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AIETEUR NEWSK Guyana’s largest selling daily & New York’s most popular Guyana’sweeklylargest weekly Online: www.kaieteurnews.com September10,2022-Vol.16 No.34 Online readership yesterday, 63.825 Saturday Edition Price $100 The Glenn Lall Show @11:00hrs on Kaieteur Radio 99.1/99.5FM Hess says Govt. now wants full compliance by oil companies with our environmental rules. Is Jagdeo QUIETLY moving towards a better deal? ...strengthen capabilities for independent assessments - Energy Expert Guyana must guard against over-reliance on oil companies’ data 3 pupils tie for NGSA top spot Govt. orders oil companies to pay Guyanese within 30 to 45 days Oil Series Pt. 5 …Former Finance Minister urges more stakeholder involvement Absence of united voice on oil and gas development puts Guyana at grave risk - UN 2022 Report 39% of intenselyGuyanesedeprivedofbasicneeds‘Security Guards’ cart off $13.4M from GTT’s store at Giftland Mall Coldingen electrocutedmaninyard Jonathan Gomes - 518 marksNeuel Bancroft - 518 marks5 Angelica Subryan - 518 marks -callsBascomallegationshearsay RSS finds no cover-up in ‘Paper murderShorts’probe

From a list of just over as well as the confirmations 500 names, more than 100 from state agencies namely, Guyanese who were said to the General Registration be out of the jurisdiction Office (GRO) and the during the 2020 elections Immigration Office, as to were recorded as voted which names on the list had during the controversial been flagged. They said that polls; proving further, that GECOM also decided that s o m e a m o u n t o f the information requested irregularities would have will go to Government as occurred during the general well as the Opposition. Both elections. Commissioners told the

O p p o s i t i o n a n d newspaper, sent the newspaper that there are two GECOM, and he believes Government Commissioner, documents to the state documents from the thatthiswasanoversight.As Vincent Alexander and Sase agencies in May of 2020 and Immigration Office a it relates to GRO’s Gunrajrespectively,saidthat responses were received department that falls under information, Alexander said following discussions at the from the Office of the the Office of the Police thatthatinformationwas Commission, it was decided Commissioner on June 8, Commissioner – but only (Continued on page 21)

By Zena Henry that the list provided by Harmon would be released

Opposition Commissioner, Vincent Alexander Attorney General, Anil Nandlall

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A photo of one of the documents

More than 100 overseas Guyanese fingered in Opposition fraud list voted at 2020 polls

This is according to publication that after the list information seen by this of names was provided by publication following the the Opposition in 2020, it release of documents was then sent to the state pertaining to voter fraud as agencies that responded by requested by Attorney providing the information General Anil Nandlall regarding those who were Nandlall, on behalf of the deadoroutofthejurisdiction Government, wrote to the duringthepolls. G u y a n a E l e c t i o n s Alexander told the Commission (GECOM) publication that it was found requestingthenamesofdead that more than 100 ballots persons and absent voters were illegally cast out of the which then State Minister, 500 names flagged at the Joseph Harmon, had time. GECOM, based on the submittedtotheagency documents seen by this 2020. Alexander told the one was received from

n Friday, the Health Ministry via its daily dashboard revealed that within the last assessed 24hour period, 24 new COVID 19 cases were recorded, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to71,174.Thedashboard shows that no one is currently into the COVID 19 Intensive CareUnit,butsevenpersons are in institutional isolation, 165areinhomeisolation. To date, a total of 69,723 persons have recovered fromthevirus.

The document was specifics of the country’s done between 2015 and have access to improvedlaunched on Thursday, performance,thisnewspaper 2020. It is understood that sanitation if it has some typeSeptember 8, marking 32 foundthat38.8percentofthe 13,000 participated in the of flush toilet or latrine oryears since the organisation population was intensely study ventilated improved pit orhas been calculating the deprived.

24newCOVID-19casesrecorded

Foreducation,theUNDP assessed the years of schooling (if no household member of “school entrance age + six years” or older has completed at least six years of schooling) and school attendance (any school-age child is not attending school up to the age at which he or shewouldcompleteclass8).

39% of Guyanese intensely deprived of basic needs

h e U n i t e d territories Also, between N a t i o n s 1990 and 2021, Guyana’s Development HDI value changed from

wood, charcoal or coal) and astheyshould. finally ‘Assets’ (the Standard of Living householddoesnotownacar Meanwhile, in the or truck and does not own breakdown of its standard of more than one of the living dimension, the following assets: radio, organisation found that 8.8 television, telephone, percent of Guyana has no computer, animal cart, electricity; 5.7 percent of bicycle, motorbike or homes do not have sanitary of drinking water refrigerator). washrooms while another according to the SDG Health 4.8 percent of homes did not guidelines, or an improved The study found that haveaccesstocleandrinking sourceofdrinkingwaterisat health’s contribution of water least a 30-minute walk from deprivation to overall In its assessment of the home,roundtrip. multidimensional poverty housing situation in the

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A h o u s e h o l d i s was29.2percent. country, the UNDP report considered to have access to Specifically, 24 5 said 11.6 percent of homes an improved source of percent of the total was as a built in Guyana are made drinking water if the source result of the nutritional from mud and other ispipedwater,apublictap,a factor, while child mortality inadequate materials borehole or pump, a accounted for the remaining Meanwhile, 7.2 percent of protected well, a protected 4.8percent. the population was found to spring or rainwater); Education be using dung, wood, ‘Housing’(atleastoneofthe Education accounted for charcoal or coal as fuel and household’s three dwelling 2 3 p e r c e n t o f t h e another 9.6 percent of the elements floor, walls or multidimensional poverty people does not own a car or roof—is made of inadequate The study found that 13.4 truck or own more than one materials or natural

Guyana’s performance on the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)

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T P r o g r a m m e 0.509 to 0.714, a change of (UNDP) in its 2022 Human 40.3percent. Development Report titled In 2021 - the year under “Uncertain Times, Unsettled review - Guyana’s Human Lives: Shaping our Future in Development Index dropped a Transforming World” has from the previous year. It found that 38.8 percent of declined from 0.721 in 2020 Guyanese citizens are to0.714in2021. intenselydeprived. Delving further into the arrived at based on surveys household is considered to

‘Nutrition’ (Adults ages composting toilet that is not 19–70 years are considered shared); ‘Drinking water’ undernourished if their body (thehouseholddoesnothave mass index (BMI) is below accesstoanimprovedsource 18.5kg/m2.Individualsages 5–19 years are considered undernourished if their agespecific BMI values are below minus two standard deviations from the median of the reference population) and ‘child mortality’formed partofthefirstdimension.

For its standard of living dimension, the UNDPHuman Development Index In its Multidimensional survey veered into(HDI) which measures a Poverty Index (MPI) for ‘electricity’ (The householdnation’s health, education, developing countries, the has no electricity);andstandardofliving. UNDP report explained that ‘Sanitation’ (the householdNotably, the report said 10indicatorswereusedinits does not have access toGuyana’s HDI value for analysis of three broad improved sanitation, in line2021 is 0.714— which put dimensions. the country in the high T h e d m e n s i o n s DevelopmentGoals(SDGs),human development considered were health, or it is improved but sharedcategory—positioning it at education and standard of with other households. A108 out of 191 countries and living. The estimates were

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percent of the households of the following assets: materials such as mud, clay, that were surveyed have radio, television, telephone, earth, sand or dung) completed at least six years computer, animal cart, ‘Cooking fuel’ (the of schooling while another bicycle, motorbike or household cooks with dung, 9.7percenthavenotattended refrigerator

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Failure to use this opportunity will see us damned as a people. In the mid-1990s, addressing a mixed group overseas no less a person than Dr. Cheddi Jagan observed that AfroGuyanese were ‘at the bottom of the ladder’. Look around

Death by suicide poses a significant public health challenge and contributes to premature deaths, morbidity, lost productivity, and health care costs. It affects all age

This is a matter that ought not to be ignored when the environment of apartheid in an already polarized society is extant. The technique of simply using a pain-killer to relieve a deepening chronic condition is a recipe for disaster. Of course, the apartheid, the marginalisation and disempowerment of the African community is stark

What bewilders and angers the 54 Guyanese making their voices heard is that a World Bank loan of US$1M has not been put to the fullest use by the EPA, so that it is equipped to go about its mandate with strength and skill. What the 54 concerned environmentalists and social activists have noted rather is the EPA’s consistent falling down on its duty to the Guyanese people. The list of failures of the EPA is long, and makes for reading that brings much shuddering. Failure to offer protection, failure to manage the environment, failure to assess impacts of development on the environment, and failure to formulate standards, headline a litany of dangerous deficiencies. No self-respecting national agency could continue like before, with such huge deficits painted all over its face, and so publicly and scorchingly. The EPA, therefore, must listen and it must act with urgency and honesty. Among the actions that the group of 54 Guyanese is calling on the EPA to make a start with is halting these waivers of EIAs, and engaging in genuine broad-based consultations with Guyanese in communities slated for onshore facilities. Just as pointedly, the call is for publishing the names of all those companies operating certain types of plants without EIA studies done, and for their waste management and compliance plans to meet international best practice standards. The group of 54 raises the bar even higher in insisting that when the plans are not forthcoming or deficient, then stop or cease orders should follow, until compliance occurs, as reviewed and signed off by those qualified to conduct such kinds of inspections. If the EPA is really about protecting Guyana and different communities in this country, then it would move with energy and determination to close existing gaps, and do right by Guyanese. The EPA cannot go on as before, with seeming casualness and what can only be interpreted as obvious weakness and some degree of negligence. We do not make any judgments as to whether such negligence is part of a broader political vision for Guyana to be open for business at any cost. What we do know and can conclude is that the EPA has not manifested the level of competence that is required to manage authoritatively Guyana’s new offshore and onshore environments. There have been consistent failures at the management level, which could also be said is what characterizes other areas of expertise. All this leaves Guyanese exposed and subject to increasing dangers that could open the door to personal and natural devastations. Clearly, the EPA has its work cut out for it, and it must not retreat from the many demanding tasks at hand. Bending over backwards is no longer an option for Guyana’s EPA, and it can’t be business as usual.

Karen Cummings to Government: Give our citizens hope

suicidal behaviour. The prevention of suicide must be a public health priority considering our small population and because caring is not political posturing, but sound public health policies driven by motivated health workers. An inter-sectoral approach is needed to stem this type of behavior and to create hope and reduce suicide mortality. Structural racism is a classified disease with consequences beyond our imagination and effects that will delay, if not deny, our developmental prospects. We cannot compartmentalize health and overall policies or health and politics for they are interwoven and inseparable.Everylife matters. Let us say YES to life and NO to suicide.

Our current crop of leaders should know that oft times people at the lower rung of the ladder, those who are dispossessed and get little when there is plenty, accept their position of inferiority and poverty in the midst of plenty. However, every now and then as modern history has shown, people say that they have had enough and therefore demand a fair share of a bigger and sweeter cake. I believe we’ve reached that stage in OverGuyana.thepast few weeks I have had the opportunity to meet and interact with Guyanese of every ethnic, age, economic and political persuasion and I am satisfied that this question of Guyana drifting into an apartheid state is considered real. The apartheid I refer to is both racial and economic. There are many Indo-Guyanese who are disappointed and concerned that they are only receiving occasional help, ‘fatherChristmas’ style in the midst of plenty, and how rapid is our economic growth.

Can President Ali benefit from the advice of some of his credible Advisors?

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groups, and during COVID19 pandemic it has become known that there has been an increase among children who have contemplated suicide. Although the risk factors at the individual, relational, community, and societal levels are well documented, increased efforts are urgently needed to remove all barriers to persons needing and seeking prevention interventions. In our society the removal of the stigma associated with help seeking and with mental illness must be championed by our institutions and promoted by all our social theiratitbepesticidespracticessuicide.meansreducefriendsAdditionally,organisations.familyandwoulddowelltoaccesstolethalbypersonsatriskofHavingsafestoragetoreduceaccesstoparticularlywouldaneffectivewaytomakingmoredifficultforpersonsriskofsuicidetoimplementplans.TheAPNU/AFC

Perhaps today we can note recent events from our Mother Country where Kwasi Kwarteng becomes Britain’s first black Chancellor of the Exchequer while Suella Braverman of Indian ancestry becomes Home Secretary. We recall that Barack Obama, mother caucasian, father black West African, became President of the most powerful nation on earth. This means that there is hope but we have, all of us, to work assiduously and harmoniously to reach the plateau of glory. We must not be like the five foolish virgins who took their lamps without oil and therefore failed to navigate the dark. Perhaps this biblical story of not taking oil in their lamps ought not to be lost upon the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.

is because the Opposition has failed to genuflect on their knees to the new Massa and say I’m sorry for using the word ‘installed.’ Installed or not, a Commander-in-Chief must stand tall and resist this puerile purring like a pussycat postulation. At the same time I would urge our Opposition to be gracious and be willing to cooperate for Guyana.

Thoughtful, concerned women taking a stand

Life is precious and therefore every person should be afforded the opportunity for selfdevelopment and the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to family, community, and the society.Today, 10 September 2022, Guyana joins the rest of the world in observing World Suicide Prevention Day. The aim and purpose of this observance is to create awareness and educate the populace on suicide prevention so that tendencies and signs may be detected early and help, and treatment rendered carefully and confidentially before an individual approaches the dangerous threshold.

