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Suspected pirates Eyewitness fears for life for court today Agricola police shooting…

A petrified eyewitness has given a detailed account of the shooting to death of 17-year-old Shaquille Grant, the youth killed during a police raid conducted in the Agricola community two days ago.

This is according to the Alliance for Change (AFC) Chairman, Nigel Hughes, who informed that the eyewitness has for now requested anonymity since fear of the police has been expressed.

During a press briefing yesterday, Hughes, an attorney-at-law, told media operatives that following a visit to the community by an AFC team, certain information was accumulated that would deem the police shooting unlawful and would thus warrant criminal charges within the next 24 to 72 hours.

He expressed that the party was in possession of several statements taken from persons who would have been present at the time of the incident.

Hughes said that a sequenced tale of the events was reportedly conveyed by the witness who expressed fear for her physical safety.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The motionless teen was left on the ground for at least 15 minutes. He was then dragged with his chest still on the ground and thrown into a police vehicle, the witness told the AFC team.

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

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

The AFC Chairman said

that it is apparent that the police is not treating the incident as a crime since the crime scene was not properly investigated and the scene is being left to the elements.

Hughes thus condemned the police excuse that the young men were plotting a crime.

“We wish to express our condemnation of the excuse offered by the police, which is the men were planning a crime.

The citizens of Guyana need to be very keenly aware that even if people were sitting down conspiring to commit a criminal offence, that is not a basis for them to be executed by the police.”

Hughes said that following the Agricola visit, there was no evidence that said the men had guns in their possession.

He further said that when he made contact with Deputy Crime Chief Winston Cosbert, he was unable to give a purpose for those who were detained; in fact, the officer reportedly told Hughes that he was unaware that anyone was in custody from yesterday’s incident.

The AFC Chairman on the shooting incident called the police action a dangerous assault on the rule of law and said that young people in urban Guyana are now “endangered species”.

“It is clear that the police, despite the fact that the International Commission of Inquiry only visited Guyana last week, do not feel in any way constrained in their activities against young people.”

Hughes said he thus expects murder charges.

“After Linden, the police and the government were afforded enough time to have charges brought for what was clearly a murder….people were shot in their backs.

It is less than two months since the last execution and nothing has happened, therefore we will share directly with the DPP the evidence available because we expect that charges for murder will be brought.”

At least two boat owners who were hijacked over the weekend while fishing in the Waini area are a bit relieved as some of their stolen articles have been recovered by the police.

One of them is Vibert Singh of Annandale, East Coast Demerara. He was a victim of pirates over the weekend but made it back to land safe with his four crew members.

Singh said that he and his crew members were held at gunpoint on Saturday evening and was rescued by a trawler which also was attacked by pirates on Saturday evening.

Singh, however, told this publication that the 48horsepower engine which was stolen from him has been recovered and is currently in the possession of the police at Police Headquarters Eve Leary.

The man said that he was invited to the police station where he positively identified his engine which was among other items.

Three men who were arrested with the items in their possession are expected to appear in court some time later today.

Recounting his ordeal at sea, Singh said that around 20:00 hours on Saturday, he and crew members were chatting as they lay in the boat when they heard the sound of a boat coming towards them.

“We didn’t pay any mind to the boat but by the time we get up one of the man from

- victims identify stolen engine among recovered booty the other boat done deh pon we boat with a gun and he carry everybody to the back of the boat,” Singh recalled.

He added that the men then began enquiring who the captain of the boat was, but the captain failed to identify himself out of fear.

“The captain just keep he mouth shut so I turn and tell them that I is the captain and the boss man and then he say, ‘throw he overboard’ and then they start searching up the boat and they tek away a drum of fuel.”

Singh told this publication that the men then searched the cabin of the boat for cellular phones but they only found one phone.

“They tek away the one cell phone, some fish glue and a torchlight, and then they tell me to loose off the boat engine and I beg them. I tell them don’t tek the engine because I got debt to pay back but one of dem cuss me and tell me tek off the engine.”

Singh said that before the men fled one of them enquired from him the extent of his debt and told him not to worry, ‘God will provide’.

“They tell me that when this thing reach the news they ain’t want see nothing about how they beat we up because they ain’t touch none ah we.”

Satisfied with their booty the men fled in their boat.

Singh and his crew members were rescued the following morning by a trawler and its crew members who were also attacked.

“Them men say they get hit too but the men didn’t getting off the engine so they try to break it up but the engine de working li’l still so the boat tow we to Charity and we mek a report.”

Singh added that while at Charity he contacted relatives who traveled to the area with an engine so that they could continue their journey back to Annandale.

Over the weekend there had been reports of several pirate attacks in Region One. Acting on information, the police arrested three persons and recovered some stolen items.

And contrary to prior reports, the pirate suspects were not captured by the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard, but by ranks of the Guyana Police Force.

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Letters... Where your views make the news

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

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

EDITORIAL

The path of poor planning It is often expected that when people undertake major projects there would be some feasibility study. Such a study would indicate the possible problems likely to be encountered, the nature of the execution that should be undertaken and above all, the estimated cost of the project.

It is the latter that actually determines whether the project should be undertaken, help determine the person best qualified for the job and the possible duration of the project taking every possible thing into consideration.

Just over two years ago when the government announced that it was ready to construct a road to the Kuribrong River to facilitate the construction of the road leading to the Amaila Falls, there were raised eyebrows when the contract was awarded to Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall. He was expected to walk the alignment and to select the best possible path for the road, determine the length of time he would take to construct the road and to design it to standards that would facilitate the passage of heavy equipment.

One would suppose that Motilall won the contract because he concluded that he would complete the roadway within eight months. But the layman having noted the scope of work, recognized that Fip had not only stated an impossibility; he had probably done no feasibility study.

He lost the contract and many local contractors rushed to complete the project. By this time the government had split the contract into lots and there were seven in turn. Now the nation is being told that the road is proving to be more difficult than imagined.

Dr Roger Luncheon has said that the recent signing of the financial package for the construction of the hydro project should serve as a fillip to the road contractors. He said that now that the funding has been approved, the road contractors must complete the project. But he does not say that the cost of the project is so much more than when Fip Motilall tendered.

It is the same with so many other projects being undertaken at this time. We now learn that a cable coming from Brazil is encountering serious problems. Surely, one would have expected a survey of the terrain to determine the best possible route for the cable. Instead, we now learn that the contractors laying the cable are continuously repairing broken lengths of the cable. We hear that the terrain is posing the problem; that the cable simply snaps because of the undulating terrain.

It cannot be that the decision-makers are undertaking things because there is money. The Minister of Works, explaining the reason behind the decision to expand the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, said that a Chinese Vice Premier happened to be passing through the region waving a lot of money. Guyana tossed its hat in the ring and came out with US$150 million for the airport project.

This project is underway and we are certain that there was no feasibility study. We simply accepted the bid provided by one of the Chinese contractors, China Harbour Engineering Company. This project is underway and should be completed in the coming months.

It could be that Guyana is caught up in the plight of poor developing countries. These countries need so much and therefore cannot pick and choose. There have been occasions when projects were foisted on us by someone making the loan. And in addition to foisting the project, these companies insisted that their officials be given specialist positions.

It is the same with the Chinese. Earlier this year we learnt that if the Chinese were providing the money for the projects in Guyana then the contractors had to be Chinese. This is all well and good but there is evidence that many of the projects constructed by these Chinese collapse. We see a bridge built by the company hired to construct Guyana’s hydroelectric facility collapsed in China, killing people and damaging property. We also know that the Skeldon sugar factory has more than teething problems.

It is imperative that we insist on value for money but then again, we seem to be telling ourselves that beggars cannot be choosers. What we are not telling ourselves is that we are preparing so much more for whatever we undertake since it is very likely that we would have to do and re-do.

The arrogance of Maxwell’s letter is a reflection of the opposition’s mentality DEAR EDITOR, I write in response to a letter in your newspaper by one M. Maxwell on September 5, 2012 which contained a series of inaccurate information in his rabid attack against the former President and his pension plan.

It is clear that Mr. Maxwell has an obsession, but it becomes dangerous when in his degenerative effort to paint a negative picture of the former President he resorts not only to innuendos but also blatant misinformation and outright lies.

This slander campaign is exposed when on the one hand certain sections of the opposition, specifically elements of the AFC, are questioning where the former President got the money to build his retirement home implying corruption and on the other hand, here is Mr. Maxwell doing some magician’s math with his assumption of what was Mr. Jagdeo’s Presidential salary cumulatively during his tenure in office and then deeming the total figure ‘stupendous.’

Here is yet another glaring example of the desperation and obsession with the former President and evidence as to the length they will go, even to the point of contradicting themselves.

Another plan by the opposition is to constantly compare what the former President is receiving to the lowest paid workers or pensioners in Guyana. These same opposition elements had never wasted time in holding Mr. Jagdeo accountable for the office which he held, that being the highest in Guyana.

Yet, now it is convenient for them to turn him into a minimum wage worker or even less. The facts would also show that during his tenure at the helm of our nation, benefits to these categories improved significantly.

Even more interesting is that the opposition and Mr. Maxwell had since 1999 to raise these very issues they are raising now regarding the salary of the former President, yet they chose to wait over a decade later as he was about to leave office and quite conveniently as an elections was approaching.

Added to that is the fact that they did not raise the issue when other former Presidents were receiving the same benefits.

Their plan is exposed even further as not once have we heard these individuals call into question the salary, pension and other benefits of the Leader of the Opposition Mr. Robert Corbin and now

Mr. David Granger.

The degeneracy of Maxwell’s obsession is even more glaring as in his and the AFC/APNU’s constant ranting, they carefully avoid mentioning that the salaries of the Chancellor of the Judiciary and Attorney General are the same with that of the President.

Such is their sinister agenda, as it is clear that they have no problem with the Head of the Judiciary or the Attorney General - who sits in the President’s cabinet receiving such a salary, but Mr. Jagdeo as Head of State, according to Maxwell, is exhibiting ‘bullyism, insolence, intimidation and entitlement’ just because he receives not more, but the same salary as one of his Ministers.

The nonsense articulated by this letter-writer clearly shows the contempt he has for the intelligence of Guyanese as he is quick to pull out the 2011 GDP per capita figure of US$2,869 but then boldly states as fact that former President Jagdeo destroyed this nation during his tenure in office.

Mr. Maxwell and his opposition colleagues would do well to state what the GDP per capita was in 2009 when Mr. Jagdeo assumed the Office of President of Guyana and compare it to what it was when he left, some 12 years later.

Just as a reminder, the GDP when the PPP/C came to office in 1992 was somewhere around US$300.

The greatest fraud by Maxwell and his opposition colleagues is not only reserved for the people of Guyana, but also Americans, as the opposition in Guyana have apparently rewritten the Congressional report on what the former US President’s benefits are.

Maxwell is keen to compare what he believes is the figure of the total package of President Jagdeo’s pension to that of what he believes will be Mr. Obama’s when he demits office, and appears an expert when he pronounces that the former Guyanese Head of State will receive more than his American counterpart and his usual semantics follow.

According to him, President Jagdeo’s pension and other benefits will add up to approximately US$180,000 per year while President Obama will receive US$127,129 per year.

His blatant lie is exposed in a 2008 report to the US Congress on former Presidents’ Federal Pension and Retirement Benefits, where entitlements for former President Bill Clinton for that year amounted to US$1.162 million. This does not include security and other costs and the figures were provided by the US Office of Budget,

General Services Administration. Again, I repeat that figure is since 2008.

But it does not end there, as it is clear that all the figures Mr. Maxwell bundles around regarding the former President’s salary and pension are merely ‘guesstimates’ as in reality, the pension would be around US$72,000 annually.

It was actually funny to observe no other than AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan, on television recently, attempting to justify his misinformation that the President’s Pension was $3M per month - or as Maxwell parroted - and came up with the grand sum of US$180,000 annually.

So in reality the former Guyanese President’s pension is but a mere fraction of what former US Presidents receive, another lie by the opposition exposed.

Now we know what method was used by the AFC when it crafted its manifesto and publicly paraded financial plans to cure all the ailments of Guyana and then some, in the lead-up to the last elections.

What they are not telling the Guyanese people is that the same set of benefits for former President Jagdeo was also afforded to former Presidents Arthur Chung, Desmond Hoyte and Janet Jagan. Why are they so (Continued on page 5)

The health system in Linden needs streamlining DEAR EDITOR, On behalf of the people of Region 10, I wish to recognise the contributions of the CEO, doctors, nurses and other members of staff during the Linden protest. There was a high level of preparedness due to the foreplanning of the CEO. Working with the CEO and some managers was a great experience.

On the first day of the protest their tasks were intensified. The evening of that ill-fated day, when information reached the hospital that there was tear gas and shooting, the doctors at the Emergency department began to prepare for the worst. Nurses and other staff rushed to the bridge with a stretcher to see what emergency treatment was needed. It was however unfortunate and cruel for the Police to prevent them from doing so.

The doctors and nurses worked around the clock to ensure that the wounded were taken care of. There were other doctors, nurses and other staff who were off-duty, but rushed to the hospital to render assistance to their colleagues. There were tears in their eyes as they attended to their own of the Linden community being shot for standing up for their democratic rights.

Contrary to what was said by the Minister of Health, the Regional Chairman and the Regional Health Officer were very much involved in ensuring that the performance of the Hospital was not interrupted. I as a Councillor and Chairman of the Regional Health Committee made daily visits and

contact with the Administration of the Hospital. Daily reports were provided to the Regional Chairman by me. We also met before and during the protest to ensure that all systems were in place. The transfer of patients to Georgetown and the supply of oxygen, fuel and other necessitates were facilitated by me, and the Chairman was informed all the way.

What the Minister did not say was that he recalled an ambulance which was requested by the Hospital and sent to Linden to replace the two which were non-functional.

Though the Management pleaded with the Ministry to leave the vehicle in the Ward being placed in a strategic location, to facilitate easy transfers to Georgetown - they refused and took it back to Georgetown. To note, shortly after, in an attempt to transfer a patient to Georgetown, the ambulance broke down before it reached its destination.

The Minister should use the achievement of the Hospital to let him look good, since it is his Ministry which is hindering the attempt of the Hospital to increase its service to the people of Linden. After sixteen years, the Ministry is yet to regularise the operations of the Linden Hospital Complex. To compound matters, a new Board was installed with an employee of the Ministry as Chairman. It is time that the Minister stops patting himself on the back and have the Health system in Linden proper streamlined.

Maurice Butters Councillor, Region#10

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Ramotar has indeed tweaked the nation’s conscience DEAR EDITOR, Adam Harris is right in stating that “Donald Ramotar has tweaked the conscience” of the nation (KN Sep 9) especially with regards to his failure to change the way government has conducted business after he became President last December.

I traveled a lot throughout Guyana in July conducting an opinion survey on peoples’ views about the government and on President Ramotar.

People across the political divide complained that their expectations on good governance and a change from the past so far have not been met.

They had hoped that with the government being a minority, there would be a new and improved way of conducting business with proper accountability and widespread consultation.

They expressed disappointment that virtually nothing has changed from the recent past in how government conducts business, its treatment of people, and in the selection of cabinet people or regional chairpersons and administrators.

People are increasingly losing interest in politics, in the government, and in the president. And Ramotar, himself, is losing support to bring healing within his party and national reconciliation.

Publisher Glenn Lall has it right in stating that people, including PPP supporters and those who want to see Ramotar succeed, are disillusioned in Ramotar not distinguishing his Presidency from his predecessor. They had hoped for change and a new style in governance and political behavior. Instead, they said they feel they are worse off than before or just about the same.

They had wanted to see a lot more new faces in government and in the local regional administrative offices, as well as the banishment of those individuals who failed them and those who did wrong.

Instead, they complained there is a continuation of the same old policy and the retention of some of the discredited individuals in governance, or their promotion – that turned away supporters.

People, including PPP supporters, complained about corruption, expressing support for Ralph Ramkarran’s view that the party should investigate allegations, although they could not offer any hard evidence to support their claims. They viewed Ramotar as a good man who means well, but who is not willing to take decisive action to do the right thing in reforming the PPP and to clean-up

corruption and in bringing fresh faces to give the PPP an improved image.

And Adam is right that many Indians have changed their view of the Desmond Hoyte presidency when comparing it with the PPP governance of the last few years. A lot of Indian business people said the country was better off under Hoyte’s presidency, regarding a crackdown on corruption and crime, and some have expressed regrets for not voting for Hoyte after the restoration of democracy.

Too many traditional PPP supporters have lost interest in politics saying their party no longer cares for them and that is one of the reasons why many stayed away from the polls last November and will do so again next election.

Some are yearning for the rise of a Desmond Hoyte or a Messiah to save them.

Many feel the PPP will lose the government next election and won’t get it back because the party does not want to do what is necessary

to clean up its negative image.

Many feel that unless Ramotar changes direction and bring new faces with integrity, the party is heading for a rude awakening next election.

Many complained about the expected fallout from the resignation of Ralph Ramkarran, saying Ramotar has not done much to recall Ralph. They said Ramkarran’s resignation will most certainly have an adverse effect on support for the PPP. They noted that the party lost support last election when longtime stalwart Moses Nagamootoo resigned and linked up with the AFC, with Moses taking some grassroots support with him, denying the PPP a majority in last November’s elections.

They feel Ramkarran’s resignation will take a toll on PPP support among the middle and professional classes.

The small number among the business class that still support the PPP and some among the working class said

Maybe too much was bitten off by GT&T DEAR EDITOR, What must the public do?

I have been having problems with GT&T ever since I signed up for the DSL service.

I have been paying the bills now for almost six months and the accumulated time I have been inconvenienced amounts to over two months.

I think that I should be reimbursed, or be given a twomonth free service. I truly deserve it.

Let me hastily add that a resident from Subryanville told me that the residents there had a problem for a three-day stretch. This is very unacceptable.

Now DSL internet service has been down since Friday, Sept. 8th and I am yet to get my problem solved. I was told that the telephone line maybe faulty. I have called 225-1315; 226-0122; 097; 0801; 0488 and

maybe a few others and all I get is that “Your call is important to us. Please hold.”

I hold interminably and then I get cut off. I was able to speak with a representative on only two single occasions, and the ‘fluff’ delivered was the same.

So I am left with a strong feeling that I have to convey.

GT& T just does not know what it is doing. I also believe that it should reimburse for inadequate delivery of services.

There is word that the staff all know quite well of the company’s shortcomings, but they have to seek to do a good PR job. I think the company should come out and just be honest. Maybe too much was bitten off.

I await a response and a refund.

R. Singh (Number and address provided)

The arrogance of...

From page 4 obsessed with only former President Jagdeo?

Is it that he presided over a period of modernization and economic growth, became respected for his ideas and work in several areas, including Conservation, by not only Regional but Global leaders; that he put Guyana on a path to sustained development with his initiatives, ensured Guyana became more attractive to foreign investments while overseeing a local boom in several sectors; implemented term limits for Presidents and

saw the country attain its highest recorded foreign reserves which makes it monumentally difficult for the opposition to convince the masses that they worse off today; so they have resorted to accusations of corruption and discrimination?

I conclude by noting that the arrogance of this letter by Maxwell is a reflection of the mentality of the opposition who believe that they can blatantly lie to the Guyanese people about the PPP/C Government and they will never be held accountable.

Romel Roopnarine

they will not vote in the next election because of Ramkarran’s departure.

People described Ramkarran as someone who is highly respected and among a few party people who have unquestioned integrity.

The general feeling among supporters of all parties (including officials of the PPP) is the party would have won a thumping majority had Ramkarran or Nagamootoo or Navin

Chandarpal led the party into last November’s election.

Many party supporters expressed frustration and anger with the failure of PPP leadership to mediate internal conflict to retain its stalwarts.

Party supporters said they are fed up with their party alienating its base and longtime stalwarts. They described Ramkarran and Nagamootoo as good men that the party needs to retain office, and urge Ramotar to do

whatever is necessary to bring them back into the fold.

An old female supporter put it this way. “If dem nah unite and dem nah listen to abee, dem guh feel. Abee nah guh vote and dem guh lose.”

