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Agricola fatal shooting ...

Murder charges for three cops p.

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NIS woes …

Govt. is to be blamed, Luncheon must resign p.

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Runaway

trawlers slam into Harbour Bridge - Damage minimal

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- AFC

Police unearth

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large arms cache at Lethem

The trawler in the foreground 'Capt. Kevin' was used in the effort to retrieve the runaway vessels in the background, 'Noble Sun' and 'Lady Sue'

- M-70, M-16, grenades Commission of Inquiry hears… p. among arsenal 3

Riot squad member Teen returned different gun p.

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stabbed to death

Unit Commander says squad not swabbed for gunpowder residue Three ranks returned less ammo than that issued Phone records of Rohee, Hicken to be detailed Commissioners to visit Linden tomorrow

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Tuesday October 02, 2012

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Runaway trawlers slam into Harbour Bridge

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wo fishing trawlers ran into D e m e r a r a Harbour Bridge at around mid-afternoon yesterday after a strong tide detached them from their moorings at a Georgetown wharf.

One of the vessels damaged the rail of the pedestrian walkway located on the northern side of the structure.

Kaieteur News understands that two trawlers, “Lady Sue” and “Noble Sun” drifted downstream from a nearby wharf and there was pandemonium among commuters who were at the time traveling atop the floating bridge when one of the vessels (Lady Sue) made solid contact with it.

The episode prompted a brief halt to vehicular traffic utilising the bridge. The estimated cost of the accident is unknown, but the bridge corporation's management has described the damage as minimal.

A man who would only identify himself as “Buddy” told this newspaper that maintenance works were being undertaken on boats at a Georgetown wharf when two (Lady Sue and Noble

- Damage minimal

A close-up of the damaged section of the bridge's walkway

Sun) broke away due to the force of the tide and drifted away towards the Harbour Bridge.

“These two boats cut away from the wharf, I don't know what went wrong wid

de rope but the tide was real strong and it buss away.”

The man explained that the maintenance workers climbed aboard another vessel (Capt. Kevin) in an attempt to prevent the

collision but were unsuccessful in controlling “Lady Sue” since the vessel had already drifted some distance away and crashed into the structure head-on.

However, he said that the

rescue operators managed to prevent the other boat from doing more damage to the bridge.

A little over two months ago, a section of the Demerara Harbour Bridge

collapsed, after two temporary pontoons located at the western end of the bridge sank.

The pontoons were facilitating maintenance and rehabilitative works.

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Commission of Inquiry hears…

Riot squad member returned different gun Unit Commander says squad not swabbed for gunpowder residue Three ranks returned less ammo than that issued Phone records of Rohee, Hicken to be detailed Commissioner to visit Linden tomorrow A member of the riot squad that was sent to Linden to quell protests that eventually left three persons dead on July 18 returned a different gun to the one he was issued, an officer from Police headquarters testified yesterday.

Corporal Donald Harry, who is stationed at the Arms Room of the Police’s Tactical Services Unit (TSU), gave the name of the officer that returned the different weapon to the Linden Commission of Inquiry, which is tasked with determining how three Linden protestors ended up losing their lives.

Harry is tasked with documenting the issuance and return of firearms and ammunition once the TSU goes on an operation.

Of the squad that was sent to Linden, he listed four of them who returned with less of the ammunition than they

ASP Todd shows where the protestors could have scampered after he fired at them.

were issued with.

Further, while the 14member squad, commanded

by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Patrick Todd, returned to Georgetown on July 19, they only lodged their weapons and ammunition on July 22.

Constable Harry said that this was an “unusual” situation, as ranks are supposed to return their weapons immediately upon returning, as per Standing Operation Procedures, and if they fail to do so, they could face disciplinary sanctions.

Harry testified that the weapons eventually left the Police’s armory at Eve Leary, Kingston, for ballistic tests as part of the Police investigation into the bloody events of July 18.

The Constable testified that one officer was issued with 10 cartridges, but returned seven. Another was

Constable Donald Harry issued 10 cartridges and returned nine, while yet another was given 10 cartridges and returned five.

However, ASP Todd told the Commissioners that he was not tested for gunpowder residue on his hand, neither were any members of the unit that went to Linden. This was in

Commissioner KD Knight demonstrates for ASP Todd what ‘cranking’ means

contrast with the testimony of Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell, who testified that the men were swabbed.

It was another tough day for Todd, who kept contradicting himself, while maintaining that his action was justified.

When he was asked to describe the WismarMackenzie Bridge where the three men were shot dead, Todd told the Commissioners he never walked the bridge, so he couldn’t tell. But a few minutes later, he spoke about jumping over debris that was strewn across the bridge.

In addition, Todd’s testimony was not consistent with what he had said last week on the stand regarding the first time that he warned the protestors to remove from the bridge since their assembly was unlawful.

Last week, he testified that the first time he sounded the “proclamation” to the crowd was at around sunset when he had returned to the bridge for a second time.

Yesterday, having been shown a photo of the unit in line formation (ready to sound the proclamation) he said that that would have been at

around 11:00hrs in the day.

Todd decided to change his testimony.

He said that he did not “order” the photo and could not tell when it was taken, even though shortly before he was confident and volunteered to say at what time of the day he was in that formation.

Todd said that he fired shots to the ground about 25 minutes after he first sounded the warning, and did not anticipate that the shots would reach the crowd. Todd had said that with a size of 800 persons, it would have taken an hour or so for the crowd to obey his order and vacate the bridge.

Upon questioning by attorney Nigel Hughes, Todd acknowledged that from where he was standing on the eastern side of the bridge, persons on the western side may not have been able to hear the warning and so

could not respond.

The Unit’s Commander said that he expected that those who did hear the warning from the eastern side and were scampering towards the assembled crowd would pass on the warning.

Asked by Commissioner KD Knight what type of pistol he had, Todd described it as a pump-action pistol. But Commissioner Knight had to take Todd through a demonstration using the chairman’s gavel of what “cranking” means before Todd could admit clearly that the gun requires “cranking” to fire.

Todd said that in situations such as he was confronted with on July 18, the commander on the ground has to take a decision to abandon the “manual” and to do what is best to protect his men and minimize injury to civilians. Todd insisted that (continued on page 16)

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Tuesday October 02, 2012

Letters... Where your views make the news

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

Publisher: GLENN LALL Editor: Adam Harris Tel: 225-8465, 225-8491. Fax: 225-8473, 226-8210

EDITORIAL

There are too many fires The repeated occurrence of fires in Guyana is now worrying. For one, most of the residences are of wood, although a few decades ago people began to use more concrete. Their reason was that wood had become too high priced.

However, despite the concrete constructions, large sections of the interior remain wood paneled and therefore prone to fire should any disaster strike. Over the weekend, there was once such construction that went up in flames.

Were one to look at the exterior, one would be left to wonder how it is that the fire could have been so devastating. Four people died.

There was a similar fire in Linden in which a young woman and all her children perished. Their rush to the bathroom where their immediate belief was that the water from the shower would have saved them was a vain hope.

There was also another fire in New Amsterdam that claimed another mother and her children; one in Kitty that claimed the life of Laxhmi Kallicharran, and another in New Amsterdam in which a killer attempted to cover his crime by setting his home alight with a murder victim inside.

In the case of almost all the others, the heavy grille work designed to offer protection was a hindrance. Helpers simply could not access the building, with the result that the occupants perished. It is common knowledge that the Guyana Fire Service would plead with people not to bar every exit, but the fear of bandits has led to people failing to heed the advice.

It is true that people may conclude that the society would wait for a disaster of such a magnitude before they recall all the warnings about grilling homes. None would try to lay blame at the feet of the very people who forced almost everyone in the society to convert their homes to veritable prisons.

It is not that forced entry into homes by unwanted elements is unique to Guyana. Rather, it is the response by the police to such reports that leaves one to wonder about one’s safety.

Indeed, the police should not be blamed; there are only so many, and while the government has been trying its utmost to increase the mobility of the police, its efforts fall far short. Guyana is simply too poor to do what it is supposed to and what it wants to do.

One problem, really, is that Guyanese ignore the building code, simply because there is no monitoring to ensure adherence. Further, when people are installing grille work, the Guyana Fire Service does not inspect the homes. And this is because no one seeks to apply before they install grilles.

And in any case, given the nature of Guyanese these days, should the fire service insist on security specifications, then people are going to be very resentful.

They are going to accuse the fire service of preventing them from securing themselves.

But something must be done. There is a requirement that people leave some escape route. There is also a requirement that people ensure that there are no fire starters.

We know that with increasing disposable income, people are going to install more electrical equipment in their homes. We also know that they are going to keep adding extensions to existing electrical points without seeking to make modifications.

The cause of the fire in Charlestown may not be unusual, but it is time we in Guyana begin to install smoke detectors in our homes. And it is surprising that many of us have not yet begun to do so. We seek to emulate the people in the developed world, particularly those in North America, but we only emulate them as far as certain things go.

Three children died in the fire and they are not the only children to perish in conflagrations. There will be more if there are no bold moves to make homes fireproof.

Something is rotten in Guyana DEAR EDITOR, Something is rotten in the country of Guyana. Like Denmark, in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, our beloved country is festering in state of moral and political corruption, but the people of Guyana must look further into the reply offered by Horatio when he said, ‘Heaven will direct it. Horatio meant that heaven would guide the state of Denmark back to health and stability. Indeed heaven has already assigned the people of Guyana the power to direct our beloved country out of the morass of corruption and moral decay in which we find ourselves. A morass which has resulted in structural poverty, massive crime, a stagnating economy, a compromised judicial system, failing health and education systems and a government bent on securing the right to lead in perpetuity by dividing and setting the people of Guyana against each other.

Mr. Editor, leadership and power come with great responsibility, and political leadership requires a commitment to serve, a love for country, a commitment to work for the development of the nation, a commitment to all the people; not just those to whom you owe your office, a commitment to develop and attract investments and to make the people’s lives more comfortable. Mr. Editor, political leadership also requires a commitment to protect the nation’s people and environmental resources and to offer opportunities for development in a responsible manner which does not leave our rivers and lands barren and polluted and our people sick and exploited.

Mr. Editor, who among us will say they feel secure in Guyana today? Which of us believes that politicians

understand their role of service? Who will stand up and argue that our beautiful country is being developed in an environmentally friendly manner? Who will argue that they are comfortable with our health care system and with the quality of education offered to our young citizens?

Who will agree that the people’s money in the treasury is being responsibly invested to secure a bright future for the nation’s children?

Mr. Editor, these are the very basic expectations that a people should have of their government.

The American Political lecturer G. Edward Griffin once said: “To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism”.

Today in Guyana as the proof of corruption in high and low places continues to be revealed, the people of Guyana have not yet found their collective voice to say, ‘no more’.

Mr. Editor, those who love Guyana must stand up together and insist on change. In the book of James 2:17, we are advised that ‘faith without works is dead’. This means, Mr. Editor, that simply believing that change will come one day is not enough.

Good citizens must demand change by their votes, by their voices and by their actions.

People of Guyana must recognize that government mismanagement, ineptitude and corruption have a very real and immediate impact on the quality of their lives. The lack of a well-funded and professional police force is a manifestation of these problems; poor roads, no water to the home, expensive and unreliable electricity, high taxes, poor schools and medical facilities are also

manifestations of government ineptitude and corruption.

The national scourge of domestic violence leading to daily murders of women is a manifestation of ineptitude and corruption. Underfunded local governments, the nationwide introduction of IMCs, the gunning down of young males by police ranks, improper garbage disposal and lack of training and jobs for youth are also manifestations of government ineptitude and corruption which causes immense hardship and suffering in the lives of citizens.

Mr. Editor, a direct connection to government ineptitude and corruption can be made from almost all of the ills which force so many of our citizens to live in fear and poverty in Guyana and yet only a few brave souls have come forward to demand change.

Mr. Editor, all people of Guyana must do what little they can to insist on an end to corruption, patronage and widespread discrimination.

The citizens of Guyana must support existing movements for change like “Occupy GT”; the people must support the citizens of Kwakwani who stood up and took control of their own destiny. The people

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana is about to embark on a major hydro project costing the Guyanese population some US$840M. That amount represents the cost of setting up the hydro project. We, the owner of this project, have not been told of the full credit terms our government have with the Chinese bank. We don’t know at what interest rate these funds are being borrowed; we don’t know the period of repayment, and we don’t know if we should default on payments what are the penalties attached to the loan. All these factors will influence the true cost of this project and it’s certainly not just US$840M but somewhere over US$1B, if we are to take interest payment into account on the loan.

As owners of this project, the Guyanese populace should be fully informed as to what we are signing up to.

It’s the duty of the government and the parliament to enlighten us about project terms especially those most expensive ones The track record of the government investing our money as agents on our behalf has been less than satisfactory. The sugar plant modernisation program has failed to deliver the benefits touted by its operators; the packaging plant is almost none operational, the Supenaam Stelling has also been a sore point; the access roads to the Amaila falls are yet to be completed and we have already spent a large amount of money with no results. The bond deposited

from Hand-in-Hand Insurance has not been collected by our agents (government); the laptop computer program has ran into problems with some computers yet to find the right owners as they have been stolen or unaccounted for. So should we trust this agent (the Government) with our money? Some US$840M at that?

I believe that alternative source of energy is a great thing for Guyana and we should pursue such a path for the future development of our country.

My belief is not in isolation as I know that previous government in Guyana have honed this vision and have tried to deliver same. But guess what, they too failed. The hydro in Region Nine did not return on

must support the citizens of Linden who stood together with others and are now rebuilding their town. The people must stand up in every village, in every town and in every region where they are abused and their voices are ignored by an uncaring government. The people must stand together for better schools, for flood protection, for job opportunities, for a better funded university system, for better roads, and for timely access to quality land for building homes and farms.

The people must stand together and insist on a more professional police force, they must insist on equality and respect for women, and for an end to domestic violence.

The people must stand together for access to opportunity without regard to race or class and for the full participation of all citizens of Guyana in the vision of ‘a good life for all Guyanese’. If the people do not stand together as they stand up, Mr. Editor, they will curse their children to lives of poverty, inequality, and suffering. The people have no choice; the people must stand together and insist on change.

Karen Abrams

Kissoon should quit UG board DEAR EDITOR, In his response (KN Sep 23) to the retort (KN Sep 16) of Mr. Al Creighton challenging the veracity of accusations leveled by Mr. Freddie Kissoon against Professor Creighton, Kissoon admitted that he hardly attended statutory meetings of the Academic Board of UG. So Mr. Creighton is not lying about Kissoon’s non-attendance at board meetings. I do not know if

Kissoon gets paid for serving on the board.

