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Tuesday September 22, 2015

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Letters... Where your views make the news Letters... Where your views make the news Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan, please help us…

M&CC has nothing to hide

DEAR EDITOR, The Mayor and City Council wants to categorically state that its administration under the leadership of Town Clerk, Royston King has absolutely nothing to hide. Currently, the Council has resuscitated and peopled its Internal Audit Department, which was defunct for several years. The Department is currently engaged in Operational and Human Resources audits and will continue to be engaged in other forms of audits to ensure accountability and transparency in the operations of Council.

The human resources audit reviews the current human resources policies, procedures, rules and systems to identify needs for improving and enhancing human resource functions of the Council, whilst the operational audit evaluates the operational activities of the Council. The Council would make the results of all its audits public. The Council understands the need for proper accountability of state resources.

However, the Council finds it strange that a section of the media, at this juncture, seeks to write about certain acts of perceived improprieties. Since a very good opportunity was presented for them to do so when a clarion call was made by the Deputy Mayor of Georgetown Councillor Patricia Chase Green and was supported by the duly elected Council for an audit to be done, when 27 million dollars was waived for the former proprietor of Strand Cinema Mr. Ganga Prasad, by

the previous acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba.

Also, the office of the Auditor General was called in to investigate the $500,000 luxury sofa and other monies spent on other equipment that did not promote the work of the Georgetown Municipality, yet this media house was obviously silent on these matters. Also, we are still hoping that the Auditor General can still investigate these issues.

The real issue at hand and one that requires an audit is the spending of the $500M that was handed over to the Ministry of Local Government under the watch of then Minister Mr Norman Whittaker, for cleaning of Georgetown under the “Clean up my country” project and for which there is not much credible evidence of works done in the City. Currently, citizens are working to clean up their neighbourhood, as a matter of pride, without pay.

Thanks to all our citizens, who understand what we are trying to do.

The citizens must know that the Georgetown City Council did not receive one cent from the $500M, and the Council was totally locked out of all activities relating to spending of that allocation by the then Government.

As it relates to the employees in the drainage section, someone was misinformed. Our records show that the Council has seventy-five persons employed in the drainage section. They were unable to conduct work efficiently because of an acute lack of resources, which has been corrected by the new

From page 4 practice approach, is that you reduce the rate of those returning to prison and you also mitigate the recruitment of new criminals.

The resultant effect is that your crime problem subsides.

This proven approach to crime reduction is yet to be

tried here in Guyana and when it is implem e n t e d , t h e s t a tistics will show that the crime situation would abate and the program will take on a life of its own.

Editor, I’m only trying to light a candle.

Pastor W. P. Jeffrey

Repeat offenders are training...

administration.

The truth is that the previous regime made a deliberate effort to starve Council of much needed resources in many ways. The valuation process was stymied thus making it difficult for Council to increase rates for seventeen years. Also, whenever the government subvention was given, it came with specific instructions as to how it should be spent.

The state of the drainage system in the City is complex which should be addressed holistically. The City’s drainage system is design to cater for 1.5 inches of rain fall within 24 hours period, any unusual down pour beyond the1.5 inches capacity would result in overtopping in several areas.

The drainage system has experienced neglect and abuse in several ways.

Drainage in the City has been compromised by the construction work of some very big Corporations either through lack of knowledge, unconcern or callousness and unfriendly environmental attitudes. The clean-up Georgetown that is ongoing has revealed some flagrant contraventions of the drainage system, which the City’s Administration intends to correct.

However, we wish to thank the media for showing keen interest in the financial affairs of the City Council at this time when the Council is experiencing positive change in its operations and is pursuing, with much vigour, the restoration of Georgetown.

The mission is to make Georgetown the cleanest and greenest City of the Caribbean; however, regardless of the challenges it would be accomplished.

Debra Lewis Public Relations Officer (ag)

We are hire car drivers and we are simply trying to put food on our table DEAR EDITOR, Please allow us a space in your newspaper to highlight some of the many problems; we as hire car drivers, face on a daily basis.

First we must say that we respect the laws of the country and try our utmost to adhere to them as we go about with our daily lives.

However, as must as we appreciate the traffic ranks; there are some of them at the Vreed-en-hoop police station who show no compassion for hardworking citizens.

We operate within the vicinity of New Road and Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara (WCD). We have a line system whereby when one driver leaves to drop off passengers, when he returns, he would join the line again.

However, there are now private car drivers who would come in front of us and load.

We call them hot plate cars.

Now that is clearly the regulations.

We have reported the matter several times to the police at the Vreed-en-hoop station but none of them do anything.

In fact, the policemen have people working their cars. So when these guys break the rules, the police does nothing because it is actually their (the police) money.

If we only try to load before out turn, the police come and lock us up then we have to find a lot of bail money but yet, these private car drivers are allowed to disobey and disregard the law.

This lawlessness must stop.

We are not saying that they (private cars) should stop operate but they should follow the system just like many of us because at the end of the day, everyone wants to take home a little money to

feed our family.

There are a couple of private car drivers, who are friends with the police so they do not care.

They come and take all the passengers.

We made several complains to the traffic.0 c police at the Vreed-enHoop police station.

We also visited an inspector at the traffic Department at the Leonora Police Station but to date nothing has been done.

Several hire car drivers wrote a letter, signed and delivered it to both police stations and again, nothing has been done.

All we get are promises.

No action.

Please assist us Minister Ramjattan and Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud we have children to feed and send to school.

Concerned Hire car drivers

DEAR EDITOR, Please allow me to extend my condolences to the family and friends of the unfortunate mother who died at the GPHC from complications of placenta accreta.

I know all too well of the pains of a child loosing their mother at a young age, since I lost my mother when I was eight years old, from complications of ectopic pregnancy.

Having said that, I am somewhat taken aback by the comments made by the Honourable Minister of Public Health Dr. Norton. I will quote the Minister’s statement verbatim; “My advice is rather than stopping at three, I would say two.

Even though Science may say that you have no evidence to

make such statements, with our situation in Guyana, I would advise mothers not to have more than two caesarean sections,” Please permit me to ask the Honourable Minister of health a few questions.

Dr. Norton are you placing this unfortunate mother at fault for her death since she had three Caesarean sections and not your recommended two?

Dr. Norton is it not true that good prenatal care could have prevented this unfortunate death?

Dr. Norton is it not true that previous Caesarean section is not the only risk factor for placenta accreta? So

even by only having your prescriptive two Caesarean sections many mothers may still have placenta accreta and face an almost certain death at GPHC? I would conclude by saying that this mother unfortunately bled to death at GPHC. My mother similarly bled to death 31 years ago at this same institution. Were lessons not learnt after 31 years?

One positive stemming from my mother’s death was my desire to become a doctor.

Sadly, that was the only positive.

Dr. Mark Devonish MBBS MSc MRCP (UK)

Were lessons not learnt after 31 years?

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Tuesday September 22, 2015

Teen girls on par with boys for alcohol consumption in C’bean Secondary school girls in the Caribbean are apparently using just as much alcohol as the boys, the new findings of a study have revealed.

These new findings signify a complete shift since alcohol consumption has been dominated for years by males.

“In the majority of the countries, when you look at past years prevalence of alcohol use, the use by female has actually outstripped that of males,” Pernell Clarke, Coordinator of Information and Research for the Organization of American States/ Inter-American Drug

years ago.”

A survey taking a look into the drug use among secondary school students in the Caribbean was conducted in 2013 by OAS/ CICAD. Guyana was among 13 Caribbean Countries analysed as part of the OAS student drug use project. The other countries included Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago.

According to the findings, alcohol and

prevalence for alcohol use.

The disparity between the genders was greatest in Guyana and Haiti.

Overall, male prevalence ranked at about 50 percent while female prevalence ranked at about 49 percent.

“We need to pay close attention to this phenomenon and find out what is causing this, why is it developing the way it is; we see that the situation in Guyana remains the way it was before, where males are using at a higher rate than females but there’s no guarantee that this will remain the same,” Clarke noted.

ranged from as low as 8.5 years – noted in males in Dominica – to about 14 years – noted in females in Haiti.

The overall average among the Caribbean for first use of alcohol was about 12 years old. Further, the average in the Caribbean for males was about 11.9 years and for females 12.5 years.

Clarke emphasised that it was important to raise the age of first use of alcohol.

“Research has shown that if we delay the onset of first time use, then we’ll reduce the likelihood of problematic use, dependency and addiction.

Age of first use is not

New findings have shown that females are drinking just as much as males Abuse Control Commission (OAS/CICAD) said during a recent revelation of the findings.

He continued, “This is something we would have been keeping an eye on for a number of years because there was a point in time when this picture would have been totally reversed.

Alcohol use was a male phenomenon seven or eight

marijuana were the most commonly used drugs in the surveyed countries.

Additionally, the findings showed that in almost all of the countries, the prevalence of alcohol use in females was higher or about the same as the prevalence in males.

Guyana, Haiti and Belize were the only countries where the boys ranked higher than the girls in terms of past year

The age of first use of alcohol was also higher for females or on par with males in many of the countries.

While Guyana, Belize, and Haiti had ranked lowest in lifetime prevalence for females, the females outstripped the males for first time use in these very countries.

Throughout the Caribbean, the age of first use

something to be taken lightly; it’s a very important factor and the aim of any programming we do is to try to raise that age of first use,” he stressed.

Clarke indicated that comparatively, Guyana was doing better than most of the Caribbean countries in terms of drug use. In fact, Clarke said, it was found that for most of the substances Guyana is either “mid pack”

Pernell Clarke of OAS/CICAD in terms of use and prevalence of use, or somewhere towards the end of the spectrum.

Focusing on alcohol consumption in secondary school students, Clarke indicated that Guyana had the lowest lifetime prevalence among the surveyed countries. Guyana’s lifetime prevalence was 52 percent, followed by Haiti with a lifetime prevalence of about 55 percent. The highest recorded rate was in Dominica, with 80 percent.

Similarly, Guyana was the lowest in the past year use as well as the past month use.

“In the grand scheme of things, the situation here in Guyana is nothing to be happy about but if you look at the picture more broadly, there are several other countries that are dealing with worse issues than right here,” he said.

However, while Guyana was at the end of the spectrum in terms of alcohol use in many areas, it was on top in terms of binge drinking.

“We not only looked at the proportion of students that are drinking but we asked them how they were drinking.

We asked them how many times they would have drunk

five or more drinks in one sitting,” he explained.

According to Clarke, this question focused on binge drinking, an area where Guyana outstripped all of the other countries.

The data showed that for Guyana, there was a binge drinking rate of nearly 60 percent.

The closest country was Belize with about 50 percent.

The lowest recorded rate was about 15 percent in The Bahamas.

“What that means is that while the prevalence of students who use alcohol is lower in Guyana, the way that they drink is much different,” Clarke said.

According to Clarke, it had not been easy getting all of the countries to come onboard with the same study at the same time.

The general objectives of the study included estimating the magnitude of illicit and licit drug use among secondary school students in the Caribbean; determining the perceived risk of drug use, access to drugs, availability of drugs, and frequency of use; and examining risk and protective factors for drug use by school students.

Suriname concerned about possible health risks of Guyana’s paddy seeds The Government of Suriname and rice farmers are at odds over the importation of paddy seeds from Guyana.

According to Soeresh Algoe, Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, the illegal import of paddy seeds from is an enormous risk to the rice crops of Suriname.

A report in the online Waterkant news website yesterday said that more than half of all farmers have also used the seed to plant rice in Nickerie.

Nickerie is a border area to Guyana. This may raise risks of plant diseases, the minister stressed.

According to the Times of Suriname, there are regulations that govern the

importation of seeds.

Authorities there have to check that there are no diseases.

The Minister reportedly argued that Suriname has a good quality of paddy seeds and there is no need therefore to import from Guyana.

However, according to the Waterkant article, the rice farmers in Suriname are disagreeing. They are arguing that the rice varieties from Guyana are more resistant to disease.

The revenues would certainly be twice as high.

Minister Algoe admits that the varieties developed in Suriname yield less.

The report said that the Government of Suriname is investigating the imports.

Tuesday September 22, 2015

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Russia seeks to allay Israel fears over Syria build-up

Putin dismissed Netanyahu’s claims that Syria is trying to open a ‘second front’ against Israel.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to allay Israeli concerns at Russia’s military build-up in Syria.

At talks in Moscow, he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Russia’s actions in the Middle East would always be “responsible”.

Mr Netanyahu is concerned by the possibility of Israeli and Russian forces inadvertently trading fire.

Israel has periodically struck inside Syria against militants it says have been plotting attacks against it.

It has also responded to shellfire from forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar alAssad, who Russia has backed throughout the fouryear uprising against his rule.

But in the past week, US officials have confirmed reports that the Russian military has sent warplanes, helicopters, tanks, artillery guns, armoured personnel carriers and 200 marines to an airfield near Mr Assad’s

ancestral home in Latakia province.

They believe Moscow plans to turn the airfield into a forward operating base that could allow it to send a large number of troops to Syria and launch air strikes.

‘Second terrorist front’ Israel is believed to have previously targeted Syrian and Iranian weapons convoys in Syria meant for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, though it has not officially acknowledged this.

Netanyahu’s visit to Moscow comes at a time of deepening Russian military involvement in Syria.

The arrival of Russian fixed-wing combat aircraft at the airbase in Latakia only accentuates the questions surrounding Moscow’s military presence there.

According to satellite photos obtained by Stratfor a US think-tank - the jets appear to be four Sukhoi Su30 multi-role fighters and up to a dozen possible SU-25 ground attack aircraft.

