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A section of the gathering at the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association’s (GMSA) Annual Awards and Dinner at the Pegasus Hotel Thursday night (Delano Williams photo)
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–– Carnegie graduates told By Vishani Ragobeer
GRADUATES of the Carnegie School of Home Economics and the Craft Production and Design Division were told on Thursday that their skills and talents are needed by Guyana as it seeks to transform itself sustainably. Addressing the students, Senior Pastor at the Vreeden-Hoop Wesleyan Church, Dr. Marlon Hestick, posited: “You’re not just graduating people today but you are contributing to the national resources.” The pastor explained that
Senior Pastor at the Vreed-en-Hoop Wesleyan Church, Dr. Marlon Hestick (Samuel Maughn photo)
their qualifications do not only gain them entrance into the workforce which will contribute to economic development, but they have a fundamental role to play in Guyana’s transformation, particularly in the wake of the emerging petroleum industry. He stressed that Guyana is becoming a massive tourist destination and with persons flooding these shores because of this industry will require the students put their skills to full use. Dr. Hestick also stated: “Our nation and the world are looking for pioneers.”
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Scores of students graduated from various programmes offered by the school. These include Visual Arts, Garment Construction, Interior Decoration, Commercial Food preparation, General Cosmetology and Catering and Hospitality. Within these areas, Cynthia Henry emerged the top student in Craft Production and Design and she copped the highest marks in Information technology (IT) and English. She was followed by Ronalda Sandy and the top performer in Mathematics and Social-Studies. Yonette Ward was the school’s Most Improved student. Dr. Hestick acknowl-
Top student Cynthia Henry receives one of her awards (Samuel Maughn photo) edged that the students must have encountered several challenges as they pursued their studies and now that they have all successfully
graduated, they have earned the right to celebrate. “As you take a step in See page 3
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–– Energy Dept says suspension to be lifted early 2020 By Svetlana Marshall THE suspension of the issuing of Petroleum Prospecting Licences for the remaining oil blocks would be lifted in 2020, according to Director of the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe. “We have currently in place a moratorium on licensing right now because we need to understand the lay of the land,” Dr. Bynoe said while fielding questions during a press conference at the Ministry of the Presidency on Thursday. He explained that while significant players such as Tullow, TOTAL, Anadarko and ExxonMobil are already in the deep water, there is much still to be done, noting that only a small portion of the Guyana Basin has been de-risked. “Yes, Exxon has done some amount of appraisal and development work now going forward, but there are still significant areas in deep water that has not been de-risked. Near shore, very little or no activity; onshore, no activity at all… so in short, what we are aiming at is to look at what currently obtains and to build on that,” Dr. Bynoe explained. Even so, the director of the Department of Energy said oil companies continue to signal their interest in acquiring
Department of Energy Director, Dr. Mark Bynoe concessions in the Guyana Basin with significant interest in Block ‘C’. “We do understand that there is significant interest in Block ‘C’ but we are not anxious to allocate Block ‘C’,” Dr. Bynoe told reporters. He said while there is considerable interest in Block ‘C,’ such is not the case for shallow and onshore areas.
It was explained that during the period of suspension, the Department of Energy had initiated the process of revising the current legislative framework, in addition to the designing of a model contract that will be used for future Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs). It is intended that the moratorium would be lifted when the legislative framework is revised and a new model PSA is in place. “Therefore, we do not envisage a possible licensing round maybe until early 2020, and that’s being realistic…,” Dr. Bynoe said. The Department of Energy is also analysing the possibility of creating a package with requisite data that would give investors greater insight into the resource base, so as to generate greater interest in shallow and onshore exploration interest. ExxonMobil’s affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) is the operator of the Stabroek Block, holding a 45 per cent interest, while Hess Guyana Exploration Limited holds 30 per cent interest and CNOOC Nexen Petroleum Guyana Limited holds 25 per cent interest. The Canje Block, located offshore Guyana east of the Stabroek Block, is
also operated by EEPGL which holds 35 per cent interest, JHI 40 per cent interest and Mid-Atlantic 25 per cent interest. The Kaieteur Block, located offshore Guyana to the north and adjacent to the Stabroek and Canje blocks, is also operated by EEPGL which holds 50 per cent interest. Ratio Energy Limited holds 25 per cent interest and Ratio Guyana Limited holds 25 per cent interest. Tullow Guyana B.V and Eco (Atlantic) Guyana Inc are operators in the Orinduik Block. Eco (Atlantic) Oil and Gas Inc. has a 40 per cent interest in the Orinduik Block, while Tullow Oil has 60 per cent. Meanwhile, in the case of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, it was granted an exploration licence for the Roraima Block offshore Guyana in 2012. Guyana is divided into two petroleum basins named Guyana and Takutu, respectively. The Guyana Basin is further divided into two basins, Onshore and Offshore. According to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), NABI Oil And Gas Inc. and ON ENERGY Inc. have concessions within Onshore Guyana Basin, located some 150 miles from Guyana’s coastline.
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the right direction, the best thing you can do is keep graduating… celebrate your performance but do not stop graduating,” he said. He also told them to not be limited by the assessments of others, but always keep elevating themselves. “Whatever your performance is, there is the ability in you to do much more, graduation is life-long,” he said and added: “You have
to learn the habit of always stepping up.” Also giving special remarks at the graduation was Minister of Education, Dr. Nicolette Henry, who also stressed the importance of the skills of the graduates in fostering Guyana’s development. She extended congratulatory remarks and encouraged them to keep aspiring to greater heights in life.
A section of the graduates (Samuel Maughn photo)
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‘I won’t meddle when I am king’ –Prince Charles promises
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s Prince Charles said he will stop meddling in issues he feels strongly about when he eventually becomes king, saying he is “not that stupid”. The heir to the British throne has long been outspoken on issues ranging from climate change and architecture to alternative medicine, and critics have warned that if he continued as sovereign, he would put the monarchy at risk. Speaking ahead of his 70th birthday next week, the eldest son of 92-year-old Queen Elizabeth II said the role of monarch is completely different from his position as Prince of Wales. “The idea, somehow, that I’m going to go on in exactly the same way, if I have to succeed, is complete nonsense because the two situations are completely
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different,” he told the BBC. Asked whether his public campaigning would continue, he said: “No, it won’t; I’m not that stupid.” Under Britain’s unwritten Constitution, the monarch is obliged to remain neutral on political issues despite in
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practice wielding no practical power. During her 66 years on the throne, the longest reign in British history, Elizabeth has never made public her private views. Charles, on the other hand, has made no secret of his opinions, acknowledging that challenging some orthodox standpoints had made him unpopular in some quarters. “As a teenager, I remember feeling deeply about this appallingly excessive demolition job being done on every aspect of life,” Charles said in a written response to Vanity Fair magazine for an interview published this month. “In putting my head
above the parapet on all these issues ... I found myself in conflict with the conventional outlook which, as I discovered, is not exactly the most pleasant situation to find yourself.” In 2013, it was revealed he had held 36 meetings with government ministers over three years, while two years later, Britain’s top court ruled that dozens of his letters to ministers, dubbed the ‘black spider memos’ because of his scrawled handwriting, could be released. Topics included rural housing, the war in Iraq, food in hospitals, and the fate of the Patagonian Toothfish. U.S.-born journalist Catherine Mayer wrote in a 2015 biography that his passions had caused disquiet at Buckingham Palace and with the queen herself, with royal courtiers fearing Charles would pursue a radical style of monarchy. “He has a view of the world, and he wants to impose his view of that world, so in every way he doesn’t want to conform to expectations,” Tom Bower, who penned a biography of the prince this year, told Reuters. “I think that if he’s a rebel king, the monarchy will be in danger, and I think that is the great problem we face.”
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Opposition saddened by referendum outcome –– as Grenadians vote against CCJ ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – A senior member of main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), says that the party is “saddened and depressed” that Grenadians who participated in Tuesday’s referendum did not support having the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), as the island’s Final Appellate Court. “We are really saddened and depressed that today it is not our Final Court, but at the same time we have an obligation as citizens to defend our Constitution and to
ensure that any amendment in the Constitution meets the highest standard,” said Claudette Joseph, who said persons should vote “no” if they did not understand why they were voting. “We would want to let it be known to our Caribbean brothers and sisters, especially the judges and administrators of the Caribbean Court of Justice, that the National Democratic Congress is, and has always been, in support of the CCJ becoming our Final Appellate Court,” said Joseph, who during interviews before Referendum
TnT Mirror closes after 36 years AFTER 36 years of publication, the bi-weekly TnT Mirror newspaper is closing its doors. The paper put out its final issue, a weekend edition, Thursday. “The death of a newspaper is a very sad thing,” wrote former editor Jeff Hackett. He wrote of the closure of the Daily Mirror on September 2, 1966, and the founding of the TnT Mirror by
Thursday’s edition, the last in the jar, of the TnT Mirror Patrick Chookolingo in 1982. Dawn Ford, Chookolingo’s daughter, said the paper was closed due to economic circumstances and the cost of newsprint. Errol Pilgrim, in a Mirror column headlined Goodbye T&T, wrote, “Today, we say goodbye to TT in this our final issue of the Mirror, and express our sincere thanks and deep gratitude to those of you in the national community who identified with the challenging commitment of this newspaper to stimulate your thoughts, and inform your opinions purely in the national interest.” The final issue also features articles by editor Irene Medina on “Choko, godfather of weekly journalism”, and reporters such as Yvonne Baboolal and Denyse Renne, as well as flashback photos. (T&Tnewsday)
Day claimed that the Bill to amend the Constitution was flawed. “It’s indeed depressing that we have not only failed ourselves but the entire Caribbean because this is the second attempt at constitutional reform to make the CCJ the Final Court,” Joseph told reporters in a news conference at the Party’s head-
quarters on Thursday. Acting Political Leader, Joseph Andall said that despite the two failed attempts he hopes that this is not the end of the road. “We hope that this is not the end of the road for the CCJ, vis-à-vis Grenada; we hope also that its not the end of the road for general constitution reform for Grenada,” said Andall who during the educational campaign said that his party was in full support but days before the
referendum called for it to be postponed . ‘The lesson we learnt from this is that you cannot embark on such an enterprise by trying to do it alone… there is a need for a unified approach when embarking on something like constitutional reform,” Andall told reporters. On Tuesday, 28 per cent of registered voters in Grenada participated in a referendum in which they voted against adopting the CCJ as
the island’s final appellate Court. At present, the final court is the London based Privy Council. In the low turn poll, 12,133 voted against, while 9,846 voted in support of the Bill that will alter the constitution and make the necessary changes. Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has since said that he will not initiate another attempt at holding a referendum of this nature.
Cubans sleeping rough in POS
EIGHT Cubans are spending the night on the pavement along Chancery Lane, Port of Spain, after claims they were evicted from the Living Water Foundation in St Joseph because they were unable to pay their rent. Speaking with Newsday Wednesday afternoon, one Cuban, Yanko Reves, said the group had slept on the pavement outside the United Nations Human Rights Agency (UNHCR) building for the past seven days, using a public washroom at the Queen’s Park Savannah a short distance away. He said they had nowhere else to go, and were pleading with the UNHCR to expedite the process to have them sent to another country. “We have been in Trin-
Cubans outside UN House on Chancery Lane on Tuesday in the Trinidad capital, Port of Spain idad for the past three years, and we have been waiting for them (the UNHCR) to help us in finding another country to go to. It has been very hard for us; we cannot get any work permits, so we are always in danger of being sent to the Immigration Detention Centre if the police see us,”
Reves said. At least one of the eight Cubans involved was also involved in a similar protest demonstration outside the UNHCR building last December. Reves said that in addition to the eight adults sleeping on the streets, there
are also seven children, ages two to six years old, who are being taken care of by local families. Newsday attempted to contact Rochelle Nakhid, coordinator for the Living Water Foundation for confirmation but was unsuccessful. (T&TNewsday)
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Villages and the birth of our nation NATIONAL Day of Villages, which was observed on Wednesday, commemorates one of the most significant aspects of our history and celebrates the resilience of our ancestors in their determination to build a nation. Villages are collectively nothing less than the foundation of our country, and it is appropriate that Guyanese recognise that fact, and honour those who built that foundation. The great village movement, which spanned the decade between 1839 and 1848, shaped the way our country evolved and determined our form of government, including our system of local government. The movement began when enslaved Africans were finally emancipated in 1838. European planters, needing labour, tried to prevent the former slaves from leaving the plantations. But the former slaves were determined to build independent lives, and they left their former places of captivity, slowly at first, but the exodus soon gained momentum across what was British Guiana. According to President Granger, the movement was driven by four major factors: the human desire for liberty and
happiness, the natural yearning for economic independence, the availability of large amounts of land, and the fact that the freemen had hoarded money. The former slaves could therefore use their coin to collectively and individually purchase land from planters, and set up the communities that we call villages. In that decade of the rise of villages, more than 6,075 hectares (15,000 acres) were bought for more than $1,000,000; serious money in those days. Two general strikes directed against the plantations – in 1842 and 1848 – had a huge effect on the population of the newly established villages; by the end of the first strike the population had reached 15,906, and exploded to 44,443 by the end of the second strike. Thus, villages became an established part of the country’s reality, and as the residents started to plant their own crops and produce items for their own use and sale, village economies were born. Our country’s first village is Victoria. Then known as Plantation Northbrook, the land was purchased on November 7, 1839 by 83 pioneers who had saved their coins, put them in a wheelbarrow, and walked to Georgetown to pay for the plantation. They
named the new community Victoria, after the then Queen of England. The national significance of that date was recognised by the administration, and National Day of Villages is now observed every year on November 7. Following the establishment of Victoria, the village movement rapidly expanded; by the end of 1856, about half of the population lived in a chain of villages, stretching from the Corentyne to the Pomeroon Rivers. Thus, the village movement shaped our landscape, defined our inter-community relations, and later, influenced the way that we chose to govern ourselves. Guyanese owe a great debt to the men and women who decided to take charge of their destinies and establish the villages which we now call home. As such, we acknowledge their sacrifices, we honour their resilience, and thank them for the legacy which they have bequeath to us, nothing less than the Guyanese nation. The challenges that they faced were enormous. For example, from 1849 to 1861 the freemen were relentlessly persecuted by planters by the imposition of unbearable taxation,
and vandalism of their drainage and other village infrastructure. Their persistence, though, has given us a nation despite the odds being stacked against them. At the ceremony in Essequibo Islands-West Demerara marking National Day of Villages 2018, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan delivered the feature address. The minister said that government is committed to reviving village economies. He stated that, “This administration has embraced a different approach to governance and to development.” He noted the theme of this year’s celebration, “Working in Harmony, Building Better Relationships for a Brighter Future.” As Guyanese once again pay tribute to the men and women of that era who have molded the shape of our country, we remember their contribution to our way of life, particularly in the countryside. President Granger stated that, “The beginning of free village life was the catalyst for the infrastructural development of rural areas. The construction of homes, churches, schools, burial grounds, bridges, and roads forever changed the pattern of settlement.”
