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Monday September 10, 2012

Kaieteur News

AFC calls for code of ethics for persons in Govt. offices In wake of the continued debate about uncapped benefits which former President Bharrat Jagdeo will receive in addition to his pension and the wealth he acquired during his presidency, the Alliance for Change is calling for a code of ethics to be established for persons serving in Government offices.

During the Party’s weekly media briefing Chairman Nigel Hughes said there was no transparency in the way the former president acquired his ‘palace’ hence the need for code of ethics. This he said will prevent citizens from paying for luxuries after a person would have left government office.

“Here you have a man who was earning a high income being given a house lot for $58,000, in less than

ten years of owning the very same land he sold it as well as a property which he had constructed on it, while failing to stay within any government regulation that governs house lots allocation and sales,” Hughes said.

Further it was stated that after that the former president went ahead and allocated to himself not one other house lot but a total of 17 house lots put together where he now has his ‘palace’ which according to the AFC was acquired far below market value.

The Party Chairman also reiterated that with the establishment of the Code of Ethics, persons serving in Government offices will be prevented from ‘running businesses’ from their offices.

Also making reference to

the Labour Minister’s recent comments about a president moving from riches to rags, the Party Chairman said it is for this reason that there is the president’s pension plan.

It was stated that Presidents Desmond Hoyte, Cheddi and Janet Jagan left office with the same assets with which they assumed office.

“The notion as expressed by the Minister of Labour Dr. Gopaul that somehow once one is afforded the privilege of being elected to the High Office of President of this Republic, that you must use the office to fix up yourself for later years is repugnant and must be rejected by all right thinking citizens. The privilege of being president is about service to the country and not about enriching oneself” Hughes noted.

PNCR deplores ‘deliberate damage’ to local democratic system Opposition Leader David Granger has told his party’s members in Region Two that the PPP/C was on a campaign to starve certain municipalities of the resources they needed and to neutralise local government entities.

Granger made the observation over the weekend during a visit to the region, where he reminded his comrades of the adage that “all politics is local,” and called on PNCR members to remain organised and mobilised.

He advised them to aim at securing sufficient grassroots support in forthcoming municipal and local elections to ensure that they could control the councils and that their concerns would be addressed.

According to Granger, the PPP/C in its quest to neutralise Local Government entities, was discrediting existing councilors with bogus ‘investigations,’ inventing pretexts to remove the remaining elected officials and to replace them with PPP/ C placemen.

The PNCR/APNU Leader told Party members the entire

system of local democracy was being deliberately damaged by the current actions of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic administration.

Speaking at Anna Regina in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region, Granger alluded to the fact that Ganga Persaud, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, had been systematically dismantling Neighbourhood Democratic Councils.

Persaud, he said, was busily installing unrepresentative, handpicked, PPP/C Interim management committees against the wishes of local residents.

The recent move by the administration has led to a showdown with residents of the Kwakwani district, who have since held a controversial election to install their own to run the affairs of their community.

According to Granger, the

PNCR was a Guyanese national Party. It is not an Amerindian Party, an African Party or an Indian Party.

He said that the party is working towards establishing a true government of national unity which, he said, must be reflected at the municipal and local levels.

The PNCR leader said that the Party believed in “inclusionary democracy.”

This also involved improving citizens’ access to public services - such as education, health, housing and social services - and intensifying the Party’s relationship with labour and civil society.

Brigadier Granger, earlier in his visit, interacted with vendors during a ‘walkabout’ in the Supenaam Market.

The PNCR leader was accompanied by Regional Chairman Mr. Joseph Hill, Regional Secretary Ms. Doreen Duncan and other officials.

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Boy, 14, drowns in Lamaha Canal under mysterious circumstances The body of a 14- yearold boy was fished out of the Lamaha Canal, popularly known as the “blacka” shortly after noon yesterday.

Dead is Daniel Younge, a pupil of the Nehemiah Comprehensive Secondary School and of South Ruimveldt Gardens.

The young boy is said to be the son of popular Albouystown businessman Colin Younge, who operates a liquor store. According to reports the young boy was in the company of three other youths who are yet to be located.

One relative told Kaieteur News that Younge was left in the care of an older sister. It was sometime in the midmorning when he left his home without notifying relatives. The relative explained that while he was at the “blacka,” one of his friends swam up and said that he was ‘feeling something’ in the water.

“My friend shout and say he feel like a man deh underneath the water…so I say if you feel something pull it up” the relative related. He received a shock when the body was pulled from the water and it was his cousin.

Panic immediately erupted and the lad was rushed to the Georgetown Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The lad’s mother yesterday afternoon after receiving the news The relative told Kaieteur News that doctors at the hospital informed them that the teen was dead for about four hours prior to the body being found. That revelation along with the fact that the lad was fully clothed prompted relatives to believe that mischief was afoot. One woman who identified herself as a sister speculated that the lad was pushed into the canal by friends and left to die.

“He wouldn’t go to swim and have on all his clothes…I believe they pushed him and

left him to die,” the distraught woman said. This newspaper was told that the lad’s father along with other relatives left for the United States sometime last week to conduct business. He was expected to return last night.

The child’s mother was inconsolable at the hospital as relatives broke the news to her.

Investigations into the incident are continuing and a post mortem examination is expected to be done sometime this week.

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Editorial

Cool Maths?

One of the central themes in modern education debates across the globe, and we are no exception here in Guyana, is how to motivate pupils. How do we make learning Maths, English, Science or History an interesting, enjoyable, and rewarding experience for pupils?

Nowadays, it is widely believed that if we fail to convince pupils that studying a particular subject is both relevant to their personal experience and enjoyable they will never learn it properly.

The school experience is not only supposed to be relevant, but must be ‘enjoyable”. This is supposed to make the children more receptive to soaking up ‘learning’. ‘ As we all know from our abysmal results at the last CSEC, one of the subjects that most worries educationalists and policy makers, is mathematics. Being the most abstract subject in the curriculum, maths is almost universally considered a “hard” subject, which is difficult to make relevant to pupils’ lives.

Mathematics is too often seen as difficult or boring and that we have a curriculum that all too often fails to excite and motivate learners. Some believe that the children’s reaction is not as passive as ‘boring’ but they actually find maths ‘terrifying’ since their noncomprehension might convince them that they are “dumb”.

Our Ministry of Education (MoE), reacting to the crisis in the Maths (and English) results, had introduced a ‘pilot school’ program to remedy the situation. Text books, calculators, past exam papers and doubling the number of periods dedicated to maths constituted the core of the maths component.

The apparent philosophy underlying the program was that rectifying maths was just a matter of some extra ‘swotting’. In a majority of the ‘pilot schools’ the results were significantly positive. There have been calls to expand the program to all schools, even though some have complained that the methodology is nothing more than ‘teaching to the test”.

Up north, another response to the math crisis has found favour: to make maths ‘exciting’, to ‘jazz up’ the teaching practice. The lessons must have ‘pace’, presumably like stand-up comedy, in order to ensure the full attention of the students.

So we have teachers dressing up the subject with all sorts of allusions and even role playing - of popular youth heroes - so as to ‘stimulate’ the attention’ of the students.

With our penchant for imitating such sources, we might soon see local maths teachers dressing up as Iron Man and teaching quadratic equations using the latter’s curved flight swoops and he fights the ‘bad guys”.

This ‘cool” approach is evident in several of the canned maths programs we have imported for our Education TV. While there has been some criticism of this ‘hyped up ‘ approach it has only gone as far as calling for some ‘balance’? But why should we strike a balance between engaging the learners and learning maths? It seems that we can only sell learning in an underhand way, as something else.

We should be more honest and tell children what they already know: that maths has very little to do with fashion, football and the Olympics; that chemistry has nothing to do with Harry Potter. The real problem, then, is not that modern pupils are in any way different from previous generations.

The problem is the era these children have been born into. Adults no longer believe that education is a worthwhile thing in its own right. It must always be made ‘relevant’.

They have so little faith in pupils that they believe that children are now incapable of grasping abstract concepts, never mind developing a love of books. Schoolchildren will never learn to love abstract subjects like maths if teachers are afraid to challenge them.

Learning necessarily involves hard work and individual effort. Teachers are unlikely to convince children that learning a school subject is worth the effort if we believe so little in our discipline and in our pupils’ intelligence. Our MoE should simply insist that math Teachers are qualified to teach and show up in their class rooms.

Monday September 10, 2012

Letters... Where your views make the news

Where is the promise by Mr. Ramotar to reduce corruption?

DEAR EDITOR, President Ramotar was quoted on Demerara Waves as saying that “efforts to upset the smooth running of Guyana would not be tolerated.” While we support his view, we are baffled as to why he is taking so long to establish the Public Procurement Commission to start the process of weeding out corruption?

The establishment of the Public Procurement Commission in Guyana is being delayed by the regime at the expense of the majority who remain poor. This contributes directly to the poverty gap between the rich and the poor, which is at an all-time high since we gained independence. It also reveals the hard fact that the PPP leadership, despite their constant prattling, is not interested in creating employment for the poor and the working class as well as putting an end to corruption.

According to statistics from the various Regions, unemployment in Guyana ranges from 35% to 70% and sadly, the Jagdeo/Ramotar regime does not have a plan to reduce it. This is very worrisome for the poor and the working class who are in dire straits and whose existence and survival are being threatened.

It is just plain wrong for President Ramotar to blame others, especially Sharma Solomon for the poor performance of the economy and his government over the past two months. Did Mr. Ramotar heed the repeated requests from the people of Linden not to increase the electricity rates at Linden, which has an unemployment rate of over 70%. NO! Mr Solomon’s only act was to represent the interests of the people of Linden. Is he to be blamed for the month-long Linden unrest which to some extent disrupted the economy? Did he kill the three Linden martyrs? Did he mismanage the sugar industry with its New Jersey Chairman? Is he responsible for the corrupt practices which continue under the present government? Is he liable for the government’s inability to create employment for the youths and those who want to work?

Is he to be blamed for the neglect and marginalization of a certain ethnic group in Guyana over the past ten years?

What are the causes of the disruption of the economy?

We are of the opinion that the Skeldon Sugar Factory continues to be a major destabilizing factor in the

sugar belt as it drains billions of dollars from GuySuCo, thus denying sugar workers a decent pay for a hard day’s work.

Why is there a 33% reduction in sugar production in 2012 compared to 2011? It has little to do with the workers’ strike and even less to do with the weather as claimed by GuySuCo, but everything to do with the mismanagement of that white elephant called the Skeldon Sugar Factory, which to date has cost taxpayers in excess of US$200 million to build but is still plagued with a series of problems. We want to remind the regime that in the colonial days, they also had labour and weather problems, but they were successful in comparison with the PPP‘s management of the sugar industry today. What they did not have was a Chairman from New Jersey who is costing taxpayers close to US$6,000 in airfares and room and board expenses every month. We are convinced that there are qualified Guyanese at home who could fill the position of Chairman of GuySuCo but the regime’s propensity is to provide jobs

for their friends without value and respect for the misuse of the taxpayers’ money. We are calling on the majority opposition to use their influence and demand a thorough investigation of this white elephant at Skeldon.

Who built the white elephant at Skeldon with the promise that by 2014 Guyana will be producing some 400,000 tons of sugar? Not Nagamootoo, not Jock Campbell but Jagdeo and Robert Persaud with the full support of Mr Ramotar, who was one of the directors of GuySuCo. So why are the workers being blamed today?

The Guyanese people are not daft; they know who ‘bruck up’ GuySuCo and they also know who is using their money to fatten the bank accounts of the friends.

It took the young Sharma Solomon to force the PPP to do something tangible for the people of Linden whom they had abandoned for more than a decade. The parliamentary opposition led by Mr. David Granger has been unable to do what Mr Solomon did. All the opposition is capable of doing is calling news conferences, but without any

follow-up action. They have not been able to mobilize the people into action as Sharma Solomon did. Mr. Granger and others in APNU and the AFC ought to know that the people did not elect a parliamentary majority opposition to act and behave as if they are the minority. It has been more than eight months since the election and all the opposition can lay claim on is the reduction of the budget by $21 billion of which $11 billion was restored by them less than four months after. So the question is: Why did the opposition cut the budget in the first place?

The facts speak to the millions that have been provided to the business buddies of the PPP in contracts and other deals, and the opposition has done little or nothing to stop it. All this does is to make the rich richer and the poor and the working class poorer. These lopsided socio-economic conditions will not lead to real economic growth and prosperity for the masses, and sooner rather than later, the wealthy and the PPP will Continued on page 5

Opposition could use Linden-like situation to achieve their goals DEAR EDITOR, To understand what is going on in LINDEN, one must understand the psychological basis for the belligerent behavior of Lindeners. Why don’t Lindeners want to wait on the reports and assessments by the government’s commission on how best to resolve the issue on ‘subsidization of electricity’ to Linden?