As Adam Harris suggested, the Donald will have to eradicate the negativities of the past and change course, otherwise the future will become increasingly bleak.

Vishnu Bisram

I ask Mr. Bisram to recite only verifiable incidents DEAR EDITOR, Someone drew to my attention Vishnu Bisram’s letter of September 11, 2012, in reply to Wesley Kirton’s. His last two sentences about rigging at PNC Party Congress Elections demonstrate this gentleman’s myopia and the absurdity of his argument.

Without a doubt, the process that took place at the July delegates’ conference of the PNC was the most open and democratic ever in Guyana’s political history, and I speak as one who attended congresses of the

PNC from before 1953.

The process was unique, where candidates at open party meetings were allowed to hear and question the prospective candidates, with criticism of the process.

It was so open that it became tedious, and took up too much time.

With respect to elections, I just wish to remind Mr. Bisram as he assails Wesley Kirton that as a result of improper activities by the leadership of the PPP at the 1961 elections, the PNC brought six elections petitions.

I was the PNC candidate

from the Houston constituency, and it was a closely contested one. After hearing all of the evidence placed before the High Court, it was determined that this constituency won by the PPP candidate was the result of fraudulent activities, and it was directed that a byelection be held.

The PPP in defiance of this Court Order refused to hold a by-election.

These are facts, not the figment of someone’s imagination. I shall say no more except to ask Mr. Bisram to recite only verifiable incidents.

Hamilton Green, J.P.

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Manickchand corrects Kaieteur News Moleson Creek Primary School publication …insists Ministry is being truthful Education Minister, Priya Manickchand, yesterday provided proof that her Ministry is being truthful that the Moleson Creek community no longer has the number of students required to keep the Moleson Creek Primary School open.

The Minister expressed her disquiet about the recent publication of a photograph on Kaieteur News front page showcasing 14 children purportedly from Moleson Creek.

In the presence of Region Six Education Officer, Shafiran Bhajan, Welfare Officer, Alfa Mohamed, and Chief Education Officer Olato Sam, at her Brickdam Office, Manickchand slammed the picture as untruthful and irresponsible journalism.

Bhajan, providing names and addresses of the children in the picture, said that only four students in the picture are from Moleson Creek and would have qualified to attend the Moleson Creek Primary School.

However, two of those children have been attending a private school outside of the community since 2008.

Therefore, only two students within the area would have been eligible to attend the Moleson Creek Primary School.

Bhajan said that it would not have been worthy to keep the school open for two students. As such, from the recommendation of the Welfare Officer, the students were transferred to Crabwood Primary.

With the exclusion of the four nursery students, who do not qualify to attend

primary school, the others reside in Jackson Creek, which is roughly three kilometers from Moleson Creek Primary School. These children are attending the Crabwood Primary School.

Commenting on the publishing of the picture, Manickchand emphasized that it was unethical.

“Kaieteur News published this story yesterday (Tuesday) with the faces of little children which incidentally goes against every rule you learn in the first stage of journalism…You do not exploit a nation’s children to sell newspapers and to say someone send this to you and you published it is no excuse…

“We now have the faces of 14 children splashed

across the newspaper, some of whom are too small to even know why they are in the newspapers.

“We are telling the truth.

If this is the way this particular newspaper is going to address matters relating to education then we will put a temporary halt to engagement with this newspaper,” she said.

According to Sam, the Ministry has not de-gazetted the school but temporarily closed it. He said that the Ministry has a minimum enrolment number for a school to be established and maintained.

Within the past two years the student population of the school has been dropping, hence the decision to temporarily close doors, Sam said.

Region Six Education Officer, Shafiran Bhajan highlights the layout of Moleson Creek community There are reports that a resident opted to use the children to force the government to repair a roadway that passes through

the community. This individual has no children of school age. The other individual who helped

provide the illusion that there were more children in the community has two nursery school children.

Mothers call for justice for shot sons Some of those protesting for Shaquille grant

Shaquille Grant’s mother, Shonette Grant and Carol Bollers, the mother of another injured man, currently in the Brickdam lock ups, were among those at the Alliance for Change press briefing, yesterday.

Grant was the teen who was shot and killed in Agricola on Tuesday.

Carol Bollers expressed concern for her son’s health since he told her that he was in pain from the bullet wound to the head. The mother requested that her son be released since no one could tell her why he was detained.

For Grant, it was only memories returning when she spoke about the shooting incident. She said her son was not the only one gunned down in Agricola. She remembered 1996, February 14 when another resident was reportedly shot and killed by police.

She also recalled when a named officer reportedly dusted his foot on youths rounded up and thrown into a police vehicle. The mother

lamented that nothing has changed. “Mothers are still seen at the police stations crying for their sons and the normal thing is that the youths have weapons.”

The mother asked why the police were unable to get the relevant evidence to show that the young men had fired weapons. “…They say they are criminals.

Just suppose that when the police got there the guys had firearms, you test their hands, you must see some form of gun powder.

Any well-trained police would know that. If we had so many bad youths in the community, how come no policeman never die and it’s always the youths? “ Grant asked.

The mother however said that all she wants for her son is justice.

PROTEST AGAINST “POLICE BRUTALITY” In the meantime, angry residents from Agricola protested in front of the Brickdam Police Station

emphasizing their disapproval of the police’s action that led to the 17-year-old’s death.

Community members, family and close friends of the slain youth faced the Brickdam Police Station for hours displaying their thoughts about the incident on placards. They called the police’s action a cold blooded murder. “Its, murder, its murder, its cold blooded murder,” they chanted.

While at the protest, Grant told Kaieteur News that instead of celebrating her son’s birthday today (yesterday), she is out protesting for justice after his murder. She said the residents decided to protest outside the police station since they believe that the police were unjust in their actions.

They argued that the police killing was unlawful and thus called for the Commissioner of Police to meet with them for an approach in dealing with the incident.

“We need the Commissioner to come out

and tell us something. We need Warren Blue to be charged for murdering my son. We want them to tell us about this gun they said they found.”

And the Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) also expressed condemnation of the police’s action in relation to the Agricola shooting. The organisation said that residents’ account of the incident reveal an extrajudicial killing.

The YCT expressed concern over Guyana returning to an age with the alleged “black clothes squad”. “YCT hopes that Guyana will not return to the days of mayhem with the notorious black clothes death squad that defined an ugly part of Guyana’s history which saw a romance with crime in officialdom that resulted with the resignation of Ronald Gajraj, as Minister of Home Affairs after mass public outcry and international condemnation.”

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US ambassador to Libya killed in rocket attack BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three embassy staff were killed in an attack on the Benghazi consulate and a safe house refuge, stormed by Islamist gunmen blaming America for a film they said insulted the Prophet Mohammad.

Gunmen attacked and set fire to the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, the cradle of last year’s U.S.backed uprising against Muammar Gaddafi’s 42-year rule. Another assault was mounted on the U.S. embassy in Cairo.

U.S. President Barack Obama branded it an “outrageous attack” and ordered increased security at U.S. diplomatic posts worldwide.

The President branded the killing of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans an “outrageous attack” yesterday and vowed to track down the perpetrators, while ordering a tightening of diplomatic security worldwide.

He called the attack “outrageous and shocking” but insisted it would not threaten relations with Libya’s new elected government.

Violence also threatened to spread to other Muslim

countries. By nightfall yesterday, 24 hours after the attacks in Egypt and Libya, police were firing teargas at angry demonstrators outside the U.S. embassy in Tunisia.

The attacks could alter U.S. attitudes towards the wave of revolutions across the Arab world, which toppled secularist authoritarian leaders in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, bringing Islamists to power.

The violence could influence a close-fought U.S. presidential election, in which Obama’s challenger Mitt Romney has accused him of not defending U.S. interests robustly enough.

Romney issued a statement criticizing Obama’s initial response; the president’s campaign responded by accusing him of scoring political points at a time of national tragedy.

It was not immediately clear precisely how or where California-born ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed during the assault.

Stevens was a key player when the Obama administration supported the anti-Gaddafi insurgency.

U.S. consular staff were rushed to a safe house after the initial attack, Libya’s Deputy Interior Minister Wanis Al-Sharif said. An evacuation plane with U.S.

Obama vows to track down the killers

An interior view of the damage at the U.S. Consulate, which was attacked. Inset: Christopher Stevens.

REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori commando units then arrived from Tripoli to evacuate them from the house.

“It was supposed to be a secret place and we were surprised the armed groups knew about it. There was shooting,” Sharif said. Two

German court removes hurdle to euro zone bailout fund KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) - Germany’s Constitutional Court gave a green light yesterday for the country to ratify Europe’s new bailout fund, boosting hopes that the single currency bloc is finally putting in place the tools to resolve its three-year old debt crisis.

In an eagerly anticipated ruling that has had investors on tenterhooks for months, the court in the southern city of Karlsruhe insisted the German parliament be given veto rights over any increase in Berlin’s contribution to the 700 billion euro European Stability Mechanism (ESM).

But the strings it attached to its endorsement of the ESM and a separate European pact on budget rules were less onerous than many had feared. The euro shot up to a four month high against the dollar and global stocks rose to a five month peak.

“This is a good day for Germany and a good day for Europe,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a speech to parliament.

Germany is the only country in the 17-nation euro zone that has not ratified the ESM, an important tool to stem the crisis that has forced bailouts of Greece, Ireland

and Portugal, and is now threatening big countries like Italy and Spain.

Had the court upheld complaints against the rescue fund by thousands of German plaintiffs it would have delayed its implementation or even doomed it, dealing a devastating blow to policymakers and sending markets reeling.

European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi announced plans last week to buy “unlimited” amounts of government bonds issued by stricken euro states like Spain and Italy in order to reduce their borrowing costs.

U.S. personnel were killed there, he said. Two other people were killed at the main consular building and between 12 and 17 wounded.

The attack raised other questions about the future U.S. diplomatic presence in Libya, relations between Washington and Tripoli and the unstable security situation after Gaddafi.

The amateurish film portrayed Mohammad as a fool, a philanderer and a religious fake. In one clip posted on YouTube, Mohammad was shown in an apparent sex act with a woman.

For many Muslims it is blasphemous to depict the Prophet. The incident had echoes of the publication in a Danish newspaper of cartoons that touched off riots in the Middle East, Africa and Asia in 2006 in which at

least 50 people died.

In Egypt, Prime Minister Hisham Kandil condemned violence while calling on Washington to act against the film’s makers.

“What happened at the U.S. embassy in Cairo is regrettable and rejected by all Egyptian people and cannot be justified, especially if we consider that the people that produced this low film have no relation to the (U.S.) government,” he said.

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Barbados will not export DPP Gaspard breaks silence sugar to the European market Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation - Barbados says it will not be producing sugar for the European market since it has become uneconomical to do so.

Instead Agriculture Minister Dr. David Estwick said that the island would be producing the commodity for local consumption and for the regional market.

“We are going to be producing our sugar for domestic consumption; and we are going to be producing our sugar for regional consumption, within the context of the revise Treaty of Chaguaramas and along with the other value-added products we are looking at.”Estwick said that it costs BDS$4,100 (One Barbados dollar =US$0.50 cents) to produce a tone of sugar which then sold to Europe for

Dr. David Estwick BDS$980.

“That is bad maths. I am not therefore going to support it,” he said, adding that Cabinet has approved plans for a new multi-purpose factory that will transform the sugar industry.

Officials said that the factory, which will cost an estimated BDS$400 million,

will produce specialized and refined sugar as well as refined molasses geared to producing quality rum.

It is expected to be established by 2016 and the authorities said they have been holding talks with a number of investors including those in China.

Estwick said he has been holding discussions with stakeholders on the way the sugar industry is being managed, noting “we have recognised that having three distinctly different institutions running in parallel managing the industry makes no sense.

“This cannot set a direction and a future for an industry. Therefore my proposal is that I will be moving with great speed to have the by-laws of the Barbados Agricultural Credit Trust (BACT) evaluated.

Violence breaks out at Venezuela campaign event PUERTO CABELLO, Venezuela (AP) — Violence broke out at an opposition campaign event in Venezuela yesterday as supporters of President Hugo Chavez blocked a road and a campaign truck was torched.

Both sides hurled rocks.

Hundreds of Chavez supporters in red shirts blocked a main road near the airport in the town of Puerto Cabello. A truck used by the campaign of opposition candidate Henrique Capriles was on fire, and a motorcycle was also torched.

Capriles had been scheduled to visit an area that has traditionally leaned pro-

Chavez. Capriles supporters were seen running to take cover during the violence.

It wasn’t immediately clear if people were injured, though ambulances arrived in the area. Some of the redshirted government supporters went into the airport compound and carried away speakers and a generator. A station wagon filled with Capriles’ campaign fliers also was trashed as

people broke the windows, ripped out the headlights and began to pull out parts from under the hood. The campaign fliers were left scattered on the ground.

Carabobo state Gov. Henrique Salas Feo, a Chavez opponent, condemned the violence on television saying, “The country needs peace.”

National Guard troops arrived at the airport after the violence.

Cuba says ready to negotiate Gross fate HAVANA (AP) — A senior Cuban diplomat says her country is prepared to negotiate a solution in the case of a jailed American contractor, but is awaiting a U.S. response.

Foreign Ministry official Josefina Vidal also rejects allegations by the wife of 63year-old Maryland native Alan Gross that her husband’s health is failing after more than 2 1/2 years in custody.

Vidal says in a statement to The Associated Press that “Mr. Gross’s health continues to be normal and he exercises regularly.” Vidal issued the message yesterday.

Trinidad Express Director of Public Prosecutions senior counsel Roger Gaspard yesterday issued a statement on the Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Act 2011, and its impact on the two legal proceedings involving defendants charged in the Piarco Airport Terminal project.

In an eight page statement, Gaspard gave a detail account of his limited involvement in the drafting of the Bill.

Gaspard stressed that he was never consulted on the change to Section 34, which has now been used by defendants in the Piarco cases to petition the High Court to be freed on all charges.

He also stated that having consulted with legal luminaries home and abroad, no one could find any legislation that paralleled

Roger Gaspard Section 34, in the entire Commonwealth.

Gaspard stated that Section 34 “cannot stand on its own without absurdity”, and had the effect of terminating the Piarco cases solely on the basis that they were committed more than ten years ago, and without regard

to any other issue concerning the fairness of the trial process, including the contribution of the defendants pertaining to the issue of delay.

Gaspard stated that after learning of the proclamation Section 34 in the press, he wrote Attorney General Anand Ramlogan on Monday, suggesting that the Act be repealed immediately with retroactive effect.

Gaspard stated that on Tuesday, he wrote to the Attorney General advising that any remedial legislative action taken, must be retrospective and override the sections 4 and 5 of the Constitution which outlines the rights and freedoms of citizens.

Gaspard stated that the situation could, hopefully, still be retrieved and the State retain the right to prosecute in the Piarco criminals matters.

Govt. says negotiations with IMF on track Jamaica Observer - Minister of Finance and Planning Dr Peter Phillips moved Tuesday to assure nervous Jamaicans and jittery international markets that a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) pact was on track for December.

“There is no delay in an agreement with the Fund. There is no delay in the timetable of negotiations,” Phillips told the House of Representatives. “There is no sticking point on which ourselves and them (IMF) have a divergence of any fundamental views.”

The finance minister was responding to questions raised by Opposition Leader Andrew Holness following his statement on the economy on the resumption of Parliament following the summer break.

Phillips denied that the issue of greater exchange rate flexibility, which would see the Bank of Jamaica reducing its role in propping up the local dollar, was a point of contention with the IMF. He also denied that he had ever suggested that “the days of low interest rates are over”.

“Let me say definitively that no such statement has been made by me,” he said in response to Holness, who claimed that it had been rumoured that the statement was made by the minister.

Holness said that he was “grateful” for the clarification and went on to identify the reduction in the resources of the Net International Reserves (NIR) to 14 weeks

Dr Peter Phillips which, he said, were two weeks shy of the balance of payments limit, as another source of concern for the business sector.

Dr Phillips explained that current pressures on the Jamaican dollar were created by the derailment of the previous Stand-By Agreement with the IMF which, he said, had blocked access to other critical international lending agencies, including the InterAmerican Development Bank, European Union and World Bank.

Phillips blamed some commentators for continuing to spread false claims which, he said, had reinforced uncertainty, and urged them to be more “circumspect” in their commentaries.

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MORE CORONERS ARE NEEDED There is no reason why an incident of unnatural death at the hands of the police should lead to calls by opposition parties for either the interdiction of ranks or for charges to be made.

Politicians should not have to be calling for such action. If our public institutions were functioning as they ought, there would have been no need for such calls. The system should have been as such that once an unnatural death occurs certain things are automatically activated.

When someone dies unnaturally, the police are required to conduct its own criminal investigation even if its ranks were involved in the unnatural death. The job of the police is to investigate the incident regardless of who is involved.

However, given the lack of public trust in police

investigating their own, the law also provides for coroner’s inquests to be held into all cases of unnatural deaths.

A coroner’s inquest is an inquiry to determine the identity of the deceased, where death occurred, how it happened and what was the cause of death.

In making a determination as to the cause of death, coroners are usually required to specify the actual cause of death and the factors that contributed to this cause.

A few years ago, a senior policeman was killed while on an operation. He was believed to have been shot by criminals hiding in a wooded area. The inquest, however, found that contributing to the death was the failure of his fellow officers to take him to the hospital in a more timely fashion.

The findings of a coroner, however, do not create

criminal culpability, guilt or blame but it can eventually lead to criminal charges being instituted. This is one of the main benefits of having such inquests.

A coroner’s inquest is also not a commission of inquiry and therefore does not investigate the circumstances that gave rise to death. Such a function falls upon the police investigation or a commission of inquiry.

Unfortunately, this requirement only remains operable on the statue books.

In reality, by the time inquests are held, public interests would have waned and witnesses would not be available.

The holding of coroner’s inquest into unnatural deaths should be done in a more timely fashion. In fact, the laws should be amended to ensure that within three months of an unnatural

death, an inquest commences. This will help to restore public confidence in the system of justice and ensure that there can be no police cover- ups because any such attempt will be quickly intercepted by the coroner’s inquest.

If judges are now being given deadlines by which they are required to complete writing their decisions in completed cases, there is no reason why a similar provision cannot be legislated for the commencement of a coroner’s inquest. The inquest does not have to end within three months of death; it merely has to begin.

This will ensure that investigations do not drag out but will not pressure the police in hasty decisions that can prejudice or undermine the interest of justice. The government should seriously consider enacting such a

NOC Commission of Inquiry commences work The Commission of Inquiry which was set up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the recent escape of inmates housed at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) at Onderneeming on the Essequibo Coast has started its work.

This is according to Minister of Culture Youth and Sports, Dr. Frank Anthony, last evening.

The Minister noted that the members of the commission had their first meeting this week, and will

soon be visiting the juvenile detention facility to conduct interviews with the inmates and staffers.

Early last month, dozens of young people, whose ages range from 14 to 16, during a violent rampage, escaped from the facility. They also stormed through several communities while being armed with cutlasses and other weapons.

The inmates subsequently claimed that it was the abuse by staffers that prompted the escape. They

Dem boys seh ...

De hydro contractor gun drown de country De other day dem boys find out that everybody use to con poor Bharrat Jagdeo. A high school dropout from de States come and nearly squeeze US$7 million out of Jagdeo. Was taxpayers money and it wasn’t coming out of Bharrat Jagdeo pocket. Is de jail wha de man, Bernard Kerik, get wha save Guyana. And dem boys seh that de man claim how he want Bharrat in de same jail.

De dust barely settle and it look like if Bharrat tie bundle wid another set of cockish people. He go to China couple time and he hear bout China Railway. He think was a train till dem people tell he is a construction company.

He get hooked when de company tell he that dem gun lend he nuff money if he hire de company fuh build de hydro.

Well he get Fip fuh link up wid a big American company and this company hire China Railway.

But wha get dem boys worried is that de American company know that China Railway build a bridge that collapse and kill people and it still go and sign the contract fuh this same company build a hydro dam and power station in Guyana.

