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Chinese offer no guarantee for US$47M Antigua power plant P. 3
…Guyana cited as example of contract arrangements
Baby dies at daycare centre P. 3
Car, house torched P. 17
Father drags cop from under 13-yr-old daughter's bed Govt. grants licence to import 500, 000 pounds pork P. 2
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Chinese Terms and Conditions for US$141M CJIA loan a mystery P. 8
…Robeson Benn, Dr Roger Luncheon unaware of details
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Protesters stage symbolic burning of Chronicle S
The symbolic burning of the Chronicle Newspaper
ocial activists yesterday gathered at Square of the Revolution to join to stage a symbolic burning of copies of the state owned Chronicle. They were voicing their disapproval over an editorial titled “Opposition rampages to sow disunity in the country.” Prominent persons in society were referred to the article as “racist and mischievous.” Disapprovals were voiced to the point where a protest was staged at the front of the said media
house. Yesterday the Chronicle published an apology from Keith Burrowes, Chairman, of the board of directors. However, the protesters yesterday contended that the apology was not enough since the article caused much unease and had the potential to cause serious disruptions. The group said that while Burrowes’s apology is encouraging, the fact that the immediate management of Chronicle has not yet offered an apology for the “bigoted” article is quite disturbing. Nevertheless, the Chronicle issued a statement that read “it should be noted, and appreciated, that the newspaper cannot please its entire readership all the time...the article about which the demonstrators protested, even though well intentioned and factually correct, was a regrettable slippage that does not represent set policy.” However, demonstrators yesterday voiced that they would like to obtain tangible
facts to support the majority of the article. According to them only one aspect of the article was indeed factual and that is the statement about the late Political Activist, Ronald Waddell. “Using the late gentleman’s name and action during an era of election protest without making known of the same, and seeking to make a nexus through dishonest claims about the African race and the Linden electricity issue and pitting groups against each other, then calling it factually correct is unacceptable,” said trade unionist, Lincoln Lewis on behalf of the group. The group said that it would like to see the evidence that supports the statements which read, “Black youths are socialized by opposition leaders to think that Indians robbed them to get rich, so they atomically feel that they have to wrest by force, even (Continued on page 19)
Father drags cop from under 13-yr-old daughter’s bed
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2 1 - y e a r- o l d police recruit is thanking his lucky stars for being alive after the father of a 13-yearold Ogle East Coast Demerara girl caught him hiding under her bed in the wee hours of yesterday morning. The recruit who claimed that he was let into the house by the 13-year-old girl is denying that he had sexual i n t e r c o u r s e w i t h h e r, although the girl had insisted that he was her boyfriend. The recruit was pulled from under the child’s bed around 04:00 hours by her father, a popular electrical engineer, who had become suspicious of activities in his daughter’s room. Senior police officials on the East Coast of Demerara yesterday confirmed the arrest of the recruit but declined to provide details of the incident. From all indications the police recruit and the 13year-old had developed a relationship, having met on the social network, ‘Facebook’. Investigators are convinced that the recruit was let into the house some time Sunday night by the teenager unknown to her
parents. According to reports, the girl’s father got up and was checking around his premises when he noticed that the light in his daughter’s bedroom was unusually off. He went into the bedroom and found his daughter awake and acting suspiciously. Sensing that something was terribly wrong the man peered under his daughter’s bed and to his shock he saw two eyes staring back to him. But just as he was about to get violent, he was quickly assured that the man was a guest of his 13-year- old daughter. T h e m a n h o w e v e r, contacted the police, telling them that he had caught a man in his house. The police rushed to the house under the impression that they were dealing with a burglary. But they were surprised to find that it was one of their colleagues, and even more surprising was the circumstances under which he was found. An investigation has been launched. The police said that they will be seeking the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions on the way forward.
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Chinese offers no guarantee for Baby dies at US$47M Antigua power plant daycare centre …Guyana cited as example of Chinese contract arrangements As the debates continue to rage in Antigua and Barbuda over its troubled Chinese-built US$47M Wadadli Power Plant, there have been questions about the agreement made by that government and the contractor, Beijing Construction (BCEG). Comparisons are also being drawn about similar situations that exist over the under-fire US$200M Skeldon in Guyana and other infrastructure including Chinese constructed projects in Jamaica. According to a report in the recent Caribarena Antigua News website, it is clear that critical documents that would clear the air over the power plant deal with the Chinese are not being released by the Antigua Government. “Releasing these reports would be a step in the right direction towards transparency. So why does the Government refuse to release any documents? Why are these documents being kept under wraps? What do these, amongst other, documents contain that is so damning that the United Progressive Party (UPP) administration will keep them hidden even under great pressure from the public?” a report in the Caribarena asked on June 14. The scandal over the Chinese-built power plant had almost caused a noconfidence vote against the Prime Minister, Baldwin Spencer, weeks ago but the parliamentary motion fizzled. The pressure mounted on the Spencer administration earlier this year after the power plant suffered severe problems with its engines raising questions whether they were new as had been the agreement. There have been protests in Antigua as well. Antiguan Government did release some documents but the media are reporting problems with them. One such document is the Operation and Maintenance Agreement, signed by Clarvis Joseph, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA); Ambassador David Shoul; representative for Beijing Construction (BCEG) Zhao Mai; and a Chinese Embassy official. This document describes the operation and maintenance services that the Chinese contractor provides to the Antiguan Government. It describes how the Chinese
A major political quarrel in Antigua over its troubled Chinese built US$47M power plant has seen Guyana being mentioned. The problems at the US$200M Skeldon sugar plant was raised. contractor handles all the maintenance services, trains the staff, and operates the power plant. STRANGEAGREEMENT Strangely enough, the report said, Antigua went ahead and signed the agreement which virtually offered no guarantee on the power plant. However, under this Agreement, Antigua is responsible to pay the following: 1. Travel Expenses: Antigua must purchase one economy airplane ticket annually for every Chinese BCEG employee. 2. Prints and Reproductions: Antigua pays for the cost of all prints and reproductions necessary for BCEG to perform contracted services. 3. Computer Services: Antigua pays for any computer service charges incurred by BCEG in the
performance of contracted services. 4. Materials and Equipment: Antigua must pay for any and all equipment, consumables, materials, supplies, spare parts, tools, and miscellaneous supplies procured for the Power Plant. This means that whenever parts have to be replaced for any reason, Antigua must foot the bill. 5. Transportation of Materials and Equipment: Not only does Antigua pay for the equipment, parts, etc., but Antigua must also pay for any and all shipping and transportation charges! 6. Utilities: Water, sewage, telephone, and waste disposal services for the Power Plant are all paid for by Antigua. 7. Insurance Expenses: If anything needs to be insured by BCEG, Antigua must pay up for the insurance expenses. 8. “Other: All other actual
direct costs incurred in connection with the services” are paid by Antigua. Well, under this Agreement, BCEG is to be paid US$2 million over two years. And for what? For maintenance Services. Antigua, and by extension, the Government, and by extension, the people, are paying BCEG over US$83,400 per month just for their time. Additionally, the fact that all spare parts, materials and supplies must be paid for by Antigua raises the question, what warranty does Antigua have? “Our limited information, thanks to the Government’s highly classified nature, indicates that there may not be any warranty at all,” the report said. The report also made mention of the US$150M Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion (Continued on page 16)
Police are probing the death of a baby boy at a Kitty day care centre yesterday. Kaieteur News understands that the twomonth-old was discovered dead around 16:30 hrs. The baby’s father told Kaieteur News that the baby and another son, aged 22 months, have been attending the day care centre for some time. Around 08:30 hrs yesterday, the man and his fiancée dropped the two children off at the establishment. According to the bereaved father, they returned around 16:30 hrs to take the boys home. “I picked up the first child (the elder brother) and was waiting for my fiancée to pick up the other, when the lady (at the day care centre) tell me
that we have to take the child to the hospital.” He said that on checking the child, he observed that the baby was motionless, his lips were ‘blue’ and the skin was discoloured. The couple rushed the baby to a private hospital, “but by then it was already gone”, he said. According to the father, a staffer at the day care centre said that she had fed the child around 11:00 hrs yesterday and that he had slept from then to 16:00 hrs. He insisted that his baby son was in good health. “The child was not sickly; he weighed about 18 pounds. He was a heavy, healthy child.” The matter was reported at the Brickdam Police Station and a postmortem is likely today.
Essequibo educationist was not raped The female Educationist and Pastor, of the Elim Pentecostal Church at Hampton Court Village, on the Essequibo Coast said that she was not raped, however the robbery did took place. An earlier report had suggested that intruders had raped her. The Primary School teacher said that the unknown perpetrator, had beaten, choked and had attempted to rape her at her Hampton Court residence last Thursday. The Police have acknowledged that the
teacher lodged a complaint at the Anna Regina Police Station. Reports have indicated that on Thursday night last, an intruder broke into the woman’s apartment. He had gained entry through a window. “He slapped her and beat her about her body,” one resident exclaimed. This is the second occasion that the Pastor/ Teacher was robbed. On this last occasion the bandit carried away money, a cell phone and other items.
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Letters... Where your views make the news Printed and Published by National Media & Publishing Company Ltd. 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, Guyana. Publisher: GLENN LALL Editor: Adam Harris Tel: 225-8465, 225-8491. Fax: 225-8473, 226-8210
EDITORIAL
A crusade or public interest? For the second time in four days President Donald Ramotar accused the media, or at least sections of the media, of conducting a crusade against every development programme that the government undertakes. He said that sections of the media paint every development effort in a negative light. From his perspective he may be seeing what in recent times have been attacks on some high priced projects. There was the new Skeldon Sugar Plant that is still to perform at the level it was supposed to. This project was Guyana’s largest. Surely, the Head of State cannot be angry that people feel that they have been shortchanged after spending so much money and not getting the value they think they deserve. Every other criticism of a high priced project came after the failure of the Skeldon plant. Many will still remember the enthusiasm with which they welcomed the news that Guyana would be home to a sugar factory that would not only lower the cost of sugar production but would also boost local production to counter the price cuts by the European Union. This is not to be. The next attacks have been against the Amaila Falls hydro project and the government has only itself to blame. When the government awarded the contract for the hydro road, sections of the media having done extensive research on the contractor, warned that the contractor was incapable of undertaking the project; that the government was preparing to waste money. Officials of the government came to the fore to criticize the critics. Head of the Government Privatisation Unit Winston Brassington proclaimed that the contractor was duly studied by the insurance company that put up the Performance Bond and that the man would complete the project. The nation has seen what amounted to a waste of money despite the admonitions of the press. The road is still to be completed; the government is at odds with the insurance company and it is going to cost the government much more to complete the road because of the predicted failure of the contractor. The Skeldon factory project and the Amaila road project are what really pushed the media to examine the other high priced contracts. What made the questions flow faster and even more furious was when the information was gleaned from foreign sources. Take the case of the Marriott Hotel project. The information was first released in an overseas newspaper. Two developers at different times began to pay attention to the project. Most surprising of all was the reaction of the government when Zublin Grenada announced that it was considering a deal with the government for the construction of the Marriott. The government was angry and Zublin later said that it regretted talking to the local media. Mr. Brassington sought to justify the silence on the part of the government as a case of confidentiality. The media could not buy such an explanation. The government had refused to take the people into its confidence although it was spending the people’s money. This is what sparked the investigation. This was the same situation with the expansion and reconstruction of the facilities at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. The signing of the contract was first reported in Jamaica. For President Donald Ramotar to contend that the media was keen on negating every contract signed by the government is to suggest that the media is opposed to development and hostile to the government. The truth is that the media is keen to represent the interest of the people and where they coincide with national development then the media would be supportive. We recognize the need for hydroelectricity; we recognize the importance of an upgraded airport and while hotels are not being filled to capacity we could understand the desire to construct a state of the art facility. On Monday, President Ramotar spoke about his government examining the possibility of a deep water harbor and an upgraded road surface linking Linden and Lethem. We welcome that announcement. This is what we had been asking for all along. President Ramotar would be surprised at the support he would get for these projects.
Constructive anger shall only subside when there is justice for all DEAR EDITOR, Ravi Dev will never be allowed to define matters of import to me nor the cause I represent, even more so when his mantra is divisive and perpetuates bigotry which threatens this nation’s peaceful-coexistence and equitable development. Reference is made to his column “Anger and Violence” KN July 8, 2012. His claim that a friend psychologist, specialising in anger management informs him that I am a “very angry man” after reading my letter, “Don’t expect silence or compliance on my part, Mr. Dev. Not now, not ever!” (KN 30/6/2012) does no credit to the field or Dev is lying. But if it is to be believed this couch conversation took place, it evidently concentrated on placating Dev’s ego and ignored the letter’s content. For any psychologist worth his/her salt would admit anger is not necessarily bad and can be functional. As such, Dev is advised the slaves’ anger toward the indignity and inequity meted out to them by the enslavers resulted in fights which realised emancipation. It was anger with the marginalisation and denial of fundamental
rights that caused the indentured and colonised to fight the colonisers, bringing an end to indentureship and securing political independence. It was anger over the cruelty of man towards man that led to the formation of the International Labour Organisation in 1919 after World War I; and the United Nations in 1948 after World War II. It was anger that led to the USA African Civil Rights Struggles for racial equality that achieved the Civil Rights, Voting Rights, and Fair Housing Laws; and desegregation in the public sphere. The trade union community, from Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow to now, in its quest for the creation of a just society, would advise anger about the disrespect for fundamental rights, and the exploitations of labour in the workplace, coupled with the deprivations of workers in the wider society, led to the struggles which secured an eight-hour work day, national minimum wage, increased earnings and improved working conditions, universal adult suffrage, just laws, political independence, NIS, universal education, Landlord Tenant Act, etc.
