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GPL fuel spills into Demerara River The oil boom used to contain the fuel that spilled into the Demerara River.

Works were continuous yesterday to contain and extract a large amount of fuel which spilled into the Demerara River yesterday behind the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) at Kingston.

The Fire Service, Countrywide Disposal Services and the Coast Guard were dispatched to assist with the containment

and clean-up efforts.

Reports are that the spillage was the result of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) being transferred from one of GPL’s bulk tanks to another tank for a Wartsila generator located in the Kingston compound.

This rupture reportedly occurred from a pipeline during the transfer of fuel. It was estimated that almost

100 gallons leaked into the river.

On a visit to the scene yesterday, the HFO was being contained around the Kingston Power plant by barriers referred to as ‘oil booms.’

According to GPL’s Public Relations Officer, Shevion Sears-Murray, “at 10:00 hrs yesterday it was discovered that fuel was

spilling whilst being transferred between a large storage tank to another at GPL’s Kingston generation compound. It is estimated that approximately one hundred gallons (three barrels) of fuel spilled, some of which escaped into the Demerara River.

“In keeping with the company’s safety, health and environmental policies and

procedures, GPL’s personnel on site took swift action that led to containment of the fuel and avoided it from spreading,” the PRO stated.

“Fortunately, it was low tide and booms were to hand, which were promptly put in place to prevent the fuel from dispersing deep into the river.

A prominent waste collection and disposal

service entity, Countrywide Disposal Services, and the Coast Guard responded immediately.

Almost all of the fuel was recovered. Special biodegradable fuel dispersants are being used to clean up the small amounts remaining.”

GPL indicated that a thorough investigation is being conducted.

(Rabindra Rooplall)

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Emotional scenes as commissioners, police visit Linden

There were emotional responses by the scores of people who turned out to witness the proceedings

By Latoya Giles The five Commissioners made their scheduled visit to the town of Linden yesterday, as they continued to gather evidence into the July 18, 2012 protest action which resulted in the demise of three men.

As word of the commissioners’ visit travelled through the mining community, scores of residents mostly women, came out and voiced their anger. A few of the persons who were shot and injured during the protest were present. Justice Lensley Wolfe O.J, who is the chairman, KD Knights, Justices Cecil Kennard and

Claudette Singh made the trip to the area, while Commissioner Dana Seetahal S.C was unavoidably absent.

Kaieteur News understands that Ms. Seetahal was ill.

As the protestors set eyes upon Senior Superintendent Clifton Hicken and Assistant Superintendent Patrick Todd, chants erupted and many persons broke down in tears.

“Murderers …murderers, we want justice” they shouted. One woman who said that she was a relative of one of the dead protestors, had to be consoled by friends after she saw the two men.

Both Hicken and Todd walked across the Wismar/

Mackenzie Bridge with the commissioners, showing them various pertinent positions. Commissioner Knights proceeded to ask Todd to point to the direction where he was standing, which he did.

The witness was then asked about the distance from the bridge to the Wismar Police Station, a location in his testimony which he has highlighted several times. The commissioners then moved to the Wismar Police Station to get a sense of its proximity to the bridge. Measurements were done by surveyors of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission.

Two fire victims laid to rest - Unattended pot on stove may have caused deadly blaze Two of the four persons who died in an early morning blaze last Saturday morning at Drysdale Street, Charlestown, were yesterday laid to rest.

The bodies of 23-year-old Abiola Kellman and her 4year-old son Justin were made available for viewing at noon, before a touching service was held. It was an extremely emotional experience for the young woman’s immediately family - her mother and her three other siblings.

Kellman and her son’s remains were placed in one casket with the boy neatly placed under his mother’s arms, giving the appearance of the two peacefully sleeping.

Meanwhile, a source close to the Fire Service has revealed that the blaze may have started from a stove which was left unattended.

The source said the fire started in the kitchen and a melted pot was found on the burnt out stove, suggesting that the fire began in that location.

Early Saturday morning, Kellman, her son and two other toddlers one-year-old Akesha Cordis and Kalesha Solomon, 3, died in the blaze.

Reports are that around 07:45hours, cries for help were heard emanating from the house.

Allan Dick who lives behind the burnt building said

he was at the time hanging out clothes when he heard an adult crying out for help, with children’s voices in the background.

He said after making checks, he noticed a small light at the side of the house which he realised was fire.

Dick said his brother quickly aided him in getting buckets of water to douse the blaze. However the occupants in the house were trapped.

Four of the Commissioners listen to member of the Interim Management Committee Gordon Callender during their visit to Linden A member of the Linden IMC, Gordon Callender, also known as “Badheart”, who was present yesterday, explained to the commissioners, his impressions of what transpired on July 18, last.

At the last hearing, the commission had given consent to access the phone records of Commander Hicken and Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee.

Attorney Nigel Hughes, who is representing the relatives of the deceased, intends to prove that the Commander Hicken was in contact with the minister some forty-five minutes before the shooting on July 18.

Also at the last session, Officer Donald Harry testified that a member of the riot squad that was sent to Linden had returned a different weapon to the one he was issued.

Harry, who is stationed at the Arms Room of the Police’s Tactical Services Unit (TSU), and is tasked with documenting the issuance and return of firearms and ammunition once the TSU goes on an operation, gave the name of the officer that returned the different weapon.

Of the squad that was sent to Linden, he listed four of

them who returned with less of the ammunition that they were issued with, be it tear gas grenades or 12-gauge cartridges.

On July 18, 24-year-old Shemroy Bouyea, 46-year-old Allan Lewis, and 17-year-old Ron Somerset were killed on the first day of a planned-five day protest by Lindeners.

The deaths stretched the protest for a month, as Lindeners pressed for a full investigation and opposition parties called for an

international inquiry. In August, the Government and the Opposition came to an agreement on a foreign component being added to the Commission of Inquiry.

And later that month, Government and the Opposition finally signed an agreement paving the way for the beginning of a Commission of Inquiry into the unrest. The signing also saw the mining town returning to normality.

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Letters... Where your views make the news

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

EDITORIAL

Confronting challenges It would seem that just about every former British colony, protectorate or overseas territory has a territorial issue. Belize is under threat from the Dominican Republic, Guyana has to contend with Venezuela and Suriname, The Falklands have Argentina and the list goes on.

Where there is no land issue there are maritime issues.

The irony is that all these claims are rooted in the fact that the claimants are seeking the mineral resources that are supposed to abound in the disputed territory.

The Falklands have oil, and two years ago an exploration hit a location that not only has potential, but really has millions of gallons. Argentina had its eyes on the islands for precisely this reason and actually invaded in 1982. That they were expelled is now history, but the fallout still has the islanders struggling to establish not only cordial relations with the countries of South America, but also to continue a normal life.

For example, Argentina has a blockade of sorts which is more of nuisance value than of actually hurting the islands.

The Argentines allow only one commercial flight to fly through its airspace each week. There is the threat that more than the single flight would be prevented at all cost.

Guyana suffered when Venezuela was at its most bellicose.

Efforts to construct a hydroelectric facility in the Kumerau area in 1973 were successfully prevented. Venezuela protested to the international lending agencies and prevented any money coming for that project. The reality is that today, while there is still the claim, the Venezuelans are allowing the construction of another hydroelectric facility.

But this is coming at a tremendous cost to Guyana. What would have been built for pennies back in those days is now going to cost close to one billion American dollars. The construction phase is still a few months off and with each passing day the cost is expected to rise.

However, the delay effected by the Venezuelan protest nearly forty years ago is hurting the country. Guyana would not have been spending billions of dollars on fossil fuel to generate power.

That money could have gone toward so many other things that the country needs. It could have gone toward education, thus negating the decline that is so evident today; it could have gone toward greatly enhancing the medical facilities countrywide.

There are lessons to be learnt from each territory under dispute.

With immense British support, the Falklands have been able to amass so much money that it can afford free education right up to University, provided the students maintain excellent grades.

Children are sent to England, thousands of miles away, at no cost to their parents. The Falkland authorities pay all the costs, even boarding and lodging. Guyana at one time did the same, but the hard times evoked by the various world crises have put a stop to these scholarships.

The ordinary man may not realize that every delay can be extremely costly. With limited resources, Guyana pays its senior citizens a mere $10,000 per month. The government boasts of foreign reserves, but on inspection, a sizeable portion of those reserves goes toward purchasing fossil fuel to power the nation.

Prudent management in the Falklands has allowed that selfgoverning country to not only give the senior citizens a substantial sum, but also affords free medical attention, except for cosmetic surgery. Guyana does offer free medical services, but the quality can in no way be considered of the best. There are simply not enough medical personnel to provide the service.

In the Falklands, the authorities also looked at the natural resources and found that it could slash its energy bill by some sixty per cent, simply by establishing wind farms. Guyana invited some Dutch specialists to look at the possibility of wind farms and accepted the findings that there is simply not enough wind.

Surely, a country in the direct path of the north east trade winds could not lack for wind to power some wind farms. But then again, it is left to the national leaders to really explore situations induced when Venezuela successfully prevented the establishment of the hydroelectric facility forty years ago.

A few suggestions for the police force mode and when that happens it is no good for business, it is no good for governance; it is no good a frame of mind for a person, let alone a nation to be in.

In general, our people have been reacting, in a responsible manner most of the times, and attempting to do what they perceive as taking charge of their own destiny. We have already seen a rather peculiar local government election in Kwakwani. We have already seen the establishment of the People’s Parliament using whatever little means and structure available to them to increase awareness.

I believe that due diligence should be exercised at an administrative level so as to ensure that horrendous events such as Shaquille’s killing and general abuse of power by police do not influence and motivate manners of public outcry that are violent in nature.

In a bid to protect the very Guyana Police Force from determined denizens deteriorating into the People’s

DEAR EDITOR, I have chosen to speak on this matter only now because I wanted it to be considered objectively, out of the period of emotional outbursts and what has proven to be lame reactionary defences.

The limited time that I get to devote in fulfilling my voluntary duties as an executive of the “Riddim Squad Football Club” did not afford me the opportunity to know too much about club member Shaquille Grant who was killed by police recently.

I think I must have interacted with him more during his brief stint at N&S Mattai, where according to him “I could ketch reso paper here boss, jus fetchin’ bags after dem done cashing”.

After learning of the incident, I called Coach/ Trainer Lloyd Millington, and heard him struggle to maintain a steady voice as he reflectively confided that Shaquille, though not yet 18, was already a significant source of positive energy on the team and was instrumental in keeping the practice gatherings lively and upbeat.

In February of this year, in keeping with Mashramani activities involving the Carib Soca Monarch there was a request for a footballer as prop for the Adrian Dutchin performance of “I am a Guyanese”. Shaquille was first to volunteer, brave and spirited. He did it well, garnering considerable bragging rights for “Riddim Squad.”

Nonetheless, Shaquille is dead.

In the consideration of human behaviour on economic outcome there is a term that is known as “the escalation of commitment”.

An escalation of commitment occurs when there is a tendency to invest more into an activity that is not returning the rewards as it should. It usually occurs as a result of human fickleness to make a clean cut, usually in consideration of the time and other resources already expended and cannot be retrieved. Some people behave like that in business, some in personal relationships even.

I think we behave like that on an administrative level in consideration of the Guyana Police Force.

We continue to put resources into an organisation with a failed mindset and a perceived failed account of public service.

We accept poor recruitment standards, thereby condemning the organisation to forever work with the shallow end of the pool of academic competence. The disciplined forces in general are now seen by many as the good thing for school drop outs to be involved in.

Sloppy crime scene investigations and evidence collection are now the most predictable outcome from the Guyana Police Farce.

The damage being done by the GPF in destroying public confidence and inspiring resistance, public outcry and general negativity is extremely disturbing and bears a true monetary cost.

Qualitatively, the Guyana Police Force has become a national liability as far as developmental mood is concerned; the quantitative effect of which will grow and become more apparent as these events continue to occur.

It sets a nation into rebel

DEAR EDITOR, Could Caribbean Airlines say once and for all what luggage weight their passengers are entitled to?

One time it is two suitcases at 66 lbs each and another time their agents at JFK are saying it is 50 lbs.

Come on! At least two agents did not know of the 66 lbs advertisement. Then when they checked, I was told that I would only be allowed 50lbs because they are using a smaller aircraft. At that stage, I enquired whether it is an Islander they are using.

Customers must know

when they are booking/ paying that if it is the “smaller” aircraft they would only be allowed to take out “x” lbs.

That way one could make an informed choice of flight.

Caribbean Airlines should give a definitive response.

And they must be asked to communicate that to their reps, especially those at JFK. It is time Caribbean Airlines stop pushing us around. They take our dollars and then hand us any type of treatment. I sure hope we get another operator on stream quickly.

Irate Passenger

DEAR EDITOR, Personal and professional commitments prevented me from commenting on the textbook issue in Guyana. I am therefore seek your indulgence in adding my two cents belatedly.

I am perturbed by the high cost of textbooks in the region, Guyana included. In some instance, it costs US$40 for an elementary school text.

Parents spend more per year for elementary textbooks than I have spent per year in graduate school in the US. Further, despite the

expensive textbooks we are not seeing excellent academic results at the primary or secondary levels.

In your newspaper, you explored the option of ebooks, which would fit nicely with the One Laptop Per Family project in Guyana. As a homeschooler, I seldom use textbooks.

My daughter’s entire sixth grade education is based on open-source resources found on the internet and a few Ipad applications.

Many of the international schools are also going the

route of eliminating textbooks in any form.

For the near future, it seems as though the majority of the public and private schools will continue to use textbooks.

It should be posed to the British Publishers Association to explore the possibilities whether anything could be done to reduce the cost of the books in Guyana and the rest of the region.

Can they, for example, produce a cheaper version of the books specifically for the

Guyanese market (as some books have international versions, which are cheaper than the versions produced for US and European markets)?

Even though I appreciate that business of school textbooks is, well, a business, I would like to think that they are also interested in students getting an education and parents and countries not going broke to provide it.

Candice Ramessar, C o n s u m e r s International, Jamaica

Judge, People’s Jury and the People’s executioners, I humby submit for consideration that the GPF adopts a strategy to move itself from being perceived as a national liability to that of a national asset.

The streets of our city are lined with garbage on a daily basis. The GPF can alleviate this scourge by making a direct economic contribution to the process in the form of labour.

The drains of the city are silted in some parts. The GPF can alleviate this by making a direct economic contribution in the form of labour.

Many government buildings including The Georgetown Prisons need cleaning and painting. The GPF can alleviate this by making a direct economic contribution in the form of labour.

