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Tuesday September 15, 2015

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

The Kaieteur Tragedy was more than adequately covered DEAR EDITOR, This is in response to a letter by Leon Suseran who complained about the poor coverage of the story concerning the woman who disappeared during a visit to our famous waterfalls.

I followed that story from the time it broke and, even though I found it annoying that half of each article covering the mystery was repetitive, I realized it was for the benefit of readers who might be reading it for the first time. Even though I wanted more information concerning the “why” she might have been distressed, the newspaper reporter covering the story cannot concoct a story for his/her reader.

They went to the home of the missing woman twice and on both occasions the relatives were tight-lipped about the reason for her leaving home. The reporters did ascertain that she was not

a doctor as reported earlier, and her claiming to be with a British group discovering some caves was untrue.

They also stated where she had previously worked.

I’m not sure what Mr. Suseran expected that was not covered, but the reporters could only write about the information they uncovered.

Hopefully, now that the body is found, the police will get into it and interview the family to find out what might have motivated her to, as it appears, commit suicide over the falls.

Over the past few weeks, nothing much was reported in the newspaper concerning this, simply because there was nothing to report. I expect the next article on this tragedy would come when the family throws some more light on a possible motive for her disappearance or when her body is found. And so it was.

This story was more than adequately covered. Now I expect an article that would cover her motive but this depends on what information the relatives (or inquisitive neighbors) are willing to divulge.

As a footnote, there isn’t much more the authorities at Kaieteur Falls can do to prevent people from leaping over our famous falls.

I recall a previous incident a few years ago involving a female. Until a few years ago I was not aware that my country rated this high in the world where suicide was concerned.

However, I’ve noticed much effort being made at home in the area of suicide prevention and hopefully, that will yield positive results. The key is to have someone be there for those who are depressed and see no way out. Loneliness is a killer.

Malcolm Alves

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana sorely is in need of national unity. The country is badly divided along ethnic (and by extension political) lines; there is desperate need for ethnic healing following the acrimonious election campaign.

The nation cannot continue in this mode. A coming together is needed for national governance to advance development.

And as I found in my opinion polls in July, a majority of the nation supports a government of national unity, although many APNU supporters are against unity talks and a multi-ethnic inclusive government. As I have consistently penned since the 1980s, no one ethnic group or political party should dominate the government or country. The late Dr. Jagan consistently supported the formation of

an inclusive multi-ethnic government comprising representatives of all the political parties. The leadership of the PPP should embrace calls for a national unity government. The PPP should not dictate the representative of APNU-AFC in any talks on national unity.

The PPP should not reject its former comrade in arms Moses Nagamootoo as the chief negotiator of the other side. Neither Nagamootoo nor the APNU-AFC has listed conditions for talks and Naga as he is popularly called. At any rate, Naga has been consistent on the formation of a multi-ethnic national unity government.

Apparently, the PPP cannot digest the fact that it lost the elections of 2011 and 2015 because of the departure of Nagamootoo.

The PPP should recognize that Naga represents the best

prospect for a national unity government.

One cannot pass judgment on Naga before any talks are held. The opposition party should send its negotiator to discuss proposals on advancing unity talks.

The PPP should first listen to Naga and state its conditions at that time. If Naga is an obstacle to progress in talks or to the formation of a national unity government, then the party can request his removal from such negotiation.

Vishnu Bisram

The leadership of the PPP should embrace calls for a national unity government

I did not sell land earmarked for housing, Sunset Lakes is still the owner DEAR EDITOR, Kaieteur News claims that I was disrespectful to the Government of Guyana for not attending a meeting at the Minister’s office.

Please note that I received the communication regarding a meeting at 16:30hrs.from one of the office staff. I contacted my secretary and she said she was unaware of any such meeting.

None the less, I responded in writing to the Honourable Minister expressing regrets immediately after seeing the press release.

I also advised in the letter

that I was ill. Please note that my company was represented by my partners of Sunset Lakes.

My companies have many partners and associates, both foreign and local.

Kaieteur News reported on September 11, 2015 that I sold land earmarked for housing for US$9,000,000.

That it is not true. Sunset Lakes is still the owner of 100 acres of land.

I am in the process of constructing four houses of which two are almost complete.

I have also built a lot of internal roads. Work is

proceeding slowly at the site because of certain constraints.

I am not disrespectful to the Minister or the Government nor will I ever be disrespectful to any member of the Government.

In fact, I have always been very supportive of the present leadership even before the collation formed the new Government of Guyana.

It is my intention to continue to work with the Government to initiate progress and development always. I hope that I have clarified the situation.

Brian Tiwarie

We pensioners will make a change in 2020 if this ‘fine’ change is not exchanged for a ‘fatter’ change DEAR EDITOR, l am sure I speak for all those pensioners who voted for change.

We wanted change for the ‘better’, not ‘static’ change or change for the ‘worse’.

We were promised that our pensions would be doubled.

This did not materialize, as there were budgetary ‘constraints’.

We received an increase of $3,875 per month, an increase of 29.5%. However, we are now deprived of our electricity and water subsidies being $30,000 and $12,000 per annum respectively. This works out to $3,500 per month. The net

effect is an increase of only $375 per month, a 2.9% increase.

The Government’s pronouncement of a ‘significant’ increase in pensions on 24/8/15 is entirely misleading.

We who have given all our productive lives in the service of this country instead of migrating to the Diaspora,

deserve better. Therefore, 42,000 pensioners will certainly cause a change in 2020, if this ‘fine’ change is not exchanged for a ‘fatter’ change.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.

A. Young

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Tuesday September 15, 2015

Ramroop’s Learning Channel contract will not be renewed

By Abena Rockcliffe The benefits that some have been able to reap from possible insider trading will soon come to an end. Instead of paying Dr. Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’ Ramroop $3.6M per month to facilitate the Guyana Learning Channel, the government has decided to make the necessary investment to establish a satellite uplink facility.

The Learning Channel is intended to reach all communities in Guyana by way of satellite. But, apparently that is not what is happening. One of the reasons given by Education Minister, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, for not renewing the contract, is the need for wider reach.

The Learning Channel is transmitted by TVG at a monthly cost of $3.6M. TVG is owned by Dr. ‘Bobby’ Ramroop - former President Bharrat Jagdeo’s best friend.

The Learning Channel initiative came into being four years ago, during the tenure of then President Bharrat Jagdeo.

Even though it was lauded as a good initiative, many criticized the fact that Dr. Ramroop was the sole financial beneficiary.

Last evening, Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnarine, indicated that Dr. Ramroop’s contract comes to an end in December and his government has no intention of renewing it.

Dr. Roopnarine said that the matter has already attracted the attention of Cabinet. The Minister noted that it was at the level of Cabinet that “strong

recommendations” were made to discontinue the relationship with Ramroop and move towards selfsufficiency.

When Ramroop was given the contract, his television station was the only one in the country with the capacity to facilitate the Learning Channel. Therefore, the previous government, to which he had close ties, placed the hefty contract in his hands.

Politicians, who were sitting on the opposition side at that time, had opined that Ramroop benefitted from insider trading.

A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Joseph Harmon had said that Guyana needs to move its legislation forward to prosecute those who use privileged information for the unjust enrichment of their friends.

He had said that the granting of the contract by Jagdeo to his best friend is a clear indication that Ramroop was privy to Government’s plan to establish the Learning Channel and as such made the necessary investments in the relevant technologies to air it via satellite.

Harmon had pointed out that this is called insider trading and it is a criminal act in most developed countries.

Either way it was put, the fact was that only TVG could have facilitated the Learning Channel, but that will be no more.

Dr. Roopnaraine said that his government will make all necessary arrangements for the National Communications Network (NCN) to host the Learning Channel.

He said that the PPP’s

NCN will fill the gap - Govt.

Bobby Ramroop reasoning for giving Ramroop such a contract is not holding well with the new administration.

“I am sure that whatever system Mr. Ramroop was able to take advantage of, we will also be able to take advantage of. So I do not see this absence of technology as an obstacle; whatever mechanism or technology is required to ensure that the Learning Channel reaches where we want it to reach will be utilized.”

The Minister noted that the Learning Channel is not being accessed all over the country as it was intended to.

He added that NCN is already able to reach all across Guyana so he can see no problem, with NCN being able to fulfill this mandate once the other facilities are put in place.

Dr. Roopnaraine had previously indicated that he would have reviewed the

Minister of Education, Rupert Roopnarine

contract for the Learning Channel.

He said that the Ministry would have been looking at the contract with an aim to cut long term cost. Dr. Roopnaraine added that his administration will prefer to have the Learning Channel

function in such a way that it can be deemed a government asset as opposed to a rented facility.

When Dr. Ramroop was given the contract, the then opposition—APNU and the Alliance For Change (AFC), the parties now in

government—had lauded the Learning Channel as a good initiative, but had labeled the deal behind it as “sour”.

The AFC criticized the arrangement for the project.

AFC leader, Khemraj Ramjattan had likened the contracting of TVG to air the Learning Channel for $3.6M monthly, to the Sanata Complex deal authorized by Jagdeo.

He said that though separate deals, their similarities appear to be a mirror reflection. The primary beneficiary of these two deals is Dr. Ramroop. And, in both instances, the deals were specifically designed to suit Ramroop, said Ramjattan.

Ramjattan said that it was a move by Jagdeo to further enrich his close friend.

According to the AFC leader, contracting TVG for this multi-million-dollar project is a perfect example of how the “favoured ones” benefitted under the then PPP/C Government.

He said that the PPP/C should have invested in the necessary technologies for the Learning Channel instead of contracting a ‘privately owned’ television station.

This is actually what is now being done.

Russia positioning tanks at Syria airfield: U.S. officials Russia has positioned about a half dozen tanks at an airfield at the center of a military buildup in Syria, two U.S. officials said yesterday, adding that the intentions of Moscow’s latest deployment of heavy military equipment were unclear.

Moscow has come under increased international pressure in recent days to explain its moves in Syria, where the Kremlin has been supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a four and

a half-year war.

The Pentagon declined to directly comment on the Reuters report, saying it could not discuss U.S. intelligence.

But a U.S. Defense Department spokesman said recent actions by Moscow suggested plans to establish a forward air operating base.

“We have seen movement of people and things that would indicate that they plan to use that base there, south of Latakia, as a forward air operating base,” Pentagon

spokesman Captain Jeff Davis told a news briefing.

One of the U.S. officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters, said seven Russian T-90 tanks had been observed at the airfield near Latakia, an Assad stronghold.

The two U.S. officials said Russia had also stationed artillery that appeared to be arrayed defensively to protect Russian personnel stationed there. (REUTERS)

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Air India’s flight attendants ‘too fat to fly’

India’s national carrier has grounded the staff for having an above “normal” BMI (Photo: Getty) The national carrier of India, Air India, is grounding around 130 flight attendants after measuring their BMI body fat levels Air India last year warned 600 of its 3,500 cabin crew to lose weight within six months or risk being taken off flights and given a job on the ground. The airline now plans to remove about 130 from cabin crew duty because their body mass index (BMI) levels remain above the prescribed limit.

A BMI is a measure of body fat based on a person’s height and weight.

The airline said that the “normal” BMI for an air hostess is between 18 and 22,

“overweight” between 22 and 27, and “obese” for a value above 27. For male attendants the brackets were 18 to 25, 25 to 30, and above. The NHS says a “healthy” BMI is between 18.5 and 24.9.

After the state-run airline’s staff members were tested last year, the 600 found to be “overweight” or “obese” were declared “temporarily unfit” for flight duties and asked to undergo clinical examinations and lose weight by changing their diet and lifestyle and exercising more, while being monitored by staff. “About 130 of them failed the reassessment,” an Air India official told The Telegraph in Calcutta. “We

are now declaring them permanently unfit for their job as flight attendants.”

“People who are fitter can respond quicker and more efficiently in case of any untoward situation.”

This is not the first time Air India has removed staff from the air for being overweight. In 2009, the airline ground 10 flight attendants who failed to slim down.

In 2013, Air India said that deploying female flight attendants rather than male could save them about £329,000 per year in full costs because they weight on average 33 to 44 pounds lighter. (http:// www.telegraph.co.uk)

Egypt has apologised after 12 people, including eight Mexican tourists, were mistakenly killed by security forces in an anti-terror operation.

The group had permission to travel to a remote area of the Western Desert, tourism officials said.

However the interior ministry insists they entered a restricted area.

Egypt has been battling Islamist militants for years, with attacks escalating since the 2013 ousting of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

While the vast Western Desert is a popular tourist site, it has become increasingly dangerous because of the deteriorating security situation in Libya.

Ten Mexicans and

Egyptians were injured in the operation. Security officials put the number of Mexican tourists killed at eight, although this is yet to be confirmed by Mexico, with four Egyptians dead.

Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab offered his apologies in a phone call to the Mexican ambassador in Cairo, the Al-Yawm al-Sabi website reported. (BBC)

Egypt apologises for mistakenly killing Mexican tourists

Migrant crisis: Unity eludes EU on relocation EU Ministers meeting in Brussels have failed to agree unanimously on a plan to relocate 120,000 asylum seekers with mandatory quotas.

