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Letters... Where your views make the news... Letters... Where your views make the news

Serious accusation of Region 2 Councilors did not unanimously police wrong-doing vote against Ministerial pay increase DEAR EDITOR, This is about a sad situation involving a friend of mine whose taxi was hit from behind by another driver.

The first frightening thing that happened was that the Sergeant at the a certain police station (named) knew him as he (the Sergeant) was the non-beneficiary (or loser) in a personal situation that also involved my friend some months earlier, and this was the ideal situation for the Sergeant to get even and throw the book at him although he was clearly driving properly and did not break any traffic laws.

I was there at the scene of the accident where there was a thirty-foot skid mark leading to the back of my friend’s car, made by the other driver and put into evidence by the constable who took measurements and other evidence at the scene.

This proved that the other driver was doing around 60 mph in the 30 mph zone where the accident happened. I was also at the Sergeant’s office at the station in protest of the charges laid against my friend when we were told to leave the station by the Sergeant without any explanation for his own refusal to apply the traffic laws in a fair and professional way.

It is universal knowledge by everyone who uses the roadways in this country and all other civilized countries that the driver who hits another from behind is in breach of the law!

Well my friend was put on bail and went through a lengthy court process (having to appear in the Magistrate Court on numerous occasions over the last eight or nine months) to wait for what should have been a simple, academic outcome.

Instead he was fined and sent away with a warning.

Here’s the other chilling part of this unfortunate story.

The Magistrate refused to acknowledge the facts of the case, including the skids, and sat there and shamelessly sided with the Police Sergeant instead of recommending to the Police Commissioner that he/she (the sergeant) be disciplined for attempting to prosecute what was obviously a legally and professionally faulty case.

Our Justice System somehow has to rid itself of these incompetent, corrupt and activist players. It is obvious that this negative culture is today so deeply ingrained that the legal conscience of our beloved country has been put under siege. Can the culture be changed? Do we have the political will to change it?

Are our institutions strong enough to see to it that this change takes place?

Did the sergeant commit a crime, and/or more seriously, did the Magistrate (himself or herself) commit a crime?

Should he/she be allowed to continue on the bench?

After all, incompetence, omissions, collusion, conspiracy and everything else that leads to injustice ought to be criminal and therefore prosecuted and punished.

Innocent, honest, lawabiding citizens are being unnecessarily burdened by this justice system which is replete with incompetent, corrupt, activist players and it is very unfair.

R. H EDITOR’S NOTE. The letter-writer requested initials only. We are not inclined to continue with this format. We prefer the entire name

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana Times reporter in Region Two has several articles, written by Indrawattie Natram, that are misleading and bordering on questionable journalism. She mentioned me as the Prime Minister’s Representative in one of her stories so I take this opportunity to set things straight by presenting the truth.

I was there when the REO upbraided her for what he opined was misleading information written by her in the Guyana Times. He reprimanded her for writing that there was a dead cow in the canal at Lima Sands contaminating the water. He said that he sent workers to investigate and they did not find any dead cow anywhere.

While speaking to her, she was not prepared to listen him out, but kept interrupting him.

There was not attempt to muzzle her. What she should have done is wait until he was finished speaking, then reply.

She, of all persons should know that in interviewing or dialoguing each speaker should wait his or her turn.

She should have listened to the REO then reply. Writing that the REO tried to muzzle her is highly unprofessional, immature and misleading.

In another edition of the Guyana Times (Wednesday 21 October), she wrote that all the members of the Region Two RDC unanimously voted against the Ministerial pay increase. This is far from the truth. In fact, eight PPP/C members (four were absent)

voted against the pay increase.

The five APNU and AFC members abstained by keeping their hands down. I was there as an observer in the gallery. Eight out of a Council of seventeen members is far from unanimous. I visited Ms. Nathram in her office and pointed out her mistake to her by explaining what unanimous means. Mr. Ragendra Prabulall, the Information Officer for Region Two, was there. He advised her in my presence to correct her mistake in another article. I am not aware that the correction was done.

Editor, in the interest of public information and for damage control, I write to correct the misinformation fed

to readers in Guyana Times.

Ms. Natram uses certain words incorrectly perhaps due to lack of knowledge of maybe to promote opposition propaganda and undermine the credibility and efforts of the government. This cannot be tolerated and passed off as information and professionalism.

More recently the Guyana Times erroneously reported that “Region 2 Information Office staff sent home.”

(October 29, edition). The fact is that the Information Officer, Mr. Prabulall, retired 0n October 31. Before that, he was on pre-retirement leave.

His trainee, whom he took employed to understudy him and succeed him, had to leave because of his Continued on page 29

NONE OF ANIL NANDLALL’S CLAIMS ARE SENSIBLE OR FACTUAL DEAR EDITOR, On November 2, 2015, the Guyana Times newspaper published an article titled “Extravagant Govt spending outrageous – Nandlall.” This article is replete with false information. It stated, inter alia, that: (1) Former Attorney General Mr. Anil Nandlal has expressed disgust that “The Guyana Government has hired New York law firm ‘Rozario and Associates’ to represent Guyanese-Americans on a commemoration committee which was established for the purpose of planning” the 50th independence anniversary celebration in New York City from June 4th through June 12th, 2016.” (2) Mr. Nandlall claimed that the government is “finding money to spend on a grand inauguration ceremony and now they are

spending millions locally on this independence commemoration activity. And coupled with that, we now learn that they retained the services of a law firm to plan commemoration services in North America.”

None of Mr. Nandlall’s claims are sensible or factual. Mr. Rovin Rozario is a young, well respected Guyanese attorney in New York City.

He is a member of Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary Celebration Committee (New York), and a co-chair of a subcommittee.

He is not only volunteering his legal services to the committee, but has made a substantial monetary donation to the committee.

The 50th Independence Anniversary Celebration Committee (New York) has attracted the attention,

commitment and enthusiasm of an enumerable amount of talented Guyanese, all of whom are volunteers.

Consequently, the committee has not retained, nor seen the need to retain, any professional services company. Mr. Nandlall is a former Attorney General and should therefore know that making unverified and intentionally false claims; particularly about another member of the legal fraternity, singularly to misinform, create political mischief and reputational damage, is not only unscrupulous but unethical and reprehensible.

Mr. Rozario’s willingness to volunteer his professional services to his country should be commended and encouraged. We urge Mr. Nandilall to engage in factual commentary regarding the activities of the 50th Independence Anniversary Celebration Committee (New York), and to embrace our young people who step forward to volunteer in the best interest Guyana.

Nevlon Duguid Director of Communications 50th Independence Anniversary Celebration Committee (New York)

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AG questions legality of Amerindian Purposes Fund The Amerindian Purposes Fund, which was established in 2000, has not only been flagged for numerous financial improprieties by Auditor General (AG), Deodat Sharma in his 2014 report; its legal status has also been brought into question.

Sharma said that while the formerly named Ministry of Amerindian Affairs had claimed it established the fund in keeping with a provision in Section 26 of the Amerindian Act, Chapter 29:01; this Act was later repealed by Section 84 of the Amerindian Act (2006), which had not in itself provided for the operation of the Fund.

Nonetheless, the original Act, at Section 29, required the preparation of financial statements and an audit by the Auditor General. He stressed that this, even though not captured in the current Act, are best practice requirements of any accounting process, but were never satisfied since the opening of the Fund.

The Ministry informed Sharma that it has written the Ministry of Legal Affairs twice for advice on the way forward to ensure the legality

of the fund is replenished.

However, to date, a reply has not been received and a reminder will be sent to the Ministry.

The AG’s office nevertheless advised that the Ministry must aggressively follow up this matter with the Ministry of Legal Affairs.

Sharma then proceeded to list a number of observations which were made in relation to the operations of the Amerindian Purposes Fund for prior years, most of which continued in 2014.

He noted that at the end of 2011, there were two transactions valued at $292,500, which were awaiting the Finance Secretary’s approval before the Fund could be restored.

These transactions were related to the year 2007.

Although approval was received from the Finance Secretary and a cheque to the value of $292,500 was drawn, the amount was still not deposited into the Fund.

Sharma said that a cash book was maintained, but this was not updated for the period November 2009 to December 2010. In relation to the years 2011 to 2013, although entries were made in

- flags it for numerous financial improprieties the book, it was not balanced at the end of each month. This situation continued in 2014.

Bank reconciliation, which was done up to November 2009, also reflected an unreconciled balance of $11,362. At the time of reporting in September 2015, no other bank reconciliation statements were prepared.

The AG asserted that the sum of $11.314M was received in 2012 but was only acknowledged by the Ministry until April 2013. The reasons for the late acknowledgement could not be ascertained. Further, receipts totaling $1.105 billion, applicable to year 2013, were traced to the bank account but were not recorded in the cash book during 2013.

He said that a similar situation existed in 2014, where amounts totaling $27.793M, for which no receipts were seen, were deposited into the bank account but the amounts were not recorded in the cash book. In addition, receipts were written for amounts totaling $1.278M and deposited in the bank account but were not entered in the cash book.

The AG said that what also defied accounting best practices was the fact that payment vouchers, which were presented for audit, were not numbered and examined by the competent officer.

Further, he said that the cash book was not properly maintained; all payments were not recorded therein. As a result, the balance on the Fund at a given time could not be ascertained from the records. This situation continued last year as well.

Sharma noted too that the Ministry expended the sum of $29.899M in 2013 to undertake construction and extension works in Amerindian Villages and Communities.

However, at the time of reporting, the Ministry was not in receipt of progress reports or other evidence to validate completion of the works. As a result, the Audit Office was unable to ascertain the status of the works.

Sharma expressed that there was also a lack of control over advances issued during the period under review. He noted that an advance register was not kept and advance forms were not numbered in keeping with sound accounting procedures.

Further, it could not be determined by the Audit office whether all advances were repaid by the officers and whether these amounts were reimbursed to the Fund.

A similar situation existed in 2014 where 73 advances totaling $21.776M were issued. Also included in the

Auditor General, Deodat Sharma 73 advances were 27 salary advances totaling $1.089M. The AG also found that the Ministry paid sums totaling $82.859M to Community Support Officers in Regions Number Eight and Nine in 2013. Despite repeated requests to verify this amount, the Ministry only provided two payment vouchers totaling $35.580M. Both lacked documentation and one for an amount of $18.720M was not acknowledged by the payee.

As a result, the accuracy and validity of the amount of $82.859M paid could not be determined.

Equipment, tools and other items purchased for Regions/Villages were not inventoried.

The Auditor General said that a similar situation continued to exist in 2014.

He noted that strict control procedures were not exercised in the receipt and distribution of goods or assets purchased for Amerindian Villages. In providing an example to support this observation, Sharma said that even though acquisitions were recorded in the Stock Ledger, no annotation was made when the items were transferred to the various Amerindian Villages.

This sad state of affairs was not changed, but allowed to continue into last year.

The Ministry had no proper defense for many of the financial improprieties outlined by the AG but promised that corrective action is being taken to resolve these issues.

Sharma emphasized that it is important for the Ministry now renamed the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs to take appropriate measures to ensure that there is transparency and accountability in the operation of the Fund.

Two confess to killing Miner in Cuyuni River The reputed wife of 36year- old, Sheldon Rodriguez, formerly of Onderneeming, Sand Pitt is claiming that he may have been murdered because the persons working alongside him may have been jealous of him.

Police in a press release yesterday stated that Detectives in ‘F’ Division are currently wrapping up their investigation into the circumstances surrounding

the death of gold miner, Sheldon Rodrigues, which occurred about 02:15hrs on Monday, November 02, 2015, at Falls Top, Arimu, Cuyuni River.

The police said that two suspects who have since confessed to the crime are in police custody and are likely to be charged and placed before the court soon.

Daisy, who shared a common law relationship with Rodriguez explained that she received a call from one of his friends who asked her if she was informed about her reputed husband’s death.

Daisy said that at first she thought it was a joke but after

she received another call, this time from her reputed husband’s sister informing her that Rodriguez sustained chops about his body and died, her worst fears were confirmed.

Daisy said from her understanding, she learnt that the persons who admitted to killing Rodriguez were tantalising him about her.

The woman added that Rodriguez’s boss had given him position over the two suspects since he was skilled in his job. She said they shared a decade long relationship.

Rodriguez has a nine year- old daughter.

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Russia stance on Assad ‘New Turkey’ to bear Erdogan’s stamp suggests divergence with Iran as crackdown on dissent steps up Reuters - Turkey’s new cabinet will bear the firm stamp of President Tayyip Erdogan with a slew of loyal advisors set for ministerial posts, senior officials said yesterday, suggesting his grip will tighten as the AK Party returns to govern alone.

The AKP’s dramatic electoral comeback on Sunday, clawing back a majority lost only five months earlier, was a personal victory for Erdogan, whose ambition for stronger presidential powers rests on the party he founded controlling parliament.

Opponents fear the result, which dashed any hopes of a coalition government that might soothe deep social divisions, will exacerbate his authoritarian instincts.

There are already signs that a crackdown on dissent is intensifying.

Authorities detained dozens of people, including senior police officers and bureaucrats, yesterday on suspicion of links to Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based Muslim cleric Erdogan accuses of plotting to overthrow him

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan smiles as he leaves from Eyup Sultan mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS/HUSEYIN ALDEMIR with bogus corruption accusations.

The offices of a left-leaning news magazine were raided over a cover suggesting the election result could trigger conflict.

And security forces backed by helicopters imposed a curfew in parts of a town in the largely Kurdish southeast, while Turkish jets pounded Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, suggesting no let-up in a military campaign there.

“It has been a key element

of politics since Machiavelli, the ability to manipulate fear.

But Mr. Tayyip has proved to be a real master,” wrote Ali Sirmen, a columnist in the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper.

Officials in Ankara said the new cabinet, likely to be announced late next week at the earliest, would include several top Erdogan advisors, although Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was likely to keep control of the economic team.

Taiwan, Chinese presidents to meet for first time since ’49 TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s president will meet Saturday with his counterpart from once icy political rival China, the Taiwanese side said, a historic first culminating nearly eight years of quickly improved relations despite wariness among many Taiwanese of the mainland government.

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Singapore to exchange ideas about relations between the two sides but not sign any deals, presidential spokesman Charles Chen said in a statement today.

Presidents of the two sides have not met since

Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists lost the Chinese civil war to Mao Zedong’s Communists in the 1940s, and the Nationalists rebased in Taiwan 160 kilometers (100 miles) away. The two sides have been separately ruled since then. They never talked formally until Ma, the Nationalist president since 2008, lay aside old hostilities to set up lower-level official meetings.

China and Taiwan have signed 23 deals covering mainly trade, transit and investment, binding Taiwan closer to its top trading partner and the world’s second largest economy.

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov in Damascus.

REUTERS/SANA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS Reuters - Russia does not see keeping Bashar al-Assad in power as a matter of principle, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said yesterday in comments that suggested a divergence of opinion with Iran, the Syrian president’s other main international backer.

Fuelling speculation of Russian-Iranian differences over Assad, the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps suggested on Monday that Tehran may be more committed to him than Moscow was.

However, one senior regional official cautioned against reading too much into the public statements on Assad, saying there is no difference between Russia and Iran over him. They agree on his staying in office, and that it is up to the Syrian people to elect their president, the official said.

Russia and Iran agreed on his staying in office, and that it was up to the Syrian people to elect their president.

While Russia and Iran have been Assad’s foremost foreign supporters during Syria’s four-year-old war, the United States, its Gulf allies and Turkey have insisted the president must step down as part of any eventual peace deal. Talks in Vienna on Friday among the main foreign players involved in diplomatic efforts on Syria failed to reach agreement on Assad.

Asked by a reporter yesterday if saving Assad was a matter of principle for Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said: “Absolutely not, we never said that.”

“We are not saying that Assad should leave or stay,” RIA news agency quoted her as saying.

But another regime change in the Middle East could be a catastrophe that “could simply turn the whole region into a large black hole”, she added. Zakharova said Russia had not changed its policy on Assad and that his fate should be decided by the Syrian people.

But her remarks appeared to suggest a difference of approach compared with Iran, which has sent forces to fight alongside Assad’s military and the Lebanese Hezbollah group, which it backs, has also sent fighters.

The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, acknowledged that Russia “may not care if Assad stays in power as we do”. The Tasnim news agency quoted him on Monday as saying: “We don’t know any better person to replace him.”

Pistorius lawyers battle to avoid murder charges Bloemfontein (South Africa) (AFP) - Oscar Pistorius’ lawyers yesterday fought to keep him from returning to jail as state prosecutors argued for a murder conviction in a combative appeal hearing a fortnight after he was released.

The Paralympic sprinter was found guilty last year of culpable homicide — a charge equivalent to manslaughter — after shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day in 2013.

During sharp exchanges between his lawyer and the

five judges at the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein, the killing was again re-lived in front of a packed courthouse that included Steenkamp’s mother June.

At the crux of the appeal was how trial judge Thokozile Masipa interpreted the principle of dolus eventualis — awareness of the likely outcome of an action — under which she acquitted Pistorius of murder. “(Judge Thokozile Masipa’s) analysis of dolus eventualis seems to me to be

wrong,” Judge Eric Leach said.

“When he fired the bullets, did he know there was somebody behind the door?

“We’re talking about intent.”

Pistorius’ lawyer Barry Roux fought back, arguing that the original trial verdict could not be challenged on its factual findings. “(The judge) was saying... ‘my factual finding is that when he fired the shots thinking it was an intruder, he genuinely believed the deceased was in the bedroom’.