The sewerage system of the city usually has considerable maintenance challenges. The GPF can alleviate this by making a

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It is time Caribbean Airlines stop pushing us around

Can the British publishers think about reducing the cost of text books?

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

Region 10 awaits its day in the witness stand DEAR EDITOR, The people of Region 10 will persevere and succeed.

Psalm 91 in the Holy Bible is living testimony of the goodness of God and reinforces the argument that a people united can never be defeated. It is public knowledge the PPP has viciously targeted us. It is also becoming clearer the wealth and resources of this region that was built and tamed with our blood, sweat and tears are the envy of the PPP and have become their source for plunder and abuse.

By now the public is aware of our capabilities and our resistance toward those who threaten to deny us our God given right to equality. Before we knew this right was enshrined in the Constitution it was instilled in us before we could talk and it was sang as a lullaby by our caregivers in the hymnal...”Jesus loves the little children/All the children of the world/Red and yellow, black and white, They are precious in His sight./ Jesus loves the little children of the world!”

It is a world that as we grew older we instinctively passed on to the babies around us. It is a world that cannot and will not be changed. It is a world that gives meaning to our existence and a world we will continue to stand and fight to secure for ourselves and loved ones. In short order, we were nurtured on this value and continue to bequeath this

A few suggestions...

From page 4 direct economic contribution in the form of labour.

These are only a few of the many options available to the GPF in making a start towards addressing its social indebtedness created by its not so recent and continued performance that can only be described as carnage that has the potential to deteriorate a society into savagery.

This can be seen as a special mandate aimed at perception turnaround, as it regards the intentions of the GPF. In closing I suggest it be dubbed the GPF - Special High Intentions Training; but never in its acronymised form.

Arun Richard

nourishment to our descendants. This is who we are.

Eleven-year-old Waynewright Marshall of the Amelia’s Ward Primary School, declared the winner in the just concluded Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Spelling Bee Competition, is another proud day for Region 10.

In 2011 Terron Alleyne of Regma Primary topped Guyana at the Grade Six Exams. In 2010 the country’s top ten students for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Exams were from McKenzie High School.

In 2012, this school ranked 2nd countrywide with CAPE scoring 100% passes in Maths Unit 1 and 2. This is a sampling of the minds nurtured and raised in Region 10 and testimony to the premium we pay to education.

Meletia Hossannah, Suzanne Hamilton, Waynewright Marshall, Terron Alleyne and all our children make us proud.

As a resident, trade unionist and councillor, congratulations are in order for our young guns. They continue to represent the symbol of what a people can achieve in spite of the obstacles placed before and around them. They are precious to us and make our hearts swell. Our children are constant reminders that even though this government has denied us much, the desire to create opportunities for them will steel our determination to continue waging this just war, to ensure a world that treats them preciously.

After the arsonist(s)

burnt the One Mile Primary School, the Minister of Education thought her divisive political rant would gain mileage and deter our pursuit for justice, similarly to those who thought our fight for the right to self determination would involve us destroying the very things that make us who we are and of which we are reliant on.

Even with the tirade, the minister was compelled to admit, and I quote, “Linden has the most trained teachers in Guyana with 93 per cent of the primary level being trained.”

On Saturday, we began putting down the new structure in our continued self help to rebuild our school.

These are the moments my grandson would use the catch phrase “Hello…!” to express his delight.

As unemployment in Linden hovers at 70 percent, which our recent street struggles also focussed, on 15th September the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) awarded two contracts valued at $475 million to S. Jagmohan Hardware Supplies and Construction Services.

This has been the practice of government and sees the practice of these contractors to bring workers outside of the region to do the job. If any work is granted to Lindeners it will be the among the lower level and pay, even as Lindeners are more qualified and better equipped for the job than their supervisors and are often the ones who realize the project’s success. What qualifies Jagmohan to be awarded these contracts over contractors in Linden, a

community that has the nation’s most skilled artisans, outstanding work ethics, and built the region’s water system? Nothing. But the real answer lies in who we are and why we are being targeted.

It confirms why we are denied the right to work, to participate in our development, and the right to be represented by a trade union of choice and engage in collective bargaining as in the case of the three year old stand-off between the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) and the Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU), which continues to be enabled by the Donald Ramotar administration in as much as the High Court has ordered action.

This opportunity is taken to advice President Ramotar that justice delayed is justice denied and his contempt for some workers leaves the union no other option but to intensify action to ensure the Court’s decision is respected.

And with the 18th July Commission of Inquiry started Monday, 24 th September, the people of Region 10 are paying close attention. We heard the

inconsistencies and dishonesty of those in uniform, in as much as they have taken an oath on the Holy Bible ‘to speak the truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God.’ We are awaiting our day on the witness stand, when as children serving a living God and comforted in these trying times by Psalm 91, we will have our turn to speak the truth. Additionally, the information in the 2011 U.S. Department of Labor Report that citied Guyana as guilty of “the worst forms of child labour” is something known by us. The fact that this report gains coverage serves as reminder of the peril we face, as Guyanese, when we have to await another to speak for

us because we are not allowed to speak for ourselves. This said concern was raised by me in a letter sent to the media with specific mentioned made of the use of children to gather scrap metal in Linden in the Montgomery mines environs by a PPP-sympathetic employer.

This information was deleted from the letter. As a trade unionist, the denial of my effort to draw the nation’s attention to the violation of the rights of the child raises concern for the perpetuation of this wrong by those within our midst who opt to hide the wrong.

All Guyana’s children are precious and we must all be able to live in an environment that assures us this.

Leslie Gonsalves

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Three buried alive in mining pit The neighbouring East Coast Demerara communities of Ann’s Grove and Two Friends were plunged into shock and deep mourning, following the news that three of their villagers perished in a mining pit at Aranka in the Cuyuni area, yesterday.

Twenty-five year-old Deonarine Singh called ‘Chubby ‘of Ann’s Grove and cousins Elson Singh called ‘Papa Johnny’, 47 and Devon Barry, 22, both of Two Friends, are all dead, after the walls of the pit they were working in caved-in burying them alive, early yesterday morning.

It took desperate colleagues, aided by an excavator, several minutes to dig them out from tons of sand and gravel, but by then it was too late.

Kaieteur News was informed that Elson Singh was the first to be dug out from the rubble, and then rescuers eventually found the bodies of Barry and Deonarine Singh.

One other miner, whose name has not yet been ascertained, reportedly received injuries.

The bodies of the three dead miners as well as the injured were brought to the

Devon Barry

Deonarine Singh

Elson Singh

city by aircraft late yesterday afternoon.

News of the tragedy was relayed to their relatives and within minutes, word spread throughout the community, which is considered the home of gold miners, with almost every household boasting someone who has had experiences in Guyana’s interior.

At Devon Barry’s home, his mother was too distraught to speak when Kaieteur News arrived there.

However, his sister Kesia revealed that he had left for

the interior about a month ago, but she could not say much of what really transpired.

“We just get the news this morning. We don’t know anything as yet,” Kesia Barry said.

A few hundred yards further down the same road, relatives had gathered at the home of Deonarine Singh to

console his aunt, Sunita Stewart, who had nurtured him from a baby.

The woman had to be restrained as her emotions got the better of her.

This newspaper was told that Singh, who has been working as a miner in the interior for the past seven years, had left his home three months ago and was

scheduled to return soon.

Singh’s cousin, Raymond Small, told this newspaper that the family received word yesterday that he was working in a pit when it cavedin.

Elson Singh, who has been a gold miner for most of his adult life, was last seen by his mother and other relatives in August when he left for the interior. His cousin, Erika Soso , told Kaieteur News that she was at work yesterday when she received a telephone call informing her that Singh had been killed in a mining pit tragedy.

“My sister, she’s in the bush and she called to say that he was trapped in the pit,” Soso stated.

His mother, Vilma Singh, recalled that her son had called her on Monday to tell her that he was alive and well.

“He tell me that he gun send something for his father birthday which is next month, and he gone send something for me. He asked me for his girlfriend number and I gave

it to him,” Vilma Singh recalled.

She explained that yesterday, around midday, her granddaughter called her with the tragic news.

The woman desperately tried to hold back tears as she related that Elson Singh was her eldest son.

This newspaper was informed that only last year Singh had survived a similar encounter, when another pit in which he was working caved-in.

On that occasion he suffered fractures to some of his limbs.

The two East Coast Demerara communities have had to grapple with tragic news from the interior on several occasions.

A little over a year ago they mourned the deaths of Daniel Higgins Sr., 48, and his son Daniel Jr., who were murdered by armed bandits who had attempted to rob their camp in the Konawaruk/ Whitewater area. The father (continued on page 17)

PPP’s 20-year unbroken rule an era of broken promises - AFC “Tomorrow (October 5th) marks 20 unbroken years of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) in Government, and much of what is positive over the years, has been lost in the frenzy over political control and domination.”

This notion was expressed by Alliance for Change (AFC) ViceChairman, Moses Nagamootoo, during the Party’s weekly press briefing.

Nagamootoo, who once served as a Minister in the PPP Government from 1992 to 2000, reflected that when the PPP assented to Office, it was supposed to be “the dawn of a new era”.

“The ‘new era’ promise has been betrayed, and working people have lost faith and hope in the PPP. It is divided and weak and under its present ‘Jagdeoite’ leadership, it can no longer by itself guarantee Guyana good, stable and effective governance. The PPP’s rule has been an era of broken promises.”

Nagamootooo stressed that during the 20-year period, President Bharrat Jagdeo ruled from 1999 to 2011, and those years stand out as Guyana’s disgraced era of political vulgarity, lawlessness and corruption.

He noted that the early

years of the Party in Office were not mired in corruption.

“The Cheddi Jagan presidency was the golden gem of “lean and clean” in governance. It was shortlived. While the formal political democracy for which we had fought relentlessly, was to survive, the frugal and honest government of Cheddi Jagan died with him,” Nagamootoo reflected.

The veteran politician stressed that 20 years ago Guyanese voted for a change in how Government did business, as they sought benefits for their hard work and taxes, improved social services and job opportunities, but the story of development has been lost in the narrative of corruption.

“There is no parallel in Guyana’s history for the vulgar descent into corrupt practices as that unfolding

AFC Vice-Chairman, Moses Nagamootoo under the PPP’s watch. The inheritors have put Cheddi Jagan and his crop of selfless fighters to shame.

“These inheritors have become get-rich-quick elite that have forged an incestuous relationship with rags-to-riches tycoons. They and their cronies swindle billions of dollars on (continued on page 17)

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Iranian police clash with Tur key strik es bac k a urk strikes back att otester s o ver cur y plung e currr enc ency plunge protester otesters ov Syria after mor tar kills ffiive pr mortar (Reuters) - Riot police after authorities ordered “Ahmadinejad’s

AKCAKALE, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey’s military hit targets inside Syria yesterday in response to a mortar bomb fired from Syrian territory which killed five Turkish civilians.

In the most serious crossborder escalation of the 18month uprising in Syria, Turkey hit back at what it called “the last straw” when a mortar hit a residential neighbourhood of the border town of Akcakale.

NATO called an urgent meeting to discuss the matter.

“Our armed forces in the border region responded immediately to this abominable attack in line with their rules of engagement; targets were struck through artillery fire against places in

Syria identified by radar,” Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s office said in a statement. “Turkey will never leave unanswered such kinds of provocation by the Syrian regime against our national security.”

There were no immediate details of the Turkish strikes against Syria, nor was it clear who had fired the mortar into Turkish territory.

Residents of Akcakale gathered outside the local mayor’s office, afraid to return to their homes as the dull thud of distant artillery fire rumbled across the town.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had urged Turkey to keep all channels of communication open with Syria. He later issued a

statement calling on “the Syria Government to respect fully the territorial integrity of its neighbours as well as to end the violence against the Syrian people.”

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed outrage at the mortar from Syria and said Washington would discuss with Ankara what the next steps should be, calling the spread of violence a “very, very dangerous situation”.

Washington sees Turkey as a pivotal player in backing Syria’s opposition and planning for the post-Assad era. But Ankara has found itself increasingly isolated and frustrated by a lack of international consensus on how to end the conflict.

clashed with demonstrators and arrested money changers in Tehran yesterday in disturbances over the collapse of the Iranian currency, which has lost 40 percent of its value against the dollar in a week, witnesses said.

Police fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators, angered by the plunge in the value of the rial. Protesters denounced President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a “traitor” whose policies had fuelled the crisis.

In a clampdown on the unofficial foreign currency market, a number of traders selling dollars were arrested

security forces to take action against those they see as speculators.

The rial has hit record lows against the U.S. dollar almost daily as Western economic sanctions i m p o s e d o v e r I r a n ’s disputed nuclear programme have cut its export earnings from oil, undermining the central bank’s ability to support the currency.

Panicking Iranians have scrambled to buy hard currency, pushing down the rial whose increasing weakness is hurting living standards and threatening jobs.

announcement of using police against exchangers and speculators didn’t help at all. Now people are even more worried.”

The protests are seen as posing a threat to Ahmadinejad rather than the government, which is expected to put a stop to the foreign exchange black market, pump in funds to stabilise the currency and prevent the protests from spreading.

Protesters shouted “Mahmoud the traitor you’ve ruined the country” and “Don’t fear, don’t fear we are all together,” the website said.

(Reuters) - A series of wildcat miners’ strikes spread to South Africa’s iron ore sector yesterday and hit another gold firm in an escalation of the labour unrest that is testing President Jacob Zuma’s leadership.

The country’s mining industry body has agreed to re-open wage talks in the coal and gold mining sectors, the National Union of Mineworkers said, a sign that more companies may be forced to make costly concessions to end the crippling strikes.

The industrial action at Kumba Iron Ore, a unit of global miner Anglo American and among the world’s top 10 producers, further dented investor confidence in the c o n t i n e n t ’s w e a l t h i e s t economy.

Workers at the

Kusasalethu gold mine near Johannesburg, operated

by South Africa’s No. 3 bullion producer Harmony Gold, also downed tools in what management called an “unlawful” action launched outside the normal channels.

Zuma is under fire for failing to address and contain the rolling workers’ protests demanding higher wages, which in mid-August led to the killing by police of 34 strikers at the Marikana platinum mine run by Lonmin.

The so-called “Marikana massacre” jogged painful memories of apartheid-era killings by the security forces and has kindled heated debate over glaring wealth inequalities persisting in South Africa since the end of white

minority rule in 1994.

