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Wednesday October 28, 2015

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

For Zenita Nicholson OUR SYSTEM FAILED

DEAR EDITOR, Every day we walk out streets, many smiling faces we meet...but beneath those smiles there is a lot of pain.

Stress and ultimately depression...that dark hole that many slip into and start free falling.

Some people wear their depression well... I thinking that was the case of Advocate Zenita Nicholson who ultimately ended her life by ingesting about ten carbon tablets on Monday.

What I liked about her was her determination to advocate for others while she had her own struggles. I remember her appearing on one of my television shows to advocate for the LGBT community as an official of SASOD. An out spoken woman with much compassion she cut her hair as part of her advocacy. I remember that I too as a talk show host asked her if she was sending a message, to which she smiled infectiously and proudly declared “I am not my hair and people should not be judged based on their outward appearance. In fact I’m a mother but my sexuality does not matter and neither should it be any other person’s business but my own.”

It was part of an action call for human rights for all persons to be respected on international day against homophobia and xenophobia.

That day she had other engagements but squeezed my show into address the subject in the local context.

At that time she ultimately

part of a live show and sat next to a recently crowned transgender who was wearing the title of Miss Guyana Gay glory. I wondering if I over looked any signs during our off camera conversations.

We spoke about her family glowingly but when it came to speaking about the man in her life she seemed reserved in her comments.

Looking back now I see her eyes and they spoke volumes then but out of respect for her I opted to fight my usually prying personality and let the matter rest.

Ultimately she told me later that “she was a straight woman who believes in equality.”

To me while we were not the best of friends, she was a hurting woman who smiled a lot while helping others. Fast forward... She ultimately got an award for her advocacy from the US officials etc.

Then, we met up when she was posing as a model at Courts Guyana in the center of a table filled with food and by golly was she happy with that smile which drew you in.

Our next engagement was on NCN as part of the live afternoon show and we rubbed each other the wrong way...

I guess it’s because I asked another transgender a question unaware of the politically correct language that I should have subscribed to... I was reproached after the show for my line of questioning in full view of her transgender friend. She said “Mondale you have to watch

your language when addressing human rights issues,” she said in defense of the transgender. Ultimately we agreed to disagree and went our separate ways. As expected she smiled as we parted ways.

Low and behold! I was hit like a wrecking ball when news came that she had died and more so the circumstances under which her demise came to be. Why? How could this be? Then in retrospect of my own experiences I realized that as humans, we all wear our smiles that hide our pains.

Zenita who is normally a tower of strength went in search of help and the legal system failed her.

The fact that someone could muster courage to find a police station to make a report of home abuse and fears is strength enough for one’s statement to be taken when she needed help most.

Instead, based on reports, she was sent to another police station at her weakest moment with no apparent recourse, feeling helpless and hopeless she drank carbon tablets.

Now her family is without a mother, sister, daughter and cousin while the world is short by one, of a voice for the voiceless. Sleep on Zenita, sleep on and rise in glory.

Mondale Smith

Do we have to burn tires to get Government’s attention in these two villages?

DEAR EDITOR, It seems like if you don’t burn tires, block roads or commit outrageous acts, our authorities may never get our message clear or right. These things happen when persons are not disciplined or dismissed for incompetence or mismanagement.

Over 20 years the spring tide has been destroying the resident of Cornelia Ida and Anna Catherina Sea-View on the West Coast of Demerara. I used every opportunity to highlight this plight to governmental and political officials but to no avail.

I remember penning a letter warning the PPP/C administration of losing votes for failing to remedy this regular disaster.

The regional chairman (Mr. Faber) and an engineer from the Ministry Of Public Works subsequently visited us sometime after the flood in November 2013. It was well established that we have a water out flow problem.

The eastern water flow was blocked by Mr. Feroze Khan (deceased) and the main middle outlet culvert (2 feet box) was too small Continued on page 29

People have to wait for years for lands they applied for DEAR EDITOR, Guyana is the land of many waters and it also has land. Thus citizens are fighting to acquire land and water, and the people of the land have to wait days and years before they acquire either the land they applied for or means of water. Have you taken a look at our capital city? Lots of land and areas are covered by bushes forming a forest.

Meanwhile companies and organizations are acquiring and receiving and aren’t making use of the acres of land they receive, and citizens who have lands and aren’t making use of it due to financial stability are losing possession after a certain

time or period. On the other hand isn’t it wise to facilitate the need of the citizens who live to be taxed? Companies should have a smaller time span in acquiring land.

As I was coming to town on 26th October, 2015 at 7:45 approximately 15 minutes, my father decided to take a drive on Mandela Avenue just after the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Opposite the Cultural Centre are lots of vacant lands that forest are now forming. I

am not saying that both sides could be used but it can be useful; that’s just an example.

Can’t those land spaces be occupied after all people have no choice but to live in range house, families yard and some still with parents helping to move up or outwards meaning ‘to extend in any means’.

Should this be so? After all we pay tax don’t we at least deserve to get what we want when we want at least once?

Kianna Shortt

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Wednesday October 28, 2015

Guyana/Venezuela border controversy…

Govt. chides Jagdeo for unpatriotic stance while country faces “relentless foe”

By Abena Rockcliffe Even as it acknowledges the statements made by Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, the Government of Guyana has not altered its decision to abandon the Good Officers process and move towards the juridical route in settling the territorial controversy with Venezuela.

Yesterday, Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge dismissed Jagdeo’s advice against going the juridical route at this time to solve the border controversy.

He described the former president’s advice as splitting hairs.

At his most recent press conference, Jagdeo had extensively questioned government’s wisdom in taking the juridical route.

He said that there were many other avenues to explore before going that way and questioned the chances of losing the involvement of the United Nations Secretary General in going along that

route. Jagdeo went as far as to offer alternatives to the juridical direction even as he claimed he was not against that course of action.

Jagdeo’s comments came one day after President David Granger addressed the Parliament, apprising the body of Venezuela’s continued aggression. The President noted that Venezuela continues to try to scare away huge investors as it seeks to undermine Guyana’s economic development. The Head of State, at that forum, noted that Guyana made its decision that the juridical route will best serve the country at this point.

During a conference, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge echoed similar sentiments to those uttered by his boss at Parliament.

In fact, a large percentage of Greenidge’s statements and responses to questions indicated that the Minister hardly considered Jagdeo’s advice.

Greenidge, in reference to Jagdeo, essentially said that one’s desire to be perceived superiorly knowledgeable may very well land the individual in trouble politically.

He said that there is a time and place for some of the utterances made by Jagdeo and those comments should not have been made at a time when Guyana is facing a national enemy.

“Perhaps it would be most effective in the political arena where we are dealing with domestic politics. But in the arena such as the one where you are facing a relentless and remorseless foe, one has to be careful about trying to split hairs where it may not help,” said Greenidge.

Nevertheless, the Minister proceeded to provide answers to some of the questions posed by Jagdeo. This was done in an effort to settle the concerns that were raised.

Greenidge indicated that when Guyana moves to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to settle the ongoing controversy, it will not need Venezuela to concur with the decision to go that route.

This was questioned by Jagdeo.

But according to Greenidge, Guyana has two options when it approaches the ICJ, one being to ask the court to make a substantive decision on the issue and the other for the court to just offer an opinion.

That opinion would serve Guyana no other benefit but to tell the world that from a legal standpoint, a definitive decision was taken that Guyana is within its right.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge

United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo

Greenidge said that Guyana’s intention to seek the opinion of the court on the 1899 Arbitral Award is indeed necessary as Venezuela is claiming invalidity.

“The options available have all been tried under one name or another and they have all been found wanting.

At the end of the exercise, they left Guyana at a disadvantage,” said Greenidge. He added, “Venezuela has been arguing that the 1899 award is null and void; for an award to be deemed null and void it has to be a process of law.”

The Foreign Affairs Minister said that any definitive solution to the problem would include answering the question of whether the award was null and void.

“Unless that contention is withdrawn…all the things that the UN might do will not help one iota,” Greenidge emphasized.

Significantly, he noted too, that Venezuela is clearly not interested in a judicial resolution since such a

resolution would definitively settle the controversy.

Greenidge lamented, “Guyana has lived with this dispute for 50 odd years not because it can’t be resolved but because one part has no intention of facilitating a resolution unless they get what they want…it seems we are destined to relive 1899 many times over.”

Answering another one of Jagdeo’s questions as to whether Venezuela’s consent is needed to move to the ICJ, Greenidge said, “If for example, as we are suggesting, the SG (United Nations Secretary General) puts to the court- ‘give us an opinion on this matter’ – the court could do so without the agreement of Venezuela. If it is, however, that you are asking them to deal with a matter of substance, as I understand, Venezuela’s concurrence will be required.”

With Venezuela already opposed to the matter being taken to the ICJ, it is highly unlikely that a settlement could be sought but Guyana is willing to just take the opinion.

Greenidge said that if Guyana gets a legal opinion in its favour, it will be internationally persuasive even if Venezuela rejects it.

“The thing about an opinion in those circumstances is that it is only advisory.”

The Foreign Minister reiterated that Venezuela has been unable to produce any evidence to support its contention that the 1899 Arbitral Tribunal Award was null and void.

Greenidge said if the ICJ accepts the case and makes a pronouncement, the role of the UN would be based on the legal opinion.

“The court is a definitive legal body in its own right, it pronounces on what it’s asked and that should be the end of the process as regards the SG and the court but the decision itself may require action afterwards by the two sides or by one side,” he said.

The Guyanese Foreign Minister indicated that Venezuela prefers a diplomatic approach to resolving the controversy and does not accept the ICJ as a court of competent jurisdiction to address boundary issues. “Venezuela is seeking now to avoid another court pronouncement because they anticipate, no doubt, that it will be the same as the last and in those circumstances they don’t have leverage,” said (Continued on page 19)

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U.S. intensifies fight against Islamic State militants: Pentagon chief WA S H I N G T O N (Reuters) - U.S. troops are intensifying pressure on Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq by supporting local forces with an expanded air campaign and occasional direct ground support, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter told lawmakers yesterday.

Testifying alongside Carter before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Marine Corp Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he would consider recommending putting U.S. forces with Iraqi troops to fight Islamic State if it improved the chances of defeating the militants.

Carter said the military campaign was evolving as the U.S. military sought to reinforce ground efforts and U.S. forces aimed to intensify pressure on IS strongholds in Raqqa in Syria and Ramadi in Iraq.

Carter expects coalition air campaign to intensify, with more aircraft and an increased tempo. He said the United States wouldn’t hesitate to support local forces with “strikes from the air or direct action on the ground.”

Ash Carter Dunford said putting U.S. troops with Iraqi forces could ensure logistics effectiveness and boost intelligence awareness.

As the military officials spoke to the Armed Services Committee, Secretary of State John Kerry briefed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee behind closed doors on the administration’s strategy.

After the session, lawmakers said they felt there was momentum toward a diplomatic solution ahead of a international meeting on Syria later this week.

“Friday obviously will be an important day,” said Senator Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the foreign relations panel. “They are putting a lot of stock in Friday’s meetings,” he said.

He said it was not clear whether Iran would participate. But he left the session with Kerry with a sense that the administration felt there was scope for working with Russia.

“There’s a sense that there’s more congruence there than meets the eye and they are hoping to build on that,” Corker said.

Kerry said only that it had been “a good meeting” and more about the talks would be announced later.

A raid against IS last week in which U.S. forces advised Kurdish forces resulted in the death of an U.S. soldier and the rescue of around 70 hostages.

“If it had an operational or strategic impact and we could reinforce success, that would be the basic framework within which I’d make a recommendation for additional forces to be co-located with Iraqi units,” Dunford said.

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EU lashes nations for foot-dragging on migrant pledges BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union appealed to member countries yesterday to deliver on promises to deal with the refugee emergency, warning that the EU’s credibility is at stake.

More than 600,000 people have entered Europe by land and sea this year seeking sanctuary or jobs, overwhelming border authorities and recep t i o n f a c i l i t i e s .

More than 3,000 have died.

In response, EU leaders promised to share refugees from Italy and Greece, boost spending and send police, border guards and experts to help register the arrivals.

But so far actions have not matched the speeches delivered a t f i v e m i g r a tion-focused summits this year.

“The gap between the pledges and what is on the table must be reduced, otherwise we are losing all kinds of credibility,” European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told EU lawmakers.

The EU’s executive arm

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has drawn up plans to move 160,000 refugees from Italy and Greece over the next two years to ease their burden.

“Nine member states have let us know that they can soon relocate 700 people,”

Juncker said.

“But let ’s n o t f o r g e t that we have a decision to relocate 160,000 refugees in need of international protection.”

The EU’s border agency Frontex has appealed for 775 experts to help register, screen and fingerprint people, but so far almost half that number has been pledged.

“Half is not enough, we need more,” said Juncker, warning that funding and experts are “crucially essential if we want operational decisions to be implemented.”

The Commission has now earmarked almost 10 billion euros ($1 1 b i l l i o n ) f o r spending on migration policy this year and next, he noted.

A month ago, EU nations promised to provide an extra 2.3 billion euros, but so far only 86 million euros has been pledged.

Wednesday October 28, 2015

Death toll reaches 376 in quake-hit Pakistani, Afghan areas

Men look for their belongings after an earthquake, in Kishim district of Badakhshan province, Afghanistan yesterday. (REUTERS/Stringer) MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — As the death toll in the massive earthquake that struck the remote Hindu Kush mountains soared above 300, officials on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border warned yesterday that casualty figures will likely leap once relief workers return from villages so remote they can only be accessed on foot or by donkey.

Rescuers in both countries were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions as officials said the combined death toll from Monday’s earthquake rose to 376.

Authorities said 258 people died in Pakistan and 115 in Afghanistan in the magnitude-7.5 quake, which was

centered in Afghanistan’s sparsely populated Badakhshan province that borders Pakistan, Tajikistan and China. Three people died on the Indian side of the disputed region of Kashmir.

The earthquake, with its epicenter close to the Badakhshan district of Jarm, damaged many of the few existing roads, officials said.

Dropping aid by air will be the only way to reach many of the needy, but those operations were not likely to start for many days until survey teams on foot return and report on the damage.

The Pakistani town closest to the epicenter is Chitral.

Monday’s quake shook

buildings in the capital, Islamabad, and cities elsewhere in Pakistan and Afghanistan for up to 45 seconds in the early afternoon, creating cracks in walls and causing blackouts.

The earthquake destroyed more than 7,600 homes across Afghanistan and injured 558 people, according to a statement from President Ashraf Ghani’s office after he had met with disaster management officials. He ordered the military to make assets available for the relief effort.

Badakhshan Gov. Shah Waliullah Adeeb said more than 1,500 houses there were either destroyed or partially destroyed. The province’s casualty figures of 11 dead and 25 injured “will rise by the end of the day, once the survey teams get to the remote areas and villages,” Adeeb said.

Food and other essentials were ready to go, he said, but “getting there is not easy.”

Many people in stricken areas were sleeping outdoors, braving freezing temperatures for fear of aftershocks.

