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“Criminals are here, there and everywhere, they are Commissioner to Guyana Gregg Quinn stated that steps are omnipresent,” General Secretary of the Opposition People’s underway to ensure that the Security Sector Reform Program is Progressive Party Clement Rohee told a news conference at revived, but did not state the amount of money to be allocated to Freedom House today. Rohee said that all Guyanese are under the programme. Funding for the project in the past had come attack by criminal elements of society, including international from the Department for International Development (DFID). public servants. He alluded to the alleged robbery of two United Nations Development Program (UNDP) staffers recently. He further stated that President David Granger called for a crime fighting plan and several responses were given about the status of the plan, but according to him there is no crime fighting plan by the APNU+AFC government, but more of a plan of deception. The Security Sector Reform Program, which will come on stream soon has raised eyebrows in the opposition camp. Rohee is questioning the financing of the program, how much the British Government will be contributing towards the program, how long the plan is for and what are the key components of the plan. The British Government is currently General Secretary of the Opposition working on an assessment aimed at restarting the Security People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee Sector Reform Programme here in Guyana. British High

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Govt Minister Alarmed About Rate Of Child Abuse In Guyana Williams and her team held engagements with children,

Minister within the Ministry of Communities Dawn Hastings-Williams addressing the meeting in Jawalla

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uring a recent educational outreach in region seven, Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Dawn Hastings-Williams reached out to several upper Mazaruni communities and stated that “child abuse is real”, and has called on all to play an active role in eliminating the plague. The Minister noted that “all (parents, community leaders, businesses and the police) must become involved,” to stop this scourge and called on the community leaders, parents and residents to put prominence on the issues, by making it a topic of discussion at every forum.

And aside from this, she urged residents to not be silent, but to report all suspected cases of child abuse. The minister noted that, based on reports, incidents of child abuse are on the increase in every administrative region of Guyana, and the hinterland regions are showing signs of more vulnerability in this regard. At a Child Protection Week Rally in Linden last week, Director of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CPA), Ann Greene had stated that a report from January to July 2016 shows that in Guyana there were 2,238 reports of child abuse, “that includes all forms of abuse and sexual abuse” and 441 cases of sexual abuse.

The Government Information Agency (GINA) had reported, that over a period of a three day visit Minister Hastings-

parents, community leaders and councillors of Kamarang, Jawalla, Kako and Kwebanna. Some of the issues raised were child rights, preventing child abuse, and better parenting. The Minister urged that the community make it a decisive issue at the weekly village meetings and at the level of the different Parent Teachers’ Association meetings. The Minister also asked that these meetings discuss such issues as how to recognize the signs and symptoms of abuse and what to do if it is suspected that a child or young person has been harmed.

Tiffany Griffith, representative from the Blossom Incorporated and a member of the minister’s team during engagements with the children, had reminded them that they are all special. She explained that their parents, community and government have a responsibility to them in relation to ensuring that they become their best self for their future role.

Griffith stressed that the responsibility includes ensuring that they are “well taken care of” including from all forms of abuse.

“Abuse is any form of punishment or wrong doing that has been done to a child,” Griffith explained to the children and, “if somebody beats you and leaves marks on your skin and causes you pain and you are not able to attend school that is abuse. If somebody should touch you on your private parts that is abuse.” Blossom Incorporated is a registered nongovernmental organization,n with the Ministry of Social Protection, to build and stren within Guyana, that works separately and in collaboratiogthen children and families’ relationships, and to safeguard the physical and mental wellbeing of all children.

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Mazaruni Prison Expansion To Decrease Overcrowding At Camp Street

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n an attempt to solve the problem of overcrowding at the Georgetown Prison, Camp Street, Minister of Public S e c u r i t y, K h e m r a j Ramjattan has revealed that come 2017 the Mazaruni Prison is expected to be expanded. He said this is the best alternative to the creation of a new prison which would have cost the Government an average of GY$40M-$50M to build.

The Minister however did not reveal the cost of the planned expansion. Not only does the expansion require construction but it will also require the recruitment of sta and building of housing for the sta together with their families.

Ramjattan explained it as the building of a "literal community" for those who will be employed with the prison service.

Speaking to the Government Information Agency (GINA) on possible solutions to the problem of overcrowding at the prison, Minister Ramjattan spoke of making changes to the judicial system which encompasses the reduction of penalties such as prison sentences for youngsters who are caught with marijuana.

Minister Ramjattan also mentioned that a "big chunk" of the prisoners are those who are on remand but have been given the

option of bail but are unable to pay the sum.

As such, the Minister said the bail can be decreased and "free up some space." According to a 2015 Human Rights Report, the United States State Department, had noted that the Georgetown Prison which was built to accommodate 550 person was home to 963 prisoners at the time. Earlier this year there was a deadly riot by inmates which resulted in 16 prisoners burning to death.

The prisoners protested the overcrowding and poor conditions at the Camp Street penitentiary.

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Rohee Accuses Georgetown Mayor Of Lying Says PPP Councillor Voted Against Security For Green General Secretary of the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Clement Rohee, is accusing Mayor of Georgetown Patricia Chase-Green of lying. The Mayor had stated that all councilors had voted in favour of City Hall paying a security service to protect the residence of former Mayor Hamilton Greene. However, Rohee claimed that PPP councilor Bishram Cuppen did not vote in favor of the proposal. According to Rohee, Cuppen voted against the decision on the grounds that the former mayor is currently in the employ of the Central Housing and Planning Authority and that that agency should provide security for Mr. Greene. Rohee is questioning the origin of the money to pay the security firm to secure Mr. Greene’s residence, since the council is allegedly bankrupt. He is of the opinion that transparency at the council in relation to revenues, expenditure are being questioned. The General Secretary further stated that monies are easily and stealthy being moved around to suit the whims and fancies of the APNU+AFC acolytes at City Hall. He also reiterated that the alleged secret bank accounts are not yet reflected in the

Council’s statements. He said that the status of City Hall’s accounts is unsatisfactory and unacceptable. He is also refreshing the call for City Hall to be audited.

General Secretary of the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Clement Rohee

GAWU Credit Union Shares To $19.8m To Members The 22nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union Co-operative Credit Union Society Limited was held on September 25, 2016 (yesterday) at the Society’s Registered Office, 59 High Street and Wights Lane, Kingston, Georgetown. The meeting considered, among other things, the Report of the Committee of Management which reviewed the work of the Society since its last AGM in November, 2014. Members were pleased to learn from the Report that the audit of the financial records of the Credit Union for the financial years ended 2014 and 2015 advised of surpluses of $17,717,307 and $10,858,901 respectively. Attendees also heard the Report of the Auditor on the Society’s financial affairs for years ended 2014 and 2015 and the report of the Supervisory Committee.

In keeping with the Society’s statutory obligations the sums of $3,543,461 and $2,717,780 was appropriated to the Statutory Reserve Fund for 2014 and 2015 respectively.

Whereas the sum of $2,857,621 was allocated to the Cooperatives Division of the Ministry of Social Protection representing Audit and Supervision fees for 2014 and 2015.

By unanimous resolution, the AGM approved the sums of $10,160,023 and $6,532,600 as dividend and the sums of $2,116,434 and $1,029,859 as interest rebate to members for transactions during the years 2014 and 2015 respectively.

Also, the sum of $84,855 and $38,772 was allocated to the Society’s Social and Entertainment Fund for the two (2) years. The AGM elected a new Committee of Management to

superintend the Society’s operations until the 23rd AGM. The Committee comprises Cdes Seepaul Narine, Aslim Singh, Harvey Tambron, Andrew Veeren, Bhikram Singh, Julius Nurse, Rampersad Prasad, Richard DeFretias, Amolita Abrams, Gaietri Baron, and Sattie Basdeo. At the first meeting of the Management Committee, within the next two (2) weeks, members of the Committee will elect a Chairman, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Supervisory Committee comprising Cdes Kavita Bishun, Hugh Caines and Narda Mohamed was also elected.

GAWU Press Release

A section of the attendees at the AGM

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Parents To Be Charged Criminally For Not Sending Children To School

The Ministry of Education (MOE) has issued a sound warning to parents and guardians that they will be criminally charged or fined if it is found that their children are not attending school. A statement from the Ministry today noted that the ministry’s welfare service is now taking absenteeism seriously.

“The Schools Welfare O ffi c e r ’ s m a i n responsibility is to look into absenteeism.

In an effort to reduce absenteeism, the welfare department will continue to conduct Truancy campaigns and school and (Ministry of Education Photo) home visits to ensure that revealed. A child should attend school for at least thirty (30) children attend school regularly.” The statement further sessions per month. noted, “Children between the ages of 5 years 9 months and 15 years are required by law to receive an education, and it is the duty of parents, guardians and caregivers to ensure that they are supported to do so.”

It went on to state that the ministry is aware that children are sometime absent from school for medical reasons which sometimes extended over a long period of time. In such cases, parents and guardians should to make every effort to inform the school of the reason (s) for the child’s absence. In the event that parents fail to notify the school of the child’s absence, the school is required to notify the Schools’ Welfare Department, who would then issue an ‘attendance notification’ to parents. Schools are required to take such action when a child is absent for five (5) or more days.