LED headlamps fitted I am hoping that these long hours of on vehicles illegal waiting will be significantly reduced Dear Editor, OCCASIONALLY, I listen to the Guyana Police Force’s Road Safety morning radio programme on the Voice of Guyana. That Police PR is informative, educational and compliance focussed. On November 8, 2018, the presenter focussed on the illegal use of LED headlamps (ultra-bright bluish lights) installed on vehicles by some motorists and the risks they pose to public safety. We all would have experienced the blinding effects of these lights, particularly from some oncoming traffic when travelling at nights. While the police PR is good, I doubt that most of the targeted defaulters hear, pay attention or even care about such regulations and the risks their practices pose to others.
Some of them have the means to stay above the law period. What might be more useful would be a collaborative approach with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to prevent the importation of those lights in the first place. The police deem LED headlamps fitted on vehicles as illegal, just like the possession and use of firecrackers (squibs) or narcotics, yet LED lights are sold openly in almost every store where automobile spares and accessories are available. This is something engageable for the Ministry of Public Security in concert with the GRA. Guyana is a strange country – the cart always seem to be pulling the horse! Regards Orette Cutting
Dear Editor, CAN the Ministry of Social Services kindly advise old age pensioners ( both Old Age and National Insurance Scheme) also those persons who receive public assistance, as to the time and day when their pensions are due [so that] they can report to the post office on the same day such become payable. It can be frustrating to have us waiting at the post office as early as 07:00hrs on pension days and not to be paid on most occasions until after 11:00 hrs. Then at 12:00hrs, the post master or pay clerk goes for lunch and resume payment at 13:00 hrs. Remember, as we get older we try
to beat the weather by travelling in the cool of it. There are no reasons for me to believe that pensions cannot be made available at 09:00hrs at the post offices at the [two ends] of the Essequibo Coast – Charity and Aurora post offices. Pension to us must not be seen as a handout or gift; we have earned the right to receive same. I had written about the inadequate seating accommodation at these offices, particularly on pension days, but it is good that I can say that has been addressed. I am hoping that these long hours of waiting will be significantly reduced. Regards Archie W. Cordis Pensioner
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Youth killed after collision with cow A 25-year-old motorcyclist lost his life after colliding with a cow on the Number 55 Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice on Wednesday evening. Dead is Ravindra Nazamoodin called “Akash”, a welder/fabricator of Number 57 Village, East Berbice Corentyne. The incident occurred at around 21:10hrs as Nazamoodin was on his way home on his motorcycle bearing registration CF 5667. According to his wife Neeta Devi Jairam called “Deana”, Nazamoodin left home on Wednesday afternoon to look for one of his workers to complete a job. The young woman explained that he did not return home immediately but she received a call minutes after 21:00hrs informing her that her husband was involved in an accident and she must visit the Skeldon Hospital. “I was only told he hit and cow so I packed a few clothes thinking that they will admit him but when I reach I couldn’t believe what I see, my husband lifeless body lay down and a stretcher,” Jairam related. In tears, she described her husband as a very caring, willing and hardworking individual. According to information, the motorcyclist was
Magistrate dismisses charge against attorney Sohan
Ravindra Nazamoodin
The shattered helmet belonging to Ravindra Nazamoodin proceeding south along the eastern side of the Public Road when he collided with a dark-brown cow and sustained injuries to
the head. Nazamoodin was picked up and taken to the Skeldon Hospital where he was pronounced dead on
arrival. The animal that was hit was found the following day in the community. Due to the severity of the impact, Nazamoodin’s helmet was shattered. When the Guyana Chronicle visited Nazamoodin’s home, family members were trying to come to grips with the tragic news. Many described the young man as “industrious”. Police are working to ascertain the owner of the cow as they continue their investigation.
The home of the young motorcyclist Ravindra Nazamoodin
FORMER Magistrate Chandra Sohan was freed of an attempt to pervert the course of justice charge when Senior Magistrate Alex Moore upheld a no case submission by the defence - which included a battery of lawyers at the New Amsterdam Court on Thursday. The prosecution was ordered to close its case by the Court, after they failed to produce substantial evidence although several police ranks including two Inspectors from the Special Crimes Unit at Police Headquarters testified. According to attorney-at-law Mursalene Bacchus, the prosecution failed to advance evidence to prove that the defendant told anyone to give false evidence. The complainant failed to testify although the case commenced in June last. At his initial court appearance Sohan was released on self-bail. He was being represented by Attorney, Chandra Sohan attorneys: Sanjeev Datadin, Mursalene Bacchus, Horatio Edmonson, Arundranauth Gossai and Ryan Crawford. Sohan was not required to plead to the allegation which stated that between on June 1 and 30, 2017 at New Amsterdam, Berbice, he willfully attempted to pervert the course of justice, that is to say he asked Zubair Ally to give false evidence before His Worship Rabindranauth Singh in the preliminary inquiry of the murder committed on Faiyaz Narinedatt, at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court. In November 2016, Narinedatt’s battered body was found lying along the Number 70 Public Road, Corentyne, hours after an evening at the home of overseas-based Guyanese Marcus Bisram. It is alleged that Narinedatt was beaten and dumped on the public road after he allegedly rejected certain advances from Bisram.
201st birth anniversary of Baha’u’llah
Dear Editor,
TODAY, November 9th 2018 would mark the two hundred and one (201) birth anniversary of Baha’u’llah, the Prophet-Founder of the Baha’i Faith. The advent of Baha’u’llah marked for Bahia’s all over the world of all racial and cultural backgrounds the promised return of the prophets of old, the renewal of religion and the revelation of a new, divine, spiritual and social cycle destined to spread peace and unity around the globe. There are currently several millions of people of all racial and cultural backgrounds called Baha’is, in every country on earth, and who follow His divine and universal teachings, based on the oneness
of mankind. Baha’is regard Baha’u’llah as the promised Lord of Hosts of the Jews; the reincarnation of Krishna and the Tenth Avatar to the Hindus; the fifth Buddha, named Maitreye, the Buddha of universal fellowship to the Buddhists; the return of Christ “in the glory of the Father” to the Christians; the return of the Imam Husayn to the Shi’a Muslims; the descent of the “Spirit of God” to the Sunnis. Baha’u’llah fulfils the prophecies and promises of the world’s great Faiths, consumating and confirming all of the religious revelations of the past. Baha’is see the appearance of Baha’u’llah as the return of the spiritual springtime, reviving the souls and establishing a new Faith,
a new reality and a new spiritual oneness among all humanity. In April 1890, Professor Edward Granville Browne of Cambridge University met Bahá’u’lláh in his prison cell in Akka, Israel and after his four successive interviews, Professor Browne wrote of his first meeting: “The face of Him on Whom I gazed I can never forget, though I cannot describe it. Those piercing eyes seemed to read one’s very soul; power and authority sat on that ample brow. No need to ask in whose presence I stood, as I bowed myself before one who is the object of a devotion and love which kings might envy and emperors sigh for in vain.” He was the first known Westerner who met Baha’u’llah Addressing mankind, Baha’u’llah stated,
“Ye are all the leaves of one tree and the drops of one ocean”. Bahá’u’lláh passed away peacefully as still a prisoner to the rulers of the erstwhile Ottoman empire on May 29, 1892. Throughout Guyana there are several local Baha’i administrative communities and In Georgetown is the national administrative centre and National Assembly. There are to date several hundred Guyanese from all racial backgrounds who are Baha’is. The Birth of Bahá’u’lláh is one of nine holy days in the Bahá’í calendar that is celebrated by Bahá’ís and during which work is suspended for Baha’is. Regards Rooplall Dudhnath
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Guyanese, US pastors killed in Suriname car crash
A GUYANESE apostle and a missionary who is said to be from the U.S were killed in a car crash in Calcutta, Saramacca, about 56 minutes from the capital city of Paramaribo, in neighbouring Suriname on Thursday. Dead is Patrick Tulsi, 73, an apostle of Living Water Fellowship of Corneila Ida, West Coast Demerara. The other victim was identified as a U.S Missionary called “Pastor Tim”. Sources in Suriname told the Guyana Chronicle that the Blue Toyota Raum, bearing number plates PVV 3080, in which the pastor and missionary were travelling, was heading towards Paramaribo when it collided with a truck which was heading in opposite direction to Nickerie. The vehicles were said to be speeding when the driver of the car lost control and swerved into the path of the truck. The truck driver drove to the corner of the road to avoid a head-on collision but
came into contact with an electricity pole while the car slammed into the side of the truck. The impact of the collision ripped out the front axle of the car as it spun around and littered the roadway with debris before coming to a halt in the roadside drain. The truck also came to a stop in nearby bushes. Both the drivers of the truck and the car were reportedly flung out of the vehicles. Persons who were on the roadway quickly rushed to the scene to render assistance, but the ‘men of the cloth’ reportedly died on the spot while the truck driver was taken to hospital for treatment. The accident caused a halt in traffic as electrical wires and debris had to be removed from the road. Pastor Tulsi leaves to mourn his two daughters and a son as well as his wife, Pastor Rose Tulsi. The couple earlier this year celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
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The car in which Apostle Patrick Tulsi and Pastor Tim met their demise
Apostle Patrick Tulsi and his wife Pastor Rose Tulsi in happier times
Debris on the roadway following the accident
Lindener arrested for sexual activity with child
A 44-year-old man is in police custody after allegedly engaging in sexual activity with a six-year-old child. The perpetrator, identified as Selwyn Lancaster, was arrested on Tuesday night after the mother of the child filed a complaint. Reports indicate
that the incident, which involved oral sex, took place at the home of the child’s mother. Lancaster is a friend of the mother of the child and would frequent the family’s home. On the day in question, it is alleged that Lancaster visited the home and after having a conversation with the
mother in the yard where she was doing chores, he made his way into the house and then to the verandah area, where the six-year-old girl and her 10-year-old sibling were playing. It was there Lancaster allegedly exposed himself to the younger child and reportedly forced the child to perform oral sex on him. In 2011, Lancaster was accused of stealing clothing and haberdashery from a Chinese
Selwyn Lancaster garment store which was destroyed by fire in Linden. Police said Lancaster was also a suspect in the alleged arson in which a Digicel Store was burnt down.
