WHAT'S INSIDE: Issue No. 5136 Nationwide coverage from the best news team in Guyana THE BEACON OF TRUTH guyanatimesgy.com PRICE $100 VAT INCLUDEDMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 PPP12P13P1010P815 Govt aiming to ramp up rice production to 870,000 tonnes …vegetable production to reach 400,000 mt by 2025 2 missing in mishapRiverEssequiboboat Toddler’s body found floating in trench near ECD home Page11 Updated Petroleum Bill will be finalised early next year – Vice President Page7 Page7 Guyana participating in UN’s Transforming Education Summit …importance of local school feeding programme highlighted at UN Fisherman’s murder Man, daughter to serve 4 ½ years more in Winstonprison OctoberrescheduledmisconductJordan'scaseto31 …after Prosecutor a no-show Firearm, ganja found; 2 in Police custody 5 new COVID-19 cases recorded; 1 in OverICU3000 lbs of ganja unearthed along Berbice River Substantive Chancellor, Chief Justice appointment APNU/AFC asking court to ofderelictionPresidentdeclareinduty P16 One Guyana Concert: Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo interacted with artistes, patrons, and other attendees at the One Guyana Concert on Saturday evening. The concert is part of the calendar of activities for Cricket Carnival 2022 (Office of the Vice President photos) Govt orders 80,000 new Passports – President Ali …as Guyana battles increased demand for passports amid global supply crisis Page9
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Dr Irfaan Ali on Sunday addressed the issue of delays in the is suance of Guyanese Passports, revealing that Government or dered some 80,000 copies over a year ago but is facing the impacts of the global supply chain
The President went on to say that, “And every day, the Consulate Office here would call the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and say people cussing [them]… But this is the reali ty. Since a year and a half ago, we ordered, I think, 80,000 passports. We’ve been contin uously ordering.”
a functional economy for 2030 and beyond. He noted that un less Guyana is able to build to function in the future – not only in terms of its services but its human resource capac ity as well, then it will just be playing catching up.
“There is a lot of improve ment that is needed in the system itself. The inefficiency that exists in the system must be fixed but we are working on a plan that will fix it in a very, very rapid way. We're trying to remove the type of system that allows people to make de cisions based on feeling, you know. The system must be de veloped in such a way that it works, and technology allows us to do that,” he stated
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Last year, coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic lock down, there was a surge in persons visiting the Central Office for passport services, where over 200 persons were being attended to daily. During that period, hundreds of persons were seen queuing outside the Presently,facility.there are pass port offices at Linden in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) and at New Amsterdam in Region Six (East BerbiceCorentyne). Lethem, only last month, received a Passport Office, while townships such as Mabaruma, Anna Regina, Bartica and Mahdia are among the list of potential regional passport offices an nounced by Government in a bid to decentralise these ser vices.
Hecrisis.was at the time ad dressing the Guyanese Diaspora during an Interfaith Forum in New York, where he will be attending the United Nations General Assembly and other activities this week.
Nevertheless, it was in dicated that this delay would have been resolved with one of the delayed shipments that was slated to arrive late August. The expectation is that normalcy will prevail thereafter.Butwhile the Passport Office continues to provide passport and other immigra tion document services, efforts are being undertaken to do so within the normal timeframe of five working days.
In fact, persons who went to renew their passports mid-August were given dates to return until late October.
Meanwhile, according to President Ali during his address to the Guyanese Diaspora in New York on Sunday, his Administration is working assiduously to fix the various systems within the country to offer better services to the public. In fact, he rec ognised the need to fix the in stitutional systems in Guyana.
“And I can tell you, the sys tem is improving,” Ali assert ed.
“Guyana and the future of Guyana is not about oil and gas. I want to make this very clear… Our future will be built with revenues [from the] oil and gas sector. We al ways had the natural assets to make a strong economy, what we never had was the reve nue base to catalyse that as set. Today, for the first time, we have the revenue base that can catalyse that asset, that natural resource and bring the value-added, and improve our economy in a multifaceted and diversified manner,” he con tended. (G8)
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President Dr Irfaan Ali addressing the Guyanese Diaspora in New York on Sunday
To this end, the Head of State pointed out that his Government is investing heav ily in technology, in training and human resource strength ening and capacity building in order to fix the system.
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week, now takes at least three weeks to almost three months.
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…as Guyana battles increased demand for passports amid global supply crisis
According to the President, his Administration is working to build a country that can be
Back in June, the Central Immigration and Passport Office in Georgetown had in formed in the public that its operations have been affected by a delay in the shipment of materials used to print pass ports.In a statement from the Guyana Police Force, it was noted that the COVID-19 pan demic and other recent world events have caused the disrup tion of countless supply chains, and the Central Immigration and Passport Office has been affected by this disruption in the supply chain of materials.
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However, services such as passport renewal, which pre-pandemic took about one
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Fixing the system
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The Head of State point ed out that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is pro found as he outlined the chal lenges in the global supply chain that it has posed. This crisis, he noted, has impacted everyOnsector.sucharea President Ali said that has not been spared is passport services, espe cially renewals – something which the Guyanese Diaspora has been complaining bitterly about the delays.
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He explained that the ma terials to print the Guyanese Passport booklet is provid ed by a leading international company out in Canada. But because of supply chain issues, there are tremendous shortag es and delays of the materials needed to produce these docu ments.“And whilst there is this shortage – I don't know why –but the demand for Guyanese Passport has increased by 500 per cent. So unfortunately, we are being hit with the perfect storm. We are getting hit by a supply chain crisis and a rap id increase in demand for the passport,” he stated.
Govt orders 80,000 new passports – President Ali
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Our retention of the monarchy is an anathema to our Independence and self-esteem. In my recent televi sion interview along with former Prime Minister PJ Patterson, he indicated that the sticking point as to how the replace ment of the Head of State would be cho sen can now be resolved. We must get on with it. (Jamaica Observer)
The Act of Supremacy stipulates that the British monarch, however "unrever end" he or she may be, is the head of the Anglican church, the "Defender of the Faith". It is the monarch who appoints bishops of the Church of England and, almost unbelievably, on the advice of the Prime Minister and they then swear al legiance (almost unbelievably again) to the monarch. This is hardly a separa tion of Church and State. If I were an Anglican, I would find that repugnant to my faith.
The rule of succession in Britain is
Apart from the 14 Commonwealth countries (including Jamaica) that rec ognise the British monarch as their Head of State, there are about two doz en other countries with monarchs. These are to be found in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Pacific. In the majority of them, the power of the mon arch is limited. Most are largely figure heads like the British. In a few cases, like Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), they wield enor mousWhatpower.they all have in common is that succession is hereditary. So Prince George of Wales, all of nine years old, is perhaps too young to know that in an other 40 years my grandchildren are likely to be among his subjects unless we "tek weh" ourselves before.
(Bruce Golding served as Jamaica's eighth Prime Minister from September 11, 2007 to October 23, 2011.)
The expansion of the role of the State does not mean that Guyana must repeat the mistakes of her past. The PNC’s development plans during the 70s and 80s were driven by State ownership of production (State Capitalism) which destroyed the market and community forces necessary for competition and other coordinating activities necessary for sustainable growth. The socialist dogmas undergirding the then development policies were inimical to the free market and self-reliant communities and spawned a culture of special interests seeking to benefit from the State policies (rent seeking).Apart from the fact that there may be other, non-economic factors inhibiting investment – such as political instability –investment and the consequent economic growth is not just a question of creating institutional environments but rather one of creating institutional arrangements. Theory must be guided by successful practice. Even theory supports this position. The efficacy of markets depends on the presence of markets for all contingencies, i.e. that markets are complete. The important point is that when some markets are missing, they will not clear and the resulting allocation can be improved on.
I met her on a number of occasions, both here in Jamaica, when she visited, and abroad. On two of those occasions I had the opportunity to converse with her. I was impressed not just with her charm and grace but with how engag ing and down-to-earth she was. At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference in Kampala, Uganda, in 2007, as is customary, she held a re ception for newly-elected Heads of Government. As we gathered around her, cocktails in hand, she mentioned, without any prompting from any aide, the number of times she had visited Jamaica and recalled in much detail what she considered to be the most mem orable events of her visits. I was amazed. She made countless visits to several oth er countries and I wondered whether she had similar recollections of those.
In 2008, I was pleased to receive her at Jamaica's exhibition booth at the Chelsea Flower Show in England. I ex plained to her that we had opened the exhibition earlier that day with pomp and pageantry, Jamaican folk music, and authentic Jamaican rum punch. She left me in stitches when she asked with a mischievous wink, "And do you only serve that rum punch in the mornings?"
monarchy was effectively abolished for 11 years before being restored in 1660. The curtailment of its powers was ce mented by the Bill of Rights of 1689.
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I was puzzled at times when some in dividual or group sought to petition the Queen when there was nothing she could do other than refer it to her Government. They would have been better off peti tioning the British Prime Minister. I have found myself at loggerheads with some reparation advocates who insisted that the best strategy was to petition the Queen, as if she was unmindful of the fate that befell Charles I and could do anything not sanctioned or authorised by the British Government.
blatantly discriminatory. The monarch cannot be a Roman Catholic or, up un til 2015, the spouse of a Roman Catholic. So much for freedom of religion! Up un til 2015, as well, the eldest son would as cend to the throne even if he had an older sister. Female children could occupy the throne only if there was no male child, as was the case with Queen Elizabeth II. So much for gender equality!
The history of Europe and the US and the Far East has shown that the State played a major role in their development, “by mobilising savings, providing infrastructure, shaping sectoral priorities, and in many cases forcing individual agents to engage in market-oriented activities through taxation The World Bank/IMF have now accepted a role for the State in achieving desired growth rates by proposing Public Private Partnerships in infrastructural and industrial development. The litmus of proposed activities would be for the State to implement policies that strengthen market and community coordination to promote growth and development.
It remains a marvel to me that, in an age when equality; Government by, of, and for the people; and equal opportuni ty are what define a modern society, the monarchy has survived anywhere at all.
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Much as I understand the passion involved, I thought the demonstrations targeted at William and Kate when they visited Jamaica earlier this year to have been misplaced. Although they may be seen to symbolise much of the imperial and colonial history that we revile, our animus should really be directed at the successive British Governments. They were the principal actors — not the mon archy.The brutal repression of what has been termed the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya in the 1950s, which led to the kill ing of more than 11,000 people, was not the work of Queen Elizabeth II, but that of successive British Governments led by Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, and Harold Macmillan. It was not until 2012 that the British Government acknowl edged its role in those atrocities.
Monarchical anachronism
A pragmatic approach to development is necessary because the cause of our underdevelopment is to some extent strategic rather than structural. Korea and Singapore were right where we were 50 years ago, if not behind us, not only statistically but structurally. Their Governments, as catalysts, identified and set strategic goals and then did what was necessary to back into them. They followed the Japanese example and explicitly tied assistance to selected private industries based on their commitment and ability to export. This strategic decision had two significant and faithful results: firstly, the assisted firms were subjected to the market discipline of the competition of international trade. Secondly, the exports brought in foreign exchange to purchase goods not produced locally. The Government’s decision on the gasto-shore project and its downstream development is a step in the right direction.
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No monarchical country can claim that all men and women are created equal if every boy and girl cannot aspire to one day become the Head of State. I find repulsive the notion that one's en titlement to rule over other people is de termined by bloodline and procreation. That's how we breed racehorses, but if they don't win, races they are put out to pasture or donated to work for the mounted Police on Tom Redcam Drive — not urged to procreate in the hope of get ting a better progeny.
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Queen Elizabeth II was good at car rying out her functions, such as they were. Most of the power once exercised by the British monarch was stripped away starting with the execution in 1649 of Charles I, having been found guilty of treason for defying the Parliament. The
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo chatting with a vendor as he visited booths and interacted with patrons and other attendees at the One Guyana Concert hosted at Providence Stadium on Saturday evening (Office of the Vice President photo)
he outpouring of tributes following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II has largely drowned out the voices of those who have chosen instead to ex press disdain for the British monarchy and its legacy. Many have found them selves conflicted in honouring her for her graciousness without honouring the in stitution that she symbolised.
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We understand the background to the Opposition PNC’s reluctance to adopting a more dirigiste approach. Guyana, under the PNC, along with many other Third World States, had a disastrous experience with State involvement in development during the 70s and 80s and this soured the IMF/World Bank’s enthusiasm for such policies. The flawed premise of this fear, however, is to assume that the form of the State itself has to be constant, as it is used to perform large and more varied tasks. History has shown that not all state actions are negative and in fact, there may be the necessity for Government interventions when the free market or community coordinating mechanisms are stymied for one reason or another – market failure or community breakdown.
