Commission and the Police Service Commission established, respectively, by Articles 134 and 137 of the Constitution.

4. That on or about the 26th day of January, 2016, I was charged with the offences of larceny and conspiracy to commit a felony.

5. The criminal proceedings which are being heard in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court are still pending.

6. There has been no determination of guilt

against me.

7. On or about the 15th day of September, 2016, the President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana purported to appoint, pursuant to Article 225 (4) of the Constitution, a tribunal comprising the Honourable Justice Roxanne George, Justice (retired) Winston Patterson and Robert Ramcharran, Attorney-at-Law, to investigate the question of my removal from office.

8. That the Honourable Prime Minister being the prescribed authority under Article 200 of the Constitution advised the President that the question of my removal from office ought to be investigated.

9. The Honourable Prime Minister allegedly wrote a letter addressed to me to show cause why a tribunal should not be set up to investigate my removal from office.

10. I never received the said letter.

11. I first learnt about the said letter when reference was made to it in the press during the month of September, 2016.

12. This letter was supposed to have been sent to me during the month of March, 2016.

13. I receive mails at three (3) locations: namely, the Office of the Public Service Commission, De Winkle Building, Fort Street, Kingston, Georgetown, the Office of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG), Camp Street, Georgetown, and at my home at Lot 1977, Lanstead Road, Festival City, Georgetown.

14. That I made enquiries at all three (3) of the said locations and was informed do verily believe that no such letter was received by anyone at any of the aforesaid location.

15. That I further checked with the Guyana Post Office Branch located at West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, for any mails which may not have been delivered to me and I was duly informed by the officers and do verily believe that no such mails were at the Post Office.

16. As a result, I caused my Attorney-atLaw, Mr. Mohabir Anil Nandlall, Attorneyat-Law, to write in the following terms:

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“The Honourable Mr. Moses Nagamootoo, Prime Minister of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Wright's Lane, Kingston, Georgetown.

18th September, 2016 Dear Prime Minister, Re: Tribunal established pursuant to Article 225 of the Constitution We act on behalf of Mr. Carvil Duncan, the Chairman and a Member of the Public Service Commission.

It is widely published in the press that on the 15th day of September, 2016, pursuant to the provisions of Article 225 of the Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, His Excellency, President David Granger, appointed a Tribunal to enquire into, investigate and recommend whether our client ought to be removed as Chairman and a Member of the Public Service Commission for inability to discharge his duties. The press reports also indicate that during the month of March, 2016 and, presumably, in your capacity as the “Prescribed Authority” by virtue of Article 200(4) of the Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, you dispatched a letter to our client requesting him to show cause why a Tribunal should not be established, as provided for in Article 225 of the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.

I hereby request the following: 1. a copy of the alleged letter dispatched to my client in March, 2016; 2. the date, time and place of its delivery; 3. to whom it was delivered; 4. any evidence which tends to establish its delivery and acceptance thereof; 5. a copy of the Terms of Reference establishing the mandate and remit of the aforesaid Tribunal appointed by His Excellency, President David Granger.

Time is of the essence and therefore, an early response would be appreciated.

Yours faithfully, …...Sgd...................................

Mohabir Anil Nandlall

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Attorney-at-Law Mohabir A. Nandlall & Associates” I hereto attach and mark exhibit “A” a copy of the said letter.

17. The Prime Minister responded to the aforementioned letter but failed and/or omitted to provide the information requested, save and except, a copy of the letter purportedly sent to me and dated 29th March, 2016. I hereto attach and mark exhibit “B” a copy of the said letter.

18. Therefore, the advice tendered by the Honourable Prime Minister to the President that the question of removing me from office under Article 225 (4) of the Constitution was done so in violation of natural justice, in as much as, I was never afforded a fair and adequate opportunity to be heard prior to that advice being tendered.

19. That acting upon the said advice tendered by the Honourable Prime Minister, His Excellency, President David Granger, appointed a tribunal under Article 224 of the Constitution to enquire, investigate and recommend to the President whether I, Chairman of the Public Service Commission and a Member of the Judicial Commission and a Member of the Police Service Commission ought to be removed from office for inability to discharge the functions of my office pursuant to Article 225 (2) of the Constitution.

20. In pursuance thereof, the President constituted and appointed a tribunal under Article 225 (4) of the Constitution comprising Her Honour, Justice George, Justice (retired) Winston Patterson and Robert Ramcharran, Attorney-at-Law. 21. The Terms of Reference under which the said tribunal was established states its purposes to be as follows: “To inquire into complaints made against Mr. Carvil Duncan, appointed Member and Chairman of the Public Service Commission, and member of the Judicial Service Commission by virtue of Article

198 (1) and member of the Police Service Commission by virtue of Article 210 (1) (b) of the Constitution of Guyana, to wit that having been criminally charged on the 26th day of January, 2016, with the following offences: a. Larceny, whereby it is alleged that he stole he stole nine hundred and eightyfour thousand nine hundred dollars $984,900 from the Guyana Power and Light Inc. at Georgetown on the 31st of March, 2015; b. Conspiracy to commit a felony, whereby it is alleged that Mr. Duncan conspired with another to commit a felony that is to say between May 7th and 8th, 2015 at Georgetown conspired to steal twenty-seven million seven hundred and fifty- seven thousand and five hundred dollars ($27,757,500.00) property of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. He failed to vacate the position of member and chairman of the Public Service Commission, and the position of member of the Judicial Service Commission and the position of member of the Police Service Commission pending the hearing and determination of the said criminal charges against him.”

22. The said tribunal commenced hearing on the 10th day of October, 2016.

23. I caused my Attorney-at-Law to write to each member of the tribunal in the following terms: 10th October 2016 Mr. Robert Ramcharran Attorney-at-Law Croal Street Dear Sir, Re: Tribunal under Article 225 of the Constitution We act for Carvil Duncan of 198 Camp Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown. Reference is hereby made to the Official Gazette of the 17th September, 2016 whereby you were appointed a member of a Tribunal to consider whether our client ought to be removed from his constitutional offices.

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Our client is advised that the appointment of the Tribunal is an interference with the administration of criminal justice and that the Tribunal will assume illegal purposes in the event it furthers the terms of reference. Our client is entitled to the presumption of innocence guaranteed to him by Article 144 of the Constitution of Guyana and is to be treated as a person wholly innocent of the charges referred to.

No enquiry can be conducted by the Tribunal into the allegations that are the subject of the criminal proceedings. In the premises our client is advised that your appointment is unlawful and that the Tribunal has been established for illegal purposes to his prejudice and in subversion of the rule of law.

Our client received no communication from the Honourable Prime Minister and was not afforded an opportunity to be heard prior to the decision taken by the Prime Minister advising the President that the question of our client’s removal from office should be investigated.

It is therefore proposed that legal proceedings be taken by our client forthwith for such redress as he may be entitled to including a prohibition of the work of the Tribunal which has been unlawfully appointed.

Yours sincerely, ……Sgd…………….

C. V. Satram Attorney-at-Law I hereto attach and mark exhibit “C” a copy of the said letter.

24. Additionally, I appeared before the tribunal with my Attorney-at-Law and Mr. Mohabir Anil Nandlall, invited the tribunal not to proceed with its investigation on the following grounds: a. that no hearing was afforded to me prior to the Prime Minister tendering his advice to the President to launch that my removal from office should be investigated pursuant to Article 225 (4) of the Constitution and therefore, the tribunal itself, was unlawfully established;

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b. that the course of action which the tribunal is embarking upon is in violation of and repugnant to the presumption of innocence accorded to me as a fundamental right and freedom by Article 144 of the Constitution and therefore the tribunal will be acting unconstitutionally, unlawfully and illegally.

25. The aforesaid objections were all overruled and the tribunal is proceeding to discharge its mandate.

26. I am advised by Mr. Mohabir Anil Nandlall, Attorney-at-Law, and do verily believe that: a. the establishment of and all the actions of the tribunal are in violation of my fundamental right to the presumption of innocence guaranteed to me by Article 144 of the Constitution of Guyana and as such the entire proceedings are null and void; b. the tribunal has been established for the unlawful purpose of deciding whether the institution of criminal charges against me is grounds for my removal from office; c. the said purpose disregards the presumption innocence and requires the tribunal not to regard or treat me as wholly innocent; d. the tribunal is acting for a purpose contrary to Article 144 of the Constitution of Guyana; e. the fact that charges have been laid against me does not amount to conduct for which a tribunal could have been established in accordance with the Constitution; f. the tribunal has no jurisdiction to pursue the terms of reference and/or to proceed with the said hearing; g. the tribunal is not vested with jurisdiction to proceed upon an enquiry in violation of my fundamental rights; h. the purported assumption of jurisdiction in circumstances is illegal, null and void; I. the said tribunal is exercising powers in breach of my fundamental right to the presumption of innocence; j. the said decision to investigate me has

the unreasonable and illegal consequence of overriding my most fundamental constitutional right to the presumption of innocence and deprives me of the benefit of the rule of law; k. the tribunal has breached its duty to act fairly and in keeping with the Constitution; l. the tribunal is acting in a manner that violates my fundamental right to have the said allegations determined by a fair and impartial judicial tribunal; m. the decision to investigate me for allegations which being investigated by a court of competent jurisdiction is an abuse of process; n. the enquiry by the tribunal prejudices my fair trial rights; o. the decision to investigate me reflects a premature conclusion and/or opinion by the State that I am guilty even before I am tried and proved guilty before the Court which is properly seized of the criminal charges preferred against me; p. the tribunal is unlawful and the members thereof are not properly appointed individually or as a collective; q. any decision of the tribunal is unconstitutional, illegal, null, void and of no effect.

27. In the circumstances, I humbly pray that the reliefs set out in the Notice of Motion herein be granted.

28. This Affidavit was drawn upon my instructions and on my behalf by Mr. Mohabir Anil Nandlall, Attorney-at-Law. 29. I hereby authorize and Mr. Mohabir Anil Nandlall, Mr. Manoj Narayan, Mrs. Sasha S. Mahadeo-Narayan, Mr. Rajendra R. Jaigobin & Mr. Chandraprakesh Vikash Satram, Attorneys-at-Law, to be my Attorneys-at-Law in this cause and to do all acts and things necessary therein on my behalf and to collect all sums of money payable to me and to give good and valid receipts therefor and my address for service and place of business is at their Chambers, Mohabir A. Nandlall & Associates, ‘Bhagwati Chambers’, 217 South Street, Lacytown, Georgetown.

