Kaieteur News

Monday October 08, 2012

Kaieteur News

Doobay Renal Centre seeks to further reduce cost of hemodialysis treatment Three years ago 65-yearold Shirley Bridgemohan was diagnosed with kidney failure. Unless a kidney transplant is done Bridgemohan would require hemodialysis treatment until death.

Accessing dialysis locally is quite costly but thanks to the Doobay Renal Centre, located at Annandale, East Coast Demerara, many Guyanese including Bridgemohan pay a minimal fee of $15,000 per session, which usually costs about $36,000.

At the Centre’s first anniversary celebrations yesterday, this publication interviewed Bridgemohan while she was undergoing dialysis. Bridgemohan is the first patient of the Centre. The elderly woman disclosed that previously she used to undergo hemodialysis at another facility but the cost was unaffordable.

The Centre’s low cost hemodialysis has allowed her to undergo treatment thrice weekly.

However, management of the Centre hopes to reduce the cost further but needs assistance from Government since it is a not-for-profit organization that functions largely on donations. These donations have enabled the Centre to maintain its policy of not turning away patients.

Yesterday, the Centre received a total of CAD$100,000 in donations from two Canadian organizations - McMaster University, and International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF) - to provide affordable health services to poor Guyanese.

A team including Dr. Euan Carlisle of the McMaster University has been playing an integral role in the Centre’s development through the provision of specialized expertise.

McMaster University furthered its support to the Centre with a generous donation of CAD$50,000.

According to Dr. Carlisle, despite the unavailability of local skills and finances, the determination of management to help the poor saw the realization of the Doobay Renal Centre. He related that the McMaster

- Appeals for Govt. assistance

Dr. Budhendra Doobay receives a donation from Dr. Euan Carlisle of McMaster University University has been supporting the Centre but more could be done if Government provides some amount of funding.

Meanwhile, the CAD$50,000 contribution from IDRF is said to be an initial donation into the Centre to see Guyanese over a six-month period pay a reduce fee for hemodialysis treatment. Chairman of IDRF, Winston Kassim, touted the Centre as a success and indicated that the partnership

between the two entities will grow.

Making a direct appeal to President Donald Ramotar for Government to assist the Centre, Founder of Doobay Renal Centre Dr. Budhendra Doobay said with additional assistance more Guyanese could access medical treatment.

He added that the Centre donated four dialysis machines to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (Continued on page 10)

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Man killed helping cops arrest suspect A 20-year-old Alberttown man was stabbed to death near his home at around 20:30 hrs yesterday while attempting to help a police officer who was trying to arrest another man.

Sule‘ Brian Assanah who would have celebrated his 21st birthday on Wednesday, was slashed to the neck by the suspect, whom police identified as a horse-cart operator. He succumbed shortly after arriving at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The incident occurred at the corner of Fourth and Light Streets, Alberttown.

Police said that the suspect fled the scene on a bicycle and was still at large at press time. Reports are that a police rank pursued the suspect to the Bourda Market area but had to retreat after the suspect brandished his knife.

This publication was told that earlier in the day, the suspect went to the home of a female acquaintance and threatened to kill her.

It is alleged that yesterday evening, a rank from the Alberttown Police Station received word that the suspect was in the area. However, when the police arrived, he was informed that the man was armed with a knife.

“Somebody give the police word that dis man who went on he bicycle had a long knife so de police ask de man ‘where de knife deh,’ and

same time Sule` pass and tell de man ‘why you giving de police a hard time, why you don’t go down to the station,” an eyewitness narrated. Eyewitnesses said that the suspect then drew a knife and slashed Assanah’s throat in full few of the unarmed police rank.

He then sped away on his bicycle, leaving the injured Assanah lying on road in a pool of blood. Assanah was rushed to the hospital by his mother, Laurine Mingo.

The badly wounded man’s mother and father, Brian Assanah waited anxiously outside the Accident and Emergency Unit until hospital staff broke the news to them.

Ms. Mingo, whose clothes were soaked with her son’s blood, clutched his slippers which she had collected from the scene as she related her last moments with her eldest son.

The woman said her son had just had a meal before he ventured on to the streets with the promise that he would return soon. “He come to me and say ‘mommy I want some food’ so I take out some fuh he and then he come again and ask for more, so I took out more and I tell he eat, that I gon eat the pepper pot and bread, and when he finish he bring two tablet and tell me keep them fuh he,” Mingo recollected as she sobbed.

“He say, ‘I gon drink one

Dead: 20-year-old Sule ‘Brain Assanah (vitamin) tablet tomorrow because you know you could get blackout if you drink the tablet on empty stomach’, and he left he tell me he going on the road and come back.”

Mingo said about two minutes later a neighbor came banging at their door informing her that “a man just slash Sule` throat”.

Ms. Mingo said she and her daughter raced to the scene where she found her son laying in a pool of blood.

The woman said she immediately grabbed her son, and the two women placed him in a car and rushed him to the GPHC. Meanwhile, even after the news was related to her about her son’s death she still remained doubtful that her son had died in such a cruel manner. Many residents who knew the young man gathered outside the hospital compound, some out of curiosity and others to show support to the grieving family.

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Editorial

Encouraging literacy As we reported last week, the Ministry of Education is going to launch another initiative to improve literacy in our public schools. Minister Priya Manickchand wants “to pull together all our local experts in literacy from across whatever divides we imagine we have; be it political, geographical or gender – all of our experts, wherever they are, we will bring them together to sit down, formulate and brainstorm what would be the best way forward in pushing the literacy agenda.”

This is a welcome initiative. We used to read more newspapers: both in relative and absolute terms. In the sixties there were at least twice the number of different newspapers published daily – and they all had their loyal readership. Then there were the institutions that encouraged broader reading. There were formal ones like the libraries that were established in the Community Centres of every sugar estate.

What did it mean for us as a nation? We were certainly better informed at a minimum and the general level of “street corner” discussions were just as certainly wider ranging.

Wide reading helped earn us the sobriquet “most politically developed” in the region.

Our educational achievements made us the envy of the Caribbean; our scholars, doctors, lawyers and other professionals adorned its institutions. They gave us a positive stereotype and made us welcome everywhere.

The retort to the above may be that books and reading are in decline all over the world and yet other countries continue to flourish. While the part about books and reading may be true, it is not reflective of the total picture and as a result can give us a distorted view of the reality.

Firstly, in the developed world, where there has been a decline in reading of books, the development has not been accepted complacently. There has been a vigorous debate about the phenomenon and in each of those countries programs have been introduced both at their national and local levels to reverse the trend.

Secondly, books and reading were a methodology for the transmission of knowledge, which played a pivotal role in moving Europe out of their “dark ages” and into a position of dominance based on the effective deployment of that knowledge.

Today the developed countries are exploring newer and more efficient ways of transmitting knowledge to supplement books. Thus, while books may be in decline in those societies, reading may actually be increasing due to the ubiquity of the internet and the vast amount of written information in its archives.

Today, each individual with a modem has at his or her disposal, a library incomparably vaster than the fabled one at Alexander of Yore. There is even a movement to actually introduce a number of courses in several colleges that require no books – just information to be downloaded from hyperspace.

What does all of this mean for us as a nation today? In a globalised world that is developing exponentially based on the increased speed of the transmission of data, it would seem obvious that our citizens must become au fait with the information flow if we are to not remain permanently mired in the backwaters. This means returning to the basics – which always began with “reading”.

We can do worse than follow the lead of the developed world and attempt to increase the reading component of our schools’ curriculum. “Reading” was the first of the “3R’s” that formed the foundation of our once high-flying educational system.

There have been concerns raised about the effect of copyright laws on making books prohibitively expensive.

Today, a dedicated band of computer experts are dedicated to making knowledge freely available. Books can be legally downloaded for free. The OLPF will also assist in making the ‘world library’ available to children.

But the key to the success of any literacy programme will be the involvement of parents who will have to encourage reading at home, through their own example. At a minimum every home should have at least one daily newspaper read by the parents – and available to the child.

Monday October 08, 2012

Letters... Where your views make the news

THE PPP ON TRIAL

DEAR EDITOR, Some in the PPP like to claim how effective the government is, even when little or no evidence of such exists. Moreover, when challenged to provide proof, they create the context, and in some instances turn to propaganda and distortions to justify their self-assessed effectiveness with a view to persuade the masses about how hard they have been toiling on their behalf.

And even when the Jagdeo/Ramotar regime is drowning in their own manufactured hogwash, they become so immune to it that they are not bothered or shaken by the views of the opposition or by the sentiments and perceptions of the people.

This kind of stubbornness and narcissistic behaviour by the PPP regime is bordering on being insensitive to the needs of the youths and the poor and the working class.

The Jagdeo/Ramotar PPP

regime is on trial because they have displayed a sense of heartlessness toward the youths and the poor and the working class in Guyana.

Based on their actions, we are convinced that the PPP cabal is completely removed from the reality that exists beyond the glass casing that separates them from the masses they pretend to serve.

The truth is that even on their best days their pretence is so obnoxious that they drive away their own supporters in droves. It is indisputable that this type of behaviour by the Jagdeo/ Ramotar regime is predictable and reactive as if they are at a Grand Opera.

The PPP regime has shown total contempt for Parliament and the combined opposition in that the Attorney General Anil Nadalall has not only challenged the noconfidence motion against the Minister of Home Affairs Mr. Rohee in the courts but

he and the PPP cabal have also distorted the decision of the Chief Justice Ian Chang in the budget case to mislead the public.

The opposition is aware of this but they have done nothing to prevent the Minister of Finance Ashni Singh from using the Contingency Funds to pay the contract workers at the Office of the President.

The majority opposition must end their lackadaisical posture and stand up and represent the people as Sharma Solomon and Vanessa Kissoon did at Linden. We believe that if the people of Linden had waited for APNU to represent them in the manner Solomon and Kissoon did, they would have waited in vain because it was the leaders of APNU who in April cut backroom deals with the PPP to increase the electricity rates at Linden that led to the protest and the subsequent murders of three unarmed young men.

For one reason, the

opposition parties need plenipotentiaries to coordinate their policies and to maintain the same or similar line of argument/criticism against the PPP. For another, both the AFC and APNU should start the process of developing a shadow budget in order to have an estimated amount of the cost of next year’s budget.

It is our understanding that the PPP intends to bloat the budget in excess of $40 billion with the expectation that the opposition will cut part of that amount and still leave them with the required amount needed for fiscal year 2013. And the leader of the Parliamentary opposition who prides himself as a security Czar is yet to present a security plan/bill to Parliament.

The minority PPP-led government has had enough time to improve the standard of living in Guyana but they have failed to demonstrate to the masses that they are the Continued on page 5

DEAR EDITOR, I am somewhat confused as to the terms and conditions regarding “Noise Nuisance” in this country. There have been so many different reasons given as to why different groups or categories if I may say are allowed to affect the public all hours in the night with loud music and with police protection.

Please allow me to share my saga that took place on Saturday October 6, 2012. I am living in Windsor Forest on the West Coast of Demerara.