“This attendance notification gives the parent notice that the student has accumulated too many unexcused absences and gives the parent an opportunity to visit the Schools Welfare Department to make the necessary steps to ensure that the child’s attendance record improves. If this step does not reap the desired results, a court warning would be issued notifying the parent of the potential summon to be filed in the magistrate court. Parents are likely to be criminally charged or fined if their child has unexcused absences” the statement

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THE Guyana Police Force, in a press release dated January 5, 2013, outlined a list of offences for which traffic tickets may be issued.

Drivers are questioning the move by the traffic ranks that are arresting and charging drivers for ticketable offences, instead of simply writing a ticket and avoid wasting members of the public time. This is not in keeping with the Police Force’s thrust of professionalism and quality service.

Traffic ranks have been reminded of the procedures in relation to the issuance of traffic tickets for specified offences and are expected to comply with the directives.

Following is a list of offences for which traffic tickets may be issued: * Driving Uncertified Motor Vehicle – Section 15 * Driving Motor Vehicle Without a Driver’s License – Section 23 (1) * Failing to Produce a Driver’s License – Section 23 (2) * Refusing to Declare Present Address – Section 23 (3) * Breaching of Conditions of Provisional License – Section 25 (2) * Speeding (Exceeding Speed Limit) – Section 34 (1) * Permitting More Than One Trailer to be Drawn – Section 41 * Failing to Stop When Required by Police in Uniform – Section 43 (3) * Leaving Motor Vehicle in Dangerous Position – Section 59 * Driving Motorcycle without Safety Helmet – Breach of Reg. 3 (1) and (3) of the Motorcycles (Protective Helmets) Regulations – Reg. 19 of 1972, Cap. 51:02) * Driver Carrying Pillion-Rider without Safety Helmet – Breach of Reg. 3 (2) and (3) of the Motorcycles (Protective Helmets) Regulations – Reg. 19 of 1972, Cap. 51:02) * Failing to Exhibit Certificate of Fitness – Reg. 13 * Failing to Exhibit License for Motor Vehicle – Reg. 16 (1) * Unlighted Motor Vehicle (front) – Reg. 34 (1) (a) * Unlighted Motor Vehicle (rear) – Reg. 34 (1) (b) * Unlighted Motorcycle/Bicycle (front) – Reg. 35 (a) * Unlighted Motorcycle/Bicycle (rear) – Reg. 35 (b) * Unlighted Animal Drawn Vehicle (front) – Reg. 36 (a) * Unlighted Animal Drawn Vehicle (rear) – Reg. 36 (b) * Failing to carry Lamp on Hand-cart during Hours of Darkness –

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

Fifth Suspect In Berbice Triple Murder Remanded Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan today remanded the fifth suspect in the Berbice Triple murder, Cahetram Cattui aka "Cashew" a farmer, after he appeared before her in the Georgetown Magistrate's Court charged with being an accessory to the crime after the fact. The accused will return before the Mibicuri Magistrate’s Court on October 18, 2016 when the Preliminary Inquiry is set to commence. Cattui, 63, was not allowed to plea to the indictable charge. His Attorney Mark Conway applied for bail stating that his client has been in police custody for over the allotted 72 hours and as such reasonable bail should be considered. However the application was objected to by Prosecutor Navil Jeffords who cited the severity of the offense. It is alleged that "Cashew" knew that Jairam Tajeram, 18, Tameshwar Jagmohan, 26, Carlton Chetram, 38, and Rakesh Karramchan, 40, had murdered Pawan Chandradeo, Naresh Rooplall and Jaikarran Chandradeo between July 21 and 22, 2016 or on other dates at Kookrite Savanah, Black Bush Polder and comforted or provided assistance to them.

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St. Cuthbert’s Mission Bids Farewell To Amerindian Heritage Month The Arawak settlement of St. Cuthbert’s Mission, located 30 miles south of Georgetown, became the ultimate venue for local and foreign visitors to give the last ‘farewell’ to the Amerindian Heritage Month and celebrate the Jubilee Village Day. Amerindian Heritage Month is a yearly celebration that highlights the value of our immensely rich and diverse society, placing emphasis on the ancestral heritage of the first habitants of this land. A thirty days nationwide celebration, focused on displaying the uncountable charms of this versatile part of society, using the potential of local talents to enchant us all.

From early hours, the villagers from St. Cuthbert’s Mission, could be seen giving their last touches to receive the visitors who eventually flooded the venue. Curious faces from neighboring areas, governmental personalities and even foreigners could be seen before the high noon, giving their ‘approval’ to the event. Traditional dances, chants and dramatic representation of mythical stories dominated the conical palm thatched hut that hosted the local artist vibrant performances.

Outdoor, different smells dominated the area. Traditional dresses decorated the silhouette of the villagers, and exotic decorations gave life to the stands, that satiate the thirst and hunger of those who had just arrived. It was a contagious environment that invited the dazzled ‘outsider’ to participate as

The Arawak settlement of St. Cuthbert’s Mission celebrating Amerindian Heritage Month and the Jubilee Village Day.

native. But not only could the taste be fully satisfied, a large exhibition of Amerindian Art displayed the vivid colors of nature on ceramic, wood or fabric. Standing as the representation of the talent of local artists that displayed the traces of a distinctive style developed centuries ago. Tangible history, with a subtle sprinkle of modernity. Festivity that at the end of the day became a seductive experience for those who are familiarized with the direct touch of history, a joyful revival of the encounter between past and present, and a certain chapter to renew in 365 days.

Young representation of the Arawak settlement of St. Cuthbert’s Mission, exhibit their traditional outfits

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UN SG To Make Assessment Of Guyana/ Venezuela Controversy By November

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nited Nations (UN) General Secretary, Ban Ki-Moon has indicated that he will have to make an assessment of the GuyanaVenezuela controversy by November. A release for the Ministry of Presidency had quoted the Secretary General saying “ I have to make a assessment by November” on the way forward with r e g a r d t o t h e Ve n e z u e l a b o r d e r controversy with Guyana, during a meeting with President David Granger at

the United Nations’ Headquarters in New York.

The APNU administration had listed the border controversy as a ‘top priority” and have been actively seeking to have the matter appear before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) before the Secretary General demits office.

Secretary Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to demit office on December 31. President David Granger, during the meeting accepted this timetable and committed to

providing any additional information, which Mr. Ban Ki-moon may need in order to complete that assessment.

The Head of State thanked the SecretaryGeneral for his efforts. “We have been very impressed with the seriousness with which you have approached the problem and your own sincerity... We have been personally convinced that you want to bring closure to this matter,” he said. In a brief invited comment, following the meeting, President Granger added, “We support the process. We are confident that this process will lead to a conclusion that is satisfactory.”

President Granger during his address to the General Assembly had blame the border controversy for several shortfall of investments in Guyana. The president argued that as a fear the controversy investors are afraid to invest in Guyana, particularly in the hinterland area. Also attending the meeting on behalf of Guyana were Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Carl Greenidge, Sir Shridath Ramphal, who was present at the signing of the Geneva Agreement in 1966 between the United Kingdom, on behalf of the then British Guiana and Venezuela and Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Audrey Waddell.

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SASOD Meets With Minister Of Social Cohesion To Discuss Possible were Areas Of Collaboration of particular the Government does not practice concern to SASOD, were education, especially as it relates to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual (LGBT) community, the youth population and the high number of school d r o p o u t s , employment and discrimination in the Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms. Amna Ally is flanked workplace and the by, from left to right: Mr. Joel Simpson, Director, SASOD, programmes, which Ms. Schemel Patrick, Advocacy and Communications have been undertaken Manager, SASOD and Mr. Jairo Rodrigues, Social by the organisation to Change Coordinator, SASOD. tackle the suicide epidemic in Guyana.

The representative of SASOD highlighted discriminatory treatment that was meted out to young persons in the education sector who displayed a ‘different’ sexual orientation.

Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms. Amna Ally in discussions SASOD also noted with SASOD representatives: Ms. Schemel Patrick, that they were Advocacy and Communications Manager (first, left), dissatisfied with the Mr. Joel Simpson, Director (second, left) and way in which the Mr. Jairo Rodrigues (first, right).

LGBT community in e o r g e t o w n , G u y a n a – Guyana is treated by members of the ( S e p t e m b e r 2 6 , 2 0 1 6 ) society and the high level of Minister of Social Cohesion, homophobic attitude which persists in Ms. Amna Ally, on Friday, met with the country. Mr. Simpson and Mr. the Director of the Society Against Rodrigues also used the opportunity Sexual Orientation Discrimination to outline various initiatives and (SASOD) Mr. Joel Simpson and p r o g r a m m e s , w h i c h c a n b e Social Change Coordinator, Mr. Jairo undertaken in communities to prevent Rodrigues, to discuss possible areas suicide even as they noted that of collaboration between SASOD and counselling was a priority for the the department of Social Cohesion. organisation.

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discrimination and as such will not condone it. She assured the representatives of SASOD that the Ministry of Social Cohesion will take the lead and give guidance to its sister Ministries to ensure that no form of discriminatory practices are permitted or allowed within Government institutions. In an invited comment, Mr. Rodrigues said that the organisation was pleased to have engaged with the Ministry about its burning issues and concerns, which were brought to the forefront and were noted by the Minister.

He also said that the organisation will be looking to work closely with the Ministry in the near future to ensure that the rights of all citizens are upheld. SASOD, is a member of the Ministry of Social Cohesion’s peer group, which comprises representatives of the current government, Opposition, civil society, academia, the private sector, religious groups, women and youth, with a mandate of designing and guiding the citizens consultation process for the formulation of the Ministry of Social Cohesion’s fiveyear strategic plan. The group is also a stakeholder in fostering social cohesion in Guyana.

