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EDITORIAL

PPP LOSING ITS GRIP Since 2011, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) led by President Donald Ramotar has been losing its grip on its base of supporters across the country. Many have stated that the PPP is not the small man’s party it used to be; that it has become a party for the rich and powerful who have dominated Guyana’s politics for the past 23 years.

It did so based on its mastery of propaganda, distortions and race-bait politics and not by its leaders’ ability. Its leaders understood the importance of ethnic division, messaging and talking points and they have created highly emotive and powerful messages in every election since 1992.

But they are not astute students of politics because of their constant practice to divide the nation along racial lines in order to win elections. This tactic which has enabled the PPP to win repeated elections has now become outdated as the country’s youths seem more interested to vote on issues rather than on ethnicity. It has been standard political practice for the PPP to engage in propaganda and distortions as reliable conduits to mislead the public.

Aided and abetted by its own media, the PPP has been bending the truth about the accomplishments of the Burnham government. If one goes by everything the PPP has said about the 28 years (1964 - 1992) of PNC rule, one would be inclined to believe that nothing, except sociocultural profligacy and economic decadence had occurred during that time. It is the same spurious arguments and intellectual dishonesty that the PPP leaders continue to use today to discredit the APNU+AFC coalition government since it came to office in May. Its leader, Bharrat Jagdeo believes in the myth that he has all the solutions to all of Guyana’s problems.

Today, many supporters of the PPP are wiser; they are no longer eager to support the party, which had a stranglehold on them. The PPP no longer has the ability to play games with the lives of people, especially its supporters who are suffering due to the inadequacies and the consequences of Jagdeo and Ramotar’s poor leadership.

That said, the APNU+AFC government will most likely benefit from their shortcomings provided they turn the economy around, create jobs for the youths and improve the living standards of the poor and the lower working class.

The people are crying out for strong, honest and transformative leaders. This has placed doubts in their minds about Jagdeo’s ability to lead the party. The downturn of the economy has resulted from corruption and the misuse of the country’s finances and resources by the PPP administration. None of the other factors that could have led to an economic downturn has occurred.

The PPP is in crisis, but its leader is determined to ignore his flaws and continue to behave as though he is the only one capable of leading the party. He is arrogant and has refused to cooperate with the government to promote unity among the people. And he does not listen to the party rank and file members because he is convinced that the PPP could win the next election. His belief that the PPP is the “be-all and endall” of everything, is causing the party to lose its grip on its supporters.

If the PPP truly wants to bring prosperity to the people; it needs to recognize their misery and join the government to develop strategies to end the pain and suffering of the poor.

But the leaders of the PPP have refused to support the government on issues that will benefit all the people. The PPP leadership will not rise to the occasion.

The encouraging signal, though, is that without the cooperation of the PPP, the government has reduced corruption, shrunk the illegal trafficking of narcotics and made the environment safer for investment and the production of more goods and services. Such bold actions are needed to confront the threat to poverty.

Thursday November 17, 2015

Letters... Where your views make the news

I voted for a new way, an entirely new way DEAR EDITOR, The first six months into a new government usually furnishes a window through which to peer into its priorities, performance, crisis management, and overarching visions. What are some of the areas in w h i c h t h e n e w administration did well?

Not so well? What is in need of urgent attention?

Leadership leaves the first lasting impression: get the job done! Implement!

Deliver!

There is control, but it is from a distance and an elevation, as opposed to the bawling, stomping in-yourface adversarial variety that was so jagged. There is little d e d i c a t i o n t o micromanagement or the insecurity of self-promotion.

Instead, there is displayed an economy with words, an austerity of style, and modesty in creature comforts. There is the sense of significant things on the move, albeit ponderously at times. Rating: B+.

Crisis management was called for on at least three occasions in the first halfyear: the border, the bridge, and that bonus for the boys.

The first two were handled with aplomb, and a blend of firmness, strength, and unflagging conviction.

On the other hand, that money matter was premature and called for incubation; it was boosted with plasma wasted, and best reserved for

later use. There is another developing that spotlights floor crossings.

Wrong people! Rating: C+.

Then, there is the determination by the new people to make things right by halting and reversing the financial traumas of decades-long vintage covering from the giveaways to the stashed away. In does not matter whether the beneficiaries are foreign or domestic, peering and probing is now the order of the day; results awaited.

Rating: Work-in-Progress.

The city that was never cleared and cleaned is now approachable in large swathes, representing the beginnings of rehabilitation.

This is comforting to citizens, who had to live in squalor and indignity for the longest while. But what was taxing on the senses before will be taxable to residents going forward. Still, an encouraging start and more is expected not only in the capital, but elsewhere, too.

Rating: B-.

The GPF must be commended for some major successes in disturbing highprofile crimes. These almost routinely went nowhere before, when the police were supposedly investigating.

The force cannot stand still, as the environment is looking how to outwit it and make everyone look bad, if not worse. It must continue to produce results, and improve rapidly at all levels,

including the street and stationhouse to earn much needed credibility. If the successes continue, then Crime Chief, Blanhum might be able to lay claim to the “I am The Greatest!” title.

Incidentally, I did read that another British Invasion is due for the police. We shall see, for this time the expectation is for more than the Beatles and no Rolling Stones. Rating: BOn the corruption oceanfront, business is tight, and part of the greater scrutiny and oversight that has led many to tuck in their exposed parts.

The long awaited confluence of new government, new standards, new anti-money laundering developments, new Ambassador, and new DEA foothold, among other things, has introduced discretion and commercial hibernation by those previously overflowing in green. These days they cry about a river of red. Here is the bottom line: no smashed eggs, no omelet.

This is serious business that demand the best of serious men in cleaning Augean stables (like the GPF), but cleaned they must be, even if the required effort is like the other Greek fellow rolling that brick uphill daily.

Rating: C+.

In terms of individuals, Minister Trotman is the now designated pacifier-in-chief.

He is well-equipped and well-positioned too. In the department of fetching bottomless baskets to bathe wayward ducks he stands unchallenged and currently enjoys monopoly rights.

Like I said, he is well situated in many respects and on multiple fronts be they oil, timber, or pay hikes.

These could be all pluses as time rolls on. Rating: ANext, Minister Lawrence gets better with her portfolio and in her realm. She keeps delivering, but must avoid the comfort of standing still.

Hers must be the works that separate from the norm and the pack. Rating: B. All in all, I say that overall a fair job has been done in these first six months in some areas.

Now governments are entitled to a few mistakes, particularly new ones. One was recorded.

It must learn; it must listen; it must adjust. This is not weakness, but strength.

There is politics, then, there is governance, good governance. Also, there is leadership, then, there is statesmanship. Incidentally, Lil Joe has room to grow; after all Lieutenant Colonels just don’t fall off trees.

In terms of transparency, there must be more, especially in the supersensitive area of appointments. And talking about sensitive appointments, the traditional cake needs some more (Continued on page 23)

The PPP leaders have a lot of questions to answer DEAR EDITOR, Let me state from the outset that I am not a “ghost writer” as those paid from public funds to fabricate letters and write in the social columns. I am trained and qualified journalist.

It is hard to fathom how the likes of Dr. Frank Anthony, Gail Texiera, Clement Rohee and Bharrat Jagdeo have the temerity to be asking the Government to state how the Inauguration Ceremony was paid, if from Government funds or if there were gifts, who gave and how much.

There are times you have to very careful what you ask for. I recall that for “years” Dr Anthony was asked for a statement of the expenditure

for the last CARIFESTA held in Guyana. I do not recall that statement was ever produced. If it was, I do not recall seeing it, but at any rate if it was produced, it took years for it to be made public.

Again did Dr Anthony and Neil Kumar produce an account for the money and equipment from the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall? I am asking a question that I am entitled to.

What about Kumar using the Sports Hall venue for a slaughter house for the goats. Did Texiera ever produce bills for the “million dollar” cell phone account?

Again I am asking a question? It is true that the telephone company has an

outlet for cigarettes?

I have just a few more questions for Rohee, Luncheon and Jagdeo. Did they, or have they paid the water and electricity bills for their residence? I stress a citizen is entitled to ask these questions. Was Jagdeo’s container gift from convict Ed declared?

Of course he did not pay storage for the container at State House. Could anyone imagine that the State House lawns could be so desecrated?

One last point, Mr. Editor. What about the umpteen questions you have been asking about the State funds used for the Marriott Hotel, the Berbice River Bridge and the payments

received by the GPC for the still undelivered medical supplies?

Again Mr. Editor, if State funds were used for the Inauguration, So What? Dr. Anthony never had the ability to conceptualize such a magnificent historical event.

The question who or where the funds to stage the event came from does not deserve an answer. Finally, I feel strongly that those foolish “press statements” and “press conferences” have become a nuisance and the newspaper is using valuable space which should be used to educate the public on matters of national interest.

Ian K. Haynes.

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Reflections on what The PPP has to undergo Guyana is and should be fundamental changes

DEAR EDITOR, As a developing nation, our people have through the years longed for things that say we are making progress in, that we are catching up with our neighbours and contemporaries in the Caribbean.

So scarce have been the resources to make public investments in infrastructure and things that uplift the aesthetics of our country that we quibble over what best to pursue. Our leaders would attest to having taken the utilitarian approach when committing our funds towards investing in public goods, and that sound decisions were made.

But when we, as consumers or intended beneficiaries of these investments, look upon what our tax dollars have been spent on, do we really appreciate or are satisfied with what we get?

Do we ensure that we are part of the process to make these investments worthwhile, and workable? Are we doing enough as individual public investors and consumers, to stem the waste of public funds and other resources?

Do we get value for our money? Maybe not, but yet for all that, we continue to lament the absence of other things which we still want, without making the effort to

care for what we already have, or to ensure that what we are being given is really what we need.Investing in public infrastructure is not something we should take lightly. We have had a history of making bad choices, of being left out of the consultative process, and of being at the receiving end of tokenism.

Despite all of our disappointments, we have had some public infrastructural development that really helped to transform this country for the better, a few of which are the Soesdyke-Linden highway, the Demerara Harbour Bridge and the upgraded Ogle Airport. Can we imagine a Guyana without these?

And then there are those investments which we have to wonder about, whether all that mattered was to have the funds disbursed, and to tick a box that this or that has been completed, or that another promise has been kept.

This month has been designated “Road Safety Month” and I would want to focus on a few investments that were supposed to make our roads safer. About 13-14 years ago, beautiful, bright street lights were installed along the Rupert Craig Highway on the East Coast. Nicely engineered and arranged, it was a sight to be-

hold. This spelt “progress” Guyana had come of age. The seawalls along that route literally came alive because of the ambience and safety the lights provided.

They stayed that way for a while, and then when one or two bulbs burned out we left them that way, and then we seemed not to even notice when whole sections of these lights went out and stayed that way. Was this yet another very valuable investment we allowed to go to waste?

And then there was the return of the traffic lights – the green and red men - another sign of belated modernity. For some strange reason these bits of infrastructure were placed in spots that all a careless driver had to do was swerve a little too much to the left, and out goes the fixtures or control boxes.

And we also had the bright idea of making some solar-powered, placing the solar panels, inverters and batteries well within handreach. These went even faster than those the mini-bus drivers would rip out from the road sides. And so we are now at a stage where we probably have more non-functioning traffic lights than working ones.There is one particular (Continued on page 23)

Minister Harmon makes amends for a terrible lapse DEAR EDITOR, Minister of State Joseph Harmon’s announcement that he will be donating the recent increases in his salary to various villages across the county to be used for installing street lights in the communities he has named is timely and politically important. The Minister must be commended for his decision. In arriving at his decision and announcing it publicly Mr. Harmon has demonstrated that his politics is one of accountability and respect for public opinion.

The Minister’s gesture is presumably, a response to the criticisms he received over the remarks he is alleged to have made when responding to a reporter’s question in relation to the government’s decision to increase salaries for ministers and members of parliament.

I am of the view that if the response attributed to the Minister was true he should have offered an apology, forthwith. His failure to do so, and here I am assuming that the remarks attributed to him were true, was in my opinion, a grave political mistake. The issue of the salaries was a cabinet decision and it is

expected that on that score he had to hold his ground and accept collective responsibility.

I feel it is necessary to pen this letter in the spirit of criticism and self–criticism which I am contending should be a guiding principle in the governance style of the APNU +AFC coalition government. When our leaders or the government make a misstep it is our duty to admit and urge corrective measures. I am sure that all APNU activists would be delighted that Comrade

Harmon has taken the course of action he has chosen. It is to be hoped that other beneficiaries of the salaries increases will follow his lead.

His action should strengthen our belief that our leaders, though not perfect, are a different set of people than those in the previous regime.

Tacuma Ogunseye

DEAR EDITOR, The PPP leadership has not shown a willingness to reform and its tunnel vision position is the primary reason why it was toppled from office in 1953, 1964, and again in 2011 and 2015. Critical scrutiny of the party and its leadership as suggested by Harry Hergash and others will serve the party well.

The PPP remained dogmatic and doctrinaire to an alien ideology for which it and the population at large suffered enormously. Several prominent individuals (not the least being Moses Nagamootoo, Ralph Ramkarran, Navin Chanderpal, etc.) from within the party, especially postJagan, tried to reform the party and guide it in a direction to reduce electoral losses, but the party would have none of it. Others advised via the media that the party democratized internally and embrace outside forces.

But the party resisted those recommendations. It felt it can use ethnic electoral arithmetic to forever win elections.

Clearly, the 2011 and 2015 elections revealed otherwise.

The leadership was characterized by hubris, hauteur, arrogance, pompous behavior, alienation of and contempt for the masses.

People experienced it all in efforts to meet them. When requested for a meeting to discuss issues that would help them and they party, they said they were busy. But they found plenty time to socialize with their intimate friends over the bottle. The neglect of their base was not a priority.

As Harry Hergash pointed out, the PPP refused to make concessions to the opposition and accommodating it with some kind of power sharing

formula when it was a minority in parliament. In addition, instead of seeking reconciliation with Moses Nagamootoo who broke with the party over internal democracy, the party attacked him.

Moses wanted the party’s support to be Speaker. But the party was non-supportive and a known opponent of the PPP was made Speaker. Then the party made yet another blunder by excommunicating Ralph Ramkarran. It signaled the end of the party’s electability.

This is 2015, not 1975. The party has not made significant effort to rebrand and change its leadership.

The party has remained with some discredited ‘old’ blood (who were responsible for the defeats of 2011 and 2015) who are not attractive to voters to win an election.

Every time some of them open their mouth, the party loses votes; they don’t get the message.

The party must face the hard reality — the present crop of old timers can never have a wide appeal; some of them are not even acceptable to the base. And as such, the party has to craft a new image with intellectuals.

The PPP exhibits little concern about being the government in waiting and seems quite content to languish in opposition ad infinitum. And that it will remain unless it reforms.

The internal structure of the party has to be democratized. It has to open up to oth-

ers (bring in new blood) and don’t view every critic as an enemy. Also, the party has to widen its appeal beyond its traditional support base and Amerindians. It is delusion in grandeur to think it can win another election without reform and multi-racial support.

From captain to cook there is taint from all angles; the party’s image has to be sanitized. Some are enjoying patronage at the expense of the more deserving, which in effect diminishes the party’s and the leadership’s political stock in the eyes of an enlightened electorate. The party has to choose leadership based on merit and not on loyalty. It must have people who can add value to the party not take away support. It needs to be associated with thinkers and intellectuals, not yes men and women.

