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Friday September 25, 2015

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Before Congress, Pope urges U.S. to end hostility to immigrants

Pope Francis arrives in the House Chamber prior to addressing a joint meeting of the Congress. REUTERS/JAMES LAWLER DUGGAN Reuters - Pope Francis beseeched Americans to end hostility towards immigrants in a historic speech before the U.S. Congress yesterday, weighing in forcefully on a divisive issue that is stirring debate in the 2016 presidential campaign.

Bringing a message that America’s power and wealth should be used to serve humanity, the 78-year-old pontiff said the United States must not turn its back on “the stranger in our midst.”

“Building a nation calls us to recognise that we must constantly relate to others, rejecting a mindset of

hostility,” Francis told the Republican-led Congress a day after he met with Democratic President Barack Obama.

Francis, bo r n in Argentina to an Italian immigrant family, delivered a wide-ranging speech that addressed issues dear to liberals in the United States but also emphasized conservative values and Catholic teachings on the family.

The leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics called for a worldwide end to the death penalty, which is still used in 31 of the 50 U.S.

states, while advocating a more equitable economy to help people “trapped in a cycle of poverty” and a greater effort against climate change driven by human activities.

The pope later flew to New York, where he was greeted by crowds at John F. Kennedy International Airport and will lead evening prayer services at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Francis today is due to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York and to celebrate an openair Mass in Philadelphia on Sunday.

Reuters - Former Yugoslav foes Serbia and Croatia traded embargoes and insults yesterday in the latest fallout from Europe’s failure to agree a comprehensive response to the tide of migrants streaming north through the Balkans.

After weeks of recrimination and buckpassing, a summit on Wednesday did produce a glimmer of political unity between EU states on measures to help the refugees closer to home, or at least register their asylum requests as soon as they enter the European Union.

But all attempts in recent weeks to stem the flow have only prompted more desperate people to make a dash for Europe before the doors are shut or winter makes the journey too perilous.

Yesterday alone, about 1,200 people crossed in boats from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos in under an hour, following the 2,500 who

had made the dangerous passage the previous day.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the European leader who has done most to welcome refugees, told her parliament that the EU was “still a long way from where we must get to”.

Nowhere was that more evident than in eastern Europe, where beggar-myneighbour policies have led countries alternately to try to block the flow or shunt it somewhere else.

Until last week, most of those fleeing war or poverty in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere were finding that the quickest route into the EU, and their preferred destination of Germany, was from Serbia into Hungary.

But since Hungary sealed its border with razor-wire, an overwhelmed Serbia has simply diverted almost 50,000 migrants to the EU’s newest member state, Croatia, which says it also cannot keep pace with the influx.

Demanding that Serbia send at least some of the migrants to Hungary or Romania, Croatia barred all Serbian-registered vehicles from crossing from Serbia.

Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said he would not let Serbia “make fools of us ... We can function with 4,000 to 5,000 people a day. But more than that will not work, and I will not allow it.”

Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic said Serbia had been “brutally attacked”, and its Foreign Ministry compared the restrictions to racial laws enforced by the Nazi puppet state in Croatia in World War Two. Belgrade in turn blocked Croatian goods and cargo vehicles, and the escalating dispute threatened to undo 15 years of progress towards reconciling two countries that were enemies during Yugoslavia’s bloody collapse in the 1990s.

Lack of EU migrant strategy reignites Serbia-Croatia tensions

REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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Friday September 25, 2015

Obama and Putin to meet; Syria and Ukraine vie for attention

Vladimir Putin (L) and Barack Obama Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in New York next week at a time of high tension in Europe and the Middle East, but the Kremlin and the White House disagreed yesterday over the top priority for the talks.

The White House insisted the meeting would focus on eastern Ukraine, where Russian-backed forces are fighting the Kiev government, prompting tough sanctions that have

damaged Russia’s economy.

Moscow, however, said the main focus would be on Syria, where Russia has built up its military forces in recent weeks with combat aircraft, tanks and other equipment in support of President Bashar al-Assad.

Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters: “Of course, the primary topic will be Syria.” Asked whether Ukraine would be discussed, he said: “Well, if time allows.”

“There will be time,” Obama’s spokesman, Josh

Earnest, retorted during a briefing in Washington.

Earnest, speaking at the White House, played down the possibility for any “major announcement” from the meeting.

The leaders will be in New York to address the United Nations General Assembly on Monday morning. Peskov said the meeting would take place after Putin’s speech, but Earnest declined to say when it would happen.

The two camps also differed over wh

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OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OR DUE PROCESS? The government does not need to put on a charade in order to remove the Executive head of NICIL. One top government official, considered by many as more powerful that the Prime Minister had long signaled that the top official of NICIL does not enjoy the confidence of the government and can never enjoy such confidence.

This was a clear signal that the head of NICIL would eventually be removed. It was therefore ingenious to read in

last Sunday’s edition of this newspaper that the new Board of NICIL has asked the Head of NICIL to explain NICIL’s investments into all of its projects.

This is quite a task and a very strange request. NICIL has always had a Board. In the past this was a highly politicized Board but it did have representation at one time from the trade union movement. Investments by NICIL would have had to have been sanctioned by the old Boards. It is these Boards

Under the theme, “Guyanese Products and Services- Our Gateway Forward,” the Ministry of Business successfully launched its first Business Exposition, yesterday. This event will commence on November 22, 2015 at the Sophia Exhibition Centre. The exposition was birthed to replace GuyExpo which is usually held in October.

Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, explained that the hosting of GuyExpo this year would have been impossible.

This was the reason behind the Ministry’s move to host a Business Exposition.

Ramsey Ali, President of the Guyana Manufacturing Services Association (GMSA) revealed that his organisation will be taking small businesses under its

umbrella to help market their products. Other large companies will also be helping small businesses. So far more than 300 participants have been solicited for the upcoming exposition.

The Small Business Exposition will see the promotion and showcasing of Guyana’s locally produced products and services.

Mr. Gaskin said that the Small Business Expo will not be as it customarily is. The focus will be on small businesses and not entertainment, as this has somehow become the main attraction over the years. It is hoped that this new tactic will help to discover various investment opportunities which will see the birthing, sustainment and growth of small businesses.

Business Exposition set to commence in November

who are the ones who need to be explaining their investments.

But of course the argument can be made that the Head of NICIL needs to provide reasons for the investments since he is the Chief Executive Officer. But it would not be fair to view those investments as being his investments since the old Boards would have most likely had to approve of them.

It is hoped that this request for an explanation is not a way of allowing due process to the Head of NICIL before he is axed. Why would the new Board be asking for an explanation of the investments made by NICIL when in fact those investments are done deals?

There is no way those investments can be reversed.

The hands of time cannot be

turned backwards.

Is it because the Board wants to make an objective assessment of those investments? This would be strange because the new government has long indicated its opposition to most of these investments.

In fact, it needs to be questioned why persons are sitting on NICIL Board when that entity is not being treated as a body corporate by the government.

The government has made it clear that its policy is not to have parallel treasuries and therefore the funds held

by NICIL will have to be paid into the Consolidated Fund, thereby removing its corporate status.

The forces that comprise the government were very vocal when in opposition about their opposition to

most of the investments made

by NICIL. It was to be expected, therefore, that the government would not be interested any longer in any rationale for these investments since most of them were not considered by the government to be in the best interest of Guyana.

The report that the new Board is asking for an explanation therefore begs the question as to whether this explanation is because the new Board wants to make an objective appraisal of these investments made by NICIL. Or could it be that this request for an explanation is part of the due process being accorded to the Head of NICIL so that if the explanation is deemed unsatisfactory, it can form the basis for his dismissal.

This latter scenario would

be unfortunate. For one, the government does not need such a basis to end the employment of the Head of NICIL. The government has already expressed an opinion on the future of the head of NICIL. Two, the Head of NICIL would not have been the person with the ultimate authority to approve of those investments. The old Boards had such authority and it was those Boards that are ultimately accountable for these investments. And the last of those Boards has already been fired.

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Friday September 25, 2015

== THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN ==

A hundred days of perfume whose scent is yet to be detected It has become the norm all over the world for the media and academia to identify a hundred days as the period to evaluate a new government.

President Zarkozy of France had his hundred days assessed by most top global newspapers.

Leaders themselves tend to address the nation on their first hundred days of power.

The same Zarkozy addressed France and offered an apology for mistakes made in that period.

How has the historic coalition of APNU-AFC done? I honestly cannot give them an Excellence grade. But in all honesty, the new government inherited a virtual vortex of national destruction, the real nature of which I don’t think many of its top leaders were deeply familiar with before they won the May 2015 General Elections.

I don’t think David Granger and Moses Nagamootoo had extensive knowledge of the nihilism that the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal created in Guyana.

I saw a picture in the press of President Granger being gracious with a certain lady

that is a big drug trafficker. I wanted to ring Joe Harmon immediately. I don’t think as Opposition Leader, he knew about this woman’s involvement. For sure, CANU has the file. CANU is tainted and the sooner its hierarchical personnel is changed, the better. I am quite prepared to offer my incontrovertible evidence to President Granger.

The hundred days could not have been mellifluous. It couldn’t even have been attractive. The scope for being generous to the people of Guyana was simply not there. The intention was there alright but not the resources.

In a hundred days the doors to some horizons have been slightly opened, and for that one must be thankful for small mercies. The elevation of the minimum wage was beautiful.

The reintroduction of the stipend to Critchlow Labour College was great. Old age pension was increased and that was superb.

All Guyanese wanted the curtailment of the excessive benefits that President Jagdeo gave himself when he demitted office. Linden got its own television station. Guysuco got

billions of dollars in subsidy.

VAT came off of many items.

The Berbice Bridge toll was reduced. That ran into a problem and water taxis were rightfully introduced.

I am not an economist.

Depending on your training, you will look at the hundred days from a perspective that others may not be interested in. I have no doubt the economist will concentrate on financial directions and statistical layouts and assess the hundred days in ways others may not. I use myself as an example.

In studying society, I apply philosophical concepts to assess whether freedoms, liberties, justice, democratic enhancements, equal treatment of the lower classes have expanded or if there are indications that they will.

In the first hundred days of the APNU+AFC administration, on the levels identified above, I will not give them a high grade.

There are serious indications in those first hundred days that if we do not apply relentless and meticulous surveillance, certain retrogressive steps may come about. I plan to join the Kaieteur News press contingent if and

when the President and the Prime Minister appear together at the same press conference. I will ask them to go deep into their minds and give me an elucidation that can withstand intellectual demolition of how they can vote for the removal of the barriers around Parliament when Donald Ramotar and Sam Hinds were in charge of Guyana, but now David Granger and Moses Nagamootoo are in power the barriers have increased not by a few but by dozens and have swallowed up more surrounding streets. I will give anything to hear their rational justification.

I think the Chronicle and the state media need to open up more to opposition news and independent voices. There

seems to be a move to pursue a culture of secrecy. The nation was told that there cannot be public dissemination of financial details of the Marriot Hotel.

All Guyanese wanted the transparency during the Jagdeo/ Ramotar reign. Now the APNUAFC seems to have fallen back on old culture. People who commit illegal acts against the resources of Guyana have had their identity protected by the APNU-AFC Government.

The police and judicial system are still hunting down poor people. The nation was informed that culprits from the fallen PPP regime took millions of unauthorized gasoline from Guyoil, was asked to repay the

Frederick Kissoon money, and the government withheld their identities. Was the Champion one of them?

Some APNU-AFC Ministers have adopted Jagdeoite hubris and Ramotarian hauteur.

I end with my favourite ending. God is dead. Marx is dead. Gandhi is dead.

Mandela is dead. And I’m not feeling too well myself.

Dem boys seh...

Brassington eat a dankey yesterday Jagdeo running mad. He look sane but you got to watch his actions. Is de actions wha mek dem boys know he running mad.

Imagine Guyana under threat from Venezuela. All dem news media focusing pun that except Jagdeo TV, radio and newspaper.

People call de Waterfalls boss man fuh tell him that he more big than de Venezuela story. Dem seh that dem was watching Jagdeo and Babbie TV when dem hear ‘BREAKING NEWS’ coming up.

De man seh that he couldn’t wait to hear de breaking news wha coming up. He seh when de newscast start, is about Glenn Lall.

De next story was de Venezuela issue.

De man tell de Waterfalls boss man that he didn’t know he was suh powerful, more important than Venezuela invasion.