Well dem boys believe that all this is a plan fuh drown de people. De dam that China Railway intend to build gun collapse just like de bridge. People ain’t got to worry about de power station because dem gun dead and dead people don’t need electricity. Is de whole US$840 million gun go down de drain.

De man had a Chinee company build de Skeldon sugar factory and that ain’t wukking. Dem laying a cable from Brazil and that got problems too. Is everything dem build got problems and de hydro gun be no different.

Talk half and run from dem Chinee contractor.

had reached a breaking point, he said.

Meanwhile, a senior Ministry of Culture official had also made it clear that none of the juveniles made any such allegations to the team which had visited the centre prior to the escape.

Consequently, as a result of these controversial statements, a Commission of Inquiry was formed.

The five-member Board of Inquiry is being headed by former Judge Prem Persaud, and include Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Alfred King; Senior Superintendent and Divisional Commander of ‘D’ Division, Christopher Griffith; Senior Probation Officer of Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, Trenetta Scott and Mr.

Maydha Persaud, a retired headmaster and member of the Teaching Service Commission.

Recently, 48 of the inmates appeared in court.

Eight of the 48 were charged with arson, while 40 were arraigned for escaping from a training school. Twelve of the inmates are female.

Thirteen of the juveniles pleaded guilty to escaping from the NOC, while the remaining 35 entered not guilty pleas.

Sixteen of the inmates were remanded to the juvenile facility in Georgetown, while the rest were returned to the New Opportunity Corps.

Minister Anthony had initially posited that should any staffer be found guilty of abusing the children, that person will be dealt with condignly.

provision when parliament resumes.

It will certainly keep the investigating authorities on their toes and ensure that matters are not covered up, however long it will take for the inquest to be completed.

The completion of inquests, in fact the commencement of inquests, is obviously dependent on the workload of the various magistrates who are responsible for the hearing of inquests.

In this regard, it is important that the laws be amended to allow for other qualified persons to be appointed as coroners so as to ensure timelier commencement of inquests.

Obviously you need experienced persons to undertake inquests and there

are many retired lawyers, judges and magistrates who could be reemployed to these inquests. It will certainly take the workload off of our magistrates and help to rebuild confidence in the system.

Like a post mortem, a coroner’s inquest does not undo what was done but by serving the interest of justice, it can help ensure that any irregularities or unlawful acts by persons, including police ranks, are not likely to be repeated with impunity.

Investigation into shooting Acting Commissioner of Police, Leroy Brumell has assured that a thorough investigation will be carried out into the shooting which took place at Agricola.

He told Kaieteur News via telephone yesterday that he has activated the force’s internal organ, the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) with former Crime Chief Heeralall Mackanlall heading investigations into the complaints against the police.

He advised that certain information must be presented before action could be taken against any rank. “Until a clear picture of what transpired on the day in question is painted, there is not much

action that could be taken against the ranks, if any at all.”

Brumell explained that upon completion of the OPR’s investigation, the case file would be sent to the Director of Public Prosecution for advice.

The Commissioner added that a separate investigation would also be carried out involving the men detained at the time of the shooting. He claimed that the men will be questioned in connection with several other criminal matters.

“There have been a series of big robberies in the Flower Mill Road area and the men are likely to be placed on an identification parade,” Brumell said.

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THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN

When Mrs. Janet Jagan died, the next day my column painted an unflattering portrait of her. The editor and publisher told me that I was out of protocol. Their point was that it was too soon to be so harsh on the dead. The international reality does not support this view and it never did.

All over the world, when a controversial figure dies, the media does not preoccupy itself with the concept of respect for the dead, meaning that it is too early to be critical.

I do agree that at the time of death, there should be no

vulgar, or a description of the actual death and suffering reported in bad taste.

I honestly have not seen this “too early” approach in the international media. Once a person with a checkered career passes away, the assessment begins immediately. I have seen this so many times that there is no need to give any example.

Pinochet got a bad press; Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi got mauled. So did many other dictators.

Read the global press if Mugabe should die. Think of what large sections of the

American media will do to a fallen Castro. Rush Limbaugh will get some terrible evaluations from the mainstream, liberal media should he pass away.

So is it morally wrong to assess the faults of a controversial figure when he/ she die? It all has to do with the choice of words. Once there isn’t a descent into distasteful semantics, then editorials and commentators should offer their judgements and they do. It happens around the world. Of course, the family’s grief should be

taken into consideration. It is ethical for the family to see and read negative things about their loved ones when they die?

Again, it depends on the style of language. But surely, the public should be allowed to read the assessments of highly powerful personalities both in public life and those who achieved a high profile in the private realm (as in business etc) whose life came to an end. A family is entitled to their grief but that family should know that when their relatives were alive,

egregious things were done to others that never should have happened. Victims are also entitled to vent their feelings in a respectful way.

In Guyana, without a doubt, two top policemen passed away within a quick space of time - Laurie Lewis and Henry Greene. I would say that of the two Lewis is by far the less problematic. I knew both men well though I would say not close enough for them to tell me secrets that form an important part of Guyanese history. I knew Lewis better than Greene, though Greene was a Wortmanville personality for a long time and lived just a block away from me.

Laurie Lewis had a long career with many highs and lows. In terms of the lows, I would say the Monica Reece unsolved murder was a terrible sin he committed. The investigation was horribly incompetent as if the police wanted to the killer to escape.

It was beyond belief to know that the suspected vehicle was examined a week after it was alleged to have transported the victim.

One day, I met Laurie at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital and I castigated him for not charging the alleged killer. He said to me that he didn’t think the evidence would have held up in court. That was not for him to determine but a judge and jury. I honestly believe Laurie was not telling the entire truth.

Henry Greene’s career

Frederick Kissoon was far less illustrious than Lewis’s. The government is singing praise to Mr. Greene but an indepth analysis of Greene’s tenure would reveal a shocking lowering of the standards of police conduct.

Under Greene some very nasty murders and attempted murders went unsolved and we in the media knew why.

The particular shocking one involved a woman who stood to inherit stupendous sums from her family business.

She agreed to be extra generous with her driver of long years.

There was an attempt on the driver’s life. That was an open and shut case but under Green the police are yet to catch the conspirators.

Some well know drug trafficking dons were allowed to continue their trade while Greene was Commissioner.

Mr. Greene’s span in the GPF was marked by his association with dubious characters that led to visa cancellation by the US Embassy.

The cancellation of all types of American visas to a Commissioner of Police would have brought his downfall in most countries in the worlds.

Surely, the US Government had evidence on Greene.

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Guyana, Brazil to expand bilateral defence A recent visit from Brazil’s Minister of Defence, Ambassador Celso Amorim, accompanied by a “high level Brazilian armed force delegation”, has resulted in the way being paved for Guyana and Brazil to intensify bilateral defence cooperation.

The Brazilian ambassador and Dr. Roger Luncheon, Secretary to the Defence Board of Guyana, engaged in a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where the desire to intensify bilateral defence corporation was mutually reiterated.

This newspaper understands that at the

meeting, the two country’s representatives reviewed the existing programme of cooperation between Guyana and Brazil, in the area of defence; and agreed to the implementation of a number of measures aimed at expanding and strengthening collaboration.

This was reportedly aimed at “promoting mutual trust and ensuring that the principle of peaceful solutions to controversies continue to prevail in the relations between South American States.”

As a result, Guyana is now slated to see a creation of a

Brazilian Minister of Defence: Celso Amorim

Dr. Roger Luncheon

Guyana/Brazil Bilateral Defence Working Group (BDWG), in order to provide oversight and follow-up to the defence agenda between

Guyana and Brazil.

Brazil has also agreed to send a military mission to prepare an assessment of technical expertise that can be

provided to advise and/or, work within the Guyana Defence Force with the aim of increasing expertise in deficient areas.

Dr. Luncheon and the Brazilian Ambassador have also agreed to enhance military training and education at Brazilian military institutions, through the provision of additional offers to military personnel from Guyana.

Further, agreements were made to promote the coordination of military operations in their respective border areas.

The two countries will intensify collaboration in the area of defence procurement through the exchange of information and expertise.

Collaboration with civil society through the development of joint projects

in the border areas, aimed at the delivery of services to those communities, was also on the table for discussions; both parties agreed.

Also, Guyana will see access to Brazil’s geotechnology surveillance system as it applies to security and defence.

Dr. Luncheon was extended an invitation to visit Brazil at a mutually convenient date.

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Gov’t experiencing difficulty Bidding document requests ‘Pirated’ textbooks for Education Ministry with fiber optic cable Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon has said that Government has been experiencing some amount of difficulty with the LTE Fiber Optic Cable programme.

According to Dr Luncheon, the cable is already in Georgetown, but the lots which are about five sectors have to be connected.

He explained that the continuity of the project will have to be determined by the transmission of signals from the point of origin in Lethem all the way to Castellani House compound.

Dr Luncheon noted that defects in the programme are mainly because of the ‘up and down’ terrain. “It’s a bit of a difficulty and the five contractors have been going back to correct defects in the works,” Luncheon told the media.

He said that until that portion is completed the connection between sections will not be done. “One has to be satisfied that the cable has been placed properly and buried at the proper depth,” he added.

The project, which commenced at the start of last year, is intended to boost the government’s ability to carry

out its “e-governance” strategy.

The 560-kilometre cable was laid in six blocks– from Lethem to Annai, from Annai to Kurupukari, from Kurupukari to Mabura, from Mabura to Wisroc, from Wisroc to Providence and then from Providence to Georgetown.

Five repeater stations need to be constructed with the most advanced one being based in Linden. The cable was laid in 10kilometre stretches, and as a result, connecting “joint boxes” where the splicing will be done, also had to be constructed at 10kilometre intervals.

The project is part of the government’s plan to improve internet access in Guyana and would have a direct impact on the One Laptop Per family Project through which the government hopes to provide free internet access to all communities across the country.

The laying of the cable was done by MMC, Dax Contracting and Dynamic Engineering, which were responsible for burying cables along the route. They used Guyana Power and Light (GPL) poles to suspend the cables where necessary.

The design of the project was carried out by ENetworks (Guyana), Huawei (China) and Oi (Brazil). The project came shortly after GT&T landed a US$60M fibre optic cable from Suriname.

Dr Luncheon also disclosed that some 15,000 laptops from the One Laptop Per Family project has been distributed. According to Luncheon another 10,000 are on the verge of being distributed and that would be considered phase one.

He stated that through the support which has been provided by the Chinese Government, Guyana will be accessing another 30,000 laptops. Dr Luncheon said that would take the programme into phase two “which take us well into 2013.”

Government has set 2015 as the target when every Guyanese becomes versed in the use of the computer and will complement this plan with the roll out of the OLPF where 90,000 families receive one laptop free of cost.

The project “One Laptop Per Family (OLPF)” aims to gear Guyana’s development path on an Information Technology.

- Luncheon says once technical aspect satisfied, Government goes for best possible deal

The majority of all texts used in the school system, in both public and private schools, are pirated copies. This was further underscored when the Education Ministry requested in a bid document for the supply of text books that “the covers must be in full colour and the text must closely resemble the original text.”

Bids for the supply and delivery of textbooks for the Primary and Secondary Levels were opened by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Ministry of Finance, Main Street, on Tuesday.

The seven pre-selected entities that were chosen to place bids for the textbooks were Giftland Office Max, Metro Office and Computer Centre, Gandhi Variety Store, F&H Printing Establishment, Pavnic Press, Sheik Hassan Printery and KRSNA and Balram Printery.

KRSNA and Balram Printery and Gandhi Variety Store were invited to place bids but did not.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, said today, that the procurement of the textbooks represents a Cabinet decision that is based on acquiring textbooks, and the effort is consistent with the philosophy Government in over 19 years of procurement.

“We establish the suitability of the service or the goods provided; the quality, and the technical aspect of things. Once we are satisfied with the technical aspect, then we go for the lowest cost.”

He said that Government tries to get the best possible deal which would include procurement officers going out and tracking all the sources of supply of goods and services.

“The procurement, whether it is copyright material, has really concentrated on value for money. I think that is the way in which we project; this is the way in which we justify the approach that is being made. I am certain that the persons with copyright have had their product and its costs and information made available to the Ministry and factored into decision (continued on page 21)

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Exhibition aims at making teaching of Maths fun Aimed at complementing teachers’ approach to administering Mathematics in a fun way, several teachers have been exposed to a creative approach to Mathematics application in the classroom.

The application came during recent workshops held at the National Archives, Homestretch Avenue.

Hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, ongoing workshops have allowed instructors to enlighten teachers in ways to make the subject more fascinating for students.

This is according to a statement issued by the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD), which revealed that the approach being used at the workshops relies on simple explanations relating to

Education Officer from the National Science Centre, New Delhi, Mr Bharat Srivastava demonstrates to Harmony Secondary School Teacher Sharon Williams how to transform the rectangle back into a circle.

Also in photo is subject specialist Wendella Roberts. everyday applications, number tricks and the use of

Probation report ordered for thieving youth Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry ordered a probation report on Ayekeni Saul, of Sophia Squatting Area after he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged for stealing The lad, who seemed hesitant in his answers to the questions, admitted to stealing over $40,000 worth of items on September 10 of this year, from Alvena Lynch.

The court was told that on the day in question, at Dennis Street, Campbellville ,the defendant rode up on bicycle and snatched the plaintiff ’s purse which contained her cell phone, cash, keys and other items and quickly rode off.

The woman raised an alarm and public spirited citizens came to her rescue and arrested the defendant.

In admitting to the crime, Saul explained that he was hungry and did not know what to do.

The boy claimed that his parents are unaware of his whereabouts. He also claimed that he is 18 years old.

The magistrate adjourned the matter to September 14 and requested probation report on the defendant since she was unsure of his age.

teaching aids.

The workshops are facilitated by Education Officer of the National Science Centre, New Delhi, Mr Bharat Srivastava, and Educator Mr. Madan Gopal of the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) of India. They are supported by the Guyana Learning Channel and NCERD. Participants at the first workshop, which was held in August, were exposed to sessions with Gopal who explained that by making numbers fun, students would be more inclined to love Mathematics.

He outlined steps to computation fluency using several Mathematical examples. He pointed out that there were three aspects that made

Mathematics interesting.

These included recalling the facts, accuracy of recalling the facts and applying the methods and strategies to number problems.

He added that it is important for students to know the sense of a number, that is, to be able to relate numbers to concepts that they encounter in everyday life.

Gopal said, too, that breaking down difficult numbers can also let students have fun while computing.

Additionally, doing operations in parts and displaying clever tricks with zeros and fives can help make Mathematics easier and enjoyable, he said.

Using magic numbers similar to Sudoku can be captivating for students who would be more inclined to want to learn more about the subject, he offered.

He demonstrated that numbers that are less than nine are easy to divide without using multiplication tables.

Srivastava focused on helping teachers create a number of easy, low-cost teaching aids, demonstrating Pythagoras theorem and other core Mathematics concepts for students to easily identify and understand.

The teaching aids created by the teachers of the workshops have since been mounted at the National Archives.

Teachers will be taking them to their classrooms when the exhibition ends on September 30, 2012, while the Guyana Learning Channel is creating a television programme on the creation of the teaching aids for all teachers to benefit from the experience.

The first workshop which was a hit w i t h t e a c h e r s started on August 28, last, and concluded two days later. Similar workshops have since been planned for Mathematics teachers during this month, the NCERD statement said.

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Trinidad can provide Guyana with electricity

By Rabindra Rooplall A senior Trinidad and Tobago energy official believes that Guyana’s power woes can be solved through a simple cable linking the two countries. This is among one of many initiatives.

Chief Executive Officer of the Trinidad-based ENMAN Group, Donald Baldeosingh, who also represented the Mexico-based company, ENERI, says that Trinidad has surplus power which arose because the country has a very large power station that was built to supply power to an aluminium smelter which is at present nonexistent.

“The power is not being used, but the power is subject to a ‘take or pay’ agreement, so a lot of the power has to be paid for, whether it is used or not. So it should be put to

- Energy expert use in a place that needs power to initiate its growth and development, and a place that has power for its future development, which is hydroelectric power.

“It will substitute the oil and gas later on…this can be used for a new industrial path in Guyana that would attract investors regionally and internationally, at the estimated cost of $US10-15¢ per kilowatt, which is 1/3 of what a typical business is paying today for generating its own power.”

He noted that this initiative needs to be implemented by public/ private partnership between the two countries.

Underscoring that the

project is viable, Baldeosingh said, “It’s about getting together to utilize what each one has. In the case of T&T it would be oil and gas today and the ability to apply new technology. Guyana has rich natural resources, a trainable population and a close proximity to Brazil, which is a fast growing economy in the region.”

He continued, “What we should be looking at right now is utilizing some of the energy that Trinidad has today, to assist and grow Guyana’s energy for tomorrow. This would benefit Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago.”

Adding that there have been meetings in Trinidad pertaining to the interest in furthering the energy initiative, Baldeosingh said there needs to be an interest from Guyana that would develop into something tangible.

“The concept of a penny saved is a penny earned, so if a kilowatt of energy is saved it is like if we generated a kilowatt of energy at zero cost, so I feel the opportunity for energy efficiency is being overlooked in the Caribbean.

I think people feel there is no tangible benefit because we don’t have a culture of conserving, so it is not believable that it can be achieved.”

The CEO noted that

Donald Baldeosingh Guyana is in a unique position since the largest source of energy in South America is renewable energy, one being hydroelectric power.

He pointed out that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has a different energy dynamic since there are very few oil producers in the region, Trinidad and Tobago being a major producer. He said that everyone is looking for an alternative to hydrocarbon energy (coal, gasoline, natural gas), since this is expensive, unpredictable and contributes to global warming.

The energy expert said that St Kitts, Dominica and another island are looking at the geothermal energy potential, while St Lucia and other islands are looking at the wind potential. Other countries are looking at solar.

However, Guyana is sitting very quietly on the

largest source of renewable energy available to the entire CARICOM region. This is hydropower.

“Solar, wind and other technologies are more of the future, but the technology of today is still oil and gas. But there is also renewable energy for people who have capacity for renewable energy. One of the very important things that can happen is the development of Guyana’s renewable energy potential.”

He noted that Norway, with which Guyana has a relationship, is receiving 99 per cent of its electricity from hydro-electric power although Norway is a large oil producer in the world.

“They recognize that they should maximize on their renewable energy although they have oil at their disposal…the Norway fund must be approaching one trillion dollars, since this has been invested out of Norway, and it is utilizing the oil money.”

Adding that the potential for oil should also be developed in Guyana, Baldeosingh said the country’s real energy potential of the future is hydro power.

In 1976 there was a study which determined that Guyana has 7000 megawatts of electricity potential, Baldeosingh said. At present, the grid is taking approximately 100 megawatts and there is another 300 megawatts of self generation, he added.

He recommended that there should be a country strategy for renewable energy. Different transmission systems can be integrated in phases depending on the

project.

“Some of the work done in 1976 needs to be updated.

This was a time when the world was seeing problems with regard to oil, so there was a turn to hydro-power. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) funded a study in Guyana to find the maximum potential for hydropower in Guyana.”

He continued, “That study was done by Montreal Engineering, and they came up with some numbers. Now with a study being done, it has to be balanced with the environmental impact to rethink the product.”

Bartica man remanded for cannabis Leonard Shuri, a resident of Fifth Avenue, Bartica who is accused of having marijuana in possession for the purpose of trafficking, was yesterday remanded to prison by the Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine – Beharry.

Shuri pleaded not guilty to the charge which stated that on September 8, 2012 at Fifth Avenue, Bartica, he had 27 grams of cannabis in his possession for trafficking.

According to reports, police ranks on patrol at Fifth Avenue, Bartica , saw the defendant on the road and approached him.

When Shuri “spotted” the police, he reportedly dropped a black plastic bag which he had in his hand and attempted to walk away, but the officers held unto him. The police then opened the bag in his presence and a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis was discovered. Shuri was subsequently charged with the offence.

The magistrate refused bail since there were no special reasons for the accused to be given his pretrial liberty. The matter was transferred to Bartica Magistrate’s Court for trial on September 20.

