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Letters... Where your views make the news Letters... Where your views make the news APNU-AFC Government spent $70 Request for urgent announcement Million just for a report on Guysuco by Indigenous Affairs Ministry DEAR EDITOR, I read on your issue of November 1/2015 , the chairman of Guysuco stated that there was political interference at Guysuco by the previous government, that keep the production low to the extent that an option considered was to close the industry. I do not to believe this. The last government desperately wanted to save and improve the industry, because over 16,000 workers, largely the PPP supporters, would have been out of a job. Minister Robert Persuad, destroyed by Jagdeo and State Planning, spoke with me at length on the issues of the Guysuco and my solicited my opinion to improve the productivity on the sugar estates. He was aware that as an
Engineer, I designed processing plants (Tyre and Steel) and I proved my management capability as the Director of PEIP. I have sent an email June 9/2015, to some Ministers of the Coalition Government that the issue is management and not political interference, when the IMC was formed. I also sent on June 3/2015, a 3 page document, in bullet form, titled “Guysuco Options” to some Ministers, that we need to have a professional analysis with breakeven analysis in options short term; long term; closing down. This with some elaboration would have formed a Terms of Reference for retaining an expert firm, maybe from India, to identify all the issues, solutions and implementation. In this document, I said that I am sure under good management, the
losses can be minimized. If the PPP government was extracting money from the system and then claimed that the industry was operating at a loss, then subsidize it, should be examined. If indeed the industry has recently improved its production, it is PPP propaganda that caused this improvement, by telling the people that this Coalition is going to close the Guysuco and you are going to be out of employment, so the workers from management to labourers started to now work, so that they can feed their families. Was the COI necessary at a cost of $70M and more, to produce a report which will now serve as a Terms of Reference for retaining an expert firm/individuals to review/refine, qualified and quantified solutions and the implementations? Joe Persaud
DEAR EDITOR The Guest Editorial of Sunday, 1 November 2015, titled ‘Begging has become a way of life’ was pointed and quite relevant. This scourge is evident, I am sure countrywide, but in the capital city, it is most disturbing. I have noted the increasing number of young boys who frequent business places - banks, supermarkets, restaurants, to name a few with their donation sheets, soliciting contributions from passerbys and customers, for their community ‘clubs’, such as football. Editor, while I support community efforts and
particularly for the youths and the ways and means of funding such efforts, however, I must question the authenticity of these ‘clubs’ and the manner the solicitation is being executed. These boys approach one for a donation without giving any explanation as to which organization they represent and to what purpose the contribution is for, even when one asks for this information. I have to ask couldn’t these ‘clubs’ organize little fund raising efforts instead of having these lads out on the streets ‘begging’ for a contribution for their unknown cause? Seems these
boys are being encouraged to support this scourge in society - begging - and not being taught to think outside the box, to find other meaningful ways to garner funds for their ‘clubs’ activities. Perhaps Editor, your Sports Page can begin a feature of these ‘clubs’ as a means of highlighting their cause thereby giving much needed exposure and authentication so that when the lads are on the streets soliciting for a contribution at least the public would have some idea who they represent. Shamshun Mohamed
From page 4 behavior continues unchecked “What”. Taking the “what” to a higher and more serious level’, I am calling on the Guyana Government and her justice system/ agencies to send a strong deterrent as to “what” will be the fate of the next male found guilty of femicide. By extension the women’s
rights group in Guyana, for whatever strength they have, or however vocal they are should also be accounting for their “what”. What progress, if any has the organization made? What next? On a sobering conclusion if the women are being exterminated from what source will the next generation emerge? Yvonne Sam
Begging the question
A demon has entered...
DEAR EDITOR, The Auditor general report for the year 2014 states that over 100 million dollars were unaccounted for by the former Ministry of Amerindian Affairs (KN.2015,10.29,) of which 41 million were allocated to eleven village councils to execute community projects. The report went on to say that the Ministry made requests to those village councils for reports on the projects but never received any. It was reported in the print media sometime back that in giving the reason for not carrying out audits in all Indigenous villages before the recently held village elections, the Senior Minister/ Vice-President of the Ministry, Mr Sydney Allicok stated that it was not necessary to carry out audits in all villages because audits carried out in eighteen villages showed that
there was unaccountability in all cases and he assumed all the other villages were the same. In a recent article appearing in another newspaper, Ms Jude DaSilva, programmer coordinator, Ministry of Indigenous Affairs stated that the resumption of the presidential grant to Indigenous villages which was withheld for 2015 will take place in 2016. If audits were carried out it would reveal that except for empty buildings that once housed community shops and broken equipment there is nothing to show in most villages in Region 9 for the expenditure of presidential grants over the years. Minibuses and other forms of transportation now used were handed out to villages by the previous government. In my opinion this grant like the now defunct community support officers
program was introduced by the former government to influence voters and was used effectively in the last general elections. Taking into consideration the Auditor General report and the acknowledgement by Mr. Allicok of widespread unaccountability in the village council system, it would be appropriate for the Ministry to enlighten the Indigenous people and tax payers of the justification for the resumption of the grant and the amount allocated to villages. We would also like to know what mechanism was put in place to address unaccountability in village councils. Since we are now paying for quality Ministers and Vice-Presidents I would expect a public announcement by the Ministry in a timely manner. Patrick Fitzpatrick
DEAR EDITOR, People whom I closely associate with brought to my attention a letter in the Guyana Times of November 2, 2015 purportedly signed by one SN Singh and asked me if that was a letter from me. It certainly is not. For the record, I proudly sign my name as Sase Singh or Sasenarine Singh and have never used the signature SN Singh. Secondly for the record, I have never ever sent any
letter to the Guyana Times since their agenda at this point in time does not reconcile with my agenda. My agenda is clearly focused on the poor and the working class of all races. I am a strong advocate for the Cummingburg Accord
and the wisdom based in that document. It was the foundation upon which I threw my support behind the APNUAFC Team in the 2015 elections since I was inspired by the entire concept of National Unity. Sase Singh
I have never sent a letter to Guyana Times
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Food and Drugs Department defends import requirements for food More than a week after a local distribution company said that it was being harassed by the Government Analyst –Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD), the entity is insisting that all food imports must be accompanied by the relevant documentation. According to the department’s Director, Marlan Cole, in a statement, the documents must include and not limited to a Free Sale Certificates or a Health Certificate and/or a Certificate of Analysis. “The Free Sales or Health Certificates must be issued by the regulatory authority or agency from the Country of Origin. The Certificate of Analysis can be issued by an independent laboratory or that of the manufacturer,” Cole said. He pointed out that the country’s laws are explicit when it comes to food importation. “Except as provided by the regulations, no article of food, drug, cosmetics or devices shall be imported into Guyana unless the article wholly confirms to the laws of the country in which it was manufactured or produced and is accompanied by a certificate in prescribe form and manner that the article does not contravene any know requirements of the laws of that country and that its sale therein would not constitute a contraventions of the law thereof.” Original copies of Free Sale Certificate or Health Certificate would attest to the fact that the items of food being imported are produced and manufactured under safe regulatory and sanitary conditions where regular inspections are conducted on the premises or the factory.
Director of Food and Drugs, Marlan Cole “The certificate guided the department in relation to the product’s specification and manufacturing compliance. These documents will support the GA-FDD when executing our mandate, which is to protect consumers by ensuring only safe and wholesome foods are released for sale on our local market,” Cole insisted. He said that the GA-FDD recently conducted stakeholders’ consultation with members of the general public and the business community in association with Environmental Health Officers from the various regions to highlight the regulatory functions and services of the department in the interest of trade and consumer protection. Consultation held to date were on February 26, 2015 at the National Library; March 25, 2015 at the Berbice Regional Health Authority Boardroom, Fort Canje; April 15, 2015 at the RDC Boardroom, Anna Regina, Essequibo; July 30, 2015 at the Bartica Hospital Boardroom,
and on August 18, 2015 at the Mayor and Town Council Boardroom, Linden. Cole said that the department will shortly be taking its exercise to Regions Three, Five and Nine in an effort to ensure that foods, drugs, cosmetics and medical devices traded and produced locally meet national and international standards. Over a week ago, local manufacturing and distribution company, Sueria Manufacturing Inc., said that it had been forced to downsize its operations, sending home at least 10 of its staff members from its Distribution Department in the process. Frank Sanichara, the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), said the move is as a result of the entity facing months of discrimination and harassment by the Food and Drugs Department. Sanichara believed that his products that he imports from the United States and Canada were being unfairly targeted resulting in his
company incurring losses to the tune of millions of dollars. The regulatory body, Sanichara said, constantly changes either its requirements for importation or finds other unconventional ways of placing a hold on his stocks. The businessman, who said he returned to invest with his wife, Teshawna Lall, holds the exclusive rights to import several international brands including Guzzler Juice, JuicyJuice and Tropical Delight. Because of changing requirements and mistakes by the department, the company had to dump its products and faces delays at the wharves with its containers. With regards to the laws, Sanichara pointed out that nothing is there says quantity. “A Free Sale Certificate basically is a letter saying that the product is good for human consumption. It confirms to
the laws of the country in which it was manufactured, signed and notarized by the relevant authorities. That’s all there is to it. The certificates I provided to the Food and Drugs Department in Guyana clearly says that.” Sanichara also questioned how it is that large quantity of Guzzler juices are being imported into the country when he is the sole authorized distributor. “How are these items managing to pass the Food and Drugs Department when I am the only one with a Free Sale Certificate and a Certificate of Analysis from American Beverage who is the manufacturer? What more evidence do we need that this department is being vindictive?” The businessman complained about his growing frustration at doing business in Guyana. “At this point, I really
don’t care to continue to invest in Guyana. I was in the process of starting up a stateof-the-art plantain chips factory but with the way the system operates in Guyana, I do not want to stick around. Their (the department) actions are affecting my cash flow. It is also affecting the Guyana Revenue Authority from collecting their revenues.” With millions of dollars in goods sitting waiting for clearance, the businessman said he has been forced to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on demurrage charges. The situation has forced the company to halt advertisements and cancel a number of charitable events planned. The frustrated businessman has written to Cole, copying the letters to Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton, and Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin.
A closing ceremony was on Friday held for the Guyanese vulnerable communities’ capacities strengthening project; civil society public policy advocacy training, by the society against sexual orientation discrimination group (SASOD). The ceremony saw 26 participants being awarded completion certificates after six days of training in public policy advocacy. Participants were also required to cover a public issue which is of interest to them and implement what they had learnt from the strategic enquiry process.
European Union Ambassador, Jernej Videtic, in his address to the audience stated that the EU was proud of assisting financially to SASOD as their contribution would help to strengthen the public policy advocacy skills of the directors and members of Non-Governmental Organizations. SASOD head, Joel Simpson, stated the strategic enquiry process was needed to become public policy advocates, and he along with SASOD members were congratulated by Videctic for the initiative. Vulnerable groups in
society and their protection were said to be high on the human rights agenda of the EU, but it was stressed that the ideal protective state could not be reached without the efforts of the NGOs. Videtic stated that advocacy must be exercised to build strong relationships with key players so as to positively influence decision making and strengthen democracy. Funding of the project was provided by the European Union to enable Guyana to build a civil society in which policymakers from all levels of the government can be engaged.
26 complete SASOD’s public policy advocacy training
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Wreckage of doomed U.S. cargo ship El Faro found off Bahamas
The El Faro is shown in this undated handout photo provided by Tote Maritime in Jacksonville, Florida. US (Reuters) - A large ship found in deep water off the Bahamas is the lost freighter El Faro that sank with 33 crew members in a hurricane last month, U.S. authorities said on Monday. The wreckage, in an upright position and intact on the ocean floor, was initially detected by a U.S. Navy salvage team over the weekend at a depth of nearly three miles (5 km). It was found in the vicinity of El Faro’s last known location off Crooked Island in
the southeastern Bahamas, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said. The Navy salvage tug Apache subsequently deployed a deep ocean remotely operated submersible, CURV-21, equipped with a camera to confirm the identity of the ship, officials said. A salvage team will now seek to retrieve the ship’s voyage data recorder - similar to an airplane’s black box - which could contain vital clues for
the NTSB-led investigation into what sank the El Faro. The 790-foot (241 meter) cargo ship, disappeared on Oct. 1 on a regular weekly run between Florida and Puerto Rico after the captain reported losing propulsion and taking on water. The crew included 28 Americans and five Poles and there are no known survivors of the worst cargo shipping disaster involving a U.S.-flagged vessel since 1983.