De boss man tun and tell him that he know that Jagdeo want to jail him but he know that Jagdeo didn’t have de dangling bells to do de wuk. But de boss man want help him.

Nobody ain’t got to try him. Don’t waste time that he gun go to de prison heself. In fact, he tell dem boys that bright

and early Monday morning he going to de Camp Street jail and knock at de gate.

When dem open he gun tell dem put him in a cell fuh a few, that he want to clear de way fuh Jagdeo because he know that Jagdeo coming soon after.

Dem boys seh that once Jagdeo end up in de same cell wid de Boss man, wha he ain’t do outside he gun do inside—he gun mek children.

Yesterday was Eid and Jagdeo didn’t lef he house.

When he was president de PPP DPP use to mek sure that he get invitation to every masjid across de length and breath of Guyana. He use to get invitation from all he Muslim brothers and sisters.

Yesterday he nah get none. He watch man call and tell dem boys that Jagdeo didn’t get an ounce of beef and he beg dem boys to send a pound fuh him.

As fuh Brassington, de fat cow, sorry, fat crook, he eat a whole dankey yesterday.

De boss man waiting fuh him in prison too.

Talk half and check around to see if alyou dankey missing because dem feel every Guyanese is a jackass.

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No PPP for new Demerara River Bridge …has seen what it did for Marriott, Berbice Bridge - Patterson

A section of the existing Demerara Harbour Bridge The controversial Public Private Partnership (Px3) financial structure that was used by the previous administration to construct the Berbice River Bridge and the Marriott Hotel will not be used by the coalition A Partnership for National Unity plus Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Government, to construct the new Demerara River Bridge.

Minister with responsibility for Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, said that the APNU+AFC Government will not be using this model, given its track record in Guyana.

Further, there are numerous other options available.

He said that the administration has seen the outcome of the Public Private Partnership model with the construction and operation of the Berbice River Bridge and the Marriott Hotel.

He drew reference to the use of concessional loans and options such as the Build Own Operate Transfer (BOOT) models.

“I don’t know which model we will use but it will not be the Px3, we are not

going down that route again; we will find out first what is the best option available,” said Minister Patterson.

The Minister disclosed too that the pre-feasibility study which was conducted under the previous administration will also not be used.

The current government is looking to have another feasibility study undertaken.

According to Minister Patterson, the pre-feasibility study that was conducted by the previous administration was done in a most ad hoc manner, lacking basic components such as soil tests and tidal flows.

The Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) administration, according to Minister Patterson, was pursuing the construction of a bridge using incomplete documentation.

He said the APNU+AFC Government has in fact set aside money to undertake a proper feasibility study to determine the best way forward in pursuit of a new river crossing across the Demerara River.

Meanwhile, as it relates to

the Expressions of Interest (EOI) which were submitted to the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), based on the previous pre-feasibility study, Minister Patterson said, these

were never opened and Government has no intention of opening them either.

He said those expressions of interest were submitted in keeping with the prefeasibility study conducted by the previous administration.

Asked about a possible astronomical increase in the tolls paid to cross the Demerara River using a new Bridge, Minister Patterson assured that this would not be the case.

He said that the Bridge has already proven its feasibility in terms of the level traffic utilizing the facility. According to Patterson, in excess of 10,000 vehicles utilize the bridge on a daily basis.

Government will certainly be looking to have a financial structure in place to allow the principals to recover investments while not placing additional burdens on commuters.

The new tolls, he said, “will not be too expensive…it will not be similar to (the) Berbice (River

Bridge).”

A number of Chinese and Indian Companies were vying to build the New Demerara Bridge River crossing which was at the time being handled by NICIL. At the time, 22 Expressions of Interest were submitted.

The pre-feasibility study which was done for the construction of a new river bridge by the Public Works Ministry had identified the best location for the bridge to be between Houston on the East Bank of Demerara and Versailles on the West Bank of the river.

The existing two-lane floating bridge was constructed in 1978 by the UK firm Thomas Storey Engineers Limited and had a life of 10 years. From 1995 to 1998 the bridge underwent major rehabilitation by the Damien Ship Yards of the Netherlands at a cost of US$9M and was given an extended life of 15 years (from 1995).

At present the Demerara

Public Works Minister, David Patterson Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) carries out intensive annual maintenance and element replacement activities on the bridge structure to provide a continuous level of service.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation is responsible for the management and collection of tolls. The average annual revenue collection is approximately US$1.9M.

Bodies found in swamp bore gunshot, stab wounds - ATV missing Brazilians Jose Carlos Barbosa Araujo and Adonias Ferreira, whose bodies were recovered from a swamp, were both murdered.

Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said that post mortem examinations revealed that one of the bodies bore gunshot injuries, while the other bore incised wounds.

Blanhum confirmed that police have received reports that the men were traveling on an ATV to collect spares. He said that the men were not travelling with cash, and that the ATV was apparently stolen. Police are checking on information about possible suspects in the case.

Araujo, 45, also known as “Irmao Francisco,” is a mechanic, while Ferreira, 37, is a gold miner.

According to reports, the

men left their worksite in the Oku mining area, Cuyuni, on Tuesday, September 15, on an ATV. They were said to have been heading to Bartica to purchase spares for an excavator. A source who knew the victims said that the men had $30,000 and seven pennyweight of raw gold in their possession.

Their bodies were found in a swamp around 14.30 hrs on Sunday and taken to the Bartica Hospital mortuary. The victims were buried at Bartica.

Several Brazilians have been slain over the years in Guyana’s hinterland. Last year, the badly decomposed bodies of a Brazilian couple were found along the Puruni trail.

A number of other Brazilians have been slain for the year in the crime-prone interior.

Last April, Antonia De Sena, a 58-year-old Brazilian, was shot dead by bandits at Arau Landing,

Wenamu River. Police were told that De Sena was killed after resisting the bandits who had demanded gold and cash.

On June 2, Marco Nunes DaSilva, 40, was found dead in the Tamakay Backdam, Mazaruni River. A post mortem performed by Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh, revealed that the man died of asphyxiation.

According to reports, Da Silva had left his campsite on June 1, in the company of four workmates to run an errand at a shop. The men later returned to the campsite, but Da Silva did not show up with them. A passerby found his body the following day.

In July, 57-year-old Antonio Rodriguez Da Silva was chopped to death in an argument with another man.

And a few weeks ago, Josi Mar Perrieria Silva, 51, of

Boa Vista, Brazil, was found dead in his camp at Mowasi Backdam. His body bore a gunshot wound to the forehead.

According to reports, Silva left his camp to check on the gold mat on his dredge which is located some distance away.

It is believed that his attackers ambushed and killed him before disappearing with the mat.

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Local/Intl. investments protected by sovereign law

Venezuela’s Military aggression...

…‘Business as usual’ urges subject Minister Gaskin While the military buildup on Guyana’s western border with Venezuela is cause for concern, the local business community is being urged to conduct “business as usual”.

And potential international investors looking to set up shop in Guyana can also breathe a sigh of relief since Guyana is a sovereign country of laws and as such both local and international investments will be protected.

Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, yesterday, said that businesses can be assured that the matter is being handled at the highest level of Government, with a

view to seeking a diplomatic solution rather than a military one.

Gaskin told Kaieteur News that while his Ministry is not in receipt of any formal reports of concerns on behalf of the business community operating in the Essequibo County of Guyana, “this is not to say there is no cause for concern.”

He is adamant that these businesses should continue to carry on as usual since Guyana is a country of laws, “laws that will be respected.”

He said that Guyanese and international business partners should not allow the

actions on the part of the Venezuelan Government and its military to put a damper on their operations.

“The matter is being dealt with at the diplomatic level and there is no reason for the business community in Guyana to do anything different…They are protected under the laws of the country.”

Speaking directly to potential investors, Gaskin lamented that while the current situation is less than desired as it relates to attracting international investments, “there is nothing to fear.”

He said, “It is not a good thing for Guyana,” Gaskin said, too, that while the problem between Guyana and Venezuela is not a new one and has in fact been “festering for some time,” the recent escalation clearly makes a case for the urgent judicial settlement of the issue.

This, he said, is in the best interest of Guyana, but may not necessarily be a priority of the Venezuelans, since it is an issue Guyana’s western neighbour utilizes whenever the occasions suits it.

“Until we get a judicial settlement, this is something that will always be on the table,” said Gaskin.

He saw the need for an

urgent settling of the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela in an international court.

CROSS BORDER TRADE On the matter of cross border trade, Minister Gaskin told this publication that while he is not aware of any significant activities in this realm, Guyanese are being urged to ensure that they ply their trade using lawful means and ports.

He said that while there was some hiccup with Guyana’s ‘Oil for Rice’ transaction with its western neighbour, the concessionary arrangements with which oil is purchased from that country under the PetroCaribe agreement has not been affected.

“As of (yesterday) we are still part of the PetroCaribe agreement,” Minister Gaskin, underscored.

“While we are saying it is a matter for concern, it is a matter of important concern.

The matter is being handled at the highest level of Government.”

The business community, he said, is being urged to conduct, “business as usual, we don’t see any impediment to investors coming from any part of the world.”

Head of State, President David Granger, recently denounced the recent actions on the part of the Nicolas Maduro led administration, calling it an ‘extraordinary escalation’ of an ongoing border dispute.

Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brig Mark Phillips, this past week, told media operatives that ranks of the local military are strategically positioned along the border with Venezuela and are actively monitoring the situation.

“We continue to monitor the activities by the Venezuelan armed forces on our frontiers.

Our deployment is geared to define aggression and acts of incursion of our border. We

Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin remain ready to deploy additional troops and equipment, if need be, to those locations.”

He said that a build-up in troops on the Venezuelan side had been observed about one week ago but over the past weekend, there was a noticeable increase in troops in the area.

Guyana’s land border with its western neighbour was settled by an 1899 Arbitration panel with the support of the United St a t e s o f A m e r i c a a n d Britain, much to the chagrin of the Venezuelan authorities.

This past week tensions escalated as the Venezuelan military positioned several hundred military personnel and hardware inclusive of mobile missile launchers and even positioning ranks on gunboats in Guyana’s Cuyuni River.

Guyana has already signaled its intention to abandon the 23-year-old ‘UN Good Officer’ mechanism which has so far failed to settle the dispute. President Granger has signalled a willingness to have the matter settled under international law utilizing the International Court of Justice in Hague.

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People’s Republic of China celebrates 66th Anniversary…

China to establish US$30B fund for public infrastructure cooperation with Caribbean Region

By Kiana Wilburg The importance of the invaluable relationship between Guyana and China was reinforced on Friday night at the Chinese Embassy on Mandela Avenue, Georgetown.

There, members of the government, the diplomatic community and the business community joined Chinese Ambassador, Zhang Limin and his wife to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.

Ambassador Zhang said that over the 43 years since the establishment of diplomatic ties, ChinaGuyana relations have maintained sound and stable development.

He said, “We have constantly enhanced traditional friendship. There have been frequent interactions at top and other levels. Pragmatic cooperation in economic and trade and other fields keeps expanding.

Deepening the mutuallybeneficial relations of cooperation serves the common interests of both countries and is also the common wishes of their peoples.”

He noted that the new Guyana administration has made new plans to improve infrastructure and develop a green economy.

“I believe that it will create more opportunities and greater space for the future cooperation between China and Guyana. China is willing

Chinese Ambassador, Zhang Limin to undertake joint efforts with the government and people of Guyana to further enhance the friendly relations of cooperation between our two countries and bring more benefits to our peoples,” said the Ambassador.

He said that the ChinaCELAC forum was successfully launched early this year. During his visit to the region in May, Chinese premier Li Keqiang proposed a “three times three” mode of cooperation in production and equipment manufacturing between China and Latin America.

The Ambassador added,

“A special fund of US$30 billion will be set up by China for this. Meanwhile, China has begun accepting the applications for Special Loans for Infrastructure Building Projects, Fund for ChinaLatin America and Caribbean Cooperation, and Preferential Loan for Latin American and the Caribbean Countries.

These measures will help integrate the adjustment of economic structure and development strategies, and further elevate the scale and level of cooperation between the two sides.”

He emphasized that Guyana is an important

partner of China in Latin America and the Caribbean region. The Ambassador asserted that the development of the relationship between China and Guyana has been fully supported by the successive administrations of Guyana.

The Chinese diplomat said that since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, 66 years ago, especially the adoption of the reform and opening-up policy over three decades ago, earthshaking changes have taken place in China.