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Colombia's President Santos Says Farc Deal Must Rebuild Country

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olombia's President Juan Manuel Santos says peace with the Farc rebel group will boost economic growth and enable the country to rebuild its social fabric. "War is always more costly than peace," he said in an interview with the BBC. Mr Santos and Farc leader Timoleon Jimenez, known as Timochenko, will sign a historic peace deal later on Monday. But it will take a long time for Colombian society to recover from more than five decades of conflict, he said. The Farc will be relaunched as a political party as part of the deal, which is due to be put to Colombian voters in a popular vote on 2 October.

"We could have grown between 2% and 3% more per year for the past 23 years," Mr Santos told the BBC's Lyse Doucet, adding that the conflict had also had a profound impact on Colombian society.

"We have even lost our compassion, which is the ability to feel some kind of pain for others. "A country at war for 50 years is a country that has destroyed many of its values," said President Santos. Colombia's peace deal makes history in many ways, most of all for ending the last of the Cold War conflicts.

But it also breaks new ground in trying to balance the desire for peace with the demands of justice which bedevil all peace talks.

There's no amnesty, unlike all previous peace accords in the region. The Farc, as well as Colombia's security forces, have accepted special tribunals and a truth and reconciliation process. Many of the victims of the Farc's brutality have been brought into the process. If polls are to be believed, a majority will vote to accept this deal. But I kept meeting people in Bogota and Cartagena who said they would vote no. Fifty years of war also means decades of hatred and mistrust.

Many doubt that the Farc will give up all its lucrative criminal activities. Will this deal also make history in being a peace

deal which doesn't fall apart?

How have we got here? The peace agreement was sealed last month after nearly four years of talks, which were held in the Cuban capital, Havana. A bilateral ceasefire came into force five days later, effectively ending the conflict.

Senior members of the Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) voted unanimously to Juan Manuel Santos: "The signature of the deal is ratify the deal on the last day of their simply the end of the conflict then the hard work starts” conference on Friday. The 52-year Some 2,500 attendees are expected, conflict has led to the deaths of an among them UN Secretary General Ban estimated 260,000 people with more than Ki-moon, US Secretary of State John six million people internally displaced. Kerry and several Latin American "The signature of the deal is simply the leaders including Cuba's Raul Castro. end of the conflict. Then the hard work Victims of the conflict will also be starts: reconstructing our country," present.

President Santos said.

What's next? Mr Santos said he was What's in the deal? The Farc now has 180 "very, very confident" that most days to disarm and move its estimated Colombians would vote in favour of the 7,500 fighters into disarmament zones deal. "The latest polls say that between set up by the UN. An amnesty will be 65% and 70% of the people approve of granted for "political crimes" but this the peace process," he said But he does not cover massacres, torture or rape. warned that if the agreement was rejected The Farc has already agreed to stop drug in the popular vote, the conflict would production in areas under its control and start again. "We will go back six years the government has pledged to help and continue the war with the Farc. That's farmers earn a living without growing plan B," he said. Colombia's second illicit crops. The Farc will become a largest rebel group, the ELN (National political party, allocated 10 seats in the Liberation Army), announced on Sunday 268-member Congress. The group will a u n i l a t e r a l c e a s e fi r e u n t i l t h e also be removed from the EU's list of referendum. ELN leaders have publicly terror organisations once the deal is expressed their wish to engage in their s i g n e d , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e b l o c ' s own peace process with the Colombian ambassador in Bogota. Both sides have government. pledged to provide land, loans and basic The Farc's 52-year fight 1964: Set up as services to impoverished rural areas. Mr armed wing of Communist Party 2002: Santos says the deal with the Farc was At its height, it had an army of 20,000 fair and that it made those who fighters controlling up to a third of the committed war crimes accountable. country. Senator Ingrid Betancourt Who's attending? Mr Santos and Farc kidnapped and held for six years along leader Timoleon Jimenez will sign the with 14 other hostages 2008: The Farc historic peace deal at a ceremony in the suffers a series of defeats in its worst year port city of Cartagena on Monday 2012: Start of peace talks in Havana evening. The document will be signed 2016: Definitive ceasefire Jump media using a Baligrafo - a bullet turned into a playerMedia player help (BBC) pen - as a symbol of a peaceful future.

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Suriname Not Withdrawing From IMF Loan Agreement, Says President

President Desi Bouterse

By Ivan Cairo Caribbean News Now contributor PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- The Suriname government has refuted claims made in an article published by the Associated Press (AP) that the country may move to withdraw from a multi-million dollar loan agreement signed earlier this year with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to the AP report, President Desi Bouterse allegedly said during a press conference last Tuesday that his administration might cancel the deal with the IMF and seek financial support from other sources such as the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB).

The Office of the President released a statement on Friday night saying that the comments of the head of state were "taken out of context and presented in a way that is at odds with the position

of the president and the government." The government noted that in recent months it has begun with the implementation of economic reforms with the support of the US$478 million stand-by arrangement (SBA) with the IMF. "We are seriously and wholeheartedly implementing the program, which has so far resulted in achieving all except two 'hard' objectives of the SBA,” the statement said.

Bouterse and his economic team said they are aware that the economic slowdown and adjustments are taking a heavy toll on society and it was therefore decided to spread out the increase in fuel tax and electricity tariffs over a longer term than was agreed upon with the IMF. At Tuesday’s press meeting, Bouterse said that the IMF is “cold and calculating, thinking only in numbers and the deadlines we had agreed to”. According to the government leader, the IMF suggested that he increase the fuel prices to about US$1.20 per liter at once. “If I do that, the minister of finance will be a happy man, but then I will be out of office,” the president argued, suggesting that the electorate will dump him due to the steep fuel price hike.

While the price hike is necessary, the implementation, according to Bouterse, would be political suicide. The president disclosed that negotiations with the IsDB have resulted in the allocation of a massive US$1.8 billion financing portfolio. Over the next couple of years Suriname has the opportunity to submit projects in several economic fields for financing. Nearly 75 percent of the resources is earmarked for investments in the energy sector. “We need to invest heavily in the energy sector, because without reliable and sufficient energy there could be no development,” Bouterse said.

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Haiti Waiting For Full Implementation Of UN Pledges On Cholera Outbreak

NEW YORK, USA -- Warning of a “significant humanitarian deterioration” following fresh outbreaks of cholera in his country, Haitian President Jocelerme Privert took to the podium of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday to call for swift implementation of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s urgent appeal for redoubled efforts to fight the scourge and aid its victims. “The government of Haiti has noted with the greatest interest the secretary-general’s statements with regard to two issues which make the (UN) Organization uncomfortable, the multiple cases of sexual abuse perpetrated by the ‘blue helmets’ and the introduction of cholera into Haiti,” he told the Assembly’s annual general debate.

“The UN’s acknowledgement of its responsibility in the second issue opens the way for real discussions on the obligation to definitively eliminate cholera from Haiti,” he stated. The UN

Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), which currently numbers nearly 5,000 uniformed personnel, was set up 12 years ago to help restore peace and stability and took on added functions following the devastating earthquake in 2010. The cholera outbreak has affected an estimated 780,000 people and claimed the lives of over 9,100 people. The disease is typically contracted through contaminated food or water.

“We want to hope that the secretary-general’s urgent appeal for a substantially reinforced battle plan against cholera and to aid the victims and their near ones will be heard and fully meet the expectations of the Haitian people,” Privert said. Last month, noting that a United States Federal appeals court upheld the UNs’ immunity from a damage claim filed on behalf of the cholera victims, Ban said he deeply regretted the “terrible suffering” of the Haitian people and the UN had a moral responsibility to the support the victims and the country in overcoming the epidemic.

He added that he is actively working to develop a package to provide material aid and support to those most directly affected, improve access to care and treatment and address the longer-term issues of water, sanitation and health systems and urged member states to make the severe funding shortfalls hobbling these efforts despite repeated appeals. Privert also called for UN reforms, including enlargement of the 15-member Security Council, and declared his country’s support for the Organization’s efforts to improve its peacekeeping operations, fight pandemics and other health crises, and promote democracy and human rights while also economic, social and cultural rights. (Caribbean News Now!)

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Unions Join Call For Bahamas Attorney General To Resign

Royston Jones Jr Nassau Guardian Staff Reporter NASSAU, Bahamas -- The leaders of The Bahamas two largest umbrella unions are demanding that Prime Minister Perry Christie remove Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson from her post, as they believe they can no longer negotiate with her in “good faith” after she put a stop to the private prosecution of Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort’s top management without telling the unions or several of her Cabinet colleagues. John Pinder, president of the National Congress of Trade Unions Bahamas (NCTUB), and Obie Ferguson, president of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas Trade Union Congress (TUC), made the revelation on local radio on Friday.

“We must ask the prime minister to have Allyson Maynard removed from the attorney general’s position,” Pinder said.

“So we are asking him right now, publically, and we’ll put this in writing to him. We are asking for her resignation. We want her to resign, because we cannot move in good faith with somebody who is disingenuous, and who is not upfront...”

The union leaders claim they were “blindsided” last week when news broke that the attorney general signed a nolle prosequi on August 15, the same day around 600 jobs were being made redundant at the Cable Beach resort.