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Prison officers under attack (Trinidad Express) THE murder on Monday of Prison Superintendent David Millette i s a n a t t a c k o n the country’s Prison and Justice system and the killers must be brought to justice. This according to the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago, which issued a statement in response to the killing of Millette, who was shot dead as he stepped into
his car outside his home at Cipriani Avenue, New Caledonia. Millette died at the scene. There has been multiple attacks on prison officers, with most being linked to former prisoners or people linked to inmates. Millette is the most senior prison officer to be killed. In expressing “deep concern” over the killing, the Law
Association called for “an immediate and thorough investigation into the circumstances regarding today’s shooting incident and ensure that those culpable be promptly brought to justice and bring a satisfactory degree of control over the upsurge in crime”. The Law Association, headed by President Reginald Armour, said it had confidence in the police.
Bahamas loses bid to sit on UN Human Rights Council NASSAU, Bahamas,– The Bahamas has been unsuccessful in its attempt to become the first English-speaking Caribbean nation to sit on the United Nations Human Rights Council. During the vote on Wednesday, 113 out of 192 countries voted for The Bahamas, but it was not sufficient to secure the seat. “On behalf of the Government of The Bahamas, I thanked the Ambassador and staff of the United Nation’s Mission for The Bahamas in New York for their valiant efforts in seeking to get the country elected to the UN Human Rights Council. We were not successful but the team put in a valiant effort for which they are to be commended, especially having joined the campaign some six weeks ago,” Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Fred Mitchell. “The campaign was run almost exclusively by the young people of the Foreign Ministry. Their work was extraordinary, backed up the direction of the mature diplomats in the service. Our country has every reason to be proud of them. This will all stand them and the country in good stead for the future. We thank the 113 out of 192 countries that voted for The Bahamas. “ Seats were secured by Panama, Ecuador and Venezuela. In a statement issued subsequently, the Grand Bahama
Human Rights Association (GBHRA) said the country’s failure should serve as a reminder to government that the world is watching as the Bahamas’ human rights standards continue to deteriorate. The GBHRA said the inability of the Bahamas to get sufficient votes was unfortunate, but reiterated its stance that the government should turn its attention to rights abuses at home before it seeks to police the rest of the world. “The failed bid is lamentable, in that it reflects poorly on The Bahamas on the international scene. At the same time, we believe the effort to join the council in the first place was nothing but a cynical ploy on the part of government desperate to deflect attention from its record on human rights at home, which sadly leaves much to be desired,” said GBHRA president, Fred Smith Q.C. The GBHRA said instances of bad treatment of migrants – including detention and deportation without due process, steps taken to deny children of migrants access to education, police brutality, and cases such as the recent one of Jamaican Matthew Sewell, detained for nine years in hellish prison conditions without having been convicted of a crime – are just a few examples of why The Bahamas should be considered unfit for such a post at
this time. “This is not to mention the government’s continued flagrant failure to enact a Freedom of Information Act which would open it up to public scrutiny like the majority of the world’s governments and ensure that the Bahamian public’s human right – to public information – is upheld and respected,” said Smith. With its campaign to win the seat over, the GBHRA said it hopes the government will turn much needed attention to addressing these critical issues. “We continue to hope for a day when The Bahamas will rightly be able to take a seat at this institution and make pronouncements on the human rights failings of others with integrity,” Smith said. But in a response, Mitchell criticized the GBHRA for showing its “anti patriotic streak”. “Instead of congratulations to our hard working diplomats abroad, the association can only spew bile, misinformation and the usual negative nastiness and exaggeration that have come to define them,” he said. “The Bahamas received the support of 113 countries but sadly could not get the support of the Bahamian citizen from the Grand Bahama Human Rights Association who claims to be a human rights advocate. How very sad and reprehensible.”
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Trinidadian being extradited to Canada to facx 54 charges PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, – A 52-year-old Trinidadian man has been ordered extradited to Canada to face 54 charges for several offences, including murder and kidnapping, which he allegedly committed almost 10 years ago. Chief Magistrate Marcia Caesar-Ayers ordered that Septimus Neverson, also known as Christopher David Munroe, Richard Murphy and Septimus Samuel, be returned to Canada to answer the charges. Neverson is accused of murder, three counts of attempted murder, four counts of kidnapping, six counts of attempted robbery, 13 counts of breaking and entering a dwelling house for unlawful purposes, and 27 counts of robbery. The offences, which involved several victims, are alleged to have occurred between May 4 and July 20, 2006. Neverson also had previous charges and convictions
Septimus Neverson in Trinidad and Tobago, in 1985 and 2001. He was also deported from Canada in 2010. In November 2014, an extradition request was received
from the Canadian authorities for his provisional arrest, and after a few months of evading authorities, he was apprehended without incident on February 25 this year.
STDs on decline among sex workers KINGSTON, Jamaica,– The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) is reporting a significant decline in the prevalence rate of Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) among the country’s sex workers. A recent sex worker survey done by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) showed that the rate has dropped from 12 per cent to 2.9 per cent. Director of Health Promotion and Prevention at the NFPB, Andrea Campbell said the results are encouraging, and indicate that the sex workers are receiving and acting on the safe sex messages from
the NFPB. She said the entity, through its training and outreach activities, has been able to engage more sex workers and share prevention and safe sex messages. Sex workers are among the high risk group for STDs, as they are more likely to be raped, have multiple partners, and often practice inconsistent condom use. The NFPB team reaches out to them through workshops, by visiting clubs and massage parlours, and doing streets visits. Campbell said that many of the sex workers, who attend the workshops, share the information with their colleagues.
Through the NFBP’s intervention some former sex workers are preparing to enter the workforce. “We have a group of 14 young ladies who will graduate this year from a vocational institution,” Campbell disclosed. She said the NFPB is also placing emphasis on reducing unwanted and unplanned pregnancies among the child bearing age group 1639 years, noting that emotional and socio-economic problems, resulting from unwanted pregnancies, can destroy the family structure, particularly if the women have turned to sex work as an alternative.
Cops held in contract killing KINGSTON, Jamaica,– Three officers have been arrested in connection with what police believe was the contract killing of a 61 yearold businesswoman. No charges have been laid, but the trio is suspected
of being involved in last Friday’s shooting death of Norma Coleman. And Assistant Commissioner of Police Ealan Powell, who heads the Criminal Investigation Branch, has indicated “a worrying increase in
murders suspected to be contract killings involving family members who are hiring others to kill relatives.” Coleman’s husband, Vincent Coleman, surrendered to police for questioning in connection with her murder. The three officers were arrested after a top-level probe headed by senior investigators. The woman was shot and killed about 1:30 p.m. a week ago. She was driving her car when it was intercepted by another vehicle and gunmen got out and opened fire.
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CRIME IS ON THE LOOSE! There is a security crisis in Guyana. Serious crimes are being committed against citizens every day Just this weekend a business man was shot after exiting his business. He was lucky that he was not more seriously injured; others have not been that lucky. Businesses are being robbed at gunpoint. Workers are being pistolwhipped in the course of these robberies. Customers are being deprived of their belongings during these robberies . Homes are being invaded and the occupants beaten. Businesses are being robbed. When you go into a shop these days you are tempted to make your purchase quickly because you do not know if while you are there some bandit will come in and rob the place and you in the process. Guyanese are locking
their gates and their doors and retiring before its gets dark. They are fearful. This is not the way people should be living in Guyana. The criminals are curtailing the freedom of citizens. The people who voted for change did not expect this state of affairs under the new government. Expectations were high that the new government would cause a reduction in crime. This has not happened. Tackling crime was supposed to be a major priority of the new administration. They came to power on the basis that people were living in fear because crime had got out of control. Five months since the elections, crime is still out of control and there is no sign of improvement. What is the answer? A gun amnesty was
granted. The criminal underworld led the government into a false sense of security. More than one hundred and fifty guns were surrendered and a large quantity of ammunition was also handed in. This, from all accounts, has made no dent into the criminal activities. It is not that the gun amnesty failed. It did nab a large number of weapons, far more than expected. It is just that there were so many guns out there that those surrendered have not dented to arsenal of the criminal gangs. The weapons still in the hands of the criminal gangs are being put to ill-gotten use. They are being used to terrorize citizens. The crime situation has not improved and the government seems to have limited answers to the problem. The police are doing a fine job after-the-fact. They are
Dem boys seh...
Donald show Jagdeo he balls Dead nah done, cry nah done is one old people saying. Another is that all skin teeth nah laugh. But de best of them all is what is play fuh li’l boy is dead fuh crappo. Something happen Saturday that mek dem boys remember all dem saying. A young Guyanese policeman get shoot and killed in New York. Wid support from de American government, de boy family decides to bring de body home to be buried. All that was good; nobody didn’t pay too much attention till dem hear that about 60 NYPD officers was coming. Jagdeo hear this and disappear. Some people seh that he never lef he house, some seh that he send he vehicle to Berbice to fool people and head to he best friend house in Ogle. Don’t ask why he go to all this trouble. He really believe that dem police was coming to arrest him. Things get funny when some of dem call Donald. Jagdeo believe that de police ask Donald about him so he wait till dem lef and he cuss Donald. Fuh de first time Donald show that he got some balls, that he could do things he
own way just like de Frank Sinatra song wha he sing de other day at de wake house. He answer Jagdeo word fuh word. When he done he tell Jagdeo that he would never get a chance to run Guyana again. That story been in de papers. Just like how Donald and Jagdeo got a rift between dem, de people who does organize Diwali got a rift. One set seh that Diwali is next week Tuesday and de other seh that is next week Wednesday. Dem boys seh that fuh peace de government should tek all two days and mek dem holiday. While Rum Jattan deh pun that he could name a couple of days to celebrate events. Just like how Soulja Bai name November 1 as Defence Force Day, Rum Jattan could name a Bush Meat Day, a Rum Drinking Day, a Duck Curry Day and a Cuss Out Day and Rest Day. Dem already got Senior Citizens Day and de whole APNU leadership does celebrate pun that day. All dem boys asking for is dem special day. Talk half and wait fuh you special day.
GRDB investigates reports of inferior seed paddy – Minister Holder The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is investigating reports of ‘fake’ seed paddy being distributed to farmers within the rice growing regions. This is according to Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder, in an interview to the Government Information Agency yesterday. (GINA). Reports had surfaced in some sections of the media that ‘fake’ seed paddy was distributed to farmers in Region Two – Pomeroon/ Supenaam— resulting in financial losses to the farmers.
The Minister said that no such reports have been received from the other rice producing regions –Regions Three, Four, Five and Six. However, he said, it should be noted that the bond where the seed paddy is stored in Region Two is owned by the Rice Producers Association (RPA). The GRDB has disclosed that from its investigations it found that the RPA also contracts farmers to produce and distribute seed paddy. Investigations also revealed that the quality of the seed paddy which is
produced by the GRDB Rice Research and Extension Station, Burma, Mahaicony, is not the same that is being distributed to farmers after it is collected from the station. This has raised several questions within the GRDB since it is suspected to have been an ongoing practice. Technical advisors within the GRDB have opined that the inferior quality can be a direct result from bad storage. Investigations will continue into these reports and the findings will be made public subsequently.
making arrests in a number of cases. Cases are being solved. The police must be commended for this action. This will not, however, bring much satisfaction to the victims of crime. There are obviously a number of gangs operating in Guyana. Some of these gangs comprise young men who are brazen and bold. They are fearless in committing their criminal acts. They are also violent. The police must be more pro-active rather than reactive. They need to stop these gangs from committing crimes before they do because it is not much comfort to the families of those shot and killed for the police to capture the killers after the fact.
The police must do a lot more in breaking up these criminal gangs. If they do not they will continue to be merely responding to crime and the criminals will continue to have the upper hand. It is time for the police to become more proactive. They should be taking steps to raid suspected drug dens to seize weapons are arrest those in possession there. The society is becoming increasingly criminalized. A lot of inside jobs are taking place. These days, employers
have to be careful whom they are employing because it seems as if the criminals always seem to know when a withdrawal from the bank or a deposit is taking place. When will it all end? People want answers! Christmas is around the corner. The criminals will be on the prowl. It is time for action, not reaction!