He said that China’s overall strength was remarkably enhanced and its status in the world greatly elevated. The Ambassador said that all these great achievements must be attributed to the socialist path of development with the Chinese characteristics trailblazed by the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.

He said that not only is the system guaranteed for China to realize the Chinese Dream of great rejuvenation, but it also sets a successful example for other developing countries in their exploration of development path.

Being the second largest economy, Ambassador Zhang said that there remains

stable growth and the country is moving in a positive direction despite the moderation of speed.

He said, “In the first half of this year, on the basis of last year’s GDP of US$10 trillion, China’s economy increased by seven percent, which still ranks one of the highest among the world major economies.

“The volume of increase is even bigger than that brought by the two-digit growth in the past. This is very rare and commendable given the slowdown of global growth.”

The Chinese Ambassador continued, “The steady development of China’s economy also greatly benefits the world. In the first half of this year, China contributed about 30 percent to the global growth. China will continue deepening

Prime Minister and First Vice President, Moses Nagamootoo reform, improve economic structure, maintain the constant and stable growth of its economy, and make greater contributions to the (Continued on page 27)

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Police, drug traffickers Winners of the Walter Rodney trade bullets in the Creative Writing Awards announced Five months after the North West District deadline for the Walter Police and a group of suspected drug traffickers traded bullets on Wednesday night when the lawmen made a surprise raid on a house in the North West District.

Fortunately no one was reportedly injured but the drug traffickers managed to get away, leaving behind their stash.

Police in a statement yesterday said that about 20:30 hours on Wednesday, acting on a report that armed men were seen in the Powis Landing area, Five Star Backdam, police ranks went to a house where they came under fire.

The ranks returned fire, however, a number of men managed to run out of the building and escape.

“Since it was night, the ranks had to tread cautiously and of course the men took the opportunity to escape,” a source told this newspaper.

The house was searched and 550 grams of marijuana and 40 grams of suspected cocaine were found.

The police did not say if any gun or spent shell was recovered at the scene, which would have given an indication of the type of weapon they were up against.

Investigations are in progress.

Rodney Creative Writing Awards, the three winners to this year’s competition have been revealed. They have also been notified.

They are Andrew Hutson who won with his story, “The answers are never on time,” Jivita Pyneandy who was second with her story “Once upon a Renegade,” and Akola Thompson who secured third place for her story, “The Awakening.”

Both first and second place winners were given honorary mentions for their submissions in last year’s competition which was won

by Saraswatie Bharrat and Subraj Singh. This is the second year of the competition.

Sara Bharat, 1st Prize winner in the Poetry category, reads her work at the inaugural 2014 Walter Rodney Creative Writing Awards ceremony in Guyana.

The awards ceremony which was to be held in July will now be held in October.

The delay was credited to the first deadline being pushed back to accept more submissions.

The Award which is under the patronage of a private

Subraj Singh, 1st Prize winner in the Short Story category, reads from his work

philanthropist, seeks to improve the standard and discourse of creative writing in Guyana; the main focus being on rewarding original works from recent and current students of the University of Guyana.

The Wa l t e r R o d n e y

Aw a r d s f o r C r e a t i v e Writing was launched in October 2013 under the a u s p i c e s o f t h e Wa l t e r Rodney Foundation (WRF) based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The WRF seeks to improve lives and build capacity th r o u g h scholarship and programs that promote education, health and human development from a social justice perspective.

A mini health check is the first step to donating blood

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More corneal transplants set to be conducted at GPHC Rahul Jindal has been previously coming to Guyana with a record of completing 26 kidney transplants and 17 corneal transplants in Guyana.

The first set of six corneal transplants was done in August of last year.

In July too another set of 11 corneal transplants was done at the GPHC. Similar to its recent mission, the team from the US will comprise three physicians – Dr. Jindal along with two Corneal Tranplant Surgeons – Dr. Stephen Waller and Dr. Joseph Pasternak.

They will be accompanied by members of the Subraj

The team of dedicated local eye theatre nurses and doctors.

Another batch of patients in need of corneal transplants will be able to undergo the procedure at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) next month.

According to a statement issued by the United Statesbased Subraj Foundation Transplantation Team, which will be tasked with facilitating the procedures, a team will be visiting Guyana as part of the not-for-profit organisation’s

23rd mission to Guyana.

The team is slated to be in Guyana to attend to patients between October 8 and October 11, 2015, during which time a number of patients will also be assessed for possible surgery.

It is expected that a total of 10 corneal transplant surgeries will be conducted on this occasion.

Moreover, the GPHC Department of

Ophthalmology is encouraging any patient who has been previously recommended for corneal transplants by ophthalmologists, to visit the GPHC Eye Clinic. Patients are asked to bring along their letter of recommendation from their ophthalmologist in addition to the results of all investigations that were previously done.

The team headed by Dr.

China to establish US$30B...

(From page 13) recovery and development of the global economy.”

Ambassador Zhang emphasized that China can not develop separately from the world.

While pursuing its own development, he insisted that China is committed to pushing for the building of a new type of international relations centered on win-win cooperation.

He said that all countries are welcome on board the train of China’s development to share opportunities of development for common prosperity.

The envoy then made reference to the “The Belt and Road” Initiative proposed by China. This initiative is designed to promote the connectivity of policy, transportation, trade, currency and the heart of the people of the countries along the ancient Silk Road on the Asian, African and European Continents. Its approach is intended to be a win-win cooperation through common development.

The Ambassador said that this fully demonstrates China’s good wishes to achieve common development with the rest of the world on the basis of equality and mutual benefits.

He said, too, that there are some similarities between this initiative and the advocacy of

the government of Guyana to promote regional interconnectivity and integration.

He said that it is also a reference for the countries around the world in their alignment of development schemes and complementation of advantages.

The Chinese Ambassador reiterated that China attaches great importance to its relations with the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean region, which is the most dynamic region with greatest potential of development.

Prime Minister and First Vice President, Moses Nagamootoo also delivered remarks at this red carpet occasion.

Nagamootoo recalled that Guyana was the first Englishspeaking, Caribbean country to establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China, on June 27, 1972. Since then, he said that Guyana has consistently supported the “One China” policy, a support based on the principles of the United Nations Charter and respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the People’s Republic of China.

Nagamootoo asserted that Guyana also fully respects the right of all countries to choose their own development-path, and has

consistently advocated the right to self-determination and pursuit of socioeconomic and cultural goals within secured borders.

In this regard, the Prime Minister said that Guyana expects the support of its friends for the country’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity, especially at this time when fresh threats are being raised.

The First Vice President said that the fresh movement of people from China has added to the population of Guyanese of Chinese origin, and has strengthened not only the business, but Chinese culture, cuisine, tradition and language.

He emphasized that these have enriched the multi-ethnic fabric of Guyanese society.

“China also remains a valuable partner with Guyana in building human capacity and in supporting infrastructural development.

Several key projects are ‘in the pipe-line’, and we look forward to their execution to the satisfaction of all parties,” said the Prime Minister.

“Guyana welcomes the Fund for China-Caribbean cooperation under its broader US$30 preferential-loan project. We hope to access this facility, as Guyana takes a fresh approach to realizing the good life in a Green economy.”

Foundation including Mr. George Subraj.

According to Dr. Shailendra Sugrim, Head of Department of Ophthalmology, over the past two months, the Department of Ophthalmology has been following up the patients from the last visit and all the patients have been doing very well. “We have also been generating a new list of patients that will be seen by the team for the next set of corneal transplants.

The team usually brings the donor corneas with them along with special microsurgical ophthalmic

instruments to perform these surgeries,” he shared. The visiting Corneal Specialists will work along with local ophthalmologists to perform the surgeries.

The cornea – the clear “glass-window” of the eye refracts light and allows the entrance of light into the eye and this enables people to see.

Any disorder that makes the cornea cloudy or opacified can cause severe visual impairment. Many patients who become blinded by corneal opacities or disorders can regain their sight with corneal transplants.

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Friday September 25, 2015

Country’s two top judicial officers stuck in acting positions unacceptable - Bar Association For well over a decade the country’s two top judicial officers have not been confirmed in their posts and the situation has gone beyond the point of mere unacceptability, the Guyana Bar Association stated yesterday.

Calling it a rare situation, the body said the time has come for action to be taken to remedy the situation, especially given the crucial nature of the Chancellor and Chief Justice posts, which have been held by Justices Carl Singh and Ian Chang respectively.

In a piece dubbed, “Time to act on those acting appointments,” the body of local legal minds stated that the David Granger Administration has now had more than four months to bring some order to this messy situation but it has done nothing they know of.

The Guyana Bar Association is calling on the A P N U + A F C - l e d administration to act immediately.

Headed by Attorney-atLaw Christopher Ram, the association made clear it takes no position on the

Head of the Guyana Bar Association, Christopher Ram

Chancellor of the Judiciary (Ag), Carl Singh

persons acting in the two posts except to state their deep concern that the delay to have the posts filled has gone on for far too long.

It is of the view that the delay does considerable harm to the judicial system and process.

“It is accepted that acting appointments have implications for the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary,” the body expressed. It pointed to the Latimer House Guidelines Principle II Preserving Judicial Independence which states that: “Judicial

appointments should normally be permanent; whilst in some jurisdictions, contract appointments may be inevitable, such appointments should be subject to appropriate security of tenure.”

The exception of contract appointments does not apply to Guyana, the bar association said.

It said that similar principles have been adopted by the International Bar Association of which the Guyana Bar Association recently gained membership; and most recently, on July 9,

Chief Justice (Ag), Ian Chang last, Commonwealth Office in London launched a Compendium on the Appointment, Tenure and Removal of Judges.

“It may well be that both Messrs Singh and Chang are utterly impervious to the effect of uncertainty inherent in the positions in which they operate. It may well be too, that their conduct of cases and their decisions are made uninfluenced, even subliminally, by their circumstances,” it said.

The lawyers pointed out that the rule of law requires public confidence in the judiciary. Such confidence, it opined, is particularly difficult to win when acting appointees are called upon to pronounce on matters of a political nature.

“The rare, if not unique situation where a country’s two top judicial officers have been acting for more than ten years in each case, has gone beyond the point of mere unacceptability. Indeed, it has persisted for so long that neither the acting Chancellor nor the acting Chief Justice caries out their respective functions as if they were in some interim role,” the body stated.

It pointed out that as Chief Justice performing the functions of the Chancellor, Singh has initiated some major changes in the legal system including the establishment and expansion of the Commercial Court, the C o n s t i t u t i o n a l / Administrative Division of the High Court and more recently the Family Court.

Such changes, the body informed, are usually not undertaken by persons who are in acting positions but “the work of the Courts must go on, whatever the politicians do, or do not do.”

Further, it noted the constitution provides for the appointment of the Chancellor and Chief Justice by the President after obtaining the agreement of the Opposition Leader.

For clarity it is worth noting that while there are two acting appointments, there is only one substantive

vacancy. The association pointed out that Justice Singh is, in fact, the appointed Chief Justice and it is only if he resigns or is confirmed in the position of Chancellor that two vacancies will arise.

Quoting to the constitution, it said if the office of the Chancellor is vacant, as obtains, or if the person holding the Chief Justice post is for any reason unable to perform the functions of his office (he is, since he is performing the functions of Chancellor), the functions are to be performed by such judges appointed by the President after “meaningful consultation” with the Opposition Leader.

“One has to assume that meaningful consultation as defined in Article 232 took place over the acting appointments but it would be quite revealing to learn whether the objections of both Messrs Corbin and Granger, with whom (Bharrat) Jagdeo was required to consult in their capacities as leader of the opposition, were similar,” said the body.

It added that the written record of the consultation are required to be made and circulated to the persons consulted would be quite helpful to transparency, the principle which has undergirded Granger’s (Continued on page 29)

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Police stop Guyanese in protest action against Venezuela’s President A Guyanese national, who was protesting yesterday (Sept. 23) against Venezuela’s claim to a large chunk of Guyana’s territory and the recent build-up of heavily armed troops near Guyana’s western border, was told by a Senior Police Officer that her action was a threat to the security of the Spanishspeaking country’ Head of State, President Nicolas Maduro.

The Guyanese, Denise DeFreitas, who hails from Liverpool Village, Corentyne, Berbice but resides in St. Kitts, was protesting within the Independence Square in Basseterre, a short distance away from the t e n t under which senior Government officials from St. Kitts and Nevis and

Guyanese Denise DeFreitas displaying her placards for President Maduro and his entourage Venezuela as well as spectators were seated.

