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Miner Charged With North West Murder

Man Admits To Attempted Theft At Colours Boutique Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan fined Derrick Persaud $25,000 for attempting to steal from Colours Boutique, Georgetown In default of the fine, he will spend four weeks in prison. Persaud, a resident of New Amsterdam, appeared without representation and pleaded guilty with an explanation to the charge.

Persaud revealed that at the time he committed the act he was

"financially in pause" and had to find a way to make money. He told the Magistrate that employees of the store physically assaulted him before handing him over to the police.

The court heard that on September 5, 2016 at Colours Boutique, Georgetown, Persaud was observed attempting to steal four pieces of clothing valued $26,000.

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Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan today remanded Sherlon Mona for the offense of murder. The miner, of Albouystown Georgetown, is accused of murdering Ryan English on September 02, 2016 at Wide Creek Backdam, North West, Essequibo. The accused was represented by Attorney Sonia Parag and was not allowed to plead to the indictable offence.

The 44-year-old father of six was

remanded to prison and will return to the Matthew's Ridge Magistrate’s Court on October 31.

Town Clerk Bans Bourda Market Vendors The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown yesterday blocked vendors from selling their produce around the Bourda Market area. The move by the council affected both vendors and truckers, because no notice was given to them.

The irate vendors said that Town Clerk Royston King, told them that they cannot sell around the area until they (City Council) cleaned up the place. Police barricades were placed around the area preventing the flow of traffic. A single mother told this newspaper that she is disgusted by the actions of the Town

Clerk and the City Council. “I have three children, they have to go to school, I got to find food and clothes for them,” she said.

Several truckers were also upset at the move by city hall. City hall in May this year removed vendors from around the Stabroek area. Some vendors however refused to move, citing that the new location will not attract business. The Mayor and City council had initially told the vendors that they will be at the Parliament view for three months, however, it has been over three months.

Town Clerk, Royston King

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‘Work For The Greater Good’ - British Ambassador Tells Chevening Scholars

British High Commissioner to Guyana, Gregg Quinn, last evening, hosted a farewell reception at his residence for the 26 recipients of Scholarship by the British Government. The Ambassador noted that the program saw a 75% increase in applicants as compared with last year. Mr. Quinn said that the British government is committed to offering educational opportunities to Guyanese.

He also stated that the program will cost the British government GYD$118 million this year. The program will see persons studying in areas such as, oil and gas, law, engineering, public health, psychology and sociology. The Ambassador urged the scholars to come back and work for the greater good of the country, noting that the program will give people the skills and knowledge they need to develop their country. The Chevening Scholarships are awarded to outstanding emerging leaders to pursue a one-year master’s at any UK university.

The scholarship programme provides a unique opportunity for future leaders, influencers, and decision-makers from all over the world to develop professionally and academically, network

extensively, experience UK culture, and build lasting positive relationships with the UK. A Chevening Scholarship offers financial support along with the opportunity to become part of the highly regarded and influential Chevening global network.

Applicants can choose any course of study at any UK higher education institution.

British High Commissioner, James Gregory Quinn

PSC Concerned About Confidentiality Of Banking Information

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) in a statement to the media supported the recent call by the Guyana Association of Bankers (GAB) regarding the confidentiality of banking information obtained by investigative agencies who are authorized to collect such information. The PSC expressed that the sort of debacle in which bank account information recently ended up on the

pages of local newspapers must be avoided at all costs. The PSC referred to the amendment of Section 63 of the Financial Institutions Act which mandates that account information must be shared with certain investigative agencies (i.e. FIU, SARU) but it does not mean that they should share this information with other parties.

Recently, the banking information of Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Presidency, Omar Shariff was published in the Kaieteur News newspaper and according to the PSC, the amendment of the Financial Institutions Act has paved the way for the age-old principle of confidentiality on which the banking system is built on to be violated in recent times. “The age-old principles on which the banking system is founded have been violated in recent times by a number of laws which allow for customer data to be shared.”

The PSC stated that the agencies which receive customers’ banking information,

“are similarly bound by the confidentiality rules as are the banks and must ensure that these are respected in order to preserve the integrity of the financial system.” Last month, the GAB has publicly registered its concern and dismay at the publication of account information of embattled Permanent Secretary Omar Shariff. In a notice appearing in the Stabroek News, the GAB said the “recent publication on at least two occasions of customer account information and in particular that of the August 14,2016 in Kaieteur News, has been cause for significant dismay” among its members.

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President Granger Meets With New UNDP Resident Representative President David Granger, today, met with the new United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Resident Representative to Guyana, Ms. Mikiko Tanaka for their first official meeting, at the Ministry of the Presidency. Ms. Tanaka, who has been in Guyana for about two weeks now, replaces Ms. Khadija Musa, whose tour of duty ended last month. During the meeting, several areas of mutual interest, including the President’s push for a ‘green economy’ and Guyana’s thrust for the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, were discussed. Ms. Tanaka, in an invited comment, described the meeting as “very useful” and informative. “The President shared with me the aspirations and his vision for this country and we discussed how the UN system can support the Government and country in achieving those developmental objectives. In that, he emphasised the green agenda, the ‘green economy’, sustainable development for this country and this matches very well… the sustainable development goals that the UN General Assembly adopted last year. So I very much look forward to working with all of the UN agencies serving in Guyana to really move forward the SDGs for a better life for everybody, no one being left behind,” the UNDP Representative said. Ms. Tanaka also pledged to continue to build on the relationship, which has existed between the country and the United Nations over the years. “I very much want to build on the good work, which was done by Khadija [Musa] and the country team and the UN agencies, which are

President David Granger and Ms. Mikiko Tanaka, the new United Nations Development Programme's Resident Representative to Guyana

here and I am trying to catch up as fast as I can. It is very important to strengthen and improve the partnerships that we have as the UN system with the governments, the national institutions, civil society and the communities and I will do what I can. I am excited about working in Guyana,” she said.

MOTP Press Release

GFC To Repossess BaiShanLin’s Forest Concessions The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) on Tuesday revealed that it intends to repossess concessions being held by Baishanlin International Forest Development Inc. (BIFDI). “In keeping with Forest Governance Practices, the GFC will be formally repossessing the concessions owned by the company, and accelerating efforts to recover the debt owed,” a statement from GFC noted. The statement explained that the decision was taken because BIFDI had failed to deliver on its promise to introduce investors to the GFC and has also failed to give any plan or strategy to settle the G$80M debt with the GFC despite having been given time to do so. “The BIFDI was requested to submit information about its operations in Guyana, settle its arrears, and submit a letter of commitment from the new partner. To date, the BIFDI has failed to fulfill any of its commitments to the Government of Guyana; effectively failing on the obligations it made, which were accepted in good faith.” The GFC said that in an

effort to bring conclusion to the matter, BIFDI's representatives were invited to a meeting on April 8, 2016 to update the GFC on its plans to repay its debt.

During the meeting, the BIFDI representatives said the company had suffered financial constraints, which affected the establishment of the promised wood processing facility; and that the company was engaging a new partner that would contribute significantly to its investment in Guyana. The GFC said the BIFDI assured its board of the financial strength of the new partner who has committed to pay off the debt owed by the logging company.

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS President Accredits New Philippino Ambassador President David Granger, today, received the Letters of Credence from His PAGE 6

Excellency, Jose de la Rosa Burgos, accrediting him as Non-resident Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to Guyana. The Ambassador is based in neighbouring Brazil. During the accreditation ceremony at the Ministry of the Presidency, President Granger said that even though the two Republics are separated by a distance of more than 18,000 kilometres, they are drawn together by their mutual interests and common objectives. He said that the two countries can work together to ensure that their development goals are achieved in an environment of peace and security. “Guyana and the Philippines adhere to common principles of international relations. These include mutual respect for the integrity and sovereignty of states, mutual non-interference in other states’ affairs, co-operation for mutual benefit, respect for treaties and international law and the maintenance of peace and security,” the President said. The Head of State also took the opportunity to update the new Ambassador on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy and informed him that Guyana looks forward to the support of friendly states as it seeks a juridical settlement to end this 50-year-old matter that has been hampering the country’s development. “Guyana and the Philippines share a common interest in the peaceful settlement of disputes and in ensuring respect for settled territorial and maritime boundaries,” he said. He added that Guyana looks forward to deeper cooperation with the Philippines at the international and bilateral levels, particularly in the areas sustainable development, climate change and the preservation of the environment.

Meanwhile, Ambassador Burgos expressed his Government’s appreciation to the Government and people of Guyana for accepting about 100 Philippinos, who are living and working here. He said that in 2011, Guyana was named as one of the three safe havens in the Caribbean for Philippino workers. “Today we have Philippino forest workers, teachers and medical professionals in Guyana. Aside from protecting the rights of the migrant workers, both our countries are advocates for the rule of law, protection of the environment and preservation of cultural heritage among others,” he said.

Guyana and the Philippines established formal diplomatic ties eight years ago on September 25, 2008. However, ties between Philippinos and Guyanese extend back to about a quarter of a century.