If he does, then he would be paid for a task he is not performing and will be accepting payment under false pretenses. That is corruption – worse than what the government is being accused of.

Mr. Kissoon says attending meetings is a waste of his time and an insult to his dignity. Why then is he Continued on page 5

What’s the true cost of the hydro project? its investments. That hydro site is now abandoned. I believe there was an attempt in two other regions (this I stand to be corrected) but to date Guyana has no hydro power to boast about.

It would make great sense for us to invest in a smaller project to ensure that we have some experience in delivering such a project to our country.

If it goes wrong then we would stand to lose less.

Guyana has too many other projects to spend money on than such an enormous sum standing a very real chance of being wasted because of incompetence and lack of experience. Note I have yet to mention leakage in corrupt payments to our agents and their families and friends…but that’s for another day.

M. James

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DEAR EDITOR, Many times one sees in the newspapers people complaining how things are bad but rarely one sees new, fresh ideas being forwarded how to make things better and how to make Guyana a better place to live. The American President J F Kennedy once said, “Don’t ask what your country can do for you; ask yourself what you can do for your country.”

And with that in mind I will give some advice how things could be better.

Since 1980, I have been involved in the computer business. In particular, Data Base Management Systems or DBSM. A database can be compared with a set of information that is similar, like a Rolodex, where one manually goes through all the index cards on a rolling wheel.

With a DBSM system it is like going through thousands of Rolodex card systems in seconds. DBSM today is widely used in many private and government business all over the world.

Today we live in a new world… things change very rapidly. For example a new cell phone will fast become an old one in months. The same happens with cars and computers. To bring Guyana from a third world country into a second or even first world

country, we have to look at the first and second world countries and see what they do to stay on the top.

To build a strong house, one has to build a strong foundation. What is the foundation of those first and second world countries, one might ask?

Well, for one it is accountability. To have a good accountable system is very important. When one looks back in time and at the great civilizations in time like the Greek and the Romans, we can see that they were very good at accounting.

Accounting records have survived up to now.

It has been discovered that the first known writings of man, in Mesopotamia, was more than 5000 years ago where in fact accounts were kept of grains, taxes and other commodities.

To march a great army across a continent, one has to know how much food, weapons and salaries to account for and that takes accountability. A great civilization cannot exist with corruption and accountability suppresses corruption.

The Roman empire is said to have fallen when it became too corrupt and there was no more accountability.

Corruption in a society is like cancer in one’s body; if it is

Kissoon should quit UG board From page 4 serving on the board. The honorable thing for him to do is resign gracefully and let someone else perform that important role.

I note Mr. Kissoon penned two responses to Professor Creighton. The first was a very nasty attack on the Creighton’s character (KN Sep 16) and personality that has nothing to with the allegations leveled against Kissoon on his nonattendance at meetings. I do not know and never met Creighton and this attack does not belong in the public domain from a fellow

academic. That personality attack was not necessary and did not address the substantive issues raised by Mr. Creighton. It exposes the character of Kissoon. I note SN did not carry the attack on Creighton but the piece that addressed the issues raised

by Creighton. As everyone else has complained, Kissoon writes non-professionally when it comes to academia and columns in KN. By his writings, Kissoon is lowering his dignity and bringing KN into disrepute. The paper needs to vet his writings carefully.

Vishnu Bisram

not taken care of early it spreads and will eventually kill the person. Corruption will slow or stop a society from developing and remain a third world country forever.

Today, it is not really that hard to set up an accounting system that is versatile and flexible. All the tools are there and readily available. It is just a matter of wanting it and how to put it together. Today, in the Information Technology, it is possible to set up a system that is transparent, flexible, centralized and user friendly. Most of the systems have already been invented and it is no use to reinvent the wheel in that matter.

Government officials would benefit of having an Information Government (IGovernment or IG).

However, some people don’t like to be accountable and prefer the corruption to hide their own misconducts. This is where corruption becomes a terminal cancer.

One of the systems in Guyana in dire straits is the Post Office (PO). It once took six months to get mail delivered from abroad.

Therefore, nobody relies on the PO anymore. I use DHL or other independent couriers to send important documents.

The PO could be a selfsustained entity if it is managed properly. I was in the United States when the PO there got a new face lift. I played a small part in programming some parts of the Point Of Sales (POS) system.

Before, it was also losing money and in bad state- not as bad as here. They reevaluated it and the result was that it became a profitable business and instead of losing money, it was making money and self-sufficient.

The PO is a very important

entity to the nation. Important mail and parcels can be sent and delivered and bills can be paid. Many of these once important features can now be done electronically through the Information Technology Communications (ITC) systems. A lot of money can be made and saved.

In Georgetown, everybody can park for free.

There has been talks before to implement parking meters.

That is not a bad idea for the city. The city is in dire need of funds.

Parking would be a good source of income. But there is I think a very simple and effective new way to do it. In Europe there is a system called PIAF. This system has several ways of paying the parking fee. One is Pay-andDisplay. For that you need to buy a ticket at a machine and display that ticket on the dashboard of your car.

Another way is to buy a credit card like display that must be placed on the dash board… the card shows a green light when there is money in the card or a red light when it is expired. The cards can be topped up like a cell phone.

Cars that in default of not paying can get a ticket. If there are unpaid tickets, then the car can be towed. The parking patrol officers are equipped with an electronic device to determine whether a particular car has outstanding tickets.

This system is much cheaper to install and maintain. Parking meters are expensive to purchase and take a lot of time to empty and recharge. Parking zones have to be created and marked with signs. Those signs could be sponsored by the local businesses. Good parking management is essential for good business. It makes no sense that some people leave

their car all day at one location where shoppers and customers have no place to park to do their business.

Systems likes half an hour or one hour slots could be implemented.

These are a few examples of what could be introduced in Guyana. There are many more. This is just the tip of the iceberg. When all Guyanese put their heads together and think about the future, instead of howling at old cows from the past, it could produce a second world or even a first world class country.

Theodore Roosevelt, a former US President said: “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” Let that be a lesson to all of us.

Emile Ceriel

DEAR EDITOR, Sometime in 2010, roughly three years ago, the Ministry of Housing allocated house lots to individuals in Section D, Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara for residential purposes.

From then to now most of the infrastructure has been put in place, roads (made out of loam), drains, bridges and electricity. However, water, the one and probably the most important service which is necessary for normal human sustenance has not yet been installed. All pipes and mains have already been laid about a year ago but no connection to a water source has been made. We, the land owners of this new scheme are pleading with the relevant authorities to hasten the process of getting water in our

community. It is extremely expensive to purchase water from private operators, as a tank of 430 gallons costs $ 4000. A family of four will utilize at least two of these tanks of water per week. At this rate, a family living here will have to be willing to pay at least $416,000 per year for water alone. This is almost the price we paid for a lot!

There are many homes which have already been constructed but are left unoccupied because there is no water. Additionally, many people would like to start construction but are deterred because of the additional cost that would be incurred to purchase water for building purposes.

Concern Residents

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Training commences for detection of illegal cargo in containers - Guyana and Suriname commitment to C’bean programme lauded

By Dale Andrews The commitment of Guyana and its eastern neighbour, Suriname, to combat the trade in illegal cargo through the use of shipping containers was lauded by the United States of America Government and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

The praises came from Tom Pierce, Deputy Chief of Mission of the US Embassy in Georgetown, and Troel Vestor, Regional Manager of the UNODC Container Control Programme (CCP), during the opening ceremony of a training programme for officials from the two South American nations, yesterday at the Grand Coastal Inn, Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara.

Over the next two weeks, six representatives from Guyana and their eight counterparts from Suriname will undergo training that will enable them to detect and track illegal cargo in containers that pass though their respective seaports.

The Guyana contingent is drawn from the Guyana Police Force, the Customs AntiNarcotics Unit and the Guyana Revenue Authority.

The training will make the participants key players in their respective country’s efforts to improve port security and to prevent lawful maritime cargo containers from being used for unlawful activities.

Guyana and Suriname are

the first two countries in the region to sign on to the programme and have shown their commitment by enabling the fast-tracking of training for its personnel to facilitate the programme.

Speaking on behalf of the United States Government, Deputy Ambassador Pierce said that both countries have shown the commitment to meeting national and regional goals of combating illicit trafficking of narcotics and improving port security throughout the region.

“The illicit trafficking of drugs through seaports is a significant threat to our economies and security. The global drug trade weakens legal trade, distorts and destabilizes economies and facilitates corruption that erodes democratic governance.

This is why the United States, together with partners in the region, is so committed to combating the narcotics trade,” Pierce told the gathering that included Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee.

He said that the United States Government is pleased to provide the funding for the initiative to improve port security and prevent lawful maritime cargo containers from being used for unlawful activities, specifically illicit drug trafficking, chemical precursors, smuggling of goods, tax evasion and potential terrorist actions.

“We recognize that we are all partners in this fight and

congratulate Guyana and Suriname for being the first ones in the region to begin to develop a global network that builds the capacity for our respective law enforcement bodies to combat transnational crime and drug trade through this initiative,” the Deputy US Ambassador stated.

“The United States commends the United Nations and Suriname for moving forward so quickly to bring this programme to fruition.

I congratulate the Government of Guyana for its clear and strong commitment to this vital and innovative programme. I look forward to following the future success of the container programme,” Pierce added.

The CCP Regional Manager Troels Vestor highlighted that it was only in August, last, that Guyana and Suriname signed the Memorandum of Understanding, and after a few weeks later the first training course is underway.

“The two countries have been the fastest in the world in signing up,” he said, adding that the CCP made the first contact with Guyana and Suriname in May this year, and already the fruits of the engagement are being seen.

He announced that on October 15, two units will become operational in Suriname and at the John Fernandes Wharf, Port Georgetown.

Vestor spoke about the few critics who had opined that the initiative was another “damp squib”.

He congratulated the

Deputy US Ambassador, Tom Pierce relevant agencies in both Guyana and Suriname for proving those critics wrong, especially since things have been moving at such a fast pace.

Chairman of yesterday’s

proceedings, Major-General (ret.) Michael Atherly noted that the Container Control Programme is seriously required and will help both Guyana and Suriname with risk management of the international and national supply chains.

He explained that a large majority of global trade supplies are transported by seaboard containers, yet only a few of them are inspected by security officials and as such, criminals target containers for the movement of illicit cargo.

He added that to compound matters, the basic document describing the content of containers, the bill of lading, is rarely verified.

Several months ago, a container loaded with lumber for export was intercepted by local port authorities, who subsequently unearthed a quantity of illegal drugs.

The current Container Control Programme comes two weeks after the US Drug

Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with the Guyana Police Force (GPF), commenced a drug investigators’ course for local anti-narcotics agents.

That course is benefiting drug agents from the GPF and the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), and is aimed at enhancing their knowledge and techniques of drug enforcement, and making them aware of the current trends in drug trafficking.

US Ambassador to Guyana, Brendt Hart, had expressed the hope that the course will lead to further training in other counternarcotics specialties such as digital forensics, case development, and court and legal skills.

The programme is a component of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) which was established in 2010 with the joint pledge to create a strong partnership among the United States and the Caribbean Community.

Suspected pirate remanded One of the two men who had avoide d p r e v i o u s captivity by the police after being implicated in robbery under arms committed on the high seas has been charged.

Terry Joseph of 6 Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara, who was allegedly involved in a chain of robberies committed on September 8 in the territorial waters, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court last Friday (September 28).

He was not required to plead to the indictable charge which read that while at the Pomeroon River mouth, he along with others used handguns and robbed Shameer Saffee of $14,000

worth of items.

Reports are that Joseph and four other men went out at sea where they committed acts of piracy against several boat owners and their crew members.

The men allegedly carted off over $4 million worth of boat equipment which belonged to Jameer Khan, Muni Lall, Ry a n Bhagwandin, Mohammed Odeen, Shameer Saffee, Vi b e r t S i n g h , R o b e r t Boodwah, Geewan Singh and Ramdeen Mangru.

They were captured after police ranks, acting on information, went to a house in the Waini area where they found the five men.

However, Joseph and

another suspect made good their escape. Some of the stolen articles were recovered at another house some distance away.

An arrest warrant was issued for Joseph and the other suspect when three other persons made their initial court appearance.

The other three accused were remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry. As such prosecutor Stephen Telford asked that Joseph be remanded to prison and his case transferred to Charity Magistrate’s Court for trial.

Joseph was remanded until October 15 when his case is scheduled to be presented at Charity for the trial to commence.

Tuesday October 02, 2012

By Abena Rockcliffe Mixed emotions of anger and pain consumed a West Coast Demerara family last evening after hearing news about the demise of a loved one.

Dead is 17-year-old Imran Mohamed aka Dado of 951, #2 Canal Belle West Scheme.

The teen was pronounced dead on arrival at the West Demerara Regional Hospital after sustaining a single stab wound to the abdomen.

Reports are that Mohamed, who practices carpentry for a living, was confronted on Belle West Road by three neighbourhood youths on bicycle.

A friend of the deceased, Harish Persaud aka Ravi, who was accompanying him at the

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time of the incident, said that they were confronted by the suspects just outside a neighbourhood shop around 18:25hrs. The visibly terrified teen said that he and Mohamed had just come out of a neighbourhood shop and were making their way home.

“The three ah dem just ride up to we and two ah dem collect Dado and start beating he. De other one corner me and hold one ah dem flip knife down hay (pointing to his bleeding chin) and me and he get into a li’l brawl. Fuh a li’l while this go on and the other two just keep beating away on Dado.

When dem done and go away I run over to the trench wha dem had he and I see he bleeding nuff nuff. I rip off he vest and strap it round he

Fuel distributor on fraud charges granted $3M bail

A 58-year-old Regent Street, Bourda, resident is currently on $3M bail after being charged with misappropriating over $15M gained from the sale of fuel.

Shakad Khan appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday and was charged with two counts of fraudulent conversion and one count of embezzlement by servant or clerk.

According to charges read by Acting Chief Magistrate, Priya SewnarineBeharry, between February 16 and May 31 at Port Kaituma, North West District, the accused embezzled monies belonging to Zaheer Khan, Kevin Richie and Lallchand Jaisingh.

According to the police, Shakad Khan is a representative for Lallchand Jaisingh’s company which distributes fuel for sale. It is alleged that Jaisingh had given the defendant over $6M worth of fuel to sell but received no funds.

The police said that Khan was supposed to sell the fuel, take a percentage of the money for himself and return the remaining cash.