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Bandits break and enter Seventh Day Adventist church

The ripped open grill and metal casting Burglars some time between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning broke and entered the Philadelphia Seventh Day Adventist Church at Main and Philadelphia Streets in New Amsterdam by ripping out a grill and breaking a window before carting off a number of items including a 24 channel Amplifier and Mixer and some cordless microphones.

The equipment was received by the church a few months ago as gift from some overseas-based friends.

They also ransacked the

place, spilling drawers and knocking over the lectern and reading desk before escaping.

According to an elder of the church, they became aware of the incident when a church member turned up at the church to turn off the lights.

They were confronted with the damaged grill and broken window and an open door. Upon checking inside they were confronted with the distasteful scene.

The police were called in and investigations are continuing.

Mothers call for justice for shot sons From page 6 Unity (APNU) youth arm lament the need for “effective reform of the Guyana Police Force beyond the procurement of resources for department and divisional work but with emphasis of professionalization of officers with continuous training and adherence for standard operating procedures when engaging citizens to protect life, property and information gathering in fighting crime.”

YCT renewed the call for the resignation of Clement Rohee as Minister of Home Affairs.

“The Minister has failed Shaquille Grant and many others and it is time he be excused of his service as Minister of Home Affairs.”

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US$300M bridge in China collapses months later - same contractor to build Amaila Falls hydro-electric

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section of a U S $ 3 0 0 M bridge built by China Railway First Group in northern China, collapsed last month, killing three persons and injuring five, just nine months after being commissioned.

It is the same China Railway which signed a lucrative US$506M on Tu e s d a y w i t h p r o j e c t developers, Sithe Global, to build the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project, Guyana's largest ever infrastructure.

The Amaila Falls project is likely to cost Guyana at least US$840M, and with the final bill likely to be even higher.

The dramatic collapse of the nearly 330-foot-long section of a ramp of the eightlane Yangmingtan Bridge in the city of Harbin, China, saw parts of the bridge dropping 100 feet to the ground. Four trucks plummeted with it, resulting in three deaths and five injuries.

There were accusations of shoddy work and poor materials being used.

According to the New York Times, the August 24 incident sparked a storm of criticism from Chinese internet users, underscoring questions about the quality of construction in the country's rapid expansion of its infrastructure.

The 9.6-mile bridge is

one of three built over the Songhua River in that area in the past four years.

Media reports said that there were questions about the materials used during the construction and whether projects were properly engineered have been the subject of national debate ever since a high-speed train plowed into the back of a stopped train on the same track on July 23 last year in the eastern city of Wenzhou.

The crash killed 40 people and injured 191.

According to the official Xinhua news agency, the Yangmingtan Bridge was the sixth major bridge in China to collapse since July 2011.

According to the New York Times report, many in China have attributed the recent spate of bridge collapses to corruption.

Online reaction to the latest collapse was scathing. “Corrupt officials who do not die just continue to cause disaster after disaster,� said one post on Friday on Sina Weibo, a Chinese microblogging service similar to Twitter.

Chinese news media reported that the bridge had cost 1.88 billion renminbi, or almost US$300 million.

According to a statement issued by the Government Information Agency (GINA), the Engineering, Procurement and

A collapsed section of the Yangmingtan Bridge's ramp, in the city of Harbin, northern China, dropped 100 feet to the ground on August 24th, killing three people and injuring five.

Construction (EPC) agreement for the construction of the Amaila Falls Hydro project and Transmission Line was executed on Tuesday in Xian, China, by Sithe Global, the d e v e l o p e r, a n d C h i n a Railway First Group (CRFG), the construction

company.

There were no official indications before Tuesday that a government team had left for China for the signing.

The contract was signed

by Bruce Wrobel, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sithe Global, and Dr. Sun Yonggang, Chairman of

Another section of the collapsed bridge

China Railway First Group (CRFG).

Also in China for the signing were Chairman of the Guyana Power and Light, Winston Brassington; Office of the President Advisor, Steven Grin, along with representatives of the Province of Shaanxi, the

China Development Bank, China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation, the I n t e r- A m e r i c a n Development Bank (IDB), and other representatives of Sithe Global and China Rail.

In June, Sithe Global said that it was hoping to have financial closure on the project by March 2013.

The project has been marred by concerns over the high costs which started from US$600M and has risen to over US$800M without a stone being laid or a screw turned.

It was also hampered by the scandalous US$15.4M road project contract awarded under controversial circumstances to Makeshwar 'Fip' Motilall. The contract was terminated earlier this year because of the absence of a performance bond.

The Amaila Hydropower Project, (approximately 165MW capacity), to be located in western Guyana, in Region Eight, will include a new 270 km transmission line and new substations leading to Georgetown.

Currently, nearly all electric generation in Guyana is provided through small units burning either diesel or heavy fuel oil. A significant portion of the country's foreign exchange is spent on importing fossil fuel.

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Wanted!

Police have issued a bulletin for Terry Andrew Joseph called “Spanish Man” who they say is wanted for questioning in relation to a series of armed robberies/piracy.

Joseph, who is of mixed race, is 28 years old and is five feet, seven inches in height. His last known address is Lot 6 Farm, East Bank Demerara.

A n y o n e w i t h information that may lead to the arrest of Terry Andrew Joseph is asked to contact the police on telephone numbers: 225-8196, 2261326, 227-1270, 225-6411,

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226-7065, 911 or the nearest police station. All information will be treated with strict confidence.

Body fished out of Kara Kara canal Shock waves reverberated through the community of Kara Kara, Linden yesterday morning after the body of a man was observed partly submerged in a drain.

Residents of the community quickly flocked the area to see whether they knew the person, but no one could identify him.

“He is not from this area, we don’t know he at all,” one man confessed. The man was later identified as 25-year-old, Brian Anthony, of Half Mile, Wismar.

Most of the other residents who lived in close proximity to the drain were tightlipped,

while the few that spoke to the media said they did not know anything until persons started to flock the area around 7:00 hours. The body was clad in white tee shirt and grey jeans.

Although there were no visible marks of violence on the man, trampled grass alongside the drain, where his body was found, suggested that there had been some kind of struggle, or that he had tried to get out of the drain, more than once.

The man’s body was removed from the drain shortly before 8:00 hrs yesterday, and taken to the Wismar Mortuary.

Motorcyclist killed in Mahaicony accident

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24-year-old construction worker of Cottage, Mahaicony became the country's latest road fatality, yesterday.

According to reports, Ivan Ethard, of Lot 8 Cottage, Mahaicony, died around 9:00 hours yesterday while receiving medical attention at the Mahaicony Hospital. The man was struck off of his motorcycle around 8:30 hours at Fairfield, Mahaicony.

The dead man's mother, Rita Bynoe, said that her son left their home for work as he would every morning.

She said that for the past two months her son had been riding his motorcycle to Melanie Damishana, where he works on a construction site.

“He left just after 8:00 and a few minutes later a neighbour called out and tell me that my son was involved in an accident,”.

Fighting to compose herself after viewing his remains at the Mahaicony Hospital mortuary, Ms. Bynoe said that she did not get to go to the scene of the accident but instead, she raced down to the hospital.

“When I reach at the hospital the nurses allowed me to go inside and see him and they told me that they were trying to stabilize him to take him to Georgetown Public Hospital,” the grieving woman added.

Dead: 24-year-old Ivan Ethard Unfortunately, before the man left for the city hospital he was pronounced dead. His mother said that she was informed by medical practitioners that her son suffered extensive head injuries.

Bynoe said that she is still at a loss to ascertain how her son died, as there are conflicting reports about how the accident occurred.

All the woman said she was told was that a car was involved in the accident.

This publication was told that the driver of a car was taken into police custody to assist with investigations.

Ethard's remains have since been taken to the Lyken Funeral Home where it is awaiting a post mortem examination.

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Flexible regulations required for inclusive education – Head Special Ed. Unit The aim of inclusive education in Guyana is to ensure that students who are differently-able are provided with a level of education that is on par with that obtained by other students. This disclosure was made by Head of the Ministry of Education’s Special Education Unit, Ms Karen Hall even as she echoed the special needs education convictions of Minister of Education Priya Manickchand.

The Minister in her attempt to amplify the importance of special needs education coined the theme for Education Month, ‘Transforming the nation through inclusive education’, which according to her, speaks to including the special needs population in the education system.

However, Hall in an interview with this publication said that in order for inclusive education to really work in Guyana, “we have to find ways to make it work.”

She made reference to rigid laws and practices in the national framework that are currently in place. These must become a bit flexible and responsive for true inclusive education to be realised, she said.

She added that at the moment regulations do not allow for as few as two teachers to facilitate classrooms that include

students with special needs.

She noted that in encouraging inclusive education, about three teachers may be required in a single classroom at a time – a teacher-aid to deal directly with those with special needs, the subject teacher and the special education teacher.

“We definitely have to be a bit more flexible even in the way we view, for example, the number of teachers we assign to a school. We will have to build that component into our system where if there is a special needs child a school won’t be considered overstaffed with three extra teachers. These are the things that we need to work on and work on pretty quickly,” Hall insisted.

Hall has been the head of the Special Education Unit since 2009 and has been seeking to have a number of measures implemented to amplify the importance of special needs education.

Primary among her expectations is the implementation of a special needs policy which has already been drafted and presented to the Minister of Education.

Already consultations have been held in Berbice, Linden and Georgetown regarding the policy, a move which is required ahead of it being taken to Cabinet for consideration.

Among some of the areas

Wife wounded for refusing to sleep with husband An extremely desperate man, accused of severely wounding his spouse after she refused to have sexual intercourse with him, was ordered to spend the next 55 days on remand, when he faced Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine -Beharry yesterday, on a charge of unlawful wounding.

Leroy Cream, a chainsaw operator and resident of Port Kaituma, Region One, allegedly used a broken bottle to inflict several lacerations about the body of his reputed wife, Iona France.

Cream pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The incident is said to have taken place on August 1, last, at Big Creek Backdam, Port Kaituma, where both the virtual complainant and the defendant share a common law relationship.

A c cording to Police Prosecutor, Kerry Bostwick,

the couple who have six children together, had a disagreement some time at night, after the defendant made sexual advances to his wife and she declined.

The man reportedly became annoyed and went to sleep but awoke later that night and made another attempt to get his wife to have intercourse with him.

However this time, when the woman refused, the man started to physically abuse his spouse, hitting her on various parts of her body.

Cream then b r o k e a bottle and dealt France several cuts about the body resulting in her having to be hospitalised.

After hearing the facts of the case, the Magistrate remanded Cream to prison until November 6, when his case is scheduled to come up at the Matthew’s Ridge Magistrate’s Court.

that the policy addresses is the need for a national evaluation or assessment identifying children with special needs from the nursery level and tracking them throughout their school lives.

Also, the draft policy has highlighted the need for each teacher in the special needs education arena to be trained to specialise in a specific area of special education.

“Children are growing and new children are coming into the system with disabilities and we have to get our act together to really support them,” Hall noted as she spoke of her vision for inclusive education.

With the implementation of the proposed policy each special need child will benefit from an individual education plan; each primary school will be required to have at least one teacher responsible for special needs education while interpreters/signers will be assigned to schools that have deaf students and a braillist for those institutions with visually impaired students.

The policy also caters to the provision of a learning needs specialist for the various regions. “We can do it; we just have to put things together and be a lot more vigilant and a lot less rigid.

Placement services like the Teaching Services Commission will have to come on board also for this to be effective because it can be a frustrating experience for parents who believe their children should have a better service,” Hall said.

According to her, too, the ever-rapid change of teachers due to migration and other reasons will require “training persons continually to ensure that the relevant teachers are in place.

“We need to accommodate our special

needs children in every way.

In fact we need to have special needs knowledge be an integral part of the Ministry...it must be known by every facet of the education sector from the guard right up to the Minster,” Hall asserted.

The efforts of the Special Needs Education Unit has seen a number of teachers in most of the regions being trained in this area and according to Hall the unit is aiming to ensure that all regions are included by next year. Additionally the unit has been working with parents to empower them to become a

small national network that drives special education for their children.

Thus far, a Parent/Teacher Association symposium has been held and some schoolbased interventions have been engaged with support from Peace Corps Guyana, Hall said.

Support from the Peace Corps has been in the area of behavioural management, deaf education and reading for children with severe special needs.

“Slowly we are beginning to form a national framework on special education and we are developing skilled

Head of the Special Needs Education Unit, Ms Karen Hall persons to work throughout the country within the different regions.”

Agricola killing …

Car and tyres burnt, fire fighters, police summoned After the killing of 17year-old Shaquille Grant by police Tuesday, Agricola residents have burnt tyres on the southern section of the four-lane East Bank Demerara Public Road for two successive nights, causing vehicular traffic to use the north-bound lane as a twoway lane.

And inside the village at

the scene where Grant was shot and killed, angry residents torched a car owned by a resident of the area.

Shaquille Grant was killed while 20-year-old Romell Bollers was injured at Caesar Street, Agricola.

The rubble from the road was removed after fire fighters were summoned to the scene

once more last night to extinguish the flames.

Police with the aid of fighter fighters then removed the debris from the road allowing traffic to flow freely on the public road a short while later.

Police are maintaining a presence in the community.

However, no arrests were made.

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Hung Jury in Corentyne Convert overdraft to loan carnal knowledge trial - Burrowes tells City Hall Steven Alert of Number 35 Village Corentyne, Berbice, who was on trial for having carnal knowledge of a girl under 15 years, will have to face a judge and jury again after his trial ended in a hung jury. The incident allegedly occurred on March 3, 2009.

Alert was on trial in the Berbice High Court before Justice James Bovell-Drakes and a mixed jury.

State Prosecutor, Rhondel Weever, had told the court that on the day of the incident the Virtual Complainant (VC), who was 14 at the time, was living with her mother, brothers and sister at Number 35 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. The accused lived in the said community and had shared a common law relationship with a relative of the complainant.

On March 3, 2009, about midday, the VC was at home with her younger sibling.

Alert subsequently sent the sibling out on an errand.

The accused then sent the teen to one of the bedrooms to get the pillow and sheet. While she was in the process of getting the things the accused followed her and threw her on a bed and had sexual intercourse with her. The matter was reported to a relative and the alleged victim was taken to the Number 51 Police Station, where a report was made. The

teen was then taken to the Skeldon Public Hospital where she was medically examined.

The prosecutor had stated that the complainant was 14 years, and under the law she is incapable of giving consent to sexual intercourse.

The matter was reported and following investigation the accused was arrested and charged.

Four witnesses testified, including the teen’s mother, the teen, woman Sergeant Vilma Saul and woman Detective Corporal Rosanne Frank.

During the trial the judge had ordered Detective Corporal Frank to furnish the records after the witness and the accused had disagreed on certain dates and information during her evidence. The Judge had made the order after the accused denied that he had given the caution statement to the investigator on March 3, 2009. He had said it was given the previous day.

However, the officer was unable to produce the records, including the Station Diary, Charge Sheet, Occurrence and the Crime Books related to the investigation of Steven Alert.

Alert, who is representing himself, had also disagreed with certain information given by the witness. The accused suggested that what was

written in the statement was not exactly what he had given, as there were additional words.

Sergeant Saul in her evidence had denied that the accused asked to be taken to see the doctor. She also stated that the accused was taken at 15:45 hrs and not 17:30hrs as he is suggesting. Corporal Frank in her evidence in chief had recalled that the accused had chosen to give a written statement.

He had stated, “Yesterday, March 2, 2009, me and ‘Shorty’ was alone at home, and she made advances to me. She lay on the bed and pulled me upon her. I felt nice.

I placed my penis into her vagina, and she started to cry and I stopped .She got up and went outside , and reported to her Aunt Alexis, who in company with others came and quarreled and thereafter took me to the police station with ‘Shorty ‘.I am sorry for what happened”.

In an unsworn statement from the dock the accused had denied knowing about the incident which led to him being charged.

Alert had told the court from the dock that “I don’t know anything about the incident that happened. I told Corporal Frank I don’t know anything. I never had sex with the girl’.

Road deaths still lower than last year despite recent spike Despite the recent spate of road fatalities, the figure up to yesterday is still lower than that for the corresponding period last year.

Figures released by the police Public Relations Department revealed that so far this year there have been 71 road fatalities.

These include the recent deaths of former Police Commissioner Henry Greene and a 10-year-old girl who lost their lives last Friday in a three-vehicle smash-up on the West Coast Demerara, and a motorcyclist who was killed yesterday on the Mahaicony Public Road.

They also include a number of hit-and-run accidents that occurred in August on the East Coast Demerara. The figure at the end of August showed an 18 per cent reduction in road fatalities in comparison to the same period last year, with 65 fatalities this year and 79 last year.

The year also continues to see reductions in relation to the other categories of traffic accidents – serious, minor and damage.

Pedestrians still account for the most deaths on the road, with 20 such persons having lost their lives on the roads by the end of August.

Fifteen pedal cyclists and 14 drivers of motor vehicles have also lost their lives up to August this year.

Speeding continues to be a major contributing factor to fatal accidents, causing 44 of the 61 fatal accidents up to August 31.

According to the police, traffic enforcement has resulted in 44,712 cases being made against errant motorists by the end of August this year of this total, 10,189 cases were for speeding.

A total of 683 cases of driving under the influence of alcohol have so far been recorded, while 717 persons have been charged for using a cellular phone while driving.

Private cars accounted for 29 fatal accidents so far, followed by motor lorries with 24; pedal cyclists, 15; and minibuses 13. Ironically, an ambulance has caused the death of one person so far this year.

Georgetown and the East Bank of Demerara with 24; East Coast Demerara 15 and West Demerara with 11, account for the most fatalities so far this year.

August was the deadliest month in terms of fatalities with 14, followed by July with 11 and February with 10.

With a bank overdraft hovering at some $50 million for the past few years, City Hall is likely to remain in dire straits unless intervening measures are implemented.

This comment was made recently by Presidential Adviser on Financial Matters and Chairman of the Municipal Implementation Committee, Keith Burrowes.

He was at the time engaging a gathering of municipal officers and union representatives at a recent meeting held at the Sleep Inn International Hotel, Brickdam, Georgetown.

A bank overdraft allows an individual or company to spend more than the amount in their account. As a result that individual or company will have to repay the bank usually at a high rate of interest since the money spent does not belong to them.

The Georgetown municipality has repeatedly been forced to rely on a bank overdraft in order to offset its financial inabilities, primary among them the monthly payment of wages and salaries to its staff.

Burrowes, addressing the issue of the existing municipal bank overdraft, said, “You have got an overdraft of $50 million and this is one that I just couldn’t understand. If you look at the trend it is always between $49 million and $50 million for a number of years.”

He revealed, too, that this overdraft currently attracts in

excess of $1 million in interest which is in fact much more than a loan would require.

“If I were in that position I would have converted that overdraft to a loan and pay less interest...If it is between $49 million and $50 million all the time what purpose is it serving? That overdraft is not serving any purpose anymore.”

Striking another blow at the limited financial awareness of key officials, Burrowes alluded to the several dormant municipal accounts.

He revealed that the municipality has some 10 separate bank accounts with about six containing monies that are not being used thus allowing for the accounts to become dormant and therefore are attracting costly interest rates.

“Do you know how much money you are paying? You are paying a whole set of money for withholding tax and all those things...”

The meeting also saw Burrowes hinting at an alleged case of financial skulduggery which has since spurred an investigation.

The Presidential Adviser made reference to financial activities within the Treasurer’s Department, which suggests that monies were being paid to phantom workers.

He explained that the process of payment, as was disclosed by the relevant officials of the Department, requires that monies be

Mr Keith Burrowes transferred from a general account to the salary account.

This amount, he said, should only be the amount that is payable.

However, financial records have not indicated this, Burrowes intimated as he reflected on a troubling conversation that he had with the Acting Treasurer of the municipality.

“You know what has happened...and I am sure when this investigation is finished it will bring it out...the transfer was done but whatever was happening with the so-called phantom workers they could not have continued with that, so the money remained in the account.

“That is the only logical explanation because of the fact that you guys don’t have money. They (Treasurer’s Department) can only transfer what they have...you can’t transfer more than that,” Burrowes added.

Cutlass wielding customer threatens GWI disconnection contractor - Perpetrator arrested, placed in police custody Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says it condemns the actions of any threats to their employees or contractors associated with the water company by customers executing their disconnections duties.