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Commendable progress in reducing malaria –– but still more work to be done, says US Ambassador By Svetlana Marshall
NOTABLE progress has been made in reducing the prevalence of Malaria in Guyana, however, cognisant of the need to do more, the Ministry of Public Health in partnership with the Pan American Health Organisation; Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and the U.S Government is working to in introduce rapid diagnostic tests and treatment for malaria. The USAID’s Breakthrough Action Project is intended to provide social and behavioural change support at a time when myths surrounding Malaria remains a hindrance in the fight to eliminate the disease. Malaria, according to the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/ WHO), is a disease caused by the parasite Plasmodium, which is transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito. On the sideline of a USAID’s Breakthrough Action Malaria Project Insights Validation Workshop at Cara Lodge on Thursday, THINK ACTION Representative, Rohan Doherty, said based on his interactions with persons in Regions Seven and Eight, there are many misconceptions and a clear lack of awareness of the disease. MISCONCEPTION “So there are a lot of misconceptions around people thinking that malaria comes from water, and drinking dirty water… or you could avoid malaria by eating healthy foods, and being physically healthy,” Doherty explained. He said the
Minister within the Ministry of Public Health Dr. Karen Cummings (centre) and US Ambassador Perry Holloway (second right) with stakeholders in the Breakthrough ACTION Malaria Project, including J Douglas Storey, Director of Communication Science and Research – Johns Hopkins University (second left), THINK ACTION Representative Rohan Doherty (third left), and Dr. Horace Cox (extreme right) (Samuel Maughn photo) current situation presents an opportunity for increased awareness on precautionary measures. It was noted too, that while there are volunteers conducting testing in many mining communities, those at risk were unaware. “A lot of people in the communities like miners, camp managers, and others, do not realise that these trained malaria testers are in the area. They don’t know that these people are in their communities, offering these services free of cost. So there is an opportunity there to raise that awareness, so that people can get tested for free,” he said. U.S Ambassador Perry Holloway, during the opening ceremony of the workshop, explained that under the Breakthrough ACTION Malaria Project, programmes will be designed to increase access to testing and treatment for malaria among miners and the surrounding com-
munities. Those initiatives will also identify the drivers of malaria transmission, and develop action plans to stop it. In addition to the ongoing project, the U.S Government is also supporting PAHO in its conduct of therapeutic efficacy studies. Ambassador Holloway, noted that while Guyana has made “excellent progress” in reducing malaria, there is much more work to be done, and the ongoing projects are being designed to bring the numbers down. Between 2000 and 2015, there was a 58 per cent reduction in malaria cases. PARTNERSHIP APPROACH “The U.S Government is proud to partner in this workshop that will expand our shared understanding of experience from those most affected by this disease. The intention is that
with technical and medical experts, and most importantly the participation and collaboration of the communities affected by malaria, we can create solutions to barriers that weaken malaria prevention efforts and delay testing and treatment,” Ambassador Holloway said. He noted that as a collective, all stakeholders could help to develop tailored solutions to improve prevention and elimination responses in Guyana. Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings said Guyana remains committed to the fight to reduce and ultimately eliminate malaria. “Of the 21 malaria-endemic countries in the Region of the Americas, Guyana is one of 18 which have committed to eliminating this disease by developing sustainably robust policies and strategies which are tailored to the needs of the country as well as
the identified communities with vulnerable populations such as those with miners and loggers who are engaged in activities of economic benefit, mostly in the four hinterland regions of Guyana inclusive of Regions One, Seven, Eight and Nine,” the public health minister said. Alluding to the work of the ministry, Minister Cummings noted that the National Malaria Programme is in the process of implementing a range of innovative interventions that target the delivery of services at the community level. One such strategy is building the capacity of miners and loggers in testing and treating themselves for malaria. “Though this may seem a simple exercise to roll out, its success is subject to the influence of key determinants such as the perceptions, knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the targeted personnel,” she posited. The minister within the
Ministry of Public Health said conducting an analysis of the gaps that exist will help the ministry and its partners to decide on methods that would influence social and behavioural change. Though the initiatives to root out malaria are predominantly funded by the government, she said the vision of a country free of malaria would not be possible without strong backing from the key partners like USAID, the Global Fund and PAHO/WHO. The ‘Insights Validation Workshop’ was organised by the National Malaria Programme of the Vector Control Services (Public Health Ministry) in collaboration with the USAID and Breakthrough ACTION Guyana, which is being implemented by the John Hopkins University of Baltimore, U.S.A. Breakthrough Action is currently being rolled out in Regions Seven and Eight.
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Ex-fireman Minister Henry tours gets life special needs centre
–– for raping toddler two years ago
A SEEMINGLY calm Deon Aaron, 53, was on Thursday morning sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow for the rape of a three-year-old child back in 2016. Aaron was on October 24, 2018, unanimously found guilty by a mixed 12-member jury following hours of deliberations for the rape of a girl child under age 16, between March 1 and October 20, 2016. The accused reportedly used his fingers to rape the victim, who was three years old at the time the act was alleged to have been committed. The sentence was imposed by the trial judge in the Sexual Offences Court of the Demerara High Court. Aaron, an ex-cop, fireman and security guard, will be eligible for parole after serving 20 years.
Deon Aaron being escorted to jail on Thursday (Photo by Michel Outridge) In handing down the sentence, Justice Barlow told the packed courtroom that having listened to the probation report and the victim’s impact statement, she came to the conclusion that the convict was not at a place where he accepted his responsibility for what he did. She also spoke of his seeming lack of remorse in spite of the testimony of the child, who is now five years old and who was entrusted in his care by her mother. Justice Barlow also took into consideration the aggravating circumstances, and imposed the maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Aaron, however, maintained his innocence on Thursday when he was asked whether he had anything to say. In his plea of mitigation, Aaron’s lawyer contended that the probation report was in his client’s favour, as it was found that he’d never abused any of the children who were left in his care before. But according to the victim in her impact statement, which she herself penned but was read in court by Blossom Inc. Counsellor Renasha Callendar: “What Uncle Aaron did to me made me sad; he’s a bad man and what he did to me made me cry. And I was hurt, and I cannot forgive him.” In her probation report, Sueanna Noble told the court that residents of the villages in which the convict resided said it was out of character for him to do such a thing, since he was known to them to be a firm disciplinarian and the breadwinner of his family. Aaron, she said, was not just father, but a grandfather as well, and comes from a close-knit family setting. He also had the benefit of both a sound primary and secondary education, and held several jobs.
MINISTER of Education Nicolette Henry on Thursday toured the special education facility located in the compound of the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) and was updated on the progress of works. The tour was part of a follow up to another tour she had at the facility earlier this year An initiative of the Ministry of Public Health, the Centre for Stimulation for Children, Youth and Adolescent with Special Education Needs Associated with Disabilities was commissioned in December 2017 and was handed over to the Education Ministry following the signing of a memorandum of understanding. The facility comprises several classrooms, a physical rehabilitation room, a conference room, play area and training quarters. The CPCE was considered the most suitable location for the establishment of the facility that will train special needs educators. The centre was created as part of a CARICOM-Cuba bilateral
Minister of Education Nicolette Henry (right) on the tour with coordinator of the centre, Keon Cheong (Samuel Maughn photo) agreement. It currently has a staff 14 Cuban and local specialists who evaluate cases that come to the facility. The facility deals with some five students per week, ranging in age from 3 – 18 years old. The students are usually sent from the National Centre for Education Resource Development
(NCERD) Special Education Needs (SEN) programme. Aside from evaluation and diagnostic services, other services provided include: language and occupational therapy, physical psychological treatment, prevention, rehabilitation and social integration services with
a psycho pedagogical and socially inclusive approach. The facility will foster the development of processes of prevention, diagnosis, early stimulation learning for life and social inclusion favouring access to culture, services and honourable employment.
Judge defers ruling –– in Bibi Shadick V State matter JUSTICE Gino Persaud said on Thursday that notices will be sent out on the date for his ruling in the matter of Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) commissioner, Bibi Shadick and the State. He made the announcement after hearing submissions on both sides of the bench in the Demerara High Court. The case was heard in Court Two, where submissions were made by Anil Nandlall on behalf of Shadick, and Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, on behalf of the State.
The ongoing matter brought before the court by Shadick and her counsel contends that Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, had failed to issue an order for the holding of Local Government Elections (LGE) under the Local Democratic Organs Act Cap. 28.09, as well as against the chief elections officer for demarcating and re-demarcating constituencies’ boundaries without consultations with electors, stakeholders and political parties. However, the attorney-general argued that the court has no jurisdiction to entertain the application by Shadick,
on the grounds that once allegations of irregularities and illegalities are raised after the election process has begun, the law requires that any such challenge must come after the elections are held and by way of an elections petition. Nandlall, in the interim, filed an application in attempt to bar the minister from challenging the court’s jurisdiction. This motion, however, was deemed “fallacious and without merit,” and was therefore ruled out by the judge.
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… gov’t seeks increases in value proposition
… no plans to renegotiate pact By Svetlana Marshall IN rating the 2016 Petroleum Sharing Agreement (PSA) signed with Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited partner of U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil, Director of the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe said while the agreement may not be excellent, it is not very poor. “Contracts are (placed) on a spectrum and they range from excellent to very poor. What we can say is that the current PSA may not be excellent but it is not very poor either,” Dr. Bynoe told reporters during a press conference at the Ministry of the Presidency on Thursday. At the time, he was responding to the question of whether government would renegotiate the 2016 agreement in light of continued criticisms from both civil society and the political opposition over several aspects of the agreement, including the percentage of royalty. Dr. Bynoe said that a review of the PSA with ExxonMobil has to be contextualized in terms of the volume of the investment, the risks taken, and the period in which the investment occurred. “As a government we have already expressed the need to honour the sanctity of the contract and we will continue to do that, but contracts do evolve,” he emphasised while noting that government will continue to engage ExxonMobil to ensure that the value proposition to Guyana increases. Weighing in on the issue, the Energy Department’s Oil and Gas Adviser Matthew Wilks said the renegotiation of contracts in the oil industry must be done on a mutual basis, noting that from the initial stage they are mutually agreed upon. “The success of Guyana is being based on Guyanese approach to contractual law which is sanctity to contract, generally, whatever contract there may be whether it is in the oil sector or outside of the oil sector,” Wilks told reporters. Cautioning that investors are looking on, he said any unilateral decision with respect to a contract can be a deterring factor. “If you start unilaterally trying to change contracts, you frighten investors, and you only have to look at other jurisdictions where this has occurred for one reason or the other…
and you would see investors stop investing,” the Oil and Gas Adviser said. Like Dr. Bynoe, he said when analysing a contract, consideration must be given to the time in which it signed, the level of investment, and the risk taken. “When you are seeking or you look up opportunities to change the terms of the contract, you could only do that when the circumstance arises, and when it is mutual; you cannot force it,” he said. While the government has not agreed to renegotiate the contract with ExxonMobil, the Department of Energy has initiated the process of designing a new model contract that will be used for future PSAs. Wilks said like any contract the model contracts are developed, based on the existing environment of a given sector. “So a model contract that is used to attract investors from the onset of the petroleum industry is very, very different from a model contract as the industry matures, and very, very different from a mature industry. So if you look around the world, you will see that model contracts evolve all the time, and all that is happening here, this is the right time to evolve the contract,” he told reporters. In the case of the existing PSAs, Wilks said they have been very successful in attracting investments. Contracts, he emphasised, must be able to attract investors. “You can have the most advantageous contract for the government doesn’t mean that people would invest, and in fact in many locations, the experience is, is that you have to balance the contract. It is no use having the most aggressive contract in the world if no one invests,” he emphasised. He posited that in other parts of the world, oil discoveries have been made, however, due to less than favourable investment climate, the resources of many countries have not been developed. “There are many locations around the world where oil is being discovered but it is not even on stream, and we have a very, very fast cycle time here, basically six years from discovery to first oil to first revenue. “Uganda discovered oil in 2006 on shore, which is a much easier proposition than we are talking here, yet the oil isn’t even flowing today,” the Oil and Gas ad-
Oil and Gas Adviser Matthew Wilks and Director of the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe (Photo by Delano Williams) viser pointed out. LEGAL FRAMEWORK In addition to designing a new model PSA, the Department of Energy is reviewing the current legal and regulatory framework governing the Petroleum Sector, including the 1986 Petroleum Act. According to the Director of the Department of Energy, based on the review, proposals for amendment and possible replacement of some existing legislation will
be made. “We are therefore cognisant of the fact of hiring of external legal assistance as one pillar to allow us to build a framework that is both robust and will ensure that the maximum net returns will be down to Guyana and Guyanese,” Dr. Bynoe said. According to him, next Tuesday, first presentation on the current legislative framework and proposed changes will be presented to the department. It is anticipated that the process would be completed before the end of 2018.
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Collaborative approach key to public safety –– says Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan
AS the local economy continues to expand, the increase in demand for emergency and other services necessary for public safety can only be met through collaborative efforts. This was the aim of the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) Stakeholder Consultation Forum held on Thursday at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre, Liliendaal, an event applauded by the
Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan. “We have to ensure that we collaborate with the larger set of stakeholders and not deal with this thing in a compartmentalised way,” he opined. “The MoPS sees the need for the transformation of all the units coming under it, the morphing of all those units into something better.” The event was attended by various heads within
the Joint Services, namely Fire Chief Marlon Gentle; Director of Prisons, Gladwyn Samuels, Commissioner of Police, Leslie James and Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief of Staff, Brigadier Patrick West. National Emergency Service Director, Dr. Zulfikar Bux was also present and spoke of some of the accomplishments of the National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) over the two
Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan
Fire Chief, Marlon Gentle years since it was launched in November 2016. Dr. Bux talked of the extensive work that the EMS has achieved over the few years working with only just three ambulances. He related that the system is aiming towards a full complement of 25 ambulances to see basic Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) services across the country; in addition there are hopes of bringing onboard an aviation division to take similar services to the hinterland communities. There is also the aim of hoping to see all members within the GFS being trained in first responder skills, in order to save lives in emergency cases. The EMS is a collaboration between the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), and the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS), particularly through the involvement of the GFS. The fire chief noted that the EMS is just one part of the GFS overall strategic plan to see proper emergency coverage for the country by 2021. “It is hoped that the feedback from this consultation will strengthen us to move forward with this plan. So that by the year 2021, there is a modern fire service, that the goals and objectives that this fire service sets out in its strategic plan is met, and that we are on the road to having the right emergency cover, the right fire protection cover and the right fire prevention methodology needed to protect us,” Gentle said. MUCH WORK NEEDED Despite the improvements that have been made over the past few years, the country’s need for proper emergency services still requires much work. The imminent oil and gas industry, the expansion at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, and the con-
National Emergency Service Director, Dr. Zulfikar Bux tinued increase of housing schemes across the country, are just a few of the areas where Minister Ramjattan questioned the country’s current ability to deal with emergencies. “As a country, we have started getting into circumstances vastly dissimilar to what we met in 2015. We must ask what are some of the new technical expert advice we must have. If the call is made that we have to meet certain fires in the oil and gas sector, are we ready? Are we up there for certain planes landing in difficulty? Ensuring minimum damage is done or no damage at all. All of these things we have to start planning for,” he said. A point of concern for the minister was the sizes of streets within many new housing schemes and their abilities to accommodate a fire engine, or having sufficient water within the community for fire trucks to use once they get there. This means that there is an ever increasing need for the various stakeholders to continue to strive towards meeting these needs. The development is something that must be continuous. “We must innovate; we must creatively draw up the plans for a future that will meet our demand. A number of us feel that if a certain set of requirements that we foresaw two years ago is happening now that then we can stop thinking but no. To be human, to be an excellent worker means that you always have to be thinking, it’s a never-ending process and that’s what evolves us,” Ramjattan stated. But the only way this can happen is through partnerships. “We have to cultivate a culture of wanting to think the solution and one way of thinking the solution is having collaborative efforts through stakeholders,” Ramjattan explained.