Had the PPP heeded the advice of critics and well-wishers, it would not have been removed from office and the country would not have had to pay the price it is paying for errors of the current administration.

It is not too late to reform.

Beyond primordial instinct, the party has little appeal for an increasingly sophisticated electorate and the party is destined to remain in opposition for a long, long time unless it heeds advice from well-intentioned critics.

I empathize with PPP supporters who will continue to revel in the illusion of a PPP government in waiting.

Vishnu Bisram

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31st Caribbean EPI Asst. Supt pleads not guilty meeting commences to sexual assault charge - released on $100,000 bail at Marriott today With the introduction of a second Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine to 18-month-old tots, the Ministry of Public Health is expected to continue its boast about its sustained wide vaccination coverage.

The offering of the second MMR vaccine was in keeping with a recommendation that came out of the 30th Caribbean Expanded Programme on Immunization Managers’ Meeting in St. Maarten last year.

Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton, in boasting of the Ministry’s achievement earlier this year, said that “we certainly have so much to be proud of.”

It was reported that through the Maternal and Child Health Unit, the Ministry of Public Health has been able to offer the nation 16 antigens, that is, the types of available vaccines.

And according to Minister Norton, “For the past number of years Guyana has not reported any vaccinepreventable disease, except for a few cases of tetanus in adults. And even so, it was more than five years ago that happened.”

According to him, in the expanded programme on immunization, the Ministry has been able to record high vaccination rates which translate to over 90 per cent national coverage.

He disclosed too, that Guyana’s immunisation status had resulted in it being tagged as number three among 75 countries in the evaluation of effective vaccine management.

The Minister gave credit to the Maternal and Child Health Unit, which was formerly headed by Dr. Janice Woolford, for the implementation of the Safe Motherhood initiative, which, according to him, “is one of our cornerstone programmes to ensure the best standard of health care for both mothers and babies.”

The state of immunization is set to be deliberated on when the 31st EPI Managers Meeting is convened at the Georgetown Marriott Hotel.

- universal vaccination coverage among issues to be discussed But during the four-day forum which begins today an analysis of the 2015 achievements and planned activities for 2016 will be discussed.

The meeting is being held in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Guyana Family Gender and Life Course Department, and the Comprehensive Family Immunization Unit.

Participants from 29 countries, including the United States and representatives from the PAHO/WHO regional office in Washington D.C., and officials from the Ministry of Public Health will be in attendance.

Today’s opening of the forum will see remarks being delivered by PAHO/WHO Guyana Representative, Dr. William Adu-Krow, and Minister of Public Health, Dr George Norton.

It is expected, too, that the event will see countries sharing their experiences on the immunization programme.

A number of other issues are slated to be discussed including: universal vaccination coverage; progress of measles, rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) elimination; sustaining polio eradication, maternal immunization; data quality, cold chain and programme management; new vaccines and programme activities and experiences.

Last year November, 58 participants from 29 countries of the English, Dutch and French-speaking Caribbean, and partners from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) met in Phillipsburg, St. Maarten, for the 30th Caribbean Immunization Managers’ Meeting.

The purpose of the meeting was to analyze achievements for 2014 and to plan activities for 2015 while sharing experiences on the immunization programme. The fo-

rum then had specific focus on the implementation of the Plan of Action for maintaining measles, rubella, and CRS elimination in the Region as well as the introduction of the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) in the routine immunization schedule of each country by the end of 2015 in keeping with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan.

The format of that meeting involved technical updates on vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) and immunization-related programmatic areas by PAHO Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) advisors and other technical experts, as well as the sharing of country experiences in surveillance, research, vaccine introduction, investigations of events allegedly attributable to vaccination or immunization (ESAVI), cold chain management, among other topics.

EPI managers also met in groups to facilitate discussions on achievements with their plans of action for 2014. They also finalized plans for 2015 with input from their peers.

According to information from PAHO/WHO, the countries have continued to improve their EPI coverage with an average of 94 per cent coverage in 2013 for all the antigens reported (BCG, DTP, Polio, Hib, HepB and MMR1).

However MMR 2 coverage was 84 per cent.

Surveillance for measles, rubella continue to be strengthened with achievement of >80 per cent for all fever and rash indicators except timely submission of samples to the reference laboratory.

However, the need for improved surveillance for polio acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance was observed.

In fact some key recommendations from the meeting were for: Countries to continue working towards achieving 95 per cent coverage or more for each administered vaccine at all levels; countries to sustain polio eradication and measles/rubella/CRS elimination by ensuring >95 per cent vaccination coverage and high-quality surveillance; countries to increase efforts to introduce newer and underutilized vaccines and for countries to administer the 2nd MMR dose during the second year of life.

Assistant Superintendant of Police (ASP), Deneshwar Mahendranauth, was released on $100,000 bail, after he pleaded not guilty to a sexual assault charge that was read to him by City Magistrate Judy Latchman.

The matter was held in camera yesterday in Court 3, of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

ASP Mahendranauth was represented by Attorney, Jerome Khan.

Outside of the courtroom, Khan told reporters that the ASP had placed several ranks under close arrest following the disappearance of several motorcycles from the Lethem Police Station. He said that the ranks were also being investigated in relation to drug seizure.

The Attorney claimed that the allegation leveled against his client is a strategy being taken by the ranks to “get him (Mahendranauth) out of the place”. Mahendranauth will return to court on December

CHARGED: Asst. ASP Deneshwar Mahendranauth

7, in the Lethem Magistrate’s Court.

The charge against Mahendranauth came two months after a female Police Constable had accused the senior officer of making sexual advances to her. The incident

reportedly occurred at the Lethem Police Station. The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) was called in to investigate and a file was later sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.

‘Economic growth not likely this year’ …crisis on its way - PPP predicts

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is predicting further economic decline or stagnation. The party thinks that this state of affairs will cause Guyana to end up in a financial crisis which will then lead to an economic crisis.

PPP General Secretary, Clement Rohee, yesterday informed the media that the party’s Central Committee met on Saturday at Freedom House and discussed a range of matters.

Noting that the Central Committee is the second highest decision-making body of the Party after Congress, Rohee told the media that he presented the committee with a general report that covered issues affecting the party and Guyana at large.

He told the committee about the political, economic and social conditions in Guyana which, he said, are characterized by suffering rice farmers and workers in general. He also pointed to the “damage wreaked on the Amerindian Communities as a result of the vindictive, racial and political discriminatory policies” of the new government.

Rohee said that the Central Committee “was advised that all the talk about an anticipated three per cent growth of the economy this year is unlikely, but assuming it does, it will be growth without people-centered development.

“It will not be of a sustainable nature in height of the unwelcome attitude of the current administration towards foreign investment and public private sector partnerships.”

According to Rohee, the Central Committee agreed that there were no “discernible” measures taken by the new government to arrest the economic decline.

The General Secretary also said that the Central Committee was advised that there is likely to be an upsurge in the militancy of the working people and farming communities.

He said that this is likely to happen as a

PPP General Secretary, Clement Rohee result of “Government’s attitude towards the Private Sector in the tourism and entertainment industries as well as to other production and services industries.”

Rohee said that the Central Committee concluded that a financial crisis is bound to occur. This crisis, he added, is likely to develop into an economic crisis “which will result in increased militancy and protests on the part of the workers, farmers in particular, in order to regain a stable livelihood for themselves and families.”

“The Central Committee reaffirmed its support to the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and Guyana Rice Producers Association (GRPA) respectively in their struggles for better wages and better working conditions, for better prices and greater market access for products and rejected privatization and sale of the sugar industry,” said Rohee.

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Widen fight against Boko Haram to tackle climate change, migration: U.N. The four countries fighting the Boko Haram insurgency in West Africa’s Lake Chad region should unite behind a broader strategy to ease the poverty and climate change that are spurring millions to migrate to Europe, a U.N. official said yesterday.

Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon have joined forces in the past four months to recapture some territory from the radical Islamist Boko Haram, U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Toby Lanzer told a news conference in Geneva.

But all four states should also invest more in health, education, and social services and attract more foreign investment to expand regional trade and encourage development, which would undercut the appeal of migration, Lanzer said.

There is increasing recognition that Boko Haram is a symptom of underlying economic and social problems and that a “one-pronged” effort to wipe out the group would not work, said Lanzer, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for the Sahel, an arid region stretching across West Africa from Senegal to Chad.

“There needs to be a strategy for the Lake Chad region ... drawn up by the four governments, and it needs to address the development issues, how to resolve abject poverty, how to provide opportunities for members of the youth,” Lanzer said.

“The population in the Sahel will increase by 150 million people in the next 30 years. That’s a very compelling reason not to allow this region to become any poorer or more marginalized or affected by climate change because at the end of the day, if people are poor or persecuted they will walk.”

European governments needed to be aware of the risk of a surge in migration from the Sahel, where Lake Chad

is drying up, 25 million people already suffer from food shortages and 700,000 children die each year from malnutrition, he said.

Lanzer said that during a tour of the Lake Chad basin he had met mothers who told him the life choices of their sons ranged from becoming a human trafficker, a gun-runner, a criminal or an insurgent.

Every week, 3,000 young men went through Agadez in Niger on the migration route to Europe.

“When I’ve spoken to ... youth, they are bored and disempowered. That is very dangerous. They are looking for things to do, to be a fisherman or farmer. They are really looking for opportunities.”

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Vowing to destroy terrorism, France seeks global coalition against Islamic State

French President Francois Hollande addresses a joint session of parliament at the Palace of Versailles. He called on the United States and Russia to join a global coalition to destroy Islamic State. (Reuters photo) French President Francois Hollande called on the United States and Russia to join a global coalition to destroy Islamic State in the wake of the attacks across Paris, and announced a wave of measures to combat terror in France.

“France is at war,” Hollande told a joint session of parliament at the Palace of Versailles, promising to increase funds for national security and strengthen anti-terror laws in response to the suicide bombings and shootings that killed 129.

“We’re not engaged in a war of civilizations, because these assassins do not represent any. We are in a war against jihadist terrorism which is threatening the whole world,” he told a packed, somber chamber.

Parliamentarians gave Hollande a standing ovation before spontaneously singing the “Marseillaise” national anthem in a show of political unity following the worst atrocity France has seen since World War Two. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Friday’s coordinated attacks, saying they were in retaliation for France’s involvement in U.S.backed air strikes in Iraq and Syria. Hollande pledged that French fighter jets would intensify their assaults and said he would meet U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the coming days to urge them to pool their resources.

“We must combine our forces to achieve a result that is already too late in coming,” the president said.

The U.S.-led coalition has been bombing Islamic State for more than a year. Russia joined the conflict in September, but Western officials say it has mainly hit foreignbacked fighters battling Syrian President Bashar alAssad, not Islamic State.

Speaking in Turkey at the same time as Hollande,

Obama called Friday’s attacks a “terrible and sickening setback”, but maintained that the U.S.-led coalition was making progress.

“Even as we grieve with our French friends ... we can’t lose sight that there has been progress,” Obama said at a Group of 20 summit, ruling out sending in ground troops.

Much of France came to a standstill at midday for a minute’s silence to remember the dead, many of whom were young people killed as they enjoyed a night out. Metro trains stopped, pedestrians paused on pavements and office workers stood at their desks.

But in a sign of life slowly returning to normal, schools and museums re-opened after a 48-hour shutdown, as did the Eiffel Tower, which lit up the night sky in the red, white and blue colors of the French flag following two days of darkness.

ISLAMIC STATE THREATS Investigators have identified a Belgian national living in Syria as the possible mastermind behind the attacks, which targeted bars, restaurants, a concert hall and soccer stadium.

“Friday’s act of war was decided upon and planned in Syria, prepared and organized in Belgium and carried out on our territory with the complicity of French citizens,” said Hollande. Prosecutors have identified five of the seven dead assailants - four Frenchmen and a foreigner fingerprinted in Greece last month. His role in the carnage has fueled speculation that Islamic State took advantage of a recent wave of refugees fleeing Syria to slip militants into Europe.

Police believe one attacker is on the run, and suspect at least four people helped organize the mayhem.

“We know that more attacks are being prepared, not just against France but also against other European coun-

tries,” French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told RTL Radio.

“We are going to live with this terrorist threat for a long time.”

Islamic State warned in a video on Monday that any country hitting it would suffer the same fate as Paris, promising specifically to target Washington.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told reporters police had arrested nearly two dozen people and seized arms, including a rocket launcher and automatic weapons, in 168 raids overnight.

“Let this be clear to everyone, this is just the beginning, these actions are going to continue,” he said.

Hollande said he would create 5,000 jobs in the security forces, boost prison service staff by 2,500 and avoid cuts to defense spending before 2019. He acknowledged this would break EU budget rules, but said national security was more important.

He also said he would ask parliament to extend for three months a state of emergency he declared on Friday, which gives security forces sweeping powers to search and detain suspects.

A source close to the investigation said Belgian national Abdelhamid Abaaoud, currently in Syria, was suspected of having ordered the Paris operation. “He appears to be the brains behind several planned attacks in Europe,” the source told Reuters.

RTL Radio said Abaaoud was a 27-year-old from the Brussels district of Molenbeek, home to many Muslim immigrants and a focal point for Islamist radicalism in recent years.

Latest official figures estimate that 520 French nationals are in the Syrian and Iraqi war zones, including 116 women. Some 137 have died in the fighting, 250 have returned home and around 700 have plans to travel to join the jihadist factions.

Tuesday November 17, 2015

Ann’s Grove honors top CAPE performer -as trust fund announced for villages On Sunday, residents of Ann’s Grove and neighbouring communities, packed into the Ann’s Grove Secondary School to celebrate with Elisa Hamilton, her achievement at this year’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).

Hamilton secured five grade ones and one grade two passes at CAPE. She was honoured by her fellow villagers at the simple ceremony.

Her achievement placed her among the country’s top CAPE performers.

Also, in 2014, Hamilton secured 20 passes; 19 grade one and a grade two pass at Caribbean Secondary Examination Council (CSEC), making her the top Regional performer for that year.

According to President David Granger, who spoke of the important role villages must play in educating the nation’s children, throughout the country, communities must strive to return to the days when they were all “cradles of democracy”.

Over the years, the President noted, village economies have become weakened, moving away from being self-reliant.

With the school dropout rates across the country alarming, there is the need for every stakeholder in the society, including families and churches to play their role in ensuring that every child attends school.

As part of his Government’s efforts to emphasise the important role villages play in nation building, the President announced that November 7 has been designated “National Day of Villages”.

While this move seeks to give prominence to the role of villages, the President also announced another bold initiative, which will allow villages to be tangibly involved in providing support for the educational development of their young people.

Proposing the name “Village Education Scholarship Trust”, the President said once this scheme is established in villages, they will each receive funding from the Government, so that the most vulnerable within these communities can be provided with support.

The Head of State was, however, keen on noting that the proposed name does not necessarily have to be used by every village. What is more important is that there is accountability for the disbursement and management of the trust.

The Head of State said that the initiative, like others

Elisa Hamilton being presented with a laptop computer by President Granger. rolled out by the new administration, will aid in ensuring equal access to educational opportunity.

This latest addition will add to the existing “Three B’s”- boats, bicycle and buses initiative- which seeks to provide transportation for children to get to school.