From left: Third Secretary and Vice Consul at the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in Brazil, Mr. Eric Valenzuela, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Carl Greenidge, Mrs. Blesilda Mansilla Burgos, wife of the Ambassador, Ambassador Jose de la Rosa Burgos, President David Granger, Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Audrey Waddell and Acting Chief of Protocol, Ms. Marion Herbert

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

His Excellency, Jose de la Rosa Burgos presenting his Letters of Credence to President David Granger at the Ministry of the Presidency, in the presence of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Carl Greenidge and Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Audrey Waddell

Observing the necessary military protocols during the wreath laying exercise at the Independence Arch

Ambassador Jose de la Rosa Burgos laying a wreath at the Independence Arch on Brickdam, Georgetown after he was accredited

by President David Granger

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Albouystown Man Charged For Escaping Police Custody Trevor Xavier today appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann Mclennan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s court charged with escaping lawful police custody on September 3, 2016. He was granted $50,000 bail and is set to return before the court on September 26, 2016. Xavier, 24, of Albouystown, appeared unrepresented before the court and heard the charge read to him before entering a not guilty plea. It is alleged that on September 3, 2016 at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Police Outpost, after officers had arrested Xavier for the crime of simple larceny, he made his escape. He is also expected to be charged with the offence of simple larceny.

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PRESS RELEASE The People's Progressive Party (PPP) joins with the rest of the world in the observance of the 55th anniversary of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). The Movement was founded in 1961 under the leadership of Josip Tito of Yugoslavia , Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, Jawaharlal Nehru of India and Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana. Guyana under the PPP/C government had always supported the principle of non-alignment and played an active role in the Movement.

This is indeed a signiďŹ cant milestone since the creation of the Movement which brings together 120 countries from all continents the majority of whom at varying stages of their political life had to struggle against colonialism, neo-colonialism and imperialism.

The NAM has over the years taken progressive positions on behalf of its member states which struggled to maintain their independence and sovereignty against the major powers. It played a major role in the decolonization processes when several countries especially from Afro-Asia and the Caribbean had recently gained political independence from the metropolitan powers.

Despite signiďŹ cant changes at the global level following the end of the Cold War, the Movement continues to advocate for international cooperation , multilateralism, disarmament, national determination and for a more equitable and humane global order.

The PPP has taken note of the fact that the next meeting of the 17th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement is scheduled be held in neighboring Venezuela which from September will assume the presidency of the Movement.

The PPP takes this opportunity to wish the NAM every success as it prepares for its next Summit this year.

People's Progressive Party September 7, 2016

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Cuban News Agency Refutes Accusation Of Spreading Internet Virus HAVANA, Cuba -- Edda Diz Garces, director of the Cuban unauthorized dissemination of its contents,” said the director.

News Agency, described as slander a report published by Diz Garces stated there were many tools in the web that could Caribbean News Now stating the agency’s website was, have shown no abusive behaviour or unauthorized data allegedly, “dispensing a dangerous virus” to steal information. transmission had originated from the Cuban News website, as Diz Garces said that, upon the release of the report, Cuban IT the test carried out by the Cuban experts proved, before experts carried out a throughout research to determine the publishing that damaging report. As a person commented in the presence of such virus within the ACN website, and came out Caribbean News Now website, “This amounts to nothing more than a cheap shot at Cuba and its Cuban News Agency (ACN),” with negative results.

Further search in the archives confirmed no virus of any kind Diz Garces noted. (Caribbean News Now!) were to be found, and people that access acn.cu should not fear the information could be stolen.

However, the Cuban News Agency does not explain why the security warning message “Do you want this webpage to access your Clipboard?

If you allow this, the webpage can access the Clipboard and read information that you’ve cut or copied recently” still spontaneously appears on acn.cu after publication of its denial that any such security risk exists. Diz Garces pointed out that it was suspicious that the smear campaign was started by a Guyanese antivirus developer, Dennis Adonis, who owns a company, Computer Care-Guyana, which provides products to fight these viruses.

Adonis failed to come forward with a name for the virus or a report to back up his allegations, as it is common practice for companies similar to his, like McAfee, Norton, AVG, Avast and Kaspersky. “Maybe, the Guyanese entrepreneur mistook for a virus the anti-copy extension provided by the open source software Joomla, Screenshot of the acn.cu website still showing the security warning message on that ACN news agency uses to protect the September 6, 2016, even after the publication of a denial that no such security risk exists

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Son Of Cayman's Chief Justice Busted In JamaicamineOn Drug Charges name Biggs along with $3,000 to make a slipper for me. I

By Caribbean News Now contributor KINGSTON, Jamaica -- In what was described by Loop News alone drive my van to FedEx with the shipment,” Smellie said, as “A smelly affair”, the news service reported on Saturday that according to documents of the arrest. the son of Anthony Smellie, the chief justice of the Cayman Smellie later pointed out Johnson to the police as the man who Islands, has been busted in Jamaica, along with another man, on gave him the slippers. But Johnson gave a different story when drug trafficking and other drug-related charges. However, cautioned by the police. They were arrested and charged. according to Loop News, the arrests were kept quiet until it was Smellie was fined $2,250 (US$18) or three months on the count tipped off to the bust when the men pleaded guilty in the of possession, $4,500 (US$35) or three months for dealing, and Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court and on August 19 were $9,000 (US$70) or three months for taking steps preparatory to export ganja. No evidence was offered on the conspiracy to given slap-on-the-wrist sentences – total fines of just US$123.

David Anthony Ronald Smellie, 34, was arrested on July 24, six export ganja charge. (Caribbean News Now!) days after he attempted to send a package containing ganja from Kingston to a woman in Quebec, Canada. The package contained three T-shirts, three wrist bands and a pair of leather slippers. The slippers were found to contain hashish weighing approximately 8.63 ounces. Smellie, a website designer, was arrested along with 48-year-old Anthony Johnson.

The men were charged with possession of, dealing in, taking steps preparatory to export ganja and conspiracy to export ganja.

Cautioned by police about the illicit substance, Smellie said that a Rasta man might have sold him the wrong pair of slippers. He, however, changed his story. “I bought the leather and give it to a friend of Cayman Islands Chief Justice, Anthony Smellie ®

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Call For Judicial Review Of Sealed Deal For Bahamas Megaresort NASSAU, Bahamas -- Local Queen’s what’s going on and the executive does sort of outline or a draft of an agreement.

Counsel (QC) Fred Smith indicated on Monday that, while the opposition Free National Movement (FNM) has called on the Bahamas government to reveal the agreement it signed with the ExportImport Bank of China (CEXIM) to get the bankrupt Baha Mar megaresort completed and opened, the opposition and other stakeholders should demand a judicial review in order for the court to disclose the deal. Smith said he understands the motivation for Cabinet to come to an agreement to ensure Baha Mar is completed and opened and agreed that The Bahamas needs the development. He said his criticisms are not against the development, but the process.

“These heads of agreements that are entered into by the government secretly, and are binding agreements, I say are unconstitutional, are in breach of the separation of powers doctrine and are completely outside the lawful power of the executive branch of government,” Smith said. “And so, any member of Parliament, anyone who is complaining now that the agreement is secret, it is not a matter that really pertains to the liquidation; [Supreme Court] Justice [Ian] Winder can make appropriate decisions exercising his discretion within the contents of that liquidation, but there are so many other avenues – for instance judicial review. “... If the FNM wants the agreement, they can apply for urgent release from the Supreme Court asking for judicial review.

“And so, I urge anyone who has a financial interest in the Baha Mar situation, anyone who has a political interest, such as a member of Parliament, anybody who has a property interest that may be affected, any of these people in Nassau can move the Supreme Court for judicial review and for disclosing of the agreement because they have a right to be consulted. “They have a right to know

not have the right; there is no act that “And the reason for that is members of authorizes the National Economic Parliament who have the right to tax or to Council (NEC) or the Office of the Prime give concessions i.e. not to tax. “And so, Minister to enter into any secret it is perfectly appropriate for the Cabinet to privately negotiate the terms of a agreement giving away concessions.

“So, my challenge with this is, really, all transaction with developers, which may t o d o w i t h p r o c e s s , a c o m p l e t e involve the grant of tax concessions breakdown in the respect of executive under the Hotel Encouragement Act, and legislative separation of power.” The under the Industries Encouragement Act agreement was sealed by the Supreme or to give leases or grants of Crown land.

Court at the request of the parties, “But at the end of the day, that draft preventing public disclosure of the a g r e e m e n t s h o u l d b e t a k e n t o details of the agreement. Opposition Parliament, and it should be tabled for leader Dr Hubert Minnis has said the debate where the members of each prime minister signed an agreement on constituency, representing the citizens of behalf of the Bahamian people and has The Bahamas, get the opportunity to be an obligation to make the agreement consulted in Parliament and to make a public. He labeled the documents contribution, and then to vote to allow “secretive”, but Christie has denied any the government to enter into, or not, the secrecy about the agreement, despite agreement substantially in the terms substantive details being left to upon which it was tabled in Parliament.”

Minister of education Jerome Fitzgerald speculation.

Last week, Christie advised Parliament has said that the Baha Mar agreement that CEXIM and China Construction w i l l n o t b e s e a l e d i n d e fi n i t e l y. could not be given more concessions (Caribbean News Now!) than the Atlantis resort due to the Paradise Island property’s most favoured nation status. Smith insisted that Parliament gives power to the executive branch of government to enter into such agreements, like the Hawksbill Creek Agreement He said Bahamians, the taxpayers, who could be indirectly taxed more because of the concessions in areas such as customs duty, real property tax, business licence and stamp duty, have a right to know.

“I have always complained and criticized the nature of these secretive heads of agreements that are negotiated in private with Cabinet and the developer, and which rarely see the light of accountable daylight,” Smith said.