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................................CARVIL DUNCAN Sworn to at Georgetown, Demerara

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SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE CIVIL JURISDICTION CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION

This day of October, 2016 BEFORE ME A COMMISSIONER OF OATHS TO AFFIDAVITS 2016-HC-DEM-CIV-CMIN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

In the matter of an application by CARVIL DUNCAN for Writs of Certiorari and Prohibition. …………………………………………

NOTICE OF MOTION AND AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF NOTICE

OF MOTION …………………………………………

MR. MOHABIR ANIL NANDLALL, MR. MANOJ NARAYAN, MRS. SASHA MAHADEONARAYAN, MR. RAJENDRA R. JAIGOBIN & MR. CHANDRAPRAKESH VIKASH SATRAM ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW FOR THE APPLICANT

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS Venezuela MPs Hit By Power Cut As They Discuss Electricity PAGE 20

A power cut left Venezuela's parliament in the dark as it discussed a law dedicated to the energy sector. Lights first went off as Ramon Lobo, a pro-government lawmaker, defended the energy policies of President Nicolas Maduro, reports said.

Opposition MP Luis Florido quipped on Twitter: "The country's reality has hit them in the face." The session was later suspended. Venezuela faces a severe electricity crisis and shortages are frequent. Venezuela's National Assembly is controlled by the opposition. Delsa Solorzano, an opposition MP, tweeted a video of the chamber in the dark. MP Freddy Guevara, also from the opposition, said: "What a shame: the parliament session was interrupted because the energy went off.

Right on the day we're discussing the energy sector law." Oilrich Venezuela is in the middle of a deep economic crisis caused by a drop in global oil prices. The country is suffering from a shortage of basic goods, food and electricity. Earlier this year, the government introduced power rationing and a two-day working week for public sector workers as ways to tackle the crisis. It said a major drought, which dramatically reduced water levels at its main hydroelectric dam, was to blame. But

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the opposition accused authorities of mismanagement. Some of the measures have already been lifted. (BBC)

Power cuts are frequent as Venezuela faces a severe electricity crisis(GETTY IMAGES)

Grenada Government Postpones Constitutional Referendum Again

By Caribbean News Now contributor ST GEORGE'S, Grenada -- Citing a need for additional time to complete the public education process, the government of Grenada has postponed yet again the referendum on constitutional reform most recently planned for October 27. In a press statement, the government noted, that proposed constitutional reform has been ongoing for many years, with a well-documented history of academic research and consultations that have informed this latest attempt. However, with seven Bills finally settled on, and with the announced date approaching, the government, as well as the leadership of Constitutional Review Advisory Committee (CRAC), said it had noticed that the entire nation has begun to pay attention to the issues, in a way that has been unprecedented. "We have sensed a genuine increase in national interest – and at the same time, people are asking for more time to become more familiar with what is being proposed. "While we appreciate that we cannot have an open-ended process, we understand the magnitude and historic significance of the Bills being presented to Grenadians for their approval," the statement read.

According to the government, iIn particular, one clause in the Rights and Freedoms Bill has caused growing concerns in some circles. After extensive general discussion, including with the chairman and other members of CRAC, the government said it believes that this, and any other lingering issues of clarity, must be addressed. "All the contributions of the various stakeholders on this matter have been considered and against this background, the cabinet has decided that it would serve the public good if approximately another month be given for the

education process to be completed," the statement continued.

The governor general has therefore been advised that a new date should be set for the holding of a referendum and the Office of the Governor General will issue the relevant writs to give effect to this new decision. The Electoral Office will take charge of the process. "We believe that this decision is in the broader national interest, and is consistent with the consultative posture of the government, as well the Constitutional Review Commission from the very onset. "We invite all Grenadians to remain engaged in this dynamic process as we continue this long march to improving our constitutional arrangements – and in building a brighter future for not only this generation – but those to come," the statement concluded. (Caribbean News Now!)

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS UN Calls For Robust Hurricane Response To Tackle Extremely Difficult Situation Haiti PAGE 21

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Hurricane Matthew, which ripped through Haiti two weeks ago, has left more than 700,000 people in an “extremely difficult situation,” United Nations special adviser David Nabarro said on Wednesday, and while steady progress is being made, led by Haitians themselves, the response must be accelerated as the needs are still great, frustrations are high, and access to hard-hit areas remains tough. Yet, even with so many people lacking food, water and healthcare in the southwestern part of the tiny nation where the Category 4 storm made landfall on 4 October, Nabarro told UN Radio from Port-au-Prince that “so many excellent things are already happening […] as the people themselves are hard at work, readjusting their lives so they are protected from the elements.” They are also gathering as much food as they can and “doing everything they can to be careful with the water they drink because they know that the water from the rivers and the brooks can give rise to cholera,” said Nabarro, who for the past two months has been helping design the UN system’s new approach to cholera in Haiti.

Another “positive” is the work being done by Haitian authorities, the mayors, the officials in charge of different departments, as well as the Civil Protection Department in Port-au-Prince. “But I have to say, this a really big challenge – a logistical challenge to get things to where they are needed because the roads are so heavily damaged and there’s a limit to what you can do with helicopters." Nabarro went on to say that over the past four days he had seen that travelling in the interior of the country is still very difficult, and another key challenge is that there are people that are very frustrated in some areas. “Anyone who’s been affected by this kind of mass tragedy is frustrated. They are also, in some cases, scared because of disease and hunger. So yes, there is a combination of frustration and fear,” he said, adding that at the same time, getting relief to such a large number of people in such challenging circumstances is “just very difficult.” So, while there is a real willingness on the part of so many [relief workers] to help, “we have at the same time frustration on the part of ordinary people because they are not getting what they need.” Having been in Les

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Cayes and Jérémie, two of the hardest hit areas, Nabarro said he has talked to health workers, people in shelters, people trying to get food and other assistance, “and the basic message is: ‘Please help us. We need food and we need help […] in a more timely way.’”

Some of those he met “are, in a way, quite desperate for help, and so the job for everybody here, particularly now, is to spare no effort to get the best coordination on getting the basics that people need to where they are […] in an absolutely robust way.”

Nabarro said that the response must be carried out amid adequate security and communication with the public to reduce the threat of looting, which is making distribution “very difficult.” As for the cholera situation in Haiti, he said: “Cholera is here. It stalks everybody.” Yet, the disease is treatable with solid recovery rates, provided people get to treatment centres. “We are seeing cholera cases everywhere we go. What we don’t know is how many cases there are that don’t get to the centres. This is why a more detailed study [of the situation in the] interior [of the country] is so important.” He said that he believed cholera and malnutrition are the “big risks” for the people of Hait “and we recognize that in everything we do.” (Caribbean News Now!)

United Nations Special Adviser David Nabarro meeting and supporting people in Jeremie, Haiti, which was severely affected

by Hurricane Matthew. Photo: UN Haiti

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS Motion Of No Confidence Against Dominica PM Defeated evidenced by rising unemployment, sharp declines in

By Clive Bacchus PAGE 23

ROSEAU, Dominica (WINN) -- Plans by the opposition in Dominica to move a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit hit a wall on Wednesday after opposition leader Lennox Linton refused a demand for an apology from Speaker Alix Boyd Knights and was barred from proceeding. “I pointed out to the member that I have a general authority understanding order 86.1 and 2 to conduct the business of the house. I also pointed him to standing order 49 where the Speaker of the House or the Chairing committee shall be responsible for the observance for rules of the House. The member then suggested that I have a demon in me and says because I said it at some other point that it’s okay for him to say so. What the member does not realize is that I was responding to something that his side said and he now cannot say that I have a demon in me, which is exactly what he said and I think I am within my right both as Speaker and as a member of parliament to point out to him that he is using unparliamentary language towards me and that he was rude to suggest that I have a demon in me and I called on him to apologize and I am further stating that when he apologizes he can continue. If he’s not willing to continue can the next member rise to support the motion please," the speaker said. According to the opposition motion, the prime minister is allegedly mismanaging the economy, as

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performance of agriculture, tourism, manufacturing, construction, a massive national debt and an increase in the trade deficit. Eventually the motion was defeated by the government side after the opposition MPs refused to speak in solidarity with Linton. They also refused to register their votes on the motion after a count was requested in the House.

(Caribbean News Now!)

Opposition Leader Lennox Linton speaking in Parliament

Phone Call Made By Fugitive Drug Trafficker's Wife Gave Up His Location In Suriname PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- A phone call that was said to be concealment support in Colombia. Dataram and his wife have made from Suriname by fugitive drug trafficker Barry Dataram’s common law wife to someone believed to be his aunt in Guyana on Sunday, 9 October 2016, was more than the crack that US cyber intelligence had needed in order to point out his location to Surinamese authorities, who subsequently swooped down on the fugitive’s hideout at Latour, on the southern side of Paramaribo. The Guyana Guardian has received credible information from a usually reliable source from within the US Department of State, who established that, since the United States has an interest in the fugitive, Washington had automatically extended its intelligence support to the Dutchspeaking country when it was certain that Dataram had indeed crossed into Suriname. A self-confessed drug baron, Dataram became a fugitive from the Guyanese justice system after he skipped bail upon the conclusion of a trial, at which he was found guilty, but made a decision to flee Guyana before a magistrate’s five year sentencing decision could have been handed down. Previously establishing that the convict and his wife had fled from Guyana to across the border in Suriname using forged travel documents, Guyanese authorities were on a race against time to apprehend him for fear that efforts were afoot by him to flee further south in a bid to reach out for

since been extradited to Guyana. However, only the drug baron himself is facing a five-year conviction. (Caribbean News Now!)

A satellite image of an area in Latour, Suriname, where a telephone call was first made by Barry Dataram’s common law wife to his aunt. The red circle area denotes the probable location from where the device was first used

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS Cuban Ambassador Doubtful About Russian Military Base PAGE 24

By Ken Richards BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) -- Cuba’s St Kitts and Nevis based ambassador, Hugo Ruiz Cabrera, has downplayed the likelihood of Russia re-establishing a military base in Cuba.