Instead, a majority agreed in principle and negotiations will now take place ahead of another meeting in October.

Earlier, more European countries introduced temporary border checks, hours after Germany imposed controls on its border with Austria.

And tough new border controls have now come into force in Hungary.

Yesterday, police in Hungary completed a fence designed to stop thousands

of migrants who have been crossing the border from Serbia.

The new laws, which came into effect at midnight (10:00 GMT), allow police deployed along the border to arrest anyone considered an illegal immigrant or who tries to breach the new fence.

Luxembourg, which holds the EU presidency, said it was hoped that the relocation proposal - unveiled last week

by European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker could be made law at a meeting on 8 October Leading up to yesterday’s meeting, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary were among the nations opposed

to mandatory quotas.

“The quota system isn’t the solution,” Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kalinak said as he arrived.

At a news conference after the talks, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn said “not everyone is on board at the moment”.

He warned the situation in Europe was “urgent and dramatic and time is of the essence”.

Ministers did, however, agree to begin the relocation of 40,000 migrants from Greece and Italy to other EU states, as proposed by the European Commission before the summer.

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Delta State University professor shot dead in Mississippi A gunman has shot and killed a professor on the campus of Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi yesterday.

The victim has been identified as Ethan Schmidt, who worked in the History Department.

Police are searching for the gunman and have released the name of their suspect, a Geography Professor at the university called Shannon Lamb.

They are also linking Mr Lamb, who is 45, to the fatal shooting of a woman 300 miles away earlier yesterday.

The woman was found dead at her home in Gautier,

Mississippi.

At a news conference, police did not say why Mr Lamb was a suspect in either murder but they did say they thought he was no longer on the university grounds.

“At this time we don’t think he’s on campus, but we’re not taking anything lightly,” a spokesman said.

Police were first called at 10.18 local time (16:18 GMT) and told shots had been fired.

All campus buildings were then locked from the inside and officials advised people to shelter as police cleared students from buildings on campus.

Schmidt, who specialised

in Native American and colonial history, was shot in his office inside the university’s Jobe Hall building, police said.

Don Allan Mitchell, a colleague, called Schmidt “a gentleman in every sense of the word” and “a terrific family man”.

Roughly 3,500 students are enrolled at the university near the Arkansas border.

Classes have been cancelled for the day.

Mr Lamb was apparently “easy going” and had taken some leave recently for “personal reasons,” Don Mitchell, an associate professor of English at the university, told FOX News.

Freshman Noah Joyner, 18, said he stayed inside a bathroom in his dorm buildings during the lockdown.

“There were people banging on the doors to have somebody let them in,” Mr Joyner, a swimmer at Delta State, told the Associated Press. “It was pretty terrifying to hear people banging on the door.”

Police helicopters are circling campus and hundreds of officers have swept buildings.

Tuesday September 15, 2015

Turnbull topples Abbott, to become Australia’s fifth PM in eight years

Tony Abbott (centre) lost the ballot of Liberal MPs at Canberra’s Parliament House Australia will have its fifth Prime Minister in eight years after the ruling Liberal Party Yesterday voted out Tony Abbott in favour of longtime rival Malcolm Turnbull, following months of infighting and crumbling voter support.

Turnbull, a multimillionaire former tech entrepreneur, won a secret party vote by 54 to 44, Liberal Party chief whip Scott Buchholz told reporters after the meeting in Canberra.

Australia is set to hold

elections before the end of next year, and Turnbull, expected to be sworn in as Prime Minister today, told reporters he had no intention of calling an early poll to cement his legitimacy.

“I’m very humbled by the great honour and responsibility that has been given to me today,” an ebullient Turnbull told reporters during a late-night press conference.

“This will be a thoroughly liberal government. It will be a thoroughly liberal government committed to

freedom, the individual and the market.”

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop was re-elected Deputy Leader of the party which, with junior coalition partner the National Party, won a landslide election in 2013.

Abbott had earlier pledged to fight the challenge from Turnbull, but was ultimately unsuccessful in overcoming the “destabilisation” that he said had been taking place within the party for months. ( R E U T E R S )

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AN AUDIT REPORT CANNOT BE THE BASIS OF DISMISSAL The biggest mistake that the government can make is to follow in the footsteps of the PPP. This is not the benchmark which APNU+AFC should set. The new government should strive to do better. People expect better of them.

They were voted into office because sufficient numbers of Guyanese decided that they had enough of the ways of the PPP. APNU+AFC should not disappoint those Guyanese.

APNU+AFC should be transparent and they should be fair. This is all that people want. They do not demand miracles from the government, just be fair and transparent.

If a position is vacant and it is a public office, then this position should be advertised. It should be publicly advertised. Persons should apply and there should be a competitive process.

But do not appoint anyone without going through a competitive process.

This is what one would expect from the former government. This is what brought a great deal of resentment against the PPP. It should not be happening within APNU+ AFC. Do not appoint friends and lackeys to positions and then inform the public that people knew there was a vacancy and they applied.

What about those that did not know and did not have a chance to know? How would they have known to apply?

How were they to know that the incumbent was fired and that there is a vacancy?

Everyone should have a chance to apply for a position but they can only do so if they know that there is a vacancy and the qualifications demanded.

They may also want to know

if there is an age limit or if you are retired if you can apply, because a lot of retirees are having jobs these days.

Secondly, if there is an investigation being launched within a government agency, it is only necessary to send someone on leave if the continued presence of the person on the job will frustrate the investigation.

You cannot have an audit ongoing for two months and have persons on the job during this period and then suddenly decide that you need to send them on leave to facilitate the audit. You need to establish that the continued presence on the job will compromise the audit, and only then should the person be sent on leave.

Sending someone on leave must not become a form of constructive dismissal or a prelude to dismissal. Due process must be done for all.

If an investigation is carried

Dem boys seh...

Soulja Bai asking thief man to help solve crime When people getting old all kinda thing does happen to dem. Some does get poely, some does lose dem eyesight, some don’t hear and some does get forgetful.

A few does go out dem head and dem boys want believe that Soulja Bai is one of dem.

He asking de opposition to help he fight crime. And look who he ask… Jagdeo who suppose to be behind bars de minute de government change. He shoulda been like de man from Guatemala.

Dem boys seh that when Soulja Bai ask Jagdeo fuh help him solve de crime, sugar and rice situation, it is like asking thief man fuh help solve thiefing problem.

De crime didn’t start overnight. It start wid Jagdeo and grow into a monster.

Everybody at de top start fuh thief and dem knock off de people who talk.

De auditor talk bout de thiefing at NDIA and he get knock off. When dem boys ask Soulja Bai wha going on, he seh what people thiefing now is scraps wha Jagdeo and he kavakamites lef.

That is why he want engage dem, not to

ketch thief man but fuh dem to put back wha dem tek.

Dem boys hear de police going after de Pee Ess who get knock off de other day. Dem hear ee got restaurant in Berbice and a big fancy house like Jagdeo own.

De new govt want to know wheh he get money to build that.

Dem boys want this new govt to tek a leaf out of FIFA book. Only de other day de FIFA body seh plenty people more got to be arrested. Dem seh de investigation might tek years. Dem want get down to de bottom and mek sure that this never happen again.

Dem boys wish Soulja Bai can do de same thing and continue de forensic audit so that not only one Pee Ess can get fire, and one contract get tek way but all of dem who involve and who grab de hog of Guyana must end up in jail.

Dem boys want Babbie and Jagdeo end up in jail here, not in Uncle Sam and Ashni, Brazzy, Irfaat and Rob de Earth and de rest of de Bees must join dem.

Talk half give Soulja Bai Dr Chase memory pill.

out, a person cannot be dismissed on the basis of the investigation alone.

Due process must be followed. The person must be given an opportunity to respond to each and every allegation or charge made, and only when the person’s defense is carefully studied, should the person be dismissed and only if there is good cause.

A number of questions remain unanswered. It is hoped that the media will see answers.

For example, was due process followed in relation to recent dismissals at public departments?

What was the outcome of the investigations conducted? Will these reports be laid in the National Assembly in the interest of fairness and transparency?

Were the officers who were dismissed given a hearing?

Were they allowed to respond to the allegations made against them?

Were they allowed legal representation at any hearing? Or were they dismissed Wild West style in keeping with authoritarian practices?

An audit report or an investigative report cannot be the basis of dismissal.

It can only be the basis of a disciplinary proceeding.

There are rules governing such proceedings including the right of the accused to be represented and heard and to be heard by a tribunal or panel headed by someone in a higher position that the person who is the subject of the proceedings. A public official cannot be tried by the juniors.

The PPP’s ways should not be the ways of APNU. The old way of the PNC should not return. Burnham had a way of dismissing people on the spot. Even though he was a lawyer- and a decent one at that- he had a way of believing that he was more powerful than the law. He liked to dismiss people on the spot and subject them to public ridicule.

Those days should be part of Guyana’s buried past.

They should not return.

Neither should the PPP’s method of hiring. Better is expected from APNU+AFC.

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== THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN ==

Power-sharing: Dancing with the Devil The APNU-AFC Government has announced its intention to pursue essential power-sharing with the PPP. I believe it is a journey that must be embarked upon but my difference in approach hinges only in timing.

I would suggest an engagement by APNU-AFC if they win the 2020 election. I would not advise executive power-sharing with the PPP before the coalition attempts structural transformation of Guyana.

The PPP has to endure extensive changes in its ontology, political culture and personnel before it can be trusted to be brought into power-sharing governance. I omitted ideology because it is unscholarly to suggest that the PPP has a Marxist ideology. There is no evidence that any major PPP leader embraces a Marxist ideology.

My understanding of the evolution of political parties in Guyana is that all of them effected structural changes to their essential being over periods of time. Not the PPP. The WPA heads the list.

Given its rich intellectual tradition, the WPA has inherent features that would lead it into deep democratic formations. Space doesn’t allow for any elucidation but given the way it evolved, the WPA is always available for discourses that would

eventually lead to a united Guyana.

Next is the PNC. The academic analysis of postBurnham/Hoyte would reveal a party that has become less authoritarian than it originally was and has gone in formidable, democratic directions.

The PNC passed through four democratic phases. One was the Hoyte period of glasnost which had a ricochet effect in the PNC. The other was Corbin’s acceptance of the sinking of the PNC’s identity and the PNC’s functionalism into the new construct called APNU. The third was the phenomenal open contest for leadership.

The final period was the merger with the AFC. It should be no surprise to political observers if powersharing comes about under a government headed by the PNC. The Alliance For Change is a weak version of the WPA. It cannot be equated with the WPA because the two organizations emerged under circumstances and eras that have no resemblance to each other. The WPA was a product of a younger global generation of the sixties and early seventies yearning for an idyllic world.

The Alliance For Change was a request from the people of Guyana for something different from the PNC and PPP. As it grew and it

incorporated other elements of the caliber of Nagamootoo, Nigel Hughes and others, it took its place as a mainstream party but one that was born out of a desire to change Guyana into something very different and democratic.

It is impossible to see the AFC holding back its support for power-sharing and a racially united Guyana.

A democratic united Guyana will not come about easily if it depends on PPP generosity. The analysis is simple. It begins with Cheddi Jagan. Whatever Jagan and his wife did to the PPP since the split with Burnham, they molded the PPP into a tight, neat, incestuous, Stalinist entity that sees open expression, dissent and democracy as things that have no meaning in politics.

Long after the two Jagans

died, the PPP remains like that. Dr. Vindya Persaud is only being tolerated because of her vast Hindu constituency.

In the seventies, when the Patriotic Coalition for Democracy (PCD) proclaimed its acceptance of a national government including the Burnham Government, Jagan stitched in exasperating conditions, one of which was the new government must be a socialist one.

Other constituents of the PCD rejected that outright.

When in government after 1992, Cheddi Jagan himself fell victim to ethnically-based policies.

There have been three frightening moments in the life of the PPP that have implications for ANPU-AFC’s power-sharing blueprint. One was its view on leadership

after Cheddi Jagan died.

Facing declining health, President Janet Jagan and all the senior leaders couldn’t decide who to hand over power to.

They settled for a virtual non-starter that no one would ever have imagined could be considered for the presidency. They all, including President Janet Jagan herself, knew that under Bharrat Jagdeo they each would become de facto Presidents.

They controlled and instructed Jagdeo even after he won elections in 2001. It was the violent Buxton conspiracy that allowed President Jagdeo the space to break away from the de facto Presidents.

Secondly, the Jagdeo presidency offered immense opportunities to bring

Residents of two Region Seven Villages, Kartabo and Itaballi, will soon have their potable water needs addressed, via a project expected to be completed by year end. The project is being implemented by the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF).This is the Project Implementation Unit of the Ministry of Finance and its flagship poverty reduction

programme of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).

Project Manager of BNTF, Michael Singh, said that the projects were already approved by the CDB. They are in their final stages. He added that the project entails the digging of a 200-foot shallow well, and it includes an overhead storage and photovoltaic system that will be linked to a submersible

pump.

“The pump in the well will be powered by solar…the pump will send water to the storage, then by gravity feed, we will have about five standpipes at strategic points in the areas, so residents can benefit,” Singh said.