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Guyana well underway to meet targets in Montreal Protocol … Minister Holder tells Ecuador summit
AGRICULTURE Minister, Noel Holder is currently participating in the 30th Meeting of the Parties (MoP) to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer in Quinto, Ecuador. The MoP, which is being hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), aims to mobilise officials and other key stakeholders to engage in meaningful dialogue and update their counterparts on their country’s progress in meeting the target of phasing out hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) by 2030. While there Minister Holder, who is accompanied by Chief Hydromet Officer (ag) Dr. Garvin Cummings, will be participating in a series of meetings and give presentations on Guyana’s progress thus far in its HCFC Phase out Management Plan (HPMP). During Thursday’s session, Minister Holder presented Guyana’s case and said the need for sound management of our environment is now more urgent than ever before. “Guyana, as a member of the global community, rose to the urgent call for collective action to better manage substances that destroy the ozone layer. More than two decades ago, Guyana embarked on this journey that, though not without challenges, has provided many lessons on good environmental governance to guide the implementation of other national environmental policies and other multilateral environmental agreements,” Minister Holder said. In 2008, two years ahead of schedule, Guyana successfully phased out the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), one of the first groups of substances scheduled to be phased out under the Montreal Protocol. Guyana is currently in the second stage of the HCFC Phase out Management Plan to phase out the consumption of these ozone-depleting substances. The call for viable, affordable and commercially available alternatives in the refrigeration and air conditioning sector is even more crucial for Guyana as government has committed to pursuing an accelerated phase-out of HCFCs, that is, to completely phase-out the importation of HCFCs by 2030. Guyana is a party to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
In 1985, the Vienna Convention established mechanisms for international cooperation in research into the ozone layer and the effects of ozone-depleting substances. On the basis of the Vienna Convention, the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer came into force on 1st Jan 1989. This protocol commits all parties to phase-out the use of ozone-depleting substances which contribute to the thinning of the ozone layer and consequently, allow larger quantities of harmful ultraviolet rays to reach the Earth. Minister Holder, while congratulating the parties of Montreal Protocol on successfully negotiating the Kigali Amendment, explained that as a country that is vulnerable to sea level rise and which has witnessed the devastating effects of extreme climatic conditions, Guyana welcomes this amendment to the protocol. “Guyana looks forward to meeting this new challenge in the coming years with the same enthusiasm and commitment that we have demonstrated in the previous and current phase-out programmes. We commit to ratifying the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol in the shortest possible time, while ensuring that national processes are fully satisfied,” Minister Holder said. Since the enforcement of a ban on HCFC-based equipment in 2013, HFCbased air conditioners have been primarily imported into Guyana and remain the only commercially available alternative to HCFCs. Mobile and commercial refrigeration systems are integral to Guyana’s expanding agricultural sector for the supply of fruits and vegetables as well as fisheries and livestock products to the local, regional and international markets. Minister Holder also stated that progress being made with zero ODP, low-GWP (global warming potential) technologies for domestic refrigeration that are also energy efficient is laudable. “This development is well timed since Guyana, through our national Green State Development Strategy, has been taking steps to reduce our carbon footprint through the transitioning of the national energy sector to renewable energy and energy efficient technologies,” Minister Holder said. The team is expected to participate in a number of key discussions with representatives from the Ozone Secretariat and Multilateral
Fund to access information on recent decisions of the Montreal Protocol and Multilateral Fund Executive Committee that will inform implementation in Guyana. In an invited comment, Chief Hydromet Officer (ag) Dr. Garvin Cummings said that Guyana remains committed to the preservation of the ozone layer while
maintaining compliance under the Montreal Protocol. “The successful phasing out of HCFCs, by 2030, requires that all the necessary information and tools to assist our local industry in transitioning smoothly from ozone-depleting technology to newer alternatives that are in keeping with our obligations under the Montreal Protocol and Guyana’s thrust for sustainable development becomes accessible,” Dr. Cummings
said. Areas such as alternatives to ozone-depleting substances in various sectors and sub-sectors, the economic costs, implications and environmental benefits of various scenarios of avoiding high-global-warming-potential alternatives to ozone-depleting substances are also other key areas that will be discussed during the meetings.
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Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder
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Mandir watchman killers found guilty … to know fate after probation reports TWO men who were charged with the murder of the watchman at Williamsburg, Corentryne Mandir in 2013, were on Thursday found guilty by a mixed jury. The matter was heard be-
fore Justice Priya Sewnarine Beharry. Defence counsel: Mursaline Bacchus and Arundranauth Gossai have since requested probation reports on the background of their clients before sentencing. Meanwhile, at the time of the killing, the accused Shivnarine Jainarine known as ‘Sammy’ or Samuel, now aged 24 years, and Ryan Persaud, called ‘K.K’, now 23 years old, were both teenagers. They had resided at Tain, Port Mourant, and Lot 26 Williamsburg, Rose Hall Town, both Corentyne locations respectively. Jainarine and Persaud were indicted for the murder of 61-year-old Jagdat Ramcharran, which was reportedly committed between January 6-7, 2013 at the Iskcon Hari Krishna Mandir at Block 6 Williamsburg, Corentyne, Berbice. Following the closure of the prosecution’s case, both men opted to make unsworn statements from the dock, where they maintained their innocence. Jainarine told the judge and the mixed jury that at the time of the incident, he was employed at PMU cane farm. On May 16, 2013, he said he was at his sister’s home, at 2:30pm, where a police officer picked him up, before taking him to the seaside where he was allegedly beaten. Thereafter, he was taken to the Rose Hall Town Police Outpost where he was asked to sign a paper, but after refusing, he alleged that a corporal assaulted him with his gun and hit him on the knee, forcing him to affix his signature on the paper. Following a murder charge on May 20, 2013, the accused claimed he was taken to the Black Bush Police Station lockups, where he spent three days, before being taken to the New Amsterdam Prison. He opined that the police ranks did not want the prison officials to observe the marks of violence about his body. Meanwhile, co-accused Ryan Persaud, recounted that he was walking to church in Rose Hall Town, when a white Raum pulled alongside him. Looking into the vehicle, he saw, policemen
Sam, Ragnauth, and Junior. It was Ragnauth who exited the vehicle; he recalled scrambling his shirt, while asking who killed the watchman at Haribol Temple. But, Persaud denied any knowledge of the offence and as a result was held by his shirt and marched to the Rose Hall Town Outpost where he was further grilled. Still denying knowledge, Persaud said a gun was cranked at his head, and, being afraid, he signed the paper in the presence of his mother who was subsequently summoned to the station. Afterwards he was sent away, but was accosted by Ragnauth who told him he cannot go anywhere. Defence witnesses were Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs Marcus, who recalled conducting the Preliminary Inquiry, and Woman Sergeant Karen Tyndall, Subordinate Officer attached to Whim Police Station and keeper of the Station Diary. In his opening address, State Prosecutor Mr. Mondel Moore, said, the now deceased watchman was conducting his duties at the mandir when the two accused, along with others broke and entered the place of worship and during the course of committing a burglary, unlawfully killed Jagdat, a father of two. His body was subsequently discovered by a worshipper who had to scale the locked gate after receiving no response from Jagdat. The temple was ransacked and several items including a bell and a pair of gold slippers were missing. During the trial which was punctuated with a lengthy voir dire, several witnesses testified including the Hindu Priest Seoram Terat, Worshipper Liludhar Kishundial, the son of the deceased Rabindra Jagddat, along with several police witnesses, including ex police detective Ragnauth. In the meantime, a former co-accused Kevin Hintez had thrown in the towel in January and pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter and was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment.
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GTT launches grand Christmas promotion
GUYANA Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) on Wednesday launched its ‘GTT +Sized Christmas’ Promotion at the Stabroek Market Square. Hundreds of patrons gathered around as they received lots of giveaways of free credit and other items. The event was filled with fun and excitement as acts such as the Euphoria Dance Group, Mark Kazim (Chinee Man), DJ Energy, Calvin Burnette, Kwasi Ace and the FAME band entertained the crowd, as Lyndon “Jumbie” Jones kept everyone engaged. GTT’s CEO Justin Nedd revealed the company’s intention to spend $8 million in cash and prizes with more winners this year. He stated
that Christmas is a big deal for Guyanese, so as the “do more company” they are giving more to several communities across Guyana. “It will be a +Sized Christmas with GTT this year where one lucky winner will be the owner of the grand prize BMW X1, which comes with one year free insurance as well as one year free Super 95 gas from GuyOil,” Nedd revealed. GTT is also collaborating with Guyoil; this Christmas they will be doing it big with its biggest data plan ever: 10GB data for only $5,999. With every top up of $1000 or more or by activating any three-day or more data plan you get a character to help spell out “+More”: Weekly winners of 10GB data, $10,000 credit
and $10,000 Super50 gas from Guyoil. Rhonda Allicock, GTT’s Head of Mobile, explained how the promotion works. She said prepaid customers get a character(s) to spell out ‘+MORE’ whenever they top up $1,000 or more or purchase a three-day or more data plan. “In other words, once they spell the phrase ‘+MORE’ they get a chance to win weekly prizes or grand prizes. Twenty-one weekly winners will be given one of three prizes: $10,000 credit, 10GB of Data or Super95 gas voucher from our partner, GuyOil. Our postpaid customers only need to pay their bill on time and in full to get an entry.” Allicock continued to explain that there is a third element whereby customers
Accused armed robber faces several charges A 30-year-old man was on Thursday remanded to prison after being slapped with three charges when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Charles Stoby, who resides at Hatfield Street Lodge, Georgetown, appeared before the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and denied the charges. The particulars of the charge state that on October 22, 2018 at Gordon Street, Kitty, while being armed with a gun, he robbed Kester Johnson of one gold chain valued
$130,000 and other items bringing the total value to $ 536,000. It is also alleged that on November 5, 2018, at Alexander Street, Kitty, Stoby had in his possession, ammunition without being a holder of a firearm licence at the time. It was further alleged that on the same day, at the same location, Stoby had one 9mm pistol in his possession without being a firearm licence holder. Police Prosecutor, Simone Payne, objected to bail due to the seriousness of the offences and the fact that a gun was used.
Lyndon “Jumbie” Jones distributes prizes to customers can purchase letters for $500 each to secure an entry. GTT’s grand finale event will be hosted at the Stabroek Market where four lucky finalists will compete in a series of obstacle filled activities to vie for the grand prize of the BMW X1.
Charles Stoby She also stated that the defendant was positively identified by the victim. Bail was refused by the magistrate and the defendant was remanded to prison until November 23, 2018
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Pomeroon women empowered
NINE women living in the Lower Pomeroon River, Region Two are now more empowered, having completed training in cosmetology, compliments of the Ministry of Social Cohesion, Department of Culture and Youth, Region Two. According to Culture and Youth Officer Herald Alves, the training sessions were organised by the Department of Culture and Youth, Region Two, with the aim of providing the women with future employment opportunities. Alves said it was part of the department line of training programmes geared at engaging youths and to further develop their skills. “We want to ensure that those women who are not academically qualified have the requite skills needed to open a small cottage industry or to open
their own salon where they can earn and fend for themselves and families,� Alves said. He said the Pomeroon area was selected, since it was observed that many females were unemployed. He further explained that the Marlborough Youth Group provided the names for the women to be trained
and sessions were conducted. They were educated on how to conduct pedicures, manicures and hairstyles. The women also graduated from the course with a certificate. Alves said the same certificate can be used for employment purposes. The women did a six-week training course which com-
menced in August and concluded in September. Most of the women were thankful for the skills gained during the six-week programme and praised the Ministry of Social Cohesion and the Department of Culture and Sports for providing them with the opportunity.
