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KAIETEUR NEWS Printed and Published by National Media & Publishing Company Ltd. 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, Guyana.

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EDITORIAL

The intermittent wars

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or centuries following the Treaty of Westphalia, there was intermittent war. Nation-states vied for supremacy: endless, recurrent bloodshed and upheavals.

Two great wars in the last century and a toll still unimaginable after the carnage—the horror of 187 million dead. The flower of Europe’s youth wiped out.

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.

That is an enormous number of dead; a declining birthrate; an infrastructure that had to be rebuilt from scratch one shattered brick at a time. Learning comes, excruciatingly painfully.

It took centuries of wars, bloodshed, revolts, and misery to get to the point where Europe is currently, well, at least for the over two dozen countries, and over 500 hundred million people that live under the flag of the EU. Conflicts were escalated through first a war of words, then the use of force usually countered by equivalent force.

In Guyana, to a lesser extent, strife has been the norm for over fifty years. The struggle for power, for space, for racial triumph, has felt as though it has been ongoing for centuries. Like Europe, confrontations have spiraled initially with passion and later through deterioration into action. In Europe it has been ideological and ethnic and economic and religious battles waged across borders.

Here the disturbances have been on local streets and communities near and far. As opposed to the huge standing Continental armies arrayed against each other, locally it has been unclaimed and unowned guerillas, mercenaries, extremists, and phantoms sniping in hit and run forays from behind political and racial camouflages.

The count can be measured in loss of life, loss of capital, loss of promise, and loss of hope.

In Europe, something different had to be tried, if only for survival. In Guyana, something new and different has to be given a chance, if only to enable the survival of this society; to give it a chance.

Recent foreign counsel do not go anywhere in this direction.

Those guidelines merely articulate broad outlines as to how to approach, and how to arrive at some agreement as to the way forward in some configuration through some process.

This keeps things going on some adjusted basis, with one or the other group furiously offering interpretations that redefine, restructure, and release the power equation in the same tried and failed manner.

The balance of power equation is not changing; only occasional election rebalancing. The thinking does not identify the root causes of all the ills that plague this society. They are neither formula nor recipe for the solutions that are demanded by the underlying problems.

What price peace and stability and continuity as a people? As a nation?

This will not happen through outsiders counseling without intimacy lived. This has to be at the hands of the people and the leaders for a particular kind of vision.

That must be in total deference to the lost years, the many wounds, the countless tears and agonies that drag down and drown.

Again, that peace, stability, and an unprecedented kind of continuity has to come from citizens across the embittered divide, who are not content with how things always have been.

It is not the lip service of more hypocritical speeches and false promises.

It cannot be the unbending attitudes that lead nowhere. It is about reciprocal sacrifice; of giving something now, to get more later.

Spears have to be converted into ploughshares. This is what brought Europe to its senses and the partial removal of the hostility between archenemies Germany and France, England and Spain, and perhaps, someday, Turkey to join Greece in a true comity of nations.

In this society where everything is through the lens of race, that poison has to be purged. Guyana is geography; Guyanese have to be about destiny.

How far does police corruption go, and how thick?

DEAR EDITOR, Today it is a very senior officer; from almost all the way to the top one is sent on leave.

Very frightening! Yet this is not unheard of in the annals of crime fighting in this country.

In other times, other very senior officers among the high command of the Guyana Police Force have been identified quietly and tainted by the broad inerasable paint of corrupt practices. This has not been about a small bribe (a few measly thousands) for, say, a driver’s license, or the waiver of some misdemeanor.

That is for all the other little guys seeking to gain a foothold in the rich police rackets that are now a virtual tsunami of cash and runaway rogueries. No, it is not, what Guyanese would call, fine change.

Rather, it has been the sweeping tidal wave of narcotics money and money laundered (and some not yet) utilized to get a whole lot done. Nothing is unfixable.

Not a firearm license for the questionable; not a felony; not murder. It might be safe to say that even treason is negotiable and a deal worked out. For cash. This law enforcement radioactivity goes deep and, from all indications, has irreversibly

contaminated the widest swathe of the thin blue line.

In fact, I would venture that institutional radioactivity has now overwhelmed what stands between society and lawlessness. I would venture further that it is that massive lawlessness that menaces society beyond even what it can even contemplate.

I would assert that corruption in the GPF goes so deep and is so impenetrably thick that no one (not even the police brass itself) has any idea as to how catastrophic is the problem, really what is clearly a profound disaster, not in the making, but one in already settled existence.

This I believe; so, too, do almost all rational observers and citizens. This is not about mere passports nor fitness certificates nor noise nuisances. Even though each of those have their going price, and their known prospering participants, again that is chicken feed. In and of themselves, those ‘runnins’ may appear to be innocuous; after all, they don’t kill people. But look carefully, and ask if that is really so, when the bigger picture is considered, when those same police issued tools are used either to murder or maim or to cover-up same.

Now, in a number of media

reports on June 26th, His Excellency, President David Granger was prompted to go on the offensive. He is quoted as saying that, “There are not many but those few have given the Police Force a bad name.” I most humbly and respectfully beg to differ with the president, and heavily so.

It is past the time for political stewards (new and old) to call a thoroughly flea-bitten, rabies-infested, dog for what it really is: an almost terminally diseased creature.

One of national import and gravity; one that has political parentage, too.

Still, and once again, political overseers have stepped forward to sugarcoat the acute fears and paralyzing terrors of the Guyanese people through the minimalism of “the not many but the few” bad apples. That wishful thinking, that widely disbelieved and now mocked fairytale portrays matters in carefully guarded light. I do understand that leaders run a great risk by calling things as they are, with the result of throwing the GPF under the bus, so to speak, thus rendering political chiefs vulnerable to backlash through apathy. But this is the reality; this is truth; this is the sum of all of Guyana’s fears. That is irrefutable.

It is irrefutable because the exact opposite of “the not many but the few” is incontestably accurate. That is, the many not the few give the GPF a bad name, a real bad name. This is harrowing to absorb; but this is what is being lived with daily, if not hourly by society. The GPF knows this. Citizens know this. And all politicians great and small know this. Political correctness and tactful language only make matters immeasurably worse. I must wonder how many felonious officers are smirking at and cheering their good fortune.

Because no crime is not up for negotiation for the injustice of out-of-court and out-of-prison settlement. On the one hand, the government has registered some inroads with the scourges of drug trafficking and money laundering.

On the other, a most crucial arm of the same government is suspected of lucrative involvement in get out of jail arrangements.

There are the usual covers: missing or unreliable witnesses (deliberate); missing or shoddy evidentiary chains (purposely); and overall investigations and people that miss the mark by wide (Continued on page 29)

A wider probe is needed if there is to be public confidence in the leadership of the Force DEAR EDITOR, It was bound to happen.

Notwithstanding, the Commander in Chief ’s pleadings that he wants incorruptible and unbribeable officers to lead the Guyana Police Force (GPF). Ironically, quite the opposite has transpired under his watch.

Senior ranks who are perceived to be politically favoured are prone to flaunt their political plumage while strutting the passageways at Force HQ knowing full well that the penalties inhered in the Standing Orders of the GPF and Police Disciplinary Act are applicable to them should they be found guilty of violating the rules.

Perception became reality when a coterie of five Deputy Commissioners was handpicked at the conclusion of a Commission of Inquiry held in July 2017.

The COI was established to address ostensibly, ‘serious deficiencies in the Guyana Police Force,’ in effect, the strategic objective was to weed out a number of officers considered unacceptable to the Grangerled administration.

The appointments by their very nature, came across as intimidatory. They sent a strong political signal to

subordinate ranks, who in turn, began expressing serious trepidations over ways and means of executing their duties professionally, while at the same time not allowing themselves to be demotivated in doing so.

It was precisely in that environment, that subordinate ranks came to the realization that they would suffer unbearable consequences should they be unprepared to kowtow to illegal orders by those, over whose heads, rested politically inspired halos indicating their Most Politically Favoured (MPF) status in the GPF. Experience has shown that in any public service institution, where some are perceived to be politically favoured over others, there is bound to be institutional turmoil, fueled by discriminatory practices by those incapable of handling the prestige of power.

In the case of the GPF, officers perceived to be politically favoured over those who were not, are known to take advantage of their superior status to the extent of abusing the powers vested in them within the meaning of the Police Act. Few Guyanese would lose

sleep over ‘breaking news’ revealing that a favoured senior rank in the GPF was ‘found in bed’ with a shady character known to be involved in criminal/corrupt activities.

Worse yet, in the context of an evolving police/civilian culture such revelations have come to be generally recognized as police/criminal concubineage.

And even though established on a prima facie basis, such revelations would, in the end, would bring the image of the GPF into disrepute.

It is as if living in a surreal world where, particularly in the case of law enforcement, this type of misbehaviour has become the norm, rather than the exception.

Once it is established that there are favoured and knowingly corrupt senior or subordinate ranks embedded in the Force, and who, because of their political connections, are considered ‘Holy Cows’ there will be no end to the corruption syndrome impacting the GPF. But it is precisely this pretentious and s a n c t i m o n i o u s predisposition on the part of those perceived to be politically favoured that feeds

the incestuous inbreeding of corruption, disrespect and indiscipline within the GPF. The end result is that these three infections tend to wend their way like a cancerous tumor from top to bottom of the institution resulting in the erosion of public confidence in the organization.

But the irony of the situation is reflected in the fact that while the public is prepared to repose its confidence in the GPF, at the same time it would not hesitate to withhold that confidence when confronted with scandals of the kind currently being investigated.

In the circumstances, the populace would argue and justifiable so that a chain is as strong as its weakest link.

This brings me to an important observation.

Mr. Clinton Conway a former Divisional commander and Head of the Felix Austin Police Training School, has a penchant for stepping out of his pavilion at the Police Service Commission to bat only on wickets where he would attempt to score runs politically.

In a recent letter published Conway sought to defend corruption in the police force (Continued on page 6)

SUGGESTING THE FIRST LADY IS COMPROMISED IS DISAPPOINTING DEAR EDITOR, The hullabaloo surrounding the recent trip to Singapore by the First Lady to commission the Liza Destiny oil production vessel is a bit perplexing.

At the invite of the companies, Mrs. Granger was asked to be the ‘God Mother’ of the vessel, according to media reports, which is in keeping with how the naming ceremonies for these production units are done.

Department of Energy head, Dr. Mark Bynoe, was among those from Guyana who travelled to Singapore for the event.

It is now being said that by virtue of having the

companies pay the bill for Mrs. Granger and others, this translates to opening up oneself to compromise.

This is absurd on many levels. Are we truly to believe that the cost of a trip to Singapore could corrupt the First Lady’s actions going forward? Will she try to influence the President in some way to have government act in the companies’ favour because they footed the bill for this trip? The First Lady’s respectable reputation aside, there are surely better ways to buy a politician than shipping them off on a week of mundane ceremony in Singapore... The same can be

said of Dr. Bynoe. Will he now be lax in executing the mandate of the Department of Energy when dealing with these companies because they paid for a trip to Singapore?

The narrow-mindedness of us Guyanese on every matter under the sun and the desperate attempt by some for relevance and visibility mean that we are willing to take any and everything and try to turn it into a scandal.

This being so, even when it involves someone in the person of Mrs. Granger who has been nothing short of stellar in her conduct as First Lady.

Donald Singh

That broken destabilization record DEAR EDITOR, As we await the final Conservatory Orders from the CCJ, I can’t help but notice the frenetic efforts by the opposition PPP/C to paint the APNU+AFC coalition as bad for Guyana. Please permit me a space in your newspaper to respond to a statement on freedom radio of June 26, 2019, where the speaker said that “Granger destabilizing our nation “ It is my belief that since assuming office in 2015, President David Granger’s stewardship of Guyana has brought Guyanese into a new era of greater social equality, inclusionary democracy and human safety which has brought unquestionable benefits to the Guyanese people in every walk of life from coastland to hinterland.

Guyana has made some significant progress under President David Granger’s stewardship. For example, on March 18, 2016, a mere 10

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months after assuming office, the Coalition hosted Local Government Elections (LGE).

This is after the absence of LGE for 22 years under the previous People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/ C) regime. The establishment of new towns, neighbourhoods and the Local Government Commission, signifies the coalition government’s commitment to reinforcing local democracy, affording the right of citizens to elect their community leaders, giving power to the people to determine how services and resources that affect their lives are utilised.

When the PPP/C operatives talk about destabilization I’m left to wonder if they are talking about the same country in which I have resided for the past two decades. Since under this administration, we have never experienced drugs turf war and regular extrajudicial

killings in the streets. Citizens are now able to express their democratic rights; views and concerns, even by protests, without being fearful of being victimized, assaulted, shot or jailed. This country is now stabilized under APNU/AFC coalition.

It is my belief that because of the achievements this government was able rack up within four years, the PPP/C is feeling embarrassed because they could not achieve this sort of stability that Guyanese now enjoy in their 23 years of misrule. So they continue with the broken record of destabilization.

Why not work with the government towards making Guyana a better place for all, instead of misleading your supporters with lies and propaganda that “Guyana is being destabilized”. Look around you, where is the destabilization?

Sincerely yours, Ceion Rollox

Nothing less than full disclosure from all parties will suffice DEAR EDITOR, I noted that ExxonMobil has admitted to paying all expenses for First Lady Sandra Granger and Head of the Energy Department Dr. Mark Bynoe to Singapore; however I saw posts on Facebook by the Senior Communications Officer of the Ministry of the Presidency Gomattie Gangadin travelling in the first class cabin onboard Emirates airlines and on a shopping spree in Dubai. Based on the information in the public domain so far, I have a few questions in the interest of transparency.

Can we have a complete List of members of the

entourage that attended the ship launch in Singapore? An Inclusion of their individual designation and purpose would be enlightening. The cost in total (to date) paid by ExxonMobil and information on if these costs are being considered for ‘recovery’ from oil production expenses. My understanding is that such expenditure has to be preapproved by the Government of Guyana for ‘recovery’ to be possible.

Editor, I also seen an invitation to attend a fund raising luncheon in New York for ‘conversation’ with First Lady Sandra Granger, interestingly donations of $50-100 USD, cash or check

payable to ‘The office of the First Lady’ are expected of attendees. Given that this luncheon is taking place on Sandra Granger’s return leg of the journey from Singapore, who is paying the expenses for the stay in New York? And is ExxonMobil directly or indirectly contributing to this ‘fundraising’ activity?

Lastly as a ‘coverall’, what other activities on this trip have ExxonMobil funded? Given the folly of the offering by ExxonMobil and the acceptance by the Government officials; nothing less than full disclosure from all parties will suffice.

Yours truly Gomati Kalicharran

The health and safety of our capital city is of vital importance DEAR EDITOR, I believe the citizens of Georgetown ought to be advised as to the reasons why the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown is deliberately lowering entry requirements for its employees, rewarding those without the requisite qualifications with senior appointments and reducing time honoured and necessary standards at the Georgetown Municipality.

Over the last century the Public Health Department of the City Council was always headed by a Medical Doctor who specialized in Public Health, including highly recognized and well respected practitioners such as Drs. P.G. Barrow, Oscar Hamilton, Sultan Kassim, Vibart Shury et al.

And there was a very good reason for this, and that is because they were required

to be trained, skilled and competent in epidemiology which allowed them to completely understand the nature of and prevent public health crises such as the spread of infectious diseases, in health policy and management which prepared them to look at the “big picture” of public health including implementing policies and programmes that would improve public health, in maternal and child health allowing them to identify the causes and explain the effects of the unique health problems facing children, adolescents and mothers at every stage of pregnancy.

Also in disaster management since disasters pose a significant problem for public health everywhere in the world and in environmental health making them properly understand the critical need for clean drinking

water allowing them to monitor levels of toxins such as dust and radioactive waste and to work to keep the public safe from unseen dangers.

Appointing a general practitioner who has only had basic medical training to perform the specialist role of public health medical expert is neither fair to the general practitioner that was appointed nor to the citizenry who expect the health of the entire city and not just one person to be properly maintained.

The health and safety of our capital city is of vital importance.

Sincerely Anu Bihari

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Questions that GECOM and SC Marcus must answer for the Guyanese people DEAR EDITOR, Guyana is awaiting clear and definitive directions, so that there can be no ambiguity, as it relates to elections 2019.

I am sure that I am not the only Guyanese that were utterly confused, perplexed and flummoxed at the utterings of senior counsel Stanley Marcus on the 24th day of June 2019, during the hearing of the consequential orders at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in relations to the challenges to the NoConfidence Motion and the case challenging the unilateral appointment of the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

The Christmas gift that GECOM plans to offer the people of Guyana is a voters’ list. Editor, there is need for some explaining here.

Maybe GECOM or Mr. Marcus can provide answers to the following questions.

1. Since the decision to retain Mr. Marcus as counsel for GECOM was not made at a duly constituted statutory meeting, who retained him and who gave him the directions that he so

empathically and forcefully stated to the Justices of the CCJ on Monday last?

2. GECOM has a legal counsel in its employ, Excellence Dazzell, whose legal opinion that is in the public domain. That opinion clearly states, with references to specific and relevant sections of the law, that there is absolutely no need for house-to-house registration, but rather a review and update of last valid Voters’ List. This position, by way of documentation, is also known to all GECOM Commissioners. This begs the question, is Mr. Marcus the lawyer for GECOM or the Government nominated Commissioners of GECOM? 3. Is it coincidental that GECOM’s position at the CCJ is almost identical to the Government’s position, as well as the positions of the few APNU/AFC supporters who were protesting GECOM last Friday, June 22nd, 2019, calling for house-to-house registration?

4. Official correspondence to the President from GECOM stated that elections were possible by November 2019.

When did this position change? When was the change made from November 2019 to December 25. If a list would be ready by then, when would GECOM be actually ready to conduct elections if affirmative action is not taken?