It is further expected that Government buildings, such as the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC)

Frederick Kissoon Guyana into the future.

Jagdeo had no baggage and was brand new but his PPP culture prevented that.

Finally, the 2011 minority government again presented enormous space for a racially and politically divided Guyana. Again the PPP’s ontology prevented such a phenomenon. The PPP will not accept power-sharing. It is not in the nature of the party to.

Kartabo, Itaballi Villages soon to benefit from potable water supply

and Regional Democratic Council (RDC) offices, Health Centres and Schools, will have direct connections to the water supply.

“These villages were selected as a result of our needs assessment, where we collaborate with the Guyana Water Inc. They had identified these two areas … as areas urgently in need of this intervention,” Singh explained.

He added that in this seventh cycle, there are 18 water supply projects that will be executed countrywide, particularly in Regions Two, Three and Nine. The funds are already committed for the execution of these projects.

“We also have attached to the sub-project infrastructure…a training in Water and Sanitation, where we partner with the Guyana Water Inc. and the Environmental Protection Agency, and teach about safe water, the treatment of the water…we also left a chlorination kit with the communities, so they will be able to know how to treat water with chlorine, for residents to have safe water to drink,” Singh said.

Operations Officer of the CDB and Supervisor of the BNTF Guyana Project, Karl Pivot, explained that the BNTF programme is targeted at poverty reduction. “…We go in the communities, identify where the poverty is…the most needy and we put intervention in those communities, to ensure that the beneficiaries of those intervention…their lives are changed,” Pivot said.

He added that whilst in Continued on page 24

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Police traffic statistics...

Relatives ID body found at Kaieteur Falls East Coast records huge - remains to be transported to city today jump in road fatalities

Laleta Sivanand A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Special Forces team has located and secured the body of Laleta Sivanand, the woman who vanished at the Kaieteur National Park (KNP) two weeks ago.

The body, which was first spotted by a KNP ranger late Saturday afternoon, was found in a rocky area at the base of the Falls. High water levels had previously kept the remains submerged.

Kaieteur News understands that a relative identified the remains by the victim’s clothing.

A release from the Ministry of the Presidency stated that the body will be transported by aircraft to Georgetown today for a postmortem examination.

Meanwhile, the Park remains closed for the completion of the recovery operation and is expected to

be re-opened by Wednesday September 16, 2015.

“As the recovery operation continues, the Ministry of the Presidency expresses sympathy to the family of the tourist during this difficult time. Thanks are expressed to all officials and agencies that supported the work of the GPF and the GDF during the search and now the recovery operation,” the release added.

Sivanand, a Human Resources Manager at Singers, had booked a flight to the Kaieteur Falls the day before she vanished. She was among eight people who joined the Air Services Limited flight to the Falls. She was travelling unaccompanied.

Reports are that the woman was seen crying and talking on her phone during the flight.

When the aircraft landed at the falls the woman appeared to be in a better frame of mind.

However, Sivanand was discovered missing when the tour guide was distributing chits to the passengers for snacks, at the Kaieteur airstrip before they boarded the aircraft back to Ogle. Initially, all of the trails in the Park were searched and binoculars were also used to view the area below the falls and along the sides of the gorge.

One of her colleagues on the trip said that Sivanand was with the party when it was returning along the trail from the falls.

She said that the woman lagged behind and when they urged her to walk alongside them, Sivanand said that she knew the place and that she had been there several times before.

Sivanand had reportedly spoken of being with a British team that discovered some caves in the Kaieteur Falls area a few years ago.

Rabindranauth Sivanand, her husband, had declined to say much about his missing spouse when Kaieteur News visited the family home.

He however echoed the sentiments of an elderly woman at the home that it is, “a troubling, worrisome and stressful time for the family.”

He said that he last saw his wife on Tuesday, September 1. “She left to go out but she did not say where she was going.”

He had also expressed hope that “they find her and that she is found alive.”

This is the second such tragedy at the location. In November, 2009, Aliya Bulkan, 23, plunged to her death from a cliff at the Kaieteur Falls.

GDF Special Forces ranks recovered the body more than a week later.

East Coast Demerara recorded alarming increases in accidents and deaths, even as the other divisions have seen decreases.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) recently released monthly traffic statistics, covering the period of January 1 to August 31, 2015.

As part of their traffic statistics, the police included a rundown of the deaths and accidents for 2015 compared to 2014. These stats focused on the police divisions, ‘A’ through ‘G’.

According to the new police stats, there were noted decreases in all of the divisions except ‘C’ Division, the East Coast of Demerara area.

For ‘C’ Division, there were nine recorded fatal accidents in 2014 for the period of January 1 to August 31, 2014. For the same period this year, there were 16. This represented an increase of 78 percent.

Additionally, for ‘C’ Division there were nine deaths for the 2014 period.

However, for 2015, there were 22 recorded deaths. This represented a drastic increase of 144 percent.

For the other divisions, there were decreases in both accidents and deaths. For accidents, the decreases ranged from 17 percent up to 67 percent while for deaths the decreases ranged from 11 percent to 75 percent.

However, while the East Coast saw the biggest increase from last year, it is certainly not the division with the most accidents for the year thus far. The statistics show that Division ‘A’, the Georgetown and East Bank of Demerara area, recorded 25 fatal accidents as compared

to the East Coast’s 16 accidents. The Georgetown/ East Bank area also recorded 25 deaths, as compared to the East Coast’s 22 deaths.

Division ‘B’, Berbice, also ranked close to Division ‘C’.

According to the police, Berbice recorded 17 deaths from 12 fatal accidents for 2015.

The increases for the East Coast of Demerara are unique for the month of August, which saw declines on all fronts.

According to the information provided, the GPF recorded declines in fatal accidents, deaths, and children fatalities, when compared to the same period last year. Declines were also noted in serious, minor, and damage accidents.

In fact, August was the month which recorded the biggest decline in both accidents and road deaths for the year thus far, moving from 89 deaths from 82 accidents to 80 deaths from 66 accidents. This represented a decline of 20 percent in accidents and 10 percent in deaths.

Meanwhile, when it comes to traffic offences, August has topped all of the months so far with over 6,000 recorded offences.

The GPF’s statistics for traffic offences similarly covered the period of January 1 to August 31, 2015.

According to the police, there were 37,545 traffic offences made out against motorists recorded within the period. At the end of July, there had been 31,201 traffic offences made out by the police force.

The new statistics further showed that for August, there were 6,344 recorded

traffic offences. This was a 32 percent increase from the July number of offences. Then, the police made out 4,811 cases against motorists.

Comparatively, February comes in behind the August figure. In February, the police recorded 6,013 cases against motorists. June, January, and July followed with 5,220, 5,022, and 4,811 respectively.

March (4,772 cases), April (3,718 cases) and finally May (1,645 cases) closed off the list.

The police statistics further showed that speeding continued to be the leading traffic offence made out by the police. Overall, there were 15,640 speeding offences made out from January to August.

Overload minibuses followed with 1,955 cases while breach of the condition of road service licence and music followed with 1,654 cases. Other offences included, driving under the influence of alcohol with 1,251 cases; failure to wear seat belts came in third with 1,034 cases; and breach of traffic light signal with 672 cases.

Specifically for the month of August, speeding showed the biggest increase from July’s statistics. For August, there were 2,511 cases of speeding. This increase was substantially higher than the increases for other offences.

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Tuesday September 15, 2015

Criminal justice system improvement project to kick-off next month In direct response to rate of prosecutions and the challenges plaguing the judiciary, representatives of a Canada-based non governmental organisation, Justice Education Society (JES), are pushing to kick off a project next month, to improve the local justice system from the ground up.

Over the years, numerous cases were thrown out of court because evidence may have been tampered with or there may be insufficient evidence, among other probable causes. It is the hope of the JES to assist in improving the current system from the point of investigation of a crime to the point of the delivery of justice at the court system.

Through the JES training, which will be provided to officials in the justice system, including law enforcement, the judiciary and the courts, it is expected to assist in this aspect to ensure justice is served.

Weeks away from the start date, a team from the JES, headed by its International Programmes Manager, Evelyn Neaman, has been in discussion with officials from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Ministry of Legal Affairs and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to promote the justice reform project.

The JES project is a grant initiative funded by the Canadian Government to the tune of CAN$750,000. It will be implemented by the British Colombia-based nongovernmental organisation.

The JES works with judiciaries to strengthen systems along the continuum from what is done upon arrival at the crime scene and how investigations are done by police, to how the cases are prosecuted by the prosecutors and how the judges and magistrates hear the case and render the verdicts.

Yesterday, the team sat with Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Basil

…Magistrates, prosecutors and investigators up for training

Representatives of the JES Project in discussion with Attorney General Basil Williams Williams, at his Carmichael Street, Georgetown office to discuss the project which has been dubbed “Strengthening the Guyanese Criminal Justice System (SGCJS)”.

Also present were representatives from the Canadian High Commission and State Counsel from the AG Chambers.

Minister Williams said that they discussed components of Crime Scene Investigations and investigation by police for the purposes of taking evidence for successful prosecution to the Courts.

He highlighted that training must be given to magistrates and state prosecutors along with police prosecutors as part of the entire process.

According to the Attorney General, training of magistrates, state and police prosecutors are among areas that will see improvement

through the implementation of the project.

“We have identified with the components in the programme that is being administered by the JES out of British Columbia, Canada.

We believe it is very relevant here because you know the normal complaints is that lawyers take advantage of the police prosecutors and if lawyers happen to win the case in the assizes against the state prosecutors they then blame the police investigations,” he remarked.

According to Williams, once successfully implemented the project would ensure that there would be a substantial diminution in the type of claims that are being made in securing successful prosecutions in the courts.

Also speaking to the media, the JES’s International Programs Manager indicated that activities can commence

as early as next month, providing the training supplies and equipment arrive in time.

The project is being launched this week by way of a series of meetings, with senior officials of the Guyana Police Force, Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutors (DPP), said Neaman.

“The scope of the activities include working with the police on crime scene protection and working with investigators on investigations; working with the DPP on helping the police prosecutors, and working with the Magistrates’ courts,” expressed Neaman.

She said it will be a twoyear project, funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs in Canada, through their AntiCrime Programme. According to Neaman, they have done similar projects in Central America and Ethiopia.

The project will start in

Georgetown. “What we want to ensure is that we almost touch all the people who are in the police, the Prosecution and the Magistrates in Georgetown. We feel that if we can build a core of very good leaders then it could be replicated in other areas,” expressed Neaman.

Asked why they had chosen to bring the project to Guyana, Neaman said it was through the recommendations of the former Canadian High Commissioner, Dr. Nicole Giles, who is also the former Director of the Anti-Crime Programme in Ottawa, Canada.

“She (Dr. Giles) was in Guyana and realised that security was a big issue for the Guyanese people and she felt that the kind of work that we do and our approach would be very helpful here,” expressed the NGO’s representative.

Leeman told members of the media too that they will be focusing on producing a documentary to share with the communities across Guyana to help the people understand exactly what the project entails.

The documentary, she said, will be one step in helping to build public confidence in the local justice system.

To this end, she expressed hope that the media could disseminate information as the project gains momentum.

In January this year, a Provincial Court Judge from British Colombia, Justice Michael Hicks and Executive Director of JES Rick Craig visited Guyana and held a seminar with members of the justice system. The sessions were aimed at strengthening Guyana’s justice system to respond to the challenges that are emerging as a result of Continued on page 21

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Automatic promotion caused decline of PC’s pass rate - Principal The automatic promotion policy which allowed students to advance to a higher grade regardless of their performance has been deemed one of the causative factors that led to a decline in the percentage pass rate at President’s College (PC).

This state of affairs was particularly evident when the results of the 2013 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination were unveiled in 2013.

This is according to the school’s principal, Ms Carlyn Canterbury, who has headed the East Coast top school for the past four years.

According to Canterbury, “We cannot deny that…when Automatic Promotion was

introduced the first batch of students wrote exams in 2013, and there is a direct correlation between that Automatic Promotion and our 2013 results.”

“We have had children who went through the system not having to repeat (when they failed) and that was evident in our 2013 results which was 86.1 per cent pass,” asserted Canterbury.

While this year the school produced an 88.8 percent pass rate when the CSEC results were unveiled, the performance in fact reflected a gradual improvement since the decline in 2013.

The performance this year, according to Canterbury, reflects efforts at improving

the school’s matriculation rate, that is, an increased number of students who obtained grades one to three passes in five or more subjects including Mathematics and English.

“Our matriculation rate this year has improved to 80 something percent.

Nationally a 50 percent and over matriculation rate…is what is good and acceptable and so ours is high.”

But based on a five-year analysis (2010- 2014), the grades one to three percentage pass rate of the school saw 98.4 percent pass rate in 2010; 97.9 percent in 2011 ; 96.2 percent in 2012 ; 86.1 percent in 2013 and 91 percent in 2014.

Canterbury however

From errand boy to Solicitor-General From page 19 became lawyers and political leaders in several Caribbean countries.

Ramjeet provides an interesting narrative of the fortune and fate of many of them, as well as the ambitions that motivated them. He recalls, for instance, a rivalry between Vincent Teekah, later a minister in the Burnham government, and Herbert Volney, who became an ill-fated Minister of Justice in the Kamla PersadBissessar government in Trinidad and Tobago, over who would first address the United Nations.