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== THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN ==
African and Indian intellectuals: The difference The trouble I had with Swami Aksharananda during the election campaign of May 2015 was that as a trained sociologist, he was in a superior position to understand the sociological contours of Guyanese society than the others in that long list of Guyanese East Indians who were rooting for the PPP in the campaign. What all these Indians did, including Aksharananda, was to ignore the great role African intellectuals and the African middle class played in weakening the rule of two African Guyanese presidencies. The following quote about the thinking of Aksharananda is taken from Dr. Baytoram Ramharack in the Stabroek News of October 29, 2015; “Swami
Aksharananda reminded us that within the African community (specifically, the PNC and WPA) a significant number of African intellectuals, scholars, and activists …are quite vociferous when it comes to ethnic honour, and for whom the furtherance and defence of African Guyanese interests, is an important plank in their political and public life. “He suggested that this group of individuals seeks to connect ethnic interests with national interests” and that there is an “asymmetry in this position when it comes to Indians. His conclusion was that the Indian ethnic interest “has been presented as diametrically opposed to national interest.” (end of quote) It was this type of thinking that brought me into confrontation with Aksharananda during the May election campaign because his thinking was a denial of Guyanese history, disrespectful of African Guyanese intellectuals and a
contemptuous dismissal of context. In what Aksharananda and Ramharack will find shockingly ironic, most of the African intellectuals who confronted the Burnham regime came under the influence of Eusi Kwayana and his African-based organization ASCRIA. It follows that Aksharananda’s adumbration of African intellectuals in Guyana lacks context and therefore is intellectually invalid. What becomes confusing to any reader of the above quote produced by Ramharack, is if African intellectuals were so obsessed with securing and preserving the African construct and protecting the formation that emerged from such endeavors then how do you explain the anti-Burnham radicalism of Eusi Kwayana, Andaiye, Dr. Omawale, Dr Clive Thomas, Dr. David Hinds, Dr. Maurice Odle, Bonita Bone, Tacuma Ogenseye, Kwame Apatha, etc? The answer is that these
people in defence of human rights were not articulating an African interest but a nationalist one. The ultimate beneficiary of such an ideology was the Indian. It was the Indians who rose to power and held onto it for twenty-three years after the PNC administrations of Burnham and Hoyte were weakened by the poly-class combination of urban African middle class and Cheddi Jagan’s rural networks of Indians. All I was asking the Indians during the exchanges in the May election campaign that included people like Ryhaan Shah, Ramharack and Akshsarananda himself was to acknowledge this fantastic role of African Guyanese in our country’s history. They have refused. Much to his credit, Ravi Dev has not obliterated the role of the WPA and Walter Rodney in this context. I think Dev is much too smarter to go down that road, because such a pathway is impossible to defend in any polemic on Guyana’s post-
Independence history. Dr. Ramharack after quoting Aksharananda asked the question; where is the Indian intellectual class in Guyana in 2015, and why these Indian intellectuals are not speaking out? First, the Indian intellectual class was always there. They produced phenomenal critiques and energetic radicalism during the Burnham and Hoyte epochs. The names can fill volumes. Secondly, this very class ripped the soul out of their polemical capacity to think originally, because they subsumed their scholarly ability under support for President Cheddi Jagan. Thirdly, as Jagan failed to produce the racial solidarity that the world expected of him, they couldn’t attain the moral courage to do what African intellectuals in the seventies did during Burnham’s reign – criticize the county’s leader who was from their own ethnic world. Fourthly, as Jagdeo became deadlier than Burnham and as African Guyanese began to seek ways and means to challenge the Indian hegemony that Jagdeo created, the Indian intellectual class abandoned their scholarly obligations to
Frederick Kissoon Guyanese history and propagandized for the PPP in power. They felt it was more of an ethnic than philosophical duty to protect the Jagdeo/ Ramotar cabal. Even someone like Ravi Dev avoided criticism of PPP’s undemocratic governance. We can end with the perfect example. Dr. Lomarsh Roopnarine in an exchange with me, agreed that Jagdeo’s reign produced some unsavory moments and he concedes that Jagdeo should not be the Opposition Leader. Roopnarine’s frankness showed that the Indian intellectual class was always there. But it never spoke up when its voice was needed. It chose ethnic loyalty over scholarly commitments.
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Taxi driver died from blows to head Taxi driver Sherland Dalloo was clubbed in the head before being dumped in a canal in a remote section of Onverwagt, No 27, West Coast Berbice. A post mortem examination conducted by Dr. Vivikandan Brijmohan revealed that Dallo died from shock and haemorrhage due to blunt trauma to the head. However, police are still to track down Dallo’s killers or to ascertain the motive for his death. The taxi driver’s decomposing remains were found at around 06.30 hrs on Sunday in a desolate area about three and a half miles off the West Berbice Public Road... The victim was clad in a yellow T-shirt, blue jeans and Timberland boots. A brother of Dallo’s identified the remains from the clothing. Police suspect that Dallo was taken to the location and slain sometime between Thursday and Friday. His corpse was then dumped into the canal and covered with weeds. According to investigators, they received an anonymous call at around 07:00 hrs yesterday from a farmer grazing his cows about
a body floating in a trench. But the body is believed to have been first seen by some villagers who were hunting iguanas in the back lands. They became aware of the stench and upon checking saw the body under some weeds in the canal. The man’s car, a silvergrey 212 Toyota Carina motor car with number plate HB 8729. A vehicle which was torched a few days before in the same area is being examined by detectives for any evidence. Investigators
are also going over security camera footage of vehicles that would have crossed the Demerara Harbor Bridge on the day that Dalloo vanished. It was reported that Dalloo left home at around 07:30hrs on Monday, October 26, to solicit passengers at Parika. His mother, Bhanmatty Dalloo, had told Kaieteur News that at around lunchtime she called Sherland to inform him that lunch was ready. However, she said that he informed her that he had to transport a passenger to Georgetown. The woman stated that she again called her son around 14:30 hrs but he said that he was still in the city with his passenger. He was still not home by late afternoon and another call at 17:30 hours went unanswered. Subsequent calls to her son’s cellular phone went to voicemail. Dalloo’s mother said she later learnt that a bus driver had told police that he had passed Dalloo in his parked taxi in Flour Mill Road Street, Eccles, East Bank Demerara. The bus driver reportedly later learned that Dalloo was missing.
A West Berbice man who is well known to the police as a maniac was sentenced to two years in jail after he was found guilty on a charge of sexual assault. The man, Tribhawan Singh, called “Tribo”, 48, a labourer of Rosignol, West Bank Berbice, is accused of committing the act on a 23year-old housewife of Abary, West Coast Berbice on
Sunday September 4, at Abary. He appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weaver at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court. According to Police Prosecutor Corporal Racquel Mars, on the day in question the man who works on a farm in the area went to the woman’s house on the right Bank of the Abary River and attacked her when she was
at home alone. The woman put up a fight and shouted for help. The two got into a tangle and the man eventually threw her to the ground and fondled her. The woman’s husband heard her cries and came to her assistance. The matter was subsequently reported and Singh was arrested and charged.
Dead: Sherland Adrian Dalloo
West Berbice man jailed on sexual assault charge
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Road accidents - an epidemic snuffing out too many lives says Health Minister There was a 30 per cent increase in road fatalities recorded as at the end of last year. This translated to 146 fatalities from 135 accidents compared to 112 fatalities from 103 accidents for the same period in 2013. The statistics paint a daunting picture and it is the conviction of Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton, that road traffic accidents have silently become an epidemic that is snuffing out far too many lives. He observed that a significant number of the working age population are disrupted, on a daily basis, by road traffic accidents. He qualified his observation with the fact that traffic accidents have emerged as the leading cause of death in the 21-40 years age group. Because persons within this age range are the primary victims of road accidents, a situation that is adversely affecting socioeconomic health has developed. The Minister, in a message to mark the commencement of Road Safety Month 2015, said that while motorisation has served to enhance the lives of many individuals and societies. The benefits have however come with a price. Road Safety Month is observed annually in the month of November. “Although the number of lives lost in road accidents in high-income countries indicates a downward trend in recent decades, for most of the world’s population, the burden of road traffic injury in terms of societal and economic costs is rising significantly,” Dr. Norton noted. According to him, Guyana’s road traffic deaths are at a rate of about 16 per 100,000. He informed that “pedestrians were the main road users affected with 60 such persons losing their lives at the end of December 2014.”
Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton. But in addition to this, there were 16 drivers, 26 motorcyclists, 20 pedal cyclists, 23 persons travelling in motor vehicles and one person being towed on a bicycle who also lost their lives in 2014. The Minister has concluded that speeding continues to be the major contributory factor to fatal accidents, and was the case of 87 of the 135 fatal accidents recorded last year. Even as he pointed out that “The way we travel is a major determinant of how healthy people are.” The Minister asserted that his Ministry is working towards helping to reverse the prevailing trend. “The Ministry of Public Health in its efforts to curb this problem will be working closely with the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the National Road Safety Council to intensify its awareness
activities.” He went on to underscore that “road safety and the public health practitioner will work together to create a catalogue of ideas and concepts with the aim of highlighting good practice and providing guidance to road users.” Recognising that the public health sector is an important partner in the prevention and control of road traffic accidents, Minister Norton also said that the role of medical professionals in advocacy for the prevention and control of road traffic is always underrated. He nevertheless assured, “The health sector will continue to provide appropriate prehospital and hospital care and rehabilitation for victims, improve data collection, contribute to policies, develop prevention activities and conduct advocacy.” But even as the Police Traffic Department continues to enforce laws and penalties for traffic offences, Minister Norton said that his Ministry has been simultaneously raising awareness. The intent, he noted, is to encourage all road users to exercise care and caution when using the road, that is, to avoid driving under the influence of alcohol, desist from using cell phones while driving and always ensure safety helmets are being worn when traversing the road on a motorcycle.
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PPP accuses Gov’t of ‘dishonesty’ over rice markets - recommends nine measures to assist farmers By Jarryl Bryan The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has accused the Government of being dishonest in promoting rice importing countries, Panama and Portugal, as ‘new markets’ set to replace the Venezuelan rice market. Those markets were always importers of Guyana’s rice, PPP General Secretary, Clement Rohee said, yesterday. In fact the party, through its Member of Parliament and General Secretary of the Rice
Producers Association (RPA), Dharamkumar Seeraj, has produced several recommendations for the Government in dealing with the rice industry and assisting farmers. Included in those recommendations is, “Resuming negotiations with the Government of Venezuela with the intention of selling rice and paddy to that country.” This, however, comes at a time when the Venezuelan oil for rice deal comes to an end in just 13
days. Previously, the Venezuelan Government had announced its intention not to renew the arrangement. A diplomatic spat had also sprung up between the two countries over the oil drilling carried out off the Stabroek block, a matter that is pending a final resolution. While Government has taken a position that too much has been made out of the collapse of the Venezuelan market, the figures suggest otherwise. Though
RPA General Secretary Dharamkumar Seeraj
PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee
Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder
Panama and Portugal were touted as credible replacements for the Venezuelan market, the former arrangement saw Guyana exporting rice to Venezuela at concessionary prices, with the money saved going to a PetroCaribe account. The money from the PetroCaribe account was used, among other things, for paying farmers in a timely manner. PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee, during the party’s weekly press conference at Freedom House, yesterday, stated that while the Government had made mention of Panama and Portugal as viable rice markets, former Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy had noted that these were markets that had imported Guyana’s rice before. “We (were) already exporting rice to Portugal and Panama,” he said. “So it’s kind of dishonest to say that we are now exporting rice to those two markets.” “With respect to Mexico,” Rohee continued, speaking in the capacity of a former Minister of Foreign Trade. “I was doing some research. The first thing(s) a trade Minister looks for when talking about market access are tariffs, market barriers, sanitary measures and whether there are trade preferences with (these) countries.” The General Secretary noted that it was not just (glibly) talking about getting
into a market, alluding to research on market viability. “So it is okay to have a political discussion about getting into these markets,” he said. “The devil is usually in the details.” He recalled one direct case where discussions with Trinidad and Tobago were at one time stymied after the oilproducing nation raised objections about the quality of Guyana’s rice. “Look at how difficult it was to export rice to Trinidad. At one point they said the grain of the rice was not suitable for consumers in their domestic market. Then they said the colour (and then) the smell,” he said. RECOMMENDATIONS In the correspondence from Seeraj to Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder, seen by Kaieteur News, Seeraj can be seen berating the Minister for promises the coalition made on the campaign trail that were undelivered. He stated that while rice farmers were promised (at least) double the price obtained for a bag of paddy in the 2015 first crop during the elections campaign, they are now receiving between 35 and 60 percent of the first crop prices in the second crop. He observed that this was leading to bankruptcy in the sector. “There were recent protests by rice farmers across the rice growing regions and twice in Georgetown over this situation, and in meetings with the public the LOP was ask
on numerous occasions to help resolve the problems of the farmers in particular and the industry in general,” the correspondence went on to say. After recommending that negotiations re-open with Venezuela, he went on to advocate that all forms of taxes and duties on fuel for the industry be removed forthwith. He also recommended the removal of all taxes and duties on inputs for the industry including machinery, equipment and spares. In addition, the commencement of discussions with all lending institutions supplying loans to the industry to review terms and conditions of loans was touted. This measure, according to Seeraj, was in order to get the institutions to ‘soften’ repayment conditions in view of the low prices farmers were getting per bag of paddy. Another measure, Seeraj advocated, was for Government to suspend payments by farmers of land leases, drainage and irrigation charges. The correspondence went on to call for “a supplementary provision to Parliament to provide financial support to farmers to aid in the purchase of seed paddy and fertilizers.” The Minister was also advised to have the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) immediately implement minimum export prices for rice and paddy, and to put out an aggressive marketing strategy to enhance current prices and secure lucrative markets. And the final recommendation called for the Government to withdraw its pronouncement that ‘it’s a private matter’ and offer more support to the industry, especially the farmers. Up to 16:00 hrs yesterday afternoon, the RPA General Secretary could not confirm receipt of a response to the proposals.