There is a similar situation in Trinidad, between the Black Muslim leader ABU BAKAR and the Trinidad government. In Trinidad, the case that is unfolding between the government of Trinidad and ABU BAKR is based on Mr. Abu Bakar’s sermon to his followers to demand by force, monies from the government. The government of Trinidad has brought charges against Mr. Abu Bakar for sedition and inciting violence.

In plain English, Mr. Abu Bakar told his mainly Afro congregation that all Muslims must pay ZAKAT (MONEY/TAX) to him and his followers. Mr. Abu Bakar said his followers have the right to use force to collect this Zakat/Tax from other Muslims. In the past, Mr. Abu Bakar had shown he was willing to use force against the government to have his way. He had occupied government lands and

demanded to be given legal ownership.

In Abu’s sermon, he also told his followers that the natural resources of TRINIDAD belongs to them, because those resources belong to GOD. He told his followers, they are poor, because they allow other people to exploit the resources of Trinidad to get rich. Abu told his followers, they are too stupid for not doing something about it. Mr. Abu wants his congregation to use some form of force or belligerent behavior to achieve his vision of “black economic goals” or a balance between the black economy and the nonBlack capitalist thieves.

Amazingly, Mr. Abu Bakar never ‘incited’ or educated his people how to make an honest living, nor explain to his followers that it takes hard labour, massive investments of people’s hard earned money to develop Trinidad’s natural resources.

In Trinidad, the government got massive revenues, and spent wastefully on subsidies for those people, who have a sense of Entitlement to Free giveaways from the government of Trinidad, and hardworking members of the society.

‘Armed’ with this attitude of ‘ENTITLEMENT,’ these people are prepared to violently demand the

government spend its’ revenues on them, even if the government have to burden harden working people with increase taxes. Getting free handouts, without working, is their universal cry for justice.

Now lets’ compare the Linden and in the Abu cases.

The Lindeners were taught to believe that the Subsidised electricity is really their Entitlement endowed by their God. Their attitudes are based on the erroneous belief that Guyana’s resources belong to them because of their slave history.

Their emancipation from slavery gave them a divine Right of Entitlement.

Therefore, subsidized electricity, which practically free, is NOT a Subsidy, but a Divine Entitlement. This fight over divine entitlement in the Linden saga will play itself out many times more to epic proportions in many future socio-political battles in Guyana. We must expect that opposition leaders will encourage their followers to use ‘Linden- like’ uprisings to achieve their goals and to destabilize the government.

My suggestions to the PPPC government are to choose decentralization and allow every community to govern themselves through their own bureaucracies.

Vassan I. Ramracha

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

Capture the Linden tragedy through the eyes of the oppressed DEAR EDITOR, One would believe that with the advent of electronic gadgets in the developed world, books would have become unpopular as a social past time. There are many educational electronic gadgets to choose from and yet as you board a train or bus here in London, people’s heads are buried in a paperback. Many will have headphones stuck in their ears reading a novel of their choice.

Reading is so important that in a competitive electronic age, where we have the iPod, iPad and iEverything, we have the Kindle which is an electronic ‘iBook’, where you can download any book of your choice and continue reading in style. The importance of reading can never be understated. The love for it must always be embraced.

In Guyana we spend a lot of time commuting to our various long and not so long destinations. The occasional attempt to read a newspaper will inevitably be marred by the blast of loud music from the boom boxes of our public transport. This has become so popular and accepted that our nation’s future, our school children, will seek out the most suitable bus for its boom capacity and a popular and particular music.

At home, outside the strenuous task of quickly completing school assignments, we relax in front of the television, watch videos or play music. This is a generalisation and not applicable to everyone. But one might suspect that it is fair to say, it is the general trend.

Reading increases one’s capacity to understand, rationalise, reason and interpret. Reading sharpens the thought processes. You are transported into a world of different versions of others’ experiences, tragedies,

successes and failures. The conclusion of most stories is set to positively benefit the reader. For example, one can become very rich and popular through crime but in the end crime does not pay. Almost every character you find in a story you can relate to someone you know or came across in real life.

If you are an avid reader with good literary skills it is very seldom that anyone can mislead you into a world where they are able to use you to achieve their own ends, most times at the expense of our misery. It is therefore incumbent on the Guyanese society to begin to promote reading among our young people, whether it is novels, fiction and non-fiction, the newspapers etc.

For wherever you have a people with the love for reading you will find a people with the love for writing.

In Guyana, events after events, some very significant and not so significant, have taken place, which may have made national, international and local news, but never preserved in the form of books. Tragedies after tragedies have faced the generations before us, this generation and will bedevil our future generations. The very few books published were written by intellectuals who are friends of our oppressors or those who are part of the oppressive system.

We must begin by capturing the Linden tragedy through the eyes of the oppressed. This must be put in a book form. It doesn’t matter if it is a book of poems, a story told in a fictional form or a non-fictional account of the events that took place. It doesn’t even matter if it is done in the form of ‘comic books’ we must begin to write our accounts from

our perspective.

The reader has a personal relationship and is taken on a private journey in his/her world of reading. The characters in books are larger than life. We aspire to be like them. We are influenced by what we read. The first change begins in our mind through the cultivation of reading and understanding. Why are our 21st Century heroes, local and national not captured in magical pages bound together and preserved for centuries to come?

When we pick up a book and embrace the immortality of the Lincoln Lewises, Mark Benschops, Sharma Solomons, Karen De Souzas, Andaiyes and Freddie Kissoons of our society, their struggles, contributions in social and other fields of endeavours, we will aspire to do greater things. In addition, sports personalities and other Guyanese who have contributed tremendously on the local and international stage.

We will not have tolerance for the unintelligent who are ruling the educated, today. We will not be afraid to die for what we believe in.

We would have known that our greatest form of immortality is found in books. Our life’s work recorded in the libraries of time for centuries and beyond.

I do not believe that Linden has a single bookshop apart from the National Library. We must established one and ensure that it is visited as much as the internet cafes and video shacks. We owe our children the right to prepare them for a tomorrow that will be void of the visionless that has us in the condition we are in today. There is a time for everything. This is our time to write books.

Norman Browne

Where is the promise by Mr. Ramotar...

From page 4 realize that their fortunes depend on how they treat the working class in Guyana. Linden is a case in point where their starve-and-feed strategy has collapsed overnight.

It is time for the PPP to do as they promised the electorate at the end of last year and implement a development agenda that will bring economic development and empowerment to the poor and the working class, not just their business associates, friends and political sponsors. The majority opposition should stick with their election‘s promises rather than prop-up the PPP regime with more billions of taxpayers’ money.

Where is the promise of a reduction in the VAT for the consumers and mothers of Guyana? Where is the promise of a tangible salary increase for the working class? Where is the promise of establishing the Public Procurement Commission to ensure that the best and most experienced contractors are engaged in order to secure the best value for the taxpayers‘ money? Where is the promise to end the power outages which the PPP criticized the PNC for more than twenty years

ago? Where is the promise to appoint an Ombudsman? Where is the promise to be fair and equitable in the distribution of state resources? And where is the promise by Mr Ramotar to reduce corruption?

Corruption has become cancerous in Guyana and it is time for the majority opposition to not only talk and talk but do something tangible about it so that more resources can be poured into the economic upliftment of the poor and the working class. It is time for the parliamentary majority opposition MPs to recognize their meaningful role in society and act accordingly and stop shying away from their responsibilities. Full non-cooperation with the government must become the mantra until the PPP changes its greedy and corrupt ways.

Sharma Solomon is a classic example of how to defend the interests of Lindeners and force the PPP to change its partisan strategy.

It is time for the leaders of the opposition APNU and the AFC to follow in the footsteps of Mr Solomon and tell the PPP in no uncertain terms that the time for change is now.

Dr. Asquith Rose Harish S Singh

Wesley Kirton Wrong on Rigged Elections

DEAR EDITOR, I am replying to Mr. Wesley Kirton’s letter (KN Sep 7) in which he essentially claims that the PNC did not rig elections to discredit my (verified) contention that the PNC government was illegal (between 1968 and 1992). With his “pronouncement on election rigging was not true” and “PNC rule not illegal”, Kirton exposes his bias as a former journalist and diplomat. No self respected individual (not even PNC officials) would deny that the PNC rigged elections to hold on to power. No diplomat with any moral scruple would seek to defend a regime that was not properly elected. No one with integrity would shower lavish praises on bureaucrats and security personnel for facilitating rigging and oppressing a people.

It is also a known fact that the PNC ruled with fear, backed by brute force and people were denied basic rights and freedoms (press, some religion rights, political association, etc.) thereby making the PNC a dictatorship in violation of the country’s fundamental laws and therefore illegal.

It is a known fact that the PNC rigged all elections in Guyana when it ran the government and that in and of itself made it an illegal regime. All credible literature (tons of them) points to the PNC as an illegal and illegitimate regime. I and others used “illegal” to describe the regime because it was not elected according to the spirit of the law. Some writers use “illegitimate” to mean the same thing - in law and in international relations “legitimacy” is distinguished from “legality”. But in general, if a Government is deemed illegitimate, it can be also be described as illegal in discussions about it, even though it was never deemed illegal by courts(and by the way which court would have rendered the PNC illegal and the elections not rigged?).

Writers use the two terms interchangeably though they may not have the same meaning. The usage does not matter in Kirton’s world because he saw the PNC regime as “legal and “legitimate” – because for him the regime was duly

constituted, internationally recognized and courts did not rule against it. People accepted the government because guns were directed at them and those who opposed the regime were dealt with through violence.

Kirton should read the British philosopher Thomas Hobbes and German philosopher Max Weber on legitimacy and law. I studied international relations, international law, and diplomacy in graduate school and as such am familiar with the literature on the subject. Kirton is wrong and he shows a naïve understanding of international relations among nations as well as the tenets of law. Diplomatic norms allow for the acceptance and recognition of government even if they are not legal.

Burnham and Hoyte were recognized as the rulers of Guyana but they were not legally elected. What is legitimate (accepted by the nation and recognized by foreign governments) may not be legal and vice versa. Not because foreign governments recognized a regime means the regime was “legal”. Foreign governments (US, Canada, England, etc.) worked with brutal fascist oppressive regimes because of practical politics. Yes, such recognition provided legitimacy to the regimes but morally and ethically speaking and even according to the laws of many of those countries, the regimes were “illegal”. Kirton ought to know that the US worked with dictators and unelected rulers but was never comfortable with them and never defended them (Burnham, Hoyte, Pinochet, Shah Pahlavi, Somoza, Duvalier, etc.). Defending an illegal regime (dictatorship) is reprehensible and that is exactly what Kirton did in his letter (KN Sep 7). Many dictators such as the Shah, Hoyte, Zia Ul Haq (Pakistan), Pinochet, etc. visited the White House (some several times) but it does not mean they were “legally” elected.

The US recognized and accepted Burnham and Hoyte (and other dictators) to keep out the communists.

After communism collapsed, the US was not willing to do business with Hoyte and issued warnings to him about rigging future elections – eventually leading to the end

of illegal rule in October 1992 when free and fair election was restored.

With regards to his contention that my analysis of US election was flawed (KN Sep 1), Kirton is wrong.

The information for my analysis is very accurate and reliable, the analysis sound and the conclusion logically derived. Kirton could not offer any evidence to dispute any of my statements except with “I know”. I penned “I don’t think an Obama victory can be ruled out” in response to an economic and social model that predicts Obama will go down to a landslide defeat. Kirton, who claims to be a Republican, responded “an Obama defeat cannot be ruled out”. Where is the evidence to support this ambivalent, paradoxical, mishy mashy conclusion? It is arrogantly based on “I know” instead of saying it is based on polls or some other evidence.

Kirton made reference to my polling (that has no relevance to the issue under discussion). I wonder what journalism school teaches that kind of logic). Mr. Freddie Kissoon made an allegation that I conducted “bogus” polls. I repeatedly asked him to submit evidence to support his claim and I will fund his costs to conduct an annual poll as well as cease and desist from conducting polls and writing in the papers. Freddie has failed to respond. I now make the same challenge to Kirton. If Kirton provides evidence that the polls I conducted are “bogus” I shall pay costs to conduct an annual poll in Guyana and cease and desist from polling as well as writing in the papers! Furthermore, if Kirton provides irrefutable evidence that the PNC never rigged elections in Guyana, including its own internal election last year and again in July, I will instantly stop all my writing and polling in Guyana.

Vishnu Bisram

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Cleanup campaign to resume

By Abena Rockcliffe As workers attached to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) resume work today; the halted cleanup campaign, which was reportedly to result in “significant improvement” is also expected to resume.

Further, the “garbage police” will persist patrolling the city to “monitor those without discursions.”