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HEAVILY ARMED GANG ROBS, TERRORISES MONEY CHANGERS

By Mondale Smith About 10 men dressed in black and armed with highpowered weapons executed a daring robbery on America Street last evening that has left several money changers reeling from their losses.

The bandits, who arrived on five Honda CG motorcycles and in a car, created pandemonium as they released a volley of bullets in every direction before fleeing with millions in cash and jewellery taken from money changers on America and Longden Streets.

It was a scene reminiscent of the 1999 raid on the location which was carried out by the late notorious bandit Linden ‘Blackie’ London and his gang.

But this time around, the men struck in the evening and were able to make a clean getaway. And despite the several shots that were fired, fortunately no one was reportedly injured.

Among those robbed was money changer Ryburn Fraser, 47.

“Dem bannas carry away about $1.5M and change in cash plus gold,” he said.

Fraser, who has been a money changer for 25 years, said he counted about 10 heavily armed men with big machine guns and AK-47s.

Still in shock, he said he had mere minutes earlier called a taxi driver to take him home when the gunmen rolled up.

“All I see was five bikes roll up and dem men seh ‘pass the f%#@%&g money before we kill yah mudda S@%&#’.”

The gunmen collected

Shocked citizens and police at the scene last evening.

$300,000 cash which he had in his hand and also snatched his bag containing the rest of money.

Expressing disgust at his harrowing ordeal, he said while there were surveillance cameras in the vicinity “These bannas just didn’t care, they even carry away my phone…. It was like when ‘Blackie’ de come and rob people out hey.”

The father of four said the robbery brought fresh recollection of another robbery he had experienced on January 25 when he was relieved of more than $1M and shot seven times outside his lot 2688 Manatee Place, South Ruimveldt home.

Another money c h a n g e r, recounting events, said all he heard were gunshots and he froze when he saw the many gunmen approaching.

Still shaking and breathing heavily, he said, “Some had on masks and others were not masked.

Lucky for me, my friend snatch me by meh hand and we bruck out (ran). I thought I dead.”

Another popular money changer, sweating profusely while recollecting some of last night’s events, said he saw four Honda CG motorcycles pull up on the scene. “Them men just start bussing shots from in the

Dem boys seh...

Take thy burdens wid thee When people want to get rid of somebody dem does tell dem to carry dem burdens wherever dem going.

Is that habit of chasing people wid dem burdens that got some people always scrubbing out a new place when dem moving in.

Some of dem build a house so big that dem can’t even scrub it. That is de set who does pay a pandit nuff money fuh bun out de place and a priest fuh smoke out de place.

Brassington use a priest fuh smoke out de place. He friends thought that he had nuff mosquito till dem get de smell.

Dem who don’t like church or who don’t believe in religion does have nuff likker. Dem is de ones who does sprinkle de likker at de four corner and claim how

dem giving dearly departed friends.

Well dem boys seh that of late nuff of dem had dearly departed friends, not that de friends dead; dem just departed because de good life done.

None of dem can’t get free money anymore. Babbie was one of de departed from Donald. He use to get free money now Soulja Bai come in to spoil de fun. He already cut back pun de drug contracts and now he tek away money that coming from de sky.

De Bishop is another departed. He had he church but he forget that de devil and de church don’t mix. Things get bad wid de church because it became de only church that fail to mek money.

He had to sell it.

Dem boys seh that dem see nuff crosses in dem life but dem never see so many of dem refusing to associate.

Dem remember when de going was good. Dem had some of de best parties because dem never had to pay fuh nutten.

De taxpayer had to foot de bill.

De taxpayer money dry up and just like when ants eat out everything and move on, is de same way these people move on wid dem burden.

Kwame pick up heself and gone to Trinidad and of course when de immigration people see him one of dem shout, “Look at me crosses.”

He still fetching he burden, face down.

Talk half and look out to see who coming wid dem burdens.

middle of the road like if is war …but is rob dem come fuh rob and dem ain’t care.”

He said he ran away, leaving his cellular phone, which the gunmen carried away as they made their exit.

Across the road, a confectionary seller said the men arrived in mostly black.”

I thought was police, then as the shots started firing, my daughter holler ‘mommy’ and I hit the

ground and fold up behind me stand and was madness after dat.”

Other money changers were robbed but opted not to quantify their losses nor tell their story except to say, “dis place getting dread again and these lil bannaz ain’t no jokey robbers.”

One 86 year old woman, recalling her experience, said she was staring down the barrel of a long gun and begging for her life.

“All I could have done was to go on my knees and beg dem ‘ow, don’t kill granny’, but these guys didn’t appear to be interested in nobody but the money men over the road.”

During the pandemonium, West Ruimveldt bus drivers abandoned their buses and passengers hastily exited through windows to escape the gunfire.

When everything had died down the police arrived on the scene only to comb the area to recover several spent shells from small and highpowered weapons.

Up to late last night there were no reports of anyone being arrested.

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THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN

Ramotar and the Nader Effect Outside of Geoff Da Silva’s apology when he was the CEO of GoInvest at a press conference at the Pegasus, no high –ranking PPP leader serving in state administration ever publicly apologized for a mistake made.

Mr. Da Silva called the press conference after Yesu Persaud, during his remarks at the launching of the Guyana Times, pointed to concessions awarded by the state to Bobby Ramroop’s business company that went outside of the law.

Then President Bharrat Jagdeo, at the same event, lambasted Persaud for his comments. Days later it was acknowledged by the Government that Ramroop did receive concessions that

were not backed by law. The PPP leadership went to Parliament and did the necessary retroactive correction.

Da Silva told his press conference that GoInvest made the error and there and then apologized. Research will find that before Da Silva, President Cheddi Jagan had apologized to AfricanGuyanese for an observation he made that global Africans are at the bottom of the economic ladder.

There could be more but those are the only two instances of apology I have found. For research purposes, Mr. Ramotar’s apology for awarding the presidential pardon to a convicted child killer does not vitiate the

conclusion that PPP leaders did not display contrite feelings over egregious wrongs they committed during the exercise of power.

Mr. Ramotar holds no official state job; is not the leader of any political party and does not sit in the National Assembly.

One cannot point to his contrite offering as an example of a PPP Government leader saying sorry.

One wonders at the countless times history would have had a different outcome if words and attitudes went in the directions they ought not to have gone. The most pyrotechnical example that comes to mind is the

American presidential election in 2000 where Al Gore lost by hundreds of votes to George Bush.

Another candidate in the race got thousands of votes that had he not contested, many of those votes would have gone to Gore. Bush won the election because he took Florida in the Electoral College by 517 votes.

In the same state, Consumer advocate, Nader picked up 97,421 ballots.

Nader contended that before the elections, Gore refused to accommodate h i s a g e n d a . To d a y i n American journalism, you often read about the “Nader Effect” What would American society be like today if there wasn’t the Nader Effect in 2000?

Did Guyana see the Nader Effect in 2011? Did the Alliance For Change (AFC) bring the Nader Effect in that general e l e c t i o n ? Wo u l d t h e r e have been the Nader Effect in 2011 if what Ramotar did last week, he had done long before 2011 - apologize to the nation for errors, lapses and irregularities?

Would the PPP still be

in power if PPP leaders, one by one, would have marched to the press podium and say sorry?

There is an adequate body of theoretical material from which one can draw to conclude that the Nader Effect was a work in the elections of 2011. Of course 2011 marked the turning point in the PPP’s electoral erasure. In that election there was a direct link to the irredeemable behaviour of the PPP. The PPP did not lose by a big margin in 2011. It lost by one parliamentary seat In fact, the result for the latter was so tantalizingly close that it would have been a foregone conclusion that the PPP would have won the majority if the AFC did not contest. In 2011, the AFC took votes from the PPP the way Nader took votes from Gore.

Gore disappeared after he lost in 2000. The PPP never recovered after it lost in 2011.

Why did Nader get so many votes in Florida? We can’t answer that. We can answer why the AFC got so many votes in 2011.

Several factors explain it

Frederick Kissoon and it will not be wise to cite a single cause. But the hubris and hauteur of the PPP leadership substantially dented its credibility long before the 2011 poll arrived.

Mr. Ramotar was not in power then; in fact he held no official state role other than being on the Board of Guysuco.

But as the leader of the party in government, the fallout from the PPP’s pomposity and megalomania had to affect his standing as the PPP’s presidential candidate.

Glorious opportunities were missed to say sorry, a word that may have gone a long way in strengthening the PPP electoral chances in 2011 The insult to Yesu Persaud, a national icon was horrible. A simple apology would have helped the PPP’s image. Ramotar’s apology last week was too little, too late.

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GuySuCo targets U.S, Britain and Canadian markets with “upgraded sugar” – Chairman Even though top sugar experts have swallowed the bitter truth that Guyana will not be able to compete on the international market with its sugar for various reasons, they are hoping that a breakthrough would be possible with a new upgraded sugar called, “Enmore Crystals.”

This is according to Chairman of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Dr. Clive Thomas.

In a recent interview, Dr Thomas, an Economist said, “The report on the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into GuySuCo will outline some of the measures and recommendations I had put forward, which could see the reform of the industry but I don’t want to go into that until the report has been made public by the Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Noel Holder. But what I would say is that Guyana remains in a position where it cannot be competitive on the world market.”

He added, “However, what is receiving great reviews is the option of upgrading our sugar which gives us some leverage to sell it for more. The product we are working on right now is called ‘Enmore Crystals’ and this packaged sugar is only being done in small quantities for the markets in Canada, USA and Britain.”

The GuySuCo Chairman said that the Board and Management believe that the packaged sugar will do better than “the ordinary sugar sold in the transparent plastic bag.” He noted that samples are already being taken to the three markets he outlined, among other places where contacts are made.

Dr. Thomas said, “We are trying to penetrate the market with small quantities and build up as time goes. We are basically doing this to see how we can get a higher price for our sugar. And so far, it has been receiving favourable reviews from our international contacts, so we are looking to see how this works out but there are other plans in the pipeline for the diversification of this product and bringing the industry back to good health.”

The Economist noted that signs of good health in the local sugar industry are already being detected.

reported that the industry also recorded its highest daily production of 1,785 tonnes of sugar, surpassing its previous highest of 1,699 tonnes which was also achieved earlier in this crop.

The Uitvlugt Estate completed its second crop for 2015 on Saturday October 17 and produced 7,847 tonnes of sugar, surpassing its target by 733 tonnes.

“Further, the estate produced 16,428 tonnes of sugar for the year surpassing its year’s target by 1,065

GuySuCo Chairman, Dr. Clive Thomas For years, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has been performing poorly.

Several sugar estates were failing to meet weekly and annual production targets, and the management of the State-owned company, among other factors, was blamed for the industry’s poor health.

But since the APNU+AFC coalition has taken hold of the reigns of governance, GuySuCo seems to be making some improvements. It recently reported that several estates have not only been meeting weekly targets but surpassing them. Even the controversial $200M Skeldon Factory has improved in its daily production.

In mid October, the corporation said that Skeldon saw its highest daily production since its commissioning in 2009. It recorded 515 tonnes of sugar, surpassing its previous highest of 501 tonnes which was achieved in September 2012.

It said, too, that with just two and half months left in the year, sugar production is on course with almost 78 percent of the target completed.

With regard to production, GuySuCo disclosed that it produced 10,254 tonnes of sugar for the week ending October 16, surpassing the 10,000 tonnes mark for the third time this crop.

Estates at Skeldon, Albion, Blairmont, East Demerara and Uitvlugt have all surpassed their weekly targets while Rose Hall Estate achieved 97 percent.

In mid-October, it was

tonnes.”

GuySuCo also announced that it has awarded its junior staffers and rank and file employees on the seven estates incentives totaling $285.7M for their achievement of 26 weekly production targets for the first crop, 2015.

For the second crop, the Corporation has doled out incentives totaling $531.5M for the achievement of 47 weekly production incentives.

Dr. Thomas had informed

Kaieteur News that he is happy with the recent success of the sugar industry in some areas and noted that several plans are in the mainstream to help develop other areas.

He however declined to divulge what those are at this time.

The economist said, “But for the time being, I would say that I am pleased with the performance of the Corporation. It is proof of what good management can achieve. It’s a different kind

of environment we have now; a healthy environment which encourages the staff, and fosters proper practices unlike what took place in the past.”

“I am pleased with the way the Skeldon factory seems to be improving. And I know that it can do more. But this is a good sign for the industry.GuySuCo’s recent success is also proof that political interference was a severe toxic element in the industry and to the Corporation. That is done with,” Dr Thomas said.

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Police probing alleged bribery in Crum-Ewing court case The ongoing Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the highprofile killing of activist Courtney Crum-Ewing has hit a major snag with the police now investigating claims of bribery.

Yesterday, Mark Jacobs, an activist and friend of the late Crum-Ewing, was asked to give a statement to police at the Brickdam Station after an explosive claim on his Facebook page over the weekend in which he detailed what appeared to be suspicious activities at the Georgetown Magistrates Court.

Jacobs again yesterday posted a full statement on the alleged bribery, sparking concerns.

Crum-Ewing was gunned down in Diamond, East Bank Demerara, on March 10th while campaigning against

the then government for the May 11th General Election.

His killing drew widespread anger and a call for police to bring the persons responsible to justice.

On August 7th, 37-yearold Regan Rodrigues also known as ‘Grey Boy’ of Riverview, Ruimveldt, and who was well known to the police, appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore and was remanded to prison, after he was charge for Crum Ewing’s murder.

The court matter involving Rodrigues seemed to be progressing well in the Georgetown Magistrates Court until last week Thursday, October 29th, when Jacobs said things took a suspicious twist.

In his statement, the activist who had joined

- activist claims court police received suspicious black bag Crum-Ewing on several of the peaceful protests in front the offices of the Attorney General on Carmichael Street earlier this year, said that he received a call on Thursday from Eustace Harcourt, stepfather of the late CrumEwing, who said that the matter was being held in Court 5.

Jacobs claimed that prior to this, he was informed that the Police Prosecutor in the case had allegedly contacted the Rodrigues family requesting $3M to fix it.

“We spent a lot of time thinking what to do with this information and decided we would just go to court and observe who was there and what happened,” Jacobs said.

The activist said he

ASSASSINATED: Courtney Crum-Ewing

ACTIVIST, Mark Jacobs

MURDER ACCUSED: Regan Rodrigues

arrived at the courts after 10:30hrs and passing security checks, proceeded to the court where the case was being heard.

He said he saw a trio on the balcony outside, comprising two faircomplexioned elderly men, a fair skinned woman, along with two female police officers.

In court, Jacobs said, he sat next to Harcourt. While the magistrate was not in, there were two police officers whom he named.

The two policemen were seen making “many trips” in and out the courtroom.

BLACK BAG Jacobs claimed that he saw one of the policemen outside the court receiving a black bag from the woman, who was among the trio.

He placed the black bag into his pocket.

The trio soon left and went outside of the court. “I took a photo from the balcony and went downstairs to take a few more photos. They were discussing money and the lady mentioned the names of a few persons who were to bring more money or made promises to do so. I do not recall any of those names.”

Jacobs said he was joined

by Crum-Ewing’s stepfather and they decided to visit the Brickdam Police Station and talk to Commander Clifton Hicken to tell him what they had observed.

“We walked to Brickdam Station but Hicken was not there and (we) were told by a female Sergeant that an officer named Amsterdam was in charge but he was busy seeing other members of the public.”

Jacobs said that as time was running out, and lunch was approaching, he and Harcourt engaged a Detective whose name he learnt was “Jessemy” and explained what transpired at Court 5.

“Jessemy expressed shock and disgust and called in another plain clothes

officer named Whittaker.

Jessemy asked me a number of questions to get the full story. He said it was a very serious matter and he wanted to make sure he didn’t unnecessarily embarrass an officer on false accusations.

He went over the incident a few times.”

Jacobs said that CrumEwing’s mother also made a complaint to the Crime Chief’s Office at Eve Leary.

The activist said that “Jessemy” instructed an officer to head down to the courts and search the policeman who reportedly collected the black bag from the three persons.

“I am a member of the Central Housing & Planning Authority Board of Directors and had to attend a meeting, so I did not return to the court to observe the search.

Eustace Harcourt accompanied the detective.”

Jacobs said that he called for an update about 3pm and learnt that the officer did not follow the instructions given to him by “Jessemy”.

As a matter of fact, Jacobs said that Crum-Ewing’s stepfather told him that no searches were conducted on the three policemen, a development which forced him to leave in disgust.

“I later called Jessemy and told him (the officer) did not do as instructed and blew the investigation. Jessemy said the officer said he searched the man but he did not find anything.

I said I would return to Brickdam with Eustace Harcourt to discuss the matter further with Jessemy but I never did and I’ve not called him back since.”

Jacobs insisted that the case is being tampered with and that an excellent opportunity was lost when the Constable suspected of taking a bribe was not searched.

On Saturday, Jacobs said that he wrote about what happened and published it on his Facebook page.

He called for the police officers in court, whom he

named, to be removed from the duties immediately and the matter thoroughly investigated.

He said that he is willing to take a polygraph test and would like the policemen to be subjected to one too.

SERIOUS MATTER Yesterday, when contacted, Commander Clifton Hicken said he did not see Jacobs’ statement but wanted to have a look at it.