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Defence Counsel fined for contempt The High Court trial for the four men implicated in the execution-style killing of 72year-old Robb Street resident, Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris, has commenced. Fiedtkou -Parris of 42 Robb Street was killed in her home on June 30, 2011. According to reports, persons unknown hired the accused to murder the woman who was engaged in a property dispute. On the day in question, two men went to Parris’s home and requested an audience with her. Upon hearing the persons requesting her presence, she moved to the door where the gunmen opened fire on her. She was hit several times about the body which resulted in her death. It was reported that after the shooting, the suspects made their escape in a waiting car. The men were also purportedly caught on video camera committing the act. The gunmen were each paid
$400,000 to end the woman’s life. Orin Hinds, called “Redman,” of Burnham Boulevard, Mocha, East Bank Demerara; Kevin October called, “Troy,” of Second Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara; Cleon Hinds, and Roy Jacobs called “Chippie” or “Black Boy” of Evans
Street, Charlestown, are currently facing Justice Navindra Singh and a mixed jury for the murder. According to the indictment, on June 30, 2011, the four accused murdered Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris pursuant to an arrangement whereby, money was to be passed from one person to another. The men pleaded not guilty to the indictment following the selection of a mixed twelve member jury at the Georgetown High Court, yesterday. The accused are being represented by Attorneys -atLaw, George Thomas, Moti Singh, Raymond Alli and Maxwell Mc Kay respectively. However, prior to the empanelment, Attorney Moti Singh was fined in contempt of court. The Judge imposed a $10,000 fine on the Defence Attorney, due to the fact that he arrived for the hearing, 80 minutes late and did not provide the court with a
From page 13 court order directing the Chief Elections Officer to produce the parcels of all elections papers and documents, including those he received from the Returning Officer of each electoral division under section 102 of the Representation of the People Act for inspection and examination for the purpose of the Elections Petition. These would include all the electoral lists containing the names of the persons entitled to vote, all issued ballots, all unused ballots, all votes cast by electors, all Statements of Poll issued at specified polling divisions; all certificates of counting issued in respect to the votes cast at each and every polling division, and all polling books
used at each and every polling station. The matter is slated for continuation on October 6. In the petition, the applicant (Persaud), who was appointed Elections Agent of the List of Candidates for the PPP/ C, claimed that the elections were “unlawfully conducted” and the result of the elections was affected or might have been affected by unlawful acts or omissions. He underscored that the elections were not held in conformity with the Constitution of Guyana and the Representation of the Peoples' Act, Chapter 1:03. As such, the opposition essentially requested a recount of all ballot boxes for the last elections and fresh
elections were also called for. The PPP/C had claimed that the entire electoral process was flawed; that it contained many procedural errors and instances of fraudulent and/ or suspicious actions. “Unrest, fake Statements of Poll (SOPs) and multiple voting were among several causes cited when the PPP/C filed its elections petition.” The presence of “huge mobs” at several polling stations and other strategic places, particularly in Region Four, were also cited by the party as another cause for intimidation and fear which in turn “rendered it impossible for polling, counting agents and duly appointed candidates to carry out their duties and functions properly.
From page 14 deeper recession.” Numerous violent clashes have flared in pockets of Venezuela in recent times as Venezuelans wait for hours in long supermarket lines for basics like milk and rice. Angry mobs looted and set fire to a National Guard command post; a mob infuriated by worsening food shortages rammed trucks into the smoldering edifice. Wall Street Journal reported that soldiers had been deployed to stem rampant food smuggling and price speculation, which President Nicolás Maduro blames for triple-digit inflation and scarcity. But after they seize contraband goods, the troops themselves often become targets of increasingly desperate people. “What's certain is that we are going very hungry here and the children are suffering
a lot,” said María Palma, a 55year-old grandmother who on a recent blistering hot day had been standing in line at the grocery store since 3:00 a.m. before walking away emptyhanded at midday, the report quoted. In a national survey, the pollster, Consultores 21, found 30 percent of Venezuelans eating two or fewer meals a day during the second quarter of this year, up from 20 percent in the first quarter. Around 70% of people in the study also said they had stopped buying some basic food item because it had become unavailable or too expensive. “It's a national crisis,” said Marco Ponce, head of the Venezuela Observatory of Social Conflict, noting that unlike the political protests of last year, residents are now taking to the streets demanding social rights.
The nonprofit group recorded 500 protests over food shortages during the first half of 2015, 56 looting incidents and dozens of attempted lootings at grocery stores, pharmacies and warehouses. Even delivery trucks are frequently targeted. “If people aren't outside protesting, they're outside standing in line for goods,” Mr. Ponce said.
Murdered: Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris
Jamaican Attorney retained in elections ...
Guyana unfazed by Venezuela's attempt...
High Court trial for Robb Street Granny murder commences proper explanation for his tardiness. The Attorney’s lateness is said to have resulted in a delay of the court proceeding. The Judge also ordered Singh to pay the fine within the next seven days or face a period of imprisonment. The trial is scheduled to continue for the next four weeks; at least 18 witnesses are
expected to be called to the stand. At the commencement of yesterday’s hearing, State Counsel, Teeshana Lake and Narissa Leander, called Detective Corporal Chetram Sewsankar who testified that he assisted with the investigations, relative to the report of the murder of Clementine Fiedtkou –Parris.
Sewsankar also told the court that he assisted with obtaining a statement from Cleon Hinds, following his arrest. Attorney Raymond Alli, who is representing Hinds, is currently making submissions in the absence of the jury. The case is scheduled to continue at 9:00 am today.
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Letters... Where your views make the news
Should we not blame Burnham for the Venezuelan border conflict? DEAR EDITOR, With all this daily political chatter and hyperbole about the Venezuela –Guyana border issue, little analysis is being devoted as to how we got to be in this position in the first place. No mention is being made of the historical fact that Burnham created this situation for his own myopic political ends, and in harmony with Cold War objectives. The Venezuela –Guyana border issue was a non-issue until the risk of a pro-Soviet Jagan Government heading an independent Guyana in the 1960’s arose. The 17th February 1966 Geneva Agreement which Burnham happily signed, revived a dead claim, and gave it legal validity. It should really be called the “Lazarus
Agreement” not the Geneva Agreement. It was a blatant Cold War project to provide a pretext for invasion, should the perceived need arise to curb Soviet influence in a post independent Guyana. It was an imperialist precondition for the granting of independence, which Burnham with his opportunist lust for power, went along with. But for the Lazarus Agreement there would be no legal foundation for Venezuela’s claim. Having said that, it is self-evident that the Arbitration Award of 1899 had to have been twisted to be in imperial Britain’s favour, it would be naïve to think otherwise. Parasitical Britain, like all colonial and imperialist powers, would have found ways to ensure that the
Arbitrators’ neutrality was just a thin veneer. However, all Third World borders are colonial projects. We need to be working towards their removal, not the relocating of them. Paradoxically, the tables have now turned, and the American Empire will be using this border issue to ferment regional hostility against the Bolivarian Government, in an attempt to turn it back into a US puppet client state. Under the Lazarus Agreement at Clause 5 (2), Venezuela has a legitimate right to object to the new maritime claims of Guyana. Blame Burnham for that, not Maduro. Clause 5 (2) states: “No new claim or enlargement of an existing claim, to territorial
sovereignty in those territories shall be asserted while this Agreement is in force”. The Maduro Government has been accused by the APNU-AFC Government of using the Venezuela –Guyana border issue, to distract the Venezuelan public’s attention from internal concerns, however, the reality seems to be that if indeed Maduro is doing so, he is not alone, as the APNU-AFC Government is doing likewise with its daily utterings and military tomfoolery like “Exercise Greenheart” etc. It is preposterous to think that the GDF could ever be any match to Venezuela’s might. All the GDF has ever proved itself good at doing, is helping the PNC to rig elections. Maybe
that is APNU-AFC’s real intent down the road, to revitalise the GDF to again be able to assist in the rigging of elections. As for this talk of a “juridical settlement” by referring the matter to the International Court of Justice – again Burnham has obstructed that – under the Lazarus Agreement this can only happen with Venezuela’s consent, or on a referral by the Secretary General of the United Nations. Guyana cannot initiate it. It is about time that the APNU-AFC Government told the people the truth about Burnham’s treacherous role in the L a z a r u s Agreement. Mr. Lalu Hanuman, Attorney-at-Law, Barbados.
DEAR EDITOR, It is with utter disgust and frustration I compose this letter. Recently and over the years I have had several problems with GTT and their poor services they provide. Many others I interact with share the same view. Just because GTT has the monopoly of telecommunications they do what they feel like. They answer the phone when they feel like, they talk to you anyhow and they provide little to no technical services. This is not right. I wish to highlight the following few issues that affects GTT
customers on a daily basis and I would be very grateful if you can publish these concerns. 1. It has been over 25 days since I reported an internet problem at my workplace at Garden of Eden. I keep calling and nothing has been done since. They keep saying a technician will visit but no one came. One time they even told me the case is closed. No one came and they closed the file. Are they serious? This has been an ongoing problem since the start of this year at this location. The internet has never been stable. On and off all the time and we have to
pay for the full service which we don’t receive. Unfortunately no other service provider reaches this area or we would have switched already! 2. Since October 25, they reported that a cable has been damaged. Annandale and its environs have been without internet and phone for almost 5 days now. There is no urgency the fix this problem. It seems as though they don’t care. Customers will still be billed for this no service. In other countries comparable to Guyana’s economy I see such problems fixed within minutes.
3. GTT has been boasting about faster speeds in recent times. This is not true for the areas that I utilize internet services. Many of my colleagues agree. I think these statements by GTT are very misleading. GT&T, please make sure your speeds are indeed faster before you brag about it. It damages your reputation and makes you lose customers. 4. Based on my calculations, the cost for a call per minute is now $30. I checked this against calls I made and this was the result. Can someone from GTT please inform the public if the
call cost has increased? I am pleading with the management of GTT to please ensure that reports are dealt with in a timely manner, please work as quickly as possible to deal with emergencies to avoid inconvenience to people and when you say internet speeds are faster please make sure that it is. I am also calling on the new Government to step in do something about this. MT has for too long been taking advantage of the Guyanese citizens. Other competitors in telecommunications are urgently needed! K. Ramkelawan
DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me space in in your paper to respond to a letter carried in captiioned “ Chenapou’s Land demarcation problem is problem of its own making”. I wish to correct some nonfactual information which has been placed in the public by one Mr. Peter Persaud. On August 7th, 2015, when a technical meeting was purportedly held at the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs (MoIPA) I was in my community , many miles away from Georgetown. I remember this clearly for it is the birthday of my son. I am not sure why Mr. Persaud continues to fabricate lies saying that I was there. It seems that Mr. Persaud’s only intent is to sow discord among the indigenous peoples. Mr. Persaud must apologize to me and my community by the same means through which he is spreading lies. My interest is for that of
my community. We have lived in our lands peacefully for many generations and now because of the Amerindian Land Titling Project we are put into a situation where our people are unhappy because of the failure of the relevant authorities to do proper groundwork to verify the social boundaries of communities. The community’s basic
right to giving its Free Prior and Informed Consent was denied; in violation of the Amerindian Act of 2006 and other international instruments to which Guyana has signed. Now as a result of the project about half of the population is within the boundaries of the Kariaparu’s demarcated lands -this Mr. Editor has proven problematic.
I am a proud student of the Amerindian Peoples Association. If it were not so then I may have been fooled by the likes of Mr. Peter Persaud who runs a one man organization. I wish that the relevant authorities can look into his organization to verify its legal status. To my knowledge he has been the president of TAAMOG for as long as I can remember.