Similar anger led to the 1948 sugar workers strike, 1999 public servants strike and 2009 bauxite workers strike, etc. Committed trade unionists continue the fight to ensure, protect and widen these gains, along with advancing contemporary socio-economic and political wellbeing. This is called Constructive Anger - I identify and emulate! Dev is reminded he benefitted and continues to benefit from these periods of anger that made the world a better place for him, loved ones and friends. The present and future generations across the diverse spectrum are equally entitled! And as we look around the society today given the continued injustices, fronted by Dev’s and Guyana Chronicle’s bigoted writings and executed by the administration, the anger with these are justified. Their refusal to uphold the tenets that would bring an end to injustices must propel each and every one of us to stand up and be counted. We owe it to ourselves, our forebears and our descendants. Any effort to deny this moral/righteous
indignation must be resisted! Eliminating the anger that festers in this society requires respecting international conventions and laws, universal declarations and the Guyana Constitution that enshrined the principle that, “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” Further, Dev’s take on violence denies the presence of violence in every group. The World Health Organisation defines violence as “The intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation.” As such there is no justifiable explanation for his singular claim that, “In addition to the nurtured tradition of revolt, African socialisation patterns predispose them into aggressive habits and frustrating Continued on page 7
DEAR EDITOR, I refer to the recent KN Sunday editorial, titled “Higher Education at UG?” The editorial unfortunately discusses universities in general and the University of Guyana in particular in an old and limited way. It is thus severely misleading. The editorial advances, as its main basis, the view that research is the raison d’etre (justification) for higher education. Inexplicably, some in Guyana still hold to this romantic notion when those who actually invented universities have long widened their perspectives on the role of a modern university. Universities (multiversities, as some call them) are today a different beast. They are now complex conglomerates that strive to satisfy a range of demands and stakeholders. They encompass faculties, research centres, professional development schools, distance learning centres, graduate schools, consultancy units, hospitals, performing arts centres, etc. As small as UG is, it is part of this modern trend towards a
“federated enterprise”. Its contribution to national development, therefore, must be judged across a broader spectrum of criteria. Would one devalue UG’s IDCE, for example, because it does not create knowledge? The same perspective holds for university staff. Performance criteria have broadened. One of the most influential studies on this issue was conducted by Ernest Boyer in 1997. Boyer’s work expanded the definition of “scholarship” within academia to include not just the scholarship of discovery (i.e. traditional research), but also the scholarships of integration (making connections across disciplines and placing research in a larger globalised context), application (using research findings and innovations to solve societal problems, including as members of state boards, advisory committees, consultancies, professional associations, etc) and teaching (achieving effective learning). It is difficult to argue successfully against the relevance of these four
aspects of scholarship to national development. And if we subscribe (as I do) to the position that the scholarships of application and teaching are most important in the Guyana context, it requires us to be open-minded and fair in the way we assess the overall contribution of a UG staff. Perhaps, the most profound shift in higher education in recent years has been the elevation of learning as a central focus. Many universities now advertise themselves as “learning colleges or institutions”. Most students and employers, two key stakeholders, are more interested in the ability of universities to produce graduates who can effectively apply knowledge and perform at the workplace (as problem-solvers, critical thinkers and doers). The Kaieteur News editorial ignores this matter completely. Without doubt, research remains a huge focus of top universities. Research adds to the stock of knowledge, boosts prestige and enriches the intellectual environment on campuses. Beyond these
noble objectives, however, a more mundane and powerful force is at work: the commercialization or consumerization of university research. In developed societies, a huge market exists in the economy for research output. Universities have the financial incentive to chase private and government research contracts and grants. No such market exists in Guyana. Any discussion of research in Guyana that ignores this aspect would be incomplete and misleading. Yet despite the fact that the research market in Guyana is scant, useful research is done at UG. As Exhibit A, I point to the university’s Research Day conference, held in the last two years, where whole days are devoted to presentations of staff research. If memory serves, Kaieteur News carried a detailed report on this year’s proceedings. I express appreciation on behalf of the organizers. To be sure, at an individual level, staff must produce more research. But to suggest that little research is done strays from reality. Finally, the evidence Continued on page 5
Old views of universities are dangerously misleading
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Princess not interested in Hotel Tower DEAR EDITOR, We refer to an article published in the July 08, 2012 Edition of the Kaieteur News captioned “Hotel Tower Up for Sale”. Your newspaper published in the article that the owners of the Princess Hotel have expressed an interest in acquiring the Tower Hotel. The management of the Princess Hotel was never contacted to verify whether there was any truth or merit to the information provided to Kaieteur News by its “source”. Had the newspapers taken the time to verify the information it would have been able to establish that the owners of the Princess Hotel never in any way expressed
any interest in the purchase of the Tower Hotel, they never made contact with the owners of the Hotel, they never had any dealings whatsoever with them and further, they do not have any intention of pursuing any discussions with the owners of Tower regarding the sale of Tower. In light of the total inaccuracy and falseness of the article referred to above, the owners of the Princess Hotel expect a published retraction of the article or of the portion of the article that stated that the owners of the Princess Hotel made an offer to purchase the Tower Hotel that was rejected by the owners of Tower. We look forward to seeing the retraction published in the next edition of the Kaieteur
News following the receipt of this letter. In closing we wish to state for the record that we are disappointed in the manner in which this article was published. We expected a more responsible approach from your newspaper. Muharrem Kulecki General Manager Georgetown Investments & Management Services Inc. EDITOR’S NOTE: In hindsight, Kaieteur News regrets not contacting the owners of Princess Hotel for a comment. The newspaper was relying on the confirmation by Hotel Tower part-owner Mr James Manbahal, who stated that Princess Hotel had expressed interest.
After decades of faithful service, this senior sister still does not own a car DEAR EDITOR, The sister in charge of the Intensive Care Unit at GPHC suffered a head injury and broke her hip in the minibus crash on the East Coast Demerara on Saturday night. I found the following deeply disturbing:1) After decades of faithful service, rising to be a senior sister, she still does not own a car. I think that is a crime. Her batch mates who migrated, own car(s), house, etc. Newly qualified nurses promptly sit overseas exams, and migrate at the earliest opportunity. Hospitals are staffed mainly by nursing assistants and patient care assistants. It has been challenging for matrons in hospitals to find at least one staff nurse per ward per shift and per clinic.
Linden Hospital does not have that problem because of the nursing school. Staff nurses are rare, and senior sisters are even rarer, and this is the value placed on them! Last week when I was on duty, Sister was one of only two nurses to care for our 7 critically ill patients. Ideally, there should have been 7 nurses, but due to our severe shortage of staff nurses, that is an unattainable dream. Her experience is not easily replaceable. 2) Why have speed limits not yet been enforced, especially for minibuses, rendering them incapable of speeding. The loss of life and disability is excessive. 3) How can the government even contemplate investing in a luxury hotel and a luxury
Old views of universities ... From page 4 continues to mount that the core problem in Guyana is not just the inability to create knowledge (to do research). It is more about the inability of too many educated Guyanese to apply knowledge to solve problems and find solutions. Our range of problems (from poor government policies, to social ills to collapsing bridges and wharves) more reflects a limited ability to search for, understand, apply and analyse already discovered information and knowledge. Let’s then pose the question to students, employers and other stakeholders. What should be the justification for the University of Guyana? In an environment of limited resources, should it focus
more on producing graduates (learning) or research? Maybe, this is a research the university itself should undertake. Sherwood Lowe
airport to benefit maybe 1% of the population, using taxes taken from the masses, when their life saving needs are so great? Surely that money would be better spent on street lighting, or non-potholed roads, or reducing communicable diseases such as TB. If TB continues to increase locally as stated on an international website, then the airport will be used only for migration, and there would be zero visitors in the luxury hotel. 4) I am angry. Vivienne Mitchell
Hotel Tower denies hotel up for sale
DEAR EDITOR, With respect to the abovementioned article (Hotel Tower up for sale, Sunday July 8, 2012), as headlined on the front page and carried on page 52 of said edition of your media outlet, the Management of Hotel Tower Limited would like to inform you that the article is false and misleading. No one within the ownership or management of Hotel Tower is aware of any
such negotiation(s) with any other company, including, but not limited to, Princess Hotel. Recognizing that the nature and content of the story is false, inaccurate and misleading, we are asking that Kaieteur News respectfully retract the story appropriately. Looking forward to your kind cooperation in retracting the content of said article, under the circumstances. HOTEL TOWER
LIMITED EDITOR’S NOTE: Kaieteur News stands by its story. One of the publication’s reporters spoke with one of the owners, M r. James Manbahal, as quoted in the article. The source of all of the information in t h e a r t i c l e w a s M r. Manbahal, who spoke with the reporter from his New York mobile (Tel # 917-406-0134).
DEAR EDITOR, An editorial in the Guyana Chronicle, dated July 3rd, 2012, elicited a fierce public reaction. Many individuals and organizations voiced their outrage at the insensitive race-baiting, trashy piece of journalism. Within a matter of days, and to his credit, the Chairman of the Board offered his apology. His response is commendable. While Mr. Burrowes recognized the implications of the editorial, however, the former Chairman of the Ethnic Relations Commission, Juan Edghill, continues to live in the clouds. According to one newspaper, he essentially said that he saw nothing wrong with that article. In fact, he claims that the writer was stating facts. In a society like Guyana’s where racist insensitivity can cause an explosion, Edghill’s statement, in our opinion, was callous and clumsy. Throughout his tenure at the
ERC, nothing of significance was ever accomplished. He still seems to have no vision, and no independence of thought. Edghill’s behaviour is very similar to that of the prophet Balaam in the Bible. The Bible tells of a King by the name of Balak who sent for a prophet named Balaam to come and curse his enemy, the Israelites. The Spirit of the Lord forbade him, and even his donkey spoke up to warn Balaam; all to no avail. Eventually, Balaam went ahead, and although he did not curse Israel, he provided critical advice which he knew would destroy God’s people. Later God dealt harshly with this treacherous and greedy prophet. The PPP is a house that is crumbling from the weight of corruption and iniquity. Seemingly blinded by selfhate, Edghill is oblivious to all the evil that surrounds him. As ethical stalwarts of the
former PPP abandon that sinking ship, Edghill and others of his ilk continue to see no evil and speak no evil of a government whose policies continue to be antiworking-class, anti-poor, corrupt and sinister – without regard to the races of their victims. While the Chronicle editorial is clearly and manipulatively racist, the new PPP government’s policies and behaviours are just as clearly and consistently broader: they discriminate against all citizens so long as they are poor, regardless of race. Messrs. Ramjattan, Nagamootoo, and now Ramkarran, all former senior members of the PPP, reacted to the stench of corruption coming from the new PPP, and departed. The uncaring “Bishop”, however, can find no fault with something as blatantly divisive as the editorial in the Continued on page 7
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Ramotar wants diplomats to help turn brain-drain …says migration figures ‘startling’ into advantage Admitting that the country’s migration figures are “startling,” President Donald Ramotar yesterday urged the country’s diplomats to turn that “brain drain” into an advantage for the country. He said that while Guyanese in the Diaspora could be encouraged to invest home, their expertise and skills in various areas could also help to fashion successful development programmes here. Diplomats stationed as far away as Kuwait, China and India were flown into the country for a one-week conference that the government hopes would orient them about its vision for the country. The conference of Guyanese diplomats serving overseas and in Guyana is usually organized when a government changes. Ramotar joked about the fact that he once heard a story whereby taxi driver in Iceland looked around at a passenger and asked in Guyanese accent “What happen deh bro?” His point was that in any part of the world, there is a Guyanese, but he said that does not necessarily have to be continued to be seen in a negative light, even if the number of educated
President Donald Ramotar, Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and Prime Minister Samuel Hinds with Guyana’s diplomats at the opening of the conference yesterday. Guyanese migrating remains startling. “Since we can’t do anything about that, we have to try to turn it to our advantage as much as we possibly can,” he stated. The President said that the help could not only be in the form of direct economic development, namely investment, but the country could also do with access to their skills. He noted that many Guyanese abroad hold key
positions and can therefore “fertilise” development ideas here. He said that they can bring new perspectives and best practices that can help develop Guyanese society. In addition, diplomats were told that since Guyana is a small country unable to provide jobs for its people, overseas investment is needed and said that diplomats can help in attracting such investment. Ramotar said that the diplomats can help paint an image of Guyana as a country that is efficient. He said neither the private nor public sector has the resources to carry out projects that would increase production and productivity and to create jobs for a growing educated population and therefore the country needs to attract investments from abroad. He urged the diplomats to
help create partnerships and alliances with governments and businesses abroad since investments are vital to the country’s development. Ramotar said that for this to happen, the diplomats would need to paint the “true picture” of Guyana. He said that Guyana must be seen as a reliable partner that takes it decisions seriously. “Your job becomes more important to us in order to ensure that the image of our country is not damaged,” Ramotar said as he sought their help in correcting what he described as a tainted perception of Guyana which some sections of the media are guilty of propagating. “It also affects our economic well being… we don’t have all the resources either in our private sector or in our public sector to have all the investments that we will need to develop our country… we have to ensure that the true picture of our country is well known abroad,” President Ramotar said. The President said that the government also sees its
foreign missions as integral to the country’s territorial integrity which President Ramotar said must be protected at all times even while simultaneously publicising world peace. “Our whole outlook must be one of building world peace because only within an atmosphere of peace in the world will we be able to fulfill many of the plans that we have,” President Ramotar said. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues, told the diplomats that foreign policy is being conducted in an evolving international environment and there diplomacy needs to move beyond what is traditional. She urged the diplomats to incorporate in their agendas issues such as external trade, climate change, sustainable development, human rights and migration She said that technology has made communication faster and has blurred the lines of bureaucracy that once existed in foreign missions, but she said this is a process that must nevertheless be managed. Rodrigues apprised the diplomats of some developments in the country’s foreign policy since the last conference was held in 2003. She noted that the country’s prominence in the
international arena proliferated when former President Bharrat Jagdeo was conferred the Champion of the Earth by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) in 2010. President Ramotar called on Guyana’s overseas missions to help popularise the country’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) which is benefitting from funds generated through the Guyana/Norway forest carbon services arrangement. The partnership which evolved out of Jagdeo’s Initiative on Avoided Deforestation, saw Guyana earning about US$70M in performance-based payments from avoided deforestation and under which the country can earn up to US$ 250 M by 2015. Both Ramotar and Rodrigues urged the diplomats to help consolidate relations with traditional partners and to look to other frontiers. Guyana plans to establish a diplomatic mission in South Africa, she announced. Minister Rodrigues reported that Guyana’s relations with Suriname and Venezuela were taken to a higher level with the latter country importing rice from Guyana for the first time and hosting former President Jagdeo on a state visit.