This is in response to an incident which occurred on Tuesday, September 11, last, at Cove and John, East Coast Demerara.

A GWI disconnection contractor performing a routine disconnection at Lot 59 Craig Milne, Cove and John when he was threatened by an occupant of the home with a cutlass.

According to GWI’s Divisional Revenue Manager, East Coast Demerara, Malica Dowlin , the staff of a GWI contractor had verified that the property at Lot 59 was scheduled for disconnection when an occupant of the home approached Mr. Miles Moore, who is attached to the

GWI contractor.

Dowlin stated that the individual brandished a cutlass and threatened Miles with bodily harm if he executed the disconnection.

GWI contacted the Cove and John Police Station and the occupant of the home, whose name was not provided, was arrested and placed in police custody.

GWI is unsure that the individual arrested is the account holder, stated in the company’s customer database.

Upon hearing of the incident, GWI’s Chief Executive, Nigel Niles stated, “The Management of GWI strongly condemns any threat to the employees or contractors associated with GWI by customers. The company will explore all legal avenues to thoroughly prosecute any customer who threatens or harms any worker conducting business

on behalf of GWI.” The Chief Executive further warned, “Customers must place priority on ensuring that their water service charges are paid in full; we have consistently reminded customers that our countrywide disconnection campaign is on-going.

“Management continues to be surprised at the number of disconnected customers who call or post via social media that they are unaware of a disconnection campaign.

There is a strict policy that all delinquent customers will be disconnected if no attempt is made to pay all arrears or sign up for a Wallet-Friendly Payment Plan.”

The Chief Executive further stated that disconnection teams have been dispatched countrywide and any threats by customers can result in an arrest by police and subsequent prosecution.

Thursday September 13, 2012

Lindo Creek massacre…

The state’s move to bury the remains of the eight miners killed at Lindo Creek four years ago has certainly opened up a can of worms, with relatives questioning its secretive manner.

So far only one set of relatives have confirmed that they were informed by the police of the hastily arranged burial.

The remains, packed in three coffins, were interred in three marked graves in the Le Repentir Cemetery following a brief ceremony attended only by the parents of Nigel Torres, one of the slain miners.

Only three names, Nigel Torres, Bunny Harry and Clifton Wong were marked on the coffins provided and relatives are questioning why the other miners were not so considered.

The others are Dax Arokium and his uncle Cedric, Compton Speirs, Horace Drakes and Lancelot Lee. Kaieteur News was informed by a usually reliable police source that only Wong, Torres and Harry were positively identified by DNA. The government had expended a large sum of money on DNA to ascertain the identities of those killed in the mining camp massacre.

According to the source,

Kaieteur News

Victims’ relatives see “secret burial” as another cover up initially the police had requested only one coffin for all the remains although they were advised to have eight to avert any confusion among the affected families.

“We officer insist that we don’t need eight coffins, but the remains could not even fit into two coffins, so we had to settle for three,” the police source told this newspaper.

If the arrangement was far from satisfactory for the Torres family, it is devastating for the owner of the mining camp and relatives of Compton Speirs.

Speaking with this newspaper yesterday, Arokium said that although the police had contacted him a few weeks ago to inform him about their plans to dispose of the remains, he was not told about yesterday’s burial.

“Three weeks ago they (police) called me and asked me for the other relatives. I told them that I was not interested but there were other families involved,” said Arokium, who lost his son Dax, and brother Cedric, as well as his multi-million-dollar investment.

He said that the administration could have at

least made a public announcement about the intended burial so that everyone involved would have been aware.

“They claimed that they spent millions to keep these remains; how much it would have cost them to put an announcement on TV or in the newspapers?” Arokium said.

“Nobody had the common courtesy to inform us. They can’t use the excuse that they can’t find the relatives. How come they found the Torres family?” he questioned.

Arokium pointed to the confusion that could arise from the way the burial was done.

As it is except for Torres, Wong and Harry, none of the other relatives know for sure which graves their loved one are in.

“If my grandson wants to put a flower on his father’s grave, he has no way of knowing where to put it,” Leonard Arokium lamented.

Rhonda Hutson, a niece of Compton Speirs, also expressed disappointment with the way the police have treated the relatives of the dead miners.

She is convinced that the

Mabaruma experiences prolonged power outage As protest lingers over weeks of power outage at Mabaruma and the surrounding communities, Cabinet is now seeking to provide financial resources to accelerate the procurement of the various components required to facilitate the installation and working of the new generator.

This is according to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Ganga Persaud, during a press briefing yesterday.

Persaud said that a newly procured 750 kva generator was recently sent into Region One to provide electricity to villages in proximity to Mabaruma. This was expected to function alongside the old generator that provides electricity to Mabaruma.

Unfortunately, those plans did not materialize because the Regional Administration may have overlooked the installation cost and the other components that are necessary to accommodate such a generator into providing feed into the network and the grid, he said.

He stressed, “It was only after the generator arrived at

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the location that we recognize that the present transformers would be inadequate to accommodate the output from that generator.”

Following a technical assessment conducted by an official in the Office of the Prime Minister it was realized that instead of a 750 kva generator a 1,000 kva generator was needed if the system were to operate smoothly.

However, in an attempt to source that transformer two discoveries were made- there was insufficient financial resources at the level of the Regional Administration and that size of transformer was unavailable, Persaud noted.

“What we sought to do in the interim was to continue to maintain the old generator and have that providing electricity to the community.

Some two weeks ago the old generator started acting up and we sent in an electrician to assist us with servicing that generator and to see how best we can have it running while we seek to get the various components required to install the new generator.”

Attempts to repair the old generator also failed and now it has to be transported to

Georgetown to be fixed.

Despite the works executed on the generator it experienced further difficulties and complications.

“The Regional authorities since Tuesday have sought to engage residents by informing them of the present situation, at the same time explaining the Regions’, the Ministry’s and Government’s efforts in terms of rectifying the situation,” Persaud said.

However, residents are not taking this situation lightly. They are agitated that the authorities are taking this long to rectify the problem and are threatening to stage a protest.

The residents stressed that the excuse provided by the Region and Government is unacceptable.

Speaking on electricity difficulties experienced in the Moruca sub-district weeks ago, he said the Ministry was able to fix that problem.

“We are working to ensure that there is some permanence in the mechanism we have put in place to ensure we have a reliable supply of electricity in the Moruca subdistrict in Region One,” Persaud stated.

Only the mother and father of one of the victims attended the funeral service on Tuesday. secrecy with which everything was done has everything to do with some sort of a cover up.

While the police have insisted that the miners’ slaughter was the work of the once notorious Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins and his gang, Hutson said that the way the police operated has given rise to much suspicion.

“If they could hide things like the burial what more are they hiding?” Hutson asked.

Yesterday Police Commissioner (ag) Leroy Brumell said that an eyewitness to the Lindo Creek massacre still remains in custody, adding that the matter is not closed with the burial of the remains.

Hutson, too, said that her family was not contacted by the police with respect to the burial of the remains.

She said that she learnt

about the burial yesterday through the newspaper.

“When I go to the shop this (Wednesday) morning, a boy ask me if we went to the funeral. I ask he what funeral and he say check the Kaieteur News. When I check I see they bury yesterday (Tuesday),” Hutson stated.

According to the woman the family was in contact with the police up until the samples were sent overseas for DNA testing.

She said that about a month ago, the dredge owner Leonard Arokium, contacted them and told them that the police wanted to know what was their decision on the remains of their relative, Speirs.

She said that the family had no problem if the administration wanted to bury the remains together but they insisted that they wanted to

be there whenever it happened.

That did not happen.

“We ain’t talk to no police; the only person we talk to was Arokium,” she said.

Another concern was the fact that Speirs’ name was not on any of the coffin.

Hutson said that as far as she knew his remains were among the first set identified from DNA testing.

“I call other relatives and they said that they did not know about the burial. We would have liked to be there at the funeral,” Hutson declared.

While the remains are now condemned to the dust, the file on the matter is gathering dust on the shelves of the criminal investigations department since according to a senior police official, the real truth is still not known.

Bidding document requests ...

From page 12 making about procurement.

“And what we ended up with was presented to Cabinet and authorized us to go forward. This is utterly consistent with the policy that has been put in place, quality first, best price final,” Dr Luncheon explained.

Copyright and rights related to copyright legislation offer protection to authors of literacy and artistic works, (books and other writings) musical compositions paintings, sculpture, computer programmes and films. The protection is offered up to fifty years after the death of the author. In Guyana the Copyright Act 1956 provides protection for copyright and rights related to copyright.

Guyana acceded to the

World International Property Organization (WIPO), Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works on October 25, 1994.

These are international institutions which are principally concerned with the protection of intellectual property rights. These institutions predated the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO) which also has an intellectual property rights arm known as Trade Related Aspects of International Property Rights (TRIPS).

The WTO was established on January 1, 1995 and to date 153 nation states are members of this powerful trade institution.

Guyana became a member of the WTO the very date the body was established.

Target dates were set by the WTO for member states to enact laws and confirm to practices with the TRIPS agreement. The developed countries had one year to do so, that is, by 1996. The developing countries were granted five years to put their legal infrastructure in place, that is, by 2000. Finally, the least developing countries (LDC) initially were granted eleven years to comply, that is, by 2006. This period was subsequently extended by seven years to 2013.

Actually, there are 48 countries which are recognized by the WTO as LDC. Thirty one of these countries to date are members of the WTO.

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FOR RENT Nandy Park fully furnished US$1,500, Subryanville apartment $90,000 Call: 6872806 WANTED 1 Part time cook, for variety of dishes; restaurant experience an asset. Call: 225-1787 for interview One experience Graphic Artist. Call: 233-2725/2332439 One live in Domestic, Call: 658-9495 Sewing machines operators, clippers/pressers/porters Call: 222-2541 Waitress @ Salo’s Bar Call: 233-5264 Attractive live in waitress to work in bar, age 18-30 years, attractive salaries Call: 3270252, 674-4665 Excavator operators, diesel mechanic, service men to work in the interior Call: 2269768 between 9:00am to 4:00pm.

Porter to work on van from West Bank area Call: 2672207, 672-2632 1 General Domestic- Must know to cook also, East Bank area, call: 614-4358 Attractive females who are interested in becoming waitresses and bartenders Call: 226-7054 1 cook, able to prepare a variety of foods. Experience mandatory. Food handlers required, age 30 & over Call: 225-0125 One house lot or unfurnished house in Diamond or Grove Call: 6601353

WANTED 1 male to look after layer birds in the interior Call: 688-0197

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

Refrigeration Technician, Wieting & Richter Ltd Call: 226-6150-7

One business Place and House, tel: 276- 0818

Porters, Apply Alabama Trading, Georgetown Ferry Stelling Stabroek.

1 experienced cook, must be over 35 years, 2 waitresses, contact: 638-3925 1 Handyboy to work in the interior Call: 688-0197 One live in/ live out Maid 668-3985, 253-3149, 264-3356 Responsible hire car drivers Call: 226-0765 One experience hire car driver contact Mrs. Marques 226-7948 or 686-6648 One COWMINDER , Age 40 and over to work around Clonbrook/Unity ECD area.

Call 623-3231 1 accounts clerk. Must know to prepare monthly VAT, NIS and PAYE. TSI, Eccles. Call 614-4358 One shop attendant, one Baire for interior location.

Call 642-0176

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 Durban Street 3 bedrooms, fully furnished $150,000, Section ‘K’semi furnished US$1,800 and US$2,000 Call: 687-2806 Paulines Hair Salon, 177 Charlotte Street, Hairdressers barbers chairs & nails tables to rent Call: 679-1579, 680-1969, 233-5495 Prime Business Spot bottom flat on the Main Road, 41 Logwood Enmore Call: 2563769, 677-8600 Spaces for Business at Vreeden-Hoop Junction, Top flat Call: 264-2515, 689-7569, 6845561 or 678-4892 3-bedroom top flat, 24 Industry Front. Call 6898033, 665-9994, 222-0976 2-bedroom apartment for overseas guests. Call 665-2548

One welder fabricator to work in interior. Call 226-7968, 6690855, 642-7963 One kitchen assistant. $9,000 weekly. Call 225-3700 3 wash bay attendants for immediate employment.

Must be living in Georgetown. Call 227-5169

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

1 male shop assistant to work in general store. Valid driver’s licence will be an asset. Call 274-0424

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

One male shop attendant, age 18-22 yrs. Call 225-7797, 679-1151

A family (Labourer/general domestic) to work at Resort in Present Hope Parika Call: 226-9492

FOR HIRE 1 Hilux 4x4 pickup, not for interior Call: 644-8402

Male/Female (domestic) to live in/live out, must be able to take care of dogs Call: 2275500 Female to assort goods, Apply Alabama Trading, Georgetown Ferry Stelling Stabroek.

One salesman with driver’s licence, salary plus commission Call: 614-4626, 220-1500

CAR RENTAL 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, 6560087

VEHICLES FOR SALE

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

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

Massey Ferguson Tractor 290. Full working condition.

Just overhauled & sprayed; tel # 618 – 7530.

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

One enclosed Mitsubishi Canter, excellent condition, price $1.4 M negotiable, call: 253- 3349, 695- 6945 Canter for sale GPP Series, very good condition Call: 682-4224 Leading Auto Unregistered Allion, Premio, Spacio, Runx, IST Call: 677-7666, 610-7666 1 Allion, 1 IST, 1 Rav4, 1 45150 Leyland Daff, 1 55-210 Leyland HIAB Call Archie 624-1343, 664-2755 Unregistered Tundra tt 100 and Tacoma Call: 265-2103, 645-9860 Sale! Sale! 2 & 3 ton canter, open back & enclose, unregistered Call: 220-2345, 642-7295 1 Mitsubishi Lancer, 3.5 ton open back canter Call: 6269254, 264-2582 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 Tundra tray cover, fully loaded, magrims, going cheap, Titan 4x4 tray cover, fully loaded, magrims Call: 227-5500 Just arrived 2 Toyota Tacoma extra cab, 1 manual & other automatic/ year model 2006 Call: 263-7166, 660-1269, 6166007

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

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 Toyota RAV4 1998 Model PLL Series Call: 663-8556 1 Nissan Long Base Canter GNN Series Call: 653-6098 1 Toyota Harrier $3.5M, 1 RAV4 2002 Model ACA21, 4 doors $3M Call: 231-7837 8am-4pm

Attractive waitress, apply to Chilly’s Bar Call: 667-7380 Live in couple, driving an asset Call: 610-2978 after 6pm.

Thursday September 13, 2012

VEHICLES FOR SALE Hilux! Hilux! Hilux!. Just arrived Toyota Hilux Solid Axle Pickups. Excellent condition Call: 623-0243

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

Toyota Allion PNN Series, $2.4M. Contact: 600-6464

Toyota Premio & Alex, Unregistered, Norpan Auto Sales Call: 269-0432, 686-0323

1 2003 unregistered Tundra, 70k miles; 2WD (black), fully powered. $3,250,000 negotiable. Call 233-6337 or 662-6024 Jags’ Auto: IRZ, VVTI, Manual Buses, Raum, Rav4.

Call 616-7635

1 AT 170 Corona $600,000 negotiable Call: 695-2679 Spacio New Model, unregistered, $2.5M Call: 621-0956 One AT 192, Price $850,000 Call: 642-1305, 264-2954

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 Ship 200 ft in length, selling as scrap, Ocean going Barge sold as is Call: 227-5500 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 Deal on Blackberry Torch 1 & 2, Memory cards 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, Stihil chainsaw No:310 Call: 699-6911, 6859497 One 150 Jailing Scrambler, Price $140,000 Call: 642-1305, 264-2954 Toyota Allion PNN Series, $2.4M. Contact: 600-6464 New family home @ 184 Eccles EBD, two stories, 5 bedrooms, self contained, land area 40’x90’ Call: Pearl Realty 689-9991 Fluffy Pups. Tel: 642-6664.

New Model CRV, very reasonable price Call: 6512318, 618-1368 Large broilers (meat birds) Call: 266-2711, 609-4594

Toyota Starlet EP71 Call:6482075 Imported Umbrellas 10ft & 12ft Call: 645-0870 2 adults Rottweiler and mixed pups $3,000 each Call: 677-0294 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 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

6 cars sold as a lot $600,000 Call: 677-0294

ATV Yamaha Raptor 450, fully race ready Call: 6156600

Massey tractors 390-185265-265 front end loader Call: 601-9030, 276-3288

Earth delivery at spot also bobcat & excavator rentals Call: 626-7127

Four doors solid DAF, gasoline pickup $2.5M Call: 642-3185

PERKINS ENGINE Foreign used, direct from England, 4&6 cylinder also 6 cylinder cummings Call: 653-7654

Wedding Gowns from $40,000, Bride’s Maids & Flower girls $4,500, designed wedding cakes $25,000 Call: 684-8088 1 Leyland DAF with winch, 1 ATV Bike 500 Call Kim 6585193 GPS System map 76 Brand Gramin, price $95,000 Call: 600-0036 Original Red Nose pitbull pups, 6 weeks old Call: 6381627

Exotic Hibiscus, Roses, Mussaenda, B/Ville, Ficus, Marigold, Periwinkle, Petunia, Herbs, Vegetable seedlings, A.K Plant Shop.

Call: 260-0005 Massey tractors, 4x4, model 188 & 290; Honda ATV model 500 4x4 2012 Call 6886274, 691-3851.

Starlet Turbo (black). Call Ann, 648-1644 (Continued on page 23)

Thursday September 13, 2012

Kaieteur News

Fires engulf Pakistan factories killing 314 workers KARACHI (Reuters) - At least 314 people burnt to death as fire swept through factories in two cities in Pakistan, police and government officials said yesterday, raising questions about industrial safety in the South Asian nation.

Flames raced through a garment factory in the teeming commercial capital of Karachi, killing 289 people.

Many people had been lining up to collect their paycheques, officials said.

Weeping relatives in hospitals and morgues heaped criticism on the deeply unpopular government.

“People started screaming for their lives,” said Mohammad Asif, 20.

“Everyone came to the window. I jumped from the third floor.”

In the eastern city of Lahore, a fire raged in a shoe factory, killing at least 25 people.

Critics say nuclear-armed Pakistan’s corrupt and ineffective government has failed to tackle the country’s problems. The country is racked by a Taliban insurgency, widespread poverty, spiraling crime and daily power cuts.

“The owners were more concerned with safeguarding the garments in the factory than the workers,” said garment factory employee Mohammad Pervez, holding up a photograph of his cousin, who is also a worker there and is missing.

Yesterday, a provincial minister ordered an inspection of all factories and industrial plants in Sindh province within 48 hours.

Karachi, home to 18 million people, is Sindh’s capital.

A preliminary provincial government report on the Lahore fire concluded that the closure of the emergency exits led to the deaths, and labour and safety regulations were not applied, government sources said.

FOR SALE

TOURS Heritage Day, Santa Mission - 22nd September; Capoey Lake, 29th; St.Cutberth 29th.

Call Joy: 218-1285, 649-9059, 692-3114, 657-0825 PARTY RENTAL Trampolines and Bouncy Castle Call: 225-2598, 6410784

One Toyota Corolla NZE in excellent condition with fully loaded chrome rims, music, alarm, etc. Call 264-2870 Complete sound system, Hifi sound; 75 KVA Cummings generator. Call 610-1230, 6735828 IBM Lenovo laptops, $60,000; Acer laptops, $100,000; Toshiba laptops, $120,000. Brand new Call 6812111

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Call 277-3531 One 6-inch dredge complete & block of land to work in Demerara River. Call 6604733, 226-9358 FOR SALE / RENT American Pool Table Call: 277-0578 Gold and Diamond blocks Call: 668-1620

DRESS MAKING 6 Weeks classes in designing and sewing Call: Sharmela 225-2598, 641-0784 Enid Dressmaking Classes elementary to advance, 66 Sixth Street Albertown Georgetown Call : 223-9106, sewing also done here

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LAND FOR SALE 1 ½ acre, 48ftx1300ft V/Hoop Call: 627-9351 Charlotte Street $65M, Eccles $36M, NARI ECD 72’X600’Call: 687-2806 Vreed-en-Hoop house lots Call: 658-0115

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

At PLN. Vreed-en-Hoop, W.B.D, Area: 39,382 sq ft.