“We have to look after children. We have to make sure that they can get to school; in the first place, so that we produce not one… we need thousands and thousands of Elisas. Every village must be able to produce scholars of excellence, scholars of quality,” the President said.

Equally important, the President said, is the need to break the cycle of “hereditary poverty” through education.

“The way to do it is by removing inequalities and by giving every child opportunities… Forty years ago there were five top schools. There should be fifty. There should be a top school in every region. We have to expand. We have to enlarge the number of top schools in the country, so that every child in this country could have access to a top school,” President Granger said. The President, in his address to the large gathering, also underscored the role of religious bodies.

The large gathering was also reminded of the importance of all Guyanese having access to the information and technology super highway, which the President says he deems as an entitlement. All these factors the President said are important if Guyana is to move forward and correct the educational deficits, as Guyana cannot move forward if its population is not educated.

Meanwhile, congratulations were in order for Hamilton from the President as he lauded her efforts and that of the villagers who played a role in supporting

her development and success. He called on Hamilton to see her achievement as an opportunity, rather than a victory as she leads the way for other youths in her village.

“We are here to congratulate her. It is not easy to achieve what she has worked hard for, and she deserves to be rewarded and congratulated, but this is an opportunity. It is not victory,” the President said.

Referencing Hamilton’s disappointment with the offer by the previous administration to apply for a scholarship to study in Guyana, China or Cuba, when it had initially been promised that the top CSEC and CAPE performers would be provided with scholarships to study at universities of their choice in any field, President Granger declared that promises must be kept. He indicated that this matter will be resolved by his administration.

Also on the occasion, Hamilton thanked her parents, teachers and her fellow villagers, who supported her throughout her secondary school life. She noted that this event is a clear indication of how much education is valued by her villagers.

“To young people I would like to encourage you all to reach for greatness. It does not matter where you came from, what your family background is, what your circumstance is, you have to want it,” were Hamilton’s words of encouragement to the young villagers, who also came out to celebrate her achievements.

Hamilton was presented with a computer by the President, a plague from the Hamilton Award Committee, a cheque from Justice Nandram Kissoon, among other well deserved tokens. A billboard was also unveiled at the Ann’s Grove Market Tarmac in honour of Hamilton’s achievement.

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Land surveyors urged to remain immune to bribes Five land surveyors were yesterday sworn in after passing the 2015 Sworn Land and Survey Examination. But the moment was especially noteworthy as those five represent the remnants of a batch of 32 students.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon certainly did question the statistics as he addressed the graduates and attendees. He called for a review of the process because as he put it, the 15 percent pass rate was unacceptable.

“If you have 32 persons entering for an examination, usually if you are well taught you will expect at least thirty two persons will pass.”

“So when we have a pass rate of 15 percent, something has to be examined. Is it that the programme is prepared in such a way that at the end of an exercise people just start dropping off, at such a rapid rate?” he queried.

“I consider that to be something which requires further examination,” he said.

“Because a fifteen percent pass rate at an examination clearly requires some rethinking.”

He made it clear that he expects that following future examinations, there can be a more positive number of students standing before him.

Harmon also noted that if it is

- as 15% pass rate deemed “unacceptable”

Amanda Bowman taking her oath

a tradition that five surveyors be graduated annually, it would have to be reviewed.

He did admit that in certain professions, limiting new entrants is one method of maintaining the standards of the profession.

The Minister also stressed the importance of surveyors being immune to bribes. Acknowledging that bribes may be offered during the course of their careers, he called on the surveyors to rebuke such attempts.

“People will do that and

Dem boys seh...

De bandits ain’t got respect fuh de Crime Chief Whenever people get ketch doing wrong thing he does always claim that he end up in trouble by mistake. A man join wid two others to rob a businessman; he end up getting some chop. From, he hospital bed he tell people how he get kidnap and taken to de robbery.

Dem boys want to know which magistrate gun believe that. Of course he can claim that de kidnappers had a gun to he back. But is wha he was doing wid de cutlass that he chop de business man wid? And how come he know de people who kidnap him by dem right name to de extent that he could give de names to de police?

That is only one side of de coin. Bandits always robbing de other people now dem get bareface. Dem rob a land court judge and spark a hunt that lef one of de bandits dead and de other one cripple.

Now dem rob a former Crime Chief. Well dem boys seh that is real eye pass. That got to wake up de whole police force. De police big ones never get rob while dem serving.

That now show how dem bandits lose respect fuh de police.

To rob de former Crime Chief, dem had to check out de house. That mean that dem had to get information who live there. Dem had to find out wheh dem could enter de house; that mean that dem can tek on de police.

Well if this man was Crime Chief dem boys want to see if he can solve this one. He know all about de fingerprint test, de identification parade and things. Dem boys hear that he tell somebody that he tun he face because he didn’t want to recognise de bandits.

He boss gun be de next one. Imagine de headline, ‘Bandits invade Top Cop’s home’. But in any case, Seeall wouldn’t know bout because he would be at Princess Casino trying wid what he didn’t put deh.

Soon dem might want to break in State House and rob Soulja Bai. Talk half and know that everybody is now a target.

when they do that, they are challenging your integrity and all that you have learnt.

You have to rebuke them; you have to show that you respect your oath. We serve the public…do not accept bribes,” Minister Harmon told the graduates.

The graduates were also urged to observe the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) outlined by the Lands and Surveys Commission. The work of the surveyors is administered under the Land Surveyors (Profession) Act No. four of 2014.

There are penalties and offences laid out in the Act, including penalties for posing as a surveyor when not licensed or registered, and misuse of seal including use for personal gain.

“Every time you deviate from that, you create a problem. Understand (the Standard Operating Procedures) and stick to them, as this is the only way the public will have confidence in the service,” Harmon said, adding that while they were professionals, they also needed to continue demonstrating humility.

Elton Prashad, who was the valedictorian of the batch, expressed gratitude for the patience exhibited by the trainers, leading up to the examination.

He noted the many times he had felt like quitting but ultimately never did, thanks to the encouragement he received. He also pledged to exercise his duties with cred-

ibility and sound professionalism within the framework of the Commission.

The other graduates were Dexter Sam, Veith Mendonca, Travis Fields and the lone female, Amanda Bowman.

Land surveying is the mapping and measurement of lots through the use of mathematics, specialized technology and equipment. Nor is surveying limited to the land, as construction, mining and even underwater operations also utilize their services.

Completing their work in both the office and the fields, they have access to the latest technology including Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and aerial/terrestrial scanners (air and land). Photography also plays a role.

They then draft plans and map using the onsite measurements. They are also experts in determining land size and measurements. They liaise with engineers, architects and developers.

Union, GuySuCo to begin annual incentives talks tomorrow The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco), and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) are set to start discussions tomorrow for workers’Annual Production Incentive (API) for this year.

Over the years, the issue has been a bone of contention.

According to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GuySuco, Errol Hanoman, the Corporation always had in mind to meet and address the matter of workers’ API. He said that following the discussions, an API will be derived.

Workers last month downed tools, demanding a pay increase. But GuySuCo has been insisting that the API has nothing to do with an increase.

According to Hanoman, irrespective of targets set and reached, incentives were always given, even in cases of underachievement- although the ‘pay-off’ had to be commensurate with the production and profit of GuySuco.

GuySuCo is shy of its annual target of 227,443 tonnes by some 20,000 tonnes.

Hanoman detailed that the Second Crop Production up to today stands at 126,198 tonnes. The set target of 146, 300 tonnes, he thinks, will be achieved on time.

The CEO is optimistic that GuySuco will reach its overall 2015 target of 227,443 tonnes, in three weeks’ time, since

- GAWU insists workers must get wage increase for 2015 GuySuCo’s CEO, Errol Hanoman

GAWU’s President, Komal Chand

currently the production figure is at 207,341.

The CEO said that everything is going reasonably well at the corporation. “Once you are meeting your target, and your markets are in place.”

He warned, however, that with the fluctuating prices for sugar on the international market, GuySuco has to keep an eye on this aspect. But GAWU is not too happy with the state-owned sugar company. In a statement over the weekend, the union which says it has over 16,000 workers in the sugar industry, said that GuySuCo’s claims that it

was always willing to meet, is a feeble attempt to cast the union in a bad light.

GAWU insisted that it was not until Thursday last that it received an invitation to discuss Annual Production Incentive (API).

“This invitation came after GAWU asked GuySuCo to meet on the API issue especially since wages negotiations were held up.”

GAWU said that it has been urging the Corporation since March to engage in wages negotiations.

“It is already mid-November and all we are hearing is

discussions on wages must await the government’s discussion on the report of the Commission of Inquiry (COI).

There is the strong view, that a few persons believe that they are clever in not engaging GAWU on this matter. Indeed, it needs to be emphasized, that, as the year draws to a close, the sugar workers are the only segment of the public service workers excluded, so far, from a pay rise.”

GAWU reminded that for the past 26 years, sugar workers received increases in pay every year. “It is to be expected that they will actively demand that 2015 does not become a year of exception.

GAWU believes that the sugar workers have behaved responsibly in the circumstances. For most of them, they do back-breaking work and toil in arduous conditions.”

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=== The Freddie Kissoon column ===

APNU-AFC’s dangerous embrace of political ugliness Do men and women ever learn? I guess not? Perhaps politicians, more than any other category of humans, will not learn and do not want to.

It has to do with power. Power destroys rationality. Once rationality goes, rulers lose their sense of timing, their surroundings and situational sensitivity gets lost.

With the exception of former Minister of Labour, Nanda Gopaul, who did not deny or confirm, rumours are flying around about APNUAFC’s intention of embracing high profile East Indians of the past PPP regime.

Robert Persaud has denied it but Denis Chabrol

who first broke the news, says he can be quoted as saying that he has confidence in his sources. Dr. David Dabydeen has scuttled rumours of a diplomatic post.

If there is any intention of the APNU-AFC rulers to entice high profile Indians in Freedom House to join the coalition to create a multiracial image or even genuinely reaching out, it will not work.

Guyana is split along racial lines and each race finds expression in organizational biology.

People in Guyana see organizations as representing their ethnic interest. They do not assess politics and race

by individual endeavours.

They judge politicians by which group they belong to.

Once you leave the house, no matter how sincere your intentions are, suspicions will grow, because ethnic constituents feel you serve their interests when you belong to the organizations they feel represent them.

Guyana’s journey with this failed strategy is very old.

If someone like Moses Nagamootoo does not know this, then maybe Moses’ memory needs jolting. Faced with tempestuous rejection by the Indian community after he became Prime Minister, Forbes Burnham set

about courting eminent Indians. But he extended this strategy not only to nationally known Indians, but also to Indians who were deeply involved with PPP activism.

He undermined Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud. The Maha Sabha threw out Persaud and became supportive of the Government. Persaud formed his own mandir on Seaforth Street in Campbellville and his support grew larger among Hindus.

The same thing happened with the Islamic Sadr Anjuman. The head, Mr. Yacoob Ally who was a PPP Parliamentarian, was ousted and the Anjuman became supportive of the PNC Government. But Muslims stuck with Ally.

Burnham managed to secure the service of some big names in the PPP. Vincent Teekah, Ranji Chandisingh.

PYO leaders Halim Majeed and Vic Puran became Presidential Advisors.

GAWU leader, Harry Lall defected to the Government.

Few historians would admit that these people dented the popularity of the PPP among Indians and that Jagan lost support. It didn’t happen. But Burnham honestly tried.

The Indianized PPP came to power in 1992 and Jagan

adopted Burnham’s stratagem.

It was an ignominious failure.

Jagan wasn’t satisfied with his own quota of AfricanGuyanese like Sam Hinds and Roger Luncheon. He brought some PNC stalwarts. Odinga Lumumba failed to convert Buxton to the cause of the PPP. In fact, Buxton almost became the nemesis of the PPP. Dr. James Rose, a PNC supporter at UG, was proselytized but did not win support from among African Guyanese for the PPP. Jagdeo continued where Jagan left off. Jagdeo took Kwame McCoy who was working with Mayor Hamilton Green.

African Guyanese detested McCoy. There is nothing to suggest that Jillian Burton had won over the loyalty of Black women who supported the PNC. Joseph Hamilton was almost assaulted on election night at the PPP election office in Sophia in 2015. Where then did the old worn out game work? It didn’t under Burnham. It didn’t under Jagan. It didn’t under Jagdeo. It will not work under the Granger/Nagamooto ticket.

It will only work when the PNC, whose support comes from African Guyanese, talk to the PPP whose existence is cocooned inside the Indian

Frederick Kissoon Guyanese community. And it will only work because the Indians want the PPP to talk to the PNC and only leaders from the PPP. The African Guyanese will only trust African leaders from the PNC to discuss power-sharing with the PPP. This may be morally revolting to prominent nonPPP Indians who feel they have ideas to offer. This may be politically unacceptable to non-PNC Africans who feel they can offer solutions without being part of APNU. But the cruel reality is that this is the way Guyana is.

Plucking a name from the Indian community and catapulting him/her onto the pillars of power will not bring Indian support. The first question that should be asked is; does he/she carry weight among the Indian people from across Guyana?

Who is that Indian if he/she exists at all? Certainly not Gopaul or Persaud or Dabydeen. Politicians never learn from history’s tragedies.

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Trinidadian Authorities Man stabbed in neck racially profile Guyanese with screw driver Guyana Trades Union Congress lawyer, Selwyn Pieters, claims that he was racially profiled at the Trinidad and Tobago airport two weeks ago, while in detention by the country’s Organized Crime and Narcotics Unit (OCNU) police.

Pieters, who is representing the Guyana Trades Union Congress on the Commission of Inquiry into the death of Dr. Walter Rodney, in a letter, said that he was detained by members of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service.

The police service of Trinidad and Tobago has since released a public apology to Pieters for the conduct of their officers.

There was also an apology from Police Commissioner Stephen Williams.

Pieters was in-transit on the Caribbean Airlines BW603 travelling to Georgetown. He explained that there was a stop-over in Trinidad so that passengers could catch the BW483 flight to Georgetown which was scheduled to depart at 8:40 p.m. Pieters, who is a citizen of Guyana, Canada and the United Kingdom, along with other passengers were asked to deplane, clear Immigration and Customs and then pass through to the departure lounge.

Around 5:40 pm, after he had cleared Immigrations and Customs, he was stopped by “men in plainclothes” who demanded his Passport and boarding pass. He said one of the police officers, who identified himself as Constable Alleyne 17285, questioned him about the purpose of his visit to Guyana.

“I told him that I am a citizen of Guyana by descent, and I do not have to explain my trip to Guyana to him as I am simply in-transit through Trinidad, and the basis of my visit to Guyana is a matter for my declaration to Immigration in Guyana. And that is really what the law is.

“With respect, your officers are totally outside of their role to be questioning intransit passengers to Guyana about the purpose of their trip to Guyana,” Pieters stated in a letter to Police Commissioner Stephen Williams.

“I have not experienced that before,” he added, stating that he made the Constable aware of the fact that he was a lawyer and was knowledgeable of what are and are not permissible questions.

At that point, he said, another officer told him that he was disappointed at his “level of intelligence”. He was later detained in a room at the

A 22-year-old man was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was stabbed in the neck with a screw driver.

It happened at King Edward and James Streets, Albouystown at around 23:40 hrs on Sunday.