Afghan authorities said they were scrambling to access the hardest-hit areas near the epicenter, located 73 kilometers (45 miles) south of Fayzabad, the capital of Badakhshan province.

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Once there is a juridical settlement, the Geneva Agreement will have to be reinterpreted Is the government of Guyana backpedaling from its position that Guyana considers its borders with Venezuela settled? This is something that the government of Guyana has insisted; it has said that the 1899 award is valid and binding.

If the 1899 award is valid and binding, why then is Guyana indicating that it would be open to an advisory opinion on the validity of the 1899 award? Is this not a retreat from its original position that as far as Guyana is concerned the 1899 award settled the border between Guyana and Venezuela?

Guyana keeps harping that it will like a juridical settlement. This is one of the options open to the Secretary General of the United Nations.

The matter is now with him and he can choose one of a series of measures, including

juridical settlement. It is for him to decide but as it is with these types of decisions, they are not done without the support of the contesting parties. The Secretary General is therefore not likely to agree to anything unless he has the consent of both parties.

The government of Guyana can therefore scream all it wants about juridical settlement but in the final analysis if Venezuela does not agree, this option is dead.

Without Venezuela’s, consent there can be no juridical settlement because the International Court of Justice (ICJ) requires that both parties agree to approach the Court except where there is a treaty or some agreement between the parties to have the ICJ deal with the matter.

The Geneva Agreement does not allow either party to the controversy to take the

matter to the ICJ and therefore unless Venezuela agrees- and it is not likely to agree, then the matter cannot be heard by the ICJ. The United Nations of itself cannot ask the ICJ to adjudicate the dispute between Guyana and Venezuela. But in accordance with the statutes of the International Criminal Court, the United Nations can ask for an advisory opinion on the controversy.

This seems to be the direction in which Guyana is heading. Instead of insisting on a juridical settlement, Guyana now seems to be suggesting that it may opt for legal advice from the ICJ. But legal advice on what?

According to reports, advice can be sought on the legality of the 1899 award.

Well why would Guyana wish to have legal advice on the validity of the 1899 award?

Dem boys seh...

De Goat Man turning a rice farmer When people talk bout corruption, nuff people does talk bout bluff and how is de government want to shame all dem Pee Pee Pee people.

Jagdeo get so vex that he tell de reporters that if de government got any evidence, all dem got to do is charge de people.

But dem boys know that de corruption deh all over de place; that you don’t have to look hard. Once you talk to people, dem would tell you who is corrupt.

Up until de other day people always seh that Donald is not a corrupt person, that he too stupid to thief. Well dem boys seh that people don’t know him.

Dem see when he write a

cheque fuh $13 million fuh Irfaat. Nobody don’t know wha he buy from Irfaat or if he lend de money or if he give Irfaat de money to buy something. Wha dem didn’t know was he was one of de smart ones.

De man who goat forget to bite own nuff rice land in Mahaicony. That is a big story because de man seh that Donald give him and a friend.

And it look like if de Goat Man alone get de rice crop because he pardner in de States and he can’t move right now. He got nuff thing to answer for.

But is things like this got de Goat Man and Jagdeo at loggerheads. Jagdeo don’t want to see nobody get rich

like he, and de Goat Man insist that he got to be rich.

That is how de Goat Man does now sit down and smile; that is why he want to see rice farmers get a ton of money for rice.

But he smart; he building he own rice factory so he gun plant he own rice, sell he own rice and export he own rice.

But dem boys want to know wheh he get de money from. Dem can understand de land. Donald could have give him de land… but de money. It got to be de $13 million that Donald give Irfaat that going to build de rice factory.

Talk half and wait fuh de hoorah.

The government’s position has always been that the borders with Venezuela were settled by the 1899 award. So why this doublespeak about a legal opinion?

Guyana has found itself in a problem. It has found itself in this problem because it has not paid keen attention to strategy over this issue. It has been reacting to Venezuela and overreacting too.

There was no need for the overreaction. Guyana had an obligation to oppose the decrees that were issued by Venezuela but it also had an obligation to dialogue with Venezuela. Guyana must not find excuses as to why it did not dialogue. It must explain to the Guyanese people why it did not given the economic interests that were at stake including Guyanaa’s largest

ever rice market.

A juridical option could involve a legal opinion and this is something that the Secretary General can propose. But why will Guyana agree to this? The Geneva Agreement signed by Forbes Burnham will come under scrutiny under any process asking for a legal opinion.

Burnham never asked for any juridical settlement of legal opinion because he knew what he did via the Geneva Agreement. But he has managed for almost fifty years to have the Guyanese people believe that the agreement should only be concerned with the controversy that has arisen in relation to Venezuela’s contention that the 1899 award is invalid and not with

the validity of the 1899 award itself. It now seems as if Guyana is opening to challenge whether indeed the 1899 award is valid.

Either way Guyana is in a bind. If my neighbour and I have a problem about whether the fence between our properties is rightly placed and if this difference results in a controversy between me and my neighbor, how can this controversy be resolved without considering where the fence should rightly be resolved.

Burnham’s mishandling of the Geneva Agreement may yet come back to haunt Guyana for all eternity.

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THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN

Zenita Nicholson: Philosophical questions I first met Zenita Nicholson in 2012 when we shared the space of Rodneyite groundings we called People’s Parliament at the junction of High Street and Brickdam directly opposite the eastern face of Parliament Building.

She wasn’t an integrated member of People’s

Parliament the way some of us were of which Sherlina Nageer and Joy Marcus of Red Thread stood out. She came occasionally. She didn’t appear to be the type that would take to Rodneyite groundings. She was more into pro-gay rights.

The last time I met Zenita Nicholson was three weeks

ago at the junction of Robb and Bourda Streets. I was buying fruits and vegetable at the crowed alfresco market that takes place on Robb Street between Bourda and Alexander Streets three days a week. It was an interesting encounter. Many persons would say hello to me; I would respond and wouldn’t look

back.

It is a habit that sticks with you when you have a public profile. They know you, they say hello and you respond and go your way. This woman said, “Hello, Freddie.”

I looked around, acknowledged the greeting and in seconds looked away but she persisted and her smile was broad.

She wanted to know why I was so brief. I did not recognize her at all. Her hair was unusually short and she wore a large hat that hid her visage. When I did perceive her identity, there was a hug.

That was the last time I saw Zenita Nicholson. I cannot say that I knew her at all.

Our paths hardly crossed at the People’s Parliament.

When our groundings disappeared because the park we occupied was closed by Irfaan Ali the then Minister of Housing, I didn’t see her for a very long time except for a brief moment in early 2014 in New Market Street.

Since I didn’t know her I cannot pen any thoughtful notes on her. This column is written in anger from what I am hearing about alleged violence committed against her by her boyfriend. How could a phenomenally strong woman like Nicholson tolerate a male lover battering her?

She was an indomitable advocate for women’s rights.

Her tragedy reminds me of two powerfully amazing examples which will forever find mention in the literature on feminist philosophy. One is the strange romance involving one of the world’s greatest pioneers in feminist activism, French philosopher, Simone de Beauvoir and her common-law husband, the 20th century philosophy giant, Jean Paul Sartre.

The other is the tragic relationship between two of the 20th centu‘ry’s greatest philosophers, German thinkers Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger. Simone de Beauvoir was France’s greatest feminist thinker. She made a priceless contribution to 20th century liberation of women. Yet this woman was

Frederick Kissoon

Zenita Nicholson

Hannah Arendt

Simone de Beauvoir in love with a man who took very young girls, some of whom were underage teens, as his lovers. He brought some of them to the marital home. Sartre would be at the café with de Beauvoir and would openly make passes at young girls in full view of his wife. Both were top class

philosophy professors but she would neglect her own research to become engrossed in reading, researching and editing Sartre’s books.

The point is, how good an example to feminists was Simone de Beauvoir. Hanna Arendt was a philosophy student in the class of the man who wrote one of the most phenomenal books on the meaning of human existence, Martin Heidegger (“Time and Being”). No doubt Arendt was smitten by the erudition of Heidegger. They became lovers. But both lived in dangerous times. Hitler came to power in 1933; Arendt as a Jew had to flee Germany.

Heidegger supported the Nazi regime.

In exile, Arendt continued her love affair with a man who supported the extermination of Jews. After the war, the affair was resuscitated. How do you explain the story of these two women? They of all people should know better because they were top class philosophers.

When I was a Ph.D student at the University of Toronto, I met a South African woman who was a huge feminist. I saw her put down a Trinidadian guy for referring to a female, as a girl. She said the respectful term was “woman.” But she was in love with a guy from Ecuador who treated her badly.

I knew a Canadian woman at the same university that was big on women’s liberation but she was in love with the lead singer in a Caribbean reggae band who was a pompous womanizer.

Many of the women liberation advocates I met in the early Working People’s Alliance had male relationship that caused you to question how liberated they were.

Man jailed for exposing genitals in front neighbour

Maxwell Mona, 51, a self employed man was on Monday sentenced to 12 months in prison by Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Blairmont Magistrate’s court, when he was found guilty on a charge of indecent exposure.

According to Prosecutor Corporal Racquel Mars, Mona, of Lot 811 Chester Village, West Coast Berbice, is accused of exposing his genitals, an offence he committed on Marcell Alleyne on Saturday 15th August at Plantation Ross, West Coast Berbice.

According to the Prosecution, the complainant lives with her two children and is well known to Mona, since she would usually

do some domestic work for him. There was a misunderstanding and a fall out causing the two not to be on speaking terms.

On the day in question, Mona went to Alleyne’s home and called out to her.

When she came out he then took out his private parts and began shaking it at her.

The matter was reported and he was arrested and charged.

After a trial Mona was found guilty.

He was also sentenced to a further three months in jail on the charge of using abusive language, which was committed after Mars scolded him on his behaviour.

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CONFIDENTIAL INFO LEAKED ON ACCOUNTS - lawyer claims in HELD BY EX-MINISTER, ASSISTANT letter to bank

Ex-Minister, Dr. Jennifer Westford (left) and her former assistant, Margaret Cummings A lawyer for a former Minister and her Personal Assistant has written to a commercial bank claiming compensation and apologies for the leaking of information pertaining to accounts held

there.

Attorney-at-law, Eusi Anderson, in his letter dated October 21st, to Nigel Samaroo, Branch Manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia on Carmichael Street,

Social Protection Ministry plans awareness walk for Breast Cancer

Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence In remembrance of those persons who lost their lives to Breast cancer, the Ministry of Social Protection will be hosting a grand walk and candle light vigil at the St. George’s Cathedral tomorrow.

Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence noted that October is designated Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and her Ministry, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, and other Non-Governmental Organizations planned the walk and candle light vigil, which begins at the St. George’s Cathedral at 17:00 hrs and ends at the Public Buildings compound.

Lawrence noted that the public is invited to participate in both the walk and vigil. The Ministry she said is also hosting an awareness session for its staff and neighbours today.

She said that her Ministry has joined local efforts to raise the level of awareness about Breast cancer with the aim of preventing it and

increasing early detection. In this regard, she said that her Ministry has planned numerous information, education and communication sessions with key groups across the country.

According to a profile on cancers done by the Ministry of Public Health between the years 2003 and 2012, Breast cancer was found to be the most common cancer recorded within the decade with 1,090 reported cases. This accounts for 16.7 percent of all cancer cases during that period.

Even though the number was small, there were some men affected by Breast cancer for that period in Guyana. There were 6,518 new cases of cancers between 2003 and 2012, 60 percent of which were detected in women.

The Social Protection Ministry is hoping to educate women about signs and symptoms of Breast cancer, including conducting effective self-examinations; encourage early detection; and motivate women who are living with Breast cancer to seek treatment, since the number of persons seeking treatment is particularly low.

Information from the Ministry of Public Health also suggests that about one in eight women (12 per cent) will be diagnosed with Breast cancer in their lifetime.

Lawrence intimated that it therefore becomes imperative that efforts be made to continue the sensitization process, provide counseling and identifying the symptoms and other preventative techniques.

Georgetown, said that the bank accounts in question belong to Dr. Jennifer Westford and Margaret Cummings. Westford was the former Minister of Public Service in the previous Government. Cummings was her Personal Assistant.

Both are before the courts for the theft of several State vehicles from that Ministry.

Both women are also being investigated in relation to the disappearance of over $500M from the accounts of the Ministry.

In his letter to the bank,

the lawyer said that near “precise” values of the balances in the accounts were published and appeared in print and electronic media reports in the months of July, August and September 2015.

The lawyer said he has been instructed by his clients to take the matter to court to obtain compensation.

Anderson was convinced that on a balance of probabilities, it would appear that negligence on the part of the Bank resulted in the leak of confidential records of Dr. Westford and Cummings.

“This leak could not come at more inappropriate time for my clients; both for their personal security and the advancement of their integrity in other proceedings. I am further instructed that no consent was given by my clients to your institution or to any other individual to publish the said records. I am further aware that no judicial process was embarked upon by the competent authorities to enable the release of the said records into the public domain,” the attorney said in

the letters.

The lawyer also argued that the “leak” happened at a time when violent and opportunistic crime had reached concerning levels in Guyana.

“Accordingly, I am instructed to demand a public apology carried in all the daily newspapers and fair compensation. Failure to adopt the aforesaid course within 14 days from the receipt of this correspondence will result in legal proceedings being taken against your Institution.”

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CC&PA probing if dead teenage mother’s pregnancies were reported The Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) has taken a vested interest in the reports of the death of 17-

year-old mother Nikacia Allen, who passed away at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) two

Sundays ago. Allen died a month after giving birth to her third child at the Public hospital. She had given birth

on all three occasions by way of Caesarean Section.

The young woman’s mother, Patricia Allen, had brought the incident to the attention of the media last week and had shared her suspicion that her daughter’s death was as a result of negligence on the part of health care workers who attended to her.

But following reports of the teenage mother’s demise, which not only revealed that her delivery was a potential risk, it was also brought to light that she had given birth to her first child at the age of 13.

Nikacia Allen’s eldest child is more than four years old, her second child is just over two years old and her youngest is just over one month old.

CC&PA as a result took keen notice of the case.

This is in light of the fact that the age of consent in Guyana is 16 years, thus an adult found to be engaged in sexual intercourse with a child could be prosecuted.

M o r e o v e r, H e a d o f CC&PA, Ms Ann Greene, said yesterday that she was alarmed when she saw the reports in the daily newspapers of the now dead teenager being a mother of three. In fact, she told this publication that “I have my officers checking if we had this matter...I’d read in one of the newspapers that she had spoken with a Welfare Officer...there are Welfare Officers at the Georgetown Hospital and I wonder who i s t h e We l f a r e O ff i c e r because I personally cannot remember dealing with such an issue but I am asking my staff to check on it to see our records if we had any reports.”

But according to Greene, CC&PA cannot work in isolation. “What normally happens is that the health people would report to us; we have got to get the information. So this child protection is a shared responsibility, everybody has to take responsibility and all the systems must work and that is the only way that we can share collective responsibility for children to get the holistic care...”