DEAR EDITOR,

How can we run a country with our history of exploitation and colonialism if there is no meaningful and I stress meaningful consultation with the other people? We hear the reason for this lack of consultation

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We laud the women in this country daring to participate in the struggle for a safe and healthy Guyanese environment. We commend the courage of a group of 54 Guyanese, mainly women environmentalists and social activists, who have aimed at this country’s Environmental Protection Agency and taken it to task for inexplicable and inexcusable failures at protecting Guyana’s environment and citizens. It was a scathing rebuke that would embarrass all but the most coldhearted bureaucrat, a reprimand that ought to result in some improved standards and actions following. Our caption captured the sharpness of their tone: “Stop waiving EIAs for hazardous facilities’environmentalists tell EPA; want list of companies transporting hazardous waste” (KN September 1). Hazardous is an alarming word, which means that there are elements of danger, and they are not insignificant. This is made more frightening when the State agency, the EPA, that has the sensitive duty of ordering Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) almost routinely waives them, takes the position that they are not needed, when even a dummy could appreciate that nothing is further from truth and hard reality. EIAs that are credible, hence reliable, are definitely needed to study what materials are involved, and all those other associated components, such as location, storage, transportation, controls, and contingency measures, among other non-negotiable aspects that must be in place. And, at the end of such robust studies, whether the location is safe for such activities.

and serious. A few of us in August 2020 felt that we should give the young President Irfaan Ali, an opportunity to fulfill his promise to make the essence of democracy realised. President Ali fortunately has Advisors who are neither Afro nor Indo-Guyanese, but men I believe who are true patriots and would want to see us flourish as a people and enjoy the bounty bestowed upon us by the gift of precious natural resources. The big question is, can President Ali benefit from the advice of some of his credible Advisors?Thismeans he must disentangle himself from the political ragamuffins, some new, some old whose modus operandi is driven by racism, discrimination and corruption which, like cancer, is eating away at the soul and spirit of the good people of our country. He must learn from our history. I contend that neither Forbes Burnham nor Cheddi Jagan were racist. Both men shunned the evil of corruption, yet in the mid-50s our beloved country was mired with ethnic hostility which, three generations on, remains a heavy burden.

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DEAR EDITOR,

DrRegards,Karen Cummings Shadow Minister of Health (APNU+AFC)

Coalition calls on the Government: 1. To create and where necessary improve upon measures adopted by the previous Administration to safeguard the health and promote the well-being of our people. We are committed partners with a caring Administration intent on fashioning our society so that all our peoples could work, live, and play harmoniously and eliminate this scourge.

Tel: 225-8465, 225-8491. Fax: 225-8473, 226-8210

2. To install appropriate signs at high-risk areas to encourage persons seeking help. This year’s theme is captioned ‘Creating Hope Through Action’.

Guyana and Dr. Jagan’s words then seem prophetic. Some of us today, years after can say the condition of the average Afro-Guyanese is pathetic and painful and must be corrected sooner than later. A good start could be the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to ensure that the accumulation of massive property and wealth by certain folks can be laid bare. Such a Commission must courageously examine who now owns and controls prime mining lands, who now secure the big contracts, some in circumstances that defy logic and fairness. A Truth and awashole,outsidetothatoperations.faitheveryForce,country.thatStatementjusticetheyefficiencystate.viableinstitutionsmeasuresrecommendtheCommissionReconciliationmustbegivenauthoritytoexamineandcorrectiveforthemainthatrepresentamoderndemocraticTheseareone,ofourjudiciary-sayjusticedelayedisdenied.Ifthatistrue,itmeansjusticeisdeniedinthisSecond,aGuyanaPolicewhereGuyaneseinwalkoflifecanreposeandconfidenceinitsAPoliceForceseemunableorunwillingsolveamurdercommittedofapopularwateringPalmCourt,whereamanriddledwithbulletsandwellknowngentleman,who

Editor:

The APNU/AFC Coalition implores and hopes that the Government will strive to improve the lives of Guyanese especially those vulnerable citizens of low socioeconomic status and in the low- and middle-income levels, persons who are unemployed, and in financial crises to reduce the risk of

subcontinent and Africa. This may not be the time to bring up these matters, but those who remain aggrieved while being sympathetic to the demise of the Queen are still seeking respect, redress and return of that which is rightfully theirs.

DevelopmentManagementHumanE.B.Respectfully,JohnResourcesandOrganisationConsultant

Most ironically, the recent request from the Attorney General for the release of documents, purporting voter impersonation, submitted to GECOM by the APNU/AFC and subsequently forwarded to the Chief Immigration Officer and the Registrar of births and deaths for verification, was granted although the requested documents were not the returns from the Chief Immigration Officer or the Registrar of births and deaths. Those documents/ returns are in the possession of GECOM and substantiate the APNU/AFC allegations that there was impersonation. The Attorney General‘s request clearly was not intended to determine the truth, since the authorised statutory bodies had already pronounced on them and advised GECOM. He clearly, in his own words, is seeking to confirm the accuracy of documents which had already been subjected to a verification process by the bodies statutorily responsible for their verification. If he was in search of the truth, he should have requested the responses from the statutory agencies rather than the documents that articulated the allegation of

Towards Restructuring the Guyana Public Service

GECOM’s decisions defy logics; political determinations are trumping rule of law

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standing disputes. The First Nations People of Canada, the US and the British West Indies, the Aborigines of Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific are still seen as commoners, subjects of the Crown. Many leaders within these disadvantaged nations and peoples would much rather that the Queen’s death would also be the end of Crown Rule and of the Monarchy. They would much rather be seen as equals than subjects ending centuries of British imposed governance, laws, social mores and cultural practices.

DEAR EDITOR, Queen Elizabeth was a worldly figure, loved dearly by successive generations in the family of the Commonwealth of nations. She was elegant, carried herself with grace and dignity and from her early and unexpected ascendence to the throne, she became one with her subjects. She won hearts and swayed minds with her personable demeanour, warmth, her endearing charm, regal graciousness and oratorial prowess. She was indeed a Princess upon whose shoulders, the weighty burden of the Monarchy fell upon. Queen Elizabeth inherited, not the once mighty British Empire but rather its carcass and she did so out of the ashes of World War II. Her unwavering pursuit to rebrand and redefine the Monarchy remained undaunted throughout her earthly life. It was only a couple days before her demise that she met with the new Prime Minister of Britain. Such was the commitment to her role, function and duties. Moreover, Queen Elizabeth was seen by her subjects and multitudes the world over as a mother and grandmother. Her family life especially the follies of her children exposed her motherly attributes and sensitivities. While her family became the focus of much discussion, she held it all together as any mother would. While the world mourns and expresses sorrow and extends condolences, and while decorum cautions against speaking ill of the dead, there are many who remain aggrieved by the past actions of the Crown and its failures to address long

protect and/or enhance “impartiality, fairness and compliance”, more so, in circumstances where many allegations were made about the imperfection and breaches of the system. Yet, the Chair concurred with the contention that to conduct the inquiry would have resulted in a breach of Article 163(b) (i), which confers exclusive jurisdiction on the High Court to determine whether an election “either generally or in any particular place, an election has been lawfully conducted or the result thereof has been, or may have been, affected by any unlawful act or omission”. The motion in no form or way sought to do the aforementioned. It merely sought to identify possible flaws in the system with the aim of rectifying and/or enhancing the system.

The Queen has died and many other such figures have been recalled unto God

There are also many other nations within the family of the Commonwealth group of Nations, that would love to see the end of the British Monarchy along with reparations for centuries of Crown rule; for the most vile form of slavery, indentureship, for the rape, pillage of resources, and theft of wealth and properties especially so from the Indian

May her soul Rest In Peace.Thank you kindly, Jay Mobeen

DEAR EDITOR, Kindly see the attached which is one of four articles on the subject, but not as long as this Part I. If at all it is found of informational interest, feel free to subdivide this part. If on the whole you may be interested please let me know whether I should forward the whole lot, which should not suffer from being

DEAR EDITOR, There is much to be said about the decisions currently being made by GECOM, albeit by majority vote with the Chairperson and the Government appointed Commissioners constituting the majority, on each occasion.Therecent decision to release documents submitted by the APNU/AFC during the recount of the 2020 elections results trumps recent GECOM decisions, and at the same time exemplifies the nature of those decisions. Recently, the Opposition appointed Commissioners tabled a motion calling for an internal review of GECOM‘s operations. The expressed intentions of the motion were to: “gain a better understanding of the bases for the aforementioned allegations and occurrences and to consider if there are existing or potential weaknesses in the process employed by GECOM for the conduct of elections” and to make recommendations “in an effort to improve on the methods and processes employed in the electoral system and to remove the bases for the possible reoccurrence of maladies, procedural or otherwise, that occurred or may occur under the current process.” This motion was voted down by the majority, although the Constitution in Article 162(b) clearly mandates GECOM to “issue such instructions and take such action as appear to it necessary or expedient to ensure impartiality, fairness and compliance with the provisions of this Constitution or any Act of Parliament on the part of persons exercising powers or performing duties connected with or relating to the matters aforesaid.” Incidentally, those voting down the motion, when convenient, normally pay lip service to “impartiality, fairness and compliance”.

One would expect the Commission, as a matter of course, to review its operations as the basis for ensuring that it perfects its system, and in so doing

impersonation. One is left to wonder where the Attorney General will turn to for his verification and of what use would be any such verification in the face of the previous theactionscontentiontheItarethatlogicstouts.impartiality,notprovenandallegations,statedletterGeneralthemakingprohibitsmatterpetitions.in,questiontheadventurethereview.disallowedthatrecognised,Constitution.ArticleCourtthemalfeasancedeterminingreasons:-theGECOM‘sverification.official/authenticBethatasitmay,decisionreeksforfollowingadditional(1)ThematterofelectoralisclearlywithinjurisdictionoftheHighasprovidedforin163oftheGECOMitselfbutmisapplied,provisionwhenititsowninternalNow,itisfacilitatingAttorneyGeneral‘sintothedomainofHighCourt.(2)Thedocumentsinhavebeentenderedatleastoneof,theongoingThatrendersthesubjudice,andanyonefrompubliccommentsonmatterastheAttorneyhasclearlydoneinhisofrequestwhenhe“thesearegraveandasbaselessunfoundedastheyweretobe”.HeisclearlydemonstratingthewhichhesooftenGECOM‘sdecisionsdefyandclearlysuggestpoliticaldeterminationstrumpingtheRule-of-Law.alsobringsintoquestionChairperson‘srecentthat“allofherareinaccordancewithlaw”.

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published on a weekly basis. Look forward to your considerate advice on what is arguably beneficial information for all the parties within the Public Service.

No soul bears the burden of another soul. The Queen was a lovely and dearly loved human being. While she leaves an enduring and enviable legacy, there are those who know and feel that she could have done more. Sadly her soul and now her successors bear the burden of inherited stolen wealth, unfulfilled promises, broken treaties and generations after generations pleading with their Lord for His justice. Certainly, nothing goes unpaid and final justice resides with the Creator of the world and everything therein.

1890 – 138 1900 – 80

I did not go to QC or UG, or what will deemed at the time the best high schools in Guyana. I went to Anna Regina High School (then multi). I was an average student, but always with a cricket bat in my hand. However, when I started competing with Students (College) on my arrival in USA I discovered I was many times smarter than them and attained a Master Degree. The basics, writing skilling, speaking skills and Math (Arithmetic) are a must. I began to ponder why my Teachers in Guyana used to fail me, is it because I loved too much cricket?

Can President Ali benefit from the advice of some of his...

A common trait lacking for most Guyanese (West Indians) I have hired over these years are a lack of assertiveness and poor public speaking (presentation) skills. Work on this in high school.

A Truth awayCommissionReconciliationandwillturnusfromsomany

As you head to College writings skills (proper

DEAR EDITOR,

Employment Conditions in the Guyana Sugar Industry

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Logic suggests he therefore is aware of the assailant. Yet after a year and a half later, the Police Force has not been able, we are told to solve yet another high profile assassination.

observed very cautious reservations about the negative impact of the industrial relations activity on sugar production over the years. There was a time when it was quite normal for the industry to publish tables declaring: a) duration of each strike, b) man-days lost, c) wages lost. Indeed the records would show that the Guyana sugar industry had the most disruptive industrial relations environment throughout the West Indies.

Don’t get me wrong education at its fullest is good, however consider what the world demands. Seventyfive percent of you will end up with a career different than what you aspire to in College, this is good, else opportunities will come knocking and pass you by, if you just focus on one thing.

One white Professor (USA) even had the audacity to state I was pompous in the late 90’s because of my knowledge and inquisition to question his logic. However, I went on in my career in America to be in its top 5 percent in technology management. Women don’t be afraid to get your hand dirty, you are leaders as well. Thanks Anna Regina, you thought me well.

1967 – 18

Admittedly workers’ wages and salaries were contained for an unreasonably extended period. The same was applicable to managerial staff, for it was the current administration who contracted in 2014 a well respected international team of consultants (Hays) to recommend an improved salary structure for senior and junior monthly staff. Since its implementation then however, it is true that no one, along with unionized employees, benefitted from any salary/wage increases up to the closure of the last four estates – realistically because

From page 4 was the guest of the US Penitentiary system publicly states that he and not ‘Paper Shorts’ was the intended victim.

E.B.Regards,John

Commission should help us separate, as we say, the sheep from the goat in the Police Force. At a wider level, what has kept Guyana from imploding is the existence of well researched editorials and articles in particular Stabroek News and Kaieteur News and the many men and women from both of the major ethnic groups who have courageously been speaking up against the atrocities taking place every day and we must as Guyanese honour and thank them for their relentless crusade to shine light where there is darkness. These provide a safety valve for citizens to speak up and express their concerns on a number of current issues.