“A heads of agreement is exactly that. “It is supposed to simply be a Fred Smith QC

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Drowned Hero Was An Angel—Stepdad Javel James, 23, who drowned on upcoming weekend. James became a became part of him. He took it very Sunday while attempting to save two women and four children who got into difficulties while bathing in the waters of Maracas Bay, was said to be an angel who selflessly jumped into the waters despite him not being an excellent swimmer. The survivors are from Maraval and St Augustine. “Heaven must have been missing an angel,” the words of James’ stepfather, Reginald Armour, who spoke to the T&T Guardian at his home in Penco Avenue, Longdenville, yesterday. “I believe he acted on instinct because he was not a strong swimmer at all.

In fact, Javel was due to take swimming lessons in the near future,” Armour said.

On Sunday morning just before 6 am, James was last seen by his mother, JulieAnna. He had made plans with one of the hike leaders of Hike Inc, Michael Jattan, and four others to check out an area of interest. That area was designated for an upcoming hike for a group of hikers in an

member of the hiking group in March this year and because of his dedication and interest was quickly promoted to an assistant to hike leaders in the group.

“From what I was told Javel and the group had just finished checking out the area and two of them decided to leave but Javel, Jattan and a third person decided to stay on. I don’t know maybe to bathe and relax,” Armour said. “It was while there that Javel saw the people in difficulties and he, on instinct, just sprang into action and well the rest is history. He didn’t survive,” he added.

Before being in the hikers group and even when he was not participating in the group’s activities, Armour described his stepson, who he knew since he was at the tender age of three, as a very quiet individual, “who always kept to himself.” “He never used to drink, smoke or go to parties. He never gave us any kind of stress,” Armour said. “But hiking and being involved in the group

Piparo Woman Hacked To Death A 31-year-old woman was hacked to death in a cutlass attack which also left her teenage daughter injured early Wednesday. Terisha Bridgelal, a doubles vendor, and her daughter Sydney were at their Piparo home when Bridgelal got into an argument with a relative over a cellphone. The man took a cutlass out of his car and chopped Bridgelal to the face and chest. Sydney tried to intervene and was chopped on her left hand. She also received cuts to her right ear and right hand.

The teen was treated and discharged from the Princes Town H e a l t h Facility.

(Trinidad Guardian)

serious,” Armour said.

“In fact we were privileged to go hiking with him on one occasion in Las Cuevas and we were very proud of him in the way he handled the group,” he added. A close friend of James, who wished not to be identified, said his friend died a hero and would always be remembered as such. Funeral arrangements are yet to be finalised. (Trinidad Guardian)

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Armour To Chair Caricom Law Body President of the Law Association of T&T over the years by at least seven other education certificate, an applicant is Reginald Armour, SC, has been elected chairman of Caricom’s Council of Legal Education (CCLE). Armour was elected at a meeting of the executive council of the CLE in Antigua last weekend.

Among issues addressed at the meeting, apart from election of a president, was discussion on matters concerning legal education in the region.

The council is an institution within the Caricom framework which was established to provide training in the region (rather than in Britain) for lawyers wishing to practise in the Caricom region. It was created by an agreement signed in 1971 by Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, the University of the West Indies and the University of Guyana. Its establishment came one year following the UWI Faculty of Law, which has departments on each of the university’s three campuses.

The CLE is governed by a council which meets annually. This governing council comprises governments, the Judiciary and the private Bar. It is led by a chairman, who is elected every three years and an executive committee which meets twice per year. Armour is the latest chairman to be elected. He was preceded

chairmen from other Caribbean states, fully qualified to practise in the Englishincluding T&T’s former Justice Cecil speaking Caribbean. Persons who have Kelsick The council operates three law obtained a legal education requirement schools in the region—the Norman elsewhere cannot be admitted to practise Manley Law School in Jamaica, the in our region unless they obtain the legal H u g h Wo o d i n g L a w S c h o o l i n education certificate. However, any T r i n i d a d — b o t h e s t a b l i s h e d i n person who is professionally qualified in 1973—and the Eugene Dupuch Law a c o m m o n l a w ( E n g l i s h - b a s e d ) School in the Bahamas which was jurisdiction may be admitted to any of the law schools, and on completing a sixestablished in 1998.

To be admitted to these law schools, month course, may be awarded a legal persons must have first obtained a education Ccertificate. (GA) (Trinidad bachelor’s degree in law (LLB). Non Guardian) UWI LLB graduates can be admitted to the law schools if they are successful in the CLE’s annual entrance examination which is held in July. Graduates from the University of the West Indies and the University of Guyana must then complete two years of study and practical training at one of the three schools. At the end of this period, a professional legal education certificate is awarded by the CLE. Upon receiving the legal Law Association of T&T president, Reginald Armour SC.

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St. Vincent Government Complains About LIAT’s Service

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Sept 7, CMC – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government is seeking an urgent meeting with the management of the regional airline, LIAT, following the airline’s poor service to the island. St. Vincent and the Grenadines is one four shareholder governments of the Antigua-based regional airline and the Dr. Ralph Gonsalves administration wants the meeting to be held here by September 18. In a letter to the airline, the government said the meeting will allow Kingstown to “have a common understanding with a view to enhancing the service to St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

“It is time for LIAT to get its act and attitude towards the travelling public of St. Vincent and the Grenadines together,” Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security in Kingstown, Godfred Pompey, told the airline in a September 4 letter. Pompey told Diane Shurland, LIAT’s Antigua-based legal counsel, that once LIAT makes a request for the E.T. Joshua Airport to remain open beyond the 11:30 p.m. agreed operating hours, his ministry will bill LIAT for staff overtime.

In the letter, Pompey complained about the “ongoing scheduling problems and cancellations facing the travelling public of St. Vincent and the Grenadines”.

He said the situation was “further exacerbated” on Saturday, September 3, when LIAT flight LI738, on which the island’s national football team was travelling to Trinidad en route to its destination “when in the wisdom of someone in Operations, Antigua directed the Aircraft to return to the E.T. Joshua Airport”. The aircraft was instructed to return to St. Vincent with the understanding that the team would have been accommodated on the early morning flight to Trinidad and Tobago, where the players had a 6:15 a.m (local time) connection on Sunday, September 4, on Copa Airlines. “Up to our discussion on Sunday 10:15 a.m., the team was still stranded in St. Vincent and the Grenadines,” Pompey wrote in the letter, which was copied to chair of LIAT’s board of directors, Jean Holder and Isaac Solomon, who represents the Gonsalves government on the board.

The team left St. Vincent Sunday evening and was stranded in Trinidad and only arrived in Guatemala late Tuesday night, about 24 hours before their football World Cup qualifier match against t h a t c o u n t r y.

Pompey said that since June, LIAT’s service

to St. Vincent and the Grenadines “has been deteriorating with no improvement in sight. “As a major shareholder, St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been receiving the crumbs in terms of service. Officers at LIAT are now taking pleasure in shifting the blame of LIAT’s poor service to the Ministry and by extension the management of E.T. Joshua Airport, making demands to keep our airport open at times beyond 2:00 a.m. This is highly unacceptable since some category of staff is required to report to work at the opening of the airport at 5:30 a.m.,” Pompey said.

He said that from observation, LIAT’s management, including operations, “is taking St. Vincent and the Grenadines for granted and abusing our accommodation. “Despite repeated communication, the demands for extended operating hours at E.T. Joshua Airport are being unbearable and unreasonable.

This situation is not only placing extra strain on staff but also increasing the frustration of the travelling public. One is now questioning the frequency of these late night flights and cancellation of services to St. Vincent and the Grenadines to determine whether or not they are deliberate,” Pompey wrote.

The public servant’s letter comes months after Gonsalves on February 25 wrote to then chief executive officer of LIAT, David Evans, who had in a letter one week earlier requested “a further advance of EC$810,000 (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents) by St. Vincent and the Grenadines”. In response Prime Minister Gonsalves said St. Vincent and the Grenadines was not well served by the current schedule of the airline and said that the island cannot be considered to “be in a condition akin to that of an abused spouse, in which commitment is taken for granted, amidst shabby treatment”.

Earlier this month, Gonsalves also raised with LIAT the issue of a lack of adequate service and poor scheduling to the island..

The complaints by the Gonsalves — who is chair of LIAT’s shareholder governments — comes even as he has complained about the failure of other governments across the region to invest in the cash-strapped airline. In April, Evan resigned as LIAT’s chief executive officer after Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, requested an urgent meeting of the shareholders of regional airline and demanded an immediate investigation into the cancellation of a morning flight into Dominica on April 8.

The cancellation reportedly affected over 40 passengers in Dominica. Skerrit said he was utter disgusted at the shabby manner in which Dominica was being treated by the airline saying it “clearly appears to be an awful, negative attitude towards Dominica by senior personnel at LIAT.” “I am warning, now, that this must stop,” the Dominican leader wrote. (Antigua Observer)

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Reviews Suggest Much Work Ahead

Former Port-of-Spain mayor Louis Lee Sing yesterday gave the Government a failing grade on their performance after a year in office.

Today marks one year since the Dr Keith Rowley-led administration was voted into office. Over the weekend, the Sunday Guardian published the result of an online poll which showed that 65.66 per cent of those canvassed were “very dissatisfied” with the Government’s performance, with 12.70 per cent indicating they were “somewhat dissatisfied.” Another 6.35 per cent of the respondents said they were “very satisfied,” while 7.91 per cent were “somewhat satisfied” and 7.39 per cent were “neither satisfied nor dissatisfied.”

Lee Sing was one of five people who assessed t h e P e o p l e ’s N a t i o n a l M o v e m e n t ’s performance. With ten being the highest rating, Lee Sing, who resigned from the PNM last year, gave the administration “a four.” He said there was no conscience in the current Cabinet and the “Prime Minister had deliberately assembled a team of people who would demand nothing of him. Because they could demand nothing of him, they can’t demand anything of themselves and so they are unable to do anything that sparks...precisely because they are no sparks around their leader.”