It was emailed to him. He later contacted the newspaper and said he wanted to talk to Jacobs as the matter appeared serious.

The Commander said that he would be out of the office and that Jacobs should give a statement to “Jessemy”.

Late yesterday, Jacob said he met with “Jessemy” who said he will be in contact, as the police will be investigating the allegations made.

Crum-Ewing, 40, well known for his one-man protests, was shot dead while urging residents to vote against the then ruling party.

He had also wanted the former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, to step down for an infamous phone conversation that the minister had with a senior reporter of Kaieteur News in which he disclosed possible knowledge of a gun attack on the country’s biggest selling newspaper.

His killing was widely seen as being politically motivated.

After weeks of no breaks and with a new Government in place, the police announced in July that they had arrested an individual who was in possession of a .32 pistol. The firearm reportedly turned out to be the same weapon that was used to kill Crum-Ewing.

They later detained Rajput Narine, a former CANU officer and ex-bodyguard of former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, for questioning, but soon released him.

Days later they charged Rodrigues for the murder.

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TSC insists teachers’ promotions above board Teachers’ promotions in the public education sector this year was fraught with controversy. In fact the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) had moved to the courts earlier this year to file an injunction to prevent the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) from moving ahead with the promotion process.

This move was based on some concerns that the TSC had deviated from written rules and regulations that govern the promotion of teachers in the public education system.

However, the TSC has since been able to forge ahead with its promotions for the school year 2015-2016. As such the TSC, which is headed by Mrs Leila Ramson, has belatedly promoted close to 5,000 teachers.

In a statement issued yesterday, the TSC said that it has “stringently followed set criteria and principles to promote between four to five thousand senior school administrators.”

It was noted too that “This important exercise was done by all the Commissioners, representatives from the Central Ministry, and a representative from the GTU, who is also a Commissioner.”

In seeking to dispel some of the concerns that were highlighted by the GTU, the TSC in its statement further explained that the Promotion Application Form used, has one section for the applicant’s particulars and the other section captioned “For Official Use” for the comments of the Head Teacher, District Education

Increasing wages for teachers is priority Minister of Education

Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine In light of recent calls made by the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) for improved remuneration, Minister of Education Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine has assured that increasing wages for teachers across the country is a priority of the Ministry.

Roopnaraine stated that before any decisions can be made, however, the Ministry will first have to consult with the GTU. Under the current agreement between the Government and the GTU, teachers are set to receive a five percent salary increase every year.

Since President of the GTU, Mark Lyte’s assumption to office, he has been advocating for salary increases as the five percent teachers receive annually is insufficient.

With the current agreement ending in December, the Union is said to have already drafted their new multi-year proposal to give to the Ministry of Education. The Union in the new proposal addresses a

25% salary increase for teachers. It is hoped that such an increase will serve to attract more qualified males in the profession.

Lyte had stated that the reason for the few numbers of male teachers is due to “insufficient remuneration”.

He opined that since males are most often the breadwinners of the home, they are reluctant to work for such small wages especially when bringing into focus the demands of a teaching job.

The GTU is also seeking to establish a three year wages and salary agreement rather than a five year agreement as they are of the opinion that this timeframe will provide opportunities to act upon any changes which may arise during that time.

Lyte stated that in addition to the increases, the agreement addresses an anomaly which sees senior teachers receiving the same salaries of those who would have just entered the profession. On several occasions, the GTU has sought to address the issue of the “debunching” payments in previous agreements but that part was never honoured.

Negotiations are also said to be going on regarding duty-free concessions for Headteachers, Senior Masters and Heads of Departments, along with Senior Lecturers at the Cyril Potter College of Education.

In addition, the union will also seek to negotiate a 150% increase in station allowances and outlying allowances for easy movement of teachers from the hinterland to the coastland.

Officer, Regional Education Officer, and the respective level Assistant Chief Education Officer.

Applicants are scored based on their experience, qualifications, and Appraisal Grades. However, in determining their suitability, the comments of the Head Teacher, District Education Officer, Regional Education Officer, and Assistant Chief Education Officer are also

taken into account.

According to the TSC, “they provide more insightful details in relation to the applicant’s performance.

Their recommendations are therefore considered vital.”

The TSC has asserted too that the process adopted for the application for the year 2015 is the same process that has been applied over the years.

It was stressed too that

during the Senior Promotion Exercise, a GTU nominee is always present and in this particular year, the GTU Nominee who sat with the TSC during the Promotion Exercise, made no objection.

Upon completion of the exercise, the Preliminary list of Promotions was sent to all Regions and posted on the TSC website. Applicants were given two weeks to “Appeal” the decisions listed

on the Preliminary List.

Applicants did so and appeals were thoroughly dealt with by the Commission.

“In this regard, the TSC in a bid to satisfy the Union’s grievance as stated in the injunction, requested an additional list of teachers with specific grievances but the union refused to provide such a list and demanded 100 per cent re-examination of all Continued on page 30

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PM briefs United Nations US Rep. about Venezuelan trade embargo, aggression

PM Moses Nagamootoo (right) and Governance Minister, Raphael Trotman, with US’ Representative to the UN, Samantha Power.

The recent visit to the Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Mexico City, Mexico, by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Governance Minister Raphael Trotman, was maximised to the greatest extent.

According to a statement from Government yesterday, the Prime Minister ably addressed the forum and informed the many dignitaries about the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy, which has now led to the Spanish speaking country refusing to buy Guyana’s rice and sell fuel to this country.

During the summit, Nagamootoo had the opportunity to hold bilateral talks with Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the USA to the United Nations (UN).

“Mr. Nagamootoo used the occasion of his address,

and talks with Power to raise the threat Venezuela poses to Guyana. He explained that Venezuela has sought to reassert a false claim to fiveeighths of Guyana, which includes all of the country’s forest and mineral resources as well as its exclusive maritime zone.”

The PM also disclosed that Venezuela has refused to buy the country’s rice and sell fuel to it. Along this line, the PM explained that Venezuela has even sought to block oil exploration off Guyana’s coast and gold extraction in its own territory, “all in clear violation of international law and treaty obligations,” a point that Power touched on in her address at the Summit.

The Venezuelan rice market under the PetroCaribe deal, is set for an official closing on November 16, 2015, as was relayed to the country when Finance

Minister, Winston Jordan, in July, visited Venezuela.

At the time, the Minister was told that Venezuela will not be renewing the ‘oil for rice’ barter under the PetroCaribe deal.

Venezuela in the meantime turned quickly to Suriname for a rice deal under the said PetroCaribe arrangement. The two Heads of State, Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and his Surinamese counterpart, Desi Bouterse, recently concluded an agreement on the deal ‘in principle,’ and it is expected that it will be finalised very soon.

Venezuela has been onand-off with its claim on Essequibo but this year, the situation took a turn for the worse when that neighbour also passed decrees that give its army the right to even patrol waters that belong to Guyana and in which oil was found earlier this year.

City Hall tax amnesty further extended The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown, (M&CC) has extended further amnesty to citizens who are in default of paying their taxes.

According to information disseminated on Monday by City Hall’s Public Relations Officer, Debra Lewis, the Council has decided to extend amnesty on interest on rates until the end of November.

Within the last two months, City Hall’s amnesty project has reportedly garnered more than $536M in outstanding rates.

As such, the Council has decided to extend the project from November 1 to November 30.

According to the statement, the Council is cognizant that many property owners are making strident efforts to put themselves in order.

In this regard, special petitions for considerations were made by several property owners, who explained that they were unable to access the facility during the allocated period.

Additionally, the Council wishes to thank the property owners who took advantage of

the amnesty, which has placed the administration in a better financial position to provide vital services to the citizenry.

The Georgetown M&CC has from time to time, offered delinquent taxpayers waivers on tax interest through amnesty.

The venture is seen as a method of collecting hundreds of millions of dollars. The tax amnesty project, which was launched on September1, last, saw persons meeting with a panel to have their tax issues resolved.

Under the project, residential properties will receive total amnesty on tax interest, but companies and businesses were required to apply to the Council for between 50 -75 percent amnesty on tax interest. Following investigations, the Council found that approximately 300 businesses are in default of paying taxes, this year.

At present, the M&CC administration is currently at an advanced stage of planning for its estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2016. One aspect of the budget is an aggressive debt collection strategy to collect outstanding amounts owed to Council.

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Allow professional and technical persons to function without political interference - Former Private Sector Director Former Director of the Private Sector Commission, (PSC) and Management Consultant, Roubinder Rambarran has called for the involvement of more professional and technical persons in the process of improving the Public Service.

Rambarran testified on Monday before the Commission of Inquiry established to inquire into the affairs of the Public Service, on Monday.

In his submission, the Consultant stressed that the main problem within the government system is not finances, but management.

According to him, the government often has some highly qualified and technical persons but problem management tends to frustrate technical personnel and lead to them seeking work elsewhere.

During his submission, the witness held that political interference in professional and technical areas is the main de motivational factor that causes highly qualified and technical personnel to take a lethargic stance on the job.

He underscored that “politicians think they can solve the world’s problems, but they can never. The professionals and technical people have to do it.”

Rambarran, who has experience working in managerial positions in both the private and public sector, made several recommendations for the improvement of the human resources management policies and procedures.

He noted in doing so, that an employee handbook is needed.

“Each Employee should be provided with one and regular review sessions

should be held at the Departments Level and agency level.”

Rambarran also called for a more transparency in the recruitment process of the Public Sector. This, the witness said will assist with acquiring the right person for the job.

He said that everyone should get a chance and jobs must be advertised.

According to the consultant it must be determined which level should be advertise to the general public and which should be advertised internally.

To this end a human resources development plan is extremely pertinent to improving the sector.

In terms of the retirement age and plan, he held that the age should remain at 55 since “we have lot of Graduates who need jobs.”

He emphasized that improving service delivery/ customer service is also essential to boosting the current system.

Rambarran believes that time should be allocated for various services and procedures in the Public Service - creating realistic benchmarks to avoid corruption and extortions.

“Stop the come back next week, next month stuff!” the

Former Director of PSC, Roubinder Rambarran witness exclaimed.

He noted too the need for vibrant public relations on services provided, and the establishment of compensation mechanism when organizations failed to deliver to customer on time.

The former PSC Director advocated for the establishment of more public/ private partnership/ semiautonomous agencies. He explained that many functions within many ministries can be either privatized into public /private partnerships given to semiautonomous agencies. He listed departments of various government agencies which can benefit from the partnership.

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Seawall double suicide…

Female identified as store employee, 19 A photograph on the front page of the Kaieteur News helped a South Turkeyen father to confirm yesterday that the female victim of Monday’s double suicide was his daughter, 19-year-old Kavita Akloo.

Vincent Akloo hugged his daughter ’s body after accompanying police ranks into the Lyken Funeral Parlour at around 17.00 hrs.

Kavita Akloo, a store employee, is believed to have joined her boyfriend, who is still unidentified, in a suicide pact on Monday at the Kingston Seawalls.

Police recovered two receipts from the right pocket of Akloo’s companion. The receipts indicated that he had purchased two items from Caribbean Chemicals Limited on Croal Street.

Mr. Akloo indicated that his daughter and companion may have taken their lives because his wife, from whom he is separated, had disapproved of the relationship.

However, he said that he had no knowledge of the relationship, since his daughter only came to live with him about three weeks ago.

A distraught Vincent Akloo said that he last saw

DEAD: Kavita Akloo his daughter alive at around 07.20 hrs on Monday, when he left for work. He said that Kavita gave no indication that she was upset, and had eaten breakfast and indicated that she was going to work at a city store.

But he became worried when Kavita failed to return home that night, and he was unable to reach her on her phone. At the time, he was unaware of the double suicide on the seawalls.

The following day, he visited the King Street store where his daughter

worked. It was then that he learnt that the staff had not seen Kavita yesterday or Monday.

Mr. Akloo then headed for his workplace, and before he entered the compound, a security guard handed him yesterday’s edition of the Kaieteur News.

He immediately spotted the headline about the double suicide, along with a photograph of the couple.

What caught his attention was the fact that the female victim was wearing a pair of black pants and a blue top, the same clothing that his daughter was wearing when he last saw her.

“I told my boss that I was not working and left for home,” Mr. Akloo recalled.

Later, he visited the Lyken Funeral Parlour, where he confirmed that the dead girl was indeed his daughter.

Mr. Akloo said that his wife later informed him that his daughter would meet her still-unidentified boyfriend after work.

“If I had known what was in her thoughts I would not have gone to work (on Monday),” the distraught father said.

A postmortem is expected to be conducted on her body today.

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Mastermind in Crabwood Creek staged robbery arrested After slipping the police for close to two months, one of the masterminds in the staged Crabwood Creek robbery has been nabbed and remanded to jail.

The man, Daniel Mc Lennon called “Dutty” 20 of 163 Second Street Rose Hall Town, who has been described as a career criminal was wanted by the police for a number of crimes.

The man was said to be

the mastermind in the staged robbery committed on September 6, 2015 at the Crabwood Creek home of Tejkumarie Jettoo.

Information revealed that Mc Clennon was the man contacted by Krishendat Jettoo to conduct the staged robbery at his home. Mc Lennon subsequently contacted his gang members to carry out the dastardly act.

After the scheme was

exposed, Mc Clennon began slipping the police who kept up the hunt as he traversed the country.

He was nabbed by police in an early morning raid at his home after he had slipped back into the community.

Mc Lennon is accused of robbing Tejkumarie Jettoo, of Lot 26 Grant, 2757, Crabwood Creek of a quantity of gold jewellery valued at $790,000; a quantity of diamond

jewelery valued at $590,000, US$19,000, and $1 Million in local currency, on September 6, 2015, while in company with others.

It was alleged that five armed men invaded the home of Krishendatt Jettoo and his wife through a window in the lower flat of their home, which was deliberately left open by the male homeowner.

It was also reported that the men tied up the Jettoos while holding them at gunpoint.

Both victims were beaten

by Mc Lennon and his gang who escaped with the cash and jewelry.

The police, conducting vigorous investigation received certain information and arrested the husband along with the two accomplices two days after the alleged robbery.

The police discovered that Jettoo hired the bandits to beat him and his wife in an effort to keep his wife from leaving the already broken marriage.

The others remanded earlier were the woman’s husband Krishendatt 42, Matthew Ganga Persaud, aka Abel, 24, and Satram Kushley, 21, a Cane Harvester.

Nabbed: Daniel Mc Lennon called “Dutty” Mc Clennon will have to return to court on the 12th November.

GUYSUCO using COI to stall...

(From page 3) Recognition Act (TURA) – through which Section 23 (1) makes it compulsory for bargaining to take place, (GUYSUCO) continues to flout it.” According to their respective mandate, GAWU represents the masses of workers employed in the field and factories while NAACIE is the representative of the supervisory and clerical staffers.

The GLU meanwhile represents the workers at the Demerara Sugar Terminal. Despite appeals to the Corporation to meet at the bargaining table, the Unions and by extension their members are becoming frustrated with the stance of GuySuCo. “As a red herring, the Corporation is using the recommendations of the Sugar COI as the stumbling block.

It appears that the Government has deemed the report of the COI as incomplete.

Minister Noel Holder is re-

ported to have said that the report is in need of ”tightening”. What then will be GuySuCo’s new excuse for not talking and negotiating?” the statement queried.

Meanwhile, GUYSUCO in its response admitted that during the meeting an appeal was made to NAACIE for patience until a basis for the negotiation process was determined.

“The meeting was held in a cordial atmosphere where the Chief Executive Officer Mr. Errol Hanoman informed the Union’s team of the losses suffered as a result of the three days strike called by GAWU,” the Corporation’s release said.

Refuting claims that they breached the TURA Act since the unions have always been recognized; the Corporation indicated that “some estates are still feeling the effects of that strike as a result of the stalling of canes and the breaking of the production

momentum that was generated over the past few weeks.”

“The meeting was further advised that as a result of the strike, GuySuCo failed to produce approximately 6,000 tonnes of sugar which would have generated G$450M in cash revenue which is now delayed and a permanent loss of some 450 tonnes sugar valued G$38M as a result of deterioration of the canes.”

The Corporation went on to indicate that there will be negotiations with the Union but asked that they be patient as the road map to secure the future of the industry is being developed.

“He (Hanoman) also cautioned the Union on the loss of goodwill developed over the past weeks prior to the GAWU strike and he explained that the opportunity still exists for their members to earn tax free incentives over the remaining six to seven weeks of the crop.”

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The voice of the liberal democrats No country can develop if its citizens live in constant fear of criminal attack.The first duty of a government is to provide personal security for its citizens. If it neglects to do so, it is failing in its first duty. The jury is out and soon they will be answering this question as to whether the coalition government is failing in its first duty to the people.

All government should be made to believe is that when its citizens are threatened by a systematic campaign designed to incite fear as is happening today, then it must act and act decisively.

The pattern of the crime wave in Guyana is so similar that it is difficult to escape the conclusion that these are interconnected and part of an overall plan to embarrass this coalition government. But is the coalition government prepared to avoid this embarrassment? Are we destined to continue to hear lame and weak excuses all the time such as there are shortages of policemen and that young people are not willing to join the police

force?

Since the Laurie Lewis days; some 15 years ago, we have heard that there are some 2,000 vacancies in the Police Force. Yet not one of these Commissioners since then saw it as their duty to increase the training capacity of the force. Right now the Guyana Police Force can only train 330 persons every six months at the three training schools according to their Public Relations Officer who revealed this information to the public by way of a letter to the press in late August 2015. If the demand is 2,000 persons, but the supply is 330 persons, then we may never be able to solve the crime wave in Guyana. It does not take a rocket scientist to figure that out.