President Maduro was at the time visiting St. Kitts and Nevis and was engaged in the

symbolic handing over of cheques to former sugar workers.

According to DeFreitas, she was displaying her

Country’s two top judicial...

(From page 28) objections. An article earlier this year, had quoted President Granger as referring to a deadlock since April 2005 between then President Jagdeo and Opposition Leader Robert Corbin on the issue of the appointments for these top posts.

President Granger’s position on the question of the acting appointments has been consistent.

In opposition he repeatedly asked for a transparent process to be used to fill the posts by way of advertisement and applications.

In 2013, he had said that if either Justice Singh or Justice Chang applied for the post and were reviewed and chosen by a panel, then he would not object to their appointment.

Republic Bank now...

(From page 6) Board of Directors and Winston Brassington, “who together, promised a five star, luxury flag carrier hotel employing 500 persons but instead, delivered a grand deception of the Guyanese taxpayers.”

“Equally contributing to this deception were prominent members of the local private sector bodies who would spare no time in dancing to the tune of a corrupt regime.”

According to Badal, “Now that the hotel has opened and begging for business those supporters are not seen around it...In that event the poor Guyanese taxpayers would receive not one cent in return for the more than US$40M invested in this Grand Deception.”

Following the elections of May 11, 2015, the government announced through Minister of State Joseph Harmon, that it would be proceeding with its plan to extend advertisements for the posts of Chancellor and Chief Justice to the Caribbean territories.

More than four months later, the Guyana Bar

Association said it is unaware of any developments in the matter.

“Since this cannot be an oversight, it must be assumed either that President Granger has since changed his mind (unlikely), or that other issues have taken priority. Whatever it is, such further delays are unacceptable,” the body said.

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Child Protection Week…

Forge a bright future for children - Granger “The protection of children must begin in the home,” says President David Granger on the occasion of Child Protection Week.

The President said that children should be nurtured in an environment characterized by love, understanding, kindness, compassion and respect for their dignity.

He added that every child deserves this since every child is worthy of being raised in a happy and secure home, free form fear and free from abuse.

Granger ’s comments come as Child Protection Week winds down. Granger said that families have a special responsibility to provide a safe, caring and loving environment for children.

The President said that parents and guardians alike have a duty to ensure that

children are not subjected to abuse be it verbal, emotional or physical.

Granger noted that an abused child will carry the scars of that abuse for a lifetime. Experience has shown that children who are abused often end up abusing their own children. “Abuse leads to a vicious cycle. This cycle of abuse must be broken.”

The President declared, “Homes must be sanctuaries of happiness.” He said that in that way, children would look forward to being at home.

Granger said that in addition to happiness, children must get a sense of security in their homes.

“They (children) must respect their parents, not just out of duty, but because they experience the love that parents have for them…They would reciprocate that love.

I would like to encourage

President David Granger all of Guyana to be mindful of our special obligation towards the protection of our children, in this important week, Child Protection Week.

The Future of Guyana belongs to them. This future should be free of violence and other forms of abuse,” said Granger.

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Letters... Where your views make the news

Impressed with improvements at CJIA DEAR EDITOR, I agree with Charles Sohan’s overall assessment of the CJIA airport, having made a trip to Guyana recently, after one roughly three years ago. In fact, I was surprised and impressed by the visible improvements in three years.

I was afforded the full wheelchair service both ways, because of ‘mobility problems’, and throughout experienced courtesy and efficiency from the ‘handlers’.

(The Guyanese end cheerfully did virtually all my document handling).

My only bone of

contention was the very long wait on arrival at CJIA for the retrieval of my suitcase from the carousel, only to find later that a large bag of sweets had been opened and about onethird of them missing, the bag resealed with staples and straight pins.

On leaving, I observed

Response to Freddie on Rickey...

From page 5 evidence, forgetting that the man’s wife was African, a marriage union that produced several ‘dougla’ children – how would that be racist.

Freddie lambasted Rickey because the man, as a professional, refused to attack the PPP, preferring to remain a balanced, objective reporter and columnist.

If Ricky had attacked Jagan or PPP, Rickey would be a hero. Freddie found everything about Jagan and the PPP government bad and questionable, except when he worked for it; once he collected money from the PPP or Jagan, the party or the man was good.

The same holds true in his relationship with Moses.

Freddie praised Moses for hiring him but attacked Mo for firing him from the job.

Then he relentlessly attacked Mo for staying with the PPP but praised Mo when he broke with the party. He has been engaged in “hate and divisive” commentaries. His writing is despicable. That is

why he was fired everywhere from the media.

Freddie cannot be compared with Rickey who is a balanced columnist. Freddie, in contrast, is infamously known as the leading news and data fabricator and a distorter of peoples’ views and opinions.

He proudly, but effortlessly and savagely has bent the lines of logic beyond limits, over-stretching the lines of reason.

Freddie’s commentaries are loaded with subjective observations without supporting information.

He rehashes myths and legends as thought and they contain no valid recommendations.

Freddie is the epitome of everything media do not need or want. He is the face that comes to mind when we think of anything bad in a society.

He is everything vile and sordid.

In his writings, he has fed utter distortion to the population. He does not serve the in-

terests of readers.

He serves his personal interest. Freddie is guilty of engaging in philistine, crude, cruel and crazy behavior. He acts in an uncouth and uncivilized manner. Freddie should heed the scholarly critiques of his writings.

Rickey, unlike Freddie holds the shield of ‘journalistic integrity’.

Freddie criticizes all and sundry without foundation and sees the failings of all, but he fails to see the inner sickness in his behavior and his own wrongs.

Freddie is wrong to attack Rickey as much as Moses was wrong for interfering with Rickey’s writings. I am surprised Moses did, if in fact he did given his respect for journalist freedom.

Moses and readers have the highest esteem and appreciation for the work of Rickey Singh. Freddie has it wrong, it is Moses who cannot walk in the shoes of Rickey in the field of journalism.

Vishnu Bisram

that the washrooms were clean, fresh smelling, and more modern than several I had seen abroad. In fact, I remarked to an attendant that “the departure tax seemed justified by the mod cons (modern conveniences) at the airport! I liked being able to sit in the lounge and watch the neat green lawn and planes arriving, even the striding staff! Simple things being of interest to simple minds?

Let us hope this continues.

Geralda Dennison

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Panama’s top court approves two new probes against ex-president Martinelli PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama’s Supreme Court on Wednesday approved two new investigations against ex-president Ricardo Martinelli, adding to a growing list of corruption probes targeting the former president.

In one of the new cases, Panama’s stock market regulator asked for an

investigation into whether Martinelli, through the brokerage firm Financial Pacific, was insider trading on shares of Canadian miner Petaquilla.

The other investigation is related to an existing case, alleging that a company contracted by Martinelli’s government was allegedly accepting bribes.

The Supreme Court was

The Gleaner - New World Bank country manager Galina Sotirova says very few believed Jamaica would have made the progress it has in the last three years in reducing its debt to gross domestic product (GDP) rate.

She notes that in 20122013, Jamaica’s debt to GDP stood at 149 per cent, but now the country is set to register a 125 per cent debt to GDP ratio by the end of the current fiscal year.

Sotirovo has credited Jamaica’s commitment to its structural adjustment programme and says the recent buy back of the PetroCaribe debt was also a positive development.

She says Jamaica’s progress so far has been tremendous, as not many

thought the country would have been able to achieve what it has so far.

Sotirova says the focus must now be placed on achieving more noticeable growth.

She says areas with potential for boosting growth are agriculture, logistics and the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector.

Sotirova’s statements come a day after the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the ninth review of Jamaica’s economic performance under the fouryear loan agreement.

The approval allows Jamaica to access an additional US$39.7 million as part of the agreement.

pressured to “falsely accuse me,” Martinelli tweeted on Wednesday.

The multimillionaire supermarket tycoon, who left Panama in January, is facing a total of five probes now.

Martinelli has denied wrongdoing, alleging that his successor and adversary, President Juan Carlos Varela, has gone after him for political reasons.

Few thought Jamaica would have made so much progress - World Bank Rep

Galina Sotirova However, the IMF has warned the government that the unemployment rate needs to decrease even as other economic indicators are heading in favourable directions.

Maduro visits St Kitts & Nevis BASSETERRE – History was made in Basseterre when His Excellency Nicolás Maduro Moros, President of Venezuela, made his inaugural visit to St Kitts and Nevis in a quest to strengthen ties of cooperation and solidarity, last Wednesday.

Dr Timothy Harris, Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis and other government officials, welcomed Maduro to the Federation during a ceremony at the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport.

“It is a distinct honour for me to welcome the president to the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis,” said Dr Harris.

“M. President, your visit here highlights a major strategic approach of the Government of St Kitts and Nevis’ foreign policy outlook of boosting relations with our friends with whom we share a long history of friendship, while simultaneously forging new alliances.”

Prime Minister Harris said the Government is proud that Venezuela is among some of the Federation’s most timehonoured international partners. The two countries

Dr Timothy Harris (left), Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis welcomes Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro on his inaugural visit to St Kitts and Nevis. (GP) established diplomatic stood out was the contribution relationships in the early made by the PetroCaribe “Through 1980s, St Kitts and Nevis and Agreement. since then, the relationship PetroCaribe, your government continues to demonstrate a longhas strengthened.

Dr Harris highlighted the lived commitment to the cause many areas in which the country of my government and that of has benefited, including the fellow regional governments,” establishment of the Venezuelan said Prime Minister Harris, Institute which provides training adding that the Government in the Spanish language and of St Kitts and Nevis and culture in the federation, as well other Caribbean islands, have as assistance in healthcare, been able to more adequately education, energy transportation, cater to its social and economic development agriculture as well as housing.

One particular aspect that agenda.

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UNC slams PM on murder rate Trinidad Guardian Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has questioned the “deafening silence” from Prime Minister Keith Rowley—chairman of the National Security Council—about the country’s spiralling murder rate.

She spoke about the situation after Wednesday’s launch of the 11th Parliament.

Up to Wednesday, thirty murders had been reported since September 12.

President Anthony Carmona, in addressing the ceremonial opening of the new Parliament, also spoke about the crime situation, saying, “We as a people cannot, in good conscience, sit idly by while entire communities are under siege.

You have only to open the newspapers, and some of us, our doors, to see and feel the debilitating effects of crime on our society.

“It is easy to lay blame at the doorstep of the incumbent Government or the past government but we are all responsible, in more ways than one.

There is a spirit of inhumanity that is sweeping through our nation, marked by a callous disregard for the

Kamla PersadBissessar sanctity of human life.”

Persad-Bissessar, who holds the national security portfolio in the opposition PP shadow cabinet, speaking to the media after the function, said: “The murder rate is tremendous cause for concern for all of T&T. “But what I find very strange is the deafening silence on the part of the Prime Minister who is the chairman of the National Security Council, and also, indeed, from all of them on what plans do they have on this—if at all they have a plan—and what

they would do to stem the tide of murder.”

Persad-Bissessar also took issue with National Security Minister Edmund Dillon’s call for the Opposition not to “politicise” crime.

She added, “To say it should not be politicised is in effect politicising it.

But moreover the country needs the comfort and assurance from those in charge of the national security apparatus—the minister and chairman of the National Security Council— who owe T&T some words of comfort and assurance that they will in fact be dealing with this issue.”

On the death of 13-yearold Yakini Charles of Gonzales who was shot dead recently, Persad-Bissessar added, “It is tragic when it is a child or anybody.”

About the opposition PP’s senate bench which lacks a Tobago representative, PersadBissessar said the Opposition chose people who would bring experience which was needed in the Senate. “I’m quite satisfied with the selections which were made.”

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Cops take $6M to let cocaine pass

Assistant Superintendent of Police, Terrence Browne, has been transferred with immediate effect from the Division to Police Headquarters, as the force’s Police Office of Professional Responsibility investigates an alleged corrupt transaction. The transaction involves a number of police ranks and it follows the seizure of a quantity of cocaine from a minibus travelling along the Corentyne, Highway, a little over two weeks ago.

Information reaching this newspaper indicates that one officer and four junior ranks accepted a large sum of money to forego prosecuting the cocaine traffickers.

The other ranks, a Subordinate Officer and three Constables, including one female are under close arrest as the investigations continue.

Kaieteur News understands that while two ranks have reportedly confessed to the scheme, the others involved are

maintaining their innocence.