Today all Guyanese must cover themselves with that indomitable spirit, so that we do not remain in this condition particularly the impoverished Guyanese.

1976 – 11, then 1978 – the year of nationalisation – 10 1986 – Leonora was closed, followed by Diamond in 1987 LBI/Ogle was absorbed into East Demerara Estate not long after the collapse of Skeldon Estate Factory in 2010 an event that is persistently overlooked, even though it had progressively negative effects on the financial viability of the industry. In the meantime, there is

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grammar), proper spoken English, Arithmetic (+, -, x, \, %) are prerequisites, some basic Geometry, History and Geography knowledge are complimentary. Don’t know how Algebra, calculus, really fits in - never used them when speaking or working with a CEO of a fortune five hundred company in any of the countries above. Granted you will have a leg up knowing some “Biology, a bit of Chemistry, Physics, etc.” and naturally basic understanding of how a computer works. Everything else can be garnered from life experience. Make sure you are proficient in MS Office suite early (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) you will be a step ahead of Subjectsothers.like Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology are complementary – but if you are inquisitive, these are electives versus requirements for success. I have met many successful businessmen in Guyana, who never went to UG/QC or studied Accounting or Finance but understood the basics of profit and loss.

DEAR EDITOR,

Congrats to our students …now what’s next?

of the lack of funds, as was continually countered to GAWU’s reasonable demands for increases. On the other hand, even GAWU would admit to other beneficial employment conditions, some of which they would have negotiated over time. But the records would show that the sugar industry’s employment conditions can barely be matched locally. These include the following:

distorting our history for Petty Political Purposes. Incide ntally, President Ali can do well to ensure the appointment of a proper Petroleum Commission so that there can be some direction and pe rhaps, the better word may be sanity to how our pe troleum resources are Speakingmanaged. with some folks, the Descendants of African slaves, they fear that they have been placed in the position as found in the B ook of Joshua where their place is to be hewers of wood and drawers of water.

HamiltonRegards, Green Elder

The boys used to say, we smell a rat.

In my 30 plus years of interaction within senior management in Mexico, USA, Japan, Canada, Finland, Sweden, England, Bermuda, Germany, China, Thailand, I learnt something. What subjects in College and high school offers you the best options for success in a global world. Granted I have stepped into many boardrooms during my career and saw firsthand the secret to success. Simple language (no big word) and the ability to do arithmetic computations without a pen or calculator.Congrats to our high school graduates on their recent successes, after not being in classroom for a year it looks like distance learning have advantages over classroom learning. However, it is not the number of courses it’s the ones the world needs, use and want.

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On these miserable hot summer days, with intermittent heavy downpour, flooding, monkeypox and Covid still sticking its ugly head above ground, many still believe the world is coming to an end. Have a look at the James Webb Telescope on YouTube (JWST) and ponder the vastness of this universe from recent pictures. I am an Afro Guyanese still trying to figure out how I fit into this vast universe.

There is quite an exhaustive historical summary of the sugar industry and its prospects in SN of Sunday, September 04, informed substantively by personalSelectively,experience.in the process, blame is put on one administration for the depletion of sugar production in Guyana. Very briefly however, it may not be totally irrelevant to recite the following pace of closures of sugar1829estates:–238 estates

(FormerEvertonRegards,MorrisChange Guyana Member)

A Police NCO makes a public expose re quest for protection, gets none but there is a recommendation for him to be charged.Theirony in all this is that we s till have at both the senior and junior level of the Police Force honest and professionally driven Policemen and women.

A Truth

We will forever be in awe of the things we cannot understand but sometimes just believing can unveil many answers we so desperately seek.

Always On Time!

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It is high time that Guyanese begin to embrace the fact that our Creator can be illogical but always on time, every time.

Creation – the vast universe, human beings speak for themselves. They are the handiwork of a higher being, one our mere human minds cannot yet comprehend.

Many human beings have spent their entire lifetime trying to figure out the intricacies of our existence here on earth.

Many have departed without finding answers to some of their many questions. But the search is always continued by succeeding generations.

If only we can believe in the Supreme Creator, we just might begin to accept that He is literally capable of making the impossible possible.

Importantly, contractors and sub-contractors have shown willingness to cooperate with this new requirement and have already moved to make the necessary adjustments.

Guyana’s Local Content Act prioritises the use of Guyanese nationals and companies in the procurement of goods and services for the enhancement of the value chain of the oil sector. The Act also serves to enable local capacity development and provide for the investigation, supervision, co-ordination, monitoring and evaluation of, and participation in, local content in Guyana.

Content use and companies in the value chain of Act capacity Secretariat is provisions are of Guyana.

Govt. orders oil companies to pay Guyanese within 30 to 45 days

https://petroleum.gov.gy/grievance-redress

The updated five-year plan must now include a payment period of upon the correct receipt of an invoice. This will no doubt allow Guyanese companies timely and appropriate access to contract and payment terms that facilitate competitive funding and expansion.

The Local Content Secretariat is mandated to ensure that the provisions of the Act are implemented and functions as the regulatory arm for the monitoring, evaluation, coordination and reporting of local content in the petroleum operations of Guyana.

Guyanese suppliers who continue to encounter delayed payments are asked to contact the Local Content Secretariat or utilise the Grievance Redress Form via this link: .

BACKGROUND

mandated companies Guyanese to 45 this bring end complaints of delays for major previous that sector the that updated plan of no contract and to and have delayed asked link: https://petroleum.gov.gy/grievance-redress.

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Guyana’s Local Content Secretariat has now mandated all oil companies to pay Guyanese within 30 to 45 days for their services. It is hoped that this measure will finally bring an end to complaints of inordinate delays for payments.

BACKGROUND

between 30-45 days

This major achievement for the Secretariat follows previous discussions that were had with the private sector for a 30-day payment period. Following continued discourse, the Secretariat said yesterday that it instructed contractors and sub-contractors to implement an amendment to their five-year Local Content Master Plan.

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This announcement meant that what was being launched was an almost four-fold expansion of the feeding programme and to the coastal areas.

De real decisions does mek by de govament. It is de parliament does pass de laws and de Queen use to rubber stamp dem.

The Government therefore should not waste resources at this stage unless it undertakes a proper analysis of where the greatest needs exist for providing breakfast for school children.

Is fuh de British people fuh decide whether dem had enough of dis institution which does cost de taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars each year.

Willful waste brings woeful want

In 2016, the APNU+AFC had significantly expanded the hinterland school feeding programme, catering for an additional 7,000 students and increasing the budgeted allocation for school feeding from 1.3 B in 2015 to 1.96 billion in 2016. In 2017, 13 359 students in 119 schools were provided with breakfast, representing 6.91percent of the student population. By 2019, it was reported that more than 20,000 hinterland students were ben efitting from the hinterland schoolvs feeding programme in more than 200Inschools.the2022 Budget, the Minister of Finance under the present PPP/C Government indicated that programme will be restructured and expanded to cater for 902 nursery and primary schools in coastal, hinterland and riverine areas.

However, the impression must not be created that the APNU+AFC did not have a coastal breakfast programme. It was in 2016 that a breakfast programme was launched to provide a nutritious breakfast in nursery schools and grades 1 and 2 of primary schools in the three coastal communities of Regions 3, 4 andThisGeorgetown.wasseparate and distinct from the hinterland feeding programme.

When I went to primary school most of the children in the country were poor. As such, the colonial authorities provided biscuit and milk for students.Itwas not done every day or even every week nor was it done for everyone at the same time.The milk had to be made at the schools in large canisters. It was then shared out to theThechildren.samesystem operated in both rural and urbanTheschools.ideawas to offer a nutritious snack to boost childrenvs attentiveness. It is not clear how well that programme worked but you can safely say that feeding programmes for children today have their origins in the biscuit and milk which were given out to school children in British Guiana.There is now a raging dispute on Facebook. It all began with the announcement that for the first time Grade 6 students in Regions Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and 10 would receive a meal in school. It was admitted that hinterland pupils are provided with meals as part of the hinterland school feeding programme.OneGovernment official contended on her Facebook page that under the APNU+AFC, not a single child in Essequibo, Region 10 or the East Bank of Demerara receivedSomebreakfast.criticsof the Government have sought to suggest that under Grangervs 5Bs programme v buses, boats, bicycles, books and breakfast that children were provided with meals. This is not so.

(The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of this newspaper.)

Suh is dem in Great Britain gat to decide whether dem still want a monarchy or not.De monarchy does pass from one person to another not based on suitability and competence but solely on birth.Now dat is nat wan modern concept at all.

Is it nat time dat de monarchy get outlawed.

The hinterlandcoastlandinggencyest.whereerypandedfirstcoastalfeedingpandinghereinlunch.schoolofawouldStudentsintionmakinggeted.terventionthatfindingsperformance.improvementestattendancetiveprogrammedid7eredtionunderFeedingSchool-basedHinterlandCommunityProgrammebeganthePPP/Cadministra-in2007.Theprogrammecov-schoolsinRegions1,and9.TheWorldBankanevaluationoftheandfoundposi-outcomesinrelationtobutonlymod-outcomesintermsofinacademicTheseareimportantwhichsuggestanyschoolfeedingin-shouldbetar-Instead,howeverofatargetedinterven-tobenefitthosemostneed,thePPP/Cadminis-trationisnowexpandingtheprogrammetoGrade6stu-dentsincoastalregions.Thisisyetanotherofthemis-guidedinitiativesofthePPP/C.Iftheintentionistoensuregreaterattentive-nessinclassrooms,thenthemostvulnerablegroup-inghastobehinterlandstudentsmanyofwhomareforcedtotravellongdis-tancestogettoschool.incoastalGuyanaseemtobelessthanpriorityandthemajoritythemeithertakelunchtoorgohomeforItisbeingsuggestedthatinsteadofex-theschoolcsprogrammetoregions,itshouldbeimprovedandex-toallhinterlandnurs-andprimaryschoolstheneedisthegreat-Thereisnotthesameur-foraschoolcsfeed-programmeontheasthereisintheareas.

Dem boys seh...

Anything other than that would result in willful waste.

Jamaica done indicate dat dem might scrap de Monarch as dem Head of State.

Britain is still a traditional country.

De monarchy is dere to stay!

It deh in de modern age but tradition still rules de roost. Jus take a look at de dress code and rules for Wimbledon and yuh gan realise dat traditions still supreme in England.And once dat remains suh, de monarchy gan remain.Talk half, leff half.

The 5Bs programme did not get around to the books and breakfast components.

Pon top of dat, de Monarch nah gat no real political power.DeQueen only had ceremonial powers.

Some ah dem countries in de Caribbean however done decide dat dem gan remove de Crown and replace it with dem own Coat of Arms.Barbados is now a Republic joining Trinidad, Guyana and Suriname.

But is nat fuh we in de Caribbean fuh decide wat gan happen in B ritain.

Wat purpose does it serve dese days other dan generating tabloid-styled scandals for de newspapers? Some ah dem tabloids would close down if nat fuh de royal scandals.But people all around de world fascinated by royalty. Even hay in de Caribbean royal visit does draw a crowd.

Frederick Kissoon

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Questions Sieyf Shahabuddeen should answer

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This present attitude ofnot sure if he is not in dimension if one writes a constitution the types of may lie in how he, SS, sees totalitarianism will have to the younger Shahabuddeencompetitiontobeconsidered biography of his father and power latitudes that should the 1980. It could be that he wait the research of does not square with thethebest. omits the controversial never be accessible to a thinks his father did a master objectivescholars. olderone.

There can be no doubt destruction of freedom of transformation into findacceptable. was completely good and ordeal for the Guyanesethat the former AG was one expression under the dictatorship.

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The answer as to why SS faultless.Iguessthemystery people. He wrote that theofthemosteruditemindsthe presidency of Forbes Why would any talent as failed at an absolute level to of why MS composed the event will never belegal profession of the Burnham. p h e n o m e n a l a s M S reflectonhisfather’swilling 1980 constitution and forgotten.Caribbean produced. I am I see it as a negative undertake to put into a subordination to Burnham defended Burnham’s

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It is baffling that SS does which was submitted to the SpeerandHitler President Granger that there in this article are those ofnot deal, even in a cursory ConstituentAssemblywhich Speer was a brilliant shouldbenoshameinlosing the author and do not way, with the horror show waschargedwithwritingthe architect and a decent man. anelection. necessarily reflect thethat the 1980 constitution newconstitution. Hitler admired his brilliance In a comment on this opinions of this newspaper.)turned out to be. MS literally Those changes MS did and made Speer a Cabinet letter in the book, SS noted

In another missive dated debate. I’m afraid I am not asubject. Trade Union Congress It reminds me of Albert June 7, 2020, SS advised fan. (The views expressed

commentaries against the Burnham. constitution. geniuslikeMartin biography of his famous and jurist. For example, on page ThebrillianceofMSwas The 1980 constitution of Heidegger have brilliant father, former 63 of her book, “Freedom of exploited by Burnham for MS has left a stain on his supportedHitler?

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Attorney General of Expression and the Birth of thenarcissisticconsolidation legacy of MS and I’m afraid Iguesswewillnot G u y a n a , M o h a m e d the Stabroek News, of naked power It appeared the love of a child pouring get the answer from Shahabudden (MS). I thank Historian Anna Benjamin, that MS was a willing hand out his sentiments in a SS because from that the tampering with theS i e y f ( S S ) f o r t h e was not generous to MS for i n t h i s d e p r a v e d biography of his father is not reading his biography of his election of March 2020 wascomplimentaryautograph. his contribution to the c o n s t i t u t i o n a l the kind of stuff historians father, he thinks his father criminal and that it was an

democratic elements to the p h i l o s o p h y S ahabudeen’s

InaletterofFebruary22, Burnham consolidated hisAgoodexampleofthisis does a disservice to the toMS. talentallowedhimselftobea 2020 he urged that the illegal power through aresearcher. Secondly, it does On pages 92 93, the helper to an authoritarian forthcominggeneralelection dangerous constitution. Thenot offer the complete authorsdetailedtherejection figure who was absolutely shouldbefreeandfair legacy of MS is opened topicture of the life of the of the suggestions of the power-drunk.

