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This is what you call hard guava season President David Granger and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo’s strongest supporters during the 2015 campaign were the young, the women and the poor. Six months later, this is the group that continues to be hammered by this economic downturn that developed under the Ramotar government. Today our productive sectors are plagued by institutional failures, lack of competitiveness, and lethargy, all of which limit the future prospects of the six sisters (rice, sugar, bauxite, gold, seafood and timber). Guyana also suffers in 2015 from a flattening of inflows from the donor community, decline in remittances into the economy and a freezing of foreign direct investments. Further, the international economic conditions continue to punish raw material producers. This is really hard guava season. To compound this situation, Guyana’s energy policy is in total shambles. A fair share of the fossil fuel generators selling power to GPL is inefficient and elderly. Many of these generators will literally collapse in the next four to five years causing intensified blackouts, which will contribute to our lack of productivity. This lack of access to cheap and reliable electricity has put at higher risk, all the growth strategy for the emerging economy; be it BPO services such as call centers, ecommerce, and e-governance income generating projects and even medical tourism. Even the financial elites in the Guyanese private sector are bitterly complaining about the lack of adequate opportunities to grow their old wealth. So in the final analysis, until we start to roll out the policies to drive a national development plan, we can slice and dice this situation in as many ways we want, the economic downturn is a reality and we cannot wish it away. Fixing our economic situations required skillful intervention in the sectors called the six sisters to fix many of the productivity issues inherited from the Jagdeo/Ramotar governments. The foreign currency earned from these six sisters is expected to decline in 2015 compared to 2014. The GRIF inflow from Norway due to Guyana because of the Amaila Hydro project is now parked permanently because of a short-sighted lack of vision on the energy policy. Remittances are down and consumption and foreign direct investment are flat. Because of that foolish decision from the Ramotar government to ‘prorogue’ Parliament, capital expenditure is down in 2015. So where really is this economic growth coming from? If the business elites are correct, then these core supporters of the APNUAFC will be left far, far behind. Everybody is dodging the conversation of class in Guyana, but it is a human development “timebomb” waiting to explode. Too many Guyanese are locked into “poverty-like” circumstances where they are either living from paycheck to paycheck or handout to handout. The young urban AfroGuyanese man who does not have a formal education continues to be overwhelmed. But even worst hit and at major risk, are the women with children from all races who were already poor when the Ramotar government arrived in 2011. The economic environment for all of these groups is an absolute and utter human disaster waiting to explode. Now we’re learning that the unmarried single mothers are among those being crushed by the epidemic of joblessness or underemployment. Can you seriously think about the young female special constabulary constables who take home less than $55,000 per month and who are the primary breadwinners for their families? We have to ignite these six sisters to shake off Guyana’s un-competitiveness and fast. But that will only happen if we start to construct an economy we can bank on that is focused on value-added products.
Sunday November 22, 2015
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Transparency and democracy coming to this part of Guyana DEAR EDITOR, With reference to an article carried in another newspaper bearing the caption, “Region 3 Chairman protests REO’s dictatorship,” kindly permit me a space in your letter column to refute the inaccuracies carried in that newspaper. To begin with, the article’s first line quote, “Chairman of Region Three (Essequibo Islands West Demerara), Julius Faerber, along with a number of supporters staged a peaceful picketing exercise....... actions of the Regional Executive Officer (REO) Dennis Jaikaran,” is very much misleading and most unbecoming of a reporter. Reading that line, one is forced to believe that a lot of support was given to the Regional Chairman’s claim when in actuality there were 14 persons protesting with the Regional Chairman
inclusive. What was most appalling about that protest which I personally witnessed, is the fact that even though the region is a strong hold of the PPP , the chairman was unable to muster supporters in their numbers. My only assumption is that the PPP is also fed up with the Regional Chairman. Secondly, in the said article, the Regional Chairman said that the REO had reduced his fuel from 10 gallons per day to 5 gallons per day. He further went on to say that while on his outreaches the gas would normally run out. The reporter should have sought a comment from the REO. Unfortunately she did not. This was unprofessional journalism and I am sure experts in journalism would agree with me. The REO said to me openly that he was prepared to justify his decision.
Editor, shocking in the article, was the absence of any mentioning that there was a counter-protest held by government supporters. Even though the number of protesters on the government side out numbered that of the PPP regional chairman there was no mention of what Mrs. Armstrong - the elected regional councilor on the government side said. Again unprofessional journalism displayed by this newspaper. Notwithstanding the above, having closely analyzed both sides on the protest ground, it is my opinion that the Regional Chairman is upset over the accountability measures being put in place by the REO and the government side is embracing real transparency in a true democracy. Ganesh Mahipaul
Sunday November 22, 2015
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Kaieteur M@ilbox Kaieteur M@ilbox A beautiful Bharrat Jagdeo is in no position mind has died to criticize the APNU+AFC Govt. DEAR EDITOR, In the more than seven decades I’ve been alive, few people have made an impression on my mind to match Raschid Osman; his memory lingers.…It’s that intrinsic sense of aesthetics he possessed; his quiet dignity and facility being an exemplar of the mantra advocated by Max Erhmann in his Desiderata poem “Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others…” Raschid Osman was a civilized gentleman. When we talked on the telephone, he’d encouraged me to write for The Chronicle; why would I want to write for that dishonest rag that nobody buys, I asked him and incredibly, Raschid Osman responded: “I don’t blame you.” With the advent of a Coalition for National Unity Government, life in Guyana and The Chronicle have been restored to an acceptable state. Last time I saw him briefly after thirty years or so, was at a Roy Brummell book launching last Monday at Moray House; he looked frail. I mentioned that Godfrey Wray had suggested he should interview me for the paper but he didn’t seem to be aware of this till I got this E-mail from him. I quote; “Just got the great news that you are considering doing some writing for us. It’s an exciting thought. It would be a good idea for me to do a piece on you to sort of introduce
you to our readers. Even if you don’t agree to write for us, I am still keen on doing a story on you. I remember you as one of the most exciting woman editors ever.” I wanted to tell Raschid that anytime he choose to call me “…midnight, backdam self - anywhere” I will answer the opportunity to sit down with him and recall that euphoric time; rewind with him and review the idyll of those years we shared at the Guyana Graphic with Godfrey Wray and Eleazer Watson, Montague Smith and Carl Blackman, Sybille Hart, Frank Campbell, Rickey Singh, Hubert Williams, Winston Oudkerk, Donald Periana, Duke Lambert and many more; some still with us, others whom you’ve transitioned to join in the realm of ancestors; to celebrate the way we were. Wish I could have told him this; I meant to say it to him on Monday or Tuesday when we met for that interview; but alas, death cancels all engagements. However, thankfully, memory lives on in infinity. Rashid Osman’s brilliant, beautiful mind was marinated in the music he loved and shared with us in his inspirational ‘Mid-morning Classics’ on the radio. I’m happy to hear the program has been resuscitated. Rest placidly as was your wont, my brother. Joan Cambridge
DEAR EDITOR, The dishonesty and racism of Former President Jagdeo is second to none. The Pradoville2 empowerment scheme and abuse of Ministerial power hav given Guyana a small sampling of the plundering of the nation’s wealth. This in time to come will be just one example of the hundreds of crooked deals that occurred under Jagdeo’s reign. Most Guyanese, regardless of political affiliation will come to realise that Jagdeo’s rule will in future be described as the “greatest transfer of State wealth to an ethnic group” in Latin America and the Caribbean. The State Asset Recovery Unity and the Serious Organised Crime Unit will no doubt shed light on the massive criminality that has occurred under the Jagdeo rule. Jadgeo has given new meaning to the American TV ad “friends and family”. Strangely enough, a large part of his constituency, sugar workers, will also be able to testify about the destruction of Guysuco which now has G$2 billion in death. Jagdeo was an all-powerful President. Everyone knows he was aware of everything that happened in the nation- drug smuggling, money laundering, pilfering of our gold and a proliferation of illegal goods in the marketplace. There are the following; the granting of Guyanese passports to all and sundry; large acres of lands to friends
and family; radio and TV licenses to friends and family; spending billions of tax payer monies that were not approved by Parliament; massive payments to friends through corrupt procurement and sole sourcing of pharmaceutical deals, often prepaid; crooked hidden deals such as providing 200 vehicles duty free to a foreign entity that has broken every promise they made in their investment agreement. Today, Jagdeo is still trying to steal the minds of Guyanese of Indian and Amerindian origins. His immoral racism during the election period exposed him for what he is. Dr. Kean Gibson has often described Jagdeo’s modus operandi, namely: “racism is itself a political system, a particular power structure of formal and informal rule, socioeconomic privilege, and norms for the differential distribution of material wealth and opportunities, benefits and burdens, rights and duties”. Now to Jagdeo’s current desperate political strategies: 1. Cry racism. Cry that his Indian dominated party was robbed at the last elections. Steal the minds of IndoGuyanese so they would not want a Government of National Unity. 2. Cry “ethnic cleansing” so that the Government will not fire the cabals Jagdeo has planted in various Ministries who are partners in the crimes against Guyanese.
These folks are still there in very high positions running a parallel government and daily sharing information to the crooked, organized networks still in operation. They warn their accomplices about law enforcement and security operations and hide information. 3. Cry Amaila is a great deal. Use this strategy to steal the minds of Amerindians. Tell them this new government is antiAmerindian. The fact of the matter is that Amaila may be a good technical site for hydro and the new Government may still have it built with a different financial architecture because the current one promoted by Jagdeo is a corrupt one similar to the Marriott deal. Amaila began as a farce with Flip Motilall being granted a license for millions of US dollars. What began as a US$15 million dollar road is now over US$40 million. The worse was still to come. The initial Amaila Falls cost was approximately US$585million. Now it is close
to US$1 billion. Surely a man of the brilliance of Jadgeo could not have made such a mistake unless it was purposeful. Lots of gravy in the pot. Why wasn’t there an international call for bidders? Who chose Sithe Global? Who chose China Rail? Is this the Skeldon factory all over again? Is this the Marriott all over again? No. Why no ? Because Amaila was there before both of these financial calamities. It was the motherlode of crooked deals. Luckily, the international community questioned the environmental and financial sustainability of the deal. Luckily Parliament had to vote on it and stopped it dead in its tracks. Jadgeo says it’s a great deal but doesn’t tell the nation that GPL, would have to pay approximately US$124 million per year for 20 years but GPL will only be to afford US$85 million from its operations . This leaves a gap of US$39 million a year for each of the 20 years. This is 20 (Continued on page 6)
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The Diwali date for 2016 Shadow Minister’s urgent is already determined plea for good governance DEAR EDITOR, Please permit a space in your paper to respond to an article “An-Afro- Guyanese male puts a Question to Hindus”, in the Kaieteur News on 11/20/15 by David Elias. Space will not permit me to cover all your questions but if this paper permits me, I could answer all in parts later. The problems is that Hindus do not have anyone to voice their opinion for them as a representative but the Afro-Guyanese have the distinguished professors in African Studies, Dr. David Hinds and Dr. Eric Phillips to say all derogatory things about Hindus and no one can respond or they will be deemed “Racist”. Only Afro- Guyanese are not racist. Mr. David Alias wrote that Khemraj Ramjattan said “ I am a proud Hindu, proud of my culture.” Well, I think Ramjattan, Moses Nagamootoo and Ramaya do not understand Hindusim and the cultural aspect of Hinduism. Hinduism is a religion and could be a faith for some. The Hindu scripture clearly states that “you can change your faith but not your religion”. For your learning, atheism is also a faith. You do not have to be Hindu
to be a leader of a country. Sonia Gandhi was an Italian and leader of the largest populated country in the world In Hinduism, politics is embedded in its culture as it is stated in the caste system. The Kashtriya is to fight for and manage the affairs of the community and country. I am sorry you never heard of Diwali Whinem Mr. Elias. There is no such thing as whine, if you are talking about dancing, it is originated in India, even Voodoo type of dancing. Dancing is part of our cultural activities. People all over the world went to India and learn some part of the Indian style. Micheal Jackson ( USA) learned the hand and foot movements in India. He took it all over the world. The Beatles were living in India. They learned Indian music and made some CDs in Indian music especially the “sitar”. With regards to the Diwali controversal settlement, I had written an article to one of the Guyana news paper which was not published “Diwali in 2015 should not be compromised.” Probably the editor did not see it fit but I know for a fact my letter had a lot of meaning and learning. Mr. Ramjattan along with
Nagamootoo and Ramaya should never have change the special date of Diwali . It showed the high grade of hypocrisy they displayed. Diwali date should not be compromised. They did it because of their ancestors in Tamil Naidu congratulated Nagamootoo for being the first Madrass Prime Minister in the world. Tamil Naidu celebrates Diwali, November 10 , worshiping Mata Kali doing Kali-Mai Puja. The Hindu “Patra” cosmic analogy is very scientific and is proven to be always right, providing you can use it.The future for Diwali celebration has already been calculated. The Vedic Astronomical System calculate the date for ‘future’ Diwali celebration for 2016 Sunday October 30 for 2017 Thursday 19 for 2018 Wednesday November 7 for 2019 and so on. It is astronomically calculated you can get it up to 2100 or even further. Finally, Ramjattan, Nagamootoo and Ramaya promised the people in Berbice the world if they voted for them. The Cummingsburg Accord with the PNC has been totally ignored by the PNC. S.N.Singh, Florida
From page 5 times U$39 or US$ 780 million over the life of the payment period. US$ 780M out of the Treasury. Add this to the G$82 billion for sugar which was under Jagdeo’s watch. Additionally, Amaila would be only replacement power as Guyana would need double the size of the 165 megawatts Amaila would provide. Fi-
nally, there is another hidden element in this corrupt deal structure where interest rate for the US$500 million loan is 9% and in which Sithe’s return is an outragoes 19% for a risk free investment. The true sponsors of Amaila are not Sithe Global but their owner. This company is a venture capital group. Those of us whom have MBAs from credible business schools will know that the Amaila deal can be sold to another company the day after all documents have been signed. US$124 million for 20 years is US$ 2480 million or US$2.48 billion. A venture capital group can sell this deal which was initially US$1 billion (the Amaila price today) for US$ 2.0 billion to a family company or another partner
company. Overnight, this sale would give a windfall profit of US $480 million. The new buyer would then simply treat the annual US124 Million as a mortgage payment. If something like this is possible, no wonder the price of Amaila has escalated from US$ 500 plus to close to US$1 billion. The new Government is doing the right thing. Have a Third Party look at the technical, operational and financial aspects of the current Amaila deal. If it makes technical and environmental sense, the new government can engineer a different capital structure and have an international bidding process. Clean as a whistle. Former President Jagdeo should be the last person to pronounce on any deal. Eric Phillips
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DEAR EDITOR, Information flowing from a Government to her people is not a luxury and privilege enjoyed by those people. It is the Government’s duty to impart and the people’s right to receive information. Indeed, if this time honoured truth could be followed, a nation could spend its time sensibly discussing issues and ideas that would advance her people rather than fighting to have this basic good governance measure followed. On the 28th of October 2015, the Chief Education Officer of Guyana sent out a circular where he, on behalf of the Ministry of Education, declared, inter alia, that the grades two and four assessments would no longer be weighted nor form part of the marks for grade six assessment as before and that the said circular was to have immediate effect. While there were mumblings, prior to the circular being sent out, about the possibility of this happening, up to today’s date nobody from the Ministry, not the CEO himself, nor any of the two highly paid Ministers, not the several new advisers nor the newly acquired Public Relations consultants, has both-
ered with honouring their duty to tell the nation of this major change to our education system. Not surprisingly the people of our country are confused about, and desperate to know, what precisely the circular means and whether its contents are best for our country. I am bombarded with such questions. Sadly, I am without answers as the circular itself is unclear. Further, I was not consulted nor even told about this big change neither as a citizen of Guyana and mother of children of relevant ages, nor as Shadow Minister of Education in the National Assembly. Parents, children and teachers alike would like to know whether those current grades five and six students who already wrote both assessments, which were already marked and weighted, would still have their grades considered at the next two grade six assessments or are their efforts to be abandoned and their grades, already earned, to be discarded? I would like to know what new measures are being put in place to ensure the grades that will emerge from the new un-weighted assessments
will actually be used diagnostically to guide the interventions going forward for each child, thus giving meaning to the reason for assessments in the first place. I should not have had to ask these questions in the first place as good governance demands that the nation be consulted on and informed fully of major policy changes in any sector. However, having been forced to ask, I would have preferred Mr. Editor to raise these issues from the floor of National Assembly so that the people who have asked me for answers could hear those answers. Unfortunately with the Government’s efforts to dodge the debate on the motion to annul the salary increases with which they have rewarded themselves, the National Assembly has been indefinitely postponed. I am therefore left with no place else but your columns to plead with the Ministers to do their duty and let the nation know what this circular really means for the parents, children and teachers who it will directly and immediately affect. Priya Manickchand Member of Parliament (PPP/C)
DEAR SIR, I am writing this letter in response to the Issenuru issue and to enlighten the Guyanese public that a story has more than one side. I started working my Draga SD 7652 at a point about 400 yards above where the dredge is presently located (which by the way is a white Draga and not the one shown in the newspapers). This was in the Issenuru Village area during the first week of April, 2015. At the time of commencement of working, I was granted permission by Mr. Dwight Larson, then the secretary of the Issenuru Village Council. In his words what he says goes and he does not need to consult the council or anyone to grant permission, as his word was powerful enough. In the first three productions, I had been extremely generous. On another occasion I have been generous in fixing an outboard engine. Yet on another occasion, I borrowed money from an Apaiqua business person to help as I wanted to stay
friends with the village. On yet another occasion I spent $20,000 to purchase stuff for a birthday party. Financial assistance as a dredge-owner is public knowledge in the village. Let me expand with specific details. I have donated at the request of the previous village council cash totaling $300,000 to assist in taking a group of 60 persons to Kamarang to play football. To the present council around August this year, I donated a further $400, 000 to take the same group to the same event. Aside from all of that I have assisted many individual residents of the same Issenuru village in numerous ways such as diesel and lube oil for their land dredges, Gasoline for their outboard engines. This would have cost me in excess of a further $1,500,000. Not to mention facilitating transportation and repairing and welding and almost every problem that individuals and the village would have requested of me.
Being a good Guyanese citizen I believe in the code of the “Bushman”, we all eat from the same plate. We have always maintained a friendly relationship with the Village and at no time ever refused to assist in whatever way we can. That is why I cannot understand the reason for this situation. Aside from the assistance I have always had to pay 12% of my gross production as tribute. This was the amount demanded of me. I will put the Kaieteur News in legal hot water so I do not want to say more. I have in my possession receipts from various representatives of the village Council totaling almost 700 Grams of Gold (22.5 Ounces) -$4,500,000) at today’s gold price. To the best of my knowledge I would have paid to certain representatives another 300 grams (10 ounces -$2,000,000) of which receipts were never issued to me . In a summary I would have paid 32.5 ounces of gold $6,500,000 to the village council of Issenuru. Suresh Ramkissoon
Dredge owner says a story has two sides
Sunday November 22, 2015
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Vatican to try five, including reporters, over leaks scandal
Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi is surrounded by the media after a news conference for his new book ‘’Merchants in the Temple’’ in Rome. REUTERS/YARA NARD Reuters - The Vatican yesterday ordered five people, including two Italian journalists, to stand trial for leaking and publishing secret documents, in the latest development in a leaks scandal which is rocking the papacy. The trial stems from the publication of two recent books which depict a Vatican plagued by mismanagement, greed and corruption and where Pope Francis faces stiff resistance from the old guard to his reform agenda. The Holy See was embarrassed and angered by the books, which it said used information that should never have been allowed to leave the walls of the city state. Prosecutors said three Vatican officials, including a high-ranking priest, formed “an organised criminal association” with the aim of “divulging information and documents concerning the fundamental interests of the Holy See and the State”. The first hearing in the trial will begin on Tuesday at 0930 GMT, the president of
the Vatican court ordered. The leaks are one of the biggest internal scandals to hit the papacy of Pope Francis and are reminiscent of the “Vatileaks” furore that preceded the resignation of former Pope Benedict in 2013. The Italian media has dubbed the latest episodes “Vatileaks II”. Two of the officials indicted, Spanish Monsignor Angel Lucio Vallejo Balda, who was number two at the Vatican’s Prefecture for Economic Affairs, and Italian laywoman Francesca Chaouqui, a public relations expert, were arrested earlier this month. Both were members of a commission Francis set up in 2013 to study economic and administrative reforms. The third official, Nicola Maio, was an assistant to Vallejo Balda. The two journalists, Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi, wrote books based on the leaks. They both “solicited and applied pressure, especially on Vallejo Balda, to obtain secret documents and information,” the court order
said. The books, “Merchants in the Temple” by Nuzzi and “Avarice” by Fittipaldi, were published this month. The Vatican has said the books give a “partial and tendentious” version of events and has condemned the writers for trying to reap financial advantages from receiving stolen documents. Both authors have rejected the accusations, saying they were just doing their jobs. Nuzzi told Reuters yesterday he had “never applied pressure on anyone” and would discuss with his lawyers whether or not to attend Tuesday’s hearing. He said his lawyers had told him he risked 4-8 years’ imprisonment. “The Italian constitution guarantees the right to information and expression but the Vatican is a state with no right to information,” he said. “If they think they can silence me they are following the wrong path, because after me other reporters will tell the facts and the information will not stop.”
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World powers to help Iran redesign reactor as part of nuclear deal DUBAI (Reuters) - Six world powers will help Iran redesign its Arak heavy water reactor so that it cannot produce weapons-grade plutonium, according to a document released by the state news agency IRNA yesterday. The document was signed separately on Nov. 13, 17 and 18 by the foreign ministers of Iran and the P5+1 (the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia plus Germany) as well as EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. It became effective on the date it was signed by all states. The fate of the Arak reactor in central Iran was one of the toughest sticking points in the long nuclear negotiations that led to an agreement in July. Removing the core of the heavy water reactor to produce less plutonium is a crucial step before the relief from sanctions starts. Iran will act as project manager, according to the document, while China “will participate in the redesign and the construction of the modernized reactor” and the United States “will provide
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technical support and review of the modernized reactor design”. France, the United Kingdom and Germany will participate in design review and Russia will provide consultative services. “The primary design of Arak reactor will take one year. Then the (P5+1) working group has three months to approve it,” Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for Iran’s atomic energy agency, was quoted as saying yesterday by state broadcaster IRIB. During the process the Arak heavy water reactor will be reconfigured so it cannot yield fissile plutonium usable in a nuclear bomb. The Islamic Republic has said that the 40-megawatt,
heavy-water plant is aimed at producing isotopes for cancer and other medical treatments, and has denied that any of its nuclear activity is geared to developing weapons. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered last month that the work to redesign the Arak facility will only be carried out once allegations of past military dimensions (PMD) of the country’s nuclear program had been settled. The International Atomic Energy Agency, which finished taking samples from Iran’s Parchin military complex in early October, is expected to announce its conclusions on PMD by Dec. 15.
Cameron sees U.N. resolution on Syria action as key moment Reuters - Prime Minister David Cameron said the United Nations Security Council’s resolution to redouble action against Islamic State in Syria was an important moment, strengthening his bid to start air strikes against the militant group there. The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday drafted by France after a series of attacks in Paris a week ago that killed 130 people and were claimed by Islamic State. “This is an important moment,” said Cameron in a statement soon afterwards. “The international community has come together and has resolved to defeat this evil, which threatens people of every country
and every religion.” Britain is already involved in air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq. Cameron wants to extend the operation to hit Islamic State in Syria to fall into line with allies, and has said he will submit a plan to parliament to do so. He will meet French President Francois Hollande tomorrow to discuss the fight against terrorism in Syria and Iraq, his spokesman said yesterday. Islamic State has seized large areas of territory in Syria and neighbouring Iraq. A U.S.led coalition has been bombing the militants for more than a year and Russia started air strikes in Syria in September.