It is alleged that the ranks were on roadblock duties at Whim on the Corentyne Coast when they stopped a minibus that was transporting a large quantity of cocaine reportedly worth a whopping $18M along with an undisclosed quantity of cash.

According to information the police had been tipped off about the vehicle, which would usually ferry large quantities of cocaine, guns and cash along the Corentyne highway.

Three persons were in the bus at the time and they were detained. But instead of taking them into the police station, the ranks began negotiating with the suspects.

Initially a sum of $2M was offered on the spot, but this was refused by the ranks.

A source in Berbice told Kaieteur News that after intercepting the cocaine, the ranks drove to the nearby police station where they dropped off a female

colleague who was with them.

Following further negotiations a deal of $6M was agreed.

Once the money was handed over, the ranks allowed the occupants of the bus to go with their drugs onwards to neighbouring Suriname.

They then returned to the station where they split up the cash, giving a portion to the officer as “hush money”.

There are varying accounts of how the matter came out. According to one source one of the ranks on the patrol was not satisfied with the amount of money that he received and decided to squeal.

Another version is that after word of the transaction began to float around, a rank who heard of it contacted the Acting Commander, who immediately launched an investigation and ordered that the ranks be placed under close arrest.

Yet another version is that the informant who had tipped off the police was promised $300,000. However, after the deal was done the informant did not get the promised amount and he spilled the beans.

This newspaper understands that investigators are monitoring two known local drug dealers who they say were involved in the transaction.

A police source said that it is unlikely that any charges will be laid against the drug pushers, since there will be no physical evidence to link them with what transpired at the roadblock.

Children Mash Road Parade shifted to February 23- Minister Henry All is not lost for a grand spectacle on February 2.

Instead of adults reveling, the nation’s youth are scheduled to take to the streets for a full costume and float parade as part of the official observance of Guyana’s Republic Anniversary. The traditional adult float parade has been shifted to May 27, 2016.

Nicolette Henry, Minister within the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, explained that the decision was made to make allowance for greater participation from students from senior secondary schools. She said, “Given that the senior secondary school students are scheduled to sit the CSEC during the May month period, they will not likely be available to participate much in the 50th Independence celebrations so we decided that on February 23, 2016, we will be having an all youth and children costume parade on the road.”

This, she said, will ensure that the young adults get to participate fully as the event will not clash with their examination period. In previous years the children’s parade is held several days before February 23, and features mostly nursery and primary schools with involvement from a few secondary schools.

Minister Henry said that the Ministry of Education has a responsibility to ensure that young people are engaged in meaningfullactivities.

“We thought that we would make maximum use of this opportunity to engage them during the Mashramani period so we are going to dedicate this period exclusively for their fun, for them to showcase their talents, for them to come out and have a grand time with as much support as possible from the adults in a positive way.”

While the Minister could not say if the Mashramani route will be the same as the adult road

parade, she said that every effort will be made to encourage maximum participation from all schools.

Addressing complaints that the decision to shift the adult parade would hamper the usual economic activities, the Minister said that is not so. The February 23 youth parade provides a grand opportunity for such, in addition to the Independence activities.

The Minister also confirmed that the adult float parade that may feature fifty full costume bands will be using the same Mashramani route. A planning committee is working out the logistics for the children’s float parade.

Meanwhile the other activities listed as part of Mashramani 2016 include the national schools’ competition, the chutney competition, junior and senior calypso monarch competitions, a concert for the elderly, the steel pan competition, masquerade, and a street fair.

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Camp Street Prison ablution area collapses… destroys fence

Security officers examine the gaping hole created in the Camp street Prison fence.

Residents in the immediate environs of the Camp Street Prison on Durban Street were sent scurrying for a place to secure themselves, last evening, after what they described as a scary experience that reminded them of the 2002 jail break.

Just after 19:30 hours last night, a thunderous crash rocked the prison compound and the nearby homes. It turned out to be the collapse of a concrete structure that housed an ablution area in the south eastern section of the Camp Street prison.

In the wake of its collapse the concrete structure attached to the section of the prison that houses ‘condemned’ prisoners who are reportedly facing the death sentence, also dislodged a section of the prison fence leaving a gaping hole big enough for persons to enter and exit the prison compound at will.

From their cells the prisoners shouted, ‘“London

Bridge is falling down, ayeo gonna let we out now!” as armed guards and plainclothes ranks from the prison service and the Guyana Police Force stood guard.

“When the thing fall the whole place shake up and everybody scatter because the jail men start hollering for freedom when it fall,” one witness recalled.

Describing the experience one woman who lives at Lot 13 D’Urban Street said, “I thought was earthquake. And the prisoners started shouting freedom at last...

Seriously the whole place started to shake up.”

The fallen section left parts of two floors exposed to the elements for passersby to see into a section of the prison.

Shouts of “Y’all gonna get we out of here or what?” caused one resident to declare, “This is proof that the prison got to move... That thing only build up the other

day.”

“Me whole house vibrate and I am the third house in the yard. I think was the prisoners getting away so when I hear the noise I called me children inside and I make dem lock up cause I didn’t want no prisoner run in by me,” said Deon Frazer who has been a neighbour to the prison since the 1990s.

Arlene Meyers another neighbour said, “It (the trestle) leaning a little while now.”

Another person at the scene said, “They need to move this place but instead they just building and building. If prisoners were in the yard they would ah get away through that hole and was madness in this city.”

“All the money they spend they could ah build the water tank properly but instead is a set of substandard work. just showing how the contractor con them and put people at risk,” opined one passerby.

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PIRELLI REACT TO TYRE Draw for Japan 2015 CONSPIRACY THEORIES conducted in Zurich

Pirelli moved to counter some of Formula One’s wilder tyre conspiracy theories yesterday after dominant world champions Mercedes struggled to get up to speed in Singapore last weekend.

The Italian company said in a statement at the Japanese Grand Prix that it had no say over which tyres were allocated to whom, or when they were used.

Mercedes were eclipsed by rivals Ferrari and Red Bull in qualifying in Singapore, after Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg had taken pole position in all 12 previous grands prix, and also in the floodlit race won by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel.

Some of the more extreme theories circulating within the paddock after qualifying and the race wondered whether Mercedes might somehow have been given different tyres to their rivals to slow them down.

Even Mercedes motorsport head Toto Wolff admitted to a momentary doubt: “For a moment I thought ‘Have Pirelli given us a different tyre to the others?’” reports quoted the Austrian as saying.

“I’m not saying that it happened, just that I thought it,” he added. In a statement

explaining how the tyres are marked at their Turkish factory with embedded and traceable bar codes that cannot be swapped, Pirelli said their process was designed to be tamper-proof and random.

“Once the production run for each grand prix is finished, the Izmit factory sends a list of the bar codes to Pirelli’s logistics and distribution hub at Didcot in the United Kingdom,” the Italian manufacturer said.

“There, Pirelli’s system randomly groups the bar codes into blocks of four, comprising two rears and two fronts, which will make up a tyre set. This list of blocks is then sent to the (governing) FIA. “The FIA subsequently allocates blocks of bar codes — and therefore sets of tyres — to each individual car at random,” said Pirelli.

Motorsport head Paul Hembery added: “Deciding which tyres are allocated to which teams, or when they are used, is a job taken care of entirely by the FIA once the tyres have left the factory.

“It is just another way that impartiality can be ensured among all the teams, which has always been a huge priority for us as exclusive tyre supplier.” (Reuters)

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The path to global glory became a little clearer on Wednesday last when the official draw for the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015 took place at the Home of FIFA in Zurich in the presence of FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter.

“It gives me great pleasure to be at this draw,” said the FIFA President. “To bring the best football clubs in the world together is a great achievement. The basis of our game is the clubs. Club football is part of football, and therefore of FIFA, so it was important for us to organise this tournament.

With the stars we have on the pitch, I’m sure that it will be a wonderful event in Japan.”

While it was already known that River Plate and FC Barcelona would play their semi-finals in Osaka and Yokohama respectively, we now know which continental champions they are likely to face.

Should Club America defeat the champions of Asia in Osaka on Sunday 13 December, then they will set up a semi-final showdown against Barça four days later.

The results of today’s draw, made by FIFA Director of Competitions Colin Smith, means that Auckland City, the winners of the J. League, or the champions of Africa are in contention to face River Plate on Wednesday 16 December.

The final of the FIFA Club

JEROME VALCKE...

From page 38 Ethics Committee.

The Swiss attorney general said last week his office had conducted house searches in western Switzerland and seized apartments in the mountains that may have been used to launder money.

Blatter has urged FIFA to support American and Swiss investigations into allegations of corruption in football. “We should cooperate, no matter how close to home those investigations get,” wrote Blatter in his weekly FIFA magazine column.

“This is the difficult path we must follow if we are serious about change. “We need to show that we understand the severity of this situation and that we are ready to take the right steps to fix it.” (BBCsport)

World Cup takes place at the International Stadium in Yokohama on Sunday 20 December.

Quarter-final clashes revealed Although Club America know the continent from where their quarter-final opponents are based, the team will only be confirmed following the conclusion of the AFC Champions League final on 21 November.

Tournament veterans, Auckland City meet the J. League champions in the Opening Match in Yokohama on 10 December. However, if the AFC Champions League winner is a Japanese club, then the Oceanian champions will meet the AFC Champions League runners-up.

And with just 78 days to go, excitement is building, particularly in the Host Country. “The FIFA Club World Cup is coming back to Japan three years after we last

hosted it,” said JFA President Kuniya Daini. “It’s a great honour for us to host it again and we are all very excited, especially the fans. Obviously we have hosted it many times so far and the football family in Japan have learned a lot from these prestigious experiences.

We will do our best to prepare and make sure that the fans, players and officials enjoy the tournament and their time in Japan.”

Draw results Quarter-finals Club America-AFC Champions League winners CAF Champions League winners - Auckland City OR J.League Champions Semi-finals FC Barcelona - Club America OR AFC Champions League winners Auckland City/J.League Champions OR CAF Champions League winners River Plate (FIFA)

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Gordon goal gives LA Galaxy Blatter says failure to back reforms would be betrayal SCCL quarter-final spot

Action from the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League game between the LA Galaxy (white jersey) and host Central FC. (Photo: Allan V. Crane) Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago - Alan Gordon scored in the 82nd minute to lift the visiting LA Galaxy to a 1-1 draw with Central FC on Wednesday, giving the MLS champion the Group D title and a berth in the Scotiabank Champions League quarterfinals with a game to spare.

The Galaxy (2W-1D-0L, 7 points) will complete its group-stage schedule at Guatemala’s Comunicaciones on October 21. Central FC (1W-1D-3L, 4 points) was officially eliminated from its first SCCL campaign.

Despite playing without several of its high-profile players — including midfielder Steven Gerrard and strikers Robbie Keane and Giovani dos Santos — the

Galaxy managed to secure the needed result at Hasely Crawford Stadium.

Gordon, who tallied in the Galaxy’s 5-1 home win over Central FC on August 6, struck for his team-high fourth goal of this competition late in the second half. Ignacio Maganto sent a ball to Raul Mendiola on the right side.

Mendiola dribbled toward the center of the penalty area before feeding Gordon, who slipped the ball past goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams from 10-yards-out.

The host took an initial lead in the second minute, when Willis Plaza put Central into a 1-0 lead. The Trinidad & Tobago international latched onto an over-the-top ball from Marvin Oliver and beat goalkeeper Brian Rowe

from 10 yards to the lower left corner.

LA tested Williams twice in the opening half, forcing the impressive custodian into saves 26th and 42nd minutes. First, Williams parried away Mika Vayrynen’s free kick with a right-handed save, before he caught striker Edson Buddle’s close-range strike.

Only seconds into firsthalf stoppage time, Rowe denied Nicholas Dillon from point-blank range, blocking a shot with his right foot to keep the scoreline at 1-0 entering intermission. Second-half substitute Sean De Silva had one last chance for Central a minute into stoppage time, but his long free kick from the left side skipped past Rowe and the net. (CONCACAF)

Pyeongchang can’t afford to lose focus, says IOC commission Pyeongchang’s preparation for the 2018 Winter Olympics received a thumbs-up from International Olympic Committee’s coordination commission but the organizers were told they cannot afford to relax yet.

“The venues continue to progress rapidly,” Gunilla Lindberg, who chairs the commission, said in a statement after the commission concluded its three-day visit. “We visited Jeongseon (Alpine Center) and the Alpensia Sliding Center and got a really good impression of what the athletes will experience come Games time.”