“There has to be a lot of referrals. We must know if one area dealt with a child like that, it must be referred...so we have to check if all of the systems were working,” asserted Greene who disclosed that an earnest investigation has been launched into the Nikacia Allen case.

Greene disclosed too that all of the matters of underage pregnancy that gain the attention of the CC&PA are always reported to the Police Force.

“If a child under the age of 16 is having sexual relationships or even if she gets pregnant, and that is a sure sign that she was having sexual relationships and a crime has been committed, the police has to get involved. Any report of sexual abuse of a child, we call in the police,” a s s e r t e d t h e C C & PA Director.

Greene was however unable to disclose yesterday whether an investigation into the matter at hand would yield any prosecution.

“This matter is a little technical because in this case, the victim is dead but once we find that this matter was reported to us we are obligated to report it to the police so that they can investigate it...” disclosed Greene yesterday.

CC&PA Director, Ann Greene In fact she related that “we have several matters still in the investigative state or awaiting their day in court but I don’t want to pronounce on this particular matter because we are still investigating...I don’t want to pronounce on it any further until I get my information.”

The CC&PA’s investigation into the matter comes even as Patricia Allen and Eric Williams (mother and stepfather of the dead girl) are calling for the matter to be put to rest.

According to Williams, “we want this thing to come to an end...we want it out of the media.” The man expressed frustration over the fact that a post mortem examination into his stepdaughter’s death has been delayed for far too long.

“I don’t want this thing to be delaying and delaying all the time,” said Williams as he disclosed that it is expected that the PM will finally be conducted today and burial will occur tomorrow.

“This girl actually punish one whole month (in the hospital) and then when she dead she still punishing, it’s best that we call off everything and just put her to rest...we don’t have money for a private post mortem...so we might as well call it off...let everything dead and done; no more complaining,” added Williams.

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CHI is first in CARICOM to introduce newest pacemaker option

CHI Cardiologist, Dr. Mahendra Carpen Taking advantage of the newest technologies to tackle prevailing heart conditions has become a regular feature at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI). In fact, just last week, CHI implanted one of the latest pacemaker devices into one of its heart failure patients.

The patient, a man in his mid-60s, had been suffering from heart failure for sometime but only recently sought cardiac care at CHI. According to Resident Cardiologist, Dr. Mahendra Carpen, the Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Device (CRTD), which was implanted on Friday, will help CHI to better monitor this elderly patient with the ultimate goal of helping to improve his quality of life and by extension help to extend his life expectancy.

And this would be possible, Dr. Carpen said, because the device implantation process was successful with no complication even as he asserted that “with this device in place, we can help to prolong the life of this patient; he can have a better life at the same time.”

Although the patient was discharged the following day, the Cardiologist disclosed that recovery could take a couple of weeks or months. He however noted that the overall evidence is highly in favour of the benefit of the patient.

The recent implantation process saw Dr. Carpen being supported by members of his local team including CHI nurses; Eco-cardiographer/ Hemodynamic Technician, Jason Solomon and Profusionist/Administrator, Karen Pereira-Debidin. The procedure was also graced by a representative from the Miami, United States Medtronic Company.

The process, according to Dr. Carpen, took just under four hours because of its intricacy. “It is a long procedure because it has a lot of steps and has very small room for errors or mistake, so you have to be cautions and

make sure everything is right,” said Dr. Carpen, who noted that the patient will be required to undergo follow up treatment during the course of this week.

Explaining the process in brief, he disclosed that “the team used a standard sterile procedure. We cleaned the left shoulder, made an incision, found a vein and we had to find two accesses or two veins and from those veins the (CRTD) wires were placed into the heart, one on the right and another, a difficult one, on the left.”

On the left, Dr. Carpen disclosed, “that this is where there is a very small opening to a vein that runs behind the heart...it is about half a centimetre in diameter and you have to find that opening and put a wire through it that goes around behind the heart and to the left side.”

With the completion of such a procedure, any Cardiologist would be able to continuously monitor the pace of a patient’s heart with a view of administering appropriate treatment to help improve his or her condition.

Dr. Carpen also informed that the introduction of the latest device at CHI has in fact allowed Guyana to be the first member state within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to utilise the CRTD technology. Although the device is one of the more costly that is available at CHI, it however increases the options available to patients, Dr. Carpen asserted.

The Cardiologist explained that the patient who benefited from the CRTD implant had been suffering from advanced heart failure issues similar to what is experienced by many patients that have been seen over the years at CHI. The new technology that has arguably not even been utilised in some developed sections of the world, was described by Dr. Carpen as “a new device and new approach to managing patients...this (type of intervention) has been done before, but the device that we are now using is a complete new piece of equipment not yet used in parts of the world, and I am pretty excited about this,” an elated Dr. Carpen told this publication.

The updated CRTD device, which is widely available in York, England, was launched in the Caribbean earlier this year. Dr. Carpen had assisted with that launch but was anxious to note that “we are however the first actually in CARICOM to be able to put it in...It is the newest, highest model of this (CRTD) device that is currently available.”

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2011 drug store owner’s murder…

Defense counsel grills police witness over fingerprint precision Police witness Salish Roopnarine was subjected to a series of questions in relation to his role in the investigations into the murder of 84 year -old drug store owner, Harold Rachpaul.

Rachpaul was found gagged, bound with an electrical cord and strangled in his apartment located behind his business, Rachpaul’s Drug Store, on Robb Street Georgetown.

The incident occurred sometime between August 18 and August 19, 2011, during the course of a robbery. On that day Rachpaul’s killer had apparently forced him to open a vault which contained a

large sum of cash, phone cards and other documents before murdering him on his premises. Rachpaul had been operating the business at 75 Robb Street, Lacytown, for close to 50 years.

Orvin Roberts, a minibus conductor, of ‘C’ Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown, was subsequently arrested for the murder and is presently on trial before Justice Navindra Singh and a mixed jury.

At the continuation of the trial yesterday, Detective Roopnarine recalled obtaining and processing fingerprints from the accused in the investigation relative to the murder of the elderly businessman.

He was

subjected to a series of questions regarding the accuracy and precision of the fingerprints he purportedly obtained from the accused.

The witness recalled that before taking a statement from the accused, he cautioned and told him about the allegation. The police witness told the court that Roberts had responded, “Me ain’t feel like answering anything now!” He said that he subsequently took the fingerprints of the accused.

The document, (fingerprint sheet) was also presented as part of the evidence in the trial.

However, under cross examination by Defense

Counsel Nigel Hughes, the witness admitted that he is not attached to the Fingerprint Branch of the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

Following careful examination of fingerprint sheet, the attorney also pointed out to the policeman that there are double markings and distortions with the fingerprints on the document.

Hughes also noted that the prints on the sheets appeared much larger than his clients’ fingers.

Through a series of demonstrations, Hughes challenged the likelihood of the giant prints belonging to his client.

“It appears so” and “yes sir” were the only words uttered by the policeman, in response to the questions. Roopnarine was then reexamined by State Counsel Narissa Leander. The detective could not give an explanation for the distorted (double) prints.

The policeman however noted that in process of taking the prints and rolling the finger on the sheet from side to side, it would appear larger that a person’s actual finger.

Roopnarine’s testimony was followed by that of Lance Corporal Desmond Johnny. Johnny told the court that he was a part of the

MURDERED: Harold Rachpaul investigations; he took photographic exposures, and collected fingerprints and other evidential material from the crime scene. Johnny also collected a blue handle nipper from the scene of the crime. The nipper, along with several photographs taken at the crime scene, was also tendered as part of the evidence.

On Monday, the victim’s son Leonard Rachpaul provided the court with his portion of evidence. Rachpaul currently operates the Robb Street business which was once run by his father.

He told the court that a

Transport (Deed of Title) was among the items stolen from the Robb Street premises. He recalled that on the night of August 18, he secured his father’s Robb Street residence and business before leaving for his place of abode.

Rachpaul said that his father instructed him to lock up the German Shepherd canine, “Jesse”, before leaving and he did so. He related that he locked up the dog, but left two smaller dogs in the yard.

The man said that he returned to the premises around 8:00 am the following day and noticed the German Shepherd was in her kennel.

Rachpaul said that he later made the gruesome discovery of his father who was found wrapped up like a mummy with a sheet and a cord wrapped around him. The witness said though that his son was the first to enter the premises and make the discovery.

Rachpaul recalled that he was closing the gate behind when he turned around and his son (Vincent) came back running towards him saying, come see what happen to grandfather. Rachpaul said that not only was his father bound, he had a black and blue mark to the head.

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Court cases on irregularities against the State still await closure

After some 20 yrs…

Auditor General (AG) Deodat Sharma has found it appalling that after flagging a few cases of financial improprieties against the State since 1992, these matters still await closure in Guyana’s Court system.

In his 2014 report, Sharma said that over the years, there were four matters which were either being investigated by the police or pending before the Court.

Sharma said that each case was based on apparent irregularities or suspected fraudulent acts perpetrated against the State. The estimated losses, which remain outstanding to date, are valued at $14.382M. He then briefly explained the four cases.

During the period 1992, the Magisterial Court for West Demerara was dealing with the matter of misappropriation of funds in the sum of $6. 2M. Sharma noted that in this instance, no charges have been laid against the alleged employee. He said that the Supreme Court is still pursuing the matter with the relevant authorities.

The said Magisterial Court was also handling a case of overpayment of disbursement of bail money in the sum of $3.1M. This was since 1994. The Auditor General noted that no charges have been laid against the alleged employee but the Supreme Court is still tracking the matter with the relevant authorities.

In 1999, a matter which dealt with receipts being altered to show higher amounts resulting in overpayments to the bailers or defaulters in the sum of $2.4M was still not completed as no charges have been laid against the suspected employee.

In 2000, the magisterial court for Berbice was trying the case of short banking in the sum of $2.1M. Charges were laid against the alleged employee, who is committed to stand trial in the High Court of Berbice. But the matter is yet to be closed.

As recent as September 10, the Head of Department for the Supreme Court of Judicature had sent a reminder to the Finance Secretary requesting a status update.

Auditor General (AG), Deodat Sharma Sharma however reinforced the importance of the Department taking the necessary follow-up action with the relevant authorities with a view of bringing closure to these matters.

Accusations of sloth in the dispensation of justice and poor protection of case files are just two of the many stones that are often thrown at Guyana’s legislative system.

Local legal minds have said that while they applaud the recent move to increase

the number of Judges at the High Court so as to help break down the number of cases delayed for years in the system, there is a need for more judges in the Court of Appeal and for records of the courts to be better protected.

Another peeve for local legal luminaries is the slow dispensation of justice.

A local lawyer had said, “Trials, I can say from years of experience, occur in a timely manner in the Eastern Caribbean States and it is about time that Guyana implements the New Civil Procedure Rules. The New Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) are the rules of civil procedure used by the Court of Appeal, High Court of Justice, and County Courts in civil cases in England and Wales.”

“The CPR was designed to improve access to justice by making legal proceedings cheaper, quicker, and easier to understand for non-lawyers.

These have been out since in the early 2000’s and all the other Caribbean countries have adopted and implemented it. We have

been toying with it; everything necessary to promote its implementation has been done. It has been approved by the Parliament and I have been hearing for some time that it will be implemented, and five years have elapsed and it is not in place. It will most certainly help with the backlog of cases and it will also help to expedite trials.”

Distinguished Guyanese Scholar, Sir Fenton Ramsahoye had also emphasized the need for serious attention to be paid to Guyana’s judicial system.

The Senior Counsel (S.C) opined that the absence of ‘checks and balances’ is also causing inordinate delays for certain high profile constitutional cases.

Sir Fenton said that it is disappointing that matters such as the budget cuts case for 2012, is yet to be heard in the Court of Appeal.

The attorney-at-law said that it is certainly a disturbing matter and should be taken into consideration by the current government.

The Senior Counsel said that the current state of the

judiciary is not satisfactory because there are too many delays in the system. But while he is disappointed in the apparent lack of discipline in the organization, he said that the judiciary is not alone responsible.

Sir Fenton asserted that some lawyers need to accept some of the blame for the disorderliness they create by seeking unnecessary postponements.

He opined that some attorneys do not approach the law with a certain degree of respect, discipline and importance to ensure they avoid delays.

“Hence my position that the other elements of the Judiciary cannot be completely at fault because they alone cannot contribute to the disfunctioning system,” the Senior Counsel added.

Sir Fenton said that what is urgently needed is a whole revision of the system whereby, the judges and the lawyers would accept their responsibilities and act accordingly for it is far removed from that at the moment.

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Mason before court after alleged knife attack Twenty-year-old Patrick Smith was remanded to prison on Monday after pleading not guilty to a charge of unlawful and malicious wounding when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Smith, a mason from Albouystown, is accused of unlawfully and maliciously wounding Michael Ridley on October 23, at Independence Boulevard.

According to Police Prosecutor, Sergeant Neville Jeffers, the defendant and the complainant are known to each other. The prosecutor told the court that Smith and Ridley were involved in an incident prior to what transpired on the day in question.

Jeffers related that the

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Patrick Smith defendant approached Ridley with two knives on October 23, and stabbed him about the body.

He added that the complainant was taken for medical attention and has since been discharged from the hospital.

The police file in relation to this matter is still incomplete.

Smith was remanded to prison until November 16, for statements by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.

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GTU against government’s plans to ban Corporal punishment in schools The Guyana Teachers Union in recent years has always been very vocal about their disagreement whenever the issue of eradicating Corporal punishment in schools was brought up.

In light of recent statements made by Minister of Education Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine regarding the eradication of Corporal punishment within schools, the GTU has once again raised their disagreement to the Ministry’s intent.

GTU President, Mark Lyte recently stated that the “union’s position remains the same on the issue. We are not supportive of Corporal Punishment being taken out of the schools, as the Ministry is yet to put alternatives in place to deal with aggressive children.”

Lyte said that when various (proven) alternative measures have been put in place, only then will the union rethink its stance on

Corporal punishment.

“Unless the Minister provides effective measures to deal with badly-behaved children, we as a union must say that this must remain.”

The need for Welfare Officers was also highlighted as teachers are said to be illequipped to deal with children who may need counseling.

Lyte stated that the current systems in place relating to Welfare Officers are poor at best. It was stated that two Officers will have to cater for 40-60 children.

It was the view of Lyte that teachers are often left with nothing to ensure students are kept in line. The only measure in place which gives them some semblance of authority is Corporal punishment.

The issue has over the years caused many discussions and public debates and despite many calls for the practice’s abolishment, to date it has not

GTU President, Mark Lyte happened.

However, it must be noted that not all teachers are allowed to discipline students. That right is reserved for the Head teachers of the school or a senior teacher who must be under supervision at the time of disciplining the child.

The Minister had recently revealed his disappointment that such acts are still being practiced in the school

system and intimated that Corporal punishment can often lead to psychological scarring as it is no different from physical abuse.

He said that classrooms should not be a place of fear but rather, one of learning. It is for this reason that the Minister is looking to do away with the archaic practice by adjusting relevant legislation in the near future.

He stated that a central counseling body will be established soon and trained Counselors will be attached to each school.

In the year 2013, the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU), in the wake of mounting calls for the abolition of Corporal punishment within schools, stated that the practice’s abolishment is not something they support.