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Minister Amna Ali responds to Rohee Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ali, has responded to recent calls by People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary, Clement Rohee, to scrap the Ministry of Social Cohesion (MOSC). “His interpretation of the role of the MOSC,” she said “is completely flawed and is designed to foster the converse to what my Ministry is designed to negate.” Rohee at a recent press conference, had said that the PPP will ensure that the “so
called Ministry of Social Cohesion does not succeed in its divisive manipulative, deceitful and bribe-sharing efforts to divide Guyanese socially, politically along religious lines ostensibly for electoral purposes.” Ali stated that the assertions made by Rohee regarding the MOSC are a convoluted understanding of the Ministry, “which must be condemned.” Rohee’s counter attack, she said, did not come as a surprise since she had responded to his charges against GECOM with
allegations of ethnic biases. The APNU + AFC Government, she stated, is aware that Guyana is becoming increasingly diverse. Currently, she said, there are deliberate efforts by the government to encourage citizens of our country to cooperate with each other in order to survive and prosper as Guyanese. As such, (the government) resents the tirade of insinuations of division “bleated” by Rohee. “It is about time that he ceases to be bitter,
GPHC hosts 8th Scientific conference Scores of medical professionals, including 30 from supportive Universities and other medical institutions in Canada and the United States, are gathering at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre for the 8th Guyana Medical and Scientific Conference. The event which is set to begin at 08:30 hours today will see Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton, delivering the opening address. Among the visiting contingent set to grace the forum are doctors and professors from Toronto, McMaster University; University of Calgary; University of British Columbia; Case Western Reserve and Ohio State University and the Vanderbilt University. An Awards Ceremony yesterday at the Marriott Hotel preceded the conference. The ceremony which was slated to commence at 8:00 hrs was expected to see 27 medical doctors and other key medical personnel being presented with their tokens. Of those identified to
receive awards were four doctors who graduated with Masters Degrees in Paediatrics; five with Masters in Emergency Medicine and one with a Diploma in Surgery. Nine nurses who graduated from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Nursing Programme; four in Nurse Anaesthesia Training Programme and four Technicians – two in Echocardiography Training Programme and two with Diplomas in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Training Programme were also awarded. Yesterday’s forum was chaired by Director of the Institute of Health Sciences Education (IHSE), at the
Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Dr. Madan Rambaran. At that forum there was be a feature lecture by Professor of Medicine, Respiratory Division, University of British Columbia, Robert D. Levy, MD, FRCPC. At today’s Conference there will be two feature presentations, one titled: “Guyana Diabetic Care Project: Internal Collaboration to Improve Diabetes Care,” by Dr. Brian Ostrow, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto. The other – “Single Ventricla: Beating the Odds,” Building Paediatric Cardiac Referral Center in Guyana”, will be delivered by Continued on page 67
articulating race and hatebased messages. He and his Party must concede defeat at the 2015 National and Regional Elections and embrace nation building,” said Ali. The evidence of division and its potential to destroy Guyana as a nation are factors, which have driven the administration to put mechanisms in place at an institutional level, to respond to further threats of divisiveness, said Ali. “We have seen what division, marginalization and polarization can do and we, therefore, raise a standard against them- the previous administration saw nothing to gain from fostering cohesion and it was for that reason every counter attack to cohesion was nurtured and perpetuated. Unfortunately, Mr. Rohee, is still seeking to do the same thing.” Ali implored Guyanese at home and abroad to condemn “these deliberate attempts to divide Guyana and sow seeds of discord among Guyanese. As a nation we have too much to lose by these attempts to divide and rule. It is said that experience is the extract from suffering. This coalition government teems with experience.”
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A bad man deh pun stupidness Some people does really do stupidness and when other people talk dem does get vex. Imagine six months barely pass since de new government get into office and already people talking how some of dem just like Jagdeo and he boys. That is not a nice thing to say but dem boys want to know how come a man can build a place over de seawall and after he do that he decide that he gun expand pun what he build. De smart thing is that if he had to build that place pun land de amount of money he would have to spend just to buy a piece of land would cost him a fortune. So he go over de seawall and he build this place that is a night spot. Jagdeo didn’t tell him nutten so he decide that if he can build one he can build two. Is then de sea defence people move to stop him. But when you got friends in high places, nobody can’t stop you. De court paper was meaningless so de night spot people continue. De new government come in and de man do more. He drive a front-end loader over de wall and he cut down couple courida trees. Dem, boys seh that he and de AG is good friends so he ain’t frighten any legal action. De AG will stop all. But old people got a saying that wha sweet in goat mouth gun be like fire in he tail. This man didn’t have to worry when de Chat-3 was de AG. Now he claim that he don’t have to worry wid this AG. Soulja Bai deh in he corner like nobody’s business because he think that he Ministers gun do what is right. But some people gun get a rude awakening. When Soulja Bai get vex he can be like bass broom. He can clean out anything. Dem boys seh that somebody better send a bulldozer to this place over de seawall. Talk half and watch how de seawall gun get important
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Kaieteur News
Sunday November 22, 2015
Minister makes good on promise to discard parts of NGSA Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, since his appointment as Minister of Education, had stated the need for parts of the National Grade Six Examination to be discarded as it was fostering unhealthy, “exam culture” in the nation’s children. In an interview on Thursday, Dr Roopnaraine revealed that this will “come into play virtually immediately. The next Grade Six assessments are going to be assessments that will not have 15% percent from Grades Two and Four examinations,” he said. The Ministry has sent out a circular to schools across the country stating that “with immediate effect, the weighting previously attributed to the Grades Two and Four Assessments will cease.” Schools were urged to put the necessary systems in place for the results of these assessments to be the basis for strategic interventions aimed at overcoming identified weaknesses of pupils. The Minister recently expressed his disappointment at the current grading system for the NGSA. In Grades Two and Four, pupils are required to write examinations which account for 15% of their final NGSA results. The Grade Two exam accounts for five per cent of the results while the Grade Four exam accounts for 10 per cent. ”What I’m saying is, let’s keep the assessment but let’s use it for diagnostic reasons,” said Dr Roopnaraine. He said that such a system, will allow educators to better tackle weak areas the students
Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine might have so that these weaknesses can be corrected for the Grade Six examinations. The Minister recounted stories he heard of pupils in Grade Two taking extra lessons for their examinations. He labeled this practice as “complete madness.” ”At Grade Two you’re supposed to be enjoying school not being primed for exams,” said the Minister. The rationale behind this move was said to be an effort to take the “exam culture” out of Grades Two and Four. The Minister stated that priming children from such a young age for examinations can seriously hinder their social development. By discarding the grading system for the NGSA the Minister revealed that his aim is to make the children happier, “as happier children learn best.”
39 hinterland ICT hubs by December Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock, has confirmed that 39 Information Communication Technology (ICT) hubs in hinterland communities will be fully equipped with computers and internet connection by next month. Speaking to the Government Information Agency (GINA), Allicock explained that the government is moving to take ICT to the hinterland. This initiative, he said will allow Amerindians to keep up with technological advancements, and to ensure that they are kept up to date with national and international events. “We will continue into the next year, where we will be able to have more of these
communities benefitting. Hopefully we will be able to give every village council an internet connection because we see that communication is critical for us to move forward. At the moment you would be amazed to know that some of these communities don’t know what is going on in their country, and it is sad. It is like they’re in a different world,” Minister Allicock explained. Additionally, Government will also be expanding the reach of Radio Paiwomak located at Bina Hill, Region Nine. Similar initiatives will also be extended to Regions One and Seven. The intention is to ensure that Amerindians, even in the most remote areas have access to information.
Sunday November 22, 2015
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Celina ignores Govt to halt works An overhead shot of the work and reported damage to the mangrove at the Kitty seawall.
Work being done in the foreshore area.
Government is involved in a tussle with a city businessman who refused to halt construction works at Celina’s Atlantic Resort. The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) is now moving to court to seek an injunction to halt what it says are unauthorized activities. The hangout bar and restaurant, which made the news in recent months for the construction, is also finding itself in trouble with the sea defence authorities. It has illegally cleared mangroves, trucked sand, placed containers and disturbed the beach area at Kitty, with acquiring permission. Yesterday, Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, confirmed that the matter is engaging the attention of his Ministry. “I can tell you that at least three cease orders to halt construction taking place there have been issued. They have been ignored and we have been talking to the office of the Attorney General for an injunction.” Kaieteur News was told that since in late June, Celina’s
Managing Director, Bernard Yhun, was written to about unauthorized construction taking place on the Kitty business place. He was advised that the construction was in breach of the lease issued by the Lands and Survey Commission. He was asked to halt construction and to contact the Ministry of Public Information. Another order was issued in September. Earlier this month, Yhun was again written to, warning him of the unauthorized construction at the sea defence reserve. According to the Notice of Violation, any activity regarding the seas and river defence reserves has to be approved by the Sea Defence Board. The Ministry was unhappy that Yhun breached regulations when he stockpiled construction materials, operated heavy equipment across the seawall, excavated the foreshore area, cut mangroves and did modifications of existing buildings. Celina is also accused of placing three containers in the
area. Yhun was ordered to cease all work and remove the equipment and workers from the site. However, the activities continued. Yesterday, a visit to the seawall area in Kitty found workers moving sand and working on buildings there. An excavator and a truck were parked over the seawall in the area. It is unclear how they reached there. Workers said that a “Mr. Larry” was in charge but was not there. The development at the seawall had initially raised eyebrows. In 2003, the land was leased for 50 years to Yhun for tourism purposes, for the establishment of a seaview resort. The land, east of the Kitty groyne and north of the seawall, was 1.54 acres with Yhun asked to pay $1.5M every two years. Celina’s lease barred it
from undertaking any work without permits from Environmental Protection Agency. A no-objection has to also be granted by the Sea Defence Board. Yhun agreed to submit plans of any construction to
the Sea Defence Board before starting any work. He was also specifically barred from disturbing mangrove east of the property without consent of the Board. Yhun was also told that he
must move any equipment and materials to and from the area by the way of the sea. He was forbidden to move any construction plant, equipment and materials over the sea defences without the Board’s permission.
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Kaieteur News
Sunday November 22, 2015
GRDB: Rice millers GECOM ready for Local Government Elections receive over $660M for Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner Vincent Alexander yesterday announced that the Secretariat is prepared for the 2016 Local Government Elections and will address every one of PPP’s concerns prior to the elections. “I think we are right on schedule for March 18,” Alexander said, explaining that the Ministry would not have set March 18, 2016 as the date for polls if they had not first consulted with the Guyana Elections Commission. One of the Secretariat’s major apprehensions, he said, is knowing the size of the population in a few constituencies. He indicated that there were about eight such constituencies. Alexander stated further that the Commission was prepared to resolve every one of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) concerns before the polls. On Friday, Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan announced March 18, 2016 as the date for the Local Government Elections. Although, the Constitution stipulates that the elections should be held every three years, the last elections were held in 1994. The extensive delay was caused by reforms agreed to by the then People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) government
and the People’s National Congress, with the last bits of legislation being passed this year. Over the years, there were many calls and protest actions for the then PPP government to hold the elections. The PPP had even vowed that once it was re-elected in the 2011 General and Regional Elections, the elections would be held within the span of a year. However, after the victory, there were no further talks on the side of the government for the holding of the polls. Declaring a date for the polls was one of the promises the Coalition government set out in its first 100 days in office. Speaking at the media briefing, Bulkan stated that it was the former government that showed reluctance for the holding of the elections while the APNU-AFC coalition fervently pursued its occurrence. The elections will be held in nine towns and 62 Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs). Bulkan bemoaned that for too long the people were denied their right to elect their own local leaders. “This is an important time in our history; your government has recently declared that Guyanese will have the opportunity to democratically elect Councillors to manage towns and neighbourhoods,” he said, insisting the polls
were essential because the entire local government system is “rotten” and in need of rehabilitation. “Democratic renewal of local government organs is long overdue,” he stated. Local governments are mandated by law to provide services such as improving living conditions, creating employment in the various local areas, maintaining roads, bridges and other important infrastructure, garbage collection, cleaning of drains, promoting a healthy environment and encouraging citizens’ involvement in their communities. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) commenced its Claims and Objections Exercise for Local Government Elections on November 9 to produce a Register of Voters (RoV) for each of the nine Municipalities and sixty two Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs). The exercise will end on December 13, 2015. To facilitate the successful conduct of this exercise, GECOM has established 160 Claims and Objections Offices at strategic locations within all of the Municipalities and NDCs. All of these offices have been gazette and published in the print media, prior to the commencement of the exercise as is required legislatively.
rice supplied to Panama Millers have been paid over $600M for rice supplied to Panama, Government announced yesterday.
Farmers countrywide are to benefit from over $660M that was paid to rice millers by the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) for the supply of rice to Panama. GRDB’s General Manager (ag) Nizam Hassan explained on Saturday that “this is the payment that Guyana has received from Panama for its supply of almost 7,500 tonnes of rice. Over $660M has been paid out. All millers have been paid in full.” “This payment was made on the second contract for rice supplied to the Spanishspeaking country between September and October 2015. With payment arriving in such a short time, GRDB is confident that this can be seen as a start to the potential end of lengthy waiting periods for rice payments, by farmers,” a statement from GRDB’s public relations firm said yesterday.
Hassan said, “Farmers can expect payment now that millers have been paid.”GRDB said it has been working closely with all stakeholders to address the ongoing challenges farmers face in receiving early payment from millers for paddy sold. Farmers have been facing problems collecting from millers, although regulations allow for a timeframe of at least seven weeks from delivery. With over 600,000 tonnes of rice expected this year again, a record production, Guyana has been facing challenges to find markets. Compounding the challenges is the fact that neighbouring Venezuela has ended its five-year deal to take rice and paddy, following its revival of a simmering border claim. Guyana has commitments that Mexico will be taking some of the surplus but this has not been finalized as yet.
Sunday November 22, 2015
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GMSA honours outstanding leaders in manufacturing, business sectors Those persons who exemplified ingenuity and years of unwavering commitment to the manufacturing industry and to the business community were honoured on Wednesday by the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA.) The event was hosted at the Pegasus Hotel and chaired by Alex Graham. JTW Associates Ltd. was one of the many companies honoured. Joycelyn Williams, the driver behind this progressive entity, has for some years, been filling the needs of the public and private sectors for trained skills. In 2012, she took a huge leap of faith and approached City and Guilds of London with a proposal to accredit Guyana once again. It was deemed as a bold and impressive move when she resorted to the highly accredited international certificate programme which had been absent from the education curricula for more than 30 years. Since then, JTW Associates has been running
certifiable courses for City and Guilds in Customer Service, English for Office Use and Marketing. In addition, their trainers are being called increasingly to offer on-the-job training to raise the quality of the companies’ public representatives. As a result of its outstanding commitment to the private sector, it was given an award for its invaluable contributions to educational services in Guyana, especially for restoring City and Guilds Certification. For 41 unbroken years of consistency in superior Insurance Services to the Manufacturing and Services Industries, Abdool and Abdool Inc. was presented with a plaque by Resident country manager of the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB), Sophie Makonnen. The Massy Group of Companies, formerly Neal and Massy, has been in existence since 1932. After 26 years, the group of companies went public and continued with diversification of products and services. The group was
The group of outstanding members of the manufacturing and business community who were recently honoured by the GMSA. honoured for its 50 years of service to Guyana and for attaining international certification. In recognition of its contributions to the growth and development of the ICT sector in Guyana, Qualfon
remains the largest company of its kind in Guyana. It was honoured for its achievements to date. For rapid penetration, innovative labeling and packaging with Guyanese raw materials, Umami Inc. was
honoured by the GMSA. It was noted that the driving force behind the new operation was the need to produce high quality, value added products utilizing home grown ingredients. Aggressive marketing has
put the products of the fast growing company on almost every supermarket shelf in all three counties of Guyana. Amy’s Pomeroon Foods Inc. was also presented with an award for introducing Continued on page 71
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Kaieteur News
Sunday November 22, 2015
B Division Police unveil elaborate Christmas Plan By Samuel Whyte The Police in Berbice (B Division) under the command of Assistant Commissioner Christopher Griffith on Friday unveiled their annual Christmas policing initiative. The plan which went into effect on Friday November 15th was unveiled at a media brief held in the Commander’s office at the B Division headquarters in New Amsterdam Berbice. Apart from the Commander, also present at the activity were Deputy Commander Senior Superintendent Errol Watts, Divisional Officers of the three Police sub-divisions, Deputy Superintendent Linden Isles; Assistant Superintendent Karl Wilson; and Inspector Charles Hook
and the Divisional Detective Officer, Assistant Superintendent Scotland. In a very elaborate presentation, Commander Griffith stated that there are a number of reasons for the police Christmas policing plan. During the Christmas period there is usually an increase in social, cultural and economic activities resulting in an increase in shopping and visitors coming into the country for the holidays. The increase in activity usually results in congestion and a likely increase in criminal activities. Some of the main objectives and intentions of the plan are to minimize the activities of criminal elements and ensure a safe neighbourhood; to reduce
traffic congestion and road accidents; to provide a safe and secure environment for citizens, visitors and shoppers. Griffith also made some comparison for the year in review, which shows that the division did fairly well in terms of crime fighting. He gave the assurance that there will be adequate police protection and presence during the Christmas season and the police will not let up after the period. He said that although the Division is terribly understaffed, they aim to stick to their guns. To counter the shortage of staff, a number of initiatives will be put in place, including pulling ranks from desk duties to support those
on the beat. Some ranks are also expected from police Headquarters in Georgetown. The numbers will also be boosted with the deployment of Community Policing Group members and Neighbourhood Police in various communities. The Division was recently boosted by additional vehicles. To effectively carry out the plan, the Division has been divided into four sectors. Sector One will cover from Mara to Borlam Turn; Sector Two takes in from No.1 Road to No. 62 Village Corentyne. Sector Three will cover West Berbice (Right bank of the Abary River to Ithaca W.B.B), while Sector Four will cover From No. 63 Village Corentyne to Moleson Creek on the Upper Corentyne. Some of the main
shopping areas in Berbice that the police will pay keen attention to are New Amsterdam, Rose Hall Town, Port Mourant, Corriverton, Rosignol, Bush Lot and Bath, West Coast Berbice. Special arrangements will also be put in place for Christmas Eve and Old Year’s Day to deal with traffic, crowd control, late shopping and other social gatherings at a number of locations throughout the Division. The Christmas policing method will be assessed on a weekly basis and changes and adjustments will be made where necessary. Additionally, there will be mobile, beat, marine, fixed point patrols, road blocks, raids, cordon and searches and intelligence gathering. Increased monitoring will be done at the Berbice River Bridge, Moleson Creek Ferry Crossing, Rosignol and New Amsterdam Stellings and
illegal crossings on the Corentyne River. While monitoring of Guysuco Pay offices at Albion, Blairmont, Rose Hall Canje and Skeldon estates will be intensified. Traffic Patrols will also be intensified on the West Coast Berbice Public Road and the Corentyne Highway. Crime tips will be distributed where necessary. Commander Griffith assured that they are prepared to work with all stakeholders to ensure, as far as possible a crime and accident free Christmas. He stated that they will up the ante against persons selling and lighting squibs and bombs, noise nuisance and road rage. The Commander and his senior ranks, although working under severe constraints including vehicular and staff shortage, have been credited with the reduction of crime in the Division.
Habits are not the product of one decision — They’re the result of repeated choices that eventually become automatic responses. How can you know your true spiritual condition? By the company you keep and the choices you make. When you’re free to go, where do you choose to go? Whose company do you prefer?
Sunday November 22, 2015
Kaieteur News
Passing of the tobacco legislation should be top priority for Guyana - no reason to justify why the legislation hasn’t been tabled in Parliament The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Regional Advisor on Tobacco Control, Dr. Adrianna Blanco, says there is no reason to justify why the long-delayed tobacco control legislation has not been tabled in Parliament. Blanco stated that the passing of the legislation should be top priority for Guyana. She explained that although tobacco use and exposure to second hand smoke are totally preventable, tobacco is killing over six million people per year. “I think for any country in the Caribbean it should be a priority, specifically where the country does not have a high prevalence...for example Guyana. “You shouldn’t wait until your country has 30% prevalence to do something,” she said. There are many proven preventive measures that can help curb the swelling epidemic, and it could all be administered with little to no cost for the government. “So it’s really a winwin situation: where the health of your people is protected and the fact that it doesn’t take money from the health system. Personally, I don’t see why they shouldn’t approve the legislation in your parliament,” she stated. Each year, tobacco kills six million people: 5.4 million active smokers and 600,000 non-smokers exposed to secondhand smoke. It is the single legal consumer product that kills up to half of its users when used exactly as intended by the manufacturer and costing the global economy an estimated US$200 billion each year. A PAHO/WHO report indicated 71% of men consume tobacco while only 3.6% women are users in Guyana. This is a typical profile of tobacco consumption since men usually consume more than women at the beginning. Blanco added that the Caribbean countries are becoming more like European countries, in that the level of intake is almost similar. “This is something that if you don’t take care of it, it will get worst,” she opined. Currently, more than one in five students use a form of tobacco, with 9.5 % of students smoking cigarettes and 14.8 % using some other form of tobacco. This was revealed in the Guyana Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) for 2010. It stated that 11.4 % of Guyanese youths,
who were non-smokers, were likely to initiate smoking by the next year. Blanco also stated that banning children from buying cigarettes send a counter-message about tobacco consumption. “It’s saying that it’s okay for adults but wrong for children so gives the impression that they should wait until they are legal to buy,” she explained. “It is not very good. So even though you need to put a limit for the age of buying cigarettes one should remember that it is still a part of a comprehensive approach and there are many measures that can be used,” she added, noting that Guyana’s tobacco bill is very comprehensive. “The bill that you have in Guyana in a very good one; if it is passed as it is it will be one of the most advanced legislation in the region,” she posited. The Tobacco Control Bill fulfils requirements laid out in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which Guyana consented in 2005. The legislation is intended to protect present and future generations from the “devastating harms” of tobacco use, exposure to tobacco smoke and specifically to prevent tobacco use among youths. The legislation would also seek to ensure that the public is protected from the commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry, while preventing the illicit trade in tobacco products. Tobacco advertisement is also another issue that Blanco said the government needs to clamp down on. “The tobacco industry doesn’t sell cigarette; it sells happiness, having friends and you looking cool... That’s why you see so many teens smoking,” she explained. The legislation would ensure that there are strict regulations concerning the advertisement of tobacco. She said that the government needs to increase taxes on tobacco. Charity Cancer Research UK (CRUK) researchers have indicated that tripling tobacco tax globally would cut smoking by a third, and avoid 200 million premature deaths from lung cancer and other diseases, this century. The researchers stated that increasing taxes by a large amount per cigarette would motivate people to quit
smoking altogether rather than switch to a cheaper brand. At present, cigarettes are so easily accessible they are sold singly—the price going as low as $40. “There is a need to increase taxes on tobacco. It makes tobacco more expen s i v e and less accessible for children while providing revenue f o r t h e c o u n t r y, ” s h e indicated, highlighting that only one country has r e a c h ed the level of tax increase that is recommended by WHO, which is that the taxes represent 75% of the retail price of the cigarette. When questioned about what could be causing the government to drag its feet on passing the piece of legislation, Blanco posited that it was the interference of the tobacco industry. “The tobacco industry is very powerful and rich,” she said, adding that government may also be tied up with other issues, and so the legislation may be pushed on the back burner. Nevertheless, she argued that the Demerara Tobacco Company (DEMTOCO) is very active in Guyana— building mangroves and providing money for scholarships. “... And all that puts them in collaboration with the government. So if the government on one hand is receiving money from a company and then wants to ban the very product that company is selling, then there will be a conflict of interest,” she explained further. Blanco added that the tobacco industry is also skilled at inflating the number of Guyanese employed in the industry, so as to try to stop the government from banning cigarette smoking. “There isn’t really a reason why the legislation should take so long to be passed,” she stated. Public Health Minister, George Norton, who had previously stated that the long-awaited Bill would be placed on the order paper in July, told Kaieteur News that the Bill should be placed on the order paper early next year. “In fact it should have been one of the first items up but we never got the chance to,” he asserted, adding that the passing of the Bill affects everyone, including the law makers. He said that he had the support of the government and was looking forward to the tabling of the bill.