Mr. Persaud needs to realize that his show time has ended and he is irrelevant in this time. He should remove himself quietly and enjoy the new dispensation, a time when Amerindians are more knowledgeable of their rights and are able to voice those rights. Edward Mc Garrell Toshao of Chenapou Village
DEAR EDITOR, I was recently driving through Mcdoom, East Bank, delivering supplies of dog food donated by my Guardian Angel from Toronto, Ian Tenneesee. As I neared the home of Gloria Fernandes, an elderly lady who rescues dogs and loves all animals, I saw her running towards my vehicle with tears streaming down her face. She was pointing at a man on a horsecart laden with Namilco rice millings, heading for the city. She told me the horse could hardly
walk and that she and others had tried talking to the cart-man but he only swore at them and continued on. I offloaded the dog food with Gloria and in the hot mid-day sun caught up with the owner of the horse-cart. The emaciated horse was struggling to carry the load; over 30 bags of millings bound for John Smith Street, Campbelville. I asked the cartman to stop, which he did. I told him it was wrong to overload a horse, especially one that appeared to be sick.
He recognized his fault and said he usually used a canter but it broke down. I asked him to unload 10 bags and put them in my pickup. He complied and it was amazing the difference it made for the poor horse. I dropped the ten bags off at the address given me. The next day I called Namilico and spoke with one of the managers about their policy in regards to loading horse-carts. He was very nice and promised to make arrangements to avoid overloading horse carts in the
future. In the afternoon of October 26th an animal lover was approaching Peter’s Hall Primary. To his shock and disbelief he saw a man stop and stick his head out of a car window. He saw a box in the man’s hand, which he quickly dropped on the ground spilling out at least 3 small kittens. As the man drove off he ran over one of the kittens and kept going. The observer got the vehicle number of the coward’s car. This incident was posted on Facebook. Syeada Manbodh
GTT is taking customers for granted
The show time of this one man band is over
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Water, paved road for Timehri North residents Persons living in the Timehri North area will benefit from better access to potable water and paved access roads in the near future. The announcement was
made by David Patterson, Minister of Public Infrastructure, at Timehri North’s first Community Day on Saturday in what is known as the Bourne Area.
Organized by an action group, the Community Day was intended to foster better relationships among the more than 300 residents living in the area.
According to a statement from the ministry, Patterson lamented on the fact that prior to the May 11 General Election there was the ominous threat to remove a number of residents for ‘squatting’ on Government’s land. “You were here for more than 23 years, given some
press conference, Patterson had shown reporters the designated area to relocate the residents. Meanwhile, recognizing that most of the community depends on a small stream for potable water, the Public Infrastructure Minister said he will take up the matter with
Ministry so that you can use it as collateral…get together and start thinking as a team on ways to boost community development,” the Minister charged. In another few weeks, the Minister is scheduled to return to the community to interact with residents.
The Minister receives pickled onions and other products prepared by women in the community. assistance for political mileage and then were threaten to be uprooted without any concrete plans for relocation. Well I am pleased to say that the APNU/AFC Administration will be creating a housing scheme within this same community to relocate the 15 homes that are in the pathway of the airport runway expansion project,” the Minister disclosed. At the Minister’s last joint
Ronald Bulkan, Minister of Communities. The residents recommend several standpipes be installed at strategic locations to alleviate the situation. Further, the community’s main access road will be paved. The Minister also encouraged the residents to become regularized and secure their land titles. “You have all worked hard, get your titles from the Communities
The community is located just north of the current airport terminal building and under the US$150M Chinesefunded expansion program, it was the plan of the previous Government to clear the areas of homes that had been there for over two decades. However, residents had resisted the attempts with the issue become a major one for Timehri during the recent elections.
Minister David Patterson speaking with one of the Timehri, North residents.
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Vatican arrests 2 people in latest probe of leaked documents
Pope Francis delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer he celebrated from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday. VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Monday it had arrested a high-ranking priest and another member of a papal reform commission in an investigation into leaked confidential documents — a stunning move that comes just days before the publication of two books promising damaging revelations about the obstacles Pope Francis faces in cleaning up the Holy See’s murky finances. The developments threatened to become a new “Vatileaks” — the 2012 scandal that began with the publication of a blockbuster book by Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi detailing corruption and mismanagement in the Holy See. The scandal ended with the conviction of Pope Benedict XVI’s butler — and Benedict’s resignation a year later. The latest arrests of two advisers hand-picked by Francis to help in his effort to overhaul Vatican finances threatened to further expose infighting and rifts surrounding the pope’s efforts at reform and a church that uses its money to help the poor. Monsignor Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda, a Spaniard, and Francesca Chaouqui, an Italian public relations executive, had served on a now-defunct financial reform commission set up by Francis in 2013 as part of his drive to clean house at the Vatican, especially in its scandal-tainted economic affairs. A Vatican statement said the arrests followed a monthslong investigation and that the two had been interrogated over the weekend. It said Vallejo Balda was being held in a jail cell in Vatican City, while Chaouqui was released Monday because she
was cooperating with the investigation. The Vatican’s statement stopped short of linking the latest leaks probe to the two potentially bombshell books that go on sale Thursday. But a clearly irritated Vatican noted that leaking confidential documents was now a crime in the Vatican and contended publication of such expose works risk hurting Pope Francis’ clean-up drive. The Vatican described the books as “fruit of a grave betrayal of the trust given by the pope, and, as far as the authors go, of an operation to take advantage of a gravely illicit act of handing over confidential documentation.” “Publications of this nature do not help in any way to establish clarity and truth, but rather generate confusion and partial and tendentious conclusions,” the Vatican said. Nuzzi’s 2012 best-seller, “His Holiness,” based on leaked papal correspondence detailing corruption, infighting and intrigue in the Vatican has been cited by some as inspiring Benedict XVI’s stunning resignation from the papacy in 2013. According to the publishers, Nuzzi’s new book, “Merchants in the Temple: Inside Pope Francis’s Secret Battle Against Corruption in the Vatican,” promises to reveal “heretofore untold, unbelievable stories of scandal and corruption at the highest levels.” “A veritable war is waging in the Catholic Church,” a news release quotes Nuzzi as saying. “On one side, there is Pope Francis’ strong message for one church of the poor” and on the other, “there is the
opaque and aggressive power systems within the Vatican’s hierarchy.” The other book, “Avarice: Documents Revealing Wealth, Scandals and Secrets of Francis’ Church,” is by Italian journalist Emiliano Fittipaldi. He writes for L’Espresso newsweekly, which has published some of the most damaging leaks of Francis’ papacy, including most recently a letter by 13 cardinals warning Francis about his family synod. According to the publisher, Fittipaldi’s book maps out the church’s financial empire, from the luxurious lives of the cardinals to the big businesses of Catholicrun hospitals in Italy. Speaking Monday to Italy’s Repubblica TV, Fittipaldi said his book “doesn’t talk about Francis, but about a church that seems very distant from the mottoes of the pope.” He said it was his understanding that the arrested pair had been accused of leaking “news for my book and that of my colleague,” Nuzzi.’ While Francis is intent on modernizing the Vatican and making its finances more transparent, the arrests were the latest confirmation that scandal and intrigue still swirl, as they have for centuries, through the largely closed world of the Vatican’s administrative bureaucracy. Elected on a mandate from his fellow cardinals to reform the Vatican’s bureaucracy and bring order to its haphazard finances, Francis in 2013 created the commission Vallego Balda and Chaouqui served on to gather information from all Vatican offices to try to shed light on the Holy See’s overall financial situation and end an entrenched culture of mismanagement, opaqueness and waste. Francis named the Maltese financier Joseph Zahra to head the commission and Vallejo Balda as his No. 2. Chaouqui was named one of the six other commission members. The commission was given broad powers to solicit information from traditionally independent Vatican offices that were none too pleased to divulge their assets to a group of outsiders, regardless of their papal mandate. But the commission did its job, coming into possession of thousands of pages of information, such as the existence of “secret” accounts held by the Secretariat of State that had never figured into the Vatican’s consolidated balance sheets.
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Denver defence rests its case as Super Bowl contenders
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (18) (Chris Humphreys-USA TODAY Sports) (Reuters) While standout quarterback Peyton Manning has remained the focal point for the Broncos, Denver’s league-best defence has quietly been the pillar of their growing status as Super Bowl contenders.
Denver’s defensive unit was on full display on Sunday when they dominated the previously unbeaten Green Bay Packers in a 29-10 victory that took them to a perfect 70 record. With swarming lineman
and linebackers, and a lockdown secondary, the Broncos harassed quarterback Aaron Rodgers and held the decorated signal-caller to the lowest passing total of any start in his career (77 yards). “This is the biggest test we’ve had all season,” Denver defensive back Aqib Talib told reporters. “(Seventyseven) yards passing — we got an A-plus on that test.” The performance against the Green Bay offense was so resounding even Packers coach Mike McCarthy was left impressed. “I haven’t had my ass kicked like that in a long time,” McCarthy said. “They covered us well.” Despite building an impressive undefeated record, the Broncos had still accumulated doubters this season
Tuesday November 03, 2015 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) Aries Daily Horoscope YesterdayTodayTomorrowThis WeekThis MonthDaily Overview2016MONDAY NOV 2, 2015 Have you been trying to learn about a subject for a long time? TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20) Some interesting dreams could come to you tonight. Don't be fooled by confusing symbolism. These dreams could shed light on business concerns you've been trying to work out. GEMINI (May 21–June 20) A social event, perhaps related to business, could put you in touch with an old friend or two you haven't seen for a long time. You'll have a wonderful time catching up. CANCER (June 21–July 22) You may have a lot of professional or personal calls to make today. emails could flood your inbox. LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) Recent study of philosophical or spiritual matters might inspire you to express your insights creatively. VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Is a member of your household away? Your home could be a lonely place for a while. You miss your housemate, but you also enjoy the solitude and the quiet that enables you to catch up on your projects, which may include sleep!
LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) A social event could land you in the middle of a room full of writers, artists, and teachers. You might not know any of them, but don't panic. SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) If you've been reading about health and fitness and putting what you read into action, today you might suddenly feel the results of your efforts. You feel physically and mentally strong, healthy, and energetic. SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21) You look especially attractive today. Your communications skills are good. While romantic matters are low-key, love relationships could still advance. CAPRI(Dec.22–Jan.19) Business acquaintances could visit you today. They might stay longer than expected, but this is positive. You'll have a lot of interesting discussions that open up doors to more promising enterprises and ways to make a success of them. AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) Group activities and other social events should keep you pretty busy. You have a lot of people to see, calls to make, errands to run. PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) Career success, particularly involving writing, teaching, and other communication skills, could come your way today. You may not be aware that it's coming, so it could be a bit difficult to handle at first.
because of Manning’s advanced age and decreased arm strength. However, Denver’s defence has been their backbone and entered Week Eight leading the NFL in fewest yards allowed. With eight-time Pro Bowl lineman DeMarcus Ware, tenacious linebacker Brandon
Marshall and Talib the Broncos are able to attack quarterbacks and running backs while sustaining strong coverage on wide receivers. It is therefore easy to see why their secondary calls itself the “No Fly Zone”. “That’s what we do — we work together on the front
and the back end,” Broncos defensive back Chris Harris Jr said. “As long as we continue to play like this, we have to win this Super Bowl.” Whether the Broncos can win it or not, their championship hopes are now carried by their defensive muscle as much as Manning’s right arm.