On Friday 5th October, 2012 I learnt, via a loud almost deafening sound coming from a moving vehicle, of a floodlight cricket match and an after match party to be held at the neighbourhood playground which is just a few yards away from my house. I consoled myself, saying it was a cricket match.

To my surprise, from about 3 o’clock on the afternoon of the 6th, the music was so loud that my house was literally vibrating.

I called the Den Amstel Police Station and the police officer was not certain if permission was granted.

Then another officer interrupted, saying permission was granted for music to be played until 2am the following day but she would look into it. I then called Leonora Police Station and was told that permission can be granted for up to 12pm and they would have to tone down by 9pm. I thought, “okay” that sounded somewhat reasonable. At

11:30pm I called Den Amstel Police Station, only to be told by the officer “Maam, de people get permission and there is nothing I can do about it.”

Half an hour later, I called again and another female officer answered with a similar response and put the phone down while I was still on the other end.

At around the same time, I called the Police 48-hours quick response and spoke with Inspector Thomas. She told me that she will make contact with the station. At a quarter past twelve, I made another call to the 48-hour quick response, there again to be told by Constable Brown that she will call the station to find out what was happening. While the noise was coming from the system, the alarms on the cars parked along the street were another trauma to deal with.

Then came scores of young boys, breaking bottles in the street. The actions of the Police Force lends to the interpretation that these kinds of events are suppose to be tolerated by the public even if it means staying up all night with the roof of your house vibrating.

My question to the Commissioner of Police and Home Affairs Minister is: What is the role of our Police Force when it comes to maintaining public peace? It is certainly not to act on behalf of those affected by such insensible and aggravating wild midnight open-air parties.

It appears that Guyanese are voiceless, helpless and have little or no right to enjoy good sleep in their own home when these insane party animals decide to rock the roofs with music boxes twenty feet high. Shame on you Mr. Commander of Leonora Police Station to give such permission to disturb our peace and then go into your bed and have a full night rest.

Again I say shame on you.

This is not the first time this is happening and I am quite sure it will not be the last time, since these types of activities are fast becoming a culture. A culture that is irksome to peaceful citizens but friendly to our Police Force.

In conclusion, the police did show up conveniently at 1:30am and the party did go on until 2am although I sought help since 3pm the previous day.

Name supplied

Shame on you Mr. Commander

Congrats are in order for the police at Lethem DEAR EDITOR, Last week’s recovery by the Guyana Police Force of an arsenal of arms and ammunition and other sophisticated equipment at Lethem should not go unnoticed by the entire Guyanese public.

It came at a time when the force has been under the microscope for all the wrong reasons.

While I do not know the real circumstances that led to the discovery, except what I read in the media, it must have been some good work by the police resulted in this significant bust.

Surely with such caliber weapons, it is one of the largest single haul of illegal weapons by the local security forces.

I agree with the police officer who was quoted in the Kaieteur News as saying “That cache, in the hands of

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

How true is that statement!

I want to personally congratulate the members of the Guyana Police Force who were instrumental in probably saving this nation from the jaws of a major criminal assault.

But the task does not end here. It would be a bitter pill to swallow if they fail to secure a successful prosecution in the first instance.

It is my hope that they will not only settle with the prosecution of those presently in custody but go after all the players involved.

Cobeer Persaud (Anand)

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

Chicken, the infant industry that never grew up DEAR EDITOR, About fifteen years ago the government placed a barrier on the importation of foreign chicken, based on the argument that Guyana’s chicken industry was in its infant stage and therefore needed protection to fully blossom.

That decision by the policy makers seemed a good idea at the time. It allowed several Guyanese the economic space to trade in the chicken market, creating jobs for local people and earned a profit for investors as well as purchased inventories from other sectors. Unfortunately, the consequences of this decision have been painful to those who buy chicken on daily basis.

Chicken consumers have always had to pay a higher price per pound after this trade barrier was erected. The cost (could be in the hundreds of millions of GY dollars) this barrier has on our society is huge and can be greater if government doesn’t reform this industry and force it to grow sooner.

Currently, the big players in this industry are laid back, not investing in the right inputs to ensure the industry can compete without any protectionist policy. This is not withstanding the increases in tonnage produced every year.

Investment is not at the level it could be if there were to be the possibility that investors in this industry had to compete with foreign players, essentially becoming a grown up industry.

If this possibility were to exist, then we would see greater investment into research and development, technology that will ensure that chickens are bred in the most efficient manner, an increased square footage of pens under cultivation and an improved hatchery facility.

All these measures would ensure that the production cost of chicken in Guyana is reduced and an increased in pounds of chickens available to the Guyanese consumer.

The price for chicken would fall. This would be good news for the poor who spend most of their income on food.

From page 4 stewards who are worthy of their trust. The regime has had enough time to formulate an economic development plan to create employment for the youths and those willing to work, a crime prevention program, an Anti-Corruption Agency to reduce corruption, and an educational curriculum to shrink the failures at examinations. But so far, the Jagdeo/Ramotar regime has not even come close of achieving any of the above.

In fact, the Minister of Education Pyria Manickchand should stop masquerading over inconsequential issues such as the flogging of students and focus on the bigger issue of reducing failures to a minimum.

It may appear to Mr. Ramotar and his government that things are hunky-dory, but nothing could be further from the truth—times are extremely hard for the youths and the poor and the working class who are at their wits end to put food on the table. The Jagdeo/Ramotar regime should know by now that the clock is ticking, the tension is building and the poor and the working class are about to explode under the enormous pressure.

These are tough times.

Crime and violence, narcotics trafficking and corruption are on the upswing, unemployment continues to rise to new heights, real wages

have declined, frustration and misery are peaking, and yet the government seems clueless as to the seriousness and extensiveness of the plight of the poor and the working class. Still, some in the PPP and their wealthy friends appear to live so comfortable that one wonders which country they live in.

In conclusion, for those who continue to harbour doubts about which political party we support, one thing remains clear: we are not beholden to any party. We shall always be guided by truth and honesty. And while we do not aspire to assume any meaningful role, we remain grounded in our conviction and steadfast love for Guyana, sufficient to declare that any criticisms of the opposition are not that we love them less, but that we love Guyana and Guyanese more. Our conscious is our guide.

Dr. Asquith Rose and Harish S. Singh

The PPP on trial

The welfare of society would improve citrus paribus, regardless of how minute, but my thinking is that, welfare would increase greatly, as we are a chicken eating nation, twenty plus tonnes consumed in 2011.

Our experience with the sugar industry should give an understanding of the dangers that lie ahead.

If another country somehow manages to successfully challenge such protectionism or the World Trade Organisation is to change its stance on this type of policy, then we would be unprepared to trade and compete with other countries that are comparatively more efficient in this industry. We would be running around putting together action plans that would not work, as is the case for GUYSUCO. We may even end up panic spending to equip the industry to stand on its own feet, which, as in GUYSUCO’s case, taxpayers would feel the blunt of the spending.

Foreign chicken would sell more and replace our inefficient, unprepared chicken industry.

This would have implications for our food security and balance of trade.

We would need more foreign currency to pay for this produce and the impact on Guyana’s welfare could be adverse in the long run. So let us not repeat the mistakes of the sugar industry and plan and invest for the future.

I strongly believe it is time we rethink Guyana’s long run position with poultry production and set the policies that will allow for a proactive investment strategy, not the one we currently enjoy.

Malachi James

Sports, arts and music sell your country, not the politicians DEAR SIR, Our Golden Jaguars football team had brought international recognition to our country after the world cup game against El Salvador in that country. It was given a standing ovation by the spectators, amounting to some forty thousand, according to reports.

The players and technical personnel have become ambassadors for our country. What better way to sell the message for tourism? They will be sought after wherever they go to furnish information on difference aspects of the life in their country.

My pitch here is that your sports fraternity, your culture – the arts and music, sell your country, not the politicians.

The politicians are there to facilitate, not patronize these areas of endeavours. These are assets of any country and must be given priority in financing and legal protection.

I would like to make music my main focus in this letter. In April of 2011, I participated at the Guyana Music Festival where the attendance was very, very poor, both from patrons and participants alike.

Why? Limited advertisement!

The Minister of Culture, Youth a n d S p o r t , M r.

Anthony said, in part, a school of music will be set up, which was done, and there will be no teaching of this discipline in public schools.

When these folks would have finished their stint at the School of Music, what next?

You cannot have commodities to sell and don’t, it will lose its value and you would have to dump it. We do not have a music industry in Guyana because there is no relevant law to protect it in this the 21st century.

These people will eventually leave for some other country where they may be able to pursue their dream.

Perhaps you may want to utilize them to entertain the diplomatic circle and other visitors whenever they visit these shores, and they will need to have recorded music of Guyanese culture to take back with them when they are going home.

What do you do in this instance, pay some musicians to do some recording to give away to these folks and then they sit and wait until a next time?

People need to live off of their God given talent. There were visiting musicians from America who performed at this festival; they come from a country that has protection for intellectual property.

I had a chat with some fellow musicians who said to me that on appealing to the former Head-of-state about the copyrights law, they were told that if it was enacted, many people will not be able

to send their children to school. If that was said, that cannot be fair.

The government is suppose to put systems (legal) in place to help the citizens of this country; not to take away someone else’s right to give it to somebody else.

The spirit of the people of this lovely native land is shedding tears on a daily basis because it is locked away in some dark place, fighting to get out. The people entered into a social contract with the politician to facilitate ways that we can pursue our talents.

Mr. Minister, you were able to get some chutney singers of Guyana to participate in Trinidad; if you can enact the copy rights law, we the musicians and promoters can do that for that is our business to do.

Let us nurture our Bob Marleys, our Montanos, our Gabbys right here in Guyana.

Let us nurture our Usain Bolts and Blake right here in Guyana and we together will sell our country Guyana to the world.

So, Mr. Minister, do the right thing by the people and put those things into place and let us, the people, do what we have to do and display this country like it has never been seen before.

Rudolph Marshall

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Monday October 08, 2012

Bandits smash door with sledge-hammer...

Man shot, wife’s hand broken Masked bandits subjected a Corentyne, Berbice couple to a brutal beating at around 23:00 hrs on Saturday after using a sledge hammer to smash down their door.

Chanderdat Samaroo, 40, of Nigg Squatting Area, Corentyne, was shot in the leg by one of the robbers who dragged him out from under a bed, where he had sought refuge from the gang.

The five-man gang also brutalised Samaroo’s wife, Tangama Madramootoo, leaving her with a broken hand. Samaroo has been admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital, while Madramootoo is being treated at the New Amsterdam Hospital.

The bandits carted off an undisclosed sum of cash and over $500,000 worth in jewelry, three cell phones and a CD player. Kaieteur News was told that none of the neighbours dared to come to the family’s aid since the bandits were shooting wildly at the house and windows.

Police later recovered several spent shells, along

with the sledge hammer. They are also questioning two suspects.

The still-traumatised Samaroo told Kaieteur News that he was sleeping when he heard some noises.

“I was sleeping and then all of a sudden I hear people knocking down the door to come in.”

He revealed that while his wife remained on the bed, he hid underneath to avoid the intruders. But the men found him and dragged him out.