Kevin Richie and Zaheer Khan reportedly gave the defendant $5.2M and $3.4M respectively for the distribution of fuel on their behalf. Again Khan was expected to take a percentage of the proceeds and return the remaining cash. The defendant, however, failed to do so and was charged with the offences.

Khan was not required to plead to the charge.

The defendant, however, argued that the matter involved over $300M worth of smuggled fuel. He was instructed to ventilate the

issue during his trial. Khan was then placed on $1M bail for each of the three charges.

The matter will be called again at the Matthew’s Ridge Magistrate’s Court on November 6.

belly and he cousin run and call fuh help. Then he aunty dem come and we carry he to the hospital. He ain’t even had a chance fuh live… not a chance.”

Ravi, as he fought his tears, said that he knows all three suspects from the neighbourhood, but only could have identified one by name. The youth said that he believes that that individual is the one that made the single fatal stab.

Ravi said that he feels the confrontation stemmed from a “chain story” that occurred three to four months ago.

Loud screams and angry talk aimed at police ranks characterized the scene at the West Demerara Hospital as relatives gathered and try to understand “what really happened”.

Mohamed’s mother, Rajnie Persaud aka Pam, was inconsolable at the hospital as she cried “I can’t live without mah sunnaboy, owww lawd, why you tek he so early?”

The woman told this newspaper that the dead teen was her only son and also the last of her three children. She explained that Mohamed only travelled from Berbice

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Imran Mohamed yesterday and arrived at her house around midday.

The distraught mother said that her son spends most of his time in Berbice with his father to work. According to Persaud, he usually spends a month out of town, visits her for a few days then returns to Berbice. However, on this occasion, Mohamed returned after three weeks as he was scheduled to do some

carpentry work in Buxton from today.

Persaud said that after receiving news of her son’s demise, she went to both the Wales and La Grange Police Stations, where ranks were uncooperative. She said that her first report was made around 18:45hrs.

It is only until this newspaper was at the hospital premises that a plainclothes female police took statements from the dead teen’s mother and the friend who reportedly witnessed the ordeal.

Another rank who visited the hospital explained that the police had no vehicle at the time.

Natasha Danasy, aunt of the deceased, who assisted in taking him to the hospital, recounted her last moments with her nephew.

She said that she was alerted of Mohamed’s stabbing by her young son who saw him lying in a

grassed corner of the street surrounded by a crowd.

According to Danasy, her son was making his way home “when he see the crowd.

Well this is how he stay, once he see a crowd he does got to go see is wha and come back and tell you the story from A to B. But he say when he bore through the crowd and see he cousin laying deh helpless with he friend watching he, he (her son) just dash down the bread and sugar and run home call we.

“Me run in me neighbour yard and he start he car right away and carry we to the hospital. All de time I had Dado (the mortally wounded teen) on me lap de whole way.

I stop at the super market, buy Limacol and de sapping he head. All me a tell he is ‘come on Dado catch yourself, catch yourself fuh aunty nah’ and me see he lip move and nothing else. I thought he got unconscious, then I feel he get

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Police unearth large arms cache at Lethem Police at the Guyana/ Brazil border location of Lethem have heightened security in the community following the discovery of a large cache of arms and ammunition in a yard at Tabatinga, yesterday afternoon.

The cache, comprising M70 and M-16 rifles with matching ammunition, among other items, could have comfortably equipped a gang

to create havoc for law enforcement.

Police in a press release said that at about 15:00 hours yesterday, the police conducted a search on a residence at Tabatinga, Lethem, “where the following arms and ammunition and other articles were found: (a) Four automatic rifles (type yet to be confirmed) along with four magazines and 389 rounds 7.62x39 calibre

ammunition; six M-16 rifles along with two magazines and 74 matching rounds; two Shrapnel hand grenades; one Icon VHF radio set; one Icon handheld radio set; and one roll of camouflage material.”

According to the police, a man and a woman have been arrested and are in police custody assisting with the investigations.

Sources in Lethem have

- M-70, M-16, grenades among arsenal informed this newspaper that the weapons which were dug up from a spot in the yard were tightly wrapped in plastic.

One source said that the man in custody has told investigators that the items belonged to a n o t h e r m a n , who is the husband of the arrested woman, and who has since

fled to neighbouring Brazil.

Investigators are trying to ascertain the purpose for the weapons, which they have since learnt were buried at the location two days ago.

According to one police officer who is close to the investigation, such a finding should serve as a vivid reminder of our recent experiences involving high-

profile criminals who are now deceased.

“That cache, in the hands of 10 men with military experience, would amount to them having an arsenal and therefore it would create nightmares for law enforcement, particularly if they have any sort of criminal intent,” the officer opined.

The four persons who perished in last Saturday’s fire in Charlestown suffocated and died as a result of smoke inhalation.

This was the result of a post mortem examination conducted on the bodies of 23-year-old Abiola Taylor, her four-year-old son Justin, three-year-old Kelisha Solomon, and one-year-old Akesha Cordis.

The PM was done yesterday by Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh, at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

According to reports, the four fire victims were trapped in their Drysdale Street,

Charlestown home when a fire broke out around 07:30 hours on Saturday.

There was one s u r v i v o r, 2 0 - y e a r- o l d Yolanda Cort, the mother of Kelisha Solomon and Akesha Cordis, and the cousin of Taylor and her son. Cort is currently in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at GPHC after receiving third degree burns about the body.

Reports stated that neighbours became aware of the fire after calls for help were heard coming from the upper flat of the building.

Persons, however, said that it was difficult to access the

house because of grille work.

They said when fire fighters arrived on the scene, the four victims were already dead. Cort was found in her bedroom panting for breath.

The woman was immediately rushed to the hospital by rescuers. Investigators are still to determine the cause of the blaze. (Zena Henry)

Char lesto wn ffir ir e victims Charlesto lestown ire died fr om smok e inhala tion from smoke inhalation

Teen stabbed to death

From page 7 li’l cold but me nah tek it fuh nothing, I say is de breeze.”

The woman said that when she arrived at the hospital the doctor told her that only one person would be allowed in.

She said that Ravi went in with the doctor and her worst fears were confirmed when she heard loud cries from the teenager’s friend.

The mood was hostile at the scene where the incident occurred as the family left the hospital and congregated there.

Police on the scene suffered verbal abuse from mournful relatives as they shouted “y’all (expletives) shouldn’t be here watchmanning we, y’all should be looking fuh dem murderers.

Kaieteur News understands that the teen was married but has no children.

Up to press time, no arrest was made.

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RESCHEDULE SCHOOL SPORTS The small things can mean a lot when it comes to education. As such, the Ministry of Education needs to devote less time to the larger issues of curricula reform, teaching training and infrastructure development, and use some of that time to ensure that students spend more time in the classroom and that time is better utilised.

One of the bright pieces of news this week is the decision of the Ministry of Education to re-examine the timing of school sports. The holding of these school sports takes up valuable time during the school term, because first there has to be House sports, then from these House Sports the better athletes are selected to compete in the schools’ athletic competition. This takes at least three weeks.

When this is finished there is time taken off for the students to attend and participate in the inter-school championships which begins with the division championships, going all the way to the National Schools’ Championships which are

hosted by the Guyana Teachers’ Union.

When all of that is completed, half the term would have been completed, and the children have to then begin preparing for examinations.

These examinations usually go to the last week of school and, therefore, school sports does deny the children adequate time for their studies.

But the problem with extracurricular activities does not end there. No sooner are the students settling in for the first term, the extracurricular activities take over with preparations for Mashramani.

Another three weeks are lost here again. When all of these things are added up it means that our school kids can end up being robbed of a whole term’s work simply because of the extracurricular activities in which they are required to participate.

The Ministry of Education must therefore be commended for considering the timing of school sports. It is not healthy for school sports to be held in the first term when children are now settling in either a new school

Dem boys seh ...

Irfaat mek Uncle Donald head spin Being President ain’t no easy thing for Uncle Donald. He got to try and please everybody, even people who he don’t like. He got to meet people every day from all over the world and play he smiling with dem till he jaw hurt. And then he got to put up with a set of crosses like Kwame, De Rat and de Bees.

Dem boys know Uncle Donald trying. He go in and he meet a lot of things wrang and he can’t send anybody home as he like.

Is de same people dat he got to find out from is wha goin’ wrong so he could fix it, is dem doing de wrong.

De man announce that he going to New York to talk to the United Nations. He seh dat after dat he gun visit Peru fuh talk about more trade.

But then he read in the Waterfalls paper about de NIS, is den tings start fuh come out. De man get instant headache.

He drink tablet whole day and den he decide he can’t tek it no more. He come back home and decide to send de Buckett girl to Peru instead because he frighten fuh lef de country wid dem chore.

But is like he run away from the jumbie and butt up wid de coffin. He decide he gun tek a chance and mek a quick dash to de GuyExpo, the big lime at Sophia, that Manny and now Irfaat does hold.

Is when he hear how much Irfaat spend, not only he head start fuh spin, he belly start fuh gripe. When a couple of de pensioners come up to he and ask he if he gat money to put in de NIS, de man get cold sweat. De pensioners look at he and dey look at Irfaat and wonder wheh de rumbling noise coming from.

Is de same head spinnin’ and belly wuk Uncle Adam get.

He travel till he sick. Fuh couple days now he gone to some place name Falklands wheh he tink gat plenty rum and beaches.

De man lef since last week and land couple hours ago.

He cut he hair just before he lef Guyana. By the time he reach wheh he going he got one high afro. De people had to look ‘bout four times at he passport fuh see if is he or not. De man ain’t even look like heself no more.

Up to now he ain’t get to do no wuk and send it back and de boss man wondering how much money he gun collect this month end.

Talk half and look out for Uncle Adam afro when he come back

or a new grade class. Too much time is taken away for school sports and divisional and national schools’ championships, which we know have been plagued by controversies.

Students have been known to have been relieved of their cellular phones and there are grown men who turn up at these school sports with the sole intention of interfering with schoolgirls.

The music that is often played at these school sports leaves much to be desired and some of the gyrations for other extracurricular activities are downright disgraceful.

The Ministry of Education should therefore consider holding school

sports during the Easter vacation and the inter-school championships during the August vacation. It should also ask that the other events for Mashramani be held on weekends, so as not to take away from the time spent in the classroom.

Relieving more time for children to spend in the classroom does not, however, mean that the teachers are going to put in more school work. This is where what is needed are school administrators as distinct from head teachers.

The head teachers should be responsible for ensuring that teachers complete the work that is supposed to be completed.

The

administrators should be responsible for the nonacademic administration of the school.

This simple change will ensure that head teachers pay more attention to what teachers are doing, thereby making sure that the students are not given “a six for a nine”.

Our children also spend two whole months at home during the August holiday.

This is too long and should be reduced by two weeks.

This will allow for two additional weeks for studies.

Also, the Christmas vacation and Easter vacation can be better utilized for extracurricular activities, thereby ensuring that during

the actual term there are limited interruptions.

Parents must support these changes, because the Ministry alone will not be able to push through these changes in an educational system that is still strongly resistant to change.

These small changes will make a great difference and do far more than some of the big plans that the Ministry has had over the years but has never really fully delivered.

Skeldon factory has ‘one of its best weeks’ - GAWU The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) has indicated that the ailing sugar industry is showing signs of recovery.

According to the union, whose membership comes largely from the sugar sector, the recent weeks have been heartening with the beleaguered US$200M Skeldon Factory having one of its best weeks since being commissioned in 2009.

The union has been grappling with falling membership numbers as sugar workers, the backbone of GAWU, continue to migrate to other sectors.

According to GAWU, yesterday, following the successful conclusion of its 20th Delegates’ Congress on August 28th, the 52-member General Council met for the first time on Saturday, unanimously electing persons to its Central Executive Committee.

Veteran trade unionist, Komal Chand, has been returned as its President, while General Secretary, Seepaul Narine, was also returned to that position. Jankie Persaud is the Honorary President and Uranie Heeram is the Vice President; Mohamad Ahamad is the Assistant General Secretary and Derek Thakur the Organising Secretary.

Aslim Singh was elected as the International Affairs

Secretary while Rooplall Persaud is the Treasurer.

Michael Inderdatt, Walter Raghoo, Bevon Sinclair, Harvey Tambron, Abrahim Nagamootoo, Janice LeanderFowler and Bickram Singh have been elected as the Committee Members.

The General Council, which meets once every three months, is the second highest forum of the union after its Congress. It manages the affairs of the union between Delegates’ Congresses. The Central Executive Committee meets once monthly and it assists to manage the affairs of the union.

According to GAWU, its General Council members want the Board of Directors of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and t h e m a n a gement of the industry to address especially those agricultural issues which “fetter a quantitative yearly level of sugar

Komal Chand (left) has been returned as GAWU’s President while Seepaul Narine remains its General Secretary. production”, in keeping with the corporation’s factory capacities and its present human and other resources.

At Saturday’s meeting, members also hailed the positive performance of the sugar industry over the past few weeks. Last week, the highest weekly sugar production for months was reportedly attained as the industry declared a

production of 9,369 tonnes.

Satisfaction was also expressed by members over the unexpectedly positive performance of the Skeldon Factory over the last four weeks, though some crucial remedial work on the factory and its accessory components has not yet been undertaken.

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THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN

Clinton Urling, Raphael Trotman and all that jazz I taught Clinton Urling, the Chairman of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, at UG, and he must have accepted that I was a good lecturer because he sought two recommendations from me; coming to my home on both occasions. One of his intended universities was the London School of Economics. Of course he got my endorsement.

Last Saturday evening I ran into Urling in the minimart at the Texaco gas station on Vlissengen Road. I inquired as to why I never saw any comment from him about the termination of my UG contract five months before it was scheduled to end, and in the middle of UG’s academic year. He had a Fanonesque smile on his face

and asked what I think he should compose. I replied that he should know what he should write. He said his comments are coming on Sunday.

Funny! The contract termination was on January 18, but Urling said he will write about it on October 7. If my arithmetic serves me right that would be eight months, two weeks after the event.

One hopes Urling does not take nine months to get things done for the Chamber of Commerce.

There will be no statement

by Urling on October 7 on my contract termination because as soon as this KN edition is read today, Urling will get his telephone calls. Urling forgot that I was his university teacher so I am educated enough to understand him and his Fanonesque mask.

Before I left the Texaco shop, he told me that he was still my friend to which I replied that I don’t need his friendship. Honestly, if Clinton Urling is my friend so is the guy that tried to kill me on August 16 this year after I left the People’s Parliament.