The women who graduated from the cosmetology programme
One of the trainees going through the paces
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Local MUA takes MakeupByTrisee to ‘Brooklyn Fashion Week’
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HIS past year has been nothing short of a whirlwind for local makeup artist Tristell Manifold, also known as MakeupByTrisee. Manifold recently returned from New York where she fashioned edgy and inspired looks for Annie Couture, Anarchy People, John Ashford, among other Brooklyn-based designers as part of “Fashion Week Brooklyn.” “It was an experience that felt more like a dream than reality,” explained Manifold, while adding “and
while I learned several new tips and tricks from fellow artists overseas, most importantly I learned the importance of time management, as a makeup artist.” According to the entrepreneur and creative artist, the atmosphere behind the scenes of the “Fashion Week Brooklyn” felt like a mix of a medical emergency room, a carnival and a mad artist’s studio. Yet it afforded her a distinct thrill to see the models walking down the runway and knowing that she perfected the makeup she applied. “The energy in the air
was palpable – with anywhere from 14 to 26 hairstylists and makeup artists each trying to wrangle models into chairs, feverishly carry out artistic directives issued by the lead makeup artist or hair artist, while precariously seeking to maintain some level of calm and an upbeat attitude,” Manifold said. The makeup artist continues to push the envelope by opening her MakeupByTrisee Studio and announcing the upcoming launch of a line of mink eyelashes all within a few short weeks of her return. “I am excit-
ed to share my affordable, stylish and glamorous 3D mink lashes. Trisee Luxury Minks, featuring four different styles, Eye Da Hoe, Viola Voss, Lulu Lease and Glamour Wispies, will hit the markets very soon,” Manifold said. Manifold began her career in the makeup arts in late 2016 after noticing an absence of quality makeup services and beauty products in Guyana. Within months of debuting MakeupByTrisee, Manifold also began to offer courses to teach clients how to apply their own makeup. “I’ve always wanted to be a teacher,” Manifold shared. So, when the opportunity arose for her to share her skills with others, she produced a simplified makeup booklet and course outline which guides clients into creating their own natural and trendy makeup. Interest in the courses quickly broadened and Manifold now offers at-home lessons in Berbice and Georgetown and is also available for bookings, where her customers can either have their makeup done in the comfort of their own homes or at her stylish studio. As for makeup trends to watch, Manifold suggests that makeup enthusiasts try bold blue eyes, bright red lipstick, golden finishes, metallic lipsticks, halo eyebrows, and super daring lashes, “but not all at once though,” Manifold joked. To book an appointment or learn more call +592 672 9537 or visit MakeupByTrisee on Facebook and Instagram All official photos were taken by Tariq Mohamed Proprietor of Image Ready Production, while her trip to New York was spon-
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Local makeup artist Tristell Manifold (first from right) along with some models for the Annie Couture clothing line during Fashion Week Brooklyn
Tristell Manifold putting the final touches on a model during Fashion Week Brooklyn
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Hate is also a culturally instituted mental disorder
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ate when it comes to racism is a conditioned, culturally imposed mental disorder, that can alter a person’s sense of reality and contribute to impulses that can override the individual human capacity of accountability and restrict the need to explore differences rationally, since it applies logic that envelopes either science, religion, folk tales or selective history to impact irrational and selective blame casually. Racism implies accusations in most cases to satisfy a discomfort with self, or as a rallying anthem. Evidently, this man-made affliction affects some human cultures more severely than others. But the fact is, that it is dangerous to the individual or group whose dogmas are not laced with similar venomous teachings, and are not directed by the same impulses, and
despite the irrational concept of Noah fathering the African, European, and Mongolian races of humanity. The biblical text originated from the Hebrews, who themselves in their original phenotype structure were Africans, constructing an African saga that of course involved Kush, Punt and Khemet. With the adaptation of this text into Rome that enforced this doctrine upon the pagan nations of Europe, and wiping out any ideas opposing to Rome. With the dominance of the Moors, and following their exit, the text had to be changed, Europe had to be inserted and slavery had to be justified, thus, the creative distortion into the Curse of Ham soap opera. This was not the first time that pseudo-mystical works of imagination were used to subdue peoples for the economic wellbeing of the mythmakers. The oldest case study among humans resides with the Hindu caste
then the Belgians colonised that territory and immediately accredited special status to this African [Tutsi] tribe of giants. These were people all 6’4” average- the other tribes were much, much smaller in stature. This prejudice was influenced by the age of scientific racism, popular at that time among Europeans. The Tutsi were even classified as Black Europeans. The colonists deepened the rift between the two tribes that exploded in the Rwanda of 1994. In Guyana, there is always exaggerated race baiting that borders on the same fermentation of hate, selectively extracted. One example is the much-touted Linden Massacre of the 1960s. I grew up hearing about this: dozens of people were killed I was told until some years ago I decided to explore this event and acquire some documents, only to learn that this was a part of
are aware that the condition and its tentacles even exist. Though we tend to look abroad for narratives that refer to conditions which have exploded into a specific cataclysmic course of historical events, we do pretend and ignore that examples revolve around us and we seldom ever want to explore that deceptive side of our national psyche. The modern poster group on racism are Hitler and his Nazis, but it is a vicious legacy of racism that produced Hitler. The first classifications of racism that impacted on the modern world emerged from a pool of Rabbis and Christian church Fathers who conducted works described as ‘doctrines of the imagination’ that constituted converting certain biblical writings to demonise historical enemies and justify the enterprise of the transatlantic slave trade. These fictions became the gospels that were promulgated using the story of Noah and his sons, and dividing them into different ethnic groups and creating a curse on Ham who is said to be the father of Africans, thus justifying slavery. Populations were eager to justify slavery, thus this story, copied from older similar deluge myths, became acceptable
system that determines the value of strata of humanity along a separation bar or Varna. But the residue of old beliefs are not erased swiftly, they persist as a callous means to an end. After the First World War, with the collapse of Europe including Germany that was in a far worse situation, due to the stipulations of the Treaty of Versailles that worsened with the economic depression in the US of A, the Nazis came to power and Hitler evolved with a plan for the Germans to overcome the posture of defeat. He declared to them “Germans! You are not second rate, even if the world wishes to have it so a thousand times. You are not second class and inferior. Awake to the realisation of your own importance!” And they were fed the imagination of the master race, along the same line that the English German worshipping mystic Houston Chamberlain had fed the Kaiser, leading up to WW1, the rest is history. When the Tutsi or Watutsi crossed into Hutu land around the 14th century they conquered the inhabitants of what is now called Rwanda, Four centuries later, first the Germans
ugly history, but part told and exaggerated. On May 21, 2017, Ryaan Shaw penned an article in the Times that fit the ideal description of absence of research, an intention to remove the facts of the state of the colony at the time and the fact of the murder of the Sealeys’, an Afro-Guyanese couple at Buxton and the mutilation that occurred, that was the impetus for the tensions at Mackenzie [Linden]. That the Inquest was headed by Magistrate Sohan Singh, that the conclusion of the Inquest indicated a lack of blood-lust even after the Sun Chapman bombing. It would have been better if Ms Shaw had read the inquest and its conclusions before writing, and other data that proved the destruction of the Sun Chapman was planned long before those disturbances began. Less than eight persons died including Afro Guyanese, outside of the 40 plus on the Sun Chapman which fits the term ‘Massacre’. That this is disturbing history is true but only with visiting the whole truth can the harbingers of hate be intercepted.
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ix budding young ladies are going to step out tomorrow night at the Good Intent Centre on the West Bank and do their best to prove that they have what it takes to outdo their competition and win the inaugural Miss Culture West Bank Pageant. Many of the girls are new to the little pageant, as a stepping stone to building their confidence and even moving on to bigger pageant. “I decided to enter the pageant because I would like to gain experience and represent my village,” was Petal Heywood’s reason for being part of the pageant. The 19 year old hails from Good Fortuin. She’s a little nervous, but very excited to get the ball rolling on her stint in pageants. Win or lose she does not plan to let this be her final go at pageantry. As a matter of fact, it’s her spring board for moving on to bigger pageants. “Seeing as it’s my first pageant I’m excited to go and try out, but I’m still nervous to go on stage,” she expressed to The Buzz. She’s particularly looking forward to the talent segment where she will show off her singing skills. Seventeen-year-old Kesia Richardson is also looking forward to the talent piece. She has a dramatic piece that will involve a dance. An aspiring chef, Kesia entered because she wants to prove a point to all of those who think she doesn’t have what it takes to do pageantry. “I‘ve always wanted to take part in a pageant but people would always say you can’t do this and you can’t do that, but I want to show them that I can do something that I really want to,” she declared. Another novice to pageantry, Kesia says having sized up her competition she’s not too sure of how she’ll do but she’s ready to put her best foot forward. The Miss Culture West Bank Pageant was conceptualised with the hope of giving young ladies on the West Bank a chance to embrace their culture. “To know who they are, to know the surroundings they are living in, as well as to boost their self-esteem. The pageant is called Miss Culture West Bank so it will be based mostly on the culture side, aspects of our cultural background. We find that a lot of persons are straying away from their culture, so we want the young girls to get back to their roots,” explained one of the pageant coordinators, Colvin Andrews. The pageant is expected to feature eight segments: the Introduction, the Village Presentation, Creative Wear, the Talent Piece, Evening Gown, Intelligence segment, and Final Question.
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merging and established Caribbean fashion designers benefited from expert advice and industry tips while participating in the recently concluded Fashion is Big Business Workshop, held during the International Fashion Festival - Barbados Fashion Week between 26-28 October, 2018. The workshop, which was facilitated by the Caribbean Market Centre, featured a frank and open discussion with international fashion designers, buyers and industry experts. The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) supported the participation of regional designers at this workshop , with funding from the European Union via the 11th EDF Regional Private Sector Development Programme. Ouigi Theodore, founder of the Brooklyn Circus, a retro-urban fashion boutique and label was part of the discussion and he encouraged the designers to take advantage of the Caribbean’s unique style and to market their designs to this region’s diaspora.
Mr. Theodore, a Haitian who moved to Brooklyn, New York when he was eight, urged the designers to understand their culture and to recognise the strength of the Caribbean identity in the diaspora. Insisting that they needed to go after that market, he pointed to the success of reggae and hip-hop in the black community as examples. “You have to know what you do best and continue to do it best with the little you do have. I am a huge advocate of reggae music and hip-hop. They are about digging into their culture and representing… Many of those guys didn’t go to the best school, some can’t even read music but hip-hop is dominating the world, reggae is on the radio outside of Jamaica... “There is a Haitian middle class who is not living in Haiti and it’s the diaspora. I am a representative of that middle class. What Haitian rapper, Wyclef Jean and guys of that generation did, was make it okay and cool to wave the Haitian flag. It is the same for you guys as Bajans. Rihanna has made it okay for you guys to wave
the Bajan flag and say I am from Barbados and I am proud to be Barbadian. But that is not enough, you need to be on the ground, go back and forth, bridge the gap and push your designs” Ouigi Theodore said. Also speaking at the workshop was Sharifa Murdock, co-founder and owner of Liberty Fairs and founder of Envsn Festival. She agreed with Mr. Theodore
and urged the designers to be the first to represent their brand. “If you have a clothing line, you have to be your first buyer and lead by example. Believe in your dream and your product,” she said, adding it was critical for designers to also create simple products that could maintain cash flow. “What a lot of designers put on [the] runway is not
what they put in the stores because you have to find something people can wear. If you have a couture line do something simple like t-shirts that is an easy sell. All you have to do is produce things that can give people a memorable moment of your brand,” Sharifa suggested, while advising Caribbean designers to go after the tourist market by placing their work in local stores.
“There needs to be authenticity into your designs. You guys are from the islands and no one takes the opportunity to really produce products for here. Everyone wants to go to the States but you have a big community here… and there is so much tourism,” she said. The workshop’s moderator Ronny Oppong, a Global Retail Relations Director at Liberty Fashion and Lifestyle Fairs, agreed with the need for authenticity and gave some insight into customisation, which he noted was becoming more desirable among customers. “We’ve done trade shows and noticed that buyers just love a unique piece of something that is specially for them, like something with their name on it. So if your style is couture, you can drape or cut a bunch of t-shirts in your signature style. That’s a piece of your craft, something customised,” he explained, noting that the investment for such a product was smaller so the end price would be more
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T’S time for the weekend again, people, and it’s going to have an exciting start for many of the children who turn out at the Courts Main Street Light Up tonight. Both don’t worry mommies and daddies, there’s going to be a lot of adult events for you this weekend too. There’s the ICC Women’s World Cup on tonight with three matches, while on the cultural side there’s a film festival running on Saturday and Sunday. So don’t stay cooped up at home.
Today
It’s time to “Bubble n’ Grind” at the District Ultra Lounge as reggae meets soca. Featuring for the first time in Guyana, Fresh Cut De Mayor and Junior Don from Toronto. Tequila Shots specials. Music by DJ Country Boy. Ladies free before 21:00hrs. The annual Courts Main Street Light Up is here again! Bring the entire family for an evening of fun and excitement as we usher in the Christmas season with song, dance and lots of Christmas cheer! This year we’ll have Santa, Mrs Claus and friends! See you there! The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Women’s T20 World Cup matches officially begin tonight with a triple-header at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence. See New Zealand take on India, Australia come up against Pakistan and Windies playing against Bangladesh. Tickets: $500
Tomorrow
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Guyana presents the “Korean Film Festival in Guyana” at the Theatre Guild. The event seeks to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and the Republic of Korea. Films will be shown at 19:30 hrs daily. The Vintage Wine Bar, Restaurant & Lounge presents Saturday Fete & Karaoke. Ladies get one free cocktail. Enjoy soca, chutney, reggaeton, dancehall, and electronic mixes. The Miss Culture West Bank 2018 pageant is going down at the Good Intent Centre on the West Bank of Demerara. Lots of cash and prizes to be won, come and see who will walk away with the crown. Special giveaways for best-dressed female. Music by Hill Rock and Ghost Riders.