His son’s biography is an confrontations he had when leader? In chapter 5 of their stroke with the 1980 Now, there is an T h e s e n i o rinterestingone-fullofpraise he held power as the excellentbook,“Lawandthe constitution and should be interesting part of the Shahabuddeen was quitebut lacking in self-criticism. Attorney General of his Political Environment in praised rather than be biography in which SS comfortable mentally inThe book is saturated with country Guyana,” professors Rudy condemned. reproduced letters he wrote support of Burnham riggingt h e s p e e c h e s a n d These omissions take J a m e s a n d H a r o l d Itstillleavesthequestion to the newspapers over the national elections and alsoachievements of MS but the away from the biography for Lutchman, like Ms opened as to why such an years. was happy to ensurespreadisaconvenientone. two reasons. One is that it Benjamin was not generous incisive mind and creative

r e c e i v e d a where SS produced other and virtually damaged his not find useful although they Minister How complimentary copy people’s praise of his father reputation by becoming a w o u l d h a v e a d d e d c o u l d a S e y f but he left out critical sycophant of Forbes

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overseas are limited to 10 line of world class Programme, Guyana’s Oil Yo u c a n ’t r e g u l a t e percent recovery If the oil geoscientiststhatarealready andYou,Paulsaiditiscritical something as technically companies were desirous of doingfantasticworkinmany that Guyana arms itself with complex as this and doing full recovery then it companies all parts of thecountry rather than transference of skills and experts who can provide something which has so meant transferring many of world. By building capacity,overseas ” Paul said technology and is Guyana independent analysis of data manyopportunitiesforvalue their services to Trinidad P a u l r e a s o n e d t h a t

Trinidadian Energy Strategist, Anthony Paul

who is thinking of all this? Petroleum Geoscience would be beneficial when the Aretherightspecialistsbeing programmeattheUniversity r i n i d a d i a n countryisreadytocraftanoil sent for training?You have to that became a world-class EnergyStrategist, and gas master plan later on set yourself up to capture as programme This was

Guyana must guard against over-reliance on oil companies’ data

During an interview on Guyana is able to assess said that all costs incurred Trinidad boasts of creating a K a i e t e u r R a d i o ’ s what’s happening offshore.

Guyanese ought to question demandingoraskingforthis? provided by ExxonMobil loss, for value slippage which in turn resulted in Governments have access towhere Exxon has its And how much of all this is affiliates and any other oil without having the ability to moretrainingforlocals. a better quality of people togeologists, its geophysicists, happening outside of the company operating offshore oversee, understand and “Oncewedidthat,theoil work with the overseasits reservoir engineers and country?Itisimportanttoask Hesaidthecountrymusthave assess. One of the primary companies brought a team companies.other top-notch experts and because at the end of the day, the capabilities to be able to ways of doing that is making down with geoscientists and Paul said this is the kindwhether locals are training you are paying for it You properly interrogate what is sure as much work as they collaborated with us. ofapproachGuyanacantakesidebysidewiththem. mustalsoaskwhatistheplan presented by companies, possible is being done in We were able to build a while adding that it can even“To what extent is there for Guyana in this regard and seek to build and partner withTrinidadonthisfront.

In conclusion, Paul firmly asserted that Guyana canandshouldactquicklyto arm itself with the experts it needs in its corner to do independent assessments This he reiterated, is key to mitigating value loss which has been a key objective of the PPP/CAdministration in managingtheoilsector

...strengthen capabilities for independent assessments - Energy Expert

By Kiana Wilburg adding that such skill sets

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Anthony Paul Paul was keen to note as well much benefit as possible and possible because we got the believes it would be in the that independent assessments to ensure you are at every industry to help design the nation’s best interests to arecrucialforGuyanesetobe turn,”Paulexplained content, they brought in buildupitscapabilitiesinthe able to ascertain if they are In referencing how his experienced industry petroleum sector for being presented with the best home country was able to practitioners to teach some independent assessments field development plans for build capacity, he recalled of the classes and many and reviews so that it can the extraction and production that Trinidad, some years students were given job guard against over-reliance ofitshydrocarbonresources ago, was able to insert a training opportunities right on oil companies’ data and The Trinidadian expert provision into its production after,”expressedPaul. theirinterpretationofsame. said, “It is crucial that sharing agreements which He said that today,

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand

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With an estimated inflation rate of 4.9 percent recorded at half year surpassing the year end prediction of 4.1 percentt h e A P N U + A F C

…says public servant wages should be increased above 25% Opposition demands comprehensive response to increased inflation rates

Back in 2020, the reservoir, access and CounciltakenunderChapter Government had announced walkway and generator VII of the Charter of the thatitsecuredaloanfromthe building in an area of United Nations. Also, no Caribbean Development approximatelyfouracres. party other than the Bank (CDB) for the

However, in November and will be subject, in all addressedtotheChairmanof 2021, Minister of Tourism, $2,436,000,000(US$11.6M) Guyana.”

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Govt. looking to prequalify contractors for $2.8B Hospitality and Tourism Training Institute

Economic and Youth Policy Advisor to the Leader of the Opposition, Elson LowJurethaFinanceShadowMinister,Fernandes

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metre–BlockD(classrooms respects, to the terms and the National Procurement & Industry and Commence, borrowed from CBD for the To this end it was and student facilities) would conditions of the Loan Tender Administration O n e i d g e Wa l d r o n , project and Central highlighted that the new be a two storey building Agreement.

Opposition believes that the PPP/C Government must respond in a comprehensive manner that allows all consumerstofeelrelieffrom the prevailing high cost of living.Du r i n g a P r e s s Conference on Tuesday, the Economic and Youth Policy Advisor to the Leader of the Opposition, Elson Low, in 2021. By June 2022, the instituted for public highlighted that the recently Half-Year Report informs servants, as a fraction would released Mid-Year Report that food prices have amount to little or no impact indicates that Guyana’s first increased by a further 8.1 ontheirspendingpower oil-based budget falls short percent On the current He was keen to point out of its projections with the trend, food prices by that none of the measures in wider population yet to Christmas 2022 will likely the 2022 budget have receiveassistancetocushion be 25 percent higher than worked. According to him, therisinginflationrates. 2020’sChristmas.”

Senior Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh

External works entails import of goods, if such for the construction of the site preparation, security payment or import, to the $2,805,000,000 Hospitality office, gates, fence, roads knowledge of CDB, is and Tourism Training and car parks, concrete prohibited by a decision of Institute. drains, septic tanks, the United Nations Security

The Ministry of Finance Governmentshallderiveany construction of the Institute. (MOF) is the executing rights from the Loan The CDB had loaned agency for the project, Agreement or have any Guyana US$11 6 million, whereas the Ministry of claim to the proceeds of the which was the initial cost for Education (MOE) is Loan. the project. At that time, the responsible for the overall M o r e o v e r , t h e institute was expected to be implementation of the p r e q u a l i f i c a t i o n constructed at Providence, project.Notably,paymentby submissions must be in East Bank Demerara, behind CDBwillbemadeonlyatthe English and must be the Guyana National

request of the Government submittedby09:00hours,on Stadium. and upon approval by CDB, Tuesday, October 18, 2022

erbice,

The Government of concrete floors and should the Loan Account for the Guyana (GoG) has issued be approximately 1,150 purpose of any payment to invitations for the pre squaremetre. personsorentities,orforany qualifications of contractors

Board (NPTAB) Ministry of announced that the project Government financing the Hospitality and Tourism with a reinforced concrete The Loan Agreement Finance, Main and Urquhart had to be re scoped remaining$369,000,000. Training Institute should frame and reinforced prohibits a withdrawal from Streets,Georgetown. Minister Waldron had said In a recent Government entail a Block C, Block D, that the re-scoping of the advertisement it was stated external works, mechanical project would require the that,“AProjectManagement installation and an electrical project being moved to a Unit (PMU) has been infrastructure. bigger location and Ogle, established to coordinate the K a i e t e u r N e w s East Coast Demerara was various activities within the understands that Block C selected. Project. The works pertains (training facilities) would be According to the 2022 to the construction of a New a two-storey building with a budget document, the total Hospitality and Tourism reinforced concrete frame project cost is now Training Institute following and reinforced concrete $2,805,000,000, with the at Port Mourant, East floors and should be s u m o B Reg on#6, approximately 2,850 square

“Only $1.8 billion of the $5 He explained, “When To this end, he told billion budgeted for cost-ofone examines food alone, members of the media that a living relief has been used. Guyana saw food prices salaryincreaseofnolessthat Thisisthecluelessnessand rising by some 11.6 percent 25 percent should be (Continued on page 21)

By Davina Bagot

There will never be when, just two days before on her by her father’s death of wider Commonwealth anotherlikeher her death and while she in1952. positions, is well known and

She has been the longest knew that her end was near, It is a role she has greatly respected, especially reigning monarch in Britain she received Liz Truss and fulfilledfor70ofthemodern in the struggle against and all of her realms that appointed her as Britain’s Commonwealth’s 73 years. apartheidinSouthAfrica. stretch from the Pacific to 15th Prime Minister Quite Shehadmadeacommitment During her reign, she North America and the remarkably,shedidsowitha totheCommonwealthonher undertook more than 200 Caribbean She also radiantsmileonherface. 21st birthday when she visitstoCommonwealth reigned longer than any Every British Prime declared: “If we all go (Continued on page 21)

The Queen has died: Long live her legacy

She lived up to that person, who shed a tear or it. That commitment to Commonwealth countries declaration. Herdevotionto felt a tightening in their e x e c u t i n g h e r She became Head of the the Commonwealth and its throat, was painfully aware responsibilities, whatever Commonwealth at the affairs, even to the point of that a great figure has passed personalstrainitcaused,was instant that she inherited the defying the advice of British fromourlives. no better exemplified than monarchy of Britain, thrust Prime Ministers in support

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By Sir Ronald Sanders other monarch in Europe, Minister, every Prime forward together with an Asia, Africa and the Middle Minister of her realms unwavering faith, a high

ShewasnotQueeninthe qualityofherreign. Thevalue,reposedinher happy and a more powerful far-flung countries in which She was dedicated to her by the leaders of her realms, influence for good in the millions of people now duty and obligations and wassharedbyHeadsofState world”. mourn her death, but every everyone, everywhere knew and Governments of

Theannouncementofthe East. valued their engagements courage, and a quiet heart, death of Elizabeth II, But, it is not only the fact with the Queen She we shall be able to make of Sovereign Queen of several of her longevity that caused possessed a depth of this ancient commonwealth, realms, including seven in the spontaneous outpouring wisdom, born from the which we all love so dearly, the Caribbean, plunged the of sadness and regret at her breadth of her experience an even grander thing - more worldintodeepsadness. death; it was more so the andknowledge. free, more prosperous, more

Elizabeth II, Sovereign Queen of several realms

Minister, Gomes of Josel Success Elementary,Education Institute located Bryaneliza Latchman ofin Georgetown, Subryan of Providence Primary, PhilipCumberland Primary School Prashant Stephanas of Newin Region Six and Bancroft Guyana School, HemalofAnnandale Primary on the Abhay Singh of DharmicEast Coast of Demerara, all Rama Krishna, Christatied for first place with 518 Adenike McClure of Stellamarks and have acquired a MarisPrimary,KessiahJerryspaceatQueen’sCollege. OfOneMilePrimary,AeishaAlso placed at Queen’s Arifa Arjoon of ZeelugtCollege are Elliana Ganpat Primary and Amy Emilyof Mae’s Under 12, Sierra Chang, Omar Afzal Shariff,Prescod of Westfield Prep Nathan Josiah Gurcharranand Jaysean Manram of and Paavan Dev GangaramGraham’s Hall Primary who ofMae’sUnder12Primaryshared fourth position with This year’s examination,517marks. which was written at 509Elijah Ram of Graham’s institutions across theHall Primary, Adalyn country, was entirelyBernard of New Guyana conductedbytheMinistryofSchool, Arya Mohamed of Education in collaborationSuccess Elementary, Tanika with the CaribbeanSukhdeo of Academy of Examinations CouncilExcellence, and Ziyaad Ally (CXC).of Aurora Primary shared

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Giving a detailed rateforSocialStudiesis58.9 overview of the examination percent an improvement report was Dr Nicole from the 2021 performance Manning, Director of which was 56 3 percent, OperationsatCXC. while Science recorded a

slight decline was recorded a n d l a n g u a g e a n d in Mathematics and English. organisation. This year, the overall pass

ording to the

Algorithmic thinking andmarks are: Nicholas Noah candidates were assessed for Reasoning, in Science wereKhan and Katherine Sushma reading,comprehension,and knowledge, comprehension vocabulary while for and application, in Social structure and mechanics -

Copping 1st at NGSA, Neuel Bancroft who gained 518 marks

Scenes from Friday’s ceremony at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre

According to Dr 46.45 percent pass rate as Manning, out of the four compared to 2021 with 40.1 subject areas increased percent. performances were recorded As it relates to Maths, a in Social Studies and 34.7percentpassratewas Science this year, while a (Continued on page 21)

Those who secured 514 E n g l i s h L a n g u a g e

From the 16,223

candidates who registered for this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), three pupils Jonathan Gomes, Angelica Subryan and Neuel Bancroft – were named the country’s topperformers.Thiswasannounced by Minister of Education, Priya ManickchandwhoonFriday released the results at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.Acc

content, focus, vocabulary

Copping 1st at NGSA, Angelica Subryan who gained 518 marks

ByAllyiahAllicock

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Excellence; Arianne

The candidates wereseventhpositionandsecured tested in four subjects516 marks each, and Jaliyah namely, Mathematics,Holder of New Guyana English, Science and SocialSchool, Sarah Baharally of Studies.Ineachsubjectarea,Suddie Primary, Jaren the assessments consisted ofBoucher of Genesis Early two papers, Paper One withChildhood, Parnita Kishun multiple choice questions,of Dharmic Rama Krishna, and Paper Two with essay-and Kaiyah Ramkissoon of type or open endedNew Guyana School shared Studies were knowledge, questions.Theareastestedinthe 12th position with 515 conceptual understanding the subject of Mathematicsmarkseach. anduseofknowledge,andin w e r e K n o w l e d g e ,

3 pupils tie for NGSA top spot -performance in MathsandEnglishdecline

Copping 1st at NGSA, Jonathan Gomes who gained 518 marks.