“President Zuma can see all of this. He is ignoring it as our president. Does he want us to die like the people in Marikana before he can act?” asked Sandile Diko, a miner at Gold Fields KDC West mine, west of Johannesburg, where 15,000 workers downed tools last month.

the Palestinians’ U.N. status to a sovereign country in midNovember - after the U.S. election, the president of the 193-member U.N. General Assembly said yesterday.

Having failed last year to win recognition of full statehood at the United Nations, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said last week he would seek a less-

Vatican.

The Palestinians’ current U.N. status is an “observer entity.” If Abbas wins, that would change to “observer state.”

“Come the middle of November, there’s going to be an international debate on the Palestine issue in the General Assembly,” U.N. General Assembly President

political calendars in many parts of the world,” he said in a reference covering the November 6 U.S. election.

Palestinian UN sta tus lik el y status likel ely ted in No vember be de ba deba bated Nov South Africa wildca es to wildcatt strik strikes (Reuters) - The United ambitious status upgrade at Vuk Jeremic told a news Nations is likely to hold a the world body to make it a conference. spread to more mines “There are electoral and debate on whether to upgrade “non-member state” like the

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Dea th thr ea gainst Death threa eatt made a ag Opposition Leader Newsday – National Security Minister Jack Warner Tuesday confirmed that Opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) leader Dr Keith Rowley has received a death threat from persons unknown.

Delivering the feature address at a community meeting in Trou Macaque, Laventille, Warner said he was advised that Dr Rowley, who is also the Member of Parliament for Diego Martin West had “recently received a threat against his life”, a threat which the police are actively investigating.

“I am advised today (Tuesday) that the Opposition Leader has got a death threat. And while that is not in the remit of the Ministry of National Security nor of course is it within my immediate jurisdiction, I can say that the police are

investigating the matter closely and they will deal with it,” Warner said.

However, Warner said that as a Member of Parliament, such threats ought not to deter any MP from doing his/her national duties.

“The Opposition Leader has gotten a death threat, the Attorney General (Anand Ramlogan) has gotten several death threats and I myself have received several. But I tell you, as far as I am concerned these death threats will not cower us.

“They will not allow us to be cowered into fear. And I am quite sure when the police investigate, they will tell him (Dr Rowley) the same,” Warner said.

Just last year, Dr Rowley and PNM Senator Fitzgerald Hinds, reported to police that they had received threatening

letters which also spoke of former prime minister and former PNM political leader Patrick Manning, returning to lead the PNM before returning that party to government.

Speaking to Newsday late Tuesday, PNM Public Relations Officer Senator Faris Al Rawi, questioned why National Security Minister Warner would make the death threat Rowley had received, public.

While emphasising that he has not heard Warner ’s statements himself, Al Rawi said that based on what he had been told, he is questioning Warner’s motive to make the threat against Rowley public, when Dr Rowley himself has not gone that route.

Efforts by Newsday to reach Dr Rowley for a comment last night proved futile.

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KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC - The Jamaica government says it intends to introduce liquefied natural gas (LNG) here by 2015 as it seeks to make the island more competitive by reducing the cost of energy to the various stakeholders.

In a detailed statement to Parliament, Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister Phillip Paulwell said despite earlier efforts to get the LNG project off the ground, plans are well advanced for making this a reality. “I am happy to reiterate to this Honourable House and to the people of Jamaica that LNG will indeed be introduced into Jamaica by 2015,” Paulwell told legislators.

He said Jamaica had executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Trinidad and Tobago for the development of an onshore LNG project in Jamaica based on LNG supplied by Port of Spain.

But the negotiations with the oil rich Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country “stalled indefinitely in or around 2006, as did subsequent efforts to secure

LNG supply through alternate government to government negotiations.

“Notwithstanding the disappointment experienced, and in consideration of the continued burden of the cost of oil, the administration persisted in looking at natural gas,” he said, outlining the efforts of the Portia Simpson Miller government to ensure the viability of the energy project.

Paulwell said that the decision to continue with projects such as the LNG, “should not be politicized, and halted merely because it was started by the opposition”.

He said it was also necessary to preserve Jamaica’s credibility

in the international arena, given the fact that the country already had an issue with the first iteration of the LNG Project.

Paulwell said that the South Korean multi-national firm, Samsung, had been declared the “preferred bidder” for the LNG project after the tendering process closed in April this year and the bidding process for the supply of LNG was extended to July 27, “and out of that process emerged bids from two companies: Shell and Morgan Stanley”.

He said as a result of the bids, the government “now has a more complete picture of what the price of gas is likely to be.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua CMC - Telecommunication ministers from the subregional Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) meet today.

Antigua and Barbuda is not a member of the Eastern C a r i b b e a n Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s Authority (ECTEL) but St. John’s will sign a declaration on collaboration in

telecommunication during the two-day ECTEL Council meeting.

A government statement said that the declaration will provide the island with Observer Status and it will also make a presentation to the meeting on the Government Assisted Te c h n o l o g y E n d e a v o u r (GATE) programme.

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Following the assassination of Walter Rodney, the Forbes Burnham regime lost the standing that it had previously enjoyed in Africa as a result of its consistent opposition to apartheid. One year after the death of Rodney, Burnham made a grandstand move that was viewed as an attempt to regain his declining international credibility.

In 1981, the English cricket team was touring the Caribbean and one of its members was a gentleman who now commentates on cricket worldwide.

Robin Jackman was a member of the then English cricket team and after his arrival in Guyana for the Second Test Match, Burnham

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took the decision that he was persona non grata and would not be allowed to play in Guyana because he had played and coached in South Africa.

The basis that Burnham used for his decision was the Gleneagles Agreement to which Guyana was a signatory. This agreement urged governments to take measures to discourage its nationals from having sporting ties with South Africa.

Burnham, in his attempt to regain credibility with the African liberation movements, attempted to stretch the interpretation of this agreement by banning foreign nationals who played or coached in South Africa

from playing in Guyana. Prior to this, the government had not stated its intentions.

There were strong objections to this move against Robin Jackman by the government, since it was seen as going beyond the scope of the Gleneagles Agreement, which was merely intended for governments to discourage their own nationals from having sporting ties with South Africa and which was not seen as a means of imposing sanctions of the nationals of other countries.

The English Cricket Board refused to drop Jackman for the Guyana Test, insisting that the move prejudiced its team selection, which it felt was solely the

responsibility of the team and Board and not for governments to dictate.

Burnham’s action found support with other Commonwealth countries, with India indicating that it would not allow players who had played in South Africa to be part of an English tour to that country.

India later relented after two of the concerned players expressed their opposition to apartheid and after the English Cricket Board restated its position as regards team selection.

Later a number of Guyanese cricketers were part of what was described as a “Rebel Cricket Tour” to South Africa. It was widely assumed that because of this they were

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banned from playing for both Guyana and the West Indies.

Yet no law was ever passed in Guyana banning these cricketers and not many can recall if the Guyana cricket authorities had indicated, as a matter of policy, prior to the Rebel Tour, that local nationals who went to play cricket in South Africa would not be allowed to play domestic cricket, represent Guyana or be eligible for selection to West Indies cricket.

Such was the nature of the political dictatorship of the time, that Burnham’s word was law and no one wanted to challenge any edict from Burnham, whether it was constitutional or not.

Burnham was a law unto

Burrowes seeks media’s assistance to “restore Georgetown”

By Abena Rockcliffe Chairman of the Implementation Committee mandated to work along with the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), Keith Burrowes, yesterday disclosed that he is looking for the Media to become more “aggressive.”

Also, he appealed for “useful” strategic contributions to the committee as it relates to brainstorming ways and means of returning

Georgetown to being referred to as the “Garden City”.

The move comes at a time when the City Council is strapped for cash and is faced with a series of irregularities, both within the Council and around the City.

Burrowes, as he addressed the media yesterday at City Hall, said that the media has a critical role to play in the development of society and

Dem boys seh ...

Brazzy want conductor wuk Deh seh if yuh don’t wuk, yuh can’t eat. Some people, including some politicians and parliamentarians who dem boys know don’t really wuk, still collecting de prags. Things like duty free concessions and things like that.

Dem boys seh they don’t even know some of dem parliamentarians. Nobody does hear from them. Is one set of people talking - Khemraj, Moses, Harmon and Anil.

Dem Bees and De Rat don’t like to wuk too. Dey like sit down and mek easy money. Dey like printing, and headache tablet, and bogus billion-dollar contract. Dey got dey sticky hands pun everything. Dey don’t want to wuk for it, but dem got contacts and dem getting all de contracts. If yuh want to print a flyer fuh de ministry dem, yuh gat to check with dem Bees and De Rat. De next ting dem want control is de minibus and taxi business, but dat is another story. Dem boys looking on. Dem want to see how Brazzy gun sit down in de conductor seat.

And while de Bees aint want to wuk, but still drawing down de billions, dey gat a weeder man who seh dem people across de river tek advantage pun he. Imagine dem hire he fuh weed all de school yards before school open. Was nuff nuff wuk.

De weeder man go out and hire people fuh help he. He still waiting pun he money and dem odder weeder looking fuh he fuh dey cheese.

Dem different from Uncle Freddie. Since he lef’ UG and not wukking, he deh all over de place. He went till up Linden and write about how he like de cook-up wha de protestors had. Dem boys know he like freeness. Dem see he at de People’s Parliament. Every day he there. Dem boys don’t believe dat is love he love de hot sun. It gat to be dat he sponging off de people and tekking dey food.

Talk half and try fittin’ Brazzy in a conductor seat.

it has a responsibility to hold officials accountable whether mandated or ‘taken-up.’

“Fortunately, we don’t have a too aggressive press, as compared to the USA,” asserted Burrowes.

Nevertheless, he expressed the notion that, as it relates to futuristic and present initiatives, the officials should be answerable.

“In the event that we don’t execute plans as promised, we should be bombarded until we answer.”

Further, the chairman said that he will soon schedule a meeting with the Guyana Press Association (GPA), aimed at developing an interactive relationship.

Burrowes disclosed that he intends to solicit strategies from the media that will be helpful to the Implementation Committee and Council.

In addition, he made known his intention to have a weekly column that will update the public on all that is new within the M&CC. He

also encouraged the Town Clerk, Carol Sooba, and Public Relations Officer (PRO) Royston King, to soon develop a website to educate the public.

CLEAN-UPCAMPAIGN And Burrowes yesterday introduced his team of “enforcement officers” that will be on the lookout for litterbugs. Even though the chairman had indicated that the aforementioned individuals would have begun operating approximately four weeks ago, he assured that they will “definitely” resume duty from Monday, after a day’s training.

According to Burrowes, the training, which will be facilitated by him, will allow the 12 officers to be more than “just watchmen.”

He said that the crash course will enable the team to negotiate with taxpayers to become advocates of a garbage-free city.

Burrowes said that “the

situation really got out of hand. Littering has become a culture in Guyana.” He insisted that business owners play a huge part in littering the City, as he believes that the majority of the “junkies” that dispose of Garbage in an inappropriate manner are being paid by proprietors to do so.

With that being established, Burrowes asserted that “I am hoping and praying that by within a week we could identify five businesses, put those in the paper, then deal with them appropriately after.”

For other citizens caught littering, the fine will be $10,000 or an alternative jail time. Surprisingly, even though some of these “enforcement officers” as dubbed by Burrowes, are indeed City Constables, none is equipped with radios, which would enable communication with the Chief Constable.

Burrowes said that he will solicit funds to facilitate such a necessity in place.

himself.

It would, however, be interesting if those who had knowledge of those days could indicate whether there was ever any ban on these players and the basis on which any such ban was imposed.

This issue is recalled because just recently in the electronic media, there was a disturbing report about some staff members of the country’s national airport being banned from employment there.

It may have been the media’s way of saying that the individuals were dismissed and would not be reemployed. But the report spoke of a ban.

The labour laws of Guyana do not provide for employment bans. And this is why it is important that the authorities at the airport indicate whether in fact such a ban was imposed as was reported in the electronic media.

The airport authorities have discretion in deciding who to employ, but they do not have any authority whatsoever to ban anyone from being employed at the airport, more so if that person was never convicted of an offence. In short, no person can be banned from being employed anywhere in Guyana.

It is understandable that the airport authorities have to be concerned about who works at the airport. And they can decide who they will employ, but they cannot ban anyone. As such, they should issue a disclaimer about banning of workers.

No one can be banned from finding work. There may be constructive bans, in the sense that the persons may not find favour with certain employers, but no one can be banned from finding a job in Guyana so long as that person is a national.

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THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN

Are APNU and the PPP secretly meeting?

One of the fundamental differences between journalism and political theory is, depending on the culture and country you are operating in, political theory has to undergo modification.

Not so with journalism.

No two nations are alike, therefore when you apply a sociological or political theory to a particular country you have to take into consideration, the peculiar strands of that territory.

Perhaps the most graphic example is Trinidad and Guyana. They appear similar in sociological and cultural

structures, but there are profound differences that would render difficult the general application of the theory of pluralism to both nations.

Trinidad has not lost its Westminster culture in which inhere a set of core democratic principles that prevent party domination of State institutions. In Guyana, we threw that away decades ago.

Trinidad has not lost its influential middle class. There is a large non-propertied, intellectual middle class in Trinidad, around which political narratives revolve.

Thirdly, State behaviour has never ever, not even under Eric Williams, reached the levels of depravity as we see in Guyana from 1980 to the present time in Guyana.

Finally, there are a not-sosmall percentage of Africans and East Indians in Trinidad that have always voted politically rather than ethnically. One’s research is bound to be unproductive if one sees Trinidad and Guyana as similar societies and attempts to study them using the plural model, without modifications.

Journalism does not have

this flexibility. There are fundamental approaches to journalistic functions that go over and beyond the peculiar nature of the country you are operating in. But you do find some strange things in some lands that at least columnists need to be aware of.

Guyanese are people, because of the history of mistrust the past sixty years, tend to be suspicious of certain types of reporting and commentaries, if they are not backed by specific details.

If you say that you saw a parliamentarian behave rudely to a shop attendant

without citing the witnesses, you run the risk of being accused of journalistic embellishment. This is the way Guyanese think.

To preserve the integrity of your reporting, it is best to identify the prominent lawyer or doctor or businessman who was present in the store and saw the incident.

It is for this reason I am fully prepared to cite names and faces so I would not be accused of propaganda. And this has been my approach since I became a columnist in 1988.

A very prominent Guyanese who is known for pro-democracy activities asked me not to name him. He also insists that I do not identify the equally prominent APNU personality in question.