This chapter provides an understanding of the UWI's central role in creating the importance of regional integration in the development of a Caribbean society.

Ramjeet went on to become Registrar of the Supreme Court and Registrar of Companies in Montserrat and then Solicitor-General in St Vincent

and the Grenadines and Belize. He also worked in private practice in the British Virgin Islands with one of the region's great legal luminaries, Dr Joseph Archibald, who emerges in this memoir in the highest estimation of Ramjeet.

His experiences in these Caribbean countries are written in the vein of pure theatre.

There are candid accounts of court cases and the behaviour of lawyers and judges that are humorous but with serious over tones. Even if the reader is not familiar with the characters and countries of these dramas, the narrative makes fascinating reading. They also provide an insight into the politics of the islands and the leaders who bestride them.

In his varied careers, Ramjeet was also a Cricket administrator and knew well the Indo-Guyanese cricketers who came from Berbice, the area of Guyana where he was also born. He writes of cricket

stars such as Rohan Kanhai, Alvin Kallicharran, and Joe Solomon with an intimacy born of his deep involvement with their careers.

The overarching quality of this 352-page memoir published by The Caribbean Press is its no-holds-barred style and content. For sure, there will be many persons – dead and alive – that will not like Ramjeet's book and would prefer it had not been published. He has displayed remarkable courage in telling the stories as he saw them. He pulls no punches even about himself, particularly his philandering.

The book is written simply and engagingly. Its absolute frankness gives it great appeal. Historians, students of Caribbean law, and journalists will all find it a very interesting read.

Responses and previous c o m m e n t a r i e s : www.sirronaldsanders.com

From page 12 development, technology and judicial reform.

It was there that both sides designed the justice improvement project now being rolled out.

Guyana will, in fact, be benefitting from two Canadafunded multi-million-dollar Regional Justice Programmes.

Through the JES CAN$750,000 project, they will be looking at providing training in legislative drafting, the training of judges and lawyers and addressing the question of how the courts are administered. Part of the grant will be spent on addressing undue delays and backlog of cases.

The other initiative is

titled “Improved Access to Justice in the Caribbean,” (IMPACT Justice) and is aimed at enhancing access to justice in the Caribbean. This initiative, which will cost approximately CAN$19.8M, will be implemented by the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill.

Both initiatives are expected to run until 2019.

Criminal justice system improvement...

noted that the school has been working towards increased improved performance. It continues to perform well and the teachers are very hardworking and committed.

“We do have strong parent support although there is room for improvement.”

Another factor that has largely affected the performance of the school is the lack of permanent teachers for four subject areas. The Principal pointed out that “we continue to struggle in the areas of French. Spanish, Physics and Chemistry…Had it not been for those subjects our percentages pass rate (this year) would have been way up in the 90s. Already we have put systems in place to deal with the French and Spanish.”

While the school has already secured a graduate from the University of Guyana to cater to the subject area of Chemistry, Canterbury disclosed that “Physics continues to pose a problem.”

“What happens is that most times the Physics and Chemistry teachers are part time teachers and we don’t have much control over them…Sometimes they are more committed to UG than

PC’s Principal, Carlyn Canterbury President’s College.”

She however noted that while the four subject areas continue to be a struggle “to get it right”, “our students continue to perform well in the areas of Maths and English as well as all of the other subject areas.”

Among the top performing CSEC students PC produced this year are: Nurendra Gopal (10 grade one passes), Premeshwar Ramnauth (10 grade one

passes), Venise Davids (eight grade one passes and three twos), Kellince J a g d e o (eight ones and two twos), Shukwan Andrews (seven ones, one two and two threes), Ederle Stephans (six ones, five twos and one three), Nazeem Welcome (six ones, three twos and three threes), Mahendra Seepersaud (six ones and three twos) and Hamraj Narine (six ones, two twos and one three).

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Nagamootoo urges no discretion for illegal gun possession...

From page 3 urged family members of persons with such weapons to plea with them to come forward.

“We all have a common duty to make our homes, our streets, our country safer…we all should be saying no to illegal guns,” the Prime Minister declared.

He commended Minister Ramjattan, the Commissioner of Police and his ranks and all civic leaders in the society for the work done so far in facilitating the amnesty.

Minister Ramjattan in brief remarks, urged the media to assist in getting the message out that the amnesty period is winding down, and there should be some urgency in bringing in illegal weapons.

He reminded that immedi-

ately after the amnesty period has ended, there will be a crackdown to reign in all unlicenced firearms.

“It might be very harsh on that occasion, so bring them out now and save yourselves the harshness of the law as it relates to unlicened firearms thereafter,” Ramjattan warned.

He disclosed that there is a big lobby for the law to be amended to stiffen the penalty for illegal gun possession, but he has not yet done anything to initiate such changes.

“The law is pretty tough as it is,” the Public Security Minister stated.

While there is also talk of a monetary incentive for the surrendering of illegal weapons, Ramjattan said that funds are not now available for such a move, but he did not rule out

a buy back initiative in the future.

Despite the relative success of the gun amnesty, there still remain a few critics-among them is General Secretary of the opposition People's Progressive Party, Clement Rohee.

He had stated a few weeks ago that the programme will not work in Guyana.

“While I was at the then Ministry of Home Affairs, a Task Force on Narcotics and Illegal Firearms was established. Members of the Task Force were drawn from the Guyana Police Force, the Guyana Defence Force, Guyana Revenue Authority and CANU among others in the Disciplined Services. The Task Force had lengthy discussions on the efficacy of a

gun amnesty. “The overwhelming majority of members, save one, including the representative of the Guyana Police Force, were of the view that a gun amnesty will not work in Guyana; that it will fail.

That is precisely why the Ministry never pushed it forward,” Rohee said.

“Now that Ramjattan has decided to pursue this matter, it is assumed that the law enforcement agencies have changed their earlier position and have advised Ramjattan accordingly,” the Former Home Affairs Minister had stated a few weeks ago.

Yesterday when contacted, Rohee said that he is still holding to his earlier position.

“I still hold my views...it (amnesty) is not going any-

where, that is why he (Ramjattan) wants to extend it.

There are more questions than answers,” Rohee told Kaieteur News.

Ballistics tests have already been carried out on some of the weapons brought in so far, and according to Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud, there is no evidence of any of them being linked to previous criminal activity.

The commissioner said that every round of ammunition or every weapon turned in is better off in the possession of the police than in the hands of persons who might have criminal intention.

“It only takes one bullet to take a life. Once it is with us, the likelihood of it killing someone out there is eliminated,” the Top Cop said.

We must not overlook the importance of education in the social...

From page 4 early life nutrition would assure that no child falls short of his or her developmental potential due to nutritional deficiency. In addition, maternal education has a positive impact on children’s health and future prospects. Implementation of gender-sensitive school policies and facilities do foster social integration.

What was noticeably absent from the discussion was the mention of dissenting voices and the part they play in social cohesion. It is fundamentally important in the creation of a socially creative society that dissenting voices be given space.

Both civic participation and political feedback should be controlled and made use of

if growth processes are not to be derailed. As the government prepares to establish its new ministry, let us embrace them with all that makes us truly Guyanese.

However, a timely reminder and a pit hole to be avoided is the fact that inclusive policy making is essential, one which brings in the views of all stakeholders- from those who

From page 4 across is; please give us a chance, we are not bad people.

We are not always looking to take someone to jail or ruin someone’s day. We are protecting and serving you and your community. We work for you, my supervisors have never told me to go to a call, you tell me to go to a call.

When we are driving down the street next to you and you observe a traffic violation you think “if that was me they would have pulled me over.”

Traffic stops are the most common form of interaction

with the police and I can sum it up by saying we are simply playing referee. The police are never anywhere they are not invited, if you are speeding you are inviting the police into your life, if you have a brake light out you are inviting us into your life. If you see a traffic violation that we do not take action on we may be going to a call, we may be going to court, we may be transporting a prisoner or someone’s dog. We strive for excellent service and we hold ourselves to a very high standard.

In closing, I am asking you to give us a chance and before you pass judgment on us put yourself in our shoes.

When you are with your children and you see a cop, don’t say “he is coming to get ya.”

Portraying the police as a negative aspect of society to children prevents them from giving us a chance. Thank you, Jeremiah Owens.

Editor, I do believe that most if not all the thoughts expressed above reflect the realities of police service in Guyana.

Patrick E. Mentore

The reality of police service in Guyana

will be implementing the policies right down to the final beneficiaries. The policies that emerge from such a process benefit from having a greater sense of legitimacy and support factors that would determine their effectiveness in the long run. In conclusion let it stand for the records that the establishment of this Ministry would be among the many Herculean tasks to be achieved by the present Government, as on display would be many facets of his administration.

The implementation of a social cohesion policy agenda requires effective administration and above all coordinated action across multiple policy domains. As well, the in-

volvement of multitudinous actors across different levels of government calls for negotiated roles to ensure accountability.

This may in some cases (especially given the current political climate) call for closure rather than exposure.

Underpinning successful public action are strong institutions and a quality public service. While the current deliberation on social cohesion is afforded all the laudatory remarks it merits, on a cautionary note, it is my sincere desire that eventual effected implementation takes into consideration all stakeholders, to avert a Pyrrhic victory of sorts.

Yvonne Sam

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Disease hits Pomeroon coconut farmers Pomeroon farmers are assessing that if effective interventions are not immediately taken by the revelant bodies to address the problem that they continue to face with the prolonged infestation of the Red Palm Mite disease that continues to destroy both the mature and young coconut trees as well as the banana and plantain suckers, the coconut industry is on a brink of collapse.

“The problem have gotten worst, if nothing is been done to address the problem by another year, the coconut industry would be gone.”

Coconut growers have already seen a decline of some 30 percent in their coconut production.

They are anticipating a further decline by year end if there is no change in the situation. At issue is the coconut cultivation Babita, who hails from Land of Promise, in the Lower Pomeroon River, said that the situation has worsened.

Coconut farming is what she and her family depend on for

a living.

The frustrated farmer said that the young coconut fruit are falling off. This gives an indication that the coconut tree is dying.

The frustrated farmer said that she has been applying “Monocrotophus” to her affected coconut trees but has noticed in some instances that some of the coconut trees continue to worsen.

Babita, who owns some eight hundred acres of coconut farm lands stressed that the problem is not isolated to only one particular area in the Pomeroon River.

Rather it is widespread in the entire Pomeroon.

Farmers are worried over what will happen should the coconut Industry fail.

Another coconut farmer, Seigfreid Gill, of Marlborough, in the Lower Pomeroon River said that prior to experiencing the problem with the Red Palm Mite disease, one of his coconut trees at the start of the bearing used to produce a dozen coconuts on one thrush.

Today Gill said he has been noticing one and two coconuts on one thrush.

He said that almost half of his coconut trees are dying slowly and he is worried.

He wants to know what other strategy to apply in order to save his production.

His dependence is on coconut.

Other farmers including, David Kansinally, Albert Benn, Errol Sam, Julian Benn and Randolph Hammon, who spoke with this newspaper maintained that all coconut farmers shared the same concerns with regard to the serious problem.

They face the severe threat of the Red Palm Mite disease.

They are appealing to the experts within the Agriculture Ministry to see their plight as a “priority.”

Farmers who are not applying chemicals to their affected coconut trees have also expressed concerns about those farmers who are applying chemicals to affected trees and are selling those coconuts on the market.

From page 10 the country, he will visit a random sample of projects, to ensure they are progressing as planned, after which, he will report on their status to the Bank. “This programme is a grant programme, they are contributors…who use taxpayers’ money to provide this funding, so we have to ensure that taxpayers’ money is spent, and there are positive outcomes from them,” Pivot explained.

He added that

negotiations will commence early 2016, for the 9th cycle of the BNTF, and it is hoped that the cycle will receive a similar allocation (US$46M) which will allow more projects to be done.

The Basic Needs Trust Fund of the Caribbean Development Bank has the following countries as beneficiaries for the programme: Belize; Dominica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines; St. Lucia; Grenada; Guyana; Jamaica; St

Kitts & Nevis; Montserrat; and Turks & Caicos Islands.

Guyana started benefitting from this programme during its third cycle in 1993, which saw a number of projects in the education, water, and health sectors. The Lethem and Mabaruma Hospitals, Diamond Nursery School, Number 77 Nursery School and Ithaca Nursery Schools were some of the projects undertaken over the years.

(GINA)

Some of the affected coconut farmers

Preparations underway for 11th Berbice Expo 2015

Kartabo, Itaballi Villages soon...

Works on decorating the entrance to Berbice Expo 2015 Organisers of the Annual Berbice Exposition and Trade Fair, the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce(CCCC) has promised to make this year’s event bigger and better than before. This is according to President and Coordinator Mr. Tajpaul Adjodhea.

The exposition which will be held for the first time in September opens on Friday.

It will run until Monday at the Albion Community Centre.

According to Adjodhea preparations are going at a satisfactorily pace and they are leaving no stones unturned to make this event the show piece trade activity in the country, especially since there would be no Guy Expo or building expo this year. The event which is in its 11th year will be held under theme “Fostering National Pride, Advancing Economic Progress.”