Chairman of the implementation committee, Keith Burrowes revealed that the enforcers will be uniformed in white T-shirts bearing slogan of the M&CC. In response to a letter published in this newspaper Friday last, titled “The Burrowes approach will not bear lasting fruit,” Burrowes said that he feels if all have an open mind and jump on board, the strategy will work.

He further mentioned that the current approach is just an immediate response to the

- Debt recovery officers to engage tax payers situation that “affects us all,” as futuristically; other pans will be put in place to then maintain a clean Georgetown.

“It’s like fire fighting, you have to put it out right away, but as long as the situation is under control all other options will be explored “ stated Burrowes.

Burrowes noted that he shares some of the views expressed in the article.

The Chairman disclosed that he has considered recycle bins but that implementation “will come in time,” as government has already invested significant sums in the new dump site.

Also, debt recovery officers are scheduled to, from today; embark on a “project to retrieve outstanding monies owed to the City, Burrowes disclosed.

way last Friday when Executive member of the Alliance for Change (AFC), Gerhard Ramsaroop, on behalf of the party, donated six 430 gallons black tanks to the community.

The residents in the area are yet to be regularised and receive access to potable water. In the meantime, they depend on two creeks, one of which was dug on Ramsaroop’s farm nearby, which he maintains for the community, and another in an abandoned sand pit which is also maintained by the AFC executive member.

The predominantly Amerindian community like all too many in Guyana, is a depressed one with few job opportunities.

Local body observes International Literacy Day - “read a book, get a book” among the activities

As he noted that this is a new implementation, Burrowes said that he is optimistic that the venture will be successful.

He informed that the previous system just entailed a “simple system” where a letter was delivered to persons indebted to the city.

However, the new system will see negotiations on payment plans.

This will go for both private residents and commercial entities.

This newspaper had reported that the city is owed in excess of $12B. Mayor Hamilton Green, in a previous interview, stated that if these monies were retrieved, “the city will be relieved of a significant amount of financial constraints.”

AFC rescues Waiakabra with six water tanks as creeks run dry The current dry season is wreaking havoc in the lives of residents of the Linden/ Soesdyke Highway community of Waiakabra.

With creeks already dried up, residents are in desperate need for drinking water.

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Some of the people eke out an existence by digging out with their bare hands, scraps of metal buried by the now defunct IDEAL/GRL factory. The water situation, especially with the present extreme dry weather, only increases their burden.

Women, including the elderly, and children, are forced to fetch water over long distances and over hills.

The Alliance for Change has renewed its call to the Government, and in particular, to the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs and the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) to intervene urgently and ensure a better quality of life for this community, and others that are similarly affected.

A section of the tent under which the educational activities were being conducted.

In observance of International Literacy Day, the Guyana Association for Reading and Literacy Development on Saturday hosted -”Reading Tent literacy fair”.

Two Tents were set up just opposite Courts on Main Street, where a number of children were able to take advantage of the learning activities which were being offered.

They had the opportunity to win a book by reading a book, get free face painting by playing a literacy game, listen to story-telling, and purchase reading materials.

The activity was being hosted under the theme“Literacy and Peacebecause if you are knowledgeable, you would know the ways of the world

and be more able to communicate, thus problems would be easier to solve and peace will prevail”, President of the body, Grace Brumell told Kaieteur News.

Mrs. Brumell explained to this publication that the Guyana Association for Reading and Language Development is a body which existed since the 1980’s.

And after going out of existence during the 1990s, it was resuscitated during last June.

The members say that Saturday’s exercise was just the start of great things.

As a part of their future plans, the association hopes to soon obtain a building of their own, so that they can start remedial and other academic programs for kids.

They also plan to focus

more on “the regions, and not Georgetown so much”.

Kaieteur News understands that some members of the former association currently hold executive positions within the new organization. One such member is Cicely Douglas; she is now the Historian and Advisor to the body.

Many of the Founder members have passed away.

Dr. Jean Bovell, Purity Li, Landomae Fraser, and Cicely Nedd are among those who recently died.

Although these persons are gone, Mrs. Brumell noted that the organization will carry forth its original legacy-using literacy to bring peace.

And in doing so, the entity has recently branched off from the Ministry of Education.

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Fugitive Iraqi VP gets death sentence as bombs kill 100

Iraq’s fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi (3rd right) gestures as he leaves a meeting with Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Ankara yesterday. REUTERS/Umit Bektas BAGHDAD (Reuters) Car bombs tore through mainly Shi’ite Baghdad districts yesterday after Iraq’s fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi was sentenced to death, as more than 100 people were killed across the country in one of the bloodiest days this year.

Hashemi’s sentencing in absentia and the violence threatened to further stoke sectarian tensions in Iraq where a Shi’ite-led government is battling political deadlock and a Sunni Islamist insurgency nine months after U.S. troops left.

A senior Sunni politician, Hashemi fled Iraq after the authorities issued a warrant for his arrest in December, a move that threatened to collapse a fragile powersharing deal among Shi’ite, Sunni and Kurdish blocs.

After yesterday’s court ruling, bombs tore through six mainly Shi’ite neighbourhoods around Baghdad, one going off outside a restaurant and another in a busy commercial district, following earlier bombs that had hit other cities nationwide.

Hashemi, who is unlikely to return to Iraq from Turkey, had accused Shi’ite Prime

Minister Nuri al-Maliki of orchestrating a crackdown on Sunni opponents and had refused to appear in a court he dismissed as biased.

He and his son-in-law were both found guilty in absentia of murdering a female lawyer and security official, Abdul-Sattar al-Birqdar, a judiciary spokesman said.

“This is a political decision. All our respect to the Iraqi judicial system, but this was political,” said lawmaker Jaber al-Jaberi, a member of Hashemi’s Sunnibacked Iraqiya party.

Hours before the sentencing was announced, a wave of bombings and shootings had already killed at least 58 people and a car bomb had exploded outside a French consular office in Nassiriya in southern Iraq.

Since the last U.S. troops left, Maliki’s Shi’ite-led government has been politically deadlocked and insurgents have continued to strike, hoping to ignite the kind of sectarian tensions that drove Iraq close to civil war in 2006-2007.

The most serious of the earlier attacks happened near the city of Amara, 300 km (185 miles) south of the capital, when two car bombs exploded

outside a Shi’ite shrine and a market place, killing at least 16 people, officials said.

With its main hospital overflowing with the injured, mosques in Amara used prayer loudspeakers to call for blood donations.

More were killed in bombings in the towns of Kirkuk, Baquba, Samarra, Basra and Tuz Khurmato, and there was also a strike on an army base and a bombing of security guard recruits for the Iraqi North Oil Company.

The car bomb outside the building housing the French consular office in Nassiriya, 300 km south of Baghdad, killed a police guard and wounded four, authorities said. The consul, an Iraqi citizen, was not at the office.

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I’ll work with Republicans if they agree to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans – Obama MELBOURNE, Florida President Barack Obama said in an interview partly broadcast yesterday that he would be “more than happy to work with the Republicans” to trim the swelling national debt — as long as they drop their opposition to raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans.

“You can’t reduce the deficit unless you take a balanced approach that says, ‘We’ve got to make government leaner and more efficient,’” the president told CBS’s Scott Pelley. “But we’ve also got to ask people —like me or Gov. Romney, who have done better than anybody else over the course of the last decade, and whose taxes are just about lower than they’ve been in the last 50 years - to do a little bit more.”

Obama said he would be willing to make “some adjustments to Medicare and Medicaid that would strengthen the programs.”

“The way to do that is to keep health care costs low. It’s not to ‘voucherize’ programmes so that suddenly seniors are the ones who are finding their expenses much higher.”

That was a reference to Mitt Romney and running

President Barack Obama mate Paul Ryan. The Republicans have proposed a plan that would transform Medicare by giving the elderly voucher-style payments they could use to purchase health insurance.

They say it would rein in runaway health care costs.

But Democrats — and the imp a r t i al Congressional Budget Office — say it would eventually shift much of the burden of health care costs to the elderly.

“President Obama’s latest false attacks are a sign of desperation,” Romney campaign spokesman Ryan Williams said in a statement.

Williams charged that

Obama had “robbed” Medicare of $716 billion to pay for the health care law popularly known as Obamacare.

(Obama’s approach does not directly affect benefits — it reduces reimbursements to health care providers and insurance companies.)

Obama is attacking Romney on Medicare because “he can’t talk about his record of crushing the middle class and failing to turn the economy around,” said Williams.

Obama was to pursue that attack as he wrapped up a twoday bus tour in Florida. (The photo above was snapped as Obama prepared to eat with seniors at the Ossorio Bakery and Cafe while campaigning in Cocoa, Florida.)

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Piarco airport cases to be dropped Trinidad Guardian - The biggest fraud cases in this country’s history — which saw billions of dollars in taxpayers money allegedly being pumped into the pockets of the United National Congress (UNC) financiers — are expected to be dismissed later this week.

The Piarco Airport Development Project scandal has been ongoing for more than ten years and involves several individuals affiliated with the present Government.

Two weeks ago, The Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Act 2011 was proclaimed by President George Maxwell Richards in a move to end preliminary enquiries in the local courts.

Certain parts of the act will come into effect on January 1, 2013. The President’s proclamation was gazetted on August 30. With the act in effect, the Preliminary Enquiry Act has been replaced and nullifies the need for a preliminary enquiry to be held in relation to matters filed indictably.

However, the act bears a controversial clause — Section 34(2), which states:

George Maxwell Richards “On an application by the accused, a Judge shall discharge an accused if the proceedings were instituted prior to the coming into force of this Act and the trial has not commenced within s e v e n y e a r s a f t e r the proceedings were instituted, except (a) in the case of matters listed in Schedule 6; or (b) where the accused has evaded the process of the Court and the trial on indictment has, for that reason, not commenced.”

It is this clause which will see the accused people in the Piarco Airport project having their matters dismissed.

Contacted on the matter,

Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard, SC, said he preferred not to comment, since the matter is before the courts. Several people have been charged in relation to the matter.

Among those charged with fraudulent activities arising out of the construction of the airport are two ex-ministers from the UNC administration.

The accused — former finance minister Brian KueiTung; former Works minister Sadiq Baksh; former chairmen of the Airports Authority Tyrone Gopee and Ameer Edoo; former client representative in the Ministry of Works at the airport project Peter Cateau; financial director Amrith Maharaj; Steve Ferguson, former Maritime Financial Group executively; and Ishwar Galbaransingh, chairman of Northern Construction Ltd; are involved in the Piarco II case.

The men are accused of conspiring between January 1, 1995 and December 31, 2001, to obtain contracts and payments totaling $1.6 billion during the construction of the new airport. Another case, labelled Piarco I, is also expected to be discontinued.

Those involved in this matter are Kuei Tung; Russell Huggins; Maritime executives John Smith; Ferguson and Barbara Gomes; Galbaransingh and Maharaj; and businesswoman Renee Pierre.

They are accused of conspiring to convert more than $19 million under false pretences from the Airports Authority.

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US congresswoman hosts legal clinics for Caribbean immigrants NEW YORK - CMC Caribbean American congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has begun hosting legal clinics geared towards assisting eligible young people ready to apply for benefits for temporary reprieve from deportation.

The clinics, which are held in conjunction with the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), include employment authorization and relief from removal or removal proceedings.

“Deferred Action represents the start of a process. We have a lot of work ahead of us if we’re going to offer these young scholars equal access to the American Dream,” Clarke, the daughter of Caribbean immigrants, told the Caribbean Media Corporation.

“Congress must enact comprehensive immigration reform, because every community depends upon it,” added the representative for the 11th Congressional

District in Brooklyn, considered the largest district of Caribbean immigrants in the United States.

Clarke said Caribbean immigrant women and men are being screened on-site by attorneys from NYIC and the Brooklyn Defender Services, the Caribbean Women’s Health Association, and the New York Legal Assistance Group, among others.

“We are happy to work with Congresswoman Clarke to help as many DREAMers as possible take advantage of this opportunity,” said Chung-Wha Hong, NYIC’s executive director.

“We look forward to working with Congress to pass legislation that provides a path to citizenship for DREAMers and their families,” she added.

An estimated 1.7 million young, undocumented immigrants could apply for deferred action and employment authorization under the new policy, announced on June 15 by US

Yvette D. Clarke President Barack Obama.

The initiative grants twoyear deportation deferrals and work permits to illegal Caribbean and other immigrants brought to the US as children.

Last month, New York State officials said they were providing US$450,000 in grants to groups that can help assist Caribbean and other immigrants for deferred deportation.

Mugabe’s disparaging remarks against J’cans not a shock - Professor Rapley Jamaica Gleaner - Wellknown academician and international affairs pundit Professor John Rapley says comments made by Zimbabwea’s president Robert Mugabe about Jamaicans should not come as a shock.

According to the professor, who up to recently was a research associate at the International Growth Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science, it is not the first time that the Zimbabwean president has made unflattering comments about Jamaicans and Rastafarians, in particular.