“They come in the room and beat her and when they finish they pull me out from under the bed and they carry me to the hall and they shoot me and they ask me for the money and gold,” the injured man said.

He claimed that the robbers, who were wearing masks and dressed in black, collected the money and told him that they will be back.

“After they left, neighbours come over and they carry us to the hospital.”

According to Samaroo, his spouse operates as a money-lender and he suspects that the robbers had

The wounded Chanderdat Samaroo in hospital their eyes on her.

Madramootoo was reported to have collected $50,000 from a money transfer firm in the area earlier in the day.

“I think they were eyeing her because she does go to the market every week and when the bandits come they ask for ‘the bag’.”

The couple’s daughter, Indranie Hassan, said she awoke after hearing her mother screaming ‘thief! thief!’

“I saw they were shooting up and they started to break up the door with a big sledge hammer.” She quickly hid under the bed in her room but was able to listen as the men beat her parents with pieces of wood and bolts from the shattered door.

“After they break the door, they came in the house and they started to cuss up and asked for all the money and all the gold and my mommy told them that she don’t have that and they started to beat she up and they told my mommy that she

got a black purse and that they saw her earlier in the day with it walking at the Port Mourant Market.

“She gave them but they continued to beat them (the parents) for more and she told them she ain’t got more”.

She said that the men then shot her father, then continued to beat her parents.

Hassan related that her mother pulled off the mask of one of the bandits. This caused the men to subject her to another beating.

“They continued beating she up although she begging and they tell she they will shoot her if she ain’t give them the money and gold.”

The couple’s five-yearold grandson was crying during the ordeal but was left unharmed.

The daughter said that the ordeal has left her mother badly tramautised.

“Like she tripping...she steady seeing them and she doesn’t know what she saying sometimes... the nurse telling we that she can’t sleep and she always screaming.”

The couple who is currently hospitalised

Hassan (left) and her sister stand in front of the door which was destroyed by the bandits

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Venezuela’s Chavez re-elected to extend socialist rule CARACAS (Reuters) Venezuela’s socialist President Hugo Chavez won re-election on Sunday, quashing the opposition’s best chance at unseating him in 14 years and cementing himself as a dominant figure in modern Latin American history.

The 58-year-old Chavez took 54.42 percent of the vote, with 90 percent of the ballots counted, to 44.97 percent for the young opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, official results showed.

Chavez’s victory would extend his rule of the OPEC member state to two decades, though he is recovering from cancer and the possibility of a recurrence hangs over his political future.

Jubilant supporters poured onto the streets of Caracas to celebrate the victory of a man who has near-Messianic status among Venezuela’s poor, and there was relief too among leftist allies around the region - from Cuba to Bolivia - who rely on his oil-financed generosity.

“I’m celebrating with a big heart,” said Mary Reina, a 62-year-old Chavez supporter who lives in the hillside slum where the president cast his vote.

“Chavez is the hope of the people and of Latin America.”

Chavez fans partied and set off fireworks in the streets.

The mood was grim at Capriles’ campaign headquarters, where

opposition supporters broke into tears. The opposition will now have to regroup quickly for state elections in December.

Since taking power in 1999, the flamboyant former soldier has become a global flag bearer of “antiimperialism,” gleefully baiting the U.S. government while befriending leaders from Iran to Belarus whom the West views with suspicion.

At home, casting himself as an heir to independence hero Simon Bolivar, Chavez has poured billions of dollars in oil revenues into antipoverty programs, and skillfully used his humble roots and folksy oratory to build a close connection with the masses.

While that ensured his reelection, the opposition’s big share of the vote reflected a real and growing anger at Chavez’s failure to fix basic problems such as violent crime, potholed roads, electricity blackouts and entrenched corruption at all levels.

WHAT NEXT? Attention will now shift to Chavez’s plans for a new sixyear term at the helm of South America’s biggest oil exporter. The government spent lavishly during the campaign to boost Chavez’s chances, likely ensuring healthy economic growth of 4 to 5 percent this year but potentially paving the way for an inflation-fueled hangover in 2013.

In the past, Chavez has taken advantage of election wins to press forward with radical reforms, and there is speculation that his taste for nationalizations may turn to some untouched corners of Venezuela’s banking, food and health industries.

Having already controversially amended the constitution to scrap presidential term limits, Chavez might also be tempted to tinker with it further to ensure continuity for his ruling Socialist Party should his cancer return.

The constitution states that if an incumbent steps down in the first four years of a six-year term, a new vote would be called. Under such a scenario, Capriles or another opposition candidate would have another crack at power.

Either way, all eyes will be on Chavez’s health again.

During a year’s treatment from mid-2011, Chavez endured three operations for two cancerous tumors, and chemotherapy that left him bald, exhausted and fearing death at his lowest point.

He wrongly declared himself cured once, and repeated that in July after a recurrence, prompting skepticism from doctors who say that at least two years must pass before a cancer patient can be given a clean bill of health.

Chavez has looked bloated and at times

Cameron warns Britons to expect more budget cuts (Reuters) - Britain will have to keep cutting public spending to reduce the budget deficit, Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday, underlining the government’s tough task of pulling the country out of recession while winning back waning public support.

Cameron cited the euro zone crisis in explaining the problems facing the British economy, comments which are likely to please the influential eurosceptic wing of his Conservatives as they gather for the party’s annual conference.

“It is a very challenging situation, you only have to switch on your television set and look at what is happening in the euro zone.

We have got many countries going into quite a deep recession, these are very difficult times,” Cameron said.

An aide said the government was paving the way for the next phase of austerity rather than

signalling bigger than planned measures, but economists say longer or deeper cuts look likely after a return to recession cast doubt over its deficit targets.

The next election in 2015 will be fought on the economy and how best to get the deficit, which peaked at 11 percent of the nation’s annual economic output, under control.

Cameron’s Conservative-led coalition planned to all but erase the deficit by 2015 but has been forced to project two more years of cuts.

Underlying borrowing between April and August was a fifth higher than last year, suggesting that either bigger cuts or a further extension of austerity could be on the cards when the government updates its economic forecasts on December 5.

“We inherited a budget deficit at around 11 percent, it is down to 8 percent,” Cameron told the BBC.

exhausted in recent months, but he ran a surprisingly energetic end to his campaign, even managing to dance, sing and strum a guitar at rallies.

Any sign of a downturn in his health from now would stoke a succession debate in the Socialist Party. Congress head Diosdado Cabello, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and Vice President Elias Jaua all look well-placed for a potential push for leadership.

But none of Chavez’s allies come anywhere near his popularity, so were there to be another election, Capriles could be a favorite after a widely-praised campaign that has made him well-known across Venezuela, a nation of 29 million people.

Though the 40-year-old Capriles is the oncerudderless opposition’s best leader of the Chavez era, his position is not guaranteed, with other young figures including Zulia state governor Pablo Perez and telegenic former Caracas district mayor Leopoldo Lopez - waiting in the wings.

STATE ELECTIONS AHEAD Now, Capriles and other leaders of the Democratic Unity coalition must dust themselves off and prepare for state governorship elections in December, when they will hope at least to increase the opposition’s influence at the local level.

Chavez’s new six-year term begins on January 10.

His latest election win continues a remarkable story that began with his birth on July 28, 1954, in a mud hut belonging to his grandmother in the rural village of Sabaneta. He joined the army and spent years plotting before a failed coup in 1992 against then-President Carlos Andres Perez.

On his way into jail, wearing a red military beret that was to become his trademark, Chavez gave a twominute televised speech admitting that his revolution had failed “for now.” The speech electrified the nation and launched his political career. Pardoned in 1994, Chavez began crisscrossing the country sharing his

vision and eventually shocking the political elite by sweeping to victory at the ballot box in 1998.

With private media and business leaders opposed to his rule, Chavez was briefly toppled by army dissidents and street protests in 2002 but returned two days later thanks to military loyalists and popular counterdemonstrations. He also survived an economically crippling oil strike.

Chavez’s win will probably mean more foreign investment from politically allied countries such as China, Russia, Iran and Belarus, while Western investors remain more cautious. Relations with Washington are also likely to remain on edge, though Venezuelan oil has continued to flow to the United States over the years despite the diplomatic tension.

Wall Street had been hoping for a Capriles win, so prices of Venezuelan bonds among the most activelytraded emerging market debt - are likely to dip on Chavez’s triumph.

China must reform or risk crisis, experts warn new leader David Cameron Referring to this year, he added: “It is too early to say where they will end up.”

Official figures in March predicted a fall to below 6 percent this year, a target which now looks uncertain.

Abandoning the austerity plan would prove politically disastrous for the Conservatives, who staked their 2010 election campaign on it.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China risks economic malaise, deepening unrest and ultimately even a crisis that could shake the Communist Party’s grip on power unless its next leader, Xi Jinping, pushes through stalled reforms, experts close to the government have warned.

The warnings, striking for their openly urgent tone, have been aired both inside the party and publicly, and reflect an internal debate about the direction of the new leadership that takes power next month.

“There is a potential crisis in China’s model of economic growth,” said a paper from Strategy and Reform, one of several think tanks and groups that throughout this year have plied officials with blueprints for Xi’s coming decade in power.

“The next decade might be the last opportunity for actively pursuing reform, and we should treasure this last chance,” said the

paper released on the group’s website (www.reform.org.cn).

“China is confronting a perilous jump, one that it can neither hide from nor avoid no matter what,” said the paper from the group, which includes academics, company executives, government policy-advisers and some officials.

China heads into next month’s party congress - where Xi is set to take over from Hu Jintao as top leader - with the economy heading for its slowest annual growth rate in at least 13 years, while social stresses, such as ire over corruption, land grabs and unmet welfare demands have stirred protests.

“China’s economic and social contradictions seem to be nearing a threshold,” prominent Chinese economist Wu Jinglian said in a recent interview with Caijing business magazine.

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IDB launches credit Two dead, two others hospitalised in Antigua plane crash facility for Caribbean WASHINGTON - CMC The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched two new contingent credit facilities for Latin America and the Caribbean to help countries deal beforehand with shocks caused by external financial crises and to help nations cope with the aftermath of natural disasters.

The Washington-based financial institution said a new Development Sustainability Contingent Credit Line (DSL) will make US$6 billion available to the IDB’s 26 borrowing membercountries over the 2012-2014 period, with a maximum of $2 billion per year and with unused resources from one year carrying over to the next one. The new line is designed to help countries protect its poorest citizens from sharp fluctuations in commodity prices, global liquidity crises and other exogenous factors.

It said a separate Contingent Credit Line for Natural Disasters (CCL) will help countries cover urgent

Luis Alberto Moreno financing needs that arise immediately after a natural disaster. The IDB said the overall amount for the CCL is capped at US$2 billion for 2012-2014.

In addition, it said a separate and currently available Contingent Credit Facility for Natural Disasters (CCF) is being expanded.

“Many of the poorest citizens of Latin America and the Caribbean region have seen their lives improve in recent years thanks to better

social programs and m a c r o e c o n o m i c management,” said IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno.

“Development Banks, such as ours, can help protect these policies and social programmes from earthquakes, floods, commodity price fluctuations, external financial crises and other events that are beyond the control of governments,” he added.