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I have a real conceptual difficulty with the monarchy wherever it exists. The always-sung and only well-known verse of the British national anthem speaks only of the well-being and hap piness of the king or queen. The people don't really seem to matter.
of the enduring refrains in this space has been the need of the Administration to become more directly involved in the economic development of the country. We had called for the creation of a “Catalytic Entrepreneurial State” (CES). Such a State would firstly, and obviously, have to be a very responsible State, with a strong commitment to the development of all communities and simultaneously working assiduously to increase its legitimacy. The former process would greatly help to achieve the latter goal. In light of the Government’s revival of its Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) and diversification drive with oil funds coming in, we repeat our call. Left to the Private Sector alone, even the new direction will not provide the robust growth rates necessary to make the sustained positive impact on our standard of living.
Queen Elizabeth II didn't govern the United Kingdom any more than she gov erned Jamaica, where she remained our Head of State. She was merely a figure head who was obliged to assent to laws passed by Parliament and make ap pointments recommended by the Prime minister and Cabinet.
We in Jamaica keep talking about re moving the Queen (now the King) as our Head of State. It doesn't seem to mat ter to them one bit whether we remove them. We can't visit the country where our Head of State resides without a visa that is denied to the majority of us.
With her grace, charm, and empathy, Queen Elizabeth II had endeared herself to the British people; she was their ma triarch and personified what they saw as the best of themselves. To many oth ers around the world she was seen as an icon of stability.
Queen Elizabeth II has played a sig nificant role in preserving the British monarchy, confounding critics, cynics, and sceptics, including the new British Prime Minister Elizabeth Truss, who, as a radical liberal democrat in her college years, called for its abolition. The griev ing reactions to her passing demonstrate the loyalty the monarchy commands among the British people and the re spect it enjoys across the world.
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First, let me sound the reminder. It was the APNU/AFC were accusing GECOM of failing to act on evidence of voter imper sonation during the 2020 elections. By the way, this only came up after the ini tial vote count, as reflected in the certified Statements of Polls (SoPs), was thrown into disarray by the weird ‘permutations and com binations’ from the collu sive efforts of the follow ing erstwhile officers: Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Keith Lowenfield; his dep uty, Roxanne Myers, and Region Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo.
Let’s keep in mind that APNU/AFC were in the cul-de-sac of their defeat,
Dear Editor, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall is ‘on the ball’ yet again. This time, in another ‘calling of APNU/AFC’s bluff,’ the as tute, perceptive and brave attorney “… has request ed that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) investigate the claims made by the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) that ballots were cast by dead people and persons living over seas.” I can feel the fear of APNU/AFC already. They are getting what they wanted (or thought they had wanted) and now it’s choking them to death.
that was supposed to be concretised from a prop er tabulation of the count, based on veritable SoPs. So, their shenanigans of attempted escapes led to a recount that they brokered. This of course eventuat ed to what all had already known, that is the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) were the victors of the 2020 elections. During and up this point, APNU/ AFC kept on trying to de rail or ‘illegalise’ the elec tions by coming up with far too many and frivolous complaints. Ultimately, we are now engrossed in this senseless, last minute ‘ten tative désespérée’ claims of voter fraud from the APNU/AFC camp.
I mean, it is crunch time and they are run ning scared. Why? Their claim all along has been that GECOM has the list of the impersonators but nev er acted on it. Then why is it that they are against GECOM’s releasing of the very list, their supposed trump card, that they are supposed to be banking on for acquittal? How silly it is to hide behind the sophist ry that says “…the details are already in the elections petition submission.”
Editor, the AG is there fore absolutely right. He, on behalf of the Government, has asked that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) inves tigate these absurd claims made by APNU/AFC) “… that ballots were cast by dead people and persons living overseas.” The fright and embarrassment are growing for APNU/AFC. They never expected that their bluff would have been called. So, proving time at every juncture is driving them towards a ‘dead end.’
the 2020 election results… it is they who are speak ing about the information in that document and now the Government has sig nalled an intention to re quest that document so that it can be investigated so we can know the truth, and the people are object ing, the very people who are peddling the informa tion in that document are now objecting to the docu ment being released so that we can investigate.”
Yours truly, H Singh
Dear Editor, The writer of the letter 'Land of the Cacophonous' (GT Sept 17) can take com fort and seek reprieve in the news item 'DPP asks Police Commissioner to launch campaign against noise nuisance', following a signed petition by resi dents of an East Coast com munity. In fact, so strong
DPP getting serious with noise nuisance
I guess readers can see why “the Oppositionaligned Commissioners at GECOM had objected to the release of the docu ments in question, a move which Nandlall has since expressed is indicative of the APNU/AFC’s lack of credibility”. This is obvi ous.
wants to hear about mis takes at this late hour. All honest people want “…the determination of the verac ity of the data contained in the documents as well the authenticity of some of the documents themselves and all matters and actions of persons connected there with.”After all, APNU/AFC are claiming that they de livered documents “… claiming to show that dead people and persons who were overseas on Election Day voted at the elections, as well as documents to claim that there were cases of multiple voting.” And as the AG pointed out, “These allegations continue to be peddled in the public do main by leaders and rep resentatives of the afore said political entity. At the time and until now, the impression conveyed is that these documents and/ or data were generated by and obtained from the of ficial lawful repository of the specific information, for example, the Immigration Department, the Guyana Police Force, and the General Registrar’s Office.” What we have then is that all relevant State agencies must probe thoroughly in order to give fairness to APNU/AFC and credibility to themselves.
It was funny how they got mad when upon request by the AG, the elections body last week released to the Office of the Attorney General “… those docu ments that were submit ted by the then APNU/ AFC in its bid to discredit the Official List of Electors (OLE) used in the 2020 General and Regional Elections.” I mean this should have been their ‘grand slam’ moment and conversely the dread of the PPP/C. Instead, it is the re verse.Again, rightfully and logically so, the next phase is to use those very documents provided by GECOM, for the corrobo ration of the data gathered by the coalition. Nobody
is the position that it is be ing advocated that if affect ed persons do not a 'satis factory result at the Police station, they are free to file a complaint with the DPP's Office'. So, all is not lost and there is a course of ac tion to consider.
Succinctly put then, the AG summarised ev erything, stating that “… these are the guys who are repeating the very allega tions and are relying upon the allegations in their in credible efforts to impugn
ation at the 2020 General and Regional Elections.”
As we can see, the ‘run ning for cover’ never stops, so the big original lie now morphs into “… some per sons were ‘mistakenly’ in cluded in their evidence which they claim provides proof of voter imperson
AG calls APNU/AFC’s bluff
A long Ton, the mostly outdated Imperial Ton, is equal to 2240 pounds
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The customary units of weight (that is the units commonly used) are ounces (oz); pounds (lb) and tons.
The standard units of measurement that should be used in Guyana are the metric measurements. It is ne cessary to know customary units of weight to convert them to metric units.
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1 ton = 2204.6 lb
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A short Ton, the US customary version, is equal to 2000 pounds
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To complicate matters further, a ton may relate to two different weights. In the United States, they measure by the US Ton or short Ton, while the British Ton, known as an Imperial Ton or long Ton is heavier.
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In August of last year, the Petroleum (Exploration and Production) (Amendment) Bill 2021 was brought to the National Assembly to amend
A while later, the mother was informed by a friend that Shane’s bicycle was found close to a nearby trench. This led relatives to search the area and the child’s uncle subsequently found and re
Police have since launched a probe into the issue. (G9)
Toddler’s body found floating in trench near ECD home
mother was informed that the boy was missing.
The pipeline will be 12 inches and is expected to transport some 50 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of dry gas to the NGL plant but has the ca
It specifically targets work done by a petroleum licensee in furtherance of its operations on State land, Government land, or land that is otherwise controlled or under the management of the Government of Guyana.
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him and they decide to look at the bridge and they see he bicycle, then they look a little more and they find he slippers and late last night [Saturday] they find him.”
Additionally, the Vice President said that legisla tive changes will also have to be made for the auction of the oil blocks. According to
The gas-to-shore project, which has a 25-year lifespan, is expected to employ up to 800 workers during the peak construction stage, as well as some 40 full-time workers during the operations stage, and another 50 workers during the decommissioning stage.It features approximate ly 220 kilometres of a subsea pipeline offshore that will run from the Destiny and Unity Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) ves sels in the Stabroek Block to onshore. Upon landing on the West Coast Demerara shore, the pipeline will continue ap proximately 25 kilometres to the NGL plant at Wales, West Bank Demerara.
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pacity to push as much 120 mmscfd.Thepipeline’s route on shore will follow the same path with the fibre optic ca bles and will terminate at Hermitage, part of the Wales Development Zone (WDZ) which will house the gas-toshoreTheproject.Guyana Government has already invited inter ested parties to make in vestments in the Wales Development Zone, which will be heavily industrialised and for which approximate ly 150 acres of land has been allocated. Those lands were previously used by the Wales SugarAdditionally,Estate. Government has gone out to tender for in ternational firms to construct and to manage the construc tion phase of the integrated Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) plant and the 300 MW pow er plant, all part of the proj ect. (G3)
The relative related that the child was living with his father, but recently he moved back with his mother. According to the relative, in 2021 the dead child’s cousin lost his life by drowning.
the Minister would have the power to grant permission to the licensee to land, install or operate any pipeline, fibre optic cable or similar infra structure on or through the saidItland.also empowers the Minister to order the licens ee to maintain, inspect, re pair or renew such infra structure. The amendments also speak to the granting of consent to the Minister and a petroleum licensee for use of land by the private owners or lawful occupiers of said land in aid of petroleum op erations.Prior to the amend ment being passed, the Government had issued an order to compulsorily acquire land that would be used to build the US$900 million gasto-shore project and lay the gas pipeline from Nouvelle Flanders on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD) to Canal Number One Public Road on
awaiting a post-mortem ex amination.Meanwhile, a relative of the dead child told Guyana Times that the news of the child’s death came as a shock to the entire family. She said even though the child went missing, they were not ex pecting that he would turn up dead.“This is very sad, and it is any mother’s biggest fear,” the relative Accordingsaid.to the relative,
Updated Petroleum Bill will be finalised early next year – Vice President …says legislative changes for oil block auctions to be made
The relative said that his aunt sent him to collect something from his mother’s house, which is not too far away, and he left but never return.“He was apparently go ing over a fine bridge with he bicycle and is fall in he fall in. After he didn’t come back, they went and look for
“The Natural Resources Fund, the local content, the 1986 Petroleum Act, that is being reworked now… maybe, probably around February or March of next year, the Petroleum Act will be (finalised),” he said.
Shane Samuels of Lot 30 Two Friends Village, Anns Grove, ECD, was found on Saturday evening between 20:00h and 22:00h.Reports are that the child was left in the care of an aunt while his mother – 38-yearold Donell Adams, a vendor in Georgetown – went to work on Saturday.According to the Police, Adams had called her sis ter to check on her child and was told he was playing in the yard. However, during a second call later that day, the
Dead: Shane Samuels
An Anns Grove, East Coast Demerara (ECD) family that was franticly looking for a tod dler who had disappeared on Saturday morning, received the shock of their lives when the child’s lifeless body was found floating in a trench in the Four-year-oldarea.
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The body is currently ly ing at Jerrick’s Funeral Home
Based on the amendment,
moved his lifeless body from the Policetrench.on Sunday said that by the time Adams reached home, her son’s motionless body was on the ground next to the Two Friends trench.
An updated Petroleum Bill to bring the out dated 1986 Petroleum Act that governs the oil and gas sector, into the 21st cen tury, will be finalised by next year. This is according to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo.According to Jagdeo during a recently broadcast ed interview, work is pres ently ongoing on updating the Petroleum Act. This is work that is presumably being spearheaded by the Attorney General Chambers.
him, “on the legislative side, if we have to make provi sions for the auctions to take place, because currently we may not… the laws do not allow for that to happen just like that.”
the child was indeed staying in the care of his aunt, howev er, he did not leave the house unknowing to his family.
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Leron Daly was forced to reschedule former Finance Minister Winston Jordan’s miscon duct in public office case af ter no prosecutor from the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) showed up in court last week Wednesday.
The PPP, of course, have their paws on the nation’s purse strings and they’ve been handing out not only buttered bread, but cheese on the side!! So, with all of your Eyewitness’s scepticism about polls, what unfolded at Mocha with Pres Ali and “traditional” PNC supporters does give LAPOP some cred!!
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…reversed
The matter has been ad journed to October 31. The former Minister was grant ed bail in the sum of $3 mil lion when he initially ap peared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on December 28, 2021.