Guyana Defence Force retains... (From page 33) when the ‘Superman’ was adjudged the unanimous winner. Clairmonte Gibson (GDF) and Delon Charles (FYF) kept up the tempo with three blistering rounds and once again the crowd erupted into wild screams. Gibson drew first blood with several crosses but by midway of the first round Charles got his rhythm and delivered several clouts to his opponent’s temple that forced him to ease back. The second round was a toe to toe brawl where each boxer gave as much as he got in an attempt to nose ahead. The third round was a test of fitness as both warriors attacked with venom. Gibson proved to be superior around this point and Charles resorted to a jab and move strategy. Gibson pursued and eventually caught up with him and once again the two boxers became embroiled in a raging exchange. The crowd screamed and some patrons stepped over the line and onto the ring apron forcing the referee to halt the bout to restore order. The respite was good for both boxers who resumed where they had left off and delivered punches in bunches. So intense was the attack by the boxers and so loud were the screams of the spectators that the bell was barely heard over the din. In the end the judges felt that Gibson had done enough to win the bout and the bantamweight title. Policeman, Dennis Thomas, wasted little time in disposing of Trevon King (GDF) in their middleweight bout. Displaying full confidence, Thomas methodically ripped King apart and shortly after he (King) received a straight right and a mandatory 8 count. Shortly afterwards, King was dumped on the seat of his pants compliments of a vicious straight right. Thomas met King with a vicious body assault at the start of the second stanza before converting with a wicked right hook to his jaw. The referee jumped in and instituted another mandatory 8 count and then summoned the ringside nurse to examine a wound over King’s left eye. She then advised that the fight be
halted at 47secs into the second stanza. Veteran boxer, Markember Pierre (GDF) clashed with his gym mate, Desmond Amsterdam in the light/ heavyweight division and the two went after each other with bombs that hinted at an early end to the contest. Punches rained down as both boxers aspired to inflict maximum pain. Round two was a replica of the first as both boxers launched a vicious attack. A wicked punch then connected to Pierre’s face and opened a wound over his right eye. The nurse was summoned and patched up the injury while advising the referee to call a halt. The time was 2:29secs of the second round. The super/ heavyweight bout between two Republicans, Eon Fraser and Devon Limerick provoked some mirth from the audience as the two oversized pugilists lumbered behind each other, aiming for a killer punch. Limerick never really fitted the bill and seemed more intent on gallivanting around
the ring. Fraser eventually caught up with him and two clouts slammed home to his temple that had him in dizzy land. The referee called a halt in 2:45secs of the first round giving the title to Fraser. In other results, Quincy Boyce (GDF) was adjudged the winner of the lightweight division after his opponent, Travis Hubbard, failed to show up for their bout. Teusimar Peters (GDF) was also gifted a walkover after Tyronne Lashley (RHJ) failed to show up for their jnr/flyweight bout. Tefon Green (GDF) then got the better of his gym mate, Aluko Venture, to claim the flyweight title while welterweight Clifton Graham (Rep) benefitted from a walkover after Kellon King (FYF) was diagnosed with an injury to his hand, sustained from a previous bout. The boxers will now await the selectors who will announce the names of those selected for encampment for the ‘Back to the Future’ Caribbean tournament this month end.
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Jaguars name 13-man squad for Friday’s opening game Chandrika returns from S/Lanka, injured Permaul out
Cricket Guyana Inc yesterday announced their 13-man squad for Guyana Jaguars’ opening game in the Caribbean Professional League (CPL) Four-Day First-Class Cricket game against the Windwards Volcanoes from Friday at Providence from 09:30hrs. The Jaguars won the inaugural 2014-2015 Franchise tournament, suffering just a single loss and will again start their campaign with three home matches like they did last year. The National selectors led by Chairman Rayon Griffith, the former Guyana pacer, has come up with an excellent squad which has no major surprises although Barbadian
pacer Jevon Searles, one of two players bough by Guyana, is a notable omission. West Indies ‘A’ team fast bowler Ronsford Beaton and the Berbice pair of Keon Joseph and Raun Johnson were more impressive with the ball leading up to Friday’s match with Beaton and Joseph being included on what is expected a traditional low and slow Providence track. In addition to Narsingh Deonarine, the Jaguars’ leading batsman from the first edition who is now playing for T&T Red Steels, both of their test spinners are unavailable. Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo is with the West Indies limited overs team in
Shiv Chanderpaul
Leon Johnson
Rajendra Chandrika
Assad Fudadin
Sri Lanka with left-arm spinner Veerasammy out due to an ankle injury. Permaul finished with the most wickets (69), while Bishoo was second in the tournament with 61. Opening batsman Rajendra Chandrika who picked for the two-test series in Sri Lanka but was not selected for either of them, returns to the team and should look to notch up his maiden First-Class century this year to press for a place in the side which travels ‘down under’ next month for three-test se-
ries against Australia. Apart from Guyana’s newest Test player Chandrika, all of the other top six batsmen are left-handers including Shiv Chanderpaul who will want to prove that he is still good enough for a Test re-call. Talented West Indies U19 opener Shemron Hetymer, Test batsman Assad Fudadin and Chandrika are the openers selected although both Fudadin and Hetymer could bat in the middle order. Skipper Leon Johnson, another player with Test experience, could bat at three or four while Vice-Captain Vishaul Singh is a well organised batsman and bats with a level head.
Left-handed all-rounder Raymon Reifer, the only overseas player selected for the opening game, has shown that he is an asset to the team with either bat or ball while Wicketkeeper Anthony Bramble and off-spinner Steven Jacobs, who could have plenty of work to do with the ball, are also competent batsmen. Chris Barnwell is the second medium pace all rounder in the 13 while former West Indies under-19 left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie ‘flighted’ the ball nicely and bowled with good variation in the last practice game at Providence and was the obvious replacement for
Permaul. All of the contracted players including those with Academy contracts will continue to practice with the Jaguars squad and are all eligible for any of the 10 matches the defending Champs will play. The Guyana Jaguars team read: Rajendra Chandrika, Assad Fudadin, Shemron Hetymer, Leon Johnson (Captain), Vishaul Singh (ViceCaptain), Shiv Chanderpaul, Raymon Reifer, Anthony Bramble, Steven Jacobs, Gudakesh Motie, Ronsford Beaton, Chris Barnwell, Keon Joseph, Esuan Crandon (Head Coach), Rayon Griffith (Assistant Coach). (Sean Devers)
Inter-Ministry Futsal Competition
Monkhouse hits five past Public Security Carlos Monkhouse lashed in five goals to lead Customs to an emphatic 9-3 triumph over Ministry of Public Security as play in the inaugural Inter-Minsitry Futsal Competition continued on Sundauy evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Monkhouse, a former national selection, lit up the venue firing in goals in the 7th, 8th, 9th, 14th and 16th minutes to engineer a clinical performance for Customs. Other winners on the night included JohnFernandes Ltd, Bank of Guyana, Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Harbours and Ministry of Agriculture. In the night’s full results: Game-1 Bank of Guyana-2 vs Minis-
try of Agriculture-1 Bank of Guyana Scorers Delon Wilburgh-1st Marvin Yard-7th Min. of Agriculture Scorer Romain Lindo-14th Game-2 Oasis Water-2 vs Guyana Power & Light (GPL)-2 Oasis Scorers Tavel December-7th Nickosie Parker-13th GPL Scorers Andy Duke-8th Daniel Cozier-10th Game-3 Ministry of Forestry-2 vs Ministry of Foreign Affiars-2 Min. of Foreign Affairs Scorers Dominique Hunt-3rd Devon Trotman-8th Min. of Forestry Scorers Shaka Lewis-9th Xavier Ferzer-20th
Game-4 GNIC vs Ministry of Infrastructure Ministry of Infrastructure won via walkover Game-5 Customs-9 vs Ministry of Public Security-3 Customs Scorers Carlos Monkhouse-7th, 8th, 9th, 14th and 16th Rawle Johnny-1st Terrence Adams-17th Vincent Thomas-19th Muel Lee-20th Public Security Scorers Gavin Bobb-5th and 17th Shemar Andrews-13th Game-6 Ministry of Tourism-0 vs Transport and Harbours-1 Ulric Bourne-18th Game-7 Republic Bank vs Wartsila Republic Bank won via walkover Game-8 NIS-1 vs John Fernandes Inc.-3 John Fernandes Scorers Clifford Cummings-12th Ray Smith-13th Wesley Tudor-19th NIS Scorer Colin Birchman-14th
Bolt nominated IAAF World Athlete of the Year
Double World Championships sprint gold medallist Usain Bolt. (file photo) Jamaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica — Double World Championships sprint gold medallist Usain Bolt of Jamaica has been nominated on the long list of candidates for the IAAF World Athlete of the Year award. Bolt who shook off inju-
ries and setbacks this year to win the men’s 100m and 200m titles at the World Championships in Beijing, China was nominated along with Holland’s Dafne Schippers – the women’s 200m champion in the sprints category. The two athletes have amassed the most votes in
the sprints category in the first round of voting for the 2015 IAAF World Athlete of the Year award, the IAAF website said. According to the rules of the competition – a long list of nine men and nine women – one from each of the following categories: sprints, hurdles, middle and long distance, road running, race walking, jumps, throws, combined events and multi-terrain – will firstly be selected by the IAAF family between October 7 and 25. An international panel of 10 experts will then select the finalists – three men and three women – the names of whom will be announced on November 17 and 18. From those finalists, the Council of the International Athletics Foundation (IAF) will select the male and female World Athletes of the Year. The announcement of the winners will take place live on stage during a special ceremony in Monaco at the IAAF World Athletics Gala on Saturday 28 November.
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GCB NSSCL… Zeeburg and St. John’s College register massive victories Zeeburg and St. John’s College registered massive victories in the West Demerara and Georgetown Zones when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) National Secondary School Cricket League (NSSCL) sponsored by Banks DIH Ltd’s Coco Cola, Rainforest Water and Digicel continued yesterday. At the Zeeburg ground, the home team defeated Saraswati Vidya Niketan (SVN) Secondary by 151 runs. SVN Secondary won the toss and invited Zeeburg Secondary to bat, a decision that proved ineffective, as Zeeburg Secondary made prodigious use of favorable batting conditions to aggregate 226-8 from their allotted 14 overs. Kelvin Shewprasad top scored with 56 which included five fours and two maximums, while Ryan Fahein scored 44 (4x4,2x6); Ganesh Jitlall 40 and Avishkar Ramgobin 33; Aditya Kakarnauth took 3-35. In reply, SVN were blown away for just 75 as Jitlall and Avinash Ramgobin returned
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Guyana Softball Cup 5
Regal crowned Open and Masters champs By Zaheer Mohamed
Kelvin Shewprasad (left) and Ganesh Jitlall figures of 3-14 runs and 2-17 respectively. Aditya Kakarnauth was the only SVN batsman to put up any resistance scoring 24. In the Georgetown Zone, at Everest Ground, St. John’s College overcame St. George’s by 40 runs. Batting first, St John’s College was bowled out for 122 in 22 overs, with Ooida Douglas and Raul Douglas scoring 40 and 26 respectively. Bowling for St George’s,
Mario D’Aguiar took 4-42, Meshack Sostleigh 3-17 and Ntini Permaul 2-27. George’s College in their reply, were skittled for 82 as Christopher Campbell grabbed 5-21. Johan Blair supported with 3-19 off 4 overs. Action continues today with Covent Garden taking on Friendship at Thirst Park and St. John’s Secondary meeting Leonora Secondary at Zeeburg ground.
Floodlight Association thanks fans, expresses disappointment at unsavoury incident The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA), the organising body of the Guyana Softball Cup, would like to take this opportunity to express high levels of gratitude to the hundreds of fans who turned out to witness the finals of the fifth edition of the tournament on Sunday evening, the organization stated in a release. Indeed, the atmosphere at the Demerara Cricket Club was befitting of what the
GFSCA has always strived to achieve, that is create quality on-field action in a familyoriented environment. However, the GFSCA, like the eager fans who turned out to witness the action, is extremely disappointed at the incident that led to the abrupt end to the Open final between New York Softball Cricket League and Regal. We, the members of the GFSCA, wish to register our disapproval of such behaviour, which no doubt
BBC Sport - Argentina striker Carlos Tevez has inspired Boca Juniors to the Argentine Primera Division championship, his eighth league title in four countries. Tevez re-signed for Boca in June after winning titles in Brazil, England and Italy with Corinthians, Manchester United, Manchester City and Juventus. Boca won 11 of 14 matches after the 31-year-old returned to his boyhood club. “I’ve won championships in many places but nothing compares with this,” said Tevez, who also played for West Ham. Boca were crowned cham-
pions with a match to spare as they beat Tigre 1-0 on Sunday. After Tevez, who has 74 caps for his country, helped Boca claim the 2003 title, he had a league-winning spell with Corinthians. A high-profile transfer to England with West Ham followed in the summer of 2006,
brought the game into disrepute, and would like to apologise to all and sundry for the unceremonious end to the game. It must be noted that the GFSCA members tried their best to have the game restarted, but such ambitions proved beyond our control. We wish to make it absolutely clear that systems are being implemented to avoid a recurrence of Sunday’s incident in future Guyana Softball Cups, the release concluded.
Carlos Tevez inspires Boca Juniors to Argentine league title before the forward moved on to Manchester United, Manchester City, and then Serie A side Juventus. With United he won two Premier League titles and the Champions League, there was a third league crown with City, before he helped Juve lift the 2013 and 2014 Scudetto in Italy.