It was clear the majority of the population were dissatisfied in the areas of health, crime, labour, housing, foreign affairs and energy, he noted.

Lee Sing said rather than look at the country’s foreign exchange earnings and try to generate domestic revenue, the Government’s plan was to sit, wait and hope that energy prices would skyrocket to turn around the economy. He also criticised the PM’s regular oversea trips, stating as a leader he should be anchored with his Cabinet. Assessing the performance of ministers, Lee Sing said he was disappointed in National Security Minister Edmund Dillon.

“To me, Dillon has not come to grips with the difference between running a controlled environment and running an environment where everything is out of control. They have to understand that the buck stops with them. They have to find ways and means to get the job done,” Lee Sing added. He also condemned the performance of Energy Minister Nicole Olivierre. “We do not have an Energy Minister.

In the context of Trinidad and Tobago, the Energy Minister is the czar of the region. I don’t even know that this lady (Olivierre) exists. And even if she says something it amounts to nothing,” he added. Lee Sing suggested that Rowley reconfigure the Cabinet to 16 ministers, with each minister being assigned a junior minister to help out. He gave Ministers Shamfa Cudjoe, Dennis Moses, Randall Mitchell, Fitzgerald Hinds, Jennifer Baptiste-Primus,

Dillon and Olivierre failing grades but felt there was also room for improvement in health, education, finance and agriculture.

Lee Sing questioned if Finance Minister Colm Imbert would be better suited in Works and Transport, while Mariano Browne, a former minister, would be better to manage the Finance Ministry. In going forward, Lee Sing said Rowley had to take the bull by the horns by working and guiding his “inexperienced” Cabinet, otherwise they would repeat the error of the past. Maraj: Grit and courage required Former foreign affairs minister Ralph Maraj said the economy and crime were two areas the Government collapsed on. He said the country had not seen much movement in adjustments, new earnings and the restructuring of the economy.

Maraj said the Government also needed to look critically at the exchange rate, which should be allowed to slide further while not much had been done in diversification towards new earnings.

Another issue not addressed, he said, was the rationalisation of state enterprises to ensure accountability and transparency. While he praised Rowley for calling on divisional police heads to be sheriffs in their areas, he said Rowley needed follow-up meetings every month with these heads to get updates on developments. In doing that, Maraj said Rowley would engender a culture of leadership and responsibility which was what was required to reduce crime.

He, however, commended Imbert, saying he had done relatively well for someone who was inexperienced in finance. “What is required is the grit and courage to make tough decisions.

That is what has been lacking and as a result we have not seen any movement towards the challenges we have before us,” he added.

Ferreira: A year spent detoxifying Founding PNM member Ferdie Ferreira said it seemed the Government spent its first year detoxifying.

As a political analyst, however, Ferreira, 89, said for the last year the country had seen more accountability, while wastage was significantly reduced. “The major part of the Government in the last year was paying bills or trying to correct what went wrong. I don’t think people really understand the magnitude of the disaster the Government faced when they came into office.”

But Ferreira refused to assess the ministers’ individual performances. “The problem with prime ministers is the question of judgment.

People might be academically qualified for a job but in some cases they don’t fit in... they are not politicians.

I think one of the problems is that with a team of so many newcomers, obviously... a lot of them without any political experience... it would take

them some time to become politically acclimatised.” He said sometimes ministers did perform but lack of political flare would give the public the impression that he/she was incompetent or incapable of handling their job.

Teelucksingh: Horse bolted on crime Former independent senator, Rev Daniel Teelucksingh, said crime should have been addressed from day one by the Government with stakeholders from different quarters. “You let a year pass. The horse has already bolted. You wait so long.

This should have been the first thing this Government should have done. “They have inherited a nation that is riddled by crime. I don’t think they know how to deal with this very serious problem with the close connection between crime, the narcotics trade and the high prevalence of guns in T&T,” he said.

Teelucksingh gave the Government a thumbs down for not opening the Children’s Hospital in Couva yet, saying citizens were suffering for proper health care while the building was going to waste. “That hospital does not belong to the PP nor PNM government. It belongs to the people... and many people have been asking if it has become an instrument in a political game,” he said.

On the possibility of a Cabinet reshuffle, Teelucksingh said it was impossible for an OJT minister to learn their job in one year. “I do not believe in any overnight shuffle of a Cabinet.

What the Government has to do is operate in consortium with their manifesto, plans and policies and work towards that. I would be very gracious towards any government in their first year and give them a chance.”

Ford: Cabinet will listen to population Yesterday, PNM general secretary Ashton Ford said when the PNM came into office they were faced with an empty Treasury and had to cut expenditure due to falling oil prices. He said it was difficult to understand how some sectors of the public expected the Government to achieve a high level of delivery when the revenue from oil dropped from US$120 to $26 a barrel. “It is inconsistent with reason. You can’t ask more with less. You could not ask the Finance Minister to be reckless with his spending,” Ford said, praising Imbert for handling the economy prudently.

Asked if an inexperienced Cabinet had created some setbacks for the Government, Ford refused to say. “That is the Prime Minister’s call.

He is the one to assess them and to make a judgment call in the performance of the ministers.” In the coming year, Ford said the Government would listen to the population’s views. “The Cabinet will also adjust the negatives and improve on the positives,” he added. (Trinidad Guardian)

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Court Of Appeal To Hear Election Petition Appeal Next Month

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sept 7, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal will next month hear the appeal filed by the main opposition United National Congress (UNC) challenging the decision of the High Court to dismiss its five petitions challenging the outcome of the 2015 general election. The Court will sit from October 17-19 to hear the arguments after Justice Mira Dean-Armorer, who last month dismissed the UNC’s claim that the election should be invalidated because the Election and Boundaries Commission (EBC) should not have extended the poll by one hour in Trinidad due to heavy rains.

The judge acknowledging that while the EBC had breached the election laws, there was not sufficient evidence to declare the polls null and void. In a 54-page ruling Justice Dean Armorer said: “I have in these petitions strove to hold the balance to protect the will of the majority, while ensuring that the patent mistakes of the Electoral and Boundaries Commission (EBC) not reduce the election of 2015 to a mere sham.”

She said it is her view that the elections of 2015 in Trinidad and Tobago “were substantially in accordance with the prescribed law and it does not appear to be that the breaches affect the results. “It is therefore my view and I hold that the election petition should be and is hereby dismissed,” she ruled.

But in their appeal, lawyers for the party headed by former prime minister Kamla Persad Bissessar argue that the judge erred in speculating over its decision to file petitions for only six marginal constituencies, San Fernando West, Tunapuna, St Joseph, Toco/Sangre Grande, Moruga/Tableland and La Horquetta/Talparo. The party is also contending that the judge was wrong to dismiss its evidence of the unknown consequences of the EBC’s decision as speculation. “It was not known from the evidence

before her how many people were aware of the commission’s directive and how those people who were aware of it would have reacted to it.

“These unknown consequences meant that the learned judge could not properly have found with certainty that the breaches did not materially affect the outcome of the election,” according to the documents filed by the UNC. (Trinidad Guardian)

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Brazil's New President Booed At Independence Day Parade

BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil's new president, Michel Temer, was booed at an annual military parade in the capital Brasilia on Wednesday, his first public outing since taking power last week. "Out with Temer!" shouted protesters at the heavily policed ceremony.

Supporters of Temer applauded the new leader. Temer, who was sworn in as president after the removal from office of his rival Dilma Rousseff in an impeachment trial, ditched the traditional open top Rolls Royce used for the parade, instead using a closed presidential vehicle. Apparently wishing to remain low-key, the new president also did not wear the usual sash over his dark suit.

The military parade in the center of Brasilia kicked off nationwide events marking Brazil's September 7 Independence Day. However, there were also protests around the country in support of Rousseff, an unpopular leftist leader who was found guilty by the Senate of breaking accounting laws.

Later Wednesday, Temer was to attend the opening of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Temer, also shown by polls to be deeply unpopular, promises to embark on deep reforms to steer Brazil further to the right in hopes of ending the deepest recession since the 1930s. At the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games last month he was loudly booed. (Jamaica Observer)

Supporters of Brazil's impeached president Dilma Rousseff demostrate against President Michel Temer in Brasilia on September 7, 2016. (Photo: AFP)

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Islamic State Group: Turkey And US 'Ready To Invade Capital’

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested he and incursion into northern Syria, Turkey has made itself a military the US are ready to drive so-called Islamic State (IS) from its player in the country. But Ankara's move, directed in part Syrian stronghold of Raqqa. Mr Erdogan said US counterpart against Kurdish forces backed by Washington, prompted Barack Obama floated the idea of joint action against the serious strains in US-Turkey relations, already poor in the wake militants when they met at the G20 meeting in China. He said of the failed coup against the Erdogan government.

Turkey would have "no problem" with such action. Last month There is now a desire on both sides to improve ties and the Turkey launched an operation inside Syria, targeting both IS suggestion from President Erdogan of US acquiescence in a and Kurdish rebels. Turkish-backed militia drove IS from the Turkish role in the wider battle-plan to recapture Raqqa from IS border town of Jarablus, but Turkey has also been concerned is clearly part of this. It would be an acknowledgement by with checking the advance of Kurdish forces whom it regards as Washington of Turkey's continuing strategic interest in Syria.

No details have been given as to what a Turkish role might terrorists.