With friends like Urling, I surely don’t need enemies. I find Urling amusing.

Of course, I will become a disliked columnist for what is written here just as I faced intense criticism from some of the supporters of the Speaker of the Assembly, Raphael Trotman when I chastised him in a piece titled, “The Inscrutable Language of Raphael Trotman,” on June 26, 2012 In that article I was critical of Trotman for publicly saying the following words

about the Government; “Despite the rhetoric and what’s happening in the public domain there are good thoughts and views being expressed… we are not getting a sense that government is withdrawing necessarily…”

This is one of the AFC leaders (he sits in the Executive Committee of the AFC) speaking about the PPP Government. Since he mouthed off those words I almost lost my life in an attack the police have failed to investigate. Since Trotman uttered those words, David Hinds faced some nasty episodes of victimization.

And naked power has got even uglier. Now Trotman is at it again.

On receiving the reports for 2011 from the AuditorGeneral, Mr. Trotman told the select audience that he invited including Gino Persaud, the President of the Transparency Institute, that the completion of the reports on time was a break with past

tradition, meaning in the days of PNC Government.

Christopher Ram put it this way, “He drew comparison with what took place twentyone years ago.”

It boggles the mind to understand why Trotman would not judge Guyana on what we have today, but make comparison to the past when over half the population is not aware of what took place twenty-one years ago.

This same man campaigned for the opposition during the election, but since he became Speaker of the National Assembly, we have heard not one word of condemnation of the Government for the phantasmagoria of horrible depravities committed on Guyana since Trotman’s party the AFC and APNU won a Parliamentary majority. Not even a word on one violation or one act of venality by the PPP Government.

On Saturday evening at the People’s Parliament, I told Gino Persaud that he should

Frederick Kissoon not have accepted Trotman’s invitation. What was the purpose of the presence of Transparency Institute?

Unless Trotman wanted to give an image to the PPP Government.

If Mr. Trotman continues on this journey of praise for the PPP, the AFC has to know that he will become an embarrassment to them.

These strange utterings of Trotman in June and September come at a time when there is growing frustration and mounting disappointment about the non-achievements of the combined opposition.

I say most honestly, I see and hear words of harsh criticism against the combined opposition, particularly APNU (they are the bigger party of course) from Guyana since November 2011. The AFC should monitor Trotman.

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Agricola fatal shooting ...

Murder charges for three cops

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he Director of P u b l i c Prosecutions (DPP) has advised the Guyana Police Force to institute murder charges against three of its ranks involved in a raid which resulted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Agricola resident, Shaquille Grant.

The teen met his demise in controversial circumstances on September 11.

The advice comes in the wake of confirmed reports that two of the policemen involved cannot be located.

The ranks did not report for duty a little over a week ago, having been placed on open arrest. Their whereabouts are currently unknown.

Senior police officials have indicated that the charges will be read for all three ranks, whether or not those two ranks show up.

Checks were made at the missing ranks' homes but no one seemed to know where they were.

According to one official, should they fail to show up, an arrest warrant will be issued and then the police “will pursue them with vigour”.

It is believed that the 'missing' ranks have fled the jurisdiction.

Earlier last week Commissioner of Police (ag) Leroy Brumell confirmed that their whereabouts were unknown.

“I can confirm that two ranks are not there and we are looking for them,” Brumell said.

For Shonette Grant, the mother of the dead teenager, justice for her son is now being obtained.

A post mortem examination revealed that Grant was shot three times, including once in the head.

Kaieteur News understands that in addition to the murder charge, the ranks are also facing

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“We have spoken to an eyewitness who gave a signed statement. This eyewitness is absolutely petrified of the police and has asked us so far not to disclose her identity.”

Hughes narrated that around 11:55 hours on the day in question, the eyewitness said that she was in her home when she heard a single gunshot.

He said she peeped through a crevice in her home and saw three young men lying flat on the ground while ranks, with guns

Shaquille Grant attempted murder charges stemming from the shooting of Romel Bollers during the same incident.

On September 11, ranks on a mobile police patrol swooped down on a group of youths in a yard at Caesar Street, Agricola.

Police in a press release on the day of the shooting had said that the ranks came under fire and they returned fire, fatally wounding Grant, of 12 BB Eccles, East Bank Demerara.

Bollers, 20, of Brutus Street, Agricola, who was also shot, was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation under guard.

Police said a .38 Smith and Wesson revolver was recovered at the scene.

According to the police, they received information that a gang in Agricola was planning a robbery on a business entity located near the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

But residents disputed this version with an alleged eyewitness claiming that the teenager was executed.

Attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes had told media operatives that a sequenced tale of the events was reportedly conveyed by the witness who expressed fear for her physical safety.

drawn, stood over them.

The witness reportedly said that one of the youths was holding his stomach grimacing in pain, crying out for his belly. It is alleged that the police rank then told the teen, “You ent dead yet” and shot him again.

The witness claimed at that stage she went to get her daughter who was at the time playing in the yard. Several other gunshots were heard by the witness and when she returned, the body of the youth crying for his belly was lying motionless,

Hughes claimed.

The witness stated that the police entered the yard where the shooting took place from a back entrance and ambushed the men who were at the time sitting under a shed.

She claimed that one policeman who seemed very agitated had to be calmed down by his colleagues who kept saying “rest yuhself, rest yuhself”.

The motionless teen was left on the ground for at least 15 minutes. He was then dragged with his chest still

on the ground and thrown into a police vehicle, the witness told the AFC team.

Hughes informed that Grant was shot twice and the evidence pointed to an execution.

“Mr. Grant was shot twice, once in the stomach and the second shot which entered his head in the middle of the forehead which was fired from an angle immediately above him. So it would appear that he was executed while lying on the ground,” the attorney had related.

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GT&T commissions $40M cellular site at Orealla Residents of Orealla now have the opportunity to stay connected with the rest of the world. This was made possible when the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GT&T) on Saturday last commissioned a $40M cellular site in the remote Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne) community, located some 80 kilometres (50 miles) up the Corentyne River.

A simple ceremony to mark the occasion - held significantly on Orealla Heritage Day - was held near the base of the tower.

In attendance were GT&T's CEO, Major General (ret.) Joe Singh; Regional Chairman, David Armagon; Vice Chairman, Bhopal Jagroop; Toshao Floyd Edwards; other

Unveiling the plaque at the new cellular site in Orealla. From left; Vice Chairman Bhopaul Jagroop; GT&T's CEO Joe Singh; Toshao Floyd Edwards; and Regional Chairman, David Armagon. regional and village council officials; and GT&T's Public Relations Officials Allison Parker and Nadia De Abreu.

Addressing the

gathering, the phone company's CEO emphasised that they felt “obligated” to be able to present something as special as the tower to the residents of Orealla. He noted that it was “a special day in many ways” and expressed pride that GT&T is part of history being created for the villagers as it is the first time they can communicate with family, friends and anyone else they choose to “anywhere in Guyana and the world, using Guyanese technology”.

Singh stated that the construction of the project and serving Guyana is not only about money, but also about providing quality services. The construction and other overheads total over 40 million Guyana dollars (approx.

US$200,000). This amount, he admitted, cannot be recouped in a short space of time, but “GT&T is happy to be able to reach out and serve and bring Guyanese closer

together”. “By improving communication, the community will be able to grow by getting things done faster, be more resourceful, and being able to operate even more efficiently.”

The CEO pointed out the tremendous benefits to the community that can be derived from the venture, stating that parents can be able to communicate with their children attending schools on the coast at any hour of the day.

Singh noted that Orealla and neighbouring Siparuta (which is about 11 kilometres away) as well as other neighbouring settlements, are mostly agriculture-based communities, and with the improved communication they will be able to access far-flung markets much easier.

He urged residents to care the facility.

Regional Chairman David Armogan, who preceded Singh, had mentioned most of what was expressed by the GT&T official. The Regional Chairman was loud in his praise for the company for its

commitment and hard work towards “making Guyana and the world smaller”. He opined that it could never be a matter of money that made GT&T choose to invest in the community.

“By setting up the cellular site it makes the work of the Regional administration much easier, in that so much could be done in rapid time.”

Also speaking at the ceremony was Toshao Edwards, who welcomed those in attendance and expressed his appreciation on behalf of the residents for the kind gesture. He stated that “it could not have been a better Heritage Day gift”.

Upon a request from Toshao Edwards, CEO Singh promised to put in a few pieces of Wifi equipment on the tower so as to boost the signal, thus making it easily accessible by residents in Siparuta.

The GT&T boss also promised the residents that as soon as possible his technicians would be working to improve the facilities significantly so that they could be able to access signal on their laptops, surf the internet, and make internet calls.

Residents can, however, access the internet by using their GT&T smart phones.

Popular vocalist Andy Peneux entertained the gathering with a few of his pieces including the popular 'Heritage Fever Anomatap' song. There were also songs and dances by children of the Orealla dance group.

There were also remarks

by Council member of Siparuta, Hilary Wong, while resident Ingrid Devair gave a thank you and appreciation to GT&T for “Re-Guyanising Orealla”.

The activity was chaired by

The 76-metre high tower

GT&T's Public Relations Officer, Allison Parker Orealla, home mostly to the Arawak tribe of Amerindians, is accessible by trail from various directions, but is some 33 miles from Crabwood Creek - a one and a half hour drive by speedboat and a much longer time by launch.

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Call 220-2128, 642- 1141 Experienced sales person or order taker for cosmetics store located on the East Coast. Call 220- 2128, 6421141 Female shop assistant, age 17 – 24. Call 615-8121 One female shop assistant, age 17 – 24; free apartment provided.

One welder for grill work, call: Backer 676-8254, 625-5763 Experience operator for LT70 sawmill, sharpener, resaw, edger and 6 head plainer Call: 684-5868 Rockaway Auto SalesSalesman wanted with driver’s licence, weekly pay plus commission Call Imran 639-5635

2 Bedrooms house, top flat, 19 Hutsonville New Hope EBD Call: 618-2517, 660-6739·

FOR SALE

Just arrived: Allion and Premio, tel: 624-2000, 622-1610

Live chicken. Call 650-4421

Business Place to rent @ Wortmanville call 616 - 2445

2004 BMW 318i Sport, DK grey PLL series, Fully loaded, $3.8 M tel: 623 – 2176

1 reasonable house in Coverden E.B.D to rent Call: 623-1615 Land and building for rent 13,000 ft at Peter’s Hall Public Road Call: 233-6161, 651-8870 Spaces for Business at Vreed-en-Hoop Junction, Top flat Call: 264-2515, 6897569, 684-5561 or 678-4892 Business place to rent, upper flat 177 Charlotte Street. Call 680-1969, 679-1579 Salon chairs to rent, Pauline’s Hair Salon, 177 Charlotte Street. Call 680-1969, 6791579 South Road office space, US$3,500. Town to Country.

Call 672-7390, 225-0854 FOR SALE / RENT American Pool Table Call: 277-0578

Labourers and Porters, Apply Wieting & Richter Ltd. 1 part-time maid. Call 614-8022 2 male cleaners, Eccles Call: 614-4358 One live in maid must know to cook, age 25 to 40 Call: 6770610 One private car/bus driver must be able to work flexible hours Call: 677-0610 2 ½ day cleaner, 2 porter $18,000, 1 driver $25,000 between Parika & Leonora WCD Call: 684-8231 Security & Investigator officers, wages $2000-$2500 daily, base on qualification plus fuel allowance Call: 6602393, 680-0515, 223-7619

One experience heavy duty mechanic Call: 225-8889, 2257909, 225-7905, ask for Mr.Richard Visiting officers with motorbike, wages $2000$2500 daily, base on qualification plus fuel allowance Call: 660-2393, 6800515, 223-7619

1 Live-in babysitter. Call 6011097, 692-7779 Live-in waitress, 18 – 25 yrs; boarding & lodging free, salary $50,000 monthly. Call 610-5043

Responsible hire car drivers Call: 226-0765

Whole day domestic. Call 667-5717, 650-4761 Workers to work on land dredge. Call 623-2728, 6675717

1 EP71 Starlet, 1 Toyota 192, 212, Ceres, G-Touring wagon, AT 150 Corona, 1 Nissan E24 Van, Alteeza PMM Call: 6445096, 697-1453 2003 RZ Minibus, AP Unregistered Call: 677-6410, 647-1729 First Class Auto, unregistered Premio, Raum, Runx, Spacio, Carina 212, Avensis - PPP Series. Call 609-8188 V.D Auto Sales & Motor Spares, In stock Allion, Premio, Runx, Alex, IST, AT 212 Call: 655-8471, 689-5009 Canter GPP series, 16 ft tray enclosed. 4D33 engine like new, price $3,000,000. Call 6824224 Tundra for sale, 2003 silver bubble tray workable in good working condition, call: Keisha on 660-8925 2004 Toyota Avensis, newly registered, 6 CD changer, White, low mileage $3.7M Call: 622-4245 1 RZ Minibus, BGG Series Call: 629-0172, 687-0487

WANTED One live in maid Call: 220-9873

Live-in attractive waitress.

Call 332-0845 Hair stylist, barber, masseur, manicurist for new salon opening soon. Call 681-6156

Refrigeration Technician/ Electrician, Apply Wieting & Richter Ltd.

VEHICLES FOR SALE

DRESSMAKING Classes in designing/ sewing. Call Sharmela, 2252598, 641-0784

Driver, dispatcher to work day only; good salary paid, living quarters available. Call 226-5609, 663-9352

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EDUCATIONAL After school classes for Grade 2 assessment pupils Call Mrs.Gittens 641-6484, 673-7186 Imperial College- Register Now CXC 2013. Fulltime/ Lessons/Adults classes.

Excellent results Call: 6835742, 227-7627

VEHICLES FOR SALE Toyota Premio, Alex & Vitz unregistered Call: 269-0432, 686-0323 First Class Auto: unregistered Allion, Raum, Carina, 212, Avensis; PPP series. Call 6098188 Hilux! Hilux! Hilux! Just arrived Toyota Hilux, solid axle pickups; excellent condition. Call 623-0243

2 & 3-Ton open back Canter, never registered. Call 6172891 2007 Toyota Ractis: fully loaded, never registered. Call 617-2891 3 ½-ton enclosed Canter, never registered. Call 6172891

Toyota Starlet EP71 Call:6482075 Large meatbirds, we deliver.

Tel 266- 2711, 609- 4594 One 15-HP Yamaha, long foot. Call 689-5254, 643-0332 Massey Ferguson tractors model 188 & 290, Honda ATV model 500 4x4 2012 Call: 6886274, 691-3851 Just Arrived! Pressure washers 2700 & 3100 PSI, pallet jacks, car mats & seat covers. Call 614-8564, 680-0862 Yellow cars, Tacoma, Canter.