GTU Secretary at the time, Coretta McDonald opined that the abolition of Corporal Punishment may prove to be disastrous for teachers as there are many hostile children in their classrooms.

Many members of the GTU stated that Corporal punishment is the only tool available to them to better mould future generations.

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Trotman’s accuser charged for posing as lawyer William Ebi Lockhart, formerly ‘Johnny Welshman’ is once again in the limelight.

This time, the man who had accused former Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman of sexually assaulting him, has found himself on the wrong side of the law, with a mother accusing him of fleecing her of $40,000 by pretending that he was an attorney.

The incident allegedly occurred on October 21, in Georgetown.

Lockhart, 23, of 2519 Layou Street, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, is being accused of obtaining the money from a woman by falsely pretending to be an attorney at law, knowing same to be false.

According to information presented in court yesterday, the complainant, Alicia Fernandes, had contacted Lockhart for assistance in relation to a child custody matter.

Police Prosecutor, Corporal Shawn Gonsalves told the court that Fernandes

claimed that she was having problems with her mother, who has custody of her children. The prosecutor added that the matter had been engaging the attention of the Welfare Department, which had advised Fernandes to seek the help of an attorney.

Fernandes then contacted the defendant and paid him the money to deal with the matter.

However, a few days later, the complainant found out that Lockhart was not whom he claimed to be. She reported the matter to the station and investigations were carried out which led to the arrest of Lockhart.

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge after it was read to him by Magistrate Dylon Bess. He was placed on $25,000 bail and instructed to return to court on December 29, for statements in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Last year, Lockhart had accused Raphael Trotman, now Minster of Governance

William Lockhart aka Johnny Welshman of sexually molesting him as a child.

Months after the allegations were made, investigations were completed and a file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.

However, the DPP had advised the police not to institute charges against Trotman, who was at the time Speaker of the National Assembly.

Trotman had always denied the allegations.

Campbellville shop-owner remanded for gun stashed in cupboard Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan remanded a 34year-old shop proprietor to prison, after she found that there were no special reasons to grant him bail on charges of illegal firearm and ammunition possession.

Appearing in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday was Orandel McCoy of Lot 16 William Street, Campbellville, Georgetown.

McCoy pleaded not guilty to the first charge which alleged that on October 13, he had a 9mm pistol in his possession when he was not the holder of a firearm licence.

He also denied that on the day in question, at the same location he had 15 live rounds of 9mm ammunition in his tenure, when he had no firearm licence.

The defendant, who was represented by Attorney Peter Hugh, was remanded to prison until November 16, when he will appear before Magistrate Fabayo Azore.

Hugh made an application for his client to be released on reasonable bail in relation to both charges. He argued that the items mentioned in the charge were not recovered on his client’s

Orandel McKoy possession. Instead, Hugh attested that the firearm and ammunition were found inside a shop McCoy operates at his home. The attorney added that the items were hidden behind a cupboard.

In this regard, Hugh pleaded with the court to consider bail for McCoy citing the multiple occupancy of the shop. The lawyer explained that several people have access to the shop and anyone could have placed the firearm and ammunition at the back piece of furniture.

According to Hugh, on the day in question, ranks from the Narcotics Branch of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) visited

McCoy’s premises and conducted a search, but found no narcotics. He said that the ranks found what appeared to be a pistol behind a cupboard.

However, Hugh’s bail application was met with objections from Police Prosecutor, Sergeant Neville Jeffers. The prosecutor informed the court that the police acting on information went to the home of the defendant where they conducted a search.

While the search was being done, the defendant informed the police that he alone has access to the shop.

Further, Jeffers pointed out that the firearm and ammunition were recovered in the presence of McCoy and he was the only one around at the time.

Additionally, he highlighted the seriousness and prevalence of the offence and the fact that Attorney, Hugh had failed to provide the court with special reasons for bail to be considered.

The prosecutor’s objections were upheld by the Magistrate who remanded the defendant to prison on the ground that no special reasons were put forward.

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Dynamic Airways discusses increased flight schedules for 2016 & golden jubilee with Tourism Minister Tourism Minister, Catherine Hughes had a cordial meeting with the visiting Chief Operations Officer (COO) of United States-based Dynamic International Airways, John Mullins on the periphery of the Aviation Conference held earlier this week.

Accompanied by Director General of Tourism, Donald Sinclair, Minister Hughes discussed Dynamic Airways’ plans to increase their Georgetown to New York flights over the Christmas holidays and into 2016.

Mr. Mullins who was accompanied by his Company’s Director of Security and Cargo, James Smollein, and Guyanese business partner, proprietor of Roraima Airways, Capt. Gerry Gouveia, gave the assurance that his company had firm plans not only to increase the frequency of flights to Georgetown, but to introduce a direct cargo service to New York from Guyana that has the capacity to boost agricultural exports. The Airline has already secured the relevant permissions from US authorities and is currently awaiting Guyana’s

Tourism Minister Catherine Hughes (2nd right) greets Dynamics Airways’ Chief Operations Officer, Mr. John Mullins. Also in photo are Captain Gerry Gouveia (right) and the Director General of the Ministry of Tourism, Mr. Donald Sinclair approval.

Capt. Gouveia stated that the Boeing 767 aircraft is spacious and has the capacity to carry 10 tonnes of fresh fish, vegetables, fruits, ground provisions and other raw produce. By the same token, he said, the business community could utilise the cargo service for importation.

The group discussed the

ramifications of early effective implementation and agreed that it will require the acquisition of specialised equipment to test and closely monitor the perishable goods before and during transit.

Minister Hughes gave a commitment to collaborate with her peers in the relevant ministries to facilitate this acquisition.

In the meantime, Guyanese in the Diaspora who plan to come home to participate in the 50th Anniversary Jubilee in 2016 are being advised to secure their travel bookings early.

Mr. Mullins conveyed to the

Minister his company’s assurance that the ‘turbulence’ that passengers experienced in the early days of the airline’s service to Guyana has been eradicated.

He stated further that the Guyanese market has since

been viable and loyal to the airline and that Dynamic Airways is ready to invest further. The COO added that Guyana is among the destinations whose steadfastness has allowed Dynamic to add ‘International’ to its name. “It is a reflection of our transition into a long haul,” Mr. Mullins stated.

The Dynamic Airways duo came to Guyana to participate in the recent twoday Aviation Conference organised by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority.

Minister Hughes was among several Ministers of Government who addressed the pre-conference roundtable on Sunday, October 18.

Dynamic’s Director of Security and Cargo, James Smollein, also addressed the sector on new US safety regulations and modern initiatives in air safety implemented since the 9/11 bombing of the Manhattan Twin Towers. (MINISTRY OF TOURISM)

InselAir top brass commits to promoting destination Guyana

From Left: Nicole Berenos, Edward Heerenveen and Captain Gerry Gouveia InselAir has been in operation for just over a year now and already the airline has been able to rack up its flight to six times per week, with an occupancy rate of between 50 and 70 per cent.

But the airline is also looking to partner more with the Guyana Government, particularly its Tourism Ministry in terms of promoting “Destination Guyana”.

This was the message from InselAir’s top brass yesterday, Edward Heerenveen, who provided an update on the operations of the service and spoke of heightened optimism when it came to promoting Guyana, particularly when it comes to the hosting of Guyana’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations.

Heerenveen and local representative, Captain Gerry Gouveia, yesterday provided an update on the operations of the service locally and was in loud praise of Tourism Minister, Cathy Hughes.

With 20 planes in its fleet and operating on some 26 destinations, the airline’s top executive told media operatives that InselAir is committed to servicing and promoting the Guyana Destination.

He said the visit by the company’s top brass, including its Sales Manager, Nicole Berenos was, in part, specifically to meet with the new Government and its Tourism Minister.

Following a meeting with Minister Hughes, Heerveen reported on her enthusiasm and spoke to how she was “working day and night for the cause of Guyana.”

InselAir, he said, is looking to add two more destinations to its route by next year to add to the already direct links to some 19 destinations afforded to the travelling Guyanese public. He said, the airline offers direct flights to destinations as far as China, India and Egypt.

According to Heereveen, InselAir enjoys good relations with a number of companies in the Private Sector locally and afield.

Speaking to the advantages of using InselAir, Heereveen spoke to its hub and connectivity to its destinations which are complemented by co-sharing agreements with other airlines around the world, which will facilitate access to even more destinations for its customers.

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New GPC bids 200 times more than others to supply blood bags During yesterday’s opening of bids at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) under the Ministry of Health, several companies submitted bids for the supply of blood bags.

New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation was by far the highest bidder with a whopping $228.4M

Bids were also opened under the Ministry of Public Health for the procurement of immersion oil and giemsa stain powder. Immersion oil is used with microscopes to increase the resolve of the lens, while giemsa stain powder is used to pathologically diagnose malaria and other parasites during blood smearing procedures.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Finance also had bids opened on its behalf for the sale of several vehicles. These vehicles and the estimated costs are as follows: PJJ 1116 at $600,000; PJJ 9754 at $1.5M; PGG 5670 at $2M; PJJ 9498 at $1.2M; PJJ 6608 at $200,000 and PFF 3598 at $150,000.

Under the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, bids were opened for the procurement of wind measurement equipment for the Hinterland Electrification Co. Inc.

And for the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region four, bids were opened for the supply and delivery of four (4x4) pickups and CD Minibus.

For the Ministry of Agriculture, bids were opened for the provision of security services.

There were two lots.

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Letters... Where your views make the news

A plea for the confirmation of the Chancellor of the Judiciary DEAR EDITOR, I read in the papers that the Honorable Chancellor has sought to explain the position in the High Court Registry. In doing so he explained that in 1983 he had just qualified as a lawyer and at that time there was no Deputy Registrar of Deeds. This fact reminded me of the fact that in 1983 I won my first murder case in Barbados.

Where three Guyanese charged with murder were acquitted, I can recall meeting a number of students including the Chancellor, Messrs. Mr. Neil Boston, Mr. Lesley Hulls, Mr. Basil Williams and Debra Barker and others and giving them encouragement to become good Lawyers.

The Chancellor has always been close to me and I admire him how he climbed the ladder from a practitioner, then a Commissioner of Title, then a Judge and so forth.

I agree with Mr. Ramkarran who in one of his articles recently stated that Carl Singh has a sound legal experience and ought to be appointed Chancellor. I purposely set out the details above so that it could be appreciated that my long experience in the legal profession qualifies me to

make the following suggestions: My view is that this new Government is doing a good job and ought to continue along this line.

The judicial system has to be looked at immediately.

There is no time to point out who is to be blamed. There are problems which have to be solved and action must be taken swiftly. The Chancellor is now 63 years old and has basically a world of experience that will enable him to perform perhaps better when appointed than he is doing now.

A new Chief Justice has to be appointed once the Chancellor is confirmed in the position he has been acting in for over 10 years. One of the reasons why he should be appointed now is that there is no allegation proved against him to make him unfit for the appointment. It must be regretted that the acting Chief Justice the Honorable Ian Chang cannot be confirmed because in February, 2016 he would reach the age of 65 years.

However I would like to suggest that after his retirement, the Government should find some position for him because with his excellent legal knowledge and experience he could

Why is the APNU-AFC...

From page 4 whether in government or opposition. Why is it that some persons who voted for the coalition would want to now vote the PPP/C back into government? Persons are asking how is it that it seems that now that the PPP/C is in the opposition, that the party now understands governance, did they suddenly woke up on 11 May, 2015.? How is it that the PPP/ C seems to be aware of certain issues and the solutions to those issues after 11 May and the now government seems to be making some of the blunders that he PPP/C made?

I would suggest one of the contributing factors is the change in the situation of the PPP/C and the government – meaning the position of power. Lord Acton once said that “power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority.”

Finally, one can conclude that governments will continue to lose power to the Opposition in the Guyana scenario, since the real power

lies in the people, particularly now that the people have realized that they hold the real power. In the Guyana case the followership is moving in the small power distance direction, hence the political party that moves with the people by decentralizing power, where superiors treat subordinates with respect, where rules and laws are administered equally, where generally there is more equality, where politics is not prone to totalitarianism; that is the party in my view that would become the government.

However, the current government has to be mindful that power does not cause it to shift away from the direction of the people because in the same way their parties shifted while in opposition the PPP/C can also shift more in the direction of the people.

Essentially, I have given the PPP/C the same reason to work towards getting back into power that I have given the government to work towards so that it does not get put out of power, that is, to work towards developing political organizations which are more of a small power distance nature.

Audreyanna Thomas

continue to make valuable contributions to the legal profession in Guyana especially in the realm of Public Law. The Government’s, failure to take this opportunity to retain the retired acting Chief Justice in the system would possibly lead to unforeseen problems. It is known that retired Judges are always available. In the case of the late Chancellor George, he was employed at the Court of Appeal in the Bahamas. In the case of our only female Chancellor now retired Madam Justice Deserie Bernard, she went to the Caribbean Court of Appeal and now has gone on further.

The late Chancellor the

Honorable Aubrey Bishop made valued contributions at the University of Guyana as well as the retired Attorney General the Honorable Justice Messiah and I can go on and on.

Since this Government is working assiduously towards the good for Guyana, in my opinion it should not give any opportunity for the Opposition who appear not to have the entire Guyana at heart to steal people like the Honorable Ian Chang. After his retirement I trust that this simple analysis will lend some assistance to the Government to deal with the matters at hand.

Jonas Coddett Attorney-at-Law

Do we have to burn...

From page 5 to handle the volume of the sea over topping form the two villages. The Regional Chairman and the engineer promised they would dig out the middle culvert and replaced it with a 12 feet bridge in the short term. This project was estimated to cost about 2.5 Million In January 2014, the RDC installed a 4 feet tube instead of the bridge. It was alleged that this tube installation cost about 3 million dollars. High tide came soon after and washed away the dirt around the tube. Cornelia Ida and Anna Catherina were still devastated by the flood. A truck subsequently ran over the tube and it collapse. Another tube was

installed. This time, a 3 feet tube. Another 3 million again was involved. My God! If a 4 feet tube didn’t work, would a 3 feet do any better? Last week another contractor was sent to do some revetment work around the 3 feet tube.

Again I was told another 3 million was involved. Come Next month when another spring tide is expected, Cornelia Ida and Anna Catherina, Sea- View will once again be under water.

This is how taxpayer’s money has been spent and the suffering they have to endure. The people have voted solidly for a change. We are patiently waiting to see what difference our vote will bring.

Colin Woolford

They want to sell...

From page 4 all human and spiritual values, yea, our closeness to God, all germinate and grow from our relationship to the very land which the very Lord, our God verily gave to us. Be prodigious, sell it all out and eat, drink out the money. We are already Americans and Canadians citizens, no problem becoming Chinese.

But,”We cannot sell out. We cannot give away. We cannot offer the adversary any corridor or any passage.” Commander in Chief, President David Granger made that declaration this yesterday. Editor, I have tried in the past, and again today to present a social, political, economic , moral and religious justification for diversification and linkage industrialization of Guysuco.