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Managing the difficult patient encounter in the ER In the ideal world everybody gets along, and there aren’t personalities and cultural differences that make us differ in opinion. Obviously there is no such existence, and it is even more complicated in emergency rooms (ER) where the environment is high-stress and unpredictable. Emergency physicians cannot anticipate that all encounters will unfold according to the standard expectations for successful patientphysician relations, that is, that privacy and confidentiality will be maintained and patient autonomy exercised.
Privacy, autonomy, even assessing and addressing the medical complaint itself are often not the emergency physician’s first priority in managing uncooperative patients. These Physicians are expected to maintain calm and be respectful to every patient. Often however, there are patients or relatives who are aggressive because of anger or an unstable state of mind. These persons can pose a threat to the staff and other patients in the ER and must be kept in check for the safety of all. In most emergency departments, aides or security personnel are available to assist if the patient becomes unruly. Those not involved in the patient’s care (hospital secu-
The fires are here and every day a house goes up in flames. Two went up in flames within hours of each other. That would not be the end of the matter. Another fire would breakout in a house where a large family live. This fire would be caused by a careless individual who happened to be under the influence. It would seem that fires and road accidents go hand in hand. ** Criminal activity is ongoing because a certain group of people are copycats. In the city some young men, very young men at that, would be following reports of robberies and would want to emulate the successful group. But the high that they experience will be shortlived, because the police will decide that enough is
enough. Drastic measures will ensue. ** The roads continue to be crazy. People seem to take a lot for granted. The result is that the races are going to continue on the roads and there would be serious crashes. In one case a motorcyclist will be dodging between cars, a dangerous habit in itself. The accident will simply result in the loss of another life.
By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
rity personnel or police officers) should be discretely placed, so that the patient is aware that they are present or nearby, but they should not intrude on the patient-physician encounter unless they are actively engaged in guarding or controlling the patient. The physician’s first intervention is to assure the patient in a non-threatening way that, regardless of the circumstances, his or her health is the physician’s primary concern. Often physicians must maintain control of their own emotions, responding to a patient’s anger and even abuse, calmly and un-defensively. It is difficult to list what goes on next in sequence. The physician must determine, almost simultaneously: · Whether the patient is likely to pose a threat of harm to him or herself -or to others. · Whether or not a medical emergency or need exists. Whether the patient is in physical distress. Intoxicated. Psychotic. Attempting to get a prescription for narcotics. · Whether the patient is competent to accept or refuse treatment. If not, whether someone is present who can speak as the patient’s surrogate. The possible combinations of answers to these questions determine how the encounter proceeds. If a medical need is present and the patient is not combative or hostile and is competent to discuss and consent to or refuse treatment, the encounter resembles a traditional acute medical intervention. If medical need is present and the patient is highly combative or frenzied, with frankly compromised mental status, he or she can be restrained or
sedated so that the need can be assessed and treatment can proceed. The physician may ask security personnel or police to detain or control the patient. A patient’s decision on his or her care should make sense relative to his or her values. Refusing surgery because it is frightening, for example, may be perfectly reasonable, but not consistent with a goal of continued life. Obviously, the need to feel secure about the patient’s competency increases as the risk associated with an intervention or the refusal of an intervention increases. A psychiatric consultation may be needed.
In all events, seriously injured or ill patients who refuse treatment should be given comfort care rather than turned away because of their refusal. As the distress from the injury or illness increases, and with continued encouragement of medical staff, they may change their decisions. Given the likely physical and emotional distress of patients with emergency medical needs, their possible estrangement from routine health maintenance, and the diverse psychosocial and cultural backgrounds and expectations that converge in the emergency department, it’s small wonder that the real life “ER” offers an intense immer-
Dr. Zulfikar Bux sion course in managing difficult clinical encounters. Emergency Physicians are therefore trained and expected to be the calm minds in the midst of crises.
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Sunday November 15, 2015
THE CASE OF THE Stanleytown stalker By Michael Jordan Travel through Inner Stanleytown, on the West Bank of Demerara and you’ll observe the canefields, the canals and the thick vegetation. It may then dawn on you that this area would be a good hiding place for a fugitive. One man found this terrain to his liking just a few years ago. He knew it like the back of his hand, and he used this knowledge to abduct, rape, and kill… Back in 1992, no one would have given Neil Bovell a second glance. After all, he was just an ex-policeman who was living in Stanleytown. All that changed on Tuesday, December 22, 1992. At that time, the then 25-year-old Bovell was ‘living home’ with a 19-year-old woman named Shondell O’Brien.
Bovell, according to reports, had never threatened or abused his reputed wife. But later that evening, he and O’Brien had a quarrel. He responded by punching out one of the young woman’s front teeth. Bovell, reportedly motivated by jealousy, then stabbed O’Brien several times with a kitchen knife. In her bid to escape, Shondell O’Brien leapt from a window to the ground, where she collapsed from her wounds. Some said she was stabbed 21 times, but you know Guyanese love to exaggerate. Bovell went into hiding, but was captured a few days later at Bartica. But the case against him fell apart when the prosecution failed to find any eyewitnesses to say that they had seen him actually stab his reputed wife.
Dead: Neil Bovell After being released from prison, Bovell started a relationship with another young lady named Philippa Harrison. It is unclear whether she knew of his past. They lived in Stanleytown for some five years before problems developed in the relationship. In early September 2003, Philippa Harrison walked out of the home and went to stay at relatives in East Ruimveldt area known as Warlock. Neil Bovell bided his time, and on Saturday, September 6, 2003, he drove to the house where Harrison was staying. According to reports, he had brought a barrel containing her clothes and other belongings. Shortly after, a neighbour heard them arguing, but paid them no mind, since “it was a man and woman story.” Bovell then left. Later that evening, 31year-old Philippa Harrison went to a neighbour’s house to complain about an incident involving one of her children. She was speaking to a resident when Bovell, brandish-
ing a knife, emerged from an alleyway and pounced on her. Screaming “murder, murder”, Harrison tried to flee, but Bovell cornered her in the alley and stabbed her repeatedly until she collapsed. The assailant then hurriedly left in his car. The following day, police recovered the suspect’s white station wagon in front of his father’s Stanleytown home. In the vehicle, police found the blade of the knife with which Bovell had killed his second reputed wife. But of the killer, there was no trace. All that changed on Saturday, October 4, 2003. That day, Bovell sneaked into the Lot 139 Stanleytown home of 64-year-old mechanic Vernon Bernard. He killed the elderly man and then waited for Bernard’s daughter, Velda, to arrive home. When she came home just before midnight, Bovell held her at knifepoint and tied her up. He then placed the dead man’s body in the two-bedroom house, doused it with kerosene and set it alight. The killer then hoisted the diminutive woman bodily and took her into the dense Canal Number Two backlands. While holding her in captivity, Bovell constantly ranted about the crimes he had committed and about the persons who had incurred his wrath. He blamed Velda Bernard’s father for causing him to be incarcerated for six months. The woman suspected that someone was supplying the fugitive with meals. Eventually, after two days in the mosquito-infested backlands, Bernard managed to untie herself from a tree and flee while Bovell slept.
She was taken to the Wales Police Station before being reunited with relieved family members. As the manhunt intensified, Bovell survived several close encounters with the police and villagers. In one case, he miraculously fled unscathed when heavilyarmed police ranks had apparently cornered him behind a Stanleytown house. An elderly man, 70-year-old Eustace Small, was accidentally killed after Bovell took cover behind the pensioner who was in his yard. The raids by police appeared to incense Bovell. He vented his rage on villagers, sneaking out at night to abduct and rape young women. One of the victims was a 32-year-old West Coast Demerara woman. She was grabbed at gunpoint from her boyfriend’s house on Thursday, August 14, 2003. The outlaw held her hostage for hours before she managed to escape. Bovell seemed to be targeting fair-complexioned women, and females of mixed ancestry. Women of Stanleytown began to avoid walking in the community after sundown. Villagers who had information about his whereabouts were afraid to inform the police, since many felt that there were people in the community who were assisting the ex-policeman to avoid capture. One resident recalled passing Bovell smoking a cigarette on the street, but said he was afraid to alert his female companion for fear that she might have looked back or screamed. In desperation, police employed aerial patrols to fly
over the community and also torched the canefields to flush the fugitive out. A special team was also set up to track down the outlaw, and in October 2005, Police offered a $1M reward for information leading to Bovell’s arrest. Then on Wednesday, December 27, 2006, police ranks received a call from someone in the area that Bovell was at his father’s house at Lot 137 Stanleytown. A senior rank and a party of policemen responded in an unmarked car. When they arrived, Bovell was reportedly preparing to cook a meal in the backyard. On spotting the ranks, the fugitive made a dash for freedom, but by then the ranks had managed to surround the area. Dodging bullets, Bovell led the ranks on a chase through a muddy track. He managed to flee as far as a few lots away before going down in a hail of bullets which ripped open his right shoulder and left gaping holes in his body. The heavilymuscled, dreadlocked fugitive bore little resemblance to bulletins which police had posted of him. His healthy appearance confirmed reports that persons had been harbouring the killer, who had terrorised the community since 2003. If you have any information about other unusual cases, please contact Kaieteur News at our Lot 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown location. We can be reached on telephone numbers 2258465, 22-58491 or 2258473. You can also contact Michael Jordan at his email address mjdragon@ hotmail.com.
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== THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN ==
Mediterranean lunch at Giftland Mall On Thursday midday, I took my wife and daughter to lunch at the food court at the Giftland Mall. We dined at a restaurant that offers Italian dishes. Interestingly, most of them had the name Gotti in front of them, no doubt referring to the notorious ItalianAmerican mafia tyrant that died in an American prison, John Gotti. I had “Gotti fettuccini.” The fettuccini came with mince soaked in deep sauce. This establishment specializes in pasta. My daughter is literally pasta obsessed, so that was our choice of dining place. Bad habits tend to stay with crazy people. I was starved and my conditions worsened when they said it takes fifteen minutes of waiting. So I went directly opposite the Italian cafeteria and bought a Chinese cake and a sorrel drink to keep my hunger under control. As a working class boy, I was shocked when I was told how much those everyday street items cost. But then again, I guess things in places like these cannot be the same prices as in a neighbourhood shop. The Chinese cake was good. I mean very tasty and it was the largest Chinese cake I ever saw and ate. I don’t have any complaints about my Mediterranean “Gotti lunch.” It is wise to stick to what one knows best; I am not a culinary ex-
pert. The food was alright. One must remember that improvements come with time. People try and their efforts must be applauded. But reviews and criticism help. I would have expected that after waiting for about over half an hour, my meal would have been hot or very warm. I don’t know why this happened, but the owners need to take a look at that area. Giftland Mall is swashbuckling, erotic, exotic, inviting, captivating and enjoyably attractive. The Guyanese people need to say positive things about this structure, because its positiveness stands out. We should be glad it came to Guyana. As a commentator I recommend this place to all age groups. Take your girlfriend, boyfriend, spouse, children, and sample the ambience of Giftland Mall. An educated person in finance or economics or accountancy looking at the sprawling complex and its vast retail shops and massive food court and eight cinemas is confronted with questions. Could the Guyanese economy sustain this superlative service? I don’t have the answers, but I hope the Guyanese
economy can sustain the Giftland Mall. Guyana, with its immense backwardness, its 19th century orientation and 15th century values, needs a structure as we see in the Giftland Mall. I would recommend a supermarket, a gym, spa and hair salon. The place is so large that the owners could cater for weekend street theatre and small musical concerts. When I looked at the gargantuan size, my mind went back to my student days at UG and the dramatics of Henry Rodney, Mark Matthews and Henry Mootoo. The owners should continue their improvisation. The Mall did feature a professional boxing match. I would suggest the owners inquire about educational institutions having their graduations there. Alfresco Christmas parties of Guyana’s big companies should be given a try. These dimensions should assist in popularizing the place. The value of places like Giftland Mall is that it gives a sense of modernization to young people who feel that their country is so backward that the future will come long after they are dead, so it is
best to migrate and taste the modern world. What goes through the mind of a young Guyanese who leaves the University of Guyana and stops off at the Giftland Mall? It is an ascent from dirt to beauty. When you leave the derelict environment of UG and you enter the Giftland Mall, you are virtually in another country. Herein lies the value of the Mall to Guyana. In writing about any huge business project in this country, the analyst should not forget the dimension of workers’ rights. I find it com-
pletely amusing the brouhaha between some of the Ogle aircraft companies and Correia group of companies, a subject I don’t know much about and cannot comment either way. If there is domination and business monopoly at Ogle, it should be confronted and be defeated. For now, I will abstain for any comment either way. But I have had human rights complaints against two of those companies that are currently complaining about Correia. One is heartbreaking and formed an entire column of mine.
Frederick Kissoon One thing I have learnt about business and it is not confined to Guyana only – profits are more important than people. Try the Gotti fettuccini. You may like it!
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Building momentum towards Sustainable Development through Open Government Partnership (Contributed by Stephen Davenport & Tiago Carneiro Peixoto) The just-completed Open Government Partnership annual summit focused on how greater openness in Government can accelerate progress toward attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. The open government agenda is most closely linked to the ambitious Goal 16 on Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions which focuses, among other targets, on ensuring “responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels.” Though progress in this area is difficult to quantify, evidence shows that citi-
zen participation - the next Transparency frontier – is important to development outcomes. These examples show that if the open government movement is going to help build momentum toward the SDGs, more attention must be paid to refining the role of City/ Municipal governments and broadening the opportunities to engage citizens. The OGP Global Summit provided an opportunity for members to consolidate and build momentum, reflect on what is working and what is not, and lay out a framework for further exchange, cooperation and action. Land issues play a significant role in this scenario. Governments should develop
National Action Plans that promote transparency and accountability in land matters. Civil society organizations can help by pressing governments to address land transparency by: · Creating a publicly available cadaster, which includes not just the boundaries of individual private property, but also land held by Indigenous Peoples and other rural communities that is registered and held under customary tenure; · Sharing information regarding ongoing negotiations for agricultural or landbased investments; and · Releasing to the public the contracts and agreements with foreign and domestic investors.
Sunday November 15, 2015
Guyana fully committed to the rule of law (Address By Prime Minister Moses V. Nagamootoo to the Open Government Partnership Summit, Mexico City) Excellency, President Pena Nieto, Vice President of South Africa, Ministers, Ambassadors, Social Partners, Leaders; Guyana is grateful to Mexico for the kind reception and hospitality and for the invitation to attend the Open Government Partnership (OGP) 2015 Global Summit. Guyana salutes the United States and other founding members for kick-starting the OGP initiative and congratulates Mexico on its leadership in the past year. For Guyana, being here is a kind of homecoming, as this is where we need to be (or ought to be) in the near future. We look forward to being the 70th member, in the 70th year of the United Nations, once we conclude the consultation process and find sponsorship and support for our candidature. Our government is only five months young, having come into office in May of
this year. I bring greetings from His Excellency President David Granger, and the assurance that we are fully committed to the rule of law, to open democratic governance, open (unfettered) justice, a free media and accountability to our people. We are a coalition government of six parties, faced with the twin battle to re-establish our democracy and simultaneously protect our national sovereignty. Guyana is a small country with vast resources. Our border with our Western neighbour was settled in 1897 under the Treaty of Washington. However, Venezuela has sought to reassert a patently false claim to fiveeighths of Guyana, which includes most of our vast forested lands and mineral resources, as well as our Exclusive Economic Maritime Zone. Venezuela has proceeded to impose a trade embargo against Guyana, refusing to continue a longstanding trade agreement to buy our rice and to sell us fuel. Venezuela is also continuing to block oil exploration off Guyana’s coast and inside
Moses Nagamootoo our territory, to threaten our investors in gold and other mineral extraction. This is all in clear violation of international law and the obligations of every international treaty. Guyana is a peaceful nation enjoying cordial relations with every nation in this hemisphere. We have never laid claim to any country’s territory. Guyana does not imprison political opponents or practice blackmail or bullying diplomacy. We seek to be part of the global community of nations that respect the rule of law, and to align ourselves with transformative movements like the OGP. Partnership on the core tenets of transparency, civil participation, and the fight against corruption are a celebration and a strengthening of democracy. More importantly, it allows for the development of our citizens and our country. During the campaign prior to Guyana’s National elections this year, I repeatedly borrowed from the Ten Commandments laid out in the Bible, i.e. God’s law: “THOU SHALL NOT STEAL.” My Government practices this law as we seek to re-build our nation. Today I find in this partnership and in the objectives of the OGP much that is aligned to our own objectives and the mechanisms to help us to eradicate all vestiges of corruption in our country. We believe that we have found good company in the OGP. We undertake to follow and implement all of the necessary procedures and caveats required by Guyana to become a participating member of the OGP. This, of course, requires us to seek endorsement and full approval for our candidature. We are proud and humbled to be here and we thank you for the privilege.”
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The transformation is gratifying A Jamaican lawyer came to Guyana to meet with some deportees who still believe that they were wrongfully sent home. This lawyer, with a counterpart, came to Guyana to meet with the deportees and opted to examine their case. The turnout was amazing. One of the people who was there remarked that he never realized that so many people whom he actually saw walking the streets were deportees. The thing that got me was the fact that these people wanted so badly to go back to the United States. That country is no bed of roses at this time, but neither is Guyana. However, I think that it has something to do with access to drugs and the other hustle which is very difficult in Guyana. But the deportees and their problems are not the concern. It happened to be the way this female lawyer viewed Georgetown. She blurted out to me that Georgetown is so clean. Then she compared it to Kingston, Jamaica, and to Brooklyn. I started to say something about her having come to Guyana a few months too
late, when my colleagues silenced me. They were basking in the accolade. Indeed, it was nice to hear people say something good about the capital which until recently, was literally buried in garbage. Such was the case that people actually referred to Georgetown as the Garbage City. I recalled when former Minister Jennifer Webster undertook to clearing a garbage pile that had developed on Water Street just outside what was once the Guyana National Cooperative Bank. With help from the Guyana Fire Service, she removed tons of garbage only to see the pile return a few weeks later. Today, something has caught on in the city. Once garbage is removed it is not returned. One Saturday morning as I was heading to the laundry, a guard pointed out a pile to me. It rested in an area that had just been cleaned. The guard said that a ‘junkie’ had dumped somebody’s garbage there but that he, the guard, would see to it that it never happens again. I was not there, but I learnt that the junkie got a licking when he returned some time later with another set of
garbage. I hasten to say that no more garbage has been dumped there. That isn’t all. Some order is being restored. There is no more haphazard parking. I suppose many of us will have to use parking lots and walk to where we have to go. Traffic flows easily in the Bourda Market area and along Regent and Robb Streets because of the ban on parallel parking, and because of the pickets erected outside Bourda Market to inhibit parking. That is not all. Merriman Mall is an entirely different place. The other night I saw families with little children on the mall playing and enjoying something on a large screen. They did not have to go to the seawall. These things lift the spirit; they make people take a whole new approach to life. I am willing to bet that performance in the offices has been enhanced. Somebody talked about the cost of the cleanup. I hasten to say that had the cleanup been effected over the years, then there would not have been any talk about cost today. One former Minister was moved to say that he was
waiting for an outbreak of disease in the city. As fate would have it, he is no longer a minister, and there has been no outbreak. Even flooding that had become perennial has been reduced. People talk about water flowing in alleyways that they did not know existed. So where has all this sense of beauty been? Where was the pride? The drive is to ensure order. The muttering about the 2:00 am curfew is subsiding because people now go out earlier. That was once the case until some people decided to relax the regulation and allowed for lawlessness. But in the midst of all the drive to make Georgetown and the rest of Guyana somewhere to enjoy, we still have some distasteful episodes. Young gunmen seem to be playing games with the society. They target any and everything. And the society is actually encouraging this.
Just this week, a man shot and killed a wanted man who was living in plain sight of the police. Did the police know him? The society surely did and said nothing. No one gave the police a tip, choosing instead, to live and as they said, mind their own business. That is the attitude that is encouraging criminals. People who came home are now saying that they will not come back. Those are the people with money that will surely help to develop the country. If we chase them we suffer. And while I lament the attitude of sections of the society, I also lament the passing of a friend, Angela Johnson. She avoided me like the plague, because she was working with the previous administration. She did not want to be associated with any negative publication that I might produce, because she did not want to be picked on by her employers.
Adam Harris She was still my friend. She died yesterday, a young woman just preparing to enter her golden years. The word is that she was a victim of breast cancer. If that is true, then she was one tough cookie as they say. It would suggest that she knew that the end was fast approaching. I am told that two weeks before the end she went home with a promise to work from there. The end must have been painful, but my friend did not cry out. Rest in peace Angela.