Their deployment came shortly after initial military-tomilitary contacts between the US and the Russians at the end of last week.

The US is operating warplanes against so-called Islamic State targets in Syrian airspace and Israel too is concerned about the potential constraints on its military freedom of action over southern Syria.

That’s why Mr Netanyahu visited Moscow. Clearly all three countries need to have some sense of what the other might potentially be doing if a damaging incident is to be avoided - especially if Russia intends to use its aircraft to support the Assad regime.

Mr Netanyahu said Iran and Syria were “trying to set up a second terrorist front on the Golan Heights”, a Syrian plateau which was mostly captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war.

Israel annexed the captured section in 1981, in a move not recognised internationally. (BBC)

The coup leader in Burkina Faso has said he is ready to hand over power to transitional civilian authorities, as the army is marching on the capital.

Gen Gilbert Diendere, who led last Thursday’s coup by the presidential guard, also apologised to the nation.

The military earlier said troops were moving on to Ouagadougou, adding that the plotters must disarm.

The coup was carried out by allies of President Blaise Compaore, who was ousted by street protests last year.

Former colonial power France warned of

“consequences” if they do not disarm.

In a statement, French President Francois Hollande called on those involved “to immediately lay down arms and hand over power to the legitimate authorities or face the consequences”.

He added that “civilian,

financial and military cooperation” had been suspended until the interim government of transitional President Michel Kafando was reinstated.

At least 10 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in clashes since Thursday.

Burkina Faso coup leader ‘ready to hand over power’

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Plan to admit more refugees faces stiff opposition in Congress White House plans to allow thousands more refugees into the United States faced stiff opposition on yesterday in the U.S. Congress, where Republican lawmakers demanded the right to review, and reject, the effort, citing fears of terrorism.

Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday announced an increase of 15,000 per year for the next two years in the number of refugees the country takes in. He did not say how many would be from Syria. Under current law, Congress does not have to approve the Democratic administration’s plan. But the House of Representatives and Senate, both controlled

by Republicans, would have to appropriate money to pay for any additional effort.

That would not be easy.

Many lawmakers, including some Democrats, worry that Islamist fighters posing as refugees might sneak into the country.

Republican Senator Jeff Sessions, chairman of a Senate Immigration SubCommittee and a critic of President Barack Obama’s immigration policy, called the plan expensive and dangerous.

“Our schools, job markets and public resources are already stretched too thin.

And, even at current rates, we have no capacity to screen for extremist ideology,” Sessions

said.

The United States admitted 70,000 refugees last year at a cost of $1.1 billion, the price of screening and up to five years’ resettlement services. Rights activists say the Obama administration is doing too little to alleviate a crisis that has forced half of Syria’s population from home, hundreds of thousands of whom have moved to Europe and in particular, Germany.

U.S. officials respond by noting Washington is the biggest donor of humanitarian aid. On Monday, the administration announced it was providing $419 million more, bringing U.S. humanitarian assistance to over $4.5 billion during the crisis.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama wants to “scale up” the number of refugees admitted, but security concerns and costs mean Congress would have to get behind a more extensive plan.

Five Republican and one Democratic senators wrote to Kerry and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson last week, urging tight screening of any refugees. (Reuters)

Tuesday September 22, 2015

Dozens of ISIS defectors explain why they left the terror army Almost 60 Islamic State defectors have spoken out against the caliphate and Western governments should do more to incentivize former fighters to speak out, according to a new report by the International Center for the Study for Radicalization.

According to the New York Times, about 20,000 foreigners have joined jihadist groups in the Middle East over the last two years. About a quarter of those are Europeans, and it is estimated that between 25% and 40% have gone back to Europe.

The new report says that most of the defectors have gone into hiding to escape reprisal from ISIS but also to avoid imprisonment in the countries to which they are returning. According to the report, 58 defectors from Europe and Australia have now publicly spoken about their experience.

In the reasons listed as to why they became disenchanted with the jihadist group, most defectors mention the violence toward other Muslims. Two defectors who left after finding out they had been selected to be suicide bombers told the BBC

that the “brutality of IS terrifies everyone,” referring to ISIS (aka Islamic State, IS, ISIL, and Daesh). A Syrian man who had initially joined a rebel group fighting the Assad regime joined ISIS when his whole tribe pledged allegiance. He told the BBC that the first stage of the ISIS indoctrination was a course on the Sharia.

“Not the principles of Islam, the principles of the Islamic State,” the man said.

“So they teach you the Islam they want.”

He said ISIS tactics boiled down to this “If you’re against me, then you’ll be killed. If you’re with me, you work with me. You submit to my will and obey me, under my power in all matters.”

Another Western man, Abu Ibrahim, travelled to Syria to join ISIS after converting to Islam. He claims he went there to give humanitarian assistance to Syrians and because he wanted to live under strict Islamic law. He spent six months living in the caliphate.

Ibrahim says he saw crucifixions and the stoning to death of a couple convicted of adultery, he told CBS news.

“There were many hundreds of people there who observed. While seeing someone die is not something anyone would probably want to see, having the actual Sharia established is what many Muslims look forward to.”

He also told CBS news that he did not find the methods medieval.

“It’s harsh, it’s real but it’s the Sharia,” he said.

Eventually though, he grew disillusioned with the group because he did not approve of the killing of noncombatants such as aid workers and journalists. But he also said that his main reason for leaving was that he was not doing what he had come to do: give Syrians humanitarian help.

“It had become something else — so, therefore, no longer justified me being away from my family,” Ibrahim told CBS news.

Many defectors just got bored with what they saw as favoritism by commanders toward some fighters, and felt that the life of a jihadi was less exciting than what they had seen in the propaganda videos. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Tuesday September 22, 2015

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GUYANA’S TICKING TIME BOMB Guyana has a shockingly high rate of child institutionalization. One in every 1,000 children in Guyana is in an institution.

That ratio does not account for the hundreds more who are potential candidates for penal institutions. There are many young men walking around this country with guns in their waist and joints of marijuana between their lips, committing crimes, including robberies and murder for which they have not yet been brought to account by the law.

The extremely high rate of institutionalization of children is a ticking time bomb. It will explode in our faces because our institutions are not geared, or do not have the resources to be able to sufficiently rehabilitate, or fully integrate children back into society.

A child, who has been institutionalized, even as an orphan, carries a stigma in the wider society.

That child is considered as either a deviant or a dependent. That stigma is a permanent brand on that child, marking him or her off as different from others and therefore attracting a different fate.

That so many of our children are institutionalized represents a huge failure on the part of society. But this failure is not as great as that of the institutions to which they are consigned. These institutions have failed our children. They have failed them because they have failed to help them in the way that they should be helped.

Many of these institutions do a good job of feeding, clothing and providing shelter for children.

They do a good job also of keeping them healthy. But the children, once institutionalized, often are not placed in foster homes or reintegrated back into their families.

Some institutions like those responsible for juvenile delinquency are no different from prisons.

There have been reports of abuse at these institutions, sexual and emotional abuse.

The penal institutions for juveniles are the biggest failures. They are prisons.

Ironically, the most of these institutions to which our children are consigned are too preoccupied with the welfare of the children when in fact they should be more concerned with the wellbeing of the families from which these children come.

Greater attention should be paid to the families so that the children can be reintegrated into them rather than having to spend their days and nights huddled together with other children in an institution.

These institutions mean well but they also have a vested interest in ensuring that the children are kept there rather than being reunited with their families or assigned to foster families. Without children to fill their dormitories, these institutions would lose their purpose.

They were formed to institutionalize children.

To empty their halls of these children would put them

out of commission and more importantly dry up the sources of funding that they receive.

Yet if these institutions want a permanent solution to child delinquency, neglect and abandonment, the central focus has to be not on providing for these children but in helping to reintegrate them into their families or finding foster homes for them.

The foster home should not

in an institution.

The institutions should be working to help these parents to keep these children at home. It would cost them far less to help the parents to keep the children than to institutionalize them.

A change in direction is needed in the way we treat our children who are institutionalized. Instead of pumping more money into their upkeep, instead of

building larger homes and juvenile facilities, greater attention should be paid to helping these children to have a normal life with their families or with foster parents.

Mother of five amplifies need for awareness

“Worrying,” is the description offered by Mia Ritchie of the recent spate of reported maternal deaths.

The woman who is a mother of five is of the belief that there is a crucial need for health workers to direct keen attention to monitoring pregnant women and ensuring that they are aware of the pre-conditions that could lead to some life threatening complications.

Ritchie suspects that the troubling spate of maternal deaths is linked to the fact that many women are not screened for pre-natal diseases.

She, during an interview, alluded to the condition of pre-eclampsia. Pre-eclampsia is described as a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure and signs of damage to another organ system, often the kidneys.

According to Ritchie, she was a victim of pre-eclampsia during each of her pregnancies. She first experienced the condition 14

Dem boys seh...

Berry Berry singing Mr Lonely Dem got a beautiful song wha Akon sing.

It go like this, “Lonely, I am Mr Lonely, I have nobody to call my own.”

When you got power you got friends. De waterfalls boss man did tell Jagdeo that a day.

He tell de man that he got nuff friends now that he is president. But when he come out of office he gun be a lonely soul and de boss man would still be Glenn Lall. So said, so done.

He running around looking fuh friends and all he got is dem who he cut deals wid.

Donald is another one. He ain’t got nowhere to go and nobody to talk to. Sam Blinds going round and round and ending up nowhere.

Nuff others wha did hold high office lonely.

Berry Berry stand up in de Whim court he alone. He go alone. Not even de lawyer wha he pay didn’t tun up to represent him.

He stand up in front de nice gyal magistrate like a pity, pity poor bai, thinking de magistrate gun tek pity pun him. It ain’t wuk and it will not wuk. Jagdeo got to go back before she and she gun put him to his place.

Dem boys dream that.

Dem boys also dream how dem got plenty powerful office bearers who got nuff leave chalk up and dem not tekking it. Li’l Joe had to send home some of dem home pun long leave.

Some people had 300 days leave; can you

be an institution. It has to be a family, a stable family.

There are many children who are in orphanages who are not orphans. These children are institutionalized because their parents either do not want them or cannot afford to take care of them.

These children must suffer immensely. They know they have parents at home. Yet each night they are forced to sleep outside of their homes

believe that? It mean dem didn’t tek any leave in 10 years. Dem got plenty people like that.

De Top Cop, de Fire Service head, de Prison service head, NICIL head, Donald from de tender board, de army head, de food and drug head. Why dem ain’t tek de leave? That is a big question.

Is either dem collecting so much that dem don’t want anybody step in, or dem is work horse, or dem does watch man, or dem selfish because dem don’t want de deputy learn de wuk.

All dem head need to be removed. Dem need to be axed.

Jagdeo get axed already. He was one never use to tek leave. He use to spend taxpayer dollars fuh go pun joyride. Till de Kuwaiti head tun him back in mid air.

He so shame that when de aircraft return to London, he didn’t come off. He come straight to Guyana and didn’t tell nobody nutten.

To this day he don’t want hear bout Qwait.

Is a man who was travelling wid him talk de story.

Rekha had leave and he tek it but only when de govt change. Then he run. Nobody can find him to this day.

Talk half and don’t feel sorry fuh dem lonely mother——s

- in wake of ‘worrying’ spate of maternal deaths years ago while she was pregnant with her eldest child in the United States. “I went to the clinic and my blood pressure was high but they didn’t say anything.

Two weeks later I had to go back and it was high again and they admitted me…That was the first time that I found out what pre-eclampsia was,” said Ritchie who disclosed by this time her condition was severe.

At the time she was close to seven months pregnant.

She was in pain but was not eligible for an epidural which is said to be the most commonly used method of pain relief for labour in the United States.

By the time she was on to her second pregnancy Ritchie was well aware of the possible pre-conditions of preeclampsia.

“I was also monitored closely,” she disclosed as she related that the condition she endured might have been brought on by a stressful situation she was subjected to.

Mia Ritchie In addition to high blood pressure, the symptoms of the condition can include headaches and blurry vision both of which Ritchie experienced.

It can also include rapid weight gain caused by significant increase in bodily fluid, abdominal pain, change in reflexes, reduced urine or no urine output, dizziness and excessive vomiting and nausea.

“The Guyanese society needs to be sensitized to this issue,” said Ritchie as she

made reference to a recent maternal death which had all the signs of late onset preeclampsia.

One of the main factors that pregnant women can do to help protect themselves from pre-eclampsia, which could cause their pregnancy to become high risk, is to stay away from too much sodium.

She also emphasized that “women need to tell their doctors what they are experiencing; don’t take it for granted that it is something Continued on page 11

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== THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN ==

Donald Ramotar needs to be taught the meaning and contextual usage of words In a letter in the newspaper, former President Donald Ramotar published the following opinion; “Since the beginning of the 11th Parliament, Head of State, David Granger, made a statement about the need for a Code of Conduct for members of the National Assembly.

“His intuition seems to be to curtail and stop heckling in the Chambers.” This certainly is the wrong use of the word “intuition.” I believe even a high school student may be aware of the exact function of the word, “intuition.”

We all grew up with that word because we heard it so many times by people in our home and by the ordinary person.

Intuition is a word taken from philosophy and denotes the cognition of an object without prior empirical knowledge of the said object.

Translated to semantics it means a sensory perception that something may happen based on a feeling that has no existence in factual objectivity.

It is a likely prediction of what the person thinks may happen though he/she is uncertain because there are no facts to definitively make the prediction.