Call 614-8022 One ERF Hauler with one 45ft log trailer & one model M truck Call: 653-4455 Damaged corrugated zinc sheets Call: 226-7054 Pure bred pitbull pups vaccinated, ears cut Call: 6960997, 223-9101 New and use furniture power tools also garbage bin 96 gallon Call 220-5788 anytime.

5 Acres developed farm at Pearl EBD, 16,000 Capacity, chicken pans, bearing fruit trees Call: 689-9991 Toyota Allion PNN Series, $2.4M. Contact: 600-6464 Plants, Petunia, Marigold, Salvia, Perri Winkle, Carnation, Zinnia- 5 for $1000, vegetable seedlings, A.K Plant Shop Call: 610-7363

Honda Civic $900,000 Call: 653-2620

2 greenheart buildings to be dismantled and removed.

Call 697-8545 Fluffy Pups. Tel: 642-6664.

1 old model Raum, corporate yellow, good condition, 4 wheel drive, $1M Call Carlos 646-3777

Pure bred Rottweiler & pure bred German Shepherd pups, fully vaccinated Call: 6822148, 655-8674

Leading Auto, Unregistered Allion, Premio, Runx, IST, Alexa, Raum & 212 Call: 6777666, 610-7666 1 Toyota RZ (Long base) 15seater (EFI), manual, immaculate condition, hardly used; price $1.6M. Call Rocky 621-5902, 225-1400 Honda fit 2005 year; $1.75M negotiable. Call 687-8100 1 Leyland 620 dump truck, 1-bed truck, lots of parts for 620. Call 642-5915, 654-3488

LIBRARY

1 2 ton Mitsubishi canter truck GJJ, price $750,000 negotiable, excellent condition Call: 697-4770

Games for PS2 $900, PSP $900, Xbox360 $2,600, PS3 $2,600. Call 265-3231, 6722566 Stainless steel meat saw, meat grinder, electric wheel chair. Call 233-6161, 651-8870 Seadoo Jetski 18ft fiberglass speed boat with 175 Hp Yamaha engine. Call 233-6161, 651-8870

Vreed-en-Hoop house lots.

Call 658-0115

IBM Lenovo laptops, $60,000; Acer laptops, $100,000; Toshiba laptops, $120,000. Brand new Call 681-2111 Doberman/Rottweiler puppies, 12 weeks old, tails docked, all shots current Call: 681-1385 Sale! Dell Computers with 20’’ LCDs $55,000, Future Tech 231-2206 One 35 Tractor Engine (4 cylinder perkins) fully refurbished (price $450,000) Call: 624-9149 or 671-4707

Public Road Bachelors Adventure 52’x165’(opp.

Guywa) Call Pearl Realty 6899991

Plants. Mussaenda 3 for $1000, Hibiscus 2 for $1000, Bougainvillea 5 for $2000, A.K Plant Shop Call: 610-7363

Nandy Park, $12M; Diamond - $3M, $6M, $3.5M, $4M, $8M; double lot, $8M. Town to Country. Call 672-7390, 2250854

SERVICE

One Toyota Corolla NZE, excellent condition, fully loaded, 16 inch rims, music, alarm etc Call: 264-2870

Toyota Raum, late PNN series, A.C, alarm, CD, rims.

Call 657-1796 Sale! Novels, Texts, UG, others from $100 to $3,000.

Call 223-8237

2005 Tacoma 4-cylinder, Honda ATV. Call 233-6161, 651-8870

FOR SALE 1 225 KVA Generator, 1 Hiace Canter, Premio, 3 light towers, car batteries Call:624-2000 Green coffee 800 and 1000; available wholesale & retail.

Call 277-3531 25 inches TV and Playstation 2 with ten (10) authentic games. Tel 227- 7175, 6731980 Male enhancer Viagra $4,000, 4 in pack Call: 638-1627 Spares for washer, microwaves, fridges, stove timers, gear boxes, pumps etc Call: 225-9032, 647-2943 Caterpillar backhoe low hour 426c Model, double jackhammer compressor, briggs, straighten roller compactor Call: 233-6161, 651-8870 Exotic Hibiscus, Roses, Mussaenda, B/Ville, Ficus, Marigold, Periwinkle, Petunia, Herbs, Vegetable seedlings, A.K Plant Shop.

Call: 260-0005 American Eagle T-Shirts (ladies & gents) & Aeropostle T-Shirts (ladies & gents). Call Marcia 6902174, 266-5831 Granite with 6 inches backsplash, 5 colours; size 2ft x 8ft. Cement mixer, generators & tools. Call 2230943, 646-6732

LAND FOR SALE

1 ½ acre, 48ft x 1300ft, V/ Hoop. Call 627-9351

Pandit Chrishna Persaud Justice of Peace, Commissioner of Oaths, marriage officer. Call 225-6344, 642-5165 (Continued on page 20)

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Tuesday October 02, 2012

GT&T, Habitat reach out to Information technology fosters poverty alleviation - Computer trainer officer injured in 2002 jailbreak The immense potential of information technology can never be over-emphasised and its impact should certainly never be restrained from reaching the remotest of areas.

This view has over the years been embraced by many, including Computer trainer Mark Holford who, with the vast information technology training he acquired over the years, has sought to take this modernday form of communication to parts of Guyana’s hinterland.

His effort was supported through the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF), a programme which was executed through the Government, aimed at poverty alleviation.

The mission of this Caribbean Development Bank programme is to be a community development programme that supports health, education, water and sanitation access and economic activities through skills training, organisational development and infrastructure and services.

Having started in 1979 with financial assistance from the United States Agency for International Development

Mark Holford (USAID), the programme, which has also received funding from the Government of Canada, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), has facilitated skills training in not only Guyana but has impacted Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Turks and Caicos.

According to Holford, a BNTF pilot programme was officially introduced to Guyana about two years ago with an information

technology focus, and was geared at reaching early school leavers and single parents, mainly Amerindians, residing in the hinterland.

With a plan in place, Government was tasked with procuring the requisite computers, while the target communities were expected to provide a suitable building to facilitate training sessions.

The main objective, according to Holford, was to train the participants with a view of giving them the ability to implement an information technology centre that could independently generate revenue towards the development of their community.

“So when we would’ve trained these people it was expected that they would later secure internet access and even turn the whole project into a documentation centre where they can employ people to work fulltime to do things like photocopying. We also expected facilities for browsing the internet would have become a reality,” Holford said.

He was among the first trainers who descended on Hururu, an Amerindian (continued on page 17)

From left: Habitat officials Eileena Persaud, Jennifer Welch, Sinikka Henry and Clifton Ridley, with GT&T’s Allison Parker (second right) and Nadia DeAbreu.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) yesterday handed over a cheque valued $1M to Habitat for Humanity Guyana Inc (HFHG) as a contribution that will go towards enhancing the living conditions of injured victim of the February 23, 2002 jailbreak, Roxanne Winfield.

Winfield, who currently resides in a cottage at Melanie Damishana, almost lost her life in the line of duty 10 years ago as five prisoners - Andrew Douglas, Dale Moore, Shawn Brown, Mark Fraser and Troy Dick - first approached her at her post and demanded the keys to facilitate their escape from Camp Street prison.

The mother of two stood up to their demand and as a result of this, was almost fatally wounded.

Her insistence on not handing over the keys

angered one of the intended escapees who shot her to the head.

The horrific day remains in Winfield’s memory and she is reminded by a huge indentation on her left temple where she was shot. For weeks, the now ex-prison officer remained on life support. Winfield lost a portion of her brain that controls her speech. She is now unable to see from her right eye. She has also lost the use of her right side and is unable to walk.

HFHG will be partaking step by step in the process of building Winfield a new home. GT&T has been partnering with Habitat for Humanity for the past 15 years.

Yesterday’s presentation was in keeping with the company’s commitment to upkeep its corporate social responsibility and to “ensure

that a home is provided to a less fortunate family, every year.”

Clifton Ridley, who spoke to this newspaper on behalf of HFHG, said that “GT&T’s assistance over the years demonstrates its commitment to national development and allows HFHG to reach more families through its programme. When funding agencies see such consistent local support, the level of trust and willingness to partner with HFHG increases.”

HFHG is a non-profit organization that has provided houses for 3000 families across Guyana. The organization relies greatly on volunteers and donations, both cash and kind, to help construct low-cost affordable housing for inadequately sheltered families. Families pay for the cost of houses, using non-profit long term mortgages.

Riot squad member returned ...

From page 3 his men were being pelted with bottles and bricks by the protestors. He said that at no time was he in contact with the Police Commissioner, but that he took orders from Senior Superintendent Clifton Hicken.

Upon request of attorney Hughes, the Commission is likely to request from the phone companies, telephone records of phones for the Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee and Hicken.

Hicken had testified that he never spoke with Minister Rohee on July 18 or immediately thereafter.

Todd said it was his “deep down feeling” not to cause injury to anyone on the day of July 18, but he took a deliberate decision to use his shotgun and fire to the ground when it appeared that the tear smoke was not helping to get the protestors off the bridge.

When asked by Commissioners KD Knight and Dana Seetahal to use his experience as a guide in determining what would have been the best course of action, Todd said that returning to the Mackenzie Police Station in the first instance, when they noticed

the blockage of the bridge, was a bad decision.

He said he believed if the riot squad had stayed in the eyesight of the protestors they would have desisted from doing the things they were doing.

Today, the Commissioners are expected to look at video footage of the events of July 18 as recorded by a Police videographer. Some of the video should have been played yesterday, but it was not playing on the machines the Commission had set up.

As a result, the videographer was asked to walk with his laptop today to play the video.

The Commissioners plan to visit Linden tomorrow.

Hicken, Todd, the videographer and others who gave evidence are expected to be present.

It would be the first visit of the Commissioners to Linden since they started the hearings two Mondays ago.

The Commission is chaired by former Jamaican Chief Justice, Lensley Wolfe.

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Govt., UNICEF to take on children and women’s rights

Education Ministry seeking to bring experts together to improve literacy - Manickchand

Aimed at strengthening local and regional ties while at the same time working towards the realization of children and women’s rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Mr Bernt Aasen, yesterday commenced an official visit here in Guyana.

The visit, which comes as part of the UN body’s commitment to cooperation with the Government for the advancement of development for children and women’s rights, represents part of a programme of support to Government that will span a five-year period (2012-2016).

The overall goal of the current programme of cooperation is to contribute to the progressive realization of children and women’s rights in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The

Bernt Aasen programme has a special focus on disparity reduction, elimination of inequities and enhancement of inclusiveness in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

During this five-year Country Programme, UNICEF will work with the Government to provide capacity-building support for

Almost four months later…

Accident victim succumbs Almost four months after being struck down by a Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) vehicle, Clive Innis succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) last Sunday.

Innis of 14 Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara, was in front of his house on June 6 when the accident occurred.

Since then, the 44-yearold carpenter had been battling for his life. He suffered from head injuries and broken ribs.

His wife, Doreen Fanfair, said that on the day of the accident, her husband told her that he felt like having a Guinness, so he went to the shop to purchase one.

“I didn’t hear anything, but I see people running and

when I go on the verandah I see people lifting he and putting he in the GPL van and they take him to Best Hospital (West Demerara Regional Hospital) so I collect some money and hurry down to the hospital,” Fanfair said.

She claimed that her husband was eventually transferred to the GPHC. “Since the accident I didn’t hear from GPL; they say that people does come and see him but nobody don’t come other than the police,” the man’s wife claimed.

Fanfair described her husband as a loving and caring man, who took care of her five children although they were not his. The couple lived together for over 24 years.

results-based planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of equity and gender-sensitive policies, legislation and programmes for children and women. This support is expected to be organized around Guyana’s established national priorities for human and social development.

A critical component of UNICEF’s work in Guyana is to address the underlying challenges to the formulation and implementation of equity-sensitive programmes by strengthening the availability of data, specifically information disaggregated by geographic location, gender, and ethnicity, especially for the hinterland regions where the most disadvantaged children live.

During his visit, the UNICEF Regional Director will meet President Donald Ramotar and senior Government officials to discuss key issues relating to UNICEF-supported programmes and partnerships in the country.

The Regional Director will also meet with partner Ministers for UNICEFsupported programmes and participate in the launch of the Rights of the Child Commission (RCC) Strategic Plan. The Regional Director was appointed to his post in August 2009.

Aasen’s UNICEF career has seen him working as a Representative in Afghanistan, Senior Advisor/Deputy Director a.i. (ad interim) in the Office of Emergency Programmes, Director in charge of UN coherence issues, and Director and Chief of Staff at UNICEF’s New York headquarters.

He has vast experience with UNICEF in Latin America and the Caribbean, where he was UNICEF Representative in Nicaragua and Mexico. He also served the Guatemala Area Office as Project Officer in Honduras and as Head of Office in Panama.

Information technology fosters ...

From page page 16 community situated on the Upper Berbice River, to facilitate training in Microsoft Office and other computer programmes.

Holford revealed that the one-month long programme indeed yielded results, as the bauxite mining entity, Rusal, not only sought to recruit some of those trained, but requested that the same training be administered to its staffers.

“At the graduation for that programme, the Personnel Officer for Rusal asked to see the training manual that we were using, and was very impressed... and right there she

announced that she wanted training for her staff. That meant immediate revenue for the community, because they were going to use the same building to receive the training and they had to rent the computers.”

In addition to Rusal seeking to hire some of the top performers of the class, the Hururu Village Council also employed some of those trained.

Similar results were realised in Mabaruma in Region One, Holford related.

In fact, he revealed that it was even before the graduation, last February, that the ability of the participants of the

programme was recognised.

Having been a part of the programme, which has transformed many lives, Holford disclosed that he has been left in a state of awe since according to him “when you work with somebody who comes from nothing and you help to bring them to another level it is so satisfying.”

In highlighting how the lives of the impacted residents have since improved, Holford said that he is confident that knowledge in information technology can play a major role in helping to address the scourge of poverty, which he regards as a far-reaching social epidemic.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand and a Rotary Club of Georgetown official view a section of the ‘Reading Corner’ at the East Ruimveldt Primary School As part of an ongoing drive to improve literacy, the Ministry of Education is set to embark on an initiative aimed at bringing together experts in the very field to help chart the way forward.