Gokarran David Sukhdeo Author -The Silver Lining, (Awarded 1998 Guyana Prize for Literature)

LEGALNOTICE 2015 NO.D-200 DEMERARA IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE DIVORCE AND M AT R I M O N I A L JURISDICTION DIVORCE BETWEEN:(SINGH), SADHNA nee MORTIMER Petitioner -and (SINGH) MAHADEO Respondent CITATION TO: MAHADEO SINGH 291 Tuschen (North), East Bank Essequibo, Guyana WHEREAS, SADHNA SINGH nee MORTIMER, Teacher, of 291 Tuschen (North), East Bank Essequibo, Guyana, claiming to have been married to you has filed a Petition against you in the Registry of the High Court of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Guyana praying for a dissolution of marriage on the ground of malicious desertion.

UPON APPLICATION in person or by letter to Mrs. Kamini Parag-Singh, Attorney at Law, whose address for service and place of business is at 160 ‘A’ Waterloo Street, North Cummingsburg, Georgetown, a copy of the said Petition will be delivered or sent to you.

If within, 28 (twenty-eight) days after the date of the second and final publication of this Notice no application has been made nor appearance entered the Court may proceed to hear the said Petition and pronounce judgment therein in your absence notwithstanding.

AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that for the purpose aforesaid you are to attend in person or by your Attorney-at-Law at the Registry of the said Court at the Law Courts, Georgetown, and then and there to enter an appearance in a book provided for that purpose without which you will not be allowed to address the Court either in person or by Attorney-atLaw at any stage of the proceedings in this cause.

Dated a Georgetown, Demerara, THIS THE 2ND DAY OF JULY, 2015

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Pool Tables and business property for sale- Call: 6216878 MILL CUT AND DRESSED GREENHEART FROM $160BM AND KABUKALLI FROM, $180BM- TEL: 6886579/653-9752 Toyota Spacio, PMM 3646.

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Call: 610-7363 Plants: Chrysanthemums 5 for $2000, Hibiscus 5 for $3,000, Bougainvilla 5 for $2000 @ AK Plant Shop. Call: 610-7363 Crazy deals! All Dell Desktop & Laptop computers-$55,000, free educational software and games. Call FuturetTech: 2312206 Golden Retriever pups and other breeds of dogs. Call: 625-0345 2 Jet-Ski –Call: 680-2095, 261-5401 PROPERTY WITH 54,000 SQ.FT BOND SPACE ON 1 ACRE OF LAND WITH LOADING & DISCHARGING BAYS. CALL: 225-0790; 226-4878 Going Cheap! Wall divider/ cabinet, double and single bed, table, wardrobe, chair set.

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Panama, Portugal will replace Venezuelan rice market - Holder Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder is assuring those involved in the rice industry that all is not lost with the loss of the Venezuelan market and that Guyana is doing business with other nations on a larger scale.

Commenting on the issue yesterday to GINA, Holder noted that Guyana currently sells rice to 50 countries around the world, and too much of an issue is now being made out of the collapse of the Venezuelan market.

“As a matter of fact, currently, the Portugal market is as big as the Venezuelan market, about 30 percent or so (of rice exports), I think too much of a big thing is being made out of the lapse in the Venezuelan market,” the Minister said.

He noted that currently the Government of Guyana was pursuing the Panama market, in addition to

- discussions being held with Mexico, Haiti and Bahamas

discussions with Mexico, Haiti and the Bahamas being held.

Recently, President David Granger had announced that the government will be stepping up its efforts in finding markets for Guyana’s rice as he lobbied the

international community on his various overseas engagements, with increased emphasis placed on the role of the Foreign Service.

“When I was at the United Nations (UN) in September, I met some Heads of Government and I raised the possibility of rice sales to those countries. That is the task that I have given to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to go and seek new markets for our products including rice,” Granger had said in a recent interview with Kaieteur News.

“Venezuela only took 3540 percent of our rice,” Granger continued. “Guyana has never been wholly dependent on Venezuela’s market. So we continue to search.”

“I am looking for markets

rank-and-file police officers, with some of them turning their backs on him as he eulogized the officers at their funerals.

Since then, some of the friction has eased. The mayor is expected to visit the viewing for Officer Holder on Tuesday afternoon.

Still, not all the tension has dissipated. The Rev. Al Sharpton, who had accepted an invitation from the family and their pastor to eulogize Officer Holder, has said he will no longer speak. In a letter addressed to Officer Holder’s father, also named Randolph Holder, Mr. Sharpton cited recent public criticism of his relationship with the police as his reason for declining.

Mr. Sharpton, a long vocal critic of the police, stressed that his efforts were aimed at brutality by officers and not meant as an attack on law enforcement.

“I thought my coming might give a sense of unity in the city,” he wrote in the letter, which was disseminated Tuesday by the National Action Network, the civil rights organization Mr. Sharpton leads.

He said that he hoped to demonstrate that “we can disagree on cases and on policies, but that we are united that the senseless and ruthless killing of officers like your son must be denounced and we must as a city come together and mourn that loss.”

Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder

for rice…the main focus of Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry is for economic diplomacy, I want to sell rice, I want to sell rum, I want to sell plantain chips, I want to sell (other produce)” he had also said.

Kaieteur News understands that Guyana’s negotiations with Panama bore fruit and an increased market arrangement with Panama was brokered, for which shipments have begun. The shipment has been increased from 4000 to 7,200 tonnes.

On October 16th Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro held meetings with Suriname President Desi Bouterse during an official visit and considering that the

rice silos (bulk storage facilities) in Nickerie, Suriname were full, an intensification of their rice deal was determined.

Noting that Venezuela is a major rice market, questions were raised about Suriname’s capacity for supplying the total rice requirement of Caracas. President Bouterse had however noted that those concerns were irrelevant and that as much rice as possible would be sold.

Similar to Guyana’s case, Suriname would be hoping that Venezuela would pay for the rice under the PetroCaribe arrangements.

Guyana has been actively seeking new markets but there are also concerns about

the excess rice. Kaieteur News understands that more than 800 containers of Guyana rice were stuck at the congested wharves in Venezuela.

Under this year ’s agreement, some 120,000 metric tonnes (Mt) of paddy along with 84,000 Mt of white rice have to be supplied to Venezuela. The deal was worth around US$113M. Reportedly, Suriname is agreeing to take half of what Guyana was getting for the rice and paddy shipments.

Venezuela itself is facing food shortages with Maduro’s refusal to renew the deal seen as placing pressure on the recently sworn-in Granger administration.

GTU in support of Christian Hundreds Gather at Wake for... prayers in schools (From page 20) city, coming not long after the death of Eric Garner while he was in police custody. Mayor Bill de Blasio became the target for much of the anger of

Greenidge to sign key...

(From page 3) and alternately in Guyana and Barbados.

This meeting resulted in the two sides identifying a number of agreed areas of cooperation in which joint endeavours could be pursued. Specific areas in which decisions have been made include investment and exports, tourism, hospitality and air services, agriculture and fisheries, maritime administration and marine affairs, education, immigration and security, culture, and youth and sports.

The Third Session of the Joint Commission is expected to facilitate follow-up on the agreed outcomes of the Second Session of the Joint Commission, and craft a work programme for the period 2015 to 2017. (BGIS)

Bartica, Lethem, Mabaruma...

(From page 18) that steps will be taken to bring this in line with the 21st century.

He noted that, unfortunately, in the case of Georgetown and many of the other Councils, rates were being collected, adjudged by an evaluation exercise that was done in 1996.

Of course property value has increased significantly since then, the Minister noted.

He pointed out that this has resulted in the Councils not being in a position to garner sufficient revenue from a mechanism which is the main component of their revenue base.

He explained that if these local organs were dependent on Central Government for subvention, then “it was easier for Central Government to dictate, dominate, and control, and also to manage the country from the centre.”

President of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) Mark Lyte recently expressed his support for the reviewing of Christian prayers in public schools.

He stated that the emersion of Christian prayers in schools did not start yesterday and it is not likely a problem which will end today.

The replacing of Christian prayers with universal prayers, he expressed, may take a very long time. It has been the talk for many years to have universal prayers within schools, but such prayers are extremely difficult to coin as they often tend to favour one religion over another.

“As long as all these religious bodies agree on the universal prayers, as coining one is the real challenge, we have no qualms about it as we are in fact a multi-religious society,” said Lyte.

Reverend Patricia Sheeratan-Bisnauth of the Guyana Presbyterian Church, who is also head of the Guyana Responsible parenthood Association (GRPA) along with Dr. Vindhya Persaud, President of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha, has also expressed their support for the review.

Bisnauth had expressed her surprise that Christian prayers are still the official prayer in most public schools across the country, as Guyana has been acknowledged as a pluralistic society since the 1970’s. It was assumed that as such, school prayers would reflect this plurality.

“I personally think it’s a good move by the Minister as it will aid in respect for the different religions. It should never be about competition to

GTU President, Mark Lyte see whose God is better, but it should be about encouraging respect between these different belief systems.

Hopefully, people will soon see how good this move is,” said Bisnauth.

Persaud had also commented on the issue stating that “it has always been a belief of mine that we should have universal prayers within our schools.

By using such a prayer, it promotes tolerance and respect for each other’s cultures, especially in a country such as ours.”

Despite the various religions existing within Guyana’s society and the country’s position of being a secular state, most public schools across Guyana see students reciting Christian prayers despite their religious affiliation.

According to the Constitution of Guyana, the practice of having Christian prayers in public schools across the country is in contravention of laws set out in relation to the separation of church and state.

The Ministry of

Education has over the years never addressed the issue despite many requests for universal prayers. By allowing public education to accommodate the Lord’s Prayer, the Ministry was seen as being oblivious to the Constitution of Guyana.

Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnarine, stated that the practice is not one which will be condoned by his Ministry. He made his intentions clear to do away with it and implement interdenominational prayers across the public school system.

He added that the reciting of Christian prayers in schools may be a preference of the teachers and to his knowledge has never been the policy of the Ministry.

“If that’s the practice that is going on in these public schools,” the Minister stated, “it is not a practice we condone. We are a multireligious country and we have to realize that we have multi-religious children so that whatever prayer is used in schools, should not exclude any of the religions.”

Roopnarine said that the Ministry will soon review the practice which could possibly be detrimental to social cohesion. He revealed that he will soon start disseminating information countrywide to inform teachers of the need of having interdenominational prayers in the nation’s schools.

Interdenominational prayers were said to be the only policy with regards to school prayers that the Ministry embraces, as they can apply to all religions rather than to any single denomination.

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Police Corporal charged Controversy flares over for prisoner’s escape ‘Kamla is boss’ slogan

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Controversy flared up on Monday over our report that former Trinidad and Tobago prime minister Kamla PersadBissessar launched her campaign for re-election as political leader of her United National Congress (UNC) party on Saturday afternoon at a public meeting in Penal, with the slogan Who vex loss, Kamla ‘is boss’.

According to one social media posting, the article is inaccurate when it says the slogan is: “Who vex loss, Kamla ‘is boss’”.

“That was just a fan posing a T-shirt; it was not Kamla’s campaign slogan. It was highly irresponsible of the author of this piece to not check their facts before writing that rubbish,” the poster said.

Reader Chris Simmons, in a comment to the article, said, “News items should really be confirmed before publishing or the reader may very well go away with a sense that fraudulent information is being bandied about.

That campaign slogan quoted is very erroneous. It is just a t-shirt worn by a supporter spilling over from the general elections. Please be

After 36 years of committed service to the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Corporal Noel Trotman, who is attached to the Mahdia Police Station, is being accused of allowing a prisoner to getaway.

Yesterday, Trotman of Lot 162 Anna Catherina Village, West Coast Demerara, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty to the charge.

It is alleged that on September 27, at the aforementioned Police Station, due to his negligence or carelessness, the Corporal allowed David Peters, a prisoner, to escape, while he

was left under his watch.

At the time, the prisoner was being held in custody for drug trafficking.

Trotman, 54, a father of five was released on $40,000 bail and instructed to return to court on January 16, 2016.

This matter was transferred to the Mahdia Magistrate’s Court.

Attorney, Adrian Thompson represented the defendant and asked that he be granted bail in a reasonable sum. The attorney told Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan that his client has all intentions of defending himself. The attorney

emphasized that at the time of the escape, the Corporal was not the only rank on duty. Thompson posited that Trotman is not a flight risk since h e h a s n o i n t e n t i o n s of fleeing the jurisdiction.

Further, Thompson attested that his client has no pending matters or previous convictions.

Police Prosecutor, Corporal Deniro Jones had no objections to his colleague being granted bail.

However, the prosecutor asked the Magistrate to set bail in a substantial amount t o e n s u r e T r o t m a n ’s return.

Water Street robbery/ murder...

Kamla Persad-Bissessar (C) at her party leadership re-election campaign launch. more accurate with your article.”

However, the slogan appears to refer ex post facto to Persad-Bissessar’s government being ousted from office in the general elections on September 7, 2015, rather than “spilling over” from the elections.

Furthermore, none of the various commentators could explain why the picture in question was uploaded to the former prime minister’s own brand new leadership

campaign Facebook page “by Kamla Persad Bissessar” if it was not something approved, adopted and/or endorsed by her.

Similarly, no one could apparently justify the assertion of a hitherto unknown journalistic principle that news outlets must doublecheck the provenance of pictures and/or other content made available to the public by the same individual to whom they relate.

(Caribbean News)

Taxi driver pleads guilty to manslaughter Joseph Williams, the lone accused implicated in the robbery/murder of handyman Victor Da Silva, has pleaded guilty.

Williams, a taxi driver from Kitty pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter at the continuation of his trial, on Monday. He had initially denied his involvement in the crime, before Justice Joann Barlow at the Georgetown High Court.

According to reports, Da Silva was shot and killed after a group of armed bandits ambushed and robbed him and his employer, Gas Stat i o n p r o p r i e t o r, A l b e r t Gajadhar in Kingston on July 8, 2013.

At the time of the shooting, the two men were on their way to Republic Bank to make a deposit of cash.

The gunmen reportedly escaped with $8 million. Da Silva of Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara sustained at least four gunshot wounds about his body.

He died on the spot but Gajadhar was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he too sustained gunshot wounds. Earlier in the trial, a video recording of an interview between the police and the accused was admitted and tendered as evidence in the trial.

According to the recording, the accused detailed to investigators that he was hired to be a chauffeur on the day of the incident.

He claimed that the man who hired him, told him of a plan to steal a motor car.

He related that the man

requested that he follow a Toyota Rav 4 vehicle.

The accused said that while following the vehicle, in the vicinity of Water Street, Georgetown, he heard loud sounds that appeared to be gunshots.

Williams told the police that he was uncertain of what was happening at the time, thus he exited the vehicle and ran for cover.

The man claimed that when he returned to the car, the passenger had left but the police subsequently arrested him at the scene.

Following the guilty plea on Monday, Williams’ Attorneys, Peter Hugh made a request for a Probation Report before sentence is p a s s e d . Justice Barlow granted the request and deferred the case to November 6.