Here is an example. You are in court and the case seems not to be going in the direction of the plaintiff or the defence but somehow you feel the judge will not accept a certain witness.

So you say to your friend, “My intuition is that he may not accept that person as a proper witness.” On the other hand, if the judge continuously rules in favour of the plaintiff in points of objections, you can say, “I believe this judge will rule against us.”

That is a belief which has nothing in common with intuition. Your belief has been derived from your assessment of a factual situation.

In the case of Ramotar, he confused “intuition” with intention. In other words President Granger has an intention to confront the mischief of heckling in Parliament, not an intuition to stop heckling. I don’t want to

belabour the point but it is an ugly grammatical lapse for a man who was the President of a modern, educated nation.

More importantly, I want to look at the letter against the background of the mind of Ramotar. Ramotar’s misssive is titled, “Curtailing heckling in Parliament is another ominous sign.”

Is that a priority in the mind of Ramotar – President Granger’s intention to stop heckling in Parliament?

Doesn’t Ramotar have anything more serious on his agenda?

He was asked, recently, for his thoughts on the leasing of Red House to the PPP for $1,000 a month. His response was that he saw nothing wrong with the arrangement. Ramotar saw nothing improper with the lease of public property to the PPP. This is property put in the hands of a political party; not even an NGO whose leadership has term limits, not even a state institution, but a political party.

Why should the people of Guyana accept that? So

because Burnham was born in Kitty, Jagan in Port Mourant, Rodney in Werk-en-Rust, Eddy Grant in Plaisance, we can lease part of those districts to the families for commemorative purposes?

Jagan dwelled in Red House when he was Premier.

He lived on a property owned by the state. If the PPP wants that property to permanently celebrate the life and work of Cheddi Jagan then the legal thing was for the Cabinet during the PPP reign to have conducted a real estate valuation and sell the asset to the PPP. You call that an act “above board.”

Surely, Nadira Jagan who is one of the persons named in the lease could have helped to raise the sum. She is a Canadian jeweler. The $1000

monthly rent is a depravity which the APNU-AFC administration must terminate in the coming weeks.

The Red House lease scandal is just one of thousands that occurred under the hegemony of the Jagdeo/ Ramotar cabal. There is the GAWU Kingston building.

That was prime real estate that the PPP Government sold to GAWU. That building was worth hundreds of millions. GAWU got it for a song.

In “Bookers’ Quarters” off Sheriff Street, the Cheddi Jagan Government sold a state house that Minister of Trade, Shree Chand, occupied for three million dollars. That property because of its location would

Frederick Kissoon easily have been purchased by a foreign government for over a hundred million dollars.

In fact, most of the residents in that gated community are diplomatic personnel.

So what is the subject of the next Donald Ramotar’s letter to the press? Whatever it is you can predict the subject would be arid and banal like the “intuition” of President Granger to stop heckling in Parliament.

GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO LONG TERM RELATIONS WITH OLDENDORFF

Oldendorff’s General Manager, Paul Mohn and Director of Projects, Scott Jones and Minister of State Joseph Harmon (centre) Government is committed to a long term relationship with Oldendorff Carriers (Guyana) Inc. Oldendorff Carriers is a company involved in the shipping logistics for the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) and RUSAL. It is located in the Berbice River, Yesterday, Oldendorff’s General Manager, Paul Mohn and Director of Projects, Scott Jones, met with Minister of State Joseph Harmon at the office of the Ministry of the Presidency. Director Jones explained that his company has had an extremely good experience in Guyana and is keen on continuing its operations here.

He additionally lobbied for Government’s support in his company’s continued servicing of BCGI, RUSAL and the bauxite industry.

Minister Harmon told the company executives that Oldendorff has Government’s full support in the continuation of its operations here.

He said, “I am giving you the assurance and the satisfaction that this government would be happy to continue working with your company, because we know your investment is longterm.”

The Minister added that Government respects that Oldendorff’s operations have

provided employment for a large amount of Guyanese. He said those employees can be assured that Government will not take any measures that will place them on the breadline or compromise their livelihoods.

Minister Harmon believes that support must be given to facilities like Oldendorff, a move that will ensure continued employment opportunities for this nation’s people.

Oldendorff Carriers (Guyana) Inc. has been operating here, moving and loading bauxite for export purposes since 2006. The Minister of State is expected to tour the facility soon.

Tuesday September 22, 2015

Kaieteur News

Bodies of two Brazilians found in Cuyuni swamp Police may have a brutal double murder on their hands after finding the bodies of two Brazilians at Aramau Backdam, Cuyuni River.

The decomposed bodies of Brazilian nationals Jose Carlos Barbosa Araujo, 45, and Adonias Ferreira, 37, were found in a swamp around 14.30 hrs on Sunday.

The bodies have been taken to the Bartica Hospital mortuary and Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said that police are awaiting post mortem examinations to ascertain if they are dealing with a case of foul play.

At least three other Brazilian nationals 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 putting up a resistance to 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, DaSilva had left his campsite on June 1, in the company of four workmates to run an

in participating in the inquiry, it believes that the COI is an “unsuitable tool by which the aims of the published terms of reference can be achieved.”

He added, “We recommended the recruitment of a suitable and qualified consultant to prepare a report on the matters identified in the TORs and on that basis, the PPP would then, along with others, be in a better position to provide its views on the matters and concerns.”

Rohee said the method chosen by the APNU+AFC government is different from the one the PPP has in mind.

“We do have an interest into the Commission of Inquiry into the Public Service but the modus operandi which the

Mother of five amplifies...

From page 9 else,” she warned. “As long as the women know and they ask questions…things could be different but we are lacking in that area. People don’t ask questions, they just take medications and they go home; they don’t stop to find out why something happened and we have to change that culture,” said Ritchie.

She said that yet another life threatening condition that pregnant women can suffer is placenta praevia. This is a condition in which the placenta partially or wholly blocks the neck of the uterus thereby interfering with the normal delivery of the baby.

Police Commissioner interfaces with Essequibo residents

errand at a shop. The men later returned to the campsite, but DaSilva did not show up with them.

A passerby found his body the following day.

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.

PPP participation in Public Service COI comes with conditions - Rohee

Quite unlike the case with many other Governmentinitiated programmes and investigations, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is willing to participate in the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Public Service. But the PPP’s likely participation is not without conditions.

The PPP wants a “qualified consultant” to prepare a report on the Terms of Reference (TORs).

The party’s position was made known yesterday at a press conference hosted by General Secretary Clement Rohee.

He indicated that his party received an invitation from the government to participate in the COI. Rohee told the media that while the Party is interested

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government chose to go about it, differs from our understanding of how it should be done,” Rohee explained.

The COI begins today.

The TORs mandates the commission to inquire into, report on and make recommendations on the role, functions, recruitment process, remuneration and conditions of service for public servants.

The Commission is also expected to determine measures to improve the efficiency of the public service. There will also be a detailed examination of how the salaries and wages are determined and allocated.

The Commission is supposed to have a life of three to five months with the possibility of a renewal should the Commissioners feel the need for more time.

The hearings are opened to the general public for oral presentations.

These will be conducted at the Secretariat Building of the Public Service Ministry on Waterloo Street, Georgetown.

The Commissioners include Professor Harold Lutchman, Sandra Jones and Samuel Goolsaran. (Abena Rockcliffe)

Essequibians listening to Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud During an interaction with Essequibians in the interest of working in partnership with the Community, Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud, who was accompanied by other senior members of the Guyana Police Force, called on Essequibians to pay keen attention to what is going on in their various communities.

The Top Cop reminded Essequibians that creating the avenue where people can be able to partner with the police is a key component to effectively address the issue of crime and creating solutions to that problem.

Persaud explained that to date while there has been a significant reduction in crime, the police force continues to garner support from foreign entities. The current administration has been working tirelessly to “build capacity” within the police force and the Criminal Investigation Department.

The Police Commissioner said that he and his subordinates have a service to provide to the society and as such the populace needs to know what the police are doing. Persaud said that feedbacks, public discourses and interaction are vital. They can lend to the transformation

of the force into a professional body.

“We would only benefit from collective thinking.”

The Top Cop said that the force continues to expand.

Training and the recruitment of some 1500 hundred trainee police officers are on stream.

Minibus and Hire car Association Secretary, Naith Ram, during his interaction with Persaud, identified a lot of things. He spoke of unsolved crimes, vehicles that are sometimes parked complacently on the road, drivers being allowed to use excessive tint on their vehicles and in some cases,

the police misusing private vehicles.

Another resident raised the sore issue of stray animals and how destructive they can be to people, vehicles and farms. The Commissioner addressed most of the concerns. In some cases he asked the head of “G” Division, Kevin Adonis, to deal with some of the concerns of the people who live in his district.

The interaction with senior members of the Guyana Police Force attracted an overwhelming response by Essequibians. (Yannason Duncan)

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Tuesday September 22, 2015

Guyana moves to eliminate Commonwealth team arrives to poverty on world stage fine-tune Guyana’s oil and gas policy Guyana is set to sign on to the new set of global human development goals aimed at eliminating poverty, globally.

At the Sustainable Development Summit on Friday (September 25) at the United Nations General Assembly, New York, Guyana and other United Nations Member States will adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

It includes a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change, all by 2030. This is according to Minister of Business and Investment, Dominic Gaskin, who was at the time addressing the opening of the 11th Berbice Exposition and Trade Fair on September 18, 2015, at the Albion Community Centre Ground, Corentyne Berbice.

The Minister advised that this agenda builds on the

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), for which 2015 is the deadline.

“These Sustainable Development Goals, as they are called, will be the new goals that we will have to work on achieving. One of these specifically pointed out is to promote sustained, inclusive and economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.”

The Minister is of the view that this goal and all of its objectives are global, and its meaning clear. In this context, the government is looking to frame a National Economic Strategy for Guyana.

“I believe we owe it to our young population and the next generation of Guyanese, to ensure that our economy can provide them with good paying and skilled jobs. I would like us to start looking at these goals and treat them as common objectives for the future of this country,” the Minister stated.

Gaskin is of the view that over the last 50 years, Guyana failed to develop a strong and viable economy that is

capable of competing with the rest of the world. “I believe that failure has a lot to do with our own failure to recognise and accept a common set of goals and objectives for this country’s future,” he said.

The Minister of Business told Berbicians that one of the priority areas of the Ministry of Business is to increase Guyana’s exports, especially in Value Added products.

This process is facilitated by the Guyana Office for Investment (GOINVEST).

He also said that Government is seeking to increase, significantly, Guyana’s presence in foreign markets and to increase foreign direct investments in Guyana’s economy.

The SDGs, otherwise known as the Global Goals, build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight anti-poverty targets that the world is committed to achieving by year-end. The MDGs, adopted in 2000, aimed at an array of issues that included slashing poverty, hunger, disease, gender inequality, and improving access to water and sanitation.

Enormous progress has been made on the MDGs, showing the value of a unifying agenda underpinned by goals and targets. Despite this success, the indignity of poverty has not ended for all.

The new Global Goals and the broader sustainability agenda go much further than the MDGs, addressing the root causes of poverty and the universal need for development that works for all people. (GINA)

- to advise on establishment of Sovereign Wealth Fund

The Commonwealth experts meeting with Minister Raphael Trotman and team yesterday.

Economic Advisors at the Oceans and Natural Resources Division of the C o m m o n w e a l t h Secretariat, Dr. Daniel Wilde and Dr. Ekpen Omonbude, yesterday met with Minister of Governance, with responsibility for the Natural Resources and the Environment, Raphael Trotman, to discuss and begin work on the upgrading of the Upstream Gas and Oil Policy.

The policy was crafted two years ago.

The team met with the Minister’s delegation, which included Ministerial Advisor, Clayton Hall, Legal Officers, Tamara Khan and Joanna Homer and Technical OfficerMining, Euileen Watson. The meeting took place at the Department of Natural

Resources and the Environment boardroom on Brickdam.

The Ministry of the Presidency said yesterday, that earlier this month, the Government had announced that it had invited the Commonwealth, which had initially helped in crafting the first policy, to return to the country so that the document could be upgraded.

The policy development would take significance especially with the recent oil discovery by US oil giant, ExxonMobil.

Initially, the team was scheduled to return to Guyana in November for the new document to be drafted but decided to begin almost immediately since Minister Trotman is expected to be out of the country during that period.

During the meeting, Dr. Omonbude related that the upgrade to the policy would involve an analysis of the legislative and the contractual and regulatory frameworks currently in place to see how best they can be improved to the benefit of the country.

“We want to look at the fiscal arrangements for upstream petroleum activities to do two things; one is to assess it for its strengths and weaknesses and to strike the balance to get revenue and if we find any weaknesses, to make recommendations as to what needs to be done in order to move forward.

We would also like to examine the existing petroleum legislation and contracts and make comments and recommendations,” Dr. Omonbude expressed.

Dr. Wilde said that the team will also be examining the resource management plan of the country as well as make suggestions and advising on the setting up of the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), an initiative he

praised the current government for pursuing.

“The setting of a Sovereign Wealth Fund is very important. Many countries do not think about that in the initial stages and so it is good to see Guyana thinking about this and wanting to pursue it and we are ready to offer our assistance in this area,” Dr. Wilde said.

Minister Trotman, in welcoming the team, noted that while the work done on the previous policy was extensive, it is the government’s belief that the policy should be ungraded to suit modern day changes so that it can be properly implemented and enforced.

Trotman assured that once recommendations are made, and if there is a need for legislative measures, these will be addressed.

The team will immediately begin its work and will be joined by a Legal Advisor from the Commonwealth Secretariat, as early as today.