This disclosure was recently made by Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, who said that “we are about to pull together all our local experts in literacy from across whatever divides we imagine we have; be it political, geographical or gender – all of our experts, wherever they are, we will bring them together to sit down, formulate and brainstorm what would be the best way forward in pushing the literacy agenda.”

This move, the Minister noted, is geared at putting the public education system in a better position to realise better results, particularly at the lower levels of the primary grades.

It is expected, the Minister added, that the initiative will help to foster improved teaching sessions in the classrooms, thereby allowing for children to reap maximum benefits.

The initiative comes at a time when education officials are of the firm belief that the public education system is much improved as it relates to the level of literacy.

In fact, the Minister expressed her conviction that “we are at the best place that our country has ever been in terms of literacy.” She nonetheless confessed that there is much more work to be done.

“We are not satisfied that every single child can read, that every single child can count, and until we are

satisfied that not a single child is left behind in the areas of reading and numeracy, we will still consider ourselves as having a lot of work to do, and that is where we are today.

Although we are at the best place that we have ever been, we still have a whole lot of work to do.”

Manickchand sought to emphasise, too, that the education system is on a mission to capitalise on the gains that have been made in order to accelerate its efforts in the area of literacy.

She pointed out that “once we do that, we know fully that it is going to be our Guyana that benefits...each individual child will benefit.”

NEED FOR SUPPORT The Minister asserted that while the Ministry’s initiative is a noble one which is poised to realise positive results, there is an ever growing need for support.

She explained that the Ministry is not merely looking to partner with parents and teachers, but it is expected that corporate entities will endeavour to direct much needed assistance behind education programmes.

She lauded the recent effort of the Rotary Club of Georgetown to partner with the Ministry to introduce reading clubs at three primary

schools, a project, which according to President of the Club, Mr Khalil Ali, is poised for expansion.

“We still have a lot of work to do and this partnership particularly is welcomed.

We look forward to the rolling out of more of these kinds of activities by the Rotary Club and we invite other organisations to come on board and partner in this field, where books and space are provided and training is done so that children can benefit,” the Minister added.

The recent programme, which allowed for the launching of reading clubs at the East Ruimveldt, Patentia and Beterverwagting/ Quamina Primary Schools last week, saw the Rotary Club soliciting support from three major business entities Scotiabank, Ansa McAl, and Digicel Guyana.

Such support, the Minister stressed, “is the epitome of the way we should be going as a country...Here we have a Rotary Club that is perhaps social in nature, but it is meeting its civic responsibilities and even soliciting from Corporations to engage in activities where our children are the ultimate beneficiaries.”

GT&T commissions $40M ...

From page 14 historic launching, residents in Orealla and other surrounding communities accessed signals from Suriname at tremendous cost. These facilities are, however, not reliable.

The tower which is some 76 metres (250-ft) high is located on a mountain, another

20 metres (65 ft) from the flat plain. The facility feeds from a tower which is situated at Crabwood Creek another 48 kilometres (30 miles) away.

Orealla is one of the few Amerindian communities that have successfully had the boundaries of its reservation demarcated.

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NIS woes…

The Alliance For Change (AFC) is calling for the immediate removal of Board Chairman, Dr. Roger Luncheon, as worry continue to mount over the future of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS).

Non-compliance by contributors coupled by a dwindling workforce will see the scheme recording a $1.4B shortfall this year, and policy makers are scrambling to find ways to raise NIS’s income in a hurry or face bleak prospects.

Last week, Luncheon, who is also Head of the Presidential Secretariat, warned that solutions have to be found quickly to solve the scheme’s woes. Thousands depend on the social fund for their pensions and other benefits, including spectacles and disability.

NIS is currently celebrating its 43rd Anniversary. AFC’s Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan, feels that NIS is not stern enough on the non-compliant contributors and there may even be corruption involved.

Former Banks DIH employee fingered in cell phone theft A former employee of Banks DIH Limited was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail after he was accused of stealing a Blackberry torch cell phone worth $150,000. The phone is said to have belonged to a fellow employee.

David Hendricks who was a packing staff of the company is accused of stealing the cell phone on September 27, last, while at Thirst Park.

The accused was represented by Attorney-atlaw Paul Fung-A-Fat. The lawyer asked for bail and explained that the phone went missing in a dressing room to which numerous persons had access.

He asked that bail be set at an affordable sum. The prosecution did not object to this and the court granted bail.

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Govt. is to be blamed, Luncheon must resign - AFC “Penalties should be meted out to those employers not remitting the due contributions. Compliance sections of the NIS Act authorize this, but our information is that the government officials heading and controlling the scheme do not want to see their family, friends and favourites being investigated and prosecuted.

This is the institutional corruption that the AFC

collecting more revenues. We are getting false statements from the Finance Minister and the President.”

Ramjattan, a former senior official of the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic, was harsh. “Quite frankly, what goes on at the NIS is the most cogent, compelling, irrefutable evidence of institutional corruption.”

He called for a shakeup at NIS.

“Our information is that the government officials heading and controlling the scheme do not want to see their family, friends and favourites being investigated and prosecuted. This is the institutional corruption that the AFC knows about.”

- Khemraj Ramjattan knows about.”

According to Ramjattan, who heads the AFC opposition faction in the National Assembly, government has been claiming that business is flourishing in Guyana, but the NIS situation is clearly suggesting otherwise.

UNTRUTHS “Only recently we heard the propaganda that there is a flourishing of businesses.

This came from the Finance Minister (Dr. Ashni Singh) and President Donald Ramotar. This development disproves what they have been saying, because it is a rule of thumb that increases in business activities will see a scheme such as the NIS

“Dr. Roger Luncheon should have been removed a long time ago from the Board.

There ought to be an actuarial review by a reputable, internationally recognized expert to give an independent opinion as to whether this scheme in its present state is solvent or not.”

Such a report will assist in the Guyanese public knowing whether the NIS can meet the commitment to stakeholders in view of dereliction by contributors, he said.

“Outside of this, we can make very wrong assumptions on NIS. This is also good for the government of that institution.”

Yesterday, NIS hosted a General Assembly at its

AFC Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan Brickdam headquarters, where Luncheon urged staffers to up their game and hinted at countrywide consultations to find solutions to the NIS situation. This will have to include all stakeholders including contributors, government and NIS. He noted that it is no simple task to manage the NIS, in which income and expenses add up to over $1B monthly.

The official called for continued striving for better attitudes by staffers as a “scowl”, “suck teeth” and “snarl” could send the wrong message to pensioners and others.

BLEAK FORTUNES Over the weekend, in a published message on the fund’s state, General Manager, Doreen Nelson,

$150,000 bail for visa fraud accused Sixty-two year-old Roy Sharma has been charged with obtaining money by false pretence.

The Charlotte Street resident is accused of duping Annette Coppin into paying him $133,000 for a United States of America visa.

Sharma appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court last Friday. He pleaded not guilty to the charge and was represented by Attorney Paul Fung -A-Fat. In an application for bail, the attorney said that he was instructed by his client that he was apprehended by the

Skeldon factory has ...

From page 9 production realized at this important factory was 2,481 tonnes, the highest since the commissioning of the factory in August 2009,” GAWU said. The GAWU has increasingly been clashing with the cash-strapped GuySuCo in recent years as

Tuesday October 02, 2012

production fell to an all-time low.

“Members of the union’s General Council committed themselves to the myriad tasks ahead of the union as it grapples with its day-to-day work and challenges.”

GuySuCo has blamed its poor performance on a poor workforce, rain and strikes.

police before he could acquire the visa for the virtual complainant.

Fung -A -Fat explained that his client said he knows someone who could aid the woman in procuring a US visa and thus he took the money to assist with the process.

The lawyer also stated that his client is prepared to start restitution of the money he collected and would pay off “as early as possible”.

Although Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield did not object to bail, he asked that it be set at a substantial sum. However the virtual complainant (Annette Coppin) said that she wants all her money at once since the accused has been deceptive and “tricked a lot of people”.

Sharma then stated that he wished to plead guilty to the offence.

He claimed that he was working with the Chess/ Scrabble Foundation and had been training a group of children in Orealla. He explained that he was

Roy Sharma organizing a programme and that they were “supposed” to travel overseas. Sharma said that he collected $100,000 as a security deposit for the trip and promised the woman that if he was successful she would be accompanying him on the trip. The additional $33,000 was to process the visa application the man said.

After the explanation a not guilty plea was entered for the accused and he was placed on $150,000 bail. Sharma will make his next court appearance on November 1.

said that NIS is facing a massive $1.4B shortfall this year.

Between January to August, 2012 contributions totaled approximately $7.736B while total expenditure over the same period was around $8.393B. The projections to the end of the year show that income from contributions would be $11.553B while the projected expenditure $12.952B. NIS operates out of 14 offices countrywide, providing social security to over 45,000 pensioners. Some 66 percent of these, the General Manager said, are old age pensioners while about 28 percent benefit from survivors’ pensions.

Another worrisome factor is that while over the years, NIS registered 27,000 employers, only 6,100 are remitting contributions to the scheme on behalf of their employees. For employed persons, the number registered to date is over 650,000 with the active being approximately 117,000, less than a fifth.

With respect to the self employed, there are over 29,000 registered to date, but just approximately 8,500 or 30 percent are active and remitting contributions to the scheme.

According to Nelson, the trend continues to show that as predicted in the last Actuarial Review of the scheme, the organisation’s expenditure on benefits and the management of these benefits already exceed the income received from contributions and that unless there are immediate interventions, the gap will widen.

Several reasons have already been advanced for this scenario.

Inclusive in this are “an apparently dwindling structured workforce, an expanding informal workforce that is not complying with the NIS regulations, nonregistration of employees by certain industries and the reluctance of many selfemployed persons to register and remit contributions in accordance with the law.”

According to the NIS official, these together with an ever-aging population and smaller return on investments are causes for concern about the future of the scheme.

Several long-serving staffers were honoured and NIS is planning to reward its oldest pensioners in the various regions.

Twelve students were also awarded bursaries for their performances at recent examinations.

Senior citizen fined for wounding landlord A pensioner who disfigured his landlord’s face found himself before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry yesterday on a charge of unlawful wounding.

Sixty-five-year-old Tim Eversley confessed to wounding his landlord, Keith Lynch, following an argument over rent payment.

Eversley reportedly used a sharp object to inflict a 2.3cm laceration to the complainant’s nose bridge during a physical altercation.

According to reports, Lynch had expressed his discomfort of the defendant occupying the bottom flat of his home. The man told the court that Eversley habitually threatens to kill him and torch his property. He explained that the defendant had stopped paying the rent after his spouse died and would behave in a disorderly manner whenever asked about rent payment.

The Magistrate advised Lynch that necessary legal action can be taken so as to rid him of the tenant. She took into consideration that Eversley is of age to be knowledgeable of the consequences of his actions and ordered him to pay a fine of $30,000 or alternatively spend 14 days in solitary confinement.

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Devers set for Brain Surgery today in T&T Guyanese International Radio cricket broadcaster and cricket writer Sean Devers is set to undergo Brain Surgery today at noon at the St Clair Medical Centre in Trinidad after meeting with his doctor, Robert Ramcharan in Port of Spain yesterday.

Devers is expected to spend two days in the ICU and another five days in the hospital before a recovery period of about three months, one of which will be spent in Trinidad for observations.

The former Guyana youth cricketer thanked all those who contributed to the cost of US$25,000 for the surgery and said that the

estimated US$10,000 for post surgery expenses has been almost reached from donations from well wishers including those in Trinidad.

Devers, a father of three is suffering from a brain tumor which will be tested for cancer this week following the fourhour surgery and also thanked his mom, eldest son Ricardo and other family members and friends for their support.

Radio shows and Telethons were done for Devers in Barbados, Guyana and Trinidad. Dr Rambaran said that weakness to his right side and a 10% chance of his speech being affected should be the main side effects of the

removal of the level one tumor which is causing seizures and headaches for Devers since last December.

“God is a mighty God and I put my life in his hands as I go into surgery tomorrow (today).

I know I will be a testimony to his power when all of this is over and be a stronger and better person,” Devers said from Trinidad yesterday.

Updates on his condition will be posted on his Facebook page and the Sean Devers Brain Fund Facebook page which was set up from New York.

Devers’ son Ricardo is with him in the twin Island Republic.

Tuesday October 02, 2012 ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Listen, but don't make any rash decisions. Your efforts won't go unnoticed; however, someone you work with may get jealous. New interests are preoccupying your time.

TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) You can purchase items that will enhance your appearance.

Try not to upset others with your plans. You will have some wonderful ideas that should bring you extra money.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21) Your changing attitudes may be causing concern for your partner. You may want to sign up for lectures or courses that will bring you mental stimulation. You will have to put those you live with in their place if they try to interfere with your work.

CANCER (June 22-July 22) Someone you live with may feel totally neglected. Remain calm and you'll shine. Passion should be your goal. You may be experiencing emotional turmoil in regard to your mate.

LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Put aside any decisions concerning your position at work.

Property deals look good.

Your accomplishments could exceed your expectations if you mix a little business with pleasure.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Only offer to do the things you have time for. Luxury items will cost you more than you can truly afford. Control those desires to cast your fate to the wind.

LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) Take the time to close deals that have been up in the air.

You will be overly sensitive today.

Romance is likely if you participate in unusual forms of entertainment.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)

Residential moves are evident. Try to make your lover understand that you need to do things with your friends.

You are ahead of your time, and trying to stay in one spot could be asking too much.

SAGIT. (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Social activities will be satisfying.

Your willingness to help others can and will lead to fatigue if you don't learn to say no. Talk to someone you trust if you need advice about broaching the subject.

CAPRI. (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Look out for yourself today.

Be prepared to lose friends or alienate other people if you insist on being stubborn. Involvement in financial schemes will be followed by losses.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19)

Be prepared to step into the limelight if you wish to promote your ambitions. You need some help today.

Things aren't as they appear.

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Instant romance could be yours if you go out with friends.

Remain calm and you'll shine.

Passion should be your goal.

Don't let them blame you.

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The Score is Even wins...

From page 21 1200M . Occupying the other positions were Rosetta, Rock Sonna, Serenity and Feels like Gold.

There was another win for the Shariff stable with Swing Easy scoring an easy victory in the E class race with Colin Ross in the saddles in the 1200M gallop. It took the $450,000 top prize from Top of the Line, Appealing Harvest, and Work Force.

The two year old 1000M event for Guyana and West Indies bred horses saw Princess Alisha of the Jumbo Jet stable with Patrick riding, winning the $400,000 purse and trophy ahead of Its My Turn and Amelia’s Joy. Captain Crook with Paul Delph onboard and Top Of the Line made sure the Jumbo Jet Stable scored a one two as they took control of the $300,000 and trophy in the G and lover 1000M event ahead of Stormy Lass and Sleeping in Town.