Lots and lots of young people are being excluded from the training just because we do not have systems to accommodate them. It was the Police Public Relations Officer in that letter who said that 1,018 applicants have been processed, but they were put on a waitlist.

Waitlist! I thought the

Minister said young people are not interested in joining up? Now if you can only train 330 persons every six months, then some of those young people will have to wait just over a year to get into a police training school.

We all know that will not happen and thus they will have to migrate to another profession including banditry, which is always willing to welcome new recruits.

Can we not politely ask the GDF to review and support this entire situation to get these 1,018 persons trained as a one-off intervention? As part of the package, the principal trainers will remain police officers but the tents, logistics, mess hall, training room, firing range and other facilities will be owned and manned by the GDF similar to how the UN organizes these tented communities in war zones.

The training modules and methods will entail the same process experienced in the regular police training schools. The only difference will be rather than being in a

Symposium commences to promote...

(From page 18) forward. It is within that context that we must now craft for ourselves a clear pathway in relation to meeting the stated objectives,” said Sam. He nevertheless asked some searching questions about the Education Sector’s readiness for ICT even as he called on those in attendance to seek to carefully examine what is in place and what is required to ensure the efficacy of ICT in the sector.

He however asserted that the position that is arrived at must have imperial groundings. Sam therefore added “it is vital that the research guides the direction that we must take going forward. We must get beyond the stage where we are constantly borrowing external models and then bending them to suit our local realities.”

“This is one area in which I firmly believe we can craft our own niche. What I can

assure you of is that whatever it is that we decide upon within the Ministry of Education, we will find receptive gear,” said Sam as he noted that the deliberations of the symposium are aimed at finding consensus. He however stressed that “we do not have a choice in this matter” even as he cautioned that the future of our children and grandchildren... depends on the work we will do over the next few days.”

Delivering remarks yesterday in the capacity of Guest Speaker was Minister within the Ministry of Education, Nicolette Henry.

She underscored that the symposium is especially important as it brings together stakeholders from within the Region and beyond and creates an opportunity for participants to share knowledge and experiences in the use of ICTs for the promotion of quality education through im-

proved teaching and learning processes.

Even as she regarded the event a milestone for Guyana and the expected outcome an integral component for education development, the Minister lauded the organisers for fast tracking the enhanced delivery of education. “It is recognised that an investment needs to be made in the education of our future citizens; an investment that would reap its reward in future generations who will be armed with the tools of the 21st century to be able to compete globally and thrive locally,” asserted the Minister.

Among those the Ministry collaborated with to spearhead the event was Professor Henry Wilder of the William Paterson University in New Jersey and Ms Jennifer Britain of the Caricom Secretariat who is slated to do an ICT presentation today.

Police Compound, you will be housed in a GDF camp. The output, however, will be transformative for Guyana 1,018 new recruits being pumped into the system after six months. Can we envisage the impact of such an endeavour?

The outcome will positively impact on a properly replenished force with a stronger ability to arrest this crime wave.

President Desmond Hoyte sent a strong signal to the bandit community by ensuring that a few of them paid the ultimate price for their banditry. The government

has to respond to this crime wave as if it is a T-20 cricket match to deliver some timely and immediate results. If this means going to parliament to pass new laws to give the law enforcement agencies greater power, then why not? How long more will our people without bodyguards withstand this brutalization?

I call on the Guyana Human Rights Association to start cataloguing the experiences of these victims and help in the formation of a victims’ association to advocate and lobby for greater action from the Guyana Police Force, which

continue to fail the nation on a daily basis in its basic duty – to serve and protect.

How many more Nirvona Budhoos have to put their lives at risk and take the law into their own hand because we have a police force that is failing in its duty?

But irrespective of all that I have said above, none of this will be successful until and unless we are prepared to pay the police constables a living wage within the confines of the affordability of the budget. Yes we can!

Sase Singh – Washington DC (sasesin1@yahoo.com).

Raj Singh insurance brokers...

(From page 22) members grow and expand.

Mr. Hinds stated that over his years at the Chamber, Raj has provided sound advice, critical guidance and support as they sought to execute initiatives in support of our mandate as a national business support organization.

The Chamber feels that entrepreneurship must play a fundamental role in the transformation and ultimate success of the country’s economy.

Mr. Hinds said that the private sector should salute those businesses that have the vision to take advantage of opportunities.

The fact that Raj Singh Insurance Brokers and team opened their new franchise in this area shows a belief in its sustainability and potential.

Also present was Office of the Commission of Insurance / Bank of Guyana, Mr. Kampta Samaroo. In his remarks Mr. Samaroo on behalf of BOG extended warm greetings, sincere congratulations and best wishes to Raj Singh Insurance Brokers & Risk Management Consultant Inc. on the opening of its second office in the county of Berbice.

“Expansion of this nature is always a sure indicator of progress in the industry and indeed at all levels as well. It is therefore reasonable to anticipate that this new office will further facilitate improvements and expansion in the company’s operations. Progressive companies reflect a progressive industry and progressive industries contribute to improving the general wellbeing of our citizens.

“Raj Singh Insurance Bro-

kers and Risk Management Consultant Inc. is clearly moving towards becoming a better “if not the best” corporate citizen of society. The contribution of the company to the development of the society, the insurance industry of Guyana and particularly to protect the interest of your clients is worthy of high praise. Keep expanding your noble deeds.”

Manager of the RSIB Head Office in Georgetown, Ms. Torrica McRae, highlighted the company’s philosophy.

“Our philosophy of personal service and attention to individual needs puts the client at the top of our organizational chart. We work to make each relationship a long-term partnership that continues to grow in value.

No customer is too small or too big for our partnership.”

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Wednesday November 04, 2015

DPP recommends inquest into UK-based Guyanese back home death of painter killed by doctor to launch several historical works The family of the late motorcyclist Quincy (Greene) Lynch, who died following an accident that involved a Medical doctor, is seeking closure and that may soon be realized.

Yesterday, six months after Lynch was knocked down and killed, Police Traffic Chief Dion Moore informed that the Director of Public Prosecution has recommended that an inquest is to be held into the matter.

According to Traffic Chief Moore, as at yesterday, the file was being prepared to be sent to the Clerk of courts to facilitate the process, which is expected to commence on Monday November 9th.

Meanwhile, the parents of the now dead 26-year old painter are aggrieved and have expressed frustration regarding the slothful police efforts to address the case, as it would appear that the driver has gotten off scotch free.

J u n e a n d Ly n c o l n Green, the frustrated parents of the late Lynch, of Lot 36 Side Line Dam, Mocha East Bank Demerara had informed this publication that they were told that the file was sent to the DPP’s office and that it has been returned, yet the doctor who was behind the wheel of the car that hit their son is yet to be charged.

They said they have made countless visits to the Providence Police Station,

The late Quincy Greene where the matter is being investigated, but are yet to receive any positive word from the police.

“My son was not a dog, and he wasn’t a menace to society, yet the man who knocked him down on May 3, Dr. Henry Phillips, on the East Bank Public Road, Providence is free and without any charges against him,” the mother said.

She further noted that her son suffered head and spinal injuries, which resulted in his death the next day and the police seem to be doing nothing about this matter.

“It’s frustrating running back over and over and not getting any answers,” the evidently still aggrieved woman said with agreement from her husband.

“I want somebody to look into this matter because it

seems that only some people does get justice and others don’t.”

According to reports, after fighting for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), motorcyclist, Quincy Greene succumbed to the injuries he sustained in a smash up on Sunday May 3.

The painter who worked with his father was involved in an accident in the vicinity of the Princess Hotel, Providence, East Bank Demerara and was struck off his motorcycle by a car driven by a doctor.

Dexter Greene, the dead man’s brother, said that after the accident, the doctor played a disappearing role on family members.

Greene explained that he saw the doctor at his brother’s hospital bedside the night of the accident but had no idea that he was the person behind the wheel of the car that injured his brother.

He said that he asked the doctor what had happened to his brother as he was still trying to make sense of what had transpired but was greeted with silence.

It was not until the doctor disappeared that a taxi driver informed the family that his customer, the doctor, was the driver of the car that struck the motorcyclist.

Quincy Greene was the second of five siblings who the mother described as “a very helpful son who was never a problem to anyone.”

(Mondale Smith)

By Mondale Smith Former radio broadcaster Robert Duane Lallji is back on home soil to launch several historical projects.

Lallji, who spent more than a decade in broadcasting at the Guyana Broadcasting Corporation, (GBC) has just re-launched the Centennial biography on Sir Arthur Lewis, the first man of African ancestry to win the Nobel Prize in economics in 1979.

Now residing in the United Kingdom, Lalji has written four books and has published more than a dozen.

He held a launching of the book on Sir Arthur on September 28 at Castellani House, and is set to launch a film based on the same work.

He has invented/designed a new film form, after seeing the film titled ‘Seven Songs from Malcolm X.’ Within months of seeing the film, he used the launch of Eusi Kwayana’s acclaimed book titled ‘Walter Rodney...his last days and campaigns’ to make another film.

The book is dubbed the most important work on the assassinated historian.

Within months, the film, which he titled ‘Songs from Walter Rodney’s Choirs’, had its world premiere at the University of Dar-es-Salaam the capital of Tanzania.

That film has brought to light over seventy percent of new information on Walter Rodney for the first time. It’s now touring several American Universities based on request.

His second film is titled ‘Anthem for Humanity on the cycle of civilization,’ which was completed in 2015 and will hopefully be launched with the Rodney Film as part of Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations.

That film includes personalities the likes of Guyana-born Professor

Clem Seecharan, a winner of the Elsa Goevia award for history. Professor Seecharan appears in both films as does Professor Nigel Westmas another Guyanese, Historian Eusi Kwayana and Robert Lallji himself.

‘Anthem for humanity’ shows how Guyana as a young independent small nation led the world politically as regards ethics and morality.

The launch of the Sir Arthur Lewis film is scheduled for mid to late November on the Hoyte Blackman Television Ch 9, several other stations and later will be made available to all stations in Guyana.

Lallji originally returned to Guyana to scatter his mother’s ashes, Joyce Ferdinand Lallji probably Guyana’s foremost classical concert pianist and the world’s foremost female composer of classical music.

She was also head of the department of music at the Cyril Potter College of Education and the Lillian

Dewal College in the UK. His mother was also a former organist at the New Amsterdam Mission Chapel and Georgetown Trinity Methodist church. Her father was William Lallji, the former Principal at the Berbice Education Institute.

Additionally, before he returns to the U.KL, Robert Lallji will also be launching another book titled ‘A bouquet of Guyanese flowers’…a collection of works by Guyanese poets spanning four generations.

When asked what got him interested in publishing the book of poems, Lallji said he was motivated by the brilliant work sent in by Guyanese writers in days of old to the GBC in Studio C, which inspired his publication of an internationally issued literary magazine.

Lallji’s advice to aspiring writers/publishers is “Go for it”.

Lallji can be contacted via email roblalljie@gmail.com

The Office of the Presidential Advisor on Youth Empowerment in collaboration with the Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC) will be hosting a public lecture on ‘Rethinking Community Development; A Social Enterprise Approach’, tomorrow from 17:00 hours.

The venue is Queen’s College Auditorium, Camp Street, Georgetown.

In an attempt to empower the young people of Guyana, the government will be having a series of public lectures and training

programmes. This particular lecture will be delivered by Dr. K’adamawe K’nife – Lecturer/Researcher at the University of the West Indies.

In his lecture, Dr. K’nife will explore how social enterprises can contribute to community development with a focus on youth development, gender mainstreaming and sustainable development.

High youth unemployment plagues the region, in the case of Guyana as high as 40 percent.

Social Enterprises can play a key part of the solution.

Young people can benefit from enterprises that can build their skills and confidence that can create and keep wealth in our most deprived communities; and that can build trust, responsibility, provide role models, reward hard work and give young people a voice and a stake in their own development.

Youth are urged to attend the Lecture and learn more about the important role of social enterprises for the development of self and community, and by extension country.

Robert Lallji

Youth empowerment lecture for Queen’s College

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Bids open for supply of hardware to Lethem Power Co. During yesterday’s opening of bids at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), multi-million dollar bids were opened for the supply of line hardware for the Lethem Power Company, Ministry of Public Infrastructure.

This is a project under the auspices of the Hinterland Electrification Company Inc. piloted by former Prime Minister Samuel Hinds. The project’s aim was to provide power systems to homes in as many hinterland communities as possible.

Communities in Regions One, Seven, Eight, Nine and 10 are reported to have so far benefitted from the project.

Under the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), bids were opened for the supply and installation of Greenheart Timber Piles for the storage tank foundation at Sophia, East Coast Demerara (ECD). The engineer’s estimate was $28,278,443.

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Father of three remanded for ‘coke’ in suitcase A father of three children was denied his pretrial liberty yesterday when he appeared before City Magistrate Judy Latchman on a drug trafficking charge.

The man, 46-year-old Lincoln Johnson of Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara pleaded not guilty to the charge after it was read to him in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Particulars of the charge stated that on October 31, at the Cheddi Jagan International (CJIA) Airport Timehri, he had 4.160kilogrammes of cocaine in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Johnson was remanded to prison until November 12, when he will appear before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.

The defendant was represented by Attorney, Mark Waldron.

Lincoln Johnson Although the attorney made no bail application on his client’s behalf, he told the court that Johnson has no pending or previous matters.

In relating the facts of the m a t t e r, Police P r o s e c u t o r, Corporal

Bharrat Mangru, informed the court that on the day in question, around 16:25hrs, the defendant was an outgoing passenger at the CJIA destined for New York.

Mangru explained that as Johnson was about to board his flight, Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks observed him acting in a suspicious manner, after placing a black suitcase for screening.

The prosecutor related that during screening, several black objects were noticed around the suitcase, which led to a search being conducted.

It was then CANU ranks found a whitish rock-like substance suspected to be cocaine. Mangru said that the defendant was told of the offence committed and taken into custody, where the substance tested positive for cocaine. Johnson was subsequently charged.

Second man charged over Ghetto Flex murder Also under the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), bids were opened for the supply and installation of Greenheart timber piles and relocation of bypass mains at Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD). The engineer’s estimate was $21,019,740.

Under the Ministry of Education, bids were opened for the provision of security services.

There were just three bids.

Bids were also opened in order to build a water storage facility at Guyana Defence Force (GDF) base camp Seweyo, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

There were also bids for the supply of outboard engines. The estimated cost was placed at $17.5M. Two bids were opened.

And finally, a bid for a project under the National Parks Commission was opened. The project was for the rehabilitation of the drainage sluice in the National Park.

MURDER ACCUSED: Clive Forde

MURDER ACCUSED: Keiron Taylor

MURDERED: Senasie Lewis

Another man has been charged with the murder of 22-year-old Senasie Lewis, who was gunned down outside the Ghetto Flex night spot in Albouystown, two months ago.

Clive Forde (no age and address given) is accused of murdering Lewis on September 4.

Forde was not required to plead to the indictable charge after it was read to him by City Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

The unrepresented accused was remanded to prison until November 12.

During the brief court hearing, Police Prosecutor, Corporal Kerry Bostwick made a request to have the accused jointly charged with Keiron Taylor, 21, of Charlestown, who was also charged on September 9, with Lewis’s murder.

Taylor is currently on remand.

Unlike his co-accused,

Forde posed for his photo to be taken by reporters, who were assembled on the court stairs. He also declared that he was a “mad man”.

According to reports, Lewis of Pineapple Street, East Ruimveldt, Georgetown was riddled with bullets by gunmen outside the night spot located at the corner of

Albouys and James Street, Albouystown.

Lewis was reportedly shot nine times about the body by armed men, who had approached him on foot. The men immediately escaped after the execution in a waiting car that was parked on Sussex Street.

Three other persons were injured in the shooting.

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SERVICES PLANNING AN EVENT? BIRTHDAY PARTY, GRADUATION,WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARY,ETC.–CALL DIAMOND TENTS: 2161043; 677-6620

WANTED

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One domestic maid and cook for a bar. Call: 667-6662; 6570316 Experienced Roti/Puri cook, pastry maker, cake decorator, dish washers, apply at Hack’s Halaal, 5 Commerce Street.

Girls to work in bar as waitress. Call: 256-4096

PARTY DECORATING: balloon creation, back drops etc. for weddings, birthdays, anniversary etc. Make your event extra special! Tel Maya: 642-6664

Chainsaw operator for ripping-Call: 627-6019; 6565671 Pump attendants and Cashiers- Call: 627-2550; 6706005

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Security guards to work in the interior, military background a must. Call: 2269768; 615-6172

Landscaping: Palms, largest varieties of plants, Used in every one of our unique landscapes- Call: 648-1821/ 219-0468 Eagle’s fridge re-gas @ 99100 New Market Street $8,000 & washing machine repairs. Phone: 697-2969, 223-5818 Permanent & Visitors Visa Applications, Professional Immigration Consultant Room D5 Maraj Building. visadocumentsgy@yahoo.com.

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Contact Abdul Electronics. Call: 225-0391 TOURS Suriname Tour, Shopping, Tours, site seeing November 26th -29th Old years into New Years December 30th – January 3rd –Call: 639-2663; 665-5171

Contract cars, drivers & dispatcher. Call: 231-0316; 231-0002 Lumber Concession to work.