A meeting is planned for tomorrow with Minister Trotman to provide an update on the work programme.

Work on the Upstream Oil and Gas Policy began in 2012.

It was finalised and approved in the third quarter of 2014 by the former administration.

According to the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, the policy envisions a strong, vibrant, and sustainable private sector-driven oil and gas industry, which will contribute significantly to Guyana’s socio-economic development.

The policy document represents Guyana’s attempt at setting out specific policy objectives and implementation measures for the exploration and potential development of upstream oil and gas resources found here.

Tuesday September 22, 2015

Kaieteur News

Paid parking is recommended for E’bo

Drivers who continue to utilise the Anna Regina car park may soon have to pay a fare to the Anna Regina Town Council for the space they occupy.

That suggestion was made by Member of Parliament, Heimraj Rajkumar, at a meeting held by the Anna Regina Town Council.

The Council is attempting

other means to garner additional funds.

The Member of Parliament said that taxi drivers internationally and even those in Georgetown a r e subjected to paying parking space fees in the event they use the City Council property.

Rajkumar said that the car park which is utilised by car

and minibus, drivers is a “milking cow” which needs to be capitalised on i n t h e interest of garnering funds.

The M P ’s suggestion was supported by others at the meeting including the Region a l Chairman, Devenand Ramdatt and former M a y o r, Sammy Rampersaud.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph company (GTT)’s pre-paid mobile customers will now be able to do more talking and texting with the new “Smart Talk Bundles”.

This is one of the many offers to be afforded to customers as part of the company’s promise to “Do More”.

The packages are being offered in one-day, three-day and one-week bundles. The minutes can be used for all networks in Guyana, including Digicel, and for

calls to the United States of America and Canada.

The bundled SMS can also be used for both GTT and DIGICEL messages.

Smart Talk Bundles will allow customers to purchase fixed amounts of minutes and SMS packages at extremely affordable rates.

The telephone company, in a press release, said that customers can save up to 50 percent versus pay per use rates by purchasing the bundles. “Launching new affordable services for the customer is all part of our ‘Do

More’ strategy that we recently announced,” said Gert Post, Chief Commercial Officer at GTT. He added, “Not only are we doing more for our customers by launching these new bundles, but customers will be able to do more on our network. They can talk more, text more and save more.”

To subscribe for the Bundles, customers can text ST1D, ST3D or ST7D to 620 1212.

The cost per text varies according to the Bundles.

A Crabwood Creek man is to be charged today with the murder of his friend, Ganesh Permaul, who was found dead on the suspect’s bridge last Thursday.

Ganesh Persaud, the suspect, was detained shortly after the body of Permaul, also called ‘Bunjal’ and ‘Vinood,’ was found. Police had received reports that Permaul was beaten during a dispute over drugs.

A postmortem performed yesterday revealed that the victim had sustained head injuries and death was due to asphyxiation.

Persaud, who lives alone at Crabwood Creek, had

reportedly told police that he and Premaul were drinking on Wednesday night, and that he had asked Permaul to buy a bottle of “extra white” rum and a packet of cigarettes.

He alleged that Permaul returned with ‘some men,’ who identified themselves as police ranks.

According to the detained man, the ‘policemen’ said that they had found Permaul with narcotics. He claimed that the ‘policemen’ took the bottle of ‘extra white’ and forced Permaul to drink some of the liquor.

The ‘ranks’ allegedly then departed, leaving Permaul at his house.

Persaud claimed that he retired to bed for the night.

When he awoke on Thursday, Permaul, who was still alive, was in his verandah.

He also claimed that he went out, but when he returned, he found Permaul’s body on his bridge. He stated that he called the police and the body was taken to the Skeldon Public Hospital Mortuary.

But police received reports that the suspect had sent Permaul to buy drugs and became annoyed when Permaul returned emptyhanded. Neighbours had reportedly also heard the men fighting.

GTT’s new Smart Talk Bundles offer big savings

Cops to charge man for killing drinking partner

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Letters... Where your views make the news

PPP needs fresh young, dynamic candidates DEAR EDITOR, The PPP leadership failed to understand the sociological dynamics (what are appealing to voters) of choosing candidates who are attractive to voters – candidates in whom people repose confidence in their suitability for office, good looks, good governance, and delivery of services.

The party failed to heed the message delivered by the electorate in 2011 that they were not pleased with some of the candidates and repeated the mistake in 2015 in choosing them.

The poor quality of some of the PPP candidates, as revealed to me in surveys, was a major factor in people (traditional supporters) not voting for their “natural” (ethnic) party of choice and for it not attracting majority support in 2011 and 2015.

As obtained from my interviews with voters and as scholars have penned, in today’s modern world, candidates have to possess some element of charm and or charisma to win over voters.

Several of the party’s candidates on the parliamentary and regional lists, including its Presidential candidate, were sorely lacking in both scores.

The 2015 PPP’s slate of candidates (without mentioning specific names) was a retrospective of the past – some from even the 1960s – and some were family members of those who had failed the party in performance and who were dull and dour, lacking charm and good looks. People said some were even lacking in intelligence.

Some of the candidates could not motivate people to vote for them or the party.

In short, they drained the blood and lifeline of the party

causing it to lose support.

Few of them have charisma.

It is not that these candidates are not bright and ablebodied, but the fact of the matter is they could not bedazzle the electorate to vote for the party.

Just line up some of these fellas and take a candid look at them and see what you see.

You see in them political losers and misfits.

The modus operandi of old, worn out candidates and some with questionable character was bound to fail.

How would they attract support? People wanted new, young, dynamic candidates who were appealing.

As a writer pointed out, voters in Guyana and elsewhere, even if subliminally, respond to the Hollywood/Bollywood idea of glamour. It is appealing.

This is the reality of new politics as issues don’t really attract voters as much as the good looks of candidates; even in the US, American voters are drawn to the Hollywood type – look at what is happening in the Republican Presidential contest for the nomination. In the Hollywood/Bollywood world, victory inevitably belongs to the good (and good looking) and defeat to the bad and the ugly.

People will not vote for (a party with) unattractive candidates especially if the party has been around in office for a long time (like what happened to the PNC in 1992).

Some of the spokespersons of the PPP were a turn off to voters; they have no appeal.

When some of them spoke (and still speak), people switch off. The PPP never quite addressed this matter of unattractive spokespersons between the 2011 and 2015

elections and still does not deal with it.

And it will continue to turn off voters unless it brings young, attractive, intelligent faces to be its spokespersons.

In politics, winning is the name of the game and so the party has to do whatever it takes to win. It cannot choose friends and families and expect to win support.

Has one ever thought how much more support the PPP would have garnered had it not put on the list sons and daughters of influential members of the Central Committee and instead put new, competent faces? It may have collected an additional 5,000 votes – which would have meant that amount of votes less for the APNU/AFC. This would have been the difference between victory and defeat. Any party must choose those who can bring votes.

The AFC, for example, brought Moses Nagamootoo from the PPP into its fold in 2011 and he brought in an equivalent of about 20,000 votes – more than enough to defeat the PPP. The APNU brought Moses and the AFC into its fold in 2015 and won.

The PPP, in contrast, failed to attract decent candidates who could bring votes.

Isolating and ostracizing good people like Nagamootoo and Ralph Ramkarran, instead of embracing them, cost the party votes and the government.

The party has to start thinking of bringing in dynamic candidates to enhance the overall image of the party.

But as happened in 2011 and 2015, who in the party is going to listen to this recommendation?

Vishnu Bisram

Stabroek Market Spiral Stairway is in danger DEAR EDITOR, I wish to register my dismay over an untenable and deplorable situation in the Stabroek Market, a heritage building.

On a recent visit there, I observed the lower part of the twirling stairway, by the eastern main gate, being used to expose or showcase vendors goods especially sunshades.

That practice destroys the aesthetics of that iconic structure.

The beauty of the stairway in its entirety cannot be captured. Presently, the bottom of the stairway is so cogged up to the point where access to go up becomes difficult.

Certainly, that would not be permitted in any other country that supports tourism and respect for heritage structures.

The situation should not be allowed to continue; vendors should not be allowed to operate without limits within the ambit of the

market. It is my view that such a rare and beautiful stairway on a national heritage building should rightly have a clearance of four feet around its base (bottom).

I trust that my concern is treated with the urgency it demands.

Wade McPherson

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More than 350 child abuse, neglect cases reported thus far For this year, the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) has been called in to intervene in at least 350 cases involving children who have reportedly been abused, neglected or maltreated. At the same time, at least 128 children were placed in care outside of their homes.

Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence, in her Child Protection Week statement, yesterday, made these disclosures. She said that of the 800-plus children in institutional care, only 17 of them have been reunited with their biological families for this year. At present too, there are 179 children in foster care with 111 parents.

Lawrence, who has ministerial oversight for the CPA, noted that the country is once again observing Child Protection Week.

It serves as a stark reminder that much more needs to be done to make the world a safer and better place for children. These numbers, she said, are most

unfortunate.

This year the Ministry of Social Protection, through the Child Care and Protection Agency, is seeking to place on the front burner the urgent need for reuniting children across the country, especially those in orphanages and state institutions with their families or providing alternative families for them.

To meet this need, the Ministry and its partners are committed to strengthening and supporting families.

This thrust, the Minister pointed out, is in keeping with this year ’s theme, “Strengthening Families to Protect Children.”

“As we are all aware, the family has the primary responsibility for the nurturing and protection of the child as well as ensuring permanency, safety and wellbeing,” Lawrence noted.

“Statistics,” she noted, “show that persons raised in dysfunctional families frequently report difficulties in their adult life. However, we recognise that, with

specialized support, families are capable of providing the necessary care resulting in those very children leading healthy, productive lives in society.”

The Minister went on to state that the current situation is unacceptable and Government is committed to creating a change by ensuring a conducive environment for children to enjoy familial life.

To this end, crafting a national policy over the next year for children in need of alternative care is high on the Child Care and Protection Agency’s Agenda, according to the Social Protection Minister. “Our priority would include providing increased support for vulnerable families to prevent separation of children, child maltreatment, abuse and neglect.

This is premised on the principle that child protection is a shared responsibility among individuals, families, government, religious organisations and society as a whole,” Lawrence said.

The CPA, she added, will step up its inter-agency and professional collaboration with various stakeholders, especially local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and faith-based organisations (FBOs) to expand the social network support for the families at the community level.

The Minister added that efforts will be made to boost parents’ capacity to provide adequate care and protection for their children, particularly in providing training for the enhancement of parenting skills.

“It is known that children are most often hurt by the people who are supposed to protect them.

Adults often violate the trust of these innocent minds in a fit of anger or emotions not triggered by the child.

As a parent, I implore you today to treat your children well, not just by meeting their physical needs, but by being affectionate, and willing to parent your child in a proper manner,” expressed Minister Lawrence.

The Minister is soliciting the co-operation of everyone in society to lend a helping hand to provide support for families in distress.

The Ministry urged the religious community to become more involved in this drive, since by their nature, they are in an excellent

position to reach out and impact positively on the lives of our children.“Stronger families mean a stronger Guyana,” she ended.

A 50-year- old father of 12 was yesterday sentenced to 37 years in prison for rape.

Linton Pompey was sentenced by Justice Joann Barlow at the Georgetown High Court.

He was indicted on two counts of raping a child and one count of sexual activity with a minor. The case was presented by State Counsel, Narissa Leander.

The incidents occurred between May 1 and May 31, 2011, on January 10, 2012 and between June 1 and June 30, 2013. Pompey’s trial was held in camera.

Following a summing up of the evidence yesterday, he

was found guilty of all three offences by a mixed 12member jury.

The accused was represented by Attorney-atLaw, Michael Somersall. The lawyer told the court that his client is a welder and a father of 12.

Before handing down the sentence, Justice Barlow told the convict that in committing the acts, he breached his position of trust. The Judge also noted to Pompey that society expects better from its elders.

Last week, Compton Bourne was acquitted of rape.

He was found not guilty of the offence by a mixed jury

before Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire. Bourne had faced a High Court trial for the rape of a child under 16 years.

The incident is said to have occurred on August 22, 2010.

The victim was 15 years old at the time. However, following a summing up of the trial by the Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire and reviewing the evidence by the jury panel, the accused was acquitted of the rape charge. Bourne’s trial was also held in camera at the High Court in Georgetown.

The case was presented

by Prosecutors Shawnette Austin and Diana Kaulesar.

… 128 children displaced

Father of 12, gets 37 years for rape

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Former Montserrat Chief Minister charged for conspiracy to have sex with minor Former Chief Minister on the island of Montserrat Attorney-at-Law David S Brandt, has been officially charged with two counts of conspiracy to have sexual intercourse with a minor.

According to information from an official legal source with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on the island, Attorney Brandt is charged specifically with one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor dating back to the year 2010. The other charge in relation to conspiracy to have sex with a minor stems from developments that took place between April to September of 2015.

Attorney Brandt was arrested on Friday. The prominent lawyer has been in police custody for the entire weekend as he was being questioned on the alleged offences.

Following a hearing at the courts of justice on Montserrat yesterday, Attorney Brandt is presently out on bail. Bail was reportedly set in the region of $10,000 for each offense; a total of EC$20,000.

Whilst on bail, Attorney Brandt is restricted from making contact with any of the witnesses in this case, either in person, or via any of

his servants or agents. This means also that there is to be no cell phone or electronic contact equally with the witnesses in this case, either

by Attorney Brandt or any of his agents or servants.