Lawsuit dismissed
The end…
Who says silver linings don’t show up behind dark clouds?? With all the weeping and wailing and queueing to pass by QE II’s casket, her passing has stirred a very muchneeded discussion across the ex-colonial world about the lingering effects of that experience. Much ground has been covered and your Eyewitness is very proud of the reactions by Africans across the continent!! It’s very clear that most Guyanese are still in thrall with the hegemony that was imposed by the Crown and its tentacles – like schools and Church.
ty valued over $5 billion.
But there are also some hopeful signs that the discussion in Britain about whether a Monarch is still necessary in this 21st century and beyond is reviving.
A barometer, your Eyewitness knows, measures pressure so that gives us a clue that maybe the polls are meant to alert their principals as to when things might just blow up in a country or a region?? Since it’s funded by USAID, one can safely hazard a guess that it might be to keep those cloak-and-dagger types at Langley abreast of what’s going down in our neck of the woods!! Unlike us natives, they don’t go on just gossip – like what’s coming out in the accusations following the “Case of the Execution on Main Street”!
But since our democracy needs an Opposition, what’s the PNC to do??
It is alleged that Jordan, being and performing du ties of Finance Minister and being the concerned Minister for the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), a company owned by the Government, be tween February 26, 2020, and July 31, 2020, at Main Street, Georgetown, wilful ly misconducted himself by acting recklessly when he signed NICIL (Transfer of Property) Order No 50 of 2020, which was published in the Official Gazette, transferring to and vesting to BK Marine Inc, absolute ly, all buildings, erections, stellings, platforms, and further appurtenances, that is to say, Mudlots 1 & 2, F of Mudlot 3, A, B & D, situat ed at North $20,260,2762.553Georgetown,Cummingsburg,beingoveracres,forpaymentoffortheproper
…after Prosecutor a no-show
Former Finance Minister Winston Jordan
QEII’s passing fell at a time when Britain’s economy is on the fritz and inflation’s making millions into precariats. Surely, something has to give when folks can’t get decent lodgings and Charles III will have six palaces and a STIPEND of US$99 million!!
…of ethnic Opposition?
ell…well…well. Who woulda thought that a bunch of statistics could make so many of our political types jump up and down like fowlcocks in heat?!? They’ve NEVER been moved by numbers – unless there’s a dollar sign slapped in front of them!!! But these statistics were from a survey (LAPOP) done by an American University (Vanderbilt) that’s been churning them out for years – to inform folks about “the pulse” of Latin America and the Caribbean. The mavens that run LAPOP says it provides a “Barometer” for the Americas.
Winston Jordan's misconduct case rescheduled to October 31
The thing about these polls though, is you can design the questions to tell you just what you want to hear – and the respondents can also tell you just what they figure you want to hear. So, the bottom line is we gotta take them with a pinch of salt!! So what is it that got our local chatterati all atwitter and – for some politicians – their drawers all in a knot!??! Well, it was the “finding” that claimed that the vast majority of Guyanese don’t really give a hoot about elections – they just want bread and to have it buttered, thankThat’syou!!right…they don’t just not care whether elections are rigged or not, but also don’t care whether elections are held or not!! This, of course, puts the Opposition in a fix – to put it mildly!! Their entire strategy after the March 2 elections was to kvetch that the West and the Rest conspired to remove them from office! And that the PPP rigged the elections to provide reasonable grounds for that conspiracy!! So if that angle doesn’t matter to – even to most of their supporters – the question is where are they gonna find bread to hand out??
More than anything else, it was hunting by the British overlords of India and their local Maharajah flunkeys, that cheetahs became extinct in India in 1952 – when Elizabeth was crowned. This year, PM Modi brought some back –from Africa.
enior Magistrate
While Jordan had pre viously denied any wrong doing regarding this trans action, Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall, SC, had an nounced that there were ac tive investigations into a number of suspected shady dealings under the former APNU/AFC Government, and the former Finance Minister had been implicat ed in a number of “nefarious transactions”.Onbehalf of the State, the Attorney General had also filed civil proceed ings against Jordan at the Demerara High Court over the sale of the river front age to BK Marine.
icy.However, last week, Justice Brassington Reynolds dismissed the lawsuit on finding that while the Attorney General is authorised to bring an ac tion for misfeasance in pub lic office against Jordan, he did not, in the case at bar, satisfy the elements of the tort.Referencing a pletho ra of case law, he held that the pleadings in Nandlall’s Affidavit in Support were misconceived, and, there fore, ruled that the case was an abuse of the court’s pro cess, before striking it out. As such, he awarded costs of $2 million each to Jordan and BK DescribingMarine.it as “one of the most shocking decisions I have ever witnessed in my brief career at the Bar”, Nandlall has signalled his intention to appeal the de cision of the High Court Judge. (G1)
…of the Monarchy??
In this case, Nandlall was seeking to overturn the contentious sale of the State property. To this end, he had asked the court to declare the agreement of sale between BK Marine and NICIL illegal, unlaw ful, null, void, repugnant, and contrary to public pol
Not what happened to Charles I, but…
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It is further alleged that the property being sold at a price that was grossly un dervalued to such a degree amounts to an abuse of the public’s trust without rea sonable excuse or justifica tion.Jordan was arrested by SOCU, an arm of the Guyana Police Force that specialises in white-collar investigations, on December 3, 2021, as part of investiga tions into alleged instanc es of corrupt governmental transactions between 2015 andBK2020.Marine, SOCU said, had only paid 10 per cent of the purchase price, that is, $20 million, and Jordan went ahead to issue a vest ing order, passing the title to the purchaser without the payment of any further sum of Accordingmonies.to SOCU, the vesting order stated that the property is being sold free from encumbrance and liabilities and no further sum of money is owed by theItpurchaser.saidthat the trans port was subsequently is sued for the property and the value strangely stat ed on the transport was $400,000,000. Further, SOCU said that the agree ment of sale stated that the title must only pass upon full payment of the pur chaseHowever,price. SOCU con
tended that investigators have evidence to establish that a facility that is a mere fraction of the size of the State property under inves tigation, located some seven miles upriver, was sold by a private company for US$17 million. It had pointed out that this was only one of several investigations that implicated former Minister Jordan.
while research on rice and rice products progressed to working with bakeries to commercially produce bread and pastries from rice flour. Further, the completion of the Soil Laboratory was de layed due to the challeng es with the supply of equip ment for the laboratory owing to the global supply chain crisis,” the mid-year reportAccordingstated. to the report, the Soil Lab is expected to be operational in February 2023. Once operational, it is expected to improve acces sibility to soil testing in the rice industry, so that the nu trients required for rice cul tivation can be optimised to maximise production of pad dy.
year, brackish water shrimp production increased by 292.6 per cent. This, ac cording to the mid-year re port, was a direct result of Government’s expanded brackish water shrimp pro ductionGovernment’sprogramme.focus on agriculture is down to the vision of making Guyana the bread basket of the Caribbean and reducing the regional food import bill. Last year, President Ali had declared that his Government would be pur suing an aggressive cam paign to dismantle region al barriers to agricultural trade and that in the next four years, with the assis tance of more diversified crops, Guyana would aim to reduce Caricom’s food im port bill by 25 per cent. (G3)
…vegetable production to reach 400,000 mt by 2025
Other crops In the first half of the
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“Additionally, the ValueAdded Laboratory became operational in March 2022
The Government has set specific targets as it aims to ramp up agricultural production in several areas, ranging from rice production to other crop and vegetable production, as part of its drive to increase foodDuringsecurity.his presenta tion to members of the di aspora in Orlando, Florida, President Dr Irfaan Ali in formed them on some of the targets that the Government has set when it comes to agriculture. For instance, Guyana is looking to boost the production of corn and soya which is a relatively new“Bycrop.2025, we’re look ing at increasing our poul try production from 50,000 metric tonnes to 90,000 met ric tonnes. An almost 100 per cent increase. Corn and soya, for the first time in the history of our country, we’re now doing corn and soya on a commercial scale. And we’re now projected to pro duce 35,000 metric tonnes by 2035.”Healso referred to rice production, noting that they are aiming to increase its output to over 800,000. According to the President, the Government is focused on positioning Guyana to become a leader in food pro duction.“We’re looking to move our vegetables produc tion from 324,000 metric tonnes to 400,000 metric tonnes. Rice, from 560,000
year, $651.9 million of the $1.3 billion budgeted for the year was spent in support ing other crops, which in cludes vegetables. The re sults of that support include the completion of 109 shade houses, four green houses and the expansion of various spices. The Government is projecting that by year end, 62 acres of turmeric and 633 acres of ginger will be in cul tivation.Meanwhile, the sum of $142.7 million out of $343.7 million was expended by the Fisheries Department during the review period. Through the Government’s interventions into aquacul ture production, there was a 444.1 per cent increase in the first half of the year com pared with the same period in 2021.Additionally, at mid-
Govt aiming to ramp up rice production to 870,000 tonnes
Rice is one of Guyana’s main agricultural crops
Rice In the rice sector, over $100 million has been spent to improve rice yields. Additionally, support in pest control has been pro vided to farmers, while the Agriculture Ministry also marked the milestone of the Value-Added Laboratory be coming operational in March 2022.“At the end of the re view period, 16,277 bags of seeds were produced and of this amount, 13,153 bags of quality seeds were produced at the Burma Rice Research Centre while the remaining 3124 bags were by private seed growers from the No 56 Seed Facility. Research and testing continued in the first half with 6 of the 8 aromatic lines, 10 of the 12 high yield ing lines and 4 of the 16 bio fortified zinc lines selected for further testing.”
metric tonnes to 870,000 metric tonnes by 2025. Aquaculture. In one year alone, we’ve increased our shrimp production from 2250 kg to 1.2 billion kg, in one year,” the President said.The mid-year report shows that out of the $32.6 billion budgeted in the agri culture sector, $15.8 billion was spent. This money was spent on a number of things, including constructing ma jor infrastructure, procure ment of equipment and ca pacity building.
Councillor.Itwas reported that on February 14, 2017, Mandy Sukhdeo had claimed that she had been confronted by Nazamudeen, who had snatched her bag and at tempted to escape.
She had reportedly raised an alarm, and residents in the neighbourhood had pur sued Nazamudeen. Reports are that he was caught in the ruins of a Accordinghouse.to reports, he was tied up and beaten.
The marijuana that was found at Third Avenue, Bartica
As a result, the Sukhdeos will have to spend four and a half years more incarcerated.
they were further remanded to prison pending a retrial. They resided in the Ruby community along with the now dead fisherman.
The two Sukhdeos were first tried for the fisherman’s murder in 2021. But with the jury unable to reach verdicts,
60-year-old man of Second Avenue, Bartica, who was caught with 24 grams of cannabis at Third Avenue, Bartica, at about 01:12h on Sunday.Reports are that acting on information received, the
At the time of this killing, Mandy Sukhdeo had been a Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) Alliance for Change (AFC) Councillor, and her fa ther, a Good NeighbourhoodHope/HydronieDemocratic Council (NDC) A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)
Both Surendra and his daughter had favourable character references. It was detailed that both of them completed anger manage ment training offered by the prison.Surendra is now serving as a peer educator and men tor in this training. As for his daughter, a psychologist who facilitates anger manage ment training for prisoners described her as outspoken, and a kind, caring, and em pathetic human.
Three pieces of wood, suspected to be the murder weapons, were recovered from the scene by detectives. The woman and her father were immediately arrested and later prosecuted. (G1)
Surendra Sukhdeo (left) and his daughter Mandy Sukhdeo Beaten to death: Shereffudeen Nazamudeen
is life in prison—which has been determined to be be tween 25 and 30 years— Justice Barlow explained that the maximum sentence was not warranted in this case and instead commenced at a base of 13 years.
The duo was represented by Attorneys-at-Law Nigel Hughes, Konyo SandifordHolder, and Kiswana Jefford while State Counsel Latifah Elliot, State Counsel Marisa Edwards, and State Counsel Simran Gajraj were the pros ecutors.Before passing the sen tence on the convicted kill ers, the Judge considered, among other things, social reports and favourable char acter references on them, mitigating and aggravating factors, and the circumstanc es under which Nazamudeen lost his life.
ARuby, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) fa ther and daugh ter, who beat a fisherman to death in 2017, have each been jailed for four years and six months for the unlawful daughterSurendrakilling.Fifty-five-year-oldSukhdeoandhisMandySukhdeo, 33, appeared at the Demerara High Court on Friday where they were ordered to serve the prison term.
Following the beating, the man had suffered severe injuries to his body, and had been taken to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where he subsequently succumbed.