5. Further, I am sure all Guyanese are wondering how much did it cost taxpayers’ to retain Mr. Marcus?

Editor, it is my humble view that once good faith prevails and all our honourable men and women rise to the challenge, elections can be held within 90 days.

The President needs to, by proclamation, name a date for elections and dissolve the Parliament. Everything else would fall into play.

What is required is a brief period of claims and objections to allow for additions and removals of those who ought to be on the list and those who ought not to be on the list.

The current list, which validity expired on the 30th April 2019, should be deemed the preliminary list of electors and a process, which allows (Continued on page 29)

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Parties should seek consensus as try to reach a consensus on consequential orders for the directed by CCJ appointment of a new DEAR EDITOR, Failure to carry out the directives of the CCJ undermines the authority and legitimacy of the court. While not agreeing with the court’s decision or ruling, one should not attack the court. It should be recalled that a year ago, the court ruled that a President cannot run for a third term. The court was not attacked; the ruling was respected. Now the court has ruled that a no constitution vote is valid and was successfully passed on December 21. The ruling should be respected. No disputants in the case should attack the court or stand defiant as such behaviour hurt’s the court’s status.

After ruling on June 18 that the government had fallen on December 21 and the appointment of James Patterson as Chair was unconstitutional, the court directed the parties to meet and reach a consensus on orders for the court to issue on June 24. The parties could not even meet much less discuss and reach any consensus on a way forward.

Now the court will issue orders after asking the parties to make written submission on a way forward. As the highest court of Guyana, while the CCJ is empowered to effect judicial orders, the problem is it has no instruments or any infrastructure to enforce these orders. Those who are obstinate could have serious sanctions, even arrest.

The remit of the court is to interpret the laws (constitution) and hand down rulings.

It is for the government to enforce the laws through its police power. While the government stated that it respects the court’s rulings, it cannot prepare budget or engage in new undertakings.

The court ruled that the chairman, James Patterson, of the elections commission (GECOM) was improperly appointed. His resignation is welcomed. But it should have happened within hours after the court’s ruling and not a week later after a complaint was lodged with the court.

The court instructed the opposing parties to meet and

GECOM Chair and a date for elections and to advise the court of their agreement on June 24. President Granger wrote the opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo inviting him for a discussion on the issues but only after the 24th.

Thus, there was no way for a consensus agreement by the time the court convened on June 24. Mr. Doug Mendez, the opposition lawyer, said he penned a proposal for an order and sent to GECOM lawyer on June 21 but got no response.

The court has re-directed the opposing sides to submit written proposals for consequential orders by July 1 and will issue orders on July 12. The court also instructs them to meet and reach a consensus on a way forward

by July 12.

I urge both sides to please meet and carry out the instruction of the court – reach a consensus on appointment of a GECOM Chair and a date for elections to help bring stability to the country.

Yours truly, Dr. Vishnu Bisram

A wider probe is needed if there is to be public confidence in the leadership ...

From page 4 by lecturing readers about the ‘complexities of corruption’. Conway may not be aware of it, but the thrust of his letter downplaying corruption by casting doubts about its practices, shows quite clearly why as a member of the PSC he would refuse to impugn corruption charges against one of his colleagues on the grounds that corruption is a complex matter as far as he is concerned.

Conway should try applying his corruption complexities logic to the corruption charges constantly leveled against members of the political opposition.

It is apposite to note that police forces/services around the world are beginning to embrace modernization and openness, thus shedding themselves of the image of a Masonic Lodge where openness and transparency is trumped by secrecy and opaqueness and the consistent refrain; ‘investigations are ongoing.’

Perhaps the most embarrassing aspect to this matter was the fact that the damaging expose from junior

ranks at ‘B’ division caught the attention of the media.

Suffice it to say, that junior police ranks tend to be bypassed and attract little or no respect from superior officers especially those perceived to be politically favoured.

As it turned out, Eve Leary mistakenly surmised that, after a few weeks, the story would subside and eventually disappear from the pages of the newspapers.

They probably calculated, that the media would go after elections related stories rather than heeding the alarm bells sounded by the aggrieved ranks at ‘B’ division.

However, to the surprise and utter disdain of some members of the Police Service Commission (PSC) as well as the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) the media persisted, it was not assuaged by constant assurances from Force Headquarters to the effect that; ‘the matter is being investigated.’

It was not until the government and the leadership of the Force were brought under the full glare of the public, that the Force’s

failure to respond promptly and professionally was about to become a major scandal when it was announced that an investigation was being launched and the officer involved was directed to stand down.

It took persistent reporting on the part of media to jolt the subject minister out of his slumber and flush out those guilty of inertia before the prime suspect could be identified and hauled before the court of public opinion.

Incidentally, this is not the first time this particular officer came to the attention of the public. Earlier this year, a controversy arose over the date of his enlistment in the GPF and concomitantly, the date of his last working day which some say should have been on February 1, 2019.

The Minister of Public Security, not the PSC intervened in the matter defending the retention of the just appointed Deputy Commissioner (Crime).

Since the Crime Chief’s appointment, unwelcome changes have been effected regarding the stationing of Divisional Detective Officers (DDO’s) at ‘B’ Division.

The situation is compounded by the fact that an important police division as East Berbice is saddled with a Commander with years of experience as Head of the Immigration Department of the GPF while his deputy

spent most of his life at the forensic laboratory of the Force.

Small wonder why Berbicians are under constant pressure by the criminal enterprise in that region.

Just as the ‘serious deficiencies’ in 2017 warranted a COI, in the same way the serious deficiencies at ‘B’ division need urgent, professional attention.

The situation in Berbice is further aggravated by allegations of police corruption and complicity with criminal elements.

Guyana’s history of criminality and criminology is replete with examples of this unsavory concubineage between elements of law enforcement and the lawless.

The cop who learns how to investigate narcotics trafficking learns how to deal drugs. The cop who investigates robberies knows how to commit them. The cop who learns how to investigate corruption learns how and from whom to solicit bribes.

And there is yet another dilemma. When a government helps their police develop and refine the capacities essential for their work, they are entrusting the police with enormous powers.

This is the dialect of police/civilian collaboration in promoting effective law enforcement.

The trouble comes when the political directorate

chooses police ranks based on pledges of political support and policy malleability.

Contradictory as it may seem, the more diligently and thoroughly these individuals are educated and trained, the more dangerous they will become.

Apparently this is what transpired in the allegations now being investigated involving a Deputy Commissioner.

This is why regular polygraphing of both senior and subordinate ranks of the GPF is so critical if professionalism and honesty is to prevail within the ranks of the Force from top to bottom.From all the information made available to the media by subordinate ranks in this particular matter, the senior officer whose name is now in the public domain must have been aware that he was engaging in questionable activities.

The officer must have been aware that once uncovered, he would be held accountable for his actions.

Openly provoking the ire of the civilian authorities vested with oversight responsibility of the GPF is an act that any intelligent and dedicated senior police rank would avoid at all cost.

The point that needs to be reinforced here is, a corrupt police force cannot guarantee the security of citizens.

Moreover, questions will be raised whether corrupt practices in the GPF now being investigated are just the tip of an iceberg and whether the corrupt practices runs so deep within, to the extent that the police cannot ensure that on that day when they cast their vote, the process will be free of corruption and whether the duties assigned to them on elections day will be professionally executed.

After all, if one person fails in the line of duty the whole group fails.

These questions might be deemed speculative and groundless at this point in time, however, in the context of the prevailing circumstances where Guyanese are justifiable preoccupied over the conditions for holding free and fair elections these concerns merit serious consideration by all Guyanese.

In the circumstances, the call by the Opposition PPP for ‘a wider probe since what is at stake if public confidence in the leadership of the Force and a test of the commitment to address the issue of corruption’ is justifiable and should be supported by all those who support the view that public confidence in policing is best served by robust and independent oversight.

Yours faithfully, Clement J. Rohee Former Minister of Home Affairs

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Whistleblowing cops fearful of giving evidence to police Berbice corruption…

A number of whistleblowing Berbice cops are not comfortable giving evidence in person to the police’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR).

While three of them did reportedly appear at the Eve Leary office yesterday, reportedly making statements, a number of others made it clear that they are hesitant to submit any.

Rather, they said under the current situation, they would prefer to submit unsigned statements.

The policemen are deeply fearful for their safety.

Those fears would conflict with the statements of the government which appeared dead-set on OPR, the internal investigative arm of the police, probing the allegations of corruption.

On Wednesday, Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, expressed confidence in OPR being in charge of the probe which involved allegations that appear to implicate Deputy Commissioner of Law Enforcement (Crime Chief), Lyndon Alves.

Alves, who performs the duties of the Commissioner of Police, Leslie James, when the latter is out of the country, was sent on leave Monday in the public’s interest to

facilitate the internal probe.

Yesterday, Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, during his weekly press conference, made it clear that President David Granger should answer to give clarity to the situation.

Jagdeo believes that the President, who appointed Alves and three other Deputy Commissioners last year August, is hiding from the matter.

“The minister (Ramjattan) says…oh we looking into it…they have absolutely no concern.

This is a major issue about the credibility of the (police) force…and at a senior level, the president personally made those appointments …personally chose those people.”

Stressing that the matter is one of credibility that could undermine public confidence, the former president was convinced that it is an issue that cannot be dealt with in a “routine manner”.

“This is not like a constable getting into trouble. You are talking about the leadership of the police force but that is what we have in this area like in any other areas. This is no leadership in our country.”

The matter is attracting

serious attention. In Berbice, the private sector and regional officials had called on Government to conduct an independent inquiry in the allegations which surfaced two weeks ago and have been gathering significant traction since then.

Sources told Kaieteur News that following a call for statements, three Berbice policemen visited the OPR office yesterday and gave their statements.

Two of the ranks were detectives who claimed that they were unfairly taken off their duties and reverted to uniform.

Whistleblowing ranks, in shocking disclosures to Kaieteur News, gave details of colleagues taking money to protect criminals, and even on one occasion to kill a policeman who was set to give evidence in a drugs case.

Even more damning were allegations that a now dead bandit had made calls hours before his death to a senior cop in the city.

There were numbers of policemen in the dead bandit’s phone.

There were allegations of ranks providing protection for drug shipments; interference on police cases; and even collection of bribes.

Berbicians claimed that

Bartica-Potaro road works moving along

- 1km portion on outskirts of Bartica being completed

The Coalition Government has remained steadfast in its commitment towards the development of hinterland communities. A tangible example of this is the ongoing road works on the BarticaPotaro road.

Presently, a portion stretching one kilometer is being constructed.

In an exclusive interview with the Department of Public Information (DPI), Hinterland Engineer within the Min-

istry of Public Infrastructure, Jeffrey Walcott, commented on the road works. “This is the third phase of the BarticaPotaro road upgrade... The guys right now are doing the base preparatory work. Once that is finalised, they can move on to the final phase which is actually doing the rigid pavement.”

The upgrade of the Bartica-Potaro road opens a window of opportunities for miners and residents in Re-

gions Seven and Eight, as the main roadway will successfully link Bartica to Mahdia.

These works are currently being executed at 5 Miles, Bartica. Completion of Bartica-Potaro road’s rehabilitation and construction will see all surrounding communities benefitting from the improved road. This project falls within the government’s mandate to reduce the disparities that may exist within the coast and the hinterland regions.

police ranks openly mingled with known criminals.

Alves was one of four deputies appointed last year August by President David Granger in keeping with police reforms.

The reforms were spurred by the findings of an inquiry into an alleged assassination attempt into the life of President Granger. The inquiry report recommended sweeping changes to the police force’s leadership.

On Wednesday, Ramjattan acknowledged that indeed there is an investigation going on involving Alves, a former commander of Berbice, a stronghold of the Opposition.

According to Ramjattan, such actions are “normal” when investigations this serious are being conducted.

If the Crime Chief is cleared, he will be back. If not, it is the President who will have to take the decisions.

OPR will have to take statements and then send those for legal advice.

Asked specifically if he was comfortable with the OPR investigating such a high profile case, the Minister said yes.

“Given the gravity, I am very comfortable with OPR, because who you want us to put?”

Deputy Commissioner/ Crime Chief, Lyndon Alves

He said that whoever investigates, there will always be criticisms.

Alves’s sensitive position as Crime Chief with access of security matters had raised alarms after the allegations came out. Earlier this year, there were reports that he was due to retire since January, but Alves insisted that he will not be 55 until next year.

The private sector in Berbice and regional officials recently called for an investigation into a spate of crimes in that eastern county.

On Monday, the People’s Progressive Party, as the opposition, called for a separate, independent probe.

Last August, during the swearing in ceremony of the

new commissioner and his deputies, the President urged them to ensure that they work vigorously not only to fulfil the mandate of the Guyana Police Force, but also to root out corruption and rebuild and regain public trust.

“Unless those officers are persons of integrity, intelligence and impartiality, this country will never be secure and our women and children will never be safe.

This country cannot move forward unless the Guyana Police Force preserves the environment, the peace and security of the State and the people to allow us all to go about our work without being harassed, without being threatened.”

Jagdeo supports rigid implementation of relinquishment provisions in oil blocks The Canje Block PSA states that at the end of the initial four years, the contractor shall either relinquish the entire contract area or 20 percent of the contract area which spans 6021 kilometers, that is more than two times the size of Region Four— Demerara Mahaica.

And yesterday, Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, related during his weekly press conference that the Government of Guyana, should not just keep the relinquishment provisions for oil companies and their blocks, but it should rigidly implement them.

He states that the government should not weaken the relinquishing provision because it establishes that oil companies should not “mess round”.

“A lot of them cannot raise the money and when the experience comes in for them to drill for oil, they cannot.

“What they are doing is playing with the market; making money by flipping blocks… But through these relinquishment provisions a significant amount of blocks get returned to the government, for use or relocation,

and this is a huge safeguard against people who acquire the blocks, sit on them, and then hope that they could make a deal. So this relinquishment provision is vital,” he noted.

On June 21, last, Kaieteur News reported that the Petroleum Prospecting License for the Canje Block which was awarded to Mid Atlantic Oil and Gas Inc. on March 4, 2015, by former President Ramotar, is more than three months past its time for renewal.

According to the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), the contractor is expected to carry out a minimum work program in the initial four- year period of having the license.

That four-year period is divided into two phases.

Phase one spans 18 months and requires the contractor to get all available geological data and conduct research at the local and regional level to better understand the complex features of the Guyana- Suriname basin.

In addition, a minimum of 1500 line km of 2D seismic is to be acquired, processed and interpreted to define possible prospects.

Phase two consists of 30 months. During this time, the contractor is expected to acquire, process and interpret a minimum of 500 square kilometers of 3D seismic to identify drilling targets and complete a geotechnical/ pre-drilling survey.

Like Mid Atlantic, JHI has zero experience in the oil industry.

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Second NBS wrongful dismissal trial Lawyer questions Kit Nascimento’s qualification as investigator

The qualifications of Public Communications Specialist, Kit Nascimento, came into question yesterday as Attorney-at-law Robin Stoby, S.C continued to grill Dr. Nanda Gopaul, Director of New Building Society, (NBS) about the process undertaken to dismiss three of the institution’s top officials.

The society is being sued for over $500M in damages for wrongful dismissal. This is the second wrongful dismissal suit brought against NBS. In the first challenge, NBS former Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Maurice Arjoon, claimed that he and his managers, Kent Vincent and Kissoon Baldeo, were set up and charged at the direction of former President Bharrat Jagdeo, after Arjoon refused to sink almost $2B of NBS money into the construction of the Berbice River Bridge.

The CEO claimed that the lending of NBS money in that manner would have been highly illegal, and in breach of financial laws.

Arjoon had therefore contended that he and fellow managers were framed and faced charges of conspiracy to defraud the NBS of $69M,

back in 2007.

The charges were eventually dropped due to lack of evidence.

Arjoon later won a $79M award against the society in the civil suit. Vincent is also claiming millions of dollars worth in damages in the second lawsuit brought against NBS. At the continuation of the trial yesterday, NBS Director Dr. Nanda Kishore Gopaul, returned to the witness stand for further questioning by Mr. Vincent’s Attorney, Senior Counsel Stoby.

Gopaul, a former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Presidency under the Jagdeo administration admitted that inter alia, the three managers were dismissed from the Society before any determination was made in the criminal court.

He was at the time being confronted with questions about the specifics that formed the grounds for the company’s dismissal of the three managers.

In response question of how the Society concluded that the Managers should be fired, Dr. Gopaul revealed that NBS had hired Nascimento to conduct an internal probe of

the matter.

“But is he [Nascimento] qualified to be a private investigator?” Stoby enquired.

“We considered him to be,” Gopaul replied.

“I didn’t ask you that, because as far as I am aware, Mr. Nascimento is a known Public Communications Specialist,” Stoby retorted “Can you just answer the question?”

“I don’t know if he is only a communications specialist,” said the witness in response.

Further in reference to claims that one of the reasons Vincent was dismissed was due to the loss which the Society suffered, the lawyer noted the manager was dismissed before this could be proven.

The lawyer pointed out that NBS had consented to the judgment to pay the Account Holder, Bibi Khan, monies after the three managers were dismissed.

“So at that time, [the three Managers lost their jobs] the Society was not under any obligation to pay any monies,” Stoby suggested.

“Would you therefore say that the Society pre-judged the situation and dismissed the three gentlemen?” asked

the attorney.

“No I do not agree with you. We didn’t pre-judge anything.”

“But you weren’t prepared to wait until after the criminal trial,” the lawyer added. The witness did not respond.

Stoby alluded to a letter dated August 17, 2007. He noted that the letter was issued before the determination of the criminal trial involving the three ousted Managers.

“In this correspondence, my client, Mr. Vincent was informed that inter alia he was being dismissed because the Society suffered a loss of funds …

“The loss was due to dereliction of duty, negligence... on the part of, the Plaintiff, Mr. Vincent.

“But at that time, none of this had been established by a Court of law.”

Confronted with the information, Gopaul eventually

concurred that NBS Manager was send off before his case was proven. ”I am therefore suggesting to you that the action of the Society was unreasonable,” Senior Counsel Stoby added.