The new DSL replaces the previous US$3 billion Emergency Lending facility, the IDB said.

It is designed to specifically protect programmes and policies that assist the poor from external financial shocks and is capped at a maximum of US$300 million per country, or 2 percent of a country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), whichever is lower.

Countries get the contingency line approved before the event takes place, the IDB said.

Senator under salary probe Jamaica Guardian Independent Senator Dr Victor Wheeler, who has vociferously complained about the financial troubles

of the Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA), is now the centre of an investigation by the Ministry of Health into alleged

duplicate payments made to him after his contract on secondment to the hospital ended.

While Wheeler cannot explain why his contract was not renewed in August 2009, he said any query about payments should be about what is owed to him, not what he has earned.

Official documents obtained by Sunday Guardian show that Wheeler’s secondment as a specialist medical officer at the TRHA ended on July 15, 2007. He resumed duties as acting medical director of the TRHA on January 2, and July 15, 2007.

Caribarena Antigua - Two people have been reported dead in a plane crash at the V. C. Bird International Airport yesterday afternoon.

Informed sources said the pilot and a female passenger of the Fly Montserrat Islander aircraft died when the plane failed to take-off around 4 pm.

Reports say four people were on the aircraft and two people are hospitalized at the Mount St. John’s Medical

Centre.

Early reports indicate that the pilot was cleared for takeoff by the Control Tower, but that the plane crashed while taking-off.

One man who was in the area said he heard a loud noise causing him to rush to the airport to investigate the sound. “I immediately felt that the plane crashed,” said Raymond Chaia, who lives nearby at Coolidge.

Airport authorities closed

the airport as scores of emergency personnel converged on the scene of the crash near number 10 runway within the airport compound.

The airport has since been re-opened.

Speculations are that weather conditions may have been a factor in the crash.

There have been heavy rains accompanied by thunder and lightning before and around the time of the crash.

Businessman challenges controversial section of Administration of Justice Act PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - CMC - Another legal challenge has been mounted against the state, this time by businessman, Steve Ferguson, who is among at least three others who are challenging as unconstitutional, the move to have the Parliament retroactively repeal the controversial Section 34 of the Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Act. According to media reports, Ferguson and Maritime Life and General Co Ltd executives John Smith and Barbara Gomes were first from the batch of accused involved in the Piarco Airport Development project fraud matter, to file fresh challenges in the Port-of-Spain High Court last week challenging

the Parliament’s decision to repeal the controversial clause.

Lawyers representing Ferguson filed one action on Wednesday while similar actions were filed on behalf of Smith and Gomes on Friday.

The controversial section, which was repealed in the Parliament last month, is being challenged on the grounds it undermined the separation of powers and took away the rights of those who had filed applications to have their cases, some more than ten years old, dismissed by a High Court judge .

Ferguson, Smith and Gomes have also filed actions which sought to have their corruption matters dismissed under Section 34. A hearing

is yet to be held as a judge still has to be appointed by the Registrar of the Supreme Court to hear those applications.

The others who have filed “Section 34 applications” seeking freedom from prosecution included former finance minister Brian Kuei Tung, Ameer Edoo, Maritime Finance; Northern Construction Ltd; Fidelity Finance Leasing Company Ltd; and former government ministers Carlos John and Russell Huggins.

Despite the contentious clause being repealed and assented to by President George Maxwell Richards, those who have filed applications are still pursuing their matters on the grounds of abuse.

Fiscal package ‘fraudulent’ Trinidad Express - The 2012/2013 budget has been described as fraudulent by Opposition Member of Parliament Colm Imbert.

Speaking with reporters at his constituency office at Morne Coco Road yesterday, Imbert, who is due to be the first Opposition speaker in Parliament this morning when the budget debate resumes, said: “I intend to look at in some detail the budget arithmetic. I am convinced that the budget figures are fraudulent. It is the best way I can describe it. What the Minister (of Finance Larry Howai) has done is he changed last year’s figures to create an illusion of growth.

He shrunk the GDP for last year, he made it smaller, so I will go into some great detail on the manipulation of the figures.

No minister of finance has done that before. I have never seen a minister of Finance

manipulate figures in order to give a false picture of reality, but I am going to deal with that in great detail on Monday.”

Imbert said he will also look at the gas price and the gas subsidy very carefully and what he described as “misinformation” that is out there.

“I don’t think people properly understand what is going on, so I will just give you a little clue. That $5.75 is not the cost price of the gasoline. When gas is subsidised it means the Government pays the difference between the cost price and the price at the pump. But my understanding is that premium was subsidised by about 75 cents, so cost of premium is really $4.75. So what is the thinking of going to $5.75 you are profiting. So you have gone from a situation of subsidising to making a profit on the population,” he said.

Colm Imbert Imbert said the Government which has accused the People’s National Movement (PNM) of squandermania, has brought the three largest budgets in this country’s history with this present budget being the biggest ever, but not thing is being done.

Monday October 08, 2012

By the time this is read, Hugo Chavez will be well on his way to another term after another landslide victory. The imperialists will suffer another blow as a result of the victory of the Venezuelan leader.

They want to see the backs of Hugo Chavez so that they continue their exploitation of the continent.

Venezuela stands as an obstacle towards imperialist influence in the region.

Chavez’s socialist revolution is also fraught with the

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possibility that other countries facing the same sort of problems that Venezuela faces may wish to imitate that country’s model.

Much therefore is hanging on the election results. Chavez merely needs a plurality of votes to win the election but anything less than a landslide would indicate that the Bolivarian Revolution is losing ground after fourteen years.

The election in Venezuela is therefore important to the

future of the Bolivarian Revolution which Chavez’s hopes will eventually sweep the entire continent. A big win is therefore crucial to the credibility of that process.

Strangely, the proimperialist western media are indicating a possible close race. It would be extremely surprising if the race ends up anywhere near close and it is hoped that when Chavez wins by a landslide, as is expected, that the expectations created by these reports of a close

Fire Chief urges households to have ‘home fire plan’

As Fire Prevention Week begins, Chief Fire Officer Marlon Gentle has made yet another appeal to citizens to play a meaningful role in preventing tragedies like the recent Drysdale Street fire which left four persons dead and a badly burnt woman battling for her life.

Giving several tips on fire prevention, Gentle pointed out that the security grille work is one of the major factors that prevented firemen from conducting a proper rescue.

The Fire Chief said that over the years, the Fire Service has made its comments clear about grille works on dwelling houses which can impede fire rescue operations.

He acknowledged that grilles are installed as a security feature. But Gentle outlined that they ultimately will pose some kind of threat should an emergency arise in that building that necessitates a speedy exit, “more so in fire condition”.

“It must be noted that while it is a personal call by citizens to install grille work they should have some kind of feature that will aid in a quick and speedy exit should the need arise…it should be some sort of contraption that will easily open in a case of emergency.”

Remarkably, Gentle said, the Drysdale Street building had an emergency feature on the grille work that would have enabled the occupants to exit through the windows. He said that this is a feature that is rarely seen.

Speaking about some other measures which home owners can take in order to save their properties and lives, Gentle said each family should have what he calls a ‘home fire plan’. He explained that citizens should take it upon themselves to educate their household.

“Persons should have a basic knowledge

and plan in the event of a fire; the plan should be practiced. There should be a designated place for keys to doors and grilles; there should be fire extinguishers and each family member should know the basic ‘stop drop and roll’ routine.”

Gentle explained that given the fact that smoke is usually above the ground, a person should immediately drop to the ground and crawl to the nearest exit.

“A person should never try to run back into a burning building once they have made it out; it is also important to cut off the source of the fire immediately once the opportunity presents itself. “If you see an electric wire on fire first thing you should do is turn off the main switch in the house.”

Gentle further stated that he would like to see smoke detectors being used in homes as they buy time in the event of a fire.

“We have been bombarded in recent times about the use of smoke detectors, the best brand and other information about the use of these devices, which is a good thing, so we will begin our campaign about the use of this.”

Meanwhile, the Fire Chief said his ranks will continue to do their part with the resources they have, once they are called to a fire scene, and despite the criticisms.

He, however, pointed out that in many instances fires could have been prevented if citizens would have done what they were supposed to in the first instance.

Gentle said already for this year they have seen an alarming number of deaths by fire as well as destruction of properties. To date there has been ten deaths by fire and 88 buildings destroyed as compared to 80 buildings for the same period last year.

race do not form the basis for a rejection of the results of the international community which has certified previous elections as being free.

A great deal is riding for the Caribbean on the elections in Venezuela. A loss of Chavez will force the end of the Petrocaribe arrangement.

For the Jamaicans the end of this facility can spell economic doom and at the least will cause serious economic dislocations. The same can be said of the other countries of the Caribbean who have had the courage to be part of this arrangement.

Those countries that are part of the Petrocaribe arrangement cannot afford the end of this initiative, especially at this time when oil credit is so needed to cushion against the very high prices for oil.

A loss of Chavez would have also meant the end of ALBA, one of the foremost integration movements of Latin America. While UNASUR may have overshadowed the ALBA, the latter offers far more benefits to signatory states including provisions for the creation of a development bank for South America. If Chavez loses the election, it will signal the end of ALBA and the end of Banco del Sur. For Guyana it will almost certainly create problems for development of the

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Essequibo because there is no guarantee that any new President will be as generous and considerate to Guyana as Chavez has been.

It will also mean that the poor in Venezuela will return to a system in which inequality will increase.

Chavez’s pro-poor programmes and his nationalization of the oil industry in the country have delivered tremendous benefits to the people of that country.

In yesterday’s elections he faced a united opposition, bonded together around a young candidate. And while there have been accusations that Chavez has enjoyed certain advantages because of his grip on power, it must be conceded that he faces an opposition that is backed by the most powerful power in the world and one that has never been shy about exerting its influence or of destabilizing the Chavez regime.

The Americans would love nothing better than to see the back of Hugo Chavez and they have been successful in lining up the opposition parties against him.

However, the days of oligarchic rule in Venezuela and much of Latin American are numbered and the poor in Venezuela are not likely to allow for a reversal of what took place.

They have suffered for

far too long under candidates that were in the camp of the oligarchy of that country. Under Chavez they have benefitted i m m e n s e l y, i n c l u d i n g enjoying the services of thousands of Cuban doctors working to improve health care.

Petrol dollars now at its highest internationally have not gone into the pockets of the rich. Chavez has used the windfall from oil revenues to assist the poor and they are not going to disappoint him by staying at home.

The poor know that their liberator is Hugo Chavez and they are going to go out in their numbers to ensure that the social programs that were initiated under the Bolivarian Revolution are not reversed.

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Groups slam police on Belgrave shooting death Police have detained the 15-year-old boy who was driving the car that ranks were pursuing on Friday night when they accidentally shot and killed Dameon Belgrave.

Police confirmed that the teen turned himself in on Saturday. The lad’s three other friends who were detained on Friday are still in custody.

Kaieteur News understands that they are likely to be placed on an identification parade today.

An official said that the police are trying to ascertain if the young boys are connected to a number of robberies in the Tucville/ South Ruimveldt area, even though they have no evidence to suggest this.