The injured man has been identified as Jamal Nichols, of Lot 97 James Street, Albouystown.

According to information received, Nichols and two friends had an altercation after which he was stabbed to

Selwyn Pieters airport.

“Fundamentally enough, at this point, or no other point, was I advised by the officers that I was under arrest, that I was being detained (even though that much appeared obvious to me), the reasons for the detention and what rights I had at that point. Is that not the law in Trinidad and Tobago to advise persons detained or arrested in this regard?” he noted.

He stated that his Passport and boarding pass were taken away and his luggage was searched.

“The entirety of my grey knapsack was searched by three male police officers. My wallet was run through by the police officers. My money was counted by the police officers; my legal papers were perused by the police officers.

My cholesterol medication was checked by the police officers with one asking me what my crestor and xenical was for etc.”

At that point he asked the Constable the purpose for the inspection, to which he received the response that he had disrespected the police.

“I asked Constable Alleyne what was all of this about and he said, I “disrespected” him by not being cooperative in answering questions about Guyana,” he recounted.

“If that is the case that Constable Alleyne felt disrespected for what was none of his business, then the disproportionate treatment, invasion of my privacy, illegal search of my luggage and abuse of power, says a lot

about him and the colleagues that were with him, and probably how the police service feels it must respond to persons asking questions about the conduct of a police officer.”

Pieters stated that detaining him was not for random security screening, but rather plainclothes police officers from a specialized unit not stationed within the realm of Customs or Immigration “arbitrarily profiling and detaining in-transit passengers”.

He questioned how it could have been disrespectful for a person who is knowledgeable of the law, to tell an officer that the questions that he asked must be within the parameters of the laws of Trinidad?

“Why is it that the Supervisor Sergeant Alfred, believe that he can treat a lawyer without due respect?”

He added that the search of his luggage was unreasonable and infringed on his dignity and his human rights, all the while, violating Articles 7 and 8 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas.

“The contempt with which these police officers treat me as an in-transit passenger through Trinidad, and the disdain they demonstrated in interacting me, is not something that I can take lightly and/or tolerate.

“Their actions were an abuse of power. They were uncivil and the fact that they have not properly identified themselves to me, leaves much to be desired,” he added.

the neck by one of the men.

Police have arrested the suspect and are awaiting a statement from the wounded man.

Kaieteur News understands that the injured man underwent surgery early yesterday and is in the hospital’s recovery room.

He will be taken to the Intensive Care Unit.

His mother, Sharon Collins, said that she is unaware of what led to the stabbing of her son. The woman recalled that her son left home

to attend a funeral in the village.

“I told him that I would join him later. Then a while later his friend come and tell me that he get stabbed, and they taking him to the hospital,” Collins revealed.

The woman said that when she rushed to her son, she saw that he was already in a car and was about to leave to go to the hospital.

“I see he had the screw driver in his neck,” the woman recounted. Investigations are ongoing.

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UGSS worked tirelessly to prevent loss of accreditation - UGSS President “Tragic” is the single adjective being used by President of the University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS), Joshua Griffith, to describe the loss of accreditation by the School of Medicine. The loss of accreditation has affected both the Medicine and Dentistry programmes at the University of Guyana (UG) which have been classified as ‘flagship programmes’ at the tertiary institution.

But according to Griffith the students’ society, led by the University of Guyana Medical Students’ Association, has worked tirelessly towards the prevention of this tragedy. “It is sad to note that the outcry for urgent improvement to the physical facilities has proven to be in vain…This is a blow to the University, one which will come at a cost to restore,” asserted the UGSS President.

The School of Medicine earlier this year lost its accreditation status from the Jamaica-based accreditation body, Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP).

This development will in essence reduce the value of the degrees of the students who graduated at the

- appeals for reduction of Facilities Fee

UGSS PRESIDENT, Joshua Griffith

weekend since without the CAAM-HP accreditation, the UG medical degree will no longer be on par with similar degrees in CARICOM territories.

This therefore means that the graduated medical students will not be able to utilise their degrees outside of Guyana without first sitting

the Caribbean Association of Medical Councils (CAMC) examination.

Reclaiming the accredited status, could cost over US$35,000, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr Emmanuel Cummings, told this publication.

Among the concerns that led to the revocation of the accreditation status included the failure, on the part of the University, to ensure recommended improvement of facilities.

Moreover, Griffith said that the UGSS is calling on the UG administration to address

the unfinished facilities and deplorable conditions that plague the Faculty of Health Sciences and the medical students’ placement at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and the Cheddi Jagan Dental School.

But this situation is not the only issue of concern to the UGSS that have been brought to the attention of the UG Council.

Griffith in a letter to the UG Council dated November 11, 2015 called for the immediate reduction of the existing facilities fee from $50,000 to $30,000. It is the expectation of the UGSS that the reduction will become applicable from the academic year 2015-2016.

According to him, at consultations on the tuition increase and discussions with

members of the Students’ Society, a significant promise for the use of the facilities fee was that of 10 scholarships be granted annually for students who are poor but have excelled academically.

“Where are the 10 scholarships promised for academic year 2014/2015? We call on the University of Guyana to fulfill this promise of 10 Scholarships to the Students’ Society and by extension, the entire student body,” said Griffith.

He disclosed that students are demanding an immediate refund of no less than $15,000 per student enrolled during the academic year 2014-2015. This refund, Griffith explained in his missive, is premised on the absence of decisions by the Learning Resource Committee

to the allocation of the Learning Resource Fee; the inability to appropriately allocate spending of this fee to the benefit of every student in an environment of consultation and inclusion; the failure to fulfill all promised allocations of the Facilities Fee inter alia; the prevailing deplorable conditions and facilities at the University of Guyana; the Administration’s evidently poor management of especially our financial resources and the UGSS President‘s evaluation of the first year of the implementation of the facilities fee coupled with feedback from student consultations.

Detailed in Griffith’s missive are a wide range of issues affecting students ranging from security to deplorable washrooms conditions, all of which the UGSS is hopeful will be addressed forthwith by the institution’s administration.

“This is the concrete opinion of the University of Guyana students, determined by unanimous decisions at the Society’s Historic General Meeting (October 6, 2015) and via circulated petitions,” Griffith informed.

While acknowledging that the Council has competent members who are aptly regarded as the guardians of student justice and the visionaries of the University, Griffith however noted that “we the students do not seek handouts, neither do we subscribe to irrational and unreasonable approaches.

“We only ask to be treated fairly and respectfully as fellow academics, for the future of our dear land of Guyana, all we seek is respect and academic justice.”

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‘Two Colours’, taxi driver committed for Cosmetologist murder Magistrate Zamena Ali yesterday committed two men to the High Court for the July 2014 murder of Lusignan cosmetologist, Ashmini Harriram. The committal came at the end of a 14-month preliminary inquiry.

The magistrate ruled that the prosecution has made out

a prima facie case against 30year-old drumming instructor Lennox Wayne called ‘Two Colours’ and taxi driver, Elroy Doris.

This was despite Wayne’s counsel, Peter Hugh, making a no case submission.

On July 10 Harriram was shot once to her neck

moments after she disembarked a minibus along the Lusignan Railway Embankment.

On the day of the incident, the shooter reportedly exited a burgundy-coloured motor car, whipped out a gun and shot the teen then took away her mobile phone and left the

Tighter security at CJIA, Ogle...

From page 17 agreement opens up the line “for us to be able to share technical assistance and equipment.”

He said that when TSA conducts another assessment of airport security beginning in January 2016, only then would it be able to determine what further financial support is needed, and whether it would be in the form of specialised equipment.

The MOU as it stands now, Holloway explained, enhances both Guyana and USATSA security capacity for passengers, employees and other stakeholders involved in the airport transportation industry. Specifically,

the agreement will provide for technical and managerial expertise to assist the GCAA in the development, improvement, and operation of its civil aviation security infrastructure, standards, procedures, policies, training and equipment, he said.

The agreement also provides for training of GCAA personnel in the US or in Guyana and for the provision of resources, logistical support and equipment for facilities.

Holloway reaffirmed the US commitment to continuing to work with the Government of Guyana as “a friend and partner” on civil aviation security, and many other, critical areas.

scene.

The two suspects were arrested and charged two months later for the crime.

Investigators were first able to track down Doris who subsequently led them to Wayne.

Initially, detectives were working on the theory that the killing was a paid hit, which turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. Several persons were questioned in this regard but eventually nothing concrete was established.

Police Prosecutors Sergeant Shevon Jupiter and Lance Corporal David Goodrich successfully presented the case against the two accused, in which they claimed that Wayne as the shooter and Doris as the driver of the getaway car.

Yesterday in court, when called upon to lead a defence, Wayne who claimed that he

Ashmini Harriram Lennox Wayne called ‘Two Colours’ was beaten by the police, told the court that he was innocent of the crime and reserved his defence for the High Court.

However, Doris decided to call his mother as a witness to establish his alibi. He also told the court that he does not know Wayne.

But as he began to

question his witness, Wayne became annoyed when one of the police prosecutors attempted to refresh the witness’s memory with regards to certain dates.

Wayne who was hurling expletives in the court was ordered out by Magistrate Ali. In the end the Magistrate found that there was enough evidence to commit the two accused to stand trial before a judge and jury in the High Court.

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PARTY DECORATING: balloon creation, back drops etc. for weddings, birthdays, anniversary etc. Make your event extra special! Tel Maya: 642-6664 REPAIRS AT LOW COST: FRIDGES, A/C, WASHING MACHINES, TVS, MICROWAVES, FREEZERS CALL: 629-4946 OR 225-4822 Repairs at affordable prices: fridge, air conditioner, washing machines, dryers, TV, microwaves & freezerCall: 610-5846 or 661-8158 Landscaping: Palms, largest varieties of plants, Used in every one of our unique landscapes- Call: 648-1821/ 219-0468 Permanent & Visitors Visa Applications, Professional Immigration Consultant Room D5 Maraj Building. visadocumentsgy@yahoo.com.

Call: 225-6496, 662-6045 REPAIRS & SPARE, FRIDGE, FREEZER, A/C, WASHERS, STOVES – CONTACT NICK: 6831312, 627-3206 We repair fridge, freezer, AC, washer, dryer-Call: 231-0655; 683-8734. Omar LCD-Plasma-LED TV repairs etc.

Contact Abdul Electronics. Call: 225-0391 INNOVATIVEMARKETING & PUBLISHING INC –TEL: 600-4212: We create A/ works, logos, business cards, posters, etc, placements of ads included.

Floor sanding & Lacquering House plans, Estimate & painting, boat for Santa Mission Tours –Call: 6504362 Landscaping: Palms, largest varieties of plants, Used in every one of our unique landscapes- Call: 648-1821/ 219-0468 FOR SALE/RENT American Pools table-Call: 277-0578

Experienced general domestic pastry maker/ cake decorator, roti, puri cook, apply Hack’s Halaal, 5 Commerce Street.

One manager to work at a Hotel on the Essequibo Coast- Call: 226-9768; 6156172 1 Cook and 1 assistant wanted to work at a Restaurant in Mahdia. Call: 684-1718 Mechanic Driver 40years & older to work on garbage truck- Contact: 658-3079 Security officers to work shift 8hrs & 12yrs -$3,000 nightly, bouncers -$4,000 nightly, electronic security technician. Call: 231-6052 D r i v e r / Te c h n i c i a n : Physically fit, ages 25-30, Valid Car/Van License.

Contact 223-5142, 227-4480

Tuesday November 17, 2015

SALON

VACANCY

PROPERTY FOR SALE

VEHICLE FOR SALE

-Make Up Courses with Mac, Bare Minerals, Black Opal, Mabelline.

-Nail Technician Course Call: 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.

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

SALE! SALE! SALE One TOYOTA RZ MINIBUS GJJ series -$1.5Million.

One Econoline FORD 2005 GSSSeries-$1.5M.Call:604-6108

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Engineering technician/ intern student, university graduation priority, good salary, to work in CJIA extension project- Call: 6687104, 614-9511 Supervisor, Handyman, room attendants- Call: 225-0198 or 233 South Road Lacytown..

One Trainee A.C, Refrigerator, Technician – Call: 231-0655 Urgently needed 8 bar girls to work in Mahdia, preferably with working experience, attractive salary- Call: 6011479 Immediate vacancy: one hair dresser with atleast two (2) years experienced; attractive package. Contact: 625-3899; 264-0034/Nalini’s Beauty Saloon Truck/tractor drivers, security officer, office assistant, excavators, skid steer operators, labourers, pastry chef, waitress/waiters.

Call: 603-4094

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Contact: 227-1720; 227-1721; 660-6102 One Cleaner to work must be 30-35yrs, need application & police clearance. For interview call: 231-8344; 2318529 Jet + Marack men to work in the Interior-Call: 694-2310 LEARN TO DRIVE Soman Son & Outar Driving School at Maraj BuildingTel: 644-5166; 622-2872; 6150964; 689-5997

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Call: 264-3057

LAND FOR SALE Double lot, one corner land & one adjoining located at Buddy’s Gated Community (Providence) $10.5M. Call: 681-1377; 625-2317 1155 Acres of land at East Bank Berbice, price negotiable. Call: 612-2060 Formerly Globe Cinema, corner lot @ Church & Waterloo Street, size 126ftX133ft. Call: 610-2234 Developed, fenced, bearing fruit trees 40’X144’ @ Zeeburg W.C.D. Contact: 277-0024, 684-6106, price negotiable

3 Bedroom; 2 flat house for sale, Enterprise, Lincolin Street, Lot 135 -$14M negotiable.

Contact: 597-858-4554 (Suriname), Guyana: 602-3643 4 Bedroom 2 storey house 2 lot 80’X144’,suitable for residence, school/business, all amenities @Zeeburg W.C.D. Contact: 277-0024, 684-6106 One Church & 1-2 Storey house at 180 Charlotte Street Bourda. Call: 227-6817; 6247341 2 Storied transported, concrete property, fully AC, semi-furnished @ Somerset Court. E.B.D 31M neg. Call: 681-1377; 625-2317 Providence prime house lots, Republic Park, Bel-Air Park rental, Gold & Diamond Mining Blocks- Call: 6158810 2 Storey 45x35 concrete property, lower flat incomplete- Land 65x120 @ Diamond N/S 5th Avenue, E.B.D- Call: 664-5052 Two storied transported concrete property upstairs, 2 bedrooms, downstairs 2 bedroom, fully grilled block ‘8’ Mon-Repos, E.C.D -$18M. Call: 625-1514; 231-7255

200 Acres riverside land, along the Essequibo River; for agricultural purposesCall: 220-3044 or 619- 9000 40X80 Land at West Minister Diary W.B.D -$1.5M negotiable –Call: 699-5290 Land at farm E.B.D -$3.7M – Call: 667-3771

Smart Choice Auto Sales, in stock, Premio, Allion, Fielder, Bluebird, Carina 212, Spacio, Call: 652-3820/ 665-4529 Pearl white reconditioned, Prado Jeep. Call: 624-6702; 624-5838 AT170 Toyota Corona; need body works and CV. Asking $275,000 negotiable. Call: 6638033 Star Cars Auto Sales: Premio, Spacio, Runx, IS, Fielder, Bluebird, Axela, Pit-bull, Raum, Benz -Tel: 268-3509; 679-3140 Bidding- 1 Hilux double cab, starting $3.2M, end date: November, 22, 2015. Call Orin Moses: 603-0535 2 Ford F350 Pickup, lift kit, 35inches rims and tyres, also 1 Chevy Van 2007 –Call: 6105370

PROPERTY WITH 54,000 SQ.FT BOND SPACE ON 1 ACRE OF LAND WITH LOADING & DISCHARGING BAYS. CALL: 225-0790; 226-4878

One Honda CRV, immaculate condition, 17" mags, AC, CD, price -$1.750,000 negotiable.