All Species of Hardwood and Greenhart. Contact: Sunil 6255995/698-6245 One DJ/Entertainer to work @ a club on the Essequibo Coast. Accommodation provided, serious enquiries only. Contact: 226-9768 Diesel Mechanics to work in the interior must have knowledge of Perkins Engines.

Call: 226-9768; 615-6172 Live in experienced cook 3045yrs – $80,000 monthly, live in waitress 18-25yrs-$60,000 monthly. Call: 610-3974 Attractive live in waitressCall: 327-0252/674-4665 Sales representatives- call: 652-0953, between the hrs of 5:30pm-7:30pm for further details.

Security guard & a gardener: preferably from G/town and E.C.D. Call Neville Osman: 624-1737 (8:00am-4:00pm).

Office clerk: senior/junior.

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VACANCY Experienced agent required for preparing procurement bid document, mozatart@yahoo.com or 6637504

Affordable salon services: pedi, mani, wash & blowout, facials, etc $2,500 each. Vogue @ Kalyan Mall, Lamaha Street. Tel: 647-1773/660-5257

Popular East Coast Gas Station Day/Night: pump attendants, sales & office assistant. Contact: 658-2013; 695-9880, Strathspey E.C.D.

FOR RENT

One porter preferably from East Bank Dem. & 1 merchandiser. Call: 610-1111 Internal Auditorqualifications: Degree in Accounting or ACCA level 2, three to five years experience.

PO Box: 101254

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Three bedrooms apartment for rent at Section ‘A’, Diamond E.B.D. For more information please call: 2660880/ 685-5023 Commercial Space for rent at Lot 12 North Road, salon & barber stations – Call: 6628715, 680-1198 One detached house, 2 bedrooms, water tank, with parking space. Call Joy: 2181285; 649-9059 Alberttown 2 bedrooms upstairs with inside parking -$65,000- Call Raul: 655-8361 GT TOOL RENTALS: COMPACTOR; CHIPPING HAMMER RANSOM & FLOOR SANDER, JACK HAMMER, CONCRETE SAW & MORE- CALL: 6672535, 627-5098 TO LET 4 Bedroom house furnished, self contained, master bedroom. Call: 603-6351 Four storey business place located on Robb Street, next to Bourda Market. Call: 6237731; 629-0636

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Call: 225-5509

LAND FOR SALE 1500 Acres Transported land near Bartica, Forestry, Agriculture, loam, sand rock quarry, price to sell. Cal Mark: 603-1266; 625-9788; 707-4652222 Formerly Globe Cinema, corner lot @ Church & Waterloo Street, size 126ftX133ft. Call: 610-2234 33 Acres prime agriculture land located at Plantation Flensberg W.B.D-price negotiable-Contact Erick Boodhoo: Call: 654-6229; 6270556 Transported Land @ Essequibo, Richmond $4.5M, large, filled up and fenced. Call: 682-5230; 6289596 Lot 47 Joseph Polly Dore Street Lodge Georgetown, Guyana, $4M- Call Ian Allen: 601-5763, Rohlesia Henry: 690-5773 CAR RENTAL DOLLY’SCARRENTAL-CALL: 225-7126/226-3693 DOLLYSAUTORENTAL@ YA H O O . C O M / W W W. DOLLYSAUTORENTAL.COM PROGRESSIVE CAR RENTAL: CARS& SUV FOR RENTAL- $4,000 & UP PER DAY- CALL: 643-5122, 656-0087 ,EMAIL:PRO_ A U T O R E N T A L @YAHOO.COM Wing’s Car & 4WD Vigo pick up rental- Call: 690-6494

Wednesday November 04, 2015

PROPERTY FOR SALE

VEHICLE FOR SALE

Property for sale, Grove $20M / Rent: $50,000 per month. Tel: 625-5461.

Property at Diamond New Scheme: 1-Three bedroom flat concrete house, price $9.5M negotiable. Call: 2663962; 667-1240 2 Storied transported concrete property upstairs 2 bedrooms, downstairs 2 bedrooms; fully grilled, block ‘8’ Mon Repos, E.C.D -$18M. Call: 625-1514, 231-7255 3 Bedroom; 2 flat house for sale, Enterprise, Lincolin Street, Lot 135 -$14M negotiable.

Contact: 597-858-4554 (Suriname), Guyana: 602-3643

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Letters... Where your views make the news... Letters... Where your views make the news

SWAMI VIDYANANDAJI WILL BE GREATLY MISSED DEAR EDITOR, I write to convey sympathy on the passing of the great S w a m i Vi d y a n a n d a j i Maharaj of Cove and John and the US. Vidyanand-ji is a well-known spiritual leader and scholar in Hinduism held in high esteem by Hindus as well as non-Hindus in the US, Canada, UK, India and Guyana. He was not much different from other Swamis we read about. Trained in India, he influenced many young people in Guyana by providing them a high quality education that allows them to become successful in adult life in various professions. He

was among the most revered Hindu leaders in the US attracting followers from varied countries including Jamaicans and nationals of India. He has left a worldwide following of students.

Condolences have been pouring in from all corners of the globe, reflecting the huge popularity he enjoyed both in and out of the US and Guyana.

Hundreds came to the wake at his Jamaica, NY ashram on Wednesday and Thursday and at the viewing on Friday.

He was a very simple man; no scholar. He humbly did not consider himself one though he was very learned. He was a man of faith in line with other

Indian saints without courting controversies. At times, upon request, he attempted to settle differences in) Guyanese mandirs in NYC and were there many!

Swami-ji was a devoted Hindu, yet broad-minded not to condemn other religions.

His extraordinary personality, his kindness, and his grasp of life issues attracted attention among Indians and non-Indians, Hindus and non-Hindus.

Not surprisingly, many came to him for counseling and for the assistance of education of their children especially when he was in Guyana.

His personality

impressed itself on all who met and interacted with him.

Many who never saw him have been influenced by the story of his life. A biography was recently published on him by TV personality and writer Richard Mahase of NY.In Swami’s passing away, we have lost a great son of Guyana and the Indian diaspora who dedicated his entire life for the welfare of others. He was a peoples’ person during his lifetime and will remain so even after his death. He will be forever remembered by Guyanese for his establishment of the school in Cove and John that educated so many in spite of

all the obstacles and adversities it faced by those determined to crush it. And he will be remembered by us in America for establishing the first and perhaps only Guyanese ashram in the US. A lot of activities beneficial to the Guyanese diaspora was held there.

Memorial services were also

held there when Dr. Jagan and Janet Jagan passed a w a y . S w a m i Vidyanandaji will be missed, but his great work will continue through his loving disciples and teachings and he will be forever remembered for his great selfless work and humanitarianism.

Vishnu Bisram

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Violence and discipline breakdown in...

From page 4 especially benefit from the support, attention, and kindness of a mentor who comes equipped with special skills and other institutional supports. Under certain circumstances a peer mentorship model has proven effective where older youth are matched with young students in a one-on-one relationship acting as role models providing guidance and support to face challenges associated with schoolwork; social issues, such as pressure to drink, smoke, or use drugs; family problems or tension; and other typical difficulties of growing up; and even to hangout or enjoy a lime.

The model provides the important extra support that many younger people need to make it through a difficult period in their lives — when peer pressure and the desire to fit in are strong influences.

A carefully designed and well run programme has the potential to provide positive influences for young people who may not have a good support system available to them in the first instance.

The conclusion of a research project in the early 1990s by Dr. Irving Spergel at the University of Chicago resulted in the development of the Spergel Model of Gang Intervention and Suppression whose principal focus was on social disorganization theory.

Renamed the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Comprehensive Gang Model, it was was based on best practices to address gang-related violence and crime as implemented in a number of communities around the country.

Later Spergel and Curry (1993) drawing from responses from law enforcement and other agency personnel in 65 cities reporting problems with gangs, identified five core

strategies to address gang youth, their families, and the community institutions that would promote youths’ transition from adolescence to productive members of society. The strategies included community mobilization, social intervention, provision of opportunities, organizational change and development, and suppression.

Briefly: Community Mobilization requires the involvement of local citizens, including former ganginvolved youth, community groups, agencies, and coordination of programs and staff functions within and across sectors and agencies.

Opportunities Provision refers to development of a variety of specific education, training, and employment programs targeting ganginvolved youth; Social Intervention involving youth-serving agencies, schools, grassroots groups, faith-based organizations, police, and other juvenile/ criminal justice organizations in “reaching out” to ganginvolved youth and their families, and linking them with the conventional world and needed services; Suppression introduces formal and informal social control procedures, including close supervision and monitoring of gang-involved youth by agencies of the juvenile/criminal justice system and also by community-based agencies, schools, and grassroots groups; and Organizational Change and Development includes the development and implementation of policies and procedures that result in the most effective use of available and potential resources, within and across agencies, to better address the gang problem. An evaluation of the implemented OJJDP Model came up with several positive results: serious violent and property crimes were reduced, gang

involvement of older gang members decreased, gang members participated successfully in educational and employment endeavors, and violent crime and drug arrests for the target group were reduced.

In 2003, OJJDP launched the Gang Reduction Program (GRP) to reduce gang activity in targeted neighborhoods in four cities. The program integrates prevention, intervention, suppression, and reentry activities and uses existing community resources to sustain itself. In addition to reducing gang violence, the goal of GRP was to determine the necessary practices to create a community environment that helps reduce youth gang crime and violence in targeted neighborhoods.

The GRP focused on two goals: (1) to learn the key ingredients for success and (2) to reduce youth gang delinquency, crime, and violence by helping communities take an integrated approach which features: Primary prevention targeting the entire population in high-crime and high-risk communities. The key component is a One-Stop Resource Center that is accessible and visible to members of the community and provides services including prenatal and infant care, afterschool activities, truancy and dropout prevention, and job programs; Secondary prevention which identifies

young children (ages 7–14) at high risk and - drawing on the resources of schools, community-based organizations, and faithbased groups—intervenes with appropriate services before early problem behaviors turn into serious delinquency and gang involvement; Intervention targeting active gang members and close associates, and involves aggressive outreach and recruitment activity. Support services for gang-involved youth and their families help youth make positive choices; Suppression focuses on identifying the most dangerous and influential gang members and removing them from the community; and Reentry targeting serious offenders who are returning to the community after confinement and provides appropriate services and monitoring.

Editor, having regard to all of the above for any programme to be sustainable and effective in reducing gang problems, partnerships must be developed and managed with a broad understanding of all localised risk factors across domains.

Special attention should be paid to gang members who in their quest to reassert their former gang roles, may be inclined to sabotage programmes and disrupt lives though subversion of those susceptible and vulnerable youth.

Patrick Mentore

Region 2 Councilors...

From page 5 departure. She was not an employee of the Region and was there not in an official capacity.

The third person, Indrawattie Natram, is a reporter for Guyana times, a privately own newspaper aligned with the opposition PPP. She was accommodated in that information office through the patronage of the last government and has to find a private office somewhere else. She is still employed.

So the truth is that none of these three people were fired.

This is all in the agenda of the opposition to undermine the efforts of this new government. The “ Beacon of Truth’’ should at least learn to differentiate facts from fabrication.

Karan Chand

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Police and Army Ranks trained in Human rights The Joint Services are now equipped with an additional 24 Human Rights’ Trainers. This follows a one week Trainer of Trainers’ Course conducted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (I.C.R.C) for members of the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force.

Conducted from October 26 - 30, 2015 at the Police Officers’ Training Centre, the course saw the participants in attendance numbering 14 from the Guyana Police Force and 10 from the Guyana Defence Force.

Some of the subject areas covered during the training course included International Law and International Human Rights Law, Law Enforcement Functions and Responsibilities, Law Enforcement Powers, Command, Control and Accountability and Situations of Armed Conflict.

The participants also used case study from Guyana’s position and applied the local and international laws and best practices.

The I.C.R.C delegation during its visit to Guyana prior to the National and Regional Elections, had engaged the Joint Services, and looked at local joint protocols, standard operating procedures and international best practices when respecting Human Rights while carrying out their mandates and responsibilities, to serve and protect.

The delegation was

Participants and officials

reportedly highly impressed and convinced that both services, during their internal security posture and separate activities, do have correct mechanism established to observe and respect human rights.

However, it was noted that there were shortage of Trainers.

Most of the Trainers have retired or are deceased, including Senior Superintendent Patrick Robin, Inspector Edward Greene and the late Assistant Commissioner Derick Josiah.

The last two

TSC insists teachers’...

From page 13 the applications,” the TSC added.

Moreover, TSC said that that it views the Union’s demands for a review of all applications as an unnecessary task which seeks to question the integrity and autonomy of a constitutional body, sworn to the impartial discharge of its mandate.

“In our last meeting with the GTU hosted at the Teaching Service Commission on the 29th October 2015, the Commission reiterated that Promotion 2015 be concluded as is and that any changes with the criteria for future Promotion exercises be agreed between the Teaching Service Commission and the Ministry of Education,” said the TSU statement. It was however noted that the GTU has rejected this compromise.

The TSC said it is deeply concerned about the negative impact and repercussions that the delay of 2015 Promotions would have on students and teachers preparing for the various forthcoming examinations and the delivery of quality education generally. It has therefore concluded that “apparently this is not the concern of the GTU.”

Habits are not the product of one decision — They’re the result of repeated choices that eventually become automatic responses. How can you know your true spiritual condition? By the company you keep and the choices you make. When you’re free to go, where do you choose to go? Whose company do you prefer?

internationally trained Human Rights’ Trainers within the Guyana Police Force are Senior Superintendent Paul Williams (Force Training Officer) and Assistant Superintendent Angela Harding, who were

trained in 2008 in Barbados.

This recent course, has created history within the Guyana Police Force, since it is the first of its kind where both Police and the Army would have trained jointly on the International Rules and

Standards for Policing by the International Committee of Red Cross.

The Guyana Police Force in a press statement, expressed thanks to the President of the International Committee of Red Cross

(I.C.R.C.), Ms. Alexandra Ortiz, the Trainers, Mr. Taney Husty President of G.R.C.S and Mrs. Dorithy Fraser Director of G.R.C.S, also the Chief-of-Staff for allowing his ranks to be recipients of this important training.

Fire demolishes house of alleged Timehri ‘rape’ victim Almost two weeks after 34 year old Steffan Phillips came forward alleging that he was raped by a police officer, the man’s place of abode has now been reduced to cinders as a result of a fire on Monday last.

Phillips is currently out on bail for the charge of Breaking and Entering. At the time of Monday’s fire Phillips was reportedly in Berbice. He told this newspaper that while in the Ancient County, he received a telephone call from neighbours who informed him that his house, a two bedroom wooden building, located at Hill Foot Sand Pit, Kuru Kuru, Soesdyke/Linden Highway was on fire.

He reported that by the time he traveled to the scene, his house was completely leveled. Phillips estimated his loss at over one million.

Checks with ranks from the Timerhi Police Station and the Fire Outpost confirmed that investigations into the fire are ongoing. A rank from the Timehri Fire Outpost confirmed receiving a call about the fire at approximately 16:00hrs on Monday.

Phillips believes that the fire was deliberately set, and is anxiously awaiting the findings of the investigators.

On October 21st, Phillips

All that remains of Phillips’ house. came forward with the tale of being raped in the ablution area of the Timerhi Police Station after being arrested for Breaking and Entering the premises of one of his neighbours and carting off, among other things, a Television set.

He had related to Kaieteur News that after his detention in the station, he was removed from his cell by the detective overseeing his case and solicited to perform unprotected sex in return for his freedom.

However his story was later found to be a fabrication.

Subsequent interviews with neighbours revealed that the man suffers from hemorrhoids (commonly referred to as piles) and that it was a condition he would aggravate on purpose in a bid to garner sympathy.

Subsequent interviews with ranks at the station revealed conflicting details as to what really happened. One source said that while the man told the media that he was sodomized in the ablution area, he told detectives that he was raped in the station’s passage way.

“This man is ridiculous.

He comes at the station and shows us how he bleeds and we sorry for him and give him money to go to the hospital and this is what he is going to do now. The police he said raped him is small built. He (Phillips) is twice the policeman’s size,” the source had said.

Stephan Phillips had once claimed to have witnessed the Colwyn Harding sodomy with a baton by a police officer in November 2013.

A day later, he had changed his story, stating that he did not see anything and that he had lied.

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Kamla to PM: Why the silence on crime crisis?

Trinidad Express - Opposition Leader Kamla PersadBissessar says Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is silent in the face of an emerging crime crisis, and she wants to know why.

Persad-Bissessar said Dr Rowley has a direct duty and responsibility for issues of national security, as he is the Chairman of the National Security Council.

“He must speak, he must act and he must assure the nation that initiatives are being taken to bring this crisis to an end” she said in a statement issued yesterday.

“Even the murder of Superintendent of Prisons, Mr. David Millette, has not forced Dr. Rowley into saying something to a population that is quickly retreating into a daily life of intense fear of crime.

The Prime Minister must end this routine silence on critical issues of importance to citizens. He cannot pick and choose what he talks about; he is in charge and he must demonstrate that he knows what that means and that he is capable of taking charge of Trinidad & Tobago, especially when it comes to safety and security of citizens. It is not enough to leave statements on crime to the Minister of National Security (who also appears to be clueless, hapless and silent). When issues take on such desperate pro-

Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Dr Keith Rowley

portions on a national scale, the Prime Minister has a duty to not only respond, but also assure the population that there is an intention to act immediately to bring the criminal elements to heel.”