Adjodhea stated that the theme this year was strategically chosen in line with the coalition government of unity and national cohesion.

The opening ceremony will feature an opening address by President David Granger. Also expected to be a part of the ceremony are Minister of Business,

Dominic Gaskin and Minister of Tourism Cathy Hughes.

Taking the theme into consideration Mr. Adjodhea stated that the Chamber will try to use the opportunity to help return Berbice to what it was before. The activity this year is expected to be held in collaboration with the Government of Guyana through the Ministries of Business and Tourism.

Adjodhea said that one of the reasons why the expo is being held, and taking the theme into consideration, is “to give producers in the Berbice region and Berbicebased businesses the opportunity to help showcase themselves. It will also help the businesses to get the opportunity to create links and create new partners and opportunities with other businesses outside of the region.”

According to Adjodhea so far in excess of 80 exhibitors have signed up to be a part of the showpiece event. Apart from the regular Guyanese companies that are expected to be in attendance displaying products of all sorts, some new ones expected on board this year are Citizens Bank, Assuria Insurance Company, Fibre

Tech, J.R Trading company among others, while Comfort Sleep will be returning.

Among the sponsors are the Government of Guyana, the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Business, Guyana Tourism Authority, Beharry Group of Companies, Banks DIH Limited, Digicel, Ansa McAl, Republic Bank, among others.

Most of the companies plan to have big giveaways at the event. The Coordinator stated that the activity will have the usual pomp and ceremony and fanfare. The usual accompanying activities will also be in attendance e.g. games providing entertainment for adults and children.

A multiplicity of food stalls will be there and different beverage companies will also be on hand trying to out do each other. The activity has become a household name in Berbice and Guyana, and persons are looking forward “to it because they know the importance and the benefits that can be derived from such an activity”. He is urging Guyanese to come out and support the event because what will be on offer this year will be special.

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Lara visits Dominica

Brian Lara in flood hit Dominica (Photos courtesy of Dominican PM, Roosevelt Skerrit.)

Former West Indies Captain Brian Lara, who was appointed Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of T&T, yesterday visited parts of Dominica that were damaged

by Tropical Storm Erika.

On August 27 Dominica was hit by Tropical Storm Erika, which passed over the country killing more than 20 persons and destroying many homes.

The day of the disaster T&T rushed to Dominica’s aid by providing a search and rescue team and supplies.

Four helicopters and a rotating team of 12 persons were also sent to Dominica.

Now T&T’s Prime Minister, Dr Keith Rowley sent Lara over to Dominica to see what assistance the twin island nation can provide to the people of Dominica.

“My Prime Minister is very concerned, it is demonstrated by my presence here. The entire Caribbean stands behind Dominica during this time of devastation. I’ve got quite a few fans here, and there are Trinbagoinans who are happy that we are willing to do something,” Lara told Dominica’s Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit.

On Friday last Lara was appointed by Prime Minister

Dr Keith Rowley to determine how T&T may assist Dominica.

Lara formally met with Skerrit this morning before his tour of the island. He assured Skerrit that T&T will continue to provide support to Dominica, and supplies will be sent to Dominica soon.

“I know that we have supported (Dominica) in the past few weeks, but we stand now in a position where we can bolster that support,” Lara said.

“We are one family in the Caribbean. If you suffer, we suffer. If we could pick someone off the floor then that’s what we’ll do. I’m going to go back and make sure that we take the right message back.”

Lara was warmly greeted by many people who were happy to meet the record breaking cricketer.

As the special envoy to the Prime Minister he heard the many concerns of the people of Dominica.

“I am here to see what’s happening. I would have first hand information from your people on the ground,” he said.

He visited some of the homes that were severely destroyed by the storm.

The parts of Dominica

Lara visited today included Checkhall, Coulibistrie, and Colihaut.

He met the shop owners who providing food and water supplies.

The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDEMA) requested further supplies for Dominica from T&T. Lara reassured that this new Government is committed to provide those supplies.

“Whatever support we have given before, I think right now the new Prime Minister, he is willing to give a lot more,” Lara said.

During the aftermath of the storm, many roadways were closed because of flooding and landslides. Some of these roads are still being cleared.

Homes near Dominica’s shoreline were severely damaged by Erika. Lara said he has received numerous phone calls and emails from private citizens who are willing to commit to sending supplies to Dominica.

“In this devastation, the entire Caribbean stands behind Dominica. I’ve got some friends here, there are Trinbagonians here who are very happy and willing to do something,” he said. (T&T GUARDIAN)

Youth clubs help curb crime - CoP Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams says the advent of police youth clubs in communities plays an integral part in reducing crime.

He was speaking after taking part in the Laventille Police Youth Club’s peace walk on Saturday. The event was part of the club’s fifth anniversary celebrations and began at the Corner of Laventille Road and concluded at Laventille Road Sports Complex/Basketball

Court.

“Peace in the community is their theme for this event and the T&T Police Service continues to support this youth club as well as all 107 youth clubs,” Williams said.

“We see it as the medium by which the TTPS can make a direct contribution to the transformation of our society, moving it from a society challenged with crime to one where the young people would face positive direction.

“We no longer have major

concerns around crime in this community, five years plus we had that but the advent of the youth club has changed that.”

He said he commended and continued to encourage the leadership of the club, the leader of the club, Supt Community Secretariat Curtis Paul, the parent body and the community to rally around youth clubs to change the environment and this was happening in the community.

(T&T GUARDIAN)

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There is no don in the PNP, says Simpson Miller KINGSTON, Jamaica – People’s National Party President Portia Simpson Miller last night set the record straight during her South West St Andrew constituency conference, about seemingly being absent as several embattled aspirants vie to represent the party in at least three constituencies for the next parliamentary election.

While stressing that the PNP adheres to a democratic process, she denied that there were problems within the party.

“I hear they say I am missing in action, all who saying I am missing in action, why they never say the same thing when the JLP (Jamaica Labour Party) had their problems?” Simpson Miller charged.

“I don’t have no problem in my party. I am the leader and I lead from in front, not behind,” she insisted.

Singling out a headline that appeared in the media yesterday, the PM said whoever wrote the headline about her being missing in action “need to go to the doctor tomorrow (Monday)

and check their head whether it is okay or not”.

“Let me make it quite clear, the People’s National Party is not like the other party. We have a system where the officers of the party meet if there are difficulties and have discussions, not just the party leader behave like a dictator,” Simpson Miller explained. “In the People’s National Party, it is a democratic organisation.”

Anti-Kidnapping Squad officers are investigating the disappearance of San Fernando businesswoman, Carolyn Katwaroo, who was last seen on Friday night.

The woman’s vehicle, a white Mercedes Benz car, was found abandoned on the roadside at Union Hall, San Fernando, on Saturday.

Katwaroo, 43, was last seen leaving her home at Block 5, Cedar Drive, Palmiste, at around 8pm on Friday.

Katwaroo, who is divorced and has no children, operates a wholesale business, importing

vegetables.

Relatives said they were uncertain where Katwaroo was headed on Friday night.

Her boyfriend called her cellphone at around 11p.m. but there was no answer.

The following morning, the Express was told, a neighbour spotted Katwaroo’s vehicle parked roadside.

“The neighbour saw the vehicle in the morning and when he was returning home in the afternoon the car was still there.

That was when we were informed and everyone was

President of the People’s National Party Portia Simpson Miller

“We have one leader and we have some deputy leaders, but we don’t have no don in the People’s National party,” Simpson Miller stressed.

She insisted that the PNP is not a party where the leader can be a dictator and that where there is a challenge within the party, there are discussions before a decision is taken.

Member of Parliament for St Elizabeth North Eastern Raymond Pryce, St Ann South Eastern MP Lisa Hanna and East Rural St Andrew MP Damion Crawford are all facing challenges within their respective constituencies.

PNP has so far postponed the selection contests in all three constituencies.

Just last week MP for St Elizabeth South Western Hugh Buchanan defeated challenger Ewan Stephenson by 14 votes while attorneyat-law Andrea Moore triumphed over Portland Eastern MP Dr Lynvale Bloomfield as the delegates’ pick to represent the PNP in the next general election.

(OBSERVER)

T&T Businesswoman missing, Benz found abandoned

Carolyn Katwaroo notified.

The car appeared to have been abandoned there. We contated the police and an investigation was launched,” her sister, Karen Katwaroo, said.

Relatives said nothing was taken from the vehicle.

“And when we went to her house it was locked and nothing was out of place. She is a loving, happy person. She is kind hearted, very close to her neighbour and loves her dog,” her sister said.

Katwaroo’s relatives have launched their own search party. (EXPRESS)

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Cowboys beat Giants in thriller (The Sports Xchange) Quarterback Tony Romo threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jason Witten with seven seconds left, giving the Dallas Cowboys an unlikely 27-26 win over the New York Giants on Sunday night at AT&T Stadium.

The desperation drive covered 72 yards in just 1 minute, 27 seconds, completing Dallas’ rally from a 10-point, fourth-quarter deficit. Romo hit Witten in the middle of the field after fumbling the shotgun snap.

“You have to feel comfortable in that situation,” Romo said.

“I think Jason is obviously a special player.

He’s obviously close to me and it’s a great feeling to be able to see him score that winning touchdown. He’s the best.”

Dallas extended its winning streak to eight games over the Giants in season openers and to five games overall in the series.

LIBRA (SEPT. 24 -OCT. 23) Do not let the reactions of others get you going. You can make adjustments in your domestic scene today.

Your charm will mesmerize members of the opposite sex today.

New York the game.

Quarterback Eli Manning threw a pass out of the end zone on third down instead of taking a sack that would have eaten up precious seconds.

The Giants wound up getting a field goal to boost their lead to 26-20, but they left 1:34 for the Dallas offense.

A running play could have knocked another 40 seconds off the clock, as the Cowboys were out of timeouts.

“It’s my fault at the end of the game. There’s nobody to blame but me. The decision to throw the ball there on third down was not a good decision,” Giants coach Tom Coughlin said.

“It should have been a run whether we scored or not. The clock would have at least given us the opportunity to take a few more seconds off.”

Romo finished the game 36 of 45 for 356 yards with three touchdown passes. The wild finish made up for his two picks.

New York’s opportunistic defense turned the tide in a game the Cowboys dominated early. The Giants scored twice in the final minute of the first half and went up 23-13 in the fourth quarter after intercepting Romo for the second time.

The big plays on defense nearly made up for the Giants’ struggles with the ball.

Manning was only 20 of 36 for 193 yards. He didn’t throw a touchdown pass or an interception.

SCORPIO (OCT. 24 NOV. 22) You will find the perfect outfit if you shop today. You need to spend some time with individuals who have more experience than you.

Mibicuri Community Developers...

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 23 -DEC. 21) If you're uncertain of your feelings, keep your opinions to yourself.

Use your own ideas to further your interests.

From page 33 youth information booklets, posters and banners for schools were published in conjunction with the Edward B. Beharry Co. Ltd, the Guyana Police Force ‘B’ Division and the Region 6 Ministry of Education.

The Anti Suicide Promotion has also included numerous sports competitions, donation of equipment to clubs, lectures from Role Models and an Anti Suicide Rally that featured over one thousand (1000) students from schools across Region 6.

The eight cricket teams of the club under the guidance of Foster have also targeted the prevention of suicide under their personal development programmes.

Foster dedicated the World Suicide Prevention Day Award to the sponsors and every member of the RHTY&SC.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo (9) throws in the pocket against the New York Giants at AT&T Stadium.

(Photo: Matthew Emmons, USA TODAY Sports) The win came at a cost for the Cowboys, however. Wide receiver Dez Bryant broke a bone in his right foot and will undergo surgery, coach

Jason Garrett said.

New York converted three turnovers into 17 points, but poor clock management on the last scoring drive likely cost

Tuesday September 15, 2015 ARIES (MAR. 21APRIL 20) Your self esteem will come back if you take part in organizational functions that allow you to be in the lime light.

TAURUS (APR. 21MAY 21) You might find it difficult to control your emotions. Residential moves are evident. Don't fall into the trap.

GEMINI (MAY22-JUNE 21) Partnerships will be favorable and contracts can be signed. You need to get out if you want to meet potential partners.

CANCER (JUNE 22JULY 22) Avoid overloading your plate. Try not to allow others to burden you with additional responsibilities. You will be able to catch up on overdue paper work.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG 22) Minor health problems will cause setbacks if you haven't taken proper care of yourself. Family members may want you at home, when your heart is telling you to spend time with someone you recently met.

VIRGO (AUG. 23 SEPT. 23) Don't forget to let your mate know how much you care. Residential moves will be hectic and may be unsatisfactory.

CAPRICORN (DEC 22.- JAN. 20) Regardless of your first reaction, the outcome will be favorable. Take care of any dealings with government agencies.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 21 FEB. 19) You may find yourself in a heated dispute with a friend if you try to change your mind. Don't let relatives get the better of you.

PISCES (FEB. 20-MAR. 20) Make sure to arrange in advance to spend quality time together. Don't be too eager to start any debates.