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Sunday November 22, 2015
Common foot problems in diabetics By Dr. Kumar Sukhraj Dear readers, I am pleased to present via this media, some common foot lesions that a diabetic can experience. Your feet are at risk, because diabetes can cause damage to the nerves and the blood supply. This damage is more likely if: · You have had diabetes for a long time · Your blood glucose levels have been too high for an extended period · You smoke · You are inactive. Below is a list of foot problems that anyone can get. However for people with diabetes these common foot problems can possibly lead to infection and serious complications, such as amputation (surgical removal of a limb). 1. SMELLY FEET (ATHLETE’S FOOT). Many people may experience itching, redness, and cracking of the feet due to a fungal infection. Germs can enter through the cracks in your skin and cause an infection. Uncontrolled infections can lead to ulcers, abscesses etc. Ask your doctor to recommend a medication for athlete’s foot. 2. FUNGAL INFECTION OF NAILS. Nails may be-
come discoloured (yellowishbrown or opaque), thick and brittle, and may separate from the rest of the nail bed. In some cases, the nail may crumble. The dark, moist, and warm environment while wearing shoes can promote fungal growth. Also any injury to the nail can put you at risk for a fungal infection. Fungal nail infections are difficult to treat. Medications applied directly to the nail are available, but they might only help a small number of fungal nail problems. Oral medications (pills) may need to be prescribed by your doctor. Treatment also may include periodic removal of the damaged nail tissue. 3. CALLUSES. Building up of hard skin, usually on the underside of the foot. This is cause by uneven distribution of weight on the bottom of the forefoot or heel. Calluses also can be caused by improperly fitting shoes or by a skin abnormality. Keep in mind that some degree of callus formation on the sole of the foot is normal. Proper care is necessary if you have a callus. For excessive calluses, debridement (removal) is necessary. Use cushioned pads and insoles in your shoes. Medications also may be prescribed
to soften calluses. DO NOT try to cut the callus or remove it with a sharp object. 4. CORNS. Build-up of hard skin near a bony area of a toe or between toes. Corns may be the result of pressure from shoes that rub against the toes or cause friction between the toes. Proper care is necessary if you have a corn. Do not use over-the-counter remedies to dissolve corns. DO NOT try to cut the corn or remove it with a sharp object. 5. BLISTERS. Blisters can form when your shoes constantly rub against the same spot on your foot. Wearing shoes that do not fit properly or wearing shoes without socks can cause blisters, which can become infected. When treating blisters, it’s important not to “pop” (break) them. The skin covering the blister helps protect it from infection. 6. BUNIONS. A bunion forms when your big toe angles in toward the second toe. Often, the spot where your big toe joins the rest of the foot becomes red. This area also may begin to stick out and become hard. Bunions can form on one or both feet. They may run in the family, but most often are caused
by wearing high-heeled shoes with narrow toes. These shoes put pressure on the big toe, pushing it toward the second toe. The use of felt or foam padding on the foot may help protect the bunion from irritation. A device also may be used to separate the big and second toes. If the bunion causes severe pain and/ or deformity, surgery to realign the toes may be necessary. 7. DRY SKIN. Dry skin can crack, which can allow germs to enter. Use moisturizing soaps and lotions to help keep your skin moist and soft. 8. FOOT ULCERS. Break in the skin or a deep sore, which can become infected. Foot ulcers can result from minor scrapes, cuts that heal slowly or from the rubbing of shoes that do not fit well. Early intervention is important in treatment. Ask your doctor for advice on how to best care for your wound 9. HAMMERTOES. A hammertoe is a toe that is bent because of a weakened muscle. The weakened muscle makes the tendons (tissues that connect muscles to bone) shorter, causing the toes to curl under the feet. Hammertoes can run in families. They can also be cause by shoes that are too short. Hammertoes can cause problems with walking and can lead to other foot problems, such as blisters, calluses, and sores. Splinting and corrective footwear can help in treating them. In severe cases, surgery to straighten the toe may be necessary. 10. INGROWN TOENAILS. Ingrown toenails occur when the edges of the nail
grow into the skin. They cause pressure and pain along the nail edges. The edge of the nail may cut into the skin, causing redness, swelling, pain, drainage, and infection. The most common cause of ingrown toenails is pressure from shoes. Other causes include improperly trimmed nails, crowding of the toes and repeated trauma to the feet from activities such as running, walking, or doing aerobics. Keeping your toenails properly trimmed is the best way to prevent ingrown toenails. If you have a persistent problem or if you have a nail infection, you may need a doctor’s care. 11. PLANTAR WARTS. Plantar warts look like calluses on the ball of the foot or on the heel. They may appear to have small pinholes or tiny black spots in the centre. The warts are usually painful and may develop singly or in clusters. Plantar warts are caused by a virus that infects the outer layer of skin on the soles of the feet. DO NOT use over-the-counter medications to dissolve the warts. If you are not sure if you have a plantar wart or a callus, let your doctor decide. 12. FIXED JOINTS. Some patients may experience no movement in the ankle joint or the joints of the large toe. 13. BURNING, STINGING AND BITING, SENSATION TO FEET. This is referred to as neuropathic pains. Patient sometimes experience sleepless nights as a result of this problem. Consult your doctor when experiencing this. 14. CHANGES IN SKIN COLOUR. Dark discoloration, leather like appearance
Dr. Kumar Sukhraj of the skin, and loss of hair in the lower extremities is possible due to peripheral vascular disease. Many may also experience cold and clammy feet with swelling (edema). *** For all diabetic patients it is important to do a 60-second screening test that will help to screen the foot for any of the above mentioned foot problems. There are two types of risk to feet, high risk and low risk. Knowing the risk and taking care of your feet can prevent serious problems even amputation. If you have diabetes, contact your doctor if you are experiencing any of the above mentioned problems: Please feel free to send an email to kumarsukhraj@ yahoo.com or call 6228032 for further enquiry and discussion on the topic. Patient education plays an important role in the diagnosis and management of diabetes and any other illness. Please look forward for a continuation of the discussion on diabetes in the next publication.
Sunday November 15, 2015
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) applauds the efforts that are currently being made to reverse the environmental degradation that persisted over the last two decades in towns and villages across our nation. APNU remains committed to the development of a comprehensive national environmental strategy. The environmental health of our neighbourhoods on the coast and the hinterland must be given priority if we are to build healthy and happy communities. The clean-up campaigns, which began after the May 11 general and regional elections and have accelerated in preparation for our Golden Jubilee on May 26, 2016, create a wonderful platform for the promotion of the benefits of a healthy environment. In order for the current efforts to be sustained, formal and informal education campaigns must be employed to increase national understanding of the interconnectedness between our environment and our actions, and how this relates to our survival. Citizens must be encour-
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Our Environment aged to foster problem-solving approaches to basic environmental challenges. We must be able to build the capacity of our national institutions and community-based organisations to solve issues related to environmental health. Every community, whether it is in the hinterland or on the coast, must develop and/or improve systems for the disposal of domestic and industrial waste, including harmful air pollutants. Every community must embrace a green agenda. We must ensure that there is clean, affordable and accessible water for all that matches water quality with water usage. Our water sources must be protected, and consideration given to integrated water management as a cornerstone to our health. Attention must be paid to our food supply, our bio-diversity and our resilience to climate change, especially considering our low-lying coastal geography. Our agriculture sector must be
strengthened so that it can withstand the challenges of climate change. We must put in place measures for the strict control of agro-chemicals and associated products that are harmful to the public. Public spaces like our school yards, training centres, university campuses, community playing fields, and church yards must be converted into areas that model sustainability, foster cohesion, knowledge generation and sharing. Guyanese must once again take pride in their communities and be encouraged to keep their yards clean and be responsible for the proper disposal of their solid waste. The business community must be responsible for the proper disposal of their garbage and be made to provide adequate bins and dumpsters for use by their customers, and for the proper disposal of waste associated with their various businesses. The development of green spaces as a requirement for the con-
struction of new communities must be strictly enforced. It is essential that we integrate our land use practices, water management and human settlement into our central planning and development. Our sea defences must be strengthened and more attention must be paid at all levels to flood prevention, soil erosion, solid waste contamination and other forms of degradation. We must at all costs protect our unique flora and fauna. THE LOW CARBON STRATEGY APNU supports all efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and recognises the urgency of taking action to mitigate the negative effects of climate change, while adapting to new weather patterns. The Partnership is en-
couraged that the government is currently in the process of reviewing the framework of the Low Carbon Development Strategy. The government has already articulated its policies and programmes to address drought, and flood consequences for farmers, communities and businesses. In the 2015 Budget, monies have been set aside for drainage and irrigation, sea defence and the maintenance of national weather records. APNU continues to vigorously advocate for the conservation of our biodiversity resources (plants and animals) many of which are unique to Guyana. We intend to work with the government to; - Require specific conservation measures for vital eco-
systems, for example, the North Rupununi wetlands, a potential Ramsar Site. - Ensure that everyone is knowledgeable, proud and respectful of the biodiversity throughout Guyana. This can be achieved through integrated educational projects and material from primary to tertiary levels and in all aspects of informal education. - Strengthen and empower the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to carry out its regulatory functions. - Review agreements where industrial and agricultural activities threaten sensitive eco-systems. Why is our environment important? It is important because this is the only home we have. Many experts believe that we can reverse some of the harm the planet has suffered. Here in Guyana we have made a start; the challenge is getting enough people to take drastic enough action so that we can make a difference in our lifetime.
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SUNDAY SPECIAL SHUT NICIL DOWN – FORENSIC AUDIT REPORT RECOMMENDS The report on the forensic audit into the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) is complete. It has been recommended that the entity be closed down and a small department be opened under the Ministry of Finance, if government deems it necessary. Kaieteur News understands from very reliable sources that the recommendation has the support of several government officials. It was explained that the reason for such a recommendation was premised on the fact that NICIL was initially established for the purpose of privatization of state assets. That was done in two phases in the 1990’s. Since that phase ended years ago, the report recommends that there is no need for NICIL to remain a company. It says that it should be liquidated and government should make moves to establish a department to manage the assets being held by the company. Since the launch of a forensic audit into the operations of NICIL, several glaring breaches of the country’s financial regulations have been unearthed. BANDIT CHOPPED IN CLASH WITH CUTLASS-WIELDING BUSINESSMAN …ACCOMPLICES DROP SHOTGUN AND FLEE
at home alone with his wife when the three bandits entered into the house. According to the source the businessman was reportedly on the verandah and armed himself with a cutlass and confronted the bandits when one of them who were armed with a cutlass chopped him on his head and face. He in turn wounded the bandit who was trapped behind a wall divider. His wife was reportedly asleep when the bandits attacked her husband. According to information, the woman upon realizing what was happening, went to her husband’s assistance and reportedly began throwing objects at the bandits while her husband battled with the injured one who was armed with the cutlass. The two other bandits subsequently fled and in their haste leaving the shotgun behind. When their accomplice realized that he was cornered he began hollering for help after being wounded. The police were contacted and responded. They searched the area for the other two thieves but were unsuccessful. Despite heavy cleaning that was done during the day blood was still visible on the steps and the yard when the media visited during the afternoon. The bandits reportedly entered the house using the verandah. After the man reportedly heard the commotion and realized he was being attacked he armed himself with the cutlass and confronted the bandits. It was also reported that after realizing that there were thieves around the man took off the light of the house. The two other bandits realizing that they were getting serious resistance aborted their mission and escaped by different routes. MONDAY EDITION BANDITS INVADE FORMER CRIME CHIEF’S HOME …ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER RELIEVED OF PERSONAL JEWELLERY WORTH $400,000
The police are on the hunt for two bandits who fled and left their injured cohort behind after he was cornered and chopped by the owner of the business premises they had broken into. The three bandits had broken and entered the home of businessman, Nicholas Harrinandan, 38, of Tucber Park, New Amsterdam, Berbice. The thieves were armed with a shotgun and cutlass. According to information, Harrinandan was
Less than six months after being replaced as Crime-Chief, Assistant Commissioner of Police Leslie James and his family were made to endure several minutes of terror when guntoting bandits stormed his home early Sunday morning, making off with almost $400,000 in jewellery. The ordeal that has left his two children traumatized, took place just about 03:00hrs at James’ lot 453 Hendy Street, Block X, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara home, and lasted for 12 minutes. The jewellery was taken from the former Crime Chief and his wife Jacqueline James, the Retail Sales Manager for Guyoil. The former Head of the Criminal Investigations Department told Kaieteur News that his family retired to bed in the top flat just around midnight on Saturday. At about 03:00hrs Sunday he heard a noise in the bottom flat of his house and along with his wife, he decided to investigate. ”When we came out of the bedroom, I saw about three men coming up the steps. Clearly, one had a weapon, and I immediately looked down and told them take what they want and they can go.” One of the men said “take their jewels”, which included James’ wedding ring and another ring as well as his wife’s engagement ring and wedding band. ”I didn’t look at them because I didn’t know if they had my family. I made sure that they did not see me trying to determine their identity for fear of myself and family being harmed.” The men took the jewellery and they at-
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tempted to exit the house but the door was locked, so they had to resort to shattering a window on the south western side of the house to make good their escape. According to James, the men gained entry to his house by prying open a window in the bottom flat. DPPADVISES…POLICE OFFICER TO BE CHARGED FORALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF FEMALE CONSTABLE The Guyana Police Force is preparing to charge one of its officers who has been accused of sexually assaulting a female Constable. A senior police official told this newspaper on Friday that Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has received advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions to charge Assistant Superintendent Deneshwar Mahendranauth in connection with the incident that occurred two months ago at Lethem. The advice comes a two weeks after the Constable’s mother had expressed a lack of confidence in the way the force was handling the matter. This was after she learnt that the Assistant Superintendent had been elevated to the post of Deputy Commander of the Force’s ‘F’ Division which covers Lethem. It is being alleged that ASP Mahendranauth had summoned the Constable to his quarters and made sexual advances to her. The constable resisted the advances and later reported the matter to her uncle who is also an Assistant Superintendent of Police. The report was forwarded to Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud who immediately had the ASP removed from the Lethem Police Station and ordered an investigation by the Office of Professional Responsibility. But as the matter dragged on there was a feeling that there were attempts to sweep it under the carpet. Except for a statement on the matter from Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, many have been silent, including local women’s groups, which have in the past been vigilant against alleged sexual misconduct against females by persons in authority. The constable’s mother said that she read the initial Kaieteur News’ report about the alleged incident and felt comfortable that something was being done about it. But she had to wait for two months for something to happen. TUESDAY EDITION ASST. SUPT PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO SEXUALASSAULT CHARGE —RELEASED ON $100,000 BAIL Assistant Superintendent 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 Monday 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 levelled 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 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. RAMOTAR CALLS FOR ARMY TO JOIN IN FIGHTAGAINST CRIME
Donald Ramotar Former president Donald Ramotar is appealing to the government to actively involve the Guyana Defence Force in the fight against spiralling crime. Ramotar in a press statement issued Monday said that he is extremely disappointed that the mentality in the APNU+AFC regime is to keep the army in barracks at this present time. His comments came in the wake of Sunday morning’s wanton invasion by armed criminals on the home of Assistant Commissioner Leslie James. Ramotar said that the attack on the former Crime Chief by bandits tells the grim story of how crime is spiralling out of control in Guyana, a position that is continuously being refuted by the Guyana Police Force. ”This is a blatant and brazen attack on one of our most senior police officers. It is a slap in the face of the Guyana Police Force and the government as a whole,” Ramotar stated. According to the former Guyanese leader, it is not strange these days for the military to be deployed to assist the regular law enforcement agencies in crime fighting. During the PPPC period in Office, the Army was called out to do joint patrols with the police in times of heightened criminal activities, and according to Ramotar, that arrangement worked well. This scenario was played out with significant success during the crime wave of 20022008 when criminal gangs created mayhem in the city and along East Coast Demerara. In those days an entire contingent of GDF personnel was deployed in the village of Buxton where the major criminal gang was holed up. Ramotar indicated that this arrangement is now necessary during the festive season, since it would seem that the criminals are upping the ante. WEDNESDAY EDITION CID QUESTIONS CARVIL DUNCAN OVER $948,000 BACKPAY Four months after it was reported that former Director of Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), Carvil Duncan, paid himself some $948,000, police at the Criminal Investigations (Continued on page 34)
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(From page 32) Department (CID) headquarters on Tuesday questioned him. Kaieteur News also understands that the police file on Duncan has since been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice. The seemingly suspicious payment was discovered by independent auditors who were probing the PetroCaribe Fund. That audit was one of many ordered by the new Government into state entities and other operations. Fielding questions from reporters Tuesday, Duncan reiterated that the money was approved by GPL’s Board of Directors. He also questioned the right of Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, to weigh in on the issue. Patterson is the minister charged with responsibilities for the energy sector. It was the minister who had first spoken about the payments, indicating during a press conference, that the matter would be investigated. Duncan on Tuesday referred reporters to GPL’s website which speaks of Government’s relations to that state-owned agency and how it should be handled. ”That sets out quite clearly what the function of the minister is. The function is zero!” Duncan said. He was also asked whether he would repay the money. ”I had no discussion with (anyone) in relation to repaying anything. And I am not even aware that the file went to the DPP.” He also argued: “If you work for 10 years, and you have only been paid for four, would you want to repay that four?” Quizzed whether he had gotten permission from the Board of Directors, Duncan alluded to permission that he had received from the Board, which he possessed in email format. POLICE SMASH MAJOR CRIME GANG – WANTED MEN FOUND IN BERBICE HOTEL WITH TEEN GIRLS Police in Berbice have arrested six persons in a hotel including three wanted men and three teenage girls, in what can be described as the smashing of a major crime ring. The arrests followed two recent high profile robberies that occurred in New Amsterdam. Two of the men are wanted for a robbery two Saturday mornings ago while another is wanted for a heist at the N/A market on Thursday November 12, 2015. On Monday evening after making certain observations and gathering valuable information the cops swooped down on a popular hotel in New Amsterdam. The known characters, including a deportee, were found inside the hotel along with three teenage girls. The girls aged 16, 17 and 19 years were found in separate rooms with the men. On Thursday (Nov. 12), around 08:30 hrs, a lone gunman described as a ‘red skin man’ wearing a red shirt and black pants had robbed the popular Hack’s Variety Stall of approximately $2M. He fired a shot before escaping out of the market and joined an accomplice on a motorcycle and fled the scene. A number of persons were arrested and subsequently released as the police investigation gathered momentum. Meanwhile, on Saturday morning around 01:20 hrs, three bandits armed with guns and cutlasses invaded the home of 38-year-old businessman Nicholas Harrinandan, owner of JN Supermarket, and his wife, Uwattie Harrinandan, a teacher, at Lot 22/23 Nurseville Housing Scheme, Tucber Park, New
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the commission of events. I’m seeing greater response from the CID and I’m very satisfied with that.” FRIDAY EDITION CORRUPTION LOOPHOLES EXIST AT GRO, IMMIGRATION – MINISTER FELIX – GOVT. MULLS WRITTEN EXAMS FOR PERSONS SEEKING CITIZENSHIP – SUSPICIOUS BIRTH REGISTRATIONS SPIKE IN HINTERLAND AROUND ELECTION TIME NOTICED
Ronald Gajraj Amsterdam. During the home invasion, the bandits dealt Harrinandan several chops about his head and face. The victim in return armed himself with a chopper and dealt 26-year-old Brian Dhanphat – a known character of Smythfield, New Amsterdam, Berbice – chop wounds to his head, face, hand and foot. The bandit who got trapped behind a wall divider fell to the ground screaming for help. Dhanphat who was arrested in the businessman’s house was taken to the New Amsterdam hospital for emergency treatment. At the hospital he stated that his two cohorts were Kevin Sandy and Troyden Trellis. He had also told those present that he was kidnapped and taken to rob the business premises. THURSDAY EDITION WIKILEAKS REVELATIONS…EX-PPP MINISTER, GAJRAJ, SUES TEIXEIRA, CHRONICLE Former Home Affairs Minister, Ronald Gajraj, has sued Gail Teixeira, a senior member of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), over her alleged statements contained in leaked US Embassy cables and published in the stateowned Guyana Chronicle. Teixiera, the current Parliamentary Chief Whip for the Opposition, was also a former Home Affairs Minister. On Tuesday, the Guyana Chronicle published excerpts of the Wikileaks US Embassy cables, one of which quoted Teixeira as saying that Gajraj is corrupt. Gajraj, who was until recently Guyana’s High Commissioner to India, has moved to the court suing both Teixeira and the newspaper for libel. The lawsuit, which was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday by Gajraj’s Attorney-at-Law, Arun Gajraj, is claiming more than $30M in damages. Teixeira and the Guyana Chronicle were also reportedly served with the writ on Wednesday. Damages in excess of $10M are being claimed by Gajraj for “defamation of character as a result of certain callous slanders spoken by Teixeira and published by the Chronicle.” Gajraj is also claiming in excess of $10M for “libel” which was allegedly published by the Guyana Chronicle on November 17, last. In excess of $10M is also being claimed for “aggravated and punitive damages”. In addition, Gajraj is seeking an injunction restraining the Guyana Chronicle or “their servants, agents or whosoever otherwise
Gail Teixeira from repeating or republishing said or similar libel of plaintiff.” The cost of the proceedings and any further sums the court may award is also being sought by Gajraj. According to the writ, both defendants are commanded to appear before the court to answer the suit within 10 days of being served. Failure to do so, the writ also noted, may result in the proceedings moving forward and judgment being pronounced. GRANGER DISMISSES RAMOTAR’S CALLS FOR ARMY TO JOIN CRIME FIGHT President David Granger has dismissed a call from former Head of State, Donald Ramotar, for the Guyana Defence Force to be deployed on the streets to help the police tackle criminal activity. “I believe that Mr. Ramotar as a former head of state should not comment on current political activities. As Commander in Chief and as Minister of Defence, I have given instructions to the army and I think the best thing would be for Mr. Ramotar not to interfere in the way the Guyana Defence Force is being administered,” the President said. Earlier this week former President Ramotar, noting the apparent increase in criminal activity, had pointed out that it is not strange these days for the military to be deployed to assist the regular law enforcement agencies in crime fighting. He reminded that during the PPP/C period in office, the Army was called out to do joint patrols with the police in times of heightened criminal activities, and according to Ramotar that arrangement worked well. But Granger said that any decision to deploy the army is not in the making at the present time, since the situation does not warrant such interventions. ”It is a decision that I will make in my considered judgement…I have a Defence Board, I meet the Chief of Staff every week and I am fully aware of what needs to be done in order to deal with the defence situation that Guyana finds itself in at present, and also the crime situation. I have given instructions both to the police and the Guyana Defence Force,” President Granger said. He said that he is advised and is very confident that his instructions are in the best interest of the nation. When asked if he is seeing the type of delivery he is looking for the President said, “I am seeing a difference and I am seeing a lot more criminals being arrested very soon after
Minister with responsibilities for Citizenship, Winston Felix, says major loopholes have been uncovered in the issuance of birth registration and in the Immigration section under the former administration. Felix, according to a release from the Ministry of the Presidency, made the disclosures as he justified the need for a Ministry of Citizenship, noting that the issues which have to be fixed are “numerous” and deserve all the attention and resources available. He stated that within the system for making these services available to citizens, corruption was allowed to run rampant under the former administration, and it is now his task to clean up the confusion which exists. Minister Felix also took the opportunity to respond to allegations made by a former Minister of Home Affairs, Gail Teixeira, that as Police Commissioner, he had failed to act on reports of fraudulent activities at the General Registrar’s Office (GRO). The published statements are contained in what is purported to be a number of released US Embassy cables. Felix insisted that it was an attack on his character and a blatant lie. The contents of the cables have been published in local news, with former Minister, Ronald Gajraj, earlier this week suing Teixeira and the Guyana Chronicle for statements she allegedly made against his character. ”She wants to tarnish my reputation. Nothing can be further from the truth. I do recall that during my time as Commissioner of Police, there were numerous reports of false birth certificates which were being pursued,
Winston Felix and they were being discovered at a certain foreign mission in Guyana. TWO SUSPECTS HELD FOR ROBBERYAT FORMER CRIME CHIEF’S HOME Two days following the brazen home invasion and robbery of former Crime Chief, Assistant Commissioner Leslie James and his family; two suspects have been detained. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum confirmed this development and informed that the men were detained on Tuesday evening after they were turned in to police by family (Continued on page 34)
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Thursday evening for a second round of talks with Government. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the UN Mission, which was again dispatched by Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, was headed by his Chef de Cabinet, Susanna Malcorra; and includes Yvette Blanco, David Hutchinson and Guillermo Kendall. The visit was to discuss “options under the Geneva Agreement for a resolution of the contention of Venezuela that the 1899 Arbitral Award is null and void,” the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. While here, the team paid a courtesy call on President David Granger. They also met with Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge, and other officials, for detailed discussions.
SATURDAY EDITION LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS SET FOR MARCH 18, 2016. After 21 years, the long overdue Local Government Elections has finally been set for March 18, 2016, Minster of Communities Ronald Bulkan announced Friday in a press conference. The elections were last held in 1994, even though the constitution clearly stipulated that that they should be held every three years. The extensive delay was caused by reforms agreed to by the then People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government and the People’s National Congress. The last
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bits of legislation were passed this year. Over the years, there were many calls and protest actions for the then PPP government to hold the elections. The PPP had even vowed that once it was re-elected in the 2011 General and Regional Elections, the elections would be held within a year. However, after their victory, there were no further talks on the side of the government for the holding of the polls. Declaring a date for the polls was one of the promises of the coalition government. Speaking at the media briefing, Bulkan said that it was the former government that showed reluctance for the holding of the elections while the APNU+AFC coalition fervently pursued its occurrence. The elections will be held in nine
Ronald Bulkan towns and 62 Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs). Bulkan bemoaned that for too long the people were denied their right to elect their own local leaders.
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Black Lives Matter Too: The inequity of Western... From page 24 required are initiatives at a global level to promote mutual understanding and respect among all faiths and communities; and an inquiry into the causes of radicalization with recommendations and financial resources to address it�. Not for the first time, I suggested that the Commonwealth – made up of all races and religions – was a good place to start such an inquiry. The Western Television media, particularly because they have a global reach, have a special responsibility in all this. If they continue to give disproportionate attention to
terrorist attacks in Western countries and pay scant attention to similar and worse atrocities in Africa and Asia, they will nurture the idea that they believe 'black lives don't matter', and that will contribute to the radicalisation of those who already feel neglected and marginalised. (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador to the United States. He is also a candidate for the post of Commonwealth Secretary-General. The views expressed are his own) Responses and previous commentaries: www. sirronaldsanders.com
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Inspirational Leader receives USA Global Leadership Award
Inspirational speaker and leader, Dr. Astell Collins poses with his award alongside Ambassador Dr. Clyde Rivers (right).