Paavan Dev Gangaram of Mae’s U -12 Primary secured 514 marks

Rebekah DeCaires Of

Kaieteur News had businessman’sfather reported back then that a (Continued on page 21)

SheaddedthattheUnitis Alleyne, Saint Kitts and not petitioning for special Nevis and Kim Lucas-Felix, treatment for the Diaspora, SaintMaarten.

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PS in PSscandal‘kickback’freedin‘kickback’scandalfreed

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Diaspora Unit hosts Phase One Inter-Agency Meeting

Hicks was arrested in usually provides security October, 2021 by detectives services to the Ministry of after she was busted in a Amerindian Affairs reported sting operation collecting to the police that the PS was bribe money from a demandingmoniesfromhim contractor at her Quamina before signing off on his and Thomas Streets, South invoices. Cummingsburgoffice. H i c k s a n d t h e

The meeting in session

According to a Ministry including the National of Foreign Affairs and Insurance Scheme, Central International Cooperation Immigration and Passport release, this is in keeping Office, General Registers with His Excellency, Dr Office, Guyana Revenue Mohamed Irfaan Ali’s Authority,GuyanaOfficefor commitment to providing Investment and Guyana world class services in all Association of Bankers Inc., sectors. among others, committed to

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Affairs, Sharon Hicks, 42, was on Friday freed from a corruption charge after she was reportedly caught red handed some 10 months ago collecting a ‘kickback’ to sign off invoices for a contractorHicks was able to walk free from the charge after a key witness in the court matter against her refused to testifyAs result, the Presiding Magistrate was left with no option but to dismiss the sting operation was setup case. after a businessman who

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Freed: Sharon Hicks to provide a higher level of service to the Diasporalevel

“The purpose of this importance of transparency meeting is really to bring from all agencies. This he together all the stakeholders said, will improve the sothatwecanhaveopenand delivery of service in an honest discussion on all the efficientmanner challenges the Diaspora and Also participating agencies are facing and how virtually at the Inter-Agency we can make this better If Meeting were Honorary w e h a v e o p e n Consuls Robert Reis, communication, we will be Antigua and Barbuda, Nigel able to raise our standard in Russell, Saint Vincent and servicedelivery.” the Grenadines, Deniece

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C l o s e t o 3 0 but to devise methods on a representatives from several higher standard of service agencies participated in an delivery from the relevant Inter Agency round table agencies. During the round discussionwiththeDiaspora t a b l e d i s c u s s i o n s , UnitonFriday,September9, representatives from 2022. agencies in attendance,

In this regard, this forum working with the Diaspora was organised to address the Unit and Consulates to challenges faced by ensurecompetence. Guyanese abroad and how To this end, General the relevant agencies can R e g i s t r a r, R a y m o n bridge these existing gaps in Cummings also pledged his order to facilitate seamless office support to working engagements with the with the Diaspora and GuyaneseDiaspora. emphasised the need for Head of the Diaspora accurate information from Unit, Rosalinda Rasul applicantsinordertoprocess highlighted that this documentsspeedily e n g a g e m e n t w i t h Additionally, Senior stakeholders is necessary if Superintendent of the world class services will be Guyana Police Force, Errol deliveredtotheDiaspora. Watts reiterated the

Over 300 benefit from Rotary Club of Stabroek Skeldon outreach

Scenes from the outreach

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ver300residents was provided in a non Apart from prescriptions of Skeldon and intimidating, community and medication dispensed,

Osurrounding setting Services offered referrals were made to communities recently included blood pressure, Ophthalmology and other b e n e f i t t e d f r o m a blood glucose, blood specialised health facilities. community health outreach grouping, healthcare for the Rotary Club of Stabroek at the Skeldon Health elderly, HIV testing, VIA intendstoworkwithpartners Centre,whichwasorganised testing, Eye Care, COVID- in supporting persons who by the Rotary Club of 19 vaccination and booster are in dire need of follow up Stabroek in partnership with shots, chronic disease with services. the Rotary Club of medical advice from The success of the CorrivertonandtheMinistry Physicians, ultrasound, outreach, according to the of Health, including the dental, audiology, blood RotaryClub,waslargelydue Regional Health Office donation, BMI/weight and t o t h e h e a l t h c a r e (RHO)ofRegion6. nutrition counseling,

professionals who truly Theeventwascelebrated p h y s i o t h e r a p y, a n d e p i t o m i z e R o t a r y ’s in conjunction with the prescriptionmedication. humanity in motion by Skeldon Annual Health The Ministry of Health giving their time selflessly Centre Day where several and the Region 6 medical along with the staff of the donations were made by the team was complemented Skeldon Health Centre for a Health Centre to the with expertise from the true partnership The community Guyana Responsible Regional Health Officer, Dr This is according to a Parenthood Association, Vishalya Sharma, who was releasefromtheRotaryClub National Blood Transfusion present at the event, which noted that the Services, Optique Vision expressed her appreciation outreach was conceptualised Care and Eureka Medical fortheresoundingsuccessof to help residents take Laboratories. The outreach the collaboration and responsibility for the wassupportedbySpringdale indicated an interest for preservation of their health. Farm, FACT, Banks DIH, similar interventions in the A range of health services and SterlingProducts. nearfuture.

Coldingen man electrocuted in yard

Coldingen, East electric drop cord in his left Coast Demerara handandlyingmotionlesson

Thedetectivewasfearful even investigated the matter Organised Crime CommandInspector Nigel Stephen.RSS after the detective via conduct Nevertheless, that the GPF would allow The Crime Chief, Wendell (United Kingdom) wasBascomevenimplicatedtwohis lawyer, Nigel Hughes, Bascom stood by his harm to come his way Blanhum, had confirmed deployed to providesuspects – Mark Richmond,hadaskedhimforprotection. allegations and publicly because, according to him, thattheCIDwasawareofthe assistance.

TheGuyanaPoliceForce bribe to cover-up Papera cover up was only (GPF) had not only denied Shorts’ murder Those“hearsay.” the claims but had called superiors were identified byPresident Mohamed Bascom a liar and even Bascom as SuperintendentIrfaan Ali had recently investigated him for Mitchell Caesar andrequested the services of the breaching its code of

In the statement sent out statement, Bascom’s by the ministry on Friday, a allegations of a police former Detective Inspector “cover-up” in the Paper of the Metropolitan Police Shortshomicide Service, Serious and

A(ECD) man lost the ground. She said that she hislifeonSeptember7,2022 managed to remove the wire while trying to secure from his hand and observed electricity for his home that he was unresponsive. Dead is 32-year-old Mark Shethenraisedanalarm. Wells of Lot 44 Coldingen, At around 20:50 hours, ECD. an Emergency Medical

a security guard employed atBascom’s need for related that he has evidence one of the suspects in the alleged threat but did RSS’s main objectives inMohamed’s Enterprise onprotection arose after he had to back them up but was investigation had threatened nothing to help Bascom the probe as stated in theLombard Street andmade a Facebook live fearfulforhislifeandneeded him but the force had not because “ranks there don’t release, were “to determineprominent businessman,accusing his superiors at the protection. investigate threats ” The whether the GPF has detective was advised to effectively investigated the lodge a report at the unlawfulkilling/homicideof Brickdam Police Station but Ricardo Fagundes, to the ranks there too did not determine whether there is dealwiththematter any evidence to support any Meanwhile, instead of w r o n g d o i n g b y granting the detective Superintendent Mitchell protection, PresidentAli had Caesar and Inspector Nigel called for the RSS to Stephens of the GPF as investigate his allegations alleged by Sergeant Dion and review the Paper Shorts Bascom and to review the murder probe. An official investigation of the request for the RSS support Fagundes case by the GPF was made by the Home and any actions taken by the Affairs Ministry, and the investigatingofficers.” securitybodyagreed. According to the

(Continued on page 24)

According to police, the Technician unit from the man’s girlfriend, with whom Melanie Fire Station arrived he resided, revealed that on and Wells was later the day in question around pronounced dead. His body 20:40hours,Wellswasinthe was then examined by ranks yard running a wire to a and wounds were seen to his nearby house to receive lefthandpalmandrightleg. electricity A short while The body was later taken after she said she heard him to the Mortuary where it is screaming and rushed to see awaiting Post Mortem whatwashappening. Examination.

The woman noted that Although no foul play is upon arrival, she observed suspected,policesaidthatan that he was holding a white investigationisongoing.

RicardoMurdered:Fagundes

By Shervin Belgrave

- calls allegationsBascom’shearsay

Ministry of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn

Detective Sergeant, Dion Bascom

The Home Affairs linking them to the crime Ministry stated on Friday was never used by Caesar that the Regional Security That evidence, according System (RSS) has found no Bascom, was obtained with evidence of a police cover the use of technology He up in the murder of Ricardo claimed that the technology Fagundes better known as placed Richmond at the ‘PaperShorts’. crime scene and showed that

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RSS finds no cover-up in ‘Paper Shorts’ murder probe

Azruddin Mohamed – and had stated that the evidence

Instead, according to the he was in contact with police force’s CriminalMinistry, accusations made Mohamed during and after Investigation Departmentby police Sergeant Detective thetimeofthemurder (CID) of accepting a $30MDion Bascom that there was

Kaieteur News PAGE 19Saturday September 10, 2022

programme During the stated that when religious While making the Agriculture Minister to assist the church with the church’s leadership, who meeting, Minister Mustapha and other private and public presentation at the toldthemembersthathewas organisationsgetinvolvedin Ministry’sRegentStreet elated to know that agriculture, Guyana will be (Continued on page 22)

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha handing over the items to representatives of the Plaisance Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Less than a week after ZulfikarMustaphaonFriday developing their agriculture reached out to the Ministry organisations were taking able to play its part in meetingwithmembersofthe handed over a complete programme. for assistance with the initiative to get involved ensuring regional food Plaisance Seventh Day shade house set along with a Last Sunday, Minister developing their agriculture in agriculture. He further security h ,

Shade house, tools donation to aid church’s agriculture prog.

A d v e n t i s t C h u r c

number of agriculture tools Mustapha met with some of

‘Security Guards’ cart off $13.4M from GTT’s store at Giftland Mall

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Tw o g u n m e n o n another $6M worth of security guards, no one Wednesday, who were cheques. stopped them or suspected dressed as security guards A c c o r d i n g t o that they were bandits since from Amalgamated Security information received by this the security company is Services Limited (ASSL), media house, the robbery contracted by GTT to managed to rob the GTT took place after the mall was conduct Cash In Transit store located on the second closed. Police gave the time (CIT) services. This means floor at the Giftland Mall, as21:45hrs. thatASSL’sresponsibilityis Turkeyen,Georgetown. The Kaieteur News was told (Continued on page 21)

The Giftland Mall

By Shervin Belgrave bandits managed to escape that when the men entered with $13.4M in cash and the mall disguised as ASSL

As a result, a sting operation was setup and marked notes with serial numbers were handed over to the PS by the contractor while in her office.After Hicks collected the money a plain-clothes police

He went on to state also that the Government now requesting this information seemed suspicious, especially since GECOM itself sought to do nothing with the information but was now

From page 2 also not provided, and as such, the newspaper was not able to ascertain how many deceased persons would have voted in Approximately2020.134 out-ofcountry voters are believed to have voted out of a list of about 512 names.

PS in ‘kickback’ scandal freed...

officer walked into her office, identified himself and cautioned her.

clamouring for the then Coalition Government to increase public servant wages by 50 percent - at a time when the inflation rate was much lower.

that they too wish to become Republics. But, at all times, the go vernments and peoples of these nations expressed their c ontinuing admiration and respect for Elizabeth II. Their wish to become Republics was no disrespect to her, or any diminution of their high regard for her worth.

She was detained and released on bail. The Ministry too had sent her on administrative leave to facilitate the investigation and it took the relevant authorities some three months to charge and place her before the court.

However, she has left us a legacy of committed service that enriched all our lives, and an example of dedication to duty that we can never forget.The Queen has died. We must preserve her glorious(Thememory.writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the US and the OAS. He was twice High C ommissioner in London)

From page 16 reportedly had a deal in which she would help him secure a contract with the Ministry and in return he pays her $200,000 a month. After the businessman’s father died, he took over his father’s business and that is when Hicks approached him to strike the same deal, to which he first agreed.