The prosecution involved allegations that Sandals general manager Gary Williams and financial controller Ronnie Mirza failed or refused to enter into contract negotiations with the Bahamas Hotel Maintenance and Allied Workers Union ( B H M AW U ) d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d o f

John Pinder and Obie Ferguson

November 16, 2015 through July 12, 2016.

Maynard-Gibson clarified in a statement on Thursday night that the nolle was entered in the Magistrate’s Court on September 19.

The attorney general is under no legal obligation to explain the nolle as the constitution gives her office the discretion to stop any criminal matter before Bahamian courts.

Pinder said he knows there is nothing the union can do about it, but they no longer feel comfortable with Maynard-Gibson at the table. “While we have no legal power to touch what the attorney general did, and we know she did it within her power, we were only disappointed that she was very disingenuous in the meeting that we had with her, the prime minister and the minister of labor, when she had known full well what she had done and blindsided her government and definitely her prime minister,” Pinder said.

“He (the prime minister) was blindsided.

He didn’t know what was happening. We didn’t know what was happening. She sat there as if she was sitting there talking to us in good faith and we were expecting something to happen. “So we can’t sit to [any] table now and talk about continue no negotiations in good faith with somebody like that, so we want her resignation. “We think the prime minister ought to ask her to resign as attorney general. Now if he wants to put her someplace else, that’s up to him.

But we don’t think we can work with her as attorney general.” Minister of Labour Shane Gibson, Deputy Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis and Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe each said they were left in the dark about the nolle prosequi.

They said they were disappointed the AG didn’t inform them about the nolle.

Gibson claimed the prime minister told him he didn’t know about the nolle before it happened.

Opposition Free National Movement (FNM) chairman Sidney C o l l i e c a l l e d f o r t h e A G ’s resignation on Wednesday, saying that the power of the attorney general to issue such a dismissal is “prone to potential misuse, abuse

and favoritism” under her tenure in office.

Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) chairman Bradley Roberts has said the PLP supports the attorney general’s decision. Prime Minister Christie on Friday evaded questions about the matter.

Pinder said union leaders are unwilling to let the matter rest. “Certainly we cannot allow what happened [with] Sandals to duplicate itself again in The Bahamas, because… when she nolle’d that, she set a new precedent in the whole region,” Pinder said. “So I have person from other unions around the Caribbean saying, ‘Boy, what is this precedent she is setting?’” Pinder said Maynard-Gibson is sending the message that, “You don’t have to go to no table with no recognized bargaining agent. The union who is the recognized bargaining agent, you don’t have to go to the table with them.

If you don’t want to go you don’t have to go.

“So we have to now force the minister of labor to get legislation in place.” “We want to now call on the minister to take those recommendations that we have already forwarded to him to amend the Industrial Relations Act and the Employment Act to prevent this kind of thing from happening.”

In her statement, Gibson said she wanted to clarify “misinformation” being spread about the nolle. “Another action is before the Supreme Court on the matter of whether the Sandals employees were unfairly dismissed,” she explained.

“The union, not the state, also commenced in the Magistrate’s Court, a private prosecution against some of Sandals’ managers.” Ferguson called it “nonsense” that a party cannot have a criminal matter and a civil before two different courts at the same time. “A civil matter is on the balance of probability. A criminal matter is beyond reasonable doubt. They’re two different things,” he said. “If I owe you $100, that’s a civil matter if I want to sue you for it. “If I come and I slap you or I assault you, that’s a criminal matter. “How could you wipe out a criminal matter [because of] a civil matter?

“It just doesn’t make sense. “There’s no legal basis for it. “But people say things to satisfy themselves. (Caribbean News Now!)

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PANAMA CITY, Panama -- On Friday, the president of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, expressed confidence that the flow of Haitian migrants in Central America will decline following the decision of the United States to reactivate the deportation of undocumented Haitians. Varela noted that the US government had decided to eliminate immigration benefits granted to Haitians after the earthquake of 2010, which allows the resumption deportation of those who enter its territory illegally, HaitiLibre reported.

"This, in one way or another, will discourage the flow of Haitians," stressed Varela after a meeting of police chiefs of America in Panama. Thousands of Haitians have been trying to reach the United States through Central America over the past months. Most of them

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emigrated to Brazil after the earthquake, but the economic decline of the South American giant, has led them to look for opportunities in the United States. According to the Panamanian authorities, each year more than 30,000 immigrants from Haiti, Cuba and the countries of Asia and Africa, pass through Central America and Mexico to the United President Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez of Panama addressing the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 71st session on Thursday. UN Photo/Cia Pak States.

Haitians have seen their path blocked The Panamanian government has set up

by Nicaragua's refusal to allow them to three camps for some 3,000 migrants on pass, which left thousands waiting in the border with Colombia. Varela warned Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. Haitians that it is "a risky transit" through Although the Panamanian government Central America and Mexico, which closed its border in the inhospitable "could lead them nowhere, because the jungle of Darien, migrants continued new US decision could lead to their despite the risks to which they are deportation to Haiti." (Caribbean News subject: violence, theft and extortion by Now!) traffickers and other criminal groups.

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CARICOM Not A Failure, Says Former Jamaica Prime Minister

By Latonya Linton KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -C h a i r m a n o f J a m a i c a ’s Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Review Commission and former prime minister, Bruce Golding, says CARICOM is not a failure, having achieved successes in several areas. “I think we have done very well in terms of functional cooperation. If every country in CARICOM had to set up their own examination system, instead of having the Caribbean Examinations Council, it would be difficult for much of the smaller islands that have fewer resources than we Chairman of Jamaica’s Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Review Commission and former prime do,” Golding said. He was minister, Bruce Golding (right), makes a point to participants at a youth forum hosted by the Commission speaking at a youth forum at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters on Thursday, September 22. Listening from hosted by the CARICOM left are fellow participants Shantae Shand, Franz George and Kiddist McCoy. Photo: Rudranath Fraser Review Commission at the University of the West Indies that CARICOM is important for foreign that the University of the West Indies is Regional Headquarters, on Thursday, policy coordination. “There is strength in becoming less integrated based on the September 22. numbers. We have, in fact, been able to make-up of the population on the The CARICOM Review Commission is exert a significant amount of influence in campuses. the brainchild of Prime Minister Andrew some of the major councils of the world, At the forum, the youth shared on issues Holness. It has been tasked to examine simply because when we go there we such as regional integration and Jamaica’s role in the regional bloc and have 14 votes,” the chairman said. “I immigration. CARICOM is a grouping how it has impacted the country’s know of some occasions where there are of 20 countries: 15 member states and development. Golding also cited s o m e c o n t e n t i o u s i s s u e s i n t h e five associate members. It is home to institutions such as the Caribbean Organization of American States and the approximately 16 million citizens, 60 Agricultural Research and Development United Nations, where balance is so percent of whom are under the age of 30, Institute (CARDI) and the Caribbean close that 14 votes can make a difference, and from the main ethnic groups of Disaster Emergency Management and that’s when the biggest of the big indigenous peoples, Africans, Indians, Agency (CDEMA) as successful areas of come knocking on our doors,” Golding Europeans, Chinese and Portuguese. cooperation. “We are all subject to added.

Topical issues such as trade practices, the natural disasters, and the response to For his part, minister of state in the treatment of Jamaicans travelling to natural disasters when they occur ministry of education, youth and other CARICOM countries, contrasts r e q u i r e s i n s t i t u t i o n a l b u i l d i n g , information, Floyd Green, encouraged e m e rg i n g b e t w e e n C A R I C O M ’s capabilities, and it requires management. the youth to submit suggestions to the strategies and goals and those of If every country had to set up (one) for CARICOM Review Commission. On the individual countries and how these can itself, then you see the difficulties that issue of integration, Green said this is be reconciled are also to be explored by many countries would have,” Golding being undermined “by the fact that it is so the Commission. (Caribbean News said. expensive for us to travel among our Now!) The former prime minister also argued CARICOM states”. He also mentioned

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Curacao Political Candidates Invited To Participate In Pre-election Debate

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao -- General elections are due to take place in Curacao on Friday and Caribbean News Now has invited the leaders of all 13 qualified political parties to participate in a public debate on Tuesday, a first of its kind in the Dutch Caribbean. Candidates have been asked to respond with a firm commitment to participate by 8:00 pm local time on Sunday.

September 30 will see the formation of a new government in Curacao and, according to independent voter surveys conducted by Caribbean News Now, it seems doubtful that any one political party will secure an overall majority leading to another coalition administration in the island. Such a debate would therefore represent a unique opportunity for parties and their candidates to inform the voters as to

where they stand and what they intend to do for the country and its people now and in the future.

It is intended that the debate will be streamed online and the public will be able to submit questions in advance for the candidates to answer. One Punda enthusiast exclaimed, "So if you don't see your political party's leader there at the first Caribbean News Now election debate online, then you probably won't see them until another four years when they need your vote again; they treat like a bad sweetheart, they only know you when they want something from you.” 2016 Curacao Election Debate The first ever online political debate in Curacao with honest and fair moderating.