The defence minister in Moscow, Nikolai Pankov, has been quoted by Russian news agencies as saying that Moscow is considering that option. However, Cabrera told WINN FM that, while he has seen the media reports about the matter, he is not sure that they are accurate. “I have read the article that referred to that matter but I don’t believe it is true, it is far from the truth.

Despite that we have a very good relationship with Russia historically and with our bilateral ties but nowadays it is very hard to talk about military ways," he noted As WINN FM recently reported, former prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Lester Bird, has warned that a Russian presence in the Caribbean would be dangerous for the whole hemisphere.

“America cannot allow Russia to go into Cuba, so we’re back to 1962 all over again, where John Kennedy had to flex his muscle. The question is what is CARICOM gonna do about it?

In the days of the confrontation of communism and the west there was a vacuum that existed that allowed them to do that but I am saying to you that I don’t think that the United States is going to sit by and allow Cuba and Russia to establish a situation which is in confrontation with the United States," Bird said. Cabrera says he is not aware of such discussions taking place between Havana and Moscow. “As far as I know we have

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not discussed anything like that so I don’t believe that something like that will be come true at least in the short term," he said. WINN FM asked if Cuba would be open to Russia asking for a base there. “It’s a very hard question and I am no expert in the Cuba and Russia relationship. I can talk about the Caribbean’s relationship with Cuba which I feel extremely happy about," Cabrera said. (Caribbean News Now!)

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) with his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro

US Secretary Of Health To Pay Working Visit To Cuba HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Sylvia Burwell, US Secretary of Health and Human Services, will attend a regional meeting on zika and other mosquito-borne diseases to take place in Havana on Thursday and Friday. The general director of the United States department at the Cuban ministry of foreign affairs, Josefina Vidal tweeted that Burwell will be in Cuba on a working visit from October 20 through the 22. The US official is visiting to Cuba as part of the process of normalizing relations between Cuba and the United States, and hers is one of the seven high level exchanges between the two countries in October and November. His Cuban counterpart, Dr Roberto Morales, traveled to the US last June for official talks. That same month the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in the health sector. The regional meeting on zika and other mosquito-borne diseases is organized by the PanAmerican Health Organization (PAHO) and the Cuban health US Secretary of Health and ministry. (Caribbean News Now!) Human Services, Sylvia Burwell

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS CDB Approves Technical Assistance For Jamaica's Ministry Of Finance PAGE 26

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is providing Jamaica with a technical assistance grant to strengthen the capacity of the country’s ministry of finance. The funding will help to support Jamaica in the ongoing implementation of its economic reform programme, under which critical macroeconomic and structural reforms are being undertaken with the objective of stabilizing the economy and setting the stage for inclusive economic growth. The government of Jamaica has identified a need to bolster the ministry of finance’s technical expertise in fiscal and macroeconomic policy that supports the country’s reforms under its homegrown structural adjustment programme. The programme is aided and assisted by the IMF and other development partners including CDB, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, and the European Union.

The grant of US$400,000, approved by CDB’s board of directors last week, will help to: • strengthen the MOF management team’s capabilities to guide the implementation of critical reforms to support the achievement of key mediumterm macroeconomic results; • provide technical advice to the minister of finance and, by extension, the Cabinet on macroeconomic policy issues in general and, specifically, on how best to achieve the goals and objectives of GOJ’s reform programme; and • enhance relevant skills of technical staff within MOF through training and transfer of expertise and knowledge. Director, Economics at CDB, Dr Justin Ram, noted that the bank attaches particular importance to the transfer of expertise and knowledge within strategic institutions, such as the finance ministry. “The transfer of knowledge and expertise

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will help to up-skill relevant managerial and technical staff.

This will contribute to improved capacity for strategic policy formulation, management and coordination. Through this grant, the Government of Jamaica will benefit from enhanced policy advice; and increased technical capability to effectively facilitate the implementation of fiscal and structural reforms in particular, and economic development policies in general,” Ram said. (Caribbean News Now!)

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS Asia-Pacific Region Remains A Fundamental Market For BVI PAGE 27

By Nadia James-Harris HONG KONG -- The Asia Pacific Region remains a fundamental market for the British Virgin Islands as premier and minister of finance, Dr Orlando Smith, concluded the first day of meetings during the BVI Asian Trade Mission in Hong Kong. Speaking on the achievements of the day, Smith said, "The first day on the ground in Hong Kong was extremely productive. I took several opportunities to reinforce one of our key messages that BVI is the region's international business partner. It was encouraging to have been received with enthusiasm from both public sector officials and government practitioners.” The premier added, “This signals that BVI remains very welcomed in Hong Kong and China and this can only bode well for a continued fruitful relationship." Smith led his delegation in a number of meetings with both private sector and government officials during a full first day of meetings. Meetings began with discussions between the BVI Delegation and executives of Top Search International Holdings, a multi-disciplinary financial services group with expertise in insurance, asset management and banking. The group discussed developments in the global financial services industry, as well as developments within the BVI Financial Services Industry. The delegation also met with executives of the Bank of Asia BVI Limited to receive an update on the bank's progress.

Executives reported that the bank is progressing well, and finalising its technology platform as well as firming up its timeline for roll out. The technology is expected to be demonstrated at this week's Business BVI Asia conference. The launch of the bank is eagerly anticipated by practitioners in Hong Kong and the BVI. Also on the first day of meetings, Smith and the delegation received a warm welcome from the chief executive of the Hong Kong and SAR government, Chun-Ying Leung, who acknowledged the important relationship between BVI and Hong Kong. Smith reciprocated the gratitude and expounded on the fruitful long term relationship

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between the two countries, particularly in financial services. The pair provided updates on development in their respective financial services industries and exchanged views and updates on other sectors including banking, tourism, education, transportation and sports. Both leaders agreed to continue dialogue and exchanges in areas of mutual interest. The delegation also paid a courtesy call on the British consul general, Andrew Heyn. The newly appointed consul general also reiterated his office’s support for BVI House Asia. As part of the day’s activities, Smith hosted a luncheon with a diversified and influential group of approximately 14 financial services practitioners and business women in Hong Kong. The guests represented sectors in banking, asset management, securities, energy, real estate and commercial property development, and manufacturing. During the luncheon, Smith took the opportunity to reiterate the strong partnership between Hong Kong, China and BVI, and also explained the BVI’s advantages and successes. He also provided a briefing on developments in the BVI financial services arena such a beneficial ownership, the launch of the BVI arbitration centre and global regulation. (Caribbean News Now!)

BVI delegation at industry cocktail reception with British Consul General Andrew Heyn and Mrs Heyn.

Photo: Premier’s Office

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS SLP Urges Gov't To Reconsider Decision To Implement New Taxes PAGE 29

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additional cost of EC$215 per person.

Consequently, a Saint Lucian family of four and who are resident oversees, coming home to see relatives will have to pay nearly EC$900 extra. The Saint Lucia Labour Party believes that at a time when tourism is facing increased competition the new taxes will make Saint Lucia more uncompetitive.

A9X9B5 Tax Rate button on calculator PRESS RELEASE – The Saint Lucia Labour Party has expressed its outrage over news that the Government of Saint Lucia has agreed to an increase in the Departure Ta x a s w e l l a s t h e reinstatement of the Airport Development Tax, eective April 1st, 2017 and is calling on the Prime Minister to reconsider the decision.

The Labour Party sees these increases in taxation as a betrayal by the UWP Government which had severely criticised the previous SLP Administration

claiming that the people of Saint Lucia were too heavily taxed. Further, the UWP had promised that existing taxes would be reduced to make life more bearable for Saint Lucians.

The latest increase in taxes mean that D e p a r t u r e Ta x f o r persons travelling to CARICOM countries and the French Caribbean Islands will be increased from US$25 to US$35 whilst Departure Tax for persons travelling outside of CARICOM countries and the French Caribbean Islands will be increased from US$25 to US$65; The Airport Development Tax will be

reinstated at a rate of US$35 for persons travelling outside of CARICOM countries and the French Caribbean Islands. This Tax was previously suspended by the Saint Lucia Labour Party in 2012. With these new taxes Saint Lucians travelling to any CARICOM island or any French island, will automatically be subjected to an increase of C$27 per ticket.

Whilst Saint Lucians travelling to other places, for example, New York, M i a m i , To r o n t o o r London, will pay an additional EC$215. All visitors to our island will also have to bear the

It is also strange that this comes after Saint Lucia joined the rest of CARICOM in rebuking the UK Government for having the Airline Passenger Duty (APD) arguing that the tax was hurting tourism. The Saint Lucia Labour Party calls on the UWP Government to stick to its election promises. The Saint Lucia Labour Party also calls on the UWP Government to provide Parliament with a statement on the proposed taxes and those which will be imposed in the coming months. Saint Lucians need to know what the monies collected will be used for and how will it be accounted for. (St. Lucia News Online)

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US Election: Trump Will Accept Result 'If I Win’ debate for suggesting that he might

Mr Trump says he reserves his right to file a legal challenge(POOL) Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said he will accept the results of the US election "if I win". "I would accept a clear election result but I would also reserve the right to file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result," Mr Trump said. He appeared a rally in Delaware, Ohio, for the first time since the third and final debate on Wednesday night.

Mr Trump came under fire during the

not accept the election's outcome.

When moderator Chris Wallace asked Mr Trump if he would accept a losing outcome to his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, Mr Trump said he would "keep you in suspense". Mr Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, later clarified that the candidate meant he would not concede until the "results are actually known".

(BBC)

Mosul: Islamic State Is 'A Brutal Opponent', Says US General The so-called Islamic State (IS) group is "a brutal opponent" in the fight for Mosul, the head of coalition forces for Iraq and Syria has told the BBC. US Lt Gen Stephen Townsend was speaking on the sidelines of the battle to retake the Iraqi city from the jihadist group. Gen Townsend also said IS was "adaptable, creative and cunning". Iraqi forces on Thursday said they had re-captured the town of Bartella, less than 15km (10 miles) east of Mosul. The town had seen fierce IS resistance, with reports of several suicide car bombs by militants in response to the special forces' advance.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Thursday the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than planned. The Iraqi army is moving from the south, as Kurdish fighters launch a large-scale operation east and north of the city. "They're using human shields in there," Gen Townsend said in an

exclusive interview with the BBC on Thursday, speaking from an artillery position where US troops were providing fire support to Iraqi forces.