And, although the

Robert Mugabe government has not yet responded to Mugabe’s comments, Professor Rapley says he does not expect that

the Zimbabwean president’s statement will be wellreceived by the Jamaican Government.

President Mugabe was quoted by the Zimbabwe radio station, Nehande Radio, during a lecture as saying that Jamaica is “a country of marijuana smokers, where women are now taking charge since men are always sloshed.” The Zimbabwean president was quoted further as saying that while marijuana is illegal in Jamaica, citizens are free to smoke and that men are always drunk, while universities were full of women.

Zimbabwe has enjoyed diplomatic support from Jamaica and other Caribbean nations in the past, receiving much support from Michael Manley in 1979 during the Commonwealth Summit.

Artistes such as Sizzla have also shown support for the Zanu PF leader, performing during Mugabe’s 86th birthday celebrations in 2010; while Reggae icon Bob Marley also performed at Zimbabwe’s Independence celebrations in 1980.

Mugabe has also visited the Rastafarian community in Jamaica and was conferred with Jamaica’s fifth highest honour, the Order of Jamaica, in 1996 for his fight against apartheid.

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Education Month should stress the personal rather than the social Guyana dumped socialism a long time ago. Apparently someone forgot to tell the Ministry of Education.

Education Month each year involves identifying a theme month and arranging appropriate activities around this theme. This type of observance is typical of socialist countries where there is always a month devoted to something or the other.

This year’s theme is “Transforming the nation through inclusive Education”. This joins a long list of themes devoted to the social objectives of

education.

The provision of education is a social function.

An educated student population provides social benefits to the society. As such a link can be made between education and development and also, as was pointed out recently, between education and poverty reduction.

The fact however that education has a social function does not mean that year after year we should be emphasizing this aspect. In fact, this year’s theme raises more questions than answers.

It begs the question as to just

Dem boys seh

Bharrat put dunce fuh manage broadcasting When lil pickney don’t understand dem ABC people does seh that dem head hard.

Dem same pickney does talk nuff stupidness when is ABC time. De government now demonstrating de same stupidness. That dotishness start happen long before Uncle Donald tek office but that dotishness spreading to he. And is Bharrat Ramroop start de dotishness and mek people believe that everybody in de government head hard.

Dem same people would tek a Harvard graduate and put he fuh cut cane and a perfect dunce fuh lecture at UG. Fuh years everybody talking bout Broadcast Legislation. People see how Hen See Hen mek news item sound like a jokey story. That is because de government hiring people fuh do broadcasting who never see a radio or a TV. Dem boys seh is de same thing dem do when dem appoint people fuh serve pun de Broadcast Board. De chairman never learn to operate a TV remote. De other people pun de Board tell dem

boys that Bharrat tell dem that all dem got to do is seh no to anything anybody not connected to de government ask dem fuh do.

Well de opposition decide that dem got to change de legislation. Dem gun include a clause to allow only people who know bout media to serve on de Board.

But dem boys seh that all this come about because Jagdeo tell de nation that if he could serve as Minister of Information and if Bobby could open a newspaper anybody could serve pun anything in de media.

Dem boys waiting fuh see if Uncle Donald gun allow de dotish ness to continue. He know something bout media and he got to pull out all dem square peg from dem round hole.

Talk half and stop de dotishness.

how inclusive education is going to transform Guyana when we already are claiming that there is gender parity and geographic parity.

In fact both of these propositions are questionable. When it comes to parity, the only parity relates to access to education.

It surely does not relate to performance.

For years now, girls have been outperforming boys within the education system.

This is also the trend in the Caribbean as judged by results at the CSEC examinations. So while there is parity between males and females in terms of access to education, the girls are outshining the boys when it comes to performance in schools.

When it comes to geographic parity, the situation is equally disturbing. It is clear that the urban schools and particularly Georgetown has a stranglehold on the top performers. This has been so for a long time and the overall results also suggest that other regions are lagging far behind.

True, there has been improvement over the years and out-of town schools are gaining ground but one cannot with any confidence speak about geographic parity when it comes to performance.

The problem of course is not with the objective of inclusive education.

Everyone- boys, girls, and those with special needsshould be accommodated within the school system. But special needs students need special schools and these schools are present and are

being improved.

Where the worry lies is not with inclusive education but with the preoccupation by the Ministry of Education with having a social theme each year to commemorate Education Month.

Instead of a theme emphasizing the social aspects how about a theme stressing the achievement of personal goals and objectives. How about a theme for next year that states: “Being all that you can be through success in education?”

How about the following year having a theme: Striving for personal excellence in education.”

And the following year, : “Self motivation as a tool for personal success.”

We have to move away from these socialist themes in education and begin to emphasize personal performance because we are now operating under an economic system that stresses private enterprise which in turn emphasizes meritocracy.

Both our economic and political systems today are based on individual freedom and liberty and therefore the education system has to begin to stress that through personal initiative anyone can be what they want to be. You can own a mansion by studying hard and perhaps trying to get a job in the government.

We should be urging students to be the brightest and the best rather than each year harping to some theme that reminds us of the days of cooperative socialism when the nation was urged to Produce or Perished. Those

who produced still perished.

Education will always serve a social function but the stress on education must be consistent in any society with the economic and political direction in which the country is going and right now it is not inclusive education that is going to deliver the goods.

It is the production of students of merit who will want to stay and become the engineers to go into the interior and provide the services for the mining sector that will transform Guyana. It is about building a solid core of engineers which is needed in the private sector.

It is about producing IT specialists in numbers since this is the wave of the future for Guyana based on our developmental plans. It is about continuing to provide doctors and nurses to fill the void in the system.

As such we should be emphasizing the development of skills through education rather than each year speaking about how education can serve

development. Education can equally serve development by emphasizing personal development of students rather than its social function.

When it comes to education, Guyana is stuck in old socialist paradigms. And as one Caribbean educator noted recently we are also stuck in the old ways of doing things. All of these things need to change and change rapidly.

What is needed therefore is not wasting the time of educators and students by having to attend events that stress the social function of education. This has been drummed into our heads for far too long.

What is needed is for all those old manuals which are patterned after a socialist past to be dumped and for some fresh outlook to sweep across the education sector.

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Fences, bridges collapsing due to road extension - E.C.D residents

A section of a compromised structure as a result of road works in Vryheids Lust.

As extension works on the East Coast Demerara highway continue, some residents say that they are suffering losses to their property.

Residents of some villages along the coast say their fences and bridges are collapsing. Further, while some of them have been able to rebuild, there are others whose properties are left to the mercy of vagrants walking in and out of their yards.

One recent incident at Vryheids Lust has raised more concern among residents. On Saturday last a fire destroyed a roadside property in that community. According to reports a ‘junkie’ was seen exiting the compound minutes after the fire started.

Persons said that since works on the road in that

community started several fences have collapsed as a result of the digging of the canal.

“The more they dig, the foundation fuh the fence getting weak and eventually with the water build up in the canal the fence them falling down and we aint got nothing to protect we property so people just walk in yo yard and walk out when they feel like”.

Cecilia Dookwah who lives next to the property which was gutted by fire said that the community is plagued with vagrants.

Dookwah said she is of the opinion that the fire would not have occurred if the fence that surrounded both properties was still standing.

“Since these people start digging we been complaining

bout we fence. Nobody never talk about rebuilding we can’t fix back wha they destroy and now them junkie does just walk in and out when they feel like I coulda lose me house too,” the woman lamented.

Also, a section of fence surrounding a church in the community has also collapsed and there are reports of several bridges which are owned by private citizens being compromised as a result of the ongoing road works.

Falcon Transportation and Construction Services was awarded a contract on 6 September, 2011 in the sum of $468.2M for the widening of the public road and construction of concrete drains on both sides of the road from Better Hope to Montrose, East Coast Demerara.

Army ranks have launched a search for four armed pirates who attacked six fishing vessels between Waini and Cozier in the Pomeroon River and Region One on Saturday.

Three of the six boats were reportedly small vessels while the remaining three were described as large boats.

Four of the boats belonged to fishermen from Meadow Bank, East Bank Demerara, while another, named “Anand”, is owned by a Pomeroon fisherman.

The two other large vessels that were attacked are called “Honey Prya and Ester”. Devenand Singh, a fisherman who said he witnessed the recent attacks and who himself was attacked by pirates on three other occasions, related that sometime on Saturday, five boats were attacked by four armed men in the Waini, Region One and at Cozier.

Singh said the four men who were masked and armed with guns and knives were

traveling in a red and white vessel that was powered by a sixty horse power engine.

Two of the victims who police said were identified as Shameer Singh, of GoodHope, East Coast Demerara and Ramologan, of Enmore, East Coast of Demerara were rescued by fishermen on Sunday. Singh explained that the pirates stripped the three small boats of their engines, leaving the fishermen drifting.

Kaieteur News understands that the men were still to be rescued.

The other large vessels have since continued fishing.

Efforts are reportedly being pursued to lend assistance to the stranded fishermen.

Pirates attack six vessels in Waini, Pomeroon

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A camel and his owner were travelling across the desert sand dunes when a wind storm came up. The traveler quickly set up his tent and moved in, closing the flaps to protect himself from the cutting, grinding sands of the raging storm. The camel was of course left outside, and as the violent wind hurled the sand against his body and into his eyes and nostrils he found it unbearable and finally begged for entrance into the tent.

“There is room only for myself,” said the traveller.

The camel begged, “But may I just get my nose in so I can breathe air not filled with sand?” The traveler relented and replied, “Well, perhaps you could do that.” He then opened the flap ever so little and the long nose of the camel entered.

How comfortable the camel was now! But soon the camel became weary of the smarting sand on his eyes and ears, and he was tempted to ask again, “The wind-driven sand is like a rasp on my head. Could I put just my head in?” Again, the traveler rationalized that to acquiesce would do him no damage, for the camel’s head

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could occupy the space at the top of the tent which he himself was not using. So the camel put his head inside and the beast was satisfied again—but for a short while only. ”Just the front quarters,” he begged, and again the traveler relented and soon the camel’s front shoulders and legs were in the tent. Finally, by the same processes of pleading and of yielding, the camel’s torso, his hind quarters and all were in the tent. But now it was too crowded for the two, and the camel kicked the traveler out into the wind and storm.

This story comes from a collection “The Miracle of Forgiveness” by writer, Spencer W. Kimball. While camels and sand dunes provide an exotic setting, the moral of the story is as old as humanity and one can imagine our earliest ancestors saying from experience, “Give a Tyrannosaurus Rex an inch and he will take you and your cave.”

It is really that sometimes you make what you think is a small concession and it grows in magnitude to the point where it seems to develop a life of its own, even consuming you in the

Cops give conflicting statements...

(From page 14) Hall official Lauvern Scott at Lot 115 Third Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara. Rawlins’ gun, the police said, was also used in an attack on a Professional Guard Service armoured van in which security guard Dexter Barry was shot dead on the Agricola Public Road, East Bank Demerara.

And in another attack on security personnel, the police disclosed that the weapon was used to kill MMC guards Warren Hutson and Rodwell Clarke at Sheribana Landing, Essequibo River on October 01 last year.

process. In English the saying is, “Give him an inch and he will take an ell.” An ell is the distance between your wrist and your shoulder, officially forty-five inches.

WIKIPEDIA states that in Chinese Culture the “inchmile” or “camel’s nose” saying corresponds to the expression —_G–g‡ (De Long Wang Shu), which is a quotation from the “Book of Later Han” about a Chinese general who took over Long (now Gansu) only to pursue further southwards into Shu (now Sichuan).

This sense of being taken unfair advantage of by someone or something that you have tried to help is common to almost every human being from time immemorial. We all have stories of people who took us for a ride or who exploited our good natures to their advantage and our loss. In the lives of camel owners, one night you’re in the warmth of your tent and the next thing you know you’re out in the cold. In the lives of dogs, one day you’re the dog and the next you’re the hydrant. And not just dogs, it happens to dog owners as well except that dog owners never seem to mind.

I like the Chinese example of the General since it seems to apply to their dogs as well, even the half-breed ones.

Many moons ago, I saw my wife and children admiring a new litter of tiny pups born

to a very beautiful female owned by one of our friends.

The pups were what in Trinidad are called “PomPeks” – originally part Pomeranian (a Central European breed) and part Pekingese. In our case, I am convinced that it is the Pekingese part that moved them from an inch to an ell and from Long to Shu, which is something they bite and ruin. But I get ahead of myself.

I watched my family play with the pups and knew that something was up despite my warning that a dog would create problems for us when we wanted to go on holidays or had to move. A tiny, pathetic pup was then smuggled into the house and presented to me as a fait accompli. We named him Crix because of his biscuitcoloured coat.