The event for two year old Guyana and West Indies bred horses was won by She so Special ridden by Junior of the Jumbo Jet Stable from Silent Night, Party Time and Royal Passion. The win was worth $200,000 and trophy.

Dream Girl of the Singh Stable with R Drepaul in control won the H and lower 1400M event and the $200,000 top money and trophy from the Gump and Pixie Fire.

Face the Heat of the Davenand stable with Richmond was first to the finishing pole in the J class event ahead of Mr. Cool, Hard Running’s and Romeo for the $100,000 prize.

The K&L class event with a winning pocket of $80,000 was won by Windy Killer ridden by Ajai. The top stable on show was Jumbo Jet, with the Shariff taking the Runner up spot. There were nine different winners in the jockey’s category and the winner

will be announced later. The top individual performers received accolades compliments of the Organisers and the Trophy Stall, Bourda Market.

The police led by Assistant Superintendent Jairam Ramlakhan and Inspectors Springer and Stephen were commended for doing a splendid job in the incident free day of racing.

Over 80 horses took part in the $7M Horse race meet.

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Ramdeen (104), Hetmyer (101) propel Universal DVD Young Warriors to final Centuries from opening batsman Richard Ramdeen who represented Guyana at the T20, 50-Over and 4-day levels in 2010 and 2011 and 2012 National under-19 opener Shimron Hetmyer gave Universal DVD Young Warriors a total beyond the reach of giants Albion Community Centre and propel them to the final of the 2012 Ramcharitar Construction Service First Division 50-Over Knockout Cricket Competition in Berbice.

In the high profile semifinal played at the Cumberland Ground, East Canje, Universal DVD Young Warriors won by 37 runs.

Winning the toss and batting first Ramdeen slammed 104 (3 fours and 8 sixes) and his opening partner, 15 year old Hetmyer 101 (9 fours and 2 sixes) shared an opening stand of 223 in 37.4 overs, a partnership that saw the ever reliable Albion spinners disdainfully hit all around the ground.

After they were both dismissed in quick succession, Warriors slipped to 244 for 4, but then National middle order batsman

Richard Ramdeen

Shimron Hetmyer

Gajanand Singh, who scored a century in the first round, together with Waheid Edwards piled on the pressure on Albion by putting on 72 for the fifth wicket resulting Young Warriors amassing 335 for 8 off their allotted 50 overs.

Gajanand Singh made a quick fire 59 (5 fours and 4 sixes) and Edwards 21. Bowling for Albion Community Center, West Indies leg spinner Devendra Bishoo took 4 wickets but for a high toll of 67 runs from 10 overs, Guyana under 17 allrounder Sharaz Ramcharran 2 for 42 from 5

overs and National under 19 left arm spinner Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai who came in for severe punishment, 2 for 80 from 10 overs.

Albion in reply, reached 61 for 2 after 10.5 overs with former National under-19 opener Kandasammy Surujnarine making 29 and Veerapen Permaul 17. Former West Indies opener Sewnarine Chattergoon, who courageously batted with an injured finger joined forces with National T20 batsman Jonathan Foo and together they put together 151 runs in 19.5 overs, rekindling the

hopes of Albion.

However, Chattergoon fell for a fighting 52 (3 fours and 1 six). Foo went shortly after at 232 for 4 a mature and brilliant 108 (7 fours and 8 sixes), his second century in three innings in the competition.

Albion fought to the end with young wicketkeeper/ batsman Andy Mohan hitting 33 but got no support from the other batsmen.

Eventually, the score made by Young Warriors proved to be beyond reach with Albion being bowled out for 298 all out in 46.2 overs.

Bowling for Warriors, former Berbice off spinner, Balram Samaroo took 4 crucial wickets for 37 runs off 10 overs.

Young off spinner Kevin Ramdeen and veteran Anil Beharry bowled well in support to take a wicket each.

Four run outs further ruined the cause of Albion CC. Universal DVD Young Warriors has earned the rights to reach defending champions Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets in the final on Saturday at a venue to be named by the Berbice Cricket Board.

It will be action galore when twenty five schools from East and West Berbice engage in stiff rivalry for top honours when the Berbice Football Association (BFA), in collaboration with the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU), under the auspices of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), stage the Inter Primary School, U-12

Football Championships, which started yesterday morning and concludes this Friday October 5.

The 7 a-side tournament will also facilitate a mixture of males and females in the team composition.

Yesterday’s matches were to have been contested in the Central Corentyne area while today’s action moves to the

Upper Corentyne. The schools in New Amsterdam will be in action tomorrow, while the top teams will match skills on Friday in New Amsterdam in the finals and third place play off.

The teams have been placed into four zones with 8 from West Berbice being zoned separately including Ithaca, Rosignol, No. 5, M a h a i c o n y , L a t c h m a n s i n g h , Novar, Blairmont and Woodley Park Primary. Matches in this zone will be contested at the Blairmont Community High School.

Those schools zoned in the New Amsterdam area, All Saints, St. Aloysius, Overwinning, New

Amsterdam and St. Therese’s Primary, will be played at the All Saints Scott Church Ground.

The Central Corentyne zone will see matches being played at the Area H Ground and will comprise R o s e H a l l To w n , P o r t Mourant, Tain, Belvedere, Gibraltar and Fyrish Primary, while the Upper Corentyne zone comprises six schools — Crabwood Creek, Skeldon, Leeds, Messiah and Orealla Primary, with the action slated for the Scottsburg Ground on the Upper Corentyne.

Each zone will be played on a round robin basis with the two top teams qualifying for the playoffs.

From page 23 Pepsi amassed a massive 304 for 6 off their allotted 50Overs. Bowling for Port Mourant o f f s p i n n e r C .

Arjune took 3 for 48 from ten overs.

In response Port Mourant was set back early by the swing bowling of Ingram Dey who claimed the wickets of C. Arjune 04, I. Mansuk 10, K. Matiali 07, D.

Thakurdeen 00 and B. Persaud 15 to leave the home team at 58 for 5 in the 16th over.

An aggressive innings of 51 (7x4, 1x6) from former West Indies Under-19 player Zaman Khan assisted Port Mourant to reach 117 all out in 27 Overs. Dey took five wickets for 32 runs from 10 overs, offspinner Eon Hooper 2 for 23 and Khemraj Mahadeo 2 for 13.

– Foo’s brilliant 108 fail to save Albion

25 teams in intense rivalry as Berbice Inter school U-12 football tournament kicks off

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According to a release from the Organisers, the launching of the Tournament will take place today in the Conference Room of Courts Guyana Inc Main Street Branch, commencing at 2:30 Pm (14:30 hrs).

The schools identified are: Marian Academy, Green Acres, West Ruimveldt, St. Margaret’s, St. Sidwell’s, Tucville, South Ruimveldt, North Georgetown, Kettley, St. Gabriel’s, F.E Pollard, Enterprise, St. Pius, Sophia, Success and Redeemer.

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Tourism Minister Alli launches November 11 ‘C/bean Race of Champions’ Meet

By Rawle Welch It is little surprise that success has followed the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) over the past three years and it simply has to do with the unmatched cadre of executive members with entrepreneurial skills that make up their ‘Think Tank’.

The club which has been able to form advantageous partnerships with the Government and corporate community over the period once again displayed its marketing and strategic planning skills after seizing the opportunity to launch its ‘Caribbean Race of Champions’ November 11 Meet on the final day of this year’s GuyExpo which ended on Sunday, at the Sophia Exhibition Centre.

The entity had sensibly added the ‘meet and greet the competitors’ segment in addition to showcasing the racing machines to its repertoire of bringing awareness and understanding of the sport to the patrons attending GuyExpo.

Among those in attendance at the Launch were executive members Vishok Persaud, Raj Boodhoo, David Fernandes, Angelique DeGroot and Ray Seebarran, while major sponsors such as the Government, Seaboard Marine and Rent-A-Tent were represented by Minister of Trade and Tourism Irfaan Alli (Acting), Peter Peroune and Ray Rahaman respectively.

Delivering the feature address before a fair-sized crowd, Minister Alli spoke of how the collaboration between his Ministry and the GMR&SC has given him a stronger understanding and awareness of the sport, adding that the partnership has worked positively for both.

He reminded those present that the crucial role of Government is to facilitate the process and pointed to the dynamic leadership of the club as the main reason for the success the sport currently enjoy.

The Minister disclosed that measures such as a weekend package with EZ-Jet is presently being discussed

- calls for more collective commitment and with the airline’s approval, the November Meet could very see far more fans from across the Region come to Guyana and fill the facility at the South Dakota Circuit.

“We will work with the club to organize a package that will be affordable to most and that could guarantee that more fans come to Guyana to witness the races for the weekend,” Alli stated.

He added that the package will allow them not only the opportunity to come for the weekend for the races, but for entertainment and glamour and total enjoyment of this beautiful country.

Because of the event, the idea of the collaboration between the Government, airline industry and the GMR&SC was born and through the agreement to implement a special package to attract more fans, it was noted that it has the potential to become the catalyst for linkages to be made in many other endeavours, the Minister said.

Minister Alli, shortly

before stressing the need for more collective commitment gave a brief summary about the performance of the tourism sector in relation to visitor arrivals and the high rate of occupancy within the hotel industry which he disclosed had veered positively to the right.

“Staying at a hotel has become far more affordable and more and more families are realizing that they could stay at a hotel for a reasonable cost and still have enough to visit relatives,” Alli mentioned.

Persaud in his remarks spoke of the improvement and positive strides that the club has made over the past three years, pointing to the refurbished circuit which was done to the tune of $90 million with the Government responsible for $40million and the renovation of the clubhouse as testimony to the entity’s buoyancy resulting from effective stewardship.

He highlighted some of the innovations that the club

has made over the period including its effort to join forces with the Government, while the Duty Free model, another initiative of the club has now been adopted in Barbados and Jamaica, the two other countries where the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship is staged.

The GMR&SC official underscored the need to partner with the Government, adding that it is critical for the success and sustenance of the sport.

Persaud gave figures of the achievement of the November Meet, aptly describing it as the biggest in the Caribbean with over 2,000 spectators from overseas making the trip every year to witness the final showdown in the Series.

He thanked the Government, Seaboard Marine, GT&T, Rent-A-Tent, Valvoline, Princess Hotel, Banks DIH, Bounty Farm and all the other sponsors for their support throughout the years.

A special expression of gratitude was extended to the GuyExpo Committee for

facilitating the Booth which according to Persaud has set the stage for a successful Meet next month Fernandes, who is usually tasked with the responsibility of setting the rules and ensuring that competitors adhere to them in addition to overlooking the general preparations of the venue spoke of the recent refurbishment of the paddocks, while Peroune, whose Company is the designated transportation provider for all the cars travelling to the various countries said that they were glad to be back on board and looks forward to maintain the relationship for years to come.

He mentioned the pivotal role the Company plays within the motor racing fraternity, adding that they are among the major sponsors of the event for the past four years.

Judging from the curiosity and frenzy witnessed, next month’s motor racing showpiece already seems to be a sold out.

The Score is Even wins feature at Bush Lot United Horserace Meet

The Jumbo Jet connections receives the winning trophy in the two yr old West Indies event.

By Samuel Whyte The Score is Even owned

by Dennis De Roop of the Simple Royal Racing Stable, Corentyne Berbice did just that when it produced a blistering finish, one of the best seen for some time to nose ahead and race away with the feature event when the Bush Lot United Turf

Club of Sea View Park held their day of Racing at their Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice entity.

The animal sourced from America and ridden by the veteran jockey Desmond was off to a bad start in the 1500M event. With the other horses in their strides early and having a merry time up front

as they battled for the lead, with Majestic and Work Force among others giving the field the works as they headed for home.

By then it was obvious that the Score is Even had regained its composure and was challenging the leaders.

The animal gathering strength and speed all the

Mr Lakeram Sukdeo Senior and Junior at left presents the winning trophy in the E class event to Mr Mohammed “Nankoo” Shariff for Swing Easy victory in the E class event. time, thundering down the track with a burst of speed down the home stretch, catching the leaders just in time and was able to squeeze ahead of Work Force to claim the $1M winning money compliments of Banks DIH and the Jumbo Jet trophy.

Work Force and Majestic occupied the other places as

the fourth place winner was not decided up to press time due to the darkness of the venue.

A massive crowd was on hand with nine of the schedule 10 races slated for the day completed. Nine horses took part in the feature event.

Settle in Seattle of the

Shariff stable and ridden by Jamaican Brian Blake is definitely the best in the business in the three year old Guyana and West Indian bred category with another easy win as it toyed with its opponent before racing away to take the $500,000 top prize and trophy this time over Continued on page 19

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England knocked out, Sri Lanka through BBC Sport - Defending champions England have been knocked out of the World Twenty20 after being overpowered by hosts Sri Lanka in their final Super Eights match.

Chasing Sri Lanka’s 1696, Samit Patel scored a classy 67 but England finished on 150-9 to lose by 19 runs.

Stuart Broad’s side slumped to 18-3 after fast bowler Lasith Malinga took three wickets in an over on his way to figures of 5-31 in Pallekele.

Wright, promoted to opener in place of the dropped Craig Kieswetter, was first to go when he cut straight to Tillakaratne Dilshan at point.

Jonny Bairstow, who also kept wicket, followed two balls later when he skied a slower ball to Nuwan Kulasakara at mid off before Alex Hales was pinned in front by a yorker.

That third wicket was unfortunate for England, with replays suggesting the ball was going to miss leg stump,

Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka join West Indies, who ended New Zealand’s hopes, in the last four.

As in previous games in the tournament, notably against India and West Indies, England were let down by their top order batsmen.

India’s slow bowlers skittled England for 80 in the group stages and, with so-called mystery spinners Ajantha Mendis and Akila Dananjaya in the Sri Lankan line-up, it was expected to be another trial by spin.

However, it was fiery fast bowler Malinga who blew England’s top order away with a devastating burst in the third over of their reply. Luke

and it was left to Samit Patel and Eoin Morgan to repair the damage.

Patel, enjoying the responsibility of batting at number four, looked England’s most comfortable batsman as he flayed Angelo Mathews for a massive six, got stuck into Kulasekera, and then plundered 14 runs from Ajantha Mendis’s first over.

Indeed, if England can take any consolation from this defeat it was the performance of Patel ahead of this winter’s Test tour to India.