“I don’t agree,” said Dr. Gopaul.

The witness instead maintained that the Board took the decision to dismiss Vincent and others because of their failure to verify the authenticity of the Power Of Attorney, (POA) used in the transaction via the Deed’s Registry.He admitted, however, that holder of the alleged falsified POA was never charged. The lawyer put it to the witness that there was no need to verify the authenticity of the document since it bore the seal, stamp, and registration number issued by the Deeds Registry.

But the NBS Director was adamant that the Manager did something wrong by not go-

Dr Nanda Gopaul ing to the Registry.

Dr. Gopaul claimed further, that investigations proved the Registry did not have a copy of the original POA. “And you knew this all along but you never mentioned it before,” the lawyer said pointing out that the information could not be found anywhere in the statement Dr. Gopaul had provided.

“I am suggesting to you that this is an embellishment.”

Gopaul denied the (Continued on page 28)

West Dem teacher fingered in sex scandal before TSC The West Demerara teacher who was allegedly involved in several sexual encounters with a 14-year-old student is reportedly finally before the Teaching Service Commission for investigation, according to well placed sources.

Yesterday, a very credible source that has been supportive since this publication broke the story, said that finally, since the story occurred in January 2019, the teacher is now being dragged before the Guyana Teaching Service Commission.

The accused teacher will appear before the Commission in a matter of days. He will be subjected to several very grueling investigative sessions before his fate is decided, according to sources.

Thereafter, he is expected to stand before a judiciary panel to be tried according to the law.

If found guilty, he would be penalised.

In late March, the story was made public after the victim confided in a fellow student about the teacher taking her to his home on several occasions and performing various sex acts with her.

Folks at the Department of Education had begun investigations on the issue which saw the teacher being sent on special leave as the investigations continued.

Sources from the Region Three Department of Education had informed that the teacher, in a bid to cover his tracks, had tampered with evidence by way of attempting to bribe the young girl’s

mother to write a statement detailing that the allegations were untrue, and that the girl was just reacting to wild imaginations she had conjured because of having a crush on the teacher.

The Department had then summoned the mother and grilled her. She reportedly confessed and withdrew the statement she had written.

Yesterday, a well placed source within the Region Three Department of Education expressed disgust at the lengthy delay taken for action to be executed in the matter.

One source even expressed concerns that the very wealthy teacher may have attempted to tamper with evidence at a higher, thus resulting in the prolonged delay.

Ranks that arrested the teacher from the La Grange Police Station yesterday were alarmed that action was not taken into the matter after so many months.

This publication spoke with the mother of the young girl who was also furious that there has not been an outcome or closure to the matter which involved her daughter.

Yesterday, sources from within the Ministry of Education said that there have been several cases of sexual misconduct in Region Three schools, many of them being instances were male teachers seduced underage females.

In this particular case, officials informed that the West Demerara teacher had been ‘preening and pruning’ the young girl ever since her entrance into secondary school and had somehow managed

to get her to his home, where sex acts have allegedly been committed.

Meanwhile, Ministry of Education sources have informed that for 2019, eleven cases of sexual harassment of students have been reported in West Demerara Schools and are presently being investigated. Some of these have been cases between teachers and students, and in some cases involved sexual encounters amongst students.

This publication was told there have been several instances where students were caught with the popular ‘ecstasy pill’ in schools. Doctors and other related specialists have been invited to schools to have sessions to educate students on the dangers of pills and substances.

In Guyana, sexual harassment is covered under the Prevention of Discrimination Act of 1997.

The section is very cursory and simply states, “‘Sexual harassment’ is defined … as unwanted conduct of a sexual nature in the workplace or in connection with the performance of work which is threatened or imposed as a condition of employment on the employee or which creates a hostile working environment for the employee.”

The law thus confines the offence to the workplace when in fact it can, and does, occur in any location.

Schools, for instance, form a hotbed for sexual harassment of female students by teachers.

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t is said that the only things that start on time in Guyana are banks and cricket. Not anymore. I have seen quite a few cricket matches of recent where the umpires went out at least ten minutes beyond the scheduled start.

Punctuality is a sign of excellence, someone wrote. If that is the case then standards of excellence are falling throughout the world. A recent survey in the United Kingdom, for example, found that many managers have problems with the late attendance of the younger members of the workforce.

In Guyana, the problem of workplace lateness is not restricted to the newcomers to the job market. Most businesses in Guyana start work at 8 am. Try calling any office at 8 am and ask for the boss.

A great many of the calls will be unanswered.

Not just because the boss is not at his desk, but also because his secretary would have most likely not arrived by that time.

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The few workers that show up on time go unnoticed. Someone once said that the problem with being punctual is that there is no one to appreciate it.

For over twenty-years, old Jack had arrived promptly at work at 8.00 am. He was never absent and he was never late.

Then one day he did not show up on time. It caused an uproar in the office, causing even Jack’s boss to come out of his office and walk the corridor wondering where was Jack.

Then precisely at 9pm, for the first time after 20 years of being punctual, Jack walked in late.

His clothes were dusty and torn, his face bruised, his head busted and his spectacles broken. He dragged himself to the time clock and punched in. Aware that by now all eyes were on him, he said, “ I fell down my stairs.

Nearly killed myself.”

To which his boss answered, “And that took you a whole hour?”

When you can have an unappreciative boss like that why bother to be punctual if you can get away with it.

One of the best managers that Guyana ever produced made it his duty to ensure that his staff was on time. He made it his ritual to ensure that he was in early to observe the early birds and the latecomers.

The late comers did not last too long. They were quickly let go no matter how bright or smart they were. On the other hand, even if you were a slacker on the job and never came late, you were sure to be retained and even promoted.

This great manager once told his staff that they were not to be blamed if they idled on the job.

This was their supervisor’s responsibilities.

But if they were late they had to accept the consequences.

He never worried about staff taking long washroom and rest breaks; he hardly refused an offer for time off. But he was intolerant of lateness.

Being unpunctual reflected a lack of appreciation and was a symptom of someone lacking personal discipline.

The man always said that the best employees were the most disciplined and if you were not disciplined enough to be on time, you could never be a good employee no matter how late you stayed after hours. Being on time, for him was the hallmark of excellence.

Some persons however are habitual latecomers. Nothing can motivate them to get out on time. One lady called Fanny was like that.

She was always late for

work.

No matter how much she tried or how often her boss scolded her, she just could not get to work on time. The problem was that she woke up late.

One day, her boss told her that he would fire her unless she stopped being late. Seeing the writing on the wall, Fanny was determined that she would have to wake up early if she was to get to work on time and therefore avoid being fired.

Fanny decided to seek the advice of her doctor. He prescribed her some medication and told her to take one pill

before going to bed. She did and woke up feeling wellrested.

Fanny went to work on time. She headed for her bosses office and excitedly told him about the doctor’s prescription and how well it worked. Her boss said, “That is great Fanny, but where were you yesterday?”

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THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN

Still waiting to hear that the CCJ is biased and racist

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xcept for one dual citizen who lives happily in the US where he doesn’t have to emulate the Cabinet ministers and travel to Ireland for medical treatment, not one APNU+AFC supporter has even with an infinitesimal hint said the CCJ panel didn’t like the government or was racist or preferred to rule in favour of the PPP. Instead, the reaction to the CCJ decisions came mainly from five persons.

Granger led the troops by saying the CCJ must tell him how, why and where his decision to appoint Justice Patterson was unconstitutional. Granger didn’t show courage of conviction because he has accepted that he acted unilaterally by his imminent dialogue with Jagdeo to replace Patterson.

As for Patterson, he is certainly a Shakespearian character.

He came, turned into a messenger, was happy to be seen as joining the permanent political battle that has en-

gulfed Guyana since the fifties, didn’t care about perceptions, and then as Shakespeare wrote, had his moments of fame.

I would say fame to be kind to Patterson but some would probably want to be harsh and use the term, Infamy.

Anyway, he came like a flash of lightning and we don’t know when we will ever see him again if he doesn’t live in Guyana. Then there was the “war break” man, the Finance Minister, Winston Jordan.

After the CCJ decisions, he shouted out (again I beg someone to tell me if he was speaking at a Cabinet retreat or a party rally); “From today Comrades, war break.” I will leave it at that because this is a politician that is compulsively driven to accuse you of libeling him.

Number three is Nagamootoo. Well his long controversial career is now permanently stained.

At the same rally where the “war break” man made his

exclamation, Nagamootoo shouted to the crowd; “The young people who turned 18 since the last elections, their names are not on that voters’ list and anyone who calls for an election without our young people being on that voters’ list, they’re calling for trouble in this country,” What intrigues me about this fulmination by Nagamootoo is that every schoolboy in Guyana knows and does not have to be told, that if Nagamootoo is going to bring votes to the APNU+AFC party those ballots have to be from Indian areas where there has always been a reluctance to vote for the PNC. I am definitely waiting with huge curiosity to see how his home village of Whim is going to react to that very emotion he displayed in Bartica last week.

Obviously, he has to go in Indian areas and shout’ “Young people will not take it lying down if they don’t get to vote.” I have been told the election campaign of the AFC

has been secretly launched and that Nagamootoo will be in Whim this weekend. When he tells 18-year-old villagers in Whim that the PPP don’t want house to house registration therefore young Berbicians will be disenfranchised, what is going to be their reaction? Will they garland him, and say, “Yes, Papa Nagga, we will cause trouble if we don’t get to vote.”

Or will they pelt him with ice-cream as what happened in the UK during the EU parliamentary elections, recently? I am going up this Saturday and wild horses cannot drag me away from Whim.

Number four is Minister Hastings Williams and number five is Foreign Minister Karen Cummings.

They both showed angry emotions about the CCJ verdicts. So far, what has been missing from the repertoire is

any accusation from any quarter of the APNU+AFC leadership, their supporters and their angry fans about political or racial bias of the CCJ panel members.

Here we see how perverted some PPP humans are.

When the three judges of the Guyanese Court of Appeal overturned the High Court decision in the no-confidence vote, I was shown Facebook postings where many Indians said that the two African judges favoured the government while the lone Indian judge, Rishi Persaud, wisely voted for the opposition’s case.

Guyana has some of the worst humans that civilization produced.

These PPP supporters deliberately omitted in their racist bile that the High Court decision that the no-confidence vote was valid was

Frederick Kissoon made by an African Guyanese judge.

My hope is that the Opposition Leader selects a foreigner to head GECOM. This will certainly dent the morbid intentions of those from both sides of the racial divide.

If he is a Guyanese Indian, he/she will be accused of favouring the PPP. Is he/she is an African Guyanese, the cry will be he/ she is racial. God help Guyana, please!

DEM BOYS SEH

Exxon, Tullow, and Anadarko treat Guyana like prostitutes When you poor, pretty but stupid dem got some big man does tek advantage pun you.

Dem boys know nuff big man who tek advantage pun some poor young gyal all because dem don’t know dem worth.

Dem does get use lef, right and centre fuh next to nutten. Some suh stupid dem does accept bus fare after a night out. In de lang run plenty of dem does end up walking de streets at nights.

That may very well happen to Guyana couple years down de road when de oil start dry up and de oil company walk away.

De leaders of Guyana don’t know dem worth suh dem behaving just like dem young, pretty, stupid gyal who settle just fuh a dinner, some drinks and a ‘ bus fare.

Dem oil companies see Guyana as a pretty young lady full of energy. It got everything dem want. But de oil companies realize that de leaders stupid. Dem already settle fuh bus fare without drinks and dinner.

De oil companies suppose to fund train-

ing programmes in every country wheh dem operating.

Dem boys see wha Exxon give odda countries fuh training.

Liberia gets US$1,250,000 plus US$500,000 IT support fee Chad receivesUS$1,000,000 per year and US$500,000 IT support fee.

Guyana gets a mere US$300,000 a year.

Look wha Tullow Oil give to odda countries Uganda gets US$650,000 per year Ghana gets US$300,000 per year Liberia gets US$250,000 per year Iraq gets US$300,000 per year Guyana gets a mere US$25,000 per year Now look what Anadarko Oil give odda countries Liberia, US$1,000,000 a year Mozambique, US$1,000,000 a year And dem throw a pittance of US$40,000 a year to Guyana.

Talk half and look how de oil companies treat Guyana like good-for-nutten prostitutes.

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CJIA sexual harassment scandal…

Red Thread lends solidarity to victims with protest

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n an effort to bring awareness to sexual harassment in the workplace, members of the Red Thread Association yesterday, staged a protest in front of the Ministry of Social Protection on Brickdam.

The protest was also done to lend support to the alleged victims of the CJIA sexual harassment scandal that has shocked the country.

On June 16 Kaieteur News reported that a worker at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, made a complaint to the management of that state-owned entity.

She claimed that a senior official at the airport sexually harassed her when she visited his office.

The worker complained to management and it was only recently after enquires that she was told that the matter

was “addressed.”

A few days after that article was published, another former female staffer came forth with her disturbing details of sexual assault and victimization, which she endured at the hands of another top official of the airport.

Just one of the victims have made an official police report, but investigations are currently being conducted into the scandal.

Susan Collymore, one of the members of Red Thread, is calling for other women, and even men to speak out against actions of sexual assault committed against them in the workplace.

She said that she expects “from the protest that the perpetrators are brought before the courts, which would in turn mean justice for those who genuinely deserve it.”

“I think that this act of

sexual harassment needs to stop. Employers should come forth and support victims who are harassed,” Collymore added.

The Red Thread member believes that the victims are going through a second phase of harassment by now being out of a job. “She is being victimized and jobless.

How will she support her family?”

The woman strongly accepts that sexual harassment only happens because the victims are not considered high in the social class, and so they are perceived as helpless.

“All we can do is hope that policies and laws are implemented in the workplace so that issues like this can desist, and those laws also need to be stringent, not only at the workplace level but even at the enforces of the land.”

Red Thread members protesting

Opposition Leader open to selecting fit and proper GECOM chair from Commonwealth

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pposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has said that he is open to having the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) be someone from the Commonwealth.

During a press conference, yesterday, Jagdeo said that the President has not yet responded to the letter Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira sent the Ministry of the Presidency four days ago, in which the Opposition indicated that Jagdeo is willing to meet at any time to address the selection of the new GECOM Chairman.

This is due to the fact that retired Justice James Patterson demitted office after a ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice found his appointment by the President to be unconstitutional and flawed.

The Opposition Leader said, yesterday, that he is hoping for a response from the President soon, adding

that it is his intention for the 18 names on the three lists previously rejected by the President to form the basis for their discussions.

But the Opposition has already started the process of soliciting new names.

Jagdeo said that selecting names from the Commonwealth is being considered if necessary because it is permitted by law.

This contention was previously raised by another member of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Anil Nandlall, who said that it should be so, since the President’s consideration of those names was flawed.

He added that the President could perhaps justify why those names were rejected, first.

On Wednesday, Leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan, in addressing this issue, had said that Jagdeo should not “dump” six names on the President, but that he must

meet with the President and deliberate on the six names together.

Jagdeo said that it is not his intention to dump six names on the President.

Under normal circumstances, the Opposition Leader would develop a list without the President’s input.

The AFC Leader had added that the CCJ Judgment Summary on Patterson’s appointment orders the two parties to instead deliberate on the names together.

In truth, in naming that method as a possible solution to the current impasse, the judgment only suggests it, saying that the parties could “perhaps” take that course of action.

When asked if he would be open to doing so, Jagdeo said that he is not above it, and that he will do what is necessary to ensure they meet consensus for a speedy process to the General and Regional Elections.

Businesswoman strangled four years ago

Main witness testifies at PI As the matter of the murdered businesswoman, Sumintra Dinool, who was tied to her bed and strangled four years ago continued, the main witness took the stand to testify, yesterday.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) is being conducted

by Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty in the Georgetown Magistrates Courts. The defendants are Malcolm Cully and Shaheed Alli. The latter died while on remand in prison for the offence two days after making his first appearance before the court.

The indictable charge alleged that the men between June 14, 2014 and

June 15, 2014 at Barr Street, Albouystown, murdered Sumintra Dinool in the course or furtherance of a robbery.

Yesterday, the prosecutions witness, Anthony Young, who is the main witness, was called to take the stand. His testimony was about a conversation he had with Cully about the murder.

When the two first appeared in court, Cully, 27, of Cooper Street, Albouystown threatened Alli, saying “You and your children will suffer.”

Two days later, Alli was beaten to death in prison by a group of (Continued on page 30)

Dead Sumintra Dinool

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Italian Envoy visits US$650,000 grant projects in Bartica Special Envoy for the Caribbean Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italian Republic, Ms. Caterina Bertolini, conducted a site visit and tour of Bartica, yesterday.

The tour was for her to understand the scope of work which was undertaken under the first phase of the Transitioning to National Energy Security (TNES): Bartica as a model ‘Green’Town Project through the Office of Climate Change (OCC).

Phase One of the US$650,000 Project, given by way of a grant from the Government of Italy, saw the gathering and compilation of data on energy use to inform evidencebased decision making for the future implementation of projects and programmes.

Ambassador Bertolini visited the Three Miles Secondary School, where the financing has supported Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Leagues and the setting-up of a Solar Photovoltaic (PV) System; the Four and Five Miles Communities, which have benefited from LED street lighting and the Mayor and Town Council where the repository for all of the studies and surveys that have been conducted has been set up.

The first phase of the project which began in June 2018 and lasted approximately six months, saw the completion of all the energy audits, public awareness exercises and an energy data management centre established.

Agencies in and out of Guyana were contracted to conduct work in five main areas: the Household Socio-Economic and Energy Use Baseline Survey, Audit of Public Facilities, Institutions and Street Lighting, Energy Audit of Transport Sector, Production of Content Manual and Implementation of Public Awareness and Education Campaigns and development of the Bartica website.