By Kiana Wilburg One of Guyana’s inspirational leaders, Dr. Astell Collins, has once again represented his nation with distinction. He was recently recognized with a Global Leadership Award at Capitol Hill in Washington DC, USA for his work in leadership development, globally. At the award ceremony, Dr. Collins was emotional as he reflected on his grandmothers who are both deceased, Doreen Jeffers and Marjorie Collins, both of whom he wished were alive to witness the moment. Consequently, he dedicated the award in memory of them. Dr. Collins acknowledged the many individuals who made his journey to that point possible, notably his wife, Marcia Collins and mother Barbara Waldron, whom he thanked repeatedly for their unwavering support and commitment. Collins is admired by many locally and internationally. In Guyana, from the law enforcement officers to inmates; educators
and students; to government and private sector admire him. Collins emphasized recently that he has no intention of slowing down. He said, “We are all Guyanese and can play a fundamental part in its development. Importantly, I believe that we have a moral responsibility to make both individual and collective contributions thereby leaving our country in a better place. It is the best legacy we can pass on to the next generation.” The inspirational speaker emphasized too that he is committed to emancipating others from the mindset which allows them to believe that it is acceptable and normal to exist in the limitations of labels. “I want them to understand that they can live beyond stereotypes and beyond the restrictions. I want them to know that they can live fully while they’re alive by discovering their true value and potential,” Dr. Collins added. He said, too, that he believes that once one is alive, it is a testimony that
there is a destiny that must be realized by all means necessary. With hundreds of his revolutionary Better Defined one (BD1) Leadership Seminars and inspirations engagements, Dr. Collins says that even more innovative programmes are in the making. As a consequence of the impact and success of his transformational seminars, this leader facilitates daily discussion groups. He is sometimes required to conduct three or four seminars on any given day. Participants from his seminars often remark about his message of national unity and cultivating the spirit of humanity which he said is derived from a concept he studied while living in South Africa called UBUNTU. Collins said, “The passing of my mentor Dr. Myles Munroe has evoked a sense of urgency in me for it reminded me that our days are numbered and hence, I demand excellence from myself and an incomparable
level of commitment to serving humanity”. He continued, “I strongly believe that effective leadership is what is necessary in transforming Guyana to the paradise that it has the potential of becoming.” Furthermore, Dr. Collins said that as a developing nation, Guyana does not need more politicians but rather “more leadership from politicians.” He remarked that most politicians today only think of the next election but true leaders, he remarked, think about the next generation. He said that this sort of mindset is what needs to be adopted by more of Guyana’s political leaders as they too play an integral role in the development process of the nation. On the issue of ethnic divisions which exist in Guyana, Dr. Collins said he has included a segment in his seminars which confronts the scourge that is impeding the development of Guyana. Continued on page 67
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Veterans receive $1M from GDF at Wreath Laying Ceremony The Guyana Veterans Legion, on Friday received another sizable donation, on the celebration of Veterans Day, as Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Mark Phillips, handed over a cheque for $1M to the association. This was done on the occasion of the Veterans Day Wreath Laying Ceremony, held at the Veterans’ Monument on the Front Lawns, Base Camp Ayanganna. President David Granger, himself a retired Brigadier from the Defence Force and now Commander in Chief, received the Presidential Salute, which was followed by the last post and then one minute of silence for Guyana’s fallen heroes. Wreaths were laid by President Granger, Chief of Staff Mark Phillips, Lt. Colonel (Ret’d) George Gomes, Lt. Colonel (Ret’d) Hartley Liverpool and Ms. Cheryl Tappin, President of the Ex GDF Association of New York. Words of prayers were also offered by the Hindu Priest, a Muslim priest and the Force Chaplin. Before handing over the monetary donation to President of the Guyana Veterans’ Legion, Retired Colonel George Gomes, Brigadier Phillips said that the army was more than pleased to acknowledge the efforts of the fallen heroes and those still alive. “This is indeed an acknowledgement of your collective service in the defence of Guyana, in support
Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Mark Phillips as he laid a wreath at the Veterans’ Monument, during the Veterans’ Day ceremony. of diplomacy to safeguard our national interest and your contribution to the development and the protection of democracy in Guyana,” Brigadier Phillips said. He added that the army is heartened by the President’s recent decision to establish the National Veterans Commission, as it will support the conduct of investigations and the making of recommendations for the improvement of the living standards for the deserving veterans. On the occasion, President of the Guyana
Veterans’ Legion, Retired Colonel Gomes, lauded the efforts of the administration for the efforts being made to take care of the well-being of veterans. “When a young person enlists in the GDF it is the highest level of service he or she can give to a country. They are prepared to lay down their life for the country and to make the ultimate sacrifice if that is required,” Gomes said. He added that it is with great gratitude that the Veterans have already begun to “observe the winds of change blowing favourably” in their direction. “I’m
GPHC hosts 8th Scientific... From page 9 Dr. Rodrigo Soto who is Chief Executive Officer, Clinical Operations at the International Children’s Heart Foundation which has been conducting paediatric cardiac surgery here. Additionally, 13 papers and four posters will be presented on local research. The Institute of Health Sciences Education was established in 2006. It had its first graduation, ideally held during the first Guyana Medical Scientific Conference in 2008. It was held under the theme: “Furthering Higher Clinical Training.” The IHSE is the department in the GPHC that organizes and delivers post graduate medical education. It has several post-graduate programmes accredited and certified by the University of Guyana. Scores have already graduated from its programmes. Former Minister of Health, Dr.Leslie Ramsammy, addressing the first Council Meeting, noted that the joint activity was a most auspicious way to celebrate
the significant strides the health care system has made in the last decade. He referred to it as, “Making reality, the dream of formalizing research as part of the medical practice in Guyana, and of expanding medical training to include post-graduate studies for medical practitioners.” Dr. Madan Rambaran, alluding to the upcoming Scientific Council Conference and Awards Ceremony, expressed pride and
gratification in this major accomplishment and the success of the post-graduate programmes. He said that indeed the GPHC has contributed, in no small measure, to responding to the nation’s healthcare needs, and in some cases has taken a lead role. Dr. Rambaran sees the Scientific Conference as another step in advancing the development of research and institutionalizing the research ethic.
Inspirational Leader... From page 66 As a Goodwill Ambassador with the United Nations for the Golden Rule, Dr. Collins is cultivating and advancing a culture of peace as part of an interfaith peace-building initiative under the guidance of Ambassador Dr. Clyde Rivers. In fact, the motivational speaker has already made a request to Ambassador Rivers to consider visiting Guyana to deploy his expertise in nation building as well as the cultivation of peace and racial harmony. What’s more, is that out of the 30 plus nations that were represented at the ceremony, the Ambassador requested Collin’s lapel pin of the flag of Guyana to be pinned on him indicating his commitment to helping Guyana’s efforts in social cohesion at all levels. This was a great honour, said Collins as “it demonstrated the trajectory that the nation is on.”
extremely proud of the high level of service being given to our nation by veterans, from the very top; here I’m speaking about our President, and Minister of State and many others…” Gomes told the large gathering. Gomes also used the opportunity to call for the
GDF to address the diet of soldiers based on health issue trends among veterans. The Veterans’ Association currently has a “shut in list” of veterans totaling 85. Of this group, 36 are diabetic, 19 are visually impaired and eight are amputees. Twenty seven members have been stricken with stoke. With this situation facing the association, Gomes also made a plea for a medical team to be made available, once a week for those in need of medical care. As he congratulated the GDF on the occasion of their 50th anniversary, Gomes said the theme “Commemorating the past, celebrating the present, and Carving the future” is a very timely one. “We veterans feel involved as you commemorate the past. We are here today to celebrate the present and we will volunteer to play our part in carving your future. We can pass on valuable experience and
tradition on to serving soldiers. I urge you Chief of Staff to make use of us while you still have… we are prepared to contribute to the further development of the GDF,” Gomes said. President of the Ex GDF Association, Ms. Cheryl Tappin, thanked the new administration as she called on those who have the means to emulate and replicate the recent gestures made by the government in their support to veterans. Further, what made today’s event even more nostalgic for the veterans was to see eight of their colleagues being bestowed with the title “the first soldiers” and being honored with caps bearing that title. One of these distinguished gentlemen, Lt. Colonel Hartley Liverpool who was among those honored and is the tenth rank in the Army, said his years in the force are what he considers the best years of his life.
When we pause and experience silence, we discover answers that activity does not have time to reveal. During your day, take threeminute “vacations”. Relax and re-energise. Take time out to feel the peace of silence.
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DENTAL CARE FOR BABY TEETH AND GUMS By Dr. NerominiFagu Baby teeth begin to develop while babies are still in the womb. Each child is born with a full set of twenty baby teeth hidden in their gums. The teeth may erupt at different times and can arrive in any order, although the central bottom teeth are often the first to come in. Most baby teeth start erupting in the mouth between the ages of six and ten months. In some children, teeth appear as early as three months while in others they don’t arrive until around twelve months. Avery small number of children are born with one or two teeth already present in their mouth. By the time a child is three years old all twenty baby teeth will usually have erupted in their mouth. Between the ages of six and twenty years these baby teeth will be replaced by thirty-two adult teeth. Once
lost, the adult teeth cannot be replaced so you have to look after them to ensure that they last a lifetime. Healthy teeth and gums are vital to children’s general health. Good dental care should start even before those first baby teeth arrive. You can clean your baby’s gums and tongue using water and a clean wash cloth. As soon as teeth arrive they should be cleaned twice a day - in the morning and before bed. Wrap a clean, damp wash cloth or gauze around your finger and wipe the front and back of each tooth.If your baby lets you, you can use a small, soft toothbrush that is designed for children under two years. Use only water on the toothbrush until your baby is 18 months old after which you can use a small smear of fluoride toothpaste on the toothbrush. Let your child spit out any excess toothpaste as
swallowing too much fluoride can affect the formation of their adult teeth. Replace your baby’s toothbrush regularly, usually every three to four months or sooner if you notice the bristles starting to spread out or become frayed. According to the American Dental Association, a baby’s teeth are at risk for decay as soon as they appear in the mouth. Bacteria that are present in the mouth feed on sugars to produce acids which weaken the tooth leading to tooth decay. It is interesting to note that babies are born without any of these harmful bacteria in their mouth but acquire these bacteria from their caregivers, usually by the age of two. The bacteria are transferred from your saliva into your child’s mouth when you repeatedly eat from the same spoon or drink from the same cup or by the sharing of toothbrushes. If you are
prone to tooth decay yourself, you’re particularly likely to pass the germs along to your child. It’s an old wives’ tale that ‘soft teeth’ run in families, but what are really passed along in families are high levels of decay-causing bacteria. Studies have shown that eighty percent of all cavities occur in just twenty-five percent of kids. The key role that bacteria play in decay may also explain why some kids who eat tons of candy or never floss are lucky enough to avoid dental problems. The fight against tooth decay can begin early with a couple of simple precautions.When your baby is old enough to drink something other than milk, water is the best option. Drinks with sugar in them cause tooth decay.Don’t put your baby to sleep with a bottle. Milk is quite high in sugar and soaking your baby’s teeth in it while they are sleeping can cause tooth
decay. During sleep there’s also less saliva in your baby’s mouth to clean the teeth and gums. Also, if your baby uses a pacifier, avoid coating it with foods or liquids such as sugar or honey. Remember not to share utensils, drinking cups or toothbrushesto avoid passing along tooth decay causing germs. The term Baby Bottle Tooth Decay (BBTD) is given to decay caused by leaving bottles containing sugary liquids such as milk, formula, juice, soda or other sweetened drinks in the mouth for too long. Bacteria in the mouth break down the sugar to produce acids which causes the weakening of tooth enamel. The teeth mostly affected are the upper front ones. Early signs of BBTD include a white line on the tooth along the gum line. As the disease progresses the affected teeth takes on yellow appearances with the teeth
Dr. Neromini Fagu becoming more blackened inadvanced stages of the decay. If you’ve had trouble with your teeth, then this is an indication that your child may also experience dental problems so it is important that proper attention is given to their teeth. Even though baby teeth will be replaced by adult ones, proper oral hygiene practice early in life will help to ensure that adult teeth last a lifetime. For more information contact OMNI DENTAL at 295 Quamina Street, Georgetown Tel: 227-0025, inParika Tel: 260-3133 or send emails to nerominifagu@hotmail.com.
STANDARDS IN FOCUS
Shopping furniture for the approaching Christmas Season It is during the Christmas season that many Guyanese take the opportunity to add a new piece of furniture to their décor to beautify their home for the holidays. The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is responsible for monitoring the quality of furniture in Guyana and is advocating that strict attention be paid by consumers to the quality of the furniture at the time of purchase. Furniture must be of good quality, otherwise their imperfections and defects will quickly show during usage. Further, these products are very expensive and consumers expect that they will get extensive usage from them, so the structural integrity of furniture must be sound to withstand continuous use. The quality of furniture manufactured locally can be improved and maintained if manufacturers adhere to the requirements stipulated in the Guyana Standard “Code of Practice for the manufacture of furniture”. Meanwhile, manufacturers must comply with the National Labelling Standards “Specification for the labelling of commodities – Part 5: labelling of furniture”. Below are a few of the many mistakes consumers make when purchasing furniture: · Failing to Conduct a Simple but Detailed Check of Your Furniture: When buying wooden furniture, consumers forget to take a closer look to ensure that the lumber and other materials used in manufacturing are free from rot, insect holes, open knots cracks and other common defects. It is often the practice of some unscrupulous manufacturers to use defective materials and use finishing materials to conceal these defects. Whenever this is done it is the end user/consumer who loses because he/she has purchased a rapidly deteriorating or easily weakened piece of furniture. · Forgetting to Measure Your Furniture: Don’t neglect to measure the room ahead of buying to see if your new furniture will fit. You will be amazed at the number of furniture
purchases that never make it into a home because the buyer neglected to measure the furniture or forgot to take into account hallways, doors, elevators and stairs. · Ignoring Scale: A sofa that looks just right in the store, might look too big in your room or not big enough. It is hard to judge when you are looking at a picture or seeing it in a showroom. Also measure to make sure that your new piece matches the scale of the furniture you already own. · Paying Too Much attention to Fads: It is best to buy a piece of furniture that you will feel comfortable with for years to come. That goes for colour as well as style. Fads can come and go very quickly, so look beyond a few months of excitement. Instead, buy furniture that truly appeals to you and will look good even years later. · Forgetting to Read the Labels Reading labels that are affixed to pieces of furniture available for sale is very important. Labels provide useful information on the product and should include information such as the common name of the item, manufacturer’s distinguishing mark/code, type of materials from which the furniture is made and the type of finish used. · Ignoring Who Will Really Be Using Your Furniture: Before you buy furniture, make sure that you know how it will be used, and who will be using it. If you forget to factor in small children, pets, and snacking while watching TV, you could be heading for disaster. Your fabulous cream colored sofa will be no match for grubby hands, or muddy paws. An absolutely gorgeous coffee table with a delicate finish will not last too long when you have people putting up their feet on it. For further information on this subject, please contact the Guyana National Bureau of Standards on Telephone Numbers: 2190065, 219-0066 and 219-0069 or visit the GNBS website: www.gnbsgy.org.
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Organisation mulls legal advice over baby’s delivery An organization that has since reached out to the Reliance mother whose baby’s arms were dislocated during birth, has intentions to challenge those involved at the Suddie Public Hospital, legally. Parbattie Ramdat, 29, said that the organization reached out to her after reading her story and is now taking the initiatives to pursue legal action against those involved at the hospital. Ramdat is maintaining that she needs financial assistance to seek proper medical care for her newborn whose arms were dislocated while doctors attended to her during delivery. Ramdat said that one of the straps from the baby’s arm were removed but her baby’s other arm remains in straps and the unloose arm is not positioned properly. The frustrated young mother
said that doctors will issue a medical report on November 18. She said that no one from the Suddie Public Hospital has reached out to her and her baby. She is further questioning the caliber of doctors. Ramdat delivered a 4.72kg baby boy at the Suddie public hospital on October 26. But despite medical practitioners at both the Anna Regina Health Centre and the Suddie Public Hospital assuring her that they were going to perform a C-section operation on her because the baby was too large, that promise was not fulfilled. Ramdat however said that doctors told her they didn’t operate on her because she was a diabetic patient. She has an 11-year-old daughter and she got her son, Arvee Ashook Amernaugth. (Yannason Duncan)
Once PPP ideas are... From page 12 outlined many interventions. But they have been shown total disregard by the government. “Take for example the rice issue. We presented nine recommendations to help the farmers in boosting the industry and safeguarding their livelihood. To date, we have heard nothing in relation to these recommendations from the Government.” He said that this may be a very good indication of how seriously government would take its proposals for the 2016 budget. Ali asserted that the PPP has called and will continue to call on Government to deliver to the rice farmers, nurses and teachers and other public servants, what was promised to them in the 100 day-plan. As for the 2016 budget, the PPP executive member said that his party will lobby for the reinstatement of the “Because we care grant” and the water and light subsidy for old age pensioners. Ali insists that these are matters which must be addressed. “We will call upon the government to implement all the projects we negotiated with the Indian Government in the US$50 million line of credit inclusive of the IT Centre of Excellence negotiated by the (former) PPP/C Govern-
ment. “The Government must realize by now that they also blundered badly on the Amaila Falls Hydro project and we are convinced that they will have to implement this project if we want to expand our economy.” The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee said that the PPP will also insist that Government aggressively bring back on stream, the Low Carbon Development Strategy and implement the projects and programmes conceptualized under this program. Ali said that he will lobby the government to ensure that the Amerindian livelihood program be reinstated immediately as well as the reinstatement of the almost 2000 Amerindian youths fired by the coalition Government. He added, “The Hinterland airstrips that were cut out of the budget by this government must be completed and implemented immediately.” The former minister said that “confidence cannot be restored with the continuous ethnic purge that is taking place in Public Service. The Loss of professional services and wanton firing of young people and experienced public officials based on political affiliation and ethnicity must be addressed as well.”
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SERVICES PLANNING AN EVENT? BIRTHDAY PARTY, GRADUATION,WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARY,ETC.–CALL DIAMOND TENTS: 2161043; 677-6620
WANTED
Female domestic to work in Trinidad, must be educated and know to cook. Between 25-35 years. Call 1868-683 1528 Attractive Live in Waitress. Visa Application: U.S.A, Call: 228-5129; 604-8277 Canada & UK; Guyana Passport application. Graphics Offset operator & trainee design, Advertisement. Tel: for AB Dick Press. Call: 226-1877 626-7040; 265-4535. Mechanic Driver 40years & PARTY DECORATING: older to work on garbage balloon creation, back drops truck- Contact: 658-3079 etc. for weddings, birthdays, anniversary etc. Make your Security officers to work shift event extra special! Tel 8hrs & 12yrs -$3,000 nightly, bouncers -$4,000 nightly, Maya: 642-6664 electronic security REPAIRS AT LOW COST: technician. Call: 231-6052 FRIDGES, A/C, WASHING Live in Domestic must know MACHINES, TVS, to cook-salary -$70,000MICROWAVES, FREEZERS - $80,000 monthly. Call: 610CALL: 629-4946 OR 225-4822 3974 Repairs at affordable prices: DELIVERY PERSONS TO fridge, air conditioner, WORK ON CANTER washing machines, dryers, BETWEEN 25-30YRS. NEED TV, microwaves & freezer- POLICE CLEARANCE & REFERENCE. CALL FOR Call: 610-5846 or 661-8158 INTERVIEW: 231-8344; Landscaping: Palms, largest 231-8529 varieties of plants, Used in every one of our unique BOND WORKERS MUST landscapes- Call: 648-1821/ ABLE TO WORK FLEXIBLE HOURS & LIFT HEAVY 219-0468 MERCHANDISE. Permanent & Visitors Visa REQUIREMENTS: POLICE Applications, Professional CLEARANCE & REFERNCE Immigration Consultant .CALL: 231-8344, 231-8529 Room D5 Maraj Building. visadocumentsgy@yahoo.com. Baker wanted. Call Seon Call: 225-6496, 662-6045 Johnson-Call: 689-4339; 2274646 REPAIRS & SPARE, FRIDGE, FREEZER, A/C, EXPERIENCED DRIVER WASHERS, STOVES – FOR IMPORTED & CONTACT NICK: 683- DISTRIBUTION FOOD 1312, 627-3206 COMPANY, MUST BE 2840YRS. REQUIREMENTS: We repair fridge, freezer, AC, POLICE CLEARANCE & washer, dryer-Call: 231-0655; REFERENC. CALL: 231683-8734. Omar 8344; 231-8529 LCD-Plasma-LED TV repairs Two able body porters to etc. Contact Abdul work on truck. Call: 625-2685 Electronics. Call: 225-0391 Young graphics artiste, male Floor sanding & Lacquering or female. Call: 641-3687 House plans, Estimate & painting, boat for Santa 1 C o o k t o w o r k i n t h e Mission Tours –Call: 650- Interior for Family. Call: 4362 683-2271 Landscaping: Palms, largest Wash bay workers – varieties of plants, Used in Contact: 697-9540 every one of our unique landscapes- Call: 648-1821/ A mature person to help middle age person with 219-0468 memory loss- Call: 219-4845; KrossBeaux Enterpises, 678-8496 affordable computer classes, computer repairs, online We buy land in Eccles, courier service, websites. Providence and Parfaite Call: 223-1915; 648-1120 or Harmonie W.B.D – Call: 6112269 http://krossbeaux.cu.cc Urgently wanted, one sand FOR SALE/RENT truck, driver@ 3rd St. American Pools table-Call: Turkyen, E.C.D –Call: 6098976; 661-9352 277-0578
Sunday November 22, 2015
SALON
VACANCY
-Make Up Courses with Mac, Bare Minerals, Black Opal, Mabelline. -Nail Technician Course Call: 647-1773/660-5257 Affordable salon services: pedi, mani, wash & blowout, facials, etc $2500 each. Vogue @ Kalyan Mall, Lamaha Street. Tel: 647-1773/660-5257
Popular East Coast Gas Station Day/Night: pump attendants, sales & office assistant. Contact: 658-2013; 695-9880, Strathspey E.C.D.