Be careful not to hurt the ones you love.

Thompson guides New Comers to victory Guyanese female allrounder Akaze Thompson stroked 30 from 27 balls to guide New Comers to an eight-wicket victory over Victors when the Hockey Centre 10/10 cricket competition commenced recently in Trinidad and

Tobago.

Victors batted first and scored 48-6 with Toshanna Salazar scoring 22. Lu Ann Morgan claimed 2-6 and Aaliyah Guevara 1-7.

Opener Thompson then led the chase as New Comers ended on 49-2.

US Open champ Novak...

From page 35 sixth most in the history of the computer rankings that began in 1973. Federer holds the record of 302.

There wasn’t much movement at the top of the ATP rankings Monday, although Marin Cilic, last year’s U.S. Open champion, went from No. 9 to No. 14 after losing to Djokovic in the semifinals. Kei Nishikori, the 2014 runner-up, slid two spots to No. 6 after a first-round exit at Flushing Meadows.

The two Italian women who met in the surprising U.S. Open final, champion Flavia

Pennetta and runner-up Roberta Vinci, both made big jumps in the WTA rankings.

Pennetta rose 18 spots to a career-best No. 8 on Monday, two days after beating Vinci to become, at 33, the oldest first-time Grand Slam champion. Vinci, who stunned Serena Williams in the semifinals, went from 43rd to 19th.

Williams remained at No. 1 - like Djokovic, she already is assured of finishing the year in the top spot - followed

by No. 2 Simona Halep, No. 3 Maria Sharapova and No. 4 Petra Kvitova.

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Elaine Thompson triumphs in Rietti Jamaica Observer - IAAF World Championships 200m silver medallist Elaine Thompson and Rusheen McDonald - in the rarely run 300m - were winners at the 45th staging of the Rietti Meeting, a World Challenge meet in Italy Sunday.

Thompson clocked 22.59 seconds to easily beat Nataliya Strohova of the Ukraine (23.40 seconds) and Russia’s Kseniya Ryzhova (23.54) as she joined an impressive list of Jamaicans who have won at the late-season meet. McDonald, who was a semi-finalist in the 400m at the World Championships in Beijing last month, won the 300m in a personal best 31.94 seconds, just off the meet record 31.93 set last year by Poland’s Karol Zalewski.

Great Britain’s Chris Clarke finished second with 32.29 seconds, while American Terrel Cotton, who trains with the Racers TC, was third in a personal best 32.36 seconds.

Jamaicans occupied the second through fourth places in the men’s 100m, with Nesta Carter the best finisher in second place in 10.06 seconds (1.4m/s), Julian Forte third in 10.09

Tuesday September 15, 2015

Guyanese lead Suriname to ICC WCL DIVISION-6 Cricket title

Elaine Thompson... clocked 22.59 seconds. (Jamaica Observer) seconds, while 200m specialist Rasheed Dwyer running a personal best 10.16 seconds for fourth.

Qatar’s Femi Ogunode won in 9.93 seconds.

Rams edge Seahawks in overtime

Former Guyana youth players Gavin Singh, Skipper Mahendra Boodram, Chris Patandin and Sauid Drepaul helped Dutch speaking ICC Associate member Suriname beat Guernsey to lift the ICC World Cricket League Division 6 trophy.

Singh delivered a master class again to pick up Player of the Match and Player of the Tournament awards to help his adopted Country to the ICC title.

The GCC all-rounder scored 61 and took 5-42 as his side eased to a six-wicket win in the final at Essex’s County Ground on Sunday.

Singh, who already had two Player of the Match prizes from group games, said: “I feel great but everybody chipped in. It was a big team effort and we really played well.

We played to the basics and that’s good, and I enjoyed the atmosphere at this ground.

Coming up to the tournament, we had really nice preparation, now we’re very excited to be in Division 5. We’ve just got to wait and see who our opposition will be and then plan what’s next.”

After Guernsey were put into bat, their openers got off to a steady start and brought

Man-of-thetournament Gavin Singh

up the 50 in ten overs.

Muneshwar ‘Chris’ Patadin, another Everest player, along with Singh made the breakthrough for the South Americans.

Patandin had Stokes (31) before Singh removed Oliver Newey (1). Tom Nightingale joined his brother Oliver and the siblings both made half centuries, with Tom making 65 and Oliver 59.

Singh then destroyed the lower order as Guernsey were all out for 237 in 49.5 overs.

Former Essequibo

batsman Boodram and Singh anchored Suriname’s innings with a 122-run partnership.

Boodram crashed his way to 65, while Singh smashed 61.

Ex-Everest left-hander Drepaul joined Singh and hit a quick 30 off 37 deliveries to see Suriname over the line.

Both sides have secured promotion to next year’s ICC World Cricket League Division 5 by making the final.

Wasim Haslim and Bernard Bailey were the other Guyanese born players in the Suriname team.

= = = Letter to the Sports Editor = = =

A football hoax, or a joke?

St. Louis Rams tight end Jared Cook (89) leaps into the air as Seattle Seahawks free safety Earl Thomas (29) defends during the first half at the Edward Jones Dome. (Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports) (The Sports XChange) - A stunning gamble by the Seattle Seahawks to start overtime failed and led to a St. Louis Rams win on the opening Sunday of the NFL season.

Placekicker Greg Zuerlein’s 37-yard field goal with 12:06 on the clock gave St. Louis a 34-31 verdict over the two-time NFC champions at the Edward Jones Dome.

The kick came six plays after Seattle tried an onside kick that was recovered by rookie wide receiver Bradley Marquez at the Seahawks’ 49.

Jeff Triplette’s officiating crew initially nullified the recovery, saying that Marquez gave an invalid fair catch signal, but the ball never hit the ground and Triplette reversed his original call.

“We wanted to kick it much deeper,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. “We wanted to kick it to a certain area. It wasn’t executed the way we wanted it.” Seattle’s overtime possession ended when running back Marshawn Lynch was stopped for a 2yard loss on fourth-and-1 at the Rams’ 41 by defensive end Chris Long.

St. Louis tied the game

with 53 seconds remaining when quarterback Nick Foles found tight end Lance Kendricks down the left side for a 37-yard touchdown pass. Strong safety Dion Bailey slipped and fell in coverage, leaving Kendricks uncovered.

Cornerback Cary Williams’ sack, scoop and score on an 8-yard fumble return with 4:39 remaining in the game capped Seattle’s rally from an 11point deficit, giving it a 31-24 lead.

Seahawks’ quarterback Russell Wilson finished 30 of 39 for 244 yards, absorbing six sacks and throwing under duress all day.

Foles, acquired from the Philadelphia Eagles in the off season, was 18 of 27 for 297 yards and two scores.

DEAR SIR, Reference is hereby made to the article appearing on the back page of S.N. (10.09.15) captioned “GFA begins first step of Constitutional Reform process - date set for GFA election to be finalized soon pg 29”.

My, oh my, here we go again, abnormalcy, outweighing normalcy, a la Normalization Committee! Within this context, the wise saying of the late Guyanese folklorist, Wodsworth Mc. Andrew, who was honored posthumously, coinciding with the 49th Independence Anniversary,” They are like asses braying from behind! Or, more mildly put, in the words of the late GNNL, Sports Reporter, Ouintyn Taylor.” A bunch of egotistical nincompoops”!

Editor, former GFF, President, Colin Klass, nevertheless, despite my ramblings and our heated debates on administrative issues pertaining to the sport, of football at the end of each intricate issue, “Mutual respect was always shown, and in some instances assistance rendered from the head table, in rephrasing/restructuring a specific term of reference towards presenting an acceptable level of deliberation(s).

Towards, strengthening the cause of inclusiveness which would have been subsequently reflected in the Minutes of the meeting”!

As such it’s quite surprising that of all the Associations; the once mighty Georgetown, in a worst case scenario has found itself, in a “constitutional crisis”! (More on this later).

Suffice it to say, “With five of the eight elite clubs, as participants of the Elite League, how

is this possible/ probable?

What of the UDFA? By the way, are all of the five clubs constitutionally viable?

Moreover, all affiliates of the GFA and by extension the various clubs that are affiliates of other Associations, along with additional associates of the GFF! In the final analysis with eligible voters for the GFF Congress (Elections of Office Bearers) slated for November, being substantially increased to 22, from an initial 12, does the new and recently adopted Constitution, cater for “Loss of Membership, by way of Associate Status”?

Further, are the Associations of Beach Soccer and Futsal truly reflective of national status? By what token, compatible to both being played in all Associations, and not just Upper Demerara.

“Asses braying from behind and egotistical nincompoops”!

All are involved, are consumed! Wouldn’t it have been more prudent for all affiliates to complete their constitutional reform first, followed by Annual General Meetings, inclusive of Elections of Office Bearers, within the specified timeframe; then adopt the GFF’s Constitution?

Rather than “putting the cart before the horse, while shutting the stable door, when the horse has already bolted”? If, the date when the GFA, AGM, is to be held is surpassed, it’s not protocol that the GFF and affiliates are informed?

And by a similar token seek their approval for an extension in office!

Lester Sealey

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U.S. expects more indictments in Floyd Mayweather Jr. insists soccer probe as Swiss freeze assets he’s content at 49-0. Unless...

ZURICH (Reuters) U.S. authorities have expanded their investigations into corruption in global soccer and expect to file additional criminal charges, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Monday, deepening the crisis surrounding the sport’s governing body.

As part of a separate Swiss investigation, Switzerland’s chief prosecutor said his office had seized property and flats in the Swiss Alps in connection with its probe into corruption inside Zurich-based FIFA. The developments are the latest in the worst crisis in FIFA’s 111-year history, which erupted with the arrest of seven senior soccer officials and sports marketing executives over corruption accusations in Zurich in May. “What I can say is that, separate and apart from the pending indictment, our investigation remains active and ongoing, and has in fact expanded since May,” Lynch said at a news conference in Zurich alongside Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber.

“Based upon that cooperation (with Swiss authorities) and new evidence, we do anticipate pursuing additional charges against individuals and entities,” Lynch said.

She added that the global response to the FIFA scandal had sent a clear message: “You are on the wrong side of progress and do a disservice to the integrity of this wonderful sport.”

Lauber said the Swiss investigation had not yet reached the half-way mark and his office had continued to build up its mountain of seized data.

Switzerland’s Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has so far gathered around 11 terabytes of electronic data — up from nine in the OAG’s June update — and 121 different bank accounts have been flagged for suspicious activity.

The OAG had said last month it had received 103 suspicious financial activity reports for its investigation.

SWISS ALPS ASSETS Lauber also said the OAG had conducted house searches in western Switzerland and seized apartments in the Swiss mountains which could have been used to launder money.

“Where proportional and needed, financial assets have been seized, including real estate, for example flats in the Swiss Alps,” Lauber said. “At this point I would like to emphasis that investments in real estate can be misused for the purpose of money laundering.”

However, he said he was surprised at an apparent lack of interest from authorities abroad.

“Since we opened our criminal case against unknown persons, almost no foreign jurisdiction has requested mutual legal assistance so far,” he said, adding that he did not include the United States in his comment.

“One can only speculate

why this is and how it is.”

The United States has indicted nine soccer officials and five executives, charging them with racketeering, money laundering and wire fraud for orchestrating multimillion dollar bribery schemes over 24 years.

Separately, Swiss authorities launched an investigation into whether corruption was a factor in Russia and Qatar’s successful bids to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has not been accused of wrongdoing by Swiss or U.S. authorities, but sources have said the FBI is examining his stewardship of the organization.

However, U.S. and European law enforcement have said no criminal charges are currently pending against Blatter, who has denied any wrongdoing.

Lynch would not comment on whether Blatter could become a target of the U.S. investigation and whether he would face arrest if he traveled to the United States or other countries with which the United States has close law enforcement ties.

“I’m not going to comment at this time on individuals who may or may not the subject of the next round of arrests,” Lynch said. “So therefore I am not able to give you information about Mr Blatter’s travel plans.”

Blatter has said he would step down as FIFA president after his successor is decided in an extraordinairy FIFA congress in February.

Former National youth Footballer IS T&T NEW SPORTS MINISTER Port of Spain -Trinidad and Tobago’s FA have congratulated Darryl Smith on his appointment as the new Minister of Sport, and says they are looking forward to a productive working relationship with the former youth footballer.

Smith, the Member of Parliament for Diego Martin Central, was named on Friday to serve in the cabinet of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, following the People’s National Movement’s victory in General Elections here last Monday.

FA president, Raymond Tim Kee said the ministry needed someone with Smith’s enthusiasm and knowledge.

“It’s reassuring to have leadership in the Department of Sport and Youth Affairs from someone who understands the grassroots and sporting issues of the country, and who has also been actively involved,” Tim Kee said. “I am confident your passion for sport, in particular football, and for T&T, will see you work tirelessly for the development of sport in our beloved country.”

Darryl Smith (Trinidad Express)

He added: “Nothing fosters a sense of shared national identity better than the country taking part in global sporting competitions as has been evident at the 2006 World Cup and our appearances at other world events, cricket World Cups and Athletic meets such as the Olympic Games.”