From page 14 countries and visited every country of the Commonwealth (with the exception of Cameroon, which joined in 1995, Rwanda which joined in 2009, and Togo and Gabon which joined this year) as well as making many repeat visits. She brought star quality to the Commonwealth and, by her association, gave it global recognition and regard.The Headship of the Commonwealth has no functional role, but it is very doubtful that the modern Commonwealth would have survived had it not been for her personal stewardship.Shewas the glue that kept the group in existence, in her long reign. She made the Commonwealth a personal passion and advocated for it Grenadines,andbago.GuyanathembecameCaribbean,Instrongly.theCommonwealthseveralcountriesRepublics;amongBarbados,Dominica,andTrinidadandTo-Others,suchasJamaicaSt.Vincentandthehaveindicated

The company reportedly operates two branches at the mall, a small booth on the ground floor and a larger store-like booth on the second floor which was the target this time.

‘Security Guards’ cart off $13.4M...

books and nothing else but you shouldn’t focus all the time because all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, and you should have some break and not too much that distracts you from the purpose of Gomes,studying.”theother top performer, said that he is very excited with his results and advised pupils who will write future NGSA exams to “set goals for yourself and test yourself and you can do anything if you set your mind to it.” The NGSA results, the Ministry announced, can be accessed via these ngsaresults.gov.gy/andhttp://exams.moeguyana.orgwebsites:https://

From page 13 stinginess of the PPP which will deny the Guyanese people a decent quality of life. We reiterate our call for an increase in the salaries for public servants well above the inflation rate, grants for farmers to help boost production, fuel vouchers for canter and bus drivers to bring transportation costs down, and an expanded school feeding programme, among other short-to long termLowmeasures.”wenton to argue that Guyanese should note that with the price of crude oil remaining above US$100 per barrel and Government projecting a 32.5 percent increase in deposits to the

It is right that we should all mourn her passing, and unashamedly shed a tear, joining her family in their deep loss, for it is our collective loss too.

From page 20 to pick-up GTT’s cash from its Giftland Mall branch and deposit it at a bank. This activity would normally be carried out after the store would have ended its operations for the day.

It was simply a practicality.There is as much widespread mourning and sense of loss in the Republics of the Commonwealth as there is in Britain.

determined to hand it over to the Government for it to be investigated.

On Friday, the Alliance for Change (AFC) spokesperson on Economics and Shadow Finance Minister, Juretha Fernandes, also offered her perspective on the inflation rate. Fernandes joined in calling for the incumbent administration to take immediate measures to address the situation.For one, she explained that in 2015, the PPP was

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More than 100 overseas Guyanese...

The first robbery took place in February 2020 at the booth on the ground floor. Two men had calmly walked into the mall and robbed the booth of the day’s sales before making good their escape.CCTV footage allowed police to track down the perpetrators and one of them was nabbed after a shootout at Durban and Haley Streets, Georgetown.

ing robbed but it was too late. The man she had handed the bags of cash to, pulled out his gun and held her at gunpoint before ordering her to lie on the floor too.The gunmen then duct taped their h ands and mouth before locking them in the store and making good their escape, with the cash, through a backdoor that led to the mall’s parking lot. CCTV cameras show that they entered a white old model Toyota Raum and drove off.After they left, the GTT staffers recalled freeing themselves from the locked store and alerting everyone that they were just robbed.Speaking with Kaieteur News, the Divisional Manager of the Giftland Mall said that it will work along with GTT and police as an investigation into the robbery continues.Asof now, GTT is said to be conducting its own

The Attorney in his letter to GECOM had stated however that “grave allegations” were made in the 2020 elections about voter fraud.He said that “… as baseless and unfounded as they (allegations) were proven to be, it is important that the relevant state agency enquires into the source of this information, upon whose directions they were sourced, and perhaps, most importantly, to reconfirm their inaccuracy, for the public record.”

However, after reportedly paying Hicks for three months, he became tired and reported the matter to police.

The Queen has died: Long live...

Opposition demands comprehensive...

internal investigation and when the company is finished it is expected to submit a report to the mall and together the two companies will work to strengthen security measures in order to prevent suchThisreoccurrences.isthesecond time in two years that a GTT branch has been robbed at the Giftland Mall.

From page 15 recorded this year as compared to last year which had 36.5 percent, and 64.7 pass rate was recorded for English while in 2021 65.5 percent was Followingrecorded. the announcement of the results, top performer Subryan told media operatives that she did expect to be among the top because leading up the exams she did a lot of studying and had extra lessons. Subryan, who said that she was happy with her results shared that she has hopes of becoming a Doctor.Another top performer, Arya Mohamed, told media operatives “I am feeling extremely overjoyed because

To this end, the Shadow Finance Minister argued that the Government must honour its own request.

No one who encountered the Queen would not have been touched by her humanity, and the sense of personal concern that she showed. I recall many personal ins tances – her worry that I might catch my death of cold when I turned up for a wreath laying ceremony at the Cenotaph in London without an overcoat on a cold and rainy November day; her insistence, at Windsor Castle that she show me a photogr aph of a beach in Antigua, the only beach on which she

Both Alexander and Gunraj had told the Kaieteur News that when this information was received by GECOM, nothing was done about it since arguments were that GECOM did not have investigative power and that the information was necessary of an elections petition.Alexander said that Government Commissioners and the Chairwoman, Justice (rtd) Claudette Singh, had voted against anything being done with the document.

3 pupils tie for NGSA top spot...

His advice to pupils preparing to write the next exam is that “you should be discipline and strict, you should only focus on the

Natural Resource Fund (NRF), the administration has merely committed to “the continued monitoring of cost of living throughout the rest of the year.” The Economist said, “This is unacceptable and a clear indication that the PPP/ C does not care for the Guyanese poor.”

Similarly, Vice Chairman of the AFC, Ricky Ramsaroop, argued that the spontaneous handout of cash must cease and be replaced with subsidies that would benefit each Guyanese citizen. For instance, Ramsaroop urged that University of Guyana (UG) fees be waived, while citizens should enjoy fuel subsidies.

sun-bathed during her reign; and her warm welcome when I returned to London a second time as High Commissioner. Above all else was her interest in the country; her questions about the effects of Hurricanes and how people were coping.Elizabeth II sat on a throne – a heavy weight on her small frame, but she was a colossal human being. Britain and the Commonwealth have lost a treasure that cannot be replaced.

I worked really hard for this position and being here today is a dream come true because (I had) sleepless nights and (because of) all the efforts I put in (this), is a well deservedMohamedmoment.”expressed that she did expect to do well at her exams and in the future she might think of becoming a “Politician”. Bancroft who shared the top position, told the members of the media that he felt very excited with his results and had never thought he would “place so high in the NGSA exams.”

Alexander felt further that the Government might be seeking to use the information to make claims about the number of names that were presented as being out of the“Harmoncountry.made an allegation and any party is allowed to do so,” Alexander said. He noted, however, that what is important for GECOM is to ascertain what went wrong during its processes to allow the discrepancies, especially since Government’s interest seems to be on Harmon’s submissions rather than what was confirmed by the statutory bodies.In a public letter, Alexander said that the matter of determining electoral malfeasance is clearly within the jurisdic tion of the High Court as provided for in Article 163 of the whenplied,recognised,“GECOMConstitution.itselfbutmisap-thatprovisionitdisallowedits

own internal review of the tainted 2020 elections, but is now facilitating the Attorney General’s adventure into the domain of the High Court,”Alexander said. He said that the documents in question have been tendered in, at least one of, the ongoing petitions and that renders the matter sub judice, and prohibits anyone from making public comments on the matter.

One of GTT’s employees, a female supervisor at the Giftland l ocation, told police that the men were armed with h andguns and were using face masks. The fake security guards reportedly entered just as the supervisor and five other employees were wrapping up Bothduties.of them approached her in a room and she unsuspectingly handed over the bags with cash to one of them to check. While he was “checking up the bags,” the other exited the room and held the other employees at gun point and ordered them to lie on the floor.It was only then that the female security guard realised that they were be-

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The Minister also encouraged the membership to include the youth arm of the church in the project.

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From page 19 office, Minister Mustapha complimented the church’s leadership for taking the initiative of getting involved in agriculture.“Theseare exciting times for the sector because we can see that it is moving apace and developing rapidly. These efforts are needed if we are to achieve food and nutrition security as a country and as a region. When I met with the group last Sunday, I made a commitment to assist them with some tools to develop their farm and start their crop production. I hope that other groups can see this and take the initiative to develop similar programmes,” the minister

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The RSS sought to discredit Bascom by relating that he has breached the Police Act by working for the same gold trader without permission from the Commissioner of Police. Bascom was also accused of leaking information to the media.

The RSS, based on the ministry’s statement, also found that Bascom’s claims cannot be trusted because he has been “living rent-free in a furnished property at Essequibo owned by an Essequibo gold trader.”

Police had later found a burnt-out car at a location along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

From page 18 investigation “were hearsay having no provenance” and caused the “veracity” of his claims to be questioned.

Bascom was even accused of breaking Guyana’s cybercrime law by making such accusations in two Facebook lives.

Some of the GFS’s claims that the RSS upheld include that it has sought international help in the matter, and that initial information received from the victim’s close associate, who was with him on the night he was killed, about suspects in the matter, were“Theinaccurate.closeassociate said that Fagundes was driving the vehicle (the vehicle took the victim to a bar on Main Street, Georgetown before he was

killed) on arrival at the location of the incident. However, CCTV records show that the said associate was the one driving. CCTV also show that his description of the movement of the vehicle, whilst in the area, was also inaccurate and he neglected to tell officers about the third person who arrived at the club with them in the vehicle,” the RSS stated.Another claim by the force that the RSS upheld is that the GPF is not in possession of any technology, device, or equipment, like Bascom had claimed, that can triangulate phone calls.

businessman, and Paper (Short’s) friend, there’s nothing there relating to the investigation of the murder,” a relative told this publication.

“There are no recommendations on what the force can do to bring his killers to justice and solve the case quickly, no update on the progress of the investigation. I want to know how they were able to find footage to show that the friend lie to them but yet them can’t find footage to show who the killers are or where they went or where them come from but they could find footage to prove people lying and not find any to solve the case,” the individualMeanwhile,continued.Paper Shorts’ close associate accused of giving the force inaccurate statements, has related that no investigator from the regional security body has reach out to interview him in the probe. The associate said, “It is mentioned there that I give inaccurate statements, but they never talked to me or confront me with their evidence during an interview.”

Paper Shorts was shot more than 20 times in March 2021 by two men moments after stepping out of a popular night spot on Main Street, Georgetown. The men had emerged from the back seat of a waiting white Toyota Fielder car which was heavily tinted.

After upholding all of the GPF’s claims about the Paper Shorts murder investigation and against Bascom, the RSS “recommended support for the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory from a Regional laboratory to assist in analysing some samples of interest (evidence) related to the Thecase.”ministry ended the statement by revealing that “Investigations, both nationally and internationally, are actively ongoing to bring this matter (Paper Short’s murder) to finality.”Fagundes relatives, however, said that the RSS’ report is disappointing, noting that there might be some parts missing.“All we read in the statement is basically a repeat of what the police had said and its looks more like an attack on Bascom, an Essequibo

RSS finds no cover-up in ‘Paper...

As it relates to the murder investigation, the RSS upheld all of the force’s claims and stated that it has done extensive work in probing Paper Short’s unlawful killing.

By Zena Henry was the exact direction that see new Governments

…Former Finance Minister urges more stakeholder involvement

Kaieteur News PAGE 25Saturday September 10, 2022

Former Finance sector that will transcend activated in the earliest stage Minister Winston Jordan not Governments,” Jordan of the sector’s development. only endorsed the statement insisted. He pointed too that Even as all that work was made by the Trinidadian oil failure to have agreements done in relation to the specialist, he noted that it between political actors may Commission, Jordan said

Absence of united voice on oil and gas development puts Guyana at grave risk

four years later it died in a the previous Government coming and making dissolved Parliament and When Trinidadian had taken that enabled it in unnecessary changes within three years after that, the Energy Strategist, Anthony justaboutfouryearstomake the sector that could have agency is still not activated. Paul gave his thoughts in a significant steps toward been avoided if all hands “There must be consensus in recent interview on the enacting important oil were on deck. “And that is what we are doing,” Jordan current state of the local oil related bills, policies, and how we will keep going,” reiterated. He said that the andgassectorafewdaysago sought loans to secure Jordan charged. He said that last government showed that on Kaieteur Radio, among relevant services from if there is no change in it was prepared to engage the many things he warned internationalexpertstoserve Guyana’s posture regarding stakeholders and to make as aboutwasthatGuyananeeds the local energy sector He consensus in a number of oil much information available tospeakinonevoicetoshow said that genuine efforts related areas, then Guyana foraddedsupportingrowing harmony in the development were made to involve a wide may very well fail in its anddevelopingtheindustry of its oil resources, and most cross-section of persons in attempts to draw the most Apart from consensus, importantly, for the the handling of the sector fromitsoilendowments.