Earn a certificate in cosmetology. Enroll now at Artee’s School of Cosmetology and Beauty Salon-Call: 680-0156; 2750267
FOR RENT PLANNING AN EVENT? BIRTHDAY PARTY, GRADUATION,WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARY, ETC. CALL DIAMOND TENTS: 216-1043; 677-6620 3 Bedrooms at New Amsterdam -$35,000 monthly- Call: 665-3370 Lot 175 Atlantic Gardens E.C.D – 2 Storey Building, 3 bedrooms- $120,000- Call: 687-1050 3 Bedrooms furnished house with access to transportation, negotiable rates. Call: 6149685; 647-5907 Office space to rent-$50,000$65,000 –Call: 227-6681 from 14pm 2-Furnished one bedroom apartments, 1-one bedroom upper flat apartment. Contact Ryan: 660-6446 Two bedrooms house “A” Field Sophia, fully grilled off Road Parking, CCTV. Call: 693-2237; 219-0211 One self contained room; preferably bachelor-Call: 2234545
4 Waitress -$17,000 weekly, cook to prepare cutters $18,000 weekly @ Sports Bar E.B.D free meals & accommodation. Call/ Whatsapp: 661-8802 One diesel/mechanic for model M/TM trucks, Caterpillar excavator hydraulic and powertrain, Perkins engines. Contact 2235273/4 Rays One Stop Auto Parts: experienced used parts counter and bond clerk @ 74 Sheriff Street. Call: 225-6356/ 7 One Machinist/ Welder fabricator to operate lathe, milling machine, surface grinder, bandsaw, etc. Contact 223-5273/ One Chef/ Cook contact 2235273/4 Landscape maintenance team seeks, Hardworking, reliable workers, 17-35 ages; on the job, training. Contact: 219-0468/621-2453 Male Delivery Clerk for hardware store @ West Bank Demerara. Call: 2642524 Office Clerk atleast 5 CXC passes: Business, Maths & English. Send application to bs.taxes@yahoo.com One tax consultant clerk; diploma in Accountancy or Equivalent. Send application to bs.taxes@yahoo.com Exist for cooks, cleaners, counter attendants, baker, apply with application & photograph at Hot & Spicy. Call: 226-9000 1 Bond/Delivery Clerk must be between ages of 35-45yrs. Apply @ Alabama Trading Georgetown Ferry Stelling. Experienced Bar/Shop worker for Ekereku, bottom Reg#7, age 17-30yrs, send application & CV to bakshwork@gmail.com
VACANCY One general domestic, must know to cook local foods – Call: 622-4386; 227-8538 Exist for bartender, waitress, security guard –Contact Sheik or Donald on Tel: 2271131 PENPAL Indian man; age 47 settle in Suriname, is looking decent widow, for serious relation, between 34-40yrs, serious callers only: 659-3184
One legal computer clerkPhone 624-7087; 258-0213 One receptionist to work in hotel email rtilak@adamantiumholdings. com One salesgirl contact 2335273/4 1 Sales representative must have motorcycle -$30,000 per week, plus commission, handy-man -$25,000 weekly – Call: 231-8053 One sales representative must be at least 20years old. Contact: 254-1801
FOR SALE LARGE QUANTITIES OF HIGH PURITY MERCURY (QUICK SILVER) 99.99995% PURITY$19,000 PER POUND CALL: 592-227-4754. Tibetan Terriors (fluffy) pups- Call: 222-7891; 6099202 New: air compressor, 115PSI – 3HP-20 gal tank, Arc Welder, Drill Press 1/3 HP 120V-½” chuck -Call: 223-1217; 6005758; 600-5759; 600-2040 One 928 F Caterpillar Wheel Loader $ 7.1 M, Price Negotiable-Call Us Today 650-0402/260-4988 3 Lots At Blankenburg Behind The Gas Station; $13 M Price Negotiable; Each Lot Size 75x76- Call Us Today 650-0402/260-4988 Rotweiler pups. Tel: 619-6086, 622-6646, 699-7077.
FOR SALE One 7’ Diameter double wall trommel, complete with all components-ready to work. Contact: 610-0001 Paper and photocopy machine. Plus Printing Town branch will be closing temporary- Call: 233-2725 1 Pools table in excellent condition. Call: 226-5351 or 697-3621 One complete 8 inches, River Dredge- Call: 661-9431 1- Leyland DAF Truck 620HSP –Call: 641-3092 Clean Garden earth, Trucking Services and Builders Waste, also bobcat rental, excavating, clearing, leveling- Call: 627-9977; 6160617; 663-3285 50lbs Bags, dog food W/Sale & Retail- Call: 222-7891; 6099202
Excellent quality Rottweiler pups. Must See! Hurry and get yours. Limited amount available- Call /Whatsapp: (592) 664-5401 PRADO: TOP CONDITION, SUNROOF, FULLY LOADED, 8 SEATER, FUEL, LAND FOR SALE 2000 MODEL. CALL: 6845868 Formerly Globe Cinema, corner lot @ Church & CRV EXCELLENT Waterloo Street, size CONDITION, 1998CC, 126ftX133ft. Call: 610-2234 ALARM, DVD, MAGRIM, CLEAN ENGINE & BODY- Luxury gated community with pool, mall, swipe entry/exit, CALL: 684-5868 underground irrigation – Cheap! Cheap! CCTV Contact: 609-0783 Security Surveillance Kit, 8 Channels DVR with built in 40X80 Land at West Minister Hard Drive, 8 bullet cameras Diary W.B.D -$1.5M negotiable –Call: 699-5290 – Tel: 621-4740; 686-3500 1-36ft cabin Cruiser for saleCall: 648-6815; 654-2817 1-Bedford Lorry-Vauxhaul Model 1975, 1-Toyota Hilux Surf model KD- KZN185W. Call: 227-7538/226-8247 between 08:15hrs-17:00hrs Monday-Friday.
Land @ Providence Scheme 115ftX81ft located on a Cul de Sac Close to Bai Shan Lin -$8.2M negotiable -Call: 6014163 or 223-0719 Land at Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke Linden Highway, size 100X200 –Call: 645-0489
Used: 3" Lister pump hearguly, air compressor -125 PSI, pressure washer 2200PSI. Call: 223-1217; 600-5758; 6005759; 600-2040
$1M, $1.2M, $1.5M & $3.2M @ Parfaite Harmonie; Low lands @ East Coast -$1.8M; Tuschen-$1.3M. Call: 6117223; 604-2207
Pools-table cloth, balls, pocket, coin-shute, rubber, cue-stick, coin, chalk, spots gully boot, white ball, poolstable locks –Tel: 669-9927
Transported Land @ Richmond Essequibo, next to school, fenced, fruit trees, filled high -$4.5M. Call:6825230; 628-9596
One D8N Bulldozer, completely refurbished-ready to work. Contact: 610-0001 One airboat-aircraft engine, trailer-perfect condition. Turn Key-Contact: 610-0001
DIAMOND/GROVE HOUSING SCHEME 50X80 –CALL: 676-0931
Xbox One 1 4controllers, media remote and cables with 11 latest games. Call: 6771165 Pools table, generator, flat screen, TV, AC, Stove, Freezer & music set, fridge –Call: 6160398; 676-7643; 687-1757
2369.664 Sq/ft of land @ Victoria village, E.C.D$750,000 Call: 255-3437; 6983678 LEARN TO DRIVE Soman Son & Outar Driving School at Maraj BuildingTel:644-5166; 622-2872; 6150964; 689-5997 Continued on page 71
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GNBS re-certifies Quest Medical Laboratory Quest Medical Laboratory From page 70
VEHICLE FOR SALE
PROPERTY FOR SALE
Property for sale, Grove $20M / Rent: $50,000 per month. Tel: 625-5461. Providence prime house lots, Republic Park, Bel-Air Park rental, Gold & Diamond Mining Blocks- Call: 6158810 Two storied transported Pearl white reconditioned, concrete property upstairs, 2 Prado Jeep. Call: 624-6702; bedrooms, downstairs 2 624-5838 bedroom, fully grilled block ‘8’ Star Cars Auto Sales: Premio, Mon-Repos, E.C.D -$18M. Call: Spacio, Runx, IS, Fielder, 625-1514; 231-7255 Bluebird, Axela, Pit-bull, Popular business place at Raum, Benz -Tel: 268-3509; temple Street, Windsor679-3140 Forest, W.C.D, -$35M price One fully refurbished Toyota negotiable. Call: 642-6664; Picnic PMM 3349. Call: 266- 6583640 2217; 266-0346 Brand new 2 storey concrete 1-Hilux Surfprice building in 5th Avenue, $3,000,000M, 1- Bedford Diamond, E.B.D, all modern Truck. Call: 618-1967; 698- amenities –Call: 662-9335; 612-3244 4321 Transported property at New Model Raum - Tuschen Housing Scheme, $1,350,000M – Call: 691-1198 located around School -$7M Toyota AT212, Raum, negotiable. Contact: 264Tundra, L-Touring Wagon, 1050; 683-7045; 669-3553 EP71 Starlet, Premio, Honda Transported land, 2 storey 600RR, Yamaha-R6&R1 building; four bedrooms Suzuki GSX –Call: 644-5096; fully grilled @ Tuschen, New Housing Scheme-Call: 695697-1453 3983; 685-5747 VERS: Hyster Forklift (6,000lbs), solid wheel, diesel Haslington, E.C.D: Building engine, Toyota Tundra 2005. ‘A’, concrete/ timber modern Call: 223-1217; 600-5758; 600- 2 storeys, 7 bedrooms, grilled & fenced. Building ‘B’, 3 5759; 600-2040 apartments, fenced- $18M VERS: caterpillar (Bobcat) negotiable - Call:255-3437; skid steerer (262B), Toyota 698-3678 Forklift (10,000lbs) solid wheel. Call: 223-1217; 600- Lot 67 First Street Garden of Eden E.B.D – 7 (seven) acres 5758; 600-5759; 600-2040 of land with two buildings. One model M truck, no Call: 639-8376 reasonable price refused. Lot 236 Buzz –A-Bee Dam Call: 626-0069 Craig Village E.B.D, Size We buy & sell vehicles for 6X120 rods with house and cash, also parts available & chicken pens. Call: 639-8376 30 seater buses; Extra Cab pickups; 2006 TacomaCall:680-3154 First Class Auto: 08 Premio, Rush, Bluebird, 06 Premio, Spacio IST, Runx. Call: 6098188; 638-3045 Smart Choice Auto Sales, in stock, Premio, Allion, Fielder, Bluebird, Carina 212, Spacio, Call: 652-3820/ 665-4529
From left: Medical Director Dr. Chetram Budhu, General Manager Mrs. Ratna Budhu, Laboratory Manager Mrs. Kulwantie Mohabir, GNBS Mrs. Candelle Walcott-Bostwick and staff of Quest Medical Centre. Quest Medical Centre Laboratory, of 129 Laluni and Irving Streets, Queenstown, Georgetown, was re-certified by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards on November 13, last. .A Certificate of Compliance which fulfilled the requirements of the GYS 170:2009 standard was presented by Mrs. CandelleBostwick, to the Executive Director of the GNBS.
In presenting the Certificate of Compliance, Mrs. Bostwick expressed congratulations to top Management and staff for their hard work, commitment and achievement. She urged management and staff to maintain certification. Quest Medical Centre Laboratory received a medal for Outstanding Performance during National Laboratory Week 2015.
GMSA honours outstanding... From page 13 advanced technology to process and market ground Pomeroon coffee in superior quality packaging. The main award, the Executive President’s Award for Export Achievement, was bestowed upon New GPC Inc, for rapidly expanding overseas markets for Limacol, Ferrol Compound and Nutrophos Nerve Tonic. The GMSA President’s Award was presented to Guyana Colorete Inc for attaining international certification and accelerating cross border trade with modern, innovative building materials made in Guyana. This company is a major producer of paints, thin set and grout. It serves local and regional markets. Just this year, it was able to penetrate the Suriname and Trinidadian markets with two of its most popular products—Thin set and Hiperbond. Two lifetime achievements were also given out, one to Sattaur A. Gafoor for the second time. This was noted to be a history-making moment in Guyana’s manufacturing sector as he was the first to attain the award for the second consecutive year. Gafoor, the Captain of the mega-chain called simply Gafoors, is a consummate entrepreneur and has also become one of the most dependable philanthropists in the business sector. He
contributes to the educational advancement and social development of a wide assortment of people, particularly his employees. Mr. Gafoor was described by the moderator as a man of high moral turpitude who has always been invested in the growth and development of his own enterprise and in the institutions that comprise the manufacturing and distribution landscape in Guyana. Graham revealed to the attentive audience that the entrepreneur served as President of the GMA around 1999 and together with his fellow Lifetime Awardee, Norman McLean, initiated the first Business Expo at Sophia. He takes his responsibilities as a corporate citizen very seriously and goes beyond the call to give back to communities. Graham stated that this is what gives Gafoor satisfaction. The businessman was honoured for consistently fostering the growth of the Manufacturing sector with his strong pioneering spirit and philanthropy. Mc Lean who serves as the current GMSA President was celebrated in like manner
for serving the GMSA with distinction for over 25 years including four terms as President. The GMSA’s 2015/2016 Board of Directors elected Major General (rtd.) McLean as its President at the last Annual General Meeting. This is his fourth time as President of the Association. He had led the Association for three terms in the 1990’s before it adopted the Services sub-sector in 2006. McLean brought to the GMSA considerable experience in human resource development and Organizational Management. He is a retired Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, and the retired Human Resource Director and general factotum of the now defunct Omai Gold Mines. He also consults with ETK Sand Springs, an expatriate gold and mineral mining company that is preparing to start up operations in Guyana. In his numerous capacities, he has been a strong pillar for the GMSA. In his own inimitable way, he has fostered numerous programmes and implemented many procedures, some of which it still uses today.
Corruption benefits the rich and powerful at the expense of the poor. Say no to it.
VEHICLE FOR SALE Sale! Sale! RZ Minibus, BLL series – $1M Negotiable, Serious enquiries only- Call: 662-3073 1 Hilux pick, single cab long bass -$1.2M negotiable – Call: 675-2650 Unregistered Nissan Bluebird 2006 -$2.3M & Toyota Allion 2006 $2.35Neg- Contact: 644-9277
DRESSMAKING We design and sew all ladies clothing, curtains etc. call Sharmie (Canadian Trained):626-2629; 676-6312 6 Weeks Course in designing and sewing ladies garments etc. Call Sharmie (Canadian Trained):626-2629; 676-6312 CAR RENTAL PROGRESSIVE CAR RENTAL: CARS& SUV FOR RENTAL- $4,000 & UP PER DAY- CALL: 643-5122, 656-0087 ,EMAIL:PRO_ A U T O R E N T A L @YAHOO.COM DOLLY’SCARRENTAL-CALL: 225-7126/226-3693 DOLLYSAUTORENTAL@ YA H O O . C O M / W W W. DOLLYSAUTORENTAL.COM Wing’s Car & 4WD Vigo pick up rental- Call: 690-6494 Aidan’s Car & 4WD Vigo pick up, cheapest rate, low security- Call: 698-7807
AT192, 212, Allion, unregistered Premio, Hilux Surf, BNN, RZ & Pit-bull, 7 seater super custom. Cash / terms- Call: 680-3154 Unregistered Fielder Wagon, fully loaded, rims, camera, bodykit, HID, dark interiorCall: 617-5536 Toyota Noah & Voxy, Fully loaded, never registered, ‘G’ Series -$1.7M –Call: 617-2891 Tractor Massey Ferguson from Canada: MF165-$1.7M, MF 135 -$1.1M, MF 265 $2.2M, Tundra -$1.9M, Tacoma -$2.3M. Call: 6825230; 628-9596 Toyota Vios. Call: 644-6346
TO LET Property: Comfortable 2 Bedroom house in Diamond Housing Scheme –Call: 6606044 Eccles apartment furnished, cable, internet, A/C, breezy etc. Call: 233-2770 Two bedrooms apartment, parking & other conveniences, Christian working couples, no children -$35,000 –Call: 218-3463; 6238759; 672-1586
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LEAD ME TO WATERS... From page 44 had entered the yard last night - walked past big, bad-tempered Lassie - and wrenched off the door of the chicken pen. Maxie's tiny yellow chickens lay scattered on the ground. Someone had wrung their heads off. A chill ran through me. “Who do this, Max?” “I doan know…” I helped Max get rid of the dead chicks. He had stopped crying, but he wasn't speaking much. I asked him again who he thought had killed the chicks. A look of fear flashed across his face. But he said nothing. That was the day Maxie began to change. We had tons of plans for the holidays we'd fish, play road cricket against the guys from Festival City, and let Ralphie sneak us into the cinema to see a Bruce Lee double, when he came back from training at Tacama. But it seemed that Max's heart wasn't in any of those things. I knew that he was troubled about something. Things weren't too bright with me, either. I had dreamed a few more times about the fishgirl and the man; and in those dreams it was always moonlight and they were chasing me down the dam by the Blacka. About a week after Max's chickens had died, he came by my house calling for me. He had always been skinny, but it seemed to me that he had gotten even thinner. I saw something else. He looked terrified. “You could come by me now?”
Jail time is... From page 60 billions of dollars. It needs creative thinking. If it takes an artiste and few millions to send the message, then so be it. We waste much more than that on frivolous stuff. We can stop for a moment and imagine the possibilities if our young generation take the time to soak in some of the positive messages being shared. Would there be less crime? Maybe, a Michael Jordan or Usain Bolt is somewhere out there, waiting to make Guyana proud. We no longer need child soldiers to deliver unspeakable horrors. We can and should do without that. We are but a small country. It is time to take it back!
We went back to his house and sat silently on his front steps for a few minutes. I could hear his mother coughing inside. “You remember that fish that I ketch?” he blurted out. I felt goose-bumps break out on my arms. I nodded, dreading what was coming next. He sighed. “I think I going crazy.” “What you mean, Max?” He sighed again: “Since that day at the Blacka…I dreaming about a fish-girl with a cut on her face. And—and a man with yellow eyes...” I took a deep breath then said: “Max … you ain't crazy. … I getting the same dream.” He stared at me. “At the Blacka?—by where we catch the fish?” “Yes. I does dream that they chasing me.” Me too,” he said. “But my dreams is real.” Without waiting for me to answer, Maxie stripped off his jersey. I stared at the fresh scratches on his back and arms. “I don't have anybody to tell this to,” he said. “Daddy out of town, Ralphie still at Tacama…mommy sick—” he brushed at a tear then muttered: “This happen last night.” “How?” I found myself blurting out, though part of me really didn't want to know. “I dream I was walking to the Blacka. I didn't want to go, but like something was pulling me. …The two of them was in the water. They was telling me to come in, but I know that if I went near them they would kill me. … While I standing on the dam, they start to come out of the water—but just before they reach me, I wake up…” He looked at me with terrified eyes. “I wake up near the Blacka.” “What?” He nodded. “The place was dark, but I know I was standing at the same spot where we catch that fish—that thing. I was barefoot and in my shorts alone…I could hear something splashing around in the water, but I couldn't see anything. … But I was sure I hear somebody laughing…” Maxie's voice was trembling now: “I run, boy. I run all the way home. I was so frighten that I run in the wrong direction. Fall down twice. Scratch up my skin.” He was crying. I stared at his scratched-up chest. “Who you think these people is, Max?” He stared at me with reddened eyes. “You mean you don't know?—I caught a fairmaid, and now she want to kill us!” (To be continued)
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Sunday November 22, 2015
Kamla warns PNM against HDC plan: Floodgate to litigation Trinidad Guardian - The Government’s new policy to limit the joint income level of people applying for Housing Development Corporation’s (HDC) homes to $25,000 may be heading to the courtroom, as Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar Friday said she planned to challenge legally the State on the move unless the policy was reviewed. While Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley defended the decision Friday, PersadBissessar described the new plan as autocratic and illegal and warned it would result in costly litigation to the State. Persad-Bissessar sent out the warning shortly after she and her United National Congress elections slate, Team UNC, filed their nomination papers at Rienzi Complex, Couva, Friday. She said thousands of people who were successful with their applications and who have a legitimate expectation of receiving their homes may have a case based on the mere success of their applications and subsequent promise to them by the State. “To suddenly renege
Supporters of Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar hold up posters at Rienzi Complex Couva, while she filed her nomination papers Friday for the UNC internal elections. PHOTO: RISHI RAGOONATH on that promise opens a floodgate to litigation. I intend to take up the matter in a court of competent jurisdiction,” she said, adding it would result in discrimination against thousands of citizens. The People’s National Movement (PNM) announced a change of policy
in the distribution of HDC homes through Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie at Thursday’s post-Cabinet media briefing. He announced that citizens who had applied for homes with joint incomes of up to $45,000 would no longer be eligible for subsidised
State homes, even if they had pre-qualified. The Government is now limiting the ceiling to joint incomes of up to $25,000. Cuffie said Cabinet decided to revert to the original housing policy to provide affordable housing for low and middle income citizens, since the HDC was op-
erating outside the law. Some 80,000 people who had applied, many in the public and protective services, will no longer be eligible for HDC homes, former housing minister Dr Roodal Moonilal has claimed. It was the last People’s Partnership administration that had raised the ceiling to $45,000. Shortly after the PNM came into Government after it won the September 7 general election, however, Housing Minister Marlene McDonald claimed this change was surreptitiously done and she planned to review it. In a release on the issue, in which she seemed to be offering free legal advice, Persad-Bissessar accused the Government of insensitivity. “On the heels of higher gas prices, the looming property tax, inflation and the sudden increase in food prices, the PNM Government has announced this draconian, autocratic policy which would lead to thousands of our hard working citizens being struck off the list of eligible persons,” she said “In the interest of the people, we insist the policy
be reviewed. We demand a more compassionate stance towards the less fortunate in our society. To do otherwise would be heartless, unlawful and unpardonable by a nation in distress,” she added. Persad-Bissessar said it was ironic the PNM Government would claim illegality on the PP’s part “when in fact they are the ones whose untimely and harsh decision can be questioned in a court of competent jurisdiction.” She said in the first instance, the PNM’s illegality “lies in its breach of the fundamental principle of legitimate expectation. “In law, a legitimate expectation applies to the principles of fairness and reasonableness to a situation where a person has an expectation or interest in a public body or private parties retaining a long-standing practice or keeping a promise. “Thousands of HDC applicants who were successful in the HDC application have a legitimate expectation of receiving their homes based on the mere success of their application and the subsequent promise to them by the State.”