"This is a b r u t a l opponent that has to be stopped," said Gen Townsend, who heads foreign forces in the fight against IS. "They saw people's heads off on TV, they drown people and video it, they burn people alive in cages, they crucify people and they drive over people on the street with bulldozers." Mosul has been in the

hands of IS since 2014 and is the militants' last major Iraqi stronghold. As many as 1.5 million civilians are thought to still be inside the city. Officials have warned that the push to take Mosul could take weeks or months, with IS fighters appearing to be putting up stiff resistance in some areas. (BBC)

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Schiaparelli Mars Probe's Parachute 'Jettisoned Too Early'

Artwork: The retrorockets should have fired for about 30 seconds(ESA) Europe's Schiaparelli lander did not behave as expected as it headed down to the surface of Mars on Wednesday.

Telemetry data recovered from the probe during its descent indicates that its parachute was jettisoned too early. The rockets it was supposed to use to bring itself to a standstill just above the ground also appeared to fire for too short a time.

The European Space Agency (Esa) has not yet conceded that the lander crashed but the mood is not positive. Experts will continue to analyse the data and they may also try to call out to Schiaparelli in the blind hope that it is actually sitting on the Red Planet intact.

In addition, the Americans will use one of their satellites at Mars to image the targeted landing zone to see if they can detect any hardware. Although, the chances are slim because the probe is small. For the moment, all Esa has to work with is the relatively large volume of engineering data Schiaparelli managed to transmit back to the "mothership" that dropped it off at Mars - the Trace Gas Orbiter. This shows that everything was fine as the probe entered the atmosphere.

Its heatshield appeared to do the job of slowing the craft, and the parachute opened as expected to further decelerate the robot.

But it is at the end of the parachute phase that the data indicates unusual behaviour.

"We cannot resolve yet under which, let's say, logic that the machine has decided to eject the parachute. But this is definitely far too early compared to our expectations," Andrea Accomazzo, the head of operations for Esa's planetary missions, told BBC News. Not only is the chute jettisoned earlier than called

for in the predicted timeline, but the retrorockets that were due to switch on immediately afterwards are seen to fire for just three or four seconds.

They were expected to fire for a good 30 seconds. In the downlinked telemetry, Schiaparelli then continues transmitting a radio signal for 19 seconds after the apparent thruster shutoff. The eventual loss of signal occurs 50 seconds before Schiaparelli was supposed to be on the surface. Many scientists here at mission control have taken all this information to mean one thing - that the probe crashed at high speed. It is likely it went into freefall a kilometre or two above the surface.

Officially, though, Esa experts say they cannot at this stage fully interpret what happened until a velocity profile for the probe is properly reconstructed.

Once that is done, a match can be made against known events and their predicted altitudes. It ought then to be possible to gauge with some confidence whether Schiaparelli did indeed hit the ground at a catastrophic speed. Landing on Mars is always a daunting prospect. It is necessarily a high-speed approach that has to be got just right or the spacecraft runs the risk of smashing into the ground. If the robot is later confirmed as lost, it will obviously be a major blow to Esa which suffered the disappointment of the Beagle2 lander's failure at Mars in 2003.

But officials here have tried to emphasise Schiaparelli's role as a technology demonstrator - a project to give Europe the learning experience and the confidence to go ahead with the landing on Mars in 2021 of an ambitious six-wheeled rover. This future vehicle is expected to use some of the same technology as Schiaparelli, including its doppler radar to sense the distance to the surface on descent, and its guidance, navigation and control algorithms.

What will concern commentators is that the budget for the rover is not yet secure. It is short by about 300m euros. If Schiaparelli is indeed lost, Esa officials may find themselves having to work harder to explain to member states why the extra investment remains worthwhile. The agency's director-general, Jan Woerner, was bullish, however. The achievement of getting the TGO into a parking orbit at Mars to do several years of atmospheric study, combined with the retrieval of engineering data from Schiaparelli's descent, would, he said, play well with Europe's space ministers when they came to make decisions about the rover.

"I think they will see that this mission is a success. We have the function that we need for the 2020 mission, and therefore I think we don't have to convince them - we just have to show them. The results are obvious," he told reporters. (BBC)

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Jakarta attacks: IS Bombmaker Smiles After 10-year Sentence

Suridi smiled and made a gesture associated with Islamic State in court(EPA) An Indonesian man has been jailed for 10 years for his role in a bomb and gun attack in Jakarta in January. Four civilians died in the terror attack, the country's worst in years. Dodi Suridi, 23, a supporter of the

so-called Islamic State group (IS), helped make one of the bombs used on the day. He said he accepted the verdict as "the risk of being a terrorist".

Five assailants were killed by police during the attack and about 40 have since been arrested. Prosecutors said Suridi altered gas canisters to provide bombs for two attackers who blew themselves up at a

police post. He was arrested the day after the attack. A second IS supporter, 48-yearold Ali Hamka, was jailed for four years for attempting to source guns and ammunition for the attack. Hamka did not obtain the guns but was still found guilty of breaking anti-terror laws. As he was led away from court, Suridi shouted "Allahu akbar", Arabic for God is great, and smiled at journalists in the court.

Judge Achmad Fauzi said his actions had "disturbed the community and shaken the life of our nation". He and Hamka both made a gesture that has come to be associated with IS, pointing one finger towards the sky. The attack in January was the first attack linked to IS in south-east Asia but Indonesia has since suffered several attacks carried out under the group's banner. As Suridi and Hamka were appearing in court on Thursday, a man carrying a machete, suspected pipe bombs and an IS symbol launched an attack on officers near Jakarta before being shot dead by police. (BBC)

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About 2,000 bullfights are held across Spain every year(EPA) Spain's constitutional court has overturned a ban on bullfighting in Catalonia, declaring it unconstitutional. The court said bullfighting was part of Spanish heritage and therefore any decision on banning it could only be taken by central government. Bullfighting was banned in Catalonia in 2010 on the grounds that it was incompatible with Catalan tradition.

Analysts say similar laws in other regions could now also be reversed. Catalonia became the second Spanish region after the Canary Islands to ban the tradition.

Bans are also being debated in the Balearic Islands and several Spanish municipalities.

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already support independence for Catalonia because many will disagree with a decision that has taken years to arrive. Unlike other attempts by Catalonia to forge its own laws, the ban on bullfighting was not immediately suspended by Spain's top court, leading the quintessentially Spanish practice to become a thing of the past in the region.

Bullfighting has declined in popularity across Spain as younger audiences increasingly stay away.

Local authorities have already said they will do everything they can to prevent bullfights making a return. So the scene is set for a showdown. Catalonia's freedom to rule its affairs is on one side of the ring and the Spanish state on the other. Grey line The ban was taken to court by the Catalan branch of the governing centreright Popular Party (PP). Branch president

court's decision, tweeting that the PP would "continue to defend" freedom and bullfighting. But Gabriel Rufian, a Catalan separatist politician and activist, tweeted: "In the Spanish state, it's unconstitutional to ban the public torture and murder of an animal.

Enough said." Spanish animal rights group Pacma criticised the decision as politically motivated. "Once more they have been found to use animals in a political war," said spokeswoman Ana Bayle, adding: "They don't know anything about animals, nor do they care." In Catalonia the ban which was announced in 2010 and came into force in January 2012 - was seen by many as an attempt by Catalan nationalists to distinguish the region from the rest of Spain. 'Ancient art form' About 2,000 bullfights are held every year across Spain but recent opinion polls suggest public support has waned.

Opponents say the pageants are barbaric while supporters, who including Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, say the tradition is an ancient art form rooted in Spanish history. Last month, thousands of people took to the streets of the capital Madrid to demand an end to bullfighting. Protesters held up banners saying "Bullfighting, the school of cruelty" and "Bullfighting, a national shame". Supporters have also organised rallies in favour of the tradition.

In July, a matador died after being gored by a bull in the eastern town of Teruel - the first Spanish bullfighter to die in the ring for more than 30 years. (BBC)

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New allies - Xi Jinping and Rodrigo Duterte shake hands after presiding over trade deals(GETTY IMAGES) China's President Xi Jinping has welcomed his Filipino counterpart Rodrigo Duterte on a visit to Beijing which he described as a "milestone". Mr Duterte arrived on Tuesday for a four-day trip expected to boost trade and mend ties between the nations. Both sides were ready to move on from a bitter row over islands in the South China Sea, a top Chinese official said. The visit also shows Mr Duterte's efforts to engage China as he moves away from the US, a long-time ally.

He has twice announced a "separation" of the countries, but a US official said no official request had been made to change their relationship.

Meanwhile, nearly 50 police officers who were involved in clashes with pro-China protesters outside the US embassy in Manila on Wednesday have been suspended. During the demonstration, a police van which came under attack drove into the crowd, knocking people down.

The dispute over the South China Seas did not take centre stage in Mr Duterte's discussions with Chinese officials. "Both sides agreed that this issue is not the sum total of bilateral relations," Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin told reporters after the meeting. The two countries had agreed to seek "settlement through bilateral dialogue", he said.

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P h i l i p p i n e Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez said on Thursday that the deals to be signed during the week would amount to $13.5bn. The relationship between China and the Philippines had worsened in recent years as both claim the Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The dispute reached a peak in July when an international tribunal sided with Manila and rejected Beijing's claims.

Although he maintained a blustery position towards Beijing during his presidential campaign, Mr Duterte sounded a note of reconciliation shortly after taking power. At the same time, Mr Duterte has said he would end joint military exercises with the US, admonished the US for criticising him over his bloody war against drugs that has been linked with thousands of extrajudicial killings, and said US President Barack Obama could "go to hell". On Wednesday, Mr Duterte told a cheering crowd in Beijing: "I will not go to America any more. We will just be insulted there.