This newspaper was told that the three police officers, including a corporal from the Tactical Services Unit (TSU), remain under “close arrest” as investigations continue into the fatal shooting of 21year-old Dameon Belgrave on Friday night. Their weapons, two M-70 assault rifles and a 9mm pistol, have been lodged.

Belgrave, who would have celebrated his 22nd birthday on Saturday, was fatally shot while standing with friends at the White Castle Fish Shop at Hadfield and Lime Streets.

A high-speed chase involving ranks from the Tactical Service Unit and the

- 15-year-old ‘joyride driver’ detained occupants of a white motor car (PGG 3506) ended in proximity to the popular hangout, and eyewitnesses have related that shots were fired indiscriminately.

The police have come in for scathing criticism from various political and civic groups for what is seen as another example of indiscriminate use of force.

Yesterday the People’s Parliament called for a ban of live ammunition except by specially trained units under effective control of competent officers.

In a release, the organization said that the shooting is yet another disgraceful example of police indiscipline.

“The circumstances of the shooting reinforce the case for withdrawing fire-arms from all police ranks engaged in routine patrols,” the group said, adding that the incident provokes a number of questions.

“It is a well-known fact that the (White Castle) FishShop is a popular hang-out on a Friday evening with crowds spilling across both lanes of Hadfield Street and down the median between them...it is inconceivable that any sane person, let alone supposedly trained officers, would be so inept as to open fire in such a crowded area,”

the release stated.

“Secondly, they had no idea who the persons were at which they shooting. Even if the men in the vehicle were known and wanted hardened criminals, there is no justification for firing at them in a crowded street. Thirdly, are there no routine protocols whereby police suspicions of a fleeing vehicle are relayed by radio or phone rather than wild bounty-hunter tactics such as employed by these officers?”

According to the release, the police force is systemically incapable of policing the communities in a civilized manner.

“Ill-trained police carrying high-powered weapon is a recipe for deadly mistakes.

This is particularly the case when the police view themselves as primarily engaged in a war on crime rather than protection of the communities.”

And a statement from the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) recommended that ”the use of live ammunition be banned except by specially trained units under effective control of competent officers.” If all of those conditions were met, the use of firearms would be severely restricted.

“Beyond the catalogue of evidence supporting these conclusions, each passing incident reinforces the additional conclusion that root-and-branch reform of the GPF away from its militia origins is fundamental to creating a modern communityoriented police service.”

Meanwhile, the Alliance for Change (AFC) said that the most recent tragedy demonstrates that there are units of the GPF which are clearly out of control, accountable to no one, and

unfamiliar with the rules of engagement when pursuing suspects.

“It must now be patently obvious that the GPF is in need of deep structural change, the goal of which is to produce a modern efficient police service which incorporates modern approaches to law enforcement with respect for human rights as its cornerstone,” the AFC said in its release.

“It is equally obvious that the management practices deployed by the GPF and the Ministry of Home Affairs for the past decade and a half have consistently failed to protect and serve the citizens of Guyana.

“The citizenry can no longer endure the fatal consequences of reckless and failed police methods deployed by the GPF. “The AFC calls on all organizations, including the Private sector, religious, social and NGOs, to raise their voices in the light of this madness that we are forced to endure daily.

“This is beyond politics.

This is an issue of what sort of society we want to help build and create in Guyana.

How many more will have to suffer this fate. We offer our deepest and most profound sympathies to the parents,

relatives and friends of Mr. Dameon Belgrave. May his soul soar forever.”

Similar sentiments were expressed by the North American Region (NAR) of the Peoples National Congress Reform.

“This shooting comes at a time when there is an independent investigation into the shooting to death of three innocent Linden protesters, by members of the Guyana Police Force. It also comes at a time when three policemen have just been charged for the slaying of 17year-old Shaquille Grant, of Agricola. NAR is outraged by these dangerous developments and calls on the President of Guyana to act swiftly to bring this situation under this control.

“The North American Region believes that the current situation epitomizes the deleterious state of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), a state which points to poor leadership, lack of professionalism and one clouded with political interference. In light of these observations, NAR joins with the rest of the Guyanese people to call for the complete reform of the GPF, and the removal of the current subject Minister, Clement Rohee.

“The Minister of Home Affairs has demonstrated his inability to provide the kind of leadership and competence necessary to ensure that the Guyana Police Force lives up

to its most basic responsibility, that of service and protection of the people.

Mr. Rohee’s resignation as Home Affairs Minister is critical to the re-organizing of the GPF, and the Guyanese people deserve nothing less.

“In any country which professes to be democratic a Minister who would have demonstrated such incompetence would have acted responsibly and resigned. This would have been the first act of taking responsibility for the unwarranted lost of life of citizens who are murdered or killed by officers under his watch. However, in Guyana, it appears that the people have to fight for those responsible to take responsibility. This is a very unfortunate reality!

“NAR, therefore, trusts that the President and the PPP/C government recognize that the lives of the citizens of Guyana have value and worth and therefore should not be used as a political tool for them to launch their propaganda and unnecessary attacks on their political opponents, as the Guyanese people will have no alternative but to reject and push back forcibly.

“NAR takes the opportunity to express sincere condolences to the family of Dameon Belgrave and trusts that they will get the justice Dameon deserves.”

Doobay Renal Centre seeks...

Shirley Bridgemohan undergoing hemodialysis (From page 3) to create a renal centre. But he said that the plan has been stymied.

This disclosure was met with disapproval by President Ramotar who indicated that cooperation with private entities for the betterment of Guyanese should be appreciated. He pledged that Government will support the Centre in a general sense.

Pointing out that Guyanese who would have

migrated years ago are the backbone behind the Centre, Ramotar made reference to the recently launched Diaspora Project in New York.

He noted that the project seeks to garner the expertise of Guyanese living abroad so that they could render skills when needed.

Even with the need for additional assistance to reduce the cost of Hemodialysis, the Centre was able to provide about 2,800

sessions for the year.

According to the entity’s Chief Executive Officer, Vickram Oditt, the facility has trained nurses who are patient care oriented.

He added that management wants to reduce the cost of Hemodialysis to below $9,000. He noted that for two years management and Government have been negotiating a Memorandum of Understanding but progress is slothful.

Monday October 08, 2012

Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you If you’re young at heart.

For it’s hard, you will find, to be narrow of mind If you’re young at heart.

I grew up in a grim neighbourhood but it was not so grim that I did not have time for Grimm, the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm, who in the 17th Century put together old German folk tales that have continued to fascinate children of all ages.

Hansel and Gretel, Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Snow White and Rapunzel were alive in my imagination in the days before television. Life was tough but I caught my Rumpelstiltskin.

My favourite stories were of quests and missions impossible, brave knights slaying dragons and winning the hands of princesses and other fair maidens. That part

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of me, the incurable romantic, was formed then and has since obtained permanent residency status somewhere in my occipital cortex and hippocampus. I remain, like the Frank Sinatra song, young at heart. The fairly tale that has stuck in my mind is the story of the little tailor who killed seven flies with one blow and made a belt boasting of his feat.

However, he left out that it was flies he had killed thereby conveying the impression that it was people that he had terminated with extreme prejudice. That was the fly in the ointment and soon he had to fight giants, capture a unicorn and perform other tasks to win the hand of the fair princess. The feat that really impressed me was when he pretended that a cheese was a rock, squeezed it until the liquid

dripped out and won a contest with an overconfident giant who quickly found himself between a rock and a hard place. This made the tailor even boulder.

The Guardian newspaper published an article by Adam Phillips which claimed we can identify with quests because they satisfy two of our basic needs – how to protect ourselves and getting married. In the first case of self-protection I am not sure how much squeezing a cheese pretending it is a rock and getting some liquid out of it will deter today’s heavily armed criminals but fortune might favour the Brie. In the second, marriage and children might give me a little additional protection, proving the mozzarella the merrier.

Phillips summed up the essence of my generation of

Minister refutes US report on child labour Labour Minister, Dr. Nanda Gopaul has dismissed claims in the US Department of Labor (DOL) 2011 report on International Child Labor and Forced Labour that children in Guyana are victims of the “the worst forms of child labour”.

According to the Minister, he has no idea where the US Department of Labor obtained information on Guyana for the report but there is no evidence of child labour on Guyana’s coastland and city where the majority of the population resides.

Dr. Gopaul explained that last year over 400 wellestablished organizations and privately owned stores around the city were monitored for child labour but there was no evidence.

He admitted that there are instances of child labour in hinterland and agricultural communities. According to the report, Guyanese children working in Guyana’s agriculture sector may be exposed to hazards, including lifting and carrying heavy loads and working with pesticides.

Dr. Gopaul related that when officers made checks in agricultural communities again there was no evidence of child labour. This is probably because in this sector machines requiring the skills of adults are mostly utilized.

He also pointed out that those persons who may have observed activities in agricultural communities could have misinterpreted the presence of children in farms.

He explained that it is

common for children to assist their families on farms when school is not in session.

This is acceptable under the International Labour Organization (ILO).

“The ILO made it clear children can work in family businesses but they must be given an education. But some people who see children working in family businesses do not understand,” Dr. Gopaul said.

He emphasized that in hinterland communities, monitoring businesses regularly, particularly those in mining areas, is difficult owing to the locations. In those communities there may be instances of child labour but Government has implemented programmes to attract school attendance.

These initiatives include the school uniform and the hot meal programmes.

“On the Highway - the entire Kuru Kuru area - 98 percent of the children are in school thanks to a joint

transportation programme between Government and the ILO. Students are picked up and taken to school,” he said.

Commenting further on misinterpretations relating to the labour force, Dr. Gopaul said that many youngsters are involved in apprenticeship programmes through the Board of Industrial Training. They are placed at various worksites, even at established entities such as the Guyana Sugar Corporation, to learn trades.

He pointed out that Guyana has active labour unions that are against child labour, making such practices difficult to go unnoticed. In addition, Government has a strong stance against child labour.

fairy stories. He said, “Each of the heroes or heroines is faced with a seemingly impossible predicament…The protagonists of these stories don’t want to endure or merely survive, they want to triumph. To put it as simply as possible, each of the heroes and heroines of these tales really wants something, and is determined and persistent in their quest.”

Exit the dragon and enter the modern fairy tale. It huffs, puffs and blows your house of dreams and fantasy down.

Even kids know that the word “fairy” does not just describe a cute little winged creature who grants you your wishes, but can also mean a male homosexual. Here is an example of what has happened to one fairy tale.

Once upon a time, a beautiful, independent, self- assured princess happened upon a frog in a pond.

The frog said to the princess, “I was once a handsome prince until an evil witch put a spell on me. One kiss from you and I will turn back into a prince and then we can marry, move into the castle with my mom and you can prepare my meals, clean my clothes, bear my children and forever feel happy doing so.” That night, while the princess dined on frog legs, she kept laughing and saying, “I don’t think so.”

The words “I don’t think so” can also apply to a modern fairy tale that, at best, involves a quest. Playboy Hong Kong tycoon, Cecil Chao Sze-tung, has offered a reward of US$65 million to the man who can woo his lesbian daughter away from her wife.