Regal were crowned champions of the open and masters’ categories when the fifth edition of the Guyana Softball Cup concluded on Sunday night at the Demerara Cricket Club ground, Queenstown. Regal defeated arch rivals Floodlight by six wickets to win the final of the Masters division. Floodlight posted 160-9 off their allotted 20 overs, after they decided to bat in front of a large crowd. Unnis Yusuf struck 31 at the top of the order while Wayne Jones scored 25. But when the inform Ramesh Narine (01) was bowled by David Harper, scoring became a somewhat difficult task as Regal bowlers maintained a steady line. Mahase Lutchman, Richard Persaud and Sydney Jackman Jr chipped in with 13 each as David Harper finished with 4-19 off four overs and Raymond Harper 2-28. Eon Abel then smashed four fours and four sixes in an unbeaten 80 to lead the chase, and despite the efforts of Floodlight bowlers Regal reached home in 19.5 overs, finishing on 161-4. Rudolph Baker slammed four fours and two maximums in scoring 42, while Eric Thomas made 19. Imtiaz Mohamed claimed 226. In the open segment, New York All-star refused to continue the game thus conceding defeat. New York All-star batted first, but were undermined by steady bowling by Regal as they were sent packing for 119 in 18.2 overs. Amar Singh and Hemendra Ramdial got 20 each and Wasim Haslim 18. Ameer Nizamudeen picked up 3-10 and Tyrone Sanasie 3-23. Regal were cruising at 651 in 9.3 overs in reply, when play stopped- Fazal Rafeek who was on nine was ruled not out after NY All-star play-
ers appealed for stumping chance. The All-star players then brought the game into disrepute as they showed dissent, spending some time in the middle before making their way off the field. However, despite Rafeek deciding to walk, the fielding side declined to take the field for the continuation of the game as the fans were forced to leave he venue in disappointment. Richard Latif was unbeaten on 40 while Navin Singh went for eight. In the female final, Mike’s Wellwoman overcame Karibee Strikers by 15 runs. Batting first, Wellwoman scored 98-1 in 10 overs. Latoya Smith cracked 55 not out and Zola Telford 42. Karibee Strikers responded with 83-9. In the masters’ category, Eon Abel was given the man of the match in the final award while Regal pocketed a trophy
and $600,000 and Floodlight a trophy and $150,000. Ramesh Narine collected the MVP (304 runs and two wickets), Kewal Tribena (Orlando Florida) and Narine received prizes for scoring centuries. Latif took the man of the match in the open final, while Regal grabbed a trophy and $800,000; the runners up a trophy and $200,000. Latif also received the MVP prize (101 runs and 7 wickets) while Zaheer Haniff (Petama Enterprise) was rewarded for scoring a century. Ricardo Adams of Hyde Park and Kelvin Orford took five-wicket hauls. In the female division, Smith took the player of the match accolade; the winners took a trophy and $50,000 and runner up a trophy and $25,000. The competition was organised by the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association.
Jamaican distance athlete thanks Fly Jamaica -to also compete in second stage of SA 10k Jamaican distance athlete, Rupert Green has expressed his gratitude to Guyaneseowed airline, Fly Jamaica for assisting him to compete in the 2015 South American 10km Road Race Classic in Suriname last weekend where he placed second. Green, who left Guyana last night, is expected to return for the second stage of the race Sunday in Guyana. “I am looking forward to coming back this weekend for second stage,” Green told Kaieteur Sport yesterday. He ran 33:18 in Suriname behind Forde’s 31:54, but Green’s personal best time is Rupert Green 29:10 and he will be looking to reproduce that performance leader, Forde, who has his on Sunday in an effort to eyes set on the US$1500 inoverhaul the overall race centive.
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Letter to the Sports Editor
Stag Elite League Institutional strengthening is critical Alpha needle Monedderlust; for advancing sports in Essequibo Fruta Conquerors hammer GFC Dear Editor, A healthy and vibrant sporting environment has the potential to breed a successful and proactive society. However, it is quite the opposite in Essequibo since the institutional structures have dramatically collapsed and have been reduced to merely skeletons. Realistically sports in Essequibo have been on the losing end in most of the disciplines for over the past two decades. This is totally unacceptable especially in an environment that is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the social ills of society including suicide, alcohol and drug abuse, school drop-outs, teenage pregnancy and child labour. In fact, Essequibo has achieved the record for having the highest suicide rate in the country, while drug and alcohol consumption has been rampant. When this sordid scenario is juxtaposed to the victims, the evidence is clear that the youths are the dominant group. I have repeatedly highlighted in previous letters the disintegration of sporting clubs, most of which have been relegated from being clubs to teams since they no longer consist of executive members, have team meetings, there is little respect for any constitution, while many players of various sporting disciplines are just openly disrespectful against authority. This was clearly evident recently when a senior local cricketer in the presence of the sponsor and executive members of a local Board was seen consuming alcohol on the ground before a vital match. Not surprisingly the game was continuously disrupted and it ended without a pronounced winner due to the unruly conduct of this individual along with other players who displayed equally disgusting behavior. In another scenario recently as well, a local football team vehemently refused to comply with the Referee’s decision to play extra time after the game was drawn. Instead the subjective team in-
sisted that penalty kicks should have decided the outcome. The Referee remained firm in his decision resulting in the disgraced team abandoning the game. In essence, it is these types of behavior that have created ungracious monsters of surmountable proportions in Essequibo. Additionally, the lack of adequate facilities and an equipped sporting department remain the recurring decimals of despair for the development of sports in the Region. Imagine our swimmers cannot strive because there are no swimming pools; footballers are starved for competition, formal coaching, subvention from GFF, strong representation for players to be considered for national selection. The fans are even more disappointed too that in almost twenty years the highly anticipated Kashif and Shanghai tournament never found its feet in Essequibo. I am also in sympathy with our budding table-tennis players, volleyballers especially those from the interior, our toiling distance runners and sprinters, basketballers and even our robust boxers. These athletes simply yearn for a better life in sports and the new administration must heed the call to revive, stimulate, integrate and advance sports in the region to the level of structural admissibility. While cricket has seen the glimpse of the light of day with the admirable rise of Ransford Beaton, Kevon Boodie’s record double hundred along with the skills of Ricardo Adams whom I believe is an invaluable 20/20 player and Anthony Adams, all of whom continues to be proud products of Essequibo. Notwithstanding their exploits though, the Essequibo Cricket Board remains a sleeping giant, over-doused perhaps given the current state of affairs. Only one major competition the ECB has secured for the entire year (Busta tournament), there have been no statutory meetings, no coaching (do the ECB Coaches still work?), no
cricket development programmes which Mr. Alvin Johnson as Head of the CDC so eloquently had vowed to deliver. Interestingly, the Pomeroon Cricket Committee which is headed by Mr. Fizul Bacchus is dormant since no competitions were held for the past eight months, yet they have undertaken to debar cricket from being played at the Charity Community Ground which was used by the North Essequibo Cricket Committee to host matches (two of the teams are from Charity/Pomeroon). This is the insensitivity of the persons that administer cricket in Essequibo. A team from Florida is touring Guyana and they would have requested the use of the ECB Hostel. Frustratingly, not for the first time the cricketers were denied the use of the facility. The Hostel though has a caretaker. Just when would there be some sanity emanating from the ECB? Indeed it will take quite a monstrous and collective effort to transform sports in the region, especially with the mind-set and even ignorance of some of our administrators who are also part of the decay. In such circumstances the new administration must pay keen attention towards strengthening the various institutional capabilities of the various sporting disciplines, support capacity building, adequately develop existing physical structures, provide sports gear through a systematic and registered process and seek to formally register all sporting clubs through the National Sports Commission. An intense process is required to educate, highlight and formalize the decisions taken with the main purpose of creating a net-work of active and formal clubs that will be equipped with effective administrators. Too many of our talented sportsmen and women have fallen prey to the indignity of a failed institutional system and it should dawn upon the Government to correct this historical flaw. Yours Faithfully,
Alpha United came away with full points from an encounter that saw Guyana’s number one side on the ropes for very long periods against Monedderlust Football Club on Sunday night in feature play of the Stag Elite League which was contested at the Tucville Playfield. The opening game produced a comfortable 4-1 win for Fruta Conquerors over the Georgetown Football Club (GFC). Monedderlust have only themselves to blame having dominated Alpha in the first half. They created a plethora of opportunities especially in the opening 45 minutes but somehow were not able to convert, they even hit the cross bar in a solid display. Like true warriors however, Alpha absorbed the pressure and rode their luck. The ever lurking Delon Lanferman, Alpha’s most potent weapon in the league continued his rich run of form by netting the winning goal in the 70th minute. It turned out to be the game winner. In the opening match, Fruta Conquerors romped to a comfortable 4-1 win over GFC whose 14 year-old goalkeeper Sesi Norville made a few basic blunders which cost them easy goals. Kawme LaFleur handed the home team the lead in the 27th minute, Eon Alleyne doubled same in the 46th
Delon Lanferman (right) being congratulated by his teammates after scoring the lone goal of the match. minute before GFC pulled one back four minutes later through a Cortez Kellman goal to halve the deficit. However, Conquerors would restore the two goal advantage with a well directed free kick from veteran Delon Williams in the 64th minute. Williams himself was fouled close to the touch line a few meters away from the box. The long kick seemed destined to swirl outside the right upright but dipped and eased into the back of the nets to the surprise of Norville and
teammates. The final goal too could have been averted but the lack of experience of the GFC teenager allowed Daniel Favourite’s 67th minute shot to squeeze over the goal line. Play will continue on Friday at the same venue when a humdinger of a double header will be on for the fans to enjoy. Pele and Slingerz will go head to head in the opening encounter while Conquerors will take on the GDF in the night capper.
Forde recommences journey to South American 10k Triple Crown -Josiah-Tanner also wins for Guyanese first leg sweep Guyana’s, Cleveland Forde recommenced his journey for a South American 10km Road Race Classic Triple Crown on Saturday when he comfortably won the first leg of the race in Suriname. Forde ran an impressive 31:54 seconds to beat Jamaica’s Rupert Green (33:18) and Cleveland Thomas (33:42) respectively. Forde started in similar fashion last year when he won the first two stages but stumbled in the final stage in Panama. He will be aiming yet again to accomplish the one elusive feat in his decade-plus dominance of the race this year. Guyana will host the second stage on Sunday before the race moves to the final stage in Panama on November 15. Guyana’s United Statesbased distance athlete,
Cleveland Forde
Euleen Joisah-Tanner
Euleen Joisah-Tanner topped the female field in a time of 39:43 seconds with Andrea
Foster (41:48) finishing second for a Guyanese one-two finish in the event.