In addition to the data gathered, coming out of Phase one, a website, Bartica.gov.gy has been established with the sole purpose of providing information on the town and its development.

As part of the TNES Project, the OCC also handed over two STEM kits to the Bartica and Three Miles Secondary schools

in an effort to equip them with technological skills, which can assist in finding solutions to aid the transition of Bartica into the first model ‘green’ town in Guyana and the Caribbean.

The Government of Italy through the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (Five C’s) has already approved some US$3.67M for some of the recommendations coming out of the studies and audits to be implemented in Phase Two, particularly in the areas of capacity building, efficient lighting and feasibility studies for electric vehicles.

The Italian Envoy noted that she is pleased to see what has been taking place in the town through the support from her Government.

Mayor of Bartica, Gifford Marshall, said that the residents welcomed the visit by the Special Envoy and the support that has been given to the township in its vision of a ‘green’ town.

“It has been a step in the right direction. We have had household surveys, audits of the transportation sector, surveys and so forth and all of this information is now stored here at the municipality and it will guide us on our projects.

“We are already seeing the fruits of it. We are so grateful for the partnership between the Office of Climate Change and the donor agencies,” he said.

More than 90 students have been trained in STEM and Robotics at the Three Miles Secondary School and approximately 65 students who live in the dormitory are benefitting from reliable electricity supply through the Solar PV system.

House master at the school, Mr. Ricardo Allen, said that the installation has made life significantly more comfortable for both the teachers and students since they have been plagued with frequent blackouts and food spoilage in the past. “This has really improved our lives. This is a really good initiative that the Government has taken on to improve our lives.

“When we have blackout, the children do not react in a nice way; they run and scream and so on. So this is the best thing they could have done here for the students. They are in a better frame of mind and it is helping them in a good way,” he said.

Senior Master and Head Coach for the STEM Club at the Three Miles Secondary School, Mr. Ron Ghanie explains the functions of one of the robots to Italian Special Envoy, Ms. Caterina Bertolini as Ms. Juanita Thomas from the Office of Climate Change looks on.Italian Special Envoy, Ms. Caterina Bertolini observes the work of the students of the Three Miles Secondary School STEM Club during her visit there today. The Club was funded as part of project financing from the Government of Italy.

Mayor of the Town of Bartica, His Worship Gifford Marshall makes a point to Italian Special Envoy, Ms. Caterina Bertolini as Ms. Juanita Thomas from the Office of Climate Change looks on.

With regard to the LED lighting project, Mr. Marshall said that approximately 97 per cent of the township is now outfitted with over 800 street lights and over 5000 residents are directly benefiting.

Mr. Desmond Stoby, resident of Four Miles, which has benefited from LED street lights, said that the residents of that community are now feeling safer and more secure with the installation of the lights, especially since they are ‘green’ alternatives.

“We are really enjoying the street lights we have. I personally and most of the residents welcome those street lights. It used to be so dark and people used to be afraid to walk, but not anymore. It is really something good and I really appreciate it. “I want to join with the residents to applaud this initiative. I love it and the residents love it,” he said.

The Italian Envoy was accompanied by Ms. Juanita Thomas, Project Assistant at Office of Climate Change, Ministry of the Presidency. (DPI)

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Over 300 schoolchildren benefit from medical screening

The Ministry of Public Health in a cooperative effort and in partnership with the Education Ministry, hosted multiple screenings and medical examinations with close to 400 nursery school children of Wakenaam and of the Soesdyke/ Linden highway. This early identification and school screening was completed with the aim of detecting and preventing the development of illnesses and mental deficiencies those children might be faced with.

The Director of Disabilities at the Public Health Ministry, Ms. Ariane Mangar, told Kaieteur News that during those screenings children were tested on their physical and occupational skills.

They were checked by the health officers on how fast they could button their clothing, or tie their shoe laces.

Screening was also done to test them for speech and hearing impediments.

Mangar states that

through these screening exercises, they would be better able to detect deficiencies, deficiencies that might hinder their progression and development. “We have also provided prescriptions for those who we noticed with some not so positive results,” she added. The director stated that though the program has concluded for the year, some smaller out reaches will be conducted throughout some villages in Guyana.

UNICEF donates $4M in equipment to Ministries

[In the photo, from left] Official from the Ministry of Social Protection, Tonni October, UNICEF Resident Representative to Guyana, Sylvie Fouet and Regional Health Officer (RHO) Region 4, Dr. Quacy Jones with the signed document for the donated equipment.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) donated $4M in equipment to the Ministries of Social Protection and Public Health to assist in their efforts to curb all types of child abuse.

UNICEF Resident Representative to Guyana, Sylvie Fouet, said the donation, which included televisions, computers and forensic kits, will assist with the establishment of Child Advocacy Centres in Regions One, Two and Four.

“In Region Four, a centre will be set up in Clonbrook and Timehri; in Moruca, Region

One and in Mabaruma. Our focus is to ensure that services are readily available for children outside of Georgetown,” Fouet explained.

She noted that it is very important to accelerate the decentralisation of services offered by the Child Advocacy Centres to “once and for all,” safeguard the future of Guyana’s children.

Region Four Health Officer (RHO), Dr. Quacy Jones noted that UNICEF’s support and collaboration with the Region Four Democratic Council (RDC) have served to boost first line response to

child sexual assault cases.

“This is another gesture of UNICEF’s continuous drive to collaborate with the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) in Region 4 to ensure the delivery of service. The Ministry of Social Protection has been an essential partner and we work together to breach the gap of services at the local level,” Dr. Jones said.

The first Child Advocacy Centre (CRC) was established in Guyana in 2014 and provides services to children who have been either sexually or physically abused.

It offers a child-friendly environment and is staffed by counsellors, parent-skills educators as well as forensic interviewers. The centre was the first of its kind in the Caribbean region.(DPI)

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Magistrate dismisses three charges, four individuals now freed Four individuals who were charged and brought before the courts, yesterday walked free after the charges were dismissed against them by the Magistrate.

The individuals appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates Courts before Magistrate Rondell Weever. Now freed are a taxi driver, a martial arts instructor, a mechanic and a mortician technician. The taxi driver, Ravindranauth Doodnauth, 27, who was accused of pawning the car he was entrusted with for work, faced two fraud charges.

The first charge against him stated that on January 8, 2019, at Seaforth Street, Campbellville, being solely entrusted by Samuel Lloyd with a Toyota car, valued $2 million, for work, he fraudulently converted it to his own use and benefit.

And the second charge read that on the same day and location, with intent to defraud, he obtained $6,000 to purchase an Ambassador Taxi logo from Lloyd. Doodnauths charges was dismissed against him due to insufficient evidence presented by the prosecutor.

However, the remaining individuals mat-

ters were dismissed due to the frail evidence presented by the prosecutor. It was not enough to aid the Magistrate to find the defendants guilty of the alleged offences.

Sixty-five-year-old Godfrey Taylor, a martial arts instructor was charged for the distribution of nude photographs of his reputed wife to her colleagues at her place of employment. The charge stated that on December 15, 2018, at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), he knowingly and without lawful excuse, distributed obscene photographs of Shetra Sheeonarine, his reputed wife. And the final two who were charged jointly for possession of narcotics, David Lynch, 41, a mechanic; and Oslyn Richards, 39, a mortician technician.

The charge stated that on December 5, 2018 at Lot 157 Curtis Street, Albouystown they had in their possession 245 grams of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.

All of the defendants had their trial before Magistrate Weever, who found them not guilty of the offences and dismissed the charges against them.

Residents of Archer Street, East Canje plead for help

The state of Archer Street NO2 East Canje which has been in this condition for years (3) Residents of Archer Street, No2 East Canje, says that they are being neglected by the Ordnance Fortlands NDC and the Regional Administration of Region Six. Now the residents are pleading with the Government to help them to fix their street.

The residents are wondering what they have done to be neglected by the two local government authorities that should look into their interest.

They say that for over 20 years their street has not been fixed and is in a very bad state, making it impassable to use, especially when it rains.

“The street is in a real bad state. The street is so bad that vehicle owners have a hard

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time.” Taxis also refuse to traverse the street.

Residents are so fed up, that a number of them signed their names on a petition.

They say that the holes are so deep that it is even difficult to walk when it rains.

Another problem cited is that the drains and the street are at the same level, so apart from the holes the street floods as soon as the rain falls.

“We are really concerned about this situation; our street has not been repaired for more than two decades, whenever we complain, all we get are promises.”

The residents told the media that they are utterly disturbed and fed up complain-

ing to the Ordnance Fort lands NDC and the Regional Administration of Region 6.

They are calling on the government to intervene and to have an urgent look at their situation.

The residents who signed their names on a petition are K Alfred, N Brandt, Mello Dianarine, Dennis Eastman, S Rajbans, A Jagassar, Orin Benny, Kumar, Rudolph Bristol, Wazir Khan, Chandrawattie Potaram, Yosadra Wilbert, Yourajwattie Dianarine, Mohamed Ishmael, Winston Williamson, Hello Benny, Olric Cummings, L Bristol, Michael Crandon, Keasha Morgan, Marvin Reece, Nazeema Sookram, A. Bristol and E. Benny.

Man, 59, gets 16 years for rape “We, older men must leave the little girls alone,” Justice Brassignton Reynolds told Mahadeo Dasrat, 59, of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, before sentencing him to serve the next 16 years of his life behind bars.

Dasrat was convicted and sentenced to prison for rape.

His case was presented

by State Prosecutor Seeta Bishundial at the Sexual Offences Court of the Georgetown High Court.

The man had initially denied the charge which alleged that on April 11, 2017, he engaged in sexual intercourse with the 25year-old woman without her consent.

Following his conviction on Wednesday, Dasrat told the Court, that he was sorry for his actions. He was found unanimously guilty of the offence by a mixed 12- member jury panel. Prior to the imposition of the sentence yesterday, the victim’s impact statement was read to the Court by Social Worker, Nicole Foo. In her statement, the victim described her relation to Dasrat and noted that she felt hurt since he was someone close to her.

She said that she was afraid when the incident occurred.

“I went through a lot of pain; I was afraid. If he didn’t have a knife to my neck I would have run away but I

Mahadeo Dasrat was frightened if I moved he would have killed me.”

Furthermore, the woman said that she was worried because she lost her virginity in such a horrible way.

“I am worried because I am not married and men don’t

want girls who are not virgins…”

Nevertheless, the woman related that she is pleased that the court would sentence her attacker “I want him to go to jail. I thank the judge and jury.”

The convict’s lawyer, Rabindra Mohabir, beseeched the court to temper justice with mercy.

He noted that his client is the sole breadwinner for his family which includes his two young grandchildren whom he took in after their parent abandoned them.

According to Mohabir, the elderly man worked at the Uitvlugt sugar estate to provide for his family.

Taking the entire factor into consideration, the judge sentenced Dasrat to prison for 20 years. However he deducted one year for the show of remorse and three years for other mitigating circumstances.

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Over 70 patients benefit from Diabetes Outreach Initiative More than 70 patients yesterday benefited from a Diabetes Outreach Initiative.

They received much needed samples of the high caliber insulin (Tresiba, Levenir and others) Patients attending the outreach at the Nurses Association Hall, Charlotte and Alexander Streets, also benefited from a distribution of glucometers (machines to test blood sugar) made possible by the International Insulin for Life Organisation, USA. G u y a n a ’s Glynis Beaton, who happens to hold a prestigious position on the board of the International Diabetes Federation yesterday said the initiative was one of many the entity has been engaged in for 2019 in the drive to control disease in Guyana.

She said that to date the organization has been collaborating with the Ministry of Public Health and other stakeholders.

Among the accomplishments of the association, to date, is the two-day training in diabetes prevention held at the Windjammer Hotel in Georgetown. Certificates of participation were issued.

A Continuous Medical Examination (CME) course was held last year at the Pegasus Hotel. It was attended by over 131 medical practitioners, who were able to attain credits at four different levels.

That aside, several outreach sessions were h e l d i n Berbice, and La Parfaite Hamonie, West Bank Demerara, while other ventures included educative and informative health exhibitions in many areas across Guyana.

According to Beaton, the local diabetes association continues its distribution of blood sugar machines to members, even as they make ready for the distribution of over the counter medication (of course with a doctor’s prescription).

The association has reportedly received over US$5000 in influential drugs for this purpose from overseas based diabetic patient Timothy Alonzo who resides in Michigan, USA. Guyana will be also well represented when the local diabetes arm is represented by a young member at the IDF General Meeting in South Korea in December.

They will also be well represented at the American

Some of the persons who benefited from the outreach initiative yesterday Diabetes Association Scientific Session in June 2019 as they attempt to combat and educate on the disease at an international level.

Anna Regina Mayor and Town Council awards all subvention contracts.

The Mayor and Town Council handing over the contracts Six projects, which are to be implemented by the Anna Regina Mayor and Town council, were yesterday awarded to four contractors on the Essequibo Coast. The projects were awarded to Ganesh Lall Contracting Services & Supplying of Materials, V&S Engineering and investment, H. Ramballi general construction and Payless General store.

The first project, which is the Rehabilitation of 240 feet of fencing north of the Anna Regina Town Council Compound at $1,966,378, was awarded to Ganesh Lall Contracting Services & Supplying of Materials.

The contracting company was also contracted to install one HDPE tube with head wall at Windsor Castle at a cost of $801,537.

V&S Engineering and investment was also contracted to install a HDPE tube, this time with self-acting door and head walls, along with the desilting 68 rods of drain in Three Friends, for $753,700. The company will also construct a similar door at Land of Plenty for $821,640.

H. Ramballi General Construction will also install a HDPE tube with head wall at Reliance, at a total cost of $723,710. Payless General store was contracted to do the rehabilitation of part of the northern fence at the Anna Regina Community Centre Ground, in the tune $2,732,200. The Mayor of the Anna Regina municipality, Mr. Rabindranath Prabhulall, said that the council will do its utmost to ensure that there is transparency and accountability in the execution of projects within the municipality.

Prabhulall also noted that there will be community involvement. “I will be engaging residents in various communities for them to be involved in these works, they will be given bills of quantity and scope of work.

“We want proper work and it must be completed within the specified time. Whatever the benefits the community must be involved.”

The projects are expected to commence within two weeks, and are to be completed within two months.

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Guyana remains a unitary state - Granger P

resident David Granger yesterday gave his remarks at the Presentation of Instruments of the Commission Ceremony at the Baridi Benab, State House.

During his remarks he said that Guyana remains a unitary country because of the courage of the GDF. In his speech, the president said, “Guyana remains a unitary and indivisible state because of the courage, competence and commitment of the Guyana Defence Force in these operations.

These operations involved intelligent planning, intense training and innovative tactics.

“We pay tribute, today, to the leadership who suppressed the Rupununi Rebellion and defended the

New River Zone 50 years ago.”

Having said that, the president then gave a history lesson as it was evident that quite a number of the younger folks were lost and had very little if no knowledge on that subject matter.

He went on to say that the suppression of those said incidents all those years ago, illustrated the GDF's military proficiency. The country's military history recounts that rebels seized an area that was thousands of square kilometers and when compared to, it was larger than the Republic of Costa Rica.

That was a failed attempt to secede from Guyana and establish an independent republic in January 1969.

The GDF task force launched operations to

extinguish all rebel forces in both the North and South Savannahs and to have central government retake its foothold throughout the country.

Granger noted, “The force was obliged to launch a lightning strike seven months later, in August 1969, against foreign intruders who attempted to take the New River Zone, an integral part of Guyana's territory that encompasses 15,540 km [squared].

“The Force again sprang into action successfully expelling the foreigners thereby ensuring the sovereignty of our Government over its territory.”

These operations demonstrated the Defence Force's ability to respond to the threats of rebellion and territorial incursion. Their

Platinum for Starr Computers

President of Starr Computer, Mike Mohan, received the HP Platinum Award from HP's Caribbean Territory Manager Gustavo Guardian on Wednesday.

The presentation was made during a visit by a team from Hewlett Packard.

successes vindicated the efforts exerted, at the time on developing a well-trained and highly talented corps of officers and soldiers.

Training is obviously the foundation of a professional and proficient Force, and it is absolutely necessary to ensure the process of military missions, for enhancing operational e ff e c t i v e n e s s a n d f o r developing physical endurance, President Granger said.

It is also fundamental to military service and that is why the military service begins with a training course here at the Colonel Ulric Pilgrim Officer Cadet School. Should training be neglected, standards would fall, troops' morale would decline and deviant behaviour would corrupt the Force's members and corrode the competence of the Force, President Granger said, “As the Guyana Defence Force continues to build on its traditions and techniques of training in the local terrain – in the country's grasslands, highlands, rainforests, and

wetlands and in the waterways it is instilling, also, the values of duty, discipline, identity, integrity and loyalty befitting officers and soldiers: - Duty obliges officers to display dedication in the performance of their functions; - Discipline is the primary means of maintaining organisational cohesiveness; - Identity determines how officers view their comrades, their corps and their country; - Integrity demands honesty in officers' relations with their superiors and subordinates; and - Loyalty binds officers to the service of their country.

The president then challenged those officers to uphold the motto of the Colonel Ulric Pilgrim Officer Cadet School – “I serve Guyana.”

Officers were required, by their conduct to exemplify the School's maxims – Courage, D i s c i p l i n e , H o n e s t y, Loyalty, Steadfastness and

His Excellency Retired Brigadier David Arthur Granger Worth.

Granger said, “I charge you with the stewardship of the Force.

I urge you to be as courageous, competent and committed as those who, 50 years ago, boldly defended our motherland.

Today, we celebrate the Force's operational capabilities which were based on supreme courage, superior organisation and superb training”.

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Key wine tasting tips and food pairings with Ansa McAL's Wine Connoisseur

Till ah find A place 4 FOR NCC ON June 29 and 30

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&T Theatre Arts Group will be staging “Till Ah Find A Place 4– The Final Chapter”on June 29 and 30, 2019 at the National Cultural Centre. It is a hilarious comedy written by Ronald Hollingsworth - one of Guyana’s most celebrated playwrights. This production will be co-produced and co-directed by accomplished dramatist/director/producer Sheron Cadogan Taylor.