The Notts all-rounder dominated Mendis, who had recorded figures of 6-8 against Zimbabwe in the

group stages, and cruised to 67 by mixing class with controlled aggression. He remained unperturbed by wickets falling at the other end, with Morgan missing a reverse sweep to Dananjaya and being given out leg before, and a woefully out of form Ravi Bopara scratching around for six balls before being bowled by Jeevan Mendis.

When Swann added some late impetus with a counterattacking 34 from 22 balls, England sensed the improbable was possible but Malinga ended those hopes when he came back to bowl Patel in the penultimate over before Kulasekera took care of Swann.

Malinga was brutally effective with the ball, but it was the elegance of Mahela Jayawardene that got Sri Lanka off to a good start with the bat. The opener defied the early loss of Dilshan to stroke 42 before becoming the first of two wickets in as many balls for Swann.

Jayawardene holed out to Morgan at midwicket before Sangakkara was given out caught behind, despite replays suggesting he had not touched the ball. Angelo Mathews went on the counter with a quickfire 28, but Broad stalled any momentum by dismissing him and Jeevan Mendis in consecutive deliveries. Thisara Perera powered 26 crucial runs, including two sixes, in the closing overs before Malinga took over with the ball.

Scores: Sri Lanka 169 for 6 (Jayawardene 42, Broad 3-32) beat England 150 for 9 (Patel 67, Malinga 5-31) by 19 runs.

Tuesday October 02, 2012

Windies mar ch into semimarc finals with “Super” win Kandy, Sri Lanka – A superb three-wicket haul by Man-of-the-Match Sunil Narine and heroic bowling and batting from Marlon Samuels were crucial performances as West Indies beat New Zealand to qualify for the semi-finals of the ICC World T20 tournament.

Off-spinner Narine was deadly with his variations and had the excellent figures of 40-20-3 as West Indies held New Zealand to 139-5 off 20 overs at the Pallekele International Stadium yesterday. The match ended in a thrilling tie with a wicket off the final ball via a superb direct hit with a rocket throw by substitute Dwayne Smith from deep midwicket.

Samuels volunteered to bowl the last over with the Black Caps needing 13 runs to win and also bowled the “Super Over” when the match went to the One-Over Eliminator.

Earlier in the day, Chris Gayle made 30 off 14 balls with three fours and two sixes, while Samuels made 24 and Kieron Pollard found some form with a fighting 28 as West Indies were bowled out for 139 off 19.3 overs.

After the New Zealand innings, the match then went to the One-Over Eliminator and Samuels again put his hand up to bowl, despite carrying a shoulder injury.

The over went for 17 runs.

With 18 to win and a spot in the semis up for grabs, Chris Gayle launched the first ball into the crowd and Samuels ended the game with a huge six over midwicket to spark Windies celebrations.

West Indies captain Darren Sammy was all smiles after the match. Their place in the semi-finals was confirmed when Sri Lanka beat England by 19 runs.

“It was a cracker of a match...great match from start to finish. It was good to see

Sunil Narine we had the strength and held our nerve to pull through.

Congrats to everyone on the way we handled the pressure.

It was a must-win and everyone stayed focussed to bring it home,” Sammy said.

“Narine was excellent with the ball and his last spell was something like two wickets for five runs off two overs at a stage when we really needed it. It was a brilliant performance and I’m sure it has given him confidence going into the semis. He delivered today. We all know what he is capable of doing – bowling in these pressure situations.

“I was happy with the much better bowling display from us and it feels good that we got the result that we wanted. Eighteen runs in the ‘Super Over’ with Chris batting, it is always possible.

We back Chris to clear the boundary. Six runs off a noball was just a perfect start.

When games get so tight the true West Indies celebrations come out.

“And also Marlon Samuels...he’s suffering from bad shoulders and that’s why he doesn’t bowl too many overs. Today he said ‘give me the ball’ and he did the job with ball and bat. We also had a brilliant run out from Dwayne Smith. Chris also held a superb catch at slip and

that changed the game at a crucial stage. Ravi Rampaul again bowled well with the new ball at the top and Samuel Badree was good on his return.”

Yesterday’s victory means that both West Indies men’s and women’s teams have qualified for the semifinals for the first time in the same World T20 tournament.

Sammy believes this is a good sign for West Indies cricket.

“I’m extremely happy for the girls as well. They have been doing really well. It is good that both Caribbean teams are in the semi-finals and it’s great that both our teams have made it this far.

We are moving forward and we will both look to win the trophies. We have two more hurdles to jump and hopefully we will jump them and bring some joy to people of the Caribbean.”

West Indies men will travel to Colombo this morning. The semi-final will be on Friday at 7 pm (9:30 am Eastern Caribbean Time/8:30 am Jamaica Time). Their opponents will be known when Group 2 is completed today. The women’s semifinal will be against Australia, also on Friday at 2:30 pm (5 am Eastern Caribbean Time/4 am Jamaica Time).

Scores: West Indies 139 (Gayle 30, Southee 3-21, Bracewell 3-31) tied with New Zealand 139 for 7 (Taylor 62*, Samuels 3-20).

West Indies won the Super Over.

What is a super over?

If a match at the World T20 is tied, it will be decided by a super over contest Teams nominate three batsmen. If two wickets fall then that team is all out If the scores are still level at the end of the super over, the team that has hit most boundaries (fours and sixes) over both innings will be the winners.

Phyllis Cater Memorial t\20 final – Leguan Tatteshwar Chetram hit a fine half century and Royan Jacobs grabbed 4 wickets for 20 runs as Maryville defeated Young Warriors by 46 runs to win the final of the Phyllis Carter Memorial twenty\20 cricket competition last Saturday at Enterprise ground in Leguan.

Maryville took first turn at the crease after winning the toss and scored 178-8 off their allocation of overs. Chetram led the scoring with a fine 69, and was ably supported by Kalan Maraj and Sunil Persaud with 20 each. Brian

Murray picked up 2-24 and Seenarine Oudit 2-36. Young Warriors in reply were never allowed to score freely as Jacobs and Aseeb Khan who finished with 3-11 maintained a steady line and length to restrict them to 132 all out in 19.2 overs. R. Jagroop top scored with 37, while Muneshwar Jattan made 29, and Murray 21.

Both teams received prizes for their efforts while Chetram took the man of the match award. Sultan Ali of Rebels collected the trophies for being the most outstanding

batman and the player with the most sixes in the tournament, while the Rebel’s Chetram Rabindra was competition’s best bowler.

Speaking at the presentation ceremony, chairman of the Leguan Cricket Committee, Verendra Chintamanie, thanked the sponsor for coming on board, and the teams for participating in the competition.

He also urged the cricketers to work hard.

The competition was played in memory of the late Phyllis Carter who was a popular businessman on the island.

Tuesday October 02, 2012

Kaieteur News

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Defending Champs, Pacesetters 'A' play in East tonight Defending Mackeson Smooth Moves Champions, Pacesetters 'A' Team, will be back in action at California Square Basketball Court, East Ruimveldt, tonight in their second group contest of the 2012 nationwide Championship after sweeping their first group.

Pacesetters 'A' Team, a combination that includes Royston Siland playing centre/forward, Travis Burnett at guard, Steffon Gillis (shooting guard), and Naylon Loncke coming off the bench in the guard/forward position, was unmatched last week and looks set to defend the $1M winner-take-all first prize.

The four players all have national exposure at varying levels and have been playing together at the club and 'street-ball' level for quite some time. Siland might be a little slow on the offensive

end, but there is no one better than him on the offensive and defensive boards.

What he lacks on the offensive end, Burnett makes up for playing guard. Burnett is the principle scorer on the team.

'Blurr', as Burnett is nicknamed, is a natural finisher and plays both offense and defence; he plays hard with immense energy and is quick.

Then there is the shooting guard, Gillis, who is perhaps the best we have to offer from downtown and who has been a national guard for the first decade of the New Millennium. Gillis is primarily an offensive player, who does not hesitate to loose his missiles from downtown.

The point is the 'Big Three' of the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Championships so far have been Pacesetters 'A' Team

and tonight will be a good test of real character since they will battle South All Stars, Flash and Nets, who are all preliminary group winners.

Siland will be coming up against the huge Yannick Wade from South All Stars in the paint while Wade has Devon Bacchus and Michael Richards to support him. The South All Stars replacement guard, Dominique Vincente will also have an interesting battle against Burnett.

The two underdog qualifiers in the group have to be Nets and Slash. Nets scraped out of the first group at the expense of Albouystown's best team, Above the Rim. The combination of Drumson McCullay, Pelham Doris, Fabian Johnson and Shane Blair must have grown in confidence and will be no pushovers, just as

Show me the money! Defending Champions, Pacesetters 'A' Team are playing like they smell the $1M first place prize. They will be in action tonight in a quality group in California Square, East Ruimveldt.

Slash.

Two teams will advance further in the tournament.

The Mackeson Smooth Moves competition definitely intensifies in East

tonight where two teams will take one step closer to the mammoth $1M first place prize.

Meanwhile, the Linden Zone Finals will be held

tomorrow night at the Mackenzie Sports Club Court to decide who gets the nod to represent the Mining Town in the final round.

(Edison Jefford)

Simeon 'Candyman' Hardy: Getting set to walk the walk after talking the talk

By Michael Benjamin Muhammad Ali, regarded as the greatest boxer to ever enter the 'square jungle,' had perfected the rope-a-dope, emulated by droves of other succeeding pugilists but perfected by none. 'The Greatest,' as Ali was dubbed, later earned the nickname 'The Lip' through his verbal wit and charm that left many of his foes angry to the point of affecting their thinking and by extension, their fight strategy. Just as fighters worldwide emulated Ali's

rope-a dope, so too did they adopt his verbal offences in their strategizing camps.

Recently, local boxers have latched on to Ali's ploy of 'talking the talk' but unfortunately, many failed to 'walk the walk.' Simeon 'Candyman' Hardy, the man that has perfected the infamous 'Chin Check' a left hook that has left most of his opponents prostrate long after the count, has proven that he is refreshingly different and has fulfilled all of his pre-fight promises.

Unbeaten to date, Hardy

has once again uttered barbs and threats at Howard 'Battersea Bomber' Eastman, who he meets in a return encounter on the Hurry Up Boxing Promotions 'Foreign Invasion' slated for the Banks DIH Thirst Park Ground, Saturday October 13 next.

Hardy has filled the slot for American middleweight, Frank Galarza after the latter boxer pulled out citing the effects of a brutal contest last week that ended in a draw.

His management team was

BCB/Neal and Massy Intermediate Tournament

Rose Hall Town Pepsi crush Port Mourant by 187 runs The Rose Hall Town Pepsi team successfully started their campaign in the 2012 BCB/Neal and Massy Intermediate 50-Overs cricket tournament by crushing Port Mourant by 187 runs. Playing at the Port Mourant Ground, Rose Hall Town Pepsi was led by a brilliant 86 by wicketkeeper/batsman Jason Sinclair and a five wicket haul from medium pacer Ingram Dey. Batting first after winning the toss, Rose Hall Town Pepsi were given a solid opening stand of 100

from openers Renwick Batson and Devin Baldeo before Batson was dismissed for 55 (7x4) in the sixteenth over and then lost Baldeo 38 (3x4) at 114 for 2 in the 18th over.

The experienced duo of Jason Sinclair and Khemraj Mahadeo then added 72 runs in 11 overs before Mahadeo was caught off the bowling of J. Harrinarine for 23. Sinclair (86) received support from A. Homraj 20, Eon Hooper 33 and skipper Ravi Narine 20 not out as Rose Hall Town Continued on page 20

also reluctant to allow their charge to enter the ring so close on the heels of the grueling encounter. Not only did Hardy agree to the bout but he was extremely brash about his intentions, taking advantage of the verbal ploys established by 'The Greatest.'

Yesterday afternoon, Hardy was hard at work at t h e F o r g o t t e n Yo u t h Foundation (FYF), under the watchful eyes of Joseph Murray, honing his skills for the all important fight. One remembers the high level of respect that Hardy had accorded Eastman in their first encounter; it is now thrown out of the window to be replaced by stark disregard for Eastman.

On Sunday morning last, Hardy turned in several hectic rounds against Jermaine King, who opposes Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) middleweight champion, Edmond DeClou in a 6 rounds super/middleweight affair on the same card, and rising professional pugilist, Gladwyn Dorway.

Hardy also sparred two additional rounds with another amateur boxer to bring his tally to date to just around 26 rounds. His coach, Joseph Murray said that before his training

Hardy is all concentration as he attacks the striking pads under the direction of Wensel Thomas yesterday afternoon sessions are over, Hardy would have completed approximately 60 rounds.

The local welterweight champion also engaged in several rigorous rounds on the striking pads with Wensel Thomas and a few on the heavy bag before rounding off his sessions with a hectic skipping session.

Despite an earlier defeat of 'Battersea Bomber,' Hardy will know that he cannot take this fight lightly.

Eastman is no slouch and he would have had enough time to correct any mistakes he would have made in the initial encounter.

The 'Battersea Bomber' was not as garrulous as Hardy, but then again, he hardly is, but has promised to turn in a classic performance that will net him the victory.

Meanwhile, Orlan 'Pocket Rocket' Rogers scheduled to engage local

featherweight champion Clive Atwell is scheduled open camp at the FYF this afternoon and will be honing his skills for this bout under the tutelage of Murray. He has also given his opponent much mouth and said that his decision to train in Georgetown is an indication of the level of seriousness attributed to the bout.

In other fights on the card, Leon Moore will lace up his gloves against Juan Carlos Pena out of the Dominican Republic while Anthony Augustin and Mitchell Rogers will square off in a highly anticipated heavyweight duel.

Charlton Skeete will also challenge American Allan Phallen in a featherweight 4 rounder. The former pugilist, now in his third professional bout, attempts to notch up his inaugural victory.

Admission prices and other details of the card are forthcoming shortly.

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(Left) Marlon Samuels hits the winning SIX off Tim Southee as West Indies beat New Zealand. (Picture courtesy WICB) Chris Gayle leads the celebratory dancing (Getty Images)

Tourism Minister Alli launches November The Score is Even wins feature at 11 'C/bean Race of Champions' Meet Bush Lot United Horserace Meet - calls for more collective commitment Pg. 21

Minister of Tourism Irfaan Alli (third right) poses with major sponsors of the GMR&SC November Meet and club officials at the Launching on Sunday at the Sophia Exhibition Centre.

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Ms Melissa Chattergoon presents the Jumbo Jet trophy to the connections of the Simple Royal De Roop stable for The Score is Even victory in the feature C class event.

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