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1 Ice machine operator to work night shifts at ice factory, training provided, attractive salary Call: 2203459, 616-2222

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R.A Soda Factory: accountant, sales manager & driver for Corentyne bond; male & female workers for No.7 Bakery. Call 623-5920, 330-2399

Nandy Park 60x100 $12M, Diamond land with foundation $5.5M,$3.5M Town to country 6727390,225-0843

R.A Soda Factory: live-in checkers & watchman for Good Hope bond; driver, bond clerk. Call 330-2399 Persons to sew ladies’ uniforms, persons to do hand work & pressing. Call 264-2763, 642-6079

Diamond 17 St. corner lot $4.5M, Diamond $4.8M,$3M, $8M Town to country 6727390,225-0843 Craig 60x800 $22M, Samantha Point 100x200 $4.5M, Regent Street US$2M Call: 225-0854, 6869888

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

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HOUSE PLAN DRAFTING FOR ONLY $10,000 CALL: 694-9843, 227-2766

Fully furnished short term apartments, Eccles Call: 6797139

Prospect $12M, Eccles $20M-30M, Lamaha Street $22M, Queenstown $79M120M Diana 227-2256, 6269382

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

Contact: T. Boodhoo on 6259883 / 675-9296

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

Transported land, wooden & concrete house situated at Lot 18 Zeskendren Mahaicony East Coast Demerara Call: 221-2737 1 property at Diamond New Scheme, price $23M Negotiable Call: 612-2697

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

PROPERTY FOR SALE

Republic Park $45M, Queenstown $19M, Nandy Park $35M Call: 687-2806 Regent Street US$2M, South Road $120M, Duncan Street $120M, Church Street $120M Call: 225-0854 Lamaha Gardens 2 storey building, fully A/C, garage, hot & cold, 5 bedrooms, 2 master rooms, security alarm Call: 223-6218, 649-2366 Happy Acre luxury home $55.5M, South Ruimveldt 2 storey $10M Call: 672-7390, 225-0854

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

Tel # 638-1627

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Robb Street business property $58M Call: 6727390, 225-0854 Durban Street 3 bedrooms $21M Call: 672-7390, 2250854 Parfait 2 storey 3 bedroom $19M, Diamond 2 storey 3 bedroom $18M Town to country 672-7390,225-0843 Diamond 1st Bridge 2 bedroom flat $19M, Diamond luxury home 4 bedroom $55M Town to country 672-7390,225-0843

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3 bedrooms, 1 laundry room apartment, fully furnished all amenities US$1,200, Unfurnished US$900, Location Granville Park ECD Call: 609-6890 Diamond 2 bedrooms apartment $40,000, 1 bedroom apartment $25,000, South Road Office space, Church Street US$4,500 Call: 225-0854 Houses & apartments: 2, 3 & 5 bedrooms; affordably priced. In Georgetown, comfortable. Call 691-6449 One 3-bedroom property at Atlantic Ville. $80,000. Call 628-8667.

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Break 09:30hrs - Caribbean Temptation Music Mix 10:00hrs - Amanda’s Music Mix 10:30hrs - BBC World news 12:00hrs - Current Affairs 12:30hrs - The Young and the Restless 13:30hrs - Days Of Our Lives 14:30hrs - General Hospital 15:00hrs - National Geographic 16:00hrs - The Bold and the Beautiful 16:30hrs - Cartoons 17:00hrs - Birthdays and other greetings 17:15hrs - Death Announcements/ In Memoriam 17:30hrs - Al Ja Zeera News 18:00hrs - Viewer’s Choice

Thursday September 13, 2012 ARIES (MAR 21 - APR 19): Issues of a joint nature can’t be settled in a day but a little self-control now will pay off in the future. You can’t seem to relax when you’re on your own so try to involve friends and loved-ones in your plans. ***************************** TAURUS (APR 20 - MAY 20): A talk with your boss or another superior will help you understand what is and what’s not expected of you in a work situation. You may not like their reasoning but for now, you must abide by the wishes of the powers that be. ***************************** GEMINI(MAY21-JUN20): If you’re mixing with important people, relax, be yourself and don’t play down your capabilities. If you’re on a first date, you can rely on your innate communicative skills to mask any nervousness you may be feeling. ***************************** CANCER (JUN 21 - JUL 22): Your workspace or domestic domain seems to be overrun with people. Friends, colleagues or new clients even, will invade your territory and you feel you can’t turn them away. ***************************** LEO (JUL 23 - AUG 22): You might realise you’ve made too many promises to too many people and it’s time to sort out your priorities.

You’ve been trying to please everyone when the one person who could have done ***************************** VIRGO (AUG 23 - SEP 22): Relationships both at home and at work are generally harmonious. Keep it that way by bearing in mind the needs and feelings of those around you.

LIBRA (SEP 23 - OCT 22): You’re in the mood to take a few risks and if you can afford it, there should be nothing stopping you from enjoying a wee flutter. ***************************** SCORPIO (OCT 23 NOV 21): News concerning your work or a family matter will be revealed in a quiet or secretive fashion. You will be surprised by what you hear and you will need some time to get to grips with the situation. ***************************** SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22 - DEC 21): An inspired idea will come to you today but don’t present it to others right away. Spend some time mulling over the details as it will probably need some slight modifications before your plans make sense. ***************************** CAPRICORN (DEC 22 JAN 19): Dealing with people who are vague or absentminded might cause you frustration unless you see the humour in the situation. It’s one of those days when the atmosphere can change from one moment to another. ***************************** AQUARIUS (JAN 20 FEB 18): You might use your imagination to find ways to make your usual routines more interesting. You may even be inspired to break away from commitments that no longer provide you with any enjoyment. ***************************** PISCES (FEB 19 - MAR 20): A fierce determination to get down to some real work will grip you today. Through sheer willpower and determination, you will accomplish a huge amount.

Thursday September 13, 2012

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Court awards Simmons TT$750K from WICB WICRICNEWS - T&T and West Indies opener Lendl Simmons is the latest West Indies cricketer to defeat the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in the courtroom. The Arima resident has been awarded TT$750,000 by the arbitrator as he won his matter which was led by former West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) president, Dinanath Ramnarine.

Simmons’ award follows that of Sarwan’s, which totalled TT$1 million. In the Simmons matter, the arbitrator heard that the righthander was retained by the WICB for the 20092010 contract year. Under his retainer contract,

Simmons was engaged to render skilled services as a cricket player for the period October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010 and the provision of these services represented a fulltime occupation.

Although Simmons was under a retainer, he was not selected by the WICB for an extended period of time, including: March 2010—One-Day Tour against Zimbabwe; April 2010—World Cup, A team series against Zimbabwe; May 2010—A team series against Bangladesh; May-June 2010—South Africa Series, and June-July 2010—A team tour of England and Ireland…

NBS \ GCA\ second division 40 over competition...

Rutherford guides ECC to 8-wkt win with timely century MYO, 3rd Class, GCC, TSC and GYO also in victory lane An attractive century by lefthander Sherfene Rutherford guided Everest Cricket Club to a comfortable 8 wicket victory over GNIC as the New Building Society\ Georgetown Cricket Association second division 40 overs competition continued last weekend with a number of matches across the city.

On Sunday at GNIC, Everest won the toss and inserted the host to bat first.

They made 190 all out in 37 overs. Jermaine Grovesnor was their leading run scorer with 71 not out, while Jason George supported with 41.

Cylus Gibson and Marvin Monroe chipped in with 23 and 20 respectively as Andrew Lovell picked up 3-50 and Shaheed Mohamed 2-22.

Everest then responded with 191-2 in 26 overs.

Rutherford hit nineteen fours in his unbeaten 101 while Rayad Sattaur supported well with 32 not out.

At MYO, the home defeated Ace Warriors by 97 runs. MYO took first strike and rattled up 240 before they were all out in 37 overs. Zamal Khan top-scored with 62 (13x4) and got valuable support from Richard Latiff 51 (6x4, 1x6) and Abdulla Wazidally 41.

Murtland Ward 3-32, Parmanand Sooklall 3-37 and Ryan Jones 2-42 were the pick of the bowlers for Ace Warriors who were bowled out for 143 in 30 overs in reply.

Levar Douglas made 44, while Ronald Hercules contributed 28 and Ward 24 as Chien Gittens, Imtiaz Pooran and Mohamed Wazidally captured 3 wickets apiece for the winners.

At YMCA, Third Class got the better of Vikings by

Sherfene Rutherford 41 runs.

Third Class took first turn at the crease and posted a healthy 250-8 after the game was reduced to 34 overs due to a late start. Alvin Castello 65 and Imran Hussain 32 were their principal scorers as Blair Haynes took 3-54 and Jaden Samuels 3-40.

Vikings in reply fell for 209 in 32.5 overs. R. Persaud made 65 and S. Amin 23. Ray Brian bagged 5-46 and Castello 347 for Third Class.

Meanwhile on Saturday, GCC, Everest, DCC, Transport and GYO recorded victories.

Scores at Bourda, GCC defeated GNIC: GNIC 148-9 in 40vers (Jason Melville 50,7x4,2x6,W. Forrester , C. Critchlow and T. Dharamlall picked up 2 wickets each) GCC won their game.

At YMCA, Everest overcame Vikings by 7 wickets. Vikings 140 all out in 29.4 overs. (A. Persaud 31, Shaheed Mohamed 4-6, Ragal Singh 4-29). Everest 141-3 in 25.3 overs (Rayad Sattaur 54, Mohan Ramdeen 38).

At MYO, DCC got the better of MYO by 4 wickets.

MYO 212 all out in 29 overs (Richard Latiff 75,12x4,2x6, Mohamed Wazidally

52,7x4,1x6, Dennis Squires 422, K. Reece 3-27, D. Dhanram 3-1). DCC 216-6 in 35.4 overs.

(D. George 63 n.o,8x4,1x6, D. Squires 55,9x4,1x6,K.Reece 50 n.o,7x4,1x6, Chien Gittens337). At GNIC, Transport defeated Ace Warriors by 105 runs. Transport 255 all out in 37 overs (Shawn Massiah 77, Danny Narayan 51, J. Alphonso 44, Murtland Ward 2-43, Delon Azore 2-29, Cleon Healy 2-26). Ace Warriors 150 all out in 22.3 overs. (Levar Douglas 69,4x6,8x4, Leon Griffin 26, J. Alphonso 3-25, A. Nandan 2-39).

At GYO, the host overcame Third Class by 77 runs. GYO 254-3 in 40 overs (Kevin Yadram 111,15x4, T. Chand 54,5x4,1x6). Third Class 177 all out in 33.4 overs Yuvindra Ramchand 44, Cort Douglas 24, Ryan Shun 5-31).

(Zaheer Mohamed)

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CONCACAF President honours Mexican Olympic team with award recognition

CONCACAF President and General Secretary Jeffrey Webb (2nd left) and Enrique Sanz (left) pose with some of the awardees.

New York – CONCACAF President, Jeffrey Webb, honored the Gold Medal winning Mexican Olympic Football Team during a ceremony held Tuesday at the Azteca Stadium before a World Cup Qualifying match between host Mexico and Costa Rica.

“I am honored to share our pride for the outstanding Olympic performance displayed by the Mexican team,” expressed Webb after offering the recognition awards to the players. “It is a privilege for me to assist in the unfolding of a new era of great Mexican football, as it is our goal to continue promoting the sport and cultivating the development of talent that inspires true passion for football by fostering excellence in the game.”

Joined by CONCACAF General Secretary, Enrique Sanz; Mexican Olympic head coach, Luis Fernando Tena; Mexican Football Federation National Team Director, Hector Gonzalez Iñarritu; plus Olympic medalists Raul Jimenez and Diego Reyes, Webb confirmed their commitment to supporting

Mexico on its quest for greater development and achievements.

“This Gold Medal showcases the level of excellence in competition and the unquestionable aptitude that is emerging from this region,” emphasized Webb.

In addition to Mexico’s gold, the United States and Canada captured gold and bronze in women’s football, respectively, making CONCACAF the first confederation in history to win the Gold Medal in both male and female categories in the same Olympic Games.

Furthermore, with Honduras’ extraordinary participation in the Olympics, CONCACAF becomes the first region to have all four of its representatives reach the quarterfinals.

“After this unprecedented success for our region, I can solely reiterate my sincere wish to collaborate on our common goals towards development,” said Webb.

President Webb will be honoring the United States and Canada during an award ceremony in the coming weeks.

Chris Gayle has faith...

From back page here in Sri Lanka. I am hoping to use that as a booster to bigger and better things during the tournament. We know what we’re about...we know what we are here for,” Gayle said.

The World T20 tournament, which features 12 teams, will be played from September 18 to October 7. The West Indies have been drawn in Group B alongside Australia and Ireland and both first round matches will be at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Their opening match

will be against the Aussies on Saturday, September 22 followed by a clash with the Irish on Monday, September 24.

SCHEDULE Warm-up matches Thursday, Sept 13: vs Sri Lanka - NCC, Colombo Monday, Sept 17: vs Afghanistan - P Sara Oval, Colombo First round matches Saturday, Sept 22: vs Australia - R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Monday, Sept 24: vs Ireland R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

From page 29 produce on a continuous basis, high quality well rounded young citizens who will be an asset to our country.

The future of our sportsmen and sportswomen would be guaranteed even after their competitive years are over.

The Academy could be self-sustaining if it is properly and objectively set up with the right management personnel.

Our sports need the academy! Our children need the Academy! Guyana needs the academy!

So let us unite in this national endeavour, the Government, the opposition and all Guyanese let us prove that we could at least unite

on this issue in the interest of our nation.

The foregoing constitutes my views of the first steps on the way forward which, if properly instituted will make it easier for the others to fall into place.

We would then be in a better position to counter any opposition, particularly, the deliberate well orchestrated conspiracy being perpetrated at the WICB against Guyana’s Cricket, Cricketers, Cricketing Public and Government; which our Director’s support by their deafening silence whilst enjoying the “perks” of supposedly representing this country.

God be with us.

Claude Raphael

GCA competitions continue this weekend The Way Forward The Georgetown Cricket Association 2 day first division Carib Beer & Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup and the New Building Society second division 40 over competition continue this weekend with a number of matches.

Following are the fixtures and umpires: Carib Beer & Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup first division 2 day: On Saturday 15 and Sunday 16th of September 2012.

GYO vs GNIC at DCC – Shannon Crawford and Edward Bowen.

MSC vs TSC at MSC Hortence Isaacs and Cyril Garnath.

NBS second division 40 over:

On Saturday 15th of September 2012. Zone A. Everest vs GCC at GCC – Montgomery Chester and Mario Nicholls.

Vikings vs GNIC at YMCA – Randolph Rose and Robin Kendall.

Zone B DCC vs Police at GNIC Heuvel Cunha.

TSC vs MSC at GYO Matthew Kissoon and Prittipaul George.

MYO vs UG at MYO - Daniel Richmond.

Sunday 16th September 2012. Zone B. DCC vs UG at GYO - Colin Alfred and Saeed Mohamed.

TSC vs Police at YMCA Delvin Austin and Mario Nicholls.

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Thursday September 13, 2012

Over $5M on offer for Rising Gayle Unfazed by Favourites Tag Sun Horserace meet With the second half of 2012 racing season now into full throttle, the bandwagon now shifts focus to the Rising Sun Turf Club for their Fund Raising Horserace meet slated for Sunday September 23 at the Rising Sun Turf Club at Arima Park, West Coast of Berbice.

Nine races are listed for the day’s card with over $5M in prize money and trophies up for grabs.

There are a number of feature events on the day’s card with the B and lower showdown once again the main draw-card, with the 3 yr old race for horses Born and Bred in the Guyana and the West Indies and the E and lower event along with the race for two year old Guyana and West Indies Bred horses

Trophy Stall to sponsor trophies for top riders, stables and trainers among them. Although the races have been decided, the distances and prize monies of the respective events will be finalised shortly.

The full list of events: B and lower horses galloping for a first prize of $1M; the three year Guyana and West Indies Bred horses; the E and lower race; the two year old Guyana and West Indies bred horses; the G Class race; the Guyana and West Indies bred two year old race; the H class event and the other two events are for animals classified ‘I’ and lower, while there is the race for animals classified JKL.

The Trophy Stall in Bourda Market will once again be sponsoring the champion jockey and champion trainer trophies.

Entries close on Sunday 16th September and interested persons can contact Fazal Habibulla at Chester Fry at Bush Lot West Coast Berbice on Telephone No 232-0232 or 648-6522 or Inshanally Habibulla on tel No 623-4495, and 623-5453, or Donald or Zaleena Lawrie on telephone no 225-4530.

The race will be run under the rules of the Rising Sun Turf Club. Race time is 13:00hrs. (Samuel Whyte)

Gomez slots free kick to fire U.S. to win over Jamaica (Reuters) - A curling free kick from Herculez Gomez gave the United States a much-needed 1-0 win over Jamaica in their CONCACAF region World Cup qualifier in front of a passionate crowd in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday.

The U.S., who suffered a 2-1 defeat to the Jamaicans in Kingston on Friday, are now tied on seven points at the top of group A with Guatemala and Jamaica with two games remaining in the phase.

With only the top two from the group progressing to the final round of qualifying, the U.S. still have plenty of work to do in October’s games away to Antigua and Barbuda and at home to Guatemala.

But their task would have been much tougher had they not taken the maximum points from Tuesday’s game. U.S. coach Juergen Klinsmann made five changes from Friday’s defeated line-up and brought in some muchneeded width with Graham Zusi on the right and Jose Torres on the left while Danny Williams was given the main defensive midfield responsibility.

The switch worked well with the U.S. dominating possession heavily in the opening 45 minutes and only the woodwork and great keeping from Dwayne Miller leaving the visitors on level terms.

Zusi made an instant impact hitting the bar with a shot from the edge of the area in the sixth minute and then 14 minutes later Steve Cherundolo saw his low shot deflected, forcing a great save

Herculez Gomez (C) of the U.S. Celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match.

REUTERS/Matt Sullivan from Miller who tipped the ball against the post.

Miller was again down close to foil Zusi at the back post as the U.S. camped inside Jamaica’s half but he was just a bystander as a thundering strike from Williams crashed against the post.

The breakthrough finally came 10 minutes after the interval when Gomez curled a free kick inside Miller’s lefthand post and while the keeper should have done better, few could argue that the Americans deserved their lead.

With the advantage in place and the Caribbean side showing more attacking intent as they searched for an equalizer, the U.S. struggled to create more chances but it was a night that was all about picking up three crucial points on the road to Rio. “It was important for us to

regroup after what happened in Jamaica, we knew it wasn’t our best performance,” said Gomez. “It wasn’t always pretty but I think we did the job well,” added the striker.

WICRICNEWS - West Indies opener Chris Gayle has no issue with the team being tipped for success at the ICC World T20.

Many pundits have pushed the claims of the men from the Caribbean as they possess a number of players who impressed in the recent Indian Premier League, including Gayle himself.

Speaking at his first press conference since arriving in Sri Lanka, Gayle said: “I’ll take that to be considered as favourites. I am looking forward for it. There are a lot of competitive teams here. Every team has a chance to win the [World T20]. There’s not going to be any walkovers. No one is going to take anyone for granted and we have to be at our best at all times.”

West Indies enter the tournament late as the last team in Group B to get underway, against Australia on September 22.Gayle believes his first opponent will arrive in the subcontinent in good shape having played recent ODI and T20I series against Pakistan in the UAE. “[Australia] are playing good competitive cricket and in similar conditions as well,” Gayle noted. “They will have got a taste of it very early in Dubai. They will adapt quickly.

They have won the 50-over World Cup many times. [On the] big stages you have to give them credit. They step up.”

West Indies then complete their group

Chris Gayle arrives in Sri Lanka for the World Twenty20 (AFP) stage programme against Ireland on September 24. The left-hander insists his side will not be complacent against an everimproving Irish outfit.