Firearm, ganja found; 2 in Police custody
From the base sentence, three years were deducted for mitigating circumstanc es and another five years and six months for the time the convicts spent in custody awaiting trial.
The firearm that was found at Sand Hill Landing, Cuyuni River
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Although the maximum penalty for manslaughter
Mitigating circumstances
Police went to Third Avenue where they observed the suspect acting in a suspi cious manner and trying to conceal something in his hand.
He said he believes that she can gainfully serve soci ety and can use her experi ence in the prison system to encourage errant members of society to stay away from crime.
Police ranks in Region Seven (CuyuniMazaruni) have ar rested two men following the discovery of an illegal weap on and narcotics during two separate operations.
Initially indicted for the capital offence of murder over the beating to death of 22-year-old fisherman Shereffudeen Nazamudeen, Surendra and his daugh ter, following a trial before Justice Jo Ann Barlow, were found guilty of the lesser count of manslaughter by a 12-member jury.
The first suspect is a
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Fisherman’s murder Man, daughter to serve 4½ years more in prison
igating around a damaged Beacon which is about 100 feet east of Calf Island in the Essequibo River, the vessel collided with the beacon and in the process, it punctured and began to sink.
It added, “The model PSA being developed will be adapted for all new pe troleum activities offshore Guyana – whether it be for exploration or production operations. This includes the upcoming competi tive bidding round that the Government intends to host in the last quarter of this year and other commercially viable discoveries that will be made in other oil blocks.”
Two persons were re ported missing af ter a boat capsized in the Essequibo River on Saturday. The mishap oc curred sometime between 18:45h and 19:00h in the vicinity of Calf Island, Essequibo River.
a discovery has been made. And they noted that the Government is fully aware of the amendment made to the 2016 PSA by the former A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Government in 2019.“The amendment saw that ExxonMobil Guyana is disallowed from recover ing, through cost oil, the two per cent royalty to be paid to the nation. This modifi cation has been implement ed and enforced through the mechanisms on the pay ments for royalties and cost recovery conditions, and the monitoring features which set out for the governance of the cost bank regarding the projects subject to petro leum“Theoperations.”recentreports in the media present that the 2019 amendment to the PSA sets the precedent for the renegotiation of the entire contract between Guyana and ExxonMobil. The Government reiterates that the contract will remain fiscally unchanged for the country and investors’ bene fits,” the Government noted.
Calls for Government to push for the re negotiation of the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with oil-giant ExxonMobil would actually be counterproduc tive for ThisGuyana.isaccording to the Natural Resources Ministry, which on Sunday explained that even though the 2016 PSA will not be renegotiat ed, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government has been and will continue to, secure bet ter fiscal terms for Guyana in subsequent oil fields.
Natural Resources Minister Vickram Bharrat
…says seeking renegotiation of 2016 PSA would be counterproductive
2 missing in Essequibo River boat mishap
Exploration Ltd holds 30 per cent interest, and CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, holds the remaining 25 per cent interest.“The Government of Guyana respects the in vestments made by the pe troleum consortium in the Stabroek Block and will con tinue to work assiduously, through various agencies, on every additional licence and environmental permit as has been done for Payara and Yellowtail develop ments.”“These projects have shown that with the prudent management of the oil and gas sector, Guyana can gar ner more economic and so cial benefits for improved in tergenerational equity of the local economy,” the Ministry said.So far, Exxon’s total in vestments in Guyana is GY$1.3 trillion on its own, and over GY$3 trillion with its partners. Additionally, the joint-venturers’ explo ration and production plans up to 2025 would likely in crease their investments to more than GY$6 trillion.
In the statement, the Ministry reiterated the Government’s belief in contract sanctity and re spect for investments made by the consortium in the Stabroek Block, which in clude Exxon through subsid iary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), as the operator holding 45 per cent interest in the Block. Hess Guyana
Survivors were taken to Bartica Regional Hospital to seek medical attention.
ExxonMobil has said it anticipates at least six proj ects offshore Guyana will be online by 2027, with produc tion already started in the second phase, with the Liza Unity Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel in operation and complementing pro duction on the Liza Destiny FPSO in the Liza Phase 1.
It was stressed that nei ther the 2016 model nor any previous PSA will be applied to any other oil block where
that even without the new model PSA, every oil field developed since 2020 has seen improved terms being secured.“Notwithstanding this, the licensing for every new field to be developed since 2020 has seen significant improvements in both en vironmental and fiscal ben efits for Guyana. This will continue to be the trend for all new investments in the Stabroek Block until the contract renegotiation pe riod is reached,” the state ment said.
Govt will continue securing improved benefits in new oil fields – Natural Resources Ministry
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Police on Sunday said that a search party was dis patched to the area in search of the two persons. Both the captain and bowman are in custody assisting with in vestigations. (G9)
The captain said he at tempted to sail to shore but the vessel sunk before reaching.Passengers began swim ming to the shore for safety. Information was circulated and public-spirited persons from Bartica went to the lo cation and assisted in rescu ing the Uponsurvivors.checking, two per sons were unaccounted for and it is unclear as to whether all the passengers were wearing life jackets at the time of the incident.
captain said that while nav
“The Government’s po sition has been and will continue to be, that the 2016 PSA, shared between ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) and its partners, remains without a renegotiation as in keeping with contract sanctity,” the Ministry said in aItstatement.notedthat Government is of the view, as has been underscored by President Dr Irfaan Ali and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, that if specific fiscal con siderations are amended in the current PSA, then that could impose unfavourable effects on current and future investments in Guyana, giv en the current world petro leumTheeconomy.Ministry reiterated that the model PSA that is currently being developed by the Government, will garner more economic benefits for Guyana. And they reminded
At the time of the inci dent, the vessel was cap tained by 34-year-old Jermin Blackman of Two Miles, Potaro Road, Bartica, Region Seven (CuyuniMazaruni), along with his bowman, 18-year-old Lamuel Allen of Four Miles, Bartica.Itwas also reported that apart from the two boat op erators, there were 10 pas sengers in the vessel in cluding popular entertainer, Darrel Romeo called “DJ Magnum”.Blackman reported to Police that sometime be tween 18:45h and 19:00h, the vessel was loaded with the 10 passengers and left Parika Stelling en route to Bartica.During the journey, the
and 20-year-old Elboy Anastacio of Grove, East Bank Demerara.
eas, processed cannabis, and cannabis plants were all destroyed by fire.
farms.On
Some of the marijuana plants
It was reported that
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A search was conduct ed on John’s bag in a make shift camp and an A03 Samsung cellular phone and one Guyana National ID card were found.
P
Arrested: Terrence John
olice destroyed over 3000 pounds of mar ijuana during a nar cotics eradication exercise by the Joint Services at De Veldt, Upper Berbice River. The ranks carried out the exercise at the De Veldt settlement between 05:30h to 20:00h on Saturday.
The camps, drying ar
The camp being destroyed
during the exercise 15,000 cannabis plants ranging from 10 inches to seven feet amounting to approxi mately 2000 pounds, were found cultivated on a total of approximately six acres of land.Inaddition, some 1000 pounds of dried cannabis, and six 12-gauge cartridg es were also found in a camp where three men and one juvenile were seen at tending to the plants on the
Arrested: Fabian Atkinson
Further searches were conducted in the camp and a Guyana Passport in fa vour of the juvenile along with his COVID-19 vacci nation card were found.
Arrested: Elboy Anastacio
seeing the Police, the trio attempted to es cape. However, Police gave chase and apprehended all of them.They have since been identified as 30-yearold Fabian Atkinson of Santa Rosa Mission, North West District; 24-yearold Terrence John of New Amsterdam, Berbice;
Over 3000 lbs of ganja unearthed along Berbice River
The three adults and the juvenile were escort ed to the Central Police Station along with the car tridges, one spray can, one water can, and one brush cutter. They remain in cus tody pending charges. (G9)
Accordingshots.to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recent figures, some 608,328,548 con firmed cases were report ed globally along with 6,501,469 deaths.
Back in March, the Guyana Government had removed most restrictions as the country recovers from the pandemic and re turns to Nevertheless,normalcy. health authorities continue to urge persons to get vacci nated and for those qual ified to get their booster shots as an added layer of protection against the vi rus.The latest vaccination figures show that so far, over 446,400 adults or 87 per cent have taken a first dose while more than 346,300 or 67.5 per cent of persons 18 years and older are fully vaccinated.
a total of 12,613,484,608 doses have been adminis tered worldwide. (G8)
5 new COVID-19 cases recorded; 1 in ICU GUYANA COVID-19 DASHBOARD SEPTEMBER 18, 2022 UPDATE GET MEDICAL ADVICE ON COVID-19 FROM MOH 24/7 HOTLINE NUMBERS: 2311166; 226 7480; 624 6674; 624 2819; 624 3067 OR 180/181. NUMBER OF NEW CASES 5 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN INSTITUTIONAL ISOLATION 3 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN HOME ISOLATION 107 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN COVID-19 ICU 1 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN INSTITUTIONAL QUARANTINE 3 TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES BY GENDER (FEMALES) 38,596 TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES BY GENDER (MALES) 32,660 TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES IN GUYANA SINCE 2020 71,256 NUMBER OF RECOVERED CASES 69,864 TOTAL 1st DOSE VACCINATED 446,000 FULLY IMMUNISED 345,757 TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS 1281 DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES SINCE MARCH 2020 REGION 1 2689 REGION 2 3154 REGION 3 8752 REGION 4 35,477 REGION 5 2580 REGION 6 6955 REGION 7 2657 REGION 8 921 REGION 9 4348 REGION 10 3723 HERE IS HOW YOU CAN BE SAFE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Wear a face mask. Keep a physical distance of at least 6 Washfeet. your hands or use handIfsanitizeryouhave any symptoms, call the COVID-19 Hotline.
For adolescents be tween the ages of 12 and 17, in excess of 35,700 or
177,229,128
Last week, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony reported that while most of the popula tion would have taken at least a first and second dose of the COVID-19 vac cine, only a small portion of these persons – 12.5 per cent of the population – have returned for their booster
Vaccines are also be ing administered to chil dren in the five to 11 cate gory and so far, more than 8100 or eight per cent have gotten a first dose, while only about 3900 or 3.9 per cent of this cohort have returned for the sec ond
As it relates to vaccina tion against COVID-19, the WHO also reported that
A nother five persons have tested posi tive for the novel coronavirus within a 24hour period, according to the Health Ministry on Sunday.Consequently, active cases in Guyana are now 111, including one pa tient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the remaining per sons in isolation, that is, 107 in home isolation and the other three in institu tional isolation.
In the Region of the Americas, that is, Latin America and the Caribbean, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to while the death toll in the Region has gone up to 2,828,219.
49 per cent of them have received first doses and of that amount, nearly 26,200 or 35.9 per cent re ceived a second dose.
trywide and of this, some 32,660 males and 38,596 females were found to be positive.Ofthe five new cases recorded on Sunday, two were from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), another two cases from the DemeraraMahaica region and the one remaining case from Region Five (MahaicaBerbice).There were no new cas es recorded in the other seven regions across the country within the report ing 24-hour period.
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Moreover,dose. in excess of 73,400 booster shots were taken to date by the vari ous age groups.
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Clean-Up Exercise: Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips, along with Public Works Minister Juan Edghill and Chief of Staff (acting), Colonel Omar Khan, led a clean-up campaign with ranks of the Guyana Defence Force in cleaning up the corridors of the Mandela-to-Eccles Highway and around Georgetown (GDF photos)
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APNU/AFC asking court to declare President in dereliction of duty
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The Opposition APNU/ AFC has filed legal proceedings over per manent appointments to the offices of the Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice, calling it a gross dereliction and abdication of duties by President Dr Irfaan Ali.
Constitution so that the of fices of Chancellor and Chief Justice may be held with permanent appointments.
Jordan pointed to a let ter sent by Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton to the President in which he expressed that he was committed to agreeing to the immediate appoint ment of Justices
August 2, 2020, and from then to present, the Head of State has failed to ini tiate any process contem plated by Article 127 of the Constitution to make per manent appointments to the offices.
The suspect is presently in custody pending charges.