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Sharapova screams past Halep, retiring Pennetta prevails SINGAPORE (Reuters) Maria Sharapova continued her mastery of Romania’s Simona Halep with a high quality 6-4 6-4 victory filled with bruising baseline rallies to edge closer to a last four berth at the WTA Finals on Tuesday.

The Russian world number four topped the Red Group at the eight women end-of-season finals with her second win and next faces U.S. Open champion Flavia Pennetta, who said she would retire after the tournament, with a semi-final spot on the line.

The 33-year-old Italian had earlier kept alive her WTA Finals bid with a flurry of backhand winners as she downed a strapped up and fatigued Agnieszka Radwanska 7-6(5) 6-4 to

Flavia Pennetta of Italy celebrates a point against Agnieszka Radswanka of Poland during their women’s singles tennis match of the WTA Finals at the Singapore Indoor Stadium October 27, 2015.

(Reuters/Edgar Su) leave the Pole bottom of the standings with two defeats.

It was Pennetta’s first win in the group — she was

Wednesday October 28, 2015 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) Vague physical discomfort could have you feeling out of sorts. Most likely you aren't really ill. You're tired and stressed, but you can make it through the day.

TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20) A long-awaited romantic encounter may be canceled or prove less rewarding than you'd hoped. Doubts about the future of this relationship could come up.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) A visitor to your home might bring unreliable information.

Don't take at face value whatever this person says.

As far as romance is concerned, your passions are high and your need for intimacy about the same.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) A passionate letter or phone call could come from a close friend or romantic partner.

The person may be confused and rather emotionally tormented. Be kind!

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) You could have an artistic talent that you haven't yet tapped. Today events might occur that cause you to want to try.

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Family members may want to make changes in your home, such as remodeling, redecorating, or refurnishing, but there could be disagreements about the changes needed. Everyone will have a different idea.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) Miscommunication with a romantic partner could have you either writing or reading love poetry or a story of some kind.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) A close friend or group with which you're associated could have money troubles. You might be asked to help, but be careful. It's doubtful that the person or organization will be able to pay you back.

SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21) You like people but sometimes you can be very critical. Today you may have a hard time integrating yourself into a group. The group dynamic may not appeal to you. All you want to do is break away. it.

CAPRI (Dec.22–Jan.19) Confusion about metaphysical or spiritual matters could have you seeking clarity through research. Talking with friends could prove beneficial, but it's important to remember that they could be as perplexed as you.

AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) A new sort of bond may form with someone you consider a friend. Perhaps you discover a mutual interest or suddenly see your friend in a new light.

PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) Something important to you is changing. You're beginning to doubt whether there's a future in it or not. It may be a career or a romantic relationship.

Confusion may dominate your thoughts today.

blown away by top seed Halep 6-0 6-3 in her opener on Sunday — with her backhand proving a particularly devastating weapon at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Sharapova’s win over the Romanian means all four players in the group still hold hopes of grabbing one of two semi-final spots available and Pennetta said she had been impressed by the Russian, who has been hit with injury problems since Wimbledon.

“She has this adrenaline because she was out for three or four months, something like that,” the Italian told reporters. “When you come in the court after so long you are with a lot of energy. It’s going to be tough for sure.”

FEROCIOUS BATTLE Sharapova edged Radwanska over three tough sets on Sunday but showed no willingness to go the distance again on Tuesday in a ferocious baseline battle against the top seeded Halep.

Both players traded early breaks with neither enjoying an easy ride on serve before five-times grand slam champion Sharapova secured the set by breaking Halep, runner-up here last year, for a second time at 5-4.

The 28-year-old Russian, who had won all five previous matches against Halep, was controlling the bulk of the rallies from the centre of the court with some rangy defensive work also causing the Romanian angst.

Sharapova, runner-up to Serena Williams at the Australian Open this year, broke Halep again in a lengthy second game of the second set

and some blistering winners from both sides of the court allowed her to open up a 5-1 lead.

She looked set to serve out the match before her double fault demons returned as she was broken from 30-15 up and then lost her next ser-

vice game as Halep fought back to be on serve.

Her recovery, though, was quickly ended by the shrieking Sharapova who broke in the next game to seal the match with a bruising backhand before letting out a roar of approval.

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President Granger receives RHTY&SC highest award Honorary Membership also conferred on Granger, Minister Henry and DoS Jones His Excellency President David Arthur Granger on Sunday last received the Dolphin Award of Excellence from the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC), the club’s highest award is presented to individuals who the club views positive role models.

President Granger was honoured as an outstanding national leader and role model.

The RHTY&SC also conferred Honorary Membership on President Granger during their Silver Jubilee Anniversary Celebration at the St. Francis Community Developers Complex.

Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster in announcing the award informed that the award would only be given to ten (10) individuals each year and the President was the third individual to have received same since the award was founded.

The first two awardees were Guyana Beverage Com-

pany General Manager Robert Selman and CEO of Gizmos & Gadgets Ravi Mangar.

President Granger expressed gratitude to the Management and Members for honouring him while expressing his appreciation for the work of the Club.

President Granger informed that he was not the President for any political party but for the whole of Guyana. He committed himself towards working to make life better for every citizen. The Guyanese leader also urged the Management of the club to share its experience with other youth and sports organisations across Guyana.

The Club also inducted Minister of Sports Ms. Nicolette Henry, Director of Sports Christopher Jones, Rose Hall Town Businessman Lorezao Johnny, CEO of Metro Office Supplies Avia Lindie and CEO of Caribbean Containers Inc. Ms. Patricia Bacchus as Honorary Members.

President Granger receives the Dolphin Award from RHTY&SC President, Keith Foster.

Foster welcomed all of the new Honorary Members on board the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and expressed confidence that together they can work to make a positive difference in the lives of youths, the elderly and less fortunate.

The club, he stated was committed to working beyond the call of duty to make God’s world a better place for all to live. He expressed confidence that they would continue their outstanding work long after the excitement of its Silver Jubilee Anniversary would

Minister Nicolette Henry receives Honorary Membership from RHTY&SC President, Keith Foster. have passed.

The RHTY&SC for 2015 has already completed 233 projects/programmes after setting a target of 200 for the year. With two full months to go, the Secretary/CEO stated that they would fulfill a revised target of 300

programmes for the year.

Among the remaining major programmes to be done are the annual Busta Champion of Champions 40-over cricket tournament, the Christmas Village and a multimillion Christmas Charity Programme.

STAG ELITE LEAGUE TOURNAMENT FACTS TO DATE 85 Goals have been scored to date from 36 Games 2.36 Goals per Match; 51 Goals have been scored in the 1st Half; 34 Goals have been scored in the 2nd Half; 3 Goals were awarded to GDF after Slingerz lost by a walk over; 4 Goals have been scored after the end of regulation – after added on time was shown by the 4th official; 1st goal in the tournament was scored by Deon Alfred

of Pele; 25th Goal in the tournament was scored by Julian Joseph of Pele; 50th Goal in the tournament was scored by Delon Lanferman of Alpha United; 75th Goal in the tournament was scored by Julian Wade of Bakewell Slingerz; Delon Lanferman is the 1st player to score 2 goals three times in the same match; Travis Grant of Pele has scored the fastest goal to date – 40 seconds; Gregory Richardson of Pele

and Delon Lanferman of Alpha United are the leading goal scorers to date with 7 each; Delroy Fraser of GDF is in 3rd place with 4 goals; Kwame La Fleur – Fruta Conquerors, Eusi Phillips – GDF, Vurlon Mills – Bakewell Slingerz & Dexroy Adams – Bakewell Slingerz are all in 4th place with 3 goals each; Thirteen other players has 2 goals each: Kitson Baynes – Alpha United, Dennis Edwards – Fruta Conquer-

ors, Domini Garnett – Bakewell Slingerz, Travis Henry – Monedderlust, Kevin Cottley – Monedderlust, Travis Grant – Pele, Cortez Kellman of GFC, Delwyn Fraser - GDF, Julian Wade – Bakewell Slingerz, Runnel Gordon – Pele, Jumana Summerset – Pele, Romario Welcome – GFC & Daniel Wilson – Alpha United; Gregory Richardson, Eusi Phillips, Delon Lanferman and Dexroy Adams are the only players to score

doubles in the same match; 44 Players have found the net, with one own goal; Pele FC has scored the most goals so far - 17 GFC and Monedderlust have conceded the most goals - 16 Bakewell Slingerz has conceded the least goals - 4 (3 by walk over) Buxton United has scored the least amount of goals -6 Pele 8 players have scored to date; GFC 6 players have scored to date; Bakewell Slingers - 8 players have scored to date; Alpha United 5 players have scored to date; Fruta Conquerors- 6 players have scored to date; GDF 4 players have scored to date; Monedderlust 4 players have scored to date; Buxton United 6 players have scored to date; Every club have at least conceded a goal; Every club has won at least 2 games; End of 1st Rd the leader was Monedderlust; End of 2nd Rd the leader was Fruta Conquerors; End of 3rd Rd the leader was Pele; End of 4th Rd the leader was

Alpha United; End of 5th Rd the leader was Pele; End of 6th Rd the leader was Pele; End of 7th Rd the leader was Pele; End of 8th Rd the leader was Pele; End of 9th Rd the leader was Pele; End of 1st Rd 9 goals were scored; In the 2nd Rd 8 goals were scored - Total 17 In the 3rd Rd 13 goals were scored - Total 30 In the 4th Rd 8 goals were scored - Total 38 In the 5th Rd 10 goals were scored - Total 48 In the 6th Rd 9 goals were scored - Total 57 In the 7th Rd 9 goals were scored - Total 66 In the 8th Rd 12 goals were scored - Total 78 In the 9th Rd 7 goals were scored - Total 85 Pele FC has taken the lead twice after the completion of 5 rounds; Pele and Bakewell Slingerz have the most wins 5 Alpha United has the most drawn games 4 Buxton United has the most lost 6 Buxton United is the only team to not have been involved in a drawn game to date; Bakewell Slingerz has the widest margin of victory - 50 against GFC.

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Cardinals maintain NFC West lead with win against Ravens (Reuters) (The Sports Xchange) - The Arizona Cardinals might be on the verge of solving their losing ways on “Monday Night Football.”

The Baltimore Ravens, meanwhile, still have their issues.

The Cardinals got two touchdown passes from quarterback Carson Palmer and a 122-yard rushing effort and a touchdown from Chris Johnson to down the Ravens 26-18 Monday night at University of Phoenix Stadium.

Entering the game, Arizona were 2-8 in their previous 10 Monday night appearances.

The Cardinals (5-2) maintain their control in the NFC West. They head to Cleveland next week before getting to rest up for their bye in Week 9.

Baltimore (1-6) lost their third consecutive game, but once again had a chance to make something happen at the end, even though it was outgained by the Cardinals by a two-to-one margin.

A blocked punt and recovery set up a 1-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Joe Flacco to fullback Kyle Juszczyk with 4:26 left to play, and a successful two-point conversion cut Arizona’s lead to eight points.

After forcing the Cardinals to punt again, the Ravens got the ball back at their own 24-yard line with 1:53 remaining.

Arizona Cardinals safety Tony Jefferson (22) intercepts the ball against Baltimore Ravens tight end Crockett Gillmore in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter at University of Phoenix Stadium.

(Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports) A 31-yard pass deep down the sideline to wide receiver Kamar Aiken put Baltimore at the Cardinals’ 27-yard line. A 23-yard completion over the middle to tight end Crockett Gillmore moved the Ravens to the 4.

With 13 seconds to go, Flacco looked for Gillmore again — this time in the end zone — but Cardinals defensive back Tony Jefferson intercepted the pass —

Arizona’s league-leading 12th pick of the season.

Flacco was 26 of 40 for 252 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Palmer was 20 of 29 for 275 yards with no interceptions.

In three of their four losses coming into Monday’s game, the Ravens held a lead in the fourth quarter. They also had a chance to tie or take the lead in the final two minutes in each of their first six games.

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver John Brown (12) scores a 4 yard touchdown as Baltimore Ravens cornerback Jimmy Smith (22) defends during the second half at University of Phoenix Stadium. (Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports) The Cardinals built a 1410 lead at halftime, catching a break when special teams ace Justin Bethel forced and recovered a fumble on a punt

by Ravens returner Jeremy Ross.

The turnover gave Arizona the ball at the Baltimore 12-yard line, and four plays and two defensive pass-interference penalties later, Palmer drilled a 3-yard pass to wide receiver Michael Floyd for the go-ahead score with 1:01 remaining until intermission.

The Ravens had scored first, utilizing a missed 55yard field-goal attempt by Arizona’s Chandler Catanzaro and moving 29 yards on eight plays to put Justin Tucker in position to kick a 44-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead.

The Cardinals’ high-powered offense, which entered the game leading the NFL in scoring, needed only three plays to claim the lead.

First, Palmer hit tight end Jermaine Gresham for a 21-

yard gain. Then he found Floyd deep down the right sideline for a 33-yard pickup.

Johnson took it from there, running to his right before changing gears and running left and breaking free for a 26yard touchdown scamper.

Baltimore answered with an eight-play, 84-yard drive capped by a 14-yard scoring run by running back Justin Forsett, who wasn’t touched on the play. That gave the Ravens a 10-7 lead before the Ross fumble.

Menzies wants strong U-20 Girlz squad for CONCACAF round Jamaica Observer - PORTAU-PRINCE, Haiti — The Jamaica Women’s Under-20 Head Coach Hue Menzies is hoping he has the strongest possible football squad for the CONCACAF stage of World Cup qualifying scheduled for Honduras from December 3-13.

Jamaica, with a youthful squad, ended second to hosts Haiti in the just ended Caribbean Football Union (CFU) tournament. Both teams, along with third-placed Trinidad & Tobago, advanced to CONCACAF round.

The Reggae Girlz, and several other squads at the CFU tournament, were unable to field some of their best players and were short of preparation because of school engagements in North America.

But Menzies, speaking to the Jamaica Observer shortly after the 0-2 defeat to Haiti in the final at the Stade Sylvio Cator on Friday, explained that some players may become available as the college football season winds down.

“We’ll probably get some [more experienced] players to

Members of the Jamaica Women’s Under-20 football delegation wait to board flights out of Haiti on Sunday.

(PHOTO: SANJAY MYERS)

travel with us to Honduras, so hopefully we can get the full squad to represent Jamaica,” he said.

“I think any time you go into the international arena and in such an environment [in Haiti] you are going to get valuable lessons. At the CONCACAF level we would definitely want a stronger

team,” he said.

He said that a preparation camp, no less than five days, is likely to precede the CONCACAF competition.

But he was unable to confirm whether it would be local or in Orlando, Florida, where he operates a football academy.

“We are looking to do that (camp) but we are waiting for

confirmation from the JFF (Jamaica Football Federation) and the (Jamaica women’s football) ambassador (Cedella Marley). We’ve submitted a schedule, and obviously the finance is always an issue. Hopefully we can get some sponsors to bring the Girlz in. We still are going to deal with the collegiate issue,

but we’ll see how many players we can get,” he said.