So, time to say goodbye my friend." On Thursday he repeated his pledge, telling Chinese and Philippine businesspeople: "I announce my separation from the United States. Both in military, not maybe social, but economics also. America has lost."

"I've realigned myself in your ideological flow and maybe I will also go to Russia to talk to [President Vladimir] Putin and tell him that there are three of us against the world - China, Philippines, and Russia. It's the only way," Mr Duterte said.

But an unnamed US official told the AFP news agency that the US had "not received any requests through official channels to alter our assistance to or co-operation with the Philippines". The president of the

American accents, saying the American "larynx is not greatly adjusted to civility" captured in a video shot by a journalist from the Philippines in China on Thursday. The BBC's John Sudworth in Beijing said Mr Duterte appeared to have calculated that taking a less confrontational approach than his predecessor on the South China Sea dispute would help him secure aid from China. For his part, Mr Xi welcomed the renewed friendship with the Philippines.

"I hope we can follow the wishes of the people and use this visit as an opportunity to push China-Philippines relations back on a friendly footing and fully improve things," he said.

What does Duterte want from China?

China is the Philippines' second-largest trading partner, with the latter supplying mostly electronic products but looking to diversify with more food exports for instance. Earlier this year, angry Chinese netizens called for a boycott of Filipino mangoes amid tensions over South China Sea claims.

Tourists The tensions also prompted Beijing to issue a travel advisory against the Philippines in 2014. Since then Chinese holidaymakers have flocked to elsewhere in south-east Asia; the hope is that they come back when Beijing lifts the advisory, which it has promised to do.

Weapons and boats In a pre-visit interview with Chinese cable station Phoenix TV , Mr Duterte complained of inadequate military support from the US and said he planned to buy Chinese weapons and boats as part of a military equipment overhaul.

"If China does not help us in this endeavour, we will find it hard," he said.

Silence and support Filipino men place their hands over their heads as they are rounded up during a police operation as part of the continuing Image copyrightAP Mr Duterte's controversial war on drugs has attracted accusations of human rights violations by the West including the United States. But Beijing - no stranger to such criticism - has kept quiet, and has even pledged to support Mr Duterte.

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Syria Conflict: Russia Extends Aleppo Ceasefire By 24 Hours

Some 2,700 people have been killed or injured in rebel-held Aleppo in the past month, monitors say(REUTERS) Russia says it will extend by 24 hours its "humanitarian pause" in air strikes on rebel-held eastern Aleppo, taking the break up until Friday afternoon. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said President Vladimir Putin had ordered the extension to 16:00 (13:00 GMT). UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland said he hoped hundreds of sick and wounded could be evacuated by the deadline. But rebels have rejected the truce, with reports of continued clashes and few residents heeding calls to leave.

Mr Egeland said he hoped the first of "several hundred" people most in need of medical help could be brought out on Friday with the help of the World Health Organization and the Red Cross. "We believe we now have all of the green lights that we need both from the Russians and the government and from the armed opposition groups," he said. But he warned: "This is Syria, so everything can go wrong at every possible opportunity." Russian and Syrian forces first suspended their air strikes on Tuesday. Russian officials say the pause has opened eight exit corridors from the east of the city to allow civilians and rebel fighers to leave.

But soon after the truce took effect, at 05:00 GMT on Tuesday, some of the corridors were reported to have come under fire, with opposition and government forces blaming each other. The UN was told Russia would continue the truce for 11 hours a day until Saturday, Mr Egeland said, but Russia has so far only publicly confirmed an extension of 24 hours. Syria is also offering an eight-hour daily truce, according to state media, but it was not clear how long for. But the truce was reported to have had little impact on the ground.

Ammar Jaber, a correspondent for Orient News, a Dubai-based pro-opposition TV channel, said he had seen just a few civilians leaving at two of the crossings intended for evacuation. Mr Jaber said Syrian government forces were targeting the corridors with sniper and rocket fire.

Syria's state-run news agency has blamed "terrorist groups" for the exchanges of fire, and the Russian state-run broadcaster Rossiya 24 said members of Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, a militant group once aligned with al-Qaeda, were preventing people from leaving.

Last month, Syrian government forces encircled the eastern section and launched an all-out assault backed by Russia. Some 2,700 people have been killed or injured in the bombardment since then, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group.

About 250,000 civilians who live in Aleppo have been trapped by the fighting. Western leaders have said Russian and Syrian air strikes on Aleppo could amount to war crimes, an accusation rejected by Russia.

European Council President Donald Tusk said on Thursday his organisation should keep "all options open, including sanctions" when considering Russia's involvement in Syria.

Jihadist group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, which was known as alNusra Front until it broke formal ties with al-Qaeda in July, has vowed to fight on despite Russia's pledge of a truce.

Mainstream rebel factions also dismissed Russia's proposal as a gimmick. The UN, which regards Jabhat Fateh al-Sham as a terrorist organisation, says the group has 900 fighters inside Aleppo, out of a maximum of 8,000 rebels in total. (BBC)

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The court saw photographs they had taken together(QUEENSLAND SUPREME COURT) An Australian man has been acquitted of the murder of a New Zealand woman during their first Tinder date. Gable Tostee, 30, was charged after Warriena Wright, 26, fell from his balcony in Queensland's Gold Coast in August 2014. Prosecutors argued that she was so intimidated that she tried to escape by climbing to a lower floor, but fell. After four days of deliberation, the jury

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found him not guilty of murder and manslaughter. Defence lawyer Nick Dore said outside the court that his client was "relieved this matter is now behind him and he's looking forward to moving on with his life".

'Just let me go home' Mr Tostee and Ms Wright connected on the popular dating app Tinder and exchanged messages back and forth. They met in person for the first time on 7 August 2014 at a seaside resort called Surfers Paradise. Hours later Ms Wright plunged to her death from his 14th storey balcony.

During the trial, the key piece of evidence was a 199-minute audio recording of her pleading to be allowed to leave the apartment. The recording was found on Mr Tostee's phone after he made a decision to secretly record their altercation before Ms Wright's fall, according to the Australian media.

Prosecutors said the recording proved his guilt, while his defence lawyers said it showed he was innocent. Mr Tostee can be heard saying Ms Wright physically assaulted him after allegedly throwing ornamental rocks at him. "You're lucky I haven't chucked you off my balcony," Mr Tostee says on the recording made on his phone. "If you try to pull anything, I'll knock you out." Ms Wright is later heard saying "just let me go home", after he allegedly locked her on the balcony. (BBC)

World Wine Output Expected To Hit Four-year Low output since 2000, it added. However, it said it was unlikely this would affect prices in the shops.

World wine output is expected to hit a four-year low in 2016(LOIC VENANCE) World wine output is expected to hit a four-year low in 2016 after bad weather hit production in France and South America, industry forecasts say. Trade group the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) has estimated output will reach 259.5m hectolitres (mhl) this year - a fall of 5% compared with 2015. This would be among the three poorest years for

"Some price tensions could appear in some geographic areas impacted by [bad weather]," an OIV spokesperson told the BBC. "But very often wine producers and wine industries keep wine stocks in order to respond to such risks." In Europe, the OIV said Italy was again set to be the world's leading producer - even though output is expected to fall 2% this year to 48.8 mhl. But in France - the number two producer - it said production was likely to fall 12% after vineyards endured frost and hailstorms in the spring, then drought in the summer. In South America, production was also hit by "climatic events".

As a result, Argentina is likely to report a 35% plunge in output, Chile a 21% fall and Brazil a 50% fall when compared with 2015. South Africa, meanwhile, is on track to report a bruising 19% fall in production - but other New World producers are doing better. The OIV said Australia was expected to see a 5% rise in production, New Zealand a 34% jump and the US - the world's fourth-largest producer of wine - growth of 2%. (BBC)

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Theresa May: We'll Still Work Closely With EU After Brexit

"We must continue to work together", said UK PM Theresa May Theresa May has pledged to continue to "work closely" with the EU after Brexit, as she arrived for her first Brussels summit as prime minister. She said it was important to have a "united European stance" against "Russian aggression" that included "sickening" violence in Syria. European Council President Donald Tusk called the summit a "nest of doves". But French President Francois Hollande warned if Mrs May pursued a "hard Brexit", negotiations would be hard. The 28 EU leaders taking part in the meeting will hold a working dinner on Thursday, during and after which Brexit is likely to be discussed Mrs May is expected to call for a "smooth, constructive, orderly" Brexit. The prime minister has promised to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - beginning two years of formal exit negotiations with the EU - by the end of next March.

This means Brexit, backed in a UK-wide referendum in June, will take place by the summer of 2019. The Brussels summit is not focused on the UK's withdrawal, with the official agenda instead dominated by migration, trade and relations with Russia. The prime minister was keen to emphasise this when she arrived in Brussels, saying: "I'm here with a clear message.

The UK is leaving the EU, but we will continue to play a full role until we leave and we will be a strong and dependable partner after we have left. "It's in the interests of both the UK and the EU that we continue to work closely together, including at this summit."

She added: "We must continue that robust and united European stance in the face of Russian aggression." It was "vital" to "put pressure on Russia to stop its appalling atrocities, its sickening atrocities, in Syria", the prime minister said. Several European leaders have questioned whether the UK can continue to have access to the European single market once it leaves the EU, particularly as this is likely to mean greater controls on immigration from within Europe. European Council President

Donald Tusk has insisted no formal talks between the UK and the EU can start until Article 50 is invoked. 'Hard work' But he offered summit debutante Mrs May some words of encouragement: "Some media described her first meeting in the European Council as entering the lion's den.

It's not true. It's more like a nest of doves. "Just look at me - I think it's obvious also for you. You can be sure she will be absolutely safe with us." At the working dinner Mrs May is expected to be invited to talk about Brexit over coffee. She will tell leaders that "hard work and goodwill" are needed on both sides during negotiations to secure a smooth UK departure from the EU, a Downing Street source said. Arriving at the summit, French President Francois Hollande said: "I say very firmly, (if) Mrs May wants a hard Brexit, the negotiations will be hard." At home, the government is facing fierce criticism from opposition parties - and a landmark legal challenge - over its refusal to offer MPs a vote on its Brexit strategy before triggering Article 50.