For more information: http://CuracaoElectionDebate.caribbean newsnow.com

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Barbados To Defend Position Before EU

“protect Barbados’ name and reputation as a transparent and

By Theresa Blackman BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados international well-regulated jurisdiction”. business minister, Donville Inniss, will not be “pulling any The international business minister added that governor of the punches” at this week’s Peer Review Group of the Global Central Bank, Dr. Delisle Worrell, and a delegation were Forum of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and recently in Canada, where they continued to engage with Development (OECD) in Paris. At that meeting, Inniss and his stakeholders on the mutual advantages of doing business with team are expected to defend Barbados’ position since being Barbados. “Mexico, Colombia and Latin America continue to blacklisted by the European Union (EU), along with several open up for us a market. And, next month we will host a team other Caribbean countries, for being an uncooperative tax from Cameroon in Africa for talks of tax and investment treaties,” he disclosed. (Caribbean News Now!) jurisdiction.

In an address at a reception last Thursday evening, the minister revealed that he would head a delegation comprising staff of his ministry’s international business division and the Barbados Revenue Authority, along with key European advisors. While in Paris, the team will also attend the steering group meeting of which Barbados is vice chair, and, according to him, represent the “voice of small states engaged in the international financial services”.

He continued: “I expect that our meetings will be successful and will lead to an enhanced reputation for our domicile, and, by extension, more business for us.” Inniss further disclosed that, earlier last week, he received official notice from the EU of its intention to publish a list of uncooperative jurisdictions based on new guidelines developed by that organisation. To this end, he said that he and his team had already started the consultative process to International Business Minister, Donville Innis

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European Union To Consider Approval Of Accord With Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- The European Union on Thursday proposed that its member states to consider approval of a political and cooperation accord with Cuba aimed at normalizing relations with the Caribbean nation. In presenting the document, the high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy Federica Mogherini said that the accord is the result of fruitful and constructive joint work between Cuba and the European Union and is a cornerstone of bilateral links.

The accord for a political dialogue and cooperation with Cuba will be considered by the European Council,

made up of all 28 heads of state or government of EU member nations before its signing over the next few months. Mogherini said that the accord sets up a common framework for intensified political dialogue, larger cooperation in a wide array of areas and a valuable platform to take joint actions in the regional and international arenas. The adoption of the new accord will put an end to the so-called European Union

Common Position on Cuba, which damaged relations between the two sides with its implementation in 1996.

(Caribbean News Now!)

Gays Fleeing Island Home

Source: womennewsnetwork.net Barbados – MEMBERS of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Barbados are continuing

to seek asylum in Canada, England and the United States because they fear persecution at home. Investigations by the SUNDAY SUN revealed that, in the past decade, more than 300 gay men and lesbians have sought to relocate abroad through official channels for that reason.

Since 2004 Canada has been the major destination, mainly because the application process is said to be simple and straightforward.

According to statistics from the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, 63 LGBT refugees from Barbados landed there between 2004 and 2013. Reports indicated the number has since increased to more than 100. In terms of status determinations from January to June 2015, out of a total of 15 finalisations, nine were accepted and six rejected.

– S e e m o r e a t : http://www.nationnews.com/nationnew s/news/87354/gays-fleeing-islandhome...

(Antigua Observer)

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Syria Conflict: US And UK Rhetoric 'Unacceptable' - Russia

A monitoring group has documented 128 deaths in rebel-held Aleppo since Thursday(REUTERS)

Russia has criticised the US and UK for using "unacceptable" tone and rhetoric in speeches on Syria at the UN, after being accused of "barbarism". On Sunday, US permanent representative Samantha Power said Russian and Syrian forces were "laying waste" to besieged rebelheld areas of the city of Aleppo. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned that such language might damage efforts to end the five-year civil war. Activists meanwhile reported dozens of fresh air strikes on Aleppo overnight.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, said at least two civilians had been killed and many wounded. At least 128 people are believed to have died in rebel-held Aleppo since last week, when a truce brokered by the US and Russia collapsed. The US, UK and France, which back the opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, openly accused Russia of lying about its involvement in the assault on Aleppo at an emergency session of the UN Security Council.

British permanent representative Matthew Rycroft said Mr Assad's forces and Moscow had "plunged to new depths and unleashed a new hell on Aleppo", which was once Syria's largest city and the country's industrial and commercial hub.

He alleged that they were committing war crimes by using bunker-busting bombs to destroy underground shelters, dropping incendiary weapons indiscriminately on civilian areas, and targeting the city's water supplies. Ms Power told the meeting: "Instead of pursuing peace, Russia and Assad make war. Instead of helping get life-saving aid to civilians, Russia and Assad are bombing the humanitarian convoys, hospitals, and first responders who are trying desperately to keep people alive."

"What Russia is sponsoring and doing is not

counterterrorism; it is barbarism," she added. Pro-Kremlin media in Russia have been gripped by the discussions on Syria at the UN Security Council, but they offered little comment on the accusations levelled against Moscow.

Instead, they dismissed the charges as "groundless" and hailed the response of Russian envoy Vitaly Churkin. "Both US and UK permanent representatives were lavish in criticising Moscow and Damascus, but received a firm response," said Gazprom-owned NTV. State-owned newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta accused the US and its allies of trying to "exert pressure on Damascus and Moscow, while doing nothing to meet their own obligations". Russian ambassador Vitaly Churkin blamed the unravelling of the truce deal on the US, saying it had failed to convince mainstream rebels to distance themselves from "terrorist" groups, especially the al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat Fatah al-Sham. Mr Peskov also rejected the Western criticism at a news conference on Monday.

"We note that the tone and rhetoric used by official representatives from the UK and US is generally unacceptable and it can seriously damage the settlement process and our bilateral relations, but in the interests of the higher ideas of settlement we are minded to detach ourselves from unnecessary emotion," he said. The Kremlin spokesman acknowledged that the truce deal had been "not very effective", but insisted that Moscow "definitely remains hopeful, and most importantly it retains the political will to apply as much effort as possible to find a steady path for political settlement in Syria".

But he also warned that "terrorists" had used the truce to "regroup, replenish their arsenals and obviously prepare for offensive actions". Meanwhile, a medical source in rebelheld Aleppo told the AFP news agency that a shortage of blood meant hospitals were struggling to deal with the huge number of casualties caused by air strikes over the past four days. There was also no water supply in many areas after pumping stations were damaged at the weekend, and several charity kitchens were forced to close because of the violence. Food is also becoming hard to find, three weeks into the government's siege (BBC)

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Spain Bankia Fraud Frial For Ex-IMF Boss Rodrigo Rato

Rodrigo Rato (left) could face prison and a hefty fine if found guilty(AFP)

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ormer IMF chief Rodrigo Rato and 64 other bankers have gone on trial in Madrid over an alleged credit card racket at Spain's troubled Bankia bank. The defendants allegedly used "unofficial" company credit cards for luxury purchases, unconnected with their duties as board members. Prosecutors say about €12m (£10.4m; $13.5m) was spent on hotels, fine clothes, entertainment and travel. Mr Rato denies wrongdoing.

Bankia was rescued in 2012 at huge public expense.

The unofficial credit card purchases were not declared to the tax authorities. The system allegedly started at Caja Madrid bank and was continued by Mr Rato when Bankia was created in 2011. A member of the governing centreright Popular Party (PP), Mr Rato resigned as head of Bankia shortly before its near-collapse in 2012. The government bailout of Bankia inflicted losses on 200,000 small investors, who held preferential shares in the bank.

Some of them voiced their anger outside the Madrid courthouse on Monday. "You wretches! Stealing money from pensioners!" they shouted at the accused as the trial

got under way.

Taint of corruption Prosecutors are seeking four-and-ahalf years in jail for Mr Rato and six years for Miguel Blesa, the former president of Caja Madrid, a bank that was merged with six others in 2011 to create Bankia. If found guilty, Mr Rato could also face a €2.7m fine, and Mr Blesa a fine of €9.3m. Mr Rato headed the International Monetary Fund from 2004-2007. He also served as Spanish economy minister, and his fall from grace helped fuel accusations that the Popular Party was riddled with corruption.

Prosecutors say the lavish credit card purchases took place from 2003-2012 - some of them during Spain's financial crisis, when millions of citizens suffered hardship and unemployment soared. Mr Rato's two successors at the top of the IMF have also been caught up in high-profile court cases. French Socialist Dominique Strauss-Kahn took over from Mr Rato in 2007 but resigned in May 2011 to defend himself against charges of attempted rape in New York.

Prosecutors dropped the charges later that year, then Mr Strauss-Kahn reached an out-of-court settlement with the hotel maid who accused him. In a separate case last year, he was acquitted by a French court of the charge of "aggravated pimping" in connection with sex parties involving prostitutes. Mr Strauss-Kahn's successor at the IMF, Christine Lagarde, is to go on trial in France in December over a state award of €285m in damages to tycoon Bernard Tapie when she was finance minister. She is accused of "negligence", but denies any misconduct.

(BBC)

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Saudi Women File Petition To End Male Guardianship System

Aziza al-Yousef: 'We always hope - without hope, you cannot work'(AZIZA AL-YOUSEF)

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petition signed by more than 14,000 Saudi women calling for an end to the country's male guardianship system is being handed to the government. Women must have the consent of a male guardian to travel abroad, and often need permission to work or study. Support for the first large-scale campaign on the issue grew online in response to a trending Twitter hashtag. Activist Aziza Al-Yousef told the BBC she felt "very proud" of the campaign, but now needed a response.