Sunday
Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club presents the biggest race event of the year, it’s the “CMRC International Race of Champions (Ignite)” at the South Dakota Circuit. Come see international and local drivers and riders compete. Party Sundays continue at Club Privilege this Sunday. Everybody free before 22:00hrs. Drink specials all night, free Bacardi shots on entry. Music by fusion DJs, Stereo Sonic DJs, Boom DJs and other DJs passing through. 704 Sports Bar presents “Pizza and Beer”. Buy one pitcher of draft beer and one 10” pizza and another pitcher of beer free and a serving of chicken tenders at half price.
attractive to buyers. Another fashion expert at the workshop was Hillary Joseph, Director of Cabaña Swim, a consultant on Fashion for Brazil and a swimwear buyer for Nads Swim. Ms. Joseph addressed product placement and distribution. Asking the designers, “who do you sit next to?” She said: “the worse answer you can get is that I am different and I don’t sit next to anybody.” Stressing that research was required to effectively answer the question, the fashion consultant outlined, “It’s knowing who your brand sits next to based on your set up and your price point and then understanding what store that is. Everyone wants to be in a Barneys or Saks Fifth Avenue but that might not necessarily be where your brand needs to be. So it’s really being realistic and knowing what is right for your brand,” she said. However, she did acknowledge it could be challenging to get into established stores and urged the designers to consider doing “pop up shops” – which is a short-term store or sales space. Also imparting words of wisdom was Luam Keflezghi, an international buyer of ready to wear fashion. Ms. Keflezghi cautioned the designers against waiting on “existing systems” to build their success, especially if they hoped to get people in the Caribbean to support their brands. “Do not wait on existing systems to include you. Create your own system, a pipeline to your audience. So for example, the tourists will come. You have to figure out marketing so they find out about you before they visit so when they get here, they come directly to you. To do that, you need to use Instagram and the internet to get people to plug into a system that you already created,”
she said. Emphasising that these platforms needed to be professional, she told the designers their brands needed to be easy to find and constantly refreshed. Channing Hargrove, a Fashion writer for Refinery 29 and owner of the blog Channing In the City, advised the designers to get strong marketing platforms, not only for promotion purposes but to generate sales. “You need to have relationships with editors, writers and public relations experts. Your photos should be strong on both social media and your website. You must also have a direct commerce link so people can click and buy immediately. If your website is not great and you don’t have a link to buy, you can’t get eyes on you and you cut out so many sales,” Ms. Hargrove pointed out. The fashion writer also proposed that the designers used video and photos done by professionals as opposed to solely relying on their phone cameras. Also sharing her perspective on the industry was Danielle Cooper, a fashion influencer and owner of the blog and podcast Shesagent. com. She stressed that authenticity was really critical for designers. “Research, know your target audience and what is your niche. More and more people are attempting to follow trends or follow others, that will come out and people will notice. So pay attention to your self-expression and stay true to yourself and your niche. Be authentic because it’s going to shine and more people will be able to relate to you,” Ms. Cooper said. The last bit of advice came from International model and runway coach, Stacey McKenzie, who is famously known for her coaching and judging appearances
on America’s next top model. She stressed that it was imperative that both models and designers treated their craft as a business. “What they fail to understand is that it’s a business and [they] need to treat it as such. People see all fluff in the forefront and make you think this is some fabulous life. No it’s work and its hard work. Research the industry and know your craft. You always have to be evolving, switch up, be fresh and new,” the Jamaican-born model said. Caribbean Export is committed to the development of the region’s Creative Industry, in which fashion is the key sector. The Agency supports businesses in the industry to develop their export potential, build capacity, access finance through grant schemes and benefit from training and technical assistance. (SP/Caribbean Export) About Caribbean Export Caribbean Export is a regional export development and trade and investment promotion organisation of the Forum of Caribbean States (CARIFORUM) currently executing the Regional Private Sector Programme (RPSDP), funded by the European Union under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF). Caribbean Export’s mission is to increase the competitiveness of Caribbean countries by providing quality export development and trade and investment promotion services through effective programme execution and strategic alliances. More information about Caribbean Export can be found at www.carib-export. com. Contact: JoEllen Laryea, PR and Communications, Caribbean Export Development Agency, Tel: +1(246) 436-0578, Fax: +1(246) 436-9999, Email: jlaryea@carib-export.com
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Guyana go down to Curacao 3-4 in spirited performance By Rawle Toney
IT was a spirited performance by Guyana in their penultimate game at the CONCACAF U20 Championship, but Cecil Jackman’s own goal in the 32nd minute was the difference in Guyana’s 4-3 defeat to Curacao yesterday at the IMG Academy in Florida, USA. Head coach Wayne Dover made a change in his line-up from the previous game, sending goalkeeper Johnathan Vaughn to the substitute bench to make way for Jermain Cumberbatch, while Job Caesar, Ryan Hackett and Nixon Robertson made way for Chris Macy and Raushan Ritch. Kelsey Benjamin continued his impressive form in the tournament, scoring in the sixth minute after burying his effort past a stretching Kevin Juliana in goal for Curacao, to give Guyana a 1-0 lead. However, Guyana’s lead was short-lived, with Carolith Fermina equalising three minutes later for the men from Netherland Antilles. Guyana continued their relentless pursuit of another goal, but while their attacking efforts were paying off, in the defensive third, men from the land of the ‘Mighty Kaieteur’ looked shaky and Curacao’s Meghon Valpoort, in the 26th minute, put his side up 2-1. But things took an unexpected turn when Fruta Conquerors defender Cecil Jackman, in an attempt to clear a ball from a free-kick taken by Curacao, mistakenly headed it (the ball) in his own goal. Nonetheless, the Guyanese
regrouped and Benjamin using his pace, once again made his way around the Curacao defenders and neatly slipped the ball to Thair Britton, who clinically finished just before the stroke at halftime to bring Guyana within one (2-3) at the interval. Dover, in the second half, brought in Hackett and Caesar, taking out Nicholas McArthur and Kwai Marsh-Brown, in an effort to chase goals, but ten minutes (55th minute) into the second stanza, Jaron Vicario made it 4-2 for Curacao when he hammered home a shot that was too rich for Cumberbatch in goal for Guyana. Meanwhile, Britton grabbed his second goal of the game in the 57th minute, thanks to a bit of luck. After chasing a ball in the penalty area, Britton was in the right place at the right time, as Juliana’s clearance attempt slammed into the back of the Guyanese and the ball, on the rebound, bounced past the Curacao goalkeeper. Guyana never really troubled the Curacao defence thereafter, and would fall to their third consecutive defeat, having lost to Guatemala and Cayman Islands in their previous games played in the USA. The Jeremy Garrett-captained side will close their campaign at the CONCACAF event against El Salvador tomorrow.
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Jennings returns to form with century (BBC) - Keaton Jennings ended his two-year wait for a Test century as England moved into a formidable position on day three of the first Test against Sri Lanka. Jennings scored a brilliant 146 not out to allow England to declare late in the day on 322-6. Sri Lanka closed on 15-0 and must bat the final two days for a draw or score a record 462 to win, to deny England a first away win in 13 Tests. Jennings’ century was his first since his ton on debut in 2016. He batted patiently early on, as England lost wickets in the morning session, before attacking after
reaching three figures for the first time in 22 innings. The tourists had lost Rory Burns and Moeen Ali in poor fashion before lunch, with captain Joe Root also falling, but Jennings put on 107 with Ben Stokes, 77 with Jos Buttler and 61 with Ben Foakes. The late contributions ensured Sri Lanka must make the highest successful run chase in Test history, at a ground where the highest winning chase is just 99. When the hosts began their mammoth chase England tried five different bowlers in seven overs before the close, but Sri Lanka’s openers safely kept all 10 wickets intact. It is currently the rainy
season in Sri Lanka but so far any forecast rain has stayed away, and if it continues to do so, then England look likely to earn their first Test win
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overseas since 2016. A win would also be their first in Tests at Galle and would put them 1-0 up in the three-match series.
ENGLAND 1st innings 342 all out (97.0 overs) SRI LANKA 1st innings 203 all out (68.0 overs) ENGLAND 2nd innings Rory Burns run-out Dimuth Karunaratne 23 Keaton Jennings not out 146 Moeen Ali c Rangana Herath b Dilruwan Perera 3 Joe Root c Niroshan Dickwella b Rangana Herath 3 Ben Stokes b Dilruwan Perera 62 Jos Buttler c Kaushal Silva b Rangana Herath 35 Ben Foakes c Kusal Mendis b Akila Dananjaya 37 Extras: (b-4, lb-7, nb-2) 13 Total: (93.0 overs) 322 decl. Fall of wickets: 1-60, 2-67, 3-74, 4-181, 5-258, 6-319. Bowling: Dilruwan Perera 30-3-94-2, Suranga Lakmal 9-2-30-0 (nb-2), Rangana Herath 23-1-59-2, Akila Dananjaya 18.5-2-87-1, Dhananjaya de Silva 12.1-2-41-0. SRI LANKA 2nd innings Dimuth Karunaratne not out 7 Kaushal Silva not out 8 Extras: 0 Total: (7.0 overs) 15 Bowling: Sam Curran 1-1-0-0, James Anderson 1-0-4-0, Moeen Ali 2-0-7-0, Adil Rashid 2-0-2-0, Jack Leach 1-0-2-0.
Ben Stokes is outdone by a sharp off-break, Sri Lanka v England, 1st Test, 3rd day, Galle, yesterday.
Kohli in hot water after relocation comments Women’s T20 World Cup ...
(REUTERS) - INDIA cricket captain Virat Kohli was in the eye of a storm on social media yesterday after he suggested a local cricket fan relocate to another country for preferring to watch English or Australian batsmen. The 30-year-old was reading out tweets when he came across one which described Kohli, currently the top-ranked Test batsman, as “overrated” and that Australian and English batsmen were more pleasing to watch than “these Indians”. “I don’t think you should live in India then,” Kohli, who has 27.1 million followers on Twitter, said in a video posted on his new app to sell exclusive merchandise. “You should go and live somewhere else, you know. Why are you living in our country and loving other countries? I don’t mind you not liking me but I don’t think you should live in our country ... Get your priorities right,”
he added with a wry smile. K o h l i ’s c o m m e n t s evoked sharp reactions as people on social media pulled out a 2008 video, in which Kohli, then captain of the India under-19 team, described South African Herschelle Gibbs as his favourite batsman. Also resurfaced his 2016 tweet in which he had congratulated Angelique Kerber on her Australian Open victory, declaring the German as his favourite women’s tennis player. “Virat Kohli’s statement is a reflection of the bubble that most famous people either slip into or are forced into,” cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle tweeted. “The voices within it are frequently those that they wish to hear. It is a comfortable bubble and that is why famous people must try hard to prevent it from forming.” Married to Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma, Kohli is the biggest name in Indian cricket and his face
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is plastered on billboards across the cricket-obsessed country of 1.3 billion. A highly successful cricketer with a penchant to get under an opponent’s skin, Kohli is the sole Indian in the Forbes magazine’s 2018 list of the world’s 100 highest-paid athletes. He endorses foreign brands including Puma, Audi, Tissot and Uber. One critic posted a picture of Kohli posing with an Audi and suggesting he move to Germany since he loved foreign cars. Criticism came from India’s movie industry as well. “If you want to remain #KingKohli it may be time to teach yourself to think ‘What would Dravid say?’ before speaking in future,” actor Siddharth tweeted, referring to former captain Rahul Dravid who was famous for his batting technique and his economy of words. “What an idiotic set of words to come from an #India #captain!” the actor added. The cricketer took to Twitter later yesterday to play down the episode. “I guess trolling isn’t for me guys, I’ll stick to getting trolled,” Kohli tweeted. “I spoke about how “these Indians” was mentioned in the comment and that’s all. I’m all for freedom of choice. Keep it light guys and enjoy the festive season. Love and peace to all!” One fan said Kohli may have had a brain fade moment and should not be attacked.
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Windies captain Stafanie Taylor
Meanwhile, at separate prematch press conferences yesterday at the Guyana Marriott Hotel in Georgetown, media operatives spoke with Windies captain Stefanie Taylor, New Zealand’s Amy Satterthwaite and Australia’s Meg Lanning. Taylor, the Jamaican all-rounder noted that the side is happy with the preparation. According to the captain, West Indies players understand their roles and with a wide variety among them the team can be one to go the distance. Satterthwaite stated the team need to play consistent cricket if they are to stand a chance to progress
in the tournament. Australia’s Lanning said she was happy with the side’s progress so far, as she compared the conditions in Malaysia as similar to the Caribbean. Further, in an effort to give persons the opportunity to watch the historic matches at Providence, shuttles will be used to transport fans from the following areas; Unity Mahaica, Corriverton, Albion, Rosignol, Soesdyke, Linden, Timehri and Parika. OTHER GAMES SET FOR GUYANA ARE AS FOLLOWS: S u n d a y, N o v e m ber 11 – India vs Pa-
k i s t a n a t 11 : 0 0 h r s . Sunday, November 11 – Australia vs Ireland at 16:00hrs. Tuesday, November 13 – Pakistan vs Ireland at 16:00hrs. Tuesday, November 13 – Australia vs New Zealand at 20:00hrs. T h u r s d a y, N o vember 15 – India vs Ireland at 11:00hrs. Thursday, November 15 – New Zealand vs Pakistan at 16:00hrs. Saturday, November 17 – India vs Australia at 11:00hrs. Saturday, November 17 – New Zealand vs Ireland at 16:00hrs.