Ministers say they welcome scrutiny but do not want MPs and peers to micro-manage the process or compromise the government's negotiating hand. Speaking in the Commons, Brexit Secretary David Davis said that he wanted Parliament to be "involved throughout" the process, but added: "There will be a balance to be struck between transparency and good negotiating practice, and I am confident we can strike that balance." 'Unprecedented complexity' A vote is expected in 2019 on the final deal reached after the talks. But critics say they are being offered a choice between the government's deal or no deal at all as, by this stage, the UK would be on the verge of leaving the EU. Labour MP Hilary Benn, who has been elected chairman of the Commons committee overseeing scrutiny of Brexit, said it was "inconceivable" Parliament would not have a say at that stage.

He told the BBC: "I'm very clear that Parliament will want to have a say both in scrutinising what the negotiating plan is when it is published, but also Parliament will want to take a decision on the final deal." In a report published on Thursday, the House of Lords EU committee said Parliament should vote on the government's negotiation strategy before Article 50, predicting the talks would be "unprecedented in their complexity and their impact upon domestic policy". (BBC)

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Nintendo Switch Console Plays Games Home And Away

What will the Nintendo Switch do?

Nintendo has revealed that its next games machine will be a handheld, portable device that doubles up as a home console.

Previously code-named NX, now named the Nintendo Switch, the device looks like a tablet computer with controllers that attach to its sides. The device was revealed in a short "teaser" video posted on YouTube. One analyst said the device could be Nintendo's "last shot" at selling a home console. "The Wii U was a car crash, basically," said Paul Jackson of the Ovum consultancy. "They fudged the communication and confused everybody with the controller and what the screen was for.

"As a result it sold about a tenth of what the original Wii sold."

The Wii U was rapidly outsold by Sony's PS4 and Microsoft's Xbox One, although Nintendo has enjoyed success with its handheld 3DS device. The new Switch console can be seated in a dock to play games on a television or used as a stand-alone portable device. Games will be delivered on small cartridges - a nod to older Nintendo consoles. Mr Jackson said it was no surprise the new device was a "bit of both" console and handheld.

"Two of the most successful consoles ever are Nintendo's portable devices - both the Gameboy and DS sold more than 100 million each." Nintendo has announced that leading games studios and publishers such as Activision, Bethesda, EA Games, Sega, Ubisoft and Warner Brothers had signed up to produce software. However, Mr Jackson said Nintendo would need a strong roster of games to launch its console.

"On the software side, they need the big Mario game, the Zelda game, the Metroid game - front and centre, exclusive to Switch and available at the same time as the console. "In the past they've got that wrong - and if you have a lousy launch, suddenly you're in the wilderness for a few years." Nintendo has already announced that its highly-anticipated title Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will be released on the Switch.

However, it is yet to reveal the technical speciďŹ cations of the device, which is due to be released in March 2017. (BBC)

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Today Is World Osteoporosis Day.

World Osteoporosis Day (WOD), marked on October 20 each year, is a year-long campaign dedicated to raising global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease. It aims to put bone, muscle and joint health on the global health agenda and reaches out to health-care professionals, the media, policy makers and the public at large.

The 2016 World Osteoporosis Day campaign calls on the general public to take early action to protect their bone and muscle health, in order to enjoy a good quality of life and independence in the future.

Similarly, it calls on health authorities and physicians to protect their communities’ bone health. Despite the many effective treatment options, osteoporosis

often remains undiagnosed and undertreated. By ‘closing the care gap’ through timely assessment and treatment, health professionals, government health authorities, clinics and hospitals can work together to reduce the human and socioeconomic burden of fragility fractures Specifically, the 2016 World Osteoporosis Day campaign will aim to: Promote worldwide awareness of osteoporosis and the heavy toll the disease can take on an individual’s future if left undiagnosed and untreated.

Educate the public about the specific risk factors that increase the risk of osteoporosis and fractures.

Encourage individuals who have risk factors, including first fractures, to seek testing and treatment if required in order to protect their longer term future.

Advocate for preventive care worldwide: enable healthcare professionals and health authorities to close the persistent ‘care gap’ by addressing critical issues such as under-diagnosis and under-treatment, lack of Fracture Liaison Services to systematically identify and treat high risk patients, and poor adherence to treatment.

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A Day Like Today who called Calvin for an audition.

Marking of this pleasant encounter, the discovery of the rapper. As his family used to call him ‘Snoopy’ due to his appearance, he decided to take ‘Snoop’ as part of his nick name, incorporating ‘Dog’ latter in his career. He was contracted by the record label ‘Death Row Records’ in 1993, company that launched his debut album ‘Doggystyle’ on that year. The album was a blast on the national radio stations.

American Rapper and Actor Snoop Dogg ‘Snoop Doggy Dogg’, ‘Snoop Lion’ or simply the great Calvin is turning 45 today. Today the rapper is celebrating four decades and a half of being ‘Young, Wild and Free’. Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr. was born on October 20, 1971, in Long Beach California. Calvin grew up in a broken family. His parents’ divorce when he was 4 years old. He is the second of three sons. During his childhood, Calving used to sing in the chorus of the local church and play the piano.

Music was slowly becoming his main form of expression. But guidance was important. Growing up with the absence of a paternal figure, caused for the young Clavin to ‘stray’ during his adolescence.

He was often in trouble with the law, coming in and out of jail due to drug trafficking. They say that tough times build men, and this period definitely leave an indelible mark on the young Calvin.

When he wasn’t making a living out of the drug business, Calvin was singing, making homemade tapes and free style solos.

Fortunately, one of this records was heard by influential American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur Andre Romelle Young, better known as Dr. Dre,

Snoop Dog Performance during the The High Road Tour 2016 ‘Doggystyle’ sold nearly 1 million copies the week of its release. In 1994 the album was certified 4 times platinum. Calvin, now ‘Snoop Dogg’ became a celebrity from dawn to dusk. His second album ‘Tha Doggfather’ was launched in 1996, earning him double platinum in 1997.

With his success in the music industry, now Snoop wanted to venture on the silver screen. He starred on TV shows, motion Pictures and series during this period.

From 1998 to 2006 his career bloomed.

People not only loved his ‘bold’ and provocative lyrics, but also his laid back

persona and his advocacy for the recreational use of marijuana.

A decade of collaborations with prestigious labels, such as the multinational music recording company EMI, and Geffen Records/Star Trek Entertainment, served as the base to solidify the rappers style, making it unique. Up to date he has earned American Music Awards, BET Hip Hop awards MTV Video and Music awards among others, making of his trajectory an undisputable sample of success. In 2016 he was inducted into the celebrity wing of t h e W W E ( Wo r l d Wr e s t l i n g Entertainment) Hall of Fame, for his appearance for the company hosting master ceremonies during the matches.

Snoop Dogg holds the distinction of having seventeen Grammy nominations without a win, the most of any artist.Up to date he has sold over twenty-three million albums in the United States and thirty-five million albums worldwide, being considered by the rapper community next to Eminem as a ‘Rap God’.

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The United States Elections.

A Global Horror Movie Still a high percent of the population on the Unites States is

The 8th of November 2016 is expected to be one of the most controversial days in modern history. The ‘Empire of the North’ will celebrate its elections on this date, defining the future of millions that depend on this decision. The ‘American dream’ has been the main engine for massive migrations since the mid-50s. Migration dominated mostly

by Latin-American nationals, in search not for a dream, but a better quality of life. Sadly a ‘better quality of life’ is far from reality when your legal rights are nowhere to be found because you are ‘not legal’. ‘Wet feet, dry feet’ are the denomination for those entered the country through the desert or sea. But what happens when u reach? Long hours of hard work and a minimum salary. Years of being a ghost, not to be deported. Risk that many are willing to take. But this is the good side of the story for those who can make it over the border. But what about for those who don’t make it, those that are left behind on the way to ‘The North’, those who are latter missed by the family that never saw them go? They become the white cross at the side of the ‘Wall of Death’, the reminder of a sacrifice that was never worth to be taken.

Massive migration becomes a problem, when the country that receives the migrants loses the balance of the quantity of those entering, risking the security of their nationals. The United States has managed to keep under control this situation, and use the high rate of immigrants as a labor force.

But today immigrants are being threatened at gun point, and tagged as an imminent threat for the countries security. A race that does not belongs. Ironically the 17% of the United States Population is from Hispanic origins, this figures without counting those not documented. Meaning that 56million of the 333million persons that live in the northern country are Hispanic Americans. This is five times Cuba’s Population. Still, this side of the society along with the large African American community are greatly discriminated in the nation. A diverse country with a problematic definition of ‘Diversity’. The United States dominant race is Caucasian, being a slight trigger for racist remarks towards the mix races. During the 60s anti-racist movements fought for social equality in the United States. Feeling that was spread as gunpowder around the world, transmitting a message of emancipation and unification. Today the ideal that many good mans and martyrs fought for, is being slowly shattered.

Donald John Trump, the Republican candidate to the presidency of the upcoming elections, has based his entire campaign in the necessity to rescue the ‘essence’ of an aria race in the country, emphasizing on the male dominance as the main engine to push forward the economy of the nation.

Looking at his vision closely, this remarks simply enhance two social evils such as: racism and gender discrimination.

voting to support him. Since the presidential campaign started, public manifestation against the immigrants and armed confrontations between African Americans and the police force qualifying this last ones as ‘race crimes’, have been making headlines on the international and local newspaper. A leader is not the one that incites public confrontations, leader is the one that inspires the unification of his nation for a better tomorrow. On the other had the Democratic candidate Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, has been making an emphasis on the necessity of equality and the importance of empowering the female side of the society.

Aspects that don’t seem to make a significant weight, according to the present poles statistics. The elections are slightly tilting towards Clinton’s side, but any wrong move from the ‘swinging states’, which are Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio could put the ‘modern Hitler’ in charge of the Empire. Anything could happen. The last presidential debate was held last night in Nevada. In it, the ‘jaws’ of both candidates opened to devour each other in a fight of speed, intelligence, common sense and tact. A fight to win a country, a fight for the power that an Empire offers. There is global tension, there is panic. In less than a month the faith of the planet (and I am not overreacting) will be decided. What started as the most random choice of candidates for a presidential election, could easily turn in the worst mistake made by the human kind. Those that once migrated to the North looking for the ‘American dream’ are living a nightmare, those that searched for freedom are suffocating, those that left are coming back, those that died in the desert and in sea, died in vain. This is the reality in which we are living today. The land of freedom is no longer.