All I can say is that when he told me what I am about write here, there were others present, including a wellknown activist of the AFC who sits in the AFC’s executive and a young lawyer who is certainly not of unknown quality This pro-democracy citizen told me how over the past week, one of the most influential leaders in APNU’s hierarchy revealed to him that APNU and the PPP are in bilateral talks and the issues are not specific, but very general and broad. He then said that he takes it to mean that at some point the powersharing possibility will be featured. I know after this publication, I will be asked to

Frederick Kissoon name the two persons. What I may consider is to identify the AFC activist and the lawyer who were present, but for ethical reasons I can’t name the person who gave me the information and the APNU politician.

I have asked one of the constituent parts of APNU if his party knows about this and was told that he is not aware.

The PNC or APNU may want to keep the talks secret, because if the dialogue fails, then the PNC or APNU may face political devastation.

There are endless problems with an APNU engagement with PPP leaders at this particular juncture in Guyana’s political development.

First, why would APNU choose that route rather than try to resuscitate the original tripartite formula? This is a superior avenue, because the original tripartite mechanism has sub-committees that involve members of civil society.

Secondly, how can APNU enter talks with the PPP Government without first requesting some cessation of power domination? This is simple logic. If you are in confabulation with the Government, then as an opposition party you look bad in the eyes of your supporters if the Government keeps misbehaving.

Thirdly, why keep it secret? Why not seek preliminary advice from civil society and the other parliamentary party, the AFC. APNU needs to issue a statement.

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Air Services Ltd. commissions Long Range helicopter

By Janelle Carter

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ir Services Limited (ASL) which has been serving Guyana's hinterland communities for over half a c e n t u r y, y e s t e r d a y commissioned its latest addition to a growing fleet of aircraft – a commercial Bell Long Range IV helicopter.

During a simple ceremony the Air Services 'family' introduced the chopper 8R GTR to a gathering which included members of the Diplomatic Corps., the business community and several other special invitees.

The chopper was sourced from Mexico and was previously used by that government for police duties as well as medical evacuations.

Speaking of the company's achievement over the years, Operations Manager Annette ArjoonMartins said ASL has played a major role in the development of the country's interior to the benefit of both residents and visitors.

In particular, she said, in the past 50 years, as Guyana has grown so has the company, as in that time they have moved from one aircraft to twenty-two.

“A second barometer of our growth can be seen in the recent move to increase the number of Caravan aircraft in our fleet for their more efficient turbine engines, greater payloads and passenger comfort.”

Arjoon-Martins added that the commissioning of the chopper is somewhat of a glamorous ingredient that is much needed for Guyana's continuous growth.

“All the evidence suggests that Guyana is on the cusp of even further growth with the robust expansion now evident in gold mining and forestry, as well as in other sectors, and high expectations for the petroleum industry”.

She stressed the fact that Guyana is clearly on the brink of a market for helicopter service, meeting not only the commercial needs of the petroleum industry but of the gold mining, forestry, tourism and other sectors as well.

Additionally, she said the locally-owned and operated helicopter service can be readily utilised to enhance the search-and-rescue capacity of both the Guyana Defence Force and the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority in the often difficult aspects of such vital work.

“With a helicopter at the ready, we can now provide medical evacuation support directly from the remote interior locations to Ogle Airport where the nearest hospital is minutes away. It is no guess to say that lives will be saved in the process.”

Further, it was pointed out that next year, 100 years of aviation in Guyana will be observed, and it is timely that Air Services Limited will be entering the second century of aviation development in Guyana as “the first locally-owned commercial helicopter service provider”.

“Our company is enthused about the launch of this service. We have the required maintenance staff, and we also have a fully qualified helicopter pilot and approved helicopter flight instructor who can train local pilots.

It must also be noted that with this new addition persons will see a reduction of the arduous logistics of having to drug supplies over challenging terrain for days on end.

Mining operations can now save downtime by having essential spares delivered to site and monitoring of the operations can now be done much more effectively.”

Public Works Minister Robeson Benn, who was

From left, Captain Jorge Gomes, businessman Compton Mendonca, Captain Mazahar Ally, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and ASL boss Yacoob Ally pose with the chopper. also present at the commissioning, lauded the efforts of ASL, noting that the addition is very timely.

He opined that the services will be well received as it

will boost the country's search-and-rescue capabilities. Benn added that persons will also be better able to “access some of our hard to reach hinterland

areas which have great potential”.

Meanwhile, ASL has said permission was sought for the chopper to be registered under the name 8

R GTR which are the initials of longstanding ASL employee Tularam Ramsukh, who holds the post of Maintenance Manager.

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Prison Service honours collaborators

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he Guyana Prison Service in observing its 29th Anniversary of “Prison Service Week” yesterday honoured some of its major collaborators, who have made significant impact on the management of the prisons.

Tokens of appreciation were some very colourful and beautifully decorated sculpture made from soap by a prisoner.

The recipients of these include Justice Oslen Small, Mrs. Erma Bovell, Mr. Gerry Gouveia, Mr. Beni Sankar, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Francis, Mr. Samuel Dasraj, Mr. Rabindra Chand, and The Ex-Prison Officers’ Association.

Director of the Prisons, Dale Erskine, during his address to the small gathering at the Collaborators’ Luncheon held at Duke Lodge, noted that the prisons have been managed based on whatever resources the administration is provided with, but it is the assistance from collaborators that has helped tremendously.

Erskine explained that collaboration is the key factor needed to successfully reintegrate prisoners back into society.

He pointed out that many young men have discovered themselves in prisons; that some have learned to read,

write, and many of them were even able to develop some very unique skills.

The Director also urged persons to visit the prison and provide motivation to the prisoners.

Head of the Sentence Management Board, Gerry Gouveia, in his remarks to the gathering said that he will use his influence as a member of the Private Sector Commission, to get entities to hire ex-prisoners.

Gouveia added that he will advocate for the prisoners to be issued certificates when they leave the correctional facility, so as to further notify companies of the training and the systems that the prisoners would have passed through before being given a chance to integrate themselves back into society.

This, Gouveia noted, will ensure that the prisoners are being provided a solid opportunity to become better and more productive citizens.

Erskine said that he wants the Guyana Prison Service to become “a highly efficient correctional institution with modern technological facilities and competent staff who empower and rehabilitate inmates through structured programmes, thereby contributing to reduced recidivism and increased public safety”.

Some of the collaborators pose with their tokens

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GWI gets $72M heavy duty vacuum cleaner Government, through the I n t e r- A m e r i c a n Development Bank (IDB), has purchased a $72 Million Hi-Vac Truck Mounted Aquatech Vacuum Cleaner, according to Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) in a statement to the media yesterday.

The “Supersucker” vacuum truck is perfect for a wide variety of industrial, environmental and agricultural cleaning projects.

According to Chief Executive, GWI, Shaik Baksh, the investment is meant to alleviate instances

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The $72M heavy duty vacuum cleaner of sewage overflows affecting GWI customers in the capital city.

“This investment forms a critical part of the G e o rg e t o w n S e w e r a g e Rehabilitation Programme,” Baksh stated, “it will assist with the servicing and maintenance of the existing infrastructure. Indeed, this was a timely investment by the Government and our appreciation is extended to the IDB for their partnership

on this programme”.

The tanker will be operated by GWI to “maintain the efficient operation of the sewerage system”.

According to GWI's Director of Procurement, Aubrey Roberts, “the tanker is equipped with a vacuum pump and jetter to remove blockages which result in sewage overflows; indeed this new asset will significantly assist our sanitation team in maintaining a fully operational sewerage system”.

Baksh warned that despite the company acquiring the new asset,

customers must desist from abusing the system.

“I am appealing to all users of the sewerage system, no obstacles must be dumped into the system; our sanitation team continues to uncover clothing items, cement blocks, old vehicle parts and numerous unwanted objects in the system.

This practice by our customers will hamper the efficient operation of the system which will result in unhygienic overflows.

I urge every customer to appreciate that the system is vital for the hygiene and sanitation of the city and should not be abused.”

he Kwakwani secondary school on Tuesday celebrated its fortieth anniversary, with a special ceremony in the school's auditorium, where students and teachers - both past and present - and special invitees including leader of the Opposition David Granger, and Chairman of Region10 Sharma Solomon, gathered and reflected on the school's history and performance over the years, and past and present Heads and outstanding Teachers were honoured and given tokens of appreciation.

Resident Jocelyn Morian was also honoured for his contributions to the school.

A brief history of the school was given by a former head mistress, and several areas of achievement were highlighted, especially in the area of sports. However, it was lamented that most of the school's achievements have always been 'played down' .

The Kwakwani Secondary School, which was officially opened on October 2nd 1972, was also at one time, a community High School before it was reverted back to Kwakwani S e c o n d a r y. T h e f i r s t headmaster was Mr. Arthur Brown.

It was the first, and remains the only Secondary School in the community.

Built by self-help, with the collaboration of the Reynolds Bauxite Company, who provided technical assistance and the electrical installation, the school commenced with fifty-six students, but the population would grow to ninety-six by 1997.

One of the greatest challenges faced by the remote Region Ten school

was attracting teachers, and especially, having teachers recruited from the area itself, it was reported.

However, today Kwakwani has a complement of twenty-six teachers, of which most of the seniors are from the Kwakwani area, and all are trained. There are 513 students.

Kwakwani Secondary has grown from strength to strength, and will continue to grow, according to its present headmistress, Pam Adrian.

Adrian proudly asserted that in September 2011, the school moved from a Grade C to Grade B, and is presently expanding its curriculum.

Opposition Leader David Granger in his brief remarks said it was a very significant year for Region 10 - a year of selfdetermination - and added that it was very significant to be at a school that came about as a result of 'selfdetermination.' Granger also underscored the importance of education, and exhorted the students to remain in school, and not to give up, as there are too many young illiterates in the country.

He exhorted, “It is you that have to take over this country, so you have to prepare yourselves, and you can only prepare yourselves through education.”

Regional chairman Sharma Solomon, urged the students to develop good attitudes and to practice harmony. He congratulated both students and teachers, and urged them to continue striving for excellence.

He said that he was privileged and honoured to be amongst those celebrating the fortieth milestone of the institution.

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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 One female dispatcher Classic Ride Taxi service Call: 233-5227 Nandy Park E.B.D Taxi drivers Call: 614-8022 1 labourer, Apply 175 Charlotte Street Lacytown Georgetown.

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WANTED One live in maid Call: 220-9873 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 Live in/live out babysitter/ domestic Call: 225-0188, 2256070 One Experience Graphic Artist Call: 233-2725 or 2332439 Maintainance assistant, mature male factory hand, 1-2 Cowan Street Kingston.

Live-in attractive waitress.

Call 332-0845 Hair stylist, barber, masseur, manicurist for new salon opening soon. Call 681-6156 1 Live-in babysitter. Call 6011097, 692-7779 Live-in waitress, 18 – 25 yrs; boarding & lodging free, salary $50,000 monthly. Call 610-5043 Driver with minibus licence for contract Call: 675-3093 Experience porters to work in grocery stall Stabroek Market Call: 226-9800 Handyboys to work, living accommodation and meals provided free Call: 628-1756, 228-5655 Experienced live in Call: 6272733, 220-9660 1 nanny between ages 35-45 Call 677-7123 between 8am5pm.

2 Bedrooms apartment $40,000 (B) Field Sophia, 3 months up front Call: 6140036/223-1719 Land and building for rent 13,000 ft at Peter’s Hall Public Road Call: 233-6161, 651-8870 Restaurant for rent, excellent condition, location Soesdyke Linden Highway Call: 2231719, 614-0036 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 DRESSMAKING Classes in designing/ sewing. Call Sharmela, 2252598, 641-0784

VEHICLES FOR SALE

FOR SALE

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

Live chicken. Call 650-4421

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Excellent results Call: 6835742, 227-7627

3 ½-ton enclosed Canter, never registered. Call 6172891 Honda Civic $900,000 Call: 653-2620

Learn Spanish Call: 673-1232

1 Toyota RZ (Long base) 15seater (EFI), manual, immaculate condition, hardly used; price $1.6M. Call Rocky 621-5902, 225-1400 1 Leyland 620 dump truck, 1-bed truck, lots of parts for 620. Call 642-5915, 654-3488

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CAR RENTAL

One skilled mechanic Call: 649-1290, 671-8122 PARTY RENTAL

Progressive Auto Rental cars from $4000 per day. Call 643-5122, 225-8711; email www.progressiveautorental.com

Trampolines and Bouncy Castle. Call 225-2598, 6410784

Aidan’s Car Rental (all models) & pick up $1,300 Call: 698-7807

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

Call 657-1796 One TK Bedford Lorry working condition Call: 6423185 2003 Toyota Verossa 18 inch rims PNN series $3.7M Call: 661-5333 One Toyota Corolla NZE excellent condition, fully loaded 16 inch rims, music, alarm etc Call: 264-2870

2005 Tacoma 4-cylinder, Honda ATV. Call 233-6161, 651-8870 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 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 Plants, Petunia, Marigold, Salvia, Perri Winkle, Carnation, Zinnia- 5 for $1000, vegetable seedlings, A.K Plant Shop Call: 610-7363 2 greenheart buildings to be dismantled and removed.

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

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

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.

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Call 658-0115 Nandy Park, $12M; Diamond - $3M, $6M, $3.5M, $4M, $8M; double lot, $8M. Town to Country. Call 672-7390, 2250854 1 ½ acre, 48ft x 1300ft, V/ Hoop. Call 627-9351 20 Acres of lease at KuruKururu land suitable for chicken farm Call: 692-6239 1.5 down payment large land in Bagotville W.B.D, great for farming/residence Call: 6140036, 223-1719 TAXI SERVICE Airport taxi Call: 614-9246

MASSAGE American style massage service Call: 609-4036 The Gent’s Spa. Let our beautiful sophisticated masseuses pamper you, New masseuses available Call: 657-5979

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 Plants. Mussaenda 3 for $1000, Hibiscus 2 for $1000, Bougainvillea 5 for $2000, A.K Plant Shop Call: 610-7363 Band saw wood lathe, drill press, much more items Call: 220-5788 anytime.