Sunday November 22, 2015
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Bavarian leader calls for end to ‘welcome culture’ for refugees Reuters - A prominent ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel stepped up his criticism of her refugee policy yesterday, demanding an end to the “Willkommenskultur” that has encouraged record numbers of migrants to seek asylum in Germany. A day after criticising Merkel — as she stood uncomfortably beside him on stage — for refusing to put a cap on the number of refugees entering Germany, Bavarian leader Horst Seehofer called for “a culture of reason, not a culture of welcome.” “No one can be forced to shoulder more than they can carry,” Seehofer said at a congress of his Christian Social Union (CSU) in Munich, where he was later re-elected as party chairman. The CSU is the sister party of Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and is a member of her coalition government in Berlin, but Seehofer has emerged as her most high-profile domestic
critic in recent months. Thousands of migrants are entering Germany every day, the vast majority flowing into Bavaria over the Austrian border, and roughly a million are expected to arrive this year alone. Merkel agreed in September to suspend EU asylum rules and allow thousands of migrants camped out in precarious conditions in Hungary through to Germany. Scenes of German volunteers applauding refugees and offering them food as they descended from trains in Munich station sparked the feel-good term “Willkommenskultur” (“welcome culture”). But the mood has since shifted, with critics saying Germany’s welcome has only encouraged more to risk the harrowing journey from wartorn countries such as Syria and Iraq. Merkel, who marks her 10-year anniversary in office today, has rebuffed calls from the CSU and members of
Migrants queue on a bridge crossing the border river Inn at the German-Austrian frontier between Braunau and Simbach am Inn near Passau, Germany. REUTERS/MICHAEL DALDER
her own party to impose a formal cap on the number of refugees Germany will accept, saying it would be impossible to enforce. The scene on the stage in Munich on Friday underscored how politically
vulnerable she has become in recent months as the tide of refugees continues, straining the resources of local communities. A poll last week showed that 60 percent of Germans are unhappy with
Merkel’s refugee policies. “Seehofer humiliates Merkel,” read a headline in top-selling daily Bild. “Horst Seehofer treated the chancellor like a school girl at the CSU congress,” the paper’s deputy
editor wrote in an editorial. In what some may interpret as another slap at Merkel, Seehofer also announced plans to travel to Moscow soon to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Sunday November 22, 2015
PM Stuart to attend two high-level meetings Prime Minister Freundel Stuart will participate in the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta and the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 21) in Paris. The CHOGM meeting will be held from November 24 to 29, while COP 21 and associated meetings will be held from November 25 to December 12. Underscoring the importance of these high-level discussions, Stuart said: “CHOGM 2015 will give the Commonwealth leaders and stakeholders an opportunity to come together as a community and work collectively to add value to the lives of their citizens, the Commonwealth family and the international community.” He pointed out that the Prime Minister of Malta would convene a Special Executive Session on Climate Action as part of the CHOGM agenda, and a Commonwealth Leaders Statement on Climate Change would be considered, adopted and conveyed to UNFCCC COP 21. Stuart said the potential outcomes of the Paris discussions would be important to Barbados and the CARICOM region, given the projected adverse effects climate change would have on the countries. “Climate change is one of the most serious environmental problems affecting small island developing states, such as Barbados. Global warming, as a result of continuing greenhouse gas emissions, is causing changes in weather patterns, which have the potential to negatively impact the environmental, social and economic sectors in Barbados,” he ex-
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plained. The Prime Minister pointed out that the CARICOM Heads of Government at their meeting earlier this year in Barbados adopted a Declaration for Climate Action, which sets out the region’s agreed negotiating positions. He added that the Declaration asserts that the Heads “look forward to the adoption for the first time of a universal, legally binding agreement at the COP 21”. Those attending CHOGM will include Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Maxine McClean; Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, Sonja Welch; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, E. Cecile Humphrey; and High Commissioner of Barbados to the United Kingdom, Guy Hewitt. Prime Minister Stuart and Welch will attend the Leaders Session and the Opening of COP 21 from November 30 to December 1, as well as a series of bilateral, regional, and SIDS meetings from December 2 to 4. Minister of Environment and Drainage, Dr Denis Lowe; project manager in the Ministry, Rickardo Ward; and two oth-
ers will participate in the highlevel session from December 7 to 12. The UNFCCC will be providing funding for three of Barbados’ delegates to attend the conference. Special Envoy on the Environment, Dr Leonard Nurse, who is chairman of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, will also be a member of the Barbados delegation, along with representatives of the Caribbean Youth Environmental Network. At the biennial CHOGM meeting, which has as its theme The Commonwealth – Adding Global Value, the Prime Minister will address the Commonwealth Enterprise Investment Council’s Focus on the Caribbean session, and participate in the Maltese Prime Minister’s Roundtable. The selection of a new Commonwealth Secretary General is one of the important items on the agenda, as three candidates, two from the Caribbean and one from Africa, are vying for the top spot. Barbados will seek to discuss important bilateral and regional issues with a number of partners in the margins of both meetings. (BGIS)
Official: 3 Syrians with fake IDs detained in St. Maarten PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten (AP) — Three Syrians traveling with fake Greek passports have been detained in the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Maarten, authorities said yesterday. The public prosecutor’s office said the Syrians were detained Nov. 14 and that the investigation is continuing to determine their identities and how and where they obtained the fake documents. Officials said the three have not asked for asylum,
but they do not believe the Syrians are tied to any terrorist groups. Spokesman Norman Serphos told The Associated Press that the three men came on an Insel Air flight from Haiti. No further details were available. Prosecutors said they have shared the information with Interpol and other international law enforcement agencies including U.S. authorities. Officials said the three Syrians had traveled from
Europe then stopped in Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Haiti before entering St. Maarten. It is unclear where they were headed. Authorities said similar routes have been used by other Syrians arrested in neighboring countries. Last week, authorities detained one Syrian woman in Costa Rica and five others in Honduras, including four who are apparently students. Authorities said all were carrying falsified documents.
Sunday November 22, 2015
Kaieteur News
Nicholson says JLP ‘crazy’ for wanting referendum on buggery law KINGSTON, Jamaica — Leader of Government Business in the Senate, AJ Nicholson, has criticised statements coming from within the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) that the issue of amending Jamaica’s buggery law should be put to a referendum. “This referendum business, you know, it is full time that we get out of it. You know why? I hear coming from some quarters in your (JLP) party that you want an insane proposal, that you want to have a referendum in Jamaica on the issue of buggery! You crazy?” Nicholson asked the Opposition during Friday’s debate on the Caribbean Court of Justice Bills. “You want people running up and down Jamaica on a political platform dealing with homosexuality, you crazy? Look here, let us wake up, man,” Nicholson stated. JLP MP Pearnel Charles (North Central Clarendon) was reported in the press recently as telling supporters that the promise by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on the eve of the 2011 General Election to repeal the buggery law was purely vote catching. Speaking at a mass
AJ Nicholson rally in Alexandria, St Ann this night, Charles said that the JLP would not countenance same-sex marriages. “This will never happen here, not as long as I am alive,” he declared to loud cheers from the crowd. Charles added that he would enlist the church to help him in “the fight”. In the lead up to the 2011 General Election, Simpson Miller had promised Jamaica’s lesbians, gays, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) community that, as prime minister, she would facilitate in Parliament a conscience vote on the controversial issue of the buggery law. But, after four years in office, nothing has been done to support this promise. However, Charles’ call for a referendum on the issue was
first proposed by leader of the party and the Opposition, Andrew Holness. Holness said that a JLP Government would allow Jamaicans to vote in a referendum, to determine if there should be any amendment to the Buggery Act. “You will also know that when it comes to time to determine whether or not we should make any changes to the Buggery Act, or to any other act that determines how Jamaicans see the family, you know that we are not going to take it up onto ourselves in Parliament to make that decision. We are going to come to you, the people of the country, to make that decision,” he told a JLP Area Council Four meeting at Manning’s School in October. (Jamaica Observer)
Ex-justice minister in Antigua charged with battery on police ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Former Minister of Justice and Public Safety, Collin Derrick appeared in court last week to answer four charges, including battery on police. Derrick, who was detained for 16 hours earlier last week then released on EC$7,000 (US$2,592) bail, has also been charged with resisting arrest, obstructing a police officer from executing his duties and disorderly conduct. The opposition member said he was confident he would beat the charges that centres around an interaction with an police inspector and a woman, who allegedly became rowdy at the public meeting. Defending his actions, the former minister said he was merely trying to calm down a woman at the meeting, and was later he arrested. “She was struggling and protesting with the intervention that took place, and so I went outside and tried to calm her down,” he told the local media. “After successfully doing so I went back inside, sat down, continued listening to the meeting.
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T&T running on auto-pilot - Kamla Trinidad Guardian - The Government is now seeking to implement the same antiterrorism plans it opposed which were outlined in an antiterrorism resolution co-sponsored by the former People’s Partnership administration and the United Nations, Opposition leader Kamla PersadBissessar said Friday. Persad-Bissessar said after National Security Minister Edmund Dillon insisted ISIS was no threat to T&T, the PNM is now seeking to put plaster on the wound it created. Likening the terrorist threat to a kind of World War 111, she said the whole Government should be removed, not just Dillon. She was responding to questions on calls from social media users for Dillon to step down. She said the entire country was now running on auto-pilot by a “consult and review Government.” Persad-
Bissessar said all policies and programmes have been put on hold while the Government reviewed them. She was fielding questions from the media after she and her Team UNC filed their nomination papers for the December 5 UNC internal elections at Rienzi Complex, Couva. Dismissing all allegations against her by contenders for the post of UNC leader, Vasant Bharath and Dr Roodal Moonilal, PersadBissessar said they were free to talk. There have been charges coming from the two rival camps that the UNC elections would be rigged in Persad-Bissessar’s favour. She said in the UNC’s January 2010 elections, names were also struck off the membership list and there was no avenue to question it. Now, members can query the absence of their names, she said. Persad-Bissessar dis-
Kamla Persad-Bissessar agreed with statements from Bharath’s camp that as political leader he can appoint an Opposition Leader in the House. Persad-Bissessar read excerpts from Team UNC’s manifesto. Its mission is to work with all stakeholders to form the next government. It also intends to reform the UNC constitution to allow for greater coalition with other parties. Persad-Bissessar asked supporters to vote for Team Unity in the elections, whose symbol is a star.
US employers looking to recruit Jamaican farm workers
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Dr Fenton Ferguson (right), looks at something being pointed out on a local map by Manager at the United States-based Great Lakes Agricultural Services (GLALS), Bob Boehm (left). Looking on is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Collette Roberts Risden KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) - Employers from the Great Lakes Agricultural Labour Services (GLALS) in Michigan, USA, are looking to recruit Jamaicans to work on their cherry and apple farms. A two-member delegation from the organisation visited Jamaica from November 16 to 18 for discussions with officials in the ministry of labour and social security to explore opportunities for Jamaican farm workers. Manager at GLALS, Bob Boehm, said there is huge demand for workers on GLALS farms. He said the entity is looking at Jamaicans because of the “positive feedback received on Jamaican workers.” Boehm was speak-
ing during a courtesy call on portfolio minister, Dr Fenton Ferguson, last week. The GLALS representative said his company is also “intrigued” by the liaison services the ministry provides, which will assist in addressing the needs of both employers and workers. Ferguson welcomed the employers and assured them that the ministry is “ready for business.” “I pledge full support for this (initiative) and the staff here will work fully from our end to make a partnership work,” he said. He noted that due to yearly recruitment activities, the ministry has a pool of prescreened workers from which the employers can choose.
During the three-day visit, the employers toured the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) and met with farming groups in Portland. They also had discussions with staff at the ministry’s Overseas Employment Services Centre. The state of Michigan is the largest producer of cherry and the third largest of apples in the United States. Last year, GLALS recruited 400 farm workers from Mexico. However, with the high demand for workers, they are looking to expand their recruitment to other countries. GLALS’ parent company, Michigan Farm Bureau, is the state’s largest general farm organisation.
Sunday November 22, 2015
Kaieteur News
Another young woman jumps off Kaieteur...
Roshinee Pagwah at the falls shortly before she jumped From page 3 woman had plunged off the waterfalls. In tears, she said that her niece left home around 05:00 hrs yesterday to follow a friend in Georgetown to clear a barrel. She had promised that she would return home a little after midday. “She called a taxi and say she going town to follow this friend. I don't know which friend,” she aunt said while
lamenting, “No this cannot happen… This cannot happen.” The woman said that Pagwah was her sister's only daughter. “If she (Pagwah) is dead then her mother will die too. She getting blackout all the time since she get the news that Roshinee jumped from the falls.” According to the aunt, the 21-year-old seemed normal. No one knew of any is-
sues that could have caused her to end her life in such a matter. Asked whether the young lady was dating anyone at the time, her aunt could not say but stressed that she never took anyone home. All tours have been suspended until ranks from the Guyana Police Force locate the body. In 2009, 23-year-old Aliya Bulkan also jumped off the falls.
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Putin says seeks global anti-terrorism fight after 19 killed in Mali attack Reuters - Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday he wanted global cooperation to combat terrorism in the wake of an Islamist militant attack on a luxury hotel in Mali that killed 19 people including six Russians. Friday’s assault came a week after militants killed 130 people in gun and bomb attacks in Paris claimed by Islamic State, and three weeks after a Russian airliner was downed over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula by what Moscow and Western governments say was a bomb, killing 224 all people aboard. The bloodshed at the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali, a former French colony, evoked the problems French troops and U.N. peacekeepers face in restoring security and order in a West African state that has battled rebels and militants in its weakly governed desert north for years. Jihadist groups Al Mourabitoun and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the attack, which ended when Malian commandos stormed the building and rescued 170
people, many of them foreigners. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said two militants were killed in the commando operation. His government increased security at strategic points around Bamako at the start of a declared 10-day state of emergency. “Mali will not shut down because of this attack. Paris and New York were not shut down and Mali won’t be. Terrorism will not win,” Keita said during a visit to the hotel yesterday. Six employees of Russian regional airline Volga-Dnepr were killed, Russia’s foreign ministry said, while six others were rescued.
Putin sent a telegram of condolences to Keita and said “the widest international cooperation” was needed to confront global terrorism, according to a statement by the Kremlin. On Tuesday, Putin pledged to hunt down militants responsible for blowing up the airliner, as well as intensified air strikes against militants in Syria, after the Kremlin concluded a bomb had destroyed the plane. Putin and French President Francois Hollande also spoke by phone on Tuesday and agreed to boost coordination of their military actions in fighting jihadist militants in Syria.
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All set for the 16th Annual Balram Shane cricket match, Volleyball competition With the inclement weather showing signs of stepping in, Berbice remains fairly dry. There will be no other place to be today but the Port Mourant Community centre where all roads will lead. The occasion is the 16th Annual Balram Shane challenge, fund raising 50 overs cricket match between archrivals and two of Guyana’s top teams Albion Community and the Port Mourant Cricket Club and the fifth annual senior Inter club volleyball competition at the Port Mourant Community Centre Ground and volleyball court. The day’s activity is being sponsored by popular Rose Hall Town businessman and community activist and sports enthusiast Deonarine Balram of The Balram Shane General Store at Rose Hall Town Corentyne. Both teams are strong and will boost a number of national and former national senior
and youth players, while the volleyball competition will see the best volleyball teams in Berbice spiking it out for top honours and a bumper crowd is expected to be on hand and a close encounter is envisaged. A close and exhilarating match is anticipated in the cricket game as is the case whenever these two teams tangle in any cricket match. Both teams have delayed naming their squads as a matter of surprise for the other. Port Mourant are the defending champions. Albion have won the competition 11 times with Port Mourant taking the title three times with one being rained out. Both teams will get $100,000 with the winning team assured of a further $20,000 and the Balram Shane Memorial trophy, while the runner up will also get a further $10,000. A number of individual awards will also be up for grabs including the man of the match, best
bowler and best batsman among others, all compliments of the sponsor and his family who will be on hand to bowl the first ball and present the winners with their accolades. Starting time is 09:30 hrs. Meanwhile, the fifth edition of the Balram Shane Memorial Volleyball competition will also be played simultaneously on the Port Mourant Multiplex volleyball court, beginning at 10:00 hrs. Most of the top volleyball teams in Berbice are expected to participate. GTC/PM is the defending champion. The organiser and his family will be on hand to serve the first ball and assist the distribution of trophies and prizes at the end of the day’s activities. A number of organisations and second division clubs in Berbice will also benefit from the proceeds of the day’s activities. (Samuel Whyte)
Sunday November 22, 2015 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) Information on psychology, particularly dreams, could capture your imagination. You could decide to collect as much information as you can. TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20) Short trips and long talks with your special someone are on the agenda today. GEMINI (May 21–June 20) A lot of paperwork that you need to complete could have you nervous and stressed. You might experience some headaches. CANCER (June 21–July 22) Ideas you read could inspire you to develop some new ideas of your own. You might want to write these down or share them with others. LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) The presence of children in your home could arouse your nurturing instincts today. You might want to read to them or tell them stories. Stay away from any particularly gruesome fairy tales. VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Newspapers may bring knowledge of strange events that capture your imagination. You might want to learn more about the stories and similar events.
LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) A heightened sense of ambition might have you developing your writing skills today. SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Your ambition should take on a new dimension, possibly going for a second career either in addition to or instead of the one you have. SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21) A letter or call from someone you know who's ill and confined to the hospital or home might come today. You might decide to pay this person a visit. CAPRI(Dec.22–Jan.19) Letters and calls pertaining to your long-term goals or those of a group you're affiliated with could take up a lot of your time today. You might have to deal with paperwork at some point, and you might not understand some of it. AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) You'll feel mentally sharp and able to take care of it easily, though some of what needs to be done may momentarily elude you. PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) Recognition could finally come for hard work and goals reached. You're feeling very good about the situation.
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Banks Beer Inter-Corporation Futsal Competition
Banks DIH outlasts Ministry of Foreign Affairs to win inaugural title Watched by Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge and ‘A’ Division Commander / GFA President Clifton Hicken, Banks DIH and Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided the large turnout of fans to a thrillng climax of the inaugural Banks Beer Inter-Corporation Futsal Competition on Friday night, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. When the final whistle sounded, Banks DIH had outlasted a stubborn Ministry of Foreign Affairs 8-5 in an encounter that produced end to end action from start to finish and one that the fans must have enjoyed. Andre Trotz and Devon Forde led the way with a pair each in the seventh and 36th and 16th and 27th minutes respectively. James Meredith, Eron Hayde, Phillip Rowley and Eric Moses goals in the third, 22nd, 28th and 35th minutes respectively completed their tally. Foreign Affairs responded through Courtney Britton, who fired in a brace in the fourth and 25th minutes and Shamar Wilson, Jeffrey Newton and Godfrey Powers’ strikes in the 19th, 30th and 34th minutes respectively. The victory was worth $200,000 and the championship trophy for Banks DIH, while Ministry of Foreign Affairs received $150,000 and a trophy. Meredith gave Banks DIH the perfect start when he fired into the right corner from his position on the left flank after three minutes to evoke wild celebrations among their band of supporters. However, Britton’s re-
sponse was quick and deadly one minute later hitting a fierce right-footer past the goalkeeper right hand. With the game tied at 1-1 Trotz hit back three minutes later for Banks DIH through a piece of magic, reaching on to the end of a pinpoint pass to finish with aplomb. They extended their advantage when Forde opened his account, sweeping past the keeper in one motion after receiving a pass from the right side. Foreign Affairs all the while continued to attack with menace and pulled one back a minute before the breakthrough Wilson, who made his presence felt almost immediately after coming on when he hit a ferocious shot past the keeper to make it 3-2. The resumption brought no reprieve for Foreign Affairs as Banks DIH took a 4-2 lead through Hayde, who slid his effort past the onrushing keeper. Britton returned to comfortably slot home a pass from the right side to complete his pair and pull them within one, down 3-4. Forde, however, was again to the rescue for Banks DIH racing on to a clinical delivery, before lashing past
the keeper. The wily Rowley was not going to be left out of the slugfest and he made it 6-3 with a wonder strike that started with an envious control that culminated with a volley into the roof of the net. Newton and Powers shot back in rapid fashion to delay the exit of the fans as they sensed a fightback, but that was the last hurrah for Foreign Affairs as Banks DIH took full advantage of the opposition’s choice to go on a full scale attack with the clock winding down. Moses hit home from close range, while Trotz patted into an empty goal, before the final whistle sounded to hand Banks DIH a deserved victory. In the third place playoff, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure obliterated the Ministry of Public Health, winning 10-3. They waltzed away with $100,000 and a trophy, while Ministry of Public Health collected $50,000. Minister Greenidge, who also did the ceremonial kickoff, Commander Hicken and Banks Brand Manager Brian Choo-Hen met the teams, before start.
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Sunday November 22, 2015
“Soccer and cricket nostalgia alive in the present time!” By Colin E. H. Croft Ask any Caribbean person over 35 years old, not only Trinbagonians, as to where they were when USA’s defensive mid-fielder Paul Caligiuri scored that innocuous but vital, instantly lethal goal; “the goal heard around
the world”; against Trinidad & Tobago’s Strike Squad in that final FIFA World Cup 1990 Italy qualifying game on 19 November 1989? They would acknowledge, to the exact second, that deathly silent moment when a country; an entire region even; instantly cried bright
red. To this very day, many still either refuse or simply cannot comprehend what really happened on that fateful Sunday evening 26 years ago! Even though T&T’s Soca Warriors did eventually qualify for W-C Germany 2006, after Jamaica’s Reggae
Boys had become the first English-speaking Caribbean country to complete such qualification; W-C France 1998; that massive pain from 1989 had engulfed T&T and its diaspora until last week, 17 November 2015. Hopefully, some of 1989’s ghost has finally been expunged! Anyone under 35 years old who attended last week’s similarly important qualifying game at the same Haseley Crawford stadium in Port of Spain that had dripped red tears in 1989 must appreciate how important that gained point in the drawn game with USA for W-C Russia 2018 was. It may not yet be complete, but it was a slight form of revenge on the bristling Americans! Based on 2015 form, USA were favorites to beat T&T, but with the Warriors having beaten tough Guatemala, while USA destroyed St. Vincent & Grenadines, it is T&T who now sit, even at 2nd in the group, in a better position. USA will struggle with Guatemala come next year, while T&T should beat SVG easily when they clash twice in 2016. Steven Hart’s men are on a great roll! Viewing and listening to television coverage, we were led to understand that present T&T Head Coach Hart was actually working for free – gratis – as apparently, as mentioned in the commentary, documents and files of T&T’s footballing association were, as the game progressed, being audited and examined too. Like West Indies’ distantly past but very successful cricket teams, T&T’s 2015 Soca Warriors looked impressive while playing, as suggested, just for pure pride! One wonders about present thoughts of former Strike Force Head-Coach Everard Gally Cummings, 1989’s ill-fated T&T goalkeeper Michael Maurice, and the man who made it all possible back then, despite what
many may say now, Austin Jack Warner, as T&T and USA drew 0-0. There is a long way to go to Russia 2018, but those three must be smiling ruefully, wherever they are! Smiling, even whooping it up too, were many who witnessed encouraging; for USA’s cricket; entertaining, still enthralling encounters that were “All-Star” cricket games featuring thirty of the best cricketers the world has seen in the last twenty years, ably led and inspired by Australian leg-spinning maestro Shane Warne and Indian “Master-Blaster” Sachin Tendulkar. Opinions will continue to be polarized as to if those three games, played at iconic base-ball stadiums; New York Mets’ Citi-field stadium, Houston Astros’ MinuteMaid stadium and Dodger stadium, home of Los Angeles Dodgers; made any cricketing sense. Some cricketing purists, even those who actually like T-20’s, sulked when thinking that those aged cricket veterans, even world beaters that they all were, would re-emerge for such games. But the reactions of the attended populace suggested that it was a quite needed glitzy show! There were even complaints in some quarters that supposedly high cost of tickets and less than efficient security efforts at Game 3; Dodger stadium; were turnoffs for attendees. However, 36,000 at Citi-field stadium, 26,000 at Minute-Maid stadium and 30,000 at Dodger stadium, all cheering their heroes madly, ecstatically, confirmed that USA is severely starved of good cricketing entertainment. From players and media to spectators, we all had a tremendous blast! Anyone who expected to see players like Pakistan’s Wasim Akram bowl with similar alacrity and swing as he did in the 1990’s must either
be mad or stupid, but recently retired stalwarts like South Africa’s Jonty Rhodes, Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene, Muttiah Muralitharan and Kumar Sangakkara, Australia’s Ricky Ponting, Pakistan’s Saqlain Mustaq, and Warne and Tendulkar, put on a very creditable show for all! Meanwhile, International Cricket Council is presently conducting “Town Hall” meetings, ala West Indies Cricket Board had recently done, to ascertain as to how to govern cricket in USA. Tarred with the same brush, West Indies and USA cricket must now be at the very crossroads, for most of these presently ensuing fracas are operating literally on virgin ground, never occurring previously. Whatever happens next, with communications flying between irate CARICOM Prime Ministers, former WICB head-honchos and present WICB hierarchy, while the body supposedly responsible for cricket in USA is still suspended by ICC, one thing is certain for both USA and West Indies cricket. Nothing will ever be the same again as both situations cannot continue as is. So, Trinidad & Tobago’s Soca Warriors might be on another great, positive adventure to W-C Russia 2018, but WI and USA cricket could be seeing serious future red tears too. Enjoy! E-mail address c.e.h.croft@gmail.com
Leonora to come alive as mobile wizard 10/10 returns for the third round: The Mobile Wizard 10/10 softball cricket tournament organized by the Guyana Softball League in collaboration with the West Demerara Softball Cricket League returns to Leonora Primary School Ground this weekend with the third round and will offer teams who have not done so well after the first two rounds an opportunity to make a mark on the tournament as their level of play will rise to accommodate the excitement seen so far in this tournament. The Matches are as follows: Enemy Lines XI
versus Superstreet Reloaded XI; Speedboat XI versus Meter-Mer – Zorg XI; Omesh XI versus United Muslim Youth XI; Irfaan XI versus Next Level XI and Leonora Youths versus Crossbreed XI. Meanwhile, Mobile Wizards will be on hand with their giveaways and discounts as the pace picks up and have amazed the public with their low prices and their generosity. Rohan Furniture Establishment will also be giving away one footstool pouf to the players with the most runs for the day.