Chao, now in his seventies,

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once boasted about having slept with over 10,000 women.

However, he did not like his daughter Gigi doing the same thing.

Chao, who never married any of the 10,000 women he claimed to have slept with, got upset when his daughter Gigi reputedly married a woman, Sean Eav, earlier this year in Paris. This nearly drove the multi-millionaire Chao in Seine.

Sounding exactly like the king in the story of the little tailor, Chao spoke of the man he was seeking for his daughter, “I don’t mind whether he is rich or poor. The important thing is that he is generous and kind-hearted.”

Sounding like a lonely hearts advertisement, Chao added, “Gigi is a very good woman with both talents and looks.

She is devoted to her parents, is generous and does volunteer work.” From the time the news broke around the world Gigi has been swamped with offers from

places like Jerusalem, Ethiopia, Istanbul and even Brazil.

The question being asked is whether this fairy tale will come true. Is there perhaps a bold and venturesome man who will dress up in drag and woo the fair maiden in the guise of a woman? Think of Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis pretending to be women in “Some Like It Hot” or Dustin Hoffman in “Tootsie”. Can they insinuate themselves between Gigi and Sean Eav and win the grand prize? Can Cinderella teach her fairy Godmother to suck eggs?

Can anyone huff, puff and blow Gigi’s sexual preference down? Will the Chinese Rapunzel let her hair down with a man? Sounds Grimm, doesn’t it? *Tony Deyal was last seen heading to Hong Kong with a suitcase full of cheese.

He has worked out that Gigi will go for a tall man so as soon as he lands he will put on his Stilton.

Relatives of victims...

(From page 14) Hamilton Green. According to Shelto, relatives from all five of the deceased were present and “it was a touching day; everyone cried as if it is fresh”.

Accident survivor, Alex Lutchman, 13, said that the accident remains in his head. “Most nights I dream it and sometimes in my quiet moments I visualize it.”

The lad sustained several injuries including a broken tooth; he said that every time he looks in the mirror, he remembers the horrific incident.

Mariel Blair, organizing officer at SMAGOSI said that Jermaine Jackson, the accused minibus driver, was granted bail.

The matter will be called again to court in November.

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New Amsterdam Town Week 2012 launched New Amsterdam Town Week 2012 has been launched under the theme “Collaboration and Unity for the restoration of New Amsterdam”.

This is the twelfth year that the celebrations are being held and a number of activities have been planned to highlight this year ’s celebrations.

The one week of celebrations will be held from

October 21st to 27th.

The week of activities is expected to kick off on Sunday October 21st with a March Past and Opening Ceremony at Main and New Streets, while a parade around the town and a cultural presentation also slated for that day.

Among some of the events planned are basketball and netball competitions for schools in and around New

Amsterdam.

A senior citizens day is set for Thursday 25th.

The town first held town day celebrations in 2000, and that have been by far the biggest and most successful celebrations yet.

The To w n We e k activities will culminate with the much anticipated Street Fair and Exhibition which will be held on Saturday, 27th October on

Main Street, New Amsterdam.

This will be followed in the evening by the Town Day Bashment and Wash Down at Stelling Road.

Business entities are expected to play their part in cleaning their surroundings and decorating the area with flags and buntings.

Many businesses plan to put on special promotions during the week of

celebrations. The Republic Bank New Amsterdam Branch has also launched a special Town Week Loan Promotion at the bank’s New Amsterdam branch.

New Amsterdam is also celebrating its 121st Anniversary as a Municipality under the theme “Striving Towards Improving the Standards of New Amsterdam”.

New Amsterdam became a

town exactly 100 years before it became a municipality.

New Amsterdam is by far the oldest of the three towns in the county of Berbice.

The activity is being organized by the New Amsterdam Town Week Committee and the Coordinator is Ms Norman Chesney. She can be contacted on telephone number 333-3055.

Monday October 08, 2012

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You might know exactly what to do, but this is a group situation, and everyone needs to feel a part of the decision-making process. ******************** SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 Dec. 21): Just because you and your close friend or sweetie have a conflict every once in a while, that doesn't mean that the two of you are mismatched. The fact is, people disagree from time to time. .********************* CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 Jan. 19): It's sometimes difficult for you to accept change -- especially when it involves saying goodbye to something (or someone) who has brought joy to your life. ******************** AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18): If something is broken, you need to fix it right away and then get on with your life.

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By Leon Suseran Minister of Agriculture, Dr Leslie Ramsammy lashed out at critics of the Skeldon Sugar Estate during a tour and inspection of the facility last Saturday.

“I don’t know, then, what is a white elephant, because this seems like a factory that is meeting its potential and indeed, we are certain that our next milestone will be reached,” the Minister said.

“Not only did they say the production of 400,000 tonnes this year was a utopian dream, but Skeldon will not work because Skeldon [estate] was designed as a flag- ship of this vision.

“Today, we see Skeldon, since its commissioning in August 2009, is now demonstrating to the Guyanese public, its potential”.

Ramsammy and a team of estate officials as well as several members of the media toured and inspected the Skeldon Sugar Factory, which has been the focus of much controversy and whose operations have come under scrutiny over the past

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- lashes out at critics during visit to facility months. He also toured the Skeldon Co-Generation facility.

He was accompanied by Kim de Freitas, Human Resources Manager; Rama Persaud, Finance Manager; Ravindra Punwa, Agri Manager (Crops); Clarence Burnett, Agri Manager (Harvest & Tillage); Karamchand Bramdeo, Estate Manager; Sherlock Bailey, Agri Manager (Projects) and Deodat Ompertab, Factory Manager.

“It is true that this factory had major design work done by our international friends and partners, and that design has had to endure some innovations that have been ongoing and continued today,” Ramsammy said.

According to him, the innovations added to the design to the factory have led Skeldon estate to the point where it is today. He praised the good weather and said that for the first time Skeldon exceeded a production of 2,500 tonnes.

“It’s a remarkable achievement because for those naysayers who have described this as a ‘white elephant’, that is more than two times what Skeldon’s old factory was capable of ever producing and yet I have managers who are beaming because they are convinced that they can surpass the 2,500".

The day they surpass that amount, Ramsammy said, he will return and share a toast with them. Skeldon as of the past weekend, he said, exceeded 13,000 tonnes for this crop and has approached 20,000 tonnes for the year so far. The target is 34,000 tonnes for the year; and the target for this crop is approximately 27,000 tonnes and “it means that for this crop, we need about 14,000 tonnes more and for the year, and if we meet the 14,000 tonnes for this

crop, we would not only surpass this crop’s target, we would have surpassed the annual target for Skeldon”.

He said that if 2,500 tonnes can be produced for the week, for each week remaining in the crop, “it will give us 18,000 more, minimum for the year, which means we are on target on surpassing their target”.

Ramsammy then alluded to why the factory has surpassed certain targets in the days gone by.

“Is it because the government has invested an additional $4B for some of the design modifications?”

Bosch Engineers, he said, has started their work, but not on site. He stated that Bosh has done nothing to the factory and that they are doing some design “deskwork and fabrication work offsite”.

The factory, which media personnel and the minister toured on Saturday, therefore, was not the factory that Bosch Engineers modified.

“It’s the same factory almost after commission; it is some innovations that were added to the factory, and these innovations have led to some significant impacts in production”.

Ramsammy said that no extra money had to be spent on improving the Skeldon Factory.

“No capital investment was necessary. Whatever monies had to be spent on improving the factory was done within the normal stipulated budget.” He did not commit to a financial figure.

One of the innovations, he said, has to do with the cleanliness of the cane. The washing of the canes, he said, is now being done with water provided by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) and is being done by professionals. Ramsammy praised the managers of the

estate and stated that the public has been too hard on them. “I think to be fair, we must also give them credit— give Jack his jacket!” He said that he was especially proud of the work of those managers and the professionals at the factory, “because they have done a marvelous job...that is the main purpose of my visit to Skeldon, not only to show people the factory is really working but I want to come and show people who are making this happen”.

“This factory is not a perfect factory and during our tour, the managers were telling me all the little things they need to do”, he said.

CO-GENERATION PLANT And he said that the cogeneration plant is intended to generate energy to the national grid and is working to 90 per cent capacity; 11 megawatts... this is another point of criticism, where they (the critics) say that co-gen has never worked, but I brought you here to show that the co- gen plant is not only working but is also working up to 90 per cent of its capacity and at 11 megawatts.

We expect that at this time next year that that will be significantly higher, in excess of 20 megawatts...this is the kind of success story that demonstrates that GuySuCo’s ability to produce 400,000 tonnes and contributing energy to the national grid is not a left-field, donkey type of target...it’s a real target, reachable and we are getting there.

“I speak to our detractors! I say that when Skeldon reaches its optimal production and GuySuCo reaches its target, it will be good for Guyana and whilst our detractors will always be there, the benefits will be to all Guyanese”.

He urged the Guyanese people to hold the government accountable to the promises and operations of Skeldon Estate but asked that the Guyanese people also be fair. “You have not been fair, so I ask the media...you must help us; don’t misinterpret and misinform people”.

Ramsammy said that most of the sugar from the Skeldon Factory is going into the export market.

“Bulk sugar is the way to go now and right now Guyana has two markets, throughout CariCom and Europe and those two markets for our sugar supply bulk sugar and packaged sugar”.

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CAKES & PASTRIES Courses in cake decoration, pastry making & cookery, tel: 670-0798. Also Wedding dresses for sale.

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Urgently!

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FOR SALE Live chicken. Call 650-4421 2005 Tacoma 4-cylinder, Honda ATV. Call 233-6161, 651-8870 Toyota Starlet EP71 Call:6482075 Large meatbirds, we deliver.

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2012 Bobcat of Berbice Second Division 20-Over Cricket Competition

Monday October 08, 2012

Ming wins United Insurance Golf tourney

Lawrence Bassant (62) and Naresh Dhanraj (4 for 34) see Gangaram to victory - 5-wicket haul for Stephen Ramlochan The inaugural 2012 Bobcat of Berbice Second Division 20-Over Cricket Competition for teams in the New Amsterdam/Canje/East Coast/East Bank Berbice commenced recently.

Off spinner, Naresh Dhanraj of Gangaram Stryker, took 4 for 34 from 4 overs in Betsy Ground Triple Star’s challenging 168 for 8 in 20 overs of which Samuel Sanicharra slammed 57 (5 fours and 5 sixes). However, Gangaram’s opening batsman, Lawrence Bassant, slammed 62 (4 fours and 6 sixes) to see his team to a 6wicket win.

Dhanesh Gopaul’s fine all-round performance of scoring 47 and taking 2 for 24 was not enough to stop his team Young and Restless from going down by 6 wickets to Celebrity Times who’s batsmen Wahied Edwards (54 not out; 9 fours and 1 six) and Roy Jafferally (46 not out) put on 120-run unbroken 5th wicket stand.

In an exciting match, Kendall’s Union of East Coast Berbice made 133 for 6 in their 20 overs against Brutal Warriors, who in their reply were giving a solid foundation of 58 from Fiaz Latiff but they were undone by outstanding bowling from off spinner, Stephen Ramlochan, who took 5 for 14 from 4 overs and medium pacer, Chris Yadram 3 for 10 from 4 overs which saw them falling short by 2 runs.