Former Finance Minister, Winston Jordan

Jordanhasalsocalledforthe protection of revenue through their advice, Jordan posited therefore, release of necessary oil and garnered for the lucrative concernsandotherinputs. that “…because of the fact gas information to allow for commodity Jordan,whoservedasthe that we (last Government) better participation in the oil Paul submitted that, FinanceMinisterundertheA were striving for national sector by citizens and other “There’s nothing foreign partnership for National consensus, we engaged in stakeholders. He told the companies love better than Unity +Alliance for Change long and wide consultations publication that there to see us fight amongst (APNU+AFC) Government and so on.” He said that for seemedtobealackofcritical ourselves…” He continued identifies himself as an example, the very Natural information within the that, yes, persons will have independent, holding no Resource Fund (NRF) law public sphere as it appears update citizens, and was many Guyanese in the oil their political party loyalty particular political party was the subject of wide too that the Government is accessible to the media. He oversight and management but said that there is ‘One lines. For him, the failure of spread public consultation hiding key documents and saidtoothattheGovernment programme by providing Guyana’ , and urged Politicians to sound off in that even members of the contracts from citizen. He and its agents also worked to them with data and therefore, that politicians one voice, shows how the current government had said that under his makedataascleartocitizens educating them on the sector think about the areas of the countrywantsitsoilsectorto pointed out that the stewardship he ensured as possible. Jordan has thus for increased consensus on sector where they can agree move forward, and leaves widespreadconsultationwas agencies under his watch urged the Government to the way forward with the oil and focus on rather than Guyana exposed to the done adequately with a wide held Press Conferences, follow suit and involve as bounty focusing on the areas where pitfalls of the cut-throat oil range of input. He added they don’t agree. Ultimately, industry that even the agreement to the aim for the Government He said that consensus in p u t t h e P e t r o l e u m and the Opposition, he all the areas must be sought Commission Bill in place noted, is to ensure that the and we must maintain a was done because of the country maximises its oil courseinthatdirection.“You number of concerns that profitswhilemaintainingthe have to have some kind of were raised; and the support safetyofitsenvironment. national approach to this for the legislation to be

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Corbin Bosch hits a six during his innings of 81 for the Barbados Royals (Getty Images)

The glass may look half empty, but only at first glance. Keep looking at it, or perhaps change the way you look at it, and you'll see that it indeed is half full.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20)

Saturday September 10, 2022

CANCER (June 21–July 22)

Prosperity is just around the corner, Scorpio. With it comes change. Change in your job, career, or environment figures prominently today. However this change manifests.

PISCES (Feb. 19–Mar. 20)

Crazy as it seems, why not plan that trip you've been eager to go on, Libra? Adventure calls, and although there are a few obstacles to stop you from answering, you can’t wait to get out of your rut.

There's definitely a downside to home ownership! Much as you love projects, Taurus, the joy is tempered when the chores never end. While your home is structurally sound.

2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League…

fend.That total never looked enough in the Barbados Royals reply as Corbin Bosch arrived with the bat in the Hero CPL to lead his side to victory.Earlier on, the Kings had posted what looked a competitive total of 169/6. Reaching 50/1 at the end of the PowerPlay a solid foundation was established for their middle and lower order to capitalise

After Bosch departed it was Miller and Holder who saw out the rest of the chase with minimum fuss to make it four wins from four for the impressive Barbados Royals.

Saturday September 10, 2022 Kaieteur News PAGE 27

Don't let others' bad moods get you down, Pisces. And don't feel it's your responsibility to cheer them up. Their moodiness is their business, not yours.

It looks as though change is on the horizon at work, Virgo. You've just recently completed some long-term projects and are being recognized for your efforts.

Your world is changing, Sagittarius, both internally and externally. You feel a need to broaden your horizons. You may be contemplating a move to a new neighborhood or trip to a faraway land.

ARIES (Mar. 21–Apr. 19)

AQUARIUS(Jan.20–Feb.18)

Romance is in the air today, Capricorn. It's likely that your relationship with your loved ones will see a dramatic improvement. Perhaps some flowers will arrive unexpectedly.

their side well ahead of the game.Even after Mayers departed, Bosch continued to have fruitful partnerships with Azam Khan and David Miller respectively until the allrounder was eventually dismissed by Alzarri Joseph for 81 from 50 balls.

170 to win should have proved tricky for the Royals to chase but despite losing opener Quinton De Kock for a golden duck, Kyle Mayers and Corbin Bosch plundered 84 runs from 48 balls to put

However,on. the Royals were excellent in the middle section of the innings. Led by Hayden Walsh’s miserly leg-

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CAPRI (Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

spin bowling they took wickets in regular clusters to reduce the Kings from 57/1 to 90/5.Tim David and David Wiese refused to succumb to the pressure and they counter-attacked brilliantly to put on a 79 run partnership from 43 balls to ensure a potential defendable total was put on the board.

Barbados Royals maintained their 100% record with a dominant victory over the Saint Lucia Kings in the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL).The Royals won the toss and opted to field first and that proved an inspired decision as they made regular inroads into the Kings top order to leave them teetering on 90/5.However, the international pair of Tim David and David Wiese put together a rescue act to ensure the Kings posted a respectable total for their bowlers to try and de-

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Se pt. 22)

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LEO (July 23–Aug. 22)

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Bosch leads the way as Royals make it four from four

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21)

TAURUS(Apr.20–May20)

Match details: Barbados Royals 175/4 (Bosch 81, Mayers 33; Joseph 3/32, Chase 1/30) beat Saint Lucia Kings 169/6 (David 40, Charles 29; Walsh 2/19, Holder 1/29) by 6 wickets

ThePresident’sCupthen grew from strength to

Ontheheelsofoneofthe largest ever Guyana Cup Horse Racing event, the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee (JJTRC) has definitely raised the bar

15,000allrevelingunderthe sun.Theeightraceswerethe talk of the day with the winnerscomfortablyearning theirbraggingrightsandthe top jockeys maintaining

strengthuntilthelastofficial race that attracted a patronageofover5,000.

The mantle and event planningresponsibilitywere then handed down to Nasrudeen ‘Junior’ Mohamed, Head of the JJTRC, who continued the flagshipracingeventfortwo years until the pandemic caused an untimely pause in racingDueevents.tothe influx of international horses within the last 6 months and the fierce competition from previous events held over a two month period, the President’s Cup is expected be extremely well attended

by new and seasoned horse owners.Wh

en contacted, Habibulla indicated, “I am p r o u d o f t h e accomplishments of my fatherwhopavedthewayfor us and other stables to take Horse Racing to another level. I am equally as proud of the JJTRC and by extension Nasrudeen “Junior” Mohamed for his timeanddedicationtoHorse Racing especially after such a successful Guyana Cup 2022. Every racing stable wants to take home a trophy after the months of training andcountlesshoursputinby the horsemen so events like President’s Cup are extremely important We expect a larger attendance due to the number of foreigners expected for the CricketandCarnival.” The JJTRC welcomes fans to join the road to the attending the biggest events in Guyana’s Horse Racing history with the President’s Cup being the next on the card with over $10 million dollars in cash and prizes to bewon.This event was made possible through the kind sponsorship of the title sponsor, Banks DIH and supporting sponsors Guinness, XM Rum, SmirnoffVodka,HopHouse 13, Johnny Walker, AJM Enterprise and Jumbo Jet AutoSales.

JJTRC NasurdeenPresident,Mohamed Jr

immaculateInductedform.tothe Cricket Carnival event calendar is the much anticipated President’s Cup carded for Sunday,September18atthe Rising Sun Turf Club, West CoastBerbice.

President’s Cup was created by Mr Infanally Habibulla in 1992 in honor of His Excellency, President Cheddi Jagan As the founder of the Rising Sun Racing Stable, Habibulla wasinstrumentalinthebirth and upliftment of competitive sport of Horse RacinginGuyana.

JJTRC confirms President’s Cup for September 18

with a collage of fans from allwalksof Guyanalife.Cup was hosted at the Rising Sun Turf Club andwasexecutedseamlessly with a patronage of over

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opportunity to say that he is incredibly grateful to the sponsors for this year’s showpiece.Additionally, John has expressed his profound appreciation to Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) MarkPhillipsforcomingon boardHagain.eechoed similar sentimentstotheMinistryof Culture,YouthandSportsfor offering their support as well.Meanwhile, preliminary round matches are set for venuesacrossGeorgetown.

GSCL President upbeat about Prime Minister’s Cup

Salisbury swept the next six points to snatch a one-set lead.Koolhof and Skupski, who formed a new partnership this year, securedthefirstbreakofthe contest to go 2-1 up in the second but Ram and Salisbury immediately answered with a break of their own to get back on serve.The set appeared headed for another tiebreak until Ram and Salisbury brought the contest to a sudden end, breaking Koolhof and Skupskiagaintosealvictory onthefirstmatchpoint.

S a m p r a s w i n t h i s tournament,IwatchedAndy R o d d i c k w i n t h i s

Amongthegroundssetto be used are Everest, Every Leary, Guyana Defence Force, Queen’s College, MuslimYouthOrganization, Gandhi Youth Organisation, Malteenoes and Demerara Cricket

“It is so, so special to be playing in this incredible stadium and to have that piece of history as well to havewonthistwiceinarow isamazing.”Asexpected, a final pitting number one seeds Ram and Salisbury against number two pairing Dutchman Koolhof and Briton Skupski was a tight affairfromstarttofinish.

Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury of the U.S. celebrate winning their men’s doubles final (Reuters/Mike Segar)

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Champions for 2021 were Regal, the Legends, Fishermen, the Masters and Ariel All-Stars, all in the openingcategory John also took the

Pandemic, John happily commented that it was another captivating tournament.

President of the Softball Cricket League, Ian John

“We have invited teams from those places and they areeagertotakepartbaseon the overwhelming response sowelookingforwardtothe tournament when you have players from all over as well,”Johnhighlighted.

“I am very optimistic of an exciting tournament; we have eight teams in the Legends, eight in the Masters and eight in the Open; we will stick with those numbers and again I am also confident of a successful tournament,” JohnHementioned.furtherrelated that teams are expected from Florida, Orlando, Canada and NewYork to participate inthevariouscategories.

“I got to come here the first year this stadium opened.Iwatched (Pete)

The sixth edition is expected to have the three categories: Legends (Over 50), Masters (Over-40) and Open, which is only for Round-Armbowling.

Ram and Salisbury retain U.S. Open men’s doubles title

resident of the G e o rg e t o w n Softball Cricket league(GSCL),Inc. Ian John, says he is very positive of an intriguing Prime Minister’s softballCup,whichisslated forNovember11-13.

Over two million dollars inprizeswillbeupforgrabs accordingtoJohn.

He also stated that four women’s teams have also confirmed their interest for themegasoftballevent.

Reflected on what transpiredin2021duringthe midst of the Global

“We had a great tournament last year; yes it was less overseas participation, but it was another showcase when it comestosoftballcricketand we at the GSCL are once againeagertorunoffanother eventful tournament in November,”Johnexpressed.

Atensefirstsetproduced a single break chance going to Ram and Salisbury, who wereunabletoconvertasthe opener ended in a stalemate andThetiebreak.first opening set to gotoatiebreakinthemen’s doubles final since 2010 looked set to go to Koolhof and Skupski, who charged ahead 4-1, but Ram and

Sampraswonthesingles title five times while Roddick won the trophy once.Venus and Serena won the doubles title twice and were also multiple winners ofthesinglescrown.

(Reuters) American Rajeev Ram and Britain’s Joe Salisbury beat Wesley KoolhofandNealSkupski76(4)7-5onFridaytobecome onlythesecondpairtoretain theU.S.Openmen’sdoubles title.Playing in their fourth U.S.Opentogether,Ramand Salisbury have enjoyed plentyofsuccessatFlushing Meadows.Theyreached the semifinals in 2020 before claiming back-to-back titles on theArthurAshe Stadium court to join the Australian duoofToddWoodbridgeand MarkWoodfordein1995-96 as the only pair in the Open era to stage a successful defence.“It’spretty crazy I can’t quite believe we’re standing here again,” said Salisbury, who retains his ranking as

“Tobeasmallpartofthat as anAmerican I don’t even knowwhattosay,”headded.

the world’s number one doublesplayerwiththewin.

“TheseClub.grounds are in good shape and we will continue to intensify our preparations in every aspect to ensure a wonderful tournament, ” John concluded.Allfinals are scheduled for the Guyana National Stadium at Providence, East Bank,Demerara.

tournament, Venus and Serena,”saidRam.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and NationalSportsCommission will roll out a massive f o o t b a l l c o a c h i n g p r o g r a m m e w i t h communities on the East Coast Demerara and Georgetownbeingthefirstto benefit.FormerNationalCaptain and Coach Coach Gordon ‘Ultimate Warrior’ Brathwaite will be in charge theseThesessionsprogrammewilltake placeatBuxtonandVictoria on the East Coast of Demerara.Sessions in Buxton kick offthismorningandwillrun until the end of October Braithwaite will engage youths on weekends from 8 amto12pm.

All participants are advisedtocontacttheclub’s manager on the day of the tournament to collect their scorecards, pay their tournamentfeesandproceed totheirallocatedteeboxesto beginplayat12:30hrs.

Once on their respective teeboxes,playersmustawait the sounding of the horn or siren as indication to begin teeingoff.

“Weareindeeddelighted to announce that the competition is ready to go; our teams stated that they want to play competitive cricket again,” Layne related.Layne, the former Essequibo softball Inter Countyplayer,alsorevealed that the top four teams will be playing the semi-finals while the championship game is billed for Reliance ground The teams are

in the National Park from 5:30hrs–7:30hrs. The contactsessions.areacommunityKitty/CampbellvillewillbethefirstinGeorgetowntohaveInterestedpersonscanCoachBrathwaiteon694-5597.