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The Police Commissioner’s courage deserves recognition DEAR EDITOR, On a visit to Guyana last August, I paid a courtesy call on the then PPP/C Presidential Candidate, Donald Ramotar, to pledge my support for his candidacy, and to express my desire to remigrate as a demonstration of my confidence in his ability to continue the onward thrust in the country’s development should he win. Apart from readjusting to the intense heat in Guyana, I explained that the main deterrent that prevented me from returning home thus far, was the elevating and out-ofcontrol crime rate that dominated the news on a daily basis. Candidate Ramotar explained, “Harry, I can’t do anything about the heat. But I promise if elected, my administration will do everything possible to significantly reduce the crime rate.” As President, Donald Ramotar has not disappointed me. Crime in Guyana is on the decline although it is way above an acceptable limit. But most importantly, more crimes are being solved, and the
perpetrators are arrested to face justice. Whatever orders were passed down the chain of command, The Guyana Police Force seems to be operating now with a renewed sense of purpose and dedication of duty. Both Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee and the new acting Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell must be given credit for the high level of professionalism now being executed by most members of the Guyana Police Force. I said “most” because we all know that there are some rogue cops who, with brazen arrogance, shamelessly continue to fleece the treasury by demanding bribes from motorists every day. Members of the Police Traffic Department are notorious for this. In his address to the Annual Police Officers Conference on March 1st, His Excellency Donald Ramotar made these remarks, “Recent incidents have not helped to enhance the image of the Force. Corruption must be dealt with condignly. You cannot deny that a few members of the Force have tarnished the good image of
the organization by their involvement in corrupt activities. All forms of corruption must be rooted out. There should be no sacred cows. If by chance there is alleged corruption, then the law should take its course. This organization must be an example of cleanliness and transparency.” And I was delighted to read last Monday’s Kaieteur News headlines: Corrupt cops given ultimatum... “Turn in your badges by Monday” - Brumell (KN, July 8). The significance of this zero tolerance approach to root out corruption among rogue cops by the Commissioner, must not be overlooked. It sends a strong signal and begs the question, “Who’s next?” As the proud father of a daughter who is a police Detective Investigator in New York, whose husband is also a New York City police officer -NYPD, I know full well the dangers that police officers face every day in that high-risk profession. Good police officers must not have to suffer the embarrassment of being tainted by the
Constructive anger shall only... From page 4 situations elicit aggressive responses, even against authority figures, i.e. there is a normative support for violence in the African community.” If Dev were not interested in racial dominance he’d speak out against intra and inter group(s) atrocities. For a rights advocate is expected to have abiding interest in eliminating injustice within his group and by his own group to another, equally as he strives to ensure respect by other group (s) for his group. In the realm of rights, the
principles are universal, clearly defined, and cut across diversity. Consequently, any writing to advance racial harmony is expected to uphold the universal principles this nation is a party to and are enshrined in our Constitution, which Dev is contemptuous of. It is this disrespect for another group and their right to peaceful co-existence and equitable development in this society that led me in 2009 to call him racist (that he recalls in his instant column) and same still stand in 2012, because he has not deviated.
Also, attempts to front such bigotry behind ‘professional counselling’ and reference to thinkers/philosophers will not faze, fool or impress. Finally, discourses on rights, the rule of law and governance must be frank and open about the problems facing the society and recognising the prerequisite for addressing same and ensuring resolutions requires adherence to universal tenets. On my part, constructive anger remains present and shall only subside when there is justice for all! Lincoln Lewis
disgraceful and repulsive behaviour of some in the department, who use their uniforms as ATM machines. Although some may believe that it will be difficult to bring charges against these rogue cops, there is a simple and effective way to do this: Drivers should be encouraged to arm themselves with miniature tape recorders, and discretely record the police officer’s instructions when they’re pulled over for a traffic violation. When they’re asked, “Lef or Write”, the motorist should choose the option of the ticket, but then do the “right” thing by reporting the incident to a senior officer in the department. If the motorist can prove that a bribe was initiated, the ticket should be voided and the ticketing officer suspended without pay for a week. If that police officer accumulates three bribery suspensions, he/she is dismissed from the force. By the same token, if a motorist offers a bribe to a police officer so as to avoid going to court or paying the full cost of the traffic offence, that motorist should be given another summons for bribing a police officer. On the other hand, dedicated police officers must be rewarded for going
the extra mile to keep our citizens safe. And I challenge the authorities to design an incentive program that would reward the “Cop of the Year” the deed for a house lot, where he/she can build a home. Sometime ago, I had offered to set up a committee to give a US$100 incentive to police officers for every illegal gun taken off the street. This offer was regrettably ignored by former Police Commissioner Henry Greene. In an earlier letter, I gave some suggestions on how to “Improve the image of the police” (Kaieteur News, March 17, 2010), I wrote: “Because the police have a reputation of being brutal: one should never forget the recent barbarous torture of a 14-year-old boy who was doused with methylated spirits and set alight; the authorities should seriously consider dropping the word “Force” from the name Guyana Police Force, and let the service be known as ‘The Guyana Police’ or ‘The Guyana Police Department’. This will help to put a human face on the department. Retrain the entire department in public relations. No one should be afraid to talk to a police officer as they do now, for very often the police rely on the full
cooperation of the public, in order to function effectively in the execution of their duties. The Guyana Police must interact more with the public. They should conduct yearly lectures at schools in all communities, targeting both children and parents. At these forums, they should discuss the need to rise above poverty and to avoid a career of crime through education; the dangers of using drugs, alcohol and cigarettes; challenge the parents to be good citizens, to set the right examples for their kids to follow, and to create an environment at home that is conducive to producing the next generation of leaders.” As the Guyana Police Force continues its 173rd anniversary program, I urge those in authority to consider the above recommendations for implementation. By throwing down the gauntlet and making it clear that he intends to jail those corrupted cops in his Force, the Police Commissioner’s courage deserves recognition. This is the kind of decisive leadership we need to restore trust, credibility and respectability to this national institution. And I hope it wouldn’t be long before he is confirmed in that position. Harry Gill
From page 5 Chronicle. While none of these men even claim to be from the clergy, their commonsense and consciences drove them to take action, regardless of the personal cost. No number of favours or amount of money would chain them to a party which has so visibly lost its way, the new PPP. Many believe that apart from changing their
corrupt ways, the new PPP would do anything to have these gentlemen return. They realize that each of these men has the courage of their personal convictions. They have stood for moral principles. Some
people seem to stand for nothing but personal convenience. In time, we believe even the new PPP will conclude that they are opportunists. Mark Archer Aubrey Retemeyer
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There has been a plethora of remarks, for and against China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC) as well as the Expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), but the financing has not attracted much scrutiny. Only recently Shadow Public Works Minister, Joe Harmon, told a media briefing that “China Harbour has not given us a grant… it is a loan, and what we need to know is, what are the terms and conditions of the loan.” The loan however, is not coming from China Harbour but rather, from the Chinese Export Import (Ex-im) Bank. The terms and conditions for the US$141M loan, for which Guyana has applied has not been signed into effect as yet. Substantive Public Works Minister Robeson Benn, during a recent press engagement, when asked what the terms and conditions attached to the loan from China’s Ex-im Bank are, was at odds to explain. He skirted the answer saying that he was not prepared at the time. Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon, on Saturday last, was also at odds to give any
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specifics on the terms and conditions of the loan. This publication has been reliably informed that Guyana’s application for the loan is still at its preliminary stage. A senior government official close to the issue has told this publication that “Terms and Conditions are only agreed upon once the Ex-im Bank agrees in principle to grant the loan.” The official pointed out, that this means that there is still room for negotiation on the Terms and Conditions of the US$141M loan. The official says that at present, no offer has been made by Exim Bank to Guyana, as it relates to the Terms and Conditions of the loan. Research shows that while Exim is categorized as a policy bank and its loans are classed as government to Government deals, it normally transfers the money it lends directly to a Chinese company, rather than to the host government. The Chinese Company in this case is CHEC and has already inked the contract with the Guyana Government to expand the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. PROCESS FOR CHINESE $$$
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…Robeson Benn, Dr Roger Luncheon unaware of details The process for securing the loan from China’s Exim Bank is very different from typical aid projects. Firstly, the Chinese company suggests the project to the client in the host country. Both Minister Benn and China Harbour’s Regional Director, Zhongdong Tang, have confirmed this aspect. There has been consensus on the fact that, China Harbour approached the Guyana Government with a number of projects. The airport expansion project was agreed upon, finalized and a contract has since been executed and is in force. Having approached a country with an investment proposal, the Finance Ministry of the host government (in this case Guyana) then applies to Exim Bank for a loan, and Exim conducts preliminary due diligence before giving approval. When the loan is approved the finance ministry signs two agreements: a framework on the terms of the loan with China’s ministry of
commerce, which is in charge of China’s aid programme and a loan agreement with Exim Bank. The Chinese company carries out the construction – or provides the service or exports the goods, depending on the type of deal – and asks for payment from the local client, which could be a stateowned enterprise or government department. The client then applies to Exim for the funds, which are then paid directly to the Chinese company. WHAT’S THE CATCH? On Saturday last, Dr Luncheon was asked specifically about the Terms and Conditions of the loan and his response was, “I can’t tell you what the specifics are, but I will tell you about Exim Bank loans of the countries for which Guyana apply, particularly India and China.” Both China and India operate state owned Export Import (Exim) Banks. According to Dr Luncheon, loans from Exim Banks are usually at concessionary rates. This, he said, means that the interest rates for the
repayment of the loan would be unusually low “it is very, very unusual for it to come anywhere close to commercial lending rates,” and suggested one, or at the high end two percent rates. Asked about the “catch” that comes with such low repayment rates, Dr Luncheon said, “The catch most of the countries that provide the Exim Bank loans, they are often offered in ways that would have the supplier of the financing benefitting from procurement of goods and services by those nations…so it is not unusual both at the international or at the bilateral level.” He said that this applies also to Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loans, where the goods and services for which the loan is being secured, can only be procured from “IDB participating countries.” He explained that if Guyana were to use an Exim Bank from India, then the goods and services will have to be procured from India and said too, that “China is no different.” Dr Luncheon was asked specifically when the Terms and Conditions of the current Exim Bank Loan would come into effect and his response
was “at procurement.” The Head of the Presidential Secretariat explained that “when you need to procure, the Exim Bank in the context of the agreement would ensure that the procurement rules abide by the loan agreement.” Asked about the stage of the US$141M loan application, Dr Luncheon said that while he could not recall specifically, “I know when we met the representatives through the Embassy, and this was in June, that issue of finalizing was being addressed...We are now in July.” While conceding that he could not be 100 per cent certain, Dr Luncheon told this publication, “I want to believe that the agreement has been made but I am not in a position to confirm.” He posited that given the relationships between the two Governments, “there would be enough merit “in bringing to conclusion such an engagement as quickly as possible.” Preparatory works have already commenced at the Timehri location, but this is being funded through the $4.5B which was approved in the 2012 National Budget as the country awaits the US$141M for which it has applied.