Attorney Brandt will however be granted leave to travel to Antigua between October 9-12, 2015 to receive his Honourary Doctorate as was recommended locally, and to be conferred to him by the University of the West Indies.

Local law enforcement in Antigua must be informed of Attorney Brandt’s location no less than three times daily

The former Treasurer of Brazil’s governing Workers’ Party, Joao Vaccari Neto, has been sentenced to 15 years and four months in jail for corruption and money laundering.

He is the closest person yet to President Dilma Rousseff to be sentenced over the case, which has led to calls for her impeachment.

But prosecutors say there is nothing to implicate her directly.

A former director of the state oil giant Petrobras was also sentenced.

Renato Duque, the former director of services at Petrobras, got 20 years and eight months.

Vaccari and Duque deny the charges. They are expected to appeal.

These are the longest and the most significant sentences yet in a corruption scandal that is undermining the stability and authority of President Rousseff ’s government, says the BBC’s Wyre Davies in Rio de Janeiro.

Government supporters accuse conservative politicians and businessmen of attempting to associate the

corruption at Petrobras with the Workers Party in order to topple her left-wing government.

‘Damage to democracy’ Federal Judge Sergio Moro said that at the request of Vaccari, Duque made 24 payments to the Workers’ Party between 2008 and 2010.

The “donations” totalled 4.2m reais (£700m; $1m).

“It looked like an old debt was being paid by instalments,” said Judge Moro.“The money laundering has had an impact on the democratic process, contaminating it with criminal

Attorney-at-law David S. Brandt while he is there.

Unconfirmed reports suggests that Law enforcement officials from the UK’s New Scotland Yard were reportedly on island assisting with the investigation of this matter.

Two Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) officers are also on Montserrat, as part of a multijurisdictional investigative team.

Director of Public Prosecution, Oris Sullivan, represented the Crown, whilst Attorney-at-law Karl Markham stood for Brandt.

(MNI)

Former Brazil Workers’ Party treasurer sentenced for corruption

Joao Vaccari Neto resources,” he added.

Investigators say that for many years Brazil’s biggest construction companies paid multi-million dollar bribes to politicians, and senior officials at Petrobras, to secure lucrative contracts.

Dozens of politicians, civil servants and businessmen have been detained or charged over the past year.

The investigation has been dubbed Operation Car Wash, after a petrol station in Brasilia where illegal dollar transactions were alleged to have taken place. (BBC)

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Former T&T PM sworn in as Opposition leader PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Former Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar was sworn in as Opposition Leader yesterday and defended the decision of her United National Congress (UNC) to challenge the outcome of the September 7 General Elections based on a decision of the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) to extend the voting period by one hour.

Persad Bissessar, accompanied by members of her former administration took the oath before President Anthony Carmona, and insisted that the Constitution

include San Fernando West, St Joseph, Tunapuana, Moruga/ Tableland, La Horquetta/ Talparo, The People’s National Movement (PNM) won the general election by a 23-18 margin, but the UNC had contended that the decision by the EBC to extend the voting period in Trinidad due to the inclement weather was unconstitutional and wrong.

Attorney Wayne Sturge told reporters that the next step will be the presentation of the petitions “and then we get a date to come to court and argue.”

Attorney General Faris Al

Former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad Bissessar. is the supreme law of Trinidad and Tobago.

“Our Constitution is the contract between the people and the State. It sets out the way our Republic is to be governed and the official Opposition is given an acknowledged role in that process.

“Insofar as our Constitution is supreme, all arms of the State must operate within its provisions. One of the pillars of our Constitution is therefore the rule of law – governance and State activity according to law – not according to the “Divine right of Kings” or the arbitrary dictates of some selfproclaimed elitist group, masquerading as “independent”.

She said that all institutions of the State, “be they the Executive, the Judiciary, the Legislature, the Service Commissions, the Integrity Commission, and in particular, the Elections and Boundaries Commission must operate in accordance with the Constitution and the law”.

Over the weekend, lawyers for the UNC, the biggest partner in the coalition People’s Partnership that had contested the general election, said they had been granted leave to file petitions challenging the results in at least six constituencies.

The constituencies

Rawi has maintained that the move by the UNC is a waste of time even and that it is “normal procedure” for the courts to grant leave ex-parte.

“As I have said previously, they are perfectly entitled to approach the court.

My own view not having seen the papers yet, but from what has been reported is that the substantive application… is destined to fail.

“It is without merit and it lacks in any form or substance.

The matter of obtaining leave to appeal is perhaps best described as procedural.

It is a very very very low standard. The applications are dealt with on an ex-parte basis,” he said.

But Persad Bissessar, a senior counsel here, said that while the Constitution acknowledges and protects the role of independent institutions in the governance framework “I must add that the rule of law does not and cannot mean that our independent institutions must operate outside of their Constitutional remit, or that their constitutional independence is a justification for what may be arbitrary or biased actions.

“Some of our so-called ‘independent’ commentators have expressed the view that the recently mounted challenge to the election

results in Court is an exercise in futility – that we should just accept the results and move along.

“I wish to respectfully disagree with these so-called independent minds. I wonder if the proverbial shoe was on the other foot, what would they say? You have often heard me say the phrase vox populi, vox Dei – ‘the voice of the people is the Voice of God’.”

She said that those words have been used over the centuries as the clarion call for democracy, for government of the people by the people for the people.

“But how is the voice of the people to be heard? In constitutional democracies such as ours, based on the rule of law, the voice of the people is heard by constitutionally mandated free and fair elections, conducted in accordance with certain and clear rules and overseen by an independent electoral institution.

“But what if there is uncertainty in the exercise of a constitutional power by the body set up to oversee elections? What happens if the decision of the Elections and Boundaries Commission to extend the closing of the polls in Trinidad appears to be outside of the specific rules and laws governing the elections process?

“Our Constitution has provided for all of this. Our Constitution has also provided for a mechanism to challenge the result of an election by the bringing of what is called a Representation Petition to the Court by an elector or by a candidate.”

She told the ceremony that this method of challenging elections is a feature of constitutional democracies across the Commonwealth and “indeed has been used right here in Trinidad and Tobago on several occasions.

“The Court, under our Constitution, has the important task of deciding these challenges and of interpreting our Constitution to set the legal limits of the EBC’s powers.

“We have taken the decision to mount these challenges in the interest of all of the people of Trinidad and Tobago.

It is in the national interest to have a determinative ruling from the Courts as to the parameters of the EBC’s powers under section 71 of the Constitution and under the Representation of the Peoples Act.”

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PCB unveils PSL plans, Pietersen = = = Letter to the Sports Editor = = = My best wishes to the video hints at participation ESPNcricinfo - The Pakistan Cricket Board unveiled its preliminary plans for the Pakistan Super League on Sunday, including announcing Kevin Pietersen, Shakib Al Hasan and Dwayne Bravo as headline stars who had confirmed their commitment. In a glitzy event at the Lahore Expo center on Sunday, the board said the five-team T20 event would be held in February 2016 but did not, however, announce the venue of the inaugural edition.

Last week, the PCB confirmed it was in talks with the Emirates Cricket Board over the possibility of hosting the tournament in the UAE, despite confirming earlier that Doha, Qatar would serve as a venue.

Although Pietersen featured on the promotional video, it is understood no deal has been finalised yet. According to those privy to the talks, Pietersen has not signed on any paper yet but is likely to play in the inaugural season of the PSL. Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja briefly addressed the gathering.

The launch of the tournament logo, with an image of a left-arm bowler, was followed by a video message in which the players, who also included Grant Elliott, Tim Bresnan, Kieron Pollard and Darren Sammy confirmed their participation in the league.

There were, however, no announcements related to franchise names, broadcasters and the player draft. Younis Khan, who led Pakistan to the World T20 title in 2009, was absent from the event.

The PSL, ESPNcricinfo understands, had initially contacted top agencies handling over 100 international players to consider playing

in Pakistan. The response was overwhelmingly negative, which forced the PSL to be held outside Pakistan.

The PCB has promised financial packages greater or equal to those offered in the Bangladesh Premier League, Sri Lanka Premier League and the Big Bash League.

The PSL will feature franchise-based teams from the provincial capitals - Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta and Islamabad with prize money of $1 million.

The full schedule is yet to be announced but the window between February 4 and 24 has been reserved for the 24-match event. It is expected that all the matches will be played at a single venue.

If the tournament takes place in Doha, it will be the first major cricket series hosted by the Qatar capital, which will also host the 2022 edition of the football World Cup. The PCB had initially planned on conducting the PSL in the UAE, where Pakistan have been playing their international matches, but they were forced to look for an alternative venue after being told by the Emirates Cricket Board that it was hosting the Masters Champions League (Twenty20 tournament featuring retired cricketers) on the same dates.

The PCB and the ECB, however, are looking at hosting the PSL in the UAE if an appropriate scheduling window is available.

Popular Pakistani singer and actor Ali Zafar unveiled the official PSL song at the end of the show, which also featured popular actors like Mahirah Khan, Ayesha Omer, Nadia Hussain and several other Pakistani TV and movie stars.

Tuesday September 22, 2015 ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19) Today is a great day for you. You should enjoy a great deal of playful conversation, Aries.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) Let your childlike side come out and play today, Libra. Your dreams are in full force, so let them lead the way.

TAURUS (Apr. 20–May 20) There may be a rather confusing element to the day, Taurus. You feel tempted to act, but some of the pieces seem to be missing.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Take a break from the routine and get off the beaten path, Scorpio. This is a day to forge ahead with ideas and dreams rather than commitments and answers.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Be the star of your own movie and proud of the role you play, Gemini.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Take a break from your daily routine and get off the treadmill today, Cancer. The world will turn without you for one day, so tune out for a while.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) Things are flowing your way, Leo, and you should find a great deal of pleasure in the company of others.

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept.

22) Today isn't about finding solutions to problems.

It's about enjoying what you've already learned and accomplished. Keep things light.

SAGIT(Nov.22–Dec.21) It may feel like something has suddenly clicked into place for you today, Sagittarius, because you've found the missing piece of a puzzle you've been working on.

CAPRI(Dec.22–Jan.19) Things may seem surreal today, Capricorn, so don't take other people's chatter too seriously.

AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18) You may find it hard to take a realistic approach to your emotions today, Aquarius.

PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20) Work to bring harmony to the situation by getting to the truth and helping to make the real motivations known.

Elite League, “BUT”

DEAR SPORTS EDITOR, While extensive coverage in both the electronic and print media to date has been given for the commencement of the “8 teams Elite League” (18.09.15.) with a double header at the Lenora Athletic Track, Editor, it’s my sincere desire that both pre and post match write-ups; results and other aspects i.e. action photos of matches are also given towards ensuring the “product of football” in the print media, would enhance its marketing.

Within the context of a budgetary expenditure being in the vicinity of $60,000,000 for a total of 60 matches; consisting of 56, in the regular league format, and 4 for the knockouts; Transcending into a $1,000,000 per match, by equation!

Have the Normalization Committee, taken into serious consideration sponsorship by local economic standards cannot account for at least 50% of expenditure?

Additionally, gate receipts as the major source of income cannot account for the remainder!

So, with inadequate seating accommodation at some venues, and poor playing surfaces, along with an entrance fee of $1,000 for patrons, can it be envisaged that a minimum of 600 paying persons on any given day will cushion some aspects of the deficit?

Also, would the National Stadium be utilized to host any of the finals for the knockout segments since it’s by far the largest venue for seating accommodation, but with a higher rental fee and other costs?

Should there be an increase of entrance fee to $2,000. Is there any guarantee of attracting 15,000 paying persons to account for $30,000,000? By the way, is this truly reflective of a League format, and which other part of the world is this obtained?

Meanwhile, with domestic activity within most associations virtually absent, for almost the entire year, moreso, at the youth level, is total development of football nationally being envisaged over a 4 year period?

With 8 teams nationally playing 14 matches each, in a league, over an 8 month period be equated pound for pound ; with our regional counterparts in Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago?

Further, would the Elite League participants account

for the entire senior national team selection squad locally?

Finally, “Who killed the Sparrow? Nobody knows”!

Editor, it’s with utter dismay to have read in your edition of (18.09.15.) of former GFF employee, Lawrence “Sparrow” Griffith duly informing the public of his dismissal by the Normalization Committee, Chairman!

While my late mother, in one of her wise sayings always advocated, “A story has 3 sides; your side, my side and the truth”!

It’s beyond basic understanding that the individual, wasn’t subject to a Disciplinary Hearing.

His dismissal apart from being autocratic and dictatorial borders on: “A denial of natural justice, which must be done and not appear to be done”! Further,

by FIFA standards the absence of “Fair Play”.

As such, it would serve

the Normalization Committee’s interest well to respond to Mr. Griffith’s claims for public gullibility.

Further, is there a Disciplinary Committee in place at the GFF? If not, why so, moreover, with the commencement of the Elite League?

And a timely reminder Sparrow “red cards are issued before, during and after a match, and not only to players alone but also officials and supporters of any club”!

However, what is of utmost importance is being subjected to Disciplinary hearing, based on the severity of the charges instituted.

With the exceeding high level of inefficiency, incompetence and unprofessionalism currently existing in most government agencies, recourse should be sought via CONCACAF or the Local courts.

Respectfully yours, Lester Sealey.

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Region one Hamilton pursuit of Senna capture swimming title mark ends in frustration Annual Heritage games

Region one captured 12 gold medals to be crowned champions of the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs Annual Heritage swimming championship which was held on Sunday at the National Aquatic Centre.