Miss Love Trading will be giving their usual prize of $1,000 in credit to the winners of one ball “put your money where your mouth deh” manto for spectators. V& P supermarket will give one bottle of Champagne to the Man of the Day. Imtiaz and Imran Hack will also be giving prizes in the tournament. The other sponsors are Trophy Stall who are donating the trophies for the tournament and Wolf’s Furniture Store, the other incentives in the tournament.
Sunday November 22, 2015
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2015 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice
Ramnarine’s 7 for 20 sees Kennard’s Memorial through to Play-offs - Scotsburg United also advance After Kennard’s Memorial had rattled up 206 for 9 in 25 Overs against Mibicuri Jaguars with Somesh Mangra 51 their former Berbice Under19 left arm spinner Karamchand Ramnarine took 7 for 20 from 5 overs, the best bowling figures in the competition so far to bowl his team to a 138-run victory in Zone L of the 2015 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice. Wi t h B i g St a r a l s o defeating the same Mibicuri Jaguars, Kennard’s and Big Star ended up tied at the top but with the former team having the better run rate, Kennard’s were adjudged the winner of the zone and thus earned their place in the last sixteen Playoffs. Also advancing were Scotsburg United which team completed a clean sweep of Zone O after they defeated Springlands by 9 runs. In that match, they were restricted to 134 in 26 Overs but with their right arm legspinner James Hart picking up 4 for 31 from 6 Overs, Springlands fell for 125. Registering five wicket hauls were Kumar Ganesh of Mibicuri Jaguars and United States Under-19 cricketer Chetram Persaud of Tucber Park. In summarised scores:
Karamchand Ramnarine At Bush Lot Farm, Kennard’s Memorial beat Mibicuri Jaguars by 138 runs. Kennard’s Memorial 206 for 9 in 20 Overs with Somesh Mangra 51, Suraj Seelall 42, Andrew Persaud 37; Kumar Ganesh 5 for 15 and Franklyn Johnson 2 for 35. Mibicuri Jaguars 68 in 14.5 Overs with Karamchand Ramnarine 7 for 20 and Devendra Sydney 2 for 10. At Mibicuri, Big Star beat Mibicuri Jaguars by 84 runs. Big Star 124 in 23.2 Overs with Dwayson Watson 3 for 24. Mibicuri Jaguars 40 in 15 Overs with Michael Tyndall 4 for 10 and Patrick Tyndall 4 for 12. At Scotsburg in Corriverton, Scotsburg United beat Springlands by 9 runs. Scotsburg United 134 in
James Hart 26 Overs with James Hart 39; Trishan Ramdass 3 for 18, Victor Pedro 3 for 21 and Safraz Ali 2 for 20. Springlands 125 in 31 Overs with James Hart 4 for 31, Oddel Kyte 2 for 23 and Curtis Williams 2 for 35. At Edinburgh, Tucber Park beat Police by 9 wickets. Police 82 in 18.2 Overs with Martin Singh 30; Chetram Persaud 5 for 25 and Joel Seitram 2 for 13. Tucber Park 83 for 1 in 16.4 Overs with Hakeem Hinds 35 N.O and Amir Seecharran 26. At Chesney, Chesney beat Jai Hind by 7 wickets. Jai Hind 100 in 29.3 Overs with Riaz Ramcharran 2 for 16, Fazir Bacchus 2 for 18 and Riaz Khan 2 for 19. Chesney 101 for 3 in 12.2 Overs with Youardan Gurudyal 36.
Republic Bank / West Berbice Cricket Festival semi finals and final set for today The Republic Bank D’Edward Branch on the West Bank of Berbice has joined hands is supporting young cricketers and the development of sports in the West Berbice, Region 5. The West Berbice Cricket Association (WBCA) and the bank will be hosting the semi final and finals of the Inter club 20/20 cricket competition today at the C3 Recreational Park, Cotton Tree, West Coast, Berbice. The semi finals will be contested amongst Blairmont Blazers, D’Edward Sports Club, Cotton Tree Die Hard and Achievers Sports Club. The winners of two semi finals will then clash in the Grand Finale. The games are expected to commence at 11.00 hrs. The tournament which began in October saw 16 member clubs of the WBCA
participating in the earlier rounds. The earlier games were played at Number 5, D’Edward and Bush Lot Grounds. According to a release from the bank they are delighted to have been part of the initiative since it believes that investment in youths represents investment for the future. B a n k M a n a g e r M r. Imran Saccoor welcomed the undertaking by the association.
He mentioned that the bank will continue to support the development of communities within which it serves. He also encouraged the your cricketers to open accounts and look for opportunities where they can develop themselves by starting small business and taking advantage of the many loans and products that the Bank has to offer including the small and medium enterprise loans.
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Sunday November 22, 2015
GTT partners with Ramson Jr. and Administrators to focus on boxing development during Caribbean tourney Datadin to help three young cricketers
David Christopher
Stephen Jones
Kathy Harper Hall
The upcoming Caribbean Development Boxing tournament will be the perfect opportunity for top administrators to meet and discuss the development of the sport even as the region’s leading amateur boxers flex their muscles. Four presidents from Caribbean territories will join with their Guyanese counterpart Steve Ninvalle on Friday for a meeting aimed at advancing the sport in the Caribbean. Those that will be here are Anthony Jones of the Boxing
Association of Barbados, Stephen Jones of the Jamaican Boxing Board, David ‘Shakes’ Christopher who will represent the St. Lucia Boxing Association and president of the Trinidad and Tobago Boxing Association Cecil Ford. Stephen Jones arrives here on Thursday, while the others are expected in Guyana one day earlier. The team will benefit from the vast knowledge of Secretary of the Barbados association Kathy Harper-Hall, known as at Mother of Caribbean boxing.
The last time Caribbean presidents met is such numbers was last year June in Barbados. The Caribbean tournament will get underway off on Thursday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Fourteen countries have registered to participate in what is being dubbed as the largest gathering of regional countries in Guyana for any sport activity. Over one hundred boxers and 30 officials are expected in for the tournament which has regional bragging rights at stake.
Stressing that the occasion’s significance was much more that sponsorship, but rather one of mentorship, Attorney-at-Law Charles Ramson Jr, who along with fellow legal colleague Sanjeev Datadin and GTT cemented a partnership to assist in the development of three promising young cricketers. The partnership which was revealed on Friday in the Canteen of the GTT saw the three young cricketers sign contracts which will allow them to benefit from a monthly stipend of $30,000 each, compliments of the two attorneys and GTT in an agreement that is expected to last for one year. Ramson Jr. speaking at the signing ceremony told the media that because they are aware of the profusion of talent that resides here in Guyana, they felt compelled to act. “We know of the talent that Guyana has, but of late it hasn’t translated into greatness and we felt that with the right kind of assistance some of that talent could eventu-
ally emerge,” Ramson Jr. said. Ramson, who referred to the project as a Pilot Programme, commended GTT for partnering with them in a process that can best be described as taking a chance. According to Ramson Jr. the players will have to commit themselves to do well during the period, adding that it is an investment in human beings to take them to the next level. The three players who will benefit from the Programme are; wicketkeeper / batsman Ronaldo Renee and allrounder Malcolm Hubbard of Everest Cricket Club and allrounder Sherfane Rutherford of Demerara Cricket Club. GTT’s Marketing Manager Anjanie Hackett in her remarks told the gathering that the Company was happy to be part of the partnership, adding that coming from a background of being a former player she knows how important it is to have that kind of assistance. Hackett congratulted Ramson Jr. and Datadin for recoginsing the need to assist in the development of the
players, who were all referred to as possessing an abundance of talent and helping them to reach the next level. Former Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Performance Consultant Robin Singh, who accompanied the players, spoke of the process which was used to select them, informing that it was rogorous and detailed. “The selection process started with about 15 players and we looked at every aspect of the game including the player’s ability, character and mental approach and we eventually came up with these three who are all very talented,” Singh disclosed. He said they have an excellent chance to advance their talent and urged them to grab the opportunity with both hands. Renee speaking on behalf of the three players said they were grateful for the opportunity presented to them by GTT and the two attorneys and were willing to make the best use of it. GTT’s PRO Allison Parker chaired the proceedings.
Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and racing stables expresses appreciation
The Jumbo Jet connections led by Nazrudeen Mohammed jr with jockey Paul Delph and assistant trainer Carlton “Black Mouth” Pluck when they received the champion stable, trainer and jockey trophies. The organiser, coordina- horserace meet which was According to coordinator tor and organizing committee held on Sunday 8th Novem- Nasrudeen (Jumbo Jet) of the recently held “Keeping ber at the Bush Lot United Mohamed Junior, the commitBush Lot Alive” Horse Race Turf Club, Sea View Park, West tee will also like to say special meet organized by The Jumbo Coast Berbice a success. thanks to the Government of Jet R a c c i n g S t a b l e a n d Even though the sponsor- Guyana and the Guyana PoAuto Sales and the Bush ship list was not long the mem- lice Force for their support Lot United Turf Club is ex- bers of the management Com- and look for their continpressing heartfelt thanks mittee would like to say a big ued patronage at their next to all the sponsors, the thank you to Beverage Giants race meet. members of the public and Banks DIH Limited, Jumbo The next race meet orgathe various media houses Jet Auto sales, Shariff Busi- nized by the group is Guyana in Guyana who contributed ness Enterprise and Racing Cup Rematch set for Sunday in one way or the other in Stable of West Coast, Rising December 20th at the Port m a k i n g t h e i r o n e d a y Sun Turf Club among others. Mourant Turf Club.
Sunday November 22, 2015
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Singh’s 121 gives Jaguars the ascendency By Sean Devers Despite losing their last six wickets for 35 runs on an overcast second day of the WICB PLC third round cricket match at Providence yesterday, the Guyana Jaguars grabbed four late wickets to leave the Barbados Pride on 60-4 after they eventually fell for 337 at the Tea break. While Skipper Leon Johnson added only one to his overnight 73, his first day partner Vishaul Singh carried on from 30 to post his third First-Class hundred and his second in consecutive innings set a solid foundation for a huge score. But only left-handed Bajan Raymon Reifer, who reached the boundary six times in 32 and added 89 for the fifth wicket with Singh, who oozed confidence in a masterful 121 which lasted 332 minutes and 241 balls and was decorated with 14 exquisitely timed boundaries, got going with the bat for the Jaguars yesterday. Jaguars, Left-arm s p i n n e r Ve e r a s a m m y Permaul, back in the side after missing the first two games due to an ankle injury, removed both openers c h e a p l y, w h i l e P a c e r Ronsford Beaten and left-
Vishaul Singh gathers leg-side runs during his magnificent 121 yesterday. arm spinner Gudakesh Motie, who failed to flight the ball as much as he did in the last match in which he got 11 scalps, took a wicket each to leave the Bajans still 277 behind Guyana’s total when play ended in fading light. Kyle Corbin and 27year-old Kemar Braithwaite on debut added 20 for the first wicket before Braithwaite (11) provided wicketkeeper Anthony Bramble with the first of his four dismissals as Permaul, who also got rid of Corbin (16) at 36-2, struck. Corbin and Braithwaite were just beginning to settle in with both batsmen playing some handsome drives off the new ball pair of Beaton and Rifer when spin was introduced from the Southern end and two wickets tumbled in the space on 16 runs. But when Jonathon Carter, with two First-Class
tons and 13 ODIs for the West Indies edged Beaton to Bramble for four and last match centurion Shamarh Brooks (9) provided Motie with his 15th wicket in the tournament, the Bajans were not feeling so proud at 52-4. Royston Chase and debutant Mario Rampersaud, with Guyanese parentage, were at the crease. Permaul so far has 224. Earlier, Guyana, who has not beaten Barbados on home soil in 31 years, resumed on 170-2 with the partnership between Johnson and Singh already worth 60 but Johnson again failed to convert his 24th fifty into his third ton to leave Guyana on 180-3. Shiv Chanderpaul and Singh added 33 in 78 minutes as the bowlers kept the left-handed pair on a tight rein before the 41-yearold Chanderpaul, who struggled for 50 balls to
Raymon Reifer flicks Tino Best at Providence yesterday. score freely, fell for 11 when Rampersaud took his first catch at this level off Ashley Nurse at 213-4. The 26-year-old Singh, playing with immaculate defence and wonderful shot selection stroked Miguel Cummins for three contrasting boundaries in an over that were a joy to watch. He first tucked one off his pads through midwicket, before giving himself room and slapping one of the back-foot through backward point. The third one was almost orgasmic. The little lefthander from GCC nonchalantly leaned onto the front foot and imperiously drove the ball though extra cover as not a man moved. Reifer was not to be left out and stroked his countrymen for an array of delightful drives through the off-side and was the perfect partner for the more careful
Singh, whose temperament and shots reminded many of the approximately 120 fans in the stands of Chanderpaul in his prime. Reifer was eventually deceived by an excellently flighted deliverly and was bowled to ended a well constructed partnership of 89 with the score on 302-5 to spark a dramatic collapse with saw six batsmen falling
in a heap. Bramble (7) top edged a hook at Skipper Kevin Stoute which went ‘miles’ into the air for the nimble Rampersaud to run back to short fine-leg to hold a stupendous catch diving full length forward. Singh edged a beauty which left him from Stoute next ball which Rampersaud gleefully accepted to leave Stoute on a hat-trick and the score on 317-7. Permaul was taken at second slip for a duck without addition to the score as the Barbados Captain ripped through the Jaguars’ batting. Things got progressively worse for the wounded Jaguars as the Bajans circled for the kill. Steven Jacobs (7) was taken at short-leg off Royston Chase before Benn removed Beaton (11) to wrap up the innings leaving the visitors to bat out the last session.
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Sunday November 22, 2015
Joseph relishes playing in the Spanish league Credits US Embassy President of the Georgetown Dominoes Association (GDA) Faye Joseph told Kaieteur Sport that playing in the Spanish league which concluded recently in Puerto Rico was a learning experience for the locals. The GDA team returned home recently after taking part in singles, pairs and four-hand in the Spanish speaking country. Although the team failed to medal, Joseph said the local players learned a lot from the tournament. “Their game is much different from what we play here, they have lots of variations but our players were able to adopt quickly and did fairly well, but the fact that we were outnumbered by the Spanish opposition is the main reason we didn’t medal,” she said. M o n t y Ty r e l l w a s Guyana’s leading player in the single’s placing 28 out of 191 competitors, while Leroy Edwards and Azeez
Richmond finished 41 out of 191 in the pairs. Guyana landed in the fifty’s in the four-hand out of over 15 competitors. Guyana had the largest party except for the host nation and Joseph pointed out that they were given a warm welcome, adding that the opposition were surprise to see such a large contingent of local players. She explained that they got to understand the opposition better and are now better equiped for other international engagements. The GDA head was chosen as an executive member of the World Spanish League known as FAMUNDA. She is the head of the Caribbean zone on the said body. Joseph said that they were able to market Guyana which was one of their aims on tour. “We took some brochures given to us by the Ministry of Tourism and the people there were asking for more. They were so excited
Members of the Guyana team with DOS Christopher Jones prior to their departure to Puerto Rico. to learn so much about Guyana since they were told that Guyana is the only English speaking country in South America. ‘We also took the opportunity to invite them for our international tournament in April 2016 and got positive response and I must thank the Minister of Tourism Cathy Hughes for her input.’ Joseph informed that Guyana will be taking part in an international tournament
slated for January in Barbados called Sham-oDown before playing in another tournament in Canada, then the USA involving five states. She said that they are also preparing for the World Council tournament in Antigua in August 2016
which Guyana are the defending three-hand champions, and that a trip to China is in the making. Joseph expressed gratitude the United States Embassy for making their trip to Puerto Rico possible. “I must thank the US
Embassy; some of our players were able to become ambassadors for Guyana and it would not have been possible without their assistance. I must also thank the Director of Sport Christopher Jones,” she concluded.
Liverpool pull off stunning win to thwart City title push (Reuters) The Juergen Klopp effect began to really take effect on Saturday as Liverpool hammered mercurial Manchester City 4-1 at the Etihad Stadium t o p r o v i d e t h e Merseysiders’ new coach with his most s t r i k i n g Premier League win yet. Klopp’s men defeated struggling champions Chelsea 3-1 last month but an own goal from Eliaquim Mangala and two beautifully worked goals from Philippe
Coutinho and Roberto Firmino, all in the first 32 minutes, put them on their way to an even more impressive triumph on the road. Sergio Aguero, a minute before halftime, produced a brilliant curling effort to threaten the possibility of a comeback win that could have put erratic City back on top of the table. Yet Liverpool, whose impressive Brazilian Firmino squandered a
couple of other opportunities to seal the emphatic triumph, completed the rout with a thunderous, if unlikely, 81st minute strike from Martin Skrtel. Having lost just once in eight matches since Klopp took over from Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool now lie ninth in the table on 20 points with City in t h i r d o n 2 6 , behind Manchester United on 27 and surprise leaders Leicester City on 28.
Sunday November 22, 2015
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New Amsterdam touts National Schools’ Championships athletics title -Ministry of Education donates running shoes New Amsterdam, District 15 is optimistic that it can win the track and field competition of the 55th National Schools’ Cyling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships, which begins tomorrow with the swimming competition at the National Aquatics Centre. Speaking to the Sports Representative of the District, Heathcliff Peters said he believes they can win the athletics aspect of the event. “Well last year we placed sixth and the kids believe they can win the track and field this year and we are in full support of them,” Peters informed.
To aid the District in their bid to win the athletics component of the Championships, Peters revealed that his squad was boosted with the Ministry of Education’s donation of 30 pairs of running shoes. “Well the Ministry boosted us with 30 pairs of running shoes, so those athletes who do not have will be fitted with a pair,” Peters mentioned. “ We h a v e b e e n i n preparation for a month now, since the Inter-Zone Championships and we are set we have the female Under-16 record holder in high jump, Donella Joe moving up to U-18 and she is
going for the record there as well,” he continued, adding that he is positive that the District will get a few records as well. “We also have a full cycling team this year,” Peters informed. He said that their swimming team is not as strong. “Well our main concern is our swimming team. We are weak there what we will do next year is ask to the Ministry if they can provide training for the teachers, so they can teach the kids because the kids can swim it’s just the various strokes (gives them a problem),” Peters noted. With all logistics in place
Mayor Green’s Inter-ward Football continues today at Den Amstel Play in the annual 7-aside Inter-ward Football competition to mark the occasion of Mayor Hamilton Green 81st birthday organized by former National footballer Lennox Arthur continues from 2:00pm today at the Den Amstel ground on the West Coast of Demerara. Play will feature last 16 games, with the winners from the previous rounds battling to advance to the final stages. In the match schedule; Grove will be up against Goed Fortuin, Uitvlugt battle Pouderoyen, Kitty take on Stewartville and Agricola oppose Den Amstel. Trayon Bobb
(Uitvlugt), Gordon Grant (Agricola) and Marvin Josiah (Pouderoyen) will be some of the key players on show for their respective teams today. The games are 30 minute encounters, 15 per half and the no offside rule is in effect in this tournament. The final is slated for next Sunday, November 29 at Den Amstel. The teams are battling for a first prize of $200,000 and the John Fernandes trophy, while the other top four finishers will collect; $100,000 and Youth and Sports Trophy, $70,000 and China Trading trophy and $30,000 and the Business
School trophy. Additionally AHL Kissoon has donated a 3piece suite for the top scorer, while Ricks and Sari will give 10 hampers each to the winning and runner up teams. Among the sponsors on board are: Banks DIH, Massy, Beepat and Sons, CBR Mining, MACORP, Guyana Beverage, home of Busta soft drinks, Aruwai Mining, IPA, Muneshwar’s, E Networks, CIDI, BEV Processors, EC Vieira, Cumm i n g s E l e c t r i c a l along with the above mentioned trophy and cash prize and other donors.
GTT Round Robin / Knockout Football Competition
Who will join Topp XX and Winners Connection? Who will join Group leaders Topp XX and Winners Connection in the semi-finals will be answered tonight when the preliminary phase of the GTT Round Robin / Knockout Football Competition continues at the Victoria Community Centre ground, starting from 18:00 hrs. In the opening encounter, Linden’s Milerock will face Golden Grove, while in the feature game Victoria Kings tackle New Amsterdam United. Milerock who secured their first set of points in
their previous encounter will be hoping that Clarence Huggins, Akeem Greene and Jermain Grandison lead them to victory. On the other hand, Golden Grove’s quest for a semi-final spot rest on the shoulders of Mickel Evans, Stephen McPherson and Phillip Williams. In the feature game, New Amsterdam United will depend on the services of their talismanic striker Adrian Adams to orchestrate a win, while the Kings pursuit of a semi-final spot will depend heavily on
h o w well the veteran Winston Pompey could marshal the likes of Orwin Bishop and Alden Lawrence. The two games are anticipated to be cracking encounters and with the race on for prize monies on, fans could expect a thrilling night of action. The winning team will receive $500,000, runnerup$250,000, 3rd place $125,000 and 4th place $75,000. Also on board are Limacol, Sterling Products and National Sports Commission.
Flashback! New Amsterdam during the march-past of the National Schools’ Championships at the National Stadium. for the team, Peters believes the squad is ready for the challenge of competing for the overall title as well.
In addition to the swimming competition tomorrow, two field events, Long Jump and Shot Putt,
along with the 10km road race, 40km and 25km cycle road race will also take place.
South E’bo through to ECB/Busta 40-over final South Essequibo have qualified for the final of the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB)/Busta 40-over festival after recording consecutive victories in zone A. South defeated Central Essequibo by 64 runs in the first round. South recovered from 11-4 to post 138 all out in 36 overs, batting first. Brandon Caboose struck 54 (8x4, 1x6). He added 91 for the fifth wicket with skipper Royan Fredericks who made 36 (6x4). Anthony Ifill grabbed five wickets. North were sent packing for 74 in 27 overs in reply. Latchman Rohit scored 20 (3x4), Vijay Surujpaul 16 and Parmesh Parsotam 13. Fredericks and Akieni Adams claimed three wickets each while Javed Azeez had two. South overcame North by seven wickets in their semi final encounter. Batting first North were bowled out for 103. Anthony Adams bagged 4-17 while Azeez had 3-3. South responded with 104-3. Fredericks slammed 42 and Anthony Adams 20. North beat Pomeroon in the other first round game in zone A.
Anthony Adams
Royan Fredericks
In zone B, host Leguan got the better of Wakenaam (D/L method). Leguan took first strike and were bowled out for 129 in 19.5 overs. Mark Williams hit 43, Rawl Simbu 25 and Rick Stephen 21. Keemo Paul snared 3-18, Ricardo Adams 3-22 and Nokta Moses 2-20. In reply Wakenaam were
77-6 in 13.2 overs when rain s t o p p e d p l a y. Wa y n e Osbourne struck 20, Paul 19 and Ryan Adams 16. Tyrone Narine captured 3-9. The game was reduced to 20 overs. Leguan were down to play East Bank Essequibo in the semi final of zone B yesterday.
t r o Sp Banks Beer InterCorporation Futsal Competition
Banks DIH outlasts Ministry of Foreign Affairs to win inaugural title
Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge (centre with cap) hnads over the winning trophy to Banks DIH Captain Phillip Rowley in the presence of teammates, members of the Organising team and Banks DIH officials.
GTT partners with Ramson Jr. and Singh’s 121 Datadin to help three young cricketers gives
Jaguars the ascendency
GTT Marketing Manager Anjanie Hackett (2nd right) hands over a gift to Ronaldo Renee in the presence of PRO Allison Parker (right), Charles Ramson Jr (left), Robin Singh (3rd right) and the other two cricketers.
Administrators to focus on boxing development during Caribbean tourney
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