Presidential Candidates: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

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Source: www.starlightastrology.com

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In-laws may cause difficulties. Travel should be considered. Acknowledge your lover's needs. Do your own research and be prepared.

Your partner may push buttons that infuriate you.

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Financial gains can be made through wise investments. You need to mingle with people who can spark enthusiasm and confidence in you. Put your efforts into physical fitness programs or competitive sports.

Don't get involved in idle chatter that will hurt your position. Debates will stifle passion and result in estrangement. Your flair for dramatic appeal will unleash itself at social functions.

Secret affairs can only lead to devastating circumstances. Take care when dealing with older relatives. Get back to the comforts of cottage or home.

Money can be made if you use your ingenuity.

Your charm and generosity will bring new friends and romantic opportunities. Advancement can be yours if you put your efforts into work related matters.

Your persuasive nature will win the heart of someone you've had your eye on. Resistance leading to conflict will only make it twice as hard to turn the situation around. Be aware that you don't get anything for nothing.

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Penguins Re-sign Goalie Murray To Three-year Extension

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he defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins have tied goalie Matt Murray down to a three-year extension. The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed goaltender Matt Murray to a threeyear contract extension. The defending Stanley Cup-winning keeper's deal begins with the 2017-18 season and runs through the 2019-20 campaign. It carries an average annual value of $3.75 million, according to a statement from the Penguins.

He became just the fourth rookie goalie in NHL history to lead his team to a championship last campaign, racking up 15 postseason wins. Murray is out with a broken hand he suffered at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey in September while on duty as the starting goalie for Team North America.

(SportsMax)

Karius Has Klopp's Confidence

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oris Karius has been backed by Jurgen Klopp as he looks to nail down his spot as the club's number one goalkeeper. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has backed Loris Karius to hold on to his position as the club's first-choice goalkeeper. The 23-year-old has replaced Simon Mignolet and started the Reds' last four matches in all competitions, conceding on only two occasions. Klopp has been delighted with his start, despite a few nervy moments, including a misunderstanding with Dejan Lovren in the 0-0 draw with Manchester United last time out.

"It has been a very good start," the manager said ahead of Liverpool's match at home to West Brom on Saturday. "We watched him for a long time especially the last two years in

the Bundesliga. He was outstanding. He is still a young boy, especially for a goalkeeper.

"He collected experience but this is, of course, something else here in the Premier League – a different kind of play in general in the Premier League and [a different] style of play in our specific case. "I feel quite comfortable. It is not perfect. He can improve. As a keeper you take a risk sometimes because the ball is bouncing. "It was not perfect [against United]. There was one situation with Dejan together, with passing, but things like this happen. "More serious things like this happen to other goalkeepers who are more experienced. "If you want a goalkeeper who plays football, you take the risk that sometimes the ball is bouncing in a different way. That's all.

Everything is OK." Klopp confirmed Georginio Wijnaldum is in contention to face West Brom after returning to training following a hamstring injury that kept him out of Monday's match with United. He said: "Actually in this moment there's nothing

really to moan about. "We had a few kicks and things like this in the game and still felt after the game but no one is ruled out at the moment. "Gini is on the way back - that's good and if nothing happens today or tomorrow we have got quite a big squad to choose from." (SportsMax)

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Pochettino Delivers Mixed News On Injury Front

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o t t e n h a m ' s To b y Alderweireld escaped a more serious injury to his knee, but will not feature at

Bournemouth this weekend.

Toby Alderweireld's scan on a knee injury came up clear, but the Tottenham defender will

miss Saturday's trip to Bournemouth in the Premier League. Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino delivered an update on Alderweireld's fitness after the Belgian suffered the setback in last weekend's 1-1 draw at West Brom.

Alderweireld joins Harry Kane (ankle) on the sidelines, but there was better news for Danny Rose, who may be fit despite bruising his foot in Tuesday's 00 Champions League draw with Bayer Leverkusen. "Toby's scan was clear, but he is still in a lot of pain," said Pochettino. "Like Harry, he is not available for the weekend. We're happy that Toby does not have a big issue, but it

was a very heavy knock. "Harry is going very well. We are happy with him.

He has started to touch the ball for the first time and has done some exercises with the sports science team. He is positive and so are we. We assess him every day. "He is not available this weekend, but he is going well.

It's about how his ankle reacts to different things and that is something we assess day by day." Spurs, who have not lost in the top flight this season, put eight goals past Bournemouth across their two league meetings in 2015-16, with Kane netting five of those. (SportsMax)

Cruden To Ponder Future Amid Reported Montpellier Interest

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ontpellier are reportedly eager to lure All Blacks flyhalf Aaron Cruden to the Top 14, but he remained tight lipped on

the speculation. Aaron Cruden said now is not the time to discuss his future amid speculation that the New Zealand fly-half could join

Montpellier when his contract expires next year. The Chiefs number 10 is reportedly a target for the Top 14 outfit, who will start a new era under Scotland head Vern Cotter for the 201718 season.

Fit-again Cruden, named on the bench for the All Blacks' Bledisloe Cup clash with Australia at Eden Park on Saturday, gave little away when quizzed over a potential switch to France. "No, I'm not aware of it," he told reporters. "Do you want to fill me in? "I suppose you can't believe everything you read in the media.

I am off contract with New Zealand next year. "Obviously I'm working through that at the moment. I've got a few decisions

to make, but the time probably isn't right now to be making those decisions. I guess coming back in after an injury lay-off, my focus is on the game this weekend. I haven't put too much thought into it."

All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen said talks with Cruden are likely to be held during the upcoming tour of Europe and hopes the playmaker will agree a new deal. "He knows we want him to stay and that discussion will probably happen while we're away," he said. "He's a big part of where we are and what we do. He's in our leadership group and he's definitely a good enough player to be a strong Test player so we won't want to lose him." (SportsMax)

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The Best XI Of The 2016 CPL

Title-winner Chris Gayle leads ESPNcricinfo's Best XI for CPL 2016 © CPL/Sportsfile

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SPNcricinfo presents the Best XI of CPL 2016, while adhering to the four-overseas-players rule. Jamaica Tallawahs lead the way, with three players in the XI 1. Johnson Charles - 441 runs, 143.18 strike rate After a relatively modest start to the season, Charles caught fire on the St Lucia Zouks' home leg, scoring 341 runs at an average of 56.83 over the final seven games of the season to put them in the CPL playoffs for the first time in four seasons. He finished as the secondhighest run-scorer, after Chris Lynn.

2. Chris Gayle (capt)425 runs, 155.67 strike rate

Chris Gayle blew hot and cold throughout the season, but was positively scorching when he got going. He made the most of a dropped chance on 5 against Trinbago Knight Riders to score the highest score of the season, 108 not out. He ended up third overall on the run charts, while leading Jamaica Ta l l a w a h s t o t h e i r second CPL title.

3. Chris Lyne - 454 runs, 133.13 strike rate After struggling with Ta l l a w a h s i n 2 0 1 5 , making just 167 runs in n i n e i n n i n g s , Ly n n thrived in the new surroundings with Guyana Amazon Wa r r i o r s t o b e t h e leading scorer in CPL 2016. Drafted in the fourth round in the $90,000 bracket, he was a relative bargain and took Amazon Warriors one step short of their

maiden CPL title.

4. Colin Munro - 382 runs, 144.15 strike rate In terms of overseas buys, few better returns on investment could be had than what Munro offered for Knight Riders after being taken in the eighth round for $30,000. Munro became the first overseas player to score a CPL ton, bashing an unbeaten 100 against Amazon Warriors, and finished fifth overall in runs.

5. Shane Watson - 287 runs, 151.85 strike rate; 12 wickets, 7.65 economy Watson had a stellar allround campaign for Zouks. He was the only player to finish in the top ten for both runs (tied for ninth) and wickets (tied for tenth) in his maiden CPL season.

6. Andre Russell - 286 runs, 172.28 strike rate; 11 wickets, 8.42 economy

Russell continued his stellar 2016 by regularly making his mark in the slog overs, with both bat or ball. His hundred in the eliminator against Knight Riders stamped a spot in the final for Tallawahs and helped him earn Player-of-theTournament honours.

7. Nicholas Pooran (wk) - 217 runs, strike rate 197.27; eight dismissals Edges out Kumar Sangakkara (strike rate of 132) for the wicketkeeper's slot based on his ferocious hitting. In his first season of professional cricket in 18 months following a career-threatening car accident in January 2015, Pooran justified his selection by Barbados Tridents in the fourth round of the draft by finishing with the highest strike rate of any batsman who had faced more than four balls or scored more than 30 runs - Russell, in second place, was 25 behind him.

8. Dwayne Bravo - 21 wickets, 8.42 economy; 177 runs, 140.47 strike rate. Though his batting contributions were slightly smaller than usual, Bravo was the leading wicket-taker this season, with his slower ball foxing numerous batsmen along the way.

9. Sohail Tanvir - 20 wickets, 6.45 economy While other overseas

players such as AB de Villiers arrived with more fanfare, Tanvir was arguably the most valuable overseas commodity of the season, fully justifying his selection in the first round of the draft by bagging 20 wickets at a superb economy rate to spearhead the Amazon Wa r r i o r s ' b o w l i n g attack.

10. Kesrick Williams 17 wickets, 8.02 economy There was no greater value in this year's CPL draft than Williams, who was taken in the 13th round for just $5,000.

Rivalling Bravo in the dancing celebration stakes, Williams was Ta l l a w a h s ' l e a d i n g wicket-taker and finished third overall to guide the title-winning pace attack.

11. Sunil Narine - 14 wickets, 5.55 economy Narine beats Adam Zampa for the specialist spinner's slot, keeping the four overseas players limit in mind but also due to his vastly superior economy rate (Zampa managed 7.07). Narine was unplayable at times, twice bowling four-over spells of 1 for 9, and was the only bowler to bowl more than one maiden t h i s s e a s o n .