About two years later we went out for a few days leaving Crix with his original owner. Crix took the opportunity of our absence to sow his wild oats and his litter included a little ball or white fur that could barely stand while his brothers and sisters were busy chasing one another. Saying that she feared that the poor little runt would die if we did not take care of him, my wife Indranie brought home Bunjie, son of Crix. Needless to say, we had no holidays together since Bunjie joined us.

Two more years passed

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and Missy came. An old female dog with sad eyes, Missy had moved into the neighbourhood and ended up at our gate looking imploringly at my wife, the animal magnet. Cows passing along the road to their feeding grounds drop in on us. Birds tap on our windows to remind Indranie to feed them. Crows demand we fill the bird bath. Rampaging pit bulls ignore her. Missy did not even have to knock. The eyes had it.

Thrice we tried to return Missy to her owners and thrice she did return. They gave up and Missy got her nose past the gate and into the house. Then my wife noticed Missy’s stomach growing huge and after thinking it might have been the improvement in the dog’s diet, finally took her to the vet to see if Missy was pregnant.

The vet said that Missy could not be pregnant since there

were no heartbeats of little pups inside the dog. She warned that it could be a tumour.

My daughter Jasmine was upset when they returned from the vet. She feared the worst. An hour later my wife heard Jasmine screaming. Missy had six pups that night. Four look like their father, Bunjie, and two are throwbacks – one black and one brown. No khaki.

Even when they were a little more than an inch long, they were one ell of a handful. Now at seven weeks, they have taken over the verandah and are putting their noses through the door, perhaps praying for a sandstorm to come. *Tony Deyal was last seen saying that he knows why those mixtures are called “lap” dogs – they are always hungry and “lap” up everything in sight.

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Micobie comes alive with ‘Heritage Village’ celebrations The village of Micobie, Region Eight on Saturday came alive as Guyanese from across the regions gathered to be part of the ‘Heritage Village’ celebrations, one of the main events during Amerindian Heritage month celebrations.

A GINA release stated that Prime Minister Samuel Hinds who attended the celebrations informed that Government as is traditional, will be making a special heritage contribution to the village, as well as an additional $5M to support income generation, infrastructure or other projects, an announcement that was met with applause.

“The improvement that we have made through our work and through our working together over the last 20 years, we have achieved much…we in the PPP/C Government recognise that our major task is to the development of our people and our country and so we have been focusing particularly on aspects such as improving education and other important social services,” the Prime Minister said.

He spoke of the many young Amerindians who have improved themselves as a result of the opportunities that were made possible through Government such as scholarships and are today returning to the communities as professionals.

“How does a country get better? A country gets better by the work of its people, when its people can individually, produce more or provide better service and when we can we can work together in greater harmony,” he posited.

The Prime Minister also updated the residents on the progress of the Hinterland Electrification Programme, which is currently being implemented to provide an overall 11,000 solar home systems to residents, as well as the roads programme, which will provide vital links to the various communities and will pave the way for more economic opportunities.

He assured the residents that as long as the PPP/C remains in Office, they will continue to work harder to realise the aspirations of Guyanese; noting that even though they come from different cultures and backgrounds, they have shown the ability and willingness to work as one people with a common destiny.

“The more we can come together in partnerships, the greater the possibilities before us,” the Prime Minister stated.

Meanwhile, Minister within the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Norman Whittaker said that the fact that the Amerindian population in Guyana has

A group of young Amerindian children performing a cultural dance at the Village Day celebrations at Micobie, Region Eight. been able to keep their culture virtually intact despite other influences is a success story by itself.

Amerindian culture is recognised at the highest level of Guyana, as it is enshrined in the constitution.

Minister Whittaker spoke of the Amerindian Act of 2006, which is a product of Amerindian input and which defines the way in which villages are governed. Other important achievements are the establishment of the National Toshaos Council and Indigenous Peoples Commission. They are also represented at many important international forums.

“You have achieved…and with the continued support of the PPP/ C Government, you will continue to achieve more and more,” Minister Whittaker said.

Also present at the celebrations was Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Juan Edghill and Permanent Secretary of the Amerindian Affairs Ministry,

Nigel Dharamlall.

The village of Micobie is situated approximately two miles downriver of the famous Tumatumari Falls in the

Potaro River. It is accessible by road via the Linden / Mabura and Bartica /Potaro roads or by aircraft to Mahdia then by road.

This year, Amerindian Heritage month is being celebrated under the theme, “Embracing our Identity, Celebrating our Culture.”

Senior security officials undergo training of international standard Security managers from various companies are now in the latter segment of a security training course which is on par with those offered by international bodies all across the world, including India and the United Kingdom.

This is according to the instructor, Mr. Clairmont Featherstone who explained that the initiative is aimed at boosting the way security officials operate, and the way they see themselves.

Featherstone told Kaieteur News that as he was traveling to various Caribbean countries, he observed that security managers were always foreigners. Upon inquiring, he found that it was because the locals were not fully trained or certified.

Upon returning home to Guyana, Featherstone noted that he proposed to the CARICOM Secretariat that local security personnel undergo well recognized training.

Although this could not have been immediately acted upon, Featherstone, through the same body, was able to travel and make contact with many overseas security entities, which advised that he form a professional body, promising their support.

That’s how the Certificate in Industrial Security Management (CISM) program kicked off in April last, under the aid of international bodies.

The classes are being conducted at the Institute of Distance and Continuing

Clairmont Featherstone Education (IDCE) building located in the Queen’s College Compound.

The five-month programme was initially planned as an induction session. However, those who showed to the classes were all fully trained men, with University Degrees.

The programme was then converted to target security managers and supervisors.

The participants of the course which costs a total of $160,000 are, Wavel Valenzuela, Donald Douglas, and Johnny Mortley of GuyOil; Milton Thomas, Brenthnol A. Farley from the Bank of Guyana; Glenon Cornelius of MACORP; Gregory Wickham of the Guyana Fire Service, and Sherwin De Abreu of Customs Law Enforcement.

They were all sponsored by their respective employers.

Meanwhile, some of the areas which the programme was able to cover so far

include dealing with mentally ill persons, operation management, trauma management, and employee management among others.

And while Mr. Featherstone is the main lecturer, experts from various fields, including a psychiatrist, were invited to facilitate the class of eight.

The participants also paid a visit to the Psychiatric Hospital in Berbice. There, participants were given a crash course by staff on how to interact with persons of unsound mind.

In speaking with Kaieteur News, the men all believe that the programme has made them better superiors.

“In doing this programme, I realized that there is only so much that the human body can tolerate. I didn’t really realize how much working double shifts can affect a person,” one participant said.

The men have also promised that with their more enhanced knowledge, GUY EXPO will be a lot safer and more secured.

The programme ends this month, and upon completion, the participants will be accredited with certificates from the University of Guyana, and one from the regional security body.

In addition, Government is expected to work with the body in getting several prison employees trained.

This, the men believe, will assist tremendously in bridging the existing gap between national and private security.

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Monday September 10, 2012

Ministry of Natural Resources, mining community collaborating against trafficking in persons (From page 19)

PROPERTY FOR SALE One wooden and concrete building situated at 250 Coldingen E.C.D $5.5M Neg. Call: 229-6577, 654-9767 Prospect $12M, Eccles $20M-30M, Lamaha Street $22M, Queenstown $79M120M Diana 227-2256, 6269382 Nandy Park Luxury home, pool, jacuzi, master bedroom, $1M US. Call: 6727390 / 225-0843 Transported land, wooden & concrete house situated at Lot 18 Zeskendren Mahaicony East Coast Demerara Call: 221-2737 Lamaha Gardens $48M , Continential Park luxury home US$1M Call: 225-0854, 686-9888 1 property at Diamond New Scheme, price $23M Negotiable Call: 612-2697 Parfait 2 storey 3 bedroom $19M, Diamond 2 storey 3 bedroom $18M Town to country 672-7390,225-0854 Diamond 1st Bridge 2 bedroom flat $19M, Diamond luxury home 4 bedroom $55M Town to country 672-7390, 225-0854 House & Land for sale located at lot 29 Malgre Tout, West Bank Demerara (Residential area). Call: 2642449 / 613-5076 Happy Acre luxury home $55.5M, South Ruimveldt 2 storey $10M Call: 672-7390, 225-0854 South Ruimveldt 3 bedrooms $19M, Robb Street Business property $58M Call: 6727390, 225-0854

SERVICES Permanent &Visitors Visa Applications Professional Immigration Consultant Sabita - Room E-4 Maraj Building 225-6496/ 223-8115/662-6045.

TO LET Fully furnished 1 & 2 bedrooms apartments AC, Hot water, internet US$40 nightly. Contact 231-6721 & 674-8300. Long & short term

We repair fridge, freezer, AC, washer, dryer Call:2310655,683-8734 Omar

Top Flat $70,000, Subryanville US$1500, Water Street US$40,000, Ogle $100,000 Diana 227-2256, 626-9382

Marriage, Visa forms & other legal documents Call: 2253070, 686-4994

Fully furnished short term apartments, Eccles Call: 6797139

School bus service (big bus) from Mahaica to Georgetown. Call: 228-5604 / 665-5343

One 2 bedrooms furnished apartment, parking & Wifi & Short term for foreign Call: 222-7891 or 609-9202

T.B Designs Inc, we offer: Engineering drawings, house plans & estimates.

Contact: T. Boodhoo on 6259883 / 675-9296

4 Bedroom house next to new, A/C, Hot/Cold, large parking US$1,800 Monthly, Happy Acres ECD Call: 2317839 8am-4pm.

Repairs to refrigerators, gas stoves, washing machines, A/C units Call: Lindon 6411086, 694-2202

Public Road Herstelling bedrooms, $70,000 furnished $100,000 Call: 612-8879, 6782918

We refill HP cartridges for $1800 Call: 650-7699

3 bedrooms, 1 laundry room apartment, fully furnished all amenities US$1,200, Unfurnished US$900, Location Granville Park ECD Call: 609-6890

Buying, selling, renting & constructing. Call: 672-7390 / 225-0843 ONLINE SHOPPING NO COMMISSION, WEEKLY S H I P M E N T S , AFFORDABLE RATES, FREE PRIVATE MAILBOX. TEL: 231-5789.

FREIGHTLINKEXPRESS@ GMAIL.COM WE FILL OUT PASSPORT & VISA FORMS: USA, UK & CANADA TEL: 231-5789 Anyone needs bus for contract? Then Call: 615-3203 Looking for land to setup gold and diamond mining operations? Call: 223-1719 Get registered now IKS Services, 223-1719, Security, office help, sales/marketing, cooks, drivers.

Selling your home, Land, renting, then call Shawn at GME Realty 231-2200, 618 7483 anytime.

EDUCATIONAL ACADEMIA: CXC lessons forms 1-5 & Adults. Only $1000 per subject per month.

Call: 600-3775 Princeton College, Forms 15, CXC adults classes for slow learners, reading classes for children Call: 6905008, 611-3793 Imperial College- Register Now. CXC 2013. Fulltime/ Lessons/Adults classes.

Excellent Results Call: 6835742, 227-7627 Community College, Seats available at forms 2,3 and 5, Pay only $28,000 per term at form 2. Call: 227-0218 Introduction to Esthetic course. Pedicure, Manicure & Facial. Basic makeup application by overseas therapist starting Sept. 17th.

Call: 696-2295 / 618-8536

Robb Street Business property $40M , Durban Street 3 bedrooms $21M Call: 672-7390, 225-0854 HEALTH HIV/AIDS! Are you infected? Help is available, Results Guaranteed Call: 6396054, 691-7070

DRESS MAKING SALON Make up courses, artist trained & certified in Trinidad: 660-5257,647-1773 New Classes in Cosmetology, nails & makeup Call Abby 216-1950, 6665241, 619-7603

MASSAGE American style massage service Call: 609-4036

Stopping short of admitting that Trafficking in Persons (TIP) is a problem in Guyana, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Robert Persaud, stated that his Ministry is working closely with the mining community to fight against TIP. The Minister assured that TIP is being addressed through collaboration with the Ministries of Human Services and Social Security; Amerindian Affairs; Home Affairs, Labour, Guyana Police Force, and Guyana Forestry Commission.

According to Persaud, there is a zero tolerance approach towards any evidence of TIP in mining communities. The Ministry of Natural Resources & the Environment is partnering with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and the Guyana Women Miners’ Organization where trafficking is suspected.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is also collaborating with the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association, GGMC and other stakeholders to ensure more effective management and control of these areas. In recent times numerous kayamoos believed to house nefarious activities have been dismantled.

LAND FOR SALE 1 ½ acre, 48ftx1300ft V/Hoop Call: 627-9351 Transported Land For Sale at Chateau Margot, call: 2201695 Nandy Park 60x100 $12M, Diamond land with foundation $5.5M,$3.5M Town to country 672-7390, 225-0854 Diamond 17 St. corner lot $4.5M, Diamond $4.8M,$3M, $8M Town to country 6727390,225-0843 Vreed-en-Hoop house lots Call: 658-0115 At PLN. Vreed-en-Hoop, W.B.D, Area: 39,382 sq ft.