Persad-Bissessar said: “The number of murders escalated immediately after the PNM government took office, and now appears set to exceed last year’s murder rate, with the government appearing clueless to address this alarming trend. We now have the President of the Prisons Officer’s Association (POA) Mr. Ceron Richards, expressing the belief that the murder of prisons officers will continue unless Government

steps in. He also said that he has not yet seen any action

by Government that would suggest they are taking these threats to the lives of prisons officers, seriously. What these comments tell us most of all is that the Government has taken no action on these issues. “What is the Prime Minister and his Government waiting for to take seriously the lives of men and women who dedicate their service every day to the safety of the people of our country? Every murder is intolerable and the Government is acting as if it has no responsibility for the safety and security of the people of Trinidad & Tobago”.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday pledged more resources for the eastern Caribbean under the PetroCaribe programme during a one-day visit to the nearby island of St. Vincent.

Maduro said he was seeking to find a regional hub that would serve as the center for the construction of 50 homes financed by a Venezuelan programme that provides fuel at generous financial terms to Caribbean and Central American countries.

Maduro said the pilot

project could serve as a model for future investments in St. Vincent. He did not say how much construction of the homes would cost or provide any other details as he praised the programme.

“There should be no doubt in our minds that PetroCaribe today is the backbone of the energy, social and economic development of our region,” said Maduro, whose country is struggling with a tanking economy and has the world’s highest inflation.

Maduro announced during his visit that Venezuela would provide 7,500 laptops

for the island’s government, adding that the two nations would seek to improve trade relations. Venezuela previously built a $32 million fuel storage and distribution plant in St. Vincent under PetroCaribe as part of a joint venture between the two nations. The facility nearly tripled St. Vincent’s fuel storage when it was commissioned earlier this year.

Maduro said he also plans to launch an initiative that aims to foster trade between Venezuela and the eastern Caribbean to facilitate customs, transportation and operations for PetroCaribe projects.

Maduro recently visited Antigua, Suriname, St. Lucia and Grenada to talk about economic and social development initiatives.

Wednesday November 04, 2015

Haiti needs more time to issue preliminary election results PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitians will have to wait longer for official preliminary results from last month’s first-round presidential election.

The leader of Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council said last week that the top two finishers in the Oct. 25 vote would be announced yesterday.

The council now says it will issue preliminary results tomorrow.

It says the additional time is needed to reconcile complaints of fraud submitted by various quarters in recent days. Out of a total of 162 complaints, 43 have been evaluated as admissible and forwarded to a tabulation center.

Haitians had to grapple with an unusually long ballot featuring 54 presidential

Partially burned ballots lie on the backyard of an abandoned house in the neighborhood of Delmas 41 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo) candidates when they cast their votes.

International observers said balloting went relatively

smoothly. But some political factions claim votes have gone missing, among other fraud accusations.

Ferguson Caves To Public Pressure, Health Audit To Be Released The Gleaner - Minister of Health, Dr Fenton Ferguson has caved to public pressure and announced yesterday that the controversial audit into the public healthcare system is to be released.

There have been repeated calls for the release of the report.

However, the Health Min-

ister Dr Fenton Ferguson had insisted that the report would not be made public as it would lead to public prejudices against some health institutions.

READ: Health facilities audit reveals several problems According to a source, the health minister was in-

structed by the cabinet to review his decision to make the report public Monday.

READ: Ferguson asked to review ministry’s suppression of health facilities audit Ferguson made the announcement to release the report yesterday morning at a contract signing at the Knutsford Court Hotel.

Sitting Suspended In Parliament As Venezuela leader pledges PetroCaribe project for Caribbean Tempers Flare During Crime Discussion The Gleaner - The House Speaker Michael Peart was yesterday afternoon forced to suspend the sitting after unruly members descended into shouting during discussions on the rise in crime.

It intensified after the opposition Leader Andrew Holness responding to a statement by the National Security Minister Peter Bunting called him rude, bright and out of order.

Bunting had used a ministerial statement to denounce Holness’ pronouncement at a political meeting that people were more likely to die if the People’s National Party is in power.

Holness blamed the rise in the murder tally on the refusal of the People’s National Party opposition in 2010 to support a second extension of a state of emergency limited to three parishes following the West Kingston operation.

As Bunting sought to reply to the opposition Leader, he appealed to Holness to

Michael Peart “calm down”.

That did not sit well with the opposition members who shouted, demanding that respect be shown towards the opposition leader.

The Speaker warned that he would suspend the sitting if the members continued to display poor behaviour but

they did not yield forcing him to suspend the sitting for 15 minutes and summon the leaders of Government and opposition business to his office.

On resumption, Peart described the incident as unfortunate and ruled that he would not allow any further statements only questions.

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Germany FIFA crisis: Tax raid on German football association Police in Frankfurt have raided the headquarters of the German Football Association (DFB) over allegations of tax evasion linked to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, prosecutors say. The homes of DFB President Wo l f g a n g Niersbach, his predecessor Theo Zwanziger, and former Secretary General Horst Schmid, were also searched.

It follows reports that a secret €6.7m (£4.9m) fund was set up to secure votes for Germany to host the 2006 World Cup. The DFB denied the claims last month. It said yesterday that documents were seized during the raid and that it was fully co-operating with the investigation.

About 50 officers and tax inspectors swooped in on the DFB headquarters and the homes of the three senior officials.

In a statement, the prosecutor’s office said it had

The current DFB President, Wolfgang Niersbach, has denied that a slush fund to secure votes was established. opened a probe into claims of serious tax evasion linked to the awarding of the World Cup to Germany in 2006.

It said it was investigating the alleged transfer of €6.7m from “the organising committee for the DFB to the FIFA football association”. Mr Niersbach has denied the allegations, claiming instead that the sum

was used to secure larger FIFA funding.

He said the deal was agreed at a private meeting between suspended FIFA President Sepp Blatter and Franz Beckenbauer, the president of the organising committee for the 2006 World Cup. But, speaking to Der Spiegel news weekly, Mr Zwanziger

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accused his successor of lying, saying it was “clear that a slush fund existed”.

Mr Beckenbauer said last week he had made a “mistake” in the bidding process in 2000 to host the 2006 World Cup, but denied that votes were bought.

A former World Cup-winning captain and ex-Germany coach, Mr Beckenbauer instead supported Mr Niersbach’s claim that a payment was used to unlock FIFA subsidies. ”In order to receive a financial subsidy from FIFA, it was agreed to accept a recommendation from Fifa’s finance committee, which from t o d a y ’s perspective, should have been re-

jected,” he said.

In its report in October, Der Spiegel said the DFB fund to buy votes was set up using money loaned by late Adidas boss Robert LouisDreyfus. FIFA said it would investigate the “serious allegations”.

World football’s governing body has for months been engulfed by the biggest corruption scandal in its history.

In May, 14 football officials and sports marketing executives were indicted by the US Department of Justice on charges of “rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted” corruption.

Meanwhile, a separate Swiss investigation began

looking into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, which will be held in Russia and Qatar respectively.

Then, last month, FIFA’s outgoing President Blatter, 79, was provisionally suspended, along with Secretary General Jerome Valcke and Vice-President Michel Platini, amid further allegations of corruption.

Mr. Blatter is under investigation by Swiss prosecutors over allegations that he signed a contract that was “unfavourable to FIFA” and made a “disloyal payment” to Mr Platini, also head of European football’s governing body, UEFA. (BBCsport)

Tons from Subadhar (127) and...

(From page 42) 20 overs; Yoganand Permaul 122, Naresh Mohanlall 33 N.O, Nkeel Kevin 3-34.

At Bush Lot, West Berbice - Bush Lot Challengers trounced Bush Lot United by 119 runs.

Bush Lot Challengers 2616 in 30 overs; Asif Khan 56, Joel Dilchand 52, Imran Khan 3-54, Guyana Under-15 offspinner Nivendra Persaud 240. Bust Lot United 142 in 23.5 overs; Winston Joseph 38, Paul Dipnarine 30, Brandon Balkissoson 4-15, Rajbance Hemraj 2-8 and Joel Dilchand 2-37.

At Port Mourant - Port Mourant beat Letterkenny Young Star by 6 wickets.

Letterkenny Young Star 105 in 20 overs; Satesh Budho 26, Exekiel Kempadoo 4-22 and Loyydel Lewis 4-28. Port Mourant 108-4 in 32 overs; Darmesh Seenarine 49.

At Whim - Tain Block Four defeated Whim National by 3 wickets. Whim National 140 in

Mayor Green’s Inter-ward Football...

(From page 43) of the Guyana Football Federation, made a cash donation.

German’s has been supporting the tournament for many years now Arthur informed.

Others to plug valuable support include Crown Mining, Star Computers, Massy, Nigel’s Supermarket, Nigel Pyle of Tent City, Paul Giddings of Hotel Princess Raven, Beepat and Sons, CBR Mining, MACORP and Guyana Beverage, home of Busta soft drinks along with the above mentioned trophy and cash prize and other donors.

34.3 overs; Arnold Deosarran 30, Madankumar Budhram 324, Mahendra Baldeo 2-10 and Jaipersaud Rawana 2-31. Tain Block Four 141-7 in 31 overs; Madankumar Budram 39 and Parasram Tilkuram 3-34.

At Chesney - Chesnay beat Sand Reef by 37 runs.

Chesney 176 in 35.1 overs; Yourdhan Gurdyall 41, Dinesh Harilall 35, Shivnarine Sahid 428, Anand Singh 2-22. Sand Reef 139 in 33.4 overs; Anand Singh 32, Mohan Jagmohan 25, Narine Deonarine 3-23, Dinesh Harilall 3-21, Safraz Bacchus 2-8.

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Real and City through as United breathe sigh of relief Real Madrid and Manchester City qualified for the UEFA Champions League knock-out rounds with victories over Paris Saint-Germain and Sevilla respectively yesterday. And there was relief at Old Trafford as Manchester United ended a 400-minute wait for a goal to beat CSKA Moscow 1-0.

A fortuitous goal from Nacho proved decisive for ten-time champions Real to win 1-0 despite being outplayed for the majority of the first half of their Group A game at the Santiago Bernabeu.

PSG were on top throughout the first period with Zlatan Ibrahimovic curling a shot from the left just wide of the far post and Edinson Cavani’s stabbed dink over goalkeeper Keylor Navas cleared off the line by a defender.

But the closest they came was Adrien Rabiot’s volley cannoning back off the foot of the post. And when Toni Kroos let fly from distance just after the half hour, the ball spooned up of f T h i a g o

Silva and fell to Nacho, who had only come on for injured left-back Marcelo two minutes earlier, inside the area.

PSG goalkeeper Kevin Trapp initially came for the looping ball but as he backtracked from no-man’s land, Nacho’s casual side-foot spun wickedly on the bounce and dropped inside the far post. Little happened in the second half but Angel Di Maria did hit the bar late on with a free-kick, although the French champions couldn’t find the goal their play deserved.

Real qualified from Group A thanks to Shakhtar Donetsk romping to a 4-0 win over Malmo, a result which means a win for PSG in either of their last two matches will ensure they join Real in the last 16.

City banished memories of their recent Champions League struggles as a confident 3-1 win in Seville qualified them for the last 16 with two games to spare in Group D. Borussia Monchengladbach’s failure to beat Juventus in Germany,

Wayne Rooney heads home the only goal of the game to earn Manchester United a vital three points in the Champions League. where the sides played out a 1-1 draw, meant City, who now top the group, have made it to the knock-out

stages for only the third time.

Raheem Sterling set them on their way with a goal after eight minutes while Fernandinho doubled the advantage three minutes later.

Frenchman Benoit Tremoulinas gave the Spanish hosts hope but Wilfried Bony’s crisp low finish nine minutes from the break effectively killed the contest, giving City a third straight Group D victory since losing 2-1 at home to Juve in their opening game.

In Germany Fabian Johnson gave Borussia the

lead on 18 minutes but Stephan Lichtsteiner marked his return from minor heart surgery with the equaliser a minute before the break to restore parity. Juve held on for the final 35 minutes with ten men after Hernanes was dismissed for a late tackle on Alvaro Dominguez, meaning the Italians need only two more points to go through.

City’s neighbours United laboured for long periods despite near total domination against CSKA at Old Trafford before a late Wayne Rooney header snatched a 1-0 win that

puts the Red Devils in control of Group B. PSV Eindhoven’s 2-0 win at home to Wolfsburg means United lead those two by a point but a victory over the Dutch outfit at Old Trafford in three weeks time will book the three-time winners’ place in the last 16.

Benfica are close to qualifying from Group C after beating Galatasaray 2-1 in Lisbon while Atletico Madrid were held 0-0 by Astana in Kazakhstan, although the Spaniards are second and three points ahead of Gala. (FIFA.com)

CS&TC appeals for reinstatement of Guyfesta Touts need for the establishment of a National Arts and Cultural Authority Apart from hosting race walks, executives of the Cavalier Sports and Tour Club (CS&TC) also places strong emphasis on cultural activities since they believe that there is a strong correlation between sports and culture.

It is with this understanding that those executives have issued a call to President, David Granger to revive the Guyana Festival of Arts, also known as Guyfesta. They also see the need for the establishment of a national Arts and Cultural Authority. ”The CS&TC hopes that the new administration makes every effort to revive this worthwhile event which covered every community in Guyana,” those executives noted in a release dispatched to Kaieteur Sport. They further said that the occasion was primarily organised to

give Guyanese a sense of self worth, while unifying the races. ”The Guyana Festival of Arts greatly influenced the upliftment of all Guyanese and was a vehicle to promote the cooperative spirit of the basic aims of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.”

The CS&TC executives further said that Guyfesta created a rich banquet of cultures in the form of music, dance, poetry, reading, painting and creative writing among others. They strongly feel that the revival of the occasion is an important catalyst to the strengthening of nationhood.

CS&TC officials are also calling for the establishment of the National Arts and Cultural Authority to replace the Department of Culture with a more vibrant organization.

They said that this entity has

been dormant in its activism for more than 20 years, shirking its obligation towards the development of culture.

They pointed out that the new entity should focus on the development and expansion of cultural activities countrywide.

Officials further that the sector was vibrant under the stewardship of late Presidents, Desmond Hoyte and Forbes Burnham who had set up the National History and Arts Council which served to propel cultural development to an acceptable level.

The release also recounted the input of several cultural bigwigs during that era including Frank Pilgrim, Lynette Dolphin, Billy Pilgrim, Sheik Sadeek and Wordsworth McAndrew among others.

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Pakistan v England: Tourists fight back with late wickets England struck late on day three to leave the third and final Test against Pakistan evenly poised in Sharjah.

Pakistan looked set to take control when a century opening stand between Mohammad Hafeez and Azhar Ali wiped out England’s firstinnings lead of 72.

But three wickets in the evening session left Pakistan 146-3, a lead of 74, with Hafeez still there on 97. England were earlier all out for 306, James Taylor adding two runs to his overnight 74 and Samit Patel making 42.

The tourists require further wickets early on the fourth morning if they are to face a manageable fourth-innings chase on a pitch that is likely to offer yet more assistance to the spinners.

Alastair Cook’s side need victory to avoid a series defeat.

That England remain in contention is largely down to efforts of seamers James Anderson and Stuart Broad, who tirelessly stifled the Pakistan charge after the tourists’ trio of spinners again disappointed.

England seemed unlikely to make a breakthrough until Azhar was run out in a comical mix-up with Hafeez. In the following over and with the ball reverse-swinging, Anderson persuaded Shoaib Malik to kick away a ball that would have cannoned into middle

Hafeez hit nine fours and three sixes in his unbeaten 97.

stump.

And, with only 14 deliveries left in the day, Broad got Younus Khan in similar fashion, the right-hander not saved by a review which suggested the ball was taking the top of off stump. England’s main task on the fourth morning will be to remove Hafeez, who made the most of some good fortune to move to the verge of a ninth Test century.

He was given out caught behind on two off Anderson, only for third umpire Paul Reiffel to decide there was enough evidence to overturn the on-field decision, despite having nothing other than inconclusive television replays at his disposal.

WICB acknowledges CARICOM report on governance Kingston, Jamaica – With just over a month to go before the West Indies Cricket Board’s quarterly scheduled meeting on December 12 in St. Lucia, the WICB President, Dave Cameron is acknowledging a report received from CARICOM on the Governance of Cricket emanating from a meeting with Directors of the WICB and members of the CARICOM Sub-Committee on Cricket held in April of this year in Grenada.

The letter signed by the CARICOM SecretaryGeneral, Irwin Laroque on the request of Chairman, Dr. The Rt Honourable Keith Mitchell has asked for the WICB to comment on the findings.

The report has sought to review the current state of the governance structure of the WICB and has put forth certain recommendations for

consideration and discussion with the WICB. The President noted the concerns raised by the report and thanks the Committee for the paper. “I have noted the findings and we will discuss these recommendations with a view to enhancing the existing work of the Secretariat and the Board of Directors.

A full response will be sent to the Chairman,” said Cameron.

In the letter accompanying the report, an invitation has been extended to the WICB Board to discuss the findings. Cameron stated that a team comprising WICB Directors will be selected following the December Board of Directors Meeting to represent the views of the WICB at the soon to be convened meeting with CARICOM.