In the deeply conservative Islamic kingdom, a woman must have permission from her father, brother or other male relative - in the case of a widow, sometimes her son - to obtain a passport, marry or leave the country. Many workplaces and universities also demand a guardian's consent for female employees and students, although it is not legally required. Renting a flat, undergoing hospital treatment or filing a legal claim often also require a male guardian's permission, and there is very little recourse for women whose guardians abuse them or severely limit their freedom. In July, an Arabic Tw i t t e r h a s h t a g w h i c h translates as "Saudi women want to abolish the guardianship system" went viral after a Human Rights Watch report was published on the issue. Saudi women tweeted comments, videos and artwork calling for change.

Bracelets saying "I Am My Own Guardian" appeared. The women counted on the petition

all gave their full names, though more signed anonymously.

Hundreds of women - one estimate suggests as many as 2,500 - bombarded the Saudi King's office over the weekend with telegrams containing personal messages backing the campaign. Human Rights Watch researcher Kristine Beckerle, who worked on the report, described the response as "incredible and unprecedented". "I was flabbergasted not only by the scale, but the creativity with which they've been doing it," she said. "They've made undeniably clear they won't stand to be treated as second-class citizens any longer, and it's high time their government listened."

However, there has been opposition from some Saudi women, with an alternative Arabic hashtag, which translates as #TheGuardianshipIsForHerNotAgainstHer, gaining some traction, and opinion articles, like this one on the Gulf News website, arguing that the system should be reformed and applied better. Ms Yousef, who was stopped by police in 2013 for breaking the country's ban on women driving, said she did not expect any negative consequences from the petition: "I'm not worried, I'm not doing anything wrong," she said. She and another activist took the petition to the Royal Court in person on Monday, but were advised to send it by mail. She said a key demand is that an age between 18 and 21 be designated, above which a woman be "treated like an adult". "In every aspect, the important issue is to treat a woman as a full citizen," she said. She and other activists first raised the issue five years ago. "We never had a problem with campaigning, but the problem is there is no answer. But we always hope - without hope, you cannot work," she said.

There has been no official response to the petition yet.

(BBC)

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Houston Gunman Shot Dead After Opening Fire At US Mall

Police say the scene of the attack is active but contained(NBC)

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ine people have been injured in a shooting at a shopping centre in Houston in the US state of Texas, one of them critically. The suspect was shot dead by police, who say they believe he may have been a lawyer. Police said they did not think any other people were involved in the shooting. A bomb squad checked the suspect's vehicle where police say more guns were found.

Police says they are also investigating the gunman's apartment and his motive. "Suspect reportedly a lawyer.

Investigation to determine if issues at his firm led to shooting," Houston Police said on its Twitter account. It said said one of his victims is in a critical condition and five others are being treated in hospital. Three more have been discharged from hospital. Residents have been advised to avoid the area for the time being. "At this time, the shooting scene is believed to be contained," the city of Houston said on its emergency page.

Third mall attack in 9 days The shooting comes three days after a shooting at a shopping mall in Washington state, in which five people were killed. The gunman in that attack, Arcan Cetin, 20, was born in Turkey and is a legal US permanent resident, officials say. The FBI have said there was no evidence that the shooting there was linked to terrorism. Nine days ago, a 20-year-old man stabbed 10 people at a Minnesota shopping centre before being shot dead by an off-duty police officer. (BBC)

Japan Scrambles Jets Over China Flights Along Miyako Straits

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apan says it scrambled fighter jets on Sunday after eight Chinese military aircraft flew between Japanese islands. The planes, thought to be bombers, surveillance planes and one fighter jet, flew along the Miyako Straits, between Okinawa and Miyakojima. China said about 40 of its aircraft had been involved in what it said was a routine drill. The planes did not cross into Japanese airspace, but the move is being seen as a show of force by China.

It comes one week after Japan said it would take part in joint training exercises with the US navy in the South China Sea.

China said about 40 of its aircraft were involved in a routine drill(AP)

Japan's top government spokesman said Japan would be watching China's military movements closely. Tokyo will "continue to devote every effort to vigilance and surveillance and rigorously enforce steps against intrusions into our airspace based on international law and the selfdefence forces law", said Yoshihide Suga.

The Miyako Strait is a strategically important 250km (155 miles) wide stretch of water south of Okinawa and close to Taiwan. It is also close to a group of islands in the East China Sea which are claimed by both Japan and China. Japan, which controls the islands, calls them Senkaku, while China calls them the Diaoyu Islands. (BBC)

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France's Hollande: Jungle Camp To Be demolished By End Of Year

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rench President Francois Hollande has Francois Hollande was speaking on his first visit to Calais as president vowed to dismantle the "Jungle" migrant camp "definitively, entirely and rapidly" by the end of the year, during a visit to the port of Calais. He strongly urged the UK to "play its part" in the humanitarian effort. Mr Hollande was meeting police, port officials, and politicians but is not expected to visit the camp itself. The fate of the camp and up to 10,000 people living there has become central to France's presidential campaign. Mr Hollande said that just because the UK had made a "sovereign decision" - an apparent reference to the UK's vote to leave the European Union - it was not "absolved from its obligations to France".

However, during a speech in Le Touquet last week, Mr He said he was determined that the UK Sarkozy said: "Those who are here in Calais and who want to government would support the humanitarian effort, and said his own government was committed "until the end". cross to England should be processed in England by the Between 7,000 and 10,000 migrants and refugees live in the English." Speaking on Saturday, Mr Hollande promised to Jungle amid squalid conditions, many of them hoping to set up "reception and orientation centres" to take in asylum enter the UK illegally by hiding on lorries crossing the seekers. A dignified welcome would be given to people who English Channel. Mr Hollande paid tribute to the efforts of filed for the right to asylum but anyone who was local security forces, and said he had "a clear message for the unsuccessful would be deported, he said. France's Socialist traffickers: you won't be trafficking any more". A UK-funded president has not yet announced whether he will run for a wall 1km (0.6 miles) long is being built along the main road second term. (BBC) to the port in an attempt to deter would-be stowaways.

The UK government has not confirmed the cost, but it is reported to have contributed about £1.9m (€2.2m). Work began last week, and is due to be finished by the end of the year. What is the 'Jungle'? The "Jungle" camp is near the port of Calais, and close to the 31-mile Channel Tunnel Officially, about 7,000 migrants live in the camp humanitarian groups say the number is closer to 10,000 Despite an increasing population, the camp's size was halved earlier this year But the camp's population has continued to rise, and reports of violence have increased Many migrants attempt to hide themselves in cargo vehicles entering the Channel Tunnel The area has been hit by protests from both locals and truck operators Half the Jungle camp was dismantled earlier this year and it has become a major issue ahead of France's presidential elections, which take place next spring. Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is among seven candidates seeking the Republican nomination, visited Calais last week.

As interior minister, Mr Sarkozy signed the 2003 Le Touquet treaty, which allows British immigration officials to check passports in Calais. Without it, UK officials would have to wait until people and vehicles arrived on British soil.

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Austria's Graz Airport Stops Woman With Husband's Entrails

Bemused customs officials in Austria have stopped a Moroccan woman, who travelled to Graz airport with a bag containing her husband's entrails. The man's intestines had been wrapped carefully in two containers, Austrian media reported. The woman, who has not been named, explained that she suspected her deceased husband had been poisoned, according to Kleine Zeitung.

She wanted a toxicology test carried out on her husband's tissue. He died during an operation in Morocco, the newspaper reported. When the woman arrived in Graz, a doctor was called to examine the intestines but said a proper investigation could not be carried out without the whole body. Police said the woman had not broken any laws. The entrails have been stored temporarily ahead of further forensic investigation. (BBC)

Inspectors made the unusual find as the woman arrived at Graz airport(EPA)

Crowd Turns Its Back On Hillary Clinton For Group Selfie

At a recent campaign event, Hillary Clinton climbed on a box to The pontiff had a private audience with 500 youths from the address a room packed with young people. But instead of facing Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio. the Democratic presidential nominee, the audience turned their And what of the controversy surrounding the selfie of the backs on her en masse. Further evidence of Clinton's challenge endangered monkey with the cheeky grin? After a wildlife in winning over millennials? No. As it turned out, the Orlando, photographer stepped away and the crested black macaque snapped a self-portrait with the unattended camera, animalFlorida, crowd wasn't being disrespectful.

With their smartphones and cameras held high, they were rights organization PETA filed a lawsuit for the monkey to win snapping selfies -- trying to capture a historic moment by copyright of the image. (CNN) sharing a photo frame with the presidential candidate. Clinton's full-time photographer, Barbara Kinney, snapped a photo of the scene, which apparently happened after Clinton invited the crowd to turn around and snap a group selfie.

Kinney wasn't expecting her photo to get so much attention, but since designer and Clinton supporter Victor Ng posted it Sunday to Twitter, it's been shared more than 19,000 times.

The image isn't the only one to show our recent obsession with selfies. Who can forget the moment when Ellen DeGeneres' selfie at the Oscars in 2014 nearly crashed the Internet? Or when Queen Elizabeth II accidentally photobombed a selfie taken at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow? And Hillary Clinton waves to a selfie-taking crowd remember the iconic selfie taken of the Pope at a recent campaign event in Orlando, Florida. inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in 2013?

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Who Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump Invited To The First Presidential Debate

While the biggest attraction during the presidential debate tonight will be the two candidates on stage, at least some attention will likely be paid to those in the audience. Here's a look at who the candidates invited to sit in the audience at tonight's debate. Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton's campaign this morning released a partial list of guests invited by the Democratic presidential nominee to the debate at Hofstra University in New York. The four women on the list are all supporters who have developed a special relationship with Clinton over the years.