“You can’t take them lightly and you have to be at your best,” Gayle said. “I am looking forward to it. All teams have a good chance of winning. We want to get off to a good start and then get some momentum [to the] semifinals and all the way.”

West Indies begin their warm-up programme against the hosts in Colombo on Thursday.

Former world number one Ferrero to retire next month (Reuters) - Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero, a former world number one who won the French Open in 2003 but whose career has been hampered by injuries, will retire after playing at his home event next month, he said on Wednesday.

“The Valencia Open 500 will be my final tournament, in the best possible scenario,” Ferrero told a news conference presenting the ATP event. “This season injuries have prevented me from playing with regularity and it was a tough year as I realized on the court that I did not have the same ambition after 14 years at the top level,” added the 32-year-old.

“I am starting a new phase in my life with tremendous excitement, I will continue to be involved with tennis through the Valencia Open, the academy, the foundation

Juan Carlos Ferrero that carries my name and other projects.” Ferrero, who has slipped to 111 in the latest singles rankings, turned professional in 1998 and went on to win 15 titles, including the Masters events in Monte Carlo and Rome.

As well as his grand slam title at Roland Garros, he reached the final there in 2002 and the U.S. Open final in 2003, after which he rose to

number one and stayed there for eight weeks. His last title came in Stuttgart in 2011 on his favored clay.

Ferrero played in 17 Davis Cup ties for Spain, compiling an 18-6 record in singles rubbers, and helped the Iberian nation to their first triumph in the competition in 2000 and subsequent victories in 2004 and 2009. “Among the memories I would pick out the Davis Cup win in 2000, because I understood afterwards how much it meant to the country,” said Ferrero, who clinched the trophy by beating Australian Lleyton Hewitt in the fourth singles rubber.

“But certainly for a player winning a grand slam or getting to number one in the world is the most important,” he added.

“What I will miss most is the competition, it will difficult to fill the void.”

Stag Beer / WDFA Senior League

Beavers upset Den Amstel in latest play The Stag Beer sponsored West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Senior League continued on Saturday last with the West Bank based Beavers FC upstaging home team Den Amstel FC by a 3-2 margin after trailing 2-0 in the first half.

The other match of the day should have featured Stewartville against Nimes/ Bagotville FC but the latter failed to show up which meant that the former got the walk over and full points.

Matches will continue this Sunday as teams seek to further advance their standings in the points table.

Club Young Achievers Uitvlugt Stewartville Den Amstel Beavers Seawall Wales Eagles Bagotville/Nismes

P 8 7 8 8 8 7 7 8 7

Seawall FC will tag up against Wales FC in opening play at 14:00hrs, while Uitvlugt Warriors will come up against

Nimes/Bagotville FC; to claim the top spot from current leaders Young Achievers FC.

LATEST POINTS STANDINGS W D L GF 6 1 1 17 5 1 1 23 5 0 3 31 5 0 3 30 5 0 3 13 3 2 2 19 1 1 5 8 1 1 6 8 0 0 7 3

GA 5 9 12 12 12 12 29 30 30

AGG Points 12 19 14 16 19 15 18 15 1 15 7 11 -21 4 -22 4 -27 0

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Condolences pour in from ITTF, WICB statement on Sarwan arbitration matter CRTTF on Greene’s passing St John’s, Antigua – In light of a statement reported in the media as being attributed to the West Indies Players Association relating to the Ramnaresh Sarwan arbitration matter, the WICB deems it necessary to allow the public the benefit of the full facts.

This will be the final WICB statement on this matter. The WICB prefers, at this critical time leading up to a world event, that the focus remains on the West Indies Men’s and Women’s teams and the favourable appraisals of the teams’ prospects in the tournament.

The WICB wishes to premise the presentation of the facts on two clear points as follows: 1. The WICB recognized that there were grounds for appeal of the Ramnaresh Sarwan arbitration ruling in what the WICB had been advised is a highly flawed ruling by the Arbitrator.

However the Board wished to bring closure to the issue and has settled in accordance with the decision of the Arbitrator.

2. The Board sees no benefit to West Indies cricket in the deliberate circulation, by a not unknown party who continues to pursue an agenda of personal relevance, of information pertaining to matters which have been settled. It can only serve to continue a familiar pattern of discontent and discord which is readily

identifiable with a certain modus operandi.

The facts: 1. The WICB made repeated attempts to discuss the matter with Mr. Sarwan and WIPA. 2. At no time did the WICB Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Ernest Hilaire or any other officer of the Board threaten Mr. Sarwan in any manner.

3. At no time did the WICB CEO or any other officer of the Board instruct any selector on any course of action to be taken in relation to the selection of any West Indies team.

4.

The Selection Committee is guided by reports of the WICB Medical Panel and Team Physiotherapist. It is the Fitness Report of March 11, 2010 that stated that Mr. Sarwan was not fit for selection.

5. Dr. Hilaire sent a letter to Mr. Sarwan based on the tour report following the West Indies Tour to Australia 2009.

6. Mr. Sarwan had a telephone conversation with

Dr. Hilaire relating to the letter. Mr. Sarwan, in that telephone conversation contested that he was unfit and argued that the Team Physiotherapist and Fitness Trainer did not like him. Dr. Hilaire defended the professionalism of the staff.

Mr. Sarwan was told that he would need to satisfy Team Management that he was sufficiently fit to play.

7. Mr. Sarwan presented his version of the events as his evidence to the Arbitrator.

8. The Arbitrator did not allow WICB Counsel to crossexamine Mr. Sarwan on these matters nor did the Arbitrator seek to find any evidence of the claims made by Mr. Sarwan. The Arbitrator simply accepted WIPA’s and Mr. Sarwan’s version of evidence as true despite emails and letters which could have been provided to show contrary to the claims.

9. Neither WIPA nor Mr. Sarwan was able to show the Arbitrator any evidence of any instruction by any WICB officer to any selector relating to selection of Mr. Sarwan but nevertheless stated such as a matter of fact.

Finally the WICB reiterates that it does not wish to be engaged in unhelpful sustained legal battles with players and in this instance has agreed to settle even though the Board has been advised that the Arbitrator’s ruling is flawed. The WICB now considers this matter closed.

I’m focused on winning, not contracts, says Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo

(Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo is concentrating on playing well for Real Madrid and is not agitating to improve the terms of his contract with the Spanish champions, the Portugal forward said on Wednesday.

Arriving back in Madrid after helping his country to World Cup qualifying wins against Luxembourg and Azerbaijan, Ronaldo wrote on his Facebook page it is “now time to return to the club and think only about my club”.

He added: “I would like to reaffirm, without being concerned about contracts, that my focus is solely on winning every game and every available trophy with the essential company of my teammates and all madridistas.”

Ronaldo dropped a bombshell after Real’s match at home to Granada this month when he told reporters he was “sad” for professional reasons, prompting speculation he might be seeking an exit.

The world’s most expensive player, who reportedly earns around 11 million euros (8.8 million pounds) a season, had earlier refused to celebrate his two goals in the 3-0 La Liga victory and would not elaborate on the reasons for his sadness.

He said only that “those who worked in the club” knew why.

Local media have reported he doesn’t feel appreciated and wants more cash and fiercely pro-Real sports daily Marca said on Tuesday he had asked the club to bump his salary up to a post-tax 15 million euros and extend his contract.

The 27-year-old former Manchester United player denied last week he is down in the dumps because he is not earning enough but has yet to provide any other explanation.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and the Caribbean and Regional Table Tennis Federation (CRTTF) have expressed condolences to Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) on the passing of its President, former Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene.

Greene died last Friday morning at Harlem in a vehicular accident on West Coast of Demerara. He was 58.

Below are the brief messages: Richard McAfee, ITTF Level One Course Instructor wrote “This is very sad news indeed! I greatly enjoyed meeting Henry while I was in Guyana conducting the Level One Course. His hospitality

Henry Greene to both me and all the coaches participating in the ITTF Course was amazing. He was indeed a very impressive man and certainly loved the sport.

I know he will greatly be missed by everyone who

knew him.” Glenn Tepper, ITTF Deputy CEO/Executive Director-Development wrote “Deepest sympathy to the table tennis community and the family of Henry Greene; wishing that you will push forward to even greater heights as an honor to his legacy.”

Juan Antonio Vila, CRTTF President wrote “On behalf of the Federation’s Caribbean Regional Table Tennis (CRTTF), we give the sincere condolences on the death of Mr. Henry Greene, President of the prestigious Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA). The family of Caribbean and Latin tennis mourns the loss of this great man in the sport.”

Caribbean Cup - Groups 1 and 3 Update...

Montserrat win 1st game in 17 years; beat BVI 7-0 Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Puerto Rico 9, Saint Martin 0 A four-goal performance by Hector Ramos helped Puerto Rico clinch advancement to the second round with a 9-0 win Sunday over Saint Martin at Sylvio Cator Stadium. The 22-yearold forward put the Boricuas ahead in the 15th minute and added three more in the 44th, 47th and 82nd minutes.

Joseph Marrero netted a brace (69', 83'), giving him three goals in two games, while Noah Delgado (29'), Cristian Arrieta (45'+1) and Alex Oikkonen (76') got their names on the scoresheet with single tallies.

With maximum points from two first-round games, Puerto Rico will advance to the competition’s next phase with a game to spare.

Saint Martin was eliminated from contention.

Ramos, who played the full 90 minutes in Puerto Rico’s 2-1 friendly loss to Spain last month, is the group’s top scorer with five goals.

Haiti 3, Bermuda 1 In the nightcap, Haiti rallied from a onegoal deficit to defeat Bermuda 3-1 and seal a second-round spot. Bermuda took a 1-0 lead in the 9th minute through Antwan Russel with his second goal in as many games.

Haiti responded with three goals during an 11-minute stretch that was ignited by a 30th minute strike from Olrish Saurel. Nine minutes later, Jean-Eudes Maurice gave the Haitians a lead they would never relinquish.

Jean-Philippe Peguero added a third four minutes before the break. On Tuesday, Haiti and Puerto Rico met for the group title, while Saint Martin and Bermuda completed their

participation in the competition against each other.

Group 3 Fort-de-France, Martinique - British Virgin Islands 0, Montserrat 7 Montserrat snapped a 17-year winless drought, defeating the British Virgin Islands 7-0 to take third place in the group. Marlon Campbell (35', 45'+1) scored two goals in the first half and Ellis Remy (71', 81') netted two in the second half, ensuring Montsterrat’s first victory in 23 games.

Darryl Roach (45'+3) and Bradley WoodsGarnes (53') contributed single strikes, while an own-goal by the British Virgin Islands’ Jamaal Sargeant two minutes before the final whistle put a punctuation mark on the score line.

The result finished Montserrat in third and the British Virgin Islands last in the four-team group.

Martinique 2, Suriname 2 Martinique let a two-goal slip away, but a 2-2 draw against Suriname was good enough to finish it first in the group. Both sides completed play with seven points, but the host took the top spot thanks to superior difference (+21 to +10).

Kevin Parsemain fired Martinique into a 9th minute lead with his tournament-leading 11th goal and Djenhaël Mainge doubled the advantage 19 minutes later.

Suriname sliced the deficit in half with a goal from goalkeeper Ronny Clyde Aloema in the 25th minute. Donovan Loswijk equalized dramatically by converting a penalty kick two minutes into second-half injury time.

Both teams had previously earned places in the tournament’s next phase with wins in their opening two group games.

Martinique on the attack against Suriname.

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Moses guides SSJSC to Mac t\20 title in Wakenaam Former Essequibo U-15 all-rounder Nokta Moses slammed a fine unbeaten half century to lead Sans Souci Jaguars Sports Club to a well deserved 6 wicket victory over Zeelandia Sports Club in the final of the Mac twenty\20 cricket competition which was contested last Sunday at the Wakenaam Community Center Ground in Good Success.

Accurate bowling by seamer Siddiq Mohamed reduced Zeelandia to 20-4 after they won the toss and elected to bat in front of a large and colourful crowd before national U-19 player Ricardo Adams and Khayum Mohamed added 54 for the fifth wicket partnership as their team fought themselves back into the contest.

The inform Adams drove left arm spinner Moin Khan to the cover boundary to bring up his half century before he was caught at mid wicket for 53 off the same bowler. He hit six sixes and two fours.

Apart from Khayum who departed in shortly after for 23(1x4, 1x6), no other batsman offered any resistance as Zeelandia were bowled out for 138 in 18.5 overs. Khan finished with 2-17 to support Mohamed, who took 3-13 off 4 accurate overs.

The Jaguars in reply lost opener Imran Khan for 10 in the third over with the score on 15 but Moses and former Essequibo U-15 batsman Zameer Zaman virtually took the game away from Zeelandia with a run a ball

Members of the Sans Souci Jaguars SC celebrating their victory along with sponsor Safraz Sherifuddin (third right). second wicket stand of 83 before Zaman was caught off medium pacer Jerry Adams for 35 (2x4,1x6). Jaguars then lost two more quick wickets before Charles Benjamin 6 not out and Moses sealed the issue for their team in the 18 thover as they ended on 143-4.

Moses, who made 64 and finished the game with a six off medium pacer Nazeer Mohamed, accounted for three fours and two sixes as Jerry Adams and Ricardo Adams picked up one wicket each for the runner up team.

Moses received the man of the match award while both teams collected trophies for their efforts. Adams who scored 257 runs and Imran Khan with 11 wickets were the most outstanding batsman

and bowler respectively in the competition. Meanwhile businessman Thakur Persaud presented $20,000 to the winning team.

Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Safraz Sherifuddin, who sponsored the tournament, thanked the Wakenaam Cricket Committee for organising same and congratulated the Sans Souci Jaguars SC. He also promised to make it an annual event.

Chairman of the Wakenaam Cricket Committee Moses Ramnarine thanked Sherifuddin who is a former member of the Sans Souci team for supporting the sport on the island.

Meanwhile, Zeelandia overcame Good Success and Sans Souci Jaguars got the

better of Maria’s Pleasure in their respective semifinal matches on Saturday at the

said venue.

Scores; Semifinal 1- SSJSC 174-5 IN 20 overs (Imran Khan

76, Nokta Moses 49,Ryan Gordon 3-25) beat Maria’s Pleasure 129-9 in 20 overs.(Bernard Lewis 69, Kennard Lewis 25, Charles Benjamin 3-1,Moin Khan 218,Imran Khan 2-30) by 45 runs.

Semifinal 2- Zeelandia SC 181-6 in 20 overs (Ricardo Adams 119,Chandreka Ragnauth 3-13, Nazeer Mohamed 1-25) beat Good Success 82 all out in 17.2 overs (Wazeer Mohamed 15, Darmin Pooran 3-36,Jerry Adams 3-22) by 99 runs.

In the final preliminary game on Friday Zeelandia defeated Noitgedacht by 11 runs. Scores Zeelandia 86 all out in 15 overs (R. Adams 21, Zayad Khan3-14, Shemroy Hartman 3-21). Noitgedacht 75 all out in 19.5 overs (Z, Khan 18, D. Pooran 3-12, Navishaul Pooran 3-13).

(Zaheer Mohamed)

Mibikuri Primary receives Minivolleyball Equipment from the BVA

Mexico advance, Canada beaten in Panama (Reuters) - Mexico booked their place in CONCACAF’s final phase of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup with a 1-0 win over Costa Rica on Tuesday but the battle for the other five slots remains wide open.

A goal on the hour from forward Javier Hernandez was enough to secure a win at the Azteca Stadium for Mexico, who have won all four of their games and lead Group B with 12 points.

‘Chicharito’ headed home a deep cross from Jorge Torres Nilo to ensure Mexico maintained their 100 percent record and gave the Manchester United striker his 26th goal in 41 national team appearances.

While Mexico are through with two games remaining in the third qualifying phase, El Salvador, who won 3-2 in Guyana, are on five points

with Costa Rica on four and Guyana out of the running on one. Panama lead Group C on nine points after a 2-0 victory over Canada with goals from Rolando Blackburn and Blas Perez. The game was stopped after six minutes when stadium lighting went out, and when action resumed after a 15 minute stoppage Blackburn headed Panama in front in the 23rd minute and Perez doubled the lead 12 minutes into the second half.

Honduras and Canada trail Panama by two points, while Cuba are eliminated after failing to get a point, or score a goal, in their four games so far. Honduras, who qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, have put

themselves firmly back in the frame after picking up six points from their two September games against Cuba.

In-form Jerry Bengtson headed the only goal in the 32nd minute from close range after some lovely work from Roger Espinoza.

It is tight at the top of Group A with Guatemala, the United States and Jamaica all on seven points, with Antigua and Barbuda struggling with just a point.

The United States recovered from their 2-1 defeat to Jamaica in Kingston on Friday with a 1-0 win over the same opponents in Columbus, Ohio, thanks to a 55th minute free-kick from Herculez Gomez.

However, Juergen Klinsmann’s team may have to win their final game at home to Guatemala after the Central Americans maintained their challenge with a 1-0 win in Antigua, Carlos Ruiz scoring in the 25th minute at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.

Headmistress of Mibikuri Primary, Ms Bonita Persaud receiving from BVA president Gregory Rambarran with the students in the background.

On Monday last, the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) in keeping with its mandate to promote and develop volleyball in Berbice, presented two (2) Mikasa Kids Volleyballs and a FIVB Development net to the Mibikuri Primary School in Black Bush Polder, Corentyne.

The equipment was handed over to Headmistress, Ms. Bonita Persaud by the president of the BVA, Gregory Rambarran in the presence of the assembled students and teachers of the school.

The equipment are part of the support from the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) and the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) to provide primary school children 9 – 13 years old with opportunities to enjoy volleyball, learn new skills, acquire habits of selfdiscipline, learn to co-operate, make new friends, compete fairly and have fun in a motivating atmosphere.

While handing over the equipment, the BVA president remarked that he was motivated to do so after noticing two volleyball posts planted in the school’s playfield. He advised that the equipment should be used only by the primary students to play mini-volleyball.

The headmistress, in

accepting the donation promised to make good use of same and revealed that there are plans to have a hard court constructed in the compound of the school which also houses a nursery section and the Black Bush Secondary School. The Mibikuri Primary School has an enrollment of 195 students.

Meanwhile, the BVA is reminding all of its affiliates to attend an important meeting on Sunday, September 16 at 9:30hrs at the All Saints Anglican Church Hall in Trinity Street, New Amsterdam. Clubs are urged to send at least two representatives and to be punctual.

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Kaieteur News

===Letter to the Sports Editor===

The Way Forward DEAR EDITOR, Over the last three years or so, there has been much embarrassment in our sporting arenas. Cricket, Football, Boxing, Athletics and more recently Guyana Olympic Association to name a few sports organisations have all experienced their fair share of adverse publicity. The blame game has been played with fingers pointing all around. We however know that old adage that says “when one finger is pointed outwards four are pointed inwards” to the pointer.

In the present circumstances this is so true; we are all to blame for the present embarrassing and unacceptable state of affairs with our sports.

The Government, the Opposition, Sporting Organisations, Media Operators and the public at large must all take the blame for we have stood by and allowed it to happen.

We refrained from policing the operations, we accommodated mediocrity and dishonesty while permitting promiscuous and lawless administrative practices, including financial unaccountability, to pervade the sports organisations with impunity. What else could we expect? Our sports ensemble was destined for the free fall it has eventually experienced.

1. It is now time to seriously address the situation and take positive, purposeful and practical positions on how to remedy the malaise; this deep seated abscess, this national catastrophe that plagues our Society.

To start with the Government and the Opposition must put aside petty adversarial practices in order to correct this unending dilemma in the interest of our nation.

2. In their approach they should seriously consider the reformation of the National Sports Commission as a legal body, restructured to supervise and regulate the operations of all National Sports Organisations. The rules and role of the N.S.C must be refined and redefined to assign clear lines of authority and responsibility to the agency. Its mandate must be unambiguous.

The members of the NSC must be carefully selected by Government, the Opposition and Member Organisations along with other important Stakeholders.

Member Organisations must report to the NSC annually on:(a) Administrative and Financial matters including long, medium and short term plans and projections sources of funds, annual audited financial statements, current income and expense statements.

Constitution/rules of the organisation and any other information the Commission requires.