Nelson Lucas led the Region’s haul with gold in the boys 11-12 25m and 50m freestyle events. He won the former in a time of 16.17 seconds ahead of his team mates Conway Elliman and Sutherland Maxwell respectively, and the latter in 35.96; Elliman finished second and Maxwell third.

Teshanna Hunter of Region one copped the girls 13-14 25m freestyle in 16.34, while Flemming Chaves (region one ) won the boys 13-14 25m freestyle in 14.15; Lincoln Sebastain and Ridley Moses both the Region one claimed second and third in that order. Hunter clocked 36.65 to win the girls 13-14 50m freestyle.

Kayth Goddette of Region one took the top podium spot in the girls 15-17 25m freestyle in 14.72 while her team mates Lisa Williams and Leona Gonsalves came second and third.

Teyeal Campbell gave Region one gold in the boys 15-17 25m freestyle in 12.34; Mosley Franca of Region two placed second and Terrance Parks of Region nine third.

Region five tasted success in the girls 1512 25m freestyle which was won by Maureeia

Dundas in 17.97 and in the girls 18 and over 25m freestyle which was taken by Daniels Collison in 14.83. Dundas repeated her success in the 50m freestyle in 42.75.

Noel Culpeper of Region nine won the boys 18 and over 25m freestyle in 13.25 while Seleina La Rose of Region one captured the girls 10 and under 50 m freestyle in a time 1 minute 00.50 seconds.

Chaves Fleming of Region one out swam his rivals to claim the boys 13-14 50m freestyle in 34.13 while Ziggi Williams (Region one) won the boys 13-14 50 m freestyle in 39.18.

The girls 15-17 50 m freestyle went to Lisa Williams of Region one who clocked 32.68 .

Teyeal Campbell of Region one claimed the boys 15-17 50m freestyle in 29.40 while Natoya Percy of Region seven captured the girls 18 and over 50m freestyle in 35.59.

Danny Daniels of Region three carted off the boys 18 and over 50m freestyle in 27.34.

Region one also finished with 10 slivers and nine bronze.

Region three had three gold medals, one silver and one two to claim second place.

Region five finished third with three one gold, one silver and one bronze followed by Region seven and nine with one gold and one silver each and Region two with one silver.

(Zaheer Mohamed)

South Africa opposition seeks 2010 World Cup bribe probe

South Africans were proud to host the tournament - the first World Cup on African soil. (AFP) BBC Sport - South Africa’s main opposition party has filed papers seeking a police investigation into bribery allegations against two chief organisers of the 2010 football World Cup. The Democratic Alliance (DA) complaint has been made against Danny Jordaan and Molefi Oliphant, who led the bid.

It alleges that $10m (£6.4) was paid in exchange for winning the right to host the tournament - the first in Africa. The South African government and football officials deny paying a bribe.

They say the money was paid but it was for football projects in Trinidad.

Mr Jordaan says he has never been involved in

bribery. Cape Town police is now obliged to investigate the complaint, the BBC’s Milton Nkosi in Johannesburg reports.

On Monday, DA spokesman Solly Malatsi said the papers were filed at a police station in Cape Town to “initiate a criminal investigation into the allegation”.

The claims made “against Jordaan and Oliphant include fraud as well as corruption under Section 3 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act,” he said.

A police spokesman confirmed that a complaint of fraud had been received.

The DA alleges that Mr Jordaan, the head of South Africa’s bidding committee in 2007, and Mr Oliphant, the

president of the South African Football Association (Safa) at the time, instructed officials from world football governing body Fifa to authorise the payment of $10m to Concacaf (North‚ Central American and Caribbean Association Football).

Earlier this year, US investigators alleged that much of the $10m ended up in the pockets of former Fifa Vice-President Jack Warner.

Mr Warner - who denies any wrongdoing - has been indicted by US authorities on charges of bribery and racketeering.

Mr Jordaan is currently the president of Safa, and mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape province.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton was in the form of his life when he arrived in Singapore, looking set to match the 41 career wins of his boyhood idol Ayrton Senna in a dominant season that had seen him win seven of the first 12 grands prix.

By the end of Sunday’s race, however, the Briton had retired his sluggish Mercedes for the first time this year, while Sebastian Vettel roared to victory in his Ferrari.

Hamilton had secured 11 of 12 poles prior to Singapore but the alarm bells that first sounded in practice were ringing loud and clear by qualifying as Ferrari and Red Bull were lapping roughly a second faster than the Silver Arrows.

Banished to an unaccustomed third-row start, Hamilton and team mate Nico Rosberg were in damage limitation mode from the outset and never appeared fast enough to catch the leaders as their poorly performing tyres negated the car’s superior power.

Vettel, meanwhile, was back to his supreme best, driving like he had for Red Bull when he won four world titles in a row.

Dominating from the front and shrugging off two safety car periods, as well as a track intruder, Vettel roared to a fourth triumph in Singapore.

It was the German’s third victory in his debut season for Ferrari and he was chased home by former Red Bull team mate Daniel Ricciardo and current ally Kimi Raikkonen to complete an unfamiliar looking podium in a Mercedes-dominated era.

Hamilton retired with power issues after 32 laps as Rosberg claimed fourth, reducing the gap to the Briton in the championship standings to 41 points with six rounds left. Vettel lurks a further eight adrift.

‘CLOSE THIS CHAPTER’ Vettel quipped “maybe we can make the impossible possible” when asked if he could overhaul Hamilton in the title race but the general consensus in the paddock suggests Mercedes will be back on top when racing reconvenes in Japan this week.

“Our reliability is really high as we had an amazing season so far,” said Hamilton, who opted to save his engine and retire rather than run to the finish at the back of the field.

“It’s still a long way to go and I know I lost some points today but I was fast and on form and I will make sure I bring that

Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton (R) of Britain walks from his team’s garage after retiring from the Singapore F1 Grand Prix at the Marina Bay street circuit September 20, 2015.

(REUTERS/EDGAR SU) out to Suzuka to fight back.”

Mercedes motorsport head Toto Wolff felt the lack of performance was track related and the tight, 23-turn Marina Bay Street Circuit and tropical conditions had played into the hands of Ferrari and Red Bull.

“We need to analyze everything precisely, understand the wrong turn that we took this weekend to learn the right lessons and then close this chapter,” he said.

“One bad weekend doesn’t overshadow our achievements so far this year but there is no room for complacency after a race like this and we will aim to hit back strongly next weekend.”

Hamilton played down the missed opportunity to emulate Senna in exactly the same number of race starts but can feel confident that his 162nd grand prix next Sunday will be far more enjoyable than the last one.

They’ve talked the...

From page 34 Gladwyn Dorway but rebounded to defeat David Thomas. Greene has lost 3 of his 5 fights but he packs a mean punch and seems ready to face up to his adversary.

Therefore, Gomes would be best advised to come prepared for a tough encounter.

National amateur bantamweight champion, Imran Khan, will also be on show and will strip off his vest in his debut fight against David Thomas over 4 rounds in the lightweight category.

Khan has done quite a lot of yapping and recently, at the

signing ceremony, had boldly confronted his man with vile threats and vicious promises.

He is a mere debutant and fans will assess his ability on fight night and not necessarily through his theatrics.

The night’s opener will see Keeve Allicock battling with Stephon Gouveia in a featherweight fight over 4 rounds and these two have also done quite a lot of talking. Amidst all the speculations one thing is certain, the time for action draweth near and certainly the talkers will be separated from the punchers.

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Annual Heritage Games...

PACKERS KEEP...

From page 33 field goal from kicker Stephen Hauschka that went through off the left upright.

Green Bay is 2-0 - one of just five unbeaten teams in the NFC - while the two-time defending NFC champions fell to 0-2 - one of six winless teams in the conference.

“We have been in tough situations before,” Baldwin said. “We have dealt with adversity before. What has made us good in the past is being able to come out of that adversity better than we were before. We are going to approach it the same way that we have in the past.”

12-year old Laksmana...

From page 35 from the Government. However, he hoped the presence of the honorable Director would establish some kind of material assistance – whether, financial or machinery or otherwise –that would contribute some relief to the club in the significant burden of maintaining the sport and especially the grounds.

President Ramroop mentioned the recently concluded free summer golf clinic, and took time off to acknowledge golfer Leslie Kellman who came out of that clinic. The President added that it was his and the Club’s desire for ongoing golf clinic-type training programmes for children, and the Government’s input would help this in a great way.

India pick Gurkeerat...

From page 33 afternoon, said they had not contemplated any change in the captaincy, with MS Dhoni returning to lead the ODI and T20I squads after Virat Kohli had captained India to a Test series win in Sri Lanka. Dhoni had retired from Test cricket during the tour of Australia last year.

“We have not discussed anything regarding the ODI captaincy,” Patil said. “We are very happy the way Dhoni has led. We have total backing for Dhoni during this series.”

Fast bowler Mohammed Shami was not included in either squad because he is still undergoing rehabilitation for the knee injury he suffered during the tour of Australia in 2014-15. Shami last played for India during the 2015 World Cup and been sidelined from all competitive cricket since.

India did not pick any of their fastest bowlers - Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron or Ishant Sharma - for the T20 internationals, preferring the medium pace offered by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Aravind, and Stuart

Binny.

“We have picked this side looking at the wickets,” Patil said. “We have not lost faith in our [fast] bowlers. There is still a lot of time to go to World Twenty20. We did discuss Ishant Sharma also. Not like we have earmarked him only for Tests.”

South Africa arrive in India in the last week of September and play three T20Is, five ODIs and four Tests during a tour that ends on December 7.

ODI squad: MS Dhoni (captain), R Ashwin, Stuart Binny, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Axar Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Mohit Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh, Amit Mishra T20I squad: MS Dhoni (captain), R Ashwin, Stuart Binny, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Axar Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Mohit Sharma, Rohit Sharma, S Aravind, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra

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Central Rupununi, Region four retain male and female football titles

By Zaheer Mohamed Central Rupununi of Region nine defeated Port Kaituma of Region one 4-1 to retain the male football crown, while defending champions Region four overcame Region seven on penalties in the female final when the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affair annual heritage games concluded on Sunday night at Everest Cricket Club.

Port Kaituma dictated the early proceedings and created several chances but found it difficult to pierce their opponents’ defence, but when they finally did their shots went wide.

However Lorinzo Sampson netted in the 22nd minute from inside the area to

hand the defending champions the lead. Port Kaituma drew level four minutes into the second half when Daniel Wilson found the back of the net.

Central Rupununi gradually increased their pace and Peter Parks put them ahead with a 43rd minute strike from inside the 18-yard box.

Chavez Hendricks increased the lead from close range after he latched on to a cross in the 50th.

Port Kaituma tried desperately to get back into the contest, but wasted an opportunity when referee Deon Feassal who had a good game awarded a penalty in the 59th, but the spot kick went wide. Central enjoyed a 3-1 lead at the end of the 70minute regulation time;

past Australia in last weekend’s semi-final in Glasgow. The final will be played in Belgium from Nov 27-29 — just a few days after the ATP’s season-finale at London’s O2 Arena for which Murray has already sealed one of the eight spots up for grabs. Winning the ATP’s showpiece would normally be a priority for Murray, especially as he is yet to do

penalties while Region seven thumped Region one 3-1in the semi finals. Elma Heminto 26th, Evadney Thomas 47th and Samantha Johnson 59th scored for Region seven.

Orella defeated Central Rupununi two sets to one to win the male volleyball title while Region one beat St. Cuthbert’s 2 sets to nil in the female final. Damie Daw (Orella) and Annalisa Vincent (Region one) were the male and female MVPs respectively. Laluni got the better of Region two to retain their male softball crown while Region two defeated Wiruni of Region 10 in the female segment. Sunil Sarjoo of Laluni and Cassie James of Region two were give the male and female MVPs respectively.

Sydroy Nedd Inter Ward/Village 7-aaside KO F/ball final set for Thursday Braces from Hector, Harding highlight opening day action The Mayor’s Cup Organizing Committee and the family of the late Sydroy Nedd, led by Nedd’s younger brother Senior Superintendent of Police Nigel Hoppie, staged an Inter Ward/Village 7-a-side knockout football tournament in West Demerara to coincide with what would have been Nedd’s 60th birth anniversary.

The two-day tournament began on Sunday at the Den Amstel Community Centre ground and concludes on Thursday, a National holiday when Muslims celebrate EidUl-Azah.

Teams will battle for a first prize of $100,000, second

$50,000, third $30,000 and fourth $20,000 and the quarter finals begin Thursday’s action with four matches starting from 16:00hrs.

Crane and Grove will lock horns in the first match before Pouderoyen face-off with Sara Lodge, Uitvlugt battle Goed Fortuin and host Den Amstel oppose Stewartville. The Semi-Finals will see the winner of the first match coming up against the winner of match three and the winner of match two playing the match-four winner for a place in the final which will be contested under lights. The losers of the Semi-finals will meet in a third place playoff

Murray likely to skip ATP finals for Davis Cup preparation LONDON (Reuters) Andy Murray’s dedication to the Davis Cup has proved invaluable to the British team, but it may also rob the ATP Tour Finals of one of it’s biggest draws this year.

The 28-year-old has performed heroics in helping Britain to its first Davis Cup final for 37 years, winning both his singles and a doubles to guide the team

Terrence Parks netted in the second minute of injury time to hand his team victory by three clear goals.

Central trounced Region Four 3-0 in their semi final encounter 3-0.

The tournament’s MVP Emrich Williams put Central ahead with a shot from inside the area in the 15th before Peter Parks scored in the 28 and 30th. Port Kaituma beat North Rupununi 5-3 on penalties after the contest finished nil all at full time.