The play features the infidelity of a husband whose secrets and lies come back to haunt him in ways he could not imagine. It also sheds light on the bond between mother and child, and could that bond be broken even after several years of being ripped apart.

This dynamic cast is working assiduously and is hoping to set the Cultural Centre stage ablaze on those nights. In other words it is a must see production.

Dramatist and Producer, Sheron Cadogan Taylor

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this weekend!!!

Exciting Bingo Show 704 Sports Bar presents set for Sunday Build Your Bucket every at Durban Park Wednesday and Friday Friends of the District Grand Lodge of Guyana S.C will be hosting this Sunday, a grand bingo show at Durban Park. There will be lot of prizes up for grabs which include one ATV Motorcycle, two motor cycles, and one motorcar. There will be over 50 straight games with $15,000 to $20,000 each followed by live entertainment. Tickets cost $2000. See you there.

704 Sports Bar to host the ultimate De-stresser weekend for the ladies The legendary Destiny's Child famously said, “Ladies it ain't easy being independent.”

And at 704, the management and staff understand just how hard the ladies work to take care of themselves hence the reason this unique establishment is inviting all ladies to head on over to the 704 bar to indulge in their simply tantalizing Destresser cocktail.

The first 30 will get this signature cocktail for free. See you there!!!

Aura Bar and Lounge at Pegasus Hotel pres. club night Saturdays Every Saturday, the Management at Aura will be providing an ambiance filled with quality service, delicious food and great music. Every Saturday should be a party to remember and the Aura is determined to give you that experience.

The Lounge will be open from 8pm. Music will be provided by Guyana's most popular DJs. For reservations, you can make contact with management on: 225-2853 or 600-6912.

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At the 704 Sports Bar, there will always be an opportunity to evolve your choices.

And every Wednesday and Friday, partygoers will get a chance to build their bucket.

This interesting concept allows you to pick any combination of six beers to Build Your Bucket (BYB) and get it at a special price.

This offer is available from 5pm to 7pm!

See you there.

It's Heineken Fridays at 704 Sports Bar If you are a die-hard fan of the Heineken brand then 704 Sports Bar is where you need to be this and every Friday.

According to management, fans can get six Heinekens for just $2800 between 7pm and 9pm. Be sure to take advantage of this offer guys!

Escape the after work traffic today at Palm Court As the Great Caribbean Singer, Father Fox says, "Who does go to work on a Thursday or even a Friday?" Well, unfortunately, most of us do! But that shouldn't stop you from "ducking" every once in a while when the pressure seems too much and you desire to have a little fun.

Every Friday, one of Guyana's number one entertainment spots, Palm Court will be offering a light celebration called "Escape the after work traffic.

The event gets started from 4:00pm to 7:00pm so see you there.

Let's be frank here, there is a tiny amount of fear that comes with all things wine. From its selection to its appropriate pairings, there is no doubt that it is not the same as picking up a case of beers at the supermarket.

There's an art to it that involves sniffing, and swirling and swishing. But this article is not about that. There is no expert guide to look forward to here.

Instead, Kaieteur Entertainment intends to keep this as practical as possible. Helping us in this regard is Tanya Wilcott, the Brand Manager for Wines at Ansa McAL. In this short interview, this Wine Connoisseur reveals her top favourite wines which are distributed by her firm, appropriate food pairings for the beloved Barefoot Wine collection and much more.

Kaieteur Entertainment (KE): What are your top five favourite wines which are distributed by Ansa?

Tanya Wilcott (TW): Ansa Mcal Trading Limited has great variety of wines, that range from sweet to dry. There is something to suit the varying needs of the consumers palate. Personally I Prefer sweet wines, like the Folonari Moscato, Barefoot Rose, Barefoot pink Moscato, Verdi Green Apple and The Apothic Red which must say is a dry but very smooth red wine.

KE: The Barefoot collection seems to be a hit with Guyanese. Could you share with us some of your favourite food pairings for the respective bf wines that are offered by your company?

TW: The Barefoot wine is indeed popular with the Guyanese market. · The Pinot Noir or even a Merlot goes well with the Pepperpot dish. · Chicken curry with Puri, which is one of my favourite Guyanese dish, this goes well with a nice aromatic rose wine. · Metemgee and Fried Fish- a light Pinot Grigio such as the Fiordaliso Brand is well suited for this dish. · Chowmein, depending on the sauce used to make it can go with just about any type of barefoot wine. Either cabernet sauvignon or even a nice Sweet red Blend.

The old school thought of pairing food with particular wines is usually suggested. While pairing is good, it is important that persons

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are not brow-beaten or bullied into selecting wines based on other people's taste.

KE: What are two key tips can you share with our readers as it relates to wine tasting?

TW: If you are new to wines try a sweet wine such as a Moscato and as your palate becomes more sophisticated a light crisp pinot grigio can be tasted then perhaps a dry sparkling wine can be had such as the Cavicchioli Prosecco.

Summer officially Starts on the 21st of June so a nice Light wine can be had, it is important to note that even though it is suggested to consume wine as soon as it is opened ( 7-9days) left over wines can be added to the various sauces when cooking or even used to make a sangria which is simply wine mixed with orange juice or lemon juice and small pieces of fruits.

Summer also means we can create light wine cocktails such as mimosa- make with a Prosecco and fruit juice.

KE: Have you observed any trends with Guyanese as it relates to wine? Do you find that more consumers seem to lean more to the sweet or dry side? And how does Ansa cater to this?

TW: Demand and sales for wines has increased exponentially as Guyanese develop a taste for finer things in life.

So far, the majority of consumers seem to lean more towards sweet wines with a select few asking for dry white wines such as the Cavicchioli Prosecco or even the Fiordaliso Pinot Grigio and robust dry red such as the Folonari Merlot.

Ansa Mcal Trading limited has a wide range of Italian Wines and US Wines consisting of eleven (11) different brands of wine covering different price points so a to cater to every consumer.

KE: There are a number of nightspots here which offer a variety of wines. What tips can you share for a newbie who might be staring at the wine menu but not sure what to go with?

TW: The first thing is that do not feel intimidated by a wine menu. I often suggest that newbie start with a sweet wine such a barefoot pink Moscato, Verdi or even the Gallo family Brand then gradually try a dry white wine such as Fiordaliso Pinot Grigio.

Zolo Signature Red Blend: Lush, Fresh and Intense

his week's selection, the Zolo Signature Red Blend, boasts of bold aromas such as coffee candy, chocolate cherry pie, and peppercorn with a supple, dry-yetfruity medium body and a tangy craisin and spice finish. It is a really tasty everyday wine that will work with pretty much anything. It will pair extremely well with leaner red meats, and even lighter cuts like dark meat turkey or roasted pork.

Additionally , this blend of Mendoza's signature red grapes, including Cabernet Sauvignon, Bonarda, Merlot and Malbec, features intense and fresh red fruit aromas and a lush, long mouthfeel.

Fincas Patagonicas, parent winery to Zolo and Tapiz vineyards, is one of the most technologically advanced wineries in Argentina and marries Argentina's best vineyards with winemaking expertise.

Fincas Patagonicas vineyards are located in the Valle de Uco and Agrelo regions, province of Mendoza.

This divine wine can be found at the Wine Vault located at the Marriott Hotel for $6620 VAT inclusive. You can also find it at the Hibiscus Restaurant, Nice Restaurant and Bar, Palm Court and other leading hotels and bars.

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By Mikaila Prince “Luciferans” are rejoicing as everyone's devilish duo is back at it again in the city of angels! But this time, they're investigating and fighting eerie, demonic, biblical prophecies and a girl who has a thing for apples.

In the season finale of season three, Detective Chloe Decker discovered that Lucifer was quite literally the devil, and now season four has been all about her coming to terms with this knowledge. Chloe struggles to fully accept Lucifer's demonic side and this causes her to fall out with Lucifer, and rather abruptly, an “apple loving lady” steps into scene. But let's hold on the “deets” for that. We wouldn't want to reveal any spoilers for you.

When the show was losing its home at Fox, loyal watchers of the show fell into an eternal pit of fire and doom. This would've meant the complete cancellation of the show. Yet, Lucifer managed to flourish. Its characters and stories resonated with audiences from all across the globe, thereby creating one of the most loyal fan bases ever. The hashtag #BringLuciferBack started trending by the thousands.

Lucifer S4, devilishly refined on Netflix Ironically, the Silver City from above heard their prayers, and Netflix bought over and renewed the series.

You can really see the difference in season four of Lucifer after it switched to Netflix.

They delved deeper into lore than they ever did. For the show's cinematography, to the special effects, such as showing more of his 'Devil Face', costumes and character performances were all improved. You can really see that they had a bigger budget to play with. So, basically, everything got an upgrade.

The reaction to the fourth season since the arrival has been immense. Luci-fans have started a petition for a season five of the show, and again, their wishes have been granted. On May 7th actors of the show revealed an order for a season five of the show was in the making. Unfortunately, this is going to be the fifth and final season.

The Luci-fans are thrilled, and we hope that the show will give us the ending what we all, truly desire…

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Big Little Lies is the ultimate comedic tale of murder and mischief

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or the lovers of “in-home” entertainment, Big Little Lies which features on Sundays at 9PM on ENetworks serves up the ultimate comedic tale of murder and mischief. It is a series that draws inspiration from a best-seller novel which bears the same title and was written by the revered Liane Moriarty.

On the background of the tranquil Monterey, Calif, the series unravels the nuances of relationships that are shared among some of the most dedicated moms, their partners and children. But there is a horror that lies beneath that charming

Summer GLOW PARTY SET FOR JUNE 30

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remier Promotions is kicking off the summer 2019 with the most fashionable glow and pool party on Sunday June 30th.

The Tower Poolside will be transformed into a wonderland where you will illuminate under the glow and enjoy a multi-colored experience.

Patrons will be given free jell-o shots and glow sticks among other amazing prizes on

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King of D' Crowd Competition set for

June 29

fter eight weeks of screening , the crème de la crème of Guyana's disc jockeys have been selected but there can only be one king of the crowd.

Come June 29, that decision will be made as the Mackeson 'King of Di Crowd' contest which is org anized by Ansa McAl, will see eight DJ s battling it out for the throne.

The event is being held at the National Sports Hall from 8PM. The DJs who will be featured at the show are Black Money, Joel, Kev, Chrome Sick, Pressure T, Dang, Gully pri nce and Selector Richie.

Kaieteur Entertainment und erstan there is up to $1M in cash and ds that prizes up for grabs for the winner wit h one year of bragging rights and a Ma ckeson Brand Ambassador contrac t.

Bikini Boxing to sizzle Linden and Georgetown

By Alex Wayne exterior. The series exposes how the community in which they live is influenced by a thick overcast of dirty rumours.

Told through the eyes of three mothers -Madeline, Celeste and Jane – played by Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley, the audience gets a front row seat in seeing the strengths and weaknesses of romance, parenting and friendship.

The Entertainment Police will be following this unique show closely and will be providing reviews and character analysis in the coming weeks. Stay tuned! entry of the event. You will also be given the chance to win champagne bottles, clothing and a night for two at the Tower Hotel.

Make sure you head down for 3PM so you can party with vibes provided by Gully Ras and Diamond, Magnum and Top Striker, DJ Dellon and Seen Up, DJ Ice, DJ Akeem and King Keev.

Early bird tickets cost $1500. If you are interested in free ticket delivery simply dial 592- 6849897.

The Summer Glow party will be hosted the Sunday before Caricom Day. This event is sponsored by Hallmark Store, Banks Beer and Premier Promotions.

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y now, fans of the sporting arena would have become accustomed to sexily clad girls in scintillating bikinis, showcasing at either pool parties or on the fashion runways. However, come July 13, 2019, Promoter Sean Bristol will be taking things to the next level as he stages his 'Bikini Boxing Extravaganza' at the La Familia Hotel, Aubrey Barker Road, Georgetown.

This event will be later staged in the Mining Town of Linden on August 12, 2019, at Raysville, Harmony Hill in Linden. 'Bikini Boxing 2019' is expected to serve up a captivating melee of curvy bodies, provocative costumers, and fierce fist flying as pretty lasses faceoff at the La Familia Hotel Poolside in three one minute boxing matches before the champions are decided. This competition for the first time is being launched in Guyana, and Bristol hopes to take it to the international level. Winners will receive medals and championship belts for their exploits. The boxing matches will be supervised by contracted referee, Michael Ramotar (comedian and television personality) He intends to have the competition staged in several administrative regions in Guyana, even though the event is still in its developmental stages.

According to promoters, regular tickets

for the events will be sold at $1000, while VIP tickets are going at $3000. Tickets can be obtained from 'That Look Boutique (Alexander & South Road, Georgetown), Sweet Point Bar, Orange Walk Bourda, Wind Jammer Hotel, Kitty, Georgetown, and Green City, Durban & Vlissengen Road.

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Art of War 2019 gets off the ground

At a simple yet entertaining media launch, Empire Media Inc. launched Art of War 2019 last week at the Turning Point Sports Bar, Tucville, La Penitence.

With much laughter and some serious faces, the DJs rivalled each other at the question and answer segment. Each declared that he will be the Art of War champion.

According to Spokesperson for Empire Media Inc. Mikhail DaSilva, “EMI has reignited and rejuvenated what was a dormant and dying dancehall and sound clash industry in Guyana.

This was possible with the successful hosting of seven deejay clashes from 2016 to present.”

DaSilva added that Empire Media Inc. is excited with the rejuvenation and new energy seen in the dancehall industry. He noted that DJs and sounds are getting the opportunity to showcase themselves to the world. He said that the winner of the Armageddon Clash 2018 (Notorious Sound) will represent Guyana at the Caribbean Kung Fu Sound Clash in St. Kitts in August.

The winner of Destination Badda Dan Guyana 2018 (Trinity Sound) will represent Guyana in Switzerland later this year.

On board with Empire Media Inc. this year for Art of War is Guyana Beverages Inc. as the official Energy Drink sponsor.

According to Mr. Raymond Govinda, Brand Manager, “Guyana Beverages Inc recognizes the importance of supporting cultural values within Guyana and providing a platform for local talents to grow and develop. “Art of War provides the perfect platform for this to happen and to further the growth of our brand among this audience.”

Mr Govinda stated that the Guyana Beverages Inc. is proud to partner with Empire Media Inc. for Art of War 2019.

The Turbo Energy Drink will be the official Energy Drink for Art of War. He said that the Art of War Clash offers good vibes, entertainment and energy which is what the Turbo

brand seeks to offer to consumers. Art of War will be held on July 27, 2019 at the Sports Hall tarmac. It will feature eight of Guyana’s young promising DJs. These include DJ Kevin of Royalti Vybz Sound, DJ Guy of Mighty Ruler Sound, DJ Supreme of Notorious International Sound, DJ Versatile of Vigilante Sound, Jimmy Slaughta of Firehouse Sound, DJ Bandit of Spotlight Sound, DJ Dauren and DJ Damion.

The winner of the Clash will receive one million dollars and two round trip tickets to Jamaica. For more information you can check the Facebook page “Empire Media Inc.” or call telephone number 6806720 or WhatsApp 862-2330494.

New DNA equipment to bring closure to families of Lindo Creek eight Family members of the eight miners who lost their lives at Lindo Creek in June 2008 could soon find some closure, as the government has committed to conducting Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) testing.

Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, said on Wednesday, that the new DNA testing equipment at the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory (GFSL) Turkeyen, can bring some closure to the families. The DNA identification equipment was commissioned on Wednesday.

While the government brought some relief to the families through a Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) last year, many said they were still uneasy, since they have had no death certificate.

According to Minister Ramjattan, this was due to the absence of DNA testing.

“We are certainly going to be in a better position having the DNA equipment in this lab now to move forward with that. As to what will be the conclusion as to whether a death certificate

will be issued, I really cannot say,” the minister told media on Wednesday.

The minister said the government will be engaging the families at the soonest possible time.

Director of the Forensic Science Laboratory, Delon France, said it is possible that the families will be helped.

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry was established on February 1, 2018, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the killings of Cecil Arokium, Dax

Arokium, Horace Drakes, Bonny Harry, Lancelot Lee, Compton Speirs, Nigel Torres and Clifton Berry Wong, on or about June 21, 2008.

The men’s burnt bodies were discovered at Lindo Creek, by mining camp owner Leonard Arokium, on the morning of June 21.

He had told officials that information he received from eyewitnesses showed that it was the Joint Services that was responsible for the death of his son, brother and six other miners in his employ.

(DPI)

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NAREI, IICA fighting fruit fly to allow easy trade of fresh produce Removing any trade issues against certain fresh crops produced by Guyanese farmers is the vision of the Carambola Fruit Fly (CFF) programme.

This programme is being implemented by the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).

Dr. Oudho Homenauth, Chief Executive Officer of NAREI, during his presentation at the CFF Workshop held Monday at Regency Suites, Georgetown, emphasized the economic hardship that the infestation of this pest has caused farmers.

The control and ultimate eradication of the CFF is crucial to improve the livelihood

of farmers, particularly those in the hinterland, where the pest has a high population, he added.

Speaking to the gathering comprising Quarantine Officers, Extension Officers and farmers, Dr. Homenauth said that careful inspection is required for commodities entering Guyana from Brazil.

He pointed out that the pest was first observed in Region Six in 1993, an indication it had entered from Suriname. The CFF has since spread to other parts of the country via the movement of people and commodities. In fact, a recent survey conducted by the Institute proved that the pest is prevalent in Regions Six, Eight and Nine. The findings of the survey formed the basis of the workshop.

NAREI and IICA have collaborated to enhance public awareness of the pest through social media, radio broadcast, posters and community outreaches.