They include a 9/11 survivor; a single mom and domestic abuse survivor; and a woman who became a pen pal to Clinton when she was the first lady.

The list also includes Anastasia Somoza - a woman with cerebral palsy who was recently featured in a campaign attack ad about Donald Trump's mocking of a disabled reporter. Most notably, the Clinton campaign has also given Dallas Mavericks owner and Trump antagonist Mark Cuban a front-row ticket for the show. Chelsea Clinton is also expected to attend, according to a spokeswoman for the former first daughter. And, the Clinton camp said this morning it is hosting 1,200 debate-watch parties

across all 50 states tonight.

Clinton's running mate Tim Kaine will attend a watch party in Orlando, F l o r i d a , organized by the Human Rights Campaign. Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, will also attend that event, an aide said.

Donald Trump This morning, reports emerged that the Republican nominee invited Mark Geist, one of the survivors of the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya, to attend the debate.

Geist has been vocal in his support of Trump's candidacy; he spoke on the first night of the Republican National Convention alongside fellow security contractor John Tiegen about the attack in Benghazi. Trump also over the weekend fired off a tweet about a possible guest to the debate.

After Mark Cuban posted about his plans to attend the event in support of Clinton, Trump tweeted Saturday: “If dopey

Mark Cuban of failed Benefactor fame wants to sit in the front row, perhaps I will put Gennifer Flowers right alongside of him!” Bill Clinton admitted in the 1990s to having had a sexual relationship with Flowers two decades earlier. On Sunday morning, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told ABC's "This Week" that Flowers, "has not been invited by the campaign."

However, the Clinton camp used Trump's tweet to accuse the Republican nominee of acting unpresidential. "He's a reality TV star. He’s very experienced at providing television entertainment. The presidency is not about entertainment.

It’s about serious decisions," Clinton's campaign manager Robby Mook told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos Sunday. (abc News)

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

A Day Like Today number of lives lost. The MV Le Joola was constructed in Germany In 1990. With more than a decade of constant exploitation, a rusty hull and a machinery in need of maintenance, the ferry was a ticking time bomb ready to ‘explode’ at any time.

The embarkation was meant to carry no more than 600 passengers, but by 2001 the number of passengers would often exceed the 1000. The route that the MV Le Joola covered, was from Ziguinchor in the Casamance region to the Senegalese capital, Dakar. The ferry was built only to be sailed in coastal waters but was sailing beyond this coastal limit at the time of the tragedy. It was

Route and approximate location of the sinking of MV Le Joola.

Official rescue teams reaching to location were The MV Le Joola capsized.

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he MV Le Joola, was a Senegalese government-owned roll-on/roll-off ferry that tragically capsized on the coast of Gambia, a day like today 2002. Trapping more than 1800 persons within its walls, turning in minutes into a floating grave.

The accident is said to be one of the worst non-military maritime disaster in

reported that around the 22:00hrs the ‘vessel’ started to tilt, but the passengers weren’t alarmed about the situation, due to associating it with the bad weather and the violent waves It was a stormy night. After recognizing the seriousness of the matter, panic settled on the embarkation and survival was the ultimate goal of those onboard.

But the over weight on the deck, the anger of the sea, only one engine working and limited the crew's options to respond to an emergency, reduced the possibilities of survival. In a matter of minutes the hull of the boat was totally exposed and passengers that were on the third and second compartments were immediately trapped.

It is estimated that many survived, but eventually drowned due to the delay of the authorities’ response. It wasn’t until the next morning that official rescue teams arrived. Only 64 of an approximate 1,863 persons, survived the sinister. The majority of the victims stayed trapped in the embarkation, sinking along with it to the bottom of the sea, never to be seen again. To date the ship remains lost. The sinking of the MV Le Joola is been denominated as one of the worst maritime disasters in modern history, gaining the sad qualification of ‘African Titanic’.

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You will be in an overly generous mood today. Talk to the party involved and make sure that they are informed as to what actually happened. Your positive attitude and intellectual outlook will draw others to you.

Look into career choices and courses being offered. Find an outlet for any mounting frustration. Consider a creative hobby. You will need to work diligently in order to accomplish even the smallest amount.

Your high enthusiasm will be sure to inspire anybody around you. Resist secret affairs that could be detrimental to your reputation.

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Sterling Hails Rodgers Influence Ahead Of Champion's League Clash

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amaica-born Manchester City star Raheem Sterling has hailed the influence of former coach Brendan Rodgers as the club prepares to face Celtic in the UEFA Champion’s League on Wednesday. Rodgers, the current coach of Celtic, played a key part in the Sterling’s development, giving the

player his Premier League debut at Liverpool as a 17-year old against Wigan in 2012.

Sterling was a key part of the Liverpool team that came close to winning the Premier League title in 2014, but left the club in acrimonious circumstances the following season. Both parties have, however, always insisted there was no failing out regarding the player’s departure to Manchester City. In fact, Sterling was quick to shower praise on Rodger’s and spoke of his influence ahead of the teams match-up on Wednesday.

"He's someone who gave me my full chance in the Premier League and gave me loads of starts and loads of confidence,” Sterling said. "It will be good to see him again and wish him well, but on the day it all comes down to trying to win that football match. He was massive for me. Every manager that I've worked with I've tried to learn as much as I can and he's one that I definitely learnt a lot off. Credit to him he was a fantastic guy.

"In terms of playing me in different positions, making me understand the roles and maturing in certain systems. He gave me a lot of confidence as well." (SportsMax)

Palmer And The Numbers That Define His Greatness wins.

62 - A tally of PGA Tour wins that puts him fifth on the all-time list.

8 - Palmer's best return of PGA Tour victories in a single year, which he achieved twice (1960, 1962).

4 - On a quartet of occasions, Palmer finished as the PGA Tour's leading money winner (1958, 1960, 1962, 1963) 7 - Between 1961 and 1975, he played and/or captained in seven Ryder Cups, winning them all.

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rnold Palmer's death at the age of 87 led to tributes from across the world of sport and beyond.

The game of golf lost one of its greatest legends when Arnold Palmer passed away at the age of 87, but his legacy will live on.

Here, we take a look at the numbers behind the remarkable career of a true sporting icon.

7 - With four Masters wins, two victories at the Open and one U.S. Open crown, 'The King' is tied seventh for most major

71.9 - The great man's win percentage in Ryder Cups is the best of any American to have played 15 matches or more, and second only to Ian Poulter overall.

23 - Only a handful of players have ever surpassed Palmer's haul of Ryder Cup points.

(SportsMax)

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Draxler: Wolfsburg Blocked My Exit

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olfsburg's Julian Draxler has reiterated that the club's refusal to sell kept him at the Volkswagen Arena during the transfer window Julian Draxler claims that Wolfsburg denied him the opportunity to leave the club during the last transfer window. The Germany

international signalled his intention to depart the Volkswagen Arena with Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain reportedly interested in securing the midfielder's services.

However, a transfer never materialised and Draxler admits it has not been an easy situation for him at Wolfsburg. "I did not get the chance to switch clubs because Wolfsburg did not allow me to leave," Draxler told Kicker. "There was a lot of speculation during the summer and some things were true, while others were false. There will likely be more speculation in January, but I will not initiate anything.

"I am only human and what has happened has not left me unaffected. Football is business, though, and you have to focus on the task at hand. It is not always easy, but I know what's expected from me. I will work hard to do just that. "We had some differences of opinion, but we have set those apart. There is no issue any more. Of course, it is not easy to forget what happened in the summer, but that is now in the past." The attacking midfielder has a contract with Wolfsburg until June 2020. (SportsMax)

Samoura Defends Abolishment Of Racism Task Force

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enegalese Fatma Samoura insists the lessons learned by the FIFA task force on racism will be used by the organisation in the future. FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura has defended the decision to abolish the governing body's racism taskforce, claiming its mandate has been "clearly fulfilled". The task force was established in 2013 by then-FIFA president Sepp Blatter but doubts persist about its success two years away from a World Cup in Russia - a country that has had numerous problems with racism in recent times.

Nevertheless, speaking at the Soccerex convention in Manchester, Samoura expressed confidence that the information gleaned will be used by FIFA going forward. She said: "The taskforce had a very specific mandate, which, to our knowledge, has been clearly fulfilled. "Their recommendations are now being turned into a programme, and a strong one.

“My presence here is a testimony that FIFA has a zero tolerance policy on any extremism in regard to football, including discrimination on the grounds of culture, race, sexual orientation or social expectation." Samoura, who succeeded Jerome Valcke in the FIFA role in May, insists "discrimination is at the top for the new FIFA organisation" and vowed to crack down on human rights violations ahead of World Cup 2022 in Qatar.

The Senegalese added: "We can live with perception, but we are taking our role very seriously as the world's governing body for football in fighting discrimination. "It's well reflected in the status of FIFA, and today our mandate is to ensure the provision for fighting any kind of discrimination comes with serious repercussions. Discrimination is at the top for the new FIFA organisation." (SportsMax)

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Gisdol 'Twitching With Joy' At Hamburg Presentation

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aving been appointed as Bruno Labbadia's replacement at Hamburg, Markus Gisdol described his joy at joining an "awesome" club. Former Hoffenheim boss Markus Gisdol claimed he was "twitching with joy" after being presented as the new Hamburg head

coach. Bruno Labbadia was sacked after managing just one point and two goals from their first five Bundesliga matches of the season, with Gisdol quickly installed as his replacement.