The Swede also took the occasion to remind the organizers they enter the delivery phase of their preparations of Asia’s first Winter Games outside Japan.

“The competition sites remain on schedule for the

Head of the IOC Evaluation Commission Gunilla Lindberg.

Reuters/ Michaela Rehle Games but the organizers need to maintain their focus, as some delivery dates are very close to the start of the test events,” she said.

“It is important that Pyeongchang 2018 delivers these events successfully and, in particular, the first events next February, in order to create a solid basis for its planning and preparations for the Games.”

Concerns about costs and

construction delays had raised speculation earlier this year that some of the events might have to be moved away from Pyeongchang, perhaps even to Japan. However, those concerns have eased and major South Korean companies such as Samsung and Korean Air have agreed to pour in funds to support the Games in Pyeongchang, some 180 kilometers east of the capital Seoul. (Reuters)

Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter told his scandal-plagued federation’s 209 member associations yesterday that failure to support reform would amount to a betrayal of millions of soccer fans.

Blatter’s comments came as FIFA’s executive committee began a two-day meeting where it was due to discuss a request to provide greater transparency around investigations into allegations of corruption.

The committee also will be given an update on the second of two reform processes which have begun since FIFA was plunged into the worst crisis in its 111-year history in May. Soccer’s governing body has been in turmoil since 14 sports marketing executives and soccer officials, including several from FIFA, were indicted in the United States on bribery, money laundering and wire fraud charges.

Seven of those accused were arrested by Swiss police in a dawn raid on a luxury Zurich hotel on May 27, two days before the FIFA Congress where Blatter was re-elected for a fifth term. As pressure mounted on FIFA, Blatter made a shock announcement in early June that he would step down at an extraordinary Congress which will take place on Feb 26 in Zurich.

Last week, the problems took another twist when FIFA put secretary general Jerome Valcke on leave and requested a formal investigation into allegations against him. His duties have been taken over by his deputy Markus Kattner.

“I expect all member associations to fully support this reform process at the Extraordinary Congress in February,” Blatter

wrote in his weekly column in FIFA weekly.

“To fail to do so would represent a betrayal of our institution, of football and of the millions of fans around the world that rightly expect the highest standards from those managing the game.

“Our goal must be to give FIFA, the institution, the opportunity to move forward next year and to build on the progress we have achieved in staging competitions and developing football around the world since 1904,” he added. “If we do not act now, we will be putting all of that work at risk.”

Domenico Scala, head of FIFA’s audit and compliance committee, presented an eightpoint plan at the last executive committee meeting in July, which he hoped would be approved and put to the extraordinary Congress in February.

Instead, it was decided to set up a second reform committee under Francois Carrard, a Swiss lawyer and former director general of the International Olympic Committee, which met for the first time earlier this month.

Allegations of corruption are investigated

by FIFA’s ethics committee, which is only allowed to report its final decisions and cannot name people who are under investigation.

Critics have regularly lambasted the in-house watchdog, and questioned its independence from the FIFA leadership, for refusing to give names and other data, even linked to wellknown and widely reported cases.

However, the ethics committee has said it is following the code of ethics, which it has asked to be changed, a request which is expected to be discussed under the item “approval of amendments to the FIFA code of ethics.” (Reuters)

Squads for Dominica Charity Match Bridgetown, Barbados – Please see below the full list of players selected for the “Rally Round Dominica” charity match tomorrow.

The Twenty20 match will be played between the University of the West Indies Vice Chancellor’s Celebrity XI against West Indies Cricket Board President’s Celebrity XI, which begins at 7 pm (6 pm Jamaica Time) at the historic Kensington Oval.

Admission for the event – jointly hosted by the WICB and UWI – is US$10 for

adults and US$5 for children under the age of 12, with all proceeds going directly to the Dominica Government to assist with recovery efforts in the island which suffered severe damage to property and loss of life from the passage of Tropical Storm Erika, and continued to be affected by heavy rainfall in the recent days.

UWI Vice Chancellor’s XI: Sir Hillary Beckles, Sir Curtly Ambrose, Brian Lara, Floyd Reifer, Kaveem Hodge, Shane Shillingford, Dwight

Yorke, Yohan Blake, Shane Dowrich, Deandra Dottin, Dwayne Bravo, Rajindra Chandrika, Jomel Warrican, Kemar Roach, Ian Bradshaw.

WICB President’s XI: Jason Holder, Darren Sammy, Courtney Browne, Devendra Bishoo, Darren Bravo, Jermaine Blackwood, Carlos Brathwaite, Kraigg Brathwaite, Denesh Ramdin, Kieron Pollard, Shai Hope, Marlon Samuels, Jerome Taylor, Stefanie Taylor, Garth Garvey.

(WICB)

Allertova stuns top seed Halep in Guangzhou

Czech Denisa Allertova stunned world number two Simona Halep 6-4 6-3 in the quarter-finals of the Guangzhou International Women’s Open yesterday.

The win against the Romanian top seed gave the 22-year-old, ranked 74 in the world, only her second victory against a top 10 player after she defeated Carla Suarez Navarro in the first round of the U.S. Open recently.

After going up 5-4 in the first set, Allertova won six of the next seven games for a 5-1 lead in the second and then closed the match out with a backhand winner. “I have amazing feelings because I won against Simona Halep — she’s a great player, ranked No. 2. I can breathe now!” Allertova told the WTA

website after the match. “I don’t know, I was just trying to focus every point, not looking who’s on the other side, just focusing on myself and playing my tennis. I was fighting every point and it worked. I’m so happy.

“It was my first time playing such a top player like this, but at the U.S. Open I played against Suárez Navarro, also an amazing player, a top 10 player, and I beat her, but it’s the first time in my life to have a win like this.”

Unseeded Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium earlier defeated another Romanian in sixth seed Monica Niculescu 6-2 6-2 while thirdseeded Sara Errani powered past local hope Zheng Saisai 6-1 6-0 for a semi-final meeting with Allertova. (Reuters)

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King Medas-Pansy Adonis 5km BANGLADESH WOMEN’S tour to Pakistan confirmed Road Race Classic to return

The King Medas-Pansy Adonis 5km Road Race Classic is scheduled to return this year on a date to be announced, but promises to doll out in excess of $1.4 million in prizes according to founder and organiser of the event, Andy Medas-King.

“King Medas-Pansy Adonis Classic is second to none; it’s the most lucrative 5k in Guyana. This year, awards and prizes, along with some grants will amass to over $1.4 million,” Andy Medas-King said in a press release.

Medas-King indicated that for the first time this year, he has included the 8 & Under and Masters categories, based on feedback from athletes. In addition, this year features some new prizes; there will be a prize for the youngest male and female athletes, competing in over 1km.

Secondly, prizes for the most improved male and

female athlete in the 17-20 categories and the oldest male and female athlete in the Masters category will also be up for grabs.

“This (the prizes) was a thought after considering the need to boost confidence in the athletes and I’m doing things different to what track and field is used to. I have included some 8gb and 16gb tablets for special prizes, along with some flash drives, cards and my signature running shoes,” Medas-King added.

He said all that was done because of the call from the athletes and coaches, who keep asking him to make the race bigger and better.

Medas-King said the main focus is to promote Guyana to the world. He believes much more is required in that regard.

“So I am calling on all the clubs and school athletes to come out and get registered at the Athletic Association of

Guyana office on telephone number 231-7106 or contact Mark Scott on 684-5250 or David Ward on 674-6328,” he urged.

Medas-King encouraged parents to bring out the kids since, “we have races for kids as small as 6 years old”. “I am calling on all the regions to come out and take part in this event, which is for all of Guyana,” he added.

“I would like to highlight that this is the only event that prizes are given out from 1-10 places. I would like to thank some of my sponsor’s, who came on board after looking at what was being done for the athletes,” Medas-King noted. He listed the sponsors of the event as Ansa McAl, Fly Jamaica, Angie Hair Store, Daddy’s Enterprise (Guyana and USA), Shelmac Photos (USA), Prodigal and Laparkan. “Without these sponsors this event could not have been at this stage and magnitude,” he said.

Bangladesh Women will be going to Pakistan on September 28, to play two ODIs and two T20s. All four games will be in Karachi.* It will be the first tour to the country by a representative side from Bangladesh since the attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore in 2009.

BCB president Nazmul Hassan made the announcement at his residence on Thursday, saying the hosts have said they will provide the team with VVIP security. The confirmation came after the Bangladesh government had given the tour the green light through the sports ministry on Tuesday.

Earlier this month, a security team from Bangladesh visited Lahore and Karachi to assess the safety arrangements. Karachi’s Southend Cricket Club was put forward as a venue since the players can stay at the ground.

“We received the order from the government through the sports ministry,” Hassan said. “Now it is up to us. The Bangladesh team will go on September 27 or 28. We thought Lahore is safer. The previous security team were told about Lahore.

“But this time they have included Karachi because in the Southend Cricket Club, they will stay and play. It is a huge plus point. We just have to iron out some of the details. But the women’s team is going. It is final.”

Hassan said that the participation of Bangladeshi football and handball teams in events in Pakistan in the last few years suggested that the BCB should also think about sending a team. He said that the security team found security measures “satisfactory” but the BCB asked for the VVIP level of

security. “We have been discussing for a long time about sending a women’s team to Pakistan. Football and handball women’s teams went to Pakistan, so since there was a feeling among them that BCB doesn’t want to send a cricket team, we decided to send a strong security team first.

“According to their report - an accident can happen anywhere, that’s a different issue - the security measures are satisfactory. We sent them some additional requirements like giving the team VVIP security. They have accepted it. They have also complied with all that we asked of them about crowds, open gates and nearby areas. Now we can say that we don’t have anything to say on the security issue.”

He said the BCB’s senior vice-president Mahbubul Anam, women’s wing chairman MA Awal Chowdhury and the board’s security head will accompany the team to Pakistan. The tour schedule and the squad will be announced shortly.

Last month, when talk of the tour surfaced, some of the Bangladesh players had expressed unease. The BCB higher-ups, along with a security official from the Bangladesh High Commission in Pakistan, had a discussion with the players earlier this month. It was learned that the players then expressed their satisfaction and agreed to tour Pakistan.

This will be the first cricket team sent by the BCB to Pakistan since 2008, when the men’s team last toured. It is a significant step, since Bangladesh reneged on two tours in 2012, which created a breach in the relationship between the two cricket boards.

(ESPNcricinfo)

JEROME VALCKE: Swiss authorities get access to FIFA Neagle brace propels Seattle General Secretary’s emails TO SCCL QUARTER-FINALS Lamar Neagle celebrates after scoring one of his two goals.

Photo: Jane Gershovich

Seattle, Washington – Lamar Neagle scored a pair of goals and the Seattle Sounders clinched first place in Group F to book a place in the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League with a 3-0 win over the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday night at CenturyLink Field.

Even if Vancouver (1W-

1D-1L, 4 points) defeats Olimpia (1W-0D-2L, 3 points) in the last group game on October 22, the Sounders (2W-1D-1L, 7 points) would advance on the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Neagle put the Sounders in front 1-0 in the 32nd minute, when he directed Chad Barrett’s left-sided feed beyond Vancouver goalkeeper Paolo

Tornaghi from four-yards out.

Seven minutes later, Nelson Valdez doubled the lead. He latched onto a right-sided free kick from Marco Pappa, flicking a backheader past a charging Tornaghi.

Two minutes into the second half, Seattle completed the scoreline.

Barrett started the sequence by breaking up a pass in the Vancouver defensive third and then slipped a superb pass into the left side of the box for the sprinting Neagle to pound into the back of the net from 13 yards.

It was Neagle’s third SCCL goal against Vancouver this campaign. He also netted in a 1-1 draw on August 5.

Seattle, which went as far as the semifinals in 2012/13, improved to 6W-0D-1L in its last six SCCL home games, scoring two or more goals in each of the victories. The Sounders also beat host Vancouver 3-0 in Major League Soccer play this past Saturday. (CONCACAF)

Sepp Blatter and Jerome Valcke

FIFA has given Swiss investigators access to the emails of the organisation’s suspended General Secretary Jerome Valcke.

Newspaper allegations implicated Valcke, 54, in a scheme to sell World Cup tickets for above face value.

Valcke, who describes the allegations as “fabricated”, has been released from his duties pending an investigation. His emails since May 2015 have been

handed over, said the office of Switzerland’s attorney general (OAG).