Floyd Mayweather Jr., center, stands with referee Kenny Bayless, right, after defeating Andre Berto for the WBC/WBA welterweight titles. (Steve Marcus / AP) (Los Angeles Times) In vivid detail, Floyd Mayweather Jr. recounted memories which shaped a boxing career that now stands at 490. He was being pressed by reporters at his post-fight news conference about whether he’ll truly retire after dominating Andre Berto on Saturday night by unanimous decision.

At 38, Mayweather was far faster and more skilled than his younger foe, reminding afterward that Berto was “not facing any ordinary Joe. He’s facing the best.”

Yet, Mayweather - boxing’s No. 1 poundfor-pound fighter — also has his 39th birthday arriving in February. And after adding a $32million purse to the $220-million-plus he collected by defeating Manny Pacquiao, he showed no interest in following the well-worn path by boxing greats such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson, who were sad shadows of themselves in the end.

“Those things I remember,” Mayweather said after recalling how he all but demanded monthly fights to sharpen his talent early in his career. “If I keep fighting … I gotta get up out of there.”

Mayweather put on a signature display of his “hit and don’t be hit” mentality against Berto, connecting on 57% of his punches and peppering the challenger with 83 jabs to retain his World Boxing Council and World Boxing Assn. welterweight belts at the MGM Grand.

He matched late former-heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano’s record at retirement and tied Louis with his 26th worldtitle victory. “I don’t know another fighter that made it look so easy … I made it look so easy,” Mayweather said.

He wasn’t talking only of Saturday’s fight, after one judge awarded him all 12 rounds. He was speaking of his career.

“He’s just smart. Really smart,” Berto said.

“I got caught up, like everybody else, in trying to knock him out. Even when I was on the inside, he’d tie me up with his little tactics.

You want to catch his [rear] and get him out of there. He’s too sharp.

“I haven’t been in there with Rocky Marciano, but to have that speed and timing, it’s unheard of.”

Mayweather admitted that people “are throwing money at me,” and that another “nine-figure” offer would be on the table if he chose to fight beyond his six-bout Showtime deal that expired with the triumph.

MGM Grand is opening a new 20,000-seat arena in April that would likely sweeten the pot. “I’m OK,” Mayweather said in rejecting at least for now - the overtures.

He said he feels motivation to develop

young fighters within his Mayweather Promotions stable and to enjoy his life.

He’s also currently overlooking a landscape of possible next opponents that include three fighters he’s already proven he can beat - Pacquiao, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Miguel Cotto.

“Pac, ‘Canelo’ and Cotto … it’s like bowling and I got a turkey,” Mayweather said.

His father and trainer, Floyd Mayweather Sr., mentioned unbeaten middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin only to dismiss him as “too big,” and he discounted unbeaten welterweight Keith Thurman as “a one-punch fighter,” the kind Mayweather Jr. has made a career of defeating.

The father said he’ll monitor his son’s feelings toward the future, warning that it’s important to decide sooner rather than later if he’ll truly bypass a shot at 50-0.

“If you don’t want to fight, you better quit.

Right then,” Mayweather Sr. said. “When your mind is telling you, ‘I don’t want to do this no more,’ you better not … because if you continue to do it, you’re going to get hurt.”

Mayweather Jr. was definitely in the mood to look back.

“I fought my first 17 fights in [one year and eight months] and became a world champion,” less than two years after his pro debut, he said, reminding that he’s paid his dues. Then he told a related tale - a nod to mortality - of how three of his defining fights came against men who have since died. His first world title came against Los Angeles’ Genaro “Chicanito” Hernandez. His first big showdown with a fellow unbeaten was against Diego Corrales. And his first pay-per-view was against Arturo Gatti.

So, he was saying, understand any reluctance in fighting on, even if it would be to reach 50-0.

Those who best know Mayweather project that if a suitable challenger emerges by early next year, it could sway him to come back.

He admitted he can overcome rust quickly.

“Once I get to the boxing gym and I get started, four hours of nonstop hard work,” is all that’s needed, he said.

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GT Beeer/Petra Organisation Futsal Competition...

Bent Street outlasts Sparta in breathtaking and unforgettable final - Dangerous Festival City finishes third Paying patrons and even the specially invited guests were treated to a breathtaking and unforgettable performance by eventual winner Bent Street and Sparta Boss that brought a fitting conclusion to the inaugural GT Beer / Petra Organisation Futsal Competition late Sunday night, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Watched by what had to be the biggest attendance for a sporting event at the arena for sometime, the final lived up to its pre-game hype of an anticipated rivetting showdown and one littered with goals.

Every prediction was deadly accurate and in the end, Bent Street led by four goals from the indomitable Colin Nelson outlasted a fatigued Sparta Boss unit over the dying minutes to earn a dramatic 8-6 win to capture the crown and $500,000, while the losers went home with $250,000.

Sparta Boss’ Sheldon Shepherd made a valiant effort to keep them in the game, but with a side missing two of its best players in Devon Millington and Gregory Richardson it was always going to be a tough task against a team that possessed a deep bench with some very good futsal players.

Earlier, Festival City showed why they are a dangerous team to come up against when they easily defeated West Front Road ‘Gold is Money’ 10-6 to walk away with third place and the $125,000 prize, while the losing team received $75,000.

In the main attraction, Shepherd sent the team’s supporters into euphoric celebrations when he swept in a cross from the right side into the goal after four minutes.

However, Nelson, who has been amongst the most lethal shooters throughout the tournament, gave an early aide-memoire of his power after blasting in from just inside the penalty area to level the proceedings and in the process ignite similar bouts of rapture among their fans two minutes later.

Just to emphasise his dominance, Nelson returned one minute later to give his team the lead with a crunching shot past the Sparta goalkeeper.

Shepherd, however, was determined to match him and when he curled a shot past the opposing goalkeeper stationed on the near post, the arena went wild as the scores leveled at 2-2 after nine minutes.

The diminutive O’kenie Fraser squeezed a shot through the legs of the goalkeeper in the 14th minute to raise another spell of pandemonium among their supporters as the teams headed to the break with Bent Street leading 3-2 and all to play for in the final period.

Once again the man to the rescue for Sparta was Shepherd, who fired past the goalkeeper from a tight angle and that too prompted celebrations one minute after the resumption.

Amos Ramsay responded in the 17th minute for Bent Street, before Eusi Phillip did likewise for Sparta and the scores were deadlocked again.

A careless blunder from Sparta’s goalkeeper, who in his attempt to trap a back pass, watched in horror as the ball slid under his foot and trickled into the goal thereby giving Bent Street a 5-4 advantage after nineteen minutes.

For the first time in the game a team was able to take a two-goal cushion when Steffon Ramsay fired past the goalkeeper in the 23rd minute for a 6-4 lead with seven minutes left on the clock.

Ramsay’s goal initiated a mini exodus of fans, but that was checked almost immediately as Sparta responded one minute later through the experienced Travis Grant, who stinging effort beat defence and goalkeeper.

A screaming left-footer from the energetic Carl Tudor was all it took to send the packed Hall into hysteria five minutes from full time.

Just when it looked as though the game was heading for a frenetic end, Bent Street

clearly the stronger of the two in terms of stamina, fired in two goals in rapid succession to knock the wind out of the Sparta Boss’s unit.

Who else could it be but the energy tank in Nelson who lashed in the decisive goals in the 26th and 27th minutes and that two-goal advantage held until the final whistle sounded.

Among those that witnessed the final included Banks Beer Executive Brian Choo-Hen, GT Beer Brand Manager Geoff Clement, NaMilCo Finance Controller Fitzroy McLeod and Technical Director of the Golden Jaguars Jamal Shabazz.

The other sponsors were NaMilCo and Trophy Stall of Bourda Market.

In the night’s full results: Sparta Boss-6 vs Bent Street-8 Bent Street Scorers Colin Nelson-6th, 7th, 26th

and 27th Okeene Fraser-14th Amos Ramsay-17th Own Goal-19th Steffon Ramsay-23rd Sparta Boss Scorers Sheldon Shepherd-4th, 9th and 16th Eusi Phillips-18th Travis Grant-24th Carl Tudor-25th Third Place playoff Festival City-10 vs West Front Road-6 Festival City Scorers Eon Alleyne-19th, 20th, 23rd and 25th Dwayne Lawrence-6th and 12th Solomon Austin-19 secs and 29th Daniel Favourite-28th and 30th West Front Road Scorers Hubert Pedro-11th Own Goal-17th Darren Benjamin-24th and 26th Randolph Wagner-26th and 27th

The two MVPs of the final, Bent Street’s Colin Nelson (right) and Sparta’s Sheldon Shepherd fight for possession of the ball during their encounter.

David captures senior title at St. Cuthbert’s Mission run

Respective prize winners with Director of Sport Christopher Jones and councillors.

Eno David carted off the senior male event when the St. Cuthbert’s Mission Indigenous month run was held recently in memory of the late Telford Taylor.

David won the five-mile race in a time of 36 minutes ahead of Devon Dundas, who clocked 37 minutes and Paul Abrams who finished in 39 minutes.

Kelon Kattow captured the Primary School boys’ event in 24 minutes, while

John Punsammy placed second in 26 minutes and Aldin Dundas third in 27.

Hilary Henry clocked 25 minutes to win the girls segment, Beyonce Dundas claimed the runner up spot (31 mins) and Bachibu Keukian third (32 mins).

The Secondary School boys’ five-mile race was taken

by Elmos William in 47 minutes; Moses Dundas placed second in 47 minutes .02 seconds while Shawn Wong

came third in 48 minutes.

The Girls equivalent was won by Serena Keukain in a time of 48 minutes, Ansa Williams and Nazema Williams took second and third in 49 and 50 minutes respectively.

There were seventy six participants including 18 females. Prizes were also given to Chrisley Shuman and Britney Punsammy the youngest male and female primary school athletes.

In addressing the

residents after the event, Director of Sport Christopher Jones said he was impressed with the talent and determination of the athletes.

“The Government of Guyana is committed to serve the people not just in Georgetown and the coastland but throughout Guyana so you can be assured that we will be supporting your sports programme,” he posited.

The run was sponsored by the National Sports Commission.

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Annual Women’s Football Tournament...

Eagles’ United soars to championship honours Foxy Ladies outfox Demerara Queens for third place

Top goal scorers, Nichola Leacock and Andrea Lashley collect their awards from Mark Xavier.

A decent crowd of cheering supporters trooped to the Tucville Ground last Sunday evening and were rewarded with two action packed encounters when the finals and third place playoff of the Annual Women’s Football Tournament were contested at the Tucville Ground.

The matches were keenly contested and when the smoke had cleared, Eagles United soared above its competitors to take the championship trophy after dishing out a 2-0 whipping to Demerara Queens, while Foxy Ladies outfoxed Little Divas for a 3-1 victory and the eventual third place. The architects of the Eagles United’s victory are Terryka

The architects of Foxy Ladies’ success (from left) Stacy Adams, Uan Wilson, Shamika Marcus and Tiandi Smith.

Joseph (53) and Lakeisha Pearson (69), while Tiandi Smith (4), Stacy Adams (8) and Uan Wilson (14) struck for the Foxy Ladies. Abioce Heywood contributed Little Divas sole success in the 13th minute.

The feature game between the Eagles’ United and Demerara Queens commenced at a hectic pace with both teams attacking and counterattacking to grab the initiative. Eagles had a first shot at goal after one of their strikers weaved her way past the opposition’s defence and drew the keeper out of her comfort zone.

The ensuing kick was, however, mistimed and slid harmlessly down the left side

of the goal.

The battle continued at a furious pace, characterized by tactical passes by the Eagles, while the Demerara Queens maintained a strong defence intermingled with good offensive strategies.

With fresh legs on both sides, the two teams attacked and defended well and held each other to a first session stalemate.

The teams started the second session at a fiery pace and a wicked left foot shot by Joseph out of a goal scrimmage screamed past the Demerara Queens custodian and settled in the network long before she had moved. As the battle continued it was obvious that the Eagles were the stronger,

more tactical bunch.

Their second goal was a zipper when Pearson dribbled past the opposition’s defence and drilled their custodian from an acute angle just off the left post.

Abioce Heywood is regarded as the lynchpin of the Divas and she endorsed this faith during the early exchanges w h e n s h e e ff o r t l e s s l y dribbled past the opposition’s defense. She then spoiled the effort with a tame kick that was scooped up by the Foxy Ladies’ custodian.

Ti a n d i S m i t h t h e n immediately took over and showed how it’s done when she struck the ball from way down the centre line and it swirled past the opposition’s

custodian’s outstretched hands and settled in the network. Adams pressed home the advantage 4 minutes later from the penalty spot, while Heywood’s goal punctuated those two before Uan Wilson sealed the deal for the Foxy Ladies.

The Divas lost the services of their star player, Heywood, after she was cited for aggressively running down the Foxy Ladies’ custodian just after the penalty was struck.

She was shown a yellow card and subsequently the red since the referee claimed that she had received an earlier yellow card.

The dapper striker vociferously protested

saying such was not the case, all to no avail.

Meanwhile, Sherrilyn Kingston was voted the Most Valuable Player and was duly rewarded with a trophy for her efforts while Nichola Leacock and Andrea Lashley shared the honours for the most goals after they both netted 4 apiece.