According to the 22-yearold man, he and the sus pect had a misunderstand ing over some money when the suspect whipped out the firearm and dealt him a lash to his head. The suspect was dealt a punch to his face and lostTheconsciousness.22-year-old miner immediately took away the
The procedure for the ap pointment of the Chancellor and Chief Justice is out lined in Articles 127 (1) of the Constitution which states: “The Chancellor and the Chief Justice shall be appointed by the President after obtaining the agree ment of the Leader of the Opposition.”Ithasbeen over 21 and 17 years, respectively, since Guyana has had a con firmed Chief Justice and Chancellor. The last con firmed Chief Justice was Desiree Bernard who served from 1996 to 2001; she also served as Chancellor from 2001 to Member2005. of Parliament (MP) Jordan complained that Dr Ali assumed the office of the President on
He told the court that President Ali has public ly stated that he would not initiate the process to make the appointments until the Opposition recognises the legitimacy of the PPP/C Government.“Sincethe 2nd day of August 2020, the President has stated that he would not initiate the process under Article 127 of the Constitution until the Leader of the Opposition and the Opposition recognises him and his Government as a legitimate Government,” JordonReferencingsaid. an article
Luckily, he added, an ad justment was made for an al ternative if there is no agree ment between the President and the Opposition Leader under Article 127 (2) of the Constitution, that is, for the President to make act ing appointments. And with consultations between Presidents and Opposition Leaders being unsuccessful over recent years, Nandlall had signalled there may need to be constitution al amendments. “When we are going to consider consti tutional reforms, we should consider whether we should change it again because Guyana is the only country in the Commonwealth that has this provision and we have great difficulty filling it,” he had said.
“I am trying to com plete the Judicial Service Commission; these things must be in place almost in stantaneously now that we have the clearance. We’re hoping to have the Teaching Service Commission ful ly constituted and in effect, we’re hoping to have the Public Service Commission fully in effect…then we’ll move our focus…,” he fur therTheexplained.Headof State had previously told the media that, “we have no issues ap pointing (the Chancellor and Chief Justice), but when the right time comes, we will have the consultations on the Chancellor and the Chief Justice.” (G1)
So, I don’t know who I am consulting with. I am sure Harmon definitively knows who also is the Leader of the Opposition and who is the President, so the ball is in his court to do the right thing and I’m hoping – I’m a very positive person – I’m hoping that very soon he will stop his reckless statements about the Government and do what is right in the inter est of the people of Guyana.”
Substantive Chancellor, Chief Justice appointment
Regrettable situation
“When the time is right” Earlier this month, President Ali indicated that he would deal with the sub stantive appointments of the Chancellor and Chief Justice “when the time is right”, and after the various service commissions are es
Firearm, ganja found...
tablished.We’re not at the stage of addressing those issues as yet,” the Head of State explained when asked for an update on the top judi cial appointments, adding, “There’s nothing stalling it. It’s just that we’ve not com menced addressing that as yet.”According to President Ali, other matters are engag ing his attention.
published in the Guyana Chronicle on April 3, 2021, he said that the Head of State was quoted therein as saying: “As you are aware, the [then] Leader of the Opposition [Joseph Harmon] has still not issued any state ment recognising the legit imacy of the Government.
Meanwhile, on Saturday at Sand Hill Landing, Cuyuni River, Region Seven, a Smith and Wesson Revolver along with four rounds of match ing ammunition was seized from a known male.
Meanwhile, Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC, had previously said that, re grettably, some 20 years af ter Guyana’s Constitution was amended to facilitate the appointments of top judi cial officers by the President with the agreement of the Opposition Leader, there is yet to be a substantive ap pointment of a Chancellor and Chief Justice.
Efforts are being made to locate the suspect, who es caped after regaining con sciousness.The22-year-old min er was taken to the Bartica Police Station as investiga tions continue. (G9)
President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Justice Adrian Saunders, in April of this year, expressed his views on this impasse, calling on Guyana to remedy this re grettable situation with ut most urgency, recommend ing that the country should do so by the end of 2022.
Police said that the weapon was retrieved by a 33-year-old Supernumerary Constable attached to Baksh Diamond Enterprise Security Service at about 06:15h.This was after the sus pect was “knocked out” by a 22-year-old man, whom he assaulted with the firearm.
He conceded that the current formula that re quires consensus between the President and the Opposition Leader has not
Justice,theRoxaneCummings-EdwardsYonnetteandGeorge,SCasChancellorandChiefrespectively.The
two judicial officers are cur rently acting in their respec tiveConsideringposts. this, the MP argued that President Ali has no valid and constitu tional excusable basis and/ or reason for failing to ini tiate the process contem plated by Article 127 of the
and retrieved the firearm along with the four match ing ro unds of ammunition and one spent shell.
President Dr Irfaan Ali
A search was conduct ed on him but nothing ille gal was found. A search was also conducted by the Police in the yard that the suspect ran through, and next to an oxygen tank the rank found a transparent parcel con taining a number of leaves, seeds, and stems of canna bis.The suspect was arrest ed and escorted to Bartica Police Station where the narcotics was weighed and amounted to 24 grams.
The country’s inabil ity to appoint a substan tive Chancellor and Chief Justice for an extended pe riod has been a cause for concern for several bodies like the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers (CAJO), and the Bar Association of Guyana.
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worked in the more than two decades it was put in place.
Opposition MP Vinceroy Jordan
firearm from the suspect and discharged a round in the air.The man then hand ed over the gun along with the ammunition to the Supernumerary Constable, who made contact with Police ranks from the Itaballi Police Checkpoint and informed them of the in cident.Ranks visited the scene
A fixed Date Application (FDA) filed in the name of APNU/AFC parliamentari an Vinceroy Jordan, wants the High Court to direct the President to forthwith ini tiate the process contem plated by Article 127 of the Constitution to make ap pointments to the two top judicial posts.
Residents and stu dents of Wakenaam Island, Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) benefitted from a career fair which ad dressed career opportunities in Guyana’s bourgeoning oil and gas sector.
Wakenaam residents, students benefit from career fair …urged to take advantage of opportunities
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an overview of the diverse range of career paths in the maritime an offshore sector, and even those that are di rectly related to oil and gas.
ed.
AA Maritime and Offshore Training Institute provides specialised and integrated training pro grammes which focus on teaching practical skills to both local and international students through a blended approach.Presentations were made by Career Coach Avia Maria Lindie, Career Development specialist Elon Alonzo, Captain Hassan Fouda of AAMOTI, and Odessa Felix of Marine Traders Atlantic Inc.The activity also saw a question-and-answer seg ment which saw the partic ipants asking about eligibil ity, criteria, accreditation, remuneration packages, and financing options.
pact on the futures of chil dren and youth globally.
The summit provides a unique opportunity to ele vate education to the top of the global political agenda and to mobilise action, am bition, solidarity and solu tions to recover pandem ic-related learning losses and sow the seeds to trans form education in a rapidly changingMeanwhile,world. the Education Ministry’s School Feeding Coordinator, Mahendra Phagwah, is also in New York at the invita tion of the United Nations Foundation to attend the Transforming Education Summit.Phagwah is represent ing Guyana as a speaker at several high-level events joining Heads of States and Ministers of Education, where he is speaking on why school feeding is im portant to transforming
(L-R) Education Ministry’s Legal Officer and Public Relations Manager Murtland Haley and Chief Planning Officer Nicola Johnson, along with Loiselle Robinson, a teacher from Region One, and Guyana’s top performer at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) 2022, Bhedesh Persaud attending the Summit
education at the Ford’s Foundation by the United Nations Foundation and Reimaging the Future of Learning for Sustainability and Inclusivity on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Phagwah is also the only Guyanese researcher be hind the “By Us For Us, Rewiring Education for a New Generation” launched in Dubai, UAE of last year which has now led to the launching of a new report “Rewiring Education for People and Planet” at the Transforming Education Summit.The report was devel oped in partnership with the Education Commission, and pulls together the main outcomes and recommen dations from the Rewired Summit to make sure they are taken forward and im plemented. The report pres ents six concrete, win-win
The fair was held at the Essequibo Island Secondary School and took the form of a recruitment drive which was hosted by Atlantic Ventures group. The event coincided with a regional investment outreach which was facili tated by the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest).
Managing partners of the recently established AA Maritime and offshore train ing institute (AAMOTI), Miranda Thakur-Deen and Asif Hamid provided
Hamid noted that the training institute is look ing to help Guyanese equip themselves with the neces sary qualifications and skills needed to support the devel opment of the country’s rap idly-expanding petroleum sector.“The Government is se rious about Guyanese bene fitting from these opportuni ties in the oil and gas sector and we are here to provide those opportunities to you. We are also responding to that call for local companies to build capacity and pro vide international standards in service delivery,” he not
…importance of local school feeding programme highlighted at UN
Guyana is currently being represented at the United Nations Transforming Education Summit held in New York from September 16 to September 19, 2022.
In June 2022, Samuel Haynes and Hansranie Budnie joined Education Minister Priya Manickchand in Paris, France, to repre sent Guyana at the PreSummit. The two partici pated in a dedicated Youth Forum with their topic, “The Right to be Heard”. Manickchand believes strongly that it is impera tive that the young people of Guyana are exposed to lo cal global leadership on var ious issues. As such, under her leadership, numerous young people from across Guyana have been given opportunities share their views and make positive contributions not only to the country’s education sector, but to the overall develop ment of Guyana.
Guyana participating in UN’s Transforming Education Summit
solutions that align action across sectors and stake holders for which education is both the fundamental ve hicle and goal.
The Education Ministry’s Chief Planning Officer, Nicola Johnson; Legal Officer and Public Relations Manager, Murtland Haley along with Guyana’s top performing Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) 2022
and Transforming Classrooms through Social and Emotional Learning; and Financial Literacy: A Universal 21st Century Skill - Lessons Learned from Low- and MiddleIncome Countries. The Transforming Education Summit was convened in re sponse to a global crisis in education – one of equity and inclusion, quality and relevance. Many studies have shown that this crisis is having a devastating im
student, Bhedesh Persaud and Loiselle Robinson, a teacher from Region One (Barima-Waini) are attend ing the Overevent.thepast few days, the team has benefited from numerous discussions. These included Schools 2030: Reimagining the Roles of Schools, Systems and Societies for the Future of Teaching and Learning; Learning Passport: A Digital Future for Every Child; Tackling Inequality
Clomiphene (Clomid) is a fertility drug that can help women with PCOS get preg nant. It’s important to note that, while discussing family
A few treatments can help get rid of unwanted hair or stop it from growing.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a condition in which the ovaries produce an abnormal amount of androgens, male sex hormones that are usual ly present in women in small amounts.
Reduce heart disease and diabetes risks
Treatment for PCOS usually starts with lifestyle changes like weight loss, diet, and Losingexercise.just5 to 10 per cent of body weight can help regulate the menstrual cy cle and improve PCOS symp toms. Weight loss can also: Improve cholesterol levels
Surgery can be an option to improve fertility if oth er treatments don’t work.
Other questions are asked such as if patients have or had symptoms like acne, face and body hair growth, and weight gain.
Adiet.few studies have found that 30 minutes of moder ate-intensity exercise at least three days a week can help women with PCOS lose weight. Losing weight with exercise also improves ovu lation and insulin levels.
diabetes and heart disease.
There is some evidence that acupuncture can help with improving PCOS, but more research is needed.
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These hormones come in a pill, patch, or vaginal ring.
One study found that tak ing metformin while making changes to diet and exercise improves weight loss, lowers blood sugar, and restores a normal menstrual cycle bet ter than changes to diet and exercise alone.
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PCOS interrupts the nor mal menstrual cycle and makes it harder to get preg nant. Between 70 and 80 per cent of women with PCOS have fertility problems. This condition can also increase the risk of pregnancy compli cations.Women with PCOS are twice as likely as women without the condition to de liver their babies prema turely. They’re also at great er risk for miscarriage, high blood pressure, and gesta tionalHowever,diabetes.women with PCOS can get pregnant us ing fertility treatments that improve ovulation. Losing weight and lowering blood sugar levels can improve your chances of having a healthy pregnancy.
can:Restore a normal hor mone balance
Exercise is even more bene ficial when combined with a healthy diet. Diet plus exer cise helps to lose more weight than either intervention alone or lowers the risks for
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Trying to get pregnant for more than 12 months but ha ven’t been Havingsuccessful.symptoms of di abetes, such as excessive thirst or hunger, blurred vi sion, or unexplained weight loss.If periods are already ir regular or absent and trying to get pregnant, do not wait 12 months to see a specialist
Any diet that helps to lose weight can help the condi tion. However, some diets may have advantages over others.Studies comparing diets for PCOS have found that low carbohydrate diets are effective for both weight loss and lowering insulin levels. A low glycemic index (low GI) diet that gets most carbohy drates from fruits, vegeta bles, and whole grains helps regulate the menstrual cycle better than a regular weight loss
Irregular menstrual cy
A pelvic exam can look for any problems with the ova ries or other parts of the re productive tract. During this test, a doctor inserts gloved fingers into the vagina and checks for any growth in the ovaries or uterus.