The offensive continues, and Russia, who is allied to Syrian amount to but clearly if Raqqa is attacked then the zone President Bashar al-Assad says it is deeply concerned by the approaching the Turkish border to the north of the city needs to movement of Turkish forces deeper into Syrian territory. Mr be secured to block the withdrawal of fleeing IS forces. (BBC) Erdogan's comments on Raqqa were published in Turkish media. There has been no confirmation from the US. "Obama wants to do some things jointly concerning Raqqa," Mr Erdogan said. "We said this would not be a problem from our perspective.'' "I said 'our soldiers should come together and discuss, then what is necessary will be done'," Mr Erdogan added.

Mr Erdogan gave few other details but said more discussions would follow. Raqqa's fall was a key point in the rise of IS as it seized swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria, and is now considered the jihadists' de facto capital.

Between 250,000-500,000 people are still thought to live there, with brutal stories emerging of the Raqqa is considered the IS militants' de facto treatment of civilians. Through its large-scale capital and its loss would be a huge blow

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Air China Magazine London Race Slur Sparks Anger A Chinese airline has reportedly warned passengers that "precautions" should be taken when visiting areas in London mainly populated by "Indians, Pakistanis and black people". Air China included the comments as part of a feature in its in-flight magazine on visiting the city. It also advised tourists not to go out alone at night, and for females to always be accompanied when travelling. A London MP has written to the Chinese ambassador to the UK for an apology.

The comments were noticed by Beijing-based producer Haze Fan from US news channel CNBC. They were published in its monthly Wings Of China magazine and read: "London is generally a safe place to travel, however precautions are needed when entering areas mainly populated by Indians, Pakistanis and black people. "We advise tourists not to go out alone at night, and females always to be accompanied by another person when travelling." Air China has not commented on the article. But MP Virendra Sharma said: "I am shocked and appalled that even today some people would see it as acceptable to write such blatantly untrue and racist statements."

The Labour MP for Ealing Southall, which has a high Indian population, said he had requested for the magazine to be removed from circulation immediately. "I have invited representatives of Air China to visit my constituency of Ealing Southall to see that a very multi-cultural area is safe, and would be of great value for those

visiting London to see. "I will await their response, and if an appropriate one is not forthcoming I shall feel forced to question whether Air China is a fit company to operate in the UK." The airline operates two flights per day from Beijing to London Heathrow. The number of trips to the UK from China rose by 46% last year to 270,000 according to VisitBritain. The Chinese government has previously raised concerns about how its citizens act abroad. In 2013, a senior Chinese Communist Party official called for authorities to "guide tourists to conscientiously abide by public order and social ethics, respect local religious beliefs and customs, mind their speech and behaviour... and protect the environment". (BBC)

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Paris Terror Arrest After Gas Tanks Found In Notre Dame Car

Paris police have arrested a man on the terrorism watch list after his car was found near the Notre Dame Cathedral with seven gas cylinders inside. The Peugeot 607 was found with its hazard warning lights flashing and without

The car was found near Notre Dame Cathedral, one of Paris's most popular tourist attractions(AFP)

number plates, police said. One of the canisters, on the front passenger seat, was empty, and there were no detonating devices inside. In November, 130 people died in Paris in a series of terror attacks carried out by so-called Islamic State (IS).

Test-run? An associate of the car's owner, also known to police, was also arrested, French news agency AFP reported.

Some French media reports said several people had been arrested.

Documents with writing in Arabic were also found in t h e c a r, p o l i c e s a i d .

Officers speculated that the hazard lights may have been turned on to attract attention. "We think he may have been trying to carry out a test-run," one police official told AFP. The car was found on the Quai de Montebello, just metres from the cathedral, along a stretch of the Seine riverside. A state of emergency has been in place in France since the attacks in Paris. At least 84 people were killed when a lorry was driven into a crowd in the southern city of Nice in July. The driver, Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, was believed to have been inspired by IS. Notre Dame is among Paris' top tourist destinations, attracting approximately 13 million visitors per year. (BBC)

Indonesia Drug Chief Calls For Philippine-Style Crackdown

Budi Waseso (centre) said the lives of drug dealers were "meaningless"(GETTY IMAGES)

Indonesia's anti-narcotics chief has called for the country to imitate the brutal war on drugs launched by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Budi Waseso praised Mr Duterte and said drug dealers' lives were "meaningless".

Hundreds of alleged dealers have been killed in the Philippines since Mr Duterte allowed to police to shoot them on sight. Mr Duterte, nicknamed "The Punisher", has been condemned by the United Nations for his approach against crime. President Joko Widodo is hosting Mr Duterte in Jakarta later this week, where discussions on how to tackle

the drugs trade will be high on the agenda.

Indonesia already has some of the toughest drug laws in the world and ended a fouryear moratorium on executions in 2013. Speaking at a press conference held by Indonesia's anti-narcotics agency (BNN), Mr Waseso said the country would bolster its arsenal of weapons, officers, and technology devoted to combating the drugs trade. "The life of a dealer is meaningless because [he] carries out mass murder," he said. When asked if Indonesia would be as aggressive as the Philippines, Mr Waseso said: "Yes I believe so." A spokesman for the BNN later struck a different tone, saying Indonesia would not be as aggressive.

"Our punishments have to be in accordance with our law and with national and international standards," said Slamet Pribadi.

About 2,400 people have been killed since Mr Duterte declared his war on drugs,

Reuters news agency reports - 900 in official police operations and the rest in "deaths under investigation", a term human rights activists say is a euphemism for vigilante and extrajudicial killings. When US President Barack Obama said earlier this week he would raise the issue with Mr Duterte, his Philippine counterpart responded by threatening to call him a "son of a whore".

Mr Obama subsequently cancelled a scheduled meeting between the two, and Mr Duterte expressed regret for his comment.

Obama, Duterte and other notorious political insultst Indonesia executed four people, including foreign nationals, in July on charges of drug smuggling, despite condemnation from the UN. In April last year President Joko Widodo drew the ire of the Australian government with a previous execution of 14, including two Australians.

Mr Waseso drew criticism and mockery in November when he proposed building a prison guarded by crocodiles. "You can't bribe crocodiles. You can't convince them to let inmates escape," he said at the time.

(BBC)

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Syria Conflict: Opposition Unveils Transition Plan

The umbrella group representing Syria's political and armed cannot lose either. The war gets more complicated every year. opposition factions has set out a plan for a political transition to Regional superpowers, and the world's most powerful countries end five years of war. The High Negotiations Committee (HNC) have intervened. Dozens of different, and sometimes proposed holding six months of negotiations with President overlapping rebel groups operate on the battlefields.

Bashar al-Assad, accompanied by a full ceasefire. Mr Assad All have their own agendas. It's a mini world war. No wonder would then hand over power to a unity government that would diplomacy fails. Grey line Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said run Syria for 18 months and organise elections. Syria's deputy the plan would test Mr Assad's allies. But Adel al-Jubeir told the BBC he was not optimistic that Russia and Iran were prepared to foreign minister later insisted Mr Assad would not step aside.

Faisal Mekdad told the BBC that demands that the country's put the "necessary pressure" on the president "in order to elected leader be removed were "crazy" and "unbelievable". comply with the will of the international community". Mr Jubeir "We are saying, let the Syrian people decide their own fate. will discuss the HNC's blueprint with other foreign ministers Their own future without intervention. Don't make from the Friend of Syria group of countries that support the preconditions who will rule Syria," he said. Mr Assad has opposition. consistently refused to step down since the beginning of the war, UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who is hosting the which has left more than 250,000 people dead, and meeting, wrote in The Times that there "was still a chance that correspondents say the recent battlefield successes of his forces this vision can be made to work". "If the Russians and Americans can together create a ceasefire, then the talks can have only hardened that view.

The HNC's "Vision for Syria" was unveiled in London by its restart in Geneva with the difference, perhaps, that all sides will general co-ordinator, Riyad Hijab, who defected in 2012 while by then have seen at least the scaffolding of a post-Assad Syria," serving as prime minister. He said the plan envisaged three he added. Moscow and Washington, which backs the opposition phases: Six months of negotiations between opposition and and insists Mr Assad must go, have so far failed to reach an government representatives, using a 2012 document known as agreement on a new cessation of hostilities. the Geneva Communique as a basis for discussions. Both sides After a meeting with President Vladimir Putin at the G20 would also commit to a temporary truce, lift sieges, allow full summit in China on Monday, Barack Obama said they had been humanitarian access and release detainees A transitional period unable to close "gaps of trust". US officials are particularly lasting a year and a half would start with the establishment of a concerned by the deteriorating conditions in and around Syria's transitional governing body with full executive powers, as well second city, Aleppo, where rebel-held eastern areas are once as the departure of Mr Assad and other senior officials accused again under siege after government forces advanced over the weekend. On Monday, more than a 100 people were admitted to of committing "heinous crimes".

A new constitution would be drafted during this phase, and a hospital following a suspected chlorine gas attack on the rebeldemocratic and pluralistic political system established Changes held Sukkari district. Activists in the city said one person died to the constitution would be agreed, the outcomes of a national after bombs were dropped from government helicopters. (BBC) dialogue implemented, and elections held under UN supervision If the document on a transition in Syria had been produced by the political leaders of a victorious army at the gates of Damascus, it could be seen as an enlightened blueprint for the future. But the regime in Damascus will dismiss it, because President Bashar alAssad seems more secure in the capital than at any other time since the war started.

In 2013, when the chemical attack on the city's rebelheld eastern suburbs seemed certain to provoke American air strikes the regime looked shaky and afraid.