(ESPNcricinfo)

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Koeman Calls For Greater Lukaku Support

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verton travel to Burnley on Saturday buoyed by a draw at M a n c h e s t e r C i t y, b u t Ronald Koeman wants more help for striker Romelu Lukaku. Everton boss Ronald Koeman has called on the rest of his attacking players to take some of the goalscoring burden off the shoulders of in-form striker Romelu Lukaku. The Belgium international has claimed six of the club's last eight league goals, with Kevin Mirallas the only other forward to have scored in the top flight this season.

And while insisting that Lukaku is comfortable with the pressure of being the side's main goal threat, Koeman would like to see the 23-year-old's teammates, and Yannick Bolasie in particular, find the net m o r e r e g u l a r l y. " T h e productivity of one player is very high and that is Romelu," he said. "The players around him attacking-wise need to show more productivity. "Of course you like to have more players in your team who score goals, but other than last week, I think we create enough chances to

score. "It's not more pressure for him [Lukaku] because he is a goalscorer who has shown that over many seasons.

That is one of his best qualities, but it is always good to have other players scoring as well. "Yannick Bolassie is the kind of striker you like to have in your team. He can play in different attacking positons, he brings a lot of energy and likes to work hard and improve. "He's very committed to the club, but he's one of those players that needs to have a little bit more productivity in terms

of goals." Ross Barkley was left out of last weekend's 1-1 draw at Manchester City but Koeman hinted that he may bring him back for Saturday's clash with Burnley. "In my opinion it was the best line-up to get a result against City last week and Ross's reaction [to being left out] was positive," he continued.

"He was disappointed, but you need to be disappointed if you don't start. He's training well and it could be different this weekend. "We will have more possession of the ball this weekend than we did last week and that could be a reason to start with one or two different players." Koeman went on to confirm that Leighton Baines has suffered a setback in his bid to recover from the hamstring injury that has ruled him out for over a month. "Leighton has had a setback in his hamstring injury and won't be available," the Dutchman added. "He did the normal program and played in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Wigan, but afterwards he was a little bit stiff so they did an MRI and he wasn't right to continue with his comeback."

(SportsMax)

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Chinese Consortium Agree £130m Hull City Takeover

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ull City appear set to be sold to a C h i n e s e consortium for £130million.

A £130million takeover of Hull City by a Chinese consortium has been agreed.

The proposed sale was

announced in a statement from GreaterChina Professional Services Limited released by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Wednesday.

GreaterChina Professional Services Limited has formed a consortium with Camsing Global to purchase the club from the Allam family, though the agreement requires the approval of the Premier League before it can be completed. The Allam family had reportedly been looking for £120m for the sale of the club, with a

number of bidders said to be interested.

Chinese American businessman Chien Lee had been said to be close to a deal for the Yorkshire club, who are 16th in the Premier League having taken seven points from eight games.

Assem Allam purchased Hull back in 2010 but has courted controversy in recent times having drawn the ire of sections of the support with his proposal to change the club's name to Hull Tigers. (SportsMax)

Suarez: Two Goals At The Bernabeu Were My Best

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uis Suarez said his double against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu were his best Barcelona goals of the 2015-16 LaLiga season. Of the 40 LaLiga goals that earned Barcelona striker Luis Suarez the European Golden Shoe for 2015-16, the two he scored in a 4-0 win at arch rivals Real Madrid were his favourites. The Uruguayan raised his game last season, scoring 59 times in 53 appearances in all competitions as Barca added the LaLiga and Copa del Rey double

to triumphs in the UEFA Super Cup and C l u b Wo r l d C u p .

Suarez said the highlight of his prolific season was a pair of goals against Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu last November, proving the Catalan giants remained a force to be reckoned with even without Lionel Messi in the starting line-up.

His first was a brilliant finish with the outside of his right foot following an excellent run from Sergi Roberto, who replaced Messi in the first XI with the Argentine only fit enough for the bench after two months out with a knee injury. Suarez's second was a show of the utmost composure in the box, biding his time and committing Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas to ground before dinking in the final goal of a sensational triumph. The striker, who also won the European Golden Shoe in 2013-14 during

his time at Liverpool, put those strikes on a par with the winner at home to Atletico Madrid on January 30 that sent Barca three points clear at the summit.

"Throughout my career I have scored a lot of nice goals, but if I had to pick, I'll take the two I scored against Madrid in the Bernabeu and the one at home to Atletico that enabled us to go clear at the top," said Suarez "When I started at Ajax I got to know European football and I was lucky because I scored a lot of goals. "That gave me the chance to go to Liverpool. I scored many goals but could not win the Premier League with Liverpool, which was a dream.

"Then it was Barcelona, where having these players around you makes everything much easier." The prolific Suarez revealed the words of advice he has given to team-mate Paco Alcacer, who is yet to score in six appearances for the club since joining from Valencia. "I told him to stay calm, that the goal will come. He's having some minutes and something will go in," he added. "He has to be calm. He has the confidence of the coach and his team-mates." (SportsMax)

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New Zealand Crumble Around Williamson's 118

Kane Williamson's first ODI ton in India t took five matches, but a New Zealand batsman finally recorded a hundred on this tour. Kane Williamson came to the crease in the first over and did not budge until the 43rd. By that time he had 118 runs off 128 balls. The timing of his wicket gave India an opening and they were able to restrict the total to 242 for 9 at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

Besides the fact that New Zealand have been unable to win a single match on tour they have struggled to win tosses too - plenty of challenges came Williamson's way. Not least of which was his own body refusing to cooperate. He began cramping up in the Delhi heat - and it became contagious. His left forearm caught it first, then his right, and at one point he couldn't even lift a bottle to drink. But when play resumed, he smacked Hardik Pandya over his head to the long-on boundary.

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such determination, India's bowlers have been guilty of switching off. But there were two passages of play - the middle overs and then the final ten - that they simply dominated. And it was the result of a simple plan - go after Williamson's partners. Ross Taylor was worked over so completely that it seemed like the ball had a restraining order against the middle of his bat.

When it was short and wide, he'd get an inside edge. When it was down leg, he'd miss the flick.

He was trying to hit the ball so hard that on one occasion his helmet nearly wobbled off.

New Zealand had been chugging along before his entry at the Feroz Shah Kotla 70 runs between the 11th and 21st over. They could only get 38 runs in the next ten overs, at the culmination of which Taylor fell for 21 off 42 balls.

There was only one over that cost more than six in the final ten. Worse, there was only one boundary - off a tailender's outside edge - in that period:

the result of India beginning this spell of play by dismissing Williamson, and power-hitters Corey Anderson and Luke Ronchi in the space of 17 balls.

New Zealand were 158 for 2 in t h e 3 1 s t o v e r. T h e o n l y impediment to a batsman was that the pitch was slightly slow, but if he could get the ball through the infield, the outfield was quick enough to reward the effort with boundaries. It was an ungainly collapse.

India's engineering of it was rather clever. MS Dhoni recognised Taylor's poor form - 89 runs in seven innings on this tour - and used bowlers he trusted to keep things tight.

Jasprit Bumrah went for the toes or the ears. Axar Patel's accuracy - and high pace for a left-arm spinner - made rotating strike difficult. Pandya probed in the off-stump corridor.

Having heaped the pressure on, India then brought legspinner Amit Mishra on to bowl wide of off stump to tempt Taylor into his preferred slog sweep. He was caught at deep midwicket. Anderson could only get two fours away before he was pinned lbw by Mishra for 21 off 32. Ronchi was caught behind after being cajoled into playing a cut, as Dhoni had a sweeper out and asked Patel to keep bowling wide of the stumps. Then came Bumrah's slower balls and yorkers - a cocktail too heady for the tailenders.

Matt Henry and Southee lost their off stumps for a duck and 6 respectively. But the best ball of the innings came early from Umesh Yadav, a peach of an

outswinger in the very first over that blitzed through Martin Guptill's defence before he had scored. This is not to say New Zealand batting was entirely boorish. Tom Latham was adept at driving the ball anywhere between point and mid-off.

His run-a-ball 46 was testament to how well he knows his game. Timing is his strength and he concentrated on that, opening the face of the bat to find gaps on the off side.

Having quickly read there wasn't much spin in the pitch, he took Mishra on, slogsweeping the second ball he faced from the bowler for a six.

Williamson was even more calculative. He picked 65 of his runs in the arc between square leg and mid-on, which in the early part of the innings, was usually only manned by one or two men.

His first boundary came through midwicket which was left vacant, punishment for Yadav straying too straight with a 7-2 offside field. His first, and only, six of the innings exemplified how well he knew the field. Mid-on had been up. He danced down and lofted Patel over his head in the 13th over. When Patel was taken off and Mishra was brought on, Williamson cut and flicked the bowler for boundaries to make sure India's spinners couldn't threaten him or his teammates. New Zealand did everything right to build a skyscraper, but clocked out too early. (ESPNcricinfo)

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Holder Wants Fielding Focus From Windies

1 West Indies captain Jason Holder has targeted improvement in the team’s overall fielding performance as a crucial component if it is to defeat Pakistan in the second Test.

The Windies narrowly lost

the first Test against the host, a competitive daynight affair in Dubai.

Despite strong penultimate and final day performances the West Indies fell short by 56 runs.

Holder, however, believes

that a lot of the damage was done on the opening day where Pakistan, aided by patchy fielding from the West Indies, put on a mammoth 579 declared.

"We need to sharpen up on the mistakes we made in the

field," Holder told Espncricinfo. "And we should cut out on those noballs as it cost us. We need to improve on small areas in fielding and tighten up when we bowl, and stick to our plans for lot longer,” he added.

The captain believes the team will head into the second Test with added c o n fi d e n c e , h o w e v e r, having shown that it could be competitive. "We are obviously very confident as we played a very good Test match in Dubai and it was very competitive," Holder said. "We had some great positives coming from that game and for me it is just to transfer it to this game. Abu Dhabi maybe a fortress for Pakistan but we have shown that we can compete in this series. (SportsMax)