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GOVERNMENT IS STICKING LIKE GLUE TO THE AIRPORT PROJECT If the Minister of Works had done what he is doing now, that is to reveal the background to the signing of the project to extend the runway of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, it would have avoided much of the controversy that has surrounded this project. It is only now and because of the pressure that is being brought to bear by Kaieteur News that we are learning that this deal was negotiated with the technical input of a number of persons within the Works Ministry. This is, however, not necessarily reassuring because earlier there was mention that this project came into being after a senior Chinese official came to the Caribbean waving offers of increased financing for projects. What is even more worrying, though, is the
revelation by the contractor that it was the one who suggested the project. Considering that there was a narrow window of opportunity to access the financing, there may have been an urgency to ensure that Guyana did not lose out on the funding. Thus the haste to sign. However, it is precisely in such circumstances that one should exercise maximum caution and more so, in light of the experience Guyana has had. The urgency with which Guyana signed on to this deal is in stark contrast to the lengthy negotiations and extended time it took before Guyana went ahead with other major infrastructural projects such as the Berbice River Bridge and the Skeldon Sugar Factory. The Berbice River Bridge was long in coming and the
new factory at Skeldon should have commenced long before it did. There is always danger when projects are being rushed because of the need to guarantee financing. Under pressure to ensure that the financing is not lost, mistakes can be made. One can only hope that the best advice was rendered to the government and those who rendered the advice will stand by what they recommended if anything goes wrong. The government is sticking with this project and if it goes wrong, then the government will have to bear such an eventuality. It has already found in an embarrassing situation when it was forced to conduct an investigation after questions were raised about the reputation of the parent company of the firm
Dem boys seh...
Ali Baba teaching kantractors how to get a clean face Is only a guilty conscience does mek a chore try fuh paint heself a rosy face. Dem boys seh that everybody does advertise. Advertising is fuh business, ask Courts and Singer, Digicel and GT&T, Banks DIH and DDL. Some woman does advertise dem body and some man does hustle fuh advertise dem face. Dem Chinee wid dem thiefing contract try fuh save dem face when de people accuse dem of fraud. Dem run and tek out full page advertisement in de newspapers. Everybody watching dem and dem kakishness suh dem run to get de ad to paint a rosy picture of dem dutty face. De next man who try fuh do that is not a Chinee. He is a Guyanese kantractor. He is a good friend of Babbie Jagdeo and Bharrat Ramroop. He tek out two full page ad fuh show how he contributing to Guyana. He guh to all dem paper. De Waterfalls paper refuse to tek it. This man paint a rosy picture of he face. Dem boys seh that he miss de makeup artist because he face look de same way if not more dutty. None body ain’t buy nutten wha he seh, not even Sattaur because he see de tax wha this man company pay. This is de same company wha collect
hundreds of millions and yet a stelling can’t even accommodate a kakabelly fish much less de fishing boat. A matter of fact dem boys seh that de door fall overboard last night. Look out fuh de big news today. De Chinee and de Guyanese realize that dem in deep doo doo. Dem does get de biggest projects in this country. Dem use to control all de big kickbacks through Ali Baba and he 40 chores. Ali Baba gone and another Baba tek over but he still got de 40 chores behind him. Dem boys seh that is Ali Baba tell dem fuh put de ads in de paper fuh convince de new Baba how dem good and decent. But de new Baba know different. And he know that is Ali Baba tell dem fuh do that. He know de same Ali Baba gun tell Babbie Jagdeo fuh print a whole newspaper wid ads talking nice things about he and Bharrat Ramroop and de 40 chores of their achievement throughout de tenure. But no ads, whether in de newspaper, radio, TV, internet or by flyers can remove de stench wha dem spread throughout de length and breadth of this country—in all de departments. That is wha dem boys seh. Talk half and advertise fuh de rest.
undertaking the work. Had a detailed due diligence been done before signing, this controversy would never have arisen. This is something that Guyana should never neglect because the cost of a failed project can have a crippling effect of future investment as much as it can push the country into an inescapable debt trap. The government should learn from what is happening with the Skeldon Sugar Factory. That was the biggest single investment in Guyana and look at the mess that it is in today. Not only are there problems with the factory but these problems are affecting
the returns on sugar cane. Guyana is now burdened with a massive debt and it is not clear whether this factory will ever be able to repay for itself. In this context, the Minister of Works needs to keep speaking. He needs to explain to the Guyanese people why we need to be spending over US$150 million to extend our runway. He needs to make public the projections that indicate how this money is going to be repaid by increased traffic over and above what we would have gained without an extension to the runway. The government is bent on going ahead with this
project. A project of this nature would have been expected to have been discussed and approved by Cabinet. It is too large a project to have been bypassed. But was the Cabinet meeting at the time this contract was signed? After all, this contract was signed close to last year’s elections. Where did the approval come from to sign this major project? Was it Cabinet and if so why did it take so long for the details to be made public?
Sharp decline in road fatalities so far this year There has been a significant reduction in the number of road fatalities so far this year when compared with 2011, and if the trend continues to the end of the year, there could very well be a new record for the lowest road accident death within the past 40 years. That record stands at 113 deaths, which was recorded in 2008. Police figures released yesterday indicated that there has been a 30 per cent reduction in road fatalities up to the end of June this year in comparison to the same period last year. According to the police at that period last year there were 56 deaths as a result of road accidents compared with 39 at the end of June 2012. To date the decrease in terms of percentage is even bigger with 42 deaths recorded so far as compared to 61 up to July 9 last year. But unlike previous years, the drivers of motor vehicles are increasingly becoming the victims of fatal accidents. Eleven drivers lost their lives on the roads by the end
of June, while 10 pedal cyclists and nine pedestrians were killed in road accidents during the same period. The year also continues to see reductions in other categories of traffic accidents – serious, minor and damage. Speeding, according to the police, continues to be a major contributing factor to fatal accidents, causing 28 of the 38 fatal accidents at the end of June this year. The police force said that it is determined to keep the accident figures down and to this end, in addition to traffic education, it is continuing its enforcement activities along with the use of breathalysers and radar guns. This has resulted in 33,958 traffic cases being made against errant motorists up to the end of June. Of this total 8,154 cases were for speeding. Meanwhile, there has been an overall decrease of three percent in serious crimes recorded at the end of June this year in comparison to last year. The total number of reports of serious crimes made by June 30 this year was 1,918
compared to 1,980 at the same period in 2011. Some of the offences monitored are murder, robbery under arms, robbery with violence, larceny from the person, break and enter and larceny, burglary, rape and kidnapping. A total of 65 murders were recorded at the end of June 2011 in comparison to 62 murders for the similar period this year, representing a five percent decrease. Of the 62 murders, 29 were of the disorderly type, two were committed during armed robberies, 10 were domestic related and four, execution type. The other 17 are so far undetermined. The police said that robbery under arms has increased by 18 per cent unto June 2012, with 508 reports compared to 431 for the same period in 2011. The statistics also indicate an increase of 13 per cent in the number of armed robberies involving the use of firearms, and a 27 per cent increase in armed robberies where instruments other than firearms were used by the perpetrators.
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=== The Freddie Kissoon column ===
Rickey Singh is the world’s most shameless journalist/columnist I almost vomited when I read the miasma and poison Rickey Singh wrote about the PNC Government under Forbes Burnham and Desmond Hoyte. And to think that no one in Guyana is going to campaign against Rickey Singh’s journalistic evil is equally shameful. No one from Guyana is going to call for the Barbadian society to condemn this man’s abuse of the media. Rickey Singh is close to being a figure of hate. History should not be distorted the way Singh has just done in the Chronicle last Sunday. We in Guyana need to set the record straight
because Singh’s journalistic abomination might be internalized by younger minds. Singh is an editorial advisor to the editor of the Chronicle and does two editorials per week apart from his Sunday column (please read between the lines; hope you know what I am hinting at). I am also told that Mr. Singh does two letters a week in the Chronicle’s letter pages and is a consultant along with Ravi Dev with the Guyana Times. Mr. Singh could be described as a big name at the Chronicle (though he lives in Barbados). Writing in support of President Ramotar, Singh boldly stated that the PNC government from 1964 to 1992 never addressed corruption. It was a sickening distortion of the historical record. When
I was growing up, I heard the older folks say that when people reach their seventies, they should do good things and make peace with their God. Singh is in his seventies and I urge him to have respect for his age and make peace with his God. One thing one cannot deny about the two PNC Presidents - Burnham and Hoyte – was that they did not tolerate corruption. Both men were intolerant of corrupt behaviour among State officials and did not discriminate according to status when it came to discipline. The examples are numerous. What I will do here is highlight the major personalities in the State sector that President Burnham and Hoyte confronted on the accusations of corruption or unbecoming behaviour. I have come up with these names for one particular reason – Burnham and Hoyte spared no one no matter how powerful they were.
Mr. Burnham did not intervene to stop the Ombudsman’s investigation into allegation by Eusi Kwayana that two Ministers were involved in corruption. After an inquiry, Hamilton Green was found not guilty but the Ombudsman ruled that David Singh was culpable. Singh had to resign. Mr. Burnham promptly removed Minister of Trade and Industry, George King, after a probe produced evidence of impropriety. Minister of Agriculture, Robert Jordan was disciplined after an investigation into a company named Global Agri found that Jordan had benefited from an unsavoury deal. Claude Merriman did not survive complaints of unbecoming conduct. Green, Merriman and Jordan were stalwarts of the PNC who helped Burnham to come to power. There was the case of Vic Puran, who is now an attorney at law. Mr. Puran was Burnham’s Political Affairs Advisor. His day to day role at the Office of the President
was to preside over remigration concessions. Along with Bernard Scantlebury, Mr. Burnham ordered their arrest on suspicion of improper conduct with duty free letters for vehicles. Both men spent days at Eve Leary facing questions. Deputy Chief Education Officer, Claude Vieira, was jailed for fraud. Mr. Hoyte has carved out a name for himself in the annals of Caribbean leaders. Hoyte became irascible and inflexible on the corruption issue. He ordered a probe into a consignment of shoes that the army chief, Godwin Mc Pherson, had allegedly confiscated. The importer saw his shoes being sold by vendors and went to Mr. Hoyte. Mr. Hoyte ordered Mc Pherson to compensate the businessman. The most famous act of Hoyte was his order to have Mr. Robert Corbin charged and placed before the courts while Corbin was a Cabinet member.
Frederick Kissoon In comparing the balance sheet of anti-corruption battles between the PNC presidencies and the PPP’s, it would be like comparing a village cricketer with Brian Lara. The PPP is a deeply corrupt party with a highly corrupted hierarchy. The PPP is not going to move against its venal sadists. It is not that Singh does not know these facts. He is well aware of the superb qualities of Hoyte. But Singh is a spin doctor and propagandist for the PPP Government. He travels all over the Caribbean to observe elections in CARICOM States. But he didn’t come to Guyana for the November 2011 general polls here. He wrote that he was sick but at the same time my friends told me they saw him alive and well in Barbados.
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Mara farmer captures ocelot D
oorjodhan Seourkarran, a cash- crop and livestock farmer of Mara, East Bank Berbice, on Sunday, captured an ocelot which has been wreaking havoc on his farm. He plants potato, cassava, corn, pumpkin, and livestocks such as cows. A farmer for over 40 years, Seourkarran told Kaieteur News that the wild animals “are destroying me frequently and this is the sixth one I caught...They are destroying my poultry.” He said that his farm is under threat, too, from wild monkeys and wild hogs. The farmer related that he applied for a firearm ten years ago but has not been successful. He received the approval from the Office of the President for the 16Gauge firearm a few years after he had applied, however he was in the United States at the time when the approval came and he believes the Ministry of Home Affairs back then had cancelled the application since he was absent from the jurisdiction. Upon his return from the U.S in 2009, he took the approval letter to the then ‘B’ Division Commander who forwarded him to the Commissioner of Police in Georgetown. “When I went there, I never ever got to enter the Commissioner’s office to talk to him”. What he did was to leave a copy of the approval letter with the Secretary but the matter was never followed up.