Officers as well as community leaders will be trained to better control the CFF. However, Guyana cannot tackle the spread of this pest in isolation owing to its porous borders. According to Mr. Wilmot Garnett, IICA Country Representative, Guyana, Brazil and Suriname have signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining areas of collaboration to control this pest of economic importance. One area that would benefit both Guyana and Suriname is the creation of a support structure for Suriname to implement an effective CFF programme.

Participants of CFF Workshop

CARICOM Secretary General to once again engage youth in one on one session Young people across the region will once again have an opportunity to raise pertinent issues with the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community in a public Forum.

The Secretary General will be engaging with the youth in the annual “Ask SG” event which is usually held just ahead of the Regular Meeting of the Conference of the CARICOM Heads of Government.

This year “Ask SG’ will be held on July 1, 2019 at the Saint Lucia Government information Service’s Studio. It is an initiative of the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors.

A Report of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD) in 2010, signalled that the Region’s young people have envisioned a transformed context for Caribbean governance in which they are afforded opportunities to con-

tribute and participate in political and socio-economic development at community, national and regional levels.

It also noted that many feel marginalised, alienated and suspicious of the national and regional political process due to the remoteness of the political systems from their daily lives. There is also a growing concern that the views and ideas of youth are not taken into account in their own development.

It is with some of those concerns in mind that the Secretary General continues to host this event each year.

This initiative provides youth with the opportunity to let their voices be heard and contribute their views to the regional integration process.

The main topics up for discussion at this year’s event are: intra-Regional travel – its importance in regional integration, the inclusion of

youth as a critical part of decision making and employment/entrepreneurship for youth in the region.

CARICOM governments have committed to deepening the participation of Caribbean people in the democratic process and have endorsed a Charter of Civil Society for the Caribbean Community as the avenue for institutionalising the voice of civil society.

The Region’s youth comprise a critical component of Civil Society and are therefore expected to be afforded suitable avenues for expression on the various issues within the community that affect them. The engagement with the CARICOM Secretary General will aid in providing that outlet.

Join the conversation by using the hashtag #askSG758 on the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (Caricom Secretariat)

Mr. Garnett has indicated that the formation of two fiveyear plans to combat the CFF is in the pipeline. This is in line with the strategic approach the Ministry of Agriculture wants. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Ms. Delma Nedd, has charged NAREI to include the CFF programme as a line item in the Institutes budget. Ms. Nedd stated that citrus are among the fresh fruits with the greatest export

potential. However, exporting them is a major challenge for the country in view of the need to comply with the Phytosanitary requirements demanded by the importing country. She added that the agriculture sector is somewhat stymied by the limited exportation of non-traditional fruits due to the uncontrolled presence of the CFF. Only recently the list of fruits with restrictions due to this pest has increased in the United

States of America due to the published information on new host range.

Farmer Charlton Nurse, whose farm is located in West Watooka, Region Ten, is contemplating cutting down his cashew and citrus trees if the CFF is not controlled. For some time his ability to earn from the crops is being impeded owing to the pest.

There are Jackson traps on his farm. He is willing to give the programme a chance.

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Jagdeo estimates US$30M missing from airport project - insists in-transit, other areas were included in plans Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson

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he Opposition is estimating that at least US$30M has been skimmed off in the Timehri airport project as a result of major modifications to the original designs.

The s t a t e m e n t w a s made yesterday by Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, who was asked about the absence of an intransit area for passengers at the facilities.

The in-transit area would have been critical as the entire justification for the airport expansion hinged on making the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) a hub in the region with Africa and Europe flights being targeted.

However, the US$150M Chinese-funded and built project is missing a lot of things although it is nearing handing over time, since construction started in 2013.

It was supposed to be finished in late 2015/early 2016.

Currently, in-transit passengers have to exit the planes and join the departure lines like everybody else without the presence of a special area as would have been expected and the norm at other large airports.

At least, according to observers, for US$150M and the fact that the airport was supposed to serve as a hub, Guyana was supposed to see an in-transit area.

The modified designs have been a closely guarded secret by the Coalition Government despite pressure for it to be released.

Its release would shed light on a project which is the biggest ongoing infrastructural project in Guyana but which progress and birth have been marred by one scandal after the next.

Throughout it all, the Chinese contractor, China Harbour Engineering Company, and the supervisors, CEMCO and MMM Group, have all largely been silent despite the criticisms.

In fact, yesterday, Jagdeo, during his weekly press conference, made it clear that answers will have to come from the Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, who has ministerial responsibilities for the project.

The project has been generating troubles for both the Coalition Government and the Opposition since announced in late 2011 with delays, inflated prices and major modifications made with little answers for the hard questions that were triggered as a result.

The project included the extension of the runway and the building of a new terminal

building. It did not include a parking lot. It did include the large apron for eight large planes and eight passenger bridges.

According to Jagdeo, the press should be upping the pressure for the modified designs to be released by Patterson.“Why is there a secret?

If there is such corruption, you tell us what you found that was corrupt and how you modified it to fix the corruption?�Jagdeo was (Continued on page 29)

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo.

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Second NBS wrongful dismissal trial How far does police corruption go, and ...

From page 4 margins (intentionally). Selfhelp with drug seizures; shakedowns of and collections from serial felons; stables of networks to get things done on the side, including the ultimate: executions. Where does it end? This is police truth.

Murder and trafficking and laundering are the big time; the more visible and opulent part of the pyramid

of crime fighting in Guyana.

This is the real canvas of policing in Guyana; and it must be pinpointed for what it is.I close with remarks attributed to President Granger, “We have to rebuild public trust and I am confident that we have a team of men and women who are going to rebuild public trust.”

That is disconcerting. To the president I say without equivocation: the team is too

thin; it is just not there in the numbers and calibers desperately needed. And it is a long, dangerous, uphill road to even start to rebuild that public trust.

For emphasis: to even start to rebuild that public trust. I respectfully disagree with the president. I disbelieve. All Guyana knows that this is immovable ground.

Sincerely, GHK Lall

Questions that GECOM and SC Marcus ...

From page 5 for intense vetting by all political parties and even civil society groups should commence immediately.

This revised and updated list will be the Official List of Electors.

It is my considered opinion that all of the above can be executed within a 30 days period or maybe six weeks maximum.

Nomination day is at least 32 days before Election Day, in accordance with the law.

During this period, training of elections day staff and procurement of material necessary to conduct the elections can be done simultaneously.

It was done before.

Measures to strengthen scrutiny on elections day, to ensure only eligible voters participate, can be discussed and agreed upon. A rigorous and well rolled out public relations campaign on voters education from GECOM should follow.

GECOM has the staff, the budget and the institutional capacity to facilitate the same.

Credible, free and fair elections is contemplated in our Constitution to be delivered within 90 days.

Sincerely, Bishop Juan AEdghill, PPP/C MP

From page 8 lawyer’s charge, claiming instead that it must be somewhere in the statement.

Additionally, the Attorney pointed out that based on the company‘s record Mr. Vincent was dismissed for serious mismanagement but the contract of his employment states that grounds for dismissal should include

“gross mismanagement.”

“You would agree with me that those are not the same terms… I am therefore putting it to you that the dismissal letter was improper.” “I don’t agree,” responded Gopaul.

Questioned about certain loopholes in the NBS system, Gopaul told the Court that efforts were made to have the method of operation fortified

before and after the Managers were sent off.

The Attorney had previously pointed out that the Society moved to strengthen its system based on methods prescribed by the Anti-money Laundering and Countering Terrorism legislation— which came into effect long after the men were charged and terminated from their jobs.

Jagdeo estimates US$30M missing from...

From page 11 never keen to release any contract during his tenure. He always spoke of confidentiality clauseInstead of a new terminal building, the old one has been gutted and renovated and a small structure built to accommodate the arriving passengers.The eight bridges have been reduced to four. According to Jagdeo, in the original plans there was space for offices. There were reports later that the coalition government went to tender for contractors to build the offices.The Opposition Leader said that a probe into the project is a high priority for his party when it returns to office. Elections are coming up, he

said.“Everything we put in, they reduced.”

He said that it is his belief that the current project is US$30M less than what was charged.The Coalition Government had said that reduced the scope of the project after finding in 2015, on entering office that almost US$90M in claims and payments to CHEC were on file despite just 15 percent of the work done.They said that no studies were done by CHEC and that the PPP government under Jagdeo unilaterally awarded the design and build contract without going to tender.

CHEC was forced to abandon works on the north side of the runway after encountering a swampy area.

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From page 12 inmates. From the brutal beating, the 30-year-old prisoner, of Albouystown, suffered a fractured skull and later died at the Georgetown Public Hospit a l w h e r e h e h a d b een admitted as a patient.

Reports of the murder of 65-year-old Sumintra Dinool indicated that the elderly woman was tied to her bed and strangled.

Dinool lived alone with her son, who was out all night when the incident took place. Upon his return, he allegedly opened the front door with his keys, but did not notice anything amiss until he went into his room and found it ransacked.

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New Amsterdam Technical Olunga goals keep Kenya in hunt for last-16 place AFP - Michael Olunga Stadium and both countries each. flapped at a free-kick, the ball Institute is Berbice school scored twice as Kenya edged are set to make the last 16.

France-born Migne spoke struck team-mate Erasto neighbours Tanzania 3-2 in Even if Kenya lose their before the match of the need Nyoni and drifted toward basketball champs Cairo yesterday to keep alive final group match against “to start well” but Tanzania Olunga, whose bicycle kick In a keenly contested affair the New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) got the better of a spirited Berbice High School (BHS) 34-30 in the final of the Berbice Zone of the Youth Basketball Guyana Competition which was played in New Amsterdam.

The winning NATI owed much of their success to Kadeem Dover who had a dominant performance,

scoring more than half of his team’s points with a game high 21 points with Jeremy Williams assisting with 12 points. For BHS Timothy Harris with eight and Charles Williamson seven were their top scorers.

Dover was eventually adjudged the Most Valuable Player (MVP) on show.

The competition, which is for U18 players, will see both teams representing the zone at the National School Basketball Festival slated for later.

A number of sponsors have teamed up with the National Sports Commission to sponsor the tournament.

hopes of reaching the second round in the Africa Cup of Nations.

The Japan-based forward equalised in the first half and scored the 80th-minute winner in a lively east African derby.

Johanna Omolo was the other scorer for Kenya, who trailed 2-1 at half-time.

Saimon Msuva and Mbwana Samatta netted for Tanzania, who have never won a Cup of Nations match in two appearances spanning 39 years.

Earlier, Algeria defeated Senegal 1-0 in a foul-riddled first match of a Group C double-header at the 30 June

Friday June 28, 2019 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) njoy the day today. Take control of the situation and make the most of whatever comes your way. Do it with a smile.

There's a great deal of funloving, excited energy ready for you to draw upon.

TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20) Your flexible nature may get you in trouble today. Personalities may clash when no one is willing to lead. Be aggressive without being manipulative.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Things will flow smoothly for you, Gemini. There's barely a reason for you to lift a finger.

You have the good fortune of enjoying this day with very little effort on your part.

CANCER(June21–July22) People aren't going to want to be quite as intense as you require today, Cancer. Things are light and airy. You may find that no one is in the mood to delve as deeply as you want to go.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) It may be hard for you to make a decision about anything today, Leo. Things may seem wishy-washy and unclear. Don't worry about it.

There is plenty of air to fuel your fire.

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Things probably aren't going to go exactly as you planned today, Virgo. Realize that people may act in erratic, powerful bursts, especially when it comes to emotional issues.That's all anyone can ask.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) Today is an excellent day for you, Libra. Events will flow quite smoothly. The only thing to be aware of is that your emotions may seem rather erratic and unwieldy.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) You may be indecisive today, Scorpio. You may not be able to find solutions you can live with. You don't need to finalize anything now. Use this day to lay low and gather data. People may seem rather insensitive and erratic.

SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21) There is plenty of air to fuel your fire today. You're able to get quite a bit done.

Multitasking is key to accomplishing what you want to do.

CAPRI(Dec.22–Jan.19) You may need to make some slight adjustments in order to get through to people today, Capricorn. The pace may be a bit faster than you'd like.

Remember that people aren't mind readers.

AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) Today is an excellent day for you. You will receive some bursts of unexpected energy that help you accomplish whatever it is you wish to do.

PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) Things may be moving a bit too quickly today for you to grab hold of anything, Pisces. There's an element of the unexpected entering into the equation. Be prepared.

The mood of the day is especially light and perhaps a bit superficial.

Senegal, they will hope to squeeze into the knockout phase as one of the four best third-place teams.

After two rounds, former champions Algeria have six points, Senegal and Kenya three each and Tanzania are pointless.

Coaches Emmanuel Amunike of Tanzania and Sebastien Migne of Kenya reacted to two-goals losses in their opening group matches by making three changes

We let ourselves...

From page 34 with Hardik Pandya (46).

However, Holder conceded the missed chance had proven costly but said India’s total should have been a problem for the Windies.

“If you look at it in hindsight, that (misstumping) is one crucial moment that we didn’t seize and it probably hurt us in the very end,” he said.

“But having said that, at the halfway stage [and chasing] 268, I would’ve taken that any day. It’s just a matter for our batters to go out and chase it but we just didn’t do it today.”

West Indies take on Sri Lanka next on Monday in Chester-le-Street.

Green Generation/ Government ...

From page 39 addition, through the Green Generation programme, the Ministry of Communities made the Leonora area where the track is located ‘a green area’ where Aliann Pompey was also a part of a tree planting exercise. The area was also declared a litter free zone as the Ministry of Communities aims to continue their Green Generation movement.

Meanwhile, the National Sports Commission and the Ministry of Education are also on board with the event in a major way with Director of Sport Christopher Jones noting that events such as these indicate the diversity of a nation that can accomplish great things.

Aliann Pompey also noted that the support shown by the Government is overwhelming and has allowed the event to grow into the success that it has become.

The Aliann Pompey Invitational is slated for a 15:00 hours start with an opening ceremony expected at 16:00hrs on July 6.

were the more committed side in the early exchanges and led after only six minutes.

Kenya goalkeeper Patrick Matasi could only parry a stinging shot from Taifa Stars captain Samatta and Msuva tapped in the rebound.

The Harambee Stars were unlucky not to score midway through the half when headers by Francis Kahata and Olunga struck the woodwork within seconds of each other.

Msuva nearly scored a second goal when his freekick from well outside the box was heading for the corner of the net until Matasi tipped the ball over.

An intense match produced two more goals inside a minute close to halftime with Kenya levelling and then falling behind again.

When Tanzania goalkeeper Aishi Manula

found the net.

The Kenyan joy was shortlived, however, as Samatta punished clumsy defending to fire the ball into the net and give Tanzania a 2-1 half-time advantage.

There was no let-up in the physicality from both teams as the second half progressed and Manula made a superb reflex save to parry a header from K e n y a c a p t a i n Vi c t o r Wanyama.

But Manula could not prevent Kenya equalising a second time on 62 minutes when a cross after a short corner was powerfully nodded into the net by Johanna Omolo.

It got worse for Tanzania 10 minutes from time when they fell behind for the first time as Olunga fired the ball into the net off a post from the edge of the box.

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Inspired England outclass Norway to make semi-finals LE HAVRE, France (Reuters) - England marched into the women’s World Cup semi-finals with an impressive 3-0 victory over demoralised Norway yesterday, delivering their best performance of the tournament.

Ellen White scored her fifth goal of the competition in between Jill Scott’s opener and a Lucy Bronze screamer from the edge of the area as Phil Neville’s side set up a mouth-watering clash with either holders the United States or hosts France.

England were devastating on their right flank with the outstanding Bronze and the pacey Nikita Parris, who missed a late penalty, tormenting their opponents as Norway struggled to cope with the swift movement and intelligent use of the ball.

England got away with some sloppiness at the back early in the second half, but they ended strongly, putting aside all the talk of being outrun by the Scandinavians.

“We know we are one game away from a final.

We’ve been ticking games off in our head,” said captain Steph Houghton.

“The performances are getting better. You know a semi-final will be tough no

England’s Nikita Parris in action with Norway’s Vilde Boe Risa. (REUTERS/Phil Noble) matter who we play,” she said.

The semis will be hosted in Lyon, where Bronze plays her club football for European champions Olympique Lyonnais.

EARLY GOAL England took the lead after three minutes when Bronze burst down the right flank and cut in from the byline. White swung and missed but the reliable Scott slotted the ball home off the post for the fastest goal of the tournament.

England dominated

possession and Parris fired over the crossbar before White went closer when she rattled the upright after a quick throw-in.

For all their superiority and Norway’s lack of inspiration, the Lionesses were still vulnerable to a comeback.

However, England doubled their tally five minutes before the break, White tapping in Parris’s cross from inside the area.

Parris’s pace was too much too handle for Norway,

England’s Ellen White scores their second goal against Norway. (REUTERS/Phil Noble) but England put themselves in a dangerous situation when goalkeeper Karen Bardsley’s poor first touch trying to control a back pass almost saw her dispossessed in front of goal.

But the contest was all but over in the 57th minute when substitute Beth Mead’s quick free kick was played back to Bronze on the edge of the area and she blasted her drive into the roof of the net.

Houghton made sure there was no late setback,

clearing Lisa-Marie Utland’s shot off the goalline after a poor pass back from Millie Bright was intercepted.

Houghton was in the thick of it at the other end when she was ruled to have been pushed in the box but P a r r i s ’s p e n a l t y w a s brilliantly saved by Ingrid Hjelmseth seven minutes from time.

Parris became the first player to miss two penalties at the same women’s World Cup having failed against Argentina in the group stage

- but it mattered little.

N o r w a y ’s S w e d i s h manager Martin Sjogren said he expected to see future improvement as his mostly domestic-based squad get their chances to play for Europe’s bigger clubs.

“We’re going to build this team. Three-quarters of our team will play in the big teams in Europe. If we manage to get the best players out there in Europe, we will actually be able to compete at this level,” he said.