Investigators will also be given access to older emails sent by Valcke, who has held his role at FIFA since 2007.

World football’s governing body has been engulfed by claims of widespread corruption since May, when Swiss police raided a hotel in Zurich and arrested seven of its top executives.

United States officials

have since indicted those seven and two other FIFA officials on bribery and racketeering charges.

President Sepp Blatter announced he would stand down just days after winning re-election in June.

The 79-year-old and his executive committee are meeting in Zurich.

Valcke, Blatter’s number two, faces a formal investigation by the FIFA (Continued on page 36)

Friday September 25, 2015

Rugby World Cup 2015...

Defending champions New Zealand made it two wins out of two in Pool C with an efficient victory over a determined Namibia at London’s Olympic Stadium.

Namibia are the lowestranked side in the World Cup, meaning damage limitation was always going to be the aim against the All Blacks.

New Zealand scored five tries before the break, before adding another four tries in the second half. The highlight for the African team was a fine second-half try by Johan Deysel.

The All Blacks have not lost in 26 matches in the

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New Zealand 58-14 Namibia group stages of the World Cup - a record stretching back to the inaugural tournament in 1987 - and remain on target for a likely quarter-final clash with either Ireland or France.

But Steve Hansen’s side might be slightly disappointed with their performance against Namibia, as they were often matched at the breakdown and did not produce the avalanche of tries many had predicted.

New Zealand, who beat Argentina in their tournament opener, face Georgia in Cardiff next Friday, while Namibia, who are yet to win a World Cup game in 16 attempts, play

Tonga next Tuesday.

Once number eight Victor Vito had opened the scoring for the All Blacks after six minutes, strolling over in the left-hand corner after a break by Julian Savea, the writing was on the wall for Phil Davies’s side.

And not even Namibia’s captain and Saracens legend Jacques Burger, who threw himself into the fray with typical abandon and spent most of the game receiving treatment, could stem the All Blacks tide.

Man-of-the-match Nehe Milner-Skudder crossed twice before the break and there were also first-half tries for centre Malakai Fekitoa and fly-half

RHTY&SC TEAMS AND POLICE Division continue to touch lives ...Say No To Crime, Yes To Sports Programme

Hilbert Foster (left) with the GPF officers following the presentation.

The joint effort to assist less fortunate students in the Ancient County between the cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) and the Community Outreach Department of the Guyana Police Force ‘B’ Division continues to bear results.

On Tuesday last, the club handed over $200,000 worth of footwear, school bags and educational materials to the Police Force for distribution to less fortunate students.

The Club handed over a total of 80 pairs of footwear for male and female students along with 40 school bags and educational supplies.

Club secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster who is spearheading the initiative with ‘B’ Division Community officer Assistant Superintendant

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Alistair Roberts informed that funds were garnered from a fundraising corn house at the Port Mourant Turf Club. The cricket teams and the Police Force in March last year joined hands to launch a Say No To Crime, Suicide, Drugs and Say Yes To Education and Sports Campaign directed towards youths in Berbice.

The campaign to date has seen the two entities distributing $300,000 worth of sports gear to schools and clubs; $200,000 in school bags in July; hosting of a massive school rally and march that attracted 1000 students; sport competitions, information booklets; posters; banners and donation to the Rose Hall Town Police Outpost, among others.

The main aims of the young cricketers and the Police Force are to get youths to stay in school to pursue a solid educational background and to get involved in sports while rejecting satan and his evil world of drugs, crime and suicide.

Foster praised the cricket teams for their commitment to the campaign and for the roles they are playing in changing lives on the Corentyne Coast.

Meanwhile, the two organisations on Sunday last also made a donation to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital. The donation consisted of 100 medical scrubs that would be used by doctors and other medical staff in fulfilling their duties.

Both Foster and Asst.

Supt. Roberts said that their organisations were committed to improving the lives of every Berbician and the donations was in keeping with that aim. Mr. Colin Bynoe, CEO of the Hospital and Dr Vishalya Sharma, Medical Supt. received the donation and expressed gratitude to both organisations.

Assistant Supt. of Police Alistair Roberts noted that one of the highlights of his job in working along with the management of the RHTY&SC and the cricketers is that they are not only action oriented but are totally dedicated to the task they have set themselves.

Beauden Barrett. Savea scored his first try of 2015 just after the restart, before Namibia, whose side is a mix of amateurs and professionals, dug in and made life difficult for the All Blacks, especially at the breakdown.

Namibia were rewarded for their efforts when Deysel finished a well-executed move, bursting through the All Blacks’ defence after they were caught off guard.

Not even after prop Jaco Engels was shown a yellow card and New Zealand emptied their bench were the tournament favourites able to cut loose.

Ben Smith, Savea and Codie Taylor added tries but the final score-line was more evidence that the gap b e t w e e n t h e s p o r t ’s traditional giants and its socalled minnows is narrowing. Although N a m i b i a ’s d e f e a t w a s comprehensive, it suggested they are heading in the right direction: at the 2003 World Cup they were on the

New Zealand and Namibia in battle. receiving end of a 142-0 defeat by Australia, while they shipped 80 points against South Africa and Wales in 2011.

All Blacks head coach Hansen will be wary of drawing too many conclusions from such a onesided victory but the performance of centre Sonny Bill Williams once again provided food for thought.

After shining off the bench against Argentina at

the weekend Williams’ direct running and offloading again stood out against Namibia, and his sublime offload that led to Fekitoa’s try was one of the highlights of the match.

Milner-Skudder, patchy against Argentina, showed he has a side-step to light up the tournament and also provided a fine offload for Taylor’s try in a performance which will also encourage Hansen. (BBCsport)

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RHTY&SC 25 Greatest Cricketers Ever...

Fudadin, Campbell, Williams, Crandon and Fraser head list Following a thorough selection process which was aided by the general public, the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) and its Cricket Development Committee (CDC) selected the 25 greatest and most popular cricketers in the entity’s 25year history.

A total of one hundred and ninety two members of the public voted via email or letters and their vote along with the CDC decided on the final list. Players were selected based on performances for the club, d i s c i p l i n e , l o y a l t y, contribution to club activities, role model status and the role they played assisting the club to attain its present status.

Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster who spearheaded the process stated that during the period 1990 - 2015, a total of 1,342 players have represented the club at different levels and

selecting the top 25 was a challenging task.

West Indies players Assad Fudadin, Royston Crandon and Shemaine Campbelle along with Neil Williams and Major James Fraser topped the list for the top five. Williams was the first RHTY&SC member to represent Berbice and Guyana at any level and had the distinction of achieving the club record for most runs,

most centuries, most wickets and most catches while Fraser, a Major in the Guyana Defense Force represented Berbice at the senior level and is one of the most prolific batsman in the history of the club.

The full list of top 25 cricketers are: (1) Assad Fudadin, (2) Royston Crandon, (3) James Fraser, (4) Neil Williams, (5) Shemaine Campbelle, (6)

Renwick Batson, (7) Khemraj Mahadeo, (8) Shawn Grant, (9) Esaun Crandon, (10) Ravi Narine, (11) Delbert Hicks, (12) Andre Percival, (13) Desmond Fraser, (14) Jason Sinclair, (15) Inderpaul Mohan, (16) Micheal Trim, (17) Micheal Hicks, (18) Abdel Fudadin, (19) Joseph Arokium, (20) Clinton Pestano, (21) Eon Hooper, (22) Dominic Rikhi, (23) Raymond Haniff, (24)Shawn Perriera, (25) Erva Giddings.

The cricketers would be honoured at a special ceremony later this year as part of the final events for the C l u b ’s S i l v e r J u b i l e e anniversary celebration.

Those receiving honorable mention were Troy Mathieson, Micheal Rengasami, George Paddy, Nyeem Abdool, Sulaman Sahid, Parmanand Ti k a p e r s a u d , R a n d o l p Keseram, Steve Cecil, Steve Rengasami, Sham

RHTY&SC players stand beneath the sign boards.

Ve e r a s a m m y, S h e v o n Marks, Randolp Latcha, Eon G i b b s o n , I n g r a y D e y, Hassan Hussain, Raymond Cecil and Permaul Sukra.

The club is now in the process of indentifying a list of 25 outstanding administrators for the same period, who have served the club beyond the call of duty.

Among those expected to be honoured are the late Farouk Kudrath, Keith Foster, Davon Hicks, Ravin Kissoonlall, Keith Hicks, Terry Pike, Leon Wiggins Sr., Franklyne Ross, Isabella Smartt, Neville Beaton and Moses Ramchanden.

The RHTY&SC was formed in 1990 by threetime Guyana, Caribbean and C o m m o n w e a l t h Yo u t h Service Awardee, The St. Francis Community Developers. From a mere cricketing entity, they have transformed into a dynamic, and Guyana most progressive Youth and Sports Club – NGO - with over 200 programmes/ activities hosted on an annual bases.

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Richardson leads Pele to classic draw with Alpha; GFC display grit to hold Slingerz

By Franklin Wilson A quality evening of football despite the lack of finishing from all four teams on show was highlighted by Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson’s double which ensured Pele earned a share of the spoils with Alpha United in the feature game on day 3 of the inaugural Stag Elite League (SEL), Genesis segment at the GFC ground on Wednesday night.

Billed as a grudge match between two sides that are known to go hard at each other and with Pele featuring a former Alpha strongman in Richardson, the match produced many exciting moments but it Richardson who had the initial and final say in proceedings.

The evening’s opening game produced another robust performance from Georgetown Football Club and a miserable display of finishing from Bakewell Slingerz who had to settle for an even share of the points with the home team which described the result as a win for them.

Witnessed by a large Wednesday evening crowd, one which is not synonymous with league football in Guyana - another plus for the SEL – Pele took the early challenge to Alpha and it was no surprise that Richardson was the man to carry the charge for the boys

Bakewell Slingerz (orange & black) and GFC during their SEL mach on Wednesday evening a GFC. sporting their traditional yellow and blue uniforms.

A player who is offensive minded as well as defensive, Richardson carried the fight to Alpha early and they were rewarded quite early when their main nemesis was fouled approximately 30 yards out on the right side of goal.

Captain Shemroy Arthur, now their main pillar in defence after converting from goalkeeper, could not have delivered a better pass in the box that met a virtually open Richardson at the far post. The former national player rose to head the ball into the ground directing it

into the back of the nets at the other end as the flat footed Alpha players could only watch as it entered goal, tantalizingly so.

It was Pele up 1-0 in the 9 minute. The yellow and blue boys enjoyed a few more minutes of momentum but then it swung totally in favour of Alpha as forward Kithson Bain’s explosive speed up front was evidently too much for Arthur and company to handle.

Alpha’s Captain Daniel Wilson and midfielder Delon Lanferman were in the picture as ‘The Hammer’ gradually wrested the initiative from Pele. Alpha th

Following is the latest points standings after three days of play: Teams P W D L GF Pele 2 1 1 0 4 Fruta Conquerors 1 1 0 0 1 Monedderlust 1 1 0 0 3 Bakewell Slingerz 2 0 2 0 0 Alpha United 2 0 2 0 2 Buxton United 1 0 0 1 0 GFC 2 0 1 1 1 GDF 1 0 0 1 2

GA 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 3

GD Points +1 4 +1 3 +1 3 0 2 0 2 -1 0 -1 1 -1 0

could have taken the lead five minutes after but an easy chance presented to Lanferman saw the Uitvlugt based player heading the ball outside the upright rather than in goal.

However, Alpha which also forced back to back corners to underscore their dominance, finally got the equalizer 29 minutes on the end of a great run by Baines who dribbled well before passing the ball to the far post to Lanferman who in turn lay it off to his Captain Wilson to finish easily; Pele 1 Alpha United 1.

As the exchanges continued and Richardson was constantly switching around from left to right to ensure he was in the mix to dictate how Pele responded, Deon Alfred who netted the competitions first goal had the chance to put Pele back in the lead but missed an opportunity after collecting a pass from a well directed

free kick taken by Richardson.

Alpha would then take the lead in the 38th minute when Sherwin Skeete rose above the Pele defence to head home in style. Pele was guilty of giving up too much space to ‘The Hammer’, the half time whistle sounded with Alpha in the ascendency, 2-1.

The second half saw the ascendency swinging in favour of both teams as numerous chances went a begging but it was Pele towards the end of the game that had the final say even as the game seemed headed for an Alpha win.

Pele was awarded a free kick just outside the area in the centre of goal.