Massy Guyana has donated a sizeable sum towards the hosting of the Lusignan Golf Club tournament which is set to commence today at 12:30 hrs.CEO of Massy Gas Products, Lekhnaraine Shivraj said, “Our values include supporting communities wherever we operate, and Massy Guyana is pleased to contribute to golf.Wewanttohelpdevelop golflikecricketandfootball so people can have more options in sporting disciplines.”1SeniorVice President of

off on Sunday, October 9, at various venues across Region Two (Pomeroon Supenaam).According to Chairman of the League, Wakeel Layne, the competition will have the same cash incentives and trophies at stake.The winner takes home $100,000 and runners up will have to settle for $50,000. He also informed that the teams have confirmed their interest and that has given him the confidence.Itispredictedto beanotherfascinatingyear

He said Cricket JournalistandCommentator, RavendraMadholall,willbe spearheading that aspect of theday’sevent.

November 5th and will run until December 17th with training from 8:00hrs 12:00hrs.Mea n w h i l e , i n Georgetown the program will start on Monday September 12, and will be heldfromMondaytoFridays

Massy Group, Navindra Thakur, pledged continued supportforthesport.

OnSeptember25,during the Guyana’s leg of the Caribbean Premier League T20 tournament, Layne said several of the sponsors will be in Guyana to witness an exhibitionmatchtokickstart theseason. Laynestatedthe two finalists (Caribbean Cricket Club and Sunrisers) from earlier this year will feature in a game to be broadcastliveonFacebook.

While accepting the cheque, the President of the Lusignan Golf Club, Patanjilee Persaud, stated that it would help offset the usual heavy cost for maintaining the golf course on the East Coast. Secretary of the Club, Chet Bowling, expressed appreciation for M a s s y w h i c h h a s demonstrated good c o r p o r a t e s o c i a l responsibility by supporting theClubanditsactivities.

Shalini Thakur-Jagdeo hands over a cheque to Lusignan Golf Club President, Patanjilee Persaud in the presence of Chet Bowling (R), Lekhnaraine Shivraj (L) and Navindra Thakur.

The sessions commence in Victoria on the weekends starting on Saturday

ESCL Tournament billed to bowl off on October 9

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Thetournamentwilltake the format of Medal play over 18 holes and shotgun

defending champion Caribbean Cricket Club, Sunrisers Masters, Ravens Sports Club, Devonshire Castle Sports Club, Queenstown Tigers, Invaders Masters and Hibernia Strikers. Meanwhile, Layne mentioned that he is once againgratefultothesponsors forcomingonboard.Healso expressed satisfaction with last year’s tournament despite the challenge with constantrainyweathers.

Theprogrammehasbeen organisedtoassistplayersin the communities with additionaltraining.

start.Theprizesupforgrabs are overall Best Net, Best Gross, Nearest to Flag (hole 4),LongestDrive(hole5).

Seven teams are set to compete in this year’s Essequibo Softball Cricket League (ESCL) 20 over round robin, over 40 tournament,whichwillbowl

Local Golf Club gets boost with Massy donation

MCY&S and NSC commence football programme

Presentation of prizes will be held at the completion of the tournament.

Gordon Brathwaite (Photo Credit: SN)

(CPL) Jamaica Tallawahs captain Rovman Powell has praised his team’sbattingaftertheirfirst three games of the 2022 edition of the Caribbean PremierLeague.

“I’mprettypleased.

They currently have a rating of 119 with New Zealand on 117 slipping to second.New Zealand can move to 119ratingsiftheywinthethird and final ODI in Cairns on Sundaybutwillstillbeplaced second.There was no other movementintherankingswith India, Pakistan and Australia occupying third, fourth and fifth place on the charts respectivelyTheKane Williamson-led New Zealand side came into the ODI series against Australia having won six of

Lewiswith73.

183-2againsttheSt.Kitts& Nevis Patriots in their first gameandsufferingtheirlone loss after making 163 8 againsttheSt.LuciaKingsin thethird.Against the Guyana Amazon Warriors, they successfully chased down 142, reaching 143-6 in 19.2 overs.From an individual standpoint, Brandon King is the Tallawahs leading runscorer after the first three gameswith140followedby Powell with 81 and Kennar

The 2013 and 2016 champions are currently secondinthetablewithfour pointsaftergettingtwowins intheirfirstthreegames.

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The Barbados Royals lead the table with a perfect recordafterfourgames.

KnightRidershaveonewin, onelossandonenoresultin threegamessofarandboast a powerful batting line-up includingformerWestIndies white ball captain Kieron

(ESPNcricinfo) New Zealandhavelosttheirtopspot ontheICCODIteamrankings afterasecondstraightdefeatin the three-match ODI series againstAustralia.Asaresult,England, who had lost pole position to New Zealand in May 2021, have regained their place atop the rankingschart.

In the second ODI on Thursday,NewZealandfound themselves in a far stronger positionwhenbowlingfirstas they had Australia struggling at 54 for 5 and later 117 for 8. However, crucial lower-order runs saw the hosts recover to 195forThe9. visitors then never really got a hold of the chase, astheycrumbledto82allout.

The guys have been batting well. In the first two games I think the guys got stuck

The Tallawahs will next oppose the Trinbago Knight Riders on Saturday The

Both England and New Zealand next play an ODI series in November after the T20WorldCup.

Friday“It’s encouraging signs fromthebattersbutit’searly in the season and there’s a l w a y s r o o m f o r

Powell praises Tallawahs batting ahead of Knight Riders clash in CPL

Englandovertake NZtoreclaimtop spotinODIrankings

Pollard, current West Indies white ball captain Nicholas Pooran and hard hitting Jamaican all rounder and formerTallawahsstarAndre Russell.

The Tallawahs have batted first twice, defending

their last seven 50 over matches.However,thingshavegone south for New Zealand in the firsttwooutings.

improvement so I hope, as a batting unit, we keep improving,”headded.

InthefirstODI,defending 232, New Zealand had Australia reeling at 44 for 5 before a 158-run sixth-wicket standbetweenAlexCareyand Cameron Green helped the hostsNewrecoverZealand eventually lostthegamebytwowickets.

Jamaica are second on the point standings for the Tournament. (Getty Images)

New Zealand were bowled out for just 82 in the second ODI in Cairns (Getty Images)

Evenin. against the Kings, I’m very pleased with how the guys played after we came under some pressure earlyout,”Powellsaidinan ESPN Cricinfo interview on

“He had a good day todaybut,intheend,Iwent for Shepherd and as it was things just didn’t go our way,”headded.

ManybelieveHetmyer should have gone for Odean Smith to bowl the finaloverafterthebatsman put up an economic 2 for 10 runs off two overs. Hetmyerinsiststhatitwas importanttobackplayers.

heGuyanaMixed Martial Arts K a r a t e Association (GMMAKA) hosteditsannualtournament - Epic Clash Martial Arts Championship on Sunday, August 28 at the Guyana National Gymnasium, MandelaAvenue.Areleasefrom the GMMAKAstated that all of the competitors turned in an excellent performance and the competition was well attended.Tyrese Stanton, Adon Gill and Elijah Pollydore won their kumite, Rajiv Kandial took top honours in the sparring, while Alicia Hamidtookfirstplaceinthe

‘Sometime it happens’ – GAW skipper has no regrets choosing Shepherd for costly final over

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traditionalKata. Manger of Club UWMAA,RamayaKandial, congratulatedhisstudentson their performance and encouragedtheteamtowork and train harder for the next tournamentwhichwillbebig andbetter“Special thanks to Director of Sport, Mr Steve Ninvalle for accepting the invitation and his remarks during the opening ceremony,” the organization said.Persons can contact the manager on telephone 6248184whowishtojoinatthe followingCornelialocation:IdaandTuschen PrimarySchool.

“I think as players and individuals we back ourselves to get it nine times out 10. I guess sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn’t it’s justforustodobetterinthe nextgame.

GMMAKAhosted successful Martial ArtsChampionship

Hetmyer that put the Warriors in a strong position.Infact, the Guyana franchise seemed well set for a win after needing 22 runs heading into the final over After scoring three off the first two balls, however, Pretorius tore intoRomarioShepherdthe rest of the way clubbing two 6s and 7, in effect, off thelastballafterShepherd was also called for a noball.

themselveswhentheytake on St. Lucia Kings in the evening match from 19:00 hrs.Priortothatmatch,the Jamaica Tallawahs meet the Trinbago Knight Riders in the day’s first matchfrom10:00hrs.

(SportsMax) - Guyana Amazon Warriors captain Shimron Hetmyer insists hewouldnothavedonetoo much differently despite a tough loss to St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the CaribbeanPremierLeague onThursdayAbrutal final over assault from Dwaine Pretorius handed the Patriots a thrilling 4 wicket win, despite an innings leading 46 off 21 from skipper Shimon

Today, Hetmyer and the Warriors will have another chance to redeem

The first four deliveries of Romario Shepherd’s final over went for 22 runs. (Getty Images)

T

Linden-theforgottenplaceoflocalbasketball…

Abdullah‘Zico’Hamid

The Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA)

The matches for today (Saturday) will see the defending league champions, Eagles United, taking on Botafagofrom2:00pmandthe other game which starts at 4:00pm has Haynes’ Winners Connectiongoingheadtohead withAmelia’sWardPanthers.

Hamid lamented that “even if it’s through the privatesectorortheMinistry of Culture,Youth and Sport, somebody needs to see that there’saneedforfacilitiesto upgradeinLinden.”

Former National player and Coach Abdullah ‘Zico’ Hamid cries neglect

Double headers on this weekend in UDFA Senior League

a debate around who are some of the best players to grace the courts in Guyana, andforsure,thelikesof‘Fat Wayne’ Andries aka ‘bouncer’, Auric Tappin, Alwin Wilson, James Brusche, Steve Niels Jr and Kerwin Lafarge will be mentioned.Wismar Pistons,YMCA

In matches played

In July, the Buxton

Saturday last, the Panthers scored a 2 0 win over Blueberry Hill as Kwakwani failedtoappearagainstCapital FC.The next day, Hi Stars surprised Coomacka winning 3-1 while Silver Shattas held Milerocktoa1-1draw Tomorrow (Sunday) the firstgamewillbebetweenNet Rockers and Kwakwani Strikers at 2:00pm while the second match which kicks off at 4:00pm features Topp XX andCapitalFC.

Kaieteur News PAGE 33Saturday September 10, 2022

ByRawleToney

Senior Men’s football league tournament continues with two more matches this afternoon (Saturday) at the Mackenzie Sports Club groundinLinden.

Withbasketballfacilities in Linden in a deplorable state,Hamidsaidasthegame continues to evolve and facilitiesinLindenfailingto be upgraded, the authorities forthegame

Kings, MSC Lakers, MSC Knicks, Central Mackenzie Hawks, Seventy Sixers, Silver Nets (just to name a few),weresomeofGuyana’s topclubs,alloutofLinden.

Basketball in Guyana saw the emergence of the Victory Valley Royals, another Linden club that would’ve gone on to win Nationaltitles.

For the first time in Lindenwesawfourcampsin one year and all attracted over 60 kids, so it means definitelywehavetorevamp the way we deal with basketball,”Hamidnoted.

Speak of basketball in Guyana and you’ll be hardpressed to not mention anythingaboutLinden.Have

There’s a rich history of basketballinGuyana,dating back to days before establishmentoftheGuyana Amateur Basketball Federation(GABF)in1961.

over the past almost three decades,helpedtodevelopa number of talented players that went on to represent Guyanaandevenplayatthe collegiatelevel.

– the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) will have to revamp and find a way forward.“We’re seeing a lot of youths coming out to play basketballrightnow

One thing the aforementioned clubs and top players in Linden had in common was access to properbasketballcourts.

He added, “Basketball has been suffering for a while because of the pandemic, we haven’t played competitive basketball for almost three years“Somenow.”of the clubs are very dormant, some of the players are very hesitant in wantingtoplaybecausefirst, the premier venue, the MackenzieHardCourt,isin

a deplorable state that needs to get back up and running. Retrieve Hard Court, we’re trying with it because the lights are the next problem. We have Silvercity, Christianburg–thoseare courts that produced talented players over the years and to see themrun-down,itmeanswe have to get a lot of work done,” the former YMCA Kingsplayersaid.

“Ourbiggestchallenge we have with basketball in Lindenrightnowisplaying facilities,”formerNationalplayer and national coach, Abdullah ‘Zico’ Hamid toldKaieteurFormerlyNews.known as Ron Robertson, ‘Zico’ as he is also popularly called, is a household in Linden with regards to basketball and one of the best players outofThroughLinden.his Abdullah HamidFoundation,‘Zico’,

However, today’s playersintheMiningTown are living through the ‘down side’ of sports in their community, and basketball happens to be oneofthehardest-hit.

Community Centre was equipped with new basketball backboards and other equipment, but Hamid told Kaieteur news “It was surprising to see that a backboard is being donated to Buxton and none donated from Linden, when Linden has been producing national players, male and female, right across the globe of Guyana.”“It’s strange and something needs to be done to see that the facilities in Linden, upgraded to a status where we can play competitivebasketballatthe International level,” the usually candid basketball coachsaid.

A group enjoying their usual ‘afternoon sweat’on the Amelia’s Ward Hard Court.

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That facility can’t be used for besweat’theirAitsbasketballcompetitiveincurrentstate.groupenjoyingusual‘afternoonontheAmelia’sWardHardCourt.Thatfacilitycan’tusedforcompetitivebasketballinitscurrentstate.

The first four deliveries of Romario Shepherd’s final over went for 22 runs. (Getty Images)

National player and Coach Abdullah ‘Zico’ Hamid cries neglect it‘Sometime‘Sometimehappens’ithappens’‘Sometimeithappens’

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Linden-theforgottenplaceoflocalbasketball…

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