Madagascar on verge of last 16 after beating Burundi

Part of the action in the match. (AFP/Giuseppe CACACE) AFP - Madagascar are on the verge of making the last 16 in their first Africa Cup of Nations after Marco Ilaimaharitra scored to earn a 1-0 win over Burundi in Alexandria yesterday.

The Indian Ocean islanders, ranked 108 in the world, can finish first, second or third in Group B depending on how they fare against leaders Nigeria this Sunday.

But whatever place they occupy in the final standings will almost certainly take them

through as group winners and runners-up and the best four of the six third-place teams progress.

Nigeria have six points, Madagascar four, Guinea one and Burundi none after two series of mini-league matches in the Mediterranean city.

Belgium-based Ilaimaharitra rifled a free-kick into the net on 76 minutes at a time when Burundi were looking likelier winners after Madagascar dominated the opening half. Saudi Arabia-

based attacker Charles Andriamahitsinoro, who stood out on the pitch because of his height and dyed blond hair, starred for Madagascar in the first half.

His early free-kick from the touchline dipped dangerously as it floated into the box and goalkeeper Jonathan Nahimana did well to push it away at the expense of a corner.

The Malagasy then produced a shot soon after that forced a fine save from

Players from the two teams battle for possession during the game. (AFP/Giuseppe CACACE) the Burundi goalkeeper in 28 degrees celsius (85 fahrenheit) heat at the Alexandria Stadium.

Midway through the opening half, Andriamahitsinoro burst down the middle between two defenders, but a poor first touch robbed him of a scoring chance.

Then, it was the turn of Burundi winger Cedric Amissi to threaten as he was pipped by goalkeeper Melvin Adrien in a race for possession.

A fluffed attempt to clear the ball by Romain Metanire offered Amissi another chance, but he did not react quickly enough and the ball was cleared.

Adrien foiled Sadio Berahino, who plays for English second tier club Stoke City, as Burundi continued to create chances.

Andriamahitsinoro was unlucky just before half-time when his goal-bound header off a cross was cleared off the line by Gaël Duhayindavyi.

Set pieces have often not been well executed at this Cup of Nations and a Gael Bigirimana attempt to score from a medium-range went embarrassingly high over the bar. Bigirimana did much better midway through the second half, forcing a great save from Adrien off another free-kick.

It was from yet another set-piece that Ilaimaharitra gave Madagascar the lead, steering the ball into the net from the edge of the box.

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Kohli’s India end West Indies World Cup hopes AFP - Skipper Virat Kohli’s gritty half-century and an incisive bowling performance powered India to a comprehensive 125-run win over West Indies yesterday, all but assuring them of a spot in the World Cup semi-finals.

Kohli top-scored with 72 to lay the foundations for India’s 268 for seven after electing to bat first at Manchester’s Old Trafford.

The Indian bowlers, led by paceman Mohammed Shami, then dismissed West Indies for 143 in 34.2 overs to end the West Indies’ hopes of progressing.

India, who have displaced England as the top-ranked one-day team, remain the only unbeaten side in the tournament and need just one victory from their remaining three league games to guarantee a semi-finals berth.

West Indies joined Afghanistan and South Africa as the three teams to bow out of the race for the final four so far.

“We can’t complain, we have just become the number one side in the world and we have been playing like that for a while now,” said captain and man-of-the-match Kohli.

“Things hadn’t gone our way with the bat in the last few games but we have found a way to win.”

Shami, who took a hattrick in the previous game, returned figures of 4-16, removing the dangerous Chris Gayle early after a scratchy innings from the opener.

- Kohli record But it was Kohli who set up the win as he became fastest batsman to reach 20,000 international runs in

Mohammed Shami celebrates with captain Virat Kohli and KL Rahul after dismissing Chris Gayle © Getty Images his 417th innings — India’s Sachin Tendulkar and Caribbean batsman Brian Lara both required 453 international innings to reach the landmark.

Wicketkeeper-batsman M.S. Dhoni and Hardik Pandya boosted the total, putting on 70 runs for the sixth wicket to punish the otherwise-disciplined bowlers.

Pandya hit 46 off 38 balls while Dhoni remained unbeaten on 56, ending the innings with a big six.

The West Indies bowlers, led by paceman Kemar Roach, had kept India in check until the latter stages, stemming the flow of runs with regular wickets.

Roach returned impressive figures of 3-36 in his 10 overs, including the wicket of India opener Rohit

Sharma for 18.

Kohli, whose 82-ball knock included eight boundaries, extended his fine run of form with some eyecatching shots that charmed a partisan crowd at Old Trafford.

West Indies were in trouble early in their reply when Gayle mistimed a short ball from Shami and was caught by Kedar Jadhav to the left of mid-on after struggling to just six runs off 19 balls.

Shai Hope tried to take the Shami on and hit him for a boundary but the bowler responded by rattling his stumps with the next ball as West Indies slipped to 16-2.

It was all downhill from there for a struggling Caribbean side who failed to maintain momentum after

their opening World Cup win against Pakistan.

Paceman Jasprit Bumrah and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took two wickets each.

West Indies captain Jason Holder said: “The bowlers did a fantastic job on this surface.

I couldn’t ask for more but we let ourselves down with the bat.

“We didn’t seize the moment but I would have taken chasing 268. We didn’t do it.

“We have let ourselves down significantly in this tournament.

The bowlers had a reasonable campaign but our batting has been too inconsistent. This is our weakest format of the three.”

Two-time champions India next play hosts England in Birmingham on Sunday.

We let ourselves down, bemoans Holder MANCHESTER, England, CMC – West Indies captain Jason Holder said the Caribbean side had not performed at the standard expected, after they crashed to their fifth defeat in seven games here yesterday, to suffer elimination from the ICC World Cup. Entering the tournament as one of the dark horses especially following their impressive showing in the Caribbean against England earlier this year, the Windies thrashed Pakistan in their opener but have not won again since.

Yesterday’s result – a chastening 125-run loss at the hands of India – left them eighth in the 10-team standings on three points and with no chance of

reaching the top four.

“We let ourselves down significantly,” was Holder’s withering assessment of his side’s campaign following the latest defeat.

“I don’t think we seized the crucial moments in this tournament as well as we should’ve. We missed a few chances in the field which pretty much cost us.

“I thought the bowlers had a reasonable campaign, every time we asked of them they came out and delivered.

As I said, we didn’t support them as well as we would like in the field – I thought we let ourselves down tremendously in the field.

“And in terms of our batting it was just too inconsistent.”

The World Cup results were, however, in keeping

with West Indies’ one-day results in recent times. They have not won a series in five years and have won just eight of 39 One-Day Internationals inside the last two-and-a-half years.

Holder, who has led the side now since 2015, said it was important for West Indies to turn around their ODI form and called on the side’s talented younger batsmen to play their role.

“We need to improve.

This is our weakest format of the three and it’s just something we need to address,” Holder lamented.

“Having said that, there are still a lot of positives inside the dressing room. I thought today Kemar Roach was very, very outstanding; Sheldon Cottrell has been a bright spark for us in this

tournament and the youngster chipped in here and there.

“I guess what we can ask the youngsters to do is keep going a bit deeper and set the innings up as they have been doing but going a bit deeper in finishes.”

West Indies seemed on top after limiting India to 268 for seven but then collapsed for 143 all out in the 35th over, with only two batsmen – Sunil Ambris (31) and Nicholas Pooran (28) – passing 20.

A key moment in the India innings came when MS Dhoni was mis-stumped by Shai Hope off left-arm spinner Fabian Allen on eight. He went on to finish unbeaten on 56 and inspire a 70-run fifth wicket stand (Continued on page 32)

Ryan Crawford Turf Club Horse Race meet set for Caricom Day Despite the inclement weather, preparation is ongoing for the much anticipated Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club (RCMTC) one day horse race meet set for Monday, Caricom Day (July 1). The event is slated for the club’s facility Alness Village, Corentyne, Berbice.

Six races are slated for the day with the feature event set to be the event for 3-Year-Old animals over 1300 meters for a winning purse of $240,000 and trophy.

The animals classified J and Lower are set to race over a distance of 1000M for a first prize of $200,000 and trophy.

The 900M race for 2-YearOld horses will see the winner

taking home a prize of $150,000 and trophy.

There is the L1 and lower, 1000M contest for pole position takings of $100,000 and trophy.

The L2 and Lower race is another 1000M affair for a winner’s take of $80,000.

An event is slated for L3 Unclassified animals over 1200M with the first prize being $60,000 and trophy.

A number of sponsors are on board including Banks DIH Limited, Colin Elcock and Attorney-at-Law Rajendra Poonai SC. Entries are set to be close today and interested person can still contact Marcel Crawford Jr on 678-5342 or 696-9009.

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ECCC/Nevil Ramotar Memorial knock-out T20 final set for Caricom day The East Coast Cricket Committee/Nevil Ramotar Memorial T20 competition amongst teams on the East Coast Demerara is set to climax on Monday (Caricom day) with the final and third place play-off games at the Enmore Community Centre ground.

The organizers are hoping that the weather remains favorable for cricket, since there are two other competitions that are slated to commence shortly on the East Coast.

This competition which is being played in memory of the late Nevil Ramotar (Enmore resident), commenced in April 2019 and featured eighteen teams with matches being played on a knock-out basis.

In the remaining games that precedes the finals, Strathavon B will battle Ogle CC on Saturday (tomorrow) (14:00hrs) at Ogle with the winner taking on Lusignan East on Sunday (09:30 hrs) at

Amir Khan

Bhaskar Yadram

Lusignan, while Enmore CCCC will be up against Fairfield SC at Enmore. The winners of these two games will then face-off at Enmore (14:00hrs) and the better of the two losers will battle Enterprise BSC at Lusignan (14:00hrs) in the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, Enmore CCCC advanced to the quarter-finals after defeating Lusignan last Sunday at Lusignan ground.

Batting first in a game reduced to 15 overs due to rain, ECCCC were dismissed

in the last over for 128. Imran Hasssan 42, Chris Surat 28 and V. Ramlakhan 21 led with the scoring. Lusignan in reply, folded for 83 in the last over. Yuvraj Dyal and Imran Hassan bagged three wickets for 16 and two for three runs respectively.

The final and third place games will be played on Monday at Enmore, which will be part of the Enmore Community Centre Bar-BQue and fund-raising event.

Entrance to the venue is free.

Caricom Day dominoes tourney commences on Sunday The much anticipated Caricom Day dominoes competition is set to commence on Sunday at The Garage Grill, Aubrey Barker Road, South Georgetown.

The tournament which will be played on a sixgame, six-sitting, two-inone-out basis and is set to commence at 13:00hrs, is being hosted by Big Boss and Boscah Transportation Service and senior organising secretary of the Georgetown Dominoes Association, Mark Wiltshire.

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Entrance fee is $12,000 and the winning team will take home $300,000 and a trophy compliments of Ansa Mc Al, the runner up team will received $200,000 and a trophy sponsored by Genequip/Farm Supplies and third place $100,000 and a trophy courtesy of Patterson and Associates.

The most valuable player will take home $10,000 compliments of Big Boss and Boscah Transportation Service.

According to Wiltshire, there will be zero tolerance on

indiscipline and the tournament is expected to attract some of the top teams in the city including Mix Up, Rage, Spartons, Providence, Transport SC, All Season’s Racing Service, All Season’s Racing Service Angels, Thunder, TNT, C7, Gold for Money, Black Gold, Up Setters, Players, Travellers, OPKO and Ravens.

The tournament will conclude on July 1 at Dynasty Sports bar. Teams can contact Lyndon Boston on 644-8025 or Wiltshire on 659-8672 for registration.

From left Mark Wiltshire, Ewie Gordon and Lyndon Boston display the trophies.

Noble House Seafoods Goals Galore Indoor Hockey C/Ship

Action heating up at the National Gymnasium

Marzana Fiedtkou is outstanding for the GBTI GCC Tigers.

The smoke has begun to settle as clear front-runners begin to emerge when the 2019 Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Championships continued on Wednesday evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue and Princess Street.

Hikers Generals pulled off their third win of the men’s competition to remain unbeaten and on top of pool B with 6 points, while Vintage GCC and the PEPSI Hikers lead Pool A with similar records. On the ladies side the GBTI GCC Tigers rebounded from a loss in their opening match to lead the table with 6 points after their victory over YMCA OFHC Bellatrix.

The Hikers Generals took to the floor against the SHC Splinters in the men’s Pool B with both teams on an even 9-goal handicap. The Splinters had disposed of defending champs Bounty GCC on the opening night and would be a sound challenge for the Generals who were also coming off of a victory over the YMCA OFHC Top Form.

The Generals controlled the game from the start, scoring two goals in the first half from Devin Munroe and Sherwyn Caesar compared to just a single from Hilton Chester, Captain of the Splinters. Nkhruma Hutson drew the scores even with an early second half goal for the

Splinters, but Munroe put the game beyond reach with two more goals for the Generals to complete his hat-trick, while Caesar added a second in the closing minutes. The 14 – 12 victory move the Generals to the top of the Pool going into the fourth evening of the competition.

The highlight match of the evening was a highpaced and thrilling encounter between defending champs Bounty GCC and the talented YMCA OFHC Top Form.

With Top Form enjoying a 2-goal advantage from the start, GCC would draw the scores even in the first fifteen minutes through a double by Kareem Mckenzie. GCC would then go one ahead one minute before the half when Shaquille Leung slammed home his team’s third to leave score at 6-5 to Bounty GCC. Omar Hopkinson drew the scores for the second time in the first minute of resumption with a penalty corner for To p F o r m a n d y o u n g prolific goal scorer Warren Williams added a second to move Top Form ahead by one. The Bounty boys would draw even for the third time through Meshach Sargeant and then a fourth and final time as Hopkinson and Kevin Spencer scored a final goal each for Top Form and GCC

respectively. After a close and hard-fought match, the teams had to settle for an 8-8 draw.

Two YMCA teams faced each other in the next men’s fixture which saw the YMCA OFHC Champs edge the YMCA OFHC Pacesetters by 16 – 15. The victory was the first of the competition for the Champs. The PEPSI Hikers continued their form with a 13 – 10 beating of the SHC Slick Sticks. With the Slick Sticks enjoying an 8-goal handicap, it took the Hikers to the last five minutes to secure the victory but they made it a productive five minutes to take their total to 13. Aroydy Branford was once again the leading scorer of the match with 7 goals.

In the ladies competition, defending champs the GBTI GCC Tigers dominated newcomers YMCA OFHC Bellatrix with a 16 – 9 victory.

With the Bellatrix beginning the match with a nine-goal handicap and the Tigers with three goals, the scores were even by the half. The Tigers continued their onslaught with seven more unanswered goals in the second half of the match. Saints and YMCA OFHC Wolves were the other ladies matchup of the evening and both sides began with an even 5 goals handicap.

Despite several near misses, both teams failed to score again and the match finished on a 5-5 stalemate.

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RHT Poonai Pharmacy Under-12, Under-13 Cricket Teams hold - Nine years old Tameshwar Deonandan emerge winner One on One Tournament In its continuing quest to maintain the high standard it has set itself, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club continues to invest heavily in the development of its young cricketers. The Club’s Coaching Staff under the direction of Organising Secretaries Keith Hicks and Ravindranauth Kissoonlall hosted on Tuesday last a One on One Cricket Tournament for members of the Poonai Pharmacy Under-12 and Under-13 Cricket Teams.

Promising all rounder Tameshwar Deonandan, who is just nine years old, emerged as the Champion and took home a junior bicycle along with a package of educational material. He got past several older and experienced club mates in the earlier rounds in the tournament which attracted twenty four club members including two females. All of the players in the Tournament were rewarded with educational material as part of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS Say yes to Education programme.

Team Manager Ravindranauth Kissoonlall stated that the Tournament was the start of a two months long Coaching Campaign by the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club with its Junior Section, which include the Under-12, Under-13, Under15, Under-17 and Under-18

The RHTYSC Under-13 Team after the match.

Teams. Special emphasis would be placed on the Under-12 and Under-13 Teams which served as a Nursery for the rest of the Club. The Rose Hall Town Under-13 Team last year emerged as Runner up of the DaSilva Motor Spares Under13 BCB Tournament after losing to Port Mourant in the finals.

Kissoonlall stated that the objective is to go one step further in 2019 and emerge as the Berbice Champions. The highlight of the programme would be a two weeks Cricket Academy from the 8th to 19th July, 2019, at the Area ‘H’ Ground with 120 youths. A panel of four Coaches and Senior Players would work along with the young

cricketers on every aspect of their game.

Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster in brief remarks to the participants in the Under-13 Tournament, urged them to take full advantage of the opportunities that the Club is offering them. He told them that being a member requires them to be disciplined, hard working and

Kerber swats aside Halep to reach Eastbourne semi-finals EASTBOURNE, England (Reuters) - Angelique Kerber ’s Wimbledon preparation gained momentum as she thumped Simona Halep 6-4 6-3 in a battle of former world number ones to reach the semi-finals at Eastbourne yesterday.

The Wimbledon champion converted five out of seven break points to secure the victory and set up a last-four clash with unseeded Ons Jabeur.

“I am really happy how I played,” Kerber told the BBC. “To play against Simona, you know you have to play the best tennis.”

Tunisian Jabeur was made to work hard for a victory over Alize Cornet as she shook off an ankle injury in the final set to prevail 1-6 7-5 6-3.

“At this tournament, I’m the queen of losing the first set and then coming back,” Jabeur, who has rallied back from a set down to win three

Germany’s Angelique Kerber in action during her first round match against Russia’s Anastasia Potapova. (REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach) of her four matches in Eastbourne, said.

“It’s another motivation for me to win, to play better in the second set, but I’m really happy with this win.

“It wasn’t easy at the end, I was scared for my ankle, but hopefully everything will be good. I tried to move better, be better on court, and that helped me regain my shots.”

Kiki Bertens survived a mid-match wobble to extend

her dominance over world number 10 Aryna Sabalenka, beating last year’s runner-up 6-4 3-6 6-4.