Used Blackberry Call: 2616474 Galvanished gutter can be used for cable trays, sash chain #35 & #8 Call: 627-7835 X-Box (Original) package in perfect condition. Includes X-Box, 2 controllers & 34 games Call: 610-0595 or email chris.persaud77@gmail.com Sony Playstation2 systems also original games for PS2, PS3, PSP Xbox, Xbox360 Max 609-8132 Nintendo64 systems, controllers & cartridges also PSI games Max 609-8132 (Continued on page 20)

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Hururu residents meet Regional officials, Opposition Leader Region 10 Chairman Sharma Solomon, Vice Chairman Byron Lewis, and other councilors along with Leader of the Opposition David Granger on Tuesday visited the community of Hururu in the Region 10 district where they met with residents, including the village captain Winsbert Benjamin.

It was Solomon’s first visit to the community, since his installation as Regional Chairman.

The meeting, which was held at the community pavilion, afforded residents the opportunity to highlight issues affecting them, in order

that ways could be sought to resolve them.

Granger expressed pleasure at being in the community, and encouraged the residents to highlight their problems.

He noted that as leader of the opposition he had spoken with the Alliance for Change and thus was able to present issues affecting the community in the National Assembly.

“This is a great opportunity for you, to speak to your Regional Chairman, so that he can give you representation, and speak to the Leader of the Opposition, about issues affecting you, so

$500,000 bail for cop accused of rape Police Constable Orin Heyliger was yesterday granted bail to the tune of $500,000 when he appeared at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court, accused of raping a 22-year-old woman.

Heyliger, who was under close arrest, appeared before Magistrate Zarina Ali. It is alleged that on July 1, last, the woman visited the Enmore Police Station, in rela-

tion to a report made against her by her husband when she was cornered by the accused who then carried out the act.

The matter is indictable and Heyliger was not required to plea. He was ordered by the magistrate to lodge his Guyana passport and stay away from the woman and her family.

The accused is expected to return to court on November 7.

that they could be raised in the National Assembly.

Granger told the small gathering that all politics is local, “we want to know what affects the land, what affects your life, the school and what affects your health.

Those are the things that concern you on a day-to-day basis, and those are the problems we want to help solve.

We have to work together because we have a system, a local Government system, which ensures that you have representatives - you have a Captain, you have councilors.

Similarly, at the Regional level, there is a chairman and councilors, and at the National level, we have members of the National Assembly - we have MP’s who can articulate.

In our party (APNU) alone, we have Mr. George Norton, and Miss Dawn Hastings from the Upper Mazaruni and Sidney Allicock, who is from the Rupununi.

So we have a voice, and we care about the issues that affect you.

And we’ve gone all over this country- we’ve gone amongst the Akowaio people, in the Mazaruni, among the Patamona people in the

Pakaraimas, among the Wapishanas and Macushi people in the Rupununi, and so we are aware of the issues that affect you, so when the captain spoke to me just now - I said Land, I hear that word before, because everywhere I go, land is the issue; and we are committed to dealing with this land issue… that we should not encourage intruders on your land, and that you should not be able to run your community without getting full benefit from the land. “ Granger added that from the time of Independence, 46 years ago, a part of the constitution dealt with Amerindian rights, and the Amerindian Rights Commission was set up.

He said that the Amerindian demarcation of communities had not as yet been completed, and as such if there were still problems affecting the communities in

that regard, then those should be highlighted.

“We are here to listen, we are here to learn. We are here to look into your problems, so that is why we’re visiting…we are not politicking, we are not campaigning…we are problem solving.”

Among the issues highlighted was the lack of trained teachers at the Hururu Primary and Nursery schools.

It was noted that there are only four teachers are presently at the schools, with only one being a trained teacher.

The need for a proper internal road, to facilitate the movement of vehicles, was one of the other issues raised, as well as that of potable water.

Because many residents are involved in the logging industry, Regional Chairman Solomon raised the issue about the possibility of the community acquiring a

sawmill, so that some amount of wood processing could be done there, which would benefit them through additional employment.

Solomon noted that acquiring the sawmill would thus be advantageous to the community.

The need for Government to step in and take over the privately-run Hururu Academy was also stressed, as concerned residents pointed out, that due to economic constraints, students’ attendance is low, as many parents do not get money in a timely manner, to pay the school fees.

The school was built by the village council, and is currently run by same.

These and other issues were ventilated, and both the regional chairman and Opposition Leader committed to helping towards their resolution.

(Enid Joaquin)

Deep Water Harbour would have immense potential for Guyana - Minister Ali The introduction of a Deep Water Harbour would have immense economic potential for Guyana, as according to Minister with responsibility for Trade, Industry and Commerce, Irfaan Ali, a number of other services and sectors will be linked to its operation.

The Minister was at the time addressing a gathering of overseas business delegates who attended a GuyExpo business networking forum last Friday.

The Deep Water Harbour, he explained, comes as part of Government’s plan to facilitate massive infrastructural upgrades. The plan will entail the completion of a road network between Linden and Lethem which will be linked to a Deep Water Harbour.

With such infrastructure in place, Ali said that it will cater to a lot of traffic from northern Brazil most of which is currently forced to navigate the Atlantic, taking in excess of seven days to reach Port.

Another four or five days are required to offload products, Ali revealed, pointing out that “if you come through Guyana you are talking about eight days only...so it reduces the time considerably. These are the potential areas that these projects are going to openup”.

Guyana has over the years been exploring the construction of a Deep Water Harbour and had even collaborated with the Indian Government, where a feasibility study was conducted. That study had

indicated the port should be built in the Berbice region, since the water has the necessary depth and the area is not congested.

Meetings were held with the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD), private terminal operators and shipping agencies to gather information for the study. In addition, aerial and site visits were carried out to collect information for further analysis.

However, it was last July that China joined the Deep Water Harbour talks, with Zhongdong Tang, the Regional Director for the Americas for China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC), revealing that there have been some “verbal discussions” in this regard. However, he asserted that there has been no formal proposal to the Guyana Government as at the time of his visit.

Among other plans for infrastructural upgrades, Ali mentioned the construction of a new Demerara Harbour Bridge for which a feasibility study is currently ongoing.

He hinted at the possibility of a high-rise bridge which would replace the decadesold floating bridge which currently caters to traffic seeking to access its western and eastern sides.

Feasibility studies, the Minister said, have already been completed for the repaving and expansion of the West Demerara Highway even as he made reference to ongoing works for the expansion of the East Coast and East Bank Highways.

“This is just to give an indication of the tremendous work that is going on in the construction and the building sector and you know once you have construction and building going on it triggers all the other aspects of the economy,” Ali stressed.

He revealed to the potential investors that the even the mining and quarrying industry has been doing extremely well, recording one of the strongest performances - 16.4 per cent - in the first half of this year. The Minister disclosed, too, that the value added in bauxite has grown by some 50 per cent.

He said that Government, in transforming the country, recognised the need for significant investment in infrastructure, even as he alluded to the Berbice River Bridge and the Takutu Bridge, which links Guyana to Brazil, allowing for easy access.

“Last year we had originating out of Brazil 120,000 vehicles crossing into Guyana and 250,000 people coming into Guyana. So you can see the potential that lies in that border area especially for countries that do distribution and those that are big in packaging,” Ali noted.

He told the gathering of mainly overseas business operatives of Guyana’s ability to export flour and construction materials insisting that “if you invest in that area there is tremendous potential of servicing a wide population and expanding your business reach.”

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2012 C’bean Human Govt, publishers in talks Development Report launched over “pirated” text books

By Rabindra Rooplall High levels of crime and violence pose a serious threat to both social and economic development and have the potential to reverse the gains which have been made over the past decades.

These sentiments were expressed yesterday by Assistant Secretary General of CARICOM, Ambassador Colin Granderson, on the occasion of the media launch of the 2012 Caribbean Human Development Report.

The event was held at the Grand Coastal Hotel, Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara.

The Ambassador explained that the emerging concept of citizen security, advocated for in the Report, is a relatively new one for most of the Region, “as we have been steeped in models focused primarily on the security of the State and on law enforcement as the major mechanism. It is instructive that the 2010 Report of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development highlighted personal insecurity as the number one concern of youth across the Region.”

Adding that the Caribbean Community has recently embarked, through the Secretariat and its local and external partners, on the implementation of a CARICOM Social Development and Crime Prevention Strategy, Ambassador Granderson said the approaches advocated in the Strategy are congruent with the Citizen Security concept.

“The United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) played a critical role in the development and finalisation of the Plan and valuable support was provided

by UNDP and by the Government of Canada in advancing the implementation of the Pilot phase. This work is still in its infancy and the Secretariat looks forward to working with UNDP and our other partners in the roll out of the Plan,” he underscored.

The Report serves to focus attention on the extent of the challenge facing the

CARICOM ASG, Ambassador Colin Granderson Region, but also makes a strong case for re-orienting perspectives with regard to dealing with crime and violence. It makes compelling arguments for the coordinated involvement of a range of partners in addressing the solutions to this scourge which the CARICOM region is witnessing every day, primarily through the media.

“I am pleased to note that this Caribbean Human Development Report has a strong focus on youth, building resilience and protective factors, social inclusion, second chance (restoration and re-integration) and on education and training,” Ambassador Granderson noted.

Significantly, the Report devotes specific attention to domestic violence, which has escalated in terms of the seriousness of injury and the increasing rate of mortality, and to the topical issue of gang violence.

“I also welcome its emphasis on the importance of a paradigm shift to address current realities such as community policing, social crime prevention, and the importance of creating that groundswell of support to change communities,” the CARICOM envoy stated.

“We cannot afford to throw up our hands in despair as I’m sure we are sometimes tempted to do, if only for a

PPP’s 20-year unbroken rule an era of broken ...

From page 6 scams…failed construction projects; accounts hidden from the treasury; super salaries for sinecure employment together with ‘fat cat’ pensions, perks and privileges; rigged contracts for computers, drugs, pirated textbooks.”

Nagamootoo opined that after 20 years, “the social fabric of society is disintegrating, as there seems to be no effective safety net for the poor and vulnerable.

In addition, Government has to be held accountable for the near financial collapse of the National Insurance Scheme in which thousands of contributors invested and are now pushed to the edge of uncertainty”.

“The drain in public funds, plus squandermania and waste, has resulted in greater borrowing so that Guyana’s national debt today is higher than that under the PNC regime,” Nagamootoo noted.

UN’s Heraldo Munoz fleeting moment.

The situation requires resolute and sustained action on the part of governments, the judiciary, law enforcement agencies, the private sector, faith-based organisations, the media and other civil society groups, communities, families and individuals. In other words a ‘whole of society’ approach to address these challenges which threaten our very existence.”

He said the media is an important partner in this effort, and stressed the influential role which the media can play in the development of the Region by active engagement.

UN Assistant Secretary General and regional director for the Caribbean and Latin America, Heraldo Munoz, said the region is home to 8.5 percent of the world’s population, yet it concentrates some 27 percent of the world’s homicides. Violence and crime, he explained,arethereforeperceived byamajorityofLatinAmerican and Caribbean citizens as a top pressing challenge.

He said the primary concern with citizen security is the issue of public confidence in state capacity to protect citizens and ensure justice.

“If citizens lack confidence in the police, the judiciary and other public authorities, no amount of repression will restore security. The success of any law enforcement system depends on the willingness of the people to participate and contribute. For the state to enjoy the trust and commitment of the people, it must strive to eradicate exclusion, improve transparency, and create opportunities that encourage a sense of belonging,” the UN official stated.

He added that a key message of the report is that Caribbean countries need to focus on a model of security based on the human development approach, whereby citizen security is paramount, rather than on the traditional state security model, whereby the protection of the state is the chief aim.

By Zena Henry Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon stated in a press briefing yesterday that the Government has engaged the representatives of publishers and editors on the issue of “pirated” text books and are working towards an amicable outcome to the issue.

Luncheon told media operatives that the Government and those representing producers and printing houses of intellectual materials, have come together, sharing mutual concerns on the issue and are looking forward to feasible results for both parties.

According to Luncheon the engagement between the two entities came as a result of two occurrences; one he said was, “… through

litigation by representatives and publishers to have the commercial sector desist from producing photocopied textbooks for sale,” and the other, “…the willingness of publishers and representatives to engage the Government of Guyana on finding an amicable solution to the problem.”

Luncheon concluded that Guyanese will soon be updated on the outcome of such engagements so that text books could once more be available to Guyanese students.

Towards the end of last month, local Attorney Andrew Pollard moved to the High Court on behalf of the British Publishers’ Association, prohibiting local businesses from producing “pirated” or stolen copies of

intellectual property by foreign publishers, editors and writers.

Several entities were served the court document resulting in the text books being unavailable to students.

The Government had claimed that it was unable to afford the original text books and had thus awarded a contract for the production of the “pirated” text books.

Subsequent to this, President Donald Ramotar had approached the United Nations (UN) pleading with the international body to revisit legislation concerning the “pirated” texts. He claimed that the current copyright law was posing difficulty on Developing Countries and was hindering Universal education in poor countries like Guyana.

Contractor accuses Regional Office of breaching agreement A weeding contractor is claiming that he is owed in excess of one million dollars

by Region Three’s Regional Democratic Office for cleaning services he provided to 56 schools across the West Demerara district.

The contractor, Trenton Small, is alleging that he agreed to a $1.2 million contract with the Regional Democratic Council to tidy up “weed-infested” schools in West Demerara but has been given ‘the royal runaround” to acquire payments for the services rendered.

“Every three days dey got me running at de office, dey tell me come back Wednesday and when I go dey tell me that de cheque ain’t sign yet, it got to go through some tender board… and I got workers to pay.”

The man explained that he and a team of 23 other persons used personal resources to essentially clean Nursery, Secondary and Primary schools from Patentia to Parika, two weeks before school reopened in September.

Small told Kaieteur News that most of the work was completed before the new school term, but that the operation was thwarted by a breach of the initial contract agreement.

A frustrated Small claims that the initial deal stated that he would receive a $500,000 advance for job which was never fulfilled.

“I never get a cent and me workers want dey money” Small reiterated On the contrary after being contacted via

telephone, Regional Executive Officer, Donald Gadraj stated Small was never promised an advance, but had requested it.

The REO said that the tender board is awaiting inspection reports on the work which was carried out

by Small and his team in September to make a decision on payment.

According to Gadraj, inspection of the schools is yet to be completed.

Gadraj also held that Small was never contracted by the Regional Office, but commenced work through a Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) without approval from the Regional Office.

“The tender board would decide when payments will be made,” Gadraj said.

Three buried alive in mining pit From page 6 was shot at least two times while his 22year-old son was severely chopped.

Meanwhile the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment is saddened at the loss of lives and is appealing to all miners and operators within the sector to comply with Occ u p a t i o n a l H e a l t h a n d S a f e t y s t a n d a r d s.