Call: 626-2884 Unregistered Fielder Wagon, fully loaded, rims, camera, bodykit, HID, dark interiorCall: 617-5536

Popular business place at temple Street, WindsorForest, W.C.D, -$35M price negotiable. Call: 642-6664

One Toyota Spacio Motor Car (PPP Series). Excellent Condition. Price: $1.5m Neg. Call 600 2466.

Brand new 2 storey concrete building in 5th Avenue, Diamond, E.B.D, all modern amenities –Call: 662-9335; 612-3244 Transported property at Tuschen Housing Scheme, located around School -$7M negotiable. Contact: 2641050; 683-7045; 669-3553

For Sale: Toyota Spacio, PMM 3646. Call: 628-1620

1500 Acres Transported land near Bartica, Forestry, Agriculture, loam, sand rock quarry, price to sell. Cal Mark: 603-1266;625-9788;704-465-2222 Luxury gated community with pool, mall, swipe entry/exit, underground irrigation – Contact: 609-0783

One L-Touring Wagon with mag rims, alarm etc-Call: 6751581 First Class Auto: 08 Premio, Rush, Bluebird, 06 Premio, Spacio IST, Runx. Call: 6098188; 638-3045

LAND FOR SALE Land @ Providence Scheme 115ftX8ft located on a Cul de Sac Close to Bai Shan Lin $8.2M negotiable -Call: 6014163 or 223-0719 TOURS Tour to Suriname (20-24/ Nov- $34,000) & Brazil (25-30/ Nov- $46,000) transportation and accommodation, Booked Between 15th -21st -Call: 6600312; 667-3150

Toyota AT212, Raum, Tundra, L-Touring Wagon, EP71 Starlet, Premio, Honda 600RR, Yamaha-R6&R1 Suzuki GSX –Call: 644-5096; 697-1453 Blow out sale! Cheapest: Super GL automatic and stick gear VVTI buses, Hilux-1RZ engine. Call: 616-7635

TO LET Furnished executive one or two bedroom suite in Diamond.

Ideal for foreigners-Call 600 2466.

4 Bedroom house furnished, self contained, master bedroom. Call: 603-6351 Continued on page 23

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Letters... Where your views make the news

Road workers must be more polite to the public DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me to use your paper to highlight a burning issue in society. The persons who do the jobs which place them on our public roads, need to understand that the commuters also need to get to work.

I say this because I am at wits’ end with the way in which these workers inconvenience others in order to complete their jobs.

One must understand that you being there, means that

you are already at work. When you see us passing, we are now trying to get to work, school, hospital, etc.

Hence, it is not fair for you to inconvenience us; if it is that you have to wait a little longer for someone to stop and allow you to manoeuvre, then so be it. Also, most of these road workers operate without the presence of a policeman and they force you to stop by standing in your path with their hand stuck out. Are they authorized to do such

things? Aren’t the members of the Guyana Police Force the only persons authorized to halt and divert traffic? If there has been any amendments of the law, we the public would appreciate a publication.

My most recent experience was on Monday 2015-1116 at approximately 11:55 hours at Main and Middle streets, in the vicinity of the Palm Court Club.

A Cevons Waste management sewerage truck was trying to reverse into the club’s

entrance. In order to execute this, one of the staff dressed in blue overalls stood at the middle of the road and was attempting to halt the north bound traffic on the western carriage way.

Since he wasn’t getting anywhere with the commuters, he placed himself directly in my path and signaled the driver to reverse.

This action caused a lengthy traffic build up and with obvious anger, the man in the blue overalls, created a

space behind me; on the other side of the truck for the vehicles to pass and bluntly said “he got to wait; he aint going anywhere”. Thank heavens my wife was not about to deliver.

It wasn’t until I made a call to Cevons’ Office, that one of their representatives came and assisted me in getting out of that situation. Please understand road workers, we need to get to work too.

Sven Douglas Public Servant

Reflections on what Guyana is and should...

From page 5 case of public wastage in this regard, that stands out for me.

For the past eight years I have been a frequent traveller on the West Demerara highways.

There is a set of traffic signals at the Vreed-en-Hoop junction, which, for all of those years I cannot recall ever seeing working.

When I first saw them, they made me wonder for a moment

if I was somewhere else. I counted the signal fixtures, and there were fourteen (14) in all, nicely constructed and positioned, each one an important piece for safe use of the road. Yet, none seemed to ever work.

That particular junction at Vreed-en-Hoop says a lot about our values and how we live as a nation. If there ever is something that can be de-

scribed as “thriving in confusion”, you can find it all there at that junction.

The roadway in the intersection is damaged, with water-filled potholes. The roads themselves are the very means for drainage of rainwater. When it rains, your feet can stay dry only if you walk in the middle of the road. Drivers jostle, dangerously fighting for space to turn and get

I voted for a new way...

From page 4 coloring. This is notwithstanding the reality of men who had nothing for 23 years.

It must not be today that brown is black. Enough said.

Further, the Ministry of Education must move to reduce significantly the phenomenon of lessons. It is killing work ethic, and this includes the children’s.

Youngsters are sometimes involuntary conspirators to deceptive practices in the classroom, which erect a platform for continuing the dishonorable conduct now so

pervasive in this society. Robust (will cost) inspection programs, principled school heads, and cooperative parents can make a difference.

How about some whistleblowing and witness protection in this arena! And then there are those troubling maternal deaths at the GHPC? This is the 21st century, and the failure rate appears to be greater than during the humble age of midwifery from sixty years ago. The new Minister is expected to move on this, or move out in short order. I know it is a legacy issue, but expectations are

this high. There is the need for some real drunk driving laws, not the embarrassment that now exists. The victims are real, and so should the penalties for perpetrators and collaborating policemen. Last, there is the need to see tangible developments in constitutional reform, social cohesion, and the construction of a new way. I sum all of the foregoing in this way: When I voted for the first time I voted for more than a new government. I voted for a new way, an entirely new way.

GHK Lall

on their way. In the midst of all this, vending of every sort takes place at the very edge of the roads, and minibus and taxi drivers stop in the middle of the road to collect or let off passengers.

Above all of this confusion towers the traffic lights on which millions must have been spent, and from which we as consumers of public goods, never ever got the intended benefits.

A little further south along the West Bank Demerara road, is a recently constructed market tarmac, its only use being as a home for a couple of forlorn donkeys.

Public funds spent on all these useful things, not one in use. And yet for all that, we lament that enough has not been done. You ask anyone there, and you can literally get a hundred things that they feel the government can do better.

But what have they, the people who dwell, work and traverse that area, done with what has been built for them?

How many have taken the time to find out what went

wrong and if corrections can be made? Has anyone demanded that these things be made to work?

Are these just a few more cases of over-reliance on government, a throw-back to a bygone socialist era?

Until we, as individuals and as a nation, learn to take social responsibilities more seriously, we will not be able to hold our grasp on the progress we make. We need to see our individual contribution as more pivotal than the blind trust, reliance and faith we put in government. If we continue down the present, well-beaten path, we are well on our way to becoming a welfare state.

We need to value the potential of community / social activism, however mild that can be.

We need to see ourselves not as mendicants or minions, but as having a more profound role in building communities and in taking social ownership of the things put there to make our lives, communities and country better Khemraj Tulsie

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OMAI shopkeeper shot dead during robbery The shop that Bowen operated at Omai

Bandits escaped with over a million in cash and gold, after killing a shopkeeper in what can be described, as a robbery murder around 23:30 hours on Sunday.

Reports coming from the interior location are that Errol Bowen had left to go and turn off a generator in the shop when he was attacked and reportedly shot. His attackers then ransacked the shop before escaping with $500,000 and just over two ounces of raw gold.

This newspaper was told that after he was shot, Bowen sought refuge at a nearby business where he was assisted by another shopkeeper, but later died.

Bowen’s body was transported to the city by the police who have since launched an investigation.

Divisional Commander Ravindradat Budhram confirmed yesterday that the police had received a report about the incident.

A police press release

yesterday afternoon said that the body of Errol Bowen, 23, of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara, who is a shopkeeper at Bone Yard Backdam, Omai, was found with gunshot wounds to the back of his left ear.

The police said that it was subsequently discovered that the shop was ransacked and two ounces, six pennyweights of gold were missing from the shop.

Investigations are in progress.

Tuesday November 17, 2015

Good Samaritans, seven-year-old, save house from going up in flames The bravery of a seven-year-old student just home from school, and two Good Samaritans who were passing in a truck, was able to save an old house situated in St Ann Street, New Amsterdam from going up in flames, and avoiding a major catastrophe in what is said to be a fire of electrical origin.

Information revealed that around 15:30 hrs seven-year-old Roscoe Bascom was at home watching television in the hall- way of his home, when he noticed smoke coming from one of the bedrooms.

Upon investigating he noticed fire in the room. The youngster immediately grabbed a bucket and started to douse the fire all alone.

As fate would have it, at the said time two workers from the Alesie Rice Company were passing through the street selling rice when they noticed something through a bedroom window in the house.

The occupants immediately stopped the truck and raced into the yard; mounting the steps with huge leaps, the men entered the house to see the fire now gathering momentum in the bedroom. A blind was on fire and was dripping on a television in the bedroom, whilst a suitcase was also on fire.

The two men immediately moved the lad to safety whilst grabbing the bucket and began dousing the fire. They also removed the materials that were on fire. They then broke

The burnt suitcase the pipe to get a greater flow of water. In the meanwhile neighbours were alerted and rushed over to assist. The Guyana Fire Service was alerted and arrived within minutes, but by then the catastrophe was averted.

The house is owned by Lorna Bennett who resides overseas and is occupied by Marva Barker.

Members of the Police, Fire Service and GPL were conducting investigation.

Truck driver jailed for five years for 2013 Coverden crash Two years after four persons lost their lives on the roadways because of the negligence of a young truck driver, the families of those that perished were given justice yesterday.

The driver, Ritesh Bhagwandin, 20, of Lot 12 Hope East Coast Demerara was jailed for a total of 20 years. He was found guilty on four counts of causing death by dangerous driving, at the conclusion of a trial in the Providence Magistrate’s Courts. He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on each count. However, the jail terms will run concurrently. This means that the convict will only serve a total of five years.

The jail terms were handed down by Magistrate Leron Daly, in the presence of Bhagwandin’s Attorney, Senior Counsel Bernard DeSantos. DeSantos gave an oral notice of his intentions to appeal the matter and requested that his client be released on bail. This request was denied by the Magistrate.

On October 18, 2013, at Coverden Public Road, EBD, Bhagwandin drove motor lorry GPP 8495 in a manner dangerous to the public, causing the deaths of four persons- Felix Marc, Delroy Evans, Loretta Evans and Poolmattie Samaroo.

It was reported that Bhagwandin attempted to pass another motor lorry that was parked on the roadway. In doing so, the truck he was driving ended up in the path of a route 72 minibus that was proceeding in the opposite direction. The vehicles collided head on killing the four persons.

In mitigation, DeSantos asked the Magistrate to consider the fact his client was only absent from court on one occasion. He stated that Bhagwandin resides with his parents and has no prior or pending matters before the court.

This case was called after 10:00hrs. The matter was stood down earlier in the morning in anticipation of the arrival of DeSantos.

Magistrate Daly in delivering her ruling, affirmed that she was satisfied with the case of the prosecution, led by Police Inspector Michael Grant.

The Prosecution contended that on the

JAILED: Ritesh Bhagwandin tragic day, the young man was driving the truck at a very fast rate and overtook another vehicle which was parked. As a result, he ended up in the path of the route 72 mini-bus, BPP 3521 that was proceeding in the opposite direction. Bhagwadin tried to swerve but collided with the bus. The bus driver and two passengers who were seated directly behind him died instantly. Another died while receiving medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

The Magistrate said that she did not believe the case presented by the defence and found Bhagwandin guilty on all four charges.

During the trial, Bhagwandin’s Attorney had highlighted that in his client’s statement, the Police had been told of a lorry that had come over to his client’s lane, causing him to swerve to avoid a collision. DeSantos said that because his client had swerved from the lorry, his right side steering was dislodged and he had lost control of the lorry, which ended up going into the other lane.

At age 19, the driver made his first court appearance before Former Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on October, 24, 2013 and was remanded to prison after denying the charges. He was subsequently granted bail.

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Liberty agrees to buy C&W for US$5.3 billion

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Liberty Global Plc has agreed to buy Cable & Wireless Communications Plc for £3.5 billion (US$5.3 billion), Bloomberg News is reporting.

The cash-and-stock transaction will extend Liberty owner John Malone’s empire deeper into Latin America, giving the US billionaire greater leverage for more deals in the region.

News of the buyout was communicated to FLOW Jamaica staff this afternoon by C&W head Phil Bentley.

“The deal represents a multiple of 10.7 times Cable & Wireless Communications’ adjusted annual earnings be-

fore interest, depreciation, taxes and amortisation, after taking into consideration cost synergies,” Bloomberg reported from a statement.

“Cable & Wireless shareholders will get a special 3 pence a share dividend at the deal’s close. The transaction is valued at 78.04 pence per CWC share, based on Friday’s closing price,” Bloomberg added.

The purchase will give Malone a critical mass in Latin America, where he created a tracking sto c k i n J u l y called LiLAC for Liberty Global’s assets in Chile and Puerto Rico, Bloomberg reported.

Malone is reported to have spent more than US$50 billion the past 10 years amassing cable companies across Europe.

“Now, with Cable & Wireless, he is poised to do the same in faster-growing economies in Latin America, and may even spin off that unit in the future, people familiar with the matter said last month, when the companies announced they were in talks,” the Bloomberg report said.

As part of the deal Liberty Global will take on CWC’s net debt, which was US$2.7 billion as of September 30, 2015,” the report added.

(Jamaica Observer)

Bahamas PM says Baha Mar decision imminent NASSAU, Bahamas — Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie said the Export-Import Bank of China (EXIM) is expected to make a decision on a possible investor for the troubled Baha Mar resort property “imminently”.

“We do know that they (EXIM) have asked for a period of time… to make that decision because it is very clear that there has been an unusual amount of interest on the part of operators of resorts and casinos to become involved in this site here,” Christie said.

“And so we continue to wait and watch. We do know that a decision must be made imminently. And we expect it to be made imminently.”

Asked if he expects the decision to be handed down before the end of the year, Christie said, “I’m pushing for this to start as quickly as possible. I told them even if you bring 20 people out here to start it, let’s start the mobilization towards making sure it gets done.”

Christie said he met with Baha Mar’s receivers and provisional liquidators on Thursday to discuss the future of the development.

“They were to put out a statement to the effect that they were talking with many persons including Sol Kerzner’s group,” he said.

“They are talking to people who can bring great

Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie excitement to his destination.

I am very impressed with the names of the operations and the names of the individuals who are talking with them.