Edinburg did very well to bowl out Goed Bananen Land for a paltry 59 with left arm spinner, Heswan Yadram, taking 4 for 12 from 4 overs and off spinner, Murphy Le Rose 3 for 9 from 3 overs.

In scores from the matches played: At Gangaram, Gangaram

Strykers beat Betsy Ground Triple Star by 6 wickets.

Betsy Ground Triple Star 168 for 8 in 20 overs with Samuel Sanicharra 57, Ricky Sabhai 33 and Naresh Dhanraj 4 for 34. Gangaram Strykers 170 for 4 in 12.3 overs with Lawrence Bassant 62, Hemant Nandnarine 29, Rakesh Ramsamooj 25 and Ricky Sabhai 2 for 23.

At the Goed Bananen Land Ground, Celebrity Times beat Young and Restless by 6 wickets. Young and Restless 144 in 20 overs with Dhanesh Gopaul 47, Totaram Seenanan 3 for 17 and Daryl Narine 3 for 20. Celebrity Times 145 for 4 in 15 overs with Waheid Edwards 54 not out, Roy Jafferally 46 not out and Dhanesh Gopaul 2 for 24.

At Kendall’s Union, Kendall’s Union beat Brustal Warriors by 2 runs. Kendall’s Union 133 for 6 in 20 overs with Robin Seecharran 27, Charran Singh 3 for 21 and Richard Henry 2 for 20. Brutal Warriors 131 all out in 20 overs with Fiaz Latiff 58, Stephen Ramlochan 5 for 14 and Chris Yadram 3 for 10.

At Edinburg, Edinburg beat Goed Bananen Land by 7 wickets. Goed Bananen Land 59 in 11.1 overs with Heswan Yadram 4 for 12, Murphy Le Rose 3 for 9 and Eddie Daniels 2 for 24.

Edinburg 56 for 3 in 8 overs with Shafiq Khan 33.

At Sisters, Glasgow New Scheme beat Sisters by 56 runs. Glasgow New Scheme 162 in 17 overs with Desmond Duncan 32, Peter Fredericks 31, Gary Solomon 24, Osmond Gilead 3 for 31 and Phillip Willburg 2 for 19.

Sisters 106 in 16.4 overs with Trevor Campbell 34, Gary Solomon 3 for 18, Campton Hope 2 for 19 and Alvin La Fleur 2 for 22.

West Indies beat Sri Lanka...

From back page Sunil Narine slowing the scoring, Sangakkara eventually dragged Samuel Badree to Kieron Pollard at deep mid-wicket.

Angelo Mathews departed quickly before Jayawardene, who had twice been dropped in the deep, buckled under the mounting task, top-edging a reverse sweep off Narine to Sammy.

That began a collapse that saw Sri Lanka lose four wickets for nine runs and, although Kulasekara showed some late fight, West Indies’ triumph was sealed when Malinga was caught at long on off Narine, who finished with devastating figures of 3-9.

The Windies came together to dance on the square in celebration, celebrations that seemed unlikely before the intervention of the brilliant Samuels.

Scores: West Indies 137 for 6 (Samuels 78, Sammy 26*, Mendis 4-12) beat Sri Lanka 101 (Jayawardene 33, Kulasekara 26, Narine 3-9, Sammy 2-6) by 36 runs.

Administrative Manager Gail Robinson and other representative pose with winners of the United Insurance Golf tournament.

Colin Ming emerged winner of the second Annual United Insurance Golf tournament played off Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course.

Ming shot net 66 from gross 76 playing off 13 handicap to edge out Kassim Khan (8-74-66) who also ended on net 66 on a countback. But Khan won the prize for the best gross of 74 squeezing past Alfred Mentore with gross 76.

Mentore finished third

overall with net 68 from gross 76 playing off eight handicap with the fourth place going to Fazil Haniff with net 69 from gross 79 playing off 10 handicap. Mark Lashley was Nearest to the Pin. It was a welcomed return to form for Ming, a regular top performer in his flight at the Guyana Open.

The Club premier Open will take place in just under a month’s time and already golfers are fine tuning preparation for the event.

BBC Sport - Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel took a dominant victory in the Japanese Grand Prix to put himself in a strong position to win the world title.

Championship leader Fernando Alonso of Ferrari retired on the first lap and had to watch as Vettel cut his lead to four points. Alonso suffered a puncture when he was hit from behind by Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen.

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa took second ahead of Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi.

“I knew behind me there was a crash and I saw a Ferrari was out but wasn’t sure which,” said Vettel. “Halfway through I was looking to see the others and I saw there [Ferrari] car still racing Felipe, I didn’t know what happened to Fernando.

“The atmosphere has been unbelievable all weekend. There has been so much support, the stands have been full and that really makes our job feel very special. “When you’re dreaming at night, you dream one day about racing a car like that. The balance was so good and that’s why there was a gap to behind.”

It was Massa’s first podium of the year and may well have secured his future at Ferrari, while Kobayashi held off a late charge from McLaren’s Jenson Button to take a maiden career podium.

“I was clever on the first corner to manage to avoid the accident and the pace was really good,” said Massa.

“I was quicker than Jenson [Button], then I was able to pass him and then Kamui [Kobayashi] so for sure it was a better race than what I expected.

“Unfortunately Fernando isn’t here on the podium fighting for the championship but hopefully we can keep on pushing.”

The second McLaren of Lewis Hamilton was fifth, ahead of Raikkonen, who was forced to fend off Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg and Williams’s Pastor Maldonado in the closing laps.

Red Bull’s Mark Webber fought up from the back of the field after being hit from behind at the first corner to take ninth ahead of Daniel Ricciardo, who held off Michael Schumacher ’s Mercedes in the last few laps.

Jerome Khan, President of the Lusignan Golf Club praised United Insurance for sponsoring the tournament for a second time. “We look forward to a long partnership with United Insurance as we continue our quest to popularize golf locally,” Khan added.

Gail Robinson, Administrative Manager of John Fernandes Insurance Service (JFIS), agent for United Insurance said the Barbados-based Insurance

Company was extremely pleased to sponsor the tournament.

Also present at the tournament were JFIS Supervisor Andrew Shanks and Clerk Gregory Roberts.

She said United Insurance looks forward to sponsoring the tournament again next year.

Meanwhile, golfers will be in action again Saturday in the Players Championship sponsored by Citizens Bank.

Tee off is at 12:30 hours.

Japanese GP: Sebastian Vettel wins as Fernando Alonso retires

Sebastian Vettel For Vettel, it was one the most comfortable victories of the year. He converted pole position into a lead at the first corner and streaked away into a race of his own.

It was the first time a driver has taken back-to-back victories this season, and Vettel’s third win in four years in Japan. The 25-year-old now looks a strong bet to win his third consecutive world title.

The Red Bull is a faster car than the Ferrari, in which Alonso has been fighting a

rear-guard battle for some time.

Alonso said of his retirement: “Kimi touched me a little bit in the rear and I had a puncture. It is a little sad but we need to concentrate and think about [the next race in Korea] next week.

“We need to keep working well and not making mistakes. Nothing we can do.

Thanks to this consistency we are leading the championship. The others make mistakes, we need to avoid this.”

Raikkonen is in third place in the championship, 33 points behind Vettel and five points ahead of Hamilton.

Red Bull’s Mark Webber, who finished ninth, is effectively out of contention, 60 points behind Alonso with a maximum of only 125 still available.

The turning point of the race and perhaps the entire championship came on the run to the first corner.

Raikkonen ran slightly off the road and as he rejoined his front wing touched Alonso’s left rear tyre, which punctured and tipped the Spaniard into a spin as he turned into the first corner.

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Kishun Bacchus shoots rear hole in one at LGC Ardent golfer Kishun Bacchus shot a rear hole-inone at the Lusignan Golf Course and was honoured for his achievement by members of the Lusignan Golf Club.

Bacchus, the vice president of the Lusignan Golf Club shot a 205 yards hole-in-one during the Courts Guyana Inc. 19th Anniversary tournament three weeks ago.

The Construction entrepreneur was presented with a Crystal ball by President of the Lusignan Golf Club Jerome Khan on behalf of members.

Bacchus has had a remarkable season in but his triumph in the President’s Cup organized by the Ministry of Tourism in collaboration and under the patronage of Guyana’s President His Excellency Donald Ramotar was a stunning performance.

Meanwhile, golfers are gearing for a packed programme over the next few weeks with several major tournaments lined up including the premier Guyana

Kishun Bacchus (right) accepts the Crystal Ball from Jerome Khan, President of the Lusignan Golf Club.

Open championships.

On Saturday, the players will square off in the Players Championship sponsored by Citizens Bank followed by the Annual MACORP tournament on October 20th.

The Digicel two-day Classic, sponsored by local telecommunications giant will

take place on October 27-28.

The prestigious Guyana Open sponsored by Banks DIH Limited will be held from November 3-4, while the Safeway Security Invitational and National Milling Company (NAMILCO) will be staged on November 17 and 24 respectively.

Cooper House takes top honours in BHS Inter House athletics Championships With the Schools National Track, Field, Cycling and Swimming Championships in the air most schools are busy preparing their athletes for action. In the Ancient County a number of schools are in the process of running off their segment of the activity.

Berbice Berbice High School on Wednesday staged their Annual Inter House Track and Field Athletics and Cycling Championships which was held at the famous Scot Church ground Princess Elizabeth Road, New Amsterdam Berbice.

Six houses took part in the championship and at the end of the day, which had one day earlier seem action in the field events which was held at the BHS Playfield, Cooper House came out tops with a massive 728 points. In second position was Beharry House with 690 points, they were followed by Scrimgeour

House with 664 points. Defending champions Pugsley House had to settle for fourth spot with 658 points, in fifth position was De Castro House on 622 points and way behind in the cellar position was MacKay House with 502 points.

The respective champion athletes were in the male category Shimron Hetmyer, who crossed the finishing line first in the 100M, 200M and 400M Boys U18 category. The top female participant was Ketisha Hicks who took care of business in the Long Jump U16, Javelin U18 and the 100M, 200M and the 800M girls U18. A number of other athletes were also outstanding with mostly two wins to their credit.

The athletes have since commenced preparations for the Annual championships which will be held in two weeks.

(Samuel Whyte)

GTTA sets AGM for October 28 The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has set its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Elections for October 28 at Guyana Olympic Association Headquarters from 2pm, and has duly sent out notice to respective clubs and stakeholders.

Acting President, Godfrey Munroe will be officially seeking election to that office, following the death of former President, Henry Greene. To-date there has been no known public expression of interest from any other individual for the president’s post.

A GTTA release said that

“Notice of Motions/ Resolutions must reach the General Secretary not later than October 24”, and each club registered with the Association is entitled to send as many delegates as it may desire, however, only one person will be allowed to vote.