The Ministry, through its regulatory agency - the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission has launched an investigation of a report indicating that a mining pit has collapsed in the Aranka area, North West Mining District # 1, where a number of persons reportedly lost their lives.

The Ministry had also received additional complaints about issues relating to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) which have led to serious injury and in some instances, fatalities in the mining camps.

As such the Ministry has invited the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) and the Chief Labour

Officer of the Ministry of Labour to be part of task force to investigate this incident and to review OHS issues within the mining s e c t o r, t o p r o v i d e a s a f e w o r k i n g environment for miners and operators within the sector.

The GGMC has been mandated to e n g a g e all stakeholders in addressing this very critical matter.

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Romney takes fight to Obama in first debate (Reuters) - An aggressive Mitt Romney took the fight to President Barack Obama last night and the Republican candidate appeared to breathe new life into his struggling campaign with a solid performance at their first debate.

As polls showed Obama with a slight edge among voters, Romney was on the offensive throughout the 90minute encounter between the two rivals at the University of Denver.

The two men, standing side-by-side for the first time after months of brutal campaign attacks hurled at each other, clashed over taxes, healthcare and the role of government, reflecting the deep ideological divide in Washington.

Appearing poised and well-prepared, Romney zeroed in on weak economic growth and 8.1 percent unemployment, that has left Obama vulnerable in his effort to win a second fouryear term.

“Now, I’m concerned that we’re on the path that’s just been unsuccessful. The president has a view very

similar to the one he had when he ran for office four years ago, that spending more, taxing more, regulating more, if you will, trickle-down government would work.

That’s not the right answer for America,” Romney said.

The debate saw no haymaker punches thrown and not much in the way of one-line zingers.

Instead, it was a war of attrition as each man used facts and figures to make his points and stress the differences between them.

Romney, however, may have done himself some favors with crisper answers than Obama, who sounded professorial and a bit longwinded despite his staff’s best efforts to get him to give snappier comments.

The incumbent Democrat did put Romney on the defensive about his proposals for overhauling the U.S. tax system.

Obama said Romney was promoting the same kind of tax cut proposals that former President George W. Bush pushed through Congress in 2001 and 2003.

“We ended up moving

Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama

from surpluses to deficits and it all culminated with the worst recession since the Great Depression,” said Obama.

In the face of attacks from Romney that the Obama healthcare overhaul of 2010 will hurt small-business hiring, Obama basically said his healthcare plan was modeled after the program Romney put in place as governor of Massachusetts, and it “hasn’t destroyed jobs” there.

ROMNEYNEEDED VICTORY MORE Romney was in need of a victory at the debate to help him put his campaign back on a positive footing after a rocky few weeks.

He was damaged by a hidden-camera videotape in which he said 47 percent of voters were dependent on government and unlikely to support him.

Obama, holding a slight edge in national polls and

Youth organisation denounces vulgar lyrics in local tunes The Guyana Youth and Student Movement (GYSM) has denounced the “vulgar and degrading” lyrics of two recently released local songs and are calling on musicians and artists to be responsible and mature when recoding and promoting their music.

Youth activist Chris Jones during a press briefing on Monday stated that the lyrics of the newly released “Bamzy and Dangles” songs are degrading and disrespectful to women and young girls in Guyana.

“We recognize the lyrics of two recently released songs by local artistes and

are very disappointed by the vulgar tones and connotations of the music.”

Jones said that local artist must keep in mind that children, especially very young ones, in their learning stage of sounds, phrases and words can easily adapt to the lyrics, reciting them like poems. Jones argued that local artistes should combine entertainment with education and good morals to promote the proper and wholesome development of the nation’s children.

The youth activist said that, “Though GYSM supports the development

and growth of local artistes; it must be refused… music that seeks to damage or undermine the moral structure of society.”

Jones advocated for television stations, minibus operators, disc jockeys, push cart men and other music operators to minimize if not completely cease the public airing of the “Dangles and Bamzy” songs.

In the meantime, GYSM in celebrating the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)’s 55th Anniversary will be hosting three book fairs at varying locations

around the country; October 6 -”C” Field Sophia, October 13 - Lichfield, West Coast Berbice and October 20 Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara.

GYSM said it is of the view that education is essential to a nation’s survival and renewal, because reading nourishes the mind while providing information and knowledge that is needed to bring about change.

Reading, GYSM said, not only educates, but also shapes the personalities of persons. (Zena Henry)

Truck driver on fraud charge Imran Narine, a truck driver from Essequibo, appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a charge of fraudulent conversion.

Narine yesterday faced Magistrate Priya Sewnarine Beharry on an allegation that he converted six lengths of pipe worth $360,000 which were entrusted to him by Naseem Patoir into cash and then used the money for his own personal benefit.

The incident reportedly occurred in January of this year and an arrest warrant was issued for the defendant.

However Narine was

apprehended three days ago at his residence in Essequibo.

It is alleged that Narine was asked to sell the articles and return the proceeds to Patoir, but he instead used the profits.

The man seemed unwell as he stood in the prisoners’ dock to answer to the charge.

He however pleaded not guilty.

The court learnt that the defendant usually suffers from hypertension and was held in police custody for the past three days. He was released on $100,000 bail and ordered to return to court on November 1.

leading Romney in some swing states where the election will be decided, was looking in the debate to do avoid harming his position as the apparent frontrunner.

The debate moderated

by PBS anchor Jim Lehrer was the best opportunity to date to reach large numbers of voters in an unfiltered way, with an estimated television audience of 60 million possible.

Both men have been under

pressure to provide more specific details on how to get America’s economy surging again after a prolonged recovery from recession.

Obama charged that Romney’s plan to reduce income taxes by 20 percent across the board and eliminate some tax deductions would leave middle-class Americans paying more taxes, an allegation that Romney vociferously denied.

“The fact is that if you are lowering the rates the way you described, Governor, then it is not possible to come up with enough deductions and loopholes that only affect high-income individuals to avoid either raising the deficit or burdening the middle class.

It’s - it’s math. It’s arithmetic,” Obama said.

Replied Romney, “Virtually everything he said about my tax plan is inaccurate.

The debate was the first of three such face-offs scheduled in the next four weeks. Biden and Romney’s running mate, U.S. Representative Paul Ryan, will debate once, on October 11.

US citizen gets four years for heroine A US citizen who was indicted in 2009 for possession of heroine will now face four years in a local penitentiary after he was found guilty.

Jose Manuel Rajos of Lot 114-33 128th Street, Ozone Park, Queens, New York, initially pleaded not guilty to having 1.208 kilos of heroine which was found in his suitcase back in November of 2009, but was sentenced yesterday t o f o u r y e a r s imprisonment and ordered to pay a $30,000 fine by (ag) Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry after the court found sufficient

evidence to convict him for the crime.

Rojas who was out on bail pending a lengthy trial became tearful subsequent to the ruling.

The case was prosecuted

by CANU Prosecutor Oswald Massiah. In his closing statement, Massiah said that the accused had knowledge of the crime since he claimed that he packed the suitcase that contained the illegal substance.

The prosecutor also requested that the court take into consideration the evidence led by prosecution witnesses.

Former cashier faces jail term for stealing from employer Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday ordered a probation report to be made on Savitri Ramnauth, pending sentence.

Ramnauth, a former Survival Supermarket cashier was charged for stealing $198,342 from her previous employer.

Ramnauth had initially pleaded not guilty to the offence and was placed on $85,000 bail by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

However yesterday she decided to change her plea to

guilty.

The incident allegedly took place on May 22 while Ramnauth was on duty at the supermarket; the money went missing from the cash register to which she was assigned.

She was unable to account for the aforementioned sum of money.

The police were called in and an investigation launched. The woman was subsequently arrested.

Ramnauth was later brought before the court for the stolen cash. She is to be sentenced on October 12.

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Adams er saud seal victories Adams,, P Per ersaud for Ac hie ver s and Blair mont Achie hiev ers Blairmont Steffon Adams 80 not out and Daniswar Persaud sealed victories for Achievers and Blairmont Community Centre in the latest round of the West Berbice Cricket Association, Milton Pydanna Challenge trophy Under-23 competition at the Bath Ground.

Bath won the toss and invited Achievers to take first strike, both teams played with one player short, Achievers made 209 for 3 off their allotted 20 overs, Steffon Adams 80 not out, Krishendat Ramoo 60, Raffel Estraido 14 and Sherwin McPherson 15 not out, bowling for Bath N. Ramnauth, D. Singh and A.

Balkarran all had one wicket each. Bath in reply were bundled out for 73, N. Ramnauth made 19. Bowling for Achievers, Steffon Adams returned with the ball with his off spin and take 3 for 10 off 4overs, Andrew Dutchin and K. Ramoo picked up 2 wickets each, Achievers winning by 136 runs. Over at the Cotton Tree ground, the Die Hard vs Blairmont Community Centre match was reduced to 17 overs due to the late start.

The host Die Hard batted first and made 98 for 8. Bowling for Blairmont, Kevin Jawahir had figures of 3-10-4 and Wakar Akram 2-28-3.

Blairmont replied with 982 off 7.2 overs, D. Persaud 64 from 26 balls and Dereck Lalsa 23 not out from 18 balls.

At Seafield Ground, West Berbice Rainbow Generation played Bush Lot United; Rainbow Generation batted first in a match reduced to 15 overs because of a late start by the host due to pitch preparation.

Rainbow made 111, Rawle Wade 22 and Keno Gravesande 22 led the batting, while bowing for Bush Lot United, Asif Khan had figures of 4-25-3 and A. Ganesh 3-40-2.

Bush Lot in reply were all out for 54, Rainbow winning by 48 runs.

From page 22 finale.

Singh said that the ECCB is very grateful and thanked Ansa McAl for their involvement in the competition for the last four years and described them as a ‘wonderful corporate citizen’ whose involvement with local cricket has affected the lives of hundreds of

youngsters in a positive way.

Singh once again lamented the unavailability of grounds on the East Coast a problem which he said affects the smooth running of competitions in the area.

“One of the things we plan for next year is to try and solve the grounds problem since at present only 12 of the 26 grounds on the East Coast

are in a playable condition. He stressed the need for better management of non-cricket activities throughout the East Coast since damage to venues is also affecting the hosting of matches.

However 43 teams participated in this competition and the ECCB is urging all to attend the grand finale.

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Thursday October 4, 2012 ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Deal with in-laws today. You can visit clients and make a big impression just by giving them some hands-on help. Be honest with yourself before getting involved with someone who is likely to lead you on.

TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) Go to the top if you're being harassed or held back. You can get into weight loss programs or go out and change your image with a new look in clothing, hairstyle, and attitude.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21) Uncertainties regarding your love life will surface if you have neglected your mate. Be careful; your ideas are good but make sure that you're realistic and start off on solid ground.

LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) Don't be afraid to make additions to your house. Someone envious of your popularity may challenge you to a debate.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) You will tend to overeat today. Get involved in sports groups or hobbies that attract you. You are best to avoid joint ventures, and whatever you do, don't lend to friends or relatives.

SAGIT (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Don't invest too much of your own money. Involvement with prestigious organizations will be to your advantage. Listen to a good friend who is truly looking out for your best interests.

CANCER (June 22-July 22) Get involved in activities that will be fun for the whole family.

Elders may need your help. A residential move may be in order.

CAPRI (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Your energy will be high. Help with your aspirations is likely, and profits could follow. If you can't get ahead in the company you're with, perhaps it's time to move on.

LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Real estate should be lucrative for you. You need to make changes that will raise your self esteem, such as a new hairstyle or a new image.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Don't forget that your budget is limited right now. You'll have amazing ideas, but superiors may try to block your attempts at implementing them.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Be careful to avoid wrong doings. You may not see your situation clearly. Be quiet about your intentions or ideas that might bring added cash.

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Children may be on your mind.

You could be misinterpreted if you're not careful. This will not be the best day to make changes or renovations to your residence.

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West conf ident Sa gicor HPC team can confident Sagicor rebound from “bad day at the office” DHAKA, Bangladesh – Coach of the Sagicor High Performance Centre team Graeme West said his side will try to recover from a demoralising nine-wicket defeat in the third One-day match against Bangladesh-A. No Sagicor HPC batsman reached 20, as they were bowled out bowled out for 54 in 18 overs, after they decided to bat in the low-scoring, final match of their One-day series at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium on Tuesday.

The visitors then saw Mominul Haque, not out on 25, and Anamul Haque, not out on 23, knock off the runs with consummate ease in 8.4 overs.

“We got off to the worst possible start, when Andre Fletcher was run out from the first legal delivery of the match and we went downhill from there,” West told WICB Media.

“We had a number of similar dismissals – bowled and lbw – and there was nothing untoward in the pitch, we just have to put it down to ‘one bad day at the office’.”

The Sagicor HPC team made four changes, bringing Fletcher, fellow opener Trevon Griffith, Kjorn Ottley and Jason Dawes in to replace Jermaine Blackwood, Marlon Barclay, Kyle Hope and Sheldon Cotterrell.

“We gave a few of the guys that have not had much batting on the tour an

opportunity in this match,” said West.

“Unfortunately, they did not take their opportunities and several of the guys that have been very successful up to now, didn’t make contributions. But I am confident they will do well in the last two matches on the tour.” West said he was disappointed by the performance, but the Sagicor HPC team had won the Oneday series 2-1, following an 11-run win in the first match last Friday at the same venue, where they also clinched a 53run victory in the second match two days ago.

“We have batted reasonably well in the previous two matches without any player getting a

really big score to push us up to 250, 260, which is what we felt was a par score in the conditions, but we have had a lot of contributions throughout the team,” he said.

“Looking at our bowling, the contribution of the three spinners has been outstanding and it has been backed up very well with our fielding. We’ve held onto our catches and the bowlers have kept things very tight which all contributed to the pressure applied to the opposition, hence our success in the first two matches.”

The two sides will now contest a two-match Twenty20 series on Thursday and Friday before the Sagicor HPC leave for home on Saturday.

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Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadg ets Gadgets ets,, Young War rior s to c lash in Final Sa tur da y arrior riors clash Satur turda day The Cumberland Cricket Ground on Saturday would come alive when it hosts the final of the 2012 Ramcharitar Construction Services 50Overs Knockout Tournament organised by the Berbice Cricket Board. For the first time in a long while it would not be a Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and Albion Community Centre contest, but a Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and Universal DVD Young Warriors final and a large capacity crowd is expected.

Defending champion Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets would start as favourites but a confident Universal DVD Young Warriors cannot be underestimated.