Relieve symptoms like ex cess hair
Health Tips – Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Part 2
Metformin
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Ovarian drilling is a proce dure that makes tiny holes in the ovary with a laser or thin heated needle to restore nor mal ovulation.
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Metformin (Glucophage, Fortamet) is a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes. It also treats PCOS by improving insulin levels.
Pregnancy and PCOS
Regulate ovulation
Eflornithine (Vaniqa) cream is a prescription drug that slows hair growth. Laser hair removal and electrolysis can get rid of unwanted hair on your face and body.
PCOS can disrupt a wom an’s menstrual cycles and make it harder to get preg nant. High levels of male hormones also lead to un wanted symptoms like hair growth on the face and body. Lifestyle interventions are the first treatments doctors recommend for PCOS, and they often work well. Weight loss can treat PCOS symptoms and im prove the odds of getting pregnant. Diet and aerobic exercise are two effective ways to lose Medicationsweight.are an op tion if lifestyle changes don’t work. Birth control pills and Metformin can both restore more normal menstrual cy cles and relieve PCOS symp toms.
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Diet and lifestyle tips to treat PCOS
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When to consult a doctor See a doctor if: Missed periods, and not pregnant.Having symptoms of PCOS, such as hair growth on the face and body.
Blood tests check for higher-than-normal levels of maleBloodhormones.tests to check the cholesterol, insulin, and tri glyceride levels to evaluate the risk for related conditions like heart disease and diabe tes.An ultrasound uses sound waves to look for abnormal follicles and other problems with your ovaries and uterus.
planning, keep in mind that clomiphene increases the chances of twins and other multiple births (26).
Birth control pills and other medications can help regulate the menstrual cycle and treat PCOS symptoms like hair growth and acne.
Doctors typically diag nose PCOS in women who have at least two of these three symptoms:
to beAlso,evaluated.keepin mind that if there is no desire to get preg nant, irregular or absent pe riods are not birth control in themselves. It may still be possible to get pregnant even under these conditions. It’s best to use contraception in this case even if diagnosed withForPCOS.those with PCOS, plan regular visits with a pri mary care doctor. Along with regular tests to check for di abetes, high blood pressure, and other possible complica tions.
said in a statement. LUMA said restoring power fully could take several days.
Firefighters and the country's Red Cross report ed at least nine people died.
Puerto Rico's ports have been closed and flights out of the main airport can celled. Torrential rains and mudslides were also forecast for the Dominican Republic as the storm progresses north-westward, with the Turks and Caicos Islands likely facing tropical storm conditions on Tuesday, the NHC
President Joe Biden ap proved an emergency dec laration for Puerto Rico on Sunday, a move that autho rises the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to coordinate disas ter relief and provide emer gency protective measures. (Excerpt from Reuters)
Justice Minister Berto Dorcé vowed to identify and punish those behind attacks
Last week, there were re ports of clashes, including protesters throwing stones and shots being fired.
fice in August, has promised to seek "total peace" by fully implementing a 2016 peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and talking to socalled dissidents who reject the accord as well as crimi nalSeveralgangs. commanders from the two major dis sident groups have been killed in recent months, in cluding across the border in Venezuela. (Excerpt from Reuters)
Haiti is one of the poor est countries in the world and has suffered a number of recent crises, most nota bly the assassination of its President, Jovenel Moïse, in July 2021 and a massive earthquake that left more than 2200 people dead just a month later.
In the city of Gonaives, in the north, public buildings and private residences were attacked and looted.
Bolivia has a limited number of firefighters to fight forest fires in the coun try, but the Government has mobilised 10,513 military personnel to work to miti gate fire risks, according to the Civil Bolivia,Defence.along with Argentina's help, could rep resent a lifeline for the re gion's rich fauna and flora at the border of both coun ties, said Mayor Carlos Brú of the border town Yacuiba. (Excerpt from Reuters)
"Our goal is to prevent the affected figure from reaching 1.5 million (hect ares)," the Vice Minister of
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Bus crashes in Costa Rica, at least 9 dead
Risks of new fire spots in some forested and agri cultural areas in Bolivia re main a concern, Government authorities said.
In Port-au-Prince, pro testers set up barricades and blocked roads with piles of burning tyres.
Bolsonaro flew to London just two weeks before the October 2 first-round vote, in which he trails in opinion polls to his leftist rival, for
"Thesesaid. rains will pro duce life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and urban flooding across Puerto Rico and the eastern Dominican Republic, along with mudslides and land slides in areas of higher ter rain," the agency said.
The entire island of Puerto Rico was with out power on Sunday as Hurricane Fiona made landfall, causing severe flooding and landslides be fore barrelling toward the Dominican Republic, a Government agency said.
The country has been plagued by gang violence. (BBC News)
olombian Government repre sentatives have met with members of an armed group that grew out of the demobilised Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels to explore po tential peace talks, the two sides said in a statement.
Colombian officials, dissident FARC hold meeting with view toward peace talks
although the active fires were only about twenty, Civil Defence estimates.
Earlier this week, two Journalists were shot dead and their bodies set on fire in Cité Soleil, on the out skirts of the capital Port-auPrince.
Intense rains are ex pected to continue in coast al areas, the National Meteorological Institute said on Twitter on Sunday.
The President has been largely shunned by Western leaders for his lacklustre stewardship of the Amazon rainforest and his proximi ty with former US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Western leaders are also increasingly concerned about his commitment to democracy. He has repeat edly made baseless attacks on Brazil's electronic voting system, and implied he may not accept the results of the election if he loses. (Excerpt from Reuters)
bus crash caused by heavy rains in Costa Rica left at least nine dead people on Saturday night, officials said.
Secretary General António Guterres is "deeply concerned" about theTheunrest.latest demonstra tions come as inflation has risen to its highest lev el in a decade, 40 per cent of the country is relying on food assistance to survive, and chronic gang violence has left hundreds dead and thousands displaced.
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"This situation in which many families lose their be longings is really sad and worrying," said Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chaves. (Reuters)
sation, that doesn't want to talk about legalising abor tion and that doesn't accept 'gender ideology'," Bolsonaro said.Reuters reported this week that Bolsonaro's cam paign hoped to use his trip to project the image of a re spectable statesman with in ternational support. He will go to New York later this week to make an address at the annual United Nations General Assembly gather ing of world leaders.
Bolivian authorities are striving to pre vent an increase in forest fires at its border with Argentina, after almost one million hectares (2.47 mil lion acres) were ravaged in the eastern part of the coun try so far this year, authori ties said on Sunday.
about 140 kilometres per hour (85 miles per hour), clearing the threshold for a Category 1 hurricane, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday signed a book of condolence at Lancaster House in London, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II [Jonathan Hordle/Pool via Reuters]
Authorities were trying to find missing people, who the presidency said numbered at least 30. Hundreds of families had to be evacuat ed due to the severe damage caused by the heavy rains, the statement added.
Civil Defence, Juan Carlos Calvimontes, told local me dia on Calvimontes,Sunday. however, celebrated the fact that the country is facing a "signifi cant reduction" if compared to the five million hectares burned in 2019.
Bolivia hopes to prevent forest fires in vulnerable areas
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was accused by Opposition figures on Sunday of turning his trip to London for Queen Elizabeth's funeral into an election campaign event, in what critics said was his lat est attack on Brazil's repu tation.
In an address to his yel low-and-green-clad sup porters from the balcony of the Brazilian Embassy, farright former Army Captain Bolsonaro touched briefly on the queen's legacy, be fore accusing the Opposition of trying to implant com munism in South America's largest"We'recountry.acountry that doesn't want drug liberali
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, who took of
Senior leaders have called for calm after days of violent an ti-Government protests in Haiti.Protesters are demand ing the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, after an end to Government fuel subsidies caused petrol and diesel prices to skyrocket.
Satellite images showed over 500 hot spots in Bolivia,
Heavy rains across the country caused a landslide on the Cambronero route, in the west of the country 70 kilometres (45 miles) from the capital San Jose.
Brazil's Bolsonaro draws heat for pointed campaign speech before Queen's funeral
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The NHC said the storm was causing "catastrophic flooding" by early Sunday evening.Electricity was out across the island of 3.3 million peo ple, LUMA Energy, operator of the island's grid and the Puerto Rico power authority
In Port-au-Prince, protesters set up barricades and blocked roads with piles of burning tyres
mer President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
the statement showed the members' willingness to hold a bilateral ceasefire.
Hurricane Fiona makes landfall on Puerto Rico, knocking out power to island
The local offices of the UN Food Programme were attacked on Thursday.
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A man stands in the strong winds of Hurricane Fiona in Ponce, Puerto Rico, September 18, 2022 [Reuters/Ricardo Arduengo}
The centre of the storm made landfall on the south-western coast of Puerto Rico near Punta Tocon at 15:20h with max imum sustained winds of
Signed by a United Nations representative, the Norway Government as in ternational observers, and a representative of a group of so-called FARC dissidents,
It added that both parts agreed to sign a confiden tial protocol to guarantee a meeting of FARC dissident commanders."Thetwoparties express the willingness and need for these dialogues to be set by a bilateral ceasefire, whose execution must be verified," the statement said.
Haiti riots: Calls for calm after anti-Government violence
A preliminary report by Bolivian Civil Defence re vealed that 80 per cent of the fires affected areas of grassland and small bushes, mainly due to the drought and the use of fire by farm ers to clear land for crops.
An archaeologist enters a funerary cave discovered in the central Palmahim park area on Israel's Mediterranean coast a site containing untouched finds such as pottery vessels that date back to the 13th century BCE during the rule of Egypt's Pharaoh Rameses II [Emil Aladjem/Israeli Antiquities Authority/AFP]
Administration said six car riages came off the rails at Dongli station in eastern Taiwan after part of the platform canopy collapsed, but the fire department said there were no injuries.
a lull of sorts," he said in his regular nightly address. "But there will be no lull. There is preparation for the next series ... For Ukraine
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reign of Rameses II, who controlled Canaan, a ter ritory that roughly encom passed modern-day Israel and the Palestinian ter ritories. (Excerpt from Al Jazeera)
Fury grows in Iran over woman who died after hijab arrest
Now, “with a large global flow surplus and those transfers available to rebuild inventories, US oil data has been mainly bearish in Q3,” Standard Chartered writes, adding that “The latest Energy Information Administration (EIA) release continues that trend, with our US oil data bull-bear falling 8.3 w/w to a highly bearish -70.0.”
top US general warned on Sunday it was unclear how Russia would react to its bat tlefield setbacks in Ukraine, as Britain said Moscow's forces had widened strikes on civilian infrastructure and were likely to expand their targets further.
“Once in a lifetime”: Rameses II-era burial cave found in Israel
US President Joe Biden, asked what he would tell Putin if he was consider ing using such weapons, re plied in an interview with CBS's"60 Minutes": "Don't. Don't. Don't. It would change the face of war unlike any thing since World War Two." (Excerpt from Reuters)
Ukraine allies see risk in Russia's response to battlefield setbacks
In a video released by the IAA, gobsmacked ar chaeologists shine flash lights on dozens of pot tery vessels in a variety of forms and sizes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed there would be let up in the fighting."Perhaps it seems to some of you that after a se ries of victories we now have
Ukrainians who returned to the north-eastern area re taken in Kyiv's lightning advance earlier this month
The US Geological Survey measured Sunday's quake at a magnitude 7.2 and at a depth of 10 km (six miles).
Standard Chartered described early indications of September demand as “weak”, noting that “demand for all products is lower y/y except other oils. The distillate data was particularly weak, with a sharp 4.22mb inventory build and the lowest implied demand in 20 months.” (Oilprice. com)
Under Iran's sharia, or Islamic law, women are obliged to cover their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothes. Offenders face pub lic rebuke, fines or arrest. But in recent months activ ists have urged women to re move veils despite the hard line rulers' crackdown on "immoral behaviour".
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On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin brushed off Ukraine's swift counteroffensive and said Moscow would respond more forcefully if its troops were put under further pressure.
Such repeated threats have raised concerns Putin could at some point turn to small nuclear weapons or chemical warfare.