Suitable for business or house lots Call: 264-2515, 689-7569, 678-4892, 684-5561

6 Weeks classes in designing and sewing Call: Sharmela 225-2598, 641-0784

Craig 60x800 $22M, Samantha Point 100x200 $4.5M, Regent Street US$2M Call: 225-0854, 686-9888

Enid Dressmaking Classes elementary to advance, 66 Sixth Street Albertown Georgetown Call : 223-9106, sewing also done here

$1.5M down payment, large land @ Bagotville, W.B.D. great for farming and residence. Call: 614-0036, 2231719.

Persaud related that GGMC has several measures in place to combat TIP particularly in mining districts. Officers screen local and foreign owned establishments including restaurants, mining camps, hotels, and shops that employ Guyanese and foreign nationals to ensure they are not being exploited and/or under-aged.

The Commission raises awareness and assists in training programmes for the recognition of victims and community outreaches in an effort to stamp out TIP. He added that the Commission works with stakeholders to ensure victims of trafficking receive the necessary counseling and their re-entry to their respective communities.

An important measure undertaken by GGMC is the screening of all persons entering and leaving mining sites at check points such as Itaballi, Sherima, and Port Kaituma. He added that persons appearing to be under-aged are thoroughly screened.

Persaud said that as part of GGMC’s education campaign pamphlets and posters are being distributed in primary and secondary schools. In addition, Field Officers are being trained to recognize TIP at the various stages and the system for reporting potential cases.

Persaud stated that national initiatives aimed at

combating TIP have been undertaken under the guidance of the Ministerial Task Force on Trafficking in Persons, which comprises representatives of Governmental and NonGovernmental Agencies. It is chaired by Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee.

Some national initiatives include proactive monitoring of various locations by the GPF so as to identify victims of trafficking in persons; development and implementation of countrywide awareness campaigns; training of frontline staff and focal point persons; collaboration with non-governmental bodies and community-based organizations; development and implementation of the 2010-2011 action plan; and strengthening the institutional infrastructure to respond to trafficking in persons through the creation of a “referral mechanism”.

Last may, Human Services Minister, Jennifer Webster acknowledged that there are instances of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in Guyana but claims that coverage of the issue in the media is being overrated.

Webster said that there should be a clear understanding between prostitution and TIP, which are both illegal activities in Guyana. She emphasized that what is being purported in some instances as human trafficking is prostitution.

Monday September 10, 2012

WANTED Canter Driver $ 25,000 Weekly, Porter $17,000 Must be from W.C.D, Call: 684-8231 One experience Graphic Artist. Call: 233-2725/2332439 Skilled carpenters and mason Call: 615-7526 Sewing machines operators, clippers/pressers/porters Call: 222-2541 Live in waitress Call: 3320845 Office clerk, CXC English/ Mathematics, computer knowledge an asset. Call: 225-4492,225-9404 Experienced cook & Driver ( part time ) Preferably from East Bank area, Call: 2335450 for interview Labourers for wood concession 4,000 per day, accommodation provided, call: 653 – 6236 1-Accounts clerk, experience: VAT,NIS & PAYE Call: 614-4358 T.S.I, Eccles Industrial Site.

1 Handyboy to work in the interior Call: 688-0197 Security officers male & female; salary $2,000-$2,500 daily, depends on qualification. Call: 680-0515 Attractive females who are interested in becoming waitresses and bartenders Call: 226-7054 Family to live and work on farm, near East Bank Public Road. Free House Call: 6117777 or 226-0011 One Salesman with driver’s license, salary plus commission. Call: 641-4626 / 220-1500 Live in couple, driving an asset Call: 610-2978 after 6pm.

One nanny Call: 677-7123

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WANTED 1 male to look after layer birds in the interior Call: 688-0197 1 Part time cook, for variety of dishes; restaurant experience an asset. Call: 2251787 for interview

Prime Business spot; bottom flat on the main road, Logwood, E.C.D. Call: 2563769 / 677-8600

One enclosed Mitsubishi Canter, excellent condition, price $1.4 M negotiable, call: 253- 3349, 695- 6945

Land and building for rent 13,000 ft at Peter’s Hall Public Road Call: 233-6161, 651-8870

Canter for sale GPP Series, very good condition Call: 682-4224 Leading Auto Unregistered Allion, Premio, Spacio, Runx, IST Call: 677-7666, 610-7666

One live in Domestic, Call: 658-9495

Property Lot 15 New Heaven, Bel Air for US$2,500 and Lot 198 Lamaha Gardens, Bel Air for US$2,000 Call: 600-4664, 644-1300

1 Allion, 1 IST, 1 Rav4, 1 45150 Leyland Daff, 1 55-210 Leyland HIAB Call Archie 624-1343, 664-2755

Required: One Maid, should be good in cooking. Contact: 227-4799, 223-5451

Apartment Near Grove Public Road $40,000-45,000 Tel: # 644-5151

1 experienced cook, must be over 35 years, 2 waitresses, contact: 638-3925

Paulines Hair Salon, 177 Charlotte Street, Hairdressers barbers chairs & nails tables to rent Call: 679-1579, 680-1969, 233-5495

Attractive live in waitress to work in bar, age 18-30 years, attractive salaries Call: 3270252, 674-4665

1 General Domestic- Must know to cook also, East Bank area, call: 614-4358 Dispatchers, Cleaners, wash bay attendant ( apply) Sheriff Taxies Service. Call: 6551717/638-8452 One live in/ live out Maid 668-3985, 253-3149, 264-3356

1 Salesgirl to work in Snackette, age 18-25, 1 kitchen assistant. Call: 226-2320 1 planner operator, 1 portable sawmill operator & labourers Call: 619-9143, 221-2196 Drivers to work labour lorry at L.B.I estate, call: 628-1756 / 228-5655 Jetman & marck man. Call: 616-8512 Excavator operators, diesel mechanic, service men to work in the interior Call: 2269768 between 9:00am to 4:00pm.

PARTY RENTAL Trampolines and Bouncy Castle Call: 225-2598, 6410784

Premio, Vitz; call: 679-7139 FABS RENTAL, cars & SUV rental, call: 600- 6890 or email fabsrental@yahoo.com Aidan’s car, pick up & canter rental Call: 698-7807 PROGRESSIVE AUTO RENTAL, cars from $4,000 per day Call: 643-5122, 656-0087

Sale! Sale! 2 & 3 ton canter, open back & enclose, unregistered Call: 220-2345, 642-7295

Coolers for rent Call: 622-4271 Office space South Rd $3500US, Town to country 627-7390, 225-0854

1 Mitsubishi Lancer, 3.5 ton open back canter Call: 6269254, 264-2582

Diamond $25,000, $50,000 Call: 225-0854, 686-9888

Leading Auto Unregistered, Toyota Tundra 2004 Loaded Call: 677-7666/610-7666 GX620 Honda Welder Generator, 20HP, 14.9kw, 614cc, 270 amps, 2002 Toyota Tundra Call: 611-5114, 2204495

LEARN TO DRIVE Soman & Sons Driving School, First Federation Building Call: 225-4858, 6445166, 622-2872, 615-0964

Toyota 02 Tundra 2WD, Single cab, not registered $2.3M, excellent condition Call: 612-8879, 678-2819 1-BKK RZ long base, excellent condition Call: 2683572,652-0709 Just arrived 2 Toyota Tacoma extra cab, 1 manual & other automatic/ year model 2006 Call: 263-7166, 660-1269, 6166007

VEHICLES FOR SALE Unregistered Fielder & Cami $2.3M. Call: 641-1127 Hilux! Hilux! Hilux!. Just arrived Toyota Hilux Solid Axle Pickups. Excellent condition Call: 623-0243 Toyota Raum PPP Series $1.350 Call: 617-7113

CAR RENTAL

Unregistered Tundra tt 100 and Tacoma Call: 265-2103, 645-9860

Honda Civic 2003, 17" rims, HID, TV/DVD, reverse camera $1.9M Call: 652-5668

One CLEANER to work 3 days a week, between Unity Area Call: 623-3231

Drivers and Porters, apply at Survival, Lot 10 Vlissengen Road

A family (Labourer/general domestic) to work at Resort in Present Hope Parika Call: 226-9492 Domestic Help between ages 30-45. Must be able to work flexible hours. Preferably from E.B.D Call: 226-7352 Attractive waitress, apply to Chilly’s Bar Call: 667-7380

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

One business Place and House, tel: 276- 0818

One porter, one Sales Clerk, Call: 225-2313

Live in waitress, age 18-25 yrs, salary $50,000, boarding & lodging free Call: 610-5043

FOR RENT Taxi Base rental at a popular West Side Hotel Call: 638-1627

1- Noah, unregistered $2.5M negotiable , 1- Toyota Wish $2.850 Tel: 648-6869 One 4 doors Hilux pickup (Toyota) and one mini Cooper Call: 263-7166, 6601269, 616-6007

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FOR SALE Massey Ferguson Tractor 290. Full working condition.

Just overhauled & sprayed; tel # 618 – 7530.

FOR SALE 1 225 KVA Generator, 1 Hiace Canter, Premio, 3 light towers, car batteries Call:624-2000

10 acres of lease land at Kuru-Kururu suitable for Poultry Farm, call: 692-6239

Roofing Shingles 15-15-15 Fertilizer Call: 266-2711, 6094594

Leading Technology, Toshiba Laptop-wholesale & retail Call: 648-6600

Lighting plant generator (5500W), (5000W), ($175,000), ($165,000), 2 Diesel tanks 275 gallons each, prices negotiable Call: 678-0224 258-0070

Brandnew American made Crosely 10.5 cu ft Refridgerator for sale $75,000 Call: 697-5677 Granite, various colors, size 2x8 with backsplash, generators & cement mixers Call: 223-0943 Mon-Fri 9am4pm 65 kVA, 1 ph Deutz air cool gen set. Tel 622-3940 2 adults Rottweiler and mixed pups $3,000 each Call: 677-0294 Spares for washer, microwaves, fridges, stove timers, gear boxes, pumps etc Call: 225-9032, 647-2943 L 15 HP Yamaha ( Long Foot), Tel: 689-5254/643-0332 Plant for Sale OAK ( Casuarina) Call: 638-5191/ 219-0604 One 150 Jailing Scrambler, Price $140,000 Call: 642-1305, 264-2954 Nars lipgloss, blush & eyeshadow, Elizabeth Arden eyeshadow (Single & Duo).

Tel: 669-8374.

STOCKS ARRIVED. PLAYSTATION2 Systems, games, controllers, memory cards etc, Great Bargains.

Max 609-8132 ORIGINAL GAMES FOR PSI, PS2, PS3,PSP, Xbox & Xbox360. Also Nintendo64 systems & controls 609-8132 (Max) Fluffy Pups. Tel: 642-6664.

FOR SALE / RENT American Pool Table Call: 277-0578

Spacio New Model, unregistered, $2.5M Call: 6210956

Toyota Runx 4WD, Mags, music $1.8M Call: 617-7113

1 Toyota Verossa, Excellent condition, low mileage PPP series Call: 678-0456

One AT 192, Price $850,000 Call: 42-1305, 264-2954 2004 Mazda RX8 PNN Series $1.8M Call: 617-7113

1 Toyota Harrier $3.5M, 1 RAV4 2002 Model ACA21, 4 doors $3M Call: 231-7837 8am-4pm

VACANCY Driver for party rental service, within the vicinity of Parka to V/Hoop, must be able to work flexible hours.