And, on 11, Hafeez edged Moeen Ali, offering a very tough chance to Jonny Bairstow that hit the wicketkeeper’s thigh and fell to the turf. Reprieved, he combined with the obdurate Azhar, who also could have been given out lbw to Patel, for a first-wicket stand worth 101.

While England can rightly say that they created opportunities, their slow bowlers once again left too much work for Anderson and Broad.

On a pitch helpful enough to give the Pakistan spinners e i g h t w i c k e t s , Adil Rashid, Moeen and Patel neither created opportunities nor stifled runscoring.

While Azhar milked the singles that were too readily available - his 34 runs were scored from 115 balls without a single boundary - Hafeez played the aggressor. He dispatched Moeen and Patel for a straight six apiece, heaved an Anderson slower ball over

the leg-side fence as well as playing a number of eye-catching strokes through the off side late in the day.

While Patel was culpable in the England spinners’ combined figures of 27-3-90-0, the Nottinghamshire man marked his first Test appearance for three years with his highest score. Arriving at the crease after an out-of-sorts Taylor poked Rahat Ali behind, Patel scored freely, particularly against the spin

bowlers.

His 42 included some flowing drives through the off side and was only ended when Yasir Shah produced a vicious leg-break that pitched on leg stump and clipped the top of off. That was part of a slide that saw England lose their last four wickets for 21 runs, including the injured Ben Stokes - who will not bowl again in the game - batting at number 11 for a 10-ball duck.

Malik’s error in allowing an Anderson inswinger to hit his front pad would turn out to be the last ball he faced in Test cricket, with the 32year-old announcing his retirement from the longer form immediately after the close of p l a y.

Recalled for this series, the right-hander made a careerbest 245 in the first Test, but has since managed scores of only 0, 2, 7, 38 and 0. However, he has still contributed with the ball - taking a careerbest 4-33 with his off-spin in Sharjah. ”Family comes first,” said Malik, who is married to Indian tennis player Sania Mirza.

“This is the right time to say goodbye to this format.”

(BBCsport)

November 15 Seaboard Marine CMRC

Superbikers promise nerve tingling excitement While all the frenzy and conversation is centered on the four-wheel segment of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC), both the organisers and die-hard fans would be absolutely deceitful not to admit that the Superbike category produces similar exhilaration and thrill.

When the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) host the final leg of the CMRC on November 15, at the South Dakota Circuit, all those who trek to the venue will be able to witness firsthand the daredevilry and exhibition of skill on display by some of the best riders in the Caribbean as they battle each other for outright supremacy.

Superbike racing’s revitalization over the past five years has occurred, there is a large cadre of young riders who’re eager to pit their skills against some of the most experienced riders in a straight fight for bragging rights and this healthy rivalry has created quite a buzz within the division.

No longer are the young riders’ prepared to just test their skills among themselves, but rather has brazenly issued a challenge to the likes of Stephen ‘Valentino Rossi’

Vieira, Joel Neblette, Maurice Menezes and Carlos Rodrigues for the right to be crowned the best, both locally and regionally.

However, not to be overlooked was the encouragement offered by the GMR&SC that initiated several bold steps in an effort to resuscitate this segment of the sport which had slipped into a period of inactivity.

The doors for Superbike racers are once again open and young riders such as Elliott Vieira, his cousin Matthew, Nikhil Seereeram and Kevin Persaud have broken

through in that period and are now ready to throw down the gauntlet on their more illustrious counterparts in what should be an exciting showdown in eleven days time.

Currently the maestro ‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira leads the CMRC points standing, but he is closely followed by Elliott and Jamaica’s Robert McDonald. And any slip up by him could prove disastrous so he will have to be on his game to ensure that the title is his.

This country has a long history of producing racers of high quality and some of the

names that readily come to mind are Lawrence Van Sertima, Johnny Thijs, Kevin Jeffrey and Terrence Clarke.

The Guyanese thrilled the fans in the three legs that were held in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados and riding in front of their home crowd must be seen as added incentive to produce that extra so while the competitors will be competing for trophies and bragging rights, the fans could be the real winners from the anticipated nerve tingling excitement.

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Wednesday November 04, 2015

What cricket means to West Indians (Part 9)

Viv Richards continues Windies winning ways

Greenidge and Haynes in front of a stand at Kensington Oval named after them.

Viv Richards was larger than life.

By Sean Devers Richards, in his first series as skipper, continued the dominance of Lloyd’s team by beating New Zealand 2-nill in the 1985 four-test series in the West Indies after the first two matches ended in draws.

Guyana’s off-spinner Clyde Butts made his debut in the second test on his home ground Bourda and will mainly remember that game (he went wicket-less) for his wedding on the rest day. In those days the ‘rest’ day was taken after the third day of the match.

Richards followed in the footsteps of Lloyd by beating England 5-nill in the 1986 series in the Caribbean. He won a record 11 consecutive test victories from April -December 1984- three against Australia at home, five in England and another three in

Australia.

West Indies, who enjoyed 27 matches without a defeat between January 1982 and December 1984, was now the most feared team in International cricket.

Greenidge and Haynes built solid foundations for Richardson, Richards, Gomes, Logie, Dujon and the bowlers to work on. Both openers scored their first century against Australia in the second innings of the first test in the 1984 series at Bourda to register tons against every team they had played against as West Indies made 250-0 in the drawn game.

Off spinner Roger Harper, who took 46 wickets, played 25 test matches (the most by any spinner during the West Indies era of pace and fire) but he played mainly due to his brilliant fielding and ability as a competent lower order bats-

Ritchie Richardson loved batting at Bourda. man.

A twenty-year-old Carl Hooper made his debut in the 1987 series in India and scored a classy hundred in his second test. Richards. Logie and Greenidge also scored centuries on that tour which the West Indies drew 1-all.

While specialist spinner Butts failed to take a wicket in the match, leg-spinner Hirwani took eight wickets in both innings of the last test to give India victory reinforcing the ‘all pace’ policy by Richards’ team.

With Marshall the spearhead and Walsh and Ambrose now key players in the team, England narrowly avoided another white wash in the 1988 series in England when they lost 4-nill after drawing the first test.

The West Indies drew the 3-test 1988 series against Pakistan in the Caribbean 1-all while the West Indies beat England 4-nill in a five test series in England after the first test ended in a draw.

Fast Bowler Ian Bishop and left handed batsman Keith Arthurton made their debuts. Arthurton, from Nevis, had scored heavily in the 1988 inaugural Red Stripe Cup regional First Class competition and registered two tons against the touring Pakistan team (in St Lucia & Guyana for the W.I under-23 and W.I Board 1X respectively).

From England the West Indies traveled to Australia for the 1988-89 five test series which the Caribbean side won 3-1 with consecutive wins in the first three tests.

The fourth test was drawn when Alan Border, with his uncomplicated left-arm spin, snapped up 11 wickets in the match while the West Indies spinner Harper failed to pick up a single scalp.

West Indies beat India three-nil in the four-test series after the first test was rained out at Bourda after Richie Richardson blasted a brilliant 194 and Greenidge 90 in batting friendly conditions in Guyana. In the 1990 fivetest home series against England, the West Indies won the series 2-1.

Under Richards, the West

Indies lost the first test by nine wickets in Jamaica while the second test was completely rained out in Guyana where the second test in the 1981 series against England was called off when the Forbes Burnham PNC Government deported South African born England allrounder Robin Jackman from the South American country.

Haynes took over from an ill Richards to captain the side in the third test which ended in a draw in Trinidad. The West Indies won the fourth test in Barbados with Ambrose producing a sensational performance while the final test in Antigua ended the series with another win for the West Indies team as Richards returned to the leadership for the last two tests.

Haynes led the West Indies in the three test 1990 series to Pakistan and Brain Lara, who had scored consistently at all levels, finally made his test debut in the third test and scored 44 in an important partnership with Hooper who scored 134.

The series was drawn 1all and Richards, who missed the Pakistan series due to injury, took back the captaincy and beat Australia 2-1 in the 1991 home series with a rare win in the second test in Georgetown when Richardson scored 188 and Haynes scored a century.

Richardson had scored another ton in Jamaica and 99 in Barbados (LBW to Mark Waugh). Greenidge also scored a double in the Barba-

dos test as the West Indies notched up their other win in the series.

After drawing the 1991 away series against England 2-all, when Clayton Lambert made his debut, Richards was replaced as skipper by his countryman Richardson.

Bajan boycott mars S/ Africa’s 1992 re-entry to Test cricket The historic 1992 test in Barbados marked South Africa’s first test since they were banned from international sport in 1970 due to the apartheid system in their white ruled county at that time.

West Indies came back to win that match as Ambrose took 6-34 as the visitors catapulted for 148 in their second innings with Adams (79* and 4-43) taking the man-of-thematch on debut.

The visitors were 123-2 needing 201 to win on the last day before Ambrose and Walsh, watched by a crowd of less than 1000 spectators, took the eight remaining wickets for 25 runs to give the home team a remarkable victory.

The fans stayed away from the Kensington Oval in protest of the omission of Barbados medium fast bowler Anderson Cummins. Another nail-biting affair was the climax of the 1993 series in A u s t r a l i a w h e n We s t Indies won by one run to draw the series. In 1993, Sri Lanka drew their inaugural test in the one-test series against the West Indies in Sri Lanka.

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Letter to the Sports Editor

Team Integrity confirms position Team Integrity has been asked to remove Mr. Loring Bennons, a Guyana Defence Force Officer, from its slate to contest the upcoming GFF elections consequent to him being instructed by the Force to so withdraw from the nomination process.

It has been advised that the Force has a neutrality policy on issues such as these and, as such, this position has been treated with great respect. Team Integrity remains supremely confident that this withdrawal will in no way impair the strong level of support being afforded to it in its quest to successfully contest the Guyana Football Federation elections.

The Team represents not just the highest level of Integrity but strong competencies in management and organisation, finance and legal affairs. It is for this reason that it has rejected all offers to be joined with any other group contesting.

This is to clearly demonstrate to all stakeholders that the management of football is not being regarded as business as usual.

Team Integrity remains convinced that it represents the better team to advance the majestic sport that is football.

The team remains committed to fulfilling its mandate and warns against grandiose promises being thrown around by competitors who clearly have demonstrated, over the years, a lack of genuine interest in the sport’s development.

Team Integrity wishes to encourage all stakeholders to reject all attempts by those who view the sport as their private market and bedrock for self-growth. Stakeholders are, therefore, asked to join with Team Integrity to give this sport the foundation it

needs to grow and develop.

All the members of Team Integrity have demonstrated their competence, love of football and commitment to reviving the sport and working to advance the players’ best interests. Team Integrity’s comprehensive Manifesto outlines plans for the development of the sport and demonstrates the thought and genuine concern we have for the game.

It has been noted with much interest, the erroneous notion regarding Christopher Matthias and possible ties to the team. While the process used to oust Christopher Matthias may be regarded as being founded on political and personal biases, Team Integrity wishes to unequivocally state that Christopher Matthias has not been asked neither has he been considered to play any role in the movement for change.

The support of all genuine parties will be welcomed should the team be given the opportunity to manage the sport.

Team Integrity looks forward to the support of all members of the football fraternity who understand the underlying problems and want to work to propel the game and increase the benefits to its most important stakeholder: our (football) players.

This game is bigger than any of us and Team Integrity has chosen to take the high road to achieve the best in the sport for all.

(Please note that Team Integrity now has its own Facebook Page and that any comments about the upcoming election can be posted to this site.

The FB Page is: Team Integrity for GFF) For further information please contact: Wayne Forde on 676 1738.

GBL to conduct Level 1 coaching course November 14 The Guyana Baseball League will be conducting a Level 1 coaching course on Saturday 14th November at the Georgetown Cricket Club, Bourda.

The certification programme is aimed at providing participants with the skills and understanding to teach the game at a junior level, the course is open to all interested persons but is limited to the first fifty entrants, there is no entry fee and special effort will

be made to accommodate participants from all three counties of Guyana.

The course will begin promptly at 9 AM and end at 5 PM, participants are asked to dress for athletic activity.

This certification process is in preparation for the rollout of the GBL’s Nationwide programme in January 2016, to register participants can send an email to admin@baseballguyana.com or text to 657-STAR (7827).

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Church committed to growth of women’s football in Grenada George’s, Grenada - “The initial programme is really teaching me about myself; the values I possess, my strengths, my weaknesses.” said Malaika Church, Acting General Secretary of the Grenada Football Association.

The confident Church was speaking in Zurich at the end of the recent Module II workshop, a component of FIFA’s Female Leadership Development Programme.

She is part of a group of 35 promising female leaders from around the globe working towards the development of women and girls’ football.

The initiative is aimed at improving the gender balance in football decision-making positions. On this occasion, the conference was focused on giving participants the tools they need to rise through the industry.

At the weeklong session, Ms. Church was able to identify and strengthen her leadership skills, as well as examine ways to work with stakeholders. The session also provided an opportunity for networking, individual coaching sessions and exchanging ideas with

Malaika Church - Grenada FA GS (ag) mentors.

Each participant was tasked with developing a project around a topic based on improving the state of women’s football in her member association.

Church’s personal project

is based on using the FIFA Fair Play codes to develop positive affirmations in order to assist in changing the behavioral patterns of female players.

These encouraging statements, which will be

placed on writing materials, are aimed at fostering a greater feeling of self-worth.

To further enhance that undertaking, Church was paired with Sarai Bareman, who is presently the Operations Manager of Oceania Football Confederation (OFC).

Bareman is also the only female member on the FIFA Reform Committee.

Armed with her own experience, she was able to support Church with practical ways to address challenges and formulate solutions. The FIFA Female Leadership Development Programme — launched in Vancouver during the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 — is an initiative that identifies, supports and develops strong female leaders in football.

It is part of FIFA’s commitment to its ten key development principles for women’s football and follows on from the inaugural FIFA Women’s Football and Leadership Conference held in March 2015.

The third and final workshop is set to take place in the first quarter of 2016.

(CONCACAF)

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Wednesday November 04, 2015

Mobile Wizard 10/10 softball cricket

Emotions flow at Ruby ground; Miss Love Trading joins sponsors The Mobile Wizard 10/10 Softball cricket tournament continued with teams being emotional in losses as the standard of play raised in the game and left spectators in awe. Every team played their heart out in an exciting display of softball cricket. The day’s proceedings started with a display by Cornelia Ida that left all buzzing about talent.

Leonora Primary won the toss and elected to bat and were off to a horrible start with Irfaan Hack being run out with 9 runs on the board.

Thaddeus Lovell tried to settle things by counterattacking and lifting the run rate in the face of some accurate bowling from the Cornelia Ida bowlers. The bowlers stuck to their task and with the score on 36 Lovell played a false shot and lost his off stump. Three more quick wickets including another run out saw Leonora primary being hustled out.

They eventually made 56 in 7 overs. Man of the Match Shazad Zamanwasthe pick of the bowlers with 4-7 from 2 overs.

Cornelia Ida also had a torrid time at the crease and were struggling at 40-9 when Christopher Linden (6) and Tychand Sirjohn (13) saw them home. Zaman was the

recipient of a bat compliments of a bat maker Ishmael.

Vipers XI defeated Young Guns by one wicket in a thriller.

Young Guns won the toss and batted, scoring 104 all out in 8.2 overs with Shankar Mortimer clobbering 44 off 16 balls laced with 3 sixes and 3 fours. Bowling for Vipers XI was Munaf Azeem with 5- 21 off 2 overs and he effected a run out. In reply Vipers XI struggled to 97 with 9 wickets down but the last pair took them over the line with 3 balls to spare amidst jubilation in their camp.

In the exhibition match scheduled, Omesh XI completely humiliated a Linden All Star XI. Linden won the toss and elected to bat, making a challenging 108-8 in 10 overs with Bevan Braithwaite scoring 21 (1x6; 2x4). The opening partnership of 36 was the highest in the innings. Omesh XI in their turn at the crease raced to 1091 in 6.1 overs with Vickram Kissoon, dropped off the first ball in their innings, making them pay dearly by clobbering the bowling to all parts of the field in scoring 55 off 18 balls laced with seven huge sixes. The other opening batsman, Aftab Bacchus

being more sedate, scored 33 not out with 4 sixes. Linden only had themselves to blame dropping three catches in the process.

Brickery XI made light work of Next Level XI by 8 wkts.

Next Level XI batted first and limped to 82 in 9.4 overs with Kishan Ramlasandol scoring 17 (2x4). The wickets were shared among all the bowlers. Brickery XI in response raced to 84-2 in 5 overs with Frederick Willkie making a brisk 40 (2x6; 4x4).

United Muslim Youth humbled Meten- Meer- Zorg XI by 10 wkts.

Meten-Meer-Zorg took first strike and were never allowed to settle. They lost wickets regularly and were limited to 73 all out in 8.4 overs.

The fielding of United Muslim Youth were exemplary as they made it difficult for the batsmen to score. Jermain Maxwell took 3-10 in 2 overs.

In reply United Muslim Youth raced to 75 without loss in 3.4 overs with Zahir Haniff not out on 36 (1x6; 2x4) and Younis Ali 15 (2x4).

Crossbreed XI won a hardfought game against Zeeburg Warriors by 7 wkts.

Zeeburg Warriors took first strike and were limited to 85-5 in 10 overs. The ground

fielding of Crossbreed XI and also the bowling were something to watch as their athleticism proved vital in limiting the Warriors. The wickets were shared among the bowlers. In reply, Crossbreed XI were also in the same predicament as Zeeburg Warriors returned the favor in the field and in their bowling too. They eventually crossed the line on 89-3 in 7.1 overs.