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Ukraine's General Staff said Ukrainian forces re pelled attacks by Russian troops in the areas of the Kharkiv region in the east and Kherson in south where Ukraine launched count er-offensives this month, as well as in parts of Donetsk in the southeast.
s oil prices continue to plunge, with the latest selloff triggered by a surprise crude build and another release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, commodity analysts at Standard Chartered say the oil market is not fundamentally broken but is rather merely responding to a surplus.Inits
Police rejected suspicions aired on social media that she was beaten, saying she fell ill as she waited with other detained "Authoritieswomen.have said my daughter suffered from chronic medical conditions. I personally deny such claims as my daughter was fit and had no health problems," Amini's father told pro-re form Emtedad news website on Sunday.Hundreds of protesters gathered on Sunday around the University of Tehran, shouting "Woman, Life,
were searching for their dead while Russian artillery and air strikes kept pound ing targets across Ukraine's east.
latest commodities market update on Thursday, StanChart said that the global oil market is currently in excess supply, with the US transferring an average 0.83 million barrels per day (mb/d) into commercial inventories in the third StanChartquarter.analysts estimate the Q3 surplus at 1.82 million barrels per day, and suggest that forecasts–notably from US investment banks–that were indicating the potential for US$150 oil were wrong and that the market “has not yet fully priced in the extent to which that assumption proved wrong”.While forecasters have blamed market mechanism failures, volatility, trader irrationality and low liquidity for the recent plunge in oil prices, Standard Chartered analysts say the market is “well-functioning” and the simple answer is a “sharp swing into surplus”.
team of Israeli ar chaeologists has made a “once-ina-lifetime” discovery of a burial cave dating back to ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses II.
Amini, 22, died on Friday after falling into a coma fol lowing her arrest in Tehran earlier in the week. The case has put a spotlight on wom en's rights in Iran.
magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely populat ed south-eastern part of Taiwan on Sunday, the is land's weather bureau said, derailing train carriag es, causing a convenience store to collapse and trap ping hundreds on mountain roads.The weather bureau said the epicentre was in Taitung county, and fol lowed a 6.4 magnitude tem blor on Saturday evening in the same area, which caused no casualties.
More than 600 people are trapped on the scenic Chike and Liushishi mountain ar eas by blocked roads, though there were no injuries and rescuers were working to re open the roads, the depart ment said.
The quake could be felt across Taiwan, the weath er bureau said. Buildings shook briefly in the capi tal Taipei, and aftershocks have continued to jolt the island. Taiwan lies near the junction of two tectonic plates and is prone to earth quakes.More than 100 people were killed in a quake in southern Taiwan in 2016, while a 7.3 magnitude quake killed more than 2000 peo ple in 1999. (Excerpt from Reuters)
At least one relative ly intact skeleton was also found in two rectangular plots in the corner of the cave.“The cave may furnish a complete picture of the Late Bronze Age funerary customs,” said Eli Yannai, an IAA Bronze Age expert. It is an “extremely rare… once-in-a-lifetime discovery”, Yannai said, pointing to the extra for tune of the cave having re mained sealed until its re centTheuncovering.findingsdate to the
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Bowls – some of them painted red, some contain ing bones – could be seen in the cave along with footed
rotests persist ed on Sunday and #MahsaAmini be came one of the top hashtags ever on Persian-language Twitter as Iranians fumed over the death of a young woman in the custody of mo rality police enforcing strict hijab rules.
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By Sunday after noon the Persian hashtag #MahsaAmini had reached 1.63 million mentions on Twitter.Amini was from the country's Kurdistan region, where there were also pro tests on Saturday, including at the funeral in her home townBetweenSaqez. 8 to 10 million Kurds live in Iran. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have put down unrest in the coun try’s Kurdish areas for de cades, and the hardline ju diciary has sentenced many activists to long jail terms or death. (Excerpt from Reuters)
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The discovery was made on Tuesday when the group found pottery piec es and bronze artefacts dating back to the reign of the ancient Egyptian king, who died in 1213 BC, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Sunday.Thecave was uncovered on a beach when a mechan ical digger working at the Palmahim national park hit its roof, with archae ologists using a ladder to descend into the spacious, man-made square cave.
Taiwan's fire department said all four people were res cued from a building housing a convenience store that col lapsed in Yuli, while three people whose vehicle fell off a damaged bridge were res cued and taken to hospital.
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West Indies Women’s full squad for 1st and 2nd CG United ODIs Hayley Matthews (Captain)2.Aaliyah Alleyne Shamilia Connell Fletcher Shabika Gajnabi Henry Knight McLean Nation Ramharack Selman (Vice Captain)12.Stafanie Taylor Rashada Williams
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"But we spoke to the right people and I started working with Simon Shanks. I mean, I've hit two perfect golf shots into the last there. There's so much hard work gone into this."Rory McIlroy had been
Just one hole was required as the Englishman could only manage a par after a poor tee shot, whereas MacIntyre birdied to seal a surprise victory."This means everything," MacIntyre said. "I was down and out about two or three months ago – I didn't know what I was doing and didn't know where to go.
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Victor Perez capitalised to finish third at 13 under, with his final round of 66 bettered only by MacIntyre's 64. (Sportsmax)
he final fight of the trilogy between Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin failed to live up to the hype as the Mexican star controlled the contest from bell-to-bell for a convincing unanimous decision triumph.
channel. Live ball-by-ball scoring will also be available on the www.windiescricket. com Match Centre.
After a draw in their first match-up – which most fight fans feel should have been a win for Golovkin – and another controversial majority decision win for Alvarez in the rematch, this was a decisive end to the rivalry even if the scorecards ended up close.
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entered the rivalry at a perfect 37-0.For Alvarez, he is now 582-2, bouncing back from his second career loss in his last fight when he tried to jump up multiple weight classes and collect another world title, ultimately being outpointed by the much larger Dmitry Bivol.
However, a remarkable 10 birdies for MacIntyre at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club saw him finish seven-under par on Sunday and 14-under overall, level with Fitzpatrick.
expected to rival Fitzpatrick for the title, the Northern Irishman starting the day one shot behind, but he ended up finishing fourth.
Two of the three judges scored the bout 115-113 for Alvarez, meaning they had him winning seven rounds
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The 26-year-old, whose only previous Tour triumph came at the Cyprus Showdown in 2020, started the final round three shots behind overnight leader Fitzpatrick.
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It was a disappointing showing for the 40-year-old Golovkin, who was once one of the most feared power punchers in the sport and arguably the better boxer for the first two fights of the trilogy, but he failed to ever threaten the 32-year-old Alvarez, who was noticeably faster with both his hands and his feet.The loss moves Golovkin's record to 42-2-1 – with both of his losses and his draw coming against Alvarez – having
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Fans can now purchase tickets for any of the matches at tickets.windiestickets. com, the official Windies Tickets service presented by Mastercard. For all matches, adults can purchase general admission tickets online at US$5.00, with free admission for children under the age of 16 when accompanied by a paying adult. Seniors benefit
Shemaine Campbelle has been ruled out of the series through injury. While this is a blow to both the batting and wicketkeeping departments, it allows the upcoming wicketkeepers to showcase their talent. It is hoped that particularly the batters will use this CG United ODI series to get some big scores which will boost confidence.”
the West Indies Women’s team since she last played the five-match T20 International series against England in Derby in 2020. Shemaine Campbelle, initially named in the 17-member squad, has unfortunately been ruled out of the full eight-match whiteball series with an injury.
from half-price tickets. The stadium ticket office will open on the day of the rescheduled 1st CG United ODI with printed tickets available for EC$15.00/US$5.00.Alleight matches will be streamed live in the Caribbean on ESPN Caribbean’s “ESPN Play” app and will be available around the world with some of CWI’s broadcast partners and on the Windies Cricket YouTube
obert MacIntyre landed his second DP World Tour title by beating Matt Fitzpatrick in a play-off finish to the Italian Open.
Alvarez closes out trilogy against Golovkin with convincing unanimous decision victory
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he Cricket West Indies (CWI) Women’s Selection Panel has announced the 13-member squad for the first two CG United One-Day International (ODI) matches against New Zealand Women to be played from September 19 to September 25 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
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to five, although there was a strong argument that Alvarez comfortably won the first eight rounds of the fight before coasting to the finish.
US Open winner Fitzpatrick, who was seeking a second title of the season, birdied the 18th hole to force
a play-off in Rome.
He started the final round with a double-bogey on the first hole, before recovering with five birdies over the next 14 holes.McIlroy was back within one shot of the lead at that point, but a bogey on the parfour 16th, when finding the water off the tee, effectively ended his chances.
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Alvarez made a guaranteed US$45 million for Saturday's finale to the trilogy, and that will likely climb over US$60 million once his cut of the pay-per-views are factored in. Golovkin, on the 'B-side' of the draw, will pocket US$20 million guaranteed plus a smaller share of the pay-perview buys. (Sportsmax)
MacIntyre beats Fitzpatrick in Italian Open play-off as McIlroy finishes 4th
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13-member West Indies Women’s squad selected for 1st and 2nd CG United ODIs against New Zealand Women
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Petra Co-Director Troy Mendonca and a Friendship Secondary teacher show off the playing kits donated by the GFF
The Petra-organised tournament got underway at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground, with a March past competition.Beforethe eight participating teams got into competition
he final match of the Trinidad leg of the 2022 edition of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) got off to a bang in the first innings of theThegame.St Lucia Kings bat tled the Trinbago Knight Riders; in a sea of red, the Kings were able to post 147-6 in their allotment of 20 overs, thanks to knocks from Johnson Charles (54) and David Weise (33).
The Kings’ score of 147 was much better than the two low-scoring
The TKR fans came out in their numbers
Johnson Charles topscored with 54
Cummings Lodge went two up, early in the second half, by way of a Fabian Figueria double in the 37th and 38th minutes. Ifill returned to push his team to three goals in the 52nd, but fate would not have another levelling of the scores, as Cummings Lodge walked away with the 4-3 victory.
Glimpses of the opening game in the Guyoil League between North Ruimveldt and Cummings Lodge Secondary
Mendonca explained the benefit of having the Federation’s support, in order to ensure the teams were fully
“I know it’s going to be a fierce competition, but just some advice: you can display sportsmanship for 90 minutes and I hope that the best school will come on top,” McCalmon remarked.
as though the Kings would score a bit more than a run a ball, Weise came to the crease and showed TKR his long arm. Weise was able to smash 33 off 14 balls which was inclusive of two boundaries and three maxi
Sunil Narine bagged 2-31
Cummings Lodge’s Antwan Samuels opened the scoring in the 11th minute and followed up with another in the 13th to put his team ahead. However, a Kwali Ifill strike for North Ruimveldt in the 34th minute, followed by an Elijah Mendonca own goal in the ensuing minute made for an entertaining 2-2 score at the half.
22 GUYANATIMESGY.COMMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 SCOREBOARD St Lucia Kings (20 ovs maximum) Faf du Plessis (c) c Julien b Dupavillon 2 Johnson Charles b Rampaul 54 Niroshan Dickwella †c Pierre b Rampaul 21 Adam Hose lbw b Narine 18 Roston Chase lbw b Narine 11 David Wiese c †Seifert b Russell 33 Roshon Primus not out 6 Alzarri Joseph not out 1 Extras (w 1) 1 TOTAL 20 Ov (RR: 7.35) 147/6 Yet to bat: Matthew Forde, Kesrick Williams, Larry Edward Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Faf du Plessis, 1.6 ov), 2-68 (Niroshan Dickwella, 9.3 ov), 3-82 (Johnson Charles, 11.6 ov), 4-104 (Roston Chase, 15.1 ov), 5-117 (Adam Hose, 17.1 ov), 6-144 (David Wiese, 19.3 ov) BOWLING O-M-R-W Akeal Hosein 4-1-17-0 Daryn Dupavillon 3-0-44-1 Sunil Narine 4-0-31-2 Khary Pierre 4-0-23-0 Ravi Rampaul 2-0-10-2 Andre Russell 3-0-22-1 CLASSIFIED ADS Bus Service: Need a bus? Call us. Planning a Tour? Call us. Matthew’s Bus Service and Tours. Call or WhatsApp: 639-2663 or 673-2348. BUSTOURSSERVICE Tours: Planning a tour or planning a trip? Call Matthew’s Bus Service and Tours. Call or WhatsApp: 6392663 or 673-2348. WANTED Lot 668 Mandela Ave., opposite the new Citizen Bank. 628-7605, 650-1184. PROPERTY FOR SALE Male and Female to work in factory. Apply to R.P’s Enterprise, Area ‘K’ Le Ressouvenir, E.C.D. Tel. : 220-2818 FOR RENT For international visitors seeking over six (6) months stay or long term contractual agreement: new ly built house, fully furnished with 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, parking space for multiple vehicles locat ed 5 minutes away from Timehri Airport. Contact Brian Baksh at +13476134987 or representative 613-0448.
The Petra Organisation also sought to reach extend gratitude to the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), who donated playing kit for two schools.