Tel # 638-1627

1 EP71 Starlet, 1 Toyota 192, 212, Ceres, G-Touring wagon, AT 150 Corona, 1 Nissan E24 Van , Alteeza PMM Call: 6445096, 697-1453

Be part of our world class customer care team . Phone: 220-0401-3 or email: recruitmentguyana@ qualfon.com

1 AT 192, 17’’ Rims, Alarm, CD Player, Mint Condition $1.3MCall:613-7553or664-5594

One trainee/refrigeration technician Call: 231-0655,6838734

Toyota RAV4 1998 Model PLL Series Call: 663-8556 1 Nissan Long Base Canter GNN Series Call: 653-6098 1 BKK RZ long base, excellent condition, owner leaving country Call: 6153203

Toyota Starlet EP71 Call:6482075 Imported Umbrellas 10ft & 12ft Call: 645-0870 GPS System map 76 Brand Gramin, price $95,000 Call: 600-0036 Games for PS2 $900, PSP $900, Xbox360 $2,600, PS3 $2,600 Call: 265-3231, 6722566 Male enhancer Viagra $4,000, 4 in pack Call: 638-1627 1 Auto Darkening welding helmet, New Chicago power tool, belt sander “4 x 24”, tel: 627-9825 Land tillers Honda new $160,000, Shredding machine with 11 HP Honda battery start $400,000 Call: 678-0224, 258-0070 19Ft Bass tracker, boat with trailer in excellent condition Call: 223-0943 Mon-Fri 9am4pm Craftsman weeders with 4 stroke engine (new) $50,000, 1-4 HP Yamaha outboard engine (new) $280,000 Call: 678-0224, 258-0070 Massey Tractors- 265 $2,800,000, 275 $3,000,000, 285 $3,200,000, 298 $3,200,000, 399 $5,800,000, Welding generator $380,000 Call: 678-0224, 258-0070 Caterpillar backhoe low hour 426c Model, double jackhammer compressor, briggs, straighten roller compactor Call: 233-6161, 651-8870 ATV Yamaha Raptor 450, fully race ready Call: 6156600 Earth delivery at spot also bobcat & excavator rentals Call: 626-7127 PERKINS ENGINE Foreign used, direct from England, 4&6 cylinder also 6 cylinder cummings Call: 653-7654 Exotic Hibiscus, Roses, Mussaenda, B/Ville, Ficus, Marigold, Periwinkle, Petunia, Herbs, Vegetable seedlings, A.K Plant Shop.

Call: 260-0005 Energy saver bulbs, call: 6411127 (Continued on page 18)

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Berbice Cricket Board honours Six outstanding cricketers inducted into outstanding National Under-19 Players Berbice Cricket Board Hall of Fame

BCB President with three of the Under-19 players.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday last honoured the four Berbice Under-19 players who successfully represented Guyana at the recently WICB Under-19 Tournament in Barbados.

They are Shawn Pereira, Romario Shepherd, Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai and Shimron Hetmyer. The four were a part of the Guyana team which placed second in the just concluded one day and three days tournaments.

Chairman of the Special Events Committee, Hilbert Foster, hailed the four players as good ambassadors of the ancient county and stated that their outstanding performances were due to the hard work and activities of their respective clubs and the BCB. Foster stated the regional Board had, over the past five years, invested heavily in its young cricketers in an effort

to have them excel on and off the cricket field. He said that the success of those four players is the fruits of that investment. The veteran cricket administrator feels that Guyana would have won both of the tournaments had Loyydel Lewis, Linden Austin and Kandasammy Surujnarine, three capable cricketers, not been excluded.

Treasurer of the BCB, Anil Beharry also congratulated the players while disclosing that MotieKanhai was the joint leading wicket taker in the three days tournament, while Pereira was the leading three days all rounder. Shepherd was named best bowler in the one day series, while Hetmyer turned in a sterling performance scoring a century and several half centuries.

Mr. Beharry further blasted the selectors for omitting several cricketers

deserving of selection based on merit and performances.

President of the Berbice Cricket Board Keith Foster urged the players to remain focus and disciplined while reassuring them that his administration would continue to implement programmes that would assist in their development. Each of the four players received a trophy which was sponsored by the Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets Under-21 Cricket team.

National Under-19 opening batsman, Shimron Hetmyer, spoke on behalf of his team mates and expressed gratitude to the BCB for recognizing their achievements. They also acknowledged the assistance of the administrators in their cricketing lives. Hetmyer also congratulated the BCB on its outstanding work and urged the executives to continue to invest in players in the region.

DCC ‘B’ are David Persaud...

From back page only other batsman that offered resistance with 19 as Paul ended with figures of 449 off 10 overs and Rajiv Balgobin took 2-44 from 10.

DCC “B” were off to a wonderful start as Kemol Savory and Ronaldo Renee added 107 for the opening stand before Renee was leg before to David Mohamed for 36. Malcolm Hubert then joined Savory and took the score to 128 before Savory was removed for a well played 69 (10x4).

DCC”B” then lost Nicholas Boilers (10) and Rajiv Balgobin (11) as the A team fought back. That proved to be their last success as Paul, who represented Guyana at the U15 and U-17 levels and

Xavice Smith took their team home in 44.1 overs as they ended on 225–5.

Paul finished unbeaten on 45 (5x4,1x6), while Smith made 1 not out. Mohamed was the pick of the bowlers for the A team with 3-48 off 6.2 overs.

Both finalist received a trophy and $50,000, while each player on both teams took home a medal. Paul was given the man-of-the-match award, while Gibson was also rewarded for his century.

Steven Sankar of GCC and Nicholas Barker of Malteenoes received prizes for being the most outstanding bowler and batsman in the preliminary stage of the competition, while Devon Lord of GCC was rewarded for scoring a century in the zone stage.

Losing semifinalist Malteenoes and GCC collected $30,000 each for their efforts, while the umpires Shannon Crawford and Nigel Hawke along with the scorers and the man-of-the-match adjudicator and ground officials received prizes.

Speaking at the presentation ceremony, president of the Georgetown Cricket Association Roger Harper thanked the sponsor and congratulated both teams for reaching the final. He also thanked Everest Cricket Club for hosting the game. CEO of David Persaud investment limited Christopher Persaud lauded the GCA for organising the competition and urged the youngsters to take the game seriously.

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Six outstanding cricketers who served the ancient county of Berbice during the period 1955 to 1980 were last Thursday inducted with the Berbice Cricket Board Hall of Fame.

The six cricketers - Ivan Madray, Sew Shivnarine, Milton Pydanna, Leonard Baichan, Leslie Amsterdam and Romain Etwaroo were the second set of players to be inducted into the Hall of Fame and joined the first set of inductees – John Trim, Rohan Kanhai, Basil Butcher, Joe Solomon, Alvin Kallicharran and Roy Fredericks.

Public Relations Officer and Chairman of the Berbice Crick e t B o a r d S p e c i a l Events Committee, Hilbert Foster, at the induction ceremony at the Board’s Charlotte Street, Office, recalled that the Berbice Cricket Hall of Fame was launched in August 2008, with the main aims of recognizing and honouring outstanding cricketers from the county, to document their achievements, to provide role models for the younger generation and to serve as an inspiration to young cricketers.

He congratulated the six

players on being selected by the Special Events Committee to be members of the Berbice Hall of Fame and expressed gratitude to former Secretary of the Berbice Cricket Board, Mortimer George, for his guidance and advice in the selection process.

Treasurer of the Berbice Cricket Board, Anil Beharry, urged the young cricketers present at the induction to follow in the footsteps of the Hall of Fame members and to chart their own outstanding careers so that in the future they too can become one themselves.

President of the Berbice Cricket Board, Keith Foster, stated that under his administration, players have access to unrivaled level of assistance to develop themselves on and off the cricket field.

Noting the importance of education, he urged all young cricketers in the county to place strong and equal emphasis in both their educational and cricketing careers.

The Berbice Cricket Board President expressed his pleasure that another set of outstanding Berbice Cricketers were being

inducted as Hall of Famers and urged all past Berbice players to contribute their experience to assist in the continued development of the game.

Ivan Madray hailed from the Port Mourant Cricket Club and played two Test matches for the West Indies in the 1950’s, Leonard Baichan played three Test matches and scored a brilliant 105 not out vs Pakistan on debut, while Sew Shivnarine also played Test cricket for the West Indies in 1977-78.

Milton Pydanna w a s a brilliant wicketkeeper/ batsman who played in three ODI for the West Indies in 1980, Romain Etwaroo served as the longest serving Captain of Berbice from 1974 to 1983 and also represented Guyana, while the late Leslie Amsterdam was a brilliant opening batsman who many felt should have represented the West Indies.

A Plaque with the player’s photo, personal and playing records was installed into the official Hall of Fame section in the Berbice Cricket Board office. The ceremony was sponsored by the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and Metro Office and Computer Supplies.

Forde roasts field in AinLim 10k...

From back page the 4km mark, with Giddings about 15m back and Barrington trailing.

The lead trio traded moves for two kilometres before Forde and Horatio dropped Thomas. Forde was not prepared to let his momentum shift, so after initiating the move that dropped Thomas, he also made a move against Horatio that left him behind.

After the 7km mark, Forde’s only challenger became the clock ahead of him; he looked up at the time ticking away periodically, grimaced and grinded away in the much warmer conditions owed to the rising sun. Forde was keen on roasting his nearest rivals.

Giddings went on to win the Junior Boys category in 35:00 with Barrington second in 35:29 and Ornesto Thomas third with 38:51; Kevon Park (41:37) and Collis Cort (43:20) finished in fourth and fifth respectively.

Jevina Starker won the Junior Girls race with 43:19, while Adama Roberts came in second with 45:38 a n d Carlissa Atkinson third in 45:44; Shiddiqua Shabbazz was fourth in 52:04 in that category.

Lindon Harrison took the

Masters 40-55 race ahead of Joseph Jardine and Silas Brummel, while Llewelyn Gardner won the Masters Over 55 race from Maurice Fagundes and Ivelaw Henry with Alisha Fortune taking the Female Masters race from Cryleen Phillips and Simone Buduram.

The race handed out top prizes of $75,000 in the Open Male and Female categories with second place receiving $60,000, third place $40,000, fourth place $15,000 and fifth place $10,000 along with trophies.

The three prizes for the Masters 40-55 years were $40,000, $20,000 and $15,000

while the Masters Over 55 took home $25,000, $15,000 and $7,500. Juniors took home $50,000, $30,000, $20,000, $10,000 and $5,000 respectively.

Chief Executive Officer of the Neal &Massy Group, Deo Persaud said that the race will expand to Essequibo and Berbice for its third edition, next year, and congratulated all the winners.

Colin Boyce, President of the Athletics Association of Guyana, lauded the efforts of the Group, stating that they will continue to have the support of his association to develop the sport.

Serena Williams beats Victoria...

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Azarenka had captured the momentum and she struck again for a 4-1 lead before comfortably levelling the contest.

It was the first US Open women’s final to go the distance since 1995 and breaks were exchanged in a nervy start to the decider. Azarenka made what seemed a decisive move when she punished an error-strewn Williams in game seven and held for 5-3.

The crowd noise rose to deafening levels and it had contrasting effects - Williams growing in belief, Azarenka wilting. Williams produced a crunching forehand winner to put the set back on serve, levelled and then broke again when Azarenka netted.

A flurry of ferocious serves moved the home favourite to within a game of glory, and she was able to celebrate when Azarenka fired long.

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Awardees express gratitude as BCB Sub Division One emerge honours four outstanding Retired Cricketers champions in B Division10/10 Cricket

The awardees from left: Michael Hyles-Franco, Sohan Rabindranauth, BCB President Keith Foster, Sydney Jackman and Winston Benjamin.

Sydney Jackman, Michael Hyles-Franco, Sohan Rabindranauth and Winston Benjamin had spent a large part of their lives playing cricket in the Ancient County of Berbice and are now retired.

Their contributions were noted and they were duly honoured when the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) hosted the 3rd Annual Namilco/New GPC Inc Tribute to Retired Cricketers Programme, Thursday afternoon last.

Chairman of the BCB Special Events Committee, Hilbert Foster, described the four stalwarts as heroes of Berbice cricket saying that their ‘on the field exploits’ assisted in the foundation of the sport in the region. Foster further expressed gratitude to the players for their contribution to the sport and urged them to share their experiences of discipline, hard work and dedication to

the current players.

Treasurer, Anil Beharry, said that the BCB feels obliged to honour all living heroes in recognition of their respective contribution to the development of the sport.

He said that it is important to remember the past even as one plans for the future. He also urged the awardees to share their vast experience with youths and also encourage them to work along with officials of the BCB to achieve greater success for cricket in the region.

President of the BCB, Keith Foster stated that under his administration every hero in Berbice cricket has been honoured under several programmes including the Hall of Fame.

These initiatives included All Time XI teams, Tribute to Heroes, Tribute to Coaches and Tribute to Retired Cricketers among others. Mr.

Foster further stated that the BCB has plans to use the services of all retired cricketers in the capacity as mentors and role models.

Former national wicketkeeper, Sydney Jackman, in an emotional reply on behalf of the awardees thanked the Berbice Cricket Board for honouring them and described the initiative as an excellent idea.

He also said that he felt privileged to be honoured for services rendered even though his contributions emanated from a love of the game. He praised officials of the BCB for their remarkable visionary leadership and expressed confidence that the entity would remain strong in the future.

Each of the awardees received a BCB certificate of appreciation along with the New GPC Inc and Namilco hampers.

WI Women lose T20 without Taylor CHESTER-LE-STREET, England (CMC) — A sloppy batting effort from West Indies Women condemned them to an eight-wicket defeat against England Women in their opening Twenty20 International of the fivematch series here Saturday.

Missing world number one batter Stafanie Taylor, West Indies struggled in seamer friendly conditions at the Riverside Ground and were held to 71 for eight off their allotted overs — their lowest ever T20 total.