Last weekend they defeated Albion Community Centre at the same venue after centuries from Richard Ramdeen and Shimron Hetmyer. Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets would be led by test player Assad Fudadin and he would be supported in the batting department by former national player Delbert Hicks, national 20/20 selectee Rajiv Ivan,

Renwick Batson, the inform Jason Sinclair, Khemraj Mahadeo, Clinton Pestano, Eon Hooper and Shawn Pereira. Pacers Clinton Pestano and Assad Fudadin would share the new ball with support from medium pacer Renwick Batson, off spinners Hooper, Ivan, Loyydel Lewis, Mahadeo and Shailendra Shameer and leg spinner Shawn Pereira.

Young Warriors batting would be spearheaded by national players Gajanand Singh and Richard Ramdeen with support from national Under-19 player Shimron Hetmyer, Balram Samaroo, Wahied Edwards, Seon Hetmyer, Ishwar Singh, Vishal Mohabir and the hard hitting veteran Anil Beharry. The last time Young Warriors played Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets two weeks ago; they were bundled out for 103 and then lost by eight wickets.

Their bowling is weak on paper with pacers Vishal Mohabir and Ameer Rahaman and spinners Kevin and Richard Ramdeen, Gajanand Singh, Balram Samaroo and left arm spinner Anil Beharry in the lineup that will hope for

Million dollar domino tourney

T&T a ge , Assassin T&T,, R Ra and Specialist ad vance adv T and T, Rage, Assassin and Specialist have advanced to the playoff after performing creditably in their respective zones of the million dollar domino competition which was contested recently. T and T scored 83 games to win zone A ahead of second place Rage with 78 and First Blood 54. Leroy Edwards and Sonia Goodluck scored 16 games each for the winners, while Shawn Morgan chipped in with 15. Mark Welch of Rage chalked a maximum 18 and Chezley Teyndall 14 for First Blood.

In Zone B, Assassin and

Specialist were locked on 77 games each, while Girls ended in the cellar position with 69.

Jerry Chow was Assassin leading player with 17 games, while Mark Rodrigues top scored for Specialist with a maximum 18.

Paul Lewis and Ken Whaul also chalked 15 each for Specialist, and Shellon Nicholson marked a maximum 18 for Girls.

The love birds were Sandra Nurse and Shellon Nicholson of Girls, and Andre Welch of Assassin. The playoff is scheduled for November 17.

From back page So far in the tournament she has been in good form and won the Player-of-the-Match award in the victory over South Africa, which helped the Windies to top Group B and make it through for the semi-finals.

West Indies won by 10 wickets and Taylor topscored

with 33 not out. In the process she became the first West Indian woman to make 1,000 runs in T20 Internationals. She is also the only West Indian woman to make over 1,000 runs in ODIs. Earlier in the match, she took three wickets with her off-spin and is now the leading wicket-taker in the ICC Women's World T20 with

an impressive performance.

The match starts at 09.30 hours and sponsor Anirud Ramcharitar is expected to meet both teams before the game and share out prizes afterwards.

The winning team would receive $60, 000 and winning trophy, the runner up $30,000 and the Man of the Final $10,000 and trophy.

Teams: - Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets - Assad Fudadin (captain), Shawn Pereira (VC), Delbert Hicks, Renwick Batson, Jason Sinclair, Rajiv Ivan, Khemraj Mahadeo, Clinton Pestano, Loyydel Lewis, Eon Hooper, Shailendra Shameer, Arif Chan, A. Homraj, Nicholas Cameron and Daniel Lewis; Manager - Hilbert Foster, Coach - Patrick Lewis.

Young Warriors: Gajanand Singh, Richard Ramdeen, Shimron Hetmyer, Anil Beharry, Wahied Edwards, Ishwar Singh, Seon Hetmyer, Vishal Mohabir, Kevin Ramdeen, Balram Samaroo, Suresh Dhanai, Kassim Khan and Ameer Rahaman; Manager Sahadeo Singh, Coach Hubern Evans.

Draughts competition set for Re gion 3 The Guyana Draughts Association will be holding a Region three competition on Sunday 7th of October at Haroon’s Shop, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara.

Only players from region three will be allowed to take part in the competition which starts at 10:00hrs.

Trophies and other incentives will be at stake.

Players of all ages are invited and are asked to be on time. The national championship is set for later this month.

Semi-f inal ffeels eels “special” ffor or ...

Semi-final or... six wickets at an average of just 7.16 runs per wicket.

“The Sri Lanka game was pretty intense and I think we panicked a bit. Coming down to the last game against South Africa we knew it was a door-die game. I think we produce better results when we are under pressure generally and we are just hoping we will do well,” Taylor said.

“We had to win against South Africa and we went out with the thought to make them pay.

We qualified for the semis and we will look to take it from here.”

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United Insurance Medal Play Golf tournament set for Saturday The second Annual United Insurance Medal Play Golf tournament will be staged on Saturday at the Lusignan golf Club.

Approximately 45 golfers and expected to tee off in the classic sponsored by the Barbados-based insurance company.

President of the Lusignan Golf Club Jerome Khan said the executives of the LGC are extremely pleased to welcome United Insurance once again as a major tournament sponsor.

Last year’s winner Mike Mangal will lead a strong field which will include Patrick Prashad, Kushun Bacchus, Chatterpaul Deo, Dave Mohamed, Rawle Moore, Munaff Arjune, Christine Sukhram, Joaan Deo, William Walker, Carlos Adams, Mark Lashley, John Tracey, Mohanlall Dinnanauth, Maurice Solomon, Ayube Subhan, Ian Gouveia, Imran Khan, Dr. Ram Singh, Gavin Todd, Clifford Reis, Troy

Cadogan, Alfred Mentore, Colin Ming, Ronald Bulkan, Muntaz Haniff and Brian Hackett.

Khan who will also be in action said that the course is in excellent condition as preparation continues for the Guyana Open next month.

“The Course is top share, we are continuing to prepare it for the Guyana Open and we are observing players are eager to play on the course,” Khan said.

Gail Robinson, Administrative Manager of John Fernandes Insurance Service, agents for United In s u r a n c e a n d o t h e r members of staff of the Carmichael Street-based company will be on hand to witness the tournament assist with the distribution of prizes.

Prizes will be awarded to the top three players with the Best Net scores.

There will also be prizes for best gross and nearest to the pin.

Tee off is at 12:30 hours.

ESPNcricinfo - Abdur Rehman, the Pakistan left-arm spinner, has been banned for 12 weeks by the ECB under its anti-doping rules after testing positive for the recreational drug cannabis during his stint with Somerset in the English domestic season. The penalty is binding on all countries signed up to the World AntiDoping Code.

Rehman will be suspended until midnight of December 21. He has already been withdrawn from the Sialkot Stallions squad for the Champions League T20, which begins on October 9 in South Africa.

The sample that tested positive for cannabis was provided by Rehman on August 8, during the County Championship match between Somerset and Nottinghamshire.

“I apologise to my family, the PCB, the ECB, Somerset County Cricket Club, my team-mates and my fans,” Rehman said. “It was an error of judgement on my part that will cost me dearly and I would like it to be a lesson to all others in sports elsewhere.

“I will do my best to stay fit and focussed during my suspension, and, god-willing, will be available for selection for the India series should the PCB see it fit.”

Somerset chief executive Guy Lavender said the club supported the ECB’s decision. “The club does not condone the use of illegal drugs in any circumstances and all Somerset players are made fully aware of this policy on a regular basis.”

Rehman played four

Rehman banned ffor or 12 weeks ffor or canna bis use cannabis

Abdur Rehman Championship matches for Somerset and took 27 wickets, which included 9 for 65 against Worcestershire. He had established himself as a key player for Pakistan over the past year and caused England plenty of problems during the Test series in UAE, where he claimed 19 wickets in three matches. Overall he has 81 wickets in 17 Tests at 28.40 apiece.

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World Masters Powerlifting C/ships 2012

Stoby smothers opposition to create history; sets new DL record of 272KGS He was the lightest athlete in the 74KGS M2 Category but by no means a push over.

His performance was as devastating and solid as Guyana’s fine gold; when the dust was settled, Guyana’s Winston Stoby stood tall by etching his name in the history and records books at the world and local levels.

Standing as Guyana’s lone representative at the

World Masters Powerlifting Championships held in Killeen Texas, USA, Stoby lifted his way into the record books as he had promised by setting a new Deadlift World Record of 272.0KGS; this lift also saw him claiming the Gold medal.

Another golden performance was achieved in the Squat when the Guyanese strongman

churned out a lift of 255.0KGS. He took the bronze medal in the Benchpress by achieving 140.0KGS. It doesn’t stop here, Stoby took the Gold medal as the best lifter in his category which attracted six (6) competitors with a t o t a l o f 4 8 5 . 5 2 Wi l k e s Points relegating Koichi Ta n i g u c h i o f J a p a n t o second place with the

USA’s Mark Sigala third.

Stoby’s performance was so shattering that he only failed one of his nine (9) attempts; his second attempt at his own record attempting a lift of 277KGS. Following is the table with shows the best Squat, Benchpress and Deadlift (KGS) of the athletes in Stoby’s category as well as their overall placing.

Repub lic Bank Under -17 public Under-17 Inter -z one bo wls of Inter-z -zone bowls offf tomor tomorrrow

The Republic Bank 2012 Under-17 Inter-zone Tournament organised by the Berbice Cricket Board bowls off with two matches. The tournament fifth annual edition would feature teams from West Berbice, New Amsterdam/Canje, Lower Corentyne and Upper Corentyne. Players born on or after January 1st, 1996 would take part in the tournament, which according to Berbice Cricket Board Public Relations Officer, Hilbert Foster, has been asked to identify players for the Berbice Under-17 and Under19 teams for 2013.

West Berbice would clash with New Amsterdam/Canje at the Blairmont Community Centre, while Lower Corentyne and Upper

Corentyne would play at the Area “H” Ground in Rose Hall Town. The two winners would clash in the finals at the Port Mourant Ground, while the 3rd place playoff would be played at the Area “H” Ground.

Promising players like Grisean Grant, Shimron Hetmyer, Leon Andrews, Daniel Lewis, Balchan Baldeo, Brandon Prashad, Deon Esau, Jamiel jackman, Vi e n d r a G o o n i a h a n d Ty r o n e P o o r a n a u t h a r e expected to be a part of the tournament.

Officials of Republic Bank would meet with the teams before the games. The Berbice Cricket Board would also like to advise Under-19 players that the 2012 Diamond Fire and General Insurance

Under-19 Inter-zone Tournament would bowl off next weekend.

Teams: Upper Corentyne: - Deon Esau (captain), Rajesh Mohabir (VC), Aslam Baksh, Jameel Jackman, Chavin Arnachalam, Chavah Arnachalam, Totoram Rajaram, Naresh Deo, Nicholas Seenarine, Kushal Sawh, Rabindranauth Roopchand, Whitney Lampey, Tameshwar Kumar, Mohamed Deochan and Vidianand Sugrim.

Lower Corentyne: Balchand Baldeo (VC), Askay Homraj, Brandon Persaud, Daniel Lewis (Captain), Joshua Holder, Calvin Jeffrey, Viendra Gooniah, Tyrone Pooranuath, Joshua harrichand, Veeren Ramoo, Latchman Biram, Navindra

Permaul, Shivnarie Shirkissoon (wk), Azam Khan and Matthew Hardyal.

New Amsterdam/Canje: Shimron Hetmyer (Captain), Leon Andrews (VC), Kwesi Mickle, Clifton Lindie (wk), Joseph Giddings, Marvin Braithwaithe, Didal La Fleur, Gavin Moriah, Kassim Khan, Videshwar Mangra, Marlon Shephed, Jamal Henry Jnr and Omar Weatherspoon.

West Berbice: - Adrian Singh, Navendra Mahadeo, Grisean Grant, Randy Wade, Jason Joashen, Kendy Dhanraj, Parmanand Ramdhan (Captain), Akeem Miller, Joesph Nicholson, Derick narine, Gopaul Brijlall, Mohan Deodat, Avikar Rabindranauth, Kareem Mentore and Renison Mitchell.

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA) will be holding a general members meeting on Saturday October 6 beginning at 13:00hrs at the Kennard Memorial Turf Club, Bush Lot Farm Corentyne Berbice.

According to chairman of the IMC, retired Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Cecil Kennard, a number of topics are set to be discussed and

they would be looking to cover every topic pertaining to Horseracing in Guyana.

A major topic on the agenda is the issues of the Horse Racing Legislation (The non response of the Government) and how it is affecting Horseracing in Guyana.

Among other topics on the agenda are racing dates and general horseracing programmes for the rest of the year, the classification and

reclassification of horses, which is a contentious issue at times.

Reviewing race meets that have been completed and the performance of the IMC since its formation in May, problems relating to Guyana bred Horses (two years old), Complaints of various sorts.

Issues affecting Horse owners and the smooth running of horseracing will also be discussed including

disciplinary matters and any other business.

Mr. Kennard is expected to chair the meeting which is scheduled to be attended by representatives of all the horseracing club in Guyana, the major stables and horse owners.

The meeting is also expected to hear from the various committees that have the put in place on the work that they have done so far.

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Thursday October 04, 2012

Nigel’s Supermarket Junior Classic Tennis Tournament begins Saturday

Kashif and Shanghai organizers set to launc h 23rd edition of tour nament launch tournament

The annual Guyana Tennis Association (GLTA) Nigel’s Supermarket Junior Classic Tournament will begin on Saturday at the Pegasus Hotel and Racquet Centre Tennis Courts. The tournament is the premier junior tennis even on the tennis calendar which will see the best of Guyana’s junior players battle in four categories for supremacy.

,Craig Campbell, Seanden David Lange and Khalif Gobin will compete against each other. The girls U-18s will have Shawna Gentle and Krystal Sukra as favorites with stiff competition expected from 14yr old Nicola Ramdyhan.

In the U-14 category the promising young players to watch are Afruica Gentle, Khalid Gobin and Keshon

activities which will promote overall development in communities and youths in particular as sports provide a meaningful avenue to channel one’s energies in a positive manner.

GLTA Vice-President chairperson for Junior Development, Grace McCalman expressed gratitude on behalf of the

Christopher Franklyn (centre) of Nigel’s Supermarket presents sponsorship cheque to GLTA President Ramesh Seebarran.

The competition will feature matches for boys and girls in the U-18, U-14, U-12 and U-10 age groups. The match format will be roundrobin in the preliminary rounds with the top players from each group advancing towards elimination rounds.