Clubs were reminded to ensure that their Annual Subscription have been paid prior to the date of the General Meeting, so that those clubs will be able to vote; the agenda is as follows: Welcome; Minutes/Matters Arising; President’s (ag) Address; Secretary’s Report;

Godfrey Munroe Treasurer’s Report; Motions; Elections of Officers Bearers; Installation of Office Bearers and Any Other Business.

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GDF cart off Lion’s share of awards as National Novices Boxing Championships conclude Following a night of unorthodox displays and unbridled action, the Guyana Defense Force (GDF) registered 6 victories and were eventually adjudged Champion Gym while their welterweight representative, Chris Holder carted off the Best Boxer award when action in the finals of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) 2012 National Novices Boxing Championships concluded at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, Saturday evening last. The Guyana Police Force, back in competition after a prolonged absence, defied several losses to finish in the second place slot.

Indeed, Holder procured the accolade unchallenged after turning in a top display against Mark Wright of the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

Both pugilists went after each other from the first gong and the ferocity of the onslaught convinced even the uninitiated that the bout would have ended long before the three rounds duration. Punches reigned supreme as both pugilists laced each other with a barrage of awkward punches.

Miraculously, the contest went into the second round but shortly after the commencement Holder connected with several roundhouse punches that thudded into Wright’s temple forcing the referee to administer the mandatory eight count but even before he was halfway through, Wright had signaled his disinterest in continuing. The time was just 1:35secs into the second stanza.

Travis Hubbard of Harpy Eagles Boxing Gym (HEBG) and Joel Williamson of the Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym (PRBG) also turned in a crowd pleasing display in their 110117lbs contest.

A skillful boxer, Williamson had to contend with a determined Hubbard whose counterpunching ploys kept him ahead for most of the bout. In the third round, Williamson found a rhythm and dominated most of the time, pushing his taller opponent on the back foot.

Though the effort was commendable, and though Williamson clearly took the honours in that round, Hubbard’s earlier aggression stood him in good stead and the HEBG representative was awarded the 2-1 verdict.

Jamal Mona (GDF) launched a sustained attack on Joshia Dhani of the Rose Hall Jammers forcing him to

Chris Holder

seek refuge behind high guards. Several of the punches slipped past his defense and the referee administered the count.

Though re-entering the fray, Dhani failed to offer any aggression and after another volley of punches had connected to his head, the ‘third man’ wisely waved the proceedings off.

Light/heavyweight Police pugilist, Devon Headley carried a sobriquet ‘Deadly’ which eventually proved to be very misleading’ as his opponent, John Mars (GDF) needed just a four punch volley, delivered in 30secs, to uncover the farce. A punch that grazed Headley’s temple was all it took to strip him of his invincibility as he signaled to the referee that he wished to have nothing more to do with his opponent.

Activities commenced on a sour note after Tyress James (50-54lbs) and Kevon Mullings (55-59lbs) won by default after their opponents, Quincy Wright Essq) and Clyde Williams (FYF) failed to show up. Teo Bunbury (FYF) needed just 38secs to dispose of his gym mate, Irvin Harris, to take their 60-64lbs bout shortly before Kevin Mullings (HEBG) breezed past Shermar Bunbury (FYF) by a 3-0 margin in their 7479lbs division clash. Jamal Eastman (PRBG) then prevailed over Tyron Lashley (RHJ) in the 80-84lbs division while Cordell Walcott (Essq) proved to be better than his gym mate Odeny Moore.

Tefon Green (HEBG) then defeated his gym mate,

Christopher Mansfield in the 90-94lbs category one fight before Shaka Moore (Essq) pounded out a 3-0 verdict over Albert Thomas of the Carryl Boxing Gym (CBG) in the 95-100lbs category.

The referee then stopped the light/flyweight contest between Javid Richards (HEBG) and Mellishon Bharrat in 1:23secs of the 3rd stanza in favour of the former boxer.

In other results Eusibo McIntosh (GPF) lost to Paul O’Neil (GDF) after the referee stopped their Heavyweight contest in 2:33secs of the first stanza while Dawn Phillips and Kenroy Evelyn, both of the GDF, ended the night with a slugfest in the super/ heavyweight division where the latter boxer prevailed when the handlers of the former threw in the towel at 1:50secs of the third round.

Meanwhile, shortly after the proceedings ended, President of the GABA, Steve Ninvalle, handed over several stopwatches to the coaches of the various gyms to be used during training sessions.

The GABA President said that he had received the items from international judge and former member of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), Wilfred Bhodoo who has always shown an interest in the development of local pugilists.

Mr. Ninvalle conveyed heartfelt gratitude to his benefactor while emphasizing the need for similar assistance from well wishers and the corporate community.

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Auto Fashion triumph over Ray’s Auto Jayawardene quits Sales in feature softball fixture as Twenty20 captain

Auto Fashion defeated Ray’s Auto Sale in a feature 25 over softball match sponsored by Auto Fashion last Friday evening at the Everest Cricket Club ground.

Auto Fashion won the toss and elected to bat, and posted a respectable 275-4 off their allocation of overs. Rupie Sewjattan blasted an unbeaten 142 and shared in a 170 run 3rd wicket stand with Saheed Mohamed who retired after he had scored an even century.

The pair came together after they had lost opener

Karamchand Kasan who was bowled behind his back for 1 with the score on 6 in the second over, and Paul Parsram for 9.

Sewjattan slammed ten sixes and five fours, while Mohamed hit eleven sixes and three fours.

Ray’s Auto Sale in reply ended on 215-9 when their overs expired. Ramo Manoj was their leading run getter with 70 (8x6, 2x4), while Reaz Khan supported with 23 as Rajesh Tirbini grabbed 3-21 for the winners. Sewjattan collected the man of the match award while Auto Fashion took the winning trophy.

Mahela Jayawardene (left) said it was always his plan to quit the T20 captaincy after the tournament. (Getty Images)

The victorious Auto Fashion team.

Sammy says glorious win “for the people” Colombo, Sri Lanka – Darren Sammy led the West Indies to an amazing capture of the ICC World T20 championship on Sunday as they outplayed Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium.

The captain turned in a good all-round performance with 26 not out and two wickets for six runs as West Indies won by 36 runs. The star of the show was Marlon Samuels, who playing some breathtaking strokes in a facesaving 78 off 56 balls to haul the Windies out of deep trouble.

Off-spinner Sunil Narine was the best bowler with 3-9 – his third brilliant bowling performance in as many matches to follow-up the 320 against New Zealand in the Super Eights and 2-17 against Australia in Friday’s epic semi-final.

Sammy and his team celebrated their triumph in grand style and won the hearts of many fans worldwide. After lifting the trophy the captain dedicated the performance to the millions of West Indies supporters at home at all over the world. “We will definitely cherish this moment, I will for sure. We’re going to relive it every day of our lives. This is the best moment for me in any cricket.

This here [the trophy] is for the Caribbean people.

West Indies fans all over the

world have been craving success. I know they’re partying from Jamaica down to Guyana, and we know how to party! I think they’ll need a lot of bartenders,” he said with a laugh.

“This is definitely a step forward. We believe we can win matches. We’re not trying just to compete any more. We believe we can win against good opposition. We showed signs of that in the

last year or so, but we were not winning. Hopefully, this can be the start of something good for the West Indies team and the people.”

Sammy also spoke of the team’s strong belief that they can overcome all hurdles.

“We have a strong belief in God. You know, he works in mysterious ways, he performs wonders. Like I kept saying in every press conference, there’s a belief we

Darren Sammy soaks up the moment. (Getty Images)

have in the team. Yes, we expected them [Sri Lanka] to give us a good fight, and they did.

Throughout the last year or so we’ve been showing that never-say-die attitude, but we’ve not been winning games. In this tournament, we’ve won games. Every man believed that whoever was out there could do the job.

“Today, it was Marlon Samuels and (Dwayne) Bravo steadying the ship. In the end, every run counts.

The bowling discipline was just brilliant and so was the fielding. I said we needed our A-plus game, this here is proof of it.

While the match was unfolding, the coach was saying that if we made the score we got against them in Pallekele in the Super Eights (129-5) on this wicket, we’ll win the match,” Sammy said.

“The momentum we had from our batting carried through to our bowling. It was Dwayne Bravo’s birthday, so in the huddle I gave him the chance to say the last words before we went on the field. He said: ‘Let’s go out there and give it our all. If we do that and play how we can play, these runs are going to be a fighting total’. Ravi (Rampaul) started it off with his first ball and we never looked back from there.”

Cricinfo - Mahela Jayawardene has resigned as Sri Lanka’s Twenty20 captain, soon after his team lost the final of the World Twenty20 against West Indies in Colombo. He said he will remain captain of the ODI and Test teams until at least the end of Sri Lanka’s tour of Australia in January, and remains available for Twenty20 selection.

“I had a chat to the selectors before this tournament started. I was going to step down from T20 captaincy after this World Cup,” Jayawardene said. “I personally feel that for Sri Lanka going forward we need a younger leader. It’s a great opportunity for somebody to start in that T20 format. I’ve spoken to the selectors and they were quite happy with that choice.”

Vice captain Angelo Mathews has been groomed for captaincy over the past 18 months, and is the obvious candidate to take the reins in the shortest format.

Jayawardene, 35, had given up the captaincy in all formats in 2009, but resumed leadership when Tillkaratne Dilshan quit the post in January this year. In his second stint at the helm, Jayawardene has seen himself as an interim captain until the younger crop of Sri Lanka players are ready to step into leadership. In addition to Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara has also led the side in recent years, before resigning after Sri Lanka’s World Cup final loss in 2011.

“I took over till the Australia tour, so I’ll assess what I want to do after that,” Jayawardene said.

WCDUCL\President’s Cup t\20

Adams hits century as MMZE beat Uitvlugt by 33 runs National U-19 player Ricardo Adams hit a commanding century as Meten-Meer-Zorg East Uprising Star defeated host Uitvlugt by 33 runs as play in the West Coast Demerara United Cricket League\President’s Cup twenty\20 cricket competition continued last Saturday with one match.

Meten-Meer-Zorg East took first turn at the crease and scored 178-7 off their allotted overs. They were off to a good start as openers Adams and Wayne Osborne put together 77 for the first wicket before Osborne was leg before to Carlos Garuhu for 18. Komal Persaud was then caught behind for 1 off Lincoln Leander who also accounted for Kemo Paul (11) to leave the score at 92-3.

Adams then dominated a 65 run 4th wicket partnership

with Damien Van Tull as he slammed ten sixes and six fours before he was dismissed for 114. Vantull made 23 as Khemraj Ramsundar finished with 3-19 off 3 overs, and Leander 2-20 from 3.

Uitvlugt in reply lost Khellawan Tulcan for 14 who was caught off pacer Chandreka Ragnauth at 25.

Richard Baker who top scored with 40 added 42 runs for the second wicket stand with Vikash Dhaniram before Dhaniram was dismissed for 30 to leave the score at 67 in the fifth over. Ganesh Narine was the only other batsman that offered any resistance with 23 as Uitvlugt were all out for 145 in 19.1 overs. Left arm spinner Imran Khan was the pick of the bowlers for the winners with 3-20 off 4 overs, while Van Tull, Osborne, and Navishaul Pooran took 1 each.