But the strikes never came, and since then the president and his men have strengthened their positions. Crucially, Russia has intervened directly on the battlefield. Five years of war in Syria have left more President Assad cannot win as things stand, but he than 250,000 people dead(REUTERS)

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Apple Tax: Irish Tax Criticisms 'Unfair' Says Noonan

Critics of Ireland's tax regime are drawing outdated and unfair caricatures, the Republic's Finance Minister Michael Noonan has said. The Irish parliament has been recalled early to debate the European Commission's ruling that the country granted undue tax benefits of up to €13bn (£11bn) to Apple. It follows the decision by the Irish government to appeal the ruling. Mr Noonan said Apple had not been shown favouritism. Today's vote was always going to be a foregone conclusion once the main opposition party, Fianna Fail, indicated it would support the government motion in appealing the European Commission's Apple ruling.

It will mean that Enda Kenny's Fine Gael minority government, supported by Independents, will go to the courts in Luxembourg with the diverse support of the Irish parliament. It will argue that it did nothing wrong and did not collude with Apple in a secret sweetheart deal, to help it avoid paying taxes in other countries. But Sinn Féin and hard-left politicians and parties disagree and say the government should pocket the Apple money plus interest, and spend it on social services that have been reduced because of austerity.

While there is little sympathy for Apple and the low amounts of tax it has paid globally for those supporting the government, it comes down to short-term monetary gain or protecting the Republic of Ireland's good business name in the longer term.

The appeal will go ahead but it may be up to six years before we know the outcome. "It is simply untrue that Ireland provided favourable treatment to Apple," said the finance minister. "The reaction to the European Commission's decision has, at times, painted an outdated and unfair caricature of Ireland's position on tax. "This is a caricature that is at odds with the evidence and which overlooks our proven track record in recent years.

“The facts show our constructive engagement at the international table, with matchless implementation of reforms ahead of many of our partner countries." He said the European Commission ruling encroached on sovereign states' decisions on tax and contained contradictions on where Apple owed tax. 'No selective treatment' Micheál Martin, leader of Fianna Fail, said it had not been shown that there had been "selective treatment for one company".

"A five-year investigation, including an unprecedented and targeted trawl of revenue files, has produced an assertion, but no evidence," he told the debate.

However, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams said there had to be fairness in taxation. "There can't

be one set of rules for some and different rules for others, with small and medium sized enterprises - the backbone of our economy - weighed down by government tax policies, while one very large company pays less than 1% corporation tax." On Tuesday night, Dáil (parliament) members were given a 16page Department of Finance document on the background to the ruling. The ruling itself is confidential.

How Apple was taxed in Ireland in 2011 In 2011, as in previous years, every Apple product sold in Europe, Middle East, Africa and India was recorded as a sale by Apple Sales International in Ireland. Under its tax arrangement, Apple Sales International then allocated the vast majority of its profits to a head office.

According to the EU Commission, this head office existed "only on paper" and therefore its profits were not taxed. Only a small percentage of profits were allocated to the Irish branch of Apple Sales International. As a result, the final 10 million euros tax paid by Apple was equivalent to a rate of 0.05% - this fell to 0.005% by 2014 as profits rose - far less than the 12.5% Ireland charges other companies.

Another company, Apple Operations Europe, also based in Ireland, operated in a similar way. 'Absolutely unbelievable' Richard Boyd Barrett of People Before Profit told the Dáil it was "a farce" that the debate was being held despite the fact that members could not see the full European ruling. "It's absolutely unbelievable that we're going to make a decision that has enormous implications for this state - to say no to 13bn euros and we have not even got access to the ruling," he said.

Previously, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said he was "very confident" the ruling would be overturned on appeal. He called the European Commission's decision "maddening" and "political". (BBC)

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Pokemon Go In Indian Court For 'Hurting Religious Sentiments’

Pokemon Go has not been officially released in India, but many still play thanks to workarounds(NIANTIC)

Augmented reality game Pokemon Go has landed up in an Indian court over allegations it is hurting the religious sentiments of millions of vegetarians. The high court in

Gujarat state was asked to ban the game because its images of eggs in places of worship were "blasphemous" to Hindus and Jains. The court has asked the makers of Pokemon Go to respond to the charges.

It is unclear if the makers, Niantic Inc, will do so. The court move has been met with derision on social media. Pokemon Go has not been officially released in India, but many still play thanks to workarounds. The game can be accessed from an Indian phone by signing into an iTunes account of any country where the game has been released. Many reports say temples are often Pokestops -

especially marked landmarks where players can gather supplies.

The petition also cited infringement of privacy, and a possible threat of life to the players searching for Pokemons as further grounds for banning the game. The news invited ridicule on social media, with Pokemon Go trending on Twitter in India.

Many criticised the "frivolity" of the case, including former minister Shashi Tharoor who tweeted: "To file in the "Only in India" category! Would be funny if such frivolous cases didn't clog our judicial system." (BBC)

Caesarean Birth Might Increase Obesity Risk, Says Study

Babies born by Caesarean are at higher risk of becoming obese, especially compared with siblings born by vaginal delivery, a large study suggests. Writing in JAMA Pediatrics, the researchers said this might be because babies born vaginally are exposed to healthy gut bacteria that play an important role in regulating diet. The study followed more than 22,000 babies into adulthood. But experts said there were likely to be many different factors at work. These include the diet of the mother, whether she had diabetes during pregnancy and whether the baby was breastfed.

Babies born via Caesarean are less likely to be breastfed, and this has been shown to lead to an increased risk of obesity. Children's diets also have an effect on their future weight. Steady rise In the UK, about 26% of babies are delivered by Caesarean section an operation where a cut is made in the tummy and womb to get the baby out. Rates have been rising steadily over the past few years, according to the Royal College of M i d w i v e s . I n t h i s s t u d y, A m e r i c a n researchers from Harvard Medical School and other institutions found that babies delivered by Caesarean were 15% more likely to grow up to be obese after adjusting for a number of factors, including the mother's weight and age.

In families where children were born by different methods, those born by Caesarean were 64% more likely to be obese than their

siblings born by vaginal delivery. But the researchers could not say Caesareans were the cause of obesity or explain the mechanisms behind the link. Their best guess was that differences in gastrointestinal microbiota, or healthy gut bacteria, between babies born by different methods could have an effect. 'Medical necessity' Microbiota is the term used to describe the microbes that colonise our bodies and which vary from one person to another.

They are linked to some diseases but can also be used to treat disease and promote health. A technique called "vaginal seeding" can be used to transfer maternal vaginal fluid which contains the healthy bacteria - to a baby born by Caesarean but doctors say there could be risks with infection. Dr Simon Cork, research associate in the department of investigative medicine at Imperial College London, said there were many factors to consider in children's risk of obesity - not just their mode of delivery at birth.

"Overall, the literature surrounding this area suggests that there may be a link between Caesarean section and obesity.

However, this link is neither fully proven nor understood.

"Most often Caesarean births are as a result of medical necessity, rather than elective, and as such this risk would

outweigh any concerns mothers should have regarding the possibility of future weight issues." Informed choice Prof Neena Modi, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said more research was needed to find out whether birth by Caesarean was a cause of obesity. "Caesarean section can be life saving for women and their babies.

However many women are now considering Caesarean section where there is no medical indication. "It is important that they are told about the possibility of increased risk of obesity in their children, to help them make an informed birth choice. She added: "It is also important for parents to focus on factors that they can influence which definitely impact on their infant's health. This includes maintaining a healthy weight at the time of conception, and throughout pregnancy. " (BBC)

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solar and electric-powered tuk-tuk has been robbed in France, worked for Mahindra Reva, an Indian electric car company. He derailing the final leg of a seven-month journey. Naveen bought the diesel tuk-tuk for $1,500 (£1,120) and spent $11,500 Rabelli had his passport and wallet stolen from his parked tuk- customising it. It has a top speed of 60km/h (37 mph) and is tuk in Sarcelles while using a bathroom. He is waiting for a new powered by both electricity and solar power. The vehicle has a passport to cross the English Channel and finish his journey at bed and a solar cooker. (BBC) Buckingham Palace.

Mr Rabelli is trying to draw attention to renewable energy. "I have been on road for seven months now, and have been dreaming to get to [the] UK. For four years I have been preparing for this," he told the BBC. "It really sucks to have lost my passport and 1,000 euros" while en route to Calais to take a ferry to the UK, he said Mr Rabelli has been helped by strangers along his journey, which took him through Iran, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

He sleeps in his auto-rickshaw when not offered accommodation and managed to save up money along the way. "People donated. I sold olive oil in [a] market, I sold my Mr Rabelli modified the diesel tuk-tuk to run on postcards, I sold Greek liquor," he said. The electric and solar power(NAVEEN RABELLI)

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A Day Like Today Tupac Amaru Shakur, one of the ‘most influential’ rappers of the 90s was fatally shot a day like today 1997. Tupac, also known as 2Pac or Makaveli, was an American rapper, producer and actor who managed to leave an eternal print on the musical charters of the last three decades. THe rapper was born the 16th of June 1971. He grew up in a hostile and rebel environment. His parents Afeni Shakur and Billy Garland, were active members of the Black Panther Party, a Black Nationalist and socialist organization. This raw environment crafted his future.

Surrounded by ex-convicts and high profile criminals wanted by the law, he became the living reflection of his past. His music, influenced by the work of contemporary English and Irish pop musicians, became the main tool to express repressed feelings, and weapon against social evils, dragging him in a world filled with confrontations for the way he projected his thoughts and elaborated his lyrics. Hip Hop was a premature gender by the early 90s, and the latest form of the AfricanAmerican side of the society, to express their frustration over social segregation. Groups were formed, music was made, Tupac rose. Between 1990 to 1993, he saw his records becoming successful and gaining the attention of the public. But not only managers and record companies noticed him, rival rappers and gangs felt the weight of his words, something they didn’t take lightly. The Harlem-born rapper had many rivals.