Captain Merissa Aguilleira, batting at number three, top-scored with 21 from 29 balls and led only three players in double figures as Tremayne Smartt (14) and Shemaine Campbelle (11) chipped in.

Left-arm spinner Holly Colvin finished with two for

five from her four overs, while newball bowler Katherine Brunt claimed two for 16.

England needed just over half-hour to claim victory, as Laura Marsh (31) and captain Charlotte Edwards (27) set the foundation for the easy victory with a 59-run opening stand. Marsh stroked five fours off 22 balls while Edwards counted three boundaries off 26 balls.

West Indies stumbled out of the blocks, losing Juliana Nero without scoring to the second ball of the game with no runs on the board, lbw to Brunt swinging across the line. Four balls later, lefthander Kycia Knight also departed without scoring via the lbw route.

When the dangerous Deandra Dottin was also lbw without scoring, this time to Brunt’s new-ball partner

Anya Shrubsole, West Indies were in a deep hole at seven for three in the second over.

Aguilleira, however, halted the decline with a 28run fourth wicket stand off 48 balls with Campbelle.

The right-hander stroked two fours and looked to be pulling the Windies around when she was one of two wickets to fall in successive overs with just two runs added.

Campbelle was bowled around her legs by Colvin before Aguilleira, attempting to push the scoring along, lofted off-spinner Marsh to mid-off at the end of the 11th over.

Wickets then fell steadily and Smartt’s run-a-ball 14 was the only spark at the end.

West Indies will travel to Manchester for the second match on Monday.

On Wednesday last B Division police held a Sub Division 10/10 cricket match at Port Mourant Community Centre Ground.

The B Division police divided themselves into four teams: number one sub division was from Mara East Bank to Bolram Corentyne, number two sub division from Bolram to Orealla, number three sub division from Itica West Berbice to Abary, and the Adventure Police Training College.

The event was organised by the Commander and Admin Team of B Division to foster unity among the B division ranks and to help

build community relations.

Mr. Persaud the B Division Sport Officer was in charge of organizing the activity, while the game’s adjudicator was senior superintendent Mr. Hicken.

The winning team trophy was donated by B Division Commander and the others by senior ranks, while the trophy for the most disciplined player was donated by the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport. In the final, which was reduced to six overs per side due to time constraints, Sub-Division One emerged champions.

At the presentation officer Michael Newland won

prizes for the Most Valuable Player, Batsman of the Tournament and the Man of the Match, while the bowler of the tournament was Cadet Officer Alli. Inspector Browne received a prize for taking the best catch and Constable McPherson one for the best Wicketkeeper.

The most disciplined player was Orin Towler of Training College while in addition to trophies the prize winners were also presented with monetary prizes.

They game was well attended by members of the Police Force, their families and members of the community.

The winning Sub-Division One team after their triumph.

Andre Ward overpowers Chad Dawson to retain titles BBC - Andre Ward produced a dominant performance to beat fellow American Chad Dawson in 10 rounds and retain his WBA and WBC super-middleweight titles.

Dawson was put down in the third and fourth rounds and despite beating a count when he went down in the 10th, Dawson signalled he had enough.

The victory in Oakland was a 26th successive win for unbeaten Ward, 28, who beat Carl Froch in November 2011. It was the

first time in three years that Ward has won with a stoppage.

“These kinds of fights, you’ve got to take risks. You can mess around and lose your title to a fighter of that calibre,” he said. “I love to win. Finishing guys is the last piece of the puzzle.” World light-heavyweight champion Dawson, 30, had dropped down to the 12stone division for the clash.

After the fight he confirmed he will be returning to the light-heavyweight division.

Andre Ward (left) produced a dominant performance to beat fellow American Chad Dawson. (Getty Images)

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Sammy issues “rallying” cry ahead of World T20 Bridgetown, Barbados – Darren Sammy urged fans to continue to “rally around the West Indies”, as his side flew out to Sri Lanka on Sunday for this month’s World Twenty20 Tournament.

The West Indies captain said the World T20 was a big deal for the team and fans around the region, and his team was already “feeling the love” from fans across the Caribbean.

“The people are really behind us and that’s a fantastic feeling,” said Sammy. “The players in the team have been talking about it and everyone is excited and very happy to see the way the people have come out and offered their support.

“A few days ago, we played two practice matches at the Three Ws Oval here in Barbados, and it was truly amazing to see how many fans came out to watch the matches, talk to us, and encourage us.

People have been talking to us on the streets and have just been warm and friendly.”

He said: “It is always good to have the ‘team of supporters’ rallying behind the team and I want to urge

Darren Sammy everyone to continue to rally around the West Indies.

“This is a huge tournament for the team and the fans as well, so we will go to Sri Lanka and give it all we’ve got. We believe we can win, but it will be hard, tough work. Once we play together and continue to get the backing of the fans, we know we can lift the title.”

West Indies spent the last nine days in Barbados, where they held a preparatory camp under head coach Ottis Gibson at the Sagicor High Performance Centre.

Sammy said the team has

depth and star-quality in all departments. “The camp went very well and we are all in the right frame of mind,” he said. “We will head off to Sri Lanka believing in ourselves and believing in each other. “We are a strong unit and as the coach said a few days ago, we have depth in the squad. Everyone is aware of his role and knows exactly what is required.”

“Sri Lanka is a really nice place to play cricket and a great place to visit. The conditions should be helpful to our style of play and we just want to go out and play a brand of cricket that would bring joy to our supporters all over the World.”

The World T20 Tournament, which features 12 teams, will be played from September 18 to October 7.

West Indies have been drawn in Group B along with Australia and Ireland – and both first round matches will be played at the Premadasa Stadium in Sri Lanka capital of Colombo.

West Indies open the tournament against the Aussies on Saturday, September 22 followed by a clash with the Irish on Monday, September 24.

Monday September 10, 2012

Novak Djokovic sets up Andy Murray US Open final BBC Sport - Defending champion Novak Djokovic set up a final with Britain’s Andy Murray after a comfortable victory over David Ferrer in the New York sunshine.

Djokovic, 25, beat Spain’s Ferrer 2-6 6-1 6-4 6-2 in two hours and 32 minutes to reach his fourth US Open final.

The second seed returned for the resumption of Saturday’s suspended match a rejuvenated man, overpowering the fourth seed from the baseline. He will play Murray in today’s rescheduled final at 21:00 BST. Djokovic, bidding for a sixth major title, has beaten the man hoping to become the first male British Grand Slam champion since Fred Perry in 1936 in eight of their previous 14 matches. The Serbian convincingly beat the Briton at last year ’s Australian Open, their only Grand Slam final encounter, although Murray gained revenge by defeating the second seed in this summer’s Olympic semi-final.

“I don’t think there is any clear favourite,” said Djokovic of his third consecutive US Open final.

Italian GP: Lewis Hamilton wins dominantly at Monza for McLaren BBC- Lewis Hamilton took a dominant victory in the Italian Grand Prix to beat Sauber’s Sergio Perez and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.

From pole position, Hamilton lost the lead only briefly during the pit-stop period and was never seriously under threat. Perez, who qualified 12th, took advantage of a different strategy and free choice of tyres at the start to climb through the field and pass Alonso with seven laps to go.

McLaren’s Jenson Button and Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel both retired.

Alonso, who drove an excellent race to climb up from 10th on the grid, has consolidated his championship lead and is now 37 points ahead of Hamilton, who moved up from fifth to second.

“It was pretty trouble free, I don’t think I had any problems,” said Hamilton.

“The guys did a great job, [and I] got a great start for once, so very happy with that. “Very unfortunate for Jenson because we were onetwo at the time and it would have been fantastic to have been first and second.”

Alonso said: “Absolutely perfect Sunday for us.

Obviously the win was out of reach after starting 10th. “If we cannot win, podium is next target and all the predictions was never on the podium finish, so much better than I expected. Jenson and the two Red Bulls were out of the race, so [it’s the] perfect Sunday for me.”

Vettel’s retirement, with his second alternator failure of the weekend, dropped him to fourth, two points behind Hamilton and one behind Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen. Red Bull’s Mark Webber, who retired after a troubled race, is fifth, 47 points behind Alonso, with Button sixth, 78 points adrift and realistically out of contention.

The race contained plenty of action and overtaking, and a moment of major controversy between title contenders Alonso and Vettel.

The German was given a drive-though penalty for forcing the Spaniard off the track in an incident reminiscent of a similar one involving the same drivers in last year’s race.

Last year, the German passed the Ferrari driver

around the outside of the 180mph Curva Grande with two wheels on the grass and felt Alonso had pushed a bit too far. Alonso was not penalised for that incident. In this year’s incident, on lap 26 of the race, the roles were reversed and Alonso tried to pass Vettel on the outside.

Vettel moved across and did not leave enough room for Alonso, who ended up with his entire car on the grass. He complained over the team radio: “He pushed me,” and the stewards agreed that Vettel had gone too far and gave him a drive-through penalty.

Vettel rejoined seventh and passed team-mate Mark Webber to run sixth but pulled off with six laps to go.

Button’s retirement was caused by a fuel pick-up problem. Ferrari’s Felipe Massa took fourth as Raikkonen just held off Michael Schumacher’s Mercedes on the final lap to finish fifth.

Schumacher’s team-mate Nico Rosberg was just behind in seventh, both Mercedes choosing to do a rare two-stop strategy because of high tyre wear.

Lewis Hamilton Force India’s Paul di Resta was eighth, ahead of Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi and Williams driver Bruno Senna.

Hamilton was in impressive form, holding off Massa’s challenge into the first corner and then building a lead which he was able to protect for the rest of the race.

But Perez and Alonso also drove strong races to take the final two podium finishes.

Perez chose to start on the hard tyres and made his tyre stop six laps after Hamilton.

That meant he was on the faster ‘medium’ tyre for the last part of the race, taking advantage of their greater pace and extra freshness to rapidly haul in the Ferraris of Alonso and Massa.

He closed in on Hamilton, too, but not fast enough to be a serious threat.

Hamilton’s victory means he joins Alonso as the only two drivers to win three races this season.

Novak Djokovic (Getty Images) “He’s looking for his first title, I’m sure he’s going to be very motivated. I hope we can come up with the best tennis for this crowd.”

While British number one Murray was enjoying a day’s rest ahead of the delayed final, Djokovic was back on Arthur Ashe Stadium to re-start a match which was suspended on Saturday night after New York City police had issued a severe weather warning.

Ferrer was in control before play was halted, but the Spaniard was unable to replicate the form which saw him ease to a 5-1 first-set lead in blustery conditions against an out-of-sorts Djokovic.

The 25-year-old five-time Grand Slam winner looked far more comfortable playing under cloudless blue skies, hitting sublime winners and dominating an opponent who was far from his usual warrior-like self.

“It’s a huge relief to get through this match. David’s a great competitor, he’s one of the fittest guys on tour and he never gives up,” said

Djokovic, who is hoping to become the first man to retain the US Open title since Roger Federer in 2008.

“We were all praying for less wind. He handled the wind much better than I did but I came in today as a different player and I’m just really happy to get to another Grand Slam final.”

Ferrer served out for the opening set of the delayed match, but from there on the 30-year-old could do little to halt Djokovic.

The Serb secured double break points in the second set to race to a 4-0 lead, although Ferrer did squander three break-back points in the fifth game of the second set before Djokovic levelled the match.

Ferrer’s backhand was faltering and Djokovic was again in the ascendancy, racing 2-0 ahead and securing the decisive break in the seventh game.

Djokovic won the first four games of the fourth set and dabbed a forehand volley beyond Ferrer for an impressive win.

Bangladesh Women vs. South Africa Women, 3rd ODI, Mirpur

Bowlers set up series win for SA Women ESPNcricinfo - The South Africa Women bowlers ripped through the Bangladesh Women line-up to hand their side a comfortable seven-wicket win and the three-match ODI series 2-1 in Mirpur. Shabnim Ismail led with four wickets as Bangladesh were dismissed for just 60 but it was the opening pair of Marizanne Kapp and Susan Benade who rocked the hosts immediately.

After Bangladesh chose to bat, Benade had Shukhtara Rahman caught behind in the first over of the game. Kapp bowled the other opener Sharmin Akhter in the next over.

Lata Mondal was run out soon after, and Bangladesh were reeling at 5 for 3 in three overs.

Kapp and Dane van Niekerk did more damage, leaving Ismail to run through the rest of the batting order to end with 4 for 10 from 5.1 overs. Rumana Ahmed and extras were the highest run-getters for Bangladesh with 16 each.

South Africa lost Shandre Fritz early but Trisha Chetty and Benade added 40 for the second wicket with Chetty remaining unbeaten on 30 as the visitors won in the 21st over. The first of three Twenty20 internationals will be played in Mirpur on September 11.

Scores: South Africa Women 61 for 3 (Chetty 30*) beat Bangladesh Women 60 (Ismail 4-10, Kapp 2-5) by seven wickets.