Facing the media on his first full day in charge, the 47-year-old described his delight at being handed the reins of the former European champions on a deal until the end of the season. "I didn't sleep much last night," he told a news conference. "I made a conscious decision to come to Hamburg. For me the length of a contract doesn't matter. "I am twitching - but with joy. Hamburg is a totally awesome club."

Gisdol is now focused on improving Hamburg's fortunes, admitting he will need time to assess his new squad. "I'm completely unbiased about the squad and will take the next days and weeks to collect a complete image," he added. "I want to work with the players and that is what I'm here first and foremost to do, to coach these players. Whether a player is 18 or 35 - it doesn't matter to me, only whether they are ready to perform." (SportsMax)

Sampaoli Backs Nasri For France Recall

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espite announcing his international retirement in 2014, Jorge Sampaoli says Samir Nasri's form could earn him a place in the France squad. Jorge Sampaoli is backing Samir Nasri for a France recall ahead of Sevilla's Champions League clash with Ligue 1 side Lyon. Nasri, who has not received a cap in almost three years and announced his international retirement in 2014, scored his first goal for the Spanish club in a 3-1 defeat to Athletic Bilbao on

Saturday.

Having also laid on a crucial assist to secure derby victory over Real Betis a week earlier, Sampaoli believes the 29year-old can play his way back into Didier Deschamps' reckoning with his continued fine form. "I'm happy arrival of Samir here," he told a news conference ahead of the Lyon game. "I suggested it and had been waiting for some time. "I think that there are very few players in the world with the ability to play like Samir. If he continues at this level, he will certainly have opportunities in his country's national team."

After the reverse to Athletic, Sampaoli is now glad that this European encounter gives his side an opportunity to bounce back quickly.

"Playing every three days gives us the chance to get up quickly when, as on other days, we lose," he continued.

"Tomorrow, we have to have a lot of precision and patience in the attack, because if we are direct we will find a team will be well laid back. They are a dangerous team. "We will utilise the short time we have remaining. We will use it to analyse the opponent, in this case Lyon. "We are clear that the game plan will give us comfort on the pitch, knowing that in this type of competition you cannot afford any mistakes." (SportsMax)

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Hibino Begins Tashkent Defence With Comfortable Victory Nao Hibino made a successful start to her Tashkent Open defence with a comfortable straight-sets victory over Komola Umarova. Fourth seed Hibino dominated her Uzbek opponent throughout Monday's 6-3 6-1 victory, despite dropping her first service game in both sets. They were rare blips for the world number 78 as she quickly levelled a reeled off a string of successive games, her second set performance particularly dominant as Umarova could only win nine points.

Fellow seeds Kurumi Nara and Denisa Allertova are also through after easy wins over Dayana Yastremska and Hiroko Kuwata respectively. Stefanie Voegele needed to battle in her 7-5 5-7 7-5 win over Sabina Sharipova, while Maria Sakkari had to come from a set down to dispatch Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.

(SportsMax)

D Zanetti Determined Inter Will Return To The Top E efending champion Nao Hibino was rarely troubled by Komola Umarova as she opened her Tashkent Open campaign with victory.

veryone at Inter is working hard to return the club to former glories, according to vice president and former captain Javier Zanetti.

Javier Zanetti expects Inter to return to the top of Italian football, but does not wish to compare the club to Juventus. The Argentine captained the Nerazzurri to the Champions League title in 2010, and he has been vice president at the club for the two years since his retirement.

Following the arrival of Chinese investors Suning, and Frank de Boer as head coach, Zanetti is now predicting a bright future for Inter. "Suning are an important group and have a strong desire to invest," he told Radio Rai. "For Inter, there will be a bright future. We are all working to bring Inter back to the top where, the club deserves to be. "In Italy, I think other foreign investors will come, with the way the league is now. "[Suning] are going to make changes to the stadium and build new facilities for the youth sector.

Our kids are important and we want them to dream of a debut in the first team." However, despite Inter's lofty ambitions, Zanetti is determined the club will not mark

itself against the achievements of Serie A champions Juve. "I do not consider [Juve] a point of reference, we are one of various clubs that act in a different way," he added. "We think in a different way to them. We try to achieve success through experience and capacity."

(SportsMax)

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New Zealand Fight Pleases Williamson Despite Defeat

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ew Zealand have plenty to build on in the second Test with India despite defeat in Kanpur on Monday, says Kane Williamson. Kane Williamson was able to find positives from New Zealand's performance despite losing the opening Test against India by 197 runs. Set 434 for victory, the Black Caps' steep task was made harder on Sunday as they fell

to 93-4 heading into the final day after Ravichandran Ashwin's late blitz. Ashwin was once again their tormentor in chief on day five with the final three wickets to complete a 10-wicket haul in the match.

While disappointed to fall behind in the three-match series, Williamson was still pleased with some aspects of their performance - particularly the late fight shown by Luke Ronchi and Mitchell Santner to make India wait until after lunch on Monday for victory. "There were a lot of positives throughout the match, hopefully a few lessons as well," said the New Zealand skipper. "India outplayed us though and if we look back there was a two-session period where the game slipped away from us.

"It would have been nice to get closer to the first innings total, and to start off restricting India to 300 on a good batting wicket was good work. "[Ronchi and Santner] were both fantastic, particularly today with the ball spinning sharply. The way Santner applied himself with bat and ball and the way Ronchi played coming back into the team was fantastic." The Black Caps will hope to level the series at the second Test in Kolkata which begins on Friday. (SportsMax)

Mickelson: Palmer Was My Model On And Off The Course

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rnold Palmer's death at the age of 87 has led to a host of tributes from across golf, with Phil Mickelson describing him as his role model. Phil Mickelson has thanked Arnold Palmer for the strong influence he had on his career after the golfing great passed away on Sunday. Palmer was recognised as one of golf's 'Big Three' in the 1960s alongside Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, the trio helping turn the game into the global phenomenon it is today.

During his illustrious career Palmer won seven major titles and was recognised as much for his amiable personality as for his talent on the course. Mickelson is one of those who cherished Palmer's work and the three-time Masters champion paid a heartfelt tribute to the man affectionately known as 'The King'. "I've respected a number of players who came before me but Arnold Palmer was my model on and off the course," he said in a statement quoted by the Golf Channel.

“As an amateur I played my very first practice round at the Masters with him at his invitation. I saw how much time

and attention he gave to fans, the media and worthy charitable causes. "I'm like every other fan of his enormous influence on the game and his great generosity off the course. "I'm saddened by his death but I'm a better player and perhaps a better person thanks to his example."

(SportsMax)

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Kohli Revels In 'Memorable' Test Win

ndia produced a solid all-round display to secure a 1-0 lead in their Test series with New Zealand, said Virat Kohli.

Virat Kohli highlighted India's lower-order batting as crucial after they wrapped up a 197-run victory in the opening Test with New Zealand in Kanpur on Monday. Ravindra Jadeja's 42 not out helped India establish a first-innings lead before the spinner made an unbeaten 50 in the second dig to take the game away from Kane Williamson's side.

Ravichandran Ashwin also made a handy 40 in the first innings, but it was the off-spinner's bowling that came to the fore on day five as he claimed three of the six remaining New Zealand wickets to end the match with 10-for. The win gives India a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, and ensured their 500th Test ended in victory. "It has been a memorable Test match," Kohli said. "It has been very good right from the second day onwards when New Zealand were batting really well and me and Ashwin were chatting that it is going to be an exciting Test and we have to play our best to keep them under pressure.

"The boys have applied themselves really well. There were a few moments we were in a spot of bother. Initially we had momentum with us when we were batting but then couple of soft dismissals and we were at the back foot. "But Jadeja and Ashwin batted really well in the first innings. Umesh [Yadav] also contributed and those 30-40 runs make a psychological difference."

Kohli also had positive words for the Black Caps, particularly the way they dealt with the turning Green Park wicket as Ashwin found his groove. "They [New Zealand] showed good resilience and resistance and that is something you want to see from opposition," he added. "I think credit goes to New Zealand as well, the reason that match went on to the second session on day five because of the character and guts that they showed. I am sure the series will get more competitive as we go on." (SportsMax)

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Jamaica Football: Guyana Jaguars Hoping To Catch Overconfident Reggae Boyz Off Guard

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uyana Jaguars assistant coach Wayne Dover believes overconfidence on the part of more celebrated opponents Jamaica could help the Golden Jaguars

secure an unexpected result when the teams meet in the Caribbean Cup third round. Jamaica, the defending champions, will be heavily favoured to progress to the next round of the competition having drawn Guyana and Suriname in the three team group I. However, if the team’s performance in the World Cup qualifiers, where they lost to matches to Nicaragua and Haiti, is anything to go by things may not be as straight forward as they appear.

Dover is counting on a disciplined Guyana unit catching their opponents off guard. “In playing against Jamaica, once we focus as a group, and play disciplined throughout the game, we can hold them probably to draw or win; we know Jamaica and those teams who are noted to be top teams in the region they can become cocky at times and think Guyana is a simple push over and we can catch them a little bit over confident and complacent just like we did with Trinidad a few years ago and came out on top of that game,” Dover told Guyana Times.

Jamaica will tackle Suriname in the group’s opening game on October 5 before departing on October 9 for Guyana, who will host them at the National Stadium in Providence on October 11. (SportsMax)