Names like Biggie Small, Lil Kim, Dr. Dre, Mobb Deep, Puff Daddy and record companies such as Bad Boys Records, made headlines on the tabloid of the decade after a musical war started between the artists, which on several occasions exploded in direct confrontations. Death Row Records was the last company that promoted Tupac’s music. But sadly, the violent ways of the members of this company cost his life. Death Row Records founder, Marion “Suge” Knight had conflicts with the largest and most violent associations of street gangs in the United States, ‘The Crips’. This rivalry led to a deadly shootout in Las Vegas on September 7th 1997 between the two groups.

On that fatidic night, members of the Crips discharge a large amount of ammunition on the black BMW that Marion Knight

was riding along with Tupac. Knight was only wounded in the head, but Tupac was shoot several times. He died on September 13th at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevadafrom internal bleeding.

Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tupacshakur-is-shot

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Try to do things with children that will enable you to bond closer to them. You will have problems with coworkers if you are too extreme about doing things perfectly. Keep an open mind when dealing with youngsters.

Your versatile mind and common sense will allow you to come up with various solutions. You can continue to make gains if you call a few people who can help you close an important deal. Take care of any dealings with government agencies.

If you can include them in your plans, do so. Your health may have suffered due to neglect or abuse.

Abrupt changes in your home may send you for a loop.

One sided attractions are likely. Children may cause limitations. Your energy will be high.

Spend time with friends and relatives. Travel for pleasure. Opposition is present and you should be prepared to counteract it as best you can.

Any renovation or decorating to your home should include the whole family.

Relationships will form if you get out and do things that you enjoy. Travel opportunities must be taken advantage of. You may find that romance will unfold through business connections.

Don't give up what you have until you can be certain just what it is you're getting. Make career changes that may increase your income. Don't let someone talk you into parting with your cash unless you can truly see the benefits of doing so.

You may find that your anger stems from lending or borrowing money. Your involvement in groups will be favorable for meeting new and exciting individuals. Make changes to your living quarters that will please the whole family.

Some of that extra energy you have stored up might just be put to good use. You need to get out and have some fun to reduce tension. Before you proceed be sure to talk your plans over with those they will affect

You may want to take extra special care of your luggage if you are traveling today. Electrical problems may be an issue. You may not see your situation clearly.

Take some time to change your house around.

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Try to satisfy both of your needs. Keep a lookout for any individuals eager to confront you with unsavory situations. You will learn a great deal from people with different cultural backgrounds.

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El Salvador Players AllegeteamMatch-Fixing Approach and want to disassociate ourselves from whatever bad

Tuesday's game between Canada and El Salvador in Vancouver has been the subject of a match-fixing attempt, according to the visiting team. El Salvador players have alleged that they were approached by a businessman seeking to fix Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Canada. The squad held a press conference on Monday in which an audio recording was played that they insist proves their claim.

In the recording, it is alleged that a Salvadoran businessman outlines an offer from a Honduran associate to incentivise the players to get a result.

While El Salvador cannot progress to the next phase of qualifying, Canada can overhaul Honduras in Group A and go through at their expense – but only on goal difference, with a fivegoal deficit to overhaul. It is claimed the players would have been paid $30 for every minute played in a win, $20 for a tie and $15 for a loss of no greater than one goal, on the same per-minute basis.

El Salvador forward Nelson Bonilla said: "With respect to what we just heard, we want to make clear that we're against this anything like this act.

"We want to be very transparent in front of the public about anything happening with the national

impression this event could cause." The country had 14 players banned for life in 2013 following an investigation into a matchfixing scandal. Canada and El Salvador drew 0-0 when they met in November. (SportsMax)

Alonso Intrigued By Mourinho Versus Guardiola Manchester Derby Battle Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola's latest battle in the Manchester derby has caught the imagination of Bayern Munich midfielder Xabi Alonso. Xabi Alonso will have a keen eye on this weekend's Manchester derby having worked first-hand with rivals Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola. The managerial duo endured a testing relationship when in charge of Real Madrid and Barcelona, and the pair will renew rivalries when Mourinho's Manchester United host Guardiola's City at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Saturday.

Both men are regarded among the world's finest coaches, with Mourinho's pragmatic approach often in stark contrast to the possession-based game preferred by Guardiola. Alonso is a man who knows the two well, having represented Mourinho at the Santiago Bernabeu, before playing under Guardiola at Bayern Munich. And the midfielder is intrigued by their latest battle. "It is a very big game in England. I think it will be a tactical match," he said.

"Both coaches are methodical, they want to analyse everything.

We'll see what will happen. I hope I can watch the game. "I think they show many things in terms of personality and in terms of what kind of leaders they are. In terms of football they have their own ideas how to approach the game, the ambition they have, offensively, defensively.

"In those terms they are different. But for sure they are very competitive and they get the best from each player. For a player it is like a motivation to have a trainer that gets the best of you. "I think they share many things in terms of personality and in terms of what kind of leaders they are." (SportsMax)

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Pjanic Ready For Juve Debut

Juventus could hand Miralem Pjanic his first appearance against Sassuolo this weekend after recovering from his injury problems. Miralem Pjanic is finally ready to make his Juventus debut this weekend after struggling with a minor injury early on his career with the Serie A champions. The former Roma midfielder has yet to feature for Massimiliano Allegri's side in a competitive fixture since signing a five-year deal in June, his switch coming after Juve agreed a €32million fee with Roma.

Pjanic was an unused substitute against Lazio and Fiorentina prior to the international break, and proved his fitness by playing 90 minutes in BosniaHerzegovina's 5-0 World Cup qualifying win over Estonia on Tuesday. Now the 26-year-old hopes to break into Juve's first team as they embark on a busy period that includes the first match of their Champions League campaign with Sevilla on September 14. "I had small physical problems for the first two matches, but I'm fine now," Pjanic told Premium Sport.

“Now there will be Sassuolo, then Sevilla. An important cycle awaits us, we play every three days, but I'm ready. "What we want is to keep the victories [of] last year going without forgetting the Champions

League. "We will look to progress the round [group stage] and then we'll see what happens. "Obviously a team like Juventus must point to everything. We will do our best [to win it all]."

Juve have taken maximum points from their opening two games. (SportsMax)

Lucas Perez is being backed to make life difficult for Premier League defenders by new Arsenal team-mate Shkodran Mustafi. Shkodran Mustafi is confident fellow new Arsenal signing Lucas Perez has all the attributes to be a hit in England and warned Premier League defenders they face an "uncomfortable" experience. Arsenal completed big-money deals to land centre-back Mustafi and forward Perez from Valencia and Deportivo La Coruna respectively before the transfer window closed.

Mustafi has first-hand experience of playing against his new team-mate in LaLiga and believes the 27-year-old can bring the sort of form that saw him net 17 league goals last season to Emirates Stadium. "He is uncomfortable to play against. He's a good striker - he has everything a striker needs," he told Arsenal's official website. "He's someone you can play well with. He doesn't just run around and wait for someone to give him a pass to score a goal. He works a lot for the team as well and he creates chances.

“He's in the right place at the right time, as he showed last year in LaLiga. I played there for two years and I know it's not that

easy to score many goals in LaLiga, because you have great defenders there as well. "I think he's going to help the team a lot." Mustafi is expected to make his Arsenal debut against Southampton this weekend despite suffering an ankle injury scare on international duty with Germany, while Perez is also in line to make his competitive Gunners bow. (SportsMax)

Mustafi Backs 'Uncomfortable' Perez To Make Big Arsenal Impact

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Messi Is Superior To Ronaldo, Claims Xavi Lionel Messi is superior to everyone in the world, including Cristiano Ronaldo, says Xavi. Former Barcelona captain Xavi is adamant Lionel Messi is of a higher calibre than his Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo. The duo have long been thought of as the top two players in world football, sharing the last eight Ballons d'Or. Messi holds the title, but Ronaldo's exploits with Madrid and Euro 2016 winners Portugal saw him named UEFA's Best Player in Europe last month. His performances in the 2015-16 campaign have made him favourite for the world title, but Xavi believes the 31year-old is nothing compared to his former Camp Nou team-mate. And the Al Sadd midfielder says the whole world agrees with him apart from those linked to Madrid.

“Ronaldo is a player of his time, the problem is that there is another who has been pretty much the best player in history," Xavi told Cadena SER. "Ronaldo is extraordinary, but compared to Messi, for me and for everyone

who likes football, there can be no comparisons. "Messi will be number one until he wants. He's superior to everyone and is the best in the world, unless you are Real Madrid." (SportsMax)

Premier League-NFL Double-Header Planned For Spurs' New Stadium The possibility of Tottenham hosting Premier League and NFL fixtures on the same day is being explored by chairman Daniel Levy. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has raised the possibility of hosting a Premier League and NFL double-

header on the same day once work on their new stadium is complete. Spurs are aiming to be in their stadium, which will have a capacity of 61,000, ahead of the 2018-19 season.