Meanwhile, Miss Love Trading has joined the list of sponsors and will be giving one thousand dollars each week to the new game of “Manto” by GSL and other incentives in the tournament.

The game “manto” involves a competitor challenging another competitor to a one ball playoff. The one with most runs off the one ball will be declared the winner. This is one of the many games for spectators to get involved by Guyana Softball League to boost involvement. Entries will only be accepted at the ground.

The Ruby ground executives have requested more matches on their ground in an effort to raise funds for the ground as the excitement was felt by all. The ground community was the recipients of 2 pairs of stumps and other

The opening pair from Omesh XI, Aftab Bacchus (left) and top scorer for the day, Vickram Kissoon after they orchestrated the defeat of the Linden All Star XI. equipment from the GSL. Additionally an East Coast XI will challenge a West Coast team in the

tournament in an exhibition match at Leonora this weekend along with 4 more tournament matches.

Hercules, Persaud lead Parika Salem to Mohamed’s Memorial 40-over title Led by a fine half century by all-rounder Ryan Hercules and a five-wicket haul by Hemchand Persaud, host Parika Salem defeated Tuschen South Side by 57 runs to win the final of the Mohamed’s Memorial 40over tournament on Sunday, East Bank Essequibo (EBE).

Parika Salem found themselves in early trouble after

they were inserted on a difficult pitch. Left arm spinner Ricardo Adams removed opener Rajiv Balgobin (04), Malcolm Hubbert sent back Kemol Savo r y ( 0 7 ) a n d Bernard Lewis uprooted the stumps of Sase Narine (12).

But the experienced Ryan Hercules and wicketkeeper batsman Kevon Boodie steadied the chase with a

fourth wicket stand of 52 with level-headed batting witnessed by a fair-sized crowd.

Hercules was very watchful, hitting four fours and one six in his 53 while Boodie struck two fours and one six before he went for 27.

Yougister Bachan hit 17 (3x4) while Michael Goberdhan (12) was the only other batsman to reach double figures as the host

scored 155 all out in 38 overs.

Lewis finished with 3-29 off eight overs, Terry Newton 3-31, Adams 2-16 and Hubbert 2-28.

Kevin Christian and Hubbert added 30 for the opening partnership to give Tuschen South Side a decent start before Hubbert was removed by Brian Herbert for 18 (3x4).

Herbert then accounted for Ricardo Adams (00) and Lewis (00) to leave the visitors on 33-3.

Christian then shared a fourth wicket stand of 24 with Ronaldo Renee (09) to keep their team in hunt.

But when Renee was removed by Narine and offspinner Jason Heyliger accounted for Christian who made 20 (2x4), the rest of the batting found the bowling of left arm spinner Persaud too difficult to handle and were sent packing for 98 in 28.5 o v e r s.

Persaud extracted considerable bounce and turn to finish with 5-16 off 6.4 overs while Herbert claimed 3-13, Narine 2-32 and Heyliger 1-

Ryan Hercules (left) accepts the Man of the Match prize from EBECC Competitions Chairman, Gregory George.

14.

Hercules was given the man-of-the-match award while Boodie with 329 runs from six matches took the best batsman prize.

Persaud who took 11 wickets from five games was the most outstanding bowler.

Boodie pocketed the accolades for the highest individual score (108 vs

Hyde Park) and the most d i s m i s s als (07) while Trevor Benn turned in the best individual figure (5-11 vs Zeelugt).

President of the East Bank Essequibo Cricket Committee (EBECC) Alvin Johnson congratulated the winners and thanked the sponsors Mohamed’s Mining of EBE. (Zaheer Mohamed)

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Campbell’s Trust Nursery hosts successful Inter House Sports Tokens presented compliments of Lucky Dollar and Lisa Variety Store

And they are off! Some of the Campbell’s Nursery School kids competing in the tire race cheered on by teachers, parents and fellow students.

Children between the ages of 4 to 6 along with Teachers and Parents of the Campbell’s Trust Nursery School of Campbell’s Street Grove East Bank Demerara on Friday last had a blast when that school held its annual Inter- House sports at the Grove Playfield, Third Street, Grove Housing Scheme.

Over two hundred persons including parents, children and teachers braved the humid conditions to participate in activities such as which included duck walk, blocks race, water race, tire race, late for school and musical chairs among others.

Parents were not left out as they too soaked in the

competitive action by competing in the sack race, parent and child race and biscuit and juice race.

Educational gifts and toys were distributed to all the children present, compliments of Lucky Dollar - Grove Store and the L i s a Va r i e t y S t o r e .

Also, the Lucky Dollar Grove Store mascot

“LUCKY DOG” was on hand to add some extra excitement for the kids who were happy to have their photos taken with the mascot.

Other sponsors who contributed to make the day’s activity a resounding success were Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), the many parents and guardians.

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Movie Star Silver Fox to make first trip to Guyana Kong-Fu Movie star Hwang Jang Lee, who plays the role of Silver Fox will make his first ever trip to Guyana on Thursday November 12.

The Chinese actor will hold a three-hour workshop and training seminar next week Friday (November 13) at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) from 16:00hrs and it will be a great opportunity for Guyanese who have only seen him in Movies to see him in the flesh.

Lee’s trip to Guyana, headlined ‘Silver Fox & the Grand Masters’ has been organised by the Academy of Contemporary Martial Arts of Trinidad in association with the Harpy Eagles Martial Arts Academy and the Maximum Sports Combat & Strength of Guyana. ”We (Harpy Eagles) have a good relationship with several groups in Trinidad and Trinidadian Andrew Murray who has organised this trip for Lee who has never been to Guyana,”

Hwang Jang Lee in his role as Silver Fox informed Troy Bobb who teamed up with fellow Guyanese Max Massiah to make the event a reality.

Bobb feels this will be a once in a life time chance for Silver Fox’s fans to get into the ‘Sports Hall’ to get photographs and autographs with the man they have seen on the big screen.

Martial Arts practitioners will have to pay a registration fee of $2,000 while the General Public will pay an entrance fee of $1,000. Children under 10 years of age, pay $500 to enter the venue.

Bartica A are BFA U-13 Inter Area tourney champs We Are The Champions! BFA 2015 U-13 champs, Bartica A, display their trophies and medals.

Best Goalkeeper being rewarded.

Bartica A team emerged champions of the Bartica Football Association (BFA) Under-13 Inter Area football competition, defeating Agatash in the final that was

played a t t h e B a r t i c a Secondary School ground.

The final score read, Bartica A 5 Agatash 2.

Hitting the back of the nets

for the winners were Emanuel Atherly and Marcus McKenzie with a double each with the other coming off the boot of Joshua Jones.

The champs won most of the individual prizes; Best Forward was Tyrese James, Best Defender Kevin Ready and Best Midfielder Chad Edwards.

Ta k i n g t h e B e s t Goalkeeper award was Rowen Linken of Agatash while the Best Coach prize was awarded to Kenneth Edwards with Goshen

copping the Best Dressed Team award.

Bartica B won the third place game defeating Karrau on penalty kicks.

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Wednesday November 04, 2015

ECDCA/Banks Premium Beer T20 tourney

BCB congratulates Gudakesh Motie on Lusignan B overcome Golden his selection to the senior national team Achievers despite Roberts 5-wkt haul “The Berbice Cricket Board was elated to learn of the selection of former West Indies under-19 left arm spinner in the national senior team for the upcoming regional four day cricket tournament,” the board informed in a release.

“Congratulations are in order for the latest Berbician to be selected for the national senior team, by saying that the BCB continues to invest heavily in Berbice cricket and Motie is a product of that investment,” the release continued.

“It was just a matter of time for Motie to make the senior team for he has impressed since he was a kid”, the document stated.

The board thanked all the sponsors, friends and supporters of Berbice Cricket and promised that they will continue to see results from their investment.

The board also took the opportunity to wish West Indies left arm spinner and lower order b a t s m a n Ve e r a s a m m y Permaul a speedy recovery from his unfortunate injury.

The board is confident that Motie will do a good job and fill the shoes of his Albion and Berbice team mate.

Gudakesh Motie

The board encourages him to keep his feet grounded and grab the opportunity with both ha n d s , t h e r e l e a s e noted.

“The BCB is confident that Motie’s elevation will inspire other young cricketer in Berbice and wishes the team good luck.

Kudos were given to the selectors for selecting such a strong, balanced and performance based

team.

Credit should also be given to the administrators for the long and intense preparation of the players.

The weather was also kind,” the document concluded.

The Caribbean Professional League (CPL) Four-Day First-Class Cricket game against the Wi n d w a r d s Vo l c a n o e s starts from Friday at Providence.

Despite a five-wicket haul from Kevon Roberts, Golden Achievers went down to Lusignan ‘B’ by five runs when the East Coast Demerara Cricket A s s o c i a t i o n (ECDCA)/Banks Premium Beer T20 knockout competition commenced on Sunday.

Host Lusignan ‘B’ batted first and were bowled out for 93 with C. Gee Narine scoring 18, Tameshwar Motiram 17 and Robin Williams 15; Roberts bagged 5-20 and Seon Walcott 2-14.

Golden Achievers responded with 88-8. Winston London made 28 not out and Premchand Sookdeo 21. D. Agrado snared 2-12.

At Enmore - the home team thumped Mon Repos by 77 runs. Enmore took first strike and managed 134-7.

Ameer Khan got 38, Richard Woolford 28 and Ramjet Hiralall 20; R. Vishaul had 220. Mon Repos were skittled for 57 in 17 overs in reply.

Prem Lall claimed 2-33.

At Fairfield Perseverance trounced Helena by eight wickets.

Batting first, Helena scored 87-8 off their reduced 15 overs.

Zaheer Mohamed Shadir

H. Kumar made 25 and Nandram Persaud 21; Perseverance responded with 88-2 in 10.2 overs.

Rafael Estrado blasted 56 not out.

Fairfield overcame Unity by 26 runs in the afternoon fixture at the said venue. The host batted first and posted 158-7.

Leon Tarjoonchandra cracked 47 and Deonarine Chatura 44. N. Dhanraj and I. Persaud picked up two scalps each. Unity scored 132-8 in reply. M. Horril got 28 and R. Dual 19. Richard Chatura grabbed 3-15 and Targoonchandra 2-13.

At Ogle - Lusignan A

beat Ogle Masters by 114 runs.

Lusignan A took first knock and rattled up 197-3.

Somdat Bharat stroked 51 not out, Steve Ramdass 45, Leon Morgan 38 and Gavin Boodwah 37. Ogle Masters were bowled out for 83 in 15.2 overs. Brian Sukhram and Dylan Conelly hit 20 apiece as Ferron Kadir claimed 3-20, Ramdass 2-17 and Rajendra Naikbarran 25.

At Enterprise Enterprise Legend overcame Strathavon by seven wickets.

The visitors batted first and mustered 113-6. Omesh Arjune scored 38 and Syed Khan 23. The home team responded with 117-3 with Mankato Balkissoon scoring 6 9 .

Enterprise A got the better of Mahaica by 81 runs.

Enterprise A posted 1863, batting first. Amir Habib scored 106 not out, Rajendra Chandrika an unbeaten 46 and Vivian Albert 34.

Mahaica were sent packing for 105 in reply.

Prakash Choti made 34; Zaheer Mohamed Shadir grabbed 4-15, Kamesh Yadram 3-17 and Albert 2-6.

NBS 2nd Div. 40-over cricket – Berbice

Tons from Subadhar (127) and Permaul (122) highlight latest round It was a run spree showdown between Belvedere Battle Steel and Toopoo Rising Star when play in the New Building Society Second Division 40over cricket competition continued in Berbice, recently.

In a match that was reduced to 20 overs as a result of rain, Belvedere Battle Steele batted first and benefitted from 176 run opening stand in just 16 overs from Michael Subadhar who slammed 127 (2x4 13x6) and Neil Pike who contributed 76 (5x4 6x6) guiding their team to an imposing 221-3 in their 20 overs.

When Toopoo Rising Star replied, they too got off to a rousing start with the o p e n i n g p a i r, l e d b y Yoganand Permaul’s 122 (6x4 11x6) almost seeing their team to victory; they feel agonizingly short by a single run, 220-7 off their 20 overs.

Neil Pike

Michael Subadhar

Elsewhere, Bust Lot Challengers led by 56 (7x4) from former Berbice Under15 batsman Asif Khan and 51 (4x4) off the bat of Joel Dilchand, rattled up 261-6 in 30 overs against Bush Lot United who could only respond with 142; Brandon Balkissoon picked up 4-15 for Challengers.

Off-spinners Loyydel Lewis and Exekiel Kempadoo picked up four

wickets each for Port Mourant to bowl out Letterkenny Young Star for 105 in 20. Port Mourant went on the win by 6 wickets.

In summarized scores: At Belvedere - Belvedere Battle Steele beat Toopoo Rising Star by 1 run.

Belvedere Battle Steele 221- 3 in 20 overs; Michael Subadhar 127, Neil Pike 76.

Toopoo Rising Star 220-7 in (Continued on page 31)

Wednesday November 04, 2015

Kaieteur News

Management of National Schools’ Championships to be stringent

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Mayor Green’s Inter-ward Football starts Sunday at Victoria ground Mayor Hamilton Green will be celebrating his 81 birthday on November 9 and in celebration, former National footballer Lennox Arthur has coordinated the annual 7-a-side three-day Inter-ward Football competition to mark the occasion.

The 32-team tournament will start on Sunday November 8 at the Victoria ground on the East Coast from 4:00pm.

The teams are battling for a first prize of $200,000 and the John Fernandes trophy, while the other top four finishers will collect; $100,000 and Youth and Sports Trophy, $70,000 and China Trading trophy and $30,000 and the Business School trophy.

A d d i t i o n a l l y, A H L Kissoon has donated a 3piece suite for the top scorer, while Ricks and Sari will give 10 hampers each to the winning and runner up teams.

The opening salvo of matches on Sunday at Victoria will see Lima Dam playing Grove, Kuru Kururu vs South Sophia, Plaisance vs Buxton Youth Developers, Golden Grove vs Mocha Arcadia, Halsinton vs Mocha, Buxton vs Agricola, Beterverwagting vs Kitty, Mahaica vs Paradise, Ann’s Grove vs Herstelling and Victoria vs Diamond.

The action moves to the Den Amstel ground on Tuesday November 10 for the second day of competition starting at 2:00pm.

The fixtures show Goed Fortuin st

Regional Chairperson for Region Four, Genevieve Allen (seated, centre), in whose Region the 2015 National Schools’ Championships will be held, joins members of the Management Committee to discuss preparations yesterday.

The Management of the National Schools’ Championships that is scheduled for November 2327 at the National Stadium, Providence, will be stringent as every effort is being made to perfect the various systems necessary to have a successful Championships.

This is according to a press release from the Management Committee for the upcoming National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships yesterday. Penalties will be in place for defaulting Districts that do not adhere to the rules.

According to Guyana Teachers’ Union President, Mark Lyte, “no one should feel that we cannot have these Championships without them”. Lyte made

the comment in view of the fact that teams will be disqualified for a number of reasons, including late arrivals.

The Championships is scheduled to start at 9am on the competition days. Lyte informed that the competition will commence promptly whether or not all the teams would have arrived. He stated that this year the Championships will not be waiting on anyone.

“If athletes and officials are not on time, the events will go on without them. We have to enforce the competition rules,” Field Secretary within the Teachers’ Union, Lance Baptiste, said, adding that leadership from the District Representatives is required.

According to Baptiste,

the District Representatives and Managers will all be held accountable to the Management Committee during the Championships.

He said the aim is to eliminate all forms of hiccups, so that the event can have a smooth progression.

Every system, from the Opening and Closing Ceremony, accommodation, meals to presentations and competition will be crystallise to create a more professional posture. The press release stated that work began weeks ago to attempt to perfect those systems.

T h e S w i m m i n g Championships will be held on Monday, November 23 at the National Aquatic Centre at Liliendaal.

In addition to the swimming competition, two

field events, Long Jump and Shot Putt along with the 10km Road Race, 40km and 25km Cycle Road Race will also take place on Monday, November 23.

The Games Village will be established on Woolford Avenue. Tutorial High, North Georgetown Primary and Secondary Schools and Richard Ishmael Secondary will house the 16 Districts from across Guyana that will c o m p e t e a t t h e Championships.

The Games Secretariat has been officially opened at GTU Headquarters, Woolford Avenue with Districts submitting their entries. The Opening Ceremony for the Championship is scheduled for Tuesday, November 23 at 10:30am.

Mayor Hamilton Green vs De Kinderen, Stewartville vs Bagotville, Crane vs New Amsterdam, Pouderoyen vs Wales, Uitvlugt vs Sara Lodge and Den Amstel vs North Sophia.

The respective winners will advance.

The other playing day is November 15 at Victoria when the tournament will culminate with the playoff, quarterfinals, semis and final. Play starts at 2:00pm.

Important to note, the tournament will be played using the no offside rule.

Coordinator Lennox Arthur indicated that the teams will be able to battle in this smaller format of the game uninhibited by the offside call, which will add more excitement to the action.

A number of sponsors have assisted the event.

Among them is Clinton Urling on behalf of his business entity German’s Restaurant. Urling, who is also the Chairman of the Normalisation Committee (Continued on page 31)

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