The female winner had to be decided on penalties after a goalless 70 minutes. MVP Ruth George, Jill Nathan and Andrea Lashley converted from the spot to give Region four a three nil victory.

Region four overcame North Rupununi 4-3 on

it, but his priorities will now be on helping Britain win the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936.

To complicate matters further, Belgium are likely to choose an indoor clay surface, hoping to nullify the effect of world number three Murray who favours hard courts.

“The O2 would obviously be a question mark for me if

we were playing on the clay,” Murray told BBC Radio 5.

“I would go and train and prepare on the clay to get ready for the final.

BACK PAINS “If you reach the final (of the O2 event) and play on the Sunday, you also need to take time off — you can’t just play five matches against the best players in the world and then not take any days off.”

just before the grand final.

Nedd was a former President of the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) as well as the Uitvlugt Football Club.

He was also a footballer.

He was Manager of Guyana Football Federation teams and Assistant coordinator of the Mayor’s Cup Organizing Committee before he passed away in September 2011.

The tournament will be conducted under the auspices of the GFF and by extension FIFA and all relevant rules will apply.

Meanwhile, National Youth player Andre Hector, playing for the home team Den Amstel and Goed Fortuin’s Ashley Harding each netted in a ‘double’ to highlight the opening day action.

Hector’s brace fired Den Amstel to a 2-nil win over Kurukuru, Uitvlugt beat Bagotsville on sudden death penalty kicks, Pouderoyen hammered De Kenderin 3-0, Crane got past Wales on sudden penalties, Sara’s Lodge got the better of Agricola 1-0, Goed Fortuin defeated Sophia 2-1,Grove and Stewartville gained b y e s i n t o T h u r s d a y ’s quarter-finals.

Andre Hector

Ashley Harding

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GDF reclaims crown at Lennox Blackmore National Intermediate Boxing Championships

By Michael Benjamin Last year, boxers of the Republican Boxing Gym threw down the gauntlet on their counterparts of the Guyana Defence Force and carted off the honours in the Lennox Blackmore National Intermediate Boxing Championships.

The soldiers were bristling and vowed to work assiduously to reverse the situation. Indeed that commitment was honoured last Sunday evening when boxers of the GDF compiled 19 points to recapture lost pride and the trophy for the best gym when the final of the above tournament was staged Sunday evening last.

The action took place at the M&CC Municipal Centre West Ruimveldt and witnessed reversed roles as the Republican Boxing Gym finished in 2nd place after accruing 10 points. Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF) boxer, Diwani Lampkin, turned in a special performance where he defeated Akeem Henry (GDF) to clinch the lightweight title and later on, was adjudged Best Boxer of the tournament.

Lampkin seems to be working hard on his techniques and has shown vast improvement recently.

His fitness level has also improved tremendously and

on the first night of the tournament he was required to fight twice in order to qualify for the finals.

His display against Henry stamped his authority and indeed the judges and the panel that selected the best boxer acquiesced with those views.

Another bout worthy of mention was the lightweight clash between Travis Hubbard (HEBG) and Quincy Boyce of the GDF. The bout was really entertaining with Hubbard, the taller of the two, utilizing long ranged jabs and crosses to keep his man at bay.

Boyce quickly found his range and the two pugilists engaged in a slugfest that had the crowd on its feet.

The pattern continued into the second and then the final rounds as both boxers attempted to stay ahead.

In the end it was Hubbard who proved to be the man with more firepower and he was adjudged the unanimous winner.

Akeem Mounter (EBG) and Stephon Smith engaged in a tactical battle intermingled with close exchanges that also thrilled the crowd.

Both fighters demonstrated sound techniques and must be complimented for their efforts since they both warred with gusto. It was indeed a pity

Diwani Lampkin that one had to lose and in the end it was Mounter that carted off the spoils.

The night started on a damp note after Quincy Wright (EBG) earned a walkover from his gym mate, Andrew Williams in the Youth, 65-69lbs category.

The boxers were already in the ring when Williams conformed to medical checks by the ringside physician and deemed to be unfit for combat after suffering an injury to his hand thus gifting the decision to his gym mate.

Mark Pollard (PRBG) then won unanimously from Junior Hyman (EBG) in their 95-99lbs bout moments before Deshon

Elcock (EBG) pounded out a unanimous verdict over his gym mate, Shaquille Wright in the 117-125lbs class.

In the Youth Category, Joshua Corbin of the Carryl Boxing Gym (CBG) found the aggression of Okefi Osbourne (NOC) too much to handle and surrendered a lopsided majority decision in their 130138lbs bout.

Kellon Isaacs and Stephan Fordyce are both from the New opportunity Corps but that did not stop the latter pugilist from apply the pressure to eventually take their welterweight encounter.

Two other members of the NOC, Andrew Newton and Lennox Walton were also matched in the middleweight division and the latter boxer showed no mercy when he laced his gym mate and forced the referee to call a halt at just one second of the second round.

The Elite category saw Teusimar Peters (GDF) prevailing over his Republican (REP) opponent, Kishon Matthews when the referee halted their flyweight contest and cited Matthews for persistently holding.

Dexter Wray (REP) then avenged that loss when he won unanimously from Peter ’s gym mate, Tefon Green in a flyweight bout.

Two soldiers, Keon

Rugby World Cup: Japan coach Eddie Jones aims to beat Scotland

BBC Sport - Japan coach Eddie Jones has warned Scotland that his team want to be more than “one-hit wonders” after their sensational win over South Africa at the World Cup. Karne Hesketh crossed in the final minute to win the World Cup Pool B encounter in Brighton on Saturday.

The Brave Blossoms face Scotland on Wednesday in their second match.

“We have two objectives: reach the quarter-finals and be team of the tournament,” said Jones.

“With that in mind we have made a successful start.

We did not come here to be one-hit wonders.”

Japan, who were given a guard of honour as they left their Brighton hotel in the wake of their win over the Springboks, have had just four days to prepare for Wednesday’s match.

Japan coach Eddie Jones. (PA) Jones has made six changes to his starting XV, with props Keita Inagaki and Hiroshi Yamashita coming in and Amanaki Mafi, who came on as a replacement against South Africa, playing from the start.

Justin Ives replaces Hitoshi Ono in the second row while centre Yu Tamura and wing Kenki Fukuoka

start. Jones has a similar game plan to that which worked against South Africa, where his side came through strongly in the dying stages.

“We see the start of the game against Scotland as being super important,” he added. “We’ve got to make sure Scotland work really hard, and score some points early in the game. If we’re in

the first 30 minutes of the game I reckon we can do it.’’

Captain Michael Leitch, who twice turned down chances to kick for goal at 3229 against South Africa in favour of chasing the win, says his side will not be distracted by the acclaim that has come with pulling off one of the sport’s greatest shocks.

“Beating South Africa was a bit overwhelming, with all the media,” he said.

“People see you when you’re walking down the street and congratulate you.

That was a special experience.

But we’ve addressed what could disrupt us in our preparation.”

Scotland have welcomed full-back Stuart Hogg back into their starting XV for the match after an ankle injury, while Josh Strauss, who became eligible for Scotland a day after the tournament started, is on the bench.

Travis Hubbard

Williams and Courtney Lynch battled in the bantamweight division and Williams won a close split decision. In the jnr/ welterweight class, Junior Kelly (REP) found the skills of Colin Lewis (GDF) too much for him and he eventually succumbed by TKO in 2:31secs of the first round.

Welterweight Marley Ross (GDF) defeated his gym mate Winston Long while the middleweight division, an all GDF affair, was won by Dane July from Joshua Fraser, albeit in a close split decision verdict. Mickle Sancho (GDF) prevailed over Junior Nurse (REP) to take the light/ heavyweight title while Shemar Eastman (GDF) was a no show and gifted Wendell Austin (REP) the heavyweight title by a walk

over. The super/heavyweight division was won by another soldier, Royden Joseph, who forced the referee to halt his bout with Eon Fraser (GDF) in 2:46secs of the second frame.

Meanwhile, as the GBA continues to acknowledge the input of its officials, referee, Richard Braithwaite, was singled out for his work in the ring and presented with a large food hamper.

Officials are also grateful to the sponsors that have supported the venture and wish to express deep gratitude to them.

Those corporate members coming in for high praise include Toucan Industries, Trophy Stall of Bourda Market, Roger Hinds, Nigel’s Supermarket and the National Sports Commission.

Foreign Ministry DOMINOES SET FOR TOMORROW The Foreign Ministry Sports Promotion team will be hosting their Inter-Ministry mid-week dominoes tournament tomorrow on the lawns of the Ministry from 17:00 hrs.

Among the teams that have entered are Presidential Security, General Registrar Office, Metro, Office of the

Prime Minister, Ministry of Communities, Forestry Commission, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health and the host.

For more information teams can contact James Lewis on 628-1656 or 6726179. At stake are trophies and medals.

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Packers keep Chelsea striker charged Seahawks winless with violent conduct by FA Diego Costa:

Reuters (The Sports Xchange) - The Green Bay Packers earned an incredibly gratifying 27-17 victory over Seattle on Sunday, eight months after blowing a 12point lead against the Seahawks in the final four minutes of their NFC Championship Game.

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers completed 25 of 33 passes for 249 yards with two touchdowns. “It feels good,” Packers guard T.J. Lang said.

“Obviously, it doesn’t count for anything more than a win, but it is probably one of the more satisfying regular-season wins that we’ve had, just to get that monkey off our

play after the two-minute warning.

On the first play of the drive, Seattle linebacker K.J. Wright was ejected for taking Richard Rodgers to the ground and pulling on his facemask.

Elliott added a forced fumble to extinguish the Seahawks’ faint chances.

“To go in there and get that pick - the biggest play of the game - and that strip at the end to seal it was huge,” Packers linebacker Clay Matthews said.

“Those are huge plays that we needed on defense. I think coming in here, if you were to ask who was going to make those plays, I

Diego Costa (right) gets into a tangle with Arsenal players Laurent Koscielny and Gabriel (centre) who was sent off. (PA) BBC Sport - Chelsea striker Diego Costa has been charged with violent conduct by the Football Association after his side’s 2-0 win over Arsenal on Saturday.

Costa, 26, put his hands in the face of Arsenal centre-back Laurent Koscielny prior to clashing with Gunners’ defender Gabriel, who was sent off.

The FA has also charged Gabriel with improper conduct and both clubs with failing to control their players.

Arsenal are to appeal Gabriel’s dismissal and three-match ban.

Costa has until 18:00 BST on Tuesday, 22 September to respond to the charge, which is for the incident with Koscielny as it was missed by match officials but caught on video.

“Off the ball incidents which are not seen at the time by the match officials are referred

to a panel of three former elite referees,” said an FA statement.

“Each referee panel member will review the video footage independently of one another to determine whether they consider it a sending-off offence.

“For retrospective action to be taken, and an FA charge to follow, the decision by the panel must be unanimous.”

Referee Mike Dean booked both Costa and Gabriel for their spat, before the latter was dismissed for kicking out at the Blues forward.

Gabriel and both clubs have until 18:00 BST on Thursday, 24 September to reply to their charges.

Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla was sent off in the match for two bookable offences and has been warned about his behaviour.

India pick Gurkeerat for ODIs, Aravind for T20Is

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SPNcricinfo Uncapped Punjab allrounder Gurkeerat Singh has been included in India’s ODI squad for the first three matches against South Africa in October, while uncapped Karnataka seamer S Aravind was picked for the T20 internationals.

The players left out from the full-strength ODI squad that had toured Bangladesh were allrounder Ravindra Jadeja and seamer Dhawal Kulkarni. Gurkeerat, who bowls offspin took Jadeja’s spot in the squad while legspinner Amit Mishra came in for Kulkarni.

Gurkeerat, 25, had two impressive outings for India A recently. He had taken 2 for 42 and scored an unbeaten 87 in the tri-series final victory against

Gurkeerat Singh acknowledges the applause after taking a five-for, India A v Bangladesh A, 1st unofficial ODI, Bangalore, Sept. 16, 2015 © PTI Australia A in August, and then he made 65 and took 5 for 29 against a Bangladesh A team comprising several international players in the first one-day game in Bangalore.

“Gurkeerat was picked looking at his all-round

capabilities,” Sandeep Patil, the chairman of selectors, said. “The demands of the game are such that we need more allrounders.”

The selectors, who met in Bangalore on Sunday (Continued on page 31)

Green Bay Packers running back James Starks (44) tries to break a tackle by Seattle Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner (54) in the second quarter. (Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports)

back of not being able to beat these guys.”

With their offensive tackles struggling with Seattle’s edge rushers, Green Bay went to four-receiver sets, spread the field and went to a quick-hitting passing game for the goahead touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Rodgers threw a short pass to receiver Randall Cobb, who picked up 15 yards after the catch for a gain of 19.

He threw another short pass to receiver Ty Montgomery, who picked up 15 yards after the catch for a gain of 17.

On second-and-goal from the 5, Rodgers stepped up in the pocket and fired a bullet to tight end Richard Rodgers in the end zone for the touchdown.

It was Rodgers-to-Rodgers again for the two-pointer, as the tight end made a tremendous catch despite interference by linebacker Bobby Wagner. That gave Green Bay a 24-17 lead with 9:28 remaining.

The Packers quarterback completed all eight passes on the scoring drive.

“He is a top quarterback in the league,” said Seahawks linebacker Bruce Irvin, who had one sack.

“We got our hands on him a couple times, but we just couldn’t bring him down. If you give him a chance, he is going to take advantage of it.”