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Associations put systems in place for GFF elections Wi t h t h e G u y a n a Football Federation (GFF) Congress drawing near, the 22 member affiliates are also pushing to have their constitution reform and hold elections. Just recently three of those affiliates held elections with Georgetown Football Club (GFC), Buxton United and Guyana Football Coaches Association (GFCA) being those joining a number of others that have already put their houses in order. Ivor O’Brien will lead GFC and Wayne Dover is the head of the Coaches body. A release from the GFF lists the executive of the GFC and Coaches body. Those executives: Georgetown Football Club - 28th October, 2015 GFC Club House Ivor O’Brien-President Ivor English- Senior
Wayne Dover (3rd right) along with members of his executive and GFF officials after the elections. Vice President Peter Baker- Junior Vice President Roger PerreiraHonorary Treasurer Faizal Khan-Honorary Secretary Alicia DeAbreu-
A s s i s t a n t Secretary/Treasurer Shad FernandesFootball Captain Gladstone SerraoIndoor Games Captain Charles GreavesCommittee Member
James BovellCommittee Member Guyana Football Coaches Association - 29th October, 2015 - GFF Secretariat Wayne Dover-President Kester Garnett-Vice
President Sampson GilbertSecretary M a r i s k a Wi l l i a m s Treasurer Challus Mc KinnonA s s i s t a n t Secretary/Treasurer
Eyon Wills- Committee Member Dillion RobertsCommittee Member Lennox AdamsCommittee Member Mark CharlesCommittee Member
Terrence Ali National Open Boxing Championships
Guyana Defence Force retains Championship honours Colin ‘Superman’ Lewis, Jamal Eastman, Akeem Mounter are best boxers on show Colin ‘Superman’ Lewis Joel Williamson
Clairmonte Gibson By Michael Benjamin Diwani Lampkin (FYF) won the hearts of the crowd but failed to clinch the decision in his lightweight fight with Joel Williamson (RHJ) in the finals of the Terrence Ali National Open Boxing Championships at the Andrew Lewis Boxing Gym, Independence Boulevard last Saturday evening. The lanky FYF boxer, lined up to represent Guyana at the ‘Back to the Future’ Caribbean Boxing Tournament, scheduled for this month end at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH), turned in a good display of counter boxing mixed with classic boxing skills but in the end two of
the judges scored in favour of Joel Williamson, while the third felt that Lampkin had done enough to earn the verdict. Lampkin and his coaches, Sebert Blake and Joseph Murray, were left aghast by the decision and Blake has already signaled to President of the GBA, Steve Ninvalle that they would be filing an appeal to his executives for redress. That decision marred a night of fistic fury that saw the Guyana Defence Force clinching the honours of Champion Gym with their nemesis, the Republican Boxing Gym occupying the second place. Essequibo Boxing Gym representative, Akeem Mounter, defeated Stephan Smith to take the
middleweight title and the Best Boxer award in the junior category. Jamal Eastman ((RHJ) also continued his good showing and was adjudged the Best Boxer (Youth) after he had defeated Junior Henry (FYF) in a delightful shindig in the bantamweight division. Colin ‘Superman’ Lewis was adjudged the Best Boxer in the senior category after a crowd pleasing display that earned him a win over Marlon Darrell (FYF) and e v e n t u a l l y t h e jnr/welterweight title in the Elite category. Indeed, that was easily the fight of the night as ‘Superman’ Lewis, lived up
to the sobriquet with a performance that easily matched the exploits of that cartoon character. Still bristling from the Lampkin encounter and not anxious for the judges to have a say in this contest, Darrell’s coach, Blake, apparently instructed his boxer to attack from the onset. The boxer complied but received a surprise when his advances were met head on by an equally determined Lewis. The two went after each other as though they had an old score to settle and it was Lewis, the lankier, who came out of the first stanza looking good. He used his long reach to full advantage to push his man on the back foot where he
(Lewis) pummeled him from long range. Darrell came out steaming in round two but was met with several long ranged, ramrod punches. He attempted to dance out of range but received a wicked combination that momentarily halted his advances. The rangy ‘Superman’ was not yet done and he slammed home another long straight right that almost decapitated his opponent and forced the referee to institute a mandatory eight count. It was a fiery experience and Darrell certainly did well to
last out this round. Darrell entered the third stanza with flailing fists in an attempt to recoup lost points; he landed several jolting blows but by then the ‘Superman’ was ‘flying high’ and refused to be grounded. He danced away, stopping momentarily on several occasions to launch several salvoes to his o p p o n e n t ’s h e a d . T h e dozens of patrons that crammed into the ALBG truly received a treat and when the bell rang they clamored for more. They erupted into a crescendo (Continued on page 25)
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Guyana NRA / Industrial Safety Supplies National Fullbore Championship
GFF plugs $1M into UDFA league Goodluck enjoys narrow lead after day 1 - Solomon lauds efforts; calls it a step into the right direction The Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) kicked off their 10team First Division league on Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground, with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) handing over $1M to the Association to aid in the execution of the league, a release from the GFF indicated. It was an initiative of the Normalisation Committee, after Chairman Clinton Urling had visited the community to oversee the election of their Executive headed by former Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon. After handing over a quantity of balls to the UDFA, Urling had told the clubs that gathered at the LEN Building on October 1, that the GFF will also be giving financial assistance to the sum of $1M. According to Urling, “Linden has not had any significant football competitions being played in 2015 as a result of administrative issues with the UDFA, so the GFF is delighted to see the return of football in the region.” He added, “Moreover, the Normalisation Committee welcomes the initiative by the new Executives of the UDFA to host a League that will ensure consistent and sustainable football being played in the region.”
Sharma Solomon Urling also stated the Normalisation Committee is committed to supporting the GFF’s member associations with financial support for competitions once detailed proposals are submitted. “We must complement the UDFA executives for the robustness of their plans and timeliness of submission of their plans for the League,” Urling said. “It’s a step in the right direction and we want to personally thank the Normalisation Committee and the GFF for lending a hand,” said Solomon in an invited comment. The UDFA President pointed out that, “Even before I came into football, we always hear about the GFF receiving assistance from FIFA and I always felt that some of that should
Clinton Urling
Ransford Goodluck
somehow reach the member association and I’m happy that the Normalisation Committee and the GFF has ensured that associations start to benefit from the FIFA assistance, even if it’s in a small, meaningful way; we’re grateful.” Meanwhile, Solomon highlighted that along with the First Division League, simultaneously, the UDFA will host an Under-17 league which he said was made possible through the GFF’s intervention. Solomon also highlighted that, “What we’re happy about is that the clubs understand the position we’re in with regards to getting sponsorship and funding, so they have agreed to use the gates as payments.”
Defending champion Lennox Braithwaite will have to come from behind on day two of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) Fullbore Championships having found himself trailing by the s l i m m e s t o f m a rg i n s , Ransford Goodluck. In steamy conditions with the winds changing subtly, both Goodluck and Braithwaite shot a possible at
Roberto Tewari the 500 yard range. Braithwaite was ahead by a single point going into the 900 yards and it was at this range that Goodluck finished ahead of the defending champion to enjoy a slim lead going into Sunday’s second day. W h i l e t h i s y e a r ’s competition will not see National Captain Mahendra Persaud and Leo Romalho competing due to unforeseen
Ryan Sampson circumstances, two Tyros (beginners) in Roberto Tewari and Gordon Richards are competing; they will only shoot the short ranges. Competition this Sunday, day 2 will be at the 500 yards (2&7), 600 yards (2&7) and 900 yards (2&10) ranges. ( F r a n k l i n Wi l s o n ) Following are the scores complete with the handicap points system.
Copa Airlines sponsors duo for Badminton meet in Peru Commits to further supporting sports in Guyana Georgetown – Copa Airlines {NYSE: CPA}is collaborating with the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) to ensure the country is well represented at the upcoming World Junior Badminton Championships set to take place in Lima, Peru, from November 2 – 14, 2015 a release from the airline informed. The Airline is proud to be providing return tickets for two of the three players along with the coach who will be representing Guyana at the Championships. Copa presented the two return tickets on Thursday to 13-year old Priyanna Ramdhani and 17-year old Ronald Chang Yuen at its Camp Street office, Georgetown. Country Sales Manager Nadine Oudkerk
handed over the tickets to the duo in the presence of Coach, Gokarn Ramdhani. Oudkerk said Copa is happy to be supporting the GBA in helping to make Guyana’s presence at the tournament possible. “Guyana has always performed admirably in this sport and with this event in Lima; the team is aiming to be ranked in the top 100 players. At Copa, we recognize the important role sports play in developing young people and elevating the profile of the country. We wish the team the very best and look forward to further collaborations in the future,” she said. Ramdhani and team mate Chang Yuen both thanked the Airline for its support and committed to making Guyana proud by
performing at their very best. Coach Ramdhani said the GBA like any other sporting fraternity has to do a lot of work in order to keep Guyana’s rankings to a high level and it is because of companies like Copa Airlines, great accomplishments are made possible. “I am very pleased with Copa Airlines for assisting us to get two of our players to this important Championship,” he said. The young Ramdhani received three Bronze Medals at the Caribbean Badminton Championships held in the Dominican Republic in August this year, while Chang Yuen was a Bronze Medalist at the Suriname Easter International 2014 Tournament. The other player to
Country Sales Manager, Nadine Oudkerk (left) hands over tickets to Ronald Chang Yuen and Priyanna Ramdhani in the presence of coach Gokarn Ramdhani (right). accompany the team, Narayan Ramdhani; is the reigning national Junior and Senior champion. The 17-
year-old badminton sensation has moved to number 152 in the world, which makes him the
number two ranked player in the Caribbean, and number 10 in the Pan American Region.
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NSC tour of Guyana 5-stage cycle road race
Leal crowned champion after Ospina refuses to take WADA test Raul Leal of Gillette Evolution was crowned the overall champion of the National Sports Commission tour of Guyana 5-stage cycle road race which concluded on Sunday. This was after Team’ Coco’s Carlos Ospina was disqualified for refusing to take the World Anti Doping test conducted by the Guyana Olympic Association after the race. Leal who pocketed $US1, 000; overall time was 10 hours 03 minutes 31 seconds. Hamza Eastman of Coco’s (10:03:43) took the runner up spot followed by Marlon Williams of Gillette Evolution (10:03:54). Jamal John of Coco’s (10:04:08), Alonzo Greaves of Roraima (10:05:15), Geron Williams of Continental (10:05:18), Paul De Nobrega of Alanis (10:05:44), Darren Matthew of Coco’s (10:06:15), Marloe Rodman of Heatwave (10:06:15) and Jamal Eastman of Heatwave (10:06:42) completed the
Respective prize winners with representatives of the organsiers and sponsors. Raul Leal is seated center. top ten. Following Ospina’s disqualification, the final stage a distance of 64.5 miles, which was contested from Kara Kara Linden Highway to Homestretch Avenue, was awarded to Barbadian Jamol Eastmond
of Heatwave who clocked 2 hours 36 minutes and 54 seconds. He was followed by Raynauth Jeffery, Jamal John (Coco’s), Marlon Williams (Gillette Evolution), Jornell Yearwood (Bauxite Flyers)
and Andre Simon (Cure 8 S11). The junior category was taken by Jamal John (Coco’s), Andre Hicks placed second and Chris Griffith (10:15:25) of Alanis third. Paul ChooWee-Nam (Coco’s) won the
veterans division in 10:17:51, Junior Niles (Coco’s) finished second in 10:21:01 and Rockwell Seecharran (Grenada) third in 10:26:23. Due to the delay in the presentation due to the testing, Kaieteur Sport was
u n a w a r e o f O s p i n a ’s disqualification up to press time on Sunday; this was due to its reporter being involved in other assignments. We apologise for any misconception our previous story had caused.
Jamaica’s ‘Zoom Zoom’ Rae coming for final leg of CMRC Jamaica’s Peter ‘Zoom Zoom’ Rae, who will be piloting a turbocharged Mazda RX 7 at the season ending Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) set for November 15, at the South Dakota Circuit will be one to watch. Rae is expected to lead a Jamaican team that has traditionally done well in regional racing on what is considered a favourite hunting ground for drivers from ‘Reggae Land’. The Jamaicans currently lies fourth in the CMRC with 369 points and while the possibility of an overall title win seems a distant possibility, Rae and the other members of Team Jamaica will no doubt be aiming to end the year on a high. While the full composition of the Jamaica team is yet to be known, Rae and female daredevil Natasha ‘Chiney Dolly’ Chang have already confirmed participation in the final leg of the championship.
Host Guyana with 511 points trails Barbados 533, while Trinidad and Tobago leads the Series on 658 points. The Cayman Islands remains in the cellar on 138 points. Rae, who campaigns in Group 4, will have to be at his level best to upstage Guyanese Kristian Jeffrey, whose dominance in all three previous legs in Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados has already made him back to back champion following his outstanding display on debut last year. J e ff r e y h a s s o f a r amassed 183 points and he is followed by Trinidad’s Kristian Boodoosingh, who lies second with 101 points. Third in the championship is Gerard Carrington of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) with 58 points; 4th Jamaican (JAM) George Bayley 51 points; 5th is Barbadian (BAR) Stuart Williams 48 points and 6th Franklyn Boodram (T&T) 45points. In the Seaboard Marine Group 3, Gary Barrett of the Cayman Islands has the lead
with 138 points while Trinidad representative Paul Vieira sits second with 108 points. G u y a n a ’s D a n n y Persaud is down in third with 70 points, while fourth place is held jointly by Natasha Chang (JAM) & Kurt Thompson BAR) 62points. In the CMRC Group 2, Marc Gill of T&T leads with 150 points and Barbadian Mark Thompson with 90 points is currently in second. Jamaica’s Jordan Powell (75 points) is third ahead of Guyana’s Shiaraz Roshandin who has 61 points; 5th is Mark Williams (T&T) 55 points while 6th place belongs to Damien Nesbitt (T&T) with 52 points. The Super-stock group has Guyana’s Stephen Vieira leading with 133 points, his cousin Elliot second with 119 points and Jamaica’s Robert McDonald third on 45 points. Guyana’s Joel Neblett and Jamaica’s David Bell are tied fourth with 36 points while Guyana’s Matthew Vieira is 6th with 28 points.
Jamaica’s Peter ‘Zoom Zoom’ Rae (left) relaxes with members of team Jamaica during a CMRC Meet at the South Dakota Circuit.
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Regal crowned Open and Masters Champs
Members of the victorious Regal Open and Masters teams with their accolades.
Stag Alpha needle Monedderlust; Elite Fruta Conquerors hammer GFC League
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