The NSC will be responsible for recommending to the Ministry of Sport for inclusion in its overall Budget financial requirements for the member Organisations based on their presentations, while also assisting in attracting the attention of interested sponsors for the various sports organisations.

3. Another area that needs to be addressed is the establishment of a National Sports Academy.

Scope: The concept of an academy evolved from the Greek Philosopher Plato who felt that any progressive nation must prepare for its future by selecting elite, young scholars and educate them in a conducive environment; so that they can become the leaders of the future. The Academy was therefore formed as a school of excellence primarily designed for future leaders.

In a somewhat similar vein, today, we must emulate the very concept of the great Plato

and establish a revised version, in the form of “A National Sports Academy” which offers the opportunity for our youngsters to pursue a career (leadership roles) within the sports discipline of their choices.

This National Sports Academy must embrace all the sports disciplines including cricket, football, table tennis lawn tennis, hockey, squash athletics etc providing every opportunity for youngsters to excel while, ensuring that their educational requirements are not in any way diminished or otherwise adversely affected.

Target Groups - : The academy will target the following groups: (a) Primary school attendees ages 6-11 years old. (b) Secondary school attendees ages 1116 years old. (c) Seniors who require corrective action to their technique or approach with respect to a particular sport or educational deficiency. (d) Students desirous of pursuing tertiary accreditation as a follow up to successful areas of endeavour pursued at the academy.

Curriculum -: The main objective will be to bring together kids from different social backgrounds, different cultures, different areas into a boarding school type, live-in environment to study and play together towards common goals. To give them self confidence camaraderie and foster lasting relationships which could make them more rounded individuals and better citizens even if not super sportsmen or sportswomen.

Their studies will include basic school subjects, within the normal education system along with studies in the specific area of sports that they are pursuing.

The Gender Friendly Facilities-: must include dormitories, gym, lecture theatres, class rooms, indoor facilities, Hall of fame/ library/museum geared to be fully computerised with state of the art technology and unlimited information on the various sports disciplines, including historical , records, statistics etc.

Location - : The location proposed is the GCC ground Bourda with the GFC, CASH, National Park and Leonora Athletic track as annexes for outdoor and indoor activities.

The structures, dorms, etc could be constructed around the perimeter of the GCC ground starting at the Kenny Wishart Stand and going all around to the Rohan Kanhai stand.

The design and aesthetical requirements could be worked out by a competent architect with inputs from a select committee set up for the project.

Cost - : The capital cost could be determined after preliminary designs are prepared and operational costs ascertained after the administrative staffing structure is discussed and decided upon.

Funding -: Funds for the project could be acquired from a variety of sources including Government, Commercial Banks, Beverage Companies, Insurance Companies and other corporate agencies along with fees from those students attending. Tax Benefits could be offered to willing sponsors.

It is my view that the Academy could be governed by a Board of Directors who will be responsible for all policy-making while day to day operations can be managed by a secretariat headed by a CEO and competent administrative staff. Session leaders/Teachers are to be carefully selected on the basis of their competence and qualifications.

The benefits of an Academy of this nature would provide the opportunity for us to (Continued on page 25)

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DHQ hold on to slim lead Somerset boys fire as England Owed to outstanding performance in yesterday’s three Finals, Defence Headquarters (DHQ) held on to a slim lead over First Infantry Battalion/21 Artillery, who surged to within striking distance of the defending champions, eight points short of the overall lead.

The battle between the two units have set up a pulsating final day of competition tomorrow when the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Inter-Division Athletics Championships continue with the last of what has been three days of competition at Camp Ayangana Ground.

After yesterday’s finals, DHQ was on 109 points with First Infantry Battalion/21 Artillery poised in the competition with 101 points and Base Camp Ayangana (BCA) on 69 points. 31 Special Forces/Training Corps is fourth on 49 points while Base Camp Stephenson (BCS) was fifth on 40 points and 4 Engineers sixth on 16 points. The Coast Guards are in the cellar position on 14 points.

DHQ won the male 1500m Medley Relay in 3:26.2 with a superior team that included Akeem Steward, Patrick King and Cleveland

- as First Infantry surge Forde; BCA was second in the race that consist of a 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m on different legs in 3:32.9 while BCS (3:37.1) was third.

BCA turned the tables in the 800m Female Medley Relay with legs of 100m, 100m, 200m and an 800m in 1:54.6; First Infantry Battalion was second in 2:01.6 with Special Forces (2:03.9) third in the keen contest.

In the women’s 3000m, Ashanti Scott handed DHQ more points with her time of 11:51.1 to win the race ahead of First Infantry’s Carlissa Atkinson and Denika Lyle, who had times of 13.13.7 and 14:19.7 for second and third respectively.

The sprinters gave a glimpse of what to expect tomorrow when they warmed for the 200m final in their respective Heats. In Heat 1 of the male race, Rupert Perry stormed to 21.1 seconds and Leslain Baird 21.4 seconds; In Heat 2, Akeem Stewart had 21.7 seconds while Patrick King had a similar time in the third Heat.

(Edison Jefford)

Mohamed’s Cambio Powers-up Stoby for World P’lifting C/ships Guyana’s lone representative to this year’s World Powerlifting Championships Winston Stoby recently received a financial boost towards participation from Mohamed’s Cambio of Water Street, Georgetown.

Mohamed’s Cambio, an entity that has always been supporting development of sports in Guyana over the years, have once again stepped up to the plate.

Their presentation to Stoby marks their first official partnership with Powerlifting in Guyana in recognition of the sterling efforts and achievements of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) and its athletes at every level by its world class lifters.

GAPF President Peter Green expressed gratitude to Mohamed’s Cambio for their assistance to Stoby at a very important time.

He noted that the entity’s substantial contribution will

Winston Stoby accepts the contribution of Mohamed’s Cambio in the presence of GAPF President Peter Green. go a long way in making Stoby’s participation a reality.

Stoby, who is listed as the #1 ranked lifter in his weight category (74kgs M2

Class) and aiming to win Guyana’s first World Title is scheduled to depart Guyana on September 28 for Killeen Texas, USA.

level series

England will head to Sri Lanka to defend their World Twenty20 title in decent spirits after levelling the series against South Africa with a comprehensive 28-run victory at Edgbaston on the back of an explosive display from Jos Buttler and a marginally more controlled half-century from Craig Kieswetter after the match had been reduced to 11 overs a side.

It was unfortunately fitting that the final international of the season was badly impacted by rain which meant the game did not start until after 8pm, but on a chilly autumn evening the Birmingham crowd were at least given something to enjoy.

Leading the way were the Somerset pair of Kieswetter and Buttler who added 48 off just 14 balls to give the innings a late kick. Buttler was responsible for the second most expensive over in Twenty20 internationals when he took Wayne Parnell for 32, although it was an eight-ball over with Parnell twice over-stepping.

Buttler cut loose for the first time in his Twenty20 international career with a powerful display where he straight drove two sixes, scooped two trademark fours - a shot that caused him problems against Pakistan in the UAE - and then clobbered a short ball over midwicket.

That launched England to a demanding 118 for 5 and despite Hashim Amla topscoring again South Africa did not threaten to come close against impressive bowling and, largely, safe catching although Michael Lumb did spill a simple chance at deep cover in the final over.

If there can be such a thing as an anchor in an 11over innings Kieswetter was it. He reached his fifty off 31 balls with a flat six over midwicket off Morne Morkel

Craig Kieswetter clubbed three sixes (Getty Images)

in the last over before being bowled by the next delivery.

He hit two other sixes, straight down the ground, to remind everyone what the England selectors see in him.

It was his third fifty in T20Is. Kieswetter had started with Lumb, playing his first Twenty20 since June 2011, as the opening pair from the previous World T20 were reunited.

The first over was a manic affair which cost 16 from Morkel, including a massive five wides down the leg side that would not have hit an adjacent pitch, and two sweetly struck boundaries from Kieswetter.

Lumb, though, last just four balls before losing his middle stump against Parnell and while Kieswetter managed to keep the scoreboard moving his partners were less successful.

Luke Wright made 6 off 10 balls before skewing an outside edge to point while

Ministry of Sport congratulates Badminton players on International achievements The Ministry of Sports has extended congratulations to the successful local badminton players following impressive showings in recent tournaments.

In a release, the ministry highlighted the efforts of the players and the Guyana Badminton Association. Here is the full text of the release: “The fact that the Guyana Badminton team which recently represented Guyana

in the Dominican Republic and Canada was comprised of under-11 to Uder-15 boys and female players should indicate that Guyana’s successful future is assured in this sport.”

“Between July 22 and 29 last in Alberta, Canada and in Dominican Republic, August 19 to 27, Guyana’s small framed but big minded, skillful and dedicated Badminton players keep the Golden

Arrowhead flying amongst world class competition at those Under 11, Under 15 levels. Their bravado determined spirit to compete for themselves and Guyana resulted in triumph and medals.

Against those reflections, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport wishes to congratulate Badminton teams that brought some amount of Glory to the Greenland of Guyana. We do

this on behalf of all sports loving Guyanese. The Ministry salutes little Priyanna Ramdhani for her Golds and Silvers in the Dominican Republic as well as Narayan, Cindy and Omari who all won medals at that tournament.”

“The Ministry notes that in July, Guyana was the only CARICOM Country to compete in the 21 st Pan American Badminton

Championships in Alberta, with Priyanna Ramdhani again keeping our Golden Arrowhead aloft.

The Guyana Badminton Association is to be commended, along with Guyana Olympic Association, for its year long structured programmes and tournaments which keep our badminton players trained and ready to compete successfully.

Congratulations Again.”

Eoin Morgan could not find his timing and picked out long-on.

Both of those wickets went to Johan Botha, who bowled three excellent overs for 19, as the offspinner again proved difficult to score off.

However, his last ball was driven for a straight six by Kieswetter which was a sign of things to come in the final two overs of the innings.

At the toss Stuart Broad had said he was using this match to try out a few things before Sri Lanka and he gave the first over of South Africa’s reply to Danny Briggs on his international T20 debut. It produced mixed results as Amla struck two boundaries but he was also beaten as Briggs found some turn. Tim Bresnan, playing his first match of the series, ended Richard Levi’s lean series when the opener swung across the line and when Briggs was brought back for a second over he had Faf du Plessis caught at extra cover off a leading edge.

Amla continued to caress the ball as he has done all tour, but Graeme Swann ended the match as a contest by having AB de Villiers and Amla caught in the deep by Jonny Bairstow.

Although the asking rate was by now well out of reach Jade Dernbach again showed excellent skill when his first over, the eighth of the innings, cost just two runs.

Now Sri Lanka beckons.

Scores: England 118 for 5 (Kieswetter 50, Buttler 32, Botha 2-19) beat South Africa 90 for 5 (Amla 36, Bresnan 2-14) by 28 runs.

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US-based Guyanese Windies Women upbeat makes donation to AAG about third T20I against England Women

Robert McRae (right) hands over the items to AAG Competitions Director (ag), Mark Scott yesterday at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.

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nited States-based Guyanese, Robert McRae yesterday made a contribution that included track shoes, haversacks, jerseys and other track and field apparel to the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) that will be handed over to the less fortunate athletes.

McRae, who is originally from Buxton is a former local athlete, who competed in the AinLim 10k last Sunday and will compete at

the upcoming Courts 10k. He is an athletics coach at Hunter College in Manhattan, who wanted to give back to the sport locally.

Receiving the items was AAG Competitions Director (ag), Mark Scott, who said that those who otherwise struggle to afford apparel to train and compete will benefit from the items. He thanked McRae for the gesture, stating that the association welcomes the assistance.

N O RT H A M P TO N , England – West Indies Women’s coach Sherwin Campbell said his side were upbeat about their chances of winning the third Twenty20 International against E n g l a n d Wo m e n o n Wednesday, keeping them alive in the series.

The Windies Women suffered an eight-wicket defeat in the first T20I last Saturday at Chester-le-Street before losing the second match by 28 runs on Monday at Manchester to trail 0-2 in the five-match series.

Campbell, the former West Indies opener, said his side was well aware of the enormity of the task that confronted them in the third match.

“It’s going to be a big challenge obviously,” he said. “But they are very confident in their ability to bounce back and to win this match.” He added: “They have been working very hard over the last few days and they have a good feeling about the match.”

Campbell identified the unusual English conditions as the primary cause for the

team’s setback in the series.

“It’s always difficult getting used to the conditions here in England,” he said. “The pitches and the weather conditions are quite different to what they know at home.

“It’s always important to overcome the conditions in England. That’s always half of the job done, and once they can do this, they can be far more competitive.”

He said: “We were quite fortunate when we arrived.

The first few days were quite good and we were happy to get good weather. “But the weather has changed over the last few days. It has become quite rainy and chilly – and it is now really typical English weather. But they have got to get used to it and get in the right frame of mind to get the job done.”

Campbell said the results in the first two matches have not eroded the morale of the team.

“It is still very good,” he said. “We knew where we fell down in the first match and they showed improvement in second game.

“Once we can continue to improve with

Sherwin Campbell every game, we will get the results in the end, but this third match will be crucial.”

Windies Women will be boosted for the third match by the arrival of Stafanie Taylor.

The top women’s allrounder in the World arrived over the weekend, following exams in her native Jamaica.

She joins the teams following an incredible performance in the recent R e g i o n a l Wo m e n ’s Twenty20 Tournament, in which she was named Most Valuable Player.

“Obviously, she is the top all-rounder in the World, and she will help to a huge difference to the team,” he said.

“We do not want to use her absence as an excuse

Bolt has bowling talent, Rising Sun Judo Club says West Indies’ Gayle also offering Brazilian

(Reuters) - West Indies’ opening batsman Chris Gayle rates the bowling of fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt and reckons the sixtimes Olympic gold medallist has what it takes to excel at the game.

The sprinter expressed his desire to repackage himself as a big-hitting cricketer in Australia’s Big Bash League following an invitation by Shane Warne after he repeated his Beijing 2008 feat with three more golds at this year’s London Games.

Australian spin great Warne contacted Bolt about joining him at the Melbourne Stars club in the Twenty20 league in December.

“He wouldn’t embarrass himself. In a charity game, he actually played against me and almost knocked my head off with a good competitive bouncer,” Gayle told reporters as his team started training for the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka.

“It is nothing to take lightly. I don’t see anything wrong,” added former West Indies captain Gayle, who communicates on a daily basis with Bolt.

The sprinter grew up playing street cricket and football in Jamaica and during the London Games said he wanted a trial at English Premier League giants Manchester United.

West Indies start their World Cup campaign against Australia on September 22.

Jiu-jitsu classes

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Usain Bolt

op local Judo club, the Rising Sun Judo club, based at Marian Academy, Carifesta Ave, is now offering Brazilian Jiu-jitsu classes in conjunction with normal Judo classes.

The main aim of the venture is to produce athletes that will be recognised and well versed in both Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, which is an off-shoot of Judo and a precursor to MMA such as UFC championships. This unique venture, which is fast becoming popular in the rest of the world, has brought together instructors Bruce Fraser and Andrew Hooper Jr. both of whom are highly recognised and respected locally and internationally, and with a wealth of knowledge.

Potential students can be rest assured that they will be

Bruce Fraser (left) and Andrew Hooper Jr. receiving a very high level training locally.

For further information

contact can be made with Mr. Fraser on 646-6656 or Mr. Hooper on 601-4363.

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Chris Gayle has faith Windies Sri Lanka, West can deliver on the big stage Indies scrap Tests from tour

West Indies players follow trainer Hector Martinez Charles during training at the P Sara Oval on Wednesday. (Photo by Philip Spooner WICB).

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olombo, Sri Lanka – West Indies will get their first taste of action in Sri Lanka today when they face the host nation in the opening official warm-up match ahead of the International Cricket C o u n c i l ’s Wo r l d T 2 0 tournament.

The Windies arrived in C o l o m b o o n Tu e s d a y morning after a 20-hour journey from Barbados.

They hit the ground running on Wednesday morning with an open media session and photo-shoots, followed by a full training session in the afternoon at the P Sara Oval, home of the Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club.

One player eagerly looking forward to Thursday’s start is Chris

Gayle, who summed up the mood in the team when he said: “It’s time to get going...this is what we’ve come here for.”

The warm-up match against the host nation will be played at Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground in Colombo. First ball is 9:30 am (12 midnight Eastern Caribbean Time/11 pm Wednesday Jamaica Time).

Gayle, the massive sixfooter, is known worldwide as the most destructive batsman in the T20 format.

He is the most successful West Indian in this version of the game with 757 runs in 23 matches at a strike rate of just under 144. His 117 against South Africa in the inaugural World T20 in 2007 is the highest score and only century by a West Indian.

“The World T20 is ‘gonna’ be a cracker! You can feel it already. We’ve only been here 24 hours and already you get the feeling there is something special in the air,” Gayle said on Wednesday morning. “We are away from home and we have to adapt to the conditions as quickly as possible. We want to make a solid start and look to put the other teams under some pressure.

“When you look at our team you can say we are well balanced. In these tournaments the best we achieved was the semi-finals in England back in 2009. We didn’t do so well when it was played at home back in 2010 so we want to get it together this time around. Once we stick to what we know, I

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DHQ’s Patrick King collects the baton from Akeem Stewart for the 400m leg of the Men’s 1500m Medley Relay yesterday at the Base Camp Ayangana Ground.

don’t see any reason why we can’t go all the way.”

The 32-year-old added: “I’m really looking forward to it. There are a lot of competitive teams here.

Every team has a chance to win ... there’s not going to be any walkovers. No one is going to take anyone for granted and we have to be at our best at all times. We want to get off to a good start and also look to be there at the end when the semi-finals and finals are played.”

Gayle has great memories of Sri Lanka. Two years ago he made his highest Test score of 333 against the home side at Galle.

“To get that triple century was great for me...I have some happy memories (Continued on page 25)

Sri Lanka will not play an away Test against a top-eight opposition between January and December 2013 © AFP.

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ricinfo - The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have scrapped two Tests from Sri Lanka’s tour of the West Indies next May and instead plan to play an ODI tri-series involving India.

The decision also means that players from both teams will remain available during the IPL, which runs from April 3 to May 26 next year. The teams were scheduled to play two Tests, three ODIs and two Twenty20s as per the Future Tours Programme. It is unclear if the Twenty20s will remain part of the tour.

SLC chief executive Ajit Jayasekara denied the motive for foregoing the Tests was to avoid a clash with the IPL, but failed to provide an alternate reason. He said the WICB had put forward the idea, and the SLC had agreed to the change in schedule after holding discussions. Jayasekara said scheduling an ODI series instead of following the FTP would end up being “more lucrative for the board”.

WICB corporate communications manager Imran Khan said that all three boards had agreed in principle to the triseries. Dates and details would be finalised following final sanction from the BCCI. Incidentally, national boards receive 10% of each player’s salary from the IPL. This will be the second time Sri Lanka have foregone a Test series which clashes with the IPL. In 2009, they declined to replace Zimbabwe in England, when Zimbabwe were unable to tour for political reasons. In 2011, several players, including Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, missed tour matches playing in the IPL ahead of a three-Test series in England, which Sri Lanka eventually lost 1-0.

West Indies spin bowler Sunil Narine also missed two Tests against England due to his IPL commitments, though he did play in the third Test. Chris Gayle did not feature in that series due to a standoff with the board, which has since been resolved.

The change in the tour programme is also a continuation of the SLC’s recent trend of culling Tests from Sri Lanka’s schedule. Two tests against India in July became five ODIs and a Twenty20 and the three Tests scheduled for England in March became a two-Test series as the IPL approached. With the schedule now adjusted, Sri Lanka will not play an away Test against a top-eight opposition between January and December.

The BCCI did not confirm India’s involvement in any change of plans. “We have been told about this but the matter is being discussed. Nothing has been decided or finalised yet,” a senior BCCI official said.

During its annual meeting in Malaysia, the ICC had decided not to create a window for the IPL, as they did not want to set a precedent of domestic tournaments taking priority over international cricket. “Once you provide a window for one particular member, you have to be conscious of the fact you may well have to do it for other members,” then ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said in June. “Hence why we have not been supportive of a window specifically for any one of those domestic leagues.”

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