...still waiting on firearm approval
“By now, it is five years and up to now, I haven’t receive anything at all; no attention, so right now, I am suffering on my farm and I really need a firearm...I even begged the Home Affairs Minister to look into my matter and draw more close attention so I can purchase a firearm to save my crops, to save my livestock and other things”. He said the ocelot frequently came and destroyed “ my livestock like poultry and I was unable to catch him a month back. But he did come back some time and caught a fowl....so Sunday night, I was sleeping and around 23:30 hrs, I heard the chickens making noise and I went out and there was the tiger cat. “I picked up my trap and picked up the fowl he bit and I put it in the cage which has a separate area where the poultry can be there and the tiger can come in. I left the trap there and he came in”. The farmer discovered the animal around 04:00 hrs in the cage. “I thought to myself, ‘It’s bad luck for you (the cat) now, because you have been destroying my crops”. Seuorkarran brought out the ocelot to New Amsterdam, 25 miles out,
and displayed the animal for many who took the opportunity to have a closer look and pose for photographs with it. He had offered to give away the animal but if no one wants it, he had plans to kill it. “If someone can pick it up from me right now, it’s fine, otherwise I have to go and destroy it because you cannot loose the tiger cat in New Amsterdam or in any
housing area, because it will destroy animals and poultry, too. So what I have to do is take it back to Mara and get rid of it”. The other six that he caught over the past months were given away while some were killed. He even offered the Guyana Zoo the animals but “they did not come”. Kaieteur News was later informed by the farmer that he gave the ocelot away to someone in New Amsterdam who said that he (the new owner) will “mind it and tame it”.
The ocelot in its cage
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Guyana to import Indian, Chinese technology for infrastructure sector The Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (IAST) located at the University of Guyana, has for several years been working on maximizing the use of resources available locally to be utilized in the construction sector. Head of State Donald Ramotar is intimating, however, that in some instances there is no need to ‘re-invent the wheel.’ Ramotar, on Friday, declared Guyana’s Third Annual International
“They have become masters of using alternative materials… materials that we want to introduce in building our new sectors and building our own homes in society,” - Donald Ramotar Building Expo open, and plugged the idea of looking to India and China. He was speaking specifically to the transfer of technology. India and China, he says, have developed the technology already where items such as bamboo can
become value added and high quality commodities to be used locally and for export. This year’s Building Expo saw participants from India and China as well as several regional neighbours, all of whom wanted to display the best of what they had to offer. Ramotar told the hundreds
that had gathered at the Guyana National Stadium tarmac, “We will continue to push ahead in this regard.” According to Head of State Ramotar, the idea behind hosting a building Expo annually in Guyana is to encourage the use of alternative building materials “so that people can own their own homes.” Ramotar said that he has witnessed for himself, floors built from bamboo. “This is a process we can
Patrons inspect a piece of furnishing during the just concluded International Building Expo do right here,” said Ramotar even as he reminded that Guyana is currently attracting the kind of technology that would allow for this to be possible locally. “The Chinese and the Indian Technology;” Ramotar reminded, “they have become masters at using alternative materials…materials that we want to introduce in building our new sectors and building our own homes in society.” Ramotar said, “Not only are we looking for better, cheaper and more reliable types of materials…We are looking for materials we can produce at home.” He said that with the suitable species of bamboo, “we can find other alternative ways of using our materials to develop our construction sector in Guyana.” Ramotar was adamant that his administration “will continue to encourage this and we are willing to examine all methods and all ways, that
we can use to encourage people to look at other forms of building materials.” This year’s building expo saw on display at least one pre-fabricated house which uses non-traditional materials. Patrons were also exposed to a variety of building materials available locally and for import, all of which has a heavy emphasis on the use of technology. The Institute of Applied Science and Technology is a local industrial research organization, which has as its mandate the development and/ or adaptation of appropriate technology for the utilization of Guyana’s natural resources, so that these resources can be gainfully developed and exploited for the benefit of the people of Guyana. The Institute was formed in 1977. Among some of the projects that IAST has worked on include the use of discarded tires as an aggregate for road construction.
Chinese offers no... From page 3 deal which was made under Guyana’s former President Bharrat Jagdeo with Chinese contractors. “This was kept mostly out of the public’s eye at the time,” the news report said. On July 29, 2011, the World Bank announced the “debarment of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) Limited, and all its subsidiaries, for fraudulent practices under Phase 1 of the Philippines National Roads Improvement and Management Project.” The report also mentioned a senior Chinese port official who was sentenced to death in December for taking bribes from the CJIA Chinese contractor. “All of a sudden, former President Jagdeo called on the current President to
review the contract. Jagdeo had previously taken a very defensive stance on the matter, but flipped following the World Bank announcement.” According to the report, the Antigua and Guyana incidents are not so different. “Both involve Chinese sub-contractors and contractors that had been involved in controversies. The contractor … in Guyana was debarred by the World Bank for corruption in the Philippines. So what is our Government waiting for? Why is the Government fighting the people on this matter? Why should they need to fight, if they have nothing to hide?” Additionally, the Skeldon factory built by the Chinese has been plagued with problems since it became operational in 2009.
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Car, house torched An Ithaca, West Bank Berbice family is now counting their losses after two fires and a mysterious attack on the house in less than one month destroyed a family car, a garage and severely damaged their twostorey house. As police continue to investigate what family members are saying is arson, no one has been arrested The first fire partially destroyed the family $2.9M Allion car, which was parked in the garage. A few days’ later, person or persons again launched an attack on the family, this time damaging the front and back windscreens of the car. Determine to complete their mission, not long after the perpetrators returned and again set fire on the car this time completely destroying the expensive vehicle, the garage and damaging the house. Matriarch of the home Audrey Rigby of Dutch Quarters Ithica stated that she suspect that the entire thing is arson which she suspect is driven by spite and envy. She stated that the fire arson attempt occurred on June 7th. She awoke around 5 hrs to smell something burning. She stated that “When I look in the garage I see smoke, share smoke…” An alarm was raised and upon checking they discover that smoke was coming from the back door of the car. That fire was put out and the police were informed. They later discovered that both the front and back seats of the car were burnt. The police during their probe found that the alarm was first disabled and the
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Woman blames GPHC for mother’s demise - says medical staff needs training in patients care, profession ethics
The Ithaca fire victims. perpetrators had removed the rubber on the car door to gain some access to the vehicle. The second attack saw the hooligans opening the garage and shattering the car wind screen and windows. The last incident occur last Tuesday .According to information the woman’s brother Corwin Perry returned home about 01: 00 hrs on the morning and saw thick smoke and fire and soon realized that it was his sister’s home on fire. The man stated that he realized that no one was awake and he started to shout at the top of his voice. The woman said that she was jolted out of her sleep by the sounds of persons pelting on her roof and shouting, “Fire fire.” She stated that she immediately opened the door and she and her two kids quickly exited the house, they then had to jump the fence because they had no time to open the padlock on the gate. By then the entire garage was swallowed up in flames
and the fire had already caught onto the house. Persons tried to form a bucket brigade, but were soon beat by intensity of the heat. Within minutes the fire tender of nearby Guysuco Blairmont Estate arrived and assisted in outing the fire. Upon checking, two bottles of Molotov cocktail were found nearby in the yard and neighbours stated that there was also the smell of gasoline around the house, which suggested that someone was out to torch the entire place. Police are investigating, but the family is not happy with the pace and manner of the investigation as no one has been arrested as yet. Mrs Rigby stated that her husband works on sea and is seldom at home and she is fearful and scared for herself and family. She is calling on the police to increase their efforts in finding the person or persons who might be behind the dastardly acts.
APNU’s attack on house lot allocations deceitful - Luncheon
Scores of potential house lot owners during the government’s “One Stop Shop” exercise last month. Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, has deemed the recently concluded “One Stop Shop” exercise held last month at the National Stadium, Providence, as a major success under the PPP/C administration. The official, during the
government’s weekly post-Cabinet press briefing on Saturday, was at the time responding to the question on the house lot allocation system. The issue is whether the system needs to be reviewed as suggested (Continued on page 18)
After losing her mother at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), a distressed Anne Hernandez is requesting that the health institution take greater care of patients at the facility. It is her opinion that a lack of patient care and professional ethics caused her mother’s demise. Her mother, 77-year-old Ernestine Hernandez, of Montrose, East Coast Demerara succumbed on June 23, last after she was admitted for two days at the medical facility. According to Anne Hernandez, it is depressing when a public medical institution has personnel who are employed to care for the sick, and neglect their duties. The woman lamented that her mother was admitted to the GPHC on June 21, last. Two days later she died without a post mortem being performed. When she received the news of her mother’s constant vomiting and what appeared to be a stroke, Miss Hernandez said that she was in the city at that time and she visited the GPHC where she made a call through the switchboard requesting an ambulance since she noticed one was in the compound. “They told me that no ambulance was available at the time and I needed to call back, but I told them that I was in the hospital and was seeing an ambulance.
However, they said that it was waiting for someone. I called for an ambulance at the Davis Memorial (Seventh Day Adventist) Hospital and one was sent promptly…Fortyfive minutes later the GPHC ambulance was still in the compound.” Miss Hernandez added that when her mother was taken to the emergency section two foreign doctors appeared to be least concerned about her mother who was in distress. “They are getting just like the local doctors, and the nurse told me until they are ready they will look at her…I left there after (my mother) was admitted and they removed the saline attachment. She said that they would replace it but they didn’t even do so by the time I left because she was not capable of eating.” The following day, when Hernandez visited her mother, she said it was clear that the
Dead: Ernestine Hernandez situation had got worst since she was also told by other patients that the nurses and doctors were not checking on her mother. “When I asked to speak to the doctor on duty, she had no idea about what was going on and asked me to get the chart, then she tells me to come back Monday to see the doctor…My mother had already died by then. When the hospital call and I reached there, my mother’s limbs were like solid pieces of wood, Rigor Mortis had already stepped in.”
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APNU’s attack on... From page 17 by the leading opposition party, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU). “If this is not another success, then I don’t know what success is, as defined in terms of a national strategy.” He described the comments made by APNU as another deceitful move to create havoc in the minds of Guyanese that there is probably something “fishy” about the house lot allocation system. On July 5, last, during APNU’s weekly press briefing, Shadow Minister of Public Works, Joseph Harmon, said that the various APNU’s offices countrywide had received numerous complaints about the current house lot allocation process. Severe problems were manifested following the June 14, event at the stadium. All told there were about 2,000 people. About 30 would-be house lot owners, who were a part of the exercise, complained that they were issued with allocation letters to go to the stadium to pay half of the sum on their lots, and were there from as early as 06:00hrs. They were issued with numbers and told to wait. As at 18:00 hrs, some twelve hours later, despite evidence of over 2,000 waiting, only 400
house lots were allocated. The APNU official pointed out that it came as a shock for many persons allocated house lots for $300,000, when they were told later that evening by housing officials that they had an option of paying $900,000 or $1.2M to acquire a plot of land or lose the opportunity altogether. According to Harmon, this resulted in the hopes of many Guyanese being dashed. The official said that APNU was firmly of the position that the entire house lot allocation process should be subjected to an urgent and independent inquiry so as to restore the credibility of the Housing Ministry in the eyes of the Guyanese citizens, especially in the eyes of the poor people who are trying to acquire house lots. Harmon said one of the suggestions being tabled by the opposition is that after the interviews are conducted and before issuing persons with allocation letters, the Ministry should ensure that the house lots are available within the specified price ranges. Once this is made clear, then it reduces the possibility of persons from the Housing Ministry asking for “compensation” outside the price of the house lots.
Tuesday July 10, 2012
UG Turkeyen is an albatross to the Berbice campus - Director of UGBC says ...calls for immediate autonomy
By Leon Suseran The Director of the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC), Professor Daizal R. Samad has said that it is essential for the Berbice Campus to be separated from its Turkeyen counterpart or division, hence a move towards autonomy. Autonomy would mean UGBC having its own administration and become a separate university. If it happens, Guyana would have two universities. He stands ready to push for autonomy and says that he can get the funding to do it, to set up student dorms and such so that students from the other counties can come to Berbice and study at what would be called ‘The University of Berbice in Guyana’ (UGBG). Prof Samad said that UG Turkeyen is nothing but “an albatross” (around UGBC’s neck) and not working. “I am, by nature, a very optimistic person, but goodness knows, I have tried to be optimistic about Turkeyen— I failed!” “I do not see any reason to be optimistic about Turkeyen at all— I have tried and I have come up short. I don’t see any changes in the near future”. A lot has been happening at UG Turkeyen recently as the UG Senior Staff union held protest actions a few weeks ago and clamoured for a range of issues to be fixed to make the institution more viable. There the search is still on for a Vice- Chancellor and sources have revealed to this
Prof Daizal Samad newspaper that a few persons have been shortlisted and a decision is likely to be made shortly as to the person who will take up this crucial position at the university. The position has been vacant since April 1, 2012 and advertisements were placed
in the newspapers. The post was previously held by Prof. Lawrence Carrington. The Director of UGBC said that if there is not that kind of leader at the University, “we might as well throw up our hands in despair”. If that kind of leader is not found, he added, the Berbice Campus, under his leadership, might very well move “inexorably for autonomy”. “If we don’t have what is needed to lead UG, the main campus will continue down its slippery slope towards dilapidation and ineffectuality”. He questioned whether UG Turkeyen has done “one single piece of research...over the last two years— one— and I will be shutting my
mouth!” UGBC DOING RESEARCH The Berbice campus, he said, has cured plantain disease, banana disease, “we’re looking at the deadfish syndrome; we’re looking at the worms in the [mullet] fishes; we have cured diseases in sugar cane and we are looking at the nutritional benefits of pumpkin, and those are just a few things— I am not even talking about our work in Social Work, the research going on there and in education and the research that is going to be done on the Writing Centre which we will open in two weeks”. “Those are serious, serious pieces of research; no matter where you are on the planet— Turkeyen is not doing that, so let them go and protest and strike and so on”.