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BCB/Da Silva Motor Spares U-13 Tournament
Ramchand Auto RHT Poonai Pharmacy, Spares joins Port Mourant claim GMR&SC Ignite first innings points THE Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) commenced the Da Silva Motor Spares Under-13 Tournament over the weekend with eight teams battling for top honours. Achievers Cricket Club, Blairmont Community Centre, Tucber Park Cricket Club, Rose Hall Canje Cricket Club, Albion Community Centre, Port Mourant Cricket Club, Rose Hall Town Poonai Pharmacy and Kendall’s Union Cricket Club are the sides set to do battle. In the second of its kind to be organised by the BCB,. Rose Hall Town Poonai Pharmacy obtained first-innings points from Kendall’s Union while Port Mourant Cricket Club got the better of archrivals Albion Community Centre to
also get first-innings point. The Rose Hall Canje vs Tucber Park Cricket Club and Blairmont Community Centre vs Achievers Cricket Club matches were postponed for various reasons. At the No.19 ground, Kendall’s Union batted first after winning the toss and scored 76 for 6 from their allotted first-innings quota of 25 overs, with M. Kashi 13 and G. Harris 13, being the top scorers. Extras contributed 39 runs. Off-spinner Matthew Pattaya’s 2 for 14 and medium pacer Nyron Hicks’ 2 for 15 were the main wicket-takers. RHT Poonai Pharmacy, in reply, reached 107 for 5 with Pattaya 30, Stephen Allicock 14 and Nyron Hicks 12. D. Victor and R. Victor both took two wickets apiece for
17 and 19 respectively. With a first-innings deficit of 33 runs, Kendall’s Union were bowled out for 91 in their second innings from 31 overs. G. Harris 21 and V. Victor 10 were the only batsmen to reach double figures. Berbice Under-15 off-spinner Matthew Pattaya took 7 for 15 while Nyron Hicks took 3 for 18. Needing to score 58 runs in 30 minutes to claim first innings, Rose Hall Town Poonai Pharmacy ended on 45 for 3 when time ran out. Albion Community Centre batted first and with extras contributing 35, were able to reach 81 for 9 from 25 overs. J. Mangal top-scored with a stylish 31. S. Khan 3 for 18, R. Ramnauth 2 for 6
and T. Shaundeo 2 for 16 were Port Mourant Cricket Club’s best bowlers. The visitors then batted well to reach 107 for 8 to obtain a crucial 26-run lead. Rampersaud Rampertab topscored with 20, while extras contributed 31. L. Deopersaud 3 for 13 and R. Nankoo 3 for 2 were the best bowlers for Port Mourant Cricket Club. Batting a second time, Albion Community Centre reached 101 for 7. Damien Cecil struck the first half-century of the tournament. Albion declared with a lead of 75 runs but failed to bowl out Port Mourant who batted with discipline to end on 37 for 1. The tournament continues this weekend with four matches.
Bacchus SC suffer mixed results on Suriname tour By: Elroy Stephney
IMAM Bacchus Sports Club of Affiance on the Essequibo Coast endured mixed fortunes on their three-day tour of Suriname which concluded last Sunday. Their first T20 fixture was against Amar Shakti Cricket Club whom they defeated by 36 runs on Friday. Batting first after winning the toss, Bacchus SC posted 160-7 from their allotted 20 overs, thanks to solid batting performances from former national Youth players Parmesh Parsotam 41 and Nathan Persaud 34 as well as a brisk 24 from Neiland Cadogan. Former national Youth player Mahendra Boodram, who now plays for Suriname, claimed 2-25 from his 4 overs bowling off-spin, while Ravi Persaud supported with 2-31 from his 4 overs of medium-fast bowling. In response, the hosts found themselves struggling from the inception, losing three early wickets in the first 6 overs of the power-play. Captain Mahendra Boodram, however, kept his
composure to register a fluent half-century but in vain. Only extras with a healthy 30 boosted the score as the hosts reached 124-6 when their overs expired, to give Bacchus SC a convincing victory. Latchman Rohit with 2-21 and Lalbachan Narine 2-27 were the wicket-takers.
to 15 overs due to rain. Batting first again, Bacchus XI made 135-6 from their 15 overs with the inform Nathan Persaud blasting 47 and Rohit striking 46. Ishwar Singh with figures of 3-26 from his 3 overs bowled impressively. In reply, the game came
Singh 33 and Khemraj Lall with an unbeaten 26 steered the Select XI to 136-5 in 14.5 overs for a 5-wicket win. After the matches, exchange of plaques was done by the three competing teams. The captains expressed gratitude for the cordial atmosphere in which the games
The Imam Bacchus Sports Club of Affiance
On Sunday, Bacchus SC came up against a Suriname Select XI but were outplayed as the hosts took revenge in a match reduced
down to the wire as the Select XI defied the buoyancy of the visitors’ accurate bowling and fielding. Imran Khan with 35, Ramjohn
were played. Bacchus XI have also extended an invitation to the hosts to visit Guyana for a similar tour.
Ramchand representative Yogeshwar ‘Ricky’ Ragbeer (left) handed over his company’s sponsorship to GMR&SC’s Saurica Singh earlier this week.
SHERIFF Street spare parts dealer Ramchand Auto has joined the sponsorship wagon two days before the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club’s Ignite race meet gets underway. The company, through representative Yogeshwar ‘Ricky’ Ragbeer handed over his company’s sponsorship to GMR&SC’s Saurica Singh earlier this weekend. He said, “We are happy to be on board with the event. We were on board last year and we liked what we saw hence our return this year.” Ignite, which will double as the final leg of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) will feature competitors out of Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, United States and Europe. The two days of racing action will feature competition in the Street and Sport Tuner class as well as the Choke Starlet Cup, Street Cross Motorcycles and the 125cc Lightweight Bikes. On the regional scene, the Groups 2-4 action as well as the Superstock, and the Radical Caribbean Cup are expected to feature over the two days of action. Tickets for the 27-race programme are on sale at $2 500; children $1 000 at B.M. Soat Auto Sales, Croal Street office. On Saturday time trials for all classes begin at 10:00hrs followed by official races in the Street Cross Motorcycle, 125cc Motorcycle, Street Tuner, Choke Starlet Cup and Sports Tuner from 13:20hrs. The feature race on Saturday will be the SR3 Radicals Caribbean Cup. Action on Sunday will begin at 08:00hrs.
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Special shuttles for fans in
Terrence Alli
National Open Championship set for November 16-18
Guyana, St Lucia WITH just one day to go before the much-anticipated start of the ICC Women’s World T20 2018, fans in Guyana and St Lucia have received a major transport boost. The local organising committees and the ICC have put on free shuttles to get spectators to the matches and take them home. The shuttles will start today, November 9, for the opening round of matches in Guyana. On the opening day India take on New Zealand at 11:00hrs followed by Australia vs Pakistan at 16:00hrs. Home team Windies will play the day’s final match - the defending champs will start against Bangladesh at 20:00hrs at the Guyana National Stadium. The opening day at the Darren Sammy Cricket Ground in St Lucia is tomorrow, when England face Sri Lanka at 16:00hrs. Shuttle services will be available to several rural communities or districts far away from the grounds. “As we approach the start of the tournament the momentum is building and fans are really excited to see the teams in action. We have answered the call to get more spectators to the matches and make sure they have a wonderful time,” said Jennifer Nero, Tournament Director. “We have a lot of supporters coming from the rural areas and far distances so we want to make sure they arrive on time for the start and return home in comfort. We have decided to make this commitment for the good of our fans.” Tickets are available at https://tickets.worldtwenty20.com; as well as box offices - in Guyana at Bourda Cricket Ground and Guyana National Stadium; while in St Lucia, at the ticket centre at Darren Sammy Cricket Ground. In Antigua fans can make purchases at the box office at Coolidge Cricket Ground and ticket centre near Antigua Recreation Ground. Tickets are priced at just US$3 with the focus on ensuring more people across the Caribbean can enjoy the event. The group stage matches at the Guyana National Stadium and the Darren Sammy Cricket Ground in St Lucia start at just US$3 (G$500) and US$4 (EC$10) respectively. The semi-finals and final will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua with tickets for the semi-finals starting at just US$7 (EC$20) and the final at US$11 (EC$30). A combination ticket package for the semis and final is priced at only US$15 (EC$40).
FLASHBACK! GDF’s Rhondell Douglas is issued a mandatory eight-count by referee Romona Agard during his lightweight fight against Rose Hall Jammers’ Joel Williamson, during the 2017 Terrence Alli National Open Championships. Williamson was subsequently named Best Elite boxer. (Samuel Maughn photo)
IN their final tournament for the year, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will host the Terrence Alli Open Championship at the National Gymnasium, from December 16 to 18. According to president of the GBA, Steve Ninvalle, the Championship is a prerequisite for selection on the team to represent Guyana at the Caribbean Championship which will be held here from December 6 to 9. The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) are the reigning champions, but as usual, stiff competition is expected from the Republican Gym, Forgotten Youth Foundation, Linden
and Rose Hall Jammers. With Rose Hall Jammers’ Joel Williamson turning pro, there will be a new champion in the lightweight division and Jamal Eastman seems the likely candidate to stake claim to the title. Eastman is the nephew of the ‘Battersea Bomber’ Howard Eastman and, like his uncle, has quick hands. At the Lennox Blackmoore National Intermediate Boxing Championships, Eastman stopped Andrew Griffith just one minute 47 seconds (1:47) into the first round of their lightweight clash and showed off his hard-hitting skills.
Pestano-Belle enjoyed US cricket stint
MARTIN Pestano-Belle scored over 500 runs for New York team, the Big Apple Cricket Club, during a five-month stint from May to October in the US. The GCC cricketer, who also plays cricket for Providence cricket team in the East Bank of Demerara Cricket Association, led the USbased club team to a 40-over competition win in the Eastern American Cricket Association after smashing 246 runs in 11 games. The 23-year-old, who
Martin Pestano-Belle scored over 500 runs in the US.
played as a lower order batsman, scored two half-centuries including a top score of 94 and an innings of 68. The former national U-19 cricketer also grabbed seven wickets with his off-spin bowling. Pestano-Belle was then ultra-aggressive in the Eastern American Cricket Association Division One T20 competition. He scored two centuries and helped Big Apple to the final. Unfortunately, they were beaten in the championship game.
In that competition, he scored 228 runs, including back-to-back centuries. He scored 113 unbeaten runs and 106 runs. Pestano-Belle, who picked up six wickets during the 20-over competition, said that playing cricket in the US was a unique experience. He said it was a bit challenging at first, especially playing on matting, but he adapted. Overall, he felt that he learnt a lot from the experience.
WORLD JUNIOR BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
Kenya fight back to beat Guyana 3-2 GUYANA won two games, including the Gorls’ singles and the Boys’ doubles, but fell to Kenya when the Li Ning BWF World Juniors Mixed team and Individual Badminton Championships continued yesterday in Markham, Canada. The clash was Guyana’s best performance so far in the championships, after 5-0 losses to Singapore, Denmark and the USA and a 3-0 loss to Austria on Wednesday evening. The young Guyanese team, the only Caribbean nation to qualify for the event, looked solid on day four. Although Tyrese Jeffrey lost to Meer Solanki in the male singles, the game was competitive, as the Guyanese made several runs, and drew level at 14 in the first clash, but his opponent used his experience to win 21-17, 21-14. Guyana captain Priyanna Ramdhani, the number
one-ranked female player in the country, drew the match even when she played Krisha Ghia. The-16year-old won 21-13, 21-13. The Guyanese players were elated when Jeffrey and Akili Haynes carried them ahead 2-1 after a hard-fought victory against Urjan Omit Shah and Ujval Omit Shah in the Boys’ doubles. The Guyanese boys escaped with a close 21-19 win in the first game before a 21-16 win in the second clash. Ramdhani and 15-year-old Jayde DaSilva, playing in her first international competition, could not close out Kenya when they competed in the Girls’ doubles. The youngsters lost 21-11, 21-11, which forced a game five, but Haynes and DaSilva failed to get past Solanki and Patel and succumbed, 13-21, 9-21, which handed the African nation the win. The Guyanese players are set to battle against South Africa when the competition continues today.
The Guyanese quartet at the championships from left, Tyrese Jeffrey, Jayde DaSilva, Priyanna Ramdhani and Akili Haynes.
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Barbados team arrives ahead of GMRSC Ignite REIGNING Group 4 and 2 Champions Mark Maloney and Mark Thompson and the rest of Barbados team arrived in Guyana yesterday for the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club’s (GMR&SC) Ignite. The event, which forms the basis for the final round of the 2018 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC), speeds off tomorrow and Sunday at the South Dakota Circuit at Timehri. Champion in 2016 & 2017, Maloney will compete in Group (Gp) 4 where he is currently in fourth place; 52 points off leader; Guyana’s Mark Vieira (RX-8),.Four-time title winner Thompson will race in Gp2, accompanied by brother Kurt, who won the Gp2 crown in 2013. Neither of the Thompson brothers has any good chance of winning their Gp2 class with only 75 points from the three races to be competed.
Top points-scorer at the Williams Digicel International Race Meet at Bushy Park in September, Team Barbados moved from fourth to second in the Country standings with 618 points. While there is no chance of catching Trinidad & Tobago who have 1 299 points, the twin-island state is a shoo-in for a third consecutive title, while the Bajans have a realistic chance of staying second, ahead of Jamaica (526). Barbados also arrived in last year’s final in second place but Guyana had overhauled their total to finish as runners-up to T&T by just three points. The fourth-placed Guyanese will again aim to build on their current total, but Barbados have a significantly higher cushion in the standings this time around, with an advantage of 422 points over the host nation, compared with 274 last year, while Jamaica will not be fielding a strong team.
In individual terms, Maloney (RX-3) won’t have a realistic shot at retaining his 2WD Gp4 title but since he is the Gp5 leader he has automatically won that class’ inaugural championship as it won’t be competed at South Dakota. The GP4 battle will be one to watch this weekend with Vieira’s countryman and GP4 AWD defending champion Andrew King (RX-7) second and Quinian Lall (Mazda Miata) of Team CAMS third. These drivers will be joined by 2014 & 2015 champion Kristian Jeffrey. Vieira was the highest points-scorer of the day at South Dakota last year; Maloney won the opening race but failed to finish the second outing when his engine’s kill switch malfunctioned before finishing second in race three. Although Mark Thompson has an outside chance of claiming the Gp2 crown, it will call
for catastrophic bad luck for points leader, Trinidad and Tobago’s Marc Gill (Honda Civic) to not usurp the current champion Thompson’s spot. Gill, the only non-Bajan to have won Gp2 when he lifted the cup in 2015, does not have the strongest of records in Guyana but, for Thompson to succeed, Gill will have to retire from all three races with the defending champion winning them. This weekend’s 27-race programme also features the final round of the Radical Caribbean SR3 Cup, alongside the GMR&SC’s National classes. Leading the much buzzedabout Radical Cup is Mark Maloney’s brother Stuart, of Barbados, but he will face tough opposition from seasoned Guyanese campaigners Calvin Ming and Jeffrey who both missed the entire season due to racing commitments in North America and Europe.