They include also huge Chinese operators.”

Christie first revealed last week that several major investors are interested in purchasing the Baha Mar property.

Last month, Supreme Court Justice Ian Winder approved an application from the bank, Baha Mar’s secured creditor via its $2.45 billion mortgage debenture, to send Baha Mar into receivership.

The order resulted in the appointment of three profes-

sionals from Deloitte and Touche, including Bahamian partner Raymond Winder, and two partners from its Beijing office, as receivers.

Christie said his immediate concerns are ensuring that construction resumes, Bahamian contractors are paid and Bahamians are put back to work.

He said based on the interest in the property there is no question that the “big players” have confidence in the Bahamian destination. He said he continues to be optimistic about the development.

Last month, 2,000 Baha Mar workers were laid off.

Baha Mar filed for bankruptcy in the United States on June 29. Work has been stalled since then. Only a small percentage of its original staff remains employed.

(Nassau Guardian)

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89 Trinis join ISIS fighters (Trinidad Guardian) There are now 89 T&T nationals—including families— known to Government who have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the last three plus years, T&T Guardian has confirmed.

That is the most up to date figure on the situation which was given by Government early last Saturday morning, shortly after deadly terrorist attacks on Paris claimed 129 victims, left 350 wounded and the world reeling in shock and anger. Isis has claimed responsibility.

Former National Security Minister Gary Griffith and former National Operations Centre head Garvin Heerah were among experts who yesterday came out in support of laws to block T&T-born Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFS) returnees on their way back, well before they reach T&T. Muslim community leader attorney Nafeesa Mohammed also urges rapport between state apparatus and the fragmented leadership of the Muslim community to ascertain who’s gone to ISIS and why, so “innocent” people in the scenario wouldn’t suffer.

National Security Minister Edmund Dillon was quoted Sunday as saying Isis poses “no threat to T&T right now” and there’s no law to stop them returning. He said if they’d committed international crime, T&T could work with foreign partners to bring them to justice, but “for now they’re still T&T citizens.”

Dillon yesterday subsequently assured authorities are monitoring returnees. On the 89 persons with Isis, which T&T Guardian learned

Former National Security Minister, Gary Griffith about on Saturday, Dillon said there are 80-plus, including about 35 men and other persons who are family members.

He said several of the T&T fighters have been killed.

On assessments earlier in the year from intelligence sources that a number of those who had gone were from T&T’s criminal fringe element, rather than conservative Muslim basis, Dillon said that assessment was still on par and those persons were believed to be intelligent.

Dillon assured that he was aware of laws that block returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) in other countries before they reach T&T. He said that is done with international allies.

Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi who had been Paris two weeks ago for a conference, told T&T Guardian yes-

terday, T&T has met with international agencies to track people who leave T&T and head to Syria and Turkey to join FTFs. He added, “We’re also looking at Section 22b of the Anti Terrorism Act dealing with terrorist financing and operationalising in fuller form.

We’ll apply existing antiterrorism laws in tracking and monitoring of alleged Foreign Terrorist Fighters from T&T, and specifically cases concerning potential returns. We also have a unit looking at strengthening of the package of laws to deal with terrorism and if it may be relevance to T&T’s context.”

“We assure T&T we’re sparing no effort in coordinating multiple resources in dealing with this so there can be efficient and confident positive outcome for T&T’s peace of mind and security.”

J’ca Top Cop believes feedback on his performance mainly based on murder trends (Jamaica Gleaner) Dr Carl Williams says his time as Police Commissioner to date, does not indicate that he has been a successful crime fighter in the Jamaica Constabulary Force.

He says people judge a commissioner’s performance mainly based on murder figures and with currents trends on the rise, he does not expect positive feedback.

Dr Williams, a 30-year veteran of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, was appointed commissioner in September last year.

Commissioner Williams has been credited as being instrumental in the development of programmes aimed at reducing the supply of illegal drugs in Jamaica and developing a task force to target lottery scamming.

It is part of the reason

why, while speaking yesterday to Gerrard McDaniel on RJR’s Palav, Dr Williams said he has been a “pretty successful police officer”.

However, he notes that since his appointment last September, it has been a difficult journey.

He says the journey is even harder when there is an increase in murders, the key factor used by the public to judge a commissioner’s performance.

Last week, he told a parliamentary committee that 1,038 people were murdered for the period January to October, representing a 22 per cent increase compared with the similar period last year.

The commissioner says he does not expect murders to pass the 1,200 murder figure recorded in 2013.

The JCF has received ad-

J’ca Police Commissioner, Dr Carl Williams ditional vehicles to assist members of the force with crime fighting initiatives.

The army has been called out to play a more active role in fighting crime.

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Murray subdues Ferrer to make winning start in London LONDON (Reuters) Andy Murray fought past a dogged David Ferrer to win his opening match at the ATP World

Tour Finals on Monday, showing no sign of being distracted by next week’s Davis Cup final in Belgium.

The Briton, aiming to win the prestigious season-ender for the first time in his career, needed to be at full tilt to fi-

nally subdue his Spanish opponent 6-4 6-4.

After Sunday’s two opening singles in the other group saw easy wins for world number one Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, Murray and Ferrer produced some absorbing rallies in a near-capacity O2 Stadium.

World number two Murray took the first set when Ferrer, trailing 4-5, served a double-fault.

But he was broken to love at the start of the second set and 33- y e a r - o l d t e r r i e r Ferrer seemed to have the bit between his teeth before dropping serve in the sixth game.

An increasingly-confident Murray piled on the pressure and Ferrer again buckled at 4-5 with Murray completing victory with a volley into an open court.

Murray had spent most of

the build-up to the tournament practising on clay in preparation for next week’s Davis Cup final in Ghent where he hopes to lead his country to the title for the first time since 1936.

Later on Monday in Ilie Nastase Group Ferrer’s compatriot Rafael Nadal, who missed the tournament last year, takes on French Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka.

Exciting action crowns successful...

Great Britain’s Andy Murray celebrates winning his match against Spain’s David Ferrer. (Reuters / Toby Melville)

Tuesday October 27, 2015 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) Turn one part of the project over to someone you feel is more qualified to handle it.

There's no sense trying to do everything yourself when you know someone out there is better suited to the task.

TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20) You may feel emotionally good but the more you express yourself the more critical others become of your sensitivity.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Tap into your internal resources. Listen to your deepest, strongest feelings and take things slowly. Plan your actions and consider the emotions of others before you take the first step.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Things should come together nicely as long as you've done the necessary prep work to make it successful.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) The good news is that thanks to your flexible, adaptable nature, any league can always become yours after you take the steps to work the crowd.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) All of a sudden you may experience a burst of emotional energy that throws a monkey wrench into your plans.

SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21) Sit back and receive instead of trying to make things happen by imposing your will. You're always taking action and directing your energy outward.

CAPRI (Dec.22–Jan.19) There's a unique combination of energies in the air urging you to combine your psychic powers with your ability to organize.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) Your witty, social attitude may not be appreciated, given the emotional and sober mood of the day.

AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) Everyone around you may be taking the initiative to start something new, and you get the feeling that you want to join the cause.

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Your emotions might be raw today, and you may act rashly because of the way you feel.

Realize that some people may not appreciate this behavior.

PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) Your masculine and feminine sides may be saying completely different things today, but this situation isn't necessarily bad.

(From page 29) and Jamarj Assanah would respond just two minutes later to set up a crescendo by Samuels. As the Hikers earned two penalty corners in the 34th and 37th minutes, Samuels reproduced his fine form and nailed both strikes to take his team into the lead for the final time at 6-5. GCC withdrew their goalkeeper in the dying minutes in favour of an extra field player to gain the attacking advantage but the Hikers absorbed their attack and Devin Munroe’s counterattack saw the Hikers score their final goal just before the buzzer for the 7-5 win.

The ladies final produced another thriller with the GCC Tigers opposing their counterparts the GCC Panthers. The match soon became a duel between Tigers Captain Sonia Jardine who finished on a hat-trick and energetic Panthers striker and eventual MVP, Shebiki Baptiste who scored all four of the Panthers goals for the win. After scoring the opening goal in the seventh minute, the Tigers would see Baptiste level the scores on three occasions throughout the match before scoring the winner four minutes from full time with each goal celebration eclipsing the previous one and the crowd

‘Menace’ is Team Guyana’s captain...

(From page 31) at present encamped at Camp Seweyo on the Linden/ Soesdyke Highway.

The boxers are being trained by a team of coaches headed GBA Technical Director Terrence Poole. The Caribbean Development Tournament is scheduled to punch off next week Thursday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Fourteen (14) countries have registered to participate in what is touted to be the largest congregation of overseas teams here for any sporting activity.

responded in appreciation.

The Old Fort men outdueled the Hikers earlier in the evening for the men’s second division crown.

While the Hikers were first on the board through overlapping defender Rayon Branford, Old Fort’s Jason Clarke and Jael Gaskin secured the victory in the 26th and 28th minute to claim the gold.

At the end of the evening, several individual awards were presented along with the winner’s trophies and medals by Ms. Anjanie Hackett, GTT’s Manager of Marketing and

Public Relations.

Most Promising Player male – Omar Hopkinson Most promising female – Minsodia Culpepper Men’s Second division: Most promising goalkeeper – Michael Hing Most Valuable Player – Jael Gaskin Ladies division: Most promising goalkeeper – Sarafina Phillips Most Valuable Player – Shebiki Baptiste Men’s First division: Most promising goalkeeper – Medroy Scotland Most Valuable Player – Shane Samuels

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2016 European Championship Rosberg win raises hope of gloves-off finale to go ahead in France: UEFA

Crowds leave the Stade de France where explosions were reported to have detonated outside the stadium during the France vs German friendly match near Paris, November 13, 2015. (Reuters/Gonazlo Fuentes) PARIS (Reuters) UEFA has confirmed that the 2016 European Championship soccer tourna m e n t will take place in France as planned despite the deadly attacks that struck Paris on Friday.

“The EURO final draw will go ahead as scheduled on 12 December at the Palais des Congres in Paris and the final tournament will be played in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016,” UEFA said in a statement on Monday.

Coordinated attacks, for which Islamic State has claimed responsibility, took place in Paris bars, restaurants, a concert hall and outside a soccer stadium on Fri-

day killing at least 129 people and wounding 352 — the worst atrocity in France since World War II. “Following the dramatic events that occurred last Friday in Paris, UEFA and EURO 2016 SAS wish to reaffirm their commitment in placing safety and security at the center of their organizational plans,” the statement read.

“While there is no reason to believe that the EURO might become the target of any attack, the potential terrorist threat has always been taken into account, since the beginning of the project.”

On Saturday, organizing committee president Jacques Lambert said the risk level

around the Euro 2016 finals had “gone up”.

“EURO 2016 SAS and all stakeholders involved in the organization of the tournament will continue their joint work and will regularly monitor the level of risk for the tournament and their respective organizational plans,” UEFA added.

“For over three years now, EURO 2016 SAS has been working closely with the relevant authorities to develop the most appropriate mechanisms in order to guarantee there is a safe and secure tournament and we are confident that the necessary measures will be taken to ensure that is the case for all involved.”

Sannsports Banks Beer Inter-ministries final

Explosive action anticipated, Guest appearance by Popcorn The Sannsports Banks Beer Inter-Ministries and Corporations final will kick off an action filled night on Friday November 20, 2015 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall from 7:00pm. The lineup in supporting games will feature the unstoppable Bent Street coming up against national Guinness in the Street defending champions Sparta Boss and the National Rugby Team (National Ruggers) will take on a GT All Stars in the second exhibition futsal match.

This will be followed by the third Place playoff battle between the strong Public Health Ministry and the ever consistent Ministry of Infrastructure.

The feature match of the night will see Banks DIH and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs going head to head in the final for the inter-ministry title and bragging rights.

Fans can expect a fun filled night as the action will continue off the court with the 007 promotions, guest appearance of popular Jamaican artiste Popcorn who is schedule to headline a show this weekend at the Providence stadium called ‘Jail Time is Waste Time’, Dan English, Quacy Ace and several other local artistes will also appear at the final.

To compliment the night,

Banks DIH Limited will have a banks beer special all night; five (5) banks beer $1,000 and special giveaways to fans while stocks last.

Admission to the venue is only $1,000, part of the proceeds from tickets takings will be donated to the Guyana Cancer Institute in the fight against breast cancer and raising awareness.

The winner will walk away with $200,000, second place $150,000, third place $100,000 and the fourth place finisher will get $50,000. All cash prizes will be accompanied by trophies.

The futsal tournament is sponsored by Banks DIH Limited, Mohammad’s Enterprise, Trophy Stall, Mid-town Café, Ministry of Tourism, GFF and Insurance Brokers and Hopkinson’s mining.

LONDON (Reuters) Nico Rosberg’s Brazilian Grand Prix victory was not much of a thriller, even for Mercedes bosses who never tire of dominance, but next week’s Abu Dhabi finale could be all the better for it.

With both titles long decided, and Rosberg now sure of second place overall behind triple world champion team mate Lewis Hamilton, Formula One’s dominant team can afford to loosen up a little.

“It’s one-two in the championship, we’ve secured it. it’s now gloves off for Abu Dhabi,” said Mercedes motorsport head Toto Wolff immediately after Sunday’s race.

That may not prove entirely the case, with Mercedes always wanting a one-two and the Austrian leaving no doubt that the team would continue to make major strategy calls, but there is room for hope.

Hamilton has his third title, pole trophy and 10 wins from 18 races but he will still not want to see Rosberg wrap up 2015 with a streak of six successive poles and three wins in a row.

The importance of momentum can be exaggerated but Rosberg, and Formula One as a whole, needs to believe the German can take the fight to Hamilton from the start of next season rather than going missing again.

Two successive wins have revived Rosberg’s morale and a third would bring at least some bragging rights, however temporary.

“Whoever is going to win the last race has a little benefit into December,” commented Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda, a former triple champion.

“Then you forget it anyway because next season is all a new start for everybody.”

Rosberg’s return to form has shown he can channel anger and frustration into something more positive.

The German’s win at Interlagos gave him a 100 percent pole and win record since Hamilton wrapped up the championship in Texas last month thanks to a late error by his team mate.

That defeat in Austin, coupled with a first corner clash and Hamilton’s withering response to his rival’s anger, seems to have had an effect.

It may be that Hamilton’s attention has waned since Texas, the Briton conceding he might have overdone the partying, while Mercedes

Mercedes Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Germany celebrates after winning the Brazilian F1 Grand Prix in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 15, 2015. (Reuters/Paulo Whitaker) made clear their priority was to help Rosberg finish second overall.

But even if those factors helped, something also changed in the German’s mindset.

“Austin was very tough because of losing the championship,” he said in Brazil, looking back at what may come to be seen as a watershed.

“When I got to Mexico, the new motivation was

there... some of the things Lewis said after Austin gave even more motivation to come back and beat him. I was raring to go again,” he told Sky Sports F1.

“I am definitely ready to fight for it (the title) again... gutted about this year, the way I lost it and happy that there’s another great opportunity coming next year which I’m sure there will be because we’ll have a great car again.”

South Turkeyen & QC SC football commences today South Turkeyen and Queens’ College Sports Committees champion of champions’ football will commence today at the Ministry of Education ground at 15:30 hrs.