National Library, P&P Insurance take literacy to the prisons
Bish Panday makes a presentation to Mrs. Margaret Eastman The National Library and P&P Insurance Brokers recently launched their 2012 Annual Essay and Short Story Competition. Mrs. Margaret Eastman, co-ordinator of the competition said that the National Library held its first Essay and Short Story Competition in its centennial year 2009, in keeping with its mandate to promote literacy in Guyana. The main objectives were to afford participants the opportunity to express their feelings and ideas through creative writing; foster a love for creative writing; and encourage writing as a worthwhile pastime. The competition began with three categories of participants, 9-11 years, 12-14 years and 15-17 years. The feedback was encouraging and in 2010, there was a significant increase in the number of entries. In 2011, the 18-20 years category was introduced as a result of requests from the public. In this year also, there was part sponsorship from
P&P Insurance Brokers & Consultants Limited which has always supported the library in its many activities. “This year, we have extended the competition to include the four prisons served by the National Library, Georgetown, Timehri, New Amsterdam and Sibley Hall/Mazaruni and they are quite happy,” said Bish Panday of Pand P Insurance Brokers. Of great significance, this year, is that Mr. Panday of P&P Insurance Brokers has decided to sponsor the entire competition. “We must commend P&P for this step as it would help the Library immensely in its effort to promote literacy in Guyana,” said Mrs Eastman. Mr. Bish Panday said that P&P was happy to fully sponsor this year’s Annual Short Story and Essay Competition being held by the National Library. He noted that P and P has a proud record of community involvement and this was another manifestation of its support.
Mr. Panday noted that the competition targets four categories of youths from as young as nine years to 20 years. The library was commended for encouraging young persons to write, which hopefully would encourage them to read something that is not happening as much as it should. He said that the benefit of reading is too numerous to mention, but it helps persons to be able to express themselves, improves their vocabulary and certainly makes them more confident in carrying on a discussion. During the presentation ceremony, previous winners read from their winning entries. These were Candacie Holder (9-11) Ashieka Francois (15-17) and Subraj Singh (18-25) In addition, Roylex Holder (9-11) and Subraj Singh (1825) spoke of the benefits of the competition. In their view, it improves participants’ ability to write clearly, think creatively and it also improves their vocabulary.
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The Abigail Column Single mom’s ‘good man’ sounds more like a really bad deal
DEARABIGAIL, I am a single mom and have been with my boyfriend for about three years. He has lived with me for more than a year. He is a good man, but he is no longer good to me. He works long hours, so my time with him is already limited. He ignores me the majority of the time and does absolutely nothing around the house. He comes around some weekends and will be affectionate and wants to be sexually intimate with me. I have tried to just do my own thing by taking my son
out more and doing more things with friends, but it’s not helping. I am stressed all the time, and it’s affecting my work life. I want him to fill the space in my heart that he used to. Perturbed
relationships and throw yourself into being a good mom to your son - but some of that good work is undone when you spend time with someone who treats you badly. Your function as a mother is to determine what is in your son’s best interest and then take whatever steps necessary to make sure his life is good and his heart doesn’t have a “space” in it. You should demonstrate your strength to your son by exiting from a relationship that has become toxic. Give your boyfriend an opportunity to work on and repair your relationship - but if he refuses to treat you well, then you should move on.
Dear Perturbed, I realise this is very challenging, but you - not your boyfriend - bear the sole responsibility for filling that empty space in your heart. Choosing to live with someone who ignores you when he’s not using you sexually makes that space in your heart grow larger and deeper. Your coping instincts are right - to build up other
Tuesday July 10, 2012 ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) You can buy or sell if you're so inclined. Your flair for dramatic appeal will unleash itself at social functions. Don't try to twist things around so that they sound more enticing. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) Pleasure trips or friendly gettogethers will be satisfying and intellectually stimulating. Recognition will be yours if you meet your deadline. Make residential changes that will lift your spirits. GEMINI (May 22-June 21) You should be promoting your ideas. You will be able to contribute a great deal to organizations that you join. Your intuition will be right on. Follow your feelings in matters pertaining to financial investments. CANCER (June 22-July 22) Accept the inevitable, and opportunities for advancement will follow. Friends may not be completely honest with you. Your communication skills are at an all-time high.
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Govt. grants licence to import 500, 000 pounds pork Government has issued a licence for the importation of 500,000 pounds pork to keep prices stable as the massive demand for pork on the local market has increased, Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy confirmed yesterday. However, the name of the importer was not disclosed. Pork is being sold by retailers at $700 per pound. The licence would only be valid until September 2012, Ramsammy said. Demand for the meat has been growing over the last three years; consumption has risen to over three million
kilograms (6.7 million pounds). Unlike cattle and poultry, most swine farmers usually rear on a small scale. In 2011, Guyanese consumed 30 million kilograms of chicken and about 35 million table eggs. Dr Ramsammy explained that when the market is undersupplied, demand outstrips the supply and the price will go up, and as such a licence was given to ensure sustainability. Businessmen in the meat sector noted the demand can be a factor because of the recent shortage of chicken. It
was further noted the shortage may be as a result of the huge amount of the meat being exported to Brazil. Dr Ramsammy was confident that Guyana still possesses the capacity to produce an adequate supply of pork, beef and poultry to sustain the local market. Government recently granted 12 licences for the importation of one million pounds of chicken. The licences are to expire in three months, on September 12. This decision was made in response to the increase in price for chicken.
Protesters stage symbolic burning... From page 2 murder, anything Indian have. Hatred of Indians is ingrained into their psyche. Many Indian persons, who grew up in the arms of the black people in rural communities have today became fearful anytime a black youth gets too close to them.” David Hinds, a political leader, said that the group chose the Square of the Revolution because of what it represents. He said that the article is an insult to Black people and a further insult to the intelligence of Indo Guyanese. So, “we come here in the shadows of Cuffy to register our protest” Hinds said that Guyana should be a place where all races are respected and none should be insulted. He said that Guyana must realize that “we are at a critical stage in our history when we see racial domination is being perpetrated in the state owned media… black people have contributed to this country and they deserve the respect. Columnist, Fredrick Kissoon, said that, as a Guyanese of Indian decent he is calling on all East Indians of Guyanese and Caribbean decent, not to let the racist nightmare that is being engendered against African people to “overtake your sole and minds…we cannot live without each other” He said that Indians should be reminded that African people fought for East Indian rights from the 70s onwards. He recalled that he was at every demonstration
when Afro Guyanese “stood with their bodies and their soles and became assaulted in the fight for free and fair elections and racial equality.” Kissoon said that he has African Nephew and Nieces and none of them has been imbued with a hatred for Indians. Mark Benschop said that he is surprised that President Donald Ramotar did not speak out on such an issue. Lurlene Nestor of APNU said that Guyana is a plural society and people must respect each other. She said that she is most offended that the article targeted young people who are the future “it must be denounced. Michael Carrington said that Racism is a manifestation of the evil side of one’s self and Guyanese must strive to step away from such activi-
ties. He asked if it is that the Indian Government officials’ children are fearful of “Sam Hinds children or any other Afro youth within that circle.”
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Bradley Wiggins strengthens grip on yellow jersey Great Britain’s Bradley Wiggins strengthened his grip on the Tour de France’s yellow jersey with a stunning win in the stage nine time trial. Wiggins clocked 51 minutes 24 seconds on the 41.5km route from Arc et Senans to Besancon, 35 seconds faster than compatriot and team-mate Chris Froome. It was the 32year-old triple Olympic champion’s first stage win on the Tour. Defending champion Cadel Evans remains second overall but is now one minute and 53 seconds behind Wiggins. The Australian had begun the day only 10 seconds adrift but ended
up fighting to stay ahead of Froome in the General Classification, after the Team Sky rider’s impressive performance saw him move up to third, a further 14 seconds back. Tuesday is the first rest day, with the Tour heading for the mountains on Wednesday. Wiggins, who assumed the overall lead on Saturday, said: “Time-trialing is what I do best. I know exactly the routine what I need to do. I felt great from the first pedal stroke and I knew I was in for a good one. “This is what we have trained for. The graft during the winter, missing the kid’s birthday having been at training camps,
this is what it is for. To get the stage win is fantastic.” Froome, the winner of stage seven, added: “There is no tactics in something like today. This is by far the hardest event in cycling. You just have to go as fast as you can and turn yourself inside out to get the best time. “It is good to know you are on track for a good time, but you have to be careful you do not overcook it so it is a fine line to gauge that effort. “I am really happy with today and I went hard at it. That is all I can do. I know I haven’t won so there are no big celebrations, but there will be for Bradley.”
From back page at the start of the first quarter, but Thompson lit up the net from three-point range to change that advantage. Douglas and Primo continued to use their height and power in the paint to maintain dominance over Marian. Kwakwani took a high percentage of three-pointers but Primo put-back then inside move helped them race to a 21-12 lead with seven minutes left before halftime. It was clear that Kwakwani had a clear strategy to get the ball inside to their line of qual-
ity forwards. Their Coach, Gordon, who Digicel recognised earlier this year as an outstanding personality, had enough arsenals in the paint to give her offensive and defensive boards that were converted at a high percentage. The 'bigs' out-muscled Marian on both ends of the floor. Marian's Dale Beresford buried a big three-pointer to narrow the scores, but Kwakwani went to the halftime break leading 36-19 after outscoring Marian. Primo con-
tinued his work on the board in the second half to give Kwakwani their biggest lead of the game. Then Kwakwani unleashed a savage offensive assault on Marian that forced Bowman to resort to his seat on the bench several times, as he downed his head helplessly. Gordon continued to prove that her nursery of junior players is perhaps the best in Guyana. Digicel, Guyana's Bigger, Better Network, was the main sponsor of the tournament.
From back page toughness that are characteristic of karate practitioners. The hosing of the next IKD World Shotokan Karate Tournament which is scheduled for 2015, has been awarded to Caracas, Venezuela. The GKC would like to thank all the sponsors who were responsible of making this historic occasion as a reality to this very young team. Results for the Guyana Karate College Individual Kata (8-13) Tyler Orderson – Silver Medal Individual Kumite (8-13) Tyler Orderson – Bronze Medal John Mc Grath – Bronze
Medal Team Kata Embu Boys (8-13) Tyler Orderson – Bronze Medal John Mc Grath – Bronze Medal Yannick Rameshwar – Bronze Medal Team Bunkai Boys (8-13) Tyler Orderson – Gold Medal John Mc Grath – Gold Medal Yannick Rameshwar – Gold Medal Individual Kata Girls (10-11) Aliyah Wong – Gold Medal Individual Kumite Girls (10-11) Aliyah Wong – Gold Medal Team Kata Girls (8-13) Aliyah Wong – Gold Medal Tashana Wong – Gold Medal Alyssa Persaud – Gold Medal Team Kata Bunkai Girls (8-13) Aliyah Wong – Gold Medal Tashana Wong – Gold Medal Alyssa Persaud – Gold Medal Team Kata Embu (8-13) Aliyah Wong – Gold Medal Tashana Wong – Gold Medal Alyssa Persaud – Gold Medal Team Kata Boys (14-15) Desmond Fernandes – Gold Medal Mark Wong – Gold Medal Joshua Mortley – Gold Medal Team Kata Bunkai Boys (1415) Desmond Fernandes – Bronze Medal Mark Wong – Bronze Medal Joshua Mortley – Bronze
Medal Team Kata Embu Boys (14-15) Desmond Fernandes – Gold Medal Mark Wong – Gold Medal Joshua Mortley – Gold Medal Team Kata Embu Boys (14-15) Matthew Hurry - Bronze Medal Carlos Gonsalves – Bronze Medal Team Bunkai Boys (14-15) Matthew Hurry – Bronze Medal Carlos Gonsalves – Bronze Medal Individual Kumite Girls (16-17) Kerry Ramkumar – Bronze Medal Individual Kumate Men (1617) Kenny Wong – Gold Medal Individual Kata Men (18-19) Eric Hing – Bronze Medal Team Kata Boys (16-17) Kemo Allen – Silver Medal Romel Rameshwar – Silver Medal Kenny Wong – Silver Medal Team Kata Embu Boys (16-17) Kemo Allen – Gold Medal Romel Rameshwar – Gold Medal Kenny Wong – Gold Medal Team Kata (Masters) Aubrey Bettencourt - Bronze Medal Dr. Guy Low - Bronze Medal Chetram Mortley - Bronze Medal
Kwakwani embarrass Marian...
Guyana Performs Outstandingly...