Though unable to have hosted a training camp ahead of the trip to Haiti and unsurprising l y l o o k i n g short of cohesion at times, the consensus from the coaching staff was that the inexperienced Girlz put up a brave fight.

Jamaica topped Group B with two wins and a draw, before beating Puerto Rico 21 in the semi-final. Haiti, winners of their three-team group, beat Trinidad 2-0 in the other semi-final. The Reggae Girlz had to do without injured Captain Khadija Shaw for the semi-final and final.

“It tells you the direction the programme is going in; that we can create a pool of younger players that can come in and get to the final of CFU. I thought the Girlz gave a valiant effort... obviously the youthfulness showed up in the final, but we played five games and they played four.

“We did it without Khadija Shaw which really tells a lot about the squad. We knew were going to go through adversities and we tried to use that as motivation. We feel like the tournament was a plus and it gave us an understanding and told us what players we need to get for those games,” said the Women’s Under-20 coach.

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Karibee Rice Secondary School IOC bans Kuwait over cricket to commence shortly government interference DUBAI (Reuters) The International Olympic Committee has suspended Kuwait for the second time in five years over government interference in the country’s Games committee.

The IOC said on Tuesday it met the government and the Kuwait Olympic Committee on Oct. 12 to resolve the issue over a piece of sports legislation that was seen as threatening the autonomy of the Olympic body but the talks proved fruitless.

“The Olympic Movement in Kuwait has faced a number

of issues to preserve its autonomy, in particular due to recently amended sports legislation in Kuwait,” the IOC added.

It said an Oct. 27 deadline was set at this month’s meeting “to resolve the issues at hand or, at least, freeze the application of the conflictive provisions of the sports legislation until a reasonable and mutually acceptable solution could be found”.

But with the government of Kuwait not taking any action, the IOC proceeded with the suspension and that

means the country cannot participate in any Olympicrelated activity including the Games.

Rio de Janeiro will host the Summer Games next year.

Kuwait was also banned in 2010 over a similar dispute but was reinstated before the 2012 London Olympics.

The country’s football federation was also banned by football’s governing b o d y F I FA e a r l i e r t h i s month over government interference in the running of the Kuwait FA.

Fifa candidate Sheikh Salman: Torture claims are ‘nasty lies’ Goodwill promotions representative Abel Seetaram accepts one of the prizes from Alisha Rasheed of Nand Persaud and Company in the presence of staff members.

Karibee Rice and Goodwill promotion inter-secondary schools female 10/10 softball cricket competition is set to commence on the first week in November in Region five.

The aim of the competition is to get females involved

in sports and promote Healthy Lifestyle in schools.

The event which is being sponsored by Nand Persaud and Company distributor of Karibee Rice and is being endorsed by Department of Education Region 5 and will

be played on a knock out basis. Teams as well as outstanding players will receive trophies.

Meanwhile, the Inter Primary School Competition will be launched shortly in the area.

BBC Sport - Fifa presidential candidate Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa has called allegations he was complicit in the torture of footballers “nasty lies”.

Sheikh Salman has been accused by Bahraini human rights groups of helping to identify players and other athletes involved in 2011 democracy protests. He was head of the Bahrain Football Association and a member of the ruling royal family when security forces put down mass Shia-led protests calling for political reforms.

Several people died, while others were arrested, detained and tortured.

“I cannot deny something that I haven’t done,” the 49-year-old told BBC Sport.

“Such accusations are not just damaging, it’s really hurting. Some people have agenda on their table.”

Sheikh Salman added: “It’s not just damaging me, it’s damaging the people and the country.

“These are false, nasty lies that have been repeated again and again in the past and the present.”

Applications to succeed Sepp Blatter as president of football’s world governing body had to be submitted by 23:00 GMT on Monday.

In an interview with the BBC’s Richard Conway,

Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa (Sky Sports) Salman said: · he will not take a salary if he is elected president of Fifa · he backs the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to go ahead in Russia and Qatar respectively · accusations of human rights abuses are false and “damage Bahrain”, he says · he supports limiting the Fifa presidency to three terms and 12 years President of the Asian Football Confederation since 2013, Sheikh Salman vowed to clean up Fifa’s reputation, which has been left in tatters following a much-publicised spate of corruption charges, which began in May when seven top officials were ar-

rested in Zurich. “With the support I’m going to get we’re going to turn it around very quick,” he said.

“We have big examples of football organisations around the world - the Premier League, the Bundesliga, even Uefa who have from a football side and a revenue side, it is not even greater than Fifa, but it is handled in a very professional way. And this is what we want to bring to Fifa.”

With seven other candidates thought to be in the running for the Fifa presidency, Salman added: “To the other candidates, they have to be realistic as well.

“Unless you are supported by your confederation it’s going to be a very difficult job.”

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Guyana Cup Softball fixtures released The Guyana Cup Softball Cricket tournament bowls off on Friday and intense action

is anticipated among the teams battling in the two male and female matches

scheduled for the various venues for the attractive prizes on offer.

Narendra Lucknauth (right) of Clear Water, Ramchand Ragbeer (center) President of GFSCA and Ricky Deonarain at the sealing of the sponsorship deal.

President’s College student, Akquyl Henery, captures honours in CS&TC 10K race On a clear morning and with a cool breeze wafting across the Atlantic onto the East Coast thoroughfare, President’s College student, Akquyl Henery, took advantage of those conditions and romped home to victory when the Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club (CS&TC) staged a walk in commemoration of Agriculture Month, last Sunday October 18.

The race commenced at the President’s College and proceeded for three miles along the periphery of the village before returning to its place of origin. Enoch Allicock finished in the second place slot while Dyrel Sancho and Yuri Sukrm occu-

At 1:00 pm. 2 Semi Finals will be played at Bourda. and 2 semi-finals will be played at Everest. In the Open category 2 teams will qualify from Group A and 2 teams from group B &C. In the Masters, the top team will come out from each of the four zones for the semi-finals. A plays D and B plays C. The two finals

and three 10/10 female exhibition games between Trophy Stall Angels, 4R Lioness, Wellwoman and Karibee Girls start 11 am on Sunday at the DCC Ground, Lance Gibbs Street. Meanwhile, Clear Waters has thrown their support behind the tournament. Marketing, Sales & Distribution Manager Narendra

Lucknauth of the internationally acclaimed, Clear Waters, indicated that they will be providing water for all 26 teams, umpires and Officials at Guyana Softball Cup 5.

Yesterday the company affirmed their commitment to the event with officials of the GFSCA.

pied the fourth and fifth places respectively. Basuriqe Thomson was the first female across the line, just in front of Odessa Ramincido and Jennifer Park in that order.

The walkers received beautiful trophies and medals compliments of Managing Director of Mohamed Ahamad Construction Works.

Meanwhile, those athletes, along with several others will once again be in action when their parent body, the CS&WC, stage another event, in observance of Tourism Awareness Month 2015.

The race will be staged on Sunday November 1 and as always, is anticipated to produce fireworks.

This time, competing walkers will convene at the National Park at 06:30hrs on the morning of the race. They will then proceed along the inner circuit of the Park equivalent to the stipulated distance. The walkers will be placed in several categories including Male and Female (juniors and seniors), veterans, and those that are differently able.

The organizers will also distribute pamphlets with relevant details of the tourism sector in their awareness bid.

They have also said that the race will allow the athletes to hone their skills in continued preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.

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Guyana need more clubs like the RHTY&SC - President Granger Fudadin named top cricketer in club’s history President David Granger on Sunday last commended the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) for its outstanding work over the past 25 years and stated to loud applause, that Guyana needs more dynamic and visionary clubs like it in every village and county.

Granger, who was delivering the feature address at the club’s Silver Jubilee Tribute to Heroes Programme at the St. Francis Community Developer’s Youth Complex also stated that the RHTY&SC was now a household name because its management has worked beyond the call of duty to make a positive difference, and most importantly because it places emphasis on others rather than itself.

He spoke broadly on duty, discipline, responsibility, identity and integrity and urged the club to uphold its high standards in the future.

Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster in providing a comprehensive report on the history of the club, traced its humble beginning with just 17

members which has now evolved into a dynamic organisation today, undertaking a record 200 programmes/ activities every year.

The long serving Secretary/CEO also unveiled a long list of major activities/ programmes that the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club would be undertaking for the rest of 2015 and in 2016. Among them are expansion of the Club’s junior cricket teams, construction of a recreational park for families in Rose Hall Town, hosting of a Christmas Village and a massive expansion of the Club’s highly successful Say No to Drugs, Crime and Suicide and Say Yes to Education and Sports Programme.

Foster also expressed gratitude to the club’s donors for their support over the years while pledging that they would continue to work every day to touch the lives of others.

The 2010 National Sports Awardee also expressed the club’s willingness to share its vast experience of success with other clubs/

GCB/BANKS DIH/DIGICEL NSSCL…

Jeffers 126, 4-16 hand Leonora Secondary huge win …Bush Lot cruise to victory over Fort Wellington

Mark Jeffers

Chukiram Outar

Mark Jeffers of Leonora Secondary turned in a fine allround performance to guide his team to a 248-run victory over Windsor Forest Secondary when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) National Secondary School Cricket League (NSSCL) sponsored by Banks DIH, Rainforest Water and Digicel continued recently.

Jeffers slammed 126 which included 15 boundaries and four maximums while Chukiram Outar stroked 84 (12x4, 1x6) to propel Leonora to a mammoth 315 all out in their 30 overs.

Windsor Forest in reply, were dismissed for a paltry 67 as Jeffers claimed 4-16 off just three overs. Kevin Christian took 3-13.

At Bush Lot Ground, Bush Lost crushed Fort Wellington by 10 wickets. Fort Wellington batted first and were bowled out for 40. Clinton Grant snared 4-9, Bikram Mohan 3-6, and Nivendra Persad 2-9. Bush Lot Secondary made light work of their target as they raced to 43 without lost in 8.2 overs.

Action in the League continues tomorrow with Abrams Zuil Secondary playing Johanna Cecelia Secondary at the NOC ground in Essequibo, Swami Secondary versus Zeeburg at Zeeburg ground and Ash Secondary facing No. 8 Secondary at the D’Edward ground in Berbice.

West Indies Test player Assad Fudadin receiving his award from President David Granger. organisations across Guyana.

Minister of Sports Nicolette Henry also recognized the club as a role model organisation and congratulated them on achieving their Silver Anniversary, 25 years

of unmatched work. Minister Henry pointed out the numerous achievements of the club and said that they would continue to receive support from the Ministry of Sport.

West Indies Test player

Assad Fudadin headed the list of the club’s top 27 players honoured for their outstanding performances over the past twenty-five years.

West Indies players Royston Crandon and Shemaine Campbelle along with Neil Williams and Major James Fraser were the other players in the top five.

The other cricketers honoured were Abdel Fudadin, Khemraj Mahadeo, Shawn Grant, Inderpaul Mohan, Rajiv Ivan, Jason Sinclair, Troy Mathieson, Dominique Rikhi, Michael Hicks, Raymond Haniff, Erva Giddings, Desmond Fraser, Shawn Pereira, Eon Hooper, Ravi Narine, Esuan Crandon, Joseph Arokium, Michael Trim, Renwick Batson, Clinton Pestano, Andre Percival and Delbert Hicks.

Each of the awardees received a trophy and a medal.

The Club also honoured 17 of its most hard working executive members for their contributions to its development.

Those recognized under

the Tribute to Heroes Programme were Leon Wiggins, Keith Hicks, Neville Beaton, Ravindra Kissoonlall, Joyce Wiggins, Dawn Hicks, Raymond Haniff, Isabella Smartt, Bernadette King, Farouk Kudrath, Terry Pike, George Paddy, Moonish Singh, Elizabeth Brusch, Lucy Pike, Mark Papannah and Sohan Harry.

President Granger handed over the Tribute to Hero Certificate to each of the awardees and praised them for working hard to make a difference.

The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club is expressing gratitude to the following sponsors for making the event a huge success; National Sports Commission, Sentinel Security, Caribbean Containers Inc, Guyana Cricket Board, Modern Optical Service, Chetram Singh, H. A. Snacks Co. Ltd, Gizmos & Gadgets, Gafoors, Bounty Farm Ltd, Claude Raphael, Namilco, Farfan & Mendes Ltd and the St. Francis Community Developers.

B.M. Soat Auto Sales sponsors GSSF Costume Steel Challenge match The Guyana Sport Shooting Federation will be hosting the first Costume Steel Challenge Shooting Match on Halloween, Saturday 31st October, 2015 at the GDF Timehri Range. The themed competition has been exclusively sponsored by B.M Soat Auto Sales and is expected to be a keenly contested one.

Participants invited are expected to take part donning costumes of their liking. Costumes can range from very simple such as funny hats, special shoes, to the more elaborate and even terrifying in keeping with the theme. The rules of the Steel Challenge Shooting Association a sister body of the United States Practical Shooting Association are expected to be adhered to along with safe firearm handling throughout.

This action-packed handgun shooting sport presented by the GSSF attracts Guyanese pistol shooters from all around the country on a regular basis and on the 31st October it will be no different as various ‘characters’ will come out to participate.

Steel Challenge Shooting is considered to be the fastest practical shooting competition in the world. The upcoming competition promises

BM Soat Auto Sales - Mrs. Priya Mohamed (right) of B.M. Auto Sales hands over sponsorship funds to GSSF President, Ms. Vidushi Persaud (2nd left) in the presence of GSSF Secretary, Mr. Steve Ninvalle (right) and Assistant Secretary/Treasurer, Mr. Ryan McKinnon (left). to be an exciting one. It will consist of three stages where competitors will shoot at 5 individual steel targets per stage. Shooters will be scored using an electronic timing device, penalties of added time are applied for any misses and the total time resultant is used for score.

Ultimately the shooter with the lowest time recorded overall in the match will be declared the winner.

At the small ceremony at

the Showroom of B.M. Soat Auto Sales, located at Lot 9 Croal Street, Georgetown, President of the GSSF, Ms. Vidushi Persaud, in accepting the kind sponsorship, conveyed thanks to Mrs. Priya Mohamed, Manager of B.M. Soat Auto Sales.

The Federation’s match organising committee reported that everything is all set for Saturday’s Match.

Thanks to B. M. Soat Auto Sales, trophies have been se-

cured for two SCSA Divisions: Wildcat and Limited.

The prizes will be awarded to the top three overall in each division. Wildcat Division will see competitors using .32 ACP and other calibre pistols lesser than 9mm while those in the challenging Limited Division will shoot 9mm or higher calibre hand guns.

More information can be found online at GSSF’s w e b s i t e www.GuyanaSportShooting.com.

Wednesday October 28, 2015

Kaieteur News

Rossi says will race in Spain despite penalty ROME (Reuters) MotoGP championship leader Valentino Rossi said on Tuesday he would race in the final grand prix of the season in Valencia, despite receiving a contested penalty that will force him to start from the back of the grid.

Rossi was penalized for clashing with Marc Marquez at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, appearing to flick the Spaniard with his leg and send him sliding off the track.

The nine-time world champion has denied accusations of dangerous driving and had suggested he might skip the season d e c i d e r o n N o v. 8 , acknowledging that he stood little chance of defending his championship lead from the back of the field.