Richardson it was who stepped up to take the kick and in exquisite fashion, his execution was spot on and the ball sailed over the wall and into the back of the nets in the 87th minute to tie the

score at 2 all.

Even the four minutes of added on time did not change the score and both teams took a points each which enabled Pele to take over the lead at the top of the table whilst Alpha with back to back draws remained on 2 points.

GFC, in the opening game held a start studded Slingerz to a 0-0 draw as they used home advantage to full effect by being compact in defence even as Slingerz missed numerous chances in both periods.

GFC were able like they did in their first game against Pele last week to create a few chances of their own towards the end of the match but they too couldn’t convert as eth derby ended 0-0, a result that GFC welcomed as a win.

The SEL continued last evening at the Tucville ground where Fruta Conquerors faced Monedderlust and GDF opposed Buxton United.

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WICB’s CPL Four-Day cricket...

By Sean Devers The Guyana Jaguars begin the defense of their West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Caribbean Professional League (CPL) Four-Day First-Class Franchise tournament against the Windward Volcanoes on November 6 at the Providence Stadium in Guyana.

Like last year, the Jaguars play their first three matches at home before traveling to Trinidad to oppose the Red Force and then to Jamaica to face the home team before the competition break for the Christmas holidays.

The CPL will resume after five rounds on February 12 after the NAGICO Regional Super50 is contested from January 7-17 in two zones (T&T and St. Kitts) simultaneously. The semifinals and Final will be played in Trinidad, January 21 - 24.

Guyana will play in zone ‘B’ in St. Kitts along with the Windwards, Leewards and Jamaica while defending c h a m p s Tr i n i d a d a n d Tobago, Barbados, CCC and ICC Americas will do battle in Trinidad in Zone ‘A’.

Guyana has won six Regional First-Class titles but only one (2015) since 1998 when they shared the President’s Cup with the

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JAGUARS begin title defense on November 6 at Providence

Leeward Islands. In 2002 at Sabina Park in Jamaica Guyana took first innings points in the drawn four-day encounter against Jamaica in the Final of Busta International Challenge before lifting the inaugural CPL which ended in March 2015.

The South American Franchise included Barbadian left-handed allrounder Raymond Reifer as their lone overseas pick and finished on 148 points with eight wins from 10 games.

The Jaguars’ only loss was at Providence when set 68 to win they were dismissed by Barbados for 66, their fourth lowest total since Regional First-Class cricket began in 1865.

Narsingh Deonarine, who began with consecutive centuries in the opening games against the Leeward Hurricanes and the Windward Volcanoes made two tons and a fifty to earn as call up for the South Africa tour. But he will make his debut for T&T Red Force this season.

At 41, Shiv Chanderpaul is available for the upcoming season after scoring 119 in Guyana’s last game against the Windwards when he added 251 with Chris Barnwell, who made 148.

Vishaul Singh, who led the Jaguars when Leon Johnson departed for South Africa,

Narsingh Deonarine

Veerasammy Permaul was the other Guyanese to score a hundred in first edition of CPL. He made 141 against T&T at the Oval.

Spin twins Veerasammy Permaul (67) and Devendra Bishoo (61) were the only bowlers with over 60 wickets. This season, in addition to Reifer, the Jaguars have contracted Bajan pacer Jevon Searles and the entire squad has been training and practicing every day (except weekends when they are allowed to play club cricket) since August.

According to Head Coach Esuan Crandon, a former Guyana First-Class pacer, the fitness and confidence levels of the players are very high heading into the tournament.

The final team will be picked

after two four-day practice matches are played next month.

CPL fixtures: Fri Nov 06 - Mon Nov 09 Guyana Jaguars vs Windward Volcanoes Guyana National Stadium Leeward Islands Hurricanes vs T& T Red Force - St Kitts Warner Park Barbados Pride vs Jamaica Franchise - Barbados Kensington Oval Fri Nov 13 - Mon Nov 16 Jamaica Franchise vs Windwards Volcanoes Jamaica Sabina Park Barbados Pride vs T&T Red Force - Barbados Kensington Oval Guyana Jaguars vs Leeward Islands Hurricanes - Guyana National Stadium Fri Nov 20 - Mon Nov 23

Windward Volcanoes vs Leeward Islands Hurricanes - Dominica Windsor Park Guyana Jaguars vs Barbados Pride - Guyana National Stadium T&T Red Force vs Jamaica Franchise - Trinidad Queen’s Park Oval Fri Dec 04 -Mon Dec 07 Windward Volcanoes vs Barbados Pride - Grenada National Stadium Jamaica Franchise vs Leeward Islands Hurricanes - Jamaica Sabina Park T&T Red Force vs Guyana - Trinidad Queen’s Park Oval Fri Dec 11 - Mon Dec 14 Jamaica Franchise vs Guyana Jaguars - Jamaica Sabina Park Windward Volcanoes vs T&T Red Force - St. Lucia Beausejour Stadium Barbados Pride vs Leeward Islands Hurricanes - Barbados Kensington Oval Break for Christmas Fri Feb 12 - Mon Feb 15 Barbados Pride vs

Windwards Volcanoes Barbados Kensington Oval Leeward Islands Hurricanes vs Jamaica Franchise - Antigua SVRC Guyana Jaguars vs T&T Red Force - Guyana National Stadium Fri Feb 19 - Mon Feb 22 Leeward Islands Hurricanes vs Windward Volcanoes - St Thomas Cancryn Barbados Pride vs Guyana Jaguars - Barbados Kensington Oval Jamaica Franchise vs T&T Red Force - Jamaica Sabina Park Fri Feb 26- Mon Feb 29 Windward Volcanoes vs Guyana Jaguars – St. Lucia Beausejour Stadium T&T Red Force vs Leeward Islands Hurricanes - Trinidad National Cricket Center Jamaica Franchise vs Barbados Pride - Jamaica Sabina Park Fri Mar 11 - Mon Mar 14 Windward Volcanoes vs Jamaica Franchise – St. Vincent Arnos Vale T&T Red Force vs Barbados Pride - Trinidad National Cricket Center Leeward Islands Hurricanes vs Guyana Antigua SVRCG Fri Mar 18 - Mon Mar 21 T&T Red Force vs Windward Volcanoes Trinidad National Cricket Center Guyana Jaguars vs Jamaica Franchise - Guyana National Stadium Leeward Islands Hurricane vs Barbados Pride in the Leewards

McArthur officiates at Scotiabank/CONCACAF Champions League

Roy McArthur

Guyana’s Roy McArthur performed duties as Referee Assessor last evening in the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League week 5 match between Real Salt Lake of the USA and Santa Tecla FC of Panama.

The match was played at the Rio Tino Stadium in Utah.

The officials in charge of the match were Kevin Morrison (Jamaica), Keble Williams (Jamaica), Ainsley Rochard (Trinidad & Tobago) and Dwight Royal (Jamaica).

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Iwan Azore/Dexter Gonsalves fight postponed Organizers mull adequate substitute

By Michael Benjamin Boxing fans would have already set aside their best garb in preparation for the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) card, scheduled for the Giftland Office Max Mall, Lilliendaal, ECD, tomorrow evening. They would have also cast their wagers on the main bout, a 12 rounds contest between Iwan Azore and Dexter Gonsalves for the former fighter ’s welterweight belt.

Well, they will have to wait just a little longer following the distressing news that Azore has sustained an injury to his leg during training sessions and has been advised by the doctor to rest the limb for a few weeks.

President of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), Peter Abdool, broke the news to Kaieteur Sport late Wednesday evening, moments after he had spoken to Azore via telephone and was devastated by the turn of events.

Mr. Abdool said that he informed Azore that he should substantiate his claim with the relevant medical certificate and he has committed to do so as early as possible. Mr. Abdool has since arranged a press conference, due to be convened this afternoon, where he will discuss alternative arrangements.

The GBBC President

said that he has heard speculations that suggested that Azore is experiencing the proverbial ‘cold feet’ and the ‘injury’ may be his way of opting out of the contest.

He said that he is awaiting the document from the Trinidad medical specialist to confirm the authenticity of Azore’s injury.

Meanwhile, GBBC organizers are currently exploring contingency measures to have the card staged as soon as possible.

“We are mulling on three boxers and have already made calls to their managers,” revealed Mr. Abdool.

Among those names being bandied around are Jamaica Contender welterweight champion, Sakima Mullings, Trinidadian, Prince lee Isidore and Guyanese world rated fighter, Clive Atwell.

“Any one of those would fit the bill but we will have to engage in fresh negotiations to establish our best option,” stated Mr. Abdool.

Head of the People’s Syndicate Promotions, Keith Bazilio has been piloting Gonzalves’ career and he said that he was somewhat disappointed by the turn of events. He believes that Gonsalves is a top class boxer who can move on to fight for, and win a world title bout in the near future.

Brazilio said that he is a mite concerned that most of the fighters seem to be avoiding Gonsalves and he

Gonsalves replacement could be either Atwell (L) or Mullings seen here squaring off one day before their clash last year.

(Gonsalves) may be forced to shift his focus and activities to the more developed countries where he will find adequate competition.

Asked for his selection of a favourable substitute, Bazilio said that his fighter is quite capable of taking on most of those in his weight class in the region. He said that Gonsalves would relish a bout with Atwell since a win could propel him to the top of the rankings locally and allow his management to stake a claim for a top spot in the ratings.

However, Bazilio stated that whoever accepts the fight must not exceed the Jnr./welterweight limit.

Baziliio also said that if Atwell is unavailable he would gladly consider a showdown with Mullings or Prince Lee Isidore. Mr. Abdool also shares Bazilio’s view while saying that he is a

WICB Town-Hall meeting set for Trinidad today St. John’s, Antigua – Stakeholders in Trinidad & Tobago will have their opportunity to state their views on the state of the game in the region directly to President of the West Indies Cricket Board Whycliffe “Dave” Cameron and Vice President Emmanuel Nanthan today.

The WICB leadership has been engaging stakeholders through a series of town-hall meetings around the region since May this year. This latest town-hall meeting will be held in the auditorium of the Chaguanas Borough Corporation from 7 to 9 p.m.

“We are looking forward to this town-hall meeting in the two-island republic,” said Cameron. “The meetings have been an excellent way to meet with our stakeholders up close and personal, and hear their concerns which most of us share.”

“These town-hall meetings have helped us, the leadership of West Indies cricket, to

get the pulse of the people of the region on topics ranging from governance to cricket development, and most importantly, the performance of our flagship team.”

Cameron emphasised that the region’s cricket requires all of its partners to work together in a coordinated approach to improve the product.

“We face many important issues and it is important for the entire region to merge our efforts to make the cricket industry more viable than it has been in recent times,” he said.

The questions to the WICB leadership have been typical of town-hall meetings and wide-ranging in nature, but the audiences have identified issues like selection, governance, marketing, player relations, player development and pitch preparation.

The WICB has so far met with stakeholders in Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia, Guyana, Jamaica and Antigua. (WICB)

mite concerned that many of Gonsalves’ opponents seem to be finding ways of avoiding him. Indeed, since dealing Revlon Lake a wicked left hook that left the Barbados based Guyanese prostrate, Gonsalves has been experiencing difficulties procuring fights.

His only other bout since then, a 10 rounder against Mark Austin, ended in a points decision in his favour.

Austin had cried foul and

subsequently clinched a r e t u r n l a t e l a s t y e a r.

However, he seemed to have lost his nerve and fell ill just minutes before he was required to enter the ring and was rushed to the Public Hospital, Georgetown.

The fight was subsequently aborted and Gonsalves has not fought.

Notwithstanding, he is regularly in the gym in anticipation of a fight. Mr. Abdool said that otherwise

the card remains unchanged and he is advising those contracted boxers to continue training so as not to be caught unprepared.

The other professional fights will see Quincy Gomes matching gloves with Anson Greene in a 6 rounds welterweight affair, national amateur bantamweight champion, Imran Khan in his debut fight against David Thomas over 4 rounds in the lightweight category and Keeve Allicock battling with Stephon Gouveia in a featherweight fight over 4 rounds.

The amateur bouts will see Republican, Nankumar Singh up against Kellon King in a lightweight match while Harpy Eagles r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , Tr a v i s Hubbard tackles Orin Bancroft in another lightweight (youth) encounter.

Glenroy Smith (EBG) will then match gloves with Republican, Clifton Graham in a welterweight bout while Tefon Green (GDF) and Dexter Wray (REP) will square off in an Elite Flyweight contest.

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