Matches will run off from 8:00am – 4:00pm on both Saturday and Sunday and continue each subsequent weekend until October 20th and 21st when finals will be played.

A high level of competition is expected especially in the U-18 categories where top players Gain Lewis, Daniel Lopes, Benedict Sukra

Reece, whilst in the U-12 category Shivanie Persaud, Kalyca Fraser and Jordan Beaton are the expected to be tough challenges for their peers.

The tournament has been sponsored by Nigel’s Supermarket for eight years in a row and is part of the activities that celebrate the Supermarket’s anniversary.

Representative from N i g e l ’s , Christopher Franklin in handing over the sponsorship cheque to GLTA President Ramesh Seebarran, pointed out that the continued sponsorship showed the commitment of Nigel’s towards not only tennis in Guyana but in

GLTA and noted that the tournament is the premiere junior event that and that it will be used as a guide year to select the team that will participate in the InterGuianas Games to be held in Paramaribo Suriname from October 25-28.

Entry forms are available at all clubs with junior programmes to ensure maximum participation. Players are being encouraged to complete their registration for the tournament by today, Thursday October 4th. Coach Jeremy Miller, who will be involved with running the tournament, can be reached at 643-4423.

Guyana Education Trust College (GETC), L’Aventure, Institute if Business Education and Camille’s Institute for Business & Science Studies (CIBSS) were the latest schools to register wins as play in the 21st Annual Secondary Schools Christmas Term Windball Cricket Champions Trophy Competition continued, at the National Park Tarmac on Tuesday.

In the day’s full results: GETC defeated Monar Educational Institute (MEI) by 27 runs.

Taking first strike, GETC compiled 61-3 off the allotted

6 overs.

MEI in their reply was restricted to 34-6.

L’Aventure then beat Camille’s Institute for Business & Science Studies (CIBSS) by 33 runs.

L’Aventure made 69-3 batting first with Chris Deen 32 and Ryan Deen14, being the top-scorers. Omar Persaud bagged 2-13.

CIBSS was then routed for a paltry 36 in 5.3overs.

Deen returned to grab 2-2, Troy Harris 2-3.

IBE beat Institute of Professional Education (IPE) by 15 runs.

IBE totaled 58-4, Hiradeo

Jailal 38.

IPE in reply reached 43-7, Ramario Welcome 21. O Abrahams 3-4.

GirlsCIBSS defeated St. Joseph’s High by 10 runs.

CIBSS made 65-1, Melissa Famey 35, & National Windball Female Cricket Captain Sharmilla Sookraj 10.

St. Joseph’s returning to the sport after a 10-year absence, replied with 55-1, Aliyiah Andrews 23, Hanisha Balli 16.

Meanwhile, play in the competition continues today, at the same venue.

L’Aventure, GET C, GETC, CIBSS latest to win

Promise bigger tournament with more excitement Football buffs who have grown accustomed to the exciting football action in the annual Kashif and Shanghai extravaganza are assured of the usual quality but more excitement when the organizers launch the 23 rd edition of the championships sometime next week.

The team is working assiduously to put all the modalities in place for December 16 next when the championship is scheduled to get underway. One of the Directors of the K&S promotions, Kashif Mohamed, spoke with Kaieteur Sport and assured that his team is working overtime to ensure that fans receive the same high quality of football as in the previous years.

“At the moment we are deeply engaged in discussions with the relevant stakeholders pertaining to plans for the staging of the event, including our communication with football clubs, officials and sponsors,” he revealed.

The K&S executive

Kashif Muhammad

Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major

further assured that his team is bent on delivering the high quality of entertainment that fans have grown accustomed to receiving.

Meanwhile, Kaieteur Sport caught up with Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major in New York where he had held meetings with members of the Guyanese Diaspora relating to initiatives and strategies for a qualitative tournament this year. Mr. Mayor kept his cards close to his chest but

did hint that he had spoken with several groups in the North American country.

He said that the meetings were extremely productive and fans could look forward to a great tournament this year.

He said that he will be back in Guyana sometime this week and will be hosting a media brief shortly so as to give a better insight on the progress regarding this year’s tournament.

Gatorade / Pepsi Sonics Basketball Tournament

Doub le-header s on this w eek end Double-header le-headers week eekend Action in the Gatorade / Pepsi Sonics Basketball Tournament for First and Third Division teams continue this weekend with double headers planned for Saturday and Sunday, at Burnham Court.

On Saturday, Pacesetters come up against United Buxton at 19:00hrs and that will be followed by a First Division clash between Colts and Panthers.

The following day will see two First Division games featuring Pacesetters versus Colts and Dyna Ravens vs.

Panthers.

Meanwhile, in results of matches played to date: Pacesetters led by Travis

Burnette, who dumped in a game high 20 points, defeated Republic Nets 62-50.

Burnette received support from Naylon Loncke with 18 points and Stephon Gillis 10.

For the Nets, Drumson McCaulay poured in 15 points, while Mortimer Stewart added 10.

Dyna Ravens then beat Guardians 58-49 with Jermaine Slater 14, Tyrone Hamid 12 and Brian Stephney 11, the players leading their team to victory, while Enoch Matthews with 14 and Marlon Chesney 13 led the way for Guardians.

Kurt Moses with 19 points and Joslyn Crawford 18 ensured that Pacesetters won

against Eagles 69-61.

For Eagles, Barrington Wright and Adam Jacobs with 15 points apiece and Quasie Thompson 13 efforts were not good enough to grab victory for Eagles.

Cotls then eased past Pepsi Sonics 31-23.

Rondell Holder with 10 points and Delon LaRose 8 led their team to victory, while Samuel Thompson was the leading marksman for Sonics after scoring 8 points.

Panthers won by a walkover from Patriots and the GDF. United Buxton won against Republic Nets 68-66 and Colts edged Pepsi Sonics 70-69.

Pulsating cricket action is anticipated on Saturday evening at the Enterprise ground in the final of the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) / Carib t20 competition.

President of the ECCB Bissoondyal Singh says everything is in place for an action-packed evening of cricket when Lion’s X1 and Plaisance battle in the third place play-off from 14:00hrs and Lusignan and Enterprise Busta face-off under lights in the final from 20:00hrs.

Singh informed that the

anticipated large crowd will be entertained both on and off the field since in addition to what should be competitive cricket, the Carib Girls, music and a well stocked bar are part of the beyond the boundary attractions. Admission is free.

All funds raised will be used to assist in the development of East Coast cricket.

The final will be played with coloured clothes, white balls and black sightscreens and the winner will take home $100,000 and a beautiful

trophy, while the runner-up collects $50,000 and a trophy.

The winner of the third place play-off will receive $25,000 and a trophy, while a prize for the Man-of-the match in the final is also up for grabs.

The competition commenced last year December but was interrupted on several occasion due to bad weather and the unavailability of grounds and the ECCB is encouraging all cricket fans to attend Saturday’s grand Continued on page 19

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Gillis heroics save Pacesetters ‘A' from elimination - unbeaten Slash also through to Round-of-16

By Edison Jefford There is one reason Pacesetters 'A' Team will continue to play for the $1M winner-take-all first place prize that is up for grabs in the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball Challenge, and that reason is national shooting guard, Steffon Gillis.

Pacesetters 'A' was staring down the barrels of elimination twice Tuesday

night when the event continued at the California Square Court in East Ruimveldt, but Gillis' shooting prowess brought the defending champs back into contention not once, but twice.

Facing Republic Bank Nets in the second game of the night, Pacesetters 'A' found themselves in an unusual position, down 7-10 with two minutes left in the

second half. Gillis with barely a look at the ring released a missile from downtown to draw within a point (a three-pointer in the 3-on-3 version of basketball accounts for two points according to FIBA rules).

Pacesetters then retrieved possession, after Nets failed to convert, and Gillis again with a hand in his face, loosed another big shot from downtown that

gave his team an 11-10 lead, which became the final score. Gillis' heroics got Pacesetters 'A' off to a perfect start.

Pacesetters were forced to play from behind after losing its starting forward, Royston Siland with gash just under his right eye.

Siland is the team-rebounder and presence in the paint.

His absence made Nets the bigger team with Mortimer

Pacesetters' 'A' Team guard, Travis Burnett beats Slash's entire defence and goes up for a right-handed put-back off the glass Tuesday night in the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball in East Ruimveldt.

Late Balotelli penalty saves Man City Mario Balotelli's lastgasp penalty salvaged a vital point for Manchester City at

Mario Balotelli

the end of an enthralling Champions League clash with Borussia Dortmund.

City's 17-game unbeaten run at home in Europe looked to be over with the German side leading through a Marco Reus strike and only being denied more goals by a virtuoso performance from an inspired Joe Hart.

But with Roberto Mancini's men on the ropes in what the City manager had described as a must-win encounter in Group D, they were gifted a last-minute chance to save themselves when Neven Subotic handled inside the area, and substitute Balotelli coolly rolled home the resulting spot-kick.

It is a point that keeps City's hopes of reaching the knockout stages alive but it was more than they deserved from a game in which their defence was often ripped to shreds.

Wi l l i a m s a n d F a b i a n Johnson.

But Nets just could not hang on for the win in the face of Gillis sharp-shooting onslaught. Then it was South All-Stars who continued the misfortune for Nets with an 8-7 win after a shootout from a 7-7 regulation time finish.

South All-Stars had earlier lost the opening game to Slash 6-7. Their win against Nets made Pacesetters 'A' and Slash the top teams in the group.

Even though Siland showed some guts when he returned from taking treatment for his eye injury, Pacesetters 'A' were completely outplayed against Slash, losing 10-13 with Slash's guards, Jason Squires and Aubrey Younge manipulating possession to hold on to the ball for prolonged periods of time.

Slash then beat Nets 109, scoring their free throw in the shootout after a 9-9 stalemate, to end the group unbeaten.

The Pacesetters 'A' versus South All-Stars game was set as a must-win for both teams to decide which of the two teams will join Slash in the National Roundof-16 next week. It was Gillis who answered the call again and lifted his team into

Steffon Gillis the deciding round.

Trailing 12-13 in the final minute of the usual 15minute game with two 7½minute periods, the shooting guard nailed a huge dagger from beyond the arc with 30 seconds left in the game to put his team up 14-13, which squeezed out South All-stars from contention.

Meanwhile, the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3on-3 Basketball Championships will continue at the Independence Boulevard Basketball Court in Albouystown where two more teams will qualify in the Round-of-16 in the Georgetown Zone. Those teams competing for the spots include Mcdoom Kings, Colts, Pitbulls and Eagles.

Pouderoyen Group captures three th prizes at 4 Annual 'Big Ride’

The outstanding Group of riders from Pouderoyen poses for a photo op following the completion of the 4th Annual 'Big Ride' recently.

A Group from Pouderoyen West Bank Demerara copped three prizes in their first year of participation in the 4th Annual Big Ride which was organised by the Ministry of

Culture, Youth & Sport in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, (National Aids Secretariat) and the Guyana Cycling Federation held recently.

The group which

consisted of boys, girls and parents captured the Best Uniformed Group; the largest Youth Group and the group with the most female participation. The Group which numbered around fifty

(50) participants was organised and sponsored by Bhola Nauth Ramraj, a resident of the community and he pledged to continue his support for the venture in the future.

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Edghill announces presence on World Junior Circuit - advances to Canadian Open Girls' Team Final

Chelsea Edghill

Against the background of lack of sponsorship, absence of a coach due to sponsorship, pervading limited exposures compared to her opponents and a different climatic condition, Chelsea Edghill continued to defy the odds and scale new heights for Guyana.

At least that was according to the

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) website that went on to state that Chelsea seems to have a clear understanding that this would be the road map that has to be taken if she is to qualify for the 2nd Junior Olympics in Nanajing, China 2014 and achieve her true potential.

The result that started the

literature for ITTF was the fact that Chelsea will play in the Girls Open Team Final with South Korean partner, Kyojin Ku at the Canadian Junior and Cadet Table T e n n i s O p e n Championships in Markham, Ontario Canada.

What has been amazing is that her victories has been equal to that of her partner

Ku, and against the higher ranked players.

This is all after just playing in her second such event, truly revealing her talent and fulfilling her potential.

The event is an ITTF Premium World Junior C i r c u i t Ta b l e Te n n i s Tournament with Butterfly as the proud sponsors.

The tournament has a maximum of 150 entries with total prize money of Can. $8,000 and includes t h e f o l l o w i n g events/categories: Junior Boys Singles, Junior Girls Singles, Junior Boys Team, Junior Girls Team, Cadet Boys Singles, Cadet Girls Singles, Cadet Boys Team and Cadet Girls Team.

Like her predecessors before her the likes of Trenace Lowe and Michelle John, who have had some outstanding performances on the ITTF Junior Circuit, Chelsea is setting a new standard with her performance against top ranked competition.

World Masters Powerlifting C/ships 2012

Stoby smothers opposition to create history; sets new DL record of 272KGS Pg. 21

Guyana’s Winston Stoby (centre) is flanked by Koichi Taniguchi of Japan (left) and USA's Mark Sigala on the podium.

Semi-final feels “special” for Stafanie Taylor Colombo, Sri Lanka – Stafanie Taylor is looking forward to Friday, calling it one of the biggest days of her cricket career, as West Indies women prepare to face

Taylor added: “I think it is going to be a tough game and we know that Australia will come hard at us. I know they are thinking the same about us too.

Stafanie Taylor is all smiles as she prepares to bowl in the nets at the Moors Cricket Club on Wednesday. (Picture courtesy WICB) Australia women in the semifinal of the ICC World T20 tournament at the Premadasa Stadium.

The day is special for the 21-year-old allrounder and made even more special by the fact that the West Indies men will play at the same ground just moments later when they take on Australia men in the semi-finals.

“Everybody is really excited. It is great that the men are also playing in the semi-final against Australia.

It is going to be a great day and we are really looking forward to it and we are working really hard,” Taylor said.

“The fact that both matches are on Friday makes it really special. The men are supporting us 100 percent and we are also behind them.

We hope that we both make it through to the finals.”

“With the game taking place just before the men's match would mean better crowds to witness the contest. It is also an opportunity for the players to showcase their talent to the television audience, as it would be broadcast across several continents.

“Everybody will have a chance to see what the women can actually do. Lots of people may have heard about the West Indies ladies' team, but not many will have had a chance to watch us play so this is a great opportunity,” she said.

Taylor is the leading women's cricketer in the world. Last year she copped the ICC Women's Cricketerof-the-Year award and last month won the ICC ODI Player-of-the-Year 2012 award.

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