Rossi is one of Italy’s most famous sportsmen and the controversy has infuriated his legion of fans.

Underlining his star status,

Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi of Italy waves after placing third in the Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Sepang International Circuit near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 25, 2015. (Reuters/Olivia Harris) Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi took time out of a visit to Peru on Monday to call him and fans have peppered his Twitter feed and Facebook page with encouragement.

“Thanks to everyone for their fantastic support.

Reading (your comments) has helped me overcome the bitterness and anger,” Rossi

wrote on Twitter and Facebook. “From today we are working towards Valencia.”

Nearly 370,000 people have signed an online petition calling on MotoGP organisers to drop the Valencia penalty.

“It seems that the sport has an agenda that betrays riders and fans, who expect

and deserve a clean championship,” the petition says.

Prior to Sunday’s race, Rossi had claimed former champion Marquez wanted fellow Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo to win the championship instead of him. Out on the track, the pair vied for position and at a certain point, Rossi flicked his knee out, sending his rival crashing to the ground.

Subsequent video shown repeatedly on Italian television suggested that Marquez had brushed his head against Rossi’s leg first.

Rossi’s supporters pinned the blame squarely on the Spaniard for the fall.

“All of Italy lines up to d e f e n d Va l e n t i n o , ” I l Messaggero said on its front page on Tuesday.

Rossi leads Lorenzo by seven points ahead of Valencia, with 25 points available to the victor in Spain.

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Mahadeo, Duke cop male and female titles at GTM fitness expo Dillon Mahadeo of Cross Fit Bel Air gym and Semonica Duke of BE Fitness gym copped the male and female titles respectively when the Guyana Trinidad Mutual (GTM)/ Guyana fitness games staged their fitness expo last weekend at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Mahadeo amassed 290 points to win ahead of Osmond Mack of Life Gym who finished with 263. Timothy McAndrew (Elite Systems in Berbice) placed third with 260 (29m: 17s) followed by Jermy Chow (Elite Systems) 260 (29:48), Ade –Thomas Anis (Elite Systems) 260 (21:04), Sean Pearce (Extreme Fitness Club) 234, Devon Davis o( Guyana Defense Force) 233, Neetzkiel Yisrael (Top End) 222.

Duke chalked up 300 points, while Shawnell Wagner of Fitness Paradise/ Cross Fit Bel Air took the runner up spot on 290, Nessa Bhagwandin (Life Gym) claimed third on 260 (33:47)and Jacky Toney (Life gym) fourth on 260 (40:53).

Amanda Grant (Harts Fitness gym, Bartica) 250, Janis Alphonso (Life gym) 228, Tacina De Aguiar (Elite Systems) 219 and Stacey McKinnon (Body Max) 217 occupied the other spots in the order.

The athletes took part in powerlifting, skipping and other exercises which lasted over two days. The objective of the event was to promote health and fitness awareness among Guyanese and showcase health and fitness resources available locally.

GTM, De Sinco Trading, Wings Investments, Fitness Express, Courts and Genesis Fitness Express were the major sponsors.

(Zaheer Mohamed)

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Wednesday October 28, 2015

PCL four-day practice match

Chanderpaul hits painstaking unbeaten fifty on rain affected 2nd day One could not help but to feel sorry for the proverbial two men and a dog that turned up at the Providence Stadium to see what was eventually an uneventful second day of the final PCL four-day practice match which was stopped at 16:15 hrs due to bad light.

The day was void of any excitement as Shiv Chanderpaul, who was still there at the end on a labourious unbeaten 53 from 134 balls and over three hours of batting on a placid track, added 70 for the fifth wicket from 213 balls with fellow left-hander Vishaul Singh, who fell for 34 from 119 balls with a single boundary.

The partnership was as slow as a turtle climbing mount Roraima and carried Leon Johnson’s X1 to 201-5

Vishaul Singh works one into the on-side at Providence yesterday.

Shiv Chanderpaul, who looked a shadow of himself yesterday, survives an appeal off Ronsford Beaton. from 66.3 overs from their overnight 76-2, giving them a lead of 60. They are replying the 141 made by Robin Bacchus’ X1.

Johnson was trapped

LBW for a duck in the second over of the day which began 35 minutes late due rain at 78-3 as Paul Wintz (222) struck in cloudy conditions.

Assad Fudadin carried his first day 26 to 47 after hitting eight fours and batting for 244 minutes and 91 balls before he edged Bajan pacer Jevon Searles to

Agricola crowned Police Youth Group Track and Field champs

Commander of ‘A’ Division, Clifton Hicken (left) hands over the Championship Trophy to the winning Agricola Youth Group at Eve Leary.

Agricola was crowned champions of the inaugural Commander ‘A’ Division Inter-Youth Group Track and Field Championships last weekend at the Guyana Teachers’ Union Ground , Woolford Avenue and Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary respectively.

Agricola amassed 394 points to beat Mocha into second on 383 points.

Central Georgetown was third with 368 points.

For their efforts, they received $50,000, $30,000 and $20,000 respectively through sponsorship from

the Director of Sport, Christopher Jones.

The groups that participated were from the respective areas: Y a r r o w k a b r a , Soesdyke/Timehri, Grove, Golden Grove/Diamond, Mocha, Agricola, Albouystown, Central Georgetown, Tiger Bay and Alberttown/North Sophia.

The opening day witnessed athletes participating in Long Jump, Javelin, Shot Putt and Discuss in the Under-12, U14 and U-16 categories for

male and female.

After the first day of competition it was Mocha in the lead with 144 points, Central Georgetown second on 137 points, and Agricola third on 127 points.

The track competition began with a very colourful march-past.

The battle was between the top three groups as everyone tried their best to maneuver their athletes competitively in the 43event programme for the day.

All the other groups

received $10,000 each compliments of Commander of ‘A’ Division, Clifton Hicken.

Banks DIH through its Aqua Brand Manager, Errol Nelson provided refreshment for the athletes and officials over the two days period.

The objective was to enhance the various talents of the youths, having them actively engaged in activities that reduce their vulnerability to crime, thus fostering what is hoped to be better police-community partnership.

the Keeper to leave his team on 78-3 before rain stopped play at 10:55hrs at 87-3 when an early Lunch was taken.

Play resumed at 12:35hrs and Chanderpaul and Singh batted in an ultra cautious manner as the pair took the score to 152-4 by Tea, scoring just 65 runs in the two hours between Lunch and Tea against a steady but hardly threatening bowling attack which kept the batsmen in shackles all afternoon.

The 41-year-old Chanderpaul played the first of his 164 Tests against England at Bourda in 1994 as a 19-year-old to become the sixth youngest West Indian to play Test cricket but yesterday he looked a shadow of himself as his decline was evident.

Leg-spinner Steven Sankar, who bowled several short balls and a number of full tosses in an untidy spell, released the pressure on the batsmen.

Chanderpaul, who has 71 First-class tons, 30 of them at Test level, clipped a full toss from Sankar just over the head of mid-on for four before stroking another full toss past the former Guyana youth spinner for another boundary.

The 26-year-old Singh, whose maiden First-Class hundred was made in Trinidad, struggled to get the ball off the square and he pushed and prodded to the spinners before he injudiciously hit part-time medium pacer Bacchus, who opted to bowl innocuous off-

spin, to mid-on at 179-5.

M e a n w h i l e , Chanderpaul, who intends to bat his way back into the West Indies team could not even dominate Bacchus as the game at one point looked more of a ‘fete match’ than a serious practice game for Guyana Jaguars’ defence of their PCL title.

Chanderpaul sliced Searles for four but looked scratchy and his innings lacked the quality of the past, suggesting that if he does not make a remarkable return to form this could be his last FirstClass season for Guyana.

Bacchus, with Ronsford Beaton, Raun Johnson, Wintz and Searles in his armory, opted not to use his pacers to try and unsettle the aging Chanderpaul with a few short ones, but instead was content to allow the game to drift on.

Left-arm Raj Nannan seemed very unfortunate not to have a very confident appeal for LBW upheld with Chanderpaul on 47. The former Guyana and West Indies Captain then clipped Nannan behind square for his fifth four to b r i n g u p his 50 from 133 balls.

Refier (7) was the other not out batsman when bad light stopped play but many of the players lacked the type of intensity they showed in the earlier practice games and the Coaching staff would hope for an improved showing for the players today and a more positive approach from the batsmen.

(Sean Devers)

Wednesday October 28, 2015

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Team Unity reveal Full Slate Headmistress Ms. Carmel Williams is female candidate Led by Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes as the Presidential candidate, Team Unity has announced its slate that will be contesting the upcoming Guyana Football Federation Elections on November 14, next.

Hughes, a former goalkeeper with the then Georgetown Football League (GFL) who played under Coach Mervin ‘Pug” Wilson in 1978/79, will have as his first Vice President Mr. Odinga Lumumba – President of Guyana’s leading club side, Alpha United.

The remainder of the slate is as follows: Attorneyat-Law Mr. Mark Waldron (Second Vice President); Mr. Aubrey Major (Third Vice President) a former GFF Executive and Co-Director of the Kashif and Shanghai O r g a n i s a t i o n .

Ordinary Members: Mr. Troy Cadogan – Marketing Director, Ansa McAl; Mr. Javid Ali – Owner Slingerz Football Club and Businessman; Mr. Robbie Rambarran – Administrative Executive and Experienced Football Administrator; Ms. Carmel Williams – Headmistress, Current Bartica FA Executive and former player; Mr. Faizal Khan – Georgetown F o o t b a l l C l u b Te a m Manager.

Nigel Hughes makes a point during official remarks at the launch of the Team Unity slate on Saturday in Albouystown.

Ms. Carmel Williams Hughes, who along with his team on Saturday last officially launched Team Unity in Albouystown, has assured that his team will be working with all stakeholders to ensure the sport really takes off in Guyana.

He promised that all major business entities in Guyana along with others would be visited where they {Team Unity}would present their vision and plans for the sport which he said is a viable choice for any business to invest.

He argued that football will be made a profitable venture with everyone, from the smallest poorest community all the way across the top, benefitting. ”It requires a plan and therefore when we approach

each and every player in the corporate world, we’re saying to you, you don’t have to be involved only at the big national level, you can start being involved at the level of the school, at the level of the community because we are going to put structures in place in which you can actually see what happens to your money.”

Hughes promised that his team will bring the accountability that is necessary for business to be assured that their monies have been used up for the intended purpose. ”And I guarantee you, once football really develops at all levels in the society you will see a reduction in crime because no longer will young men be looking for something else to do with

their time, they will find a future in football that they will transcend not only what happens in Guyana or what happens in the region but they will become national players where just like in athletics in Jamaica, scouts will be flying here to look for talent to play globally in teams throughout the country.”

Hughes also disclosed that he personally sponsored the Waramadong team in the last Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Championship. He took the opportunity to thank Digicel for their commitment to youth development. ”One of the reasons why I sponsored that Waramadong team is because when I saw the pure raw talent that they have and the real discipline

that they displayed it was necessary to be able to take that to the level and the only way to can take that to the next level is if you put your money where your mouth is and you have to commit to support teams.” ”I want to encourage other people who God has blessed them with fortunate circumstances to come on board and help sponsor a team. We can’t talk about a better Guyana unless we talk and are committed to doing things to create a better Guyana.”

Touching on the lack of recognition and involvement of the women folk in our society, Hughes noted that they {women}must be involved as an equal partner and be as successful as the males have been over the

past thirty to forty years. ” Yo u c a n n o t p o s s i b l y develop nationally if you are only developing half of your society.

I am committed as president, if and when elected to ensure not only the development of female football in Guyana but to ensure that female football in Guyana becomes the number one location for female football in the region.

It takes time, it will take effort, it will take commitment and you know that it will take money but I am confident that once people understand the benefits that can be raised from football, the money that they can benefit from football, they will invest in this.”

Preparations in full swing as Mayor Green’s Inter-ward Football tourney nears Few more sponsors chipping in Mayor Hamilton Green is set to celebrate his 81st birthday anniversary on November 9 and once again former National footballer Lennox Arthur has coordinated the annual 7-aside three-day Inter-ward Football competition to mark the occasion.

The 32-team tournament will start on Sunday November 8 at the Victoria ground on the East Coast with the first game billed to start at 4:00pm.

After the opening day, the action shifts to the West Demerara and the Den Amstel Ground on November 10 from 2:00pm. The other playing day is November 15 at Vi c t o r i a w h e n t h e tournament will culminate.

This marks a change from the previously released fixtures and teams and players are asked to take note.

The opening salvo of matches on November 8 at Victoria will see Lima Dam playing Grove, Kuru Kururu vs South Sophia, Plaisance v s B u x t o n Yo u t h Developers, Golden Grove vs Mocha Arcadia, Halsinton vs Mocha, Buxton v s A g r i c o l a , Beterverwagting vs Kitty, Mahaica vs Paradise, Ann’s Grove vs Herstelling and Victoria vs Diamond.

Tuesday November 10 games at Den Amstel will see Goed Fortuin vs De Kinderen, Stewartville vs Bagotville, Crane vs New Amsterdam, Pouderoyen vs

Wales, Uitvlugt vs Sara Lodge and Den Amstel vs North Sophia. The respective winners will advance.

The teams are battling for a first prize of $200,000 and the John Fernandes trophy, while the other top four finishers will collect; $100,000 and Youth and Sports Trophy, $70,000 and China Trading trophy and $30,000 and the Business School trophy.

Additionally AHL Kissoon has donated a 3piece suite for the top scorer, while Ricks and Sari will give 10 hampers each to the winning and runner up teams.

Among some of the leading players that will be challenging for team and self

Trayon Bobb are Orville Stewart, Trayon Bobb and Andrea Hector.

Meanwhile, several sponsors have chipped in to assist the successful staging of the annual tournament.

The latest is Clinton Urling on behalf of his business entity German’s Restaurant.

Urling, who is also the Chairman of the

Andrea Hector

Orville Stewart

Normalisation Committee of the Guyana Football Federation, made a cash donation. German’s has been supporting the tournament for many years now tournament Coordinator Lennox Arthur informed.

Others to plug valuable support include Crown Mining, Star Computers,

M a s s y, N i g e l ’s Supermarket, Nigel Pyle of Tent City, Paul Giddings of Hotel Princess Raven, Beepat and Sons, CBR Mining, MACORP and Guyana Beverage, home of Busta beverages along with the above mentioned trophy and cash prize and other donors.

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Mahadeo, Duke cop male and female titles at GTM fitness expo

Semonica Duke Dillon Mahadeo

Guyana need more clubs like the RHTY&SC - President Granger

Rossi says will race in Spain despite penalty

Fudadin named top cricketer in club’s history

Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi of Italy waves after placing third in the Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Sepang International Circuit near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 25, 2015. (Reuters/Olivia Harris)

PCL four-day practice match President Granger and Minister Henry pose with other awardees following the Silver Jubilee Anniversary Celebration at the St. Francis Community Developers Complex.

Chanderpaul hits painstaking unbeaten fifty on rainaffected 2nd day

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