Entrance fee is $500 per player and matches will continue on November 30 at the said venue. Mae’s Academy will face Queen’s College in the opening fixture.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ resumes tonight at California Square Play in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Comp e t i t i o n r e sumes this evening with eight more matches at California Square, East Ruimveldt.

However, a release from

the organisers stated that the fixtures for tonight’s progr a m m e w o u l d h a v e been determined following the completion of the elimination phase which was scheduled to end last evening at the same venue.

Mix Up claim Joseph dominoes title Mix Up marked 84 games to win the final of the Faye Joseph welcome home dominoes tournament which was contested on Sunday night at her residence Gaulding Place, South Ruimveldt.

TNT placed second on 71 while C Point finished third on 70. Mark Rodrigues made the

maximum 18 games and Burtlum Whyte got 16 for the winners. Kanhai Samaroo chalked 16 and Shawn Morgan 15 for the runner up team while Paul Brushe and Colin Mc Ewan got 15 and 14 respectively.

The presentation of prizes will be done tomorrow night.

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Celtics get Smart to silence Thunder in Oklahoma City Reuters (The Sports Xchange) - Marcus Smart scored a career-high 26 points to lead the Boston Celtics to a 100-85 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Chesapeake Energy Arena on Sunday.

Taking on the challenge of going toe-to-toe with Russell Westbrook, Smart shot 9-for-14 from the field and hauled in eight rebounds as the intense guards battled for four quarters.

“That’s the type of guy that Russ is,” Smart told reporters. “He loves challenges. He is going to try to do his best every time. And vice versa with me. You put two guys like that going against each other, obviously you’re going to knock heads.”

Boston guard Avery Bradley contributed well off the bench as the visiting reserves torched Oklahoma City in the fourth quarter, the Celtics (5-4) building an 11-

point advantage and controlling the game midway through the period.

Oklahoma City brought its starters back in but they lacked the energy to contend with the scrappy Boston squad. They were beaten to loose balls and rebounds and were just out-hustled as the Thunder never got closer than 12 points the rest of the way.

Westbrook had a gamehigh 27 points on 5-of-20 shooting. He shot 2-for-10 from behind the three-point arc but was 15-for-17 from the free-throw line.

Forward Serge Ibaka was the only other Thunder player to score in double figures, finishing with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Center Enes Kanter was held to eight points and two rebounds.

“I got no answers for that,” Kanter said of his team’s offensive performance as the Thunder dropped to 6-4 overall, 1-1

without injured forward Kevin Durant.

Boston guard Isaiah Thomas scored 20 points to go along with eight assists.

Center Jared Sullinger owned the glass, as he pulled down 15 boards. As a team, the Celtics out-rebounded the Thunder 47-34.

“We need to pick our intensity up physically,” Westbrook added. “Just wasn’t ready.”

Close to where he played his college ball, Smart started the night as if he were still representing Oklahoma State. He shot 4-for-6 in the first quarter to knock in nine quick points.

“I think that he likes this gym,” Boston coach Brad Stevens said. “This is the gym he always shoots it well in, right? I think his offense has really improved.”

While Smart was attacking the basket, Westbrook was doing his damage from the perimeter. He attempted

Manning benched after breaking passing yards record Reuters - Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning’s record-breaking day ended in ignominy on Sunday watching from the sidelines as his side were beaten 29-13 by the Kansas City Chiefs.

Manning had become the National Football League’s all-time passing yards leader early in the game, then was benched as he produced one of the worst performances of his Hall of Fame carer.

The 39-year-old completed just 5-of-20 passes for 35 yards and four interceptions and coach Gary Kubiak said after the game that he probably should not have started his veteran quarterback.

“He came in Saturday and his ribs were bothering him a little bit. I probably should have made the decision not to play him in the game,” Kubiak told reporters. “I’m disappointed in myself.”

Manning, who started the game three yards shy of the all-time mark of 71,838 yards, broke the record after completing a four-yard pass to Ronnie Hillman in the first quarter.

The game was briefly stopped to recognize the achievement and the Broncos also showed a video tribute to the quarterback, who acknowledged the ovation from the home crowd and tossed the Hall of Fame-bound ball

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (18) prepares to throw the ball during the first half against the Kansas City Chiefs at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. (Chris HumphreysUSA TODAY Sports) to the Denver sideline.

But the celebration was short-lived as Manning produced wobbly inaccurate throws and the Broncos (7-2) lost their second successive game.

Manning has just nine touchdowns and a leaguehigh 17 interceptions this season, a far cry from the numbers he has racked up as one of the game’s best quarterbacks.

He and Favre, who retired following the NFL’s 2010 season, are the only two quarter-

backs to have thrown for more than 70,000 yards.

Manning, who has led Denver to a Super Bowl berth and three division titles since joining the team in 2012, already owns a slew of NFL records.

His performance, however, meant he could not add another record to the list. He needed a win to move ahead of Favre’s 186 career victories.

He spent the first 14 years of his career in Indianapolis, where he tossed for 54,828 yards.

Boston Celtics forward Jae Crowder (99) shoots the ball in front of Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka (9) during the fourth quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. (Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports) five three-pointers in the first eight minutes of the game. He entered the game averaging only five threepointers a game on the season.

Oklahoma City was able to build a 10-point lead with less than a minute left in the first half but the Celtics cut the deficit down to 52-45 by halftime.

The Celtics stormed all the way back in the third quarter to tie the game at 7272 as the visitors fed off a game-changing shift in momentum.

FIFA ethics committee bans executives from Nepal, Laos ZURICH (Reuters) World soccer body FIFA announced on Monday it had banned two officials from Nepal and Laos for taking cash during FIFA elections, extending moves to root out corruption that has shaken the international game.

Ganesh Thapa, president of the All-Nepal Football Association (ANFA), was banned for 10 years and fined 20,000 Swiss francs ($19,870), while Viphet Sihachakr, president of the Laotian Football Federation, received a two-year ban and 40,000 franc fine.

FIFA was thrown into turmoil in May by U.S. indictments of 14 football officials, including two FIFA vicepresidents and sports marketing executives, for alleged corruption. President Sepp Blatter has been suspended ahead of February elections for a new leader who will face the task of cleaning up the game.

FIFA’s ethics committee said Thapa, during 2009 and 2011 elections for the FIFA Executive Committee at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) congress, “committed various acts of miscondu c t ...including the solicitation and acceptance of cash payments from another football official, for

both personal and family gain”.

Sihachakr solicited and accepted a payment from another football official during 2011 elections, it said.

Thapa denied wrongdoing in a statement.

“I am very disappointed and I do not believe that justice has been served. I have fully cooperated with FIFA during their investigations since the last four years,” he said, adding he was seeking the reasons for FIFA’s step and would file appeals.

COURT BATTLE In Nepal, ANFA Chief Executive Indra Man Tuladhar said: “We must accept the decision of FIFA. An ANFA executive meeting will meet within the next 14 days and take a decision about its future course.”

Ganesh Thapa, a member of parliament from the promonarchy Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (Nepal), is brother of Kamal Thapa, a new deputy prime minister

and minister for foreign affairs.

Karma Tsering Sherpa, a vice president of ANFA who has been fighting a court battle against Thapa over the way ANFA is run, saw the ban as an opportunity for change.

“Now is the time for us to take Nepali football in a new direction. We begin with the meeting of the executive committee but there is a lot of work ahead,” he said.

In October Nepali police arrested five former and current national team players, including the captain, on match-fixing charges. They remain on bail and a trial date has not been set.

Suspended FIFA President Blatter is facing criminal investigation in Switzerland over a 2 million Swiss franc payment from FIFA to UEFA head Michel Platini. Both men have been provisionally suspended and have denied wrongdoing.

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Australia strike back after Taylor’s epic 290 (Reuters) PERTH, Steve Smith and Adam Voges scored the fifth and sixth centuries of the second test to give Australia a lead of 193 after Ross Taylor’s epic 290 brought New Zealand back into the contest on day four on Monday.

Smith hit his eighth century in 13 tests over the last 12 months, and his fourth in five tests as captain, while western Australian Voges delighted the WACA crowd with his first on home soil to take the hosts to 254 for two.

The skipper will resume on 127 not out and Voges unbeaten on 101 in a partnership of 208 that steadied the innings after New Zealand had removed openers Joe Burns (0) and David Warner (24) cheaply.

That drove home the tourist’s advantage after Taylor’s mighty 374-ball knock, which featured 43 fours, had dragged his side back into the match with a first-innings lead of 65. Although he fell 10 runs short of the triple century, the 31year-old’s innings was the highest score by any visiting batsman in Australia, bettering the previous record of 287 set by England’s Tip Foster in Sydney in 1903.

It was also the third highest innings by any New Zealand batsman in a test match and eclipsed the 253

Steven Smith and Adam Voges take five, Australia v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Perth, 4th day, November 16, 2015 © Getty Images and Cricket Australia contributed by Warner to Australia’s first innings tally of 559-9 declared, which had looked almost unassailable on day two.

MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH Just before lunch and after more than nine hours at the crease, Taylor miscued a slog-sweep to substitute fielder Jonny Wells off the bowling of Nathan Lyon to bring an end to New Zealand’s innings on 624.

Breaking Australia’s opening partnership, which had put together century stands in the first three innings of the

series, was an achievement in itself but also removing Warner with just 46 runs on the board was a major breakthrough.

Southee had Burns caught at first slip by Taylor, while Warner, who also scored centuries in both innings in Brisbane, fell to Trent Boult and a sharp catch from Tom Latham at cover. Smith came out at number three because of the hamstring injury to Usman Khawaja, who will miss Australia’s next two tests, and quickly showed his desire to get in on the WACA run-fest, which has seen 1,441

GUYANA DEFENCE FORCE TROUNCE POLICE IN GTT TENS RUGBY On an excellent day for the lovely game of Rugby the Guyana Defence Force started its campaign on a winning note in the GTT/GRFU TENS Tournament on Saturday.

Still somewhat fresh from winning the Banks 7s title, winger Patrick King was unstoppable securing three tries as the Army thrashed the Guyana Police Force 48-7 in their opening game of the tournament.

Supporting King were Troyton Braithwaite chipping in with two tries, Kareen Azeez, Seon Phillips Joseph Rahaman and Avery Corbin one try each to inflict the defeat on the police.

After a determined fighting effort by the team, Kurt Hunte was able to shake pass the Army’s defence to secure the seven points for the police.

The GTT/TENS Rugby Tournament will continue on

Saturday at the National Park ground with two more games; Hornet’s vs Caribs and UG Wolves vs GDF. Teams are competing for Trophies and Medals compliments of GT&T. Teams in the tournament are Guyana Defence Force, Pepsi Hornets, UG Wolves, Yamaha Caribs and the Guyana Police Force.

The two female teams will be President vs Vice President select.

Ross Taylor is playing in his 66th Test and has made 13 centuries, two of them doubles. (AFP) scored on the first four days.

He raced to his half century in 57 balls and, after being dropped by New Zealand wicketkeeper BJ Watling on 96, reached his 12th test century with a four behind point,

the 13th of his innings.

Voges, who hit a century on debut against West Indies earlier this year, scored at a more pedestrian pace and reached the milestone with his 15th boundary in the

penultimate over of the day.

Scores: Australia 9 for 559 dec and 2 for 258 (Smith 131*, Voges 101*) lead New Zealand 624 (Taylor 290, Williamson 166, Starc 4-119, Lyon 3-107) by 193 runs

WICB PCL Cricket

Motie’s 11 wicket haul helps Jaguars roar to big win Hurricanes beaten with two sessions to spare

By Sean Devers Defending champions Guyana Jaguars registered their second successive win in this season’s WICB PCL four-day cricket Franchise when they roared to an emphatic innings & 35-run win on the final day of their second round match against the Leewards Hurricanes at Providence yesterday.

After the Hurricanes’ ‘fight back’ on Sunday after being dismissed for 85 in reply to the Jaguars’ 419-9 declared, the final day began with much promise for the Leewards but their hopes of making the Jaguars bat again came crashing down and by Lunch the game was over.

Former West Indies U-19 left- arm spinner Gudakesh Motie, bowling with refreshing ‘loop’ and excellent variety, took 5-85 from 39 overs to add to his 6-20 in the first innings, while off-spinner Steven Jacobs, who took two four-wicket hauls in the first round, supported with 3-97 from 30 overs.

The 28-year-old Nkrumah Bonner provided stern resistance for the Hurricanes with an entertaining 89 from 171 minutes, 168 balls with 14 fours and a six but departed when he was 19 runs short of

his second First-Class century.

Vice-Captain Vishaul Singh, who built the foundation for the Jaguars’ victory with a magnificent 150 in his team’s 419-9 declared was named Man-of-the-Match.

The Leewards began the day on a respectable 215-3 with just 119 more needed to avoid an innings defeat with Bonner on 58 and Orlando Peters (25) anxious to build on their fourth wicket stand which was already worth 80.

But Jacobs ensured the visitors, hoping to at least get the 334 runs to make the host bat again, had the worst possible start when he had the solid Peters caught behind off the day’s first ball.

Bonner and Steve Liburd kept hopes alive of extending the game well into day with a nice little partnership on the flat track in glorious sunshine.

Bonner, a stylish righthander from the Caribbean’s largest English speaking Island, Jamaica, played some enterprising shots none better than a couple of exquisitely timed drives through extra cover in an over from left-arm Bajan pacer Raymon Reifer which reached the ropes likes bullets.

But just when Bonner seemed well set for a big score

he was beaten by the teasing flight of Motie and drove a catch to Shiv Chanderpaul at short extra cover to be dismissed at 254-5.

Bonner’s departure triggered an all too familiar Leewards collapse which saw the last six wickets tumbling for 46 runs despite a gritty 25 from 59 balls with five fours from Jaison Peters who was last out, LBW to Jacobs, to formalize the victory.

Motie, in the meantime, added his name to list of Guyanese with 10-wicket hauls in First-Class cricket as the 20-year removed Liburd (10), Rahkeem Cornwall (3) and Gavin Tonge (10) to complete his second five-wicket haul in only his second match at this level.

Motie joined his Albion team mates Veerasammy Permaul (3) and Devendra Bishoo (1) as the only Guyana with a 10-wicket haul in FirstClass cricket at Providence The win extended the Jaguars unbeaten streak to nine matches which started after the third round two-run loss to Barbados last year and took them to 35 points in this tournament.

The front runners in the tournament will take on Barbados Pride in their next game from Friday at Providence.

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GT&T Indoor Hockey Championships

Exciting action crowns successful competition as Pepsi hikers, GCC, Old Fort outstanding

Men’s second division winners, Old Fort along with Ms. Anjanie Hackett, GT&T Manager of Marketing and Public Relations.

The finals of the GT&T National Indoor Championships produced some of the most exciting and entertaining hockey seen in a long time as the competition concluded on Sunday evening at the National Gymnasium at Mandela Avenue. A single goal separated the victors from the silver medalists in two of the three competitions with matches being held in the balance until the very end.

The highly anticipated men’s first division matchup between GCC and the Pepsi Hikers was a repeat of many finals in recent years as the two clubs, both with vociferous cheering sections, squared off yet again for the chance to win gold. The teams had played to a tense 3-3 draw in their

pool round clash on the opening night and now returned in the final where an outright winner would be crowned.