On the ensuing possession, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson’s screen pass to running back Marshawn Lynch was intercepted in one-handed fashion by outside linebacker Jayrone Elliott.

The Packers scored the clincher on kicker Mason Crosby’s 21-yard field goal on the first

don’t think anyone would have said Jayrone.”

HOT START Seattle withstood Green Bay’s hot start to take a 17-13 lead with back-to-back touchdowns to open the second half. The first was a 5-yard touchdown pass to running back Fred Jackson on third-and-goal, and the second was a 13-yard touchdown strike to receiver Doug Baldwin.

Green Bay answered with a 44-yard field goal, set up by a 35-yard run by James Starks, who played most of the game after Eddie Lacy left in the first quarter with an injured ankle.

That cut the margin to 17-16 with 3:12 remaining in the third quarter.

Green Bay rode an opening surge of energy to a quick 10-0 lead en route to a 13-3 lead at halftime.

The Packers drove 80 yards for a touchdown to open the game. The key was a challenge flag thrown by coach Mike McCarthy on the third play of the series.

Aaron Rodgers overthrew Richard Rodgers on third-and-1, but McCarthy correctly argued that Seattle had 12 men on the field.

Aaron Rodgers soon hit wide receiver James Jones for a 29-yard touchdown.

Seattle went three-and-out on its opening possession as Green Bay dropped Lynch for losses of 2 and 3 yards. The Seahawks’ defense, however, stiffened — a trend that held true for most of the remainder of the first half. Green Bay took possession at Seattle’s 44 but couldn’t get a first down and settled for a 54-yard field goal by kicker Mason Crosby.

The Seahawks responded with a 54-yard (Continued on page 31)

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Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) card

They’ve talked the talk now the time approaches to walk the walk

Imran Khan

Quincy Gomes

Iwan Azore

By Michael Benjamin As the uninitiated nears the corner of Belair and James Street Albouystown, he/she is greeted with loud grunts punctuated with thudding sounds. Closer examination reveals that the boxers preparing for the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) card at the G i f t l a n d O ff i c e M a x , Lilliendaal, ECD on September 26 are merely winding down and putting

the finishing touches to their preparations.

Of all the boxers training at that institution, Dexter Gonsalves stands out and just one look at his chiseled physique suggests that he is ready to throw down the gauntlet. He is slated to match gloves with Trinidad based Iwan Azore in a 12 r o u n d e r f o r A z o r e ’s welterweight crown.

Gonsalves is an unassuming fellow and one can casually dismiss him as inconsequential, that is, until they are fed information of his boxing conquests. This is the man that fought against the odds and put Revlon Lake to sleep with a crunching left hook that could have crippled an ox.

The fans had left the venue awestruck since such awesome power could not be attributed to such a skinny, frail body as Gonsalves.

That fight ensured that Gonsalves remained on the shelf for quite a while since opponents were reluctant to take him on. Eventually, Mark Austin gathered the requisite courage and stepped up to the plate.

He managed to last the duration of the fight but was much the worst for wear. A little after the final bell had sounded, and when his skin had cooled, Austin cried foul and demanded a return.

The promoters jumped on the offer and a second fight was arranged. Not the garrulous boxer, Gonsalves simply promised to teach his man a lesson. He never got the opportunity to do so since Austin inexplicably fell ill moments before he was required to climb into the ring and the fight was aborted. The talk then was that Austin remembered fight one and experienced cold feet for fight two. Since then Gonsalves has been experiencing great difficulties in securing an opponent.

Azore has finally stepped up to the plate and has intensified training in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago. He is defending his title, won after hard battles and will not be anxious to give it up easily.

Azore is the rough and tumble type, while Gonsalves is a classical boxer who can also hold his own in a toe to toe brawl.

Meanwhile, Azore’s last

defence of his title occurred in November 2012 when he defeated Mark Austin on points. Both fighters have defeated Austin and will want to establish dominance over each other in order to claim the tab as the best welterweight in Guyana.

The contrasting styles are bound to create the kind of slugfest fans have yearned for and they will not want to miss this one.

The main supporting bout matches Quincy Gomes with Anson Greene in a 6 rounds welterweight affair.

Gomes has had a bright start to his career before suffering a lopsided loss to Frenchman Arnold Martinez when they clashed in Cayenne French Guiana earlier this year.

Dexter Gonsalves

Known for his bustling no nonsense style, Gomes also suffered a loss to Jamaican, Sakima Mullings in the just concluded Contender Series in Jamaica but it must be noted that the Guyanese

CARMICHAEL STILL harbours hopes of playing for Guyana

By Sean Devers At 27, versatile former national under-19 AllRounder Kellon Carmichael knows that the clock is ticking on his Guyana cricket career but the Malteenoes right hander still harbours hopes of making his national senior team debut.

Carmichael returned home last week after completing a successful second season in England where he represented Hadleigh and Thundersley Club Cricket in the Essex division one League.

“This was my second season in England with Hadleigh and Thundersley and if all things go well I will be back next season since I enjoy playing there…it’s like family,” Carmichael said.

“The experience of being there last year helped my performances in a big way this season since I knew what to expect. It is more difficult to make runs in the early part of the season (May/June) due to the pitches being softer at that time of the year,” said the Guyanese cricketer who scored 669 runs and claimed 46 wickets in England this season with a highest score of 86 and a best bowling of 4-

19. All games were of the limited overs version and Carmichael says he is focused on getting consistent performances at the club level here and break into the eight-team league that the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is planning to start year-end to replace the InterCounty format.

“What I learnt most from playing in England was the developing of patience. Most West Indies players prefers the ball coming onto the bat and scoring quickly but especially during the early part of the season you have learn to graft and play late and bat long to get big scores.

I am also more mature and responsible due to playing cricket professionally,” Carmichael explained.

Carmichael made his National U-19 debut in St Kitts in 2007 and after useful performances during the tournament was a real contender for a place in the West Indies U-19 after Guyana had qualified for the final against Jamaica at Warner Park.

Guyana made 225 with Vishaul Singh (79), Jacobs (43) making the bulk of the runs. However, Carmichael’s hopes of

pugilist accepted that fight as a substitute in less than one month yet turned in a courageous performance that almost created an upset.

Conversely, Green had etched his name among the

big boys when he registered a scintillating knockout victory over super/ middleweight champion, Derek Richmond.

He then lost out to (Continued on page 30)

Kellon Carmichael batting in England

selection on West Indies team were dashed when Horace Miller, whom I nicknamed ‘Hurricane Miller’ during the live Radio commentary of that game, hit a murderous 133 as Jamaica raced to 229-2 from just 20.5 overs to deny Guyana their first one-day title. Carmichael’s three overs cost 39 runs.

Five players from that tournament have graduated to Test level with Rajendra Chandrika being the last when he played against Australia in Jamaica this y e a r. T h e o t h e r s a r e Ve e r a s a m m y P e r m a u l , Daren Bravo, Adrian Barath and Kieran Powell.

Carmichael hopes to join Singh, Jacobs, Permaul and Chandrika who are the Guyanese who have progressed to the First-Class

level. Carmichael, who could also Wicket-keep, is planning to talk with the Chairman of the Guyana Selectors about the possibility of him being involved in next month’s four-day practice game for the WICB’s PCL First Class Franchise which commences on November 6.

“I had to do some work at the Andrew Flintoff Cricket Academy which caters for Children between the ages of 5-16 and it was a great experience working with those kids,” said Carmichael who made his debut for Demerara in 2008.

Carmichael played his first game on his return to Guyana on Sunday in GCA Carib Beer first division t20 tournament and bowled, batted and kept wicket in that game.

Tuesday September 22, 2015

Kaieteur News

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12-year old Laksmana Ramroop wins Demerara Life Golf Tourney Golfing in fine style, youthful Laksmana Ramroop excelled to carry away the Best Net prize in the annual Demerara Life G o l f To u r n a m e n t o n Saturday last.

Golfing under fine weather conditions and with the Course in superb condition, the 32 golfers participating in The Demerara Mutual Assurance Society’s (Dem Life’s) umpteenth sponsored golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club, competed fiercely and with great camaraderie as Director of Sports, Christopher Jones, joined the spectators to see the excitement.

At the end of the day the winners under the Medal Play system were 1 Laksmana Ramroop 28/63; 2 Patanjalee Pur”I love the winning feeling”Persaud 20/65;3 Parmanand Max Persaud 20/67.

Best Gross was achieved by former Captain Patrick Prashad, Nearest to the Pin was Gavin Todd, and s t

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(FROM LEFT): Gavin Todd, Mr Christopher Jones, Pur Persaud, (in front) Laksmana Ramroop, Mr Clarence Perry, Max Persaud, President Shyam Ramroop, and Patrick Prashad.

Most Honest Golfer by rookie output of this year’s first Golf Clinic, Leslie Kellman. Pur, who won the previous weekend’s Silvie’s sponsored tournament, was favoured to emerge winner again but the young Ramroop pleasantly upset the scores.

There was such an infectious feeling of goodwill and great camaraderie at the event that

it was no surprise that Dem Life’s Marketing Manager, Clarence Perry, at the distribution of prizes, expressed his delight at Dem Life’s partnership with the Lusignan Golf Club. He went on to say, “We at Demerara Life have been supporting golfing in Guyana for a very long time and are very happy to be part of its 50 year of operation.

And, indeed, Dem Life has th

Region Nine athletes thank sponsors for participation in Courts 10k

Region Nine’s, Simona Lawrence (second, right) and Leandrew Issacs (second, left) pose with Coordinator, Sugreem Singh (left) and Committee member, Mary Gopaul yesterday for a photo opportunity.

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thletes from the Athletic Club of Region Nine, Simona Lawrence and Leandrew Isaacs thanked their sponsors yesterday for assistance which ensured their participation in the 2015 Courts 10km Road Race, which was held on Sunday.

Lawrence placed second in the female junior category while Isaacs placed fourth.

The contingent that included Coordinator at the Athletics Club of Region Nine, Sugreem Singh and a Committee Member, Mary Gopaul indicated that the sponsors made their participation possible; hence they

wanted to thank them for the support.

The sponsors include the Regional Democratic Council of Region Nine, Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, Rupununi Miners Association, National Sports Commission, Ministry of Communities, Mohan Narine and Lorain Singh.

According to the Coordinator from the Club, Singh, said that the Regional Executive Officer of Region Nine and the Chairman, have expressed congratulations for the performance of the athletes and indicated that a larger contingent will be participating in the South American 10km Road Race.

been in the business so long, and has been doing so well, I am confident we will be here with you to celebrate your 100 year!”

Dem Life, established since 1891 in Guyana, is one of the main providers of Life, th

Health, Loss and other financial indemnities, and has been supportive of golfing in Guyana for over 3 decades.

Director of Sports, Christopher Jones, who was given the opportunity to putt

and drive on this his first visit to the Club, and also assisted Mr Perry with the distribution of prizes, also expressed his appreciation for the day’s tournament. Mr Jones said, “I am happy at the experience of my first visit to the Lusignan Golf Club. I assure that the Club can look forward to support from the Department of Sports.”

Golf Club President, Oncar Ramroop, conveyed heartfelt gratitude to Dem Life, to the Director of Sports, to all competitors and spectators, and even the Kitchen staff, for their contribution to the day’s success.

In particular he indicated that for its 50 years of operation the Golf Club has had no material support for maintenance of the Club (Continued on page 31)

Jack Warner extradition proceedings approved BBC Sport - US extradition proceedings against Jack Warner, a former vice-president of football’s world governing body Fifa, are to go ahead after being approved by Trinidad’s attorney general.

The US wants to try Mr Warner, 72, a Trinidadian national, on corruption charges.

He is accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes. He and 13 other current or former Fifa officials were indicted in May. He denies the charges and is currently fighting the extradition attempt.

Last week, Switzerland approved the extradition of ex-Fifa Vice-President Eugenio Figueredo to the US. Mr Figueredo, from Uruguay, was arrested in May while in Switzerland for a Fifa congress.

So far, only one arrested official - former Fifa Vice-President Jeffrey Webb, from the Cayman Islands - has agreed to be extradited.

After being extradited from Switzerland to the US, Mr Webb pleaded not guilty to accepting bribes worth millions of dollars in connection with the sale of marketing rights.

He was placed under house arrest on $10m (£6.4m) bail by a New York judge.

The king of Caribbean football As the head of Caribbean and North and Central American football (Concacaf), Mr Warner was one the most powerful men in world football.

His support was seen as essential for any World Cup host bid. However, he has been dogged by allegations of corruption.

The US alleges that Mr Warner has been involved in corrupt practices for over two decades.

Mr Warner’s case has been adjourned until Friday due to a legal dispute over a technicality.

Jack Warner, one of football’s most influential powerbrokers - now accused of decades of corruption. (Getty Images) In June 2015, a BBC investigation found evidence of bribes paid to Mr Warner.

Jack Warner: The US charge sheet · Accused of racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering, bribery · From the early 1990s, he allegedly “began to leverage his influence and exploit his official positions for personal gain” · Allegedly accepted a $10m bribe from South African officials in return for voting to award them the 2010 World Cup · Allegedly bribed officials with envelopes each containing $40,000 in cash; when one demurred, he allegedly said: “There are some people here who think they are more pious than thou. If you’re pious, open a church, friends. Our business is our business”

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Annual Heritage Games...

Members of the triumphant Central Rupununi team cheerfully display their hardware.

Central Rupununi, Region four retain male and female football titles

The victorious Region Four side with their prizes.

JACK WARNER EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS APPROVED

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