HACC, Tranzac share spotlight at SCA gala By Frederick Halley TORONTO, Canada - Hawaiian Arctic Cricket Club (HACC) and Tranzac Cultural & Sports Club shared top honours when the Scarborough Cricket Association (SCA) held its 38th annual gala presentation, dinner and dance at the Eastown Banquet Hall, Scarborough.
overall title for HACC, having won six consecutive Premiere League crowns – a feat that ended in 2015. Not to be outdone, Tranzac Cultural & Sports Club women took home the Caribbean Wave Restaurant-sponsored winners’ trophy after upstaging Trinity Cricket Canada in the playoff final, after also topping the season points ta-
pions Bilal Cricket Club, who won the Mike’s Auto Collision trophy, failed to reach the playoffs final Bawa B took top honours in the First division playoff final, winning the Richard Ramlall prize, sponsored by Trophy Stall (Guyana). The runners-up were Toronto Braves while the MVPS were Suhel Intwala and Waqas Malik. The Conference A and B respective season winners were Champions Cricket Club and Ajax/Scarboro Kingz A. They secured the IR Construction and Action Honda trophies.
VPCC win Deo Samaroo Conference playoffs from Armor Cricket Club while United Titans copped the Bisham Singh Conference from Kairali Scarborough. Action Zone won both the playoff and divisional championships in the Under-13 division taking the Budhave Anandjit and Azad Khan trophies in the process while the Under-16 playoff and divisional champions were United SCA Blues who won the Vish Jadunauth and Mathew Francis trophies. In the Under-13 division,
HACC president Narchand ‘Archie’ Mohan (left) and skipper Azib Ali Hanif pose with the winning Elite trophy with other members in attendance. At extreme right is SCA vice-president Bisham Singh.
On a night when juniors, seniors and women were rewarded for their outstanding performances during an eventful 2018 season, HACC were crowned the Elite League playoff champions while Tranzac captured the women’s championships during their first year of competition. After finishing three points behind divisional champions Victoria Park Cricket Club (VPCC), HACC earned the Elite Divisional playoff championship on a platter with the former opting to forfeit the final. It meant that HACC carted off the Shiv Persaud of Primerica-sponsored trophy while VPCC were awarded the Trophy Stall (Guyana) prize. The achievement marked an unprecedented seventh
ble which saw them claim the Norman Sue Bakery-sponsored trophy. Tranzac’s Durriya Shabbir and Trinity Cricket Canada’s Lorraine Kenton Kaisoca’s Chuntel Martin and Superstars’ Lorraine Kenton were the respective MVPs in the playoff final. The Premiere Division playoff champions Highland Creek B waltzed away with the Frank Faubert trophy, sponsored by Scarborough Mitsubishi, turning back the challenge of Bangla Warriors A who had to be content with the Mike’s Auto Collision trophy. The MVPs were Maaz Pasha (Highland Creek B) and Raqeeb Al Haque (Bangla Warriors A). Divisional cham-
Kruga-krishna Sarju hands over the winning Caribbean Wave trophy to Tranzac Cultural & Sports Club captain Durriya Shabbir while other team members look on approvingly.
The second division saw Kaieteur International Sports Club retaining the Norman Sue Bakery playoff winners’ trophy after whipping Superstars/Islanders Cricket Club in the final, with MVPs being Raqib Shamsudeen and Nairon Motilall. The Conference A and B respective champions were Ajax/Scarboro Kingz and Palace Panthers Cricket Club. United Titans defeated Kairali Scarborough to claim the third division playoff title and the Roy Lallkissoon trophy while Scarboro/Ajax Kingz were the divisional winners. The T20 competition saw
Deep Patel of Action Zone scored the most runs while teammate Shayan Syed took the most wickets. For the Under-16s, the top scorer was Bilal Khan of SCA Blues while the top bowler was Aditya Pandya of Action Zone. The Norman Sue Spirit Award, given annually to a worthy individual who has played a big role both on and off the field, was presented to HACC long-standing president Narchand ‘Archie’ Mohan by the late businessman’s daughter Kim Sue. The citation read: “Your selflessness and charity is an inspiration to all.”
Hamilton Green 9-a-side Inter-ward KO Cup
Twelve matches to highlight penultimate day of action
Hamilton Green
FOLLOWING the postponement of last Sunday’s round of matches due to the inclement weather, play in this year’s Hamilton Green 9-a-side Inter-Ward/Village KO Cup is set to resume on Sunday with 12 matches at the Den Amstel Community Centre ground. The former Mayor of Georgetown celebrates his 84th Birth Anniversary today and is an avid sports enthusiast who played football while attending Queen’s College. He also held the posts of Prime Minister and Minister of Sport among other high-ranking portfolios under the Forbes Burnham administration. According to coordinator Lennox Arthur, who is a former national player/head coach, Sunday’s round of matches will mark the penultimate day of action with the final to be staged on November 24, at the same venue. In the opening game at 15:00hrs, Mahaica take on Kuru Kururu and this encounter will be followed by the clash between Central Mackenzie and Wolves at 15:30hrs. In the third game, Sophia ‘B’ tackle Wales, while Charlestown and Vergenoegen collide at 16:30hrs. Zeelugt then go up against Mahaicony from 17:00hrs, while Sara Lodge and Agricola square off immediately after. Stewartville will match strides with Sophia ‘A’, while Goed Fortuin and Newtown, Kitty meet at 18:30hrs.
In the encounter to follow, Crane battle Plaisance from 19:00hrs, before Pouderoyen and West Side Masters take to the field at 19:30hrs. The penultimate game is between Uitvlugt and Jetty, before hosts Den Amstel and De Kinderen bring the curtain down at 20:30hrs. Cash in excess of $700 000 and lots of prizes, including the coveted first prize of $400 000 and the championship trophy, compliments of the Ministry of Citizenship are up for grabs. The runners-up will be awarded $200 000 and a trophy through the goodwill of John Fernandes Ltd, while third- and fourth-place finishers will receive $60 000 and $40 000 respectively along with the Techno Mills and Courtney Benn Construction Services trophies in that order. Top finishers will receive hampers, compliments of Ricks & Sari Industries, while the Highest Goals Scorer will walk away with a Lazy Boy chair, courtesy of A.H&L Kissoon, and a dinette set compliment of China Trading. The Most Valuable Player will collect a special prize from Techno Mills. Among the other sponsors on board are IPA, Alfro Alphonso, Sattaur Gafoor, Ansa McAl, Top Brandz Distributors, MACORP, Starr Computers, Cummings Electrical, Ready Mix, BK International and New Thriving Restaurant.
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Mohamed’s Enterprise strengthens GMR&SC Ignite MOHAMED’S Enterprise has come to the rescue of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club’s (GMR&SC) Ignite race meet. With less than 24 hours before the event, the company has swooped in to sponsor the remaining races that had previously gone un-sponsored. According to the club, the company has been an avid supporter of motor-racing locally, having chipped in at crucial times in the past. A comment from the club officials stated that they continually have seen unwavering support from Mohamed’s Enterprise regardless of the event, and their input this time around is unquantifiable.
A comment from the company’s representatives stated that they value motor-racing heavily and their support comes from their love of the sport. The company is home to Team Mohamed’s Enterprise, featuring the National Drag Strip record holder Godzilla, the unbeaten Nissan GTR its brother, the NISMO version. Having won the 2018 Drag Racing championship as well, they are no strangers to the spotlight, having won the 2017 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship Superstock class. Apart from that, the team hold the Superstock lap records in Jamaica, Barbados, and Guyana as well as the
Shazaad Manauf from Mohamed’s Enterprise hands over the sponsorship cheque to GMRSC’s office executive Cheryl Gonsalves.
overall circuit record for motorcycles here. This time around, they look set to retain that title with South Dakota record-holder Matt Truelove and his brother Harry aboard their Yahama R6. The third is factory Suzuki rider Richard Cooper. Ignite, which will double as the final leg of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC), will feature competitors out of Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, United States and Europe. The two days of racing action will feature competition in the Street and Sport Tuner class as well as the Choke Starlet Cup, Street Cross
Motorcycles and the 125cc Lightweight Bikes. On the regional scene, Groups 2-4 action, as well as the Superstock and Radical Caribbean Cup, is expected over the two days. Tickets for the 27-race programme are on sale at $2 500; children $1 000 at B.M. Soat Auto Sales, Croal Street office. Tomorrow time trials for all classes begin at 10:00hrs followed by official races in the Street Cross Motorcycle, 125cc Motorcycle, Street Tuner, Choke Starlet Cup and Sports Tuner from 13:20hrs. The feature race tomorrow will be the SR3 Radicals Caribbean Cup.. Action on Sunday will begin at 08:00hrs.
Department of Tourism hosts successful Sports Forum
Part of the action.
Annual Turbo Knockout football tournament
Santos, Police advance after wins SANTOS Football Club and Buxton United played to the third consecutive 3-1 result of the 2018 edition of the Turbo energy drink football tournament. The tournament, which is for second division clubs, is being played at the Ministry of Education (MoE) ground. Last year’s finalists, Police FC, rolled over Beacon 7-2 in the night’s feature clash. Police FC, fresh off their win in the just concluded Limacol football tournament, disposed of Gordon ‘Ultimate Warrior’ Braithwaite’s Beacon FC in enterprising fashion, spearheaded by a helmet-trick from Manasseh Primo, who added a brace in both halves
in the 34th, 44th, 70th and 74th minutes. A n t h i o Wa l l a c e a n d Stephan Ramsey added one goal each for Police in the 39th and 83rd minutes respectively while an own goal in 37th minute helped the final tally to seven goals. Deon Alfred (27th) and Kiefer Brandt (60th) scored the consolations for Beacon. Meanwhile, in the opening match, Samuel Dey (22nd), Ronaldo Dover (49th) and an own goal in the 25th minute accounted for Santos’ three goals that were superior to Buxton United’s one which was scored by Tyron Harper in the 60th minute. Santos and Police will
join Riddim Squad and Northern Rangers as the first four teams to have qualified for the quarterfinals in this knockout competition which has seen a total of $1.5 million in cash prizes up for grabs with the winners pocketing $800 000, second place $400 000, third $200 000 and fourth $100 000. The tournament continues on Monday with two more matches at the same venue from 18:30hrs with Limacol finalists Pouderoyen playing Buxton Stars in that opening clash. The feature match, Mahaica Determinators versus Fruta Conquerors, will kick off at 20:30hrs.
Department of Tourism Director General, Donald Sinclair, during yesterday’s Sports Tourism Forum at the GOA headquarters.
IN a continued effort to encourage Guyana’s respective sports association to expand and capitalise on Sports Tourism, the Department of Tourism in the Ministry of Business yesterday hosted its third Sports Tourism Forum at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) headquarters at Liliendaal. Held under the theme ‘Growth Points in Sports Tourism: Challenges and Solutions’, the forum was headed by Director General Donald Sinclair, along with
Trinidadian Andrew Welch, former head of Trinidad Hotels, Restaurant and Tourism Association. The participants representing various sporting disciplines and the tourism establishment explored growth points and discussed the challenges and solutions that impact the development of a sports tourism sector. With Guyana observing Tourism Awareness Month, Sinclair said the Department of Tourism is making special efforts to involve regions in the planning of
tourism. Sports tourism, according to Sinclair, refers to travel which involves either observing or participating in a sporting event. He referred to the Caribbean Motor Racing’s (CMRC) final leg, which is set for this weekend at the South Dakota Circuit, as well as the ICC Women’s World T20 leg, hosted at the Guyana National Stadium as prime examples of some activities that will generate revenue for Guyana’s tourism sector.
Women’s T20 World Cup bowls off today … Captains express confidence By Rajiv Bisnauth
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HE eagerly-anticipated ICC Women’s Twenty20 World Cup in the Caribbean bowls off today in Guyana, starting with India and New Zealand at 11:00hrs. Australia and Pakistan contest the second match at 16:00hrs, with the defending champions West Indies rounding off the day playing Bangladesh under lights from 20:00hrs. This will be the first standalone Women’s World Twenty20 and the first global cricket event in the region since 2010. Group matches will also be played at the Darren Sammy Cricket Ground in St Lucia, while the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua will host both W pracI ready! semi-finals on November 22 and the final on November 24. tic Th No.1 ranked Australia have drawn arguably the tougher group for the Wor e sessioe West I ld C 10-team tournament, with third-ranked New Zealand and fourth-ranked up inn beforendies w t he C the h omen India also on their side of the draw, alongside Pakistan and Ireland. u i arib beanstoric s ndergo Making up the other group are World No.2 England, the West Indies – who . (De tanda their lano lo fi sit fifth in the multi-format rankings after a poor year in 50-over cricket – as well as Willi ne Womnal ams South Africa, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. e pho n’s Each team will play four round matches and only the top two from each group to) will advance to the semi-finals, leaving little room for error.
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Kelsey Benjamin in action
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Mark Maloney of Barbados leads Guyana’s Mark Vieira during last year’s CMRC.
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