GCC got off to the mark first in the seventh minute when pool round top scorer Orland Semple successfully executed a penalty corner shot into the Hikers net. The Hikers lifted their work rate over the next few minutes and were rewarded four minutes later when Jamarj Assanah and Robert France both replied within a minute of each other to give the Hikers a 2-1 lead.

Dwayne Scott drew the match even at 2-2 in the 13th minute and Kevin Spencer produced a remarkable goal for GCC to by skillfully outwitting a plethora of defenders before sending his shot past goalkeeper Jason

Hoyte to take GCC i n t o halftime with a 3-2 lead.

G C C seemed to settle into a comfortable defensive position as the met every Hikers challenge with astute defence and composure.

The Hikers however would win a penalty corner three minutes into the second half and would have to rely on specialist Shane Samuels to break the deadlock. With the pressure of advancing goalkeeper Rawl Davson blocking most of the goal, Samuels produced a stunning finish that flew like a bullet into the top far corner of the GCC net.

Samuels’ goal seemed to awaken GCC once again

Nalico, Nafico supports NEE Futsal Tournament ahead of Saturday’s Final Nalico, Nafico Insurance Company offered support to the New Era Entertainment (NEE) second annual Stag/Cell Smart Futsal tournament yesterday ahead of the Grand Finale Saturday at MSC Hard Court in Linden.

One of the NEE Directors, Winston Fraser received the sponsorship and thanked the company for their continued support.

The winners will pocket $250,000 while the second place team takes home $150,000.

The third and fourth place teams in the 13team competition get $75,000 and $50,000 respectively, along with trophies.

In addition, prizes will

Senior representative for Nalico, Nafico, Vickash Persaud hands over trophy to one of the NEE Directors, Winston Fraser yesterday. be awarded to the Best Goalkeeper and Most Valuable Player (MVP) of

the tournament. There will be exhibition games before Saturday’ final.

Ladies winners, the GCC Panthers along with Ms. Anjanie Hackett, GT&T Manager of Marketing and Public Relations. who enjoyed a dominant period where Dwayne Scott and Devin Hooper would

swing the game to 5-3 in GCC’s favour in the 26th and 28th minute with a pair

of goals. The Hikers refused to crumble to the pressure (Continued on page 25)

Athletes to ‘Run to the rock for Life’ in Rockville Hotel Promotion road race As the nation joins other countries in celebration of World AIDS Day, local athletes are scheduled to travel to the Mining Town of Bartica where the Rockville Hotel Promotion will stage a 4 miles road race labeled, ‘Run to the rock for Life,’ in commemoration of that event.

Athletes will convene at the Four Miles Housing Scheme Junction on December 1 for the start of the race which commences at 16:00hrs and proceeds up the entrance of the Rockville Hotel on Third Avenue.

A release from the organizers also states that the event has been adopted by the Sport and Cultural Development of the Regional Administration (Region 7), the National Sports Commission (NSC) and the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) with support from the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG).

Plans are also in train to host similar activities over the coming months that culminate with the ceremony, in tandem with the 50th anniversary celebrations that officially confirm Bartica’s status as a town, on April 23, 2016.

Coordinator of the event, Aaron Blackman, said that

Aaron Blackman the nation’s best athletes are expected to feature in the race. He said that the aim is to maintain the development of athletes in the region through the initiation of a sound athletic programme.

He also hinted that the programme will be conducted on a yearly basis.

Mr. Blackman remains adamant that the involvement of youths in positive sports activities vastly reduces the chances of contracting the virus. He emphasized the need to end t h e s t i g m a a n d discrimination of those infected by the disease while offering support.

Meanwhile, athletes will compete in several

categories starting from U13 and right up to those veterans over 75 years old.

The win n e r s a n d runners-up will receive trophies and medals, while the first 20 athletes out of Region 7 will receive special prizes donated by the Regional Administration and members of the Bartica business community.

Officials of the NAPS will also use the opportunity to broaden the awareness of the disease by distributing pamphlets and interacting with members of the community.

F u r t h e r, t h e management of the Rockville Hotel has donated a special prize for the top male and female athletes in the race.

The entrance fee is just $500 while schoolchildren are not required to pay.

Registration forms for the event may be uplifted from the office of the Regional Chairman or the Rockville Hotel, 3rd Avenue, Bartica, while athletes in Georgetown may uplift these registration forms at the High Street o ff i c e o f t h e G u y a n a Olympic A s s o c i a t i o n .

Entries must be submitted not later than Friday November 26 at 16:00hrs.

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Kaieteur News

Tuesday November 17, 2015

GTT Round Robin / Knockout Football Competition

Winners Connection could take sole possession of lead tonight Joint table toppers Winners Connection will have the opportunity to take sole possession of the lead when they face Region 4 Golden Grove in the feature clash of a double header tonight, at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground beginning at 20:00 hrs.

The Linden-based side leads Group ‘A’ with six points and is joint leaders with another Linden team Topp XX, who heads Group ‘B’ with a similar amount of points in the GTT Round Robin / Knockout Football Competition.

In the opening fixture, Milerock, also out of the Linden community and the only team not to score a point to date, will play hosts to East Coast Ann’s Grove who have three points so far.

In the feature game, Winners Connection, who recently withstood a strong challenge from Victoria

Kings, before edging them 1-0 courtesy of a Keon Sears strike, will no doubt be aiming to stay unbeaten and those charged with ensuring that they do are Rawle ‘Boney’ Gittens, Marmalaque D a v i d s o n and defender Derrol Dainty.

Golden Grove on the other hand have only a draw against Rosignol United to show in their two previous matches and will have to improve immensely to topple the hosts.

Phillip Williams, the scorer of their only goal to date along with Akini Cameron are expected to spearhead the visitors’ quest for an upset win.

The opening game should be an interesting affair and one that Milerock must pull out all the stops to win.

They possess players on a high caliber in Clarence

-Milerock in must win situation

Maxton Adams and Kevon Barry Higgins, Ron Fiedtkou and Jermain Grandison, but somehow they failed to exhibit the kind of cohesion and accuracy needed to win games.

A n n ’s G r o v e , w h o started slowly have gradually built confidence and their win over New Amsterdam United have

Deonarine century gives GYO first innings points

certainly bolstered their belief. Maxton Adams and Kevon Barry looked deadly in their clash against NA United with the former possessing a lot of power in his right-foot.

However, they will have to come prepared to withstand the usually hostile environment that visiting

Keon Sears teams encounter when playing against teams from the community.

Milerock is a proud team and one thing is certain they will not go down without a fight so Ann’s Grove will have to brace for the onslaught.

It promises to be a sizzling pair of games.

GCA/NBS second division tourney

Wins for MYO, Everest, GDF and GCC

Ronaldo Ali Mohamed Chris Deonarine A fine century by Chris Deonarine guided Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) to first innings points over

Shemroy Barrington

Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) when the first round of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) first division two-day tournament sponsored by Star Party Rentals, Trophy Stall and General Industrial and Supplies Enterprise concluded on Sunday at Everest.

Deonarine stroked 135 as GYO scored 301 all out in reply to MSC first innings 293, after they resumed on their overnight 38 with out lost.

Opener Deonarine who began the day on 12, timed the ball well, hitting twelve fours in his innings. He was supported by Garfield De

Roche who made 57, Alex Ramalho 25 and debutant teenager Navindra Persaud 24. Kellon Carmichael c l a i m e d 3 - 3 7 , Vi s h a l Narayan 3-38 and Orin Forde 2-44. Trailing by eight, MSC closed on 122-6, a lead of 114, batting a second time. They lost Joseph Cupidore (06), Narayan (06), Carmichael (03), T. Thompson (00) and Forde (14), but Barrington continued his fine form with a splendid 81 to ensure a draw for his team.

He slammed nine fours and one six as Trevon France and Mark Hamilton picked up two wickets each.

(Zaheer Mohamed)

The winning team will take home $500,000 and the c h a m p i o n s h i p t r o p h y, runner-up $250,000, 3rd place $125,000 and 4th place $75,000.

Among the other sponsors are Limacol, Igloo Ice-Cream and the National Sports Commission.

Kick- off is 18:00 hrs.

M u s l i m Yo u t h Organisation (MYO), Everest, Guyana Defense Force (GDF) and Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) recorded victories when the latest round of matches in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/New Building Society second division 40over tournament concluded on Sunday.

At GNIC SC, MYO overcame Ace Warriors by 195 runs. MYO posted 253-7 off their reduced quota of 35 overs, batting first. Imran Ayube scored 57 not out, Rupesh Motilall made 49, Richard Latif 40 and Abdul Kumar 38. R. Abrams picked up three wickets for Ace Warriors who were sent packing for 58 in reply. Parmanand

Charwayne McPherson

Parsram bagged 7-11.

At Bourda, Everest defeated GCC by four wickets. Batting first, GCC managed 165-9 in 40 overs.

Martin Pestano Belle struck 51 and Ronaldo Ali Mohamed 46; Mark Jeffers captured 3-42 and Akshaya Persaud 2-16. Everest responded with 170-6 in 31.2 overs. Persaud stroked a fine 79, while skipper Khemraj Ramdeen hit 34 not out.

Joshua Wade snared 2-28 and Devon Lord 2-47.

At University of Guyana ground, GDF beat Third Class by seven wickets.

Batting first, Third Class were routed for 127 while GDF replied with 128-3.

On Saturday GCC got the better of Malteenoes SC (MSC) by 116 runs at GNIC

SC. GCC got to 228-9 in 40 overs, taking first strike.

Mohamed slammed 76 while extras contributed 36; Keon Lake claimed 3-34. MSC were bowled out for 112 in reply. Joel Alleyne made 30 and Delvon Mc Ewan 20; Lord picked up 3-14 and Belle 3-22.

Previously Transport SC thumped St. Stanislaus by eight wickets at MSC. St. Stanislaus scored 123 all out in 31 overs, batting first.

Prince Roberts made 28, Linden Cave 26 and Carlton Gasper 19; Orin Ferrier grabbed 4-23, Shawn Massiah 3-20 and Mark Baptiste 2-20. TSC responded with 127-2 in nine overs. Sunil Singh hit 56 and Charwayne Mc Pherson 50.

(Zaheer Mohamed)

Tuesday November 17, 2015

Kaieteur News

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Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon coming strong for National Schools’ Championships -District goes into Camp today

The Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon, District Two will be coming strong for the Nationals Schools’ Championships, hoping that they finish higher than usual at the National Aquatic Centre and the National Stadium, Providence, next week.

District Two’s Sport Representative, Andy Ramnarine believes that the squad is finishing a few places higher than their regular 6-10 finish. “For the past three to four years we have been doing well, finishing around sixth or seventh place, but we’re hoping to move up a couple places at this year’s event,” Ramnarine informed.

When it comes to team preparation, while the District is short on coaching, Ramnarine is of the view that the athletes are usually gifted enough to represent them well.

“As it stands right now, we don’t have coaching, but usually the athletes are

Flashback! Districts line-up after the March-Past ahead of the commencement of the National Schools’ Championships at the National Stadium; District Two is second from left. naturally gifted and over the years they have proven that they can win medals,” he said, pointing out that everything is on stream for the hinterland team to be competitive.

“We have selected the team and they will be encamped from tomorrow

(today) and then we will break camp on Friday before travelling to Georgetown on Sunday,” he continued, adding that the team has “calculated our budget and everything seems to be ok so far”.

The Swimming Championships will be held

on Monday, November 23 at the National Aquatic Centre at Lillendaal. 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 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 15 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 all Districts expected to be ready to compete on Monday.

The Opening Ceremony is scheduled for November 24 at 10:30am at the National Stadium.

Guyana’s First Marathon was an enormous success ‘Menace’ is Team Guyana’s captain for C/Bean Development Boxing

Male Marathon winner Cleve Pile (right) receives his prize from Minister Sydney Allicock.

Guyana’s first ever Trail Marathon was an enormous success, attracting athletes from over 10 different countries.

More than 200 participants and volunteers gathered in Santa Mission last weekend to witness the making of history . Guyana’s first ever, trail marathon was kick started by Toshoa Aubrey Samuels and presided over

by The Minister of Indigenous People, Honorable Sydney Allicock.

While everyone else was still sleeping at 4:00 am, on Saturday, November 14, athletes from over 10 different countries gathered at the Marriott Parking lot to head over to Timehri docks.

From Timehri they took speedboats on picturesque

Kamuni Creek to take part in Guyana’s first ever trail Marathon and currently the only marathon in Guyana.

The grueling 26.2 mile course was set in the hunting trails behind the Amerindian Village. Athletes from all over the Caribbean, Europe and North and South Americas took part in the event.

The event was extremely well organized with 12 fully staffed aid stations. Banks DIH Rainforest waters at each aid station and certain mile marks provided water.

This was also Guyana’s first ever-timed event, timing provided by the organizers of Trinidad and Tobago’s marathon committee members.

All finishers received medals handcrafted from Guyana’s purple-heart wood. Instead of trophies,

Diane Henderson collects her prize from Minister Allicock for winning the female Marathon. winners of all races (Marathon, Half and 10K) received personalized handcrafted baskets from the Amerindian village.

Cleve Pile from Trinidad and Tobago was the overall winner and male category winner, with a finishing time of 4 hours and 46 minutes receiving his award from Honorable Minister Sydney Allicock. Dr. Ravi Purohit from India followed him in second and Dieter Max Elster from Germany coming in third.

From the Female finishers the winner was Diane Henderson also from Trinidad and Tobago, Gillian Oak from the United States coming in second, and Juanita Fernandes from Guyana coming in third.

The race included a Half

Marathon with male and female winners being Charles Cosse and Lori Karker both from the United States; and a 10K race where Guyanese Jamie McDonald and Alika Morgan took the first prize baskets for male and female respectively.

The race was organized as a charity fund-raise all proceeds going towards the Santa Mission Amerindian School.

Major sponsorship, as well as volunteer support was provided and organized

by Marriott Guyana as well as GT&T. Other sponsors included Banks DIH, Fly Jamaica and Impressions branding.

This was a historical event for Guyana, a huge confidence boost to the Amerindian community and its tourism.

Dennis ‘Menace’ Thomas (left) and Terrence Poole at the C/Wealth Games.

Local amateur middleweight king Dennis ‘Menace’ Thomas has been named captain of the Guyana team currently training for the Caribbean Development Boxing tournament.

Thomas, the most experienced member, has been put in charge of the team that comprises 38 boxers.

Head of the Guyana Boxing Association Steve Ninvalle disclosed that the

Police Corporal had distinguished himself in the last year and has proven to be a model sportsman. Last year the lanky 27-year-old made it to the quarter-final of the Commonwealth Games.

He was also adjudged Best Boxer at the inaugural Goodwill Games tournament held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in February, 2014. Twentyeight of the local fighters are (Continued on page 25)

t r o Sp GT&T Indoor Hockey Championships

Exciting action crowns successful competition as Pepsi hikers, GCC, Old Fort outstanding

Men’s first division winners, the PEPSI Hikers along with Ms. Anjanie Hackett, GT&T Manager of Marketing and Public Relations.

Motie’s 11 wicket haul helps Jaguars roar to big win Hurricanes beaten with two sessions to spare

Vishaul Singh scored 150 against the Hurricanes to cop the Man-of-Match award.

Gudakesh Motie spun webs around the Hurricanes’ batsmen to finish with 11 wickets in the match.

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