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Boxing administrators on Region 10 mission in GABA developmental programme Amateur boxers recently received a fillip to their careers and the executive of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) must have felt satisfied following the conclusion of the inaugural Andrew Lewis Juniors U-16 Boxing championships, a few weeks ago, on the northern tarmac of the Andrew Lewis Boxing Gym, Independence Boulevard Albouystown. GABA had partnered with the Demerara Distillers Ltd and the latter organization had committed to two similar outings before the year is through. President of the GABA, Steve Ninvalle recently revealed that plans are in train to stage the second edition of that tournament in Berbice sometime next month but even before that, his executive will continue to address the development programme with a view of encouraging broad based participation of pugilists in all ten administrative regions. Consequently, Technical
Director (GABA), Terrence Poole, will lead a delegation of coaches to the Mining Town of Linden on Friday July 14th and Saturday, July 15th on a talent search/fact finding mission to unearth talent for future developmental programmes. Mr. Poole would be accompanied by national coach, Wensel Thomas and Cuban coach, Francisco Rosen, here in Guyana on a coaching stint under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. Kaieteur Sport learnt that the three coaches have already conducted a similar exercise in the gyms in Georgetown and the East Coast of Demerara and will be targeting Berbice and Essequibo in the near future. Upon its return to Georgetown, the team will submit a report to Mr. Ninvalle and subsequently huddle to peruse and discuss the reports with an aim of implementing the best module for the boxers’ development. Later on, the coaches will travel to Berbice and Essequibo on similar
expeditions. Meanwhile, Mr. Ninvalle said that Linden, noted for producing competent boxing stalwarts years ago, has been in the doldrums despite the presence of much talent. He said that his executives had travelled to the Mining Town during the just concluded Town Day and were heartened by the talent nestling in the Region thus the visit by the three boxing administrators this weekend. Indeed, many past pugilists have had their beginnings in Linden, most notably, former world rater, Terrence Alli, Mark Yaw, Christopher Bowen and Walter Smith, all competent amateur boxers of the seventies and early eighties. Mr. Ninvalle feels that the visit to the Upper Demerara Township could serve as a booster towards the resurgence of the sport in the region. The boxers will compete in the second edition of the DDL sponsored tournament in Berbice next month.
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Inter Ministry/Corporation Seven-a- side football
Two exciting fixtures on card as competition enters semifinals stage Football fans witnessing the action in the current Inter Ministry/Corporation Sevena- side football competition can be assured of several action packed encounters when action in the semifinals get underway at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground this Saturday July 14. The action gets underway with two exhibition games followed by the John Fernandes Ltd/GNSC match starting at 19:30hrs. The feature attraction will witness GRA matching skills with J&S Electrical at 20:15hrs. GNSC earned the right to contest in this weekend’s match after initially being declared the losers in their quarterfinals match against Republic Bank. The former team protested the decision on a technicality and a subsequent perusal by match officials determined that Republic Bank had infringed the rules thus a reversal that
Inclement weather washes out Bush Lot United Horserace meet
The inclement weather over the weekend caused a number of outdoor events to be postponed or cancelled, most at the last moment causing some organizers thousands of dollars in losses. One such event was the Bush Lot United Turf Club of Bush Lot West Coast Berbice grand one day Horserace meet which was scheduled for Sunday last. The nine event card had attracted over 75 horses with a number of later entries swelling the over entries. A whopping $6.5M in cash and prizes were also up for grabs.
The organizers had worked late up to Saturday Night to make sure everything was in place. But heavy rain with thunder and lightning late Saturday evening and early Sunday morning put paid to any activity at the venue which was left waterlogged. Among the event listed for the day were the A’ and lower 1500M event with a first prize of $1M. There was the three Year old event for animals Bred and Born in Guyana and the West Indies over 1200M for a first prize of $500,000 and trophy. The E and lower 1200M race for winning money of a $450,000.
The G class race was a 1000M affair for a winning purse of $300,000. The Banks DIH Limited sponsors two year old event for Guyana and West Indies Bred horses had $400,000 as the top prize over 1000M. The H class event was going for a winning take of $200,000 over 1200M. There was also a race for I3 and lower animals over 1000M which had a winning purse of$150,000. The final two events were for animals classified J and lower and another of the K and L horses. According to Treasurer
and Coordinator Lakeram Sukdeo the club will be meeting soon with the IMC of the GHRA to finalize a new date for the race. The organizers will also like to thank sponsors Banks DIH, Mohammed ‘Nankoo’ Shariff, Buddy Shivraj, Jumbo jet, Rommel Jagroop, Trophy Stall Bourda market, Dr Bramdeo Singh, Inshan Bacchus, Lenny Singh, Chatterpaul ‘Chen Singh’ Deo, Phagoo General Store, Dennis De Roop, Coordinator Lakeram Sukdeo and President R. Jagit among others for their assistance. (Samuel Whyte)
From page 23 Region. Bradford, who resides in Bartica speaking specifically in his capacity of Chairman, said that he was extremely heartened and encouraged by the work done by the Organising Committee that put together such an impressive ceremony which preceded the feature game, adding that the spirit shown by the residents is solid proof that the Digicel representative could take back to his Company about the community's support should they bring the network to Kamarang and other adjoining areas within the Region. He challenged Hope to implore on his superiors to do the necessary study to examine whether the Company could somehow get the ser-
vice up and running in Region 7 since he is optimistic that they will enjoy overwhelming support from the residents. Hope in his remarks opened by saying that he was pleasantly surprised and impressed by the occasion and felt very welcomed by the residents. “I can assure you here today, from what I've witnessed, the massive support that you've given us is noted and it will serve to strengthen the relationship between you and Digicel and I promise you that providing the technical research is done and it is proven that we could provide the service we will do so,” Hope stated. Hope told the residents that his Company is all about
improving the lives of the people, adding that from all that he has witnessed Digicel is right on target in achieving its stated objectives and will continue to do so, especially among the youths at all levels. He commended the Organisers for doing a splendid job in putting on such an impressive show and even went as far as to say that sometime in the future Digicel will have to look seriously at staging either a semi-final or even a final in the Region. Also giving remarks was Member of Parliament Dawn Hastings, who immediately expressed delight at being afforded the opportunity to share in the historic the occasion and to participate in the kickoff.
She then thanked Digicel for offering their support to the community which she too pointed out will go a far way in strengthening the relationship between the two parties. Regional Education Officer Lemuel Thomas in his presentation assured Hope that the community will always remember what Digicel has done within their community. “They've been very supportive to us and are always ready to make an impact in our lives whether it is through sports or social activities and for this we are extremely grateful,” Thomas said. Meanwhile, the exhibition game provided the GFF scout the opportunity to witness the abundant talent that resides within the Region.
Digicel football transforms Kamarang...
handed GNSC the match 3-2. Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) then advanced at the expense of a 4-1 defeat over Bank of Guyana. On target for the winning team were Lionel Grimes (14th & 29th), Kevin Archer (19th) and Sherwin Bailey (1st). Steve McLean pulled back a consolation goal in the 25th minute for Bank of Guyana. Jamal Joseph then breached the opposition’s goal thrice to lead John Fernandes Ltd to a 3-2 victory over Ministry of Tourism in what was undoubtedly the most exciting game of the evening. His successes came in the 2nd, 4th and 16th minutes of the game while Tourism, amidst a plethora of blunders, eventually scored off the boots of Jermaine Softleigh (6th) and Jamal George in the 20th. The final game of the evening saw Banks DIH Ltd suffering a close loss complements of a lone goal off the boot of Carlos Grant of J&S Electrical, who
capitalized on a free kick in the 7th minute. The tournament is sponsored by Banks DIH Ltd under the Powerade brand, a nutritional drink manufactured by the sponsors. The teams that faced the starting lineup are GNIC, GPI, Neal and Massy, Lucky Dollar, Digicel, Amerindian Affairs Ministry, Republic Bank, Courtney Benn Contracting Company, Guyana Water Authority, GPL and NIS among others. The winning team carts off $250,000 and a trophy while the second place finishers win $175,000. The third and fourth places receive $75,000 and $25,000 respectively. Several other corporate entities have joined with Banks DIH and contributed towards a successful tournament including Giftland Office Max, Talk is Cheap, Ross Gas Station, Body Max and Hopkinson Mining among others.
Anand Sanasie slapped... From back page board DED Enterprise which they say were false, hence the charge. Mr. Datadin said those accusations were baseless and were just a ploy by the authorities to save face after being on the losing end, and to try to embarrass his client. The attorney noted that the team of lawyers employed by Sanasie and the GCB then, K.A. Juman Yassin, Roysdale Forde and himself (Datadin), was very careful in ensuring that any and every statement tendered were factual and in no way perjured. He said he was well aware that the authorities would stop at nothing to try to get to his client, noting that the charges had no base in law. Sanasie related a chain of events which made him suspicious that moves were afoot to target him. He noted that he was being followed and was informed by reliable sources that direction was given to the police to charge him. He noted that on several occasions he was invited by the police to visit them and did but was told that they will contact him subsequently. Yesterday he was eventually contacted, arrested and charged. The matter is set for an initial hearing in the High Court some time today. This latest twist in the saga started with court proceedings involving two rival factions of the GCB and its affili-
ates, which prompted government's move to bring some order to local cricket following by appointing an IMC to run the game after a now famous ruling by Chief Justice Ian Chang, which in part deemed the GCB as a legal non-entity. This resulted in more trips to the High Court and the locking of the GCB office by the Ministry of Sport. An eventual order was obtained by the GCB to have the doors reopened. However, the subsequent moves by Government saw legal proceeding instituted and several officials of the GCB, including Sanasie's home and business premises, searched. This turned out to be the last straw for the GCB officials who tendered their resignations, leaving the IMC to deal with the sport. In between, the WICB and CARICOM intervened and several meetings were held between the stakeholders and the WICB and by extension the ICC. The latter two stated that Government should not forcibly take over the sport. The WICB subsequently withdrew several international matches from Guyana following Government's move. To date not much has been done by the Clive Lloydled IMC to get the sport back to normalcy as all awaits the resumption of a structured cricket programme from the local governing body, along with elections and a new board executive.
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Final list of athletes decided for Malta Supreme HRC 2012 - Clint Duke heads male list; Alisha Fortune leads on the distaff side The final list of athletes for the Third Malta Supreme / Hugh Ross Classic Bodybuilding and Fitness Show set for July 28 at the National Cultural Centre has been released. This is expected to be a clash of the best bodies in the land and will be like no other given the heightened level of preparations that they athletes are currently undergoing at their respective gyms. They have all been boosted with regards to their supplements; Fitness Express of Sheriff & John Streets Campbellville has donated hampers to each of the athletes that will appear at the finals on Saturday July 28. Headlining the list of male athletes vying to join previous overall winners Royston Booker (2010) and Mark ‘Uno’ Perry (2008) is Three Time Mr. Guyana winner Clint Duke (Under 176lbs), word out is that Duke is aiming to add the Hugh Ross Classic championship title to his already bulging collection. His aim to win will not be an easy task as a number of other tested, tried and proven competitors will also be gracing the NCC stage come July 28. On the distaff side, multi talented athlete Alisha Fortune who is
Guyana’s fastest woman on the track, a football referee and now also playing rugby will be going after her Third Female title having won in 2010 and 2008. Fortune is expected to receive a stern test from
The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has stated publicly that it has reluctantly and regrettably disassociated itself from the Under-15 Inter County Cricket competition that is currently being run off in Demerara. The BCB in a press release has said that in the first place, the Board is unclear as to the identity of the personnel who are actually responsible for the arrangements for the competition as to date no organisation/individual has come forward to acknowledge same. Until some clarity is given to the above concern, the BCB will not allow its players to participate under such circumstances. Among the concerns of the Board is the security and safety of the players on and off the field, especially at the Hostel - Chetram Singh Centre of Excellence - where there are usually no security arrangements in place and
where presently the northern fence to the public road is down making the facility even more insecure. There is also uncertainty as to what would happen to the youngsters in case of injury on the field of play or any emergency at the venue or Hostel. T r a v e l l i n g arrangements for the team from Berbice to Demerara have not been made known to date. Is it that the team members are expected to make their own way? If so, will they be refunded? To date nothing has been communicated about this, the BCB informed. The Berbice Board further stated that they will not subject their players to these dark uncertainties because in the end of it, it has to protect the rights of the children. Should any harm come to anyone of them, this Board
Name Female Nadina Taharally Alisha Fortune Male Eybo Oxford Devon Davis Anthony Sukhu Yogeshwar Nirmal Travis Peters Ronier Caesar Michael Dos Santos Richard Bynoe Delon Harlequin Rawle Cole Akeem Henry Ryan Ceaser Jermaine David Alvin Goodman Alston Lancaster Abdul Shaheer Melroy Grant Raymond Rabindranauth Charandeo Bowandin Selwyn Grogan William Word Marlon Bennett Kerwin Clarke Troy Paul Alfred Jordon Andel Cameron Clint Duke Shawn Henry Samuel Dey Dwayne Mars Sean Sooklall
Nadina Taharally who won the West Demerara leg of the HRC Sub-Meets, Duke won overall among the males. Following is the full list of athletes that will be competing at the NCC. Category Fitness Open Fitness Open Bantamweight Bantamweight Bantamweight Bantamweight Lightweight Lightweight Light-Middleweight Light-Middleweight Light-Middleweight Light-Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight Welterweight Welterweight Welterweight Welterweight Welterweight Heavyweight Heavyweight Heavyweight Heavyweight Heavyweight Heavyweight Heavyweight
BCB expresses concerns about U15 Inter County tourney would have to take much of the blame for going into a situation blindly. It cannot guarantee the parents as to the well being of their children. The BCB is quite willing to meet with the organisers of the tournament to seek clarity and assurances for its participation in the tournament. The future of our cricketers is at stake. The Board would also like it to be known that from the outset, it has endorsed the Interim Management Committee of Cricket but is now bitterly disappointed with its lack of performance. The Berbice Cricket Board wishes to advise all parents and cricket clubs in Berbice to take note of the Board’s position and that any participation without the Board’s permission would only be putting the children at risk.