Eight teams battled for honours in a round robin format and then the knockout stage over the past few weeks. Participating teams were Foxy Ladies, GDF, Little Diva Flames and New Amsterdam Warriors (Group A) and Eagles United, West Side Conquerors, Demerara Queens and Kuru Kuru (Group B).

Mibicuri Community Developers honour Hilbert Foster for work with youths Minister Volda Lawrence (right) and Mr. Hilbert Foster in conversation.

The outstanding work of long standing Secretary/ CEO of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) Hilbert Foster was recognized by another organization.

The 2010 National Sports Personality of the year was honoured for his work among youths, especially his hard work in the fight against suicide in Black Bush Polder and Guyana, by the Mibicuri Community Developers.

Minister within the Ministry of Health, Dr. Karen Cummings presented Foster with the award on behalf of the group and congratulated him for his outstanding work. In an

invited comment, Foster who has received numerous awards from international and national organizations, stated that he was humbled to be honoured by a sister organization of the RHTY&SC. The Mibicuri Community Developers and the RHTY&SC were both founded by the three-time C o m m o n w e a l t h Yo u t h Service Awardee, the St Francis Community Developers.

Foster has been the architect and driving force behind thousands of projects/activities directed towards youths over the past fifteen years in his capacity as Secretary/ CEO of the club. Every year the club,

under Foster’s leadership undertakes a challenging list of about two hundred (200) programmes/ activities that touches and changes the lives of youths across Berbice.

Foster who also served as the Chairman of the Special Events Committee of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) from 2008 to 2014 completed over one thousand (1000) projects/ activities that completely transformed the BCB from a mere cricketing entity to a highly successful nongovernmental organization.

In 2005, he drafted a massive Anti Drug and Pro Education campaign for the RHTY&SC that included magazines, leaflets, posters,

educational scholarships, counseling, television commercials and programmes, billboards,

involvement in sports and assistance to students to stay in school. In 2014, the programme was expanded to

target youths in a “Say NO to Crime and Suicide” Promotion. Thousands of (Continued on page 29)

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Courts gears for biggest 10km Road Race Sunday

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ourts Guyana Inc. is ready to host its biggest 10km Road Race and 3km Health Run/Walk with large number of registrants entered into the fifth edition of the race that starts, and finishes, at the store’s Main Street location from 6:00am Sunday morning.

Courts confirmed yesterday that according to entries received from the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), a large number of participants will compete in the race this year.

Courts’ Public Relations Officer, Roberta Ferguson said the aim is to continue to grow. Last year the race witnessed its largest turnout with various gyms and clubs participating according to Ferguson and the aim is to surpass those numbers.

Courts’ 10km Road Race is the second most lucrative 10km Road Race in Guyana.

Only the IAAF South American 10km Classic offers a bigger purse than the Courts race.

“We have been receiving a large number of registrants with persons calling us from as far as Bartica to register for the race,” Ferguson said yesterday.

She said that the startline should be impressive with an exciting race promised. Ferguson stated that they will fine tune all logistics to ensure the race meets the standard it has already set. Those include police presence on the road, ambulatory and water station services. “Plans are

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Berbice River Bridge/BCB 50 Overs...

Assad Fudadin and Jason Sinclair lead RHTG&G to final

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Roberta Ferguson (left) and Trudy Abrahams going great so far, we’re constantly in contact with the AAG and due to the great response we are forced to look at our logistics again and fine tuning of the race,” she informed, adding that all officials, water stations, Police for the route and medical team should be in place for the race.

She also added that they would love for everyone to register for the race early, including persons doing the 3 k m H e a l t h Wa l k a s registration is free and Courts would be better able to plan for the participants once they know the numbers they are expecting.

F e rg u s o n u s e d t h e occasion to remind that they are celebrating 22 years in a grand way and sport is on the front burner. She informed that for September alone, Courts has spent millions in sport, which shows their commitment to the development of sports in Guyana. Over $2M will be spent on the 10km Road Race Sunday with $1.2M in prizes. Meanwhile, Courts

M e d i a O ff i c e r, Tr u d y Abrahams, encouraged families, corporate entities and civil society to come out and participate in the 3km Health Run/Walk.

She said that the aim is to promote a healthy lifestyle for all Guyanese.

“We encourage families to come out and do the 3km Health Run/Walk. It’s a great way for the family to do something exciting together.

I believe families should take full advantage of this and it’s part of Courts fulfilling its mandate of ‘Bringing Value Home”.

We’re encouraging people to add value to their lives,” Abrahams said yesterday.

The 10km race will start in front of Courts’ Main Street Office, proceed north to the Seawall Road, east along the Seawall Road and continue east along Rupert Craig Highway’s northern carriageway to turn in the vicinity of Conversation Tree Road on the Rupert Craig Highway.

It will then proceed on the Rupert Craig Highway’s southern carriageway into Kitty Public Road; south on Vlissengen Road; west on Lamaha Street, south on the eastern carriageway into Main Street, before turning around at the Cenotaph to finish on the western carriageway of Main Street in front of Courts.

The 3km ‘Health Run’ will start outside of Courts on Main Street, proceed north to the Seawall, continue along the Seawall, turn right on to Camp Street, continue to Lamaha Street, turn left on Lamaha Street, proceed west to Main Street, turn left onto Main Street.

The race will continue in the southern direction to the Bank of Guyana before turning right onto Main Street (western side) and finishing at Courts.

n unbeaten second wicket stand of 140 in 2 3 o v e r s between West Indies middle order batsman Assad Fudadin and Berbice senior player Jason Sinclair spearheaded Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets (RHTG&G) to an easy 9 wicket victory over Port Mourant in their semi final clash of the Berbice River Bridge / Berbice Cricket Board 50 overs tournament.

Playing at the Area ’H’ ground, Fudadin continued his rich run of form with an attractive unbeaten 82 (9x4 1x6) while Sinclair hit an attacking 69 not out decorated with 7 fours and a six as RHTG&G chased down 187 in 29.2 overs.

Batting first after losing the toss, Port Mourant’s Loydel Lewis went in the 2nd over, caught off Keon Sinclair for 1. At 5-1, Avishwar Sewharran and Samuel Krishasammy then added 15 for the next wicket before Krishasmmy was forced to retire hurt after receiving a serious blow to his right hand from Clinton

Assad Fudadin (right) and Jason Sinclair Pestano. Sewharran struggled to get the ball off the square and he was finally dismissed for 4 off 27 balls at 44-2 in the 11th over. Joshua Ramsammy, 42, Parmanand Narine, 22, and N. Cameron, 15, reached double figures while extras contributed a healthy 44 as Port Mourant reached a respectable 187 all out in 46.2 overs.

Bowling for RHTG&G, skipper Shawn Perriera took 4-29 from 10 overs and Keon Sinclair 2-33 while there was a wicket each for Fudadin, Rajiv Ivan and Collis Butts.

Needing 188 for victory, Fudadin and Vidal Crandon added 49 for the first wicket in 6.2 overs before Crandon was yorked by medium pacer Mahendra Looknauth for 14.

The Fudadin and Sinclair partnership then dominated the hapless Port Mourant bowling with runs flowing on all sides of the lightening fast outfield.

Fudadin’s fifty came off 34 balls, while Sinclair’s took 37 balls. RHTG&G would play the winner of the next semi final which will feature Albion and Police.

Government provides funds to National Volleyball team

Sports Minister Nicolette Henry presents the $400,000 cheque to GVF President John Flores at her Main Street Office yesterday.

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icolette Henry, Junior Minister within the Ministry of Education with responsibility for Sports yesterday presented a cheque for $400,000 Guyana dollars to President of the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) John Flores to assist with the airfare to Brazil for the 15member National Volleyball team.

Minister Henry said the contribution was for air tickets for team members to travel to Brazil for the upcoming CSV Male indoor

Championship slated for Maceio, Brazil from September 27 to October 5.

Flores thanked the Guyana Government for its contribution which he said should go a long way in helping with the cost of the trip and promised the Minister that the team will give of their best in Brazil. A return air ticket to Brazil costs approximately US$1,200.

Last Thursday the Reds Perreira foundation presented $200,000 Guyana dollars to Flores to assist with the trip.

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Stoby disappointed not being able US Open champ Novak to compete at Pan American C/ships Djokovic clinches year Minister Henry urges national bodies to be timely with requests for assistance

By Franklin Wilson One of Guyana’s most decorated and dedicated powerlifters along with another young and proven talent, Winston ‘Little Master’ Stoby and Vijai Rahim will unfortunately not be part of the national team which will seek to bring glory to this nation when the curtains on the 15th NAPF / FESUPO Pan-American Powerlifting Championships are lifted tomorrow in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.

Competition will run until September 20 and Guyana will be represented by an eight-member team that consists of Britany Mack, Andrea Smith, Osmand Mack, Rudolph Blackman, Marino Jeffrey, GAPF General Secretary / IPF Referee Gordon Spencer, GAPF PRO/ Organising Secretary / IPF Scorer Denroy Livan and Assistant Manager / Coach, Vickram Budhram.

Speaking with this reporter yesterday, Stoby said he was very disappointed in not being able to attend and was looking forward to the Ministry of Sport to assist himself and Rahim towards

-end No. 1 for 4th time Novak Djokovic of Serbia.

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Hon. Nicolette O. Henry and Winston Stoby making the trip as the other persons who are in Brazil had to foot their own expenses with the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) paying the membership and affiliation fees.

Stoby informed that he was under the impression that assistance from the Sport Ministry which now falls under the purview of the Ministry of Education would have been a certainty but when contacted yesterday via email, Minister within the Ministry of Education with responsibility for Sport,

Hon. Nicolette O. Henry said that the letter of request for sponsorship from the GAPF reached her desk very late.

Minister Henry who was very prompt in responding to questions sent to her yesterday said that the letter that was signed by GAPF President Peter Green and headlined “Urgent Support for Pan Am Team”, was received on August 31st and that she was overseas on official Ministry business at the time the letter reach her ministry. Minister Henry also noted that while it is the

intention to assist all, it is also imperative for associations and federations to understand the need for making requests on a timely basis in order to be in the reckoning for help.

“I have asked the Director of Sport Mr. Christopher Jones to meet with associations and federations to underscore the importance of writing to the ministry on a timely basis with requests for assistance.

Of course we would like to help but we have to do so in a structured manner.”

Flavia Pennetta, of Italy.

(AP Photo/David Goldman)

RHT Police Outpost benefits from RHT Pepsi U19 Team and ‘B’ Division Police

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he Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club Pepsi Under-19 team and the Community Outreach Department of the Guyana Police Force ‘B’ Division on Friday presented a number of items to the Rose Hall Town Police Outpost.

The donation of one (1) bicycle, a rechargeable lamp and a clock was done under the two organizations’ joint “Say NO to Drugs/ Crime/ Suicide and YES to Sports /Education” programme which was launched in response to the rapid use of drugs and the rise of criminal activities in the Ancient County.

Secretary/CEO of the club, Hilbert Foster, in handing over the items stated that the club and the police met residents of the township during the month of August and several requests were made as part of efforts to improve the performance of members of the outpost.

The items were purchased with proceeds from a fundraising corn house which was a joint initiative of the two entities.

Meanwhile, over a hundred (100)

less fortunate students would shortly receive footwear and school materials to attend school.

Foster urged the management of the outpost to use the items for its intended purpose; he committed the Pepsi Under-19 team to providing another bicycle to the outpost, along with more needed items.

The RHTY&SC he proudly stated is the only sports organization in the entire Caribbean which gets its different cricket teams to undertake projects aimed at making a positive difference in the lives of youths, elderly and the less fortunate.

GPF’s Assistant Superintendent Terrence Browne and Corporal Caesar both expressed gratitude to the Pepsi U-19 team and the Police Community Outreach Department for the timely donation.

Browne stated that he enjoys working with the RHTY&SC, an entity that is action oriented and a strong believer in making a difference.

In the coming weeks, the two organizations would be unveiling plans for several sports competitions

RHTY&SC’s Hilbert Foster hands over one of the items to Assistant Superintendent Terrence Browne in the presence of others. (volleyball, basketball, football, female cricket) and for the

construction of a Recreational Park for families in Rose Hall Town.

NEW YORK (AP) Novak Djokovic’s U.S Open title allowed him to clinch the year-end No. 1 ranking for the fourth time.

The ATP announced M o n d a y, a d a y a f t e r Djokovic’s 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 victory over No. 2 Roger Federer in the final at Flushing Meadows, that the 28-year-old Serbian would add 2015 to 2011, 2012 and 2014 as seasons he finished atop the rankings.

“Knowing I will end the year at No. 1 keeps my mind relaxed,” Djokovic said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I have achieved a lot so far in the season, and I hope I can deliver the same game for the rest of the year.”

He is 63-5 with seven titles, including three at Grand Slam tournaments, and has reached the final at each of his past 11 events.

Djokovic beat Andy Murray in the Australian Open final, lost to Stan Wawrinka in the French Open final, then beat Federer in the finals at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. Djokovic is currently in his third stay at No. 1, for a total of 164 weeks, the (Continued on page 29)

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