The St Petersburg and Madrid champion’s fourth victory over Sabalenka in as many career meetings took her to a seventh semi-final of the year, where she will meet former world number one Karolina Pliskova.

Czech Pliskova fired 22 winners and sent down six

aces to down Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 60. “I’m improving with every match here,” Pliskova, who is yet to drop a set in the tournament, said.

“I was hoping to get some matches here before Wimbledon and I won three matches against solid players... I’m in the semis for the third time... it’s going to be a good challenge for me (against Bertens).”

committed as the Club does not tolerate indifference or laziness.

He urged the young players to always show respect for their elders, to develop a love for reading and research. He spoke on the importance on knowing the History of the Game, Rules of Cricket and the Legends of Cricket especially those from

Berbice.

Foster, who is also the Berbice Cricket Board President, stated that with advent of Modern Technology and Social Media, there was no excuse as all the information was readily available. Similar Tournaments would be held shortly for the Under-15 and Under-17 Teams.

Windies great Weekes recovering from suspected heart attack SportsMax - West Indies legend Everton Weekes is expected to be discharged from hospital in the coming days after suffering a heart attack overnight. The 94-year-old, who scored 4,455 Test runs at a superb average of 58.61, is recovering in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown.Omnisport understands that Weekes’ condition is not as serious as first feared. Weekes is regarded as one of the finest cricketers of alltime, having made 15 hundreds

in the longest format and 19 halfcenturies after making his debut in 1948.The Barbados native is the only man to score five consecutive Test centuries - an incredible feat he accomplished against India in 1948 and 1949.

Weekes, Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott became known as the ‘Three Ws’.Brian Lara, another Windies great, on Tuesday allayed concerns about his own health after taking himself to hospital with chest pains.

Everton Weekes

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France - US showdown in Paris cauldron keeps women’s World Cup burning PARIS (Reuters) - High stakes, high heat, high turnout and high expectations — the U.S. women’s soccer team have declared themselves ready for a highprofile women’s World Cup quarter-final against hosts France in Paris today.

For many fans the match is like a final, with “Les Bleues” among the stand-out teams of the tournament and perennial challengers to the domination of the American defending champions.

“It’s going to be a fantastic match,” U.S. cocaptain Megan Rapinoe told reporters on Thursday.

“It’s going to be a great stage for both teams who have had a lot of pressure and a lot of eyes on them to really just go out and perform.”

The atmosphere at the Parc des Princes is expected to be highly charged, not just because of the quality of the teams but the groundswell of support from French World Cup fans and the soaring temperatures amid a heatwave.

The temperature is expected to hit 35 Celsius today, although by the time the match kicks off at 9 p.m.

(1900 GMT), it should have dropped to around 28 degrees.

TV viewing figures have exceeded all expectations, with nearly 11 million people tuning into France’s 2-1 win over Brazil on Sunday.

More than 35 million watched the match in Brazil, underlining the popularity of women’s soccer globally.

“This is a magnificent showcase piece for our sport,” Jill Ellis, the U.S. head coach, said yesterday. “This game makes it bigger.

“Both teams want it and have to go earn it. It’s going to be a fantastic game.”

France and the United States were the pretournament favorites to lift the trophy and they have been on a crash course since December, when the draw suggested they would meet in the quarter-finals if both teams topped their groups.

“This is a big game and the players know that,” said Ellis. “They’re wired for this, they’re built for this, you don’t come into the U.S. program and hide in the shadows — you come in and you’re in the spotlight right away.”

If the French win today, it would be the first time in tournament history the United States have failed to advance to the semi-finals.

US players pose for a team group photo before their match against Spain on June 24. (REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/file photo) The Stars and Stripes have won three World Cups.

Overall, this World Cup has shown that women’s soccer has star-power and can pull in fans, creating a buzz and momentum that advertisers and sponsors

cannot ignore.

“The women’s game in general has grown tremendously,” said Rapinoe.

“I guess the task for each team is to try to be the team that is growing as fast as the game is. France has done a really

good job of that.”

A l t h o u g h F r a n c e ’s highest World Cup finish is fourth, the team have been making waves in international football recently with top-notch players like Wendie Renard

and Amandine Henry.

“This is the kind of game that makes World Cup so exciting,” U.S. forward Tobin Heath said.

“This is a game that we’ve been looking forward to, I guess, our whole lives.”

Wimbledon qualifying: Cori Gauff makes history in qualifying aged 15 BBC Sport - American Cori Gauff has at 15 years and 122 days become the youngest player to qualify for the main Wimbledon draw since the Open era began in 1968.

Gauff, ranked 301, beat Belgium’s world 129 Greet Minnen 6-1 6-1 in the final round of qualifying.

The night before the match the youngster took a science test for her school back in Florida.

Gauff will be the first 15year-old in the main draw since Britain’s Laura Robson in 2009.

“I knew I was the underdog and I was just enjoying it,” she said after her third straight set victory at Roehampton. “I had no expectations really.”

The teenager reached the US Open girls’ final aged 13 in 2017, and a year later won the French Open girls’ singles title.

She said she was inspired to play tennis by 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams.

“Serena is the reason why I play tennis and why my dad decided to get me a racket,” she said.

“Obviously, I don’t care who I play.

I’m just happy to be in the draw but I would love to share the court with Serena.”

Gauff, who received a wildcard for qualifying, has played at the All England Club before as a junior.

“Playing against the top players in the world will

be a different feel,” she said. “[My first memories] were of watching Serena playing at Wimbledon and she won, though I don’t remember which year, she has won so many times.”

Broady and Murray fail to make main draw British number eight Liam Broady missed out a place in the main draw of Wimbledon after losing 36 0-6 6-2 6-4 6-3 to Frenchman Gregoire Barrere in the final round of qualifying.

He had been two sets up after 50 minutes against Barrere, ranked 170 places higher at 117 in the world.

Broady’s best run at Wimbledon was reaching the second round in 2015.

In women’s qualifying,

Gauff won the French Open girls title in 2018. (Getty Images) Britain’s Samantha Murray lost 4-6 6-2 3-6 to Spain’s Paula Badosa.

Germany’s 2013 Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki also failed to make the

main draw after she lost 0-6 64 6-4 to Lesley Kerkhove of the Netherlands.

Rapinoe urges USA teammates to join her White House boycott...

From page 38 down from the comments when she gave a news conference yesterday, on the eve of the USA’s quarter-final against host nation France.

“I stand by the comment I made about not going to the White House, with the exception of the expletive, my mum wouldn’t be very happy about that,” Rapinoe told reporters.

“Considering how much time and effort and pride that we take in the platform that we have,” she said, “I don’t think that I would go and I would encourage my teammates to think

about giving that platform or having that coopted by an administration that doesn’t feel the same way and doesn’t fight for the same things we fight for.”Trump said on Wednesday that he hadn’t yet invited the team but that he was now doing so.

“I am now inviting the TEAM, win or lose,” he said, calling himself “a big fan” before adding that Rapinoe “should WIN first before she TALKS! Finish the job!”

Despite the intense media scrutiny that has fallen on her team, Rapinoe denied that the controversy might destabilise the dressing

room so close to such a big match, and suggested that they had no problem with her comments.

“I’m not worried about destabilising the dressing room, I think that we have an incredibly strong dressing room, we’re very open with each other,” she said.

“I didn’t make the comments at a press conference here, they were made months ago and just kind of resurfaced so I think if anything it just fires everybody up a little bit more.”

The clash with the French in Paris on

Friday promises to be one of the highestprofile women’s matches in recent years.

Coach Jill Ellis also insisted that the spat would not derail her side’s efforts to retain their crown as world champions in the face of what promises to be a feverish atmosphere at the Parc des Princes.

“I’m not around them all the time so I don’t know what they’re saying, but at the end of the day, on the training ground, in meeting rooms, focus has been phenomenal,” she said.

“Our players are just ready to face the first and second balls and really get after it.”

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Concacaf Gold Cup Quarterfinals set for Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field Sunday Miami, FL – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) yesterday announced the matchups for the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup Quarterfinal doubleheader in Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field, this Sunday, June 30.

Group C winner Jamaica will take on Group D runnerup Panama, while Group D winner USA is set to face-off against Curacao, who placed second in Group C after three rounds of group stage play.

Tickets for the quarterfinal matches in Philadelphia (June 30) are available, fans are encouraged to purchase tickets early to ensure the best seats. The Quarterfinal match in Houston is nearing a sellout, with very limited seats remaining. Tickets for remaining Gold Cup matches are available at www.GoldCup.org.

The winners of each of the quarterfinal matches will advance to the semifinals of

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the 2019 Gold Cup, set for Tuesday, July 2, at State Farm Stadium in Phoenix, and Wednesday, July 3, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.

The championship match is scheduled for Sunday, July 7 at 8 p.m. CT/9 p.m. ET, at the legendary Soldier Field in Chicago. A limited amount of tickets are still available for the Gold Cup Final.

The 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup is sponsored by Allstate Insurance Company, Aquafina, Camarena Tequila, Cerveza Modelo, Chick-fil-A, Gatorade, Nike, Scotiabank, Sprint, Toyota, and Valvoline.

The tournament will be broadcast nationally on the Univision and FOX family of networks and transmitted on radio in Spanish by Fútbol de Primera Radio Network, and broadcast by television partners in over 180 countries around the world.

Fans are encouraged to attend Gold Cup Futbol Fiesta, presented by Toyota, the official fan destination that takes place at each Gold Cup stadiums hours prior to the games.

Gold Cup 2019 – Knockout Round Schedule Quarterfinals Saturday, June 29, 2019 Match #25: 7:00 pm ET Haiti (1B) vs. Canada (2A) – NRG Stadium, Houston, TX Match #26: 9:30 pm ET Mexico (1A) vs. Costa Rica (2B) – NRG Stadium, Houston, TX Sunday, June 30, 2019 Match #27: 5:30 pm ET Jamaica (1C) v Panama (2D) – Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA Match #28: 8:00 pm ET USA (1D) v Curacao (2C) – Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA Semifinals Tuesday, July 2, 2019 Match #29: 10:00 pm ET W25 v W26 – State Farm Stadium, Phoenix, AZ Wednesday, July 3, 2019 Match #30: 9:00 pm ET W27 v W28 – Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN Final Sunday, July 7, 2019 Match #31: 9:00 pm ET W29 v W30 – Soldier Field, Chicago, IL ( C o u r t e s y of ConcacafGo.com)

Belaili fires physical Algeria to win over Senegal

Altidore bikes U.S. past Panama in Group D finale

USA’s Jozy Altidore scores a bicycle kick in the win over Panama in the last game of Group D of the Concacaf Gold Cup on June 26th, 2019 in Children Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas.

KANSAS CITY, Kansas — The United States defeated Panama 1-0 on Wednesday night in its 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup Group D finale in front of a crowd of 17,037 at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City.

Jozy Altidore scored the winner for the U.S. on a spectacular overhead effort from close range.

Altidore had the first clear-cut chance of the game in the 21st minute, forcing a

fine save from Panama GK Jose Calderon.

Jose Fajardo proved to be a tough mark for the U.S. in the first 45 minutes, the Panama FW getting in behind the backline a handful of times. The 66th minute saw the U.S. go ahead in rather theatrical fashion.

Just moments after Head Coach Gregg Berhalter put Christian Pulisic into the match, it was Altidore who stole the show.

Play was kept alive by Matt Miazga, who headed a corner kick back toward the goal mouth, and a misplaced Panama clearance led to Altidore’s acrobatic finish.

The win gives the U.S. the top spot in Group D. It will now shift its focus to Sunday’s quarterfinal with Curacao in Philadelphia, while Panama will play Jamaica for a spot in the last four. ( C o u r t e s y of ConcacafGo.com)

Rapinoe urges USA teammates to join her White House boycott

United States forward Megan Rapinoe wats her teammates to join her White House boycott. (AFP/Lionel Bonaventure)

Algeria’s Youcef Belaili celebrates scoring their first goal with Baghdad Bounedjah and Ismael Bennacer. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh) CAIRO (Reuters) - Forward Youcef Belaili struck early in the second half as Algeria edged Senegal 1-0 in a physical game at the Africa Cup of Nations yesterday, virtually ensuring the Desert Foxes a place in the last 16.

Belaili drove his shot through the Senegal defence, leaving goalkeeper Eduaord Mendy unsighted, four minutes into the second half of a tense Group C match.

Senegal made a bright start but, apart from the first 20 minutes, were pushed out of their stride by their opponents and Sadio Mane made little impact as he made his first appearance in the tournament.

Algeria top the group with six points from two games while Senegal have three.

Kenya and Tanzania, both without a point after their opening games, were meeting later yesterday.

AFP - United States women’s World Cup cocaptain Megan Rapinoe yesterday urged her teammates to join her boycott of a White House visit

following fierce criticism from President Donald Trump.

Trump accused Rapinoe of “disrespect” on Wednesday after a video emerged of her saying, in an

interview with football magazine Eight by Eight, that she would not be “going to the f…ing White House”.

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Hamilton Green 9-a-side Inter Leonora retain Region three male title Ward Cup final set for Caricom day - Winner takes home $300,000, Runners-up collects $100,000 The Hamilton Green Inter Ward/Village 9-a-side Knockout Football Tournament will conclude on Monday (Caricom day) with eight matches leading up to grand final at the Den Amstel ground, West Coast Demerara and the former Prime Minister of Guyana is expected to be on hand for the opening match at 15:00hrs.

The 30-minute games which will be divided into 15-minute halves with a 5minute interval and opening match will see Mahaicony coming up against Lilliendaal before the Final should commence at 21:00 hrs.

Sudden death penalties will be used to separate the sides in the event of a draw at the end of full time. The no offside rule and all of the FIFA rules will be in effect.

The champions will take home $300,000, while the runners-up team will collect $100,000 with both teams getting the Prime Minister’s Tr o p h i e s w h i c h w e r e donated by Prime Minister Mosses Nagamootoo.

The third place team will receive $60,000 sponsored

by Techno mills, while the team that finishes fourth will get $40,000 donated by Ready Mix along with Trophies.

With the involvement of some of the country’s top players, representing their respective villages/wards, the event is playing its part in aiding Social Cohesion among the citizenry.

Among some of the players on show are Deon A l f r e d , Tr a y o n B o b b , Tyrone Khan, Jamal Harvey,

Trayon Bobb

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S h e l d o n To n e y, R u e l Charter, Leroy Halley and Kenroy D’Aguiar.

The player with the Most Goals will receive a Home a Dinette Chair from China Trading, while the footballer who scores the second most Goals will be presented with a Lazy Boy chair from AH&L Kissoon. The Best Goalkeeper will collect the Minister of Natural Resources trophy.

Among the sponsors are John Fernandes, Courtney Benn, Techno mills, Ready mix, Sattaur Gafoor, E.C Vieira, BEV Enterprises, BK International, IPA, New Thriving, Ricks and Sari, ENetworks, Star Computers, NAMILCO, Cummings

Electrical, National Sports Commission, Star Entertainment, Alfro Alphonso, the Guyana Police Force, GuyOil, Minister of State, Prime Minister and Ministry of Legal Affairs.

Apart from the opening game Soesdyke will clash with Lilliendaal, Mocha play Charlestown, Pouderoyen face off with Timehri, Goed Fortuin oppose De Kinderen, Sophia take on Bourda Blues, Den Amstel Back Street battle Zeelugt and Uitvlugt tackle Bagotsville.

Brian Tiwari has donated the lights to ensure that the tournament is completed on Caricom day. (Sean Devers)

Green Generation/Government on board with AP Invitational The Government of Guyana is showing its support for athletics by throwing its weight behind the Aliann Pompey Invitational scheduled for July 6 at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

While a bevy of Government organizations have stepped forth, the Ministry of Communities through its Green Generation arm is the biggest contributor to the athletics mega event.

Coordinator at the Public Affairs Department of the Ministry of Communities,

Danielle Campbell-Lowe indicated the values of Green Generation that align with the Aliann Pompey Invitational.

“The Ministry is in its third year of sponsoring the Aliann Pompey Invitational and part of our rationale is that we believe sport and sanitation has a hand in glove effect because of the fact that we need athletes that operate in an environment that is clean and wholesome so that they can perform to their best,” Lowe noted. In (Continued on page 32)

eonora defeated Tuschen by 10 wickets to win the Region three male final of Al Sport and Tour Promotion National Sports Commission 22nd Annual End of School Year “Edward Cobenna Memorial” Primary Schools Windball Cricket Champions Trophy which was contested recently at the National Gymnasium.

Tuschen batted first and scored 105-2 with Jaden Hinds scoring 50 with seven sixes, while Reon Dowlin made 44 including six sixes. Leonora, after loosing to Tuschen earlier in the tournament, did not make the

same mistake this time around and reached 106-0, off 4.1 overs, in reply. Player of the final Sachin Singh blasted seven sixes in a top score of 52, while Sahib Bahadur scored 40 with five sixes.

Goed Fortuin was adjudged the Best Dress Team.

Organsier Alistair Munroe has extended special thanks to the Department of Education Region 3, the two Sports officers O. Charles and D. Carew, the Head Teachers, parents who travelled with the teams and all the schools that competed in this year’s programme.

Sachin Singh accepts the man-of-the-match award from Nigel Hope

Goed Fortuin

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t r o Sp Noble House Seafoods Goals Galore Indoor Hockey C/Ship

Action heating up at the National Gymnasium GBTI striker Shebiki Baptiste is challenged by YMCA’s Candacy Glenn.

Virat Kohli plays a pull © Getty Images

Veteran GCC Vintage striker Dwayne Scott tries to get past fellow veteran goalkeeper Ivor Thompson of YMCA.

Kohli’s India end West Indies World Cup hopes

Altidore bikes U.S. past Panama in Group D finale Inspired England outclass Norway to make semi-finals

Wimbledon qualifying: Cori Gauff makes history in qualifying aged 15

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