Tuesday July 10, 2012
Stag Beer EDFA Senior League
BV, Victoria Kings & Ann’s Grove record wins A first half double by BV marksman Delroy Deen piloted his side to a comfortable 2-0 win over Buxton United on Sunday in the feature game of a double header when play in the 2012 edition of the Stag Beer sponsored East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) Senior League commenced.
able to keep Buxton at bay while taking full points to get their title quest off to an encouraging start. The opening game on Sunday ended 0-0 but the fans that made their way to the Buxton Ground were entertained by the many exchanges that highlighted the encounter. The visiting
exactly what the doctor ordered for the Kings to take full points and get their campaign off to a solid start. Ann’s Grove will say too that their quest for top honours got off to a solid start despite the fact that they took points without kicking a ball because Golden Stars did not show up. While they did not
Bakewell Buxton Stars on the offensive against Plaisance at the Buxton Ground on Sunday last. (Franklin Wilson photo) Playing at the Buxton Ground, the opening match ended in a 0-0 stalemate, while in the lone game played on Saturday at the BV Ground, reigning senior champions Victoria Kings needled Mahaica. Ann’s Grove got full points without kicking a ball as their intended opponents, Golden Stars, failed to show up. BV, former division one champions, are intent on lifting the title again and have started on the right footing with a comfortable 2-0 blanking of Buxton United. Delroy Deen, a former Guyana Defence Force player, is now back with his home village and made his presence felt in goal terms. The left-footed Deen who can be a handful for any defence did not take much time to get on the score sheets, he found shooting range in the 11th minute and his subsequent shot settled at the back of the nets as BV took the lead. The exchanges continued back and forth for a few more minutes before Deen worked himself up into goal scoring mode once again. It was the 33rd minute that Deen worked his way into the attacking third before letting off another shot that eluded the defence and goalkeeper; BV 2 Buxton United 0. As it turned out, no more goals were scored as BV were
Plaisance team created quite a few chances but poor finishing by their forwards saw all their chances going by the way side. Bakewell Buxton Stars did orchestrate some raids of their own also and they too will need to work on being way more effective in the attacking third if they are to mount a serious challenge for championship honours in this league. Action got underway on Saturday at the BV Ground with Victoria Kings getting their hopes of retaining bragging rights as the top division one team off to a perfect start against Mahaica. Elder statesman Winston Pompey was the difference between the two teams, his 13th minute cracker was
get to showcase their skills on the pitch just yet, they {Ann’s Grove} would have been happy to start off on a positive note. Stag Beer action will continue this weekend at the BV Ground where four matches will be contested, double headers on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday from 14:00hrs, Buxton United will come up against Mahaica Determinations with the feature game between Ann’s Grove and Bakewell Buxton Stars. Sunday’s matches pit Victoria Kings against Golden Stars in opening play at 14:00hrs, while the main event will see home team BV coming up against a young and confident Plaisance. (Franklin Wilson)
ESPNcricinfo - Rain returned to haunt this Test series after the promise of an exciting game in Pallekele on the first day, when the bowlers dominated and the teams finished even. But the threat of poor weather would always remain at the venue. It had rained before the Test and early on the second day as well. A short sunny spell an hour before the start gave hope that was crushed when the showers returned, grew heavy and ensured a washout.
The rain took a break off and on, but each downpour did significant damage. The umpires had a look at the conditions at 2pm, and then again, following some more rain, at 3.05pm. After a discussion with the curators, the day’s play was abandoned five minutes later. The third day’s play has been scheduled for a 9.45am start, 15 minutes earlier than usual. Scores: Sri Lanka 44 for 3 (Junaid 2-15) trail Pakistan 226 (Shafiq 75, Misbah 40, Perera 4-63) by 182 runs.
Rain ruins follow-up to exciting first day
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P &P Insurance Brokers Annual Tennis Camp commences Over thirty aspiring tennis players have started the P &P Insurance Brokers Annual Tennis Camp which opened yesterday at the Pegasus Hotel Hard-Courts. The camp which is being conducted by Guyana's National Tennis Coach Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan is expected to run from July 9th-20th and during that period participants will be taught the basic rudiments of the game including technical and tactical sessions. The camp has been an ongoing feature on the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) calendar and has produced many players who have gone on to represent Guyana at the regional and international levels. Kaieteur Sport speaking with National Coach DalyRamdyhan yesterday afternoon after the final session for the day at the Camp was made to understand that this year marks nine years since the establishment of the camp which is sponsored by Bishwa Panday of the P&P Insurance Brokers since 2005. Daly-Ramdyhan, the only Level II coach
presently in Guyana disclosed that they are currently fielding a four years old male player in the camp, “This year like any other year we have kids coming out in the different age category, this year we have a four year old with us again. We always have either one or two of them,” he stated. Touching on the session with the beginners, the Coach which is been assisted by Level I Coach, Jeremy Miller (Assistant National team Coach) explained that the players were taught the ground rules of the sport which includes ball skill drills, hand high coordination, receptive and passing drills. She added that the intermediate players will be working on the technical aspect of the sport and will also be correcting the flaws in their techniques since they would have already known the basics of the sport. Revealing the aims, which are to introduced new players to the sport, especially children and also to give the regular players more practice opportunity daily, Daly-Ramdyhan,
added that the camp will advance to tactical session for the new week. The Coach disclosed that it will be a plus for Bishwa Panday if the new players continue the sport from the conclusion of the camp, “Players who have been a part of the camp since 2004 are now our National players.” Andre Lopes and Nicklaus Glasgow (Level I) are also coaches for the camp. All players will be rewarded at the end of the Camp which will also facilitate a tournament for the players to assist with their exposure as they execute what they have learnt during the two weeks. The camp is geared for children aged 6 to 18yrs. Play time is scheduled from 9-11am for (for 6-11yrs) and 12-2pm (for 12-18yrs). Camp fees per child are $3000 for the two week period. Registration is being done by telephone by contacting 642-5672 or 6434423. All parents are asked to be present to complete registration with fees. Meanwhile at the
Digicel football transforms Kamarang community into spectacular showpiece
Residents of Kamarang and other outlying communities of Region 7 celebrate Waramadong's win over Santa Rosa of Region 1 on Sunday. By Rawle Welch The community of Kamarang situated in Region 7 (Upper Mazaruni / Cuyuni) was transformed into a Carnival like atmosphere when the regional final between Waramadong and Bartica was contested on Friday, at the Kamarang Recreational Centre. Attended by influential members of the Region
including Chairman Gordon Bradford, Education Officer Lemuel Thomas, Member of Parliament Dawn Hastings, the residents that hailed from other far flung sections of the community first enjoyed a well organized cultural presentation from students as well as an exhibition match that featured Under13 teams from Kamarang and Jawalla shortly before the marquee matchup.
Also enjoying the scene were Digicel's Events and Sponsorship Manager Gavin Hope and Guyana Football Federation (GFF) representative Keith O'Jeer and they both expressed delight at the organizational skills and the massive community outpouring which saw over 2,000 persons in attendance from a wide cross section of the Continued on page 21
Mr. Bishwa Panday (left) presents sponsorship cheque to GTA President Mr. Ramesh Seebarran for the purchase of balls, water and prizes, among other materials for the programme. opening ceremony earlier in the day, the threat of rain did not stop the little eager faces from turning up to the highly anticipated camp at the Pegasus Tennis Courts. M r. P a n d a y i n h i s opening remarks proudly noted his involvement with the GLTA junior camp since 2004 and is satisfied with the progress made to date and the exposure that it has given to aspiring tennis players. He reiterated the fact that sporting activities are complimentary to the development of young children and helps in the
cultivation of a healthy lifestyle and therefore he is committed to the nurturing of young talent through sport. President of the GLTA, Ramesh Seebarran was elated at the turn out despite the overcast and applauded M r. P a n d a y f o r h i s unwavering support for this tennis event. He urged the young ones to have a great two weeks of fun and make friends with each other but be disciplined in their approach to the sport. Vice-President and Junior Development Chairperson
Grace McCalman affirmed that the GLTA as an executive body is growing from strength to strength and with more certified coaches and refurbished courts at the Racquet Centre and National Park, there will soon be more facilities for tennis programmes and the local tennis fraternity will be elevated once again. She also highlighted great improvement in their relationship with the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport which is a great achievement for the sport. (Juanita Hooper)
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Kwakwani embarrass Marian Academy - add more NSBF titles to inventory By Edison Jefford Ann Gordon's basketball programme at the Kwakwani Secondary School was too advanced for Chris Bowman and his Marian Academy squad; the result of a final clash between the two teams resulted in triumph for K w a k w a n i a n d embarrassment for Marian. Kwakwani Secondary School thrashed Marian Academy 66-46 in the later of two National Schools' Basketball Festival (NSBF) finals Sunday night, extending its dominance at the schools level to an impressive record that will take some years to overhaul. Leonard Primo dropped 26 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead Kwakwani with the national junior forward, Dominic Douglas adding 13 points and 12 rebounds. Elvis Thompson
scored an equally important 11 points to also help Kwakwani dismiss Marian. Ruel Ritch was the only player in double figures for Marian with 12 points and 10 rebounds and was given the 'Most Assists' award. Primo copped the 'Most Rebounds' award while the 'Most Valuable Player' award was controversially taken from Dominic Vincente. Apparently Vincente, who attends Marian, was given the award initially only to have the decision awkwardly rescinded following the official presentation ceremony. His father, Patrick Vincente e x p r e s s e d h i s disappointment over the move when he spoke to Kaieteur Sport. “It was unprofessional. It could break a player like him and down his spirit. I think
The victorious Kwakwani Secondary School strikes a pose with, from left to right, Coach, Ann Gordon, Banks DIH Marketing Executive, Carlton Joao, Digicel's Sales Representative, Trevor Williams and YBG Representative, Rayad Boyce Sunday night. there could have been a better way to deal with something like that. He was not even given an apology or an explanation if it was an
error,� Vincente indicated yesterday evening. Earlier in the night, Kwakwani had also secured the younger age group final,
Guyana Performs Outstandingly in the World Shotokan Karate Tournament in Canada As the curtains came down Sunday evening on the 2012 International Karate Daigaku Shoto Camp and Wo r l d C u p K a r a t e Tournament in Toronto, Canada, Team Guyana put in a stunning performance with the Guyana Karate College placing second with 24 Gold, 4 Silver and 17 Bronze a total of 45 Medals ahead of Trinidad and Tobago, who brought third and just behind Ontario that brought first. Young Guyanese Karate sensation, Ten year old Aliyah Wong led the way of Guyana's success story with a phenomenal feat of copping five gold medals winning every event in her category. The Guyana Karate College, which was led by its Senior Instructor and Vice
Chairman Sixth Degree Black belt, Sensei Jeffrey Wong, was particularly proud of its achievements since it was its first World Cup that it was participating in, and took a very young team that with the exception of two seniors, only had international experience at the Caribbean and Pan American tournaments. This first IKD International Daigaku Cup which was held from July 78, 2012 saw delegations from all over the globe for both Kata and Kumite events, where practitioners of karate in all ages vied for the top ranks in traditional Shotokan Karate, saw a series of exciting matches with a demonstration of the physicality and mental Continued on page 20
beating the Bishops High School 82-68; Kevin Joseph scored 27 points, Kerrol Phillips 18 points and 12 rebounds and Otianno
Anand Sanasie slapped with perjury charge - cites harassment, lawyers says charge baseless
Anand Sanasie
The successful Guyana Karate team which attended the Canadian event.
Conway 15 points and nine rebounds for Kwakwani. In the feature game, Kwakwani was trailing 4-6
Former Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Anand Sanasie has been charged with perjury. He was released late yesterday on $100,000 bail and is due in court today as the sordid saga relating to the GCB dispute and court case rambles on.
Kaieteur Sport was informed after contacting Sanasie and one of his lawyers, Sanjeev Datadin, that he was informed by the Police after he was arrested and taken to their Eve Leary Headquarters, that he was being charged with the offence because of statements he tendered in court during the High Court case involving officials of the GCB, who have now resigned, and the government. Mr Datadin disclosed that the police cited utterances made by Sanasie in Affidavits during the case in relation to a list of items the GCB had in custody but were in fact owned by the associate company of the Continued on page 21
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