In July, Tottenham announced a deal with NFL to host two games a season, with a retractable grass pitch for Premier League matches and an artificial surface underneath for American football. Levy believes it is possible to host both sports on the same day and is excited by the prospect of doing so. "I don't think it's something we'd want to try in our first game, but that is certainly realistic," he told ESPN. “How exciting, the idea of having the two biggest leagues in the world from a television perspective – fantastic – play on the same day." NFL's executive vice-president Mark Waller added: "One of the idle thoughts we have at the moment is whether you would really be able to play an NFL fixture and a Premier League game on the same day as a double-header. "It wouldn't be absolutely out of the question. I don't think you'd want to do it on a regular basis, but on a unique feature, it might be a really interesting idea." (SportsMax)

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ICC Rules Out Two-Tier Test System A Test Champion play-off could be contested every two years from 2019 as part of plans to shake up international cricket.

Plans to implement a two-tier Test system appear to have been shelved after the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced proposals for changes aimed at improving the quality of bi-lateral cricket. Senior international cricket figures met in Dubai this week to discuss potential changes to the international game, with the contentious introduction of promotion and relegation for Test sides on the agenda.

The Board of Control for Cricket In India made it clear it was against a two-tier system, with the boards of Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh taking the same stance. ICC chief executive David Richardson made no comment on two-tier Test cricket in a statement released on Wednesday, but revealed that a Test Champion play-off contested every two years could come into effect from 2019.

Richardson said: "Significant progress on

the future shape of all international cricket has been made at the two-day cricket structures workshop in Dubai as members have explored how to improve the quality of bi-lateral cricket.

"The focus has been on solutions that will grow fan interest and engagement by delivering high-quality cricket with the best players playing in an environment where every match counts.

"Encouragingly there is an appetite from the 10 full members for more context around all three formats of the game and we have consensus on a range of areas.

“This includes the details of ODI and T20 structures and principles around Test cricket schedules, which include the concept of a Test Champion play-off every two years, and the opportunity for more nations to be involved. "There are some complexities, not least because of scheduling and existing structures, but we envisage the changes being implemented for 2019.

“Members will now revert to their boards to share the details of the proposed revised structures and principles. Work will continue to develop a clear structure and position for each format over the coming months as the ICC collectively focuses on improving bi-lateral cricket for fans and players in the long run." (SportsMax)

Klinsmann Lauds 'Wonderful' Pulisic

Christian Pulisic made his first qualifying start for the USA and the 17-year-old did not disappoint in a 4-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago. Christian Pulisic's performance was labelled as "wonderful" by United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann after the teenage sensation impressed in World Cup qualifying.

Pulisic made his first start in a qualifier and the 17-year-old did not disappoint as the Americans saw off Trinidad and Tobago 40 in Jacksonville, Florida on Tuesday.

The Borussia Dortmund youngster was not overawed by the occasion, hitting the post in the first half, while teeing up two-goal hero Jozy Altidore for his second of the match. "As we've said over the last few months, one step at a time, but the step was right today," said Klinsmann. "We watch every training session. "Obviously, Copa America helped us a lot to bring him along and get comfortable in this group of older guys.

He was very mature the way he trained every session. He was very focused. "We thought, it's a good time now. Obviously, the performance was wonderful for us." Pulisic added: "It took us a bit of time to start to get a feel for the game, which is important. Once we got it, we gave it to them. We did a great job today." Klinsmann also praised goalscorer Sacha Kljestan, who broke the deadlock shortly before half-time.

“I think the way Sacha now plays at the New York Red Bulls, this is a role that he really is good at and he brought himself back into this roster," said the German. "So [I need to] make sure we give him the opportunity to play the number 10 role.

Automatically, that means Michael [Bradley] is more of the number six in this game. Whether we need him as a number eight or a number 10, it's not a problem." (SportsMax)

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Jamaica Football: HaitiwinBeat Reggae Boyz 2-0 over their English-speaking neighbours. Costa Rica and

Jamaica ended a wretched World Cup qualification campaign without a win on home soil following a 2-0 loss to Haiti at the National Stadium on Tuesday. The result left the Reggae Boyz rooted to the bottom of Group B, finishing on an identical four points as the Haitian team, but behind on goal difference.

The home team was made to pay for failing to put away a number of early chances, striker Corey Burke one of the players given an opportunity to showcase his talent in the absence of several senior players, particularly culpable.

Haiti successfully blunted a Jamaican attack before counter attacking to devastating effect in the 68th minute. Kevin Lafrance finished off the sweeping move with clinical precision, firing hard and low to the left of Jamaica custodian Andre Blake to give the visitors the lead.

With the Jamaicans looking to pull level they were again caught light at the back as Duckens Nazón eluded the backline to finish off an 88th minute effort. The result marked the first time in 40 years the Haitians had secured a

Panama advanced from the group to the Hexagonal round.

(SportsMax)

United States 4 Trinidad And Tobago 0: Altidore Nets Brace The United States are into the final round of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia thanks to two goals from Jozy Altidore. The United States moved into the final round of CONCACAF qualifying for the 2018 World Cup after a 4-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago. The visitors had already qualified for the next round, but USA's win at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida, saw them finish top of Group C. Jozy

Altidore scored a brace for Jurgen Klinsmann's men, while Sacha Kljestan and Paul Arriola also netted.

Victory saw USA finish the fourth round on 13 points, two clear of Trinidad and Tobago. Guatemala's 9-3 victory over St Vincent and Grenadines meant nothing as they finished third.

USA had to wait until the 31st minute for their first real chance on Tuesday as an Altidore cross led to 17-year-old Christian Pulisic hitting the post. As the hosts threatened again, midfielder Kljestan doubled the lead – blocking an attempted clearance before blasting a left-footed effort past goalkeeper Marvin Phillip and into the corner to make it 1-0. The keeper ensured his team stayed in the match by blocking an Altidore shot from the top of the box.

The visitors had a 55th-minute chance through Kenwyne Jones, but he fired high and wide. Altidore made it 2-0 soon after, taking a Fabian Johnson pass before sending his shot past Phillip for his 16th career goal in a World Cup qualifier - a national team record.

Pulisic set up Altidore for an easy finish before Arriola, a second-half substitute for Alejandro Bedoya, got his first qualifying goal in the 71st minute. Altidore nearly completed his hat-trick, but he shot over in additional time. (SportsMax)

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African Athletics Chief Calls For Review Of Athlete Nationality Switch Hamad Kalkaba Malboum head of the Confederation of African Athletics has called for closer scrutiny of the switching of athletes between countries for international competition. The story of athletes switching allegiances is far from a new one, with many opting for

opportunities presented from trading in their talent in exchange for a better life.

With increased globalization the opportunity for economic benefit has seemingly made the practice more prevalent.

At last month’s Olympics several athletes from African nations and the Caribbean could be seen draped in the flag of their adopted nations. Kenyan Ruth Jebet won Bahrain's first ever Olympic medal when she claimed gold in the women's 3000m steeplechase at the Rio Games. In the men’s 100m semi-finals six athletes affiliated to Jamaica contested the event. In addition to Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake

and Nickel Ashmeade Kemarley Brown (Brown), Andrew Fisher (Bahrain), and Jak Ali Harvey (Turkey) also contested the event.

According to rules of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), an athlete who has competed for one country can only transfer allegiance to another after three years, agreements between federations, however, often shortens that period. Malboum remains convinced that further alterations need to be made. "Rules on nationality changes must be reviewed," Malboum said.

"What's happening in international competitions is troubling everyone,” he added. (SportsMax)

Mutinous Players Dropped From Trinidad's Women Hockey Team Alana Lewis and Samantha Olton, two of Trinidad and Tobago’s top women’s hockey players have reportedly been dropped from the country’s national team that will be competing at the World Hockey League in Mexico later this month. The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian newspaper is reporting that the players were dropped after they attempted to influence the selection of players that are currently in training under head coach Brian Garcia.

According to report, the players sent a letter to the management questioning the selection of certain players and called for the players to abandon the team if certain players were not selected. Lewis, the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Hockey Player of the Year, was also the captain of the team, while Olton, the 2015 Junior Player of the Year, is considered a tremendous asset. Coach Garcia said the players dropped have demonstrated a lack of commitment and that the team would be more unified in their absence.

“It is quite alright for players to have an opinion on the composition of the team, but when one puts it in writing to the staff and

demand they will not play if certain players are selected, then it borders on disrespect,” the coach said. “We must never reach a position where players are making demands on the selection of the team, as it will be the beginning of the end of T&T sports.

This does not happen anywhere in the world and therefore I told the players I could not accept their behaviour." (SportsMax)

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The Rio Paralympics Has Begun The Paralympics countdown has reached its end. Today the inauguration ceremony will be held at the Maracana Stadium, same venue that witnessed the dawn and dust of the Olympics not more than a month ago. Just as the previous games, this one is already surrounded by major historical changes in the country that is hosting them. Brazil, the ‘American Giant’ has seen the fall and rise of its pillars in times when the people were supposed to fully enjoy the unique and exclusive opportunity of being chosen as the land where the most valuable athletes compete for their golden presea. Instead conflicts, social discontent, an economic crisis still on suspense of being solved, and an alleged coup d’état on Former President Dilma Rousseff, hunts background of the shows. But a light wave of optimism and positivity surround the event as the focus will be on the Maracana Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro where thousands of spectators will experience the parade of more than 4,300 athletes representing 160 countries. According to the Paralympics Webpage, the ceremony is expected to last three hours and will reflect the exotic Brazilian beauty, from a different angle carried by the Summer Olympics ceremony.

Inner power, strength and determination of those who will be participating in this exclusive event, will be highlighted. From

the 7th to the 18th September, athletes from every corner of the planet will become a living statement of equality, reminding the rest of the world that disabilities are no longer a barrier for those whose dreams are wider than any physical limitation. Source: https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/about-us