Ravi Rampaul picked up 2-10
“This tournament, as I said before, is the backbone of any football structure, a league format. So, I want to encourage, as a matter of fact, the encouragement is here already. So, I want to implore on you to continue to give your best, because based on the
a thrilling tit-for-tat encounter with North Ruimveldt Secondary School.
Charles, Weise knocks take SLK to 147-6
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When the on-field action finally began, Cummings Lodge Secondary registered the first win of the tournament, following
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The Knight Riders man aged to pull the game back in their favour after the Kings were on a rampage. Sunil Narine was key in the encounter although his first over was smashed for 20 runs compliments of Charles. But Narine’s next three overs would prove vi tal as at the end of his four overs, he had bagged fig ures of 2-31. Also chipping in were Ravi Rampaul 2-10, Andre Russell, 1-21 and Daryn Dupavillion 1-44.
He went on to express gratitude, stating, “On behalf of the Organisation and the schools in this tournament, we would like to express our gratitude for this donation and it’s just a demonstration of our relationship with the GFF and we work very closely in terms of building a structure within the school football system.”
“During our team briefing, we were very adamant about teams turning up well uniformed, properly attired, well prepared for the tournament and two schools reached out to us about the difficulties they have in terms of the uniform and I reached out to the Guyana Football Federation,” he related.
mode, Petra Co-Director Troy Mendonca reminded all present of the importance of the League format in football development.
The tournament is expected to continue this Saturday from 10:00h at the same venue.
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games which saw the TKR scrape a win against the Jamaica Tallawahs and the Barbados Royals dom inate the Guyana Amazon Warriors. The Kings lost Faf Du Plessis for 2, but the in-form Charles rallied on: he found the gaps with ease and played every ball on its own merit. Charles was supported by Niroshan Dickwella (21), but then TKR struck at key moments in the game to remove Charles and then Roston Chase (11) and Adam Hose (18). Just when it looked
Meanwhile, Guyoil Bulk Sales Manager Berkeley McCalmon reiterated the company’s willingness to invest in the sport, and also had words of encouragement for the teenaged players.
future plans for football, this tournament is going to be the most important,” Mendonca shared.
equipped for the developmental league.
A look at the Guyoil League march past
Tankers Schools’ Under-18 League got off to an exciting start on Sunday afternoon, setting up what is expected to be an entertaining few weeks.
mums. When Weise depart ed, Andre Russell bowled a tidy final over, to limit the Kings to a par total.
Cummings Lodge draw 1st blood as Guyoil/ Tradewind Tankers League commences
in 2013.Afghan internation al Gurbaz will be making his first appearance at the Hero CPL. Having played 44 matches for Afghanistan and with experience at the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Pakistan Super League (PSL), he will bring a lot of batting power to the Amazon Warriors line-up. (CPL)
Guyana Cup champi on Alado recorded a dominant win to claim the President’s Cup at Rising Sun Turf Club, West Coast Berbice (WCB).
claim the $300,000 purse.
leg of the tournament. This will be the third Hero CPL franchise that Shakib has represented, having previously played for the Barbados Royals and Jamaica Tallawahs. The Bangladesh all-round er is the holder of the cur rent record for best bowl ing figures in a Hero CPL match, having taken 6-6 for the Barbados franchise
The First Lady was excit ed to see Alado claiming the President’s Cup after win ning the Guyana Cup a few
Some fans at Rising Sun
Phillips was happy to see the support as this event falls under the Guyana Carnival list of activities.
The race was made pos sible through the kind sponsorship of Banks DIH, and supporting spon sors Guinness, XM Rum, Smirnoff Vodka, Hop House 13, Johnny Walker, AJM Enterprise, and Jumbo Jet Auto Sales.
hakib Al Hasan and Rahmanullah Gurbaz will be join ing the Guyana Amazon Warriors for the remaining matches of the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL). They will be replac ing Heinrich Klaasen and Tabraiz Shamsi, who have been called up to interna tional duties with South Africa after the Trinidad
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Nabi will bolster Tallawahs' spin attack af ter they had released Nepal legspinner Sandeep Lamichhane from the tour nament earlier this month.
Seales, 21, was not in the TKR team for Saturday's match against Jamaica Tallawahs. He bowled just one over in Wednesday's fixture against Guyana AmazonPatel,Warriors.37,brings anoth er spinning option for TKR with the final leg of the pre liminary phase and the playoffs to be held in Guyana – a spinner's paradise. Patel has 319 T20 wickets and averag es 25.10 with the bat at a 125.35 strike rate. (Adapted from ESPNcricinfo)
Race five was another thrilling encounter with Jagdeo Racing Stables de fying all odds. Piloted by Luis Pinero, a Venezuelan jockey, Nuclear Fire pipped Unsettled of Jumbo Jet and Marconi in that or der.According to owner and trainer Therbhuwan Jagdeo, Nuclear Fire is making strides after claim ing third at the Kennard Memorial Turf Club a few weeks ago. While Pinero was unable to speak English, he was delighted with the win. Pinero, who
The champion horse of Master Z Racing Stables was a shining light, winning from gate to pole in the onemile race as the sun set on a hot Sunday afternoon.
monthsWhileago.the sun was scorch ing, race one saw Dr Switch clinching the L Class Non Earners event which had a first prize of $200,000. Bolt
Shakib Al Hasan and Rahmanullah Gurbaz join Amazon Warriors
Mohamed Nabi will turn out for the Jamaica Tallawahs
Smoking Heels claimed the top prize in the penultimate race
Lamichhane's exit from the League came in the wake of his suspension by Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) after an arrest war rant was issued against him in Kathmandu over an al leged case of coercion of an other person. Lamichhane maintains his innocence though and said he was ready to face the "baseless allegations".Nabi, meanwhile, will also lend middle-or der muscle to a fairly topheavy Tallawahs line-up. He, like most of the oth er Afghanistan senior play
After the race, Prime Minister Mark Phillips and First Lady Arya Ali ex pressed positive sentiments.
Samit Patel will join the TKR
Piloted by champion jockey Colin Ross, owned by President Dr Irfaan Ali, and trained by Nasurdeen Mohamed Jr, Alado finished ahead of Jessica Prince (sec ond); Coup D’Eat (third) and Looking to Heaven (fourth).
ers, did not feature in CPL 2021 owing to national com mitments. In his most re cent stint, with St Lucia Kings, he was a vital part of then Coach Andy Flower's all-rounder heavy side, picking up 12 wickets in 12 games and scoring 156 runs at a strike rate of 124.80. Nabi had also turned out for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in 2017.Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) have replaced fast bowler Jayden Seales with English all-rounder Samit Patel for the remainder of the Hero CPL.
Alado won from gate to pole
Jagdeo Racing Stables had a good outing despite not winning the feature event
while Bank Note, War Time, and He’s a Prince were the other top finishers. In the J Class Open event, Red Star of Samsunsdar Stables emerged as the victor to
Catholic Boy came second while Perfect Storm (third) and Cash Return (fourth) were the other finishers.
Race four, which was the two years’ old Guyana Bred,
In the million-dol lar three years’ old race, Smokin Heels and Here Comes Heidi of Jagdeo Racing Stables claimed the two top spots, in a domi nant show. Amazing Grace ran third in that event.
Shakib Al Hasan
Tallawahs have signed up Afghanistan T20 International Captain Mohammad Nabi for the final leg of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2022 in Guyana.
The second race of the day saw Foreign Link clinch ing the $250,000 first prize
Nabi joins Tallawahs, Patel joins TKR
saw El Dorado Queen claiming the top spot fol lowed by GT Boss, Legacy, and Western Union.
Champion Horse Alado along with Prime Minister Mark Phillips, First Lady Arya Ali along with sponsors and friends
and Nut came second in that race while Is Her Perfect and Awesome Bandit were the other top four finishers.
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President’s Cup Horse Race: Alado does it again!
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GUYANA TIMES - www.guyanatimesgy.com, email: news@guyanatimesgy.com, NEWS HOTLINE: 231-8063 EDITORIAL: 223-7230, 223-7231, 231-0544, 225-7761 SPORT: sport@guyanatimesgy.com SALES AND MARKETING: 231-8064 - marketing@guyanatimesgy.com - PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY GUYANA TIMES INC. Sport is no longer our game, it’s our businessMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 SCOREBOARD Barbados Royals (16 ovs maximum) Rahkeem Cornwall c Paul b Sinclair 20 Kyle Mayers c Shepherd b Sinclair 9 Corbin Bosch st † Klaasen b Hemraj 0 Quinton de Kock †c Smith b Hemraj 0 Jason Holder not out 40 Azam Khan c Shepherd b Hemraj 8 David Miller (c) c Paul b Imran Tahir 4 Mujeeb Ur Rahman not out 19 Extras (lb 2, nb 2, w 3) 7 TOTAL 16 Ov (RR: 6.68) 107/6 Did not bat: Hayden Walsh, Obed McCoy, Ramon Simmonds Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Rahkeem Cornwall, 3.3 ov), 2-26 (Corbin Bosch, 4.2 ov), 3-26 (Quinton de Kock, 4.6 ov), 4-38 (Kyle Mayers, 9.3 ov), 5-62 (Azam Khan, 12.6 ov), 6-68 (David Miller, 13.5 ov) BOWLING O-M-R-W Romario Shepherd 1-0-8-0 Keemo Paul 2-0-27-0 Imran Tahir 3-0-30-1 Junior Sinclair 4-0-12-2 Chandrapaul Hemraj 3-1-15-3 Tabraiz Shamsi 3-0-13-0 Guyana Amazon Warriors (T: 111 runs from 16 ovs) Paul Stirling c Mayers b Walsh 11 Chandrapaul Hemraj c McCoy b Cornwall 4 Keemo Paul c Miller b Holder 6 Shimron Hetmyer (c) b Cornwall 12 Heinrich Klaasen †c Holder b Mujeeb Ur Rahman 6 Jermaine Blackwood b Simmonds 8 Romario Shepherd c Bosch b McCoy 4 Odean Smith b McCoy 15 Junior Sinclair not out 7 Imran Tahir c Holder b Simmonds 5 Tabraiz Shamsi not out 0 Extras (lb 2, w 1) 3 TOTAL 16 Ov (RR: 5.06) 81/9 Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Chandrapaul Hemraj, 3.3 ov), 2-21 (Paul Stirling, 5.3 ov), 3-30 (Keemo Paul, 7.3 ov), 4-40 (Shimron Hetmyer, 9.1 ov), 5-42 (Heinrich Klaasen, 10.4 ov), 6-50 (Romario Shepherd, 12.6 ov), 7-59 (Jermaine Blackwood, 13.6 ov), 8-69 (Odean Smith, 14.3 ov), 9-80 (Imran Tahir, 15.4 ov) BOWLING O-M-R-W Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4-1-4-1 Rahkeem Cornwall 3-0-12-2 Obed McCoy 3-0-24-2 Hayden Walsh 1-0-10-1 Jason Holder 2-0-8-1 Ramon Simmonds 3-0-21-2
The Amazon Warriors couldn’t get going as a disciplined Royals’ bowling performance increased the pressure with a plethora of dot
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intervals, the Amazon Warriors made it difficult for the Royals to negotiate the conditions and only a late-order rally from Jason Holder and Mujeeb Ur Rahman ensured the Royals ended with a reasonable total of However,107-6 that total proved more than enough as the Royals’ bowling attack offered no freebies when
On a low and slow track, Guyana Amazon Warriors’ cadre of spinners imposed themselves on the game taking all six wickets to fall in the Barbados Royals innings. Having reduced the
Royals win again to qualify for the play-offs
GAW fans came out to support their team
Taking wickets at regular
While Chandrapaul Hemraj was unable to get going with the bat, he did bag 3-15
Barbados Royals confirmed their spot in the play-offs
111 to win suggested advantage Amazon Warriors, but Ur Rahman and Cornwall produced spell-binding bowling in the first four overs to restrict the Warriors to 12 runs for the loss of one wicket.
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Royals to 62-5 when the rain delay came, Imran Tahir then removed David Miller immediately after the restart, but Holder and but Ur Rahman compiled a 39-run partnership off 16 balls to give the Royals a total to defend.
arbados Royals confirmed their spot in the play-offs of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) campaign with a commanding DLS victory against the Guyana Amazon Warriors.The Amazon Warriors won the toss and opted to field first and that proved to be an inspired decision.
the Amazon Warriors came to bat. Led by Ur Rahman and Rahkeem Cornwall, the bowlers ensured the run rate became untenable as the Royals cruised to victory.
Inballs.the end what should have been a tight game became an easy victory for the Royals as they